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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-03
It'll ELS IN THE DISCARD.

Hereditary titles seem likely to be abolished
in the Dominion of Canada. According to re-
port from Ottawa, special committee mas
recommended that the system OF bestoWal OF
titles is not in accord with latter day demo
cratic usage.
The founders of our republic did well, and
better perhaps than they realized at the time,
In decreeing that no title OF nobility should be
granted by the United States or by any state OF
be accepted without the consent OF congress,
from any foreign prince by any person holding
an Office of profit or trust III this republic. The
British system of titles had divided the popula-
tion into castles and is responsible for much
which. as thew themselves admit, is ridiculous
and undesirable in their life. If there is one
thing which has brought upon them more good
bunaored derision than another it is that re-
serve, TO phrase it politely, which prevents the
natural. spontaneous, free and friendly inter
course between Britishers who chance to meet
Two of these extraordinary people may be the
sole occupants Of a room or railway compart-
ment for half day without speaking to each
other They draw back into their shells like
sluos. eve each other furtively, read their
papers, look out of the window or try to sleep,
vet never venture to begin a conversation.
This is not because they are non compos or are
lacking human sympathIes or do not feel that
impulse to be outgoing and inclusive which
normal people who are not fugltlves from JUS
tice generally feel 1t is their absurd caste
spirit and system which paralyzes them. The
high caste man fears to be considered as pre-
Stunning on his position if he addresses the low
caste person; and this one fears to be thought
to toady if he forces his acquaintance on the
other. This has come to affect all classes in
society to some extent, even while the sensible
among them realize how absurd it is.
1t is abundantly apparent, however, that
these artificial distinctions and divisions are
passing out of the world. It is recognized in
England that the molecular forces Of society
have undermined the old class system; and Pro
fessor Case, Of Oxford university realizes that
the nation has drifted from mixed govern
ment of kings, lords and commons into an alb
solute democracy or unlimited government Of
the many for the many Titles Will not be
cherished or long endure after they have come
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-03
THE NEW MOVING PICTURES.

Cedar Rapids Republican: MI
David W. Griffiths, who produced
THE Birth of Nation" that first
awoke the patrons of the so-called
movies" has been taking new
thought on the mission and the des-
tiny of the filmed plays. He is said
t. have spent more money on re-
cent production, Broken Blossoms,
then he spent on the noisy picture OF
the civil war. And it has been ac-
claimed success in New York, where
1t is taken as seriously as the plays
OIL the spoken stage. 1t is a tragic
picture, but one Of rare beauty of con-
ception and expression. Speaking OF
the films Mr.. Griffith in recent In
terview said some authoritative things
that are worth considering by all pa
irons of these entertainments. Let US
quote few of his sayings:
"You arc right. Film stories, as al
rule. are of the poorest material. They
are without worthy substance, most
OF them are sheer melodramas, and
few of them either spring from or
present real ideas. They are what
may call bromides, and in holding
them down to that level producers and
directors make them impossible. as
entertainment, for anyone with intel
Iieence above that of a child. The
time for better film stories has come.
The story needs to have substance. 1t
needs to be based on sound ideas OF
simplicity and directness of good art.
To justify the unhappy ending OF
tragedy he said that Gin tragedy there
is beauty and the people are thirsting
FIR baanfyn He thinks that they are
tired of the trite and often maudlin
happy endings where the man and the
woman kiss in the moonlight-and
than what do they do, live happily
ever afterwards? A people who crave
forever for the flippantly happy end
ings are apt to become flippant and
light-headed people They must pei
taught TO think of serious things also
and they will like the serious things
IL the eternal beauties of life and faith
are put into them. No truer words
were ever spoken and let us permit
MI Griffith to continue his own
theme in his own words:
Some people think that anything
serious must be sad. But they are
wrong. Nothing more serious, or more
beautifully appealing, was ever said,
for instance, than Gould we not watch
with me one hour?' Think of the
popular songs-not the jazz idiocies
or Broadway, but the songs that nave
held their popularity through the
years. They are not always the happy
songs. There is Annie Laurie the
Suwanee River They are sad, but
not depressing; rather they are up
lifting. They have the sorrowfull
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-03
TODAY'o BaT OF VERSE
TAE EAThERLAND.

Where is the true mans fatherland!
Is it where he by chance is born?
Doth not the yearning spirit scorn l..
In such borders to be spanned! II
Oh yes his fatherland must be I'd
AS the blue heaven wide and free!
Is it alone where freedom is,
Where God is God and man is man?
Doth he not claim broader span
For the souls love of home than tnis!
Oh vest his fatherland must be
AS the blue heaven wide and Tree!
Where'e r human heart doth wear
Joys myrtle-wreath or sorroW's gives,
Wherever human spirit strives
After a life more true and fair,
There is the true mans birthplace grand,
His is a worldwide fatherland!
Where'er a single slave doth pine
Where'er one may help another
Thank God for such birthplace brother
That spot of earth is thine and mine!
There is the true mans birthplace grand,
His is a worldwide fatherland!
james Russell Lowell
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-03

beauty Of tears, the most exquisite
beauty in the world. Remember the
tears come not only when you are
sad. but when you look into baby's
face, or gaze in awe at a glorious sun
set. These things are elevating. So
should tragedy be-"
Mr. Griffith also explained that in
his latest picture be got away from
many of the too long received tradi.
tions of the moving picture stage. One
of these traditions is the quick, snap
by action of which, he says, he him
self has been deyotee, although he
has long been convinced that 1t is
not always artistic or the most effec-
tive. In this picture, for instance, the
girl is permitted two OF three minutes
to wrap up pair of socks and to put
on her hat aud leave the room-and
that simple scene is said to hold the
riveted attention OF the audience even
more effectively than some of the
big stuff" so-called That Is getting
back to the traditions Of the spoken
actors He says that in his new pic
lures he is trying to get away from
snap shots and to resolve the whole
entertainment into series Of moving
paintings and instead of the glazing
black and white he uses the soft blue
and saffron tones.
With such ideas advanced and being
put into pictures one can see new
and higher mission for this form OF
popular entertainment There must be
such pictures for people Of discrimina-
ton and those who do not discrimin-
ate, who want only cheap entertain
ment, we believe. will also be ar
rested by these higher conceptions OF
art and of life back of art
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-03
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Cedar Falls Press: After a our
along the eastern seaboard one can
easily realize why $500 Iowa land is
not far distant possibility. After
one leaves Illinois the land gets
poorer fast and from Ohio on to the
coast the wonder grows how farmers
manage to make living on the kind
of soil an unkind nature has be-
slowed upon that section.
Des Moines Capital: 1t appears to
be the verdict of the best informed
newspaper correspondents that Ger
many was not whipped sufficiently
and that now her people are just as
saucy, impudent and self assertiye
and just as fully impressed with
their own Importance and the lack
of Importance of all other people as
they were before or during the war.
Waterloo Times-Tribune: Anybody
might think, from all the frenzied
defenses Of booze these days, that
alcohol makes the world go round.
And so 1t does, il you drink enough
of 1t.
CSCdT 6dplUs 0dZottc. NCiAhohy .
utter lack of comprehension, her
typically Prussian determination to
accept no responsibility and shirk
every liability, are disgusting the
people of every allied nation as much
as did Germany's boasts during the
war.
Mason City Globe-Gazette: Woman
suffrage seems to stand a good
chance to get under the wire this
time If the president does not go on
the floor OF the senate and crack his
whip for 1t.
Perry Chief: The road law is long
and there is much that seems to be
superfuous, but the farmers Of Iowa
seem to be digesting it all right. Bet
ter still, they like it. 1t will pull
Iowa out of the mud eventually.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: The conf
dence man has not been misnamed,
as some people seem to imagine.
He, does not deserve confidence. But
he finds lots Of it. Otherwise he
would be compelled to turn to some
sort of honest work.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-03
No ono Is IndIspe nsabIe.

Cedar Rapids Republican. The
exaggeration of the ego is not
peculiar to this age. 1t has prevailed
in all times. Many men have APP
peared on the scene who believed SO
supremacy in themselves that they
forgot all else. But the world as a
whole Is not greatly interested in any
one man, and never for long. Now
and then man appears SO flashy
that he creates an hysterical follow
ing for himself, but all manner of
hysteria passes away and the per-
sonal hysteria the quickest of all.
Some men do not realize it, but the
world can get along comfortably
without any of us. Nothing will come
to standstill when we die except
our own hearts and brains. The rr
cession will move on. The work will
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-03

to mean nothing politically and to confer no
power The rising tide of democracy will sub
merge them all. For where the people elect
their rulers and call them servants instead OF
masters merit is not presumed of any man be-
cause of his birth or name. In fact, these would
create prejudice against him, and here IN our
republic a man would have to be forceful per-
son and a really first class fellow in order to
overcome the handicap Of title on election
day and be ANYTHING more than an !. also ran.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-03

go on. 1t is vanity of yanit,o.
anyone to think of himself as ~
pensable to the world Tolstoy u >, ~
ne had written many books az ey,a allsi
ing what he believed vas new erOul'
pei had to exclaim, 'Whot'v 10Y
user Shakespeare after ho M
written the greatest WORKS IN hat
literature, sacred or profana, ano,, ~
or modern, quit the world to ,,.S,
the banks of the Avon, "wa to. -
things grow" 'Vu!'s
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-03

The eastern time oelt was extend
ed several months ago from Pitts
burgh westward about 175 miles The
people of this section had been going
by central time, but the extension
Of eastern time caused them to set
their clocks up an hour Hardly had
they done this before the daylight
savings law went into effect That
compelled the setting of the clocks
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-03

up another hour, SO that what is 6
O'Clock in the morning now would be
4 o'clock in the morning under the
old system. Daylight, then, Is
punched at the end of the day and
it is light up until 10 o'clock in the
evening.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-03
Women's Rights In the ch,,..

New York World: The general :,
sembly of the Presbyterian chn, ~
postponed until next year action !. !.
resolutions to grant women W. ~
equality in church affairs. Haul a
exercised their full equality in ru ss
tics and filled a few more consn ps'
GUS public offices, perhaps in ill.,.
they will win the right to the gray a'
responsibilities of church memhs'
ship. ''p
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-03

SO, day by day. and week by week. so month after
month"; year after year. on and in mat process
lain strenuth and symmetry and snd knowledge,
hat when success patiently and bravey worked for sna
some may you prepared to receive It and keep H.
rhe DEVELOPMENT which you will get in this brave and pa
ent labor will prove itself the end the most valuable
If your successes.-J G. Holland.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-03

We thought it would come. A Los Angeles
soldier wants divorce from his wife because
she canot make doughnuts like the Salvation
Army used to make
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-03

Oregon passed a prohibitorv \,
in ls43 and repealed it five year
later. '
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-03

The Rotterdam Courant says: 'The treaty
does not end the war; it continues it forever
In that case Holland would be wise if she moved
to some other part of the map.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-03

Won't Secretary Daniels object to his dry
navy ever taking over any foreign porte
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-03

american troops did not really help the al
lies win victory over Germany" says a
Brazilian editor. Be that as it may, we do not
believe that even the most anti-American indi-
vidual can claim justly that the American
troops were of any real hindrance to the allies.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-03
sHoUI,D GoyERNMENT DO IT?

1 The government department of labor has in
stituted bureau of industrial training as part
/ Of its war work and is calling attention to It's
achievements in recent bulletins. It seems evil
dent that the citation of many helpful projects
lin which specific industries have been benefited
lbv the cooperation of this bureau has as an OBJ
liect a plea for special financing of this bureau
as an adjunct of the department With the ar
gument for Industrial training there will be no
disposition to find fault; industrial managers
the world over are convinced that better faclh-
ties for training workers means great saving
of the labor turnover What the government
department has to say about the value Of highly
trained foremen for industrial work is sensible,
as are other of its proposals. But the point at
issue is the Capitalization in the federal gov
eminent of such work as Industrial training.
president Wilson specifically said that the So
luton of the industrial problems OF labor must
be largely worked out by the industries them
selves. 1t seems that no problem Is more IN
timately the business of industry than the
training of its workers. A government super
iintendence might easily run to stereotyped
methods and red tape procedure that would be
Objectionable to industry. What the function
| of such bureau should be should be decided
by the industries. If American producers want
such bureau and ask for it, there is no reason
to believe it will be denied; if they do not want
lit, it certainly should not be forced upon them.
That the speculative element is responsible
for the big boost in coffee prices is indicated by
the action Of the board of managers of the New
York City Coffee Exchange in doubling the
margins required for trading in futures. This
! is interpreted as an indication Of an impending
sharp drop in prices, which are the highest in
twenty years 1t would not be displeaslng to
4 consumers to see some Of the gamblers caught
/ in a squeeze. With sugar commanding price
! of eleven cents pound the weekly bill of the
family for coffee and trimmings milk is
/ fourteen cents quart-cuts some hole in the
domestic treasury.
! american troops did not really help the al
lies win a victory over Germany" says a
Brazilian editor. Be that as it may, we do not
believe that even the most anti-American indi-
Ividual can claim justly that the American
troops were of any real hindrance to the allies
The Rotterdam Courant says: "The treaty
does not end the war; it continues it forever
In that case Holland would be wise if she moved
Ito some other part of the map.
/ We thought it would come. A Los Angeles
soldier wants divorce from his wife because
she canot make doughnuts "like the Salvation
I Army used to make
i Won't Secretary Daniels object to his dry
!, navv ever talyinr over any foreipn port2
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-03

He who has obtained any amount of knowi-
edge is not truly wise unless he appropriates
it and can use it for his need-Dr. John
Brown.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-03

and bears, deep woods and ice-fed
lakes. Around the corner are modern
resort hotels and miles Of auto boule'
wards. Summer excursion fares.
Ask for the booklets you want. They desc pt
Yellowstone, Glacier, Rocky Mountain, Mt; Kai
nicr, Crater Lake Yosemite, Seauoa, Hawaii, Tan.
Canyon, Petriied Forest, Zion, Mesa Verde ana NO.
Springs of Arkansas.
Ask the local ticket agent to help plan you
Trip or apply to nearest Consolidated Ticket oiiC'
or address Travel Bureau U. S. r. r. Administrator
646 Transportation Bldg, Chicago; 143 Liberty '''
New York; COZ Healey Bldg, Atlanta, Ga.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-03-21
INSURANCE. '
Fire, Tornado, Lightning,
Auton,obfIe and Hail.
YERkES B PEE0.
(jan14-tfl -
THE FAcTs IN THE CASE,

AS considerable unjust criticism
has been placed upon Councilman j.
]. veatch, due to the action OF the
Council at a recent meeting In in
creasing the price per load of crushed
rock atrthe city quarry, NUMBER OF
propArty owners who use CONSIDER
able amount OF rock Tor building
purposes during the year, claiming
that Mr.. Veatch' was the originator
of the proposition to increase the
price. THE NEWS has secured from
the ofscial records OF the Couhcii
meeting the exact status OF the pro
ceedings, which Is as follows:
"Christ?.c- moved and Kiser sec
onded that the price Of crushed. stone
be fixed at 81 per cart load and -
per wagon load at the quarry, on or.
der of the Mayor or any member OF
the Improvement Committee. On cal
of vote, Christman, Doyle, Kiser ano
Nichols voted yes; Veatch and Mer
ringer voted no. Ankle did not vote.
The above is taken literally IRON
the Clerks records, and should o.
sufficient to refute the false report
being circulated, by people VINO o.
not take the trouble to ind OUT tn
facts, against Mr.. Veatch.
Mr.. Veatch stated before Council
that he was not in favor of increas
ing the price of crushed rock, an
wished the city had an unlimite
amount Of crushed rock for sale, ian
so voted when the question came up
but was not in favor OF selling roc
when they were so badly needed o
the streets.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-03-21
BASKET BALL.

The Paris High School girls basket
ball team met defeat at the hands of
the Lexington High School girls
team at the University of Kentucky,
Monday night for the cup presented
to the winner Of the tournament, by
a score of % to 4, Paris having won
the State championship. The cap
tain Of the Lexington team, Miss
Dorothy Potter, made seven field
goals, while Miss Elder, forward for
the Paris team, threw four of the
eight fouls, making all the points
for the Paris team
The Paris girls had played three
games on Saturday, and were COM
pletely worn out. Individually the
members of the team played good
ball. The floor was an entirely new
one to the Paris team, while Lexing-
ton had the advantage of having
practiced and played on it frequently.
The fact that Paris had defeated the
Lexington team three times before
shows conclusively that circumstan-
ces combined against them to have
such a score as the result of the
Monday night game.
The Paris team will fly the flag Of
the States champions, as result Of
the scheduled games Of the past
season, in which their team was vic
torious over the Lexington team, in
spite of it's loss of the tournament
cup. The Paris team was coach
ed by Miss Helen Bannister, of Lex
ington, and was composed of Misses
Ruby Elder and Edith Harper, for
wards; Vallette McClintOck and
Irene Alexander, guards; Mayme Lee
Baldwin, center; Miss Katherine
Wallingford, substitute.
The male and female basket ball
teams Of the Paris High School
Alumni Association will play the
present boys and girls team Of the
High School, at the Bourbon County
Y. M. C. A. gymnasium, at 1880
O'Clock tonight, Friday, March Il:
Admission, thirty-five cents. A good
game is expected.
At the Y. M. G.. A. gymnasium
Wednesday the Seventh and Eighth
grades of the Paris Public School
played a game, in which the former
won out by a score of Is to 8. The
girls teams of the same grades play.
ed a game, in which the Eighth
Grade girls won by score of to /.
Don't forget the game to be play
ed at the Y. M. G. A. tonight be-
tween the Paris High School alumni
team and the present teams OF the
High School. Play will be called at
1880. Admission, 35 cents.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-03-21
DAUGHTERS OF C0NFEDERACY
HOLD INTERESTING MEETING

One of the most interesting meet
ing of the present season was that
held in the Confederate room in the
court house by the members of Rich
ard Halves Chapter, Daughters OF the
Confederacy. The meeting was pre-
sided over by Mrs. J. T. Vansant.
The histories used in the public
schools of the State were discussed,
the members expressing preference
| for Anderson's History OF the UnlIed
States. A committee was appointed
| to investigate the matter and make
a complete report at the next reeu-
lar meeting. An interesting paper
was read by Mrs. John ]. Conneli. on
facts relating to the life OF the late
| General Bennett H. Young. Short
tanks; were also made by Miss Kate
edgar. Mrs. VIM. G. Talbot and Mrs.
Charles c. Leer. A paper describing
the work of the Daughters of the
lConfederacy an-the hospitals of the
United States and\ Europe during the
war.was read by Mrs. John. C.. Bed
ford. Mrs. Russell Mann submitted
renort of her success in obtaining ar
, ticles TO be used for the comfort O
, the Confederate veterans at tn
, Home in Pewee Valley.
: The following delegates were ap
pointed to attend the National Con
l yention Of the Daughters Of the Con
: federacy, to be held in Louisville
i April / to s.: Mrs. Russell mann
d Mrs. Benz. woodford, Mrs. CnaTie
d G. Leer; Alternate: Mrs. Gano Hll
} Idreth, Mrs. H. HI. Hancock MRS. WH
k G. Talbot. At the conclusion OF ca
a business meeting social hour To-
flowed. refreshments being served
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-03-21
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PARIS AND NORTH MIDDLET0WN
CHURCHES TO GIVE CANTATA.

Arrangements have been practf-
cally completed by the men of Paris
and North Middletown Christian
churches for the production of a can
tata, at an early date. The leading
part in the cantata will be taken by
Mr.. Ernest Davis, tenor OF the Chi
cago Grand Opera.
No admission will be charged, and
the public is to be cordially invited
to attend. The choirs of both the
churches will be united in the rendi-
ton Of the cantata, and a musicale
will be held at each church, under
the direction Of Mr.. A. L. Boatright,
chorister Of the Paris Christian
church.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-03-21
For Sale

Vacant lot on Stoner avenue,
50x20O feet. Very desirable for
erection of home. Is in nice sur
roundings.
DIR. WIN. RILEY FRANKLIN.
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