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Answers to Yesterdays Quiz


1, ITelgoland Is little more than mile long.
2. LAtany; series of petitions for use In
church services.
3 Valentine Cameron Prinsep, a noted Eng
lish artist Is said to have been the
original of Taffy in Du Maurier's
"frilby"
A. Bogota, Colombia, Is known as the "Ath-
ems of South America"
s. Rupert Blue is surgeon general OF the
United States.
6. Victor Blue. an American naval officer,
determined definitely for the FIRST time
the presence Of the Spanish feet In
the harbor of Santiago de Cuba In
June, 1898.
T. The real name of the creator of "Mr.
Dooley" is Finley Peter Dunno.
g. 'Enendi" is Turkish title of respect.
meaning lord.
0. Thaumaturgy Is wonder working
10. The Constitution Of the United States
before the passage Of the amendments
was divided into seven articles.
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The only man in the Senate diplomatic
gallery who heard Senator Poindexters in
vectives against the league of nations was
one who must have taken keen delight in the
attaclS--the Bulgarian minister
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Mr.. Hoover says that his own instinct"
is against the federal ownership OF the meat
packing business. A case where instinct
against is better than all the reasons for.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-20

II the league Of nations covenant were
only signed all around It would be deeply
interesting TO note its effect on Italy in her
present naturalization mood
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There does not seem to be anywhere III
the Germany OF today a realization that
even the worst that the Allied diplomatists
might do by means Of dictation or economic
pressure must appear generous, charitable
and humane when it is considered in the
light of the last four years. Indeed, it ap.
pears that even the more enlightened Ger
man statesmen are temperamentaliy un-
able to perceive that it was only the su-
peror civilization opposed to them, only
forbearance and regard for the decencies
of life that saved their land and their
cities and their civil population from de-
vastation and torment such as the French
and the Belgians have had 10 endure.
This is no time for fomenting new
hatreds and suspicious. The hatemakers
here and everywhere else have done their
work too well and a lot of II will have to
be undone. But the new Germany, after
the Germans Of Austria are admitted, will
include about lOO0OO.OO0 people within
what is likely 10 be "A powerful and eff
cient republic. The state Of mind Of sucl,
a nation pitched at an advantageous posi-.
ton in the heart Of disordered Europe is
a matter of the utmost importance TO the
rest of the world
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In making directly for New England
the President may also be emphasizing the
lure Of the pie-belt after a season OF Euro
nean soiourn.
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Georges Clemenceau's pseudonym is
really a mild one. Show US any seventy
seven-year-old tiger as nimble and vigorous
as the French Premier.
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1t is odd that the Weimar delegates
should be bursting into tears Of anger at
the moment when the British naval author.
tiles were publishing the first reports of
the investigations made at Helgoland be.
cause Helgoland is an excellent symbol of
the German mind of ten years ago. This
tiny island in the North Sea was equipped
as fortress TO guard the naval base at
Kiel and the mouth of the River Elbe. 1t
was mysterious. 1t was closed to the
world What the British have just un.
covered there is a truly staggering ar.
rangement of concrete and steel-armor
plate unimaginsbly intricate, proof against
every known type Of bomb, sheltering
longrange guns and aviation bases. II
includes bomb-proof tunnels and passages
without number and suggests in a general
way the sort Of thing that nadmen might
work at rapturously--a fantastic horror,
an outpost Of organized devilism, guarded
like a holy shrine in the midst of the
peaceful life Of the North Sea.
Nowadays the collective mind of Official
Germany is almost weirdly suggestive OF
Helgoland. II is a thing existing apart
ing. Is it possible that it cannot conform
to the demands Of civilized life? The COM
plant Of Erzberger and Hindenburg and
the rest does not indicate even a remote
consciousness Of the evil they have done.
Nor is there anywhere in the Germany OF
today that general sense OF contrition
which would in itself have been the best
assurance of peaceful future. 1t is no
wonder that the representatives of Euro
pean nations at the Peace Conference
should view Germany as the most dificult
Of all their problems. A staggering repub-
| lie I'm the heart Of Europe, fired by ambition
and a continuing delusion Of racial SUI
periority, would not represent happy out
come after all the losses and sacrifices OF
| the recent war.
The statesmen Of the Allied nations do
| not wish to so oppress Germany that that
nation will be driven backward TO Russia
and Asia for sympathy, trade and alliances
Yet it is not humanely possible for the rep
resentatives Of France. Belgium and Great
| Britain to permit an arrangement that
would compel their own people to begin
| life all oyer again under disadvantages
highly favorable to those who slmos,
bsousht about their ruin. Germany is un'
touched. The mines, railroads and man
ufacturing plants Of France and Belgium
have been ruined. Their old enemy has
set their Industrial life back twenty years
The Germans show no disposition to share
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As the British have received 5000 Ger
man cannon as their share there will be
enough to give one to every considerable
British town which wants trophy
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While the Senate is exploding, it is up
to the general public TO ndorse tho league
OF patience.
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lation OF American affairs by foreigners; /;
but what does he think Of regulating affairs
Of foreigners by Americans in the interests
of world peace7
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The federal tax bill is at once utterly
unsentimental and extremely touching"
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Philadelphia "hold-ups' its reputation
almost nightly,
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The news from Paris indicates that n
takes more than Ave hnllstr - klil tigsn
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Social Chat


Tn SPITE of the fact that he has not yet
returned our copy of Walking Stick
Papers we have lent DR.. A. Edward New
ton another book. For the information Of
the curious, the volume is Margaret
Ogilvy," BY :. NJ. Barrie.
We reaffirm our conviction that Boom
vile, Mo-, is the best town in Missouri that
we have never visited. We have just heard
from our friend Charles c. Bell, of that
town, that a consignment of corncob pipes
is on the way to us from the Phoenix
American Pipe Works of Boonville. And
as one of our colleagues recently bought
a carton of safety matches. all we need
now is some tobacco.
We learn that a young man in New
York who had been rejected by the army
bribed naval examiner to admit him into
the service by giving him de luxe set of
O. Henry's complete works.
We have a great deal of sympathy with
that dishonest naval officer. We, too,
could be bribed to do anything If that de
luxe edition of o. Henry were held out
as bait.
We wish TO repeat that gifts for Socrates
must NOT be left in care of the eleva-
tor boy.
IL. T. {. sent US hustling to the diction.
airy by asserting that he Is liorocubi-
cularist. We find. after some study. that
it merely means one who reads in bed
Who Is So Relentless as Poet?
WHARTON STORK and Dick Gummere
w are taking calisthenics preparatory to
entertaining Vachel Lindsay this weekend.
Vachel is the only American poet to whom
II was never said, Louder. please!"
We wonder whether Wharton and Dick
| know what they are up against?
And is the seismograph out at swarth-
more prepared for some extra heavy con-
| cussions?
Most poets, when called upon to recite
their verses do SO in timid furtive
bashful and apologetic fashion. They are
ashamed to admit how much they enjoy IL
Not so Vachel
II seems only fair to warn the com
| munity.
| sGVNJHEN come to a town." says Vschel
| w "I want a manager for one whole
dav and a line Of march. ] prefer that my
nersonal conductor be the head Of the Eng
lish department Of the local college, q
leading editor of the city, the librarian OF
the like. / expect this person to have 6
sense of humor and enjoy being RESPONSE
BILE for me and my schedule for the day
and be willing to let me wear him out, es
pecially his conversational powers.
tlyYyHE audience prefer above all others
l. continues vacheD sis the high schoo
assembly. II there are four high schools
want to appear before all of them,
forty.fiye-ininute period in each one. ex
nact the English teachers to have my ST,
hooks I'm the school libraries or the publ
library the month beforehand. / meal
nothing whatever to an audience unfamiiia
with my work. They find me neithe
amusing nor edifying.
ttT CAN give" proceeds VacheD "at leas
i nye recitals Of an hour each withou
saving any verses over again.
Next to the high school assemblies,
] prefer the noondax lpneh clubs. such :
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DERHAPs. after all, the method of SAL
L walton may not be so important as SAL
walton itself. And why may we not
extend our ideas on democracy from
this world to the next? If all are to rule
here, why not save all in the next-ex-
cept, perhaps. the Bolshevists? 1t will be
a great time when, dissolved in a larger
spiritual solvent than that of creed. there
shall be, for example, no Puritans when
a man may listen, in a pure, clean, regen-
crate Philadelphia, TO beautiful music on
the Sabbath day, not performed neces-
sarily In church, and yet not scandalize
his neighbor. In the face of this great
negation, war; before all its hideous dis
play OF human depravity and crime, and
with all the misgivings OF heart which
thought on these things engen6ers, we
have more than ever the need of that con.
ISOLATION and stay which is true religions
| II has been suspected that theology is not
alone the work Of man, but that the clerks
! OF certain fallen Somebody have had very
busy fingers in much Of II. Can It be then,
| perhaps. that before the religion which Is
| TO come some day to rule In our hearts
can become truly univerpai. we must
slough on some of our antiquated. petty,
uncharitable and man.made incrustations
with feudalism. ksiserism and other dis.
carded medieval furniture?
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THE CHAFF7NG DISH

the Rotary Club, the Chamber Of Com
merce and the like. These can be taught
my verses by running them in the news
paper.
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Tn SPITE of the fact that he has not yet
returned our copy of walking Stick
Papers" we have lent DR.. A. Edward New
ton another book. For the information OF
the curious, the volume is Margaret
Ogilvy," BY :. NJ. Barrie.
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nESPITE all these competing lines ant
- all this diversity there is a movemen
on foot to standardze. so 10 speak, ou
religious parts. Men, at least. do not wan
der far in dress from the accepted black
and browns and grays. II we are drab il
our clothes. why should we not be drab il
our faiths? We live, thousands Of us, il
houses made Of a pattern: inevitable room
to sit in, unavoidable rooms to eat in, vi
escapable rooms in which to cook and (
sleep. Why should not like expected
ness inhere in our religions?
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ttT CAN give" proceeds VacheD "at least
i ave recitals Of an hour each without
saying any verses over again.
Next to the high school assemblies I
prefsr the noondnx apnch clubs such ~
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-02-08

you Boy
well, 1 was going to tell you, ne re-
piled, cause I'm l0-l0 years old-to-
day"
Today exclaimed the little girl.
To-day! And you never told me
Why we could have had party! Mag
gle would have given me some things
from the kitchen. Mother wouldn't have
cared, cause its holiday-WAshing,
tons Birthday-O my" as a thought
struck her, do you always have the
same birthday that he has?"
Yep" said the boy, "and that's my
name, too-WaShington Farrell. Mother
gave it to me cause was born the same
day as George Washington-so you
won't have to call me Boy any more.
And I'm going to be like him, too" he
added in burst of confidence I'm go
ing away and do lots of great things,
and make lots of money, and then I'm
coming back and then-and then
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-02-08
A Little Party That They Missed

me Princess any more-that was only
for that day that we read the story !;
my name is Marjorie-Marjorie Pierce
and this is my house." pointing to the
mansion beside the wall
Huh" said the boy, 81 knew that
everyone knows your fathers name,
cause he's so rich"
well, he can't help that" said the
little lady rather sharply. IFS not his
fault Isn't your father richl" she I'm
ished curiously.
Haven't got any" said the boy,
shortly, but I'll tell you what I've got
an uncle that's got heaps of money, and
pretty soon I'm going out to stay with
him, and then I'll get some money, too,
and then I'll como back, and then-and
then" But his imagination refused 70
go further.
"But you didn't tell me what your
name was, and how old you are" ven
tured Marjorie. II always have to cali
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The Love That Grew and Grew

was holding in too close proximlt.
thermometer, glass vial, everything
wen@ shivering TO the floor DR. Eos
fter tuNled upon the girl in wrath.
Get out! Send me responsible
nurse. Report to the matron'
"Oh, say exclaimed Chase,
stirred by the white face, the anguished
eyes of the nurse Don't blame her.
It's my fauit-and yours Why in the
world did you do that"
Merely a test for paralysis" grum-
bled the doctor; running rod along the
bottom of Chase's foot. which made him
erumble up inside like clam pulling in
its long nose. Your nerves are all
right. Just fracture Of the bone, evil
IDENTIFY. If you will clean up, Miss
Peele. we'll get Mr.. Chase into bed and
leave him in your care. Last chance J"
After Chase had recovered from the
exertion of being moved again, he called
the little nurse to him and noticed that
her eyes were red and swollen.
why do you stand for it?" he asked
abruptly.
What else can I do' Besides he had
a right to be cross. It's my second Of
fence"
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When He Was An Awful Fool

Wentworth came home at noon and aft
er q while hurried away, angrily banging
the door with terrific force that almost
shattered the glass, never even noticing
the little boy across the street.
After a while Mrs. Ted started down
the street with a suitcase as though she
might be going somewhere on train.
She wNs crying, or had been, Tommy
could see in spite of the veil she wore
Now Tommy was pretty sure that
Mira. Ted was crying because Mr.. Ted
had been cross. AS a rule he was so
kind to her that some of the bigger boys
called him ~spoony," which Tommy
didn't like. Ever since the night they
had come over and askedSthe head ma
tron if they could borrow Tommy for a
little while, had taken him for ice cream
and brought him home and played their
music box for him, he had been their
staunch champion. That night Mr.
Wentworth had said he wished he had
little boy like him and wouldn't he
call him Uncle Ted So he did after
that
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knee had been N-rayed, operated upon
and placed in cast, Amy Peele moved
in and out of the private room like a
watchful angel, her hopeful philosophy
appealing strongly to the man who had
been too busy to bother about women.
Where are the children9" he asked
one morning when the knee had got to
the state of constant massage. II keep
hearing voices of children"
"fust around the corner; broken legs
and arms, poor tots.
You'd like to do something for them.
III wager"
al would! A great big doll for each
girl, and big shiny FIRE engine for the
boys"
'"Go ahead, get them. and while you
are about it, let me make a donation or
my own selection, A box of chocolates
for each kiddo."
Amy laughed. Many and oft are the
times we warn the parents, No candyr
You are Just as bad as they"
Then ice cream. They can cat ice
cream? Very we'll, order a ton. Let's
imagine that a fairy ship has brought
you in a fortune and every morning
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and pressed, | can't bother getting a
new one now"
He really meant to get things in the
fall. and for her, too He has been
given a neat little bonus, and with wise
investing felt that his worst days were
over. But he had been afraid to say so
things might not utrn out right
That was the morning he had prom
ised Tommy ball, and the morning
Mike had gotten the clothes.
Marjorie, Mrs. Ted, thinking things
over, decided that If her husband did
not have old things to put on he would
have to buy new ones. She had many
things to learn. So Mike got three suits
of her husbands for a dollar apiece
And then Ted came home and the
first thing he did was to go to his
wardrobe to get his wallet out of the
blue suit with the pin stripe. But not
Cnly was the suit gone, pin stripe and
all, but the wallet with the bonus and
ali hope for future prosperity.
Then trouble came in and took pos
session of the house, We know the rest
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The boys romped and played in their
side of the big yard after school, but
Tommy managed to keep an eye on the
brick house. Would Mrs Ted come
home again and would Uncle Ted be
glad to see her?
But the afternoon waned and supper
time came, still the house across the
street was desertd.
Tommy ate little and the story before
bed time, although it was about a giant
with seven heads, had no interest for
him. After he was in bed, the middle
one in a row of twelve, his brain was
busy trying to solve the perplexing mys-
terry across the street Slowly he went
over the events of the morning. Some
thing had happened between eight and
twelve to cause the trouble. But what
He hadn't seen anybody go in. He
could just see over the window sill In
the school room, and he generally knew
of visitors Then he remembered One
eyed Mike, a dealer in old clothes, had
gone to the back door and came around
presently with an armful of things.
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Tommy knew Mike OF old. His shop
was on the corner of the alley where
Tommy had lived before he came to the
home. He was dishonest Tommy
knew, and the little boy stirred uneasily
Could Mike have had anything TO do
with the troublel
He was up early and out in the yard
playing He watched his chance, and
when the postman came and left the
gate open Tommy slipped out and down
the street as hard as he could tear.
Mr., Ted had been suspicious for a
long time that Mrs Ted was getting
discontented with being poor and wear
ing the same clothes two seasons and
doing without a maid and theater tick
cts She had never said so but he was
growing more certain by the minute that
she was unhappy. Lately she had re
minded him that he needed a new suit
himself
Got FIVE" he had protested
But they're all shabby, dear"
They'll do till fall If they're cleaned
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Nearly | used to play that 1 Was
rich, too, and could accomplish so
much more, Money is wonderful fac
tor, don't you Think"
'Um-yes," hesitated the man, think
ing of his large income tax, what
would you do for instance, If you had
the money!"
The girls eyes twinkled ''BW Mr..
Lane a concordance.
"A what?"
= Hes a dear old man in the public
ward. His leg is broken seriously. In
spite of intense pain he asked for a
Bible at once; and the other day begged
for a Concordance. He said it was
more fun to take a word like faith,
and find all the verses regarding it than
to go to the movies. If had the mon
ey, my first purchase would be one for
his very own" 4
He'll have IT," Chase said, and then,
because his own pain was almost too
great to bear, he fell back on the pillow
and ground his teeth. and wished that
he knew a verse about courage, for he
felt urgently in need of one.
All through the long days, after the
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By Abner Anthony

forget, but he-never
Tell Miss Peele TO come here ~
urged the nurse,
Impossible. It's not allowed. Be
sides, she's on night duty"
Get her here for FIVE minutes TO-
night and I'll give you $500"
The nurse glared greedily at her pa
tient, and though she said nothing
Chase was satisfied. That night Amy.
sweet, pale, nervous, stood Of the door.
81 shouldn't be here. Only = mo
ment.-" she began
II won't keep you long, Amy love
you"
''Yes. Mr. Chase" Her voice was
very low; her eyes fell.
Amy, want you to marry me,
Still lower "Yes, Mr. Chase"
"Amy" the man held out his hand to
her, do you love me q little hits"
And still softer. but distinct enough
so that he could hear: "Yes, Mr.-Ed-
win"
Then she made . sudden movement
toward the bed The big arms wrapped
around her and their lips met Z
A few minutes later radiantiy hap
py nurse sped down the corridor.
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ing, anyway" she announced,
Som L" he answered, although he
wasn't at all; but he sturdily held the
board straight and firm while his golden
haired divinity clambered down, and de-
cided that she would sit on the stone
wall for a while.
He was quite willing. for there they
could SIT very close together, and it
mattered not at all to this young pair of
8 and 10 that his feet were cased in
shoes torn and much too big. while she
was bundled up in manner BETTING a
daughter of the rich Neither did it
make any difference to them that this
was her courtyard, while he dwelt in a
very different house down in the hol-
Iorv." They were -chums." That was
ali that mattered.
How old are you. Princess7" he
asked. as they swung their legs from
the wall
SIX" said she, but you mustn't call
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half smile played round his lips
Il wonder if | shall see her" he re-
fected. my Princess Marjorie, my. lady
Of the Washington's Birthday see-saw." /"
Somehow the great house looked differ
ent--a little dilapidated, perhaps; not
rearing itself quite so proudly as in the
olden days
He walked through the yard to the
old stone wall, now erumbling into de
cay. A girl was standing in the door
way brushing away the snow from the
steps. Underneath her cap her hair
shone like spun gold and her blue eyes
sparkled like twin stars. 1t was the
princess" He should have known her
anywhere.
IT'S Washington's Birthday, and I've
come back, as told you | would. Do
you remember me, princess" and he
held out his. hand
Remember you Indeed | do And
I've been expecting to see you here ev-