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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-17
oh, Listen Here.i
By ADAM s. LANE.
1t has been Said
BY some Who

II = r. 4
By some Who
Claim Authority 81
4 To Know
1 That the Robin
Red breast is the Harhinger
, OF sweet, soft ringtime. 3
i would Like KS
For some Erudite ~ s.
Indiyi idual who Ciings Z K
To thib Theory 3
TO meet with Me
In public Debate Il.
On the, court house Steps
Some gentle June
Day.
Il would yociferously Raise
The question Concerning
What Excuse
Could any robin Muster
For the Kind
or deceitful Prophesy
PD:cticed by a Certain
Bird
IL thS NiSlhlLy vi
My Homestead.
Along
In the Last
Lingering days or
Febr'y there Came
A soft One
Lotsa balmy Breaths,
Snow took a Sneak,
Woolens got scratchy,
IN all That.
Just as / Turned
In at my Front
Gate a smart Robin
Hailed me Like This:
"Chirk! Chirk! Churk!i
Churk!! Lo, Adam!
Spring has Came"
I was tickled To
Death.
i went in And
Told Hermione
And we decided That
i Our four remaining Shovels
OF Coal
Would last US Through.
Very Next
Morn, the Snow
Was up to my Chin
And that robin Was
AS Scarce
AS q five cent Wed
OF lemon Pie.
FIR three more Wcei:.
Spring never Sprars
Again,
And we had To
Continued on Page Four.)
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-17
Wesleyan Glee to
Sing at FairvieW

The West Virginia College Gleei
Club will visit Fairmont while on d
trip through the state on the evening
OF April End. The glee club carries
|1s men and is the best it has ever
been. The entertainment will be given
In the NJ e. church. The club was
invited by the school officials. The
members OF the club Will be enter
tanned in the homes Of the citizens
of the town.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-17
.Polino Damage Case
In Jury S Hands

At half past one this afternoon, the
case Of Sam Polino VS.. the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad was given to the
jury after an argument between the
opposing counsel lasting all morning.
The suit is for $3.50 damages for the
death of a team of horses killed near
Barrackyille In 1914. Attorney Harry
Shaw is representing the plaintiff and
Harry s. Lively appears for the rail-
road.
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ernment. Rhling elements in the coun-
try, inspired very largely by revital-
lied military philosophy that has ap-
pcared elsewhere on the continent,
pressed the attack to reclaim What they
described as Polish soil But il hap
pened that the soil over which they ad e
vanced for almost 200 miles was popu
lated mainly by Russians and had been
part Of the Russian empire for almost
200 years.
General SHUTS bitterly opposed this
new war. and so did Lloyd George
toward the end. Lord Robert Cecil
wrote a withcring letter to the council
of the League of Nations demanding
that tho adventure be abandoned and
charging that II represented complete
ncgntion Of all promises made in behalf
of the plain people of the world in the
covenants Of Paris.
Now, after great losses Of men
money and time, the Polish generals arc
retreating to the boundaries originally
made for them and arc preparing tC
make peace Looking backward at the
record of their short war, 1t is only
possible to wonder whether men car
over learn by any process other thar
hard experience. Every nation hates
an invader. Peoples have always for
gotten their own differences to fight 6
common enemy. The rule always will
hold in Russia, in Mexico or anywhere
else
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Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

l. A bastinado is punishment by can.
ing the soles OF the feet
2. The Chicago Worlds Fair onened
on May !, 1898, and closed on
October !.
3. Mizpah means THE Lord watch he
tween thee and me when we are
absent one from the other" The
word occurs In Genesis XxXix. 40.
4. Charles Stewart Parnel was n
famous Irish statesman and honoe
rule advocate. His dramatic polit-
ical career was Clouded by n di-
vorce scandal which resulted in
his deposition from the leadership
of the Home Rule party. He was
born in 1886 and died iH 1891
8. The first Carlist War Of Spain was
inaugurated by Don Carlos, a pre-
tender to the Spanish throne in
1888 The struggle lasted until
1540.
6. Tennyson wrote 'Locksley Hall"
7. Robert Bridges is the poet laureate
of England.
g. The Concord grape takes its mama
from Concord. Mass. where it ~
grown.
0. A shibboleth is a test word or prIn.
ciple or behavior or opinion, the
use of or inability to use which
betrays ones party, nationality
abandoned doctrine, once held en-.
sential. The word is found In the
book of Judges. w
IN. Thrips are various sma}l insects In
T furious 70 vegetation
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A JOB FOR JOHN

T IGIIT and heat are qualities that lie
IL dormant in alcohol. to emerge with
a rush when the parent substance is
consumed in the human stomach or in
an engine mnde Of steel. Years ago,
when scientific men began first TO talk
down John Rnrlcycorn. they said that
he could do great deal Of good in the
world if he were made to toll in an
ordered way. Whisky, they said, could
serve one great purpose. and only one.
1t could run machinery and operate
motorCars.
A shortage Of gasoline was not
dreamed Of in those days. But tho i'm
mensc demand that has been made on
the fuel supply of the world since
ships began to burn crude oil and tho
increasing number of motor vehicles
make it necessary for civilization tC
find a new substance for use in internal
combustion engines. The British Gov
ernment has turned to alcohol, which,
mixed with benzol, is now driving mo-
torcars in London.
Alcohol may prove to be the fuel that
the world has been looking for. Its
sources are incxhaustiblc. 1t will be
available as long as green things grow
A ton Of molasscs will give up sixty
five gallons OF alcohol of fuel strength
And if the method of distllaton car
be chcaprnNl, all waste vegetable mat
ter now left to rot on the earth's sur.
face may be utilized by chemists t.
keep tho wheels Of traffic and commerce
turning,
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FRANCE REMEMBERS

TALES that the vexatious anti
l. cimaxcs have aNenated the tradi-
tionQl sympathy of the French for the
United States are not subStantiated by
the interest in our coming Independence
Day now being manifested in Paris.
The press there pleads for public rccog-
milton Of the occasion. The official cX-
crciscs will take the form Of military
parade before the statue Of Washington,
Doubtless the grave of the Marquis de
Lafayette in the picturesque Picpus
cemetery will not be forgotten.
Whatever the disappointmcnts of the
French have been in the aftermath OF
titanic strife which failed to render
the world perfect or to administer pla-
tonic Justice to each individual member
Of mankind, the salient fact remains
that America had much to do with the
salvation of the republic which bore
the brupt Of the German onslaught.
The magnitude and meaning OF the
drama of 1918 will grow as the years
pass.
At all times the French are possessed
OF a keen historic sense, Happily 1t Is
serving them now to tighten the bonds
which draw together the great republics
of respectively the old and the new
worlds. We can and should reciprocate
by honoring Bastille Day on the l4th
of the current month.
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CHOICE OF PROVOST
LIKELY IN THE FALL
Alumni Committee Considering
Many Candidates for Per-
manent Penn Head

The task Of selecting n provost for the
University Of Pennsylvania will con-
tinuc for the rest Of the summer, with
alumni representatives and trustees
meeting in frequent conference.
This Is indicated in a statement is
sued today by Judge j. Whitaker
Thompson, United States District
Court, who is chairman of the sub
committee of the 100 alumni of the Uni
vcrsity named last winter to aid in
choosing a suitable man for provost.
DR.. Josiah ii. Pcnniman, formerly
vice provost, is now acting provost, and
has taken over the duties of University
administration. He probably will con =
tinuc as the acting head of the insti
tuition until next fall at least.
The first regular monthly meeting OF
tie board Of trustees will not be held
until the start of the next school year,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-02
COSTLY CREDENTIALS

DRoTEsTS of the increase in the
i price of passports from 81 to $40
will hardly assume the aspect Of con
vincing pathos. Americans with slim
purses are unlikely to be travelling
abroad nowadays and the atfiuent tour
lat Is hardly an object Of sympathy.
Especially is this true of the party
Of 100 congressional junketers' includ .
ing William Scott Ware, prilned for a
summer in the Orient and among the
,rst of our citizens TO feel the effect OF
6e new ruling. Piquancy is injected
Nto the situation by the presence in
,the congressional group of Representa- =
tive Porter, OF Pennsylvania, chairman
Of the committee which framed the new
passport measure.
4 II not important, his plight is at
least amusing, and if he realized in the
beginning that he would be victimized
by his own work it partakes OF the
heroic.
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LYRIC NOTE FROM JERSEY

MEN and women and governments
ASl 70 laundering into trouble. Poll
ticians rave. Society and civilization
pile up their errors and continue. for
some reason or other, only by strife.
But the forces upon which life depends
continue to function in serene rhythm
without the aid Of sperchmakers or
party platforms or the inspiration of
Republican, Democrat, Socialist, wet
or dry.
A lyricist in the United States De-
purtment Of Agriculture has been sur
veying the crop reports from New
Jersey. and something of the great calm
OF nature suffuses him. He sings:
.'Nights have been little cool for
the best growing weather, but excellent
for haying, which is in full progress
Corn is in very good condition. but
warmer nights would be more benc
ficia1." (And 10 , the warmer nights arr
here.) "Wheat," continues this happ!
record, sis not a large crop, but thu
heads are filling out well and startins
to ripen. Rye is nearly ripe and is thu
best looking crop of all. Meadows ant
pastures are mostly good to excellent
and continue to grow. Potatoes give
fine Indications. They are blossomini
IN central counties! Apples anC
peaches promise satisfactory yields"
Growth. It appears, is everywhere
but in the minds that rule in part!
politics. The minstrel who writes thu
reports of the Department of AgriCul'
ture finishes on triumphant note
Bugs, he cries, are very few in thu
fields.
We know they are: They arc at tn,
political conventions.
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UNSENSATIONAL WEATHER

TIME current hot spell has natu
- rally provoked comment. or Conver-
sation would languish. Nevertheless,
criticism of the heat and It's accompany
ing offender, humidity, appears to lack
something of the old angry bitterness.
Philosophy will hardly account for this
,hange in/hthe local temper, for wilted
lollars defy in their sOggy reality the
hpst subtle reasoning.
THE explanation probably lies in the
Net that Philadelphians as "A class are
earning to adapt their dress to the
Summer climate. The knowledge has
been slowly acquired, but steadily.
Each successive summer finds the pub
lie here accustoming itself more and
more to the idea of tropic conditions.
Waistcoats are being relegated 10 OBJ
livion, collars are shrinking and soft
ening, the pride which long held out
against mohairs and palm beaches is
melting away.
Give us time and mans summer garb
in this region may take on something
Of the adaptabilty of the refreshing
attire of the other sex. When 1t is
fully realized that Philadelphia in June,
July ana August ls hCtuulIS HotI'I iHuh
Havana, where the welcome trade winds
blow. we may all be white suited, as we
should be.
As IL is the reform Is commendabe,
and though the performances of the
mercury this week are lofty, they can
not be said TO inspire the old time
sensation. Perhaps the time is ap-
proaching when the conventional phrase,
s'No relief in sight" will beget not
despair, but rather comfortable in
difference.
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hall. in the fray Of young cheer leaders,
in the booming Of the organ.
You sit in the convention. the voice
out Of the tin horn humping your ear
drum, but hardly penetrating any
further and waiting for the moment
when the speech is finished and all
emotions are let loose in the uproar of
the demonstration. Without the dem
onstrations the convention would be in
tolerable. No one could stand hours
OF dull assertions coming out big tin
horns.
Drama Now Follows the Speech
But after all this textbook stuff
comes the drama. There you have the
candidacy in action. You listen not to the
speech that somebody made in the big
tin horns. but to the volume of noise
that follows. The men who heard
Demosthenes in Athens were keen crit
les Of every gesture he made, every ex =
preston that crossed his face, every
cadence of his voice. We pay no at
tention to such things; we are keen
critics of demonstrations. How much
of the noise is real and how much is
fictitious? How many votes do those
cheers represent? Does the candidate
possess the galleries or the delegates!
We measure the candidacy not by
speech that is made for it, not by the
recitation of the candidates claims to
office. not by the impression that the
nominating speech makes upon the dele
gates. but by the drama that follows the
presentation of his name. The day
after you remember the graceful
young cheer leader on the rostrum, the
woman in the gallery Haunting ban
ner, the young man with the mega =
phone; the man who presented his name
whose picture fades into one of sue
cpssion of slightly gray, slightly bald
stiff, awkward figures on the rostrun
who maneuvered their arms badly anc
moved their lips while the great stal
fish of tin horns brayed platitudes.
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Gates OF Paradise

A II, THE way was hard, and the
~ wind was cold,
And the fire in the heart was growing
old;
Then you shone on the sky like n
throbbng star.
And | saw the gates of the dawn unbar
You came to me here in this battle OF
men,
And the horns of Already blew again,
Whenever I hear your spirit sing
feel the touch of mystic wing:
AT the sudden glance of your tender eve
! am up and under another sky:
I have climbed from the dust 7 bove
paid the price:
I am treading the paths of nv nara .
disc!
Edwin Markham, in Ladies' Home
Journal.
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a FouR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR
sN, PHILADELPHIA

Things on which the people expect
the new administration TO concen-
trate its attention;
The Delopdre rtver bridge.
4 drrSock BIG enough to accom- mos
date the largest Ships.
Devefopment Of the rapid transit syS-
tenn.
A convention hall
A building for tho Free Library.
An Art Museum.
Enlargement of the tpdter supply.
Homes to accommodate the populd-
ton.
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in the latter part of September or early
October, and unless special board
meeting Is called no successor TO Doctor
Smith can be named before fall.
To Discuss Candidates
Meanwhile the subcommittee Of which
Judge Thompson is chairman will con-
tinue to discuss candidates and their
merits, and will welcome all sugges-
tions. They will be referred to the
trustees.
The committee met last Monday night
ut the Philadelphia Club. Among those
present were five of the seven trustees
who are members of the subcommittee.
Action taken at this meeting and
future plans for selecting a provost
were announced by Judge Thompson in
the following statement:
1.-THE committee Of one hundred and
the subcommittee upon the selection OF
provost have recognized from the out
set the fact that the authority and re-
sponsibility for the selection of a
provost rests entirely with the trus-
tees, and it has been the desire of the
committee only to be of assistance in
obtaining information, or in making
suggestions rejecting so far as possible
the views of the alumni which might
be helpful to the trustees. and under
all circumstances to do nothing to en-
barrass them in their important work.
Hold Frequent Meetings
1.-THE subcommittee has held frequent
meetings since the time Of its appoint
ment and has endeavored to obtain the
best information available to place at
the disposal of the trustees. The trus-
tees have welcomed such suggestions
and information as we have been able
to give in the most courteous and
friendly spirit.
During the last week, at their In
vitation. a conference was had between
committee Of the trustees and our
subcommittee at which the situation
was fully discussed and the opinions
of our committee given careful and re-
spectful consideration. ! am not at
liberty to discuss what took place at
the conference, but feel that every
alumnus should know that, while the
work of its subcommittee is of such
nature that publicity would only en-
barrass the trustees and render the
work of our committee ineffective. we
feel highly gratited at the cordial re-
lations existing and have full conf
dence that the trustees will work out
result most satisfactory to all con-
cerned.'
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What DO You Knoy?
QUIZ

l. Who ran for Vice President IN ths
Republican ticket with Hughes in
.. When did Marco Polo mala h,s
famous journey to Cathay? mo
3. Where was Cathay?
4. How did tho Azores islands get tbe,r
name?
8. Name three novels by the late w.
d. Howells W.
G. What Is n medlar?
7. Why IS a sandwich so called7
s. What was the name of the first air.
plane that flew over the Atlantic
ocean?
O. Where in the Western Hemisnhere
was the Empress Josephine born ?
10. Who was LamartIne?
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must, stop waiting for the world to wear
beaten path to our water front, and
must smooth the way ourselves and
then put up guide posts pointing the
direction in which the scarcher must go
and then go out and start business in
this direction.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-02

Do you suppose that DR.. Burris
Jcnkins's speech explaining that he
would not make speech nominating
Mr.. McAdoo and would therefore nom
mate him, anyhow, was an appeal for
the Irish vote? No, we suppose not.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-02
OLD LESSONS REPEATED

Yy,HE war which Poland began against
III Soviet Russia and pressed with fury
and discrimination for many months is
Snproaching the inevitable end. And
~ Poles have not won. They have
~ 10 armies backed not by the soviet
y h,,t n all classes In Russia,
Y Il ~ maj OF the Polish people seem
<uIk1 been greatly interested IN
pplicies * their new gov
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-02

The airship built by the Germans
to lombard New York has been turned
over to the British in accordance with
the terms OF the peace treaty. It ia
well to remember that It was to halt
these baby killers for all time that the
League of Nations was formed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-02

Far be 1t from us to deny that the
public welfare demands that the De-
partment of Charities chauffeur shall
wear leather puttees, but why the choke
collar, director?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-02

The hod carriers are now on strike.
And we had always supposed that it
was the fellow on the top platform who
did all the work.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-02

1t may be that Mr.. Creel has al
ready provided negative answer to
Mr.. Bryan's proposal that the federal
government issue national news
bulletin.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-02

The idea Of the platform builder
everywhere is to put as little upon IL
as possible. so that there will be stand
ing room for everybody.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-02

The zone system of mail service is
great promoter Of sectionalism and
has no rightful place in a nation of
people under one flag.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-02

There are so many inferior candi-
dates to choose from that Republican
hopes rise at the chance that the Dem
ocrats will pick one Of them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-02

Woman's place in politics has at
last been settled. 1t is on a man 8
shoulder to lead the cheers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-02

Administration leaders insist that
tho. name of the Murphy Bryan wet =
and dry coalition is Mud.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-02

There might be fewer crimes IL
more men realized that their loved ones
were to be the principal sufferers.
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SHORTCUTS

What ails the Palmer boom seems
to be inanition.
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Sooner or later comes realization
that agreements are not scraps Of paper.
The L. X. 7. is not seeking n Marine.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-02

We have it on undoubted authority
that the San Francisco air is like wine
with n hutty flavor.
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Tammany continues to give re =
spectability to its opponents.
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Sentiment has to be organized to
hc effective. IF it is sufficiently eff
fective it is called steam roller.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-02

It Is now in Senator Harding s
power. to take the League of Nations
out Of politics.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-02

In the event Of deadlock in San
Francisco. will another keynote be
necessary?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-02

ILTILLIAM ]. BREMEN was and
w still is another political factor of
western Pennsylvania known to the
cohorts of the entire state.
"Billy' Bremen was struggling
young lawyer when he made his first
stab at Loitics.
mCn.Gtiyc little chap. Today he is one
Of the leading members of the Pitts
burgh bar and very wealthy. He in
later years operated in Connellsville
coke to his advantage.
Patrick John Foley, popularity known
as Pat" tall, raw boned, genial, with
temper like gunpowder, was, when
it suited his faCtiOnal mood, side
partner Of Brcnnen's. When this pair,
with Tim OLeary pittsburgh Tim),
were in their heyday Democratic con-
VcntiOn, county or state, was worth an
all night journey to attend.
Charlie DOnnelly and Tommy Ryan
carried the ginger jar for the eastern
end OF The state on state occasions.
VICTOR PIOLLETT, of Bradford
' county. was for thirty years prior
| to his death the most striking per
sonality in the Democratic ranks in
| Pennsylvania.
He was II giant of man, fiery in
speech always, with chip on his
shoulder. lie commanded instant at
tcntion whenever he rose In any assem-
blage of his party.
He was most cmphatically of the old
school; particularly in the matter Of
dress.
lie invariably wore spike tailed
coat with a vast opening of waistcoat
to display a voluminOus shirt front,
and the peculiar cut of trousers known
as "broadfalls." 1t was the fashion
that had prevailed in the davs of Presi-
dent Polk, perpetuated by Piollett.
His antithesis In manner, dress and
address was William U. Hensel, of
Lancaster, although lIensel, then in his
prime, might have been son to the
old warhOrse in point OF age.
Colonel James McClurg Guffey has
seen these generations OF his fellow
| Democrats come and go, and still in
his octogenarian years finds the ruling
passion strong
! In San Francisco the cry is anything
to beat McAdoo. With Colonel Guffey
in Pittsburgh it is anything TO beat
Palmer.