Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-10
THIS, THAT AND
THE OTHER
by The Gssiper


country in some f its foreign policies the
horde Of unspeakables Of all classes whose
syrnpathies were opened with Germany
before we entered the war, and who did
everything they dared do 10 hinder the |
prosecution Of the war after we got IN.
II would take more than few shiTe IA
deport them. but II il could be managed IT
would be the most profitable Job ever ac-
cornplished i'm the effort 10 restore peace
to this country and bring back normal
conditions in industry and social life. II /
man is an American he IL not a foreigner.
There IL n vast deal Of Americanlzation /
work vet 10 Be done ia this country, and /
aome Of it will have ~ be done outslde o. /
class rooms Not all II them can ~ made 4
into good Americans.
Concerning the police department a
that city, the PhiladelphIa Evening Dedg- !
or saws "If YOU would know q man m
whose life there geldom has been peane or q /
hope Of peace, 70 out and shake handa |
with any uniformed member of the De
partnent Of Public Safety The Police !
Department has been shamelcssy used
II has been the tail of every political kite
Town ~ thr buccaneers q municipal
politics II has been manhandlcd and
1ebased II has bad tp answer for The
sins 0f one inefficient administrator alter
another Even we'll meaning people N
moods of furious dIsgst strike o'it hlindly
At bosscs mayors or the shadow ~ rn~
riptionists, and when they miss, as they
always do. comfort themselves with fervid
denlnciations of the police. hero has
grown up dahision that q job on the
force IL bed of roees, m assurance ~
oase and easy money II isnt- In one
year the members of the department. are
buIIied and harasaod and robbed and
assepeed and ordered u do things that are
1nseemly or legal They must oocy Or
quit After another turn Of the whsci
| these same men are informed they must
not do these thing # they w1sh 10 escape
| the political equivalent ~ shooting At Rnn-
| rise The eapy-going public looks On and
| lfgtcns, slightly amused, slightly cinieal.
| The average citizen forRcts that thf' oeS ~
| n Job means to . policeman lISt ~hat i
means ID anybody else y Il matter
| that profoundly concerns . family and
| children Most men do as policemen 10
/ They obey the orders Of their sVIperiors
rather than quit their jobs in rebellion
1 All this apropoz of the new director. Cnr-
| telyo,'s address ~ the police 0f thsf city
/ Nh one knoyvs better than newvpap~T
| man. except the members 9f the force
/ themsevcs. the trials and tribllanonh Of 3
/ lob ~ patrolman AZ class they are the
| harda4t worsed and the poorest paid n
| any n the employees n the cIty-any
| citv- Wilmington in particular and
| coupled with this they are charged With
| great RESPONSIBILITIES the protection Of
/ tho lives ard the property n the cItiDens
| While wondering how they are gong -
| meet this months bills With their next
/ pay check n he fare Of the continued ad-
| vance IN the cost of living and their pay
! not advancing with H. they have - keep
| both eyes open for infractons ot the law
and escaped murdererz, proving thieves
and burglars. protect women and children
and near-sizhted men at street crossings,
hear countless tales Of zoe and trouble,
and keep on smiling. Any failure 70 r.
port al the proper time goes against MS
record. Any sign Of hating Or faltering or
lack Of promptness IN gong alter the
murderer who Is IN 3 house, armed TO the
teeth with death and destruction IN MS
heart. and fhe patrolman must answer -
/ the commission He must never Ialter or
he the least bit slow n dong ms duty, no
matter what the attending danger. Else
he will have 10 answer charges that Will oe
preferred before the commission. and
his s as Il should Be But the pubic
should not overlook the fact that ninety
nine out 0f every one hundred men on the
roli.z, force nave not faltered Il the lace
! of danger and vii not They are not that
7 kind And theirs Is not q ted ot roses.
i Don't be too ready and too wiling n
/ crltlcIzIng the policemen hey are only
/ human, and they try, faithfully, 70 Go
. their duty And they should have better
paw for their work.
/ Jack Johnson. the ex-champion, IS
/ fighting bulls in Mexico City, and the
! pop4lace Is gong siid over hlm. jack
would rather face 3 regiment 81 bulls N
/ Mexico than one United States Court
! Judge.
II those Who we're able 70 pay j dollar
! Mound for turkey had denied themselves
/ this luxury, perhaps The price would nave
gone down SO that N ordinary every
I dav citizen would may = nave a chance 70
b,ly one next Thanksgiving or next
+ hrlstu4As.
John D. hss les trouble IN giving
away hundred m,ihon than well-nea4n-
ing citisen Of Delaware has 10 giving his
/ millions % educate the children Of ne
+ state.
ship Or shoot" says Gen Leonard
/ Wood IN talking Of enemy agitators and
! anarchists :. o. 5. We haven't much
preference. Go either way, and Is far as
you like
If YOU would like to take . trip 70
| Furol3e. all expenses paid by Uncle Sam,
inst get ont and wave a red flag and do a
/ little "anarching" and aSitaring Uncle
sam will give YOU 3 personally conducted
trip.
Wouldn't it be a grand and glorious
feeling If YOU got on a trolley car all tired
out from the day work, and expecting
to stand al the way home, holding to the
| back Of seat or q strap or some fellow
sufferers arm, and sou found vacant
seat plst alter the car left Market street.
and there wasn't woman standing?
/ Oh, man
Ii will soon be time for politics 10 open
| IN al the cross roads, the country store,
| and the rural postofficc. VIII the argu-
ment he on the tariff of blessed memory,
or the League Of Nations, or the prohibi-
ton amendment Saw 8 man once, on /
cold frosty morning In the latter mart ol
/. October, during Presidential campaign
he wore no socks and his toes were sticking
out OF holes in his brogans, and nc was
carrying on q strenuous argument, with
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