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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-04
NOT PERFECTION, BUT STEP FOR
WARD

The senate has passed Senator Nc
Cormicks bill establishing national
budget system. The house is expected
to follow suit quickly and President
Harding's interest in the budget policy
is such that his signature making the
bill law is assured.
Although the Mccormick bill is not
so drastice as the extreme propon-
ents of the budget idea would have
liked, even they admit that it is a step
in the right direction.
1t represents an evolutionary rather
than revolutionary movement toward
better control Of the expenditure Of the
taxpayers money.
Its chief provisions are for a budget
bureau to prepare estimates Of depart
mental expenditures, and the creation
of the office of controller to audit
and account for all governmental ex-
penditures.
This official is subject to executive
and not congressional removal. In this
respect the bill differs from the one
passed by the last congress and vetoed
by President Wilson on the ground
that it gave congress undue authority
over an executive official.
The administration has accepted the
Wilson view as to this aspect Of the
law.
There was some criticism Of the Nc
Cormick bill by democratic senator's,
notably Senator King, but such criti-
cism smacks of narrow craftsmanship
For years without number, agita-
tation for budget reform failed Of ac-
complishment because the friends of
the idea refused to accept anything
short of what they conceived to be a
hundred per cent perfect law.
II they had been willing to attain
their goal a step at a time they would
have been much better advised and
| the taxpaying public would be much
better off.
Imperfect as the new budget law Is
we are disposed to give the admins
tration credit for making good its pre-
election pledge.
1t will be time enough to criticise
when tho administration refuses To
strengthen the law as its weakness
and inadequac;es develop during its
application.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-04
A DAILY MESSAGE
BY DR.. WILLIAM e. BARTON
LIES LIFTING POWER

l have not visited Europe since the
war, and I do not know when I shall
go again: but the next time am in
Germany I intend to visit Hanover. I
want to see with my own eyes a grave
Of which have a picture, and to learn
whether the story that is told me
about It Is true.
The story as have heard it Is that
a titled woman. who had no faith in
God or in the life to come, and who
caused her creed to be craven on her
tomb, with a proclama ton that her
dust, IS she believed. was to remain
there undisturbed. Like Shakespeare's
epitaph. which have seen:
Good friend for Jesus sake for
bear
To dig the dust enclosed here.
BEST be the mar who spares these
And curst be he who moves my
bones
her first desire was tina. her grave
should not be opened by human
hands; but she believed that that
grave was the last of her own per-
sonality.
This grave, purchased for eter-
nifty, must never be opened.
So, as the translation lies before me
did she commit both body and soul to
the tomb.
The grave is laid in solid masonry
The photograph shows the first course
above the ground of massive stones
with another heavy course above them
! laid with their longer axes transverse
to those of the lower course. Then
above these, a ponderous stone, which
I judge to be a yard square at the
ends. and about seven feet long, is laid
to bind both lower courses and those
below the ground level.
But a tiny seed got mixed in the
mortar, and it terminated. Now a tree
which / judge from the picture to be
IA to 16 inches in diameter. grows out
OF the grave. and has lifted the pom
derous cap-stone out of place. The
camera cannot very well lie about that
part of the story. That tree must
have drawn its nourishment from her
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-04
General Sykes Shocks ENGLAND

MINERAL sykes Shocks En9idHo
Major General Sir Frederick Sykes,
British controller general OF aviation,
has thrown a bomb into the councils OF
the allies by declaring his approval or
the German policy Of "frightfulness,
by justifying as a war measure the
German air bombardment OF London
and Paris. Such an utterance rails
into the sensational class in view OF
the demands of Premier Lloyd George
Tor the punishment of the German
war criminals, among them the COM
manders Of the aircraft engaged In the
bombing raids in England and France.
WAR must be carried into the
enemy's country" Major General Sykes
said in an address at the Institute OF
Transport in London the other day.
His industries must be destroyed. his
| nerve centers shattered and the morale
of the enemy nation shaken. This can
! largely and increasingly be effected by
air attacks on industrial and political
centers."
This strictly military viewpoint is
indicative of the GOODNESS with which
military scientists consider matters
connected with warfare.
The speaker alluded to American re-
ports OF new gas to be dropped from
| the air. which would make war more
horrifying than ever before. He said
operations may combine gas attacks
from the air and assaults by subma-
rines on naval bases.
| Discussing the development Of air.
craft on naval warfare and the ad-
herence of American and British faith
in the battleship as the backbone OF
| the fleet, General Sykes said:
There is every indication that tor
pedo attack by aircraft may reach a
point where the very existence of OPP
posing fleets, consisting of giant cap
| ltal ships, may be jeopardized. Partly
as consequence of this possibility the
whole question of the capital ship is
now under consideration. For the cost
of a battleship 1000 torpedo-carryins
| seaplanes could be built, and 1t is al
ready questionable whether a battle
! ship could survive an attack launched
by even a small force of this mobile
army.
| Fleets operating near the enemy's
coast would be vulnerable from land
aircraft. bases, and as the radius OF
/ aircraft action increases the close
| blockade will be rendered more and
more difficult. Miami Herald.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-04
PRESS COMMENT
Concernina Ankles

Concerning Ankles
The absurdly abbreviated skirts and
the lavish display of-of-of-well.
ankles" to be seen in DeFunak
Springs just now, as we'll as every
where else, moves us to remark that
there is but one pair OF really pretty
ankles in DeFuniak Springs, we being
the judge. And strange to say, these
ankles belong to girl whose face is
ugly enough to stop a clock or make a
rag doll jump over a ten-rail fence.
No wonder she plays those ankles for
all they are worth. They're her great
est visible asset. Some of the ankles
we see on display are enough to drive
a man to hard drink. and If we owned
them we'd cover them up with some !
thing, II We had to wear cavalry boots.
A trim, neat, dainty ankle-one with
the proper taper" to it's pretty.
There's, no getting around that; but
an ankle like beer keg, or one pos
sessing the same delicate curves and
taper so noticeable in a length of
sewer-pipe, Is enough to give a case
of 1imjams to q hitching post. While
we are about It, we wish to qualify
our statement that that there is but
one pretty pair of ankles in DeFuniak
by saying that we have seen but one
pair of pretty ones. There are doubt
less others, but they are not on display.
rather sorry average to a sort of peda
Those We have seen run from about a
deformity compared with which a
crutch is thing of beauty and a joy
forever. We have nothing to say
against pretty ankles in fact we are
rather partial to them: but a girl
with an ugly ankle IS guilty OF bias
phemy.-DeFuniak Herald.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-04
Navy Offers Splendid Opportunitie

NAVY SIIerS SPiehoid opportunities
With the opening Of the naval re-
cruiting stations. ambitious young men
who have been denied a high school
and college education are given a
splendid opportunity to enlist in Uncle
Sans greatest school, where they can
lay the physical and mental foundation
so essential to a successful business
life. It Is the chance Of a lifetime.
In the engine room Of the giant
warship are masterpieces Of the great
est minds Of the world. On the decks
are the highest achievements Of nauti-
cal and military science. The dread
naughts' wireless equipment is the
best and most modern that can be had.
in the gob's" leisure hours he has at
his disposal the ships library, with
hundreds of volumes out Of reach of
the ordinary day laborer. Through
out all his days Of preliminary train
ing and actual service the sailor lives
the healthy outdoor life, has plenty of
good and substantial food, develops his
mind and body through interesting
drills and exercises, can buy clothes
at less than cost-and receives a lib
eral compensation at the same time.
But most Of all. the navy helps the
young man who has not yet decided on
his life work to determine that line
of business for which he is best fitted.
There are % different trades in the
navy, and if a young man cannot learn
useful and profitable business dur
ing his term of service to Uncle Sam,
he can never become more than a day
taborer.
The navy offers a wonderful oppor-
tunity to the young man who wants to
succeed.-Tampa Times
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-04
THE NUISANCE OF WRITING.
oy s. G. klser.

lie might have made her, OH, so glad
BY writing 20 her now and then;
But there was much he had to DO,
And writings suci. a nuisance, too;
He had no liking for the pen!
The good excuses that he had
Have long been serving many men.
He knott beside her bed and wept,
When she had ceased to watch ant
watt
His tears fell hot upon her hand,
But IL she still could understand
He saw no sign who came too late:
No smile came to her lips who slept.
Because his grievlng was so great.
--May Good Housekeeping.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-04

very dust. It stands the living answer
to her unfaith.
Life is lord over things dead and
things lifeless. Almighty God is not
the God Of the dead but of. the living
Life has a mighty lifting power. II
can lift not only rocks, but the hopes
and ideals of men.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-04

After seeing some OF these party
frocks we feel sure the girls are doing
their best to make both ends meet.
Stock exchange has another million
share" day. It's spring and the fish
are biting.
Marriage for some people appears
not to be a handicap but a relay.
o.
The best paying fiction is that about
Being held UP by gunner while carry
ing the company's payroll.
Sheriff Ellis: nThere are dozens and
dozens OF empty whiskey bottles in
your garage. How did they get there?"
Flivver Owner: "Blest If I know.
never bought an empty whislley bottle
In my life"
One way to win a scrap Is to get
someone to hold your opponent while
you biff him.
Paragraph in department store Adv
"Send stamped self-addressed en-
velope for sample bathing suit"
That Navy Relief carnival will be
we'll attended. Mack Sennett's bath
ing girls are really going to attend.
And another fellow who has a soft
snap at this time OF year is the lead
Ing man in bathing girl comedies.
O.
Many a hard working paragrapher
wonders why he ever grew up when
he reads of Jackie Coogan making a
million a year.
Mr.. Einstein will confer a great boon
upon mankind If his theory of space
and time makes pay days occur more
frequently.
Funny. isn't It? The fellow who
lives near the seashore is planning to
go to the mountains and the man in
the mountains plans seashore vaca-
ton.
Girls are to wear waterproof bath
ing suits this summer. Hence they
may risk getting near enough the
water TO be splashed.
Probably the fellow who has a bushel
OF German marks laughs at the worth
less stone money used in zap.
o
Unsuitable Attack.
The following, says the Kansas City
Times. is n copy of letter received
by the Medicine Lodge Index from
someone in Barton county:
editor index: l done 1t an got
away an they amt no use alookin
fer me cauz lie be long ways of
when you git this Letter.
he came up and said II Just onct
To offin and busted him an he
aInt goin to say it to no human
agen ner editor neither.
ne come up to mo when ! WE out
iookin ut my appercot trees rite
after the big frost monday and he
said It an then up an busted him.
30 they aint no uss lookin fer him
nor me neither.
yers trlely
uno
p. 3. whut he said was 81 knowec
IL was go.u to frost and kin the
fruit" ard thens when busted
him.
y. s. agen--he allus was one OF
them ~ knowed Il" fellers.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-04

A convertible top affo; Ing four
kinds of automobile bodies Is a Ne"
Workers. invention
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-04

frocks we feel sure the girls are doing
their best to make both ends meet.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-04

Some of the craters on the moon
surface are more than $50 miles Il
diameter.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-04

Stock exchange has another million
share" day. It's spring and the fish
are biting.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-04

Marriage for some people appears
not to be handicap but a relay.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-04

The best paying fiction is that about
Being held UP by gunner while carry
ing the company's payroll
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-04

, Sheriff Ellis: hThere are dozens and
dozens OF empty whiskey bottles in
your garage. How did they get there?"
Flivver owner: "Blest If | know. I
never bought an empty whiskey bottle
In my life"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-04

Paragraph in department store Adv:
"Scnd stamped self addressed en-
velope for sample bathing suit"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-04

One way to win a scrap Is to get
someone to hold your opponent while
you biff him.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-04

That Navy Relief carnival will be
we'll attended. Mack Sennett's bath
ing girls are really going to attend.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-04

And another fellow who has a soft
snap at this time OF year is the lead
Ing man in bathing girl comedies.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-04
JustifiabIe Attack.

The following, says the Kansas City
Times. is a copy of a letter received
by the Medicine Lodge Index from
someone in Barton county:
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-04

Many n hard working paragrapher
wonders why he ever grew up when
he reads of Jackie Coogan making a
million n year.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-04

Mr.. Einstein will confer a great boon
upon mankind If his theory OF space
and time makes pay days occur more
frequently.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-11

with every wool warehouse In the
United States bursting with wool. and
virtually no market for the domestic
clip. enormous importations of raw
wool and wool tops are reported at
New York. Philadelphia, San Francis
co and Seattle. At Boston alone, since
january 1. importations amounted to
t06 million pounds. equal to 1877 mil
lion pounds OF domestic wool. or about
so per cent OF our entire clip for the
year 1920. Awaiting the results OF the
tariff policy OF the new administra-
ton, purchases OF wool in foreign
countries for shipment to the United
States have been largely discounted.
but If prompt action on the emergency
tariff should fall. heavy buying Is
likely to be resumed. Notwithstanding
the United States wool grower has so
per cent OF his old crop unsold and
is facing untold loss in the value of
his approaching clip. II we don't stand
by our producers they wont be here
when wanted to stand by us.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-11

Charming are the summer styles
for children as shown by advahcr
models. This years styles in chill
dren's garments show greater va
riety than ever before Children's
fashions, too. stick to straight
lines. and are. more and more, built
with the idea of correct design and
tailoring that characteri1es the
garments Of their eldera ..
In New York, the Bush Terminal
Sales Building was the scene, the
othcr day, Of very complete show
Ing Of advance styles from the In
fants', Children's and Juniors Di.
vision, which is under the direction
Of Mrs. Elise Gilman, a leading u
ihority on children's wear. In the
great cooperative Bush institution
Nlmost one thousand manufacturers
show and sell their lines direct to
merchants and store buyers from
all parts Of the country, SO that the
ltyies shown here are very likely
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-11

NOOntlnueu from rage OheJ
Robert Cecil of London. in which they
say:
The pro-lesgue Republican indie
the presidential election did in no
way decide against Americas en-
trance into the League OF Nations, as
asserted by Ambassador Harvey"
Whether or not Ambassador Harvey
spoke in compliance with instructions,
whether or not his statements are to
be regarded as official utterances
voicing the sentiments and policies Of
the government and whether or not
any communications have been sent
to him by the Department Of State,
are matters OF information requested
in a resolution introduced by Con-
gresham Flood. of Virginia. at this
writing in the hands OF the Committee
on Foreign Affairs. In the absence
OF statement from the State Depart
ment or the white House. Col. Har-
vey. who gained his chief fame as
political feudist, remains the embodi-
ment of Americas foreign policy.
VIII Cost Six Billions
In discussing the Deficiency Appro-
priation Bill. Congressman Byrnes
| (Dem. s. c.. asserted that the total
appropriation by Congress. for 1921
would approximate $4,000, 900. 900, in
stead of $4.47S,395.27s.O7. as stated
| by Republican leader Monden on
June S. last year. He quoted the
secretary OF the treasury and treasury
( officials as giving an estimate OF
$500. 100000. to which he added
! 500, 100000 in the total deficiency
bill, and S225, 100000 which would be
made available TO the shipping board
through the sale OF ships. materials,
etc; a difference Of approximately
81, O0O,O0O,OOO more than the Repub-
lican leaders figures. lie said:
! ilt tNbldHdtlou Is lldt the Ike
publican Congress in order to make a
pretense Of economy refused in many
/ instances to make a direct appropria-
tion. but by legislation reapbropriated
unexpended balances, the amounts OF
which did not appear IN the table OF
| appropriations. The unexpended bal
| ances reappropriated amount 10
| 100000. The Indefinite appro-
priations authorized in the guarantee
section of the Cummings Act
have reached s541,734.S73.27 and will
cost an additional s2OO,OOO.OOO. The
Deficiency Appropriation Bin autho-
rizes more indirect appropriations
than any previous bill since the Con-
gress embarked upon this system OF
covering appropriations two years
lago." He demanded an end be put
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-11

some of those that the reader viii
see in her favorite store in the nea-
future.
Everything that baby NEEDS was
SHOWN, for the Infants and Chill
dren's Division has been instru-
mental In establishing no less th-:.
one hundred and seventeen infan q
departments in department stores.
There were abdominal binders.
teething bands, single and double
breasted shirts, dresses, night slips.
sleeping bags. cashmere sacques 2
wrappers, bibs. caps, baby bun
ings. and coats. Creepers and
rompers were among garments
shown foi the creeping stage. For
the two-to-six age were shown
ginghams, voiles, tissue voiles,
batistes, swisses, elaborate little
chiffon frocks, organdies, silks, taf-
fetas, georgettes, and nets. Pieoted
frills often studded with French
knots wer> the form Of trimming
frequently noted. Organdy com
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-11

..arc is a man who is too good: He
3 Inc jsn.tor in the school in South
en-, - Tho school chiIdren
e., ed in the auditorium ottor school
l- 70. tho ilultor went to the school
Do I'd % say he could not conscicn-
q, lly woga in q building Where there
E.3 douciug: either tho dancing had
o ease or re you'd quit. II is hard TO
; . ,jqni.Or. The school board stopped
Il dancing.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-11

Last week Otto Friday hatched
from q ten dollar setting Of Partridge
Wyandotte eggs a chicken without
eyes of any kind whatever. At the
same time Isaac Adams showed US a
chicken with four fully developed
legs. Both chicks were curiosities
and seemed to be lively and all right.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-11

Noting that every seventeenth per-
son i'm Minnesota owns an automobile,
tho Jefferson City Democrat Tribune
concludes that the rest OF them have
baby carriages.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-11

And the Brookfield Argus elects as
a candidate for admission into tho
Place of PerpentuaI Rest the geriie-
man who starts his car Ia the resi-
dence district and the MIDDLE of the
night with a roar that can be heard
for blocks.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-11
THE WORKS OF nBANEz

At a production of ''The Four
Horsemen OF tho Apocalypse" on the
screen in a Broadway house. woman
was heard to ask her companion:
do you know anything else this
Ibanez has written?"
Yes" was the answer. another
horse story. called Mare Nostrum.'
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-11
HARD TO TELL ABOUT 1T

Art Gallery Attendant-This picture
is labeled Ready for the Bath
shouldn't it be Ready for the BallP"
Official-Hm! Lay it aside and I'll
confer with the artist.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-11
THE FEMINIST REToRT

Father (reproving small daughter)
Don't do that again, Dorothy,
don't like 1t.
Small Daughter-But, Daddy, you
do lots OF things 1 don't like.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-11

John King. a farmer living near
Waterville. caught young coyotes.
lie sold the coyotes to persona who
want them for pets.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-11

Construction OF the new elevator
at Rushyille is progressing rapidly. 1t
will have a capacity of $4,000 BUSH
els, will be modern in every respect.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-11

The new fashioned boy doesn't play
duck and rock" but sits on his neck.
drives with 1 hand and violates all
speed laws.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-11

Tears should not be shed for the
Ohio man who died while beating a
carpet. Hes better off now.-ottawa
Republican.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-11

to a system which makes 1t impossible
for the people to know what their
government is costing them.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-11
SOME REIdEF, ANYWAY

81 hear your next door neighbors
have new organ. How many stops
has it,"
About three a day-for meals"
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-11

=, ~ -. - A.,
New summer styles from the in-
fants'. Chiidrens and juniors di7
vision OF the Bush criminal Sales
Building, New YORK. showing
some OF the hundreds OF lines sold
to merchants and buyers. 1ops
left TO right; Hemp hat With
crown and band OF rose ciik;
boys Oliver Twist suit OF ponges
silk. finished in brown embro'17
cry; party dress OF hae cotton
net that viii stand washing
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-11
HE WAS TOO INDUSTRIOUS

Who is the mysterious stranger?"
Some kind of investigator"
Working for the government? ?"
IL doubt it. He keeps pretty busy"
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-11

Gov. Hyde hos appointed :. T..
Roberts Of Kirksgil!c state mine in
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-11

spector vice George lin OF Rcvier,
whose term expired last month. The
new appointee is a republican.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-11
WON FIRST VICTORY FOR
WORLD DISARMAMENT

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