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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-20
PROTECTING THE GAME

a Few days ago the sportsmen NJ
Escambia county launched a Fish and
tame Protective association which
mas Tor its object the enactment of q
comprehensive fish and game law and
the enforcement of such law. The
matter Is one that is well worthy of
the support of every good citizen aud
one which we have no doubt win re-
celVe such support. There is no one
feature of the Florida appeal to visi-
tors than the excellent hunting and
ushing and there is no wav that the
sport can be preserved except through
adequate legislation strictly enforc-
ed.
That the matter is receiving earnest
attention in all parts of the state is
indicated from the activities of fish
ana game protective associations Sin
other counties. The situation is said
to be more serious. perhaps in Levy,
county than anywhere else. r. r.
Rodges of Cedar Key, writes that the
famous gulf hammock grounds, once
thriving with game, are now almost
deserted. He says:
There have been various drives in
Florida but just now there seems to
be drive on for the better protec-
ton and conservation of the fresh wa
ter fish and game in our state by
public spirited citizens who realize
that the fresh water streams and for
ests should be made to furnish both
sport and food by the introduction of
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-20

Germany to dispute her supremacy on
the seas had something to do with
England's determination to enter the
war. BY defeating Germany, and if she
could not do it at that time with the
aid of her powerful allies she never
could, she would break down pow
erful and ambitious rival, and her SUI
premacy as a sea power would remain
unquestioned.
Hence she refused absolutely to dis
cuss the freedom of the seas, and that
point was lost in the fog. But England
has 1earned much since she has en-
tered the war. and she has done much
sober thinking since the peace con-
ference. She finds herself burdened
with debts. with Irish troubles, and
Egyptian troubles and Indian troubles
on her hands, all involving large ex-
penditures, and she is very much in
clined to view with favor the idea of
naval holiday, or the cessation of
shipbuilding for a longer or shortec
time. And well she may. There Is no
nation in Europe that she need fear
for many years to come. The United
States is the only nation in the world
that can compete with her in the
building of war ships, and it will be
some years before we can hope to
equal or surpass her great navy.
Another reason for her tagging be-
hind in the race is that she has lost
some of her sublime faith in the pro-
tective powers of her great dread
naughts She has seen how easily the
largest sea monster can be destroyed
from the air, or from beneath the
waves and she is more inclined to put
extra cash into airplanes or subma-
ines, rather than in great and costly
warships.
Now England encompassed by en-
enies in her far-flung possessions and
seeing the necessity of maintaining
her war expenses for an indefinite
time, and burdened by an enormous
debt, is inclined to look with favor on
the project of a reduction of naval ex-
penditures. The United States. under
the control of jingoes preaching pre-
paredness after the trouble is all over
are proposing to expend many hun
dreds of millions of dollars on war
vessels. to rot in our harbors. and be-
come useless before their services can
possibly be required.
Now that England is confronted
with financial and military difficult
ties in various quarters of the EN-
pire she would doubtless be willing to
call halt in naval construction. and
might even concede the principle OF
the freedom of the seas which she re-
jected at Paris The seas must be free
to all nations which wish to use them.
They can be made otherwise only by
absolute force, which cannot be iusti-
fled by any principle of right and JUS
tice.-Tampa Times.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-20
PRESS COMMENT
Now Count the Assets,

Ever since the war college profess
sors, and statisticians, have been en-
gagged in computing the losses in dol
lars, and in men, and in prestige, and
in advancement, which this, that, and
all the countries of the world have
sustained by the war. Professor Strong
of Harvard says that directly and in
directly the war cost 34S billions. Pro-
fessor Bogart of the University of Ill
! ionis is more optimistic, and finds the
cost only 337 billions! We shall pin
our faith to Professor Bogart. and
thereby save worrying over some elev-
en- billion dollars to start with.
But, look what we have left! This is
a pretty good old world yet. The soil
will produce as bountifully, the mines
yield as generously, the forests give
up as plentifully, while from the riv-
ers and lakes will pour the same CO.
| piousness of refreshing waters to turn
our factory wheels and to light up the
dark places. And then the manhood of
the world is just as strong and just
as efficient and just as willing. The
mind of the world is finding ways to
overcome every obstacle and hin
drance to the work that lies before us.
There are great problems to be
solved in economic thrift, and the
heart of man is as truly set on finding
the answer as it ever was.
This more than a third part of a
trillion-something no man can COM
prehend-is dead and gone, it is as
truly past as the waters that ran un-
der the bridges Yesterday. Let's bury
it. Why keep it's cold, livid face be-
fore us? What we need now is forget
fulness of what is behind and a press
ing forward to the prize of our high
calling-the recreation of civilization,
the re-establishment of the worlds
business, the regeneration of the age
long task of fitting the world for the
dwellers of the world, during the short
time each succeeding generation has
to stay upon it.
This is the only world we have-and
it is all here. The soil is still nourish-
ing for seeds sown, and yields boun-
teous harvest; the inhabitants still
have strong arms, clear minds, and
the will to live and do; and so long as
these things are so, just so long is
there hope over the hill Somebody
give us a more cheerful bunch of fig
ures showing the goods and gold, the
willingness and strength, the hope and
the ambition left. And as that rose
Mrs Wigs of the Cabbage Patch"
says:
Count your blessings over,
Name them one by one;
And it will surprise you
What the Lord has done"
Tampa Tribune.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-20
Miami,s Best Homes

How many homes in Miami are
taking a practical interest in the pub
lie schools? By practical interest" we
mean helpful cooperation. Parents of
Miami school children have been read
ing of the shortage of funds for the
school expenses. Do they spend their
time talking about the gross misman-
agement that left such conditions for
this new school board to remedy or
do they try to think up ways and
means of helping the school authori-
ties through the difficult times in
which they are almost submerged?
For instance. it was thought last
week that the telephones in the schools
would have to be discontinued in the
interest of economy. Did any well-to-
do patron of the public schools come
forward and offer to pay for the tel
phones? Telephones make for greater
efficiency In school work, and add ma
terially 10 the welfare OF the schools
In the interest of economy it has be
come necessary to cut off a number Of
things that are needed in good school
work. How many Miami patrons bsH-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-20
A MAN OF DEEDS.

Pensac cola lost a valuable citizen
during the week just passed.
Adolph Gteenhut, ex-mayor of the
city and a man who during his "a
years Of active life in this city carried
many heavy loads of civic duties, is
remembered for the work he did, both
as a private citizen. as a public Of
fetal and as a business man.
Here, briefly sketched, are some of
the many accomplishments of the
man.
He was founder of the city Beau
tiful" plan and was most active in the
construction of the system of parks
and parkways which have been the
object of praise by every visitor;
He was president of the city council
for two terms and it was during this
time that he laid the foundation for
the work which he carried out as
mayor:
He built the city waterworls sys-
tenn and the truckhouses on Spring
street;
He was president and builder of the
Progress club;
He was president and builder OF
! Temple Beth-El
He was on the building committee
of the present Masonic temple:
He was president of the Library as
ISOLATION;
He was a director of Pearl Egan
home
He was vice president of the Home
and Saving association:
lie was one of the directors of the
old American National hank.
And with all these civic duties he
round time to conduct a successful
wholesale grocery business in which
ne was engaged up to the time of his
death.
Few men have been able to accom-
plish so much.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-20
MnemOSyneS
Pictures
The Three Fates-MichaeI anosIo


Michael Angelo produced very few
easel pictures; and of them. the Three
Fates, or Parca e,-now hanging in the
Pitt gallery--is sure to be remem-
bered. 1t was painted when the art
ist was so confident of his fame that
he did not try to please anyone. He
pleased himself, and painted a mas
terpiece. 1t is work that must be
remembered; and once understood
must be loved. as well.
Most artists have represented the
Parcae, as young women of beautiful,
but serious aspect. They give Clotho,
the spinner, a distaff They paint a
pretty Lacheses-she who's duty it is
to determine mans fate-studying her
horoscope while Atropos still holds
the fateful shears. They are all three
very young women and very pretty.
But We're they really so young?
Michael Angelo did not see the Par
cae as three girls. As he thought of
life, he must have pondered, how the
Greeks could have conceived Of sin
gle one of these three sibyls, AZ living
in the spring time of life. They might
be beautiful. but they must be very
very old In his imagination they
have not just begun to spin this hin
spun life. For aeons back. they must
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-20

have witnessed the height and depth
of human folly And how often they
had shipped the thread. Patiently they
kept the watch; while races were con-
ceived in the womb of time, went on
their silly way, waxed old, and died.
Therefore they were very old, very
sober because Of infinite knowledge,
and very beautiful with the sublime
beauty that tolerance and understand
ing bring.
So he painted each one of these fig
ures as strikingly handsome. They
are large framed women with deep set
eyes. She with the scissors scrutinizes
keenly the face of her sister who
twists the warp They are grouped
close. You can just perceive Clotho,
the spinner. Her face is dim; but the
light shines bright upon the spindle.
Her task is the simplest. and she sings
as she works.
The picture is full of profound and
sombre sentiment. 1t is remarkable
for its calm beauty. Atropos is on
the other side of the group. She leans
against the shoulder of her sister; and
she reaches round Lachesis, pressing
close the others arm. So that her open
shears may clip the thrcSd, now, held
most lightly in her sisters hands. The
while she waits. her eyes ask consent.
But Lachesis hesitates. Her lips are
compressed, she feels the weight of
her responsibility. So she looks off
beyond this little bar of time, and
questions if the life she holds between
her fingers is spun quite fine enough?
1t is upon the face of this central
figure that the eyes linger. Here is
"no blind fury with the abhorred
shears. Instead behold 1t is the face
of one that age cannot wither. Her
eyes are pure. They look on life with
a calm immutable gaze; and they are
filled with infinite understanding.
These lips could only speak justly
and these hands are the hands of
motherhood.
No one but Michael Angelo could
have drawn these wonderful hands.
They have seen much service. Now
they hold the thread of life softly, but
so firmly that though 1t is their duty
to clip "the thin spun life" they will
be there beyond; and these very hands
are sure to wipe the tears forever
from the eyes of those whose life they
break. And she who has always I'M
derstood will be the first to say
"Coura ge. Now forever nights can
dies have burned out. Time is finish
ed; and with you, as with us, it is
Eternity and Day."
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-20

millions of young fish and species of
game into our depleted streams and
| forests and the passage of proper leg
islation for protection and propaga-
| ton.
Il win not say it is too late to I'M
dertake this important work but I do
say that long delay has imposed a
hardship on the undertaking at
this late date, for our streams
have been Melted, dynamited and
| Illegally fished until they are al
most entirely depleted. Only a
few years ago it was possible to
| catch all the fresh water fish in any
of our lakes or streams that you could
desire for home consumption. Now
| you may fish all day and perhaps
catch a half dozen understood fish, if
| you have good luck and know how to
fish.
"As for our game birds and wild
animals, perhaps we have seed and
that is about all. They have been
slaughtered without mercy for years,
in and out of season, by both the pot
| hunter and the so-called sportsman. I
| do not speak from hearsay evidence,
/ but having been born and raised in
| Levy county, at one time the best
hunting county in the state, I know
| what l am talking about. I can recall
when a boy that You only had
| to step over your fence in the gulf
| hammocf to kill as many deer and
turkey a 8 you needed in a few min
utes. Hunting was unnecessary. All
you had to do was to pick out the fat
est buck or turkey gobler and shoot
| them down like a beef steer or a
chicken. Quail were so thick that a
! dog was never used in hunting them
and they were so gentle you had diff
Guilty in securing their flight before
shooting.
Il was a member of hunting party
to the gulf hammock a few days ago
and the days hunt netted the entire
party three squirrels. Not less than
two thousand hunters visit Levy coun-
| ty annually but l do not know what
they come for unless it is purely for
the "hunt" My friend Folks, of Mar
| ion county, writes me that he was
down in the gulf hammock Christmas
times on a hunt and that it remind
| ed him of when he was on the "W-est-
ern Front. but they only killed a few
squirrels. Thus you see, what was
once the most magnificent hunting
grounds in Florida is not much more
than a vcaant forest now"
~ sinceRely trust that the next leg
islature that convenes in Florida will
pass such laws as will insure the
proper protection of this great natu-
raj resource of the state"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-20
ADVENTURES OF
THE TWINS
BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON

First Of all," said the Star to Nancy
and Nick, when you leave my house.
ask your magic green shoes to take
you along my beams. down to the
sleeping pool. In the sleeping pool
you will see the reflection of all the
stars and my beams will take you to
my own reflection in the water. Go
straight down to the bottom of the
pool and there You will see a door.
Unlock this door with your golden
key. You will then find yourselves il
the Cave of Gems which runs under
the world"
The kindly Star handed the map
back to Nick who rolled it up and put
it in his little carved box again. But
as he did so. the flower Nancy had
brought fell out of the vase.
Instantly the Bobadil Jim stood be-
fore them. looking almost as arnaz-
ed as did the travellers and their host.
He stamped his foot with rage. II
lost my balance" he said, land every
time I fall it breaks the charm. must
wish myself invisible at once!"
He reached for the wishing ring on
his finger, but Nick was too quick
for him. He knew the power of it
and had not forgotten the damage it
had done already. Quick as lightning
he put out his hand and slipped the
ma gle ring off the hand of his enemy
The Jim made a step toward the
little boy. but the Star spoke up.
your magic is useless up here in the
sky Only those whom we befriend
may use it. cannot understand how
you ever got here.
That's easy to explain" said the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-20
The Freedom OF the Seas
May Be Established Yet.

One of President Wilson's famous
fourteen points, which he considered
essential to the making of a just and
lasting peace was embodied in the
phrase, THE Freedom OF the Seas. !"
There was but one nation in Europe
represented at the peace conference
that was likely TO oppose his views
in this matter, but that nation was
unalterable in it's stand. and the
president had to drop that point.
without discussion. That nation was
England which had held undisputed
mastership of the seas for so long that
she had really come to think the words
of her .boastful song Britannia Rules
the Waves" were an exact and literal
statement Of fact. It,is altogether like
ly that the g-owing determination of
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-20
Harmful Law
Enforcement.

The Metropolis has received a letter
from winter visitor enclosing a
communication in which he discusses
the indignities to which unintentional
vioIators of the traffic ordinances in
Miami are subjected. The communica-
ton is not signed by the writer's name
for publication, hence will not be used
in the Metropolis, but the complaints
he voices are too sound and the crit
icism too just to be passed without
endorsement.
1t seems that the writer parked his
car too near a street intersection and
was ordered to appear in court, where
he was taken through the proceedings
of a court trial quite as if he had
stolen a ham or shot man.
In his home city the parking limit
at street intersections is 80 feet. In
Miami, it is 40. This arch criminal was
inside the 40-foot limit, so he was
hailed into court and given a memory
of Miami that will offset any amount
of pleasant impressions he may have
received here.
Consider then" he writes, 'the i'm
preston that the present system of
administration. of justice creates. The
all the indignities of the hardened
criminals. He is caused to appear in
court for the infraction of an all too
encompassing ordinance. His feelings
are outraged. His whole attitude is one
of resentment against the powers that
be- The town is judged unfriendly
and lacking in common civility be-
cause of the over-zealous enforcement
of its ordinances by one of its officers
The slight violation of the law fails
to bring up any sense of wrong doing
because the offender thought he was
living up to the spirit of the law and
did live up to it so far as home town
construction was placed on it,
The writer says he is not defending
Ignorance of the law, but rather plead
ing for more liberal Interpretation.
And every Miamian knows that he is
right in his contention. All Miami
should try to do in traffic rules, is to
make it convenient and safe for the
public in vehicles and afoot Visitors
in Miami should be courteously in
formed about the regulations for mo-
torists. That sensible request of the
Hotel association for a traffic officer
at the Buena Vista entrance to Mi
ami would have been money we'll spent
and the courteous information given
by policeman stationed there would
have prevented numbers of just such
happenings as this visitor so justi-
fiably resents.
Bear in mind that enforcement of
the traffic laws by no means is for
the purpose of bringing revenue to the
city. 1t is to provide safety and com
fort for the people. People hailed into
court for traffic violations should not
be subjected to treatment suitable for
the handling of intentional offenders
against the law. Let's have an end to
the present system of dealing with
this kind of law infraction. There are
plenty of real offenders against the
welfare of the community to take ali
the time of an alert police depart
ment.-Miami Metropolis.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-20
LET'S
BY ALFRED ARNOLD.

Let's work and play:
Let's live our day.
Nor brood Ger cares and frets.
Let's sing our song,
And push along,
Nor mind the weather;
Let's
Let's kindly smile.
Nor yield to guile
Nor daily with regrets.
Let's friendly be,
And hold the key
To strength and courage;
Let'si
Let's greet the morn
With hope new horn;
And when the kind sun sets
Let's meet the night
with hearts still light.
And turn TO slumber:
Letsi
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-20
By Ahern

wicked fairy. you wished for the
white flower and I heard you while /
was flying toward the rock as an
eagle changed into a flower and
took its place. Your own flower is still
on the EARTH"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-20

asked permission to furnish these
things?
Nor is money-aid the only, nor the
, most important aid. Children that are
given the right kind of home encour-
agement do better work at school The
Miami home that is doing everything
in its power to Cooperate with the
teachers and TO assist in the making
of better schools for Miami may be re-
garded as a best home" even though
1t happens to be established in a hum
BILE dwelling with none of the frills
that money buys.
About the most important business
in which Miami families are concern
ed is the education of their boys and
girls-Miami Metropolis.
Freight Rates Prohibitive.
The News has pointed out the fail
ure of the Esch -Cummins bill to aid
the railways, or the people. The only
class that it appears to have bene-
fitted are the railway employees, the
highest paid class Of labor in the
world.
Concrete examples of it's damaging
effects are shown in press dispatches,
showing that shipments from Florida
and Texas fail to bring enough to
pay the freights. Here are two speci-
men shipments: "a carload of lettuce,
shipped from Florida, sold in New
York for $3.50, the commissioner said.
Total expenses were $491, which the
farmer had to pay. A carload of spin
ach from Texas sold on wholesale mar
ket for 1902 less than the freight and
carriage charges"
This condition is going to end the
development and prosperity of these
distant producing points, and at the
same time cripple the railways. With
down of forces, thus the men who are
the cause of high and prohibitive
freight rates, are the ones who are
killing the. goose that laid the
golden egg"
Until there Is an equalizing of cost
of labor there can be no prosperity or
development in distant parts of the
country and if these sections do not
prosper the rest of the country can
not. Until exorbitant freights are
done away with, development and
prosperity suffers. or ends. Every
days delay in permitting this cancer
Gus malady to remain unchecked, call
ing for the use of the surgeons knife,
which in this case Is an act of con-
gress, results in decentralization to the
business of the country all the way
from the producer to the consumer
st. Andrews Bay News.