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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-25
A DAILY MESSAGE
BY DR.. WILLIAM e. BARTON
ZONE OF THEME

Considered as cold, business prop
osition, it is difficult to justify the
Good Shepherd who left his ninety and
nine sheep in the wilderness and went
after the one that was lost. OF course
he did not leave the ninety and nine
wholly unprotected; he left them in
care of a boy, or an under shepherd.
But he took a risk, and he knew it.
Frankly, the one lost sheep was not
worth the effort. It would have been
more business-like to have written off
the book value of that sheep, with
whatever satisfaction a man may feel
in the knowledge that his loss is only
1 per cent.
Helen Keller has cost the world
more than any average woman is
worth. As business proposition it
was an unjustifiable waste to spend
perhaps $4,000 on one child who could
neither see nor hear. and who could
never by any possibility be helped to
do so.
But Helen Keller was worth the
money. The labor spent upon her Gre
ated a soul in dark, imprisoned hui
man life. and gave to that soul sight
which the eyes could never possess
and caused 1t to hear music which her
ears could never hear.
The lost sheep has value beyond
the market price of his hide and wool
and mutton.
A little child falls sick, and the fam
lily purse is emptied in an effort TO
save the little life. 1t is not a mat
ter of letting this one die. before there
is spent on him all his own and most
Of his brothers inheritance. If a man
have a housful of children and one Of
them be in need, the whole household
gives beyond all stint.
That is because every single human
life has value beyond all computa-
ton. We are never justified in limit
ing the amount which love can safely
do for lone Of Them"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-25
THIS WAY LIES PEACE, NOT WAR

There is no reason to get excited
about the rather tense situation that
has grown out of the controversy be-
tween the United States and Japan
over the island of zap.
The suggestion of the possibility of
war to settle this controversy is too
preporterous for words.
The unraveling of the zap tangle
presents annoying difficulties. This IS
the price we must pay for permitting
the tangle to occur during the two
years that our government didn't
function because the senate and the
executive were engaged in a death
struggle.
| But the difficulties are not so great
as may appear on the surface unless
the governments and peoples of the
United States and Japan have gone
crazy-which, in spite of historical
| tendencies in certain quarters, hasn't
happened
The very fact that this government
! has spoken frankly and coura geously
to Japan, and the other nations abous
the zap business, and that Japan has
answered with equal courage and
frankness, is good rather than a bad
sign.
/! This sort of diplomacy leads toward
good understanding and peace. rather
/ than toward misunderstanding and
| war.
! Note the opening paragraph of one
of Mr. Simms' interesting articles
| from Japan:
| There is a rising tide of senti-
| ment in Japan against war and in
! favor of peace. And this peace
party is looking to the United
| States to take the lead and give
the movement direction"
| The United States can best take the
lead in this matter, by continuing to
| deal with Japan as frankly and as
courag eously as we have begun to do
/ in respect of zap.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-25
ADVENTURES OF
THE TWINS
lN &c oREAT pEsERr
eY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON

Flippety-Flap, the little fairyman. and
Nancy and Nick, his twin helpers. jumped
down from the high red-and gold band
wagon. where they had been talking
things over, and started off to hunt up
grumpy old Caliph Camel. They were
going TO search for him out in the Brown
Desert in the Land -of-Far Away the
Eye Can Reach.
FlippetyFlap took one step in his enor.
nous shoes which landed him in a del
where the vlolets were starting to bloom
The kiddies in their Magic Green Shoes
were right after him. Then the fairy
man took another stride and this time
nearly knocked Robin Redbreast and his
brand-new family from their abode in the
sweet-apple tree which was covered with
pinky white blossoms.
MY. myl" exclaimed Plippety- Flap,
turning to wait for his helpers II dc
hope Mr.. Camel won't be OBSTINATE
Springs right on top of us and It's time
for the circus. think you may take off
your caps and sweaters now without
catching cold, children"
The third step took the little fellow
right into the middle of the ocean and
he was surprised that he almost got
wet. But magic shoes are magic shoes
and nothing happened. The fourth ster
brought him right to the edge of the
Great Brown Desert and the fifth landed
him not a yard away from the Green
Oasis where Caliph Camel lived. Nancy
and Nick still at his heels They looked
up in establishment at the high PAIN
trees. Everywhere else was sand, Zsnore
sand, and some more sandi
Wonder where the old boyzSs?a said
Plipperty FLAP looking arouyvT
He was answered by JsHore.
'Ha." whispered -tg,1s fairyman know.
ingly. Iba~sfeot has made him sleepy
So mlsalr the easier for u.s."
Ito be Continued)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-25

ing of resentment only the half-whimsi-
cal tolerance which one would give to the
antics of an over-grown puppy.
"up to Her Room"
That's all right, father" she spoke
care1essly, but there was something hid
den in her tones that made her big hus-
bands face turn a brick red with en-
barrassment And / do not need you,
If you would rather not come with me.
will take Mrs. Allis to her ROOM
Dicky and I were at the door by this
time, so / did not hear the rest of the
colloquy But / carried with me to my
room the look on Robert savarin's face
when he realized that Mrs. Allis, who he
once thought was his wife, and who had
tried to steal the valuable pictures he had
painted, had employed her idle time to
strike idly at the happiness of the sis
ter he adored. / was glad Mrs. Allis was
to be kept in her room until Monday. ]
feared for the newly regained sanity of
Robert should the woman who had sc
tortured him remained where he could
see her.
Dicky half-carried me to our room, and
laying me down on the bed, tucked me
In warmly.
stay right there until fix up fire.
he commanded. Its too cold for you tc
undress here, you'd catch your death"
He busted himself with kindling and
papers, and in a few moments the little
wood stove in his room was sending its
grateful warmth through both our rooms
While he was at work ] heard the muir
muir of voices in Mrs. Allis's room across
the hall. Then the door had closed and
key had turned in the lock. A moment
later T>recognized Mrs Cosgrove's knock
at my door. Don't go to sleep just yet,
Mrs. Graham" she said, after Dicky had
admitted her. I'm going to get you
something hot. You had a hard night"
so have YOU / returned II must
not let you bother with me-" She stopped
quickly and laid her lips TO my cheek.
keep Your Doors Barred"
Hush, dear child she said, and ]
caught the tears in her voice. Think
what you have done for me and mine
this week / feel like new woman. The
weight of Is years has been lifted from
my shoulders, and it is all due to you
She left the room abruptly, and Dicky
came to my side.
THE old girls properly grateful, isn't
she?" he said. and his lightness, although
1t Jared a bit, Iessened the tension of
my nerves. Better let me help get you
out OF your things so you can be snug
in bed when she comes back. Then you
can take your something hot and g
off TO sleep like kitten"
DiclSys tenderness, Mrs. Cosgrove'e
steafning chocolate which she brought in
an incredibly short time, and my own
fatigue should have combined 10 bring
a rest to my nerves and sleep to my eye
lids.
But my ears. preternaturally sharpened
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-25
REVELATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY ADELE GARRISON.

I had a most uncomfortable time of il
in the intervals between the startling de-
nouement of the attempted picture rob-
berry at the Cosgrove farmhouse on Sec.
urday night and the hour on Monday
when Mrs. Allis finally vanished from
our ken
The knowledge that the suilen. chat
ing woman in the room opposite mine
cherished a cold. deadly anger against
me for the part / had taken in thwart-
ing her plot to steal the pictures in the
farmhouse parlor secretly terrified mo.
could hear again the venom of her tones
as she hurled her last defianca at Dicky
when he outlined the conditions under
which he would refrain from reporting
her actions to the authorities.
II agree to your terms on one condi-
ton" she had said. that you do not
let me set eyes again on that wife
OF yoursi.'
Dicky drew me closer to him as she
spoke. then ignoring her completely.
turned to Mrs. Cosgrove.
''If you do not need U.S. he said ccdr-
teously, II viii take Mrs. Graham TO her
room. do not think either of your pris-
oners viii need a guard. They both know
too well the consequences of getting
away
s'wel take no chances with either Of
Them" Mr. Cosgrove growled. but We
can get along all right. You get Mrs
Graham to bed right away. and while
the twins and Robert guard this man.
mother and / will lock this little wildcat
in her room"
A contemptuous little smile twisted
Mrs. Allis's pale lips.
That is not SO nice name. Papa Cos
grove. as the one you called me the last
time you talked to me. = she said hooking
Is.
The big man started. and I saw him
glance shsepishiy at his wife. / knew
that Mrs. AIlis- had amused herself dur
ing her stay 1t the farmhouse by carry
ing on mild Irritation with Mr.. Cos
grove and that Mrs. cosgrove was aware
Of it. But in the glance which Mrs. Cos
grove gave her husband there was moth
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-25
a GOOD Tip FRoM eARy

The United States Steel corporation
owns $4,000, 900 worth of government
bonds. Chairman Gary of the cor
poration says that they not only will
not be sold now at loss Of about 10
per cent which would have to be taken
but that they will be held until I'VE
get as much as they cost. or possibly
little more
There isn't the shadow of a doubt
that some day these bonds, like all
other bonds of the government, will be
worth 100 cents on the dollar. Prob
ably some of the issues will go to a
premium before maturity.
The millions of holders of small
amounts of these bonds, who bought
them through patriotic motives should
not part with them at the present de-
preciated market value, unless they
are absolutely forced to do so, by sheer
necessity.
Whatever ones opinion of the bust
ness ethics of Gary and his fellow
steel corporation managers, there can
be no question as to their financial
shrewdness.
II government bonds are good enough
for them to hold, they are good enough
for the man and woman of small
means to hold.
In these days of uncertain values,
those promises to pay of Uncle Sam,
whatever their present market value,
contain an element of certainty as to
the future. which no other form of in
vestment in the world even ap-
proaches.
Take Gary's tip. Hold your govern
ment bonds. The mere fact of your
holding them will be an important
factor in increasing their value.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-25
THE PRESIDENT AT HIS MEALS

VIM. H. Crawford in the World S
Work for May:
Housewives win be interested In
knowing what the president eats, and
to know what Mrs. Harding feeds him
10 make him so healthy The presi-
dent has an excellent appetite. A ty-
pical menu for the day follows: For
breakfast he has half a grapefruit,
bacon and eggs. the bacon cooked to a
golden brown: buttered toast and cof-
fee. followed by waffles, such as Mrs.
Harding has made famous. His lunch
con is substantial meal, usually in
Guiding a meat and two or three veg
etables, but the dinner is the principal
meal 1t is complete. from soup to
nuts. He enjoys his meals and mixes
with them a full amount of laughter
and light-heartedness. He throws off
what little official manner he has at
other times. He is no longer the pres
ident, but is just Warren. And his
wife is Lou.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-25
THE REASON
BY ALFRED ARNOLD.

You could put smooth thing over
That would win, most any day;
Fou can scan IL. and then plan il
In bold two-fisted way;
You could place the other fellow
In a double-tied-u plight;
But YOU wouldn't. for you shouldn't;
And you couldn't--if you're right
You could twist about. and scramble
To the top OF all the heap;
You could shyly, you could slyly
Work while honest fellows sleep;
You could talk OF natures blessings
And set UP the low Of might:
But you wouldn't. for you shouldn't:
And you couldn't-if you're right!
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-25
AFTER NINETY YEARS.

"Europe's tottering civilization" has
become a stock phrase of current edi-
torial discussion. But.its' not the first
time that II has seemed to be tipping
over while the Mortified spectators
look on heiplessly.
See what Thomas Carlyle wrote in
1881:
''Sad to look upon in the high
est stage of civilization, nine
tenths of mankind have to strug
gle in the lowest battle of savage
or even animal man, the battle
against Famine =.
In one country we have seen
lava-torrents of fever-frenzy en-
velope all things; government sue
ceeds government. like the phan-
tasma Of a dying brain. In another
country we can even now see in
maddest alteration, the peasant
governed by such guidance as this:
Toe labor earnestly one month in
raising wheat. and the next month
labor earnestly in burning it."
Carlyle might have been describing
Europe today, and the Europe he spoke
of seemed no whit less hopeless than
the Europe that seems lettering now
Society, were 1t not by nature
immortal, and Its death ever new
birth, might appear. as it does in
the eyes of some, to be sick to
dissolution. and even now writhing
IN its last agony"
The dying" Europe of Carlyles
time got well and lowered into a
civilization that made the nineteenth
century the most progressive of the
ages.
The lesson Of history is the conso-
lation of despair.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-25
By StanIey1

by the excitement of the evening. caugr
a low-toned warning to Dicly which Mr.
Cosgrove gave before she left cur rooms
Dicky had put me into his own bed IL
the back room, and / know Mrs. Cos
grove, standing at the door of the front
room, was sure / could not hear her.
Don't let her out of our sight," she
cautioned Dicky. land keep your doors
barred. The woman is a perfect fiend.
I can see that when she is reused. and
she has taken a most unreasoning dis
like, or rather hatred, to Mrs. Graham.
have nothing definite to go upon, but
shall breathe easier when she is gone"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-25

worthy object should demand a con-
tribution there would be funds suffi-
cfent to meet the request. This would
save a great deal of time and bother,
and avoid begging successfully from
one and appealing unsuccessfully to
another. The general public is liberal
to an extreme-but there are many
who object to turning over dollar
when others, far more able. refuse to
let go of cent.
Donations from tax receipts will
make it necessary that every tax-pay-
er shall pay his quota.-kissimme
Valley Gazette.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-25

Small Girl-Mummy. I'm frightened
,f bogey-man up here by myself.
Mother-You're quite SAFE dear;
iaddy's downstairs.--Puck London)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-25
With Reservations

Mother--Now, Teddie, wouldn't you
ike to be a baker, like Uncle Peter
when you grow up?
Teddie--Weil. Mummie. couldn't /
% baker without being like Uncle
?ster?-London Telegraph
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-25
TEN CARLOADS or
GRAPEFRUIT JUICE

MIAMI. April a4.-aIore than ten
carloads Of grapefruit juice was put
up this season on the C. I. Brooks
Mace near Miami
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-25

DO you remember when you used to
see SIS gold pieces in circulation?
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-25

Advertising has been known to ruin
a business--when the advertising was
done by its competitors.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-25

Il want" says the proprietor of a
irapery store. "a catchy name for a
lew bathing costume" Why not call
1 a knee plus ultra London Star.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-25

Speaking OF mathematics, DO you re-
alize how many makaa million? Very
few.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-25

Ever notice how happy a clothes
presser looks. on a rainy day? What's
one mans meat is another mans
poison.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-25
Law violators.

Hoover found that polar bears were
under the department of commerce,
grizzly bears under the department of
the interior and brown bears under
the department OF agriculture.
obviously they should all be under
the department OF prohibition enforce
meht
They're all bruin.---Philadelphi
Public Ledger.
sd
When one sits and fishes for hours
without nibble. he wonders at the
persistence of the eternal try angle
Detroit Free Press.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-25

The League OF Women Voters with
$4,000 in it's treasury, must chuckle
over the G. o. r. deficit. Why not
make woman secretary of the treas
ury, in control of the budget?
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-25

I
Lucinda made charming debutante
Her gown indeed was. quite the lat
est shout;
/ understand" remarked her Old maid
aunt,
"Just why they call this function
coming OUT" Judge.
o.
oscar has gone in for social affairs
ince getting his auto"
"Is that so?"
Yes, he had two blow-outs last
veek."-New York Evening World.
D.
Bullet Strikes Girls Knee Without
'uncturing Skirt--Police Baffled,"
avs a headline in the Philadelphia
Record. The police are so stupid
Grand Rapids Press.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-25

English cutlery manufacturer closed
down his factory and bought 100000
butcher knives from Germany because
the price was less than II would have
cost him to make them II this hap
pens much, consumers in other coun-
tries will pay the indemnity for Ger
many.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-20

Our war with Germany, which has
extended over period of more than
four and a half years, was ended
Tuesday when the senate ratified
treaty of peace with that country
Since Germany has not promised to
pay US an indemnity, it seems reason
able TO expect that our army now will
be withdrawn from the Rhine. Tho
warlike Bull Moose senators. Borah
and La Toilette, favored a continue
ton of the war and voted against the
treaty. Another, Norris of Nebraska
was paired against it but they could
not muster a sufficient following to
defeat it. Even the belligerent Hiram
johnson voted to stop fighting. 1t has
been the longest war in which this
country has engaged since the revolu-
ton. Now we can all feel gay when
johnny comes marching home"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-20

thirds of the population of the town
would be there at the appointed hour
and most of them would attempt the
acrobatic feat suggested" AS Kansas
editor Howe was remarkable, in the
respect that he had no interest in
politics. He knew nothing of the
game" of politics and never tried to
learn it. He probably never attended
a primary or caucus or served as a
delegate to a political convention in
his life. Howe supported a eandi-
date. or fought him, as his judgment
of the situation dictated his prefer
ence. But he never knew what was
doing on the inside" and never cared.
When he goes away from home it is
not the state OF the nation that
beckons him. His destination may be
Africa or India. He has been great
traveller and has written what are
probably the most interesting books of
travel ever done by an American. But
if his destination isn't Africa or India,
it is likely he is going somewhere to
attend grand opera or hear a symphony
orchestra. He probably has Travelled
further to hear grand opera than any
other American, and he is going again.
He has tickets to the performance in
Kansas City on Saturday night of this
week.
{ Note to Editor-This was such a
heluva good story and I've spoiled it
somehow and can't find out how 1 did
i'll. z. H.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-20

not deny that he had left New York
for Canada a few hours after it had
happened. But that he was guilty
he would not admit. His foreknoWl-
come to him by reason of q peculiar
psychic power inherited from his
mother. A voice from the spirit
world had warned him. And thru the
hard days of grilling that followed,
Fischer stubbornly stuck to his story.
After this great disappointment,
secret service officials were compelled
to start searching for new criminal.
In this search police in all parts of
the country Joined. inspired by the
fact that the city of New York alone
offered a reward of $10,500 for the
capture of the guilty party or parties.
while an additional reward of $4,000
was offered by Wall street business
interests.
The Cleveland police were the first
to contribute interesting suspects when
they arrested a radical trio, two men
and a woman, who had professed to
know more than they should about the
explosion, but these three were able
to establish perfect alibis. Later came
the arrest of Tito Ligi. g. Pittsburgh
Italian, known to be a draft deserter
and radical. boastful of his familiarity
with bombs. The chief evidence
against Ligi was the fact that pieces
OF SdSH WelSAIS S4Ifllldf 10 IIOSe IounQ
in Wall street were discovered in his
home-that, and the fact that New
York witness positively identified him
as one of the three Italians seen near
the bomb cart just before the explo-
sion. Nevertheless, Ligi, also, pos
Sessed an invincibie alibi.
Following this failure, an Italian of
Bayonne, N. j., was arrested and for
maIly charged with the crime, after
several witnesses had likewise identi-
fled him as one of the guilty three
seen in the vicinity of the TINT
wagon. But later when arraigned by
the government on the specific charge,
the number of witnesses had somehow
dwindled to one, whose story was OBJ
vieusly patched and fIimsy. De Fflipis
was quietly released.
Since then, no new arrests have
been made and no new evidence has
been uncovered. The Wall street ex-
plosion remains q mystery, but is by
no means forgotten one. The search
for the master criminal who caused it
still goes on.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-20

but always becoming She had roped
Craig Forester would return. Mar
garet was too young to live GU her
life alone. and Hannah had imagined
she might have, cared for Forester.
So when she observed Margaret be-
fore her mirror studying her face. saw
her trying her hair In the new fashion
affected by other women of her age,
noticed she dressed in gayer colors,
she rejoiced.
Margaret also did more entertain
ing. Heretofore, save when Mrs Wall
tiers was with her, she had spent most
of her time with Joan, and it was her
daughters friends she entertained to
the exclusion of older people.
Margaret mentioned a card party
she gave to Joan. She laughed heart
lily at her reply:
go it while the goingis good,
Mumsie. You can't get into much
mischief with those old fogies-no
disrespect meant, but one can't
think of having a real good time in
that little town. New York is the
only place. The cakes came all
right. l too had a party. We had
wonderful time, artists, writers, all
sorts. But if 1t was a sort OF human
hash it Was an interesting hash.
They all seemed to like me. I am
thinking of going down to Green
wich Village to live instead of up
here in the college dormitories-
but haven't quite decided. A thou
sand kisses, old dear. JOAN"
Was. Joan right? Could one have
a really good time only in a big city :?
1t was rather tame in a small place.
But she made no mention OF her
/ thoughts when answering jeans letter.
Tomorrow-Margaret is pleased with
complimentary