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BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP
BETWEEN MATTERS And DOG
Prank" Died ON Train As He Was
Being Carried To Veterinarian
by Former Cotton Buyer.
SAYS HE WAS HIS BEST FRIEND

my poor little dog, Frank" reads
q pathetic communication received
By The Journal from Mr. d w. Waters.
OF Casa, 5. c., who bought cotton
here for j. +. Stack & Company a
few years ago, died on the 2Gth with
black tongue. He was my best friend
and companion. He died on the train
at a point ten miles this side of
Columbia as | was carrying him to a
fne veterinary surgeon, a Dr.. eau gh-
man | twice refused $3.50 cash Tor
him, and S1c0 and Sl25 several
times. | loved him as well as any
one ever loved their own child. He
would have been three years old on
June Sth. Ii there is dog heaven
he IL there now. Yours, broken
hearted over the death of little
dog, d. W. Waters"
Those who are acquainted with
Mr.. Waters can understand his grief.
A bachelor. with few kinsmen, he
had no one else but Frank upon
whom ne could bestow his affections.
and no human being ever more fully
reeiprocated friendship than did that
little white pup. The pair were in
separable All day long during the
fall months when the cotton move
ment was heavy, "Frank" could be
seen following right on Mr.. Waters
heels as he sampled bale after bale
Of the heecy staple. He cared moth
ing for the company of other dogs.
To him everything was wrapped up
in the big ,good-natured man who saw
that he wanted for nothing. and he
was content when not following him
around with devoted air, TO sit and
gaze at him through eyes that be-
spoke more than words undying graf
itude. As to Mr. Waters great love
for his dog, who ever before loved
a dog so well that when his faithful
canine became i'll he took him in his
arms and speeded towards a distant
city in search of medical skill in the
hope o. saving his life? And his trib-
ute to Frank" though couched in
the simplest Of language. is entitled
70 rank alongside that of Robert w.
Services entitled "The Outlaw
IN his preface to this dog poem,
which is published in Ballads of a
Bohemian" Service says: after old
men and children ! am greatly In
terested In dogs | will 20 out Of
my way to caress one who shows any
desire to be friendly There Is a very
filthy fellow who collects cigarette
stubs on the Boul' Mich. and who
is always followed by a starved yell
low cur. The other day came across
them In little side street. The man
was stretched on the pavement brut-
ishiy drunk and dead TO the world.
The dog. lying by his SIDE, seemed
TO look at me with sad. imploring
eyes. Though all the world despise
that man, I thought, this poor brute
loves him and will be faithful unto
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death From this incident wrote
the verses that follow"

death. From this incident | wrote
the verses that follow"
\ wild and woful race he ran
OF lust and sin by land and sea:
Until. abhorred OF God and man,
They swung him from the gallows-
tree
And then ne climbed the Starry Stair,
And dumb and naked and alone.
With head unbowed and brdzen glare,
He stood before the Judgment
Throne.
The. Keeper OF the Records spoke:
This man, O Lord, has mocked
Thy Name
The weak have wept beneath his yoke
The strong have fed before his
flame.
The blood OF babes Is on his swordj
His life is evil to the brim:
Look down, decree his doom. 0 Lord.
Lo. there is none will speak for
him.
The golden trumphets blew blast
That echoed In the crypts OF Hell,
For there was Judgment to be passed
And lips were hushed and silence
fell.
The man was mute; he made no stir,
Erect before the Judgment. Seat.
When all at once a mongrel cur
Crept out and covered and licked
his feet.
1t licked his feet with whining cry
Come Heav'n. come He'll. what did
il care?
II leapt, 1t tried TO catch his eye;
Its master. yea, its God was there
Then. as thrill OF wonder sped
Through throngs of shining sera'
phim,
The Judge of All looked down and
80. here is one who pleads for him,
"And who shall love of these the
least.
And who by word or look or deed
Shall pity show to bird or beast,
BY Me shall have a friend IN need
Az. tho his sin be black as night
And tho he stand mid men alone
He shall be softened in My sight,
And find a pleader by My Throne
so let this man to glory win;
From life to life salvation CLEAN;
by pain and sacrifice and sin,
Until he stand before Mclean
For he who loves the least OF these
(And here | say and here repeat)
Shall win himself en- angels pleas
For Mercy at My Judgment Seat.
The Monroe journal., 1921-05-31
Watch Out That Night

Il can't keep the visitors from
coming up" said the office boy de-
jectedly TO the president. When
say you're out they simply say they
must see you"
WELL" said the president. "just
tell them that's what they all say. "
That afternoon there called al the
office young lady. The boy assured
her II was impossible to see the
president.
But I'm his wife" said the lady.
"oh, that's what they all say
said the boy.
The Monroe journal., 1921-05-31
ON the High Seas.

The bastful petty officer was on
leave and was having a hard time
making conversation.
Il suppose you've been In the navy
so long you're accustomed thorough
" to sea-legs," she suggested.
II wasnt loolsin' al em ct ALL he
blurted, bIushing. - The American
Legion Weekly.
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He VIII no.

Business Man Ito young lad seek
ing employmentl-"Were you here
two weeks ago. and didn't I tell you
then that wanted an older boy?"
"Yes, sir. That's why I've come
back. Houston Post.
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But a Yawl Is Not a Canoe

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: At the risk of overburdeninr
your columns l want to add my support
to Mr.. Henry A. Wise Woods statements
about yachting and sport in general
This summer two other boys and my
self sailed a 45-foot yawl from the
Strait of Belle Isle to Hudson's Strait
and back again along the coast of Labrs-
dor, covering perhaps 1900 miles. We
were none of us experienced yachtsmen
and we had several awkward moments
with the ice, and these, of course, give
US the widest and most satisfying
memories of this cruise.
From our cruise we can say that The
greatest pleasure comes from the most
unusual trip, and especially from the
trip which satisfies the normal persons
love Of exploration. And years Of
cruising the Sound never will make .
sailor of a yachtsman in the same
way that few months on the Labrador
or in the Caribbean will. Again, We are
convinced that the new and strange Is
not always the dangerous, and the only
infallible test OF danger is to try it.
Sport for sports sake is poor war
cry. We were sailors because we wanted
to reach Hudson's Strait and to return,
and only secondarily because we lkeds
see how far into the wind our yawl
would go. Those who go yachting" sim
ply to sit in boat have sad lack 0.
imagination. If one does not sail to see
strange places and people and craft, and
to be very much alive about it all, be
misses the fun rightly his.
J.E. MITCHELL
Amherst, Mass, Jan. 4, 1921.
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responsibilities, possibly halt might
be called to this meddling by polit.
clans and cranks with the practice Of
medicine"
AS an instance in point, the Med.
cal Society of the County Of New
York, at stated meeting at the Acsd-
envy of Medicine on December 81, 1920,
took no notice whatever Of this new
regulation of the narcotic drug COM
mission, but devoted the evening e.
clusively to the discussion of Health
Centers," project favored by the
State Commissioner of Health and one
which he came down from Albany to
advocate at this meeting, nothwith-
standing the fact that it was rejected
at the last session of the Legislature,
even though it was backed by Cover
nor Smith and the State Department Of
Health. JOHN P. DAWN, M. D.
New York, Jan. 4, 1921.
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More Demonstration Gardens

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: I have read the letter OF Leo
Fiebel in The Tribune for January
and believe with him that il the
demonstration garden in Bryant Ps''
must be abandoned another should ps
established If other conditions are
favorable it seems that Union Square
on account of its central location
would be an excellent site. There
might we'll be several of those gardens
in different parts Of the city.
In trips through the Bronx last sum-
mer I noticed several small gardens
that must have been established WIZ
considerable labor on vacant lots. A.
time of increasing unemployment
any man or boy who wants to wois
should be encouraged. 1t is reasonaos
to believe that there are many boys 10
this city who in the spring and SUI"
mer would like to work or farms or u
gardens. In that case they can lean
at least the rudiments of the business
at the demonstration gardens.
The cost to the Park Department
cannot be great and it is good In
vestment to interest boys in something
that will prevent them from forming
idle habits and doubtful associations
A. r. FAULKNER
New York, Jan. 8, 1921.
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cludes many Of our biggest popula-
ton centers-New York. Philadel-
phia, Boston, Baltimore, Pittsburgh,
Buffalo, Cleveland, Washington,
Newark, Rochester-and dozens of
minor cities.
OF the Is per cent Of agricultural
workers a very few have real griev-
ances against the light-saving sched-
ule. A great deal of rural opposi-
ton has been based on relatively
trivial grounds. But the vast ma
jority has the first claim to consid-
GRAFTON. The greatest good of the
greatest number will be served by
going back to the light-saving plan
in the Atlantic section. New York
still has daylight-saving law in ef-
feet. 1t probably will be repealed
if left standing alone. The best So
luton for us and for all the Allan
tic states is action by Congress in
behalf Of this sections urban popu-
lation and it's dense mass of indus
trial, commercial and professional
workers.
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Veterans in the Civil Service

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: There is before the Legislature
of this state a proposed constitutional
amendment granting to all war vet
Grams absolute preference to appoint
ments and promotions in the civil serv-
Ice throughout the state. If passed this
time it will be submitted to the voters
for approval.
If it were only possible to secure
thoughtful consideration Of amendments
OF this sort at election time there would
be no harm in submitting them. but tho
fact Is most voters pay no attention to
them or record vote without the nee
essary preliminary study of the subject
covered. Already $45,0O0,OOO has been
voted to the veterans. While this pro-
vides sum Of money to be granted to
an immense number Of citizens who do
not need 1t, compared with those who
do, 1t has the merit Of advising Us be-
forehand Of the sum to be raised. The
proposed measure cuts into the service
OF the state and gives q great number of
incompetent men a constitutional ad
vantage over those who are best
equipped for the work. The mere fact
that man was Of draft ago and was
drafted establishes this pseudo right for
him. 1t virtually excludes women from
obtaining civil service positions and is
manifestly unfair to them, whether they
served as army nurses or Red Cross
workers. 1t discriminates against those
who were too old or too young to enlist.
and 1t is class legislation of the worst
sort.
1t is hard enough to get the public
service done we'll under existing condi-
tons, even with good administration.
This proposed amendment increases the
difficulty. ELLWOOD HENDRICK.
New York, Jan. z, 1921.
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Science and Disease

How the number Of deaths by dis
ease may be greatly reduced by the
use Of present-day knowledge is
strikingly brought out by Health
Commissioner Copeland. In this city
sixty years ago twenty-eight out Of
every thousand patients died of
smallpox, while last year the fatali-
ties were nominal. Compulsory vac
cination in recent years has been
justified by the results, and the dis
ease may soon be wiped out entirely.
tuberculosis was responsible in
the year 1885 for thirty-seven deaths
for every ten thousand persons. Last
year the number of deaths was only
twelve per ten thousand. The despair
that once gripped tho victim of this
consuming disease has been lifted by
medical science so that now, given q
fighting chance, he may expect to
conquer it.
Diphtheria has yielded to anti
toxin treatment to the extent that
epidemics no longer occur. A still
further scientific advance in the
matter Of diphtheria is the Shick
test, which, DR.. Copeland says,
makes 1t possible to tell whether a
child Is susceptible or immune to the
disease. This discovery will be Of
incalculable benefit.
II the remarkable development
and growth Of medical knowledge for
the treatment and prevention of dis
ease could be fanked on the other
hand by the general application of
known methods Of sanitation and
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The Middle West and the Far
West may not want to live on day
1ight-saving time schedule, but that
is no reason why the people Of the
Eastern time zone shouldn't reap
the benefits of an extra hour Of
afternoon daylight through the sum-
mer months. Senator Edge has in
PRODUCED bill to authorize a light
saving day in this zone from May 1
to October /. Under the Calder
law the clocks were turned forward
on the last Sunday in March and
were not turned back until the last
Sunday in October. 1t was found
that this cut the early spring and
autumn morning hours too short.
The Edge Encouragement there
1ore eliminates both April and Oc-
tober as daylight-saving months.
The Merchants Association has
started a campaign in behalf of the
Edge measure. It is admitted that
turning the clock forward incon-
veniences the millemen and milk
handlers and perhaps q few other
classes Of farm workers. But this
Inconvenience Is slight compared
with the great advantage to other
workers and the large saving to the
community in the consumption of
gas and electric light. The extra
hour Of afternoon daylight avail
able for outdoor recreation i'm
proves public health and provides
wholesome relaxation for hundreds
Of Thousands Of indoor workers.
Nearly half the population of the
United States lives in the Eastern
time zone. Fifty per cent Of those
employed In gainful pursuits live in
1t, and Of this population IS per
cent are engaged in non-agricultural
pursuits. To the city dwclIer the
extra daylight hour is an especial
boon, and the Eastern zone in
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By
Hcywood Broun

forded him interest and amusement was
cock fighting. He had no Qualms about
the brutality of the sport, for he writes
1T was a thing of Sotal indifference
to me what-with steel spurs or with
out-roosters did to each other. Alive,
they were a constantly CALLING carica-
ture, crude illuminative projection,
of men at their ridiculous worst Their
feathered tails, their Growing, their
propensity to search for bits in the
dung, their sheer roosterness, together
with the SLY hypocrisy of hens, had
always annoyed me individually. And,
rather than not, I looked forward to
seeing them victimized by their own
belligerent conceit"
Still, the rooster which aroused his
greatest interest seems to have been
"a bird of much higher type. "He
tapped his wings doubtfully, and then,
as the other made short rush forward,
he turned and ran as fast as his shorn
legs could carry lin. This, consider
ing the contracted round space of his
course, was very fast indeed; the Sec
ond, pursuing him with the utmost
energy, was unable to get closer than
fleet dab at the stripped tail. 1t was
fight not without desperate humor,
but this, it was clear, was appreciated
by no one besides me. He had
no will to fight, and, personally under
standing and sympathizing with him
completely, l hoped his wish would be
respected; while he had provided no
main. he had faithfully substituted q
most unlocked for and thrilling race,
making for all time and nations and
breeds of chickens a record for a thou
sand times round cockpit"
Seemingly, the Cubans had no re-
gard for this feat, and the birds were
picked up and carried to smaller ring,
where flight would not avail. Herges-
hcimer himself, in spite of the admira-
ton he expresses for the rooster who
ran away, did not take the trouble to
leave his seat to observe the sequel
Personally, it is our opinion that so
intelligent bird, once he was put to
the test, probably performed most cred
ltably and lived to fight another day.
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Spokesman for Whom?

About the most futile and certainly
the most ludicrous weakness of our
intellectuals is their assumption that
they, in some esoteric way, represent
vast numbers of voters. Liberal
thought" the great body of liberal
minds" are phrases constantly
rolled on their tongues. When
pacifsm was the word it was made
clear that the great bulk Of Ameri-
cans were opposed to war for any
cause whatsoever and were being
tricked into a bad job against their
will. Later, when sovietism became
the fashionable notion, it appeared
that all labor was on the brink
of q mighty uprising-led by tho
intelligentsia--and that ''bourgeois"
America was as good as doomed. Of
course when the showdown came in
both cases the guess of the intelli-
gentsia proved nonsense; in the case
Of the war patriotisrs turned up in
every breast (save a few hundred
objectors), and at the last election
the radical vote dwindled to insig-
nificance.
This unreality is as the poles
apart, from the Lenine point Of
view, be it said. The Bolshevists
had no doubt of their status. They
were small minority of all Russia;
theirs was avowedly a dictatorship
OF the minority; such was their
whole theory Of action. However
one may disagree with the aims and
methods Of the Russian Reds, they
were born realists, never deludine
themselves as to the extent of their
support.
In that most open-minded Of Brit
ish weeklies, The London Athe-
n@um, a case is cited closely paral-
leling the stand Of our American in
tellectuals. A book by Mr.. j. H.
Thomas, Labor leader and men,
Der Of Parliament, has appeared
under the title When Labor Rules.
In it is set forth q splendid
ldealistic program for giving the
people better health, better educa-
ton and more freedom all around.
All admirable, declares The Athe-
neum, but for whom does Mr..
Thomas express these lofty pur-
poses? For the Labor party, ap-
parently. But when did that party
ever do anything to show any real
interest in these ideals? Its plat
form is a noble document; but so
arc all the other political platforms
noble documents. AS for actions,
Labor is "resolute, courageous, per-
sistent-in striking for moro
money" These strikes may be COM
pletcly justified, The Athennum
comedies, but what have they tor do
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Ministers in Books
A Plea for Kinder Words About the
Clergy
} the Editor of The Tribune.

ASA6y
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The Methodist Episcopal Church
Is taking steps in the right direction
when it protests against the misrepre-
sentation of ministers in the motion
pictures and much Of tho present day
literature.
One Of the most fragrant and utterly
uncalled for instances Of this misrepre-
sentation is found in Rebecca of Sun
nybrook Farm. The minister is given
the mean and contemplate name of
Smelie, and his portrait Is of a man in
appearance meaner and moro con-
temptible than his name.
In literature nothing more irreverent
has come under the writer's notice than
the effort of a we'll known writer to
ridicule the beautiful parable of the
lost sheep.
TO counteract these tendencies to
make despicable body of splendid
men, it would be fine thing if, in addi-
ton to the sporting, financial, society.
automobile and household pages of the
Sunday paper there could be a good
news page telling the readers what
ministers, priests, rabbis and Christian
laymen are doing and accomplishing
for the good of mankind in every coun-
try under the sun.
ELIZABETH B. ROGERS.
Danbury, Conn, Jan. 6, 1921.
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with Mr.. Thomas's noble plan for

with Mr.. Thomas's noble plan for
Utopia?
Thus the conclusion is reached
that this idealistic Labor leader rep
resents "a very small and very scat
tered band of idealists," found chief
ly in "the middle class" They make
noise out Of all proportion to their
size, yet even SO it is "in the thun-
der of the daily press barely per-
ceptible squeak" The most ingen-
ious idea they ever hit upon was
that of saying that they spoke for
"the inarticulate six and half mil
lions of trade unionists." For this
hypothesis is difficult to contradict
so long as "the giant is dumb" "But
if the giant persistently refuses to
do anything that bears out this in
depreciation Of him, and if his few
hoarse mutters, when we strain to
catch them, seem equally consistent
with other quite different interpre-
tations, we do not take quite the
same delight in contemplating his
undoubtedly magnificent muscles"
What relief it would be if these
idealists and intellectuals would i'm
bibe little realism and cease delud
ing themselves as to whom they rep
resent! With this start from terra
trina even their Utopian day.
dreams might become sufficiently re-
lated to things as they are-to a
recognition that capitalist and la
borer are equally altruistic and
equally selfish, and that nations are
correspondingly noble and petty, by
turns-to contribute something to
the slow, intensely practical bust
ness Of achieving better times.
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Not a Dollar for GERMANY

70 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: correspondent of The Tribune
asks why we should be expected to feed
Germany when tho cx-Kaiser EMPLOYS
sixty-odd servants and is swampcd in
riches. The point is we'll taken, but
there is even q moro important side
to it.
For what end should We feed these
children? That they may be trained to
rise up and smite us in a possible ten
or dozen years in the future7 Ger
many is not even subdued, to say moth
ing Of conquered.
1t is case of marking time, and in
view Of recent developments an arti-
clio in The Sunday Tribune from no
less an authority than General Nivelle
calls for serious consideration. For the
benefit Of children / am willing to "give
until it hurts" but not a dollar for
cruel, inhuman Germany.
MRS. r. w. SPROULE.
New York, Dec. %, 1920.