The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-19
Observation-Disclosures
To tbo Fditor or The Obseryer,

NOT the leaSt OF lne aCCOnpllSH-
ments Of the American Legion at its
Kansas City convention was the choice
Of the daisy" as the leagues official
flower. Thus tho poppy" of Flan-
ders, around which so much sentiment
clings, goes into discard. THE poppy"
says an account Of the Legion's action,
had many adberents because of its
association with Flanders battlefiClds,
but when it war explained that 1t was
not an American flower and could not
be obtained in large quantities, the
poppy party shifted its support ia
the daisy The daisy, also is not
American. Bus though not a native
to this country. il came long ago from
| Europe and settled here with the as
surance and intrepidity Of pioneer
| II folwers at its best in New England,
and thrives in almost any kind of soil
1t clings to rocky surfaces as easily as
! ii grows by river banks and in fertile
meadows
Missouri has no state flower. But
Missouri knows that liberty is a plant
SO sensitive that once touched by
"robber hands" it needs long years Of
tender watch and loving care before
its leaves again put forth, OF ita flowers
bloom.
! The perennial discussion OF whether
| II should be- Muscle Shoa.s or hu"seI
Shoals has brought for.h Webstrr's
! dictionary Of 1875, IN which the
| bivalve is spcleG both ways with the
Illustration LABELED Muscle Ana
the most recent dictionaries. for that
matter, give the spellinss as variants
of the same word.
Corn at 80 cents bushel is equal
in value to coal at SIG toa, says
Secretary Wa'"ce Of reports that in
some parts Of the country corn is be-
ing used for fuel But as a substitute
for food, coal docs not 60 far and
there are many hungry people in the
world this year.
As We understand it, this Washing
ton conference is TO be kind of
"disarmagoeddon.'
II now appears that We are 10 nave
the 18th amendment proposed by
Congress and = be ratified by two
thirds OF the states in order to pre-
vent scandalous!y oVeriaNcd "capitaT
from going into taX-eXempt securities
and thereby abolish taN-eXempt Sc
curities by constitutional amendment
Souhd taNa'loh al nome ana stabaIlza-
tloh or international exchange would
also re food thlhg Tor the country
now comes tne news mat there is
no spiritual ne IN the American
prison. Ihere Is no nope no lhsplra-
uoh' no stimulus no c"mpuision OF
soul 10 pet'er Things IN seventy penal
lhsutuuohs III 'hese thlted states OF
America Ihe whole American prison
system Is sald l" pe hard' 'oid' frozen'
dead HOW ah"ut the ola diIapidated
/ Missouri state Penitenilary ana its
! relormatory system at Jefferson
Clty' NO.
Germany is improving. Berhners
are now authorized to call Tor
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and need no
longer summon "poiizeibczlrkson-
oerwachtmeister'' In this country
we call cop.
All religions are systems or ethics.
They embrace the spirit Of fraternity
ana the proper attitude OF man toward
man. All religions are good In pro-
portion as they are refining to the
spirit. The church, whatever church
1t may be, is not the office Of the spirit
Too much devotion to the church has
tendency to obscure the essential, TO
dwarf the soul ana narrow the range
OF the mind. Devotion TO the church
is not necessarily duty to God. Duty
to God is duty to man, with the con-
rDD1itgnt T0CnEUltlOn Of (,0dfg 'h0