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Evening star., 1921-09-27
The G., A, r.

The fifty-fifth annual encampment
Of the G. A. r. at Indianapolis sug.
gests many reflections to relatively
small and steadily diminishing part Of
our people. The present encampment
is a small one compared with those of
thirty, twenty. even ten years ago.
About 10000 members of this patriotic
soldier organization have Joined the
grand army beyond the skies since
the last encampmeit. and many mem
bers still on the rolls Of the G. A. r:
are too infirm to make a journey to a
distant city and take. their place in
the marching column or about those
campfires where song and story Of the
civil war go round. G. A. r. encamp.
ments at Washington used to be as
big and popular as the inauguration
of a.President, even when an inaugu.
ration ball was part and parcel Of the
ceremony.
As man counts time, a good many
years have passed since Lincoln's
first call for volunteers. Sixty years
have gone by. and since the peace OF
Appomattox fifty-six years have been
marked off AS nearly all the volun-
teers and others who entered the
Union armies were young men, those
that are still among us are no longer
young.
In the popular mind and imagina
ton the civil war is a long way in the
past. Generations have since then
been born. What they know about the
war between the states has been
learned from reading history. Rela'
lively few persons read history, fewer
learn much about it, and stillS fewer
remember what they learn. The
United States has been a party to two
wars and other periods of great stress
since the days Of Manassas, Antietam,
Fredericksburg, Charlottesville, Get.
tysburg, Shiloh, Chickamauga, Wilder.
ness and Spotsylvania. One Of these
wars stirred US very much, and the
other was the most .stupendous the
world has ever known, though our
part in it did not tax our resources
and emotions and entail such losses on
us as the civil war. =
Let us salute these veterans who
are assembled at Indianapolis, let our
thoughts go out to those whose In
trinity or cares keep them at home,
and let us pause now and then to
think of the hosts Of them that are
no more in flesh.
Evening star., 1921-09-27
Mr.. Harding's Popularity.

In The Stars report Of the opening
of the unemployment conference yes.
terday it was stated that when the
President entered the hall he was
given an ovation.
A President is always accorded a
handsome greeting, whether by an au.
dience in agreement with him or not
1t is one of the best signs Of our in
stitutions. He represents authority at
the top. and the people salute not
only him but his position.
In Mr.. Harding's case, however
there is always true heart in such
demonstrations. 1t shows itself in the
manner as well as in the sound Of the
assembly. The noise has more than a
conventional ring to it..
The reason is that the people be-
lieve in him. They recognize in him a
man in everyday sympathy with
their best aspirations; who is desirous
of putting his office to their best serv.
ice; who does not hold himself aloof
and play mystery man, who comes
among them because he belongs
among them, and wants to know from
them how they feel about things.
This is an important asset, and will
stand Mr.. Harding well in hand in al
his official undertakings while he re-
mains in the White House. 1t gives a
human touch to his performances, and
both strengthens approval and softens
criticism.
Mr.. Mckinley as President inspired
the same sort Of feeling, and much Of
his considerable success in Office is
sued from the confidence the people
reposed, in his sincerity, his sym.
pathy and his capacity.
Evening star., 1921-09-27

scribing for the bonds by billions, and
men, women and families were put
ting their actual and prospective saw.
ings into bonds who had never seen
a bond before, it was commonplace to
write and speak Of the great and
valuable lesson which Americans were
learning in the art or practice, of saw.
ing and investment, It was valuable
lesson, but not a happy one to a very
large number of first investors. In
the heat of excitement, patriotism and
personal pride many persons bought
or subscribed for a larger amount in
bonds than they could carry. That
was the mistake Of ''overextension"-
a common one. The uncertainty as to
the length of the war and the number
Of future issues which might be neces-
sary depressed those already put out.
The industrial postwar slump COM
PEELED default on and sale Of more
bonds than the market, already pretty
well saturated, would absorb. The cur
tailment Of credit and drop in bond
prices made it necessary for borrow
ers to negotiate loans on their bonds
considerably below the face or pur-
chase price Of those bonds, and their
carrying charges were higher than
their income from the bonds. High
money rates and high dividend and in.
terest return on corporation stocks
and bonds Of sterling record and repu-
tation caused many liberty bond hold
ers to throw their liberties on the
market and reinvest in higher yield
ing bonds and stocks. A great many
factors entered into the situation. But
the good securities that go down will
go up, and both the good and bad
securities that go up will go down. 1t
would seem that liberties are on the
upgrade. and many weary holders
will feel cheered.
Evening star., 1921-09-27
Rooseveltiana.

Collecting Rooseveltiana while the
memory of Roosevelt is still green
while millions of his friends are still
on earth, and while letters, manu-
scripts and other souvenirs Of this
great American are plentiful is a
happy plan. The Roosevelt Memorial
Association is doing a good work and
doing it in good time. Roosevelt's
place is secure as one Of America s
historic figures, and it is proposed tc
gather letters written by him. first
editions where possible of books, and
pamphlets by and about him, which
are to be turned over by their owners
to the Roosevelt Memorial Associa
ton.
Evening star., 1921-09-27
Liberty Bonds.

Liberty bonds are rising, and most
other bonds in corporations, Of good
reputation and earning power have
advanced. Bonds are often the heralds
Of the course of the general Securities
market. With money getting cheaper,
or slowly tending that way, a bond of
unquestioned security will sell at least
on parity with money and above 1t
according to tax-exempt features. date
Of maturity and other favorable cdh-
siderations. During, the liberty Joan
campaigns, when Americans were sub
Evening star., 1921-09-27
Economic System at Stake.

In his opening address yesterday as
presiding officer of the conference on
unemployment Secretary Hoover went
to the very heart Of the trouble when
he said there sis no economic failure
so terrible in it's import as that of a
country possessing surplus Of every
necessity of life in which numbers,
willing and anxious to work, are de.
prived of these necessities" And, he
added: 1T simply cannot be, our
moral and economic system is to sur.
vive.''
1t frequently is cited that the pres
ent condition of unemployment is a
natural aftermath of the waste and
destruction of war, and that it is
worldwide, the inference being that
our case is no different from that Of
the rest of the world. Whatever Of a
parallel there may be in conditions
existing in this country and in Eu-
ress. for example, there certainly is
nat e parallel in the circumstances
whtfh brought those conditions about
In Europe there is an acute shortage
Of most of the necessities Of life. in
cluding money and credit. In this
country there is great abundance Of
such necessities, money and credit in
cluded. In Europe men are idle be-
cause they lack materials with which
to work and the money or credit to
buy such materials. Here we have
materials and money and a large un-
filled demand for the production of
labor, and still men are idle.
There are some who tell us that
workers here are idle because the rest
Of the world is unable to buy from us
in accustomed volume. That might be
acceptable as an answer were it not
for the fact that the home market is
so greatly 'undersupplied. Scores Of
thousands of men in the building
trades are idle, Notwithstanding that
there is an acute shortage Of build
ings, plenty Of money to finance build
ing operations and plenty Of materials
with which to build. The fact that Eu-
rope is not buying from us will not ex
plain why so little progress is being
made to meet the crying need for
dwellings, schoolhouses and structures
Of almost every kind. The conference
must search elsewhere for an answer
That search is very likely to lead it
at an early stage to the disparity in
price levels. Violent liquidation Of
wartime prices in some lines and the
complete absence Of liquidation in
others have thrown the economic sys-
tenn out of balance. The largest single
element Of purchasing power in this
country consists Of farmers and their
families. Agriculture, as a whole, is
back to pre-war prices for the things
it has to sell, but is paying wartime
or near-war prices for most Of what
it has to buy. The result is that agri-
culture is out of the market, except
for Immediate necessities, partly
through lack of money with which to
buy, but more largely because Of re-
sentiment at an apparent economic in
justice.
Possibly this is condition beyond
the powers Of the unemployment con-
ference to remedy, but by turning the
rays Of publicity upon the situation
certain elements of society may be
made to see that they are standing in
<t,oi,. orrr, 1iohf
Evening star., 1921-09-27
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Hello" !"

''HellO."
"My favorite greeting is 'Hello!"
Said Hezekiah Bings.
ut serves to let an old friend know
What joy the meeting brings;
How glad you are to see him well,
And with the world content,
There's much that studied speech
can't tell
However eloquent.
II could not bring to my command
The words that would explain
My pleasure when clasp his hand
And hear his voice again.
Our formal language is too slow =,
For such important things,
And so simply say, Hello
Said Hezekiah Bings.
Evening star., 1921-09-27

The New York musical comedy COM
poser who thinks the country would
be better off if the Pilgrim fathers had
never landed possibly resents the fact
that they did not celebrate their ar
rival with a jazz concert.
Evening star., 1921-09-27

Having announced that he will sit
on the White House steps, rain or
shine, Mr.. Ledoux brings up a ques.
ton as to whether one who pickets
with so much vigor and determination
can be classified as unemployed.
Evening star., 1921-09-27
Why They Will Not Come.

The official announcement from Lon
don that neither Lord Curzon, secre-
tary for foreign affairs, nor Mr.
Lloyd George is coming to Washing
ton next November is not without
significance. 1t indicates that Mr..
Lloyd George has succeeded in max
ing himself sufficiently familiar with
unofficial and non-political opinion
over here to realize that every one of
the so-called big four" of the Paris
peace conference labors under some
thing of handicap when it comes
to question of winning American
confidence in large measure.
AS for Lord Curzons intention to
remain at home with his chief. it is
only necessary to say that he is dis
tfnctly of the Senator Lodge type,
and whereas one Senator Lodge may
really be of value at the conference
there is very little reason for sup
would not be just bit superf1uous.
Among the reported possibilities
for English delegates we note that
the name Of Mr.. J. NJ. Keynes does
not appear, and yet few Englishmen
have excited such interest and ad-
miration in the United States as has
the business-minded and straight
forward author of the Economic
Consequences of the Peace" That Mr.,
Keynes Is persona non grata in gov
ernment circles is probably true
None the less. if Mr.. Lloyd George
should appoint man on the order Of
Mr.. Keynes or Mr.. Reginald McKen-
ma, he might wake up one morning to
discover that by having let that ele-
ment of courageous unconventional
ity which is in him again come into
play he had pulled off still another
master stroke."-BaltimoreS Sun (in-
dependent democratic).
A new telescope brings Mars within
two miles Of the earth. Try It on
rents.-Worcester (Mass.) Post.
Edison invented the photograph by
accident. Wish Tom had been more
careful.-Flint Journal.
It is probably good thing for the
peace of America that there was no
Irish blood in the American Indian
Akron Beacon-Journal.
The only pleasant thing about the
noise OF motor cycle Is the rapidity
with which 1t gets somewhere else
Kansas City Star.
New York detectives are being given
autos In the hope they may run down
omething.-Huntfngt (W. Va-) Ad-
yertiser.
Secret orders are albright as long
as they don'o become secret disorders.
---Knoxvii1e, Journal and Tribune.
The chemists say sciences next great
slogan win be. "Harness the sum
shinew But at present the word seems
TO be. Lariat the Recommendations.
ohskoBG-t" 81 sSSs1ss
Evening star., 1921-09-27

Monarchistic Germans are talking
Of the strict morality which was en-
couraged by the kaiser and his court.
This is a phase Of court gossip which
up to this time had not come to public
attention.
Evening star., 1921-09-27

The fact that gambling is illegal
makes it clear that the publication of
the odds in race-track betting is mere
ly the announcement of the results Of
abstruse calculations for the sake of
gratifying idle curiosity.
Evening star., 1921-09-27

All that is asked Of motion picture
players and producers is that they
will model their personal ideals on the
lines laid down by the better class Of
scenario writer's.
Evening star., 1921-09-27

With hold-up men in wait at the
railway station. the passenger is not
compelled to wait for a misplaced
switch or defective bridge to intro
duce him to the perils of the journey.
Evening star., 1921-09-27

- As the richest country in the world
the U. 8. A., in order to avert dis
tress, has only to solve the problem of
distributing cash to the people who
are willing to earn it. o =
Evening star., 1921-09-27

While others clamor for an audience
'Clemenceau insists with simple dig
nifty on his right to be quiet once in
awhile. =
Evening star., 1921-09-27

A general willingness to depend on
unearned money would be one Of the
worst calamities that unemployment
could cause.
Evening star., 1921-09-27

It may be that Panche villa regards
selling stock in a gold mine as a more
peaceful and reliable method Of at;
tanning wealth than being bandit.
Evening star., 1921-09-27

The "tired business man" is not
looking for entertainment at present.
He finds abundant and interesting oc-
cupation in the discussion of topics re-
lating to Industrial conditions.
Evening star., 1921-09-27

Weather prophets, as a rule, look
for an exceptionally cold winter. Pro.
hibition agents are confident that it
will be not only cold but dry.
Evening star., 1921-09-27

Domestic brewing activities threaten
to substitute Home, Sweet Home" :"
for the rollicking old-time drinking
songs.
Evening star., 1921-09-27
Enlarged Vocabulary.

"Your wife does not interest herself
in the small talk ef society,""
aaNov' exclaimed Mr.. Chuggins.
sometimes I wish she'd get back to
the small talk instead Of discussing
political economy in words Of five.
syllables.s Ill
Evening star., 1921-09-27
Remarkable System.

1.-The manufacturer Of your auto has
considerably provided repair shops
all along the principal lines Of travel"
Eyes," replied Mr.. Chuggins. land
he seems to have the construction SO
accurate that the old machine'1l last
just about from one repair shop to the
next"
Evening star., 1921-09-27
Verbal ValOr.

The man who says he would delight
In nothing more than in a fight
Perhaps is talking, while dismayed,
To hide the fact that he's afraid.
Evening star., 1921-09-27
ADvERTIsEMENT
WEAK MEN
| AND WOMEN
NEED YEAST
Best When Taken With Iron
in Convenient Tablet Form
Bringing Amazing Re-
suits Everywhere.

III If you want to put on good solid flesh,
II you want to increase your strength 80
that you can tackle hard work and enjoy
it, If you want to put good healthy color
In your cheeks and feel ''it" all the time
then try Ironized Yeast. the great new
| vitamine and iron tonic.
Thousands Of rundown and sickly men
and women are now taking Ironized Yeast.
and the results in many cases are nothing
short Of astonishing.
This In because Ironized Yeast supplies
run down bodies with the two elements
which have been found absolutely essen
tial to health and Observation-Disclosures and
iron. Most peoples systems. due to
modern living conditions, are sadly lacking
In these two substances, and that is why
so many thousands of men and women
grow old before their time, and become
thin, weak, nervous and rundown.
If you are weak. pale, sickly-if you are
nervous, irritable, and can't sleep nights
if your vitality is low and you are
getting old before your time-then try this
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good improvement in your condition even
after the FIRST few days use. Pimples, boils
and other skin blemishes usually disappear
entirely within two weeks. Everywhere
people are saying that Ironized Yeast il
Just the tonic they needed.
Ironized Yeast will keep indefinitely and
costs no more per dose than common yeast.
Each package contains 10 days treatment
and cost only $1.O0-or just 10c a day.
| Special directions for cl ildren in each
package. Sold at all druggists. For sale
by Peoples Drug Stores and by good drug
gists everywhere.
teoN!zeo YeAs,'
Tablets
sNcusu ooA%.nsroa1en s,s~A ..s.,~
Evening star., 1921-09-27

Jud Tunkins says his wife's cooking
has improved since she went into
politics, owing to her desire to keep
him good-natured and willing to vote
the way she tells him.
Evening star., 1921-09-27
A. Confused Impression.

What do you know about unem-
ployment?'
mot much,'' admitted Senator Sor-
ghum. "As a statesman feel it my
duty to be employed; but the buster I
get the more resentful some Of my
constituents appear to become"
Evening star., 1921-09-27

New York detectives are being given
autos in the hope they may run down
Observation-Disclosures (W. va) Ad-
yertiser.
Evening star., 1921-09-27

The only pleasant thing about the
noise Of motor cycle Is the rapidity
with which 1t gets somewhere else.-
Kansas City Star.
Evening star., 1921-09-27

Secret orders are albright as long
as they don'o become secret disorders.
Knoxville Journal and Tribune.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-03-16
WHO OWNS ISLE?
Gem of the Pacific Is Without a
Proprietor.
EngIishman Originally Leased It From
the British Government, and IL Is
Well Worth Having.

PaimerstOn island lin south Pacific,
between Society islands and SamOa)
was welcome sight, "a welcome as
II was unique. Ii is doubtful II such
another gem adorns the earth. Neither
atoll nor island. it is d perfect cOmbi-
nation of both, natural necklace Of
surf pounded coral strung with six,
equi-distant verdant islets, the whole
inclosing shallow lagoon siashed with
unbelievable color.
Such. was Palmerston as we APP
pr0ached it before a stiff southeast
trade" TO be welcomed by a fleet of
amazingly fast luggers and their as
tonished crews, Ralph Stock writes in
the National Geographic Magazine.
who were we? Where had we sprung
from? Had we any matches?"
To our establishment, the questions
were fired at us in English and, what
was more, English of a vaguely famil-
lar pattern. 1t is a strange thing to
hear ones own tongue fluently BAN
died among brown-skinned people on
an Isolated speck of earth in mid
Pacific.
| have Palmerston island securely
pigeonholed i'm my mind as the spot
of all Others in which. when the time
comes, to sit down and wait for the
end.
The outside world, in the shape of
schooner from the Cook group, in
trudes itself but once year. The la
coon and its neighboring islets are
mine of interest to the naturalist or
sportsman, and the people have a sir
pie charm that is all their own.
Many years ago one John Masters
leased Palmerston island from the
British government, and, not believing
IN half-measures. took unto himself
three native wives. BY each he had
large and healthy family. which he
reared in strict accordance with his
own standards of social usage. That
they were sound standards is evil
denced in the people of PalmerstOn
today. They read, write and speak
English; this last with an accent
vaguely reminiscent of the southwest
of England. They are courteous, hos
pitable and honest to a degree moth
ing short of startling, these days. and.
although naturally inbred. they do
not show it, either mentally or phys
ically.
One thing alone troubles the John
Masters Of today. To whom do he
and his island belong2 The war has
changed all things. The Cook group,
of which Palmerston has been de-
clared far-fung unit, is administered
by New Zealand. Is Masters to be
taxed, governed and generally har-
ried by q people who hardly existed
when his father took over Palmerstoni
1t looks like it.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-03-16
Grandeur in Storm.

Indian thunderstorms are VIGOROUSLY
violent, though comparatively harm
less. According to Mountstuart Elph-
instone. the setting in of the monsoon
In India is accompanied by such an
electric convulsion "as can scarcely be
imagined by those who have not seen
that phenomenon in a temperate eli
mate.
1T generally begins with violent
blasts of wind. which are succeeded by
floods of rain. For some hours light
ming is seen almost without intermls-
sion; sometimes 1t only Eliminates the
sky and shows the clouds near the
horizon; at others it discovers the dis
liant hills, and again leaves all in dark
ness, when in an instant it reappears
In vivid and successive flashes and ex-
hibts the nearest objects in all the
brightness of day.
During all this time the distant
thunder never ceases to rol. and is only
silenced by some nearer peal, which
bursts on the ear with such a sudden
and tremendous crash as can scarcely
fail to strike the most Insensible heart
with awe."-Scientific American.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-03-16
HOW ONION AFFECTS EYES
"Gass" Given off Causes Sm1rting and
the Organ Hastens to Take Relief
Measures

The "gas" given off by a freshly
peeled onion makes itself apparent in
two ways-by a strong aroma which
is at once apparent to the sense OF
smell, and by smafriRg of the eye
balls. which. being very sensitive. are
hurt by this substance to which they
are not accustomed.
The nerves of the eye Immediately
signal the brain TO turn on the tears
or liquid which Is secreted by the body
as natural eye-wash. This. flowing
over the eyeball. forms a curtain which
prevents the onion "gas" from coming
in direct contact with the nerves and
thus injuring them.
Tears are present in the eye at all
times. When we wink, tiny drop of
the tear-liquid is smeared across the
bali of the eye and washes off par
tlcles OF dust which may have accum-
ulated But when this liquid is pro-
duced SO rapidly that 1t cannot be
carried Off by the trough ut the lower
part of the eye, the tears overflow and
rub down the face.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-03-16
Mrs. Hicks Relieved
By Four EatoniCS"

II have taken four Eatonic tablets
and they relieved me of sour stomach.
l recommend * TO everybody" says
Mrs. G. z. Hicks.
If stomach is not digestiSg your
food; If you have sourness, bloating,
food repeating, indigestion or acid
stomach, Eatonic will remove the
cause by taking up and carrying out
the acidity and gases. bringing quick
relief and healthy digestion. Why suf-
fer stomach trouble? Why not keep
your digestion normal and enjoy good
healthr An Eatonic taken sitter each
meal win prevent discomfort and pain.
Make the l'st today and see how
quickly this Wonderful remedy acts.
Ii comes in hantv tablet form. Carry
II with you. A zig box costs only a
trifle with your druggists guarantee.