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Arizona republican., 1922-02-03
We Are HopefuI

A mistake is being made in assuming that the
board Of supervisors are contemplating doing
thing in respect of the county program to the
disadvantage of the county or in opposition to the
win Of the great majority of the people of the
ey We assume that as supervisors OF the
county they in touch with the people
and that they feel about the construction pro-
gram very much the same all their neigh
bors do and their neghbors they know, practically
every one who has selfish interest the matter
want no interference with the progress which the
present highway commission is making and
change Of the personnel OF the commission
The litigation which the county has preciptated
determine the status Of the commission itself sig
nfies nothing. What ever significance attaches to
it arises from the approved by persons
known 10 have selfish interest in the appointment
Of another commission. But there is present
son to believe that the supervisors are in sympathy
with those selfish interests, that decision either
way in the litigation would result in a new COM
mission.
If the supervisors believed there was any doubt
Of the commissions status and if that doubt al
lowed to remain, obstructive litigation might follow,
Il was their duty to invite test. Nor do how
they could have brought it about earlier. At any
rate the question will be settled way the other
within less than a week. and them feel that
the present commission viii be allowed to proceed
either with its present status undisturbed by
appointment by the board
No good excuse can be offered by those who
onrosina the commission, for it's displacement, Some
ohiectjon is made because in its advertisement for
hfds since temporarily withdrawn it allowed
bort . time for the submission Of bids That OBJ
iction was without any force whatever for the COM
mission had given notice weeks before. as widely as
a could advertise that call for bids would be made
~ , certain time. This notice apprised bidders more
.ha, = month before the time that finally set
r,, opening bids. Never before had contractors on
bs program been given notice so long in advance
,nd ali the contractors who likely to submit
ia. arc already acting that informal notice
Arizona republican., 1922-02-03
Questions And
.AnSUerS

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any question by writing The Repub
lican Information Bureau. Frederic J.
HasSin, Director, Washington. ID.
This offer applies strictly TO informa-
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@. Can really adequate protection
against gases be siven TO troops?-
Al.
A. Protection against gases can
be made almost perfect. The loss of
life from gas is due to damage of
mask or gasproof clothing, TO sur
prise tactics, to carelessness, or to
the continuing quality of the gas.
@. If the soil of China is so fer
tile why does a drought cause fam
ine7 c. j. S.
A. The soil of China, while ex-
tremely fertile. is too porous for sue
cessful irrigation, and the crops de-
pend entirely upon favorable rainfall.
@. Where is the trans Siberian
railroad? G. I. 7.
a. The great trans Siberian rail-
road stretches from Chelvabinsk to
Nladivostok. There is a branch line
from Kharbiom to Port Arthur. At
the other end it connects with the
railway to Moscow. The railroad
crosses the northeastern corner of
Aanchuria, crosses the Altai noun
Arizona republican., 1922-02-03

But in its highest forms, as sincere
art, 1t is worthy of respect.
One New York church last year
attempted use of symbolic dancing
as an experiment, and | believe
eventually the dance win be brought
back into favor as a form Of wor-
ship"
Mr.. Itow is interested in getting
recognition for the universal quality
of art. He is holding, as an expert
ment. oriental entertainments in this
city with oriental artists of various
kinds on the program. His aim is
to see if the American public is in
terested in learning from the East
and if 1t wants to cooperate in the
work of making art international.
An international Theater
If it is interested he expects to
work to have the nations establish
international theaters and art gall
leries in their big cities. Eastern
painters would exhibit in this coun-
try, and our painters would exhibit
in Europe and Asia.
The international theater would
also be a project for exchange of
talent. Mr.. ltow advocates not Just
the appearance of Foreigners who
happen to be in the country. lie
urges rather that the highest class
of actors, dancers, and musicians
go from one country to another to
display their art
Details of this scheme are not all
worked out. The dancer. as Mr.. ltow
says. speaks an international Ian
guage. So, to q great extent, does
the painter. and also the sculptor,
musician, and moving picture actor.
lsst xxsIn SIS, L
ing stage there are serious limita-
tions. 1t is practically impossible
that a play which depends on its
lines to tell its story should be n
success in this country If presented
in Japanese, say, or Russian. Sarah
Bernhardt, heralded as the greatest
actress Of her day. packs houses in
this country, even though she plays
to her audiences in French. But
she is an isolated exception. And
besides. she speaks French, the pop
ular foreign language among Amer
leans, and she speaks very distinctly.
so that people who have a bit of
schoolbook French find her compar-
atively easy to understand.
How this handicap of tongues is
to be overcome in the artistic melt
ing pot, Mr.. Itow says he is not
y
ever, are more versatile than Amer
leans when it comes to languages
Mr. Itow himself speaks a number
of languages to help him in travel
ing when eloquent gestures can not
always be made to produce tea or
ice water. 1t may be that we shall
some day see japanese plays enacted
in true Japanese style by native
artists, yet in the English language.
Mr.. ltow thinks that America
should have half a dozen interna-
tional theaters. He knows Shaw,
Yeats Maeterlinck, Hauptmann, and
Tagore and says that they agree
with him that artists are ready to
unite in a spirit of brotherhood.
Considering the vast artistic popu-
lation of America from Province
town to Greenwich Village and
thence to all points west, it seems
plausible that a spirit of brother
hood among the artists of the world
might indeed become a potent force.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-03
The ONCE. OVER
By II. /. PHILLIPS

Early spring radishes were doing
we'll
Sir Thomas Upton did not issue a
challenge for the America cup.
There were prospects of peace IN
Ireland; American agitators were
afraid a settlement might be reached.
Senator Borah was opposing some
thing or other.
In Mobile man cut his corn with
a broken bottle and died of blood
poisoning.
The G. A. r. parades were smaller
than the previous year.
In the New York subway a man put
a penny in chewing gum machine
and got some gum in return.
There was an uneonfirmed report
that somewhere in the United States
there was a restaurant man who had
decided to try making coffee from
coffee beans.
In New Jersey an automobilist
went to a gasoline pumping station.
paid for five gallons of gasoline and
got five gallons.
The running broad jump record was
Through a blunder somebody had let
into the ring a bull that hadn't been
drugged.
July
Condemnation by Methodist minis
ters of the bathing suits worn by
women at shore resorts caused 67S. 600
American business men to start quit
ting work at noon and spending the
afternoon at the seaside.
August
There was a general feeling that
congress should allow the sale of beer,
properly cooled.
September
There was a haze on the far ho-
rizon.
October
An honest prohibition enforcement
officer was said to have been located
in Derby, Conn.
November
Harvard defeated Yale. England
freed Ireland and thereby caused
much indignation among the Irish.
December
Ten thousand humorists proved
conclusively that the old poke about
Christmas neckties and cigars was
not dead.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-03

education and intelligence, qualifications. however,
which not always found In the same person. We
have recently been given measure of the advance
in years of th eyoung women Of Mount HolyoEe a
measurement which was denied us before we had
these Illuminating intelligence tests by which we learn
whether we are 80 years Of age or only 49, and by
which refuted that ancient faacy Of the fathers
that all created equal,
They have introduced new and improved in
teigence Holyoke which is said to lay
it, all over army. the Alpha and the Edison tests
When the Mount Holyoke test is applied the subject
the patient the victim, can have no doubt about
her intellectual and her exact age regardless
of any entry that may have been made in the fam
lily bible in respect of her age. The test we under
stand is given to freshmen rather freshwomen The
institution is responsible for any lack of neli-
gence Of the lowest class girls but it then assumes
responsibility for their intellectually at later stages
The class examinations supposed to indicate ac-
curately the progress being made the diploma
is supposed to be guaranty Of intelligence which
intelligence test should be permitted to gainsay
A recent test of the freshmen of Mount Holyoke
elected the following startling information: "Dia-
monds are found in oysters" "the Corona is phono-
graph" perjury is term in theology "the prin-
cipal industry OF Chicago is brewing"
None Of these answers disclose absolute ignorance
of the subject in hand For instance pearls some
times found in oysters. The girls had probably
heard of that, but being the daughters of wealthy
parents as most Mount Hoyoke girls they should
not have confounded these two precious stones
is to their credit that they knew that the Corona
was some sort of mechanical instrument and it is
excusable, since have said they were the
daughters of wealthy parents that they did not know
that it small typewriter and not phono-
graph.
Perjury" term in theology we cannot
easily excuse and excuse their msconcepton
Of Chicago's principal industry only upon the
theory that they had lived sheltered lives that
they not aware of the existence OF Mr. Vostead
the need of his existence.
We will admit that these freshmen OF Mount
Holyoke have not made good showing, but we can
not suppose that they less intelligent than the
members of the 81 freshmen classes who have pre-
ceded them and who not subjected to these un-
til recently unheard OF tests.
We do not entirely approve OF these tests any
how. The world got along for long time without
finding out how unntelligent it was. The discoveries
it makes sometimes embarrassing il not disturb
ing. Not long ago somebody tried of these
and for a time afterward we felt foolish until
had convinced ourselves of its utter unrelabiity
We're against anything that takes the joy out of
life
Arizona republican., 1922-02-03
RY Erederic ]. Haskin.

WASHINGTON, d. C.-That art
can be the means of bringing the
nations together in peace is the belief
of Michio Itow, Japanese dancer in
this country.
Mr.. Itow believes that a 1O-year
naval holiday would be simply that
and nothing more if no attempt was
made to promote a spirit of fellow
ship between nations during the 10
year experiment. Art, he says. is
the international language through
which men of all nations express
themselves Therefore, to use an
other figure, art is the common field
on which they can best meet.
To-day the world is divided into
three parts-America, Europe and
Asia" he said, speaking in rapid
English and making eloquent gest-
ures. Europe and America have
much in common since America is
an off shoot of Europe They under
stand each other to some extent.
But Asia is not so allied. Yet we
must have understanding. How can
East and West talk of peaceful settle
ment in Shantung and Yap until they
understand each other?'
Mr.. Itow finds one reason for mis-
understanding in the different types
OF culture in different parts of the
world.
To-day we discover that there is.
such thing as a spiritual civiliza-
tion and q material civilization. We
have in the East 5000 years of art
and philosophy from a spiritual
standpoint In western countries
there is much material development.
But there is no balance in East or
West East is three-f fourths spirit
ual: West; three fourths material
Each has something that the other
lacks, and each needs the other"
Mr.. Itow, we understand, does not
mean by this that the PHILOSOPHERS
of the Orient should be transferred to
the West for our higher development
1t is rather the Unborn serenity with
which the East regards the world
that the turbulent West lacks. The
Orient, which for centuries made so
little progress in science and trade,
Arizona republican., 1922-02-03

tains, circles around the southern
end of Lake Baikal, turns north
across TO krasnoiarslS, then west to
Omslz, and on across the Ural noun
tains.
@. How much water content ID
there in green fuel? M. c.
A. Cordwood from living trees
contains from 25 to rs per cent wa
ter. Ii takes from nine to twelve
months to season cordwood thor
oughly, but the moisture content can
be reduced about 65 per cent in about
three months.
@. What kind OF rope do cow
boys use? r. 3. n.
A. A cowboy uses rope made
either of hair, hide or common
hemp. The art of lassoing an animal
depends not SO much upon the ma
terial Of which the rope is composed
as upon the twist that is given it by
the turn of the wrist of the cowboy.
@. What is the worlds speed rec
ord for an airpIane? p. M. S.
a. On Dec. 10, 1921, an official
record was made covering q straight
kilometer at 212 miles an hour, by
Herbert James at Martlesham Heath,
England.
@. What country made the first
constitution? r, 3. Y.
A. Constitutions were adopted by
the Roman empire and the Roman
republic, also by the various free
commemorative of ancient Greece.
Modern constitutions are to some ex-
tent based on these instruments of
the ancients.
@. How long is it since England
took Ireland, and what was the kings
name then? D. A.
A. In 1855, Pope Adrian ~. by a
bun gave Henry III. of England au-
thority over the entire island Of Ire
land.
@. What is the origin of the word
wheat and where was il first grown?
T. T. S.
A The word wheat can be traced
back to the old English word hwaete
allied to hwit. meaning white. The
most ancient languages mention
wheat and the fact that it has been
Arizona republican., 1922-02-03
THE PApAcy
life

(Now that the conclave has assembled for the
election of pope the following from Macaulays i'm
mortal essay Ranke's History of the Popes,"
is of renewed nterest)
There is not, and there this earth.
work OF human policy well deserving of examina-
tion the Roman Catholic church. The history OF
that churcn joins together the great ages hui
civilization. No other institution is left stand
ing which carries the mind back to the times when
the smoke of sacrifice from the Pantheon and
when camelopards and tigers bounded in the Favian
amphitheater. The proudest royal houses but of
yesterday, when compared with the line of the
preme pontiffs. That line we trace back in
broken series, from the pope who crowned Napoleon
in the nineteenth century to the pope who crowned
Pepin in the eighth; far beyond the time of
Pepin the august dynasty extends, till it is lost in
the twilight of fable The republic of Venice next
in antiquity. But the republic of Venice modern
when compared with the papacy and the republic
of Venice is gone and the papacy remains The
papacy remains not in decay, mere antique but
full of life and youthful vgor. The Catholic church
is still sending forth to the farhest ends the world
missionaries jealous those who landed in Kent
with Augustin, and still confronting hostile kings
with the same spirit with which she confronted
Attila. The number of her children is greater than
in any previous age. Her acquisitions in the New
World have more than compensated for what she
has lost in the old Her spiritual ascendancy
tends the countries which lie between the
plains of the Missouri and Cape Horn, countries
which a century hence may not improbably contain
a population large that which inhabts
Europe. The members of her communion
tanly not fewer than $50 million: and it would be diff
ficult to show that all other Christian united
amount to 120 million. Nor do any sign which
indicates that the term of her long dominion is ap-
preaching She the commencements of all the
governments and of all the ecclesiastical establish
ments that exist in the world; and feel
surance that she is not destined to the end of
them ALL She great and respected before the
Saxon had set foot Britain, before the Frank had
passed the Rhine when Grecian eloquence still
flourshed Antioch, when idols were still wor-
shipped in the temple Of Mecca. And she may still
exist in undiminished vigor when traveller from
New Zealand shall, in the midst Of vast solitude
take his stand broken arch Of London bridge to
sketch the ruins Of st. Paurs
Arizona republican., 1922-02-03

found in prehistoric lake dwellings OF
man is proof OF its antiquity. The
Chinese cultivated it 5000 years be-
fore Christ, and it constituted the
chief crop Of ancient Egypt and
Palestine. It's geographical origin is
somewhat uncertain. but the best ex-
isting evidence seems to point 10
Mesopotamia as the original source.
At least there is rather wide ac-
ceptance of the belief that wheat
grew wild in the Tigris and Euphra-
tes valleys and that 1t spread from
there to the rest Of the world.
q. How many telephones are there
in New York city? B. r.
a. According TO late statistics
there are SOC, 19s telephones in New
York city.
@. How long was Willie Hoppe
w. NJ.
a. Willie Hoppe won the worlds
billiard championship ut Paris, Jan.
10, 1906, and held ii until 1921.
@. What was the first state ad-
mitted TO the Union? G. r. I.
A. After the forming OF the Union
by the 13 states. Vermont was the
first state admitted
@. What causes the water of some
mineral springs to color glass am
ber? n. M. S.
A. Mineral waters. containing
small quantities OF iron and manga
nese, are known to color glass amber
when the glass is OF ordinary compo-
sition.
@. How many farmers have tele-
phones? X. r. 3.
A. over 40 per cent OF the farms
in the United States are equipped
with telephones.
@. What is Samvat2 r. j.
a. Samvat is an abbreviation OF
the Sanskrit word Samvatsara. which
means year Samvat is the method
of reckoning time used generally in
India, save in Bengal. Christian dates
are reduced to Samvat by adding 81
TO the Christian year
--D-~---
Russia sends moro pilgrims to
Jerusalem than any other country.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-03
THE OLD YEAR IN REVIEW


January
Enoc Axel broke worlds record
for successive somersaults. He
slipped on the icy steps of a free
public library.
Jack Dempsey found a razor blade
that wouldn't break on his beard.
A man in Dayton, Ohio, returned a
book within the time he had prom
Used. .... ...t..
Much trouble was experienced get
ting coal to New England consumers.
A train on the Lackawanna road
left the rails. The interstate com
merce commission, after an investiga-
ton, filed a verdict that you couldn't
blame it.
Chilblains We're very prevalent
throughout the northern states
In New York city a man succeeded
in making the trip from his office TO
his apartment house without being
blackjacked, shot or threatened.
February
Joseph Tumulty was at work on a
defense OF Woodrow Wilson, who was
associated with him in the govern
ment OF the United States for eight
years.
ESlippGLE LdAiS were o. NduHAtfs~ AlhuGl
trouble on rural trolley lines.
Young Mems Republican clubs cele-
brated Lincoln's northday in many
cities.
The Oldest living member of the
Elks died in As states.
March
Ground was broken for country es-
tates by 23,456345 bootlegge-s in Va
rious parts of the land.
In Japan q scholar in the kinder
garten was dropped from school for
not contributing five yen to the con-
struction of the dreadnought Mutsu
The Literary Digest printed para
graph that was not clipped from the
Piedmont Register.
Two national magazines appeared
without covers depicting boys flying
kites. These two showed girls flying
them.
In Butte, Mont, a man went into a
clflin restaurant and got a portion of
butter without paying extra for it,
April
Many Americans were engaged in
the pastime of making a synthetic
gin,
Arizona republican., 1922-02-03
BertOnB BraleyS Daily Poem
Speaking q Respect

Respect for age" we've heard about
But not single word about
Why age should be entitled TO respect;
Some folks grow old in foolishness
And stubbornness and mulishness
Without bit Of sense that we detect
There's nothing in senility
That TO humility,
I'VE don't respect the older folks such
But if they show sagacity
Aud ample thought capacity
Why then do respect them, very much!
If age forgets its pattudes
And customary attitudes
And tries to understand our point OF View;
If age is wise and practical,
Not preachy and didactcal,
Then age will get respect that's plainly due;
But not while still it babbles
And says Dear mel" and gabbles on
About these dreadful younger folks In sooth
For age cannot collect from us
A sign Of much respect from
Until age shows fair respect for youth
Arizona republican., 1922-02-03

II child's sled is not pleasure vehicle
New York judge held it was not andswas not there
fore entitled to the privileges Of Central Park we
should like to know what kind Of vehicle it is
Arizona republican., 1922-02-03

When tell that she is beautiful her
visible appreciation of the compliment makes feel
good if had earned medal for truth tell
ing
Arizona republican., 1922-02-03
,,.al,ioe,ee Test At Mount Holyoks

Mount Holyoke is1a noted girls college ranking
WITH yassar and Bryn Mawr' young woman emery
N''' .-.,ro,,nt r4olyoke is presumably person Of
Arizona republican., 1922-02-03

II nobody but the dancers had to pay the fiddler
the rest OF US would have nothing to worry about.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-03
FRIDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 8, 1922

IN nay opinion 1T is IN happy iUing,
and not, as AntistheneSe SAID, happy
dyang, IN aOhich human happiness
consists. -Montaigne.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-03

The Santa Fe,
That great railway,
From sunset
TO the break of day,
Shows many a sight,
Both fair and bright
As trains speed on
With tireless flight.
But nothing shown,
All tourists own,
Like Arizona's
Grand Canon.
The chasm where
Descends from air
The gods of old,
That gather there.
The sunset skies
Allure my eyes,
Where westward
California lies
And lies and lies
And lies and lies
Arizona republican., 1922-02-03
wHERF cALIFoRNIA REcLlNEs

(Some Easterners who come here have said that
they had been permitted by certain Los Angeles lit
erature to understand that the Grand Canyon of Ari
zona lies within one of the many suburbs OF that
protuberant city)
Arizona republican., 1922-02-03

Russia sends moro pilgrims TO
than any other country.
The Washington times., 1922-04-14
STRONG TEAMS
DUE TOMORROW
FOR COLLEGES
Georgetown, Catholic Univsrs-
ity. and Maryland Meet Stout
Opposition In Baseball.

Georgetown, Catholic University,
and Maryland University act an
hosts In baseball tomorrow after.
noon with formidable opponents.
The Hilltoppers are closing busy
week. with Cornell and the Wash
inston Americans on Monday, the
dual track meet Wednesday, Pitt
and Holy Cross in baseball yester'
day. the Hilitoppers have been
whooping Il up. Tomorrow Prince
ton University lie met on the dis-
mond on the Hilltop.
Catholic University is taking on
Lafayette College at Brooklsnd In
what should prove a first-class con.
test. The Eastonians had a fine
club last season and look TO have an
other strong contender this year.
Lafayette has not been on the dia-
mond until lately.
Maryland University In 10 meet the
University OF Georgia baseball team
tomorrow afternoon and will meet a
likely aggregation. The Crackers
have been playing since April 1 and
are said to be In rare form.