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DIR. DOLITTLE'S RIVAL

TyHE hero Of one Of the recent books il DR..
l. Dolittle. who is a student of the lam
Euage of animals. He has learned how TO
talk with dogs and ducks and cats and
canaries. and is getting some slight ac-
Quaintance with the language of goldfish.
But he wantS to learn the language Of
oysters and other CrustaCcans in order that
he may ask them about the state Of the
world in the youth OF their race lie insists
that as they are the survvals of the earIiesr
created things they must have n body o.
tradition that would be invaluable. In.
deed, they might settle the dispute in which
the fundamentalists ARE engaged with the
evolutionists.
Now appears the Rev. F. B. Stockdale, n
Methodist clergyman of Bayside, y. T..
who insists that he understands the Inn.
guage of chickens--the feathered kind, lie
has listed twenty-six different expressions
that they use, with their meanings. and lie
can understand every one Of them. 1t does
not appear that he can engage in ronversa-
tion with them or that the conversation of
the old hens il particularly cnlightcning. In
this respect he has not advanced quite 80
far ms DR.. Dohttl" Tut give him time.
give him time, and there is no telling what
contributions flock Of fowl may make to
the thought Of the rest Of the world
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CHEAP POLITICS

HOWEVER effective in practice legisla-
IL tive opposition to the Ship Subsidy Bill
may prove to be, its weakness in principles
already is glaring and unmstakablc.
Scarcely any of the chief features Of the
measure have been subjected to analysis
bearing the least stamp Of critical nuthcn-
ticity. Political strategy, as old as it is
discreditable, is displayed in the species Of
bill with prepostcrous amendments. rcvI.
sions and riders.
Senators who hope 10 XII the measure bv
turning II into a monstroslty probably are
careless of their failure to offer reasoned
arguments against its alleged demerits. In
their destructive zeal wrecking tools have
been seized regardless of their bearing upon
the actual points at issue. Political efficacy
Is accepted as the single standard
Mr.. Borah, for example, has proposed a
rider the adoption Of which would restore
the free tolls privileges in the Panama Canal
TO American coastwise ships. There il no
honest connection between such n suggestion
and the essentials If the Subsidy Ril. The
tolls question at the Isthmus involves trca '
Interpretation and regard for the sanctity
OF international obligations
The subject was extensively tIreshpd ont
during the Wilson Administration and the
conclusion was reached by a majority in
Congress. with the President exercising all
permissible executive pressure, that free
passage for American commercial vessels OF
any description meant nothing less than q
sscklcss infringement of treaty rights.
Y Senator Borah is, OF course, fully aware
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that wrangling over the significance OF the
Hay. Pauncefote covenant will make rough
voyaging for the subsidy measure. His PAL
pable intention is trouble making by what
ever methods, demagogc or not. that seem
likely to plunge the Administration plans in
confusion.
Mr.. Borah is pleased to pose as cham
pion of principles. But principles are not
reflected in his present tactics, which reveal
him us an exponent of shabby and graceless
political maneuvcring.
The worth Of the Subsidy Bill is nm.
affected by introducing extraneous matters
Should political success be realized as the
fruit of such conscicnceess efforts, it will be
at the plain cost of claims to reputation or
legislative sincerity.
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THE UNRULY SICK

JJOW much the world owe, to III" doctors
III for their voluh'"ry and persistent
sorvro as Informal 'du"atore nf public
opinion is suggested hy tn" work "f Dr. !.
Madison Taylor, who. writing in the PCBLIC
LEDGER, brings up again the delicate but
enormously important question Of invalids
who endanger their own lives and the lives
of others by their disdain Of the Doctors
advice and instructions.
When DR.. Taylor first introduced this
subject for general debate he frightened n
good many pconlc by seeming TO he on the
side Of those who have no remaining vestige
Of regard for the principle of personal
liberty Vet he was in fact pioneering on
ground which. because it is dangerous and
uroynorrd, Is avoided bv moqt physicians
II tho newer schools. We ourselves OK.
prcsscd doubts Of the validity Of n theory
which would lead to something Ike auto
cratic power for doctors. Manfuly enough.
Dr. Taylor sticks to his ground and reminds
us again of the little known perils of the
walking invalid. What he is doing IL TO
publish fact. The answer he leaves to
the public itself.
It 10 true that . great many people die
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Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

I. The colors Of the flag OF Mexico are red,
white and green.
2. Commodus was the Roman Emperor who
participated in the gadiatorial COM
bats in the Coliseum. He was tho son
of Marcus Aurelius.
3. John jay was the first Chief Justice NJ
ne United states. He SERVED FROM
1. The word maronette is derived from ins
French "Mariolette" dminutv" ot
Marble, small image Of the Virgin
Mary.
6. A lateen sail Is triangular. rugged on a
short mast
6. A gazebo Is n summer house commanding
extensive view. a turret on the roof OF
house, projecting window or pa'T
cony.
7. Simon Cameron was a prominent Amer.
lean politician from Pennsylvania hS
Republican and became the first SecTT.
tary OF War Of Lncoln's Cabinet. fe
was United States Senator for sevrra.
terms resignIng in 1877 In order thn. thn.
his son, Donald, might he elected III
his place. thereby keeping in the ram
ily the almost entire control OF NV
Republican Party In Pennsyrann,,
simon Cameron held one diplomats
post, that OF Minister to Russia, ~
which position he was appointed m mr
President Lincoln. He died In lsSa' ~,
preached the first sermon printed ~
America. lie died about 1898, ,,,
0, Clnquecento Is o. term for the. sihteeht,n,
century, especially with reference W. w.
italy or its art or literature Wv
TO- sinla, immortaIised by Rudyard KIP
llng Is the summer capital OF i""'"-
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because they overtax their strength after an
illness. And 10 Is true, too. that infections
are carried abroad by people who, II they
obeyed the Doctors orders, would remain In
bed of convalescence. Probably IL is be.
cause of the extent TO which social expert
ments have invaded personal rights within
the last few years that many people were
disposed to resent the suggestion that doc.
tors should have authority to enforce their
orders not only for the good Of the patient
but for the good of the community.
DIR. Taylor might have carried his nrgu-
mcnt further by pointing out that this in
s'inctive objection comes from the same mood
that inspired active objections to the first
quarantine established legally against SMALL
pox and similar contagious. Now no one
doubts the value or the imperative need OF
disease qunrantines. But there are people
who object strenuously to the principle and
practice of vaccination, even after the
utility of vaccination has been demonst rated
In millions Of cases and proved by every
sort of scientific revelation.
The refusal Of earnest and talented physi.
clans to be discouraged and their patient
labor as educators were needed to overcome
the popular prejudice against methods Of
medical practice that operated TO reduce
the death rat" greatly and almost completely
TO eliminate diseases which, in less en-
hghtrned days. appeared as scourges against
which people were defenseless.
Or. Taylor knowing from his own cx-
perience that carriers Of disease are often at
large and that many people die to assert
their personal independence against the will
and advice of the doctor. did what the able
men of his profession have always done. He
told unpopular truths and permitted his
critics to Fny what they woLld. And in the
course OF time. perhaps. when an impatient
world gets good and ready and after a great
many more people have died unnecessarily,
thc public may soc tho wisdom of his advice
ana follow it as it has learned to follow other
men with whom, at first, it refused to agree
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THE FOOL PRINCE

LNOR modern princes incompetence is cvi'
i IDENTIFY plea in extenuation. Andrew of
Greece has besought his inquistors to re-
gard him only as a futile fgurehead, and his
argument is rewarded by considerate sem
tencc of Punishment.
Contemporary methods Of royalty suggest
that not few monarchs Of the past were
needlessly victims of their own vanity. Rich
ard ii, Charles I, Louis NNI Kin. Alex
ander of Serbia. Nicholas III and some
others appear 10 have labored under the i'm
preston that they were able rulers.
Prince Andrew is obviously Of a different
stripe, content to take the cash and let the
credit 60. The sentimental interest attach
ing to lost causes has permitted compara-
lively few kings or princes in exile to starve.
Some of them. as witness the unconcerned
Manoel Of Portugal, Don Jaime of Spain
and variegated array of "pretenders. -
have enjoyed the delights Of comfortable
incomes without the cares of state.
Andrew in England. whittier he is said 10
be headed, will doubtless diSport himself
amiably in tennis and at garden teas. The
price of it all is merely to write oneself
down an ass.
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PICKING 4 JURY

rTNIE picking Of the llorrin jury suggests
i the possibility that sooner or later the
authorities in their laudah!e desire to get
men without opinions OF any kind will auto
matlcally draft them from some Home for
Tho Feeble Minded. In this way much time
n,,l, he saved and much money for the State.
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What DO You KnOlU?


l. Who Is Governor General OF tho Irish
Free State?
9 N.hat kind OF an animal is a tup"
B. To what country does Yucatan belong!
4 What Is the origin Of the word Yiddish'
;. How many bushels make n chalder"
g. How many masts has a brig?
!. Name two Russian military commanders
especially distinguished for their abIl-
tiles I'm the World War.
s. What Is buffo?
o. What Is the characteristic of buhl furni.
ture?
TO- What Is Foism?
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by the time she has navy big enough
to count. signers Of the Washington Naval
Treaty (if it still survives) may think i
wise to have Russia as slgnatory III
she is still willing).
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-07

The British machine guns which forced
the Turks to permit the embarkaton OF
Armenian refugees at Constantinope may
also have considerable effect on the Straits
settlement at Lausanne.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-07

A prominent bootlegger surreptitiousy
vouchsafes the information that II tho
Nationalist Government has its way Turkey
will soon be as dry as the United States.
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Opposed ns we are to the third degree,
there appears to be omethng not altogether
inappropriutc in grilling a suspected barn.
burner
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-07

Chicago plans to remove Ku KluI
klanners from municipal Office. But, after
all, it isn't the men who are known that
are dangerous.
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Only comparable to the new comet IL
the fight Of the Sc II on Its way TO Rio
that il viii reach its destination nv Gully
mss.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-07

"rim Healy" is title enough for the
new Governor General Of the Irish Free
State.
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1Iolmesburg has. UP to date. been dem.
onstrating that what is everybody 5 business
is nobody's business.
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Now that the Irish Free State has
become fact we may expect Ulster to break
into the news again.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-07

An optimist is ono who believes thar
the Broad street subway will successfully
handle the SPsqui- Centennial Fair crowds.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-07

One thing the Holmesburg exposure
demonstrates Is the horrible waste of man.
power in our prisons.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-07

England gets a line on Italys stand
on the Straits as Mussolini moseys along
over the map of the Mosul oil field
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Martyrs
Of .NIatrinOny

harcm. Here appears TO b" an excellent op-
nor,mnitv for gentlemen who strongly OBJ
iect to tho feminist movement. They may
GOT wives who will obey their slightest wish
and who will express no views of their own
principally because they have none to ex-
nress. Men may get such wives; them
again. they may not for the wives lacking
views may lack nothing Of caprice and ma n
Is born to trouble.
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SHORT CUTS

Everybody hopes Old King Coal will
be here to meet him when Jack Frost comes.
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Lost Time In
Hesitation

France 1s hesItating
Lost Time In be for o ratifying the
Hesitation Washington n v
Treaty. She feels she IL
entitled to larger navy than Italy; and
this though she realizes that it will be long
before she can have a navy as large as the
treaty permits. What she apparently falls
IN realize is that she needs the friendshin
and support Of couple Of large naval
Powers more than she needs a navy.
large navy might be an embarrassment Az
well as an expense.
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Knou Best

Daily Talks With Thinking Piladelphans Subjects They
Kno,U Best
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New Turkish Govern .
ment is seeking hus-
bands for the $50 beau
ties % the X.Smltnn'S
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now running from Philadelphia to
ports Of the world.
OF these, forty. eight are engaged
coast to coast service. That Is const
on the Atlantic and Pacific senboards.
The rcst, fifty-one lines. rndiate from
port of Philadelphia to foreign ports of
world.
Hero nre few recently compiled st,
tics which prove the greatness Of this
Of ours:
Ono hundred big cargo ships can doc
Fhiladclphia's wharvcs Mt one time.
The city's waterfront covers 81 1-5 m
Its water frontage for the, accommoda
Of heavy draft steamships is nearly
miles long.
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TAR. EDWARD Il. JOACHIM. one of DR..
- Patterson's inspectors, has just finished
an Investigation of all the furniture and
upholstery plants in the State.
What hN found was aplenty-plus.
He discovered unscrIpulous firms that
were buying all sorts Of junk and using It to
oyerstuff furniture that was sold as new.
The filth and danger were concealed be-
meath bright t-colored tapestries and fine
vclOurs.
Among the things he found were filthy
rnes, mildewed cotton felt, feathers loaded
with bugs and hair filled with germs.
Some OF this stuff was taken from workers
who were in the act of stuHing them mixed
with some good material into furniture.
The really criminal individuals and firms
in this sort of business We're saving money
by not having this vile stuff cleanscd and
sterilized.
DR. PATTERSON says that among tho
- samples collected by DR.. Joachim were
hair, cotton, cotton felt. cotton linters,
cotton sweepings, wool. feathers. feather
down. Louisiana moss, sea moss, African
fber. tow, ssal, shoddy and excelsior.
The inside bag or covering OF some Of the
bandsomest cushions was, by such unscru-
pulous concerns. often made from second
hand or old material that sheltered all sorts
mot only is It n menace to the purchaser,
hut to the workers who handle this stun, -
says Al til this assorted filth is kept hidden from
view.
Insect nests and vermin are by this means
introduced into homes Of those who are at n
loss to know how the invasion was brought
| about. .,
nm this trsfic, Dir. Patterson says. A
New LEGISLATION will be needed, though,
| bsfors the evil IL entirely abatsd.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1922-11-28
No. 34-The Useful Chest

Household furniture is intended to
cry only three physical purposes.
First, it is meant to sit or lie upon;
second, it is meant to put things on
and, third, it is meant to put things
in. All furniture belongs TO one or
another of these three classes. Certain
pieces, however, combine two of these
functions. Among such pieces the
chest is one of the most important.
You can sit upon it, and you can put
things in it.
The predetermined people of the
Stuart or Jacobean period made full
use of the chest in both capacities. 1t
was n of the most useful as well as
n of the commOnest articles in their
houses. The chest can be just as
useful today as it ever was. The
simplest kind of chest was just a box
with a hinged lid, but chests were
also made with various arrangements
of drawers, and likewise with doors
that opened in front. The chest was,
indeed, the ancestor of many later
pieces of cabinet-work.
Some chests were as plain as pipe
stems, others were ornamented with
paneling, with carving, or with ap.
piled holdings, and occasionally color
was added. Many of the early Amer.
lean oak or pine chests, with applied
ornament, are very beautiful.
Friday-The Stuart Settle or Settee
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The Daily Fun Hour
HANDY FOOTBALL.

This game is played with a basket
ball or a ground measuring not less
than eight by sixteen yards. Three
yards from the boundary line at each
end of the field another line is drawn
upon which the players line up. There
should be n neutral leader TO act as
umpire and referee for both teams.
Each team selects a kicker, who stands
two yards from the central dividing
line. The rest of the players line up
on the line described above. The
leader stands close to the center of
the side lines. Handy football is a
strenuous game, as it's object is to
kick the ball over the heads of the
opposing players.
The leader starts the basketball by
tossing it SO that it will touch ground
in the space between the two oppos-
ing kickers, both of whom Immediate
ly rush for the ball and try to kick
it over the heads of the opposing team.
The players on the lineup are not al
lowed to intercept the ball except with
their hands-hence the name handy
football. They are not permitted to
kick it, shoulder it o grasp it, but
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1922-11-28
why, the bluebeIl look like
caps!" cried Jack

d not fret or worry" he whisper
ed. Things will look much differ
ent to you when you wear the magic
fairy cap
That made Jack and Janet wonder
more than ever about the magic fairy
cap. If they had won it, when were
they going 10 get it?
The humming bird seemed to read
their thoughts.
"The magic fairy cap grows among
the lovely flowers in the charming
dell" he whispered. 60 back and
you will find it,"
Jack and Janet didn't like to go
back to the dell. They had been only
too glad to escape from it after fight
ing the snake and the spider.
Just a little more bravery" urged
the humming bird. Just a little more
bravery to gain the prize you desire"
The tiny creature fiuttered toward the
dell as if to guide them. Janet seized
Jacks hand and they followed.
The humming bird fitted across the
dell and hung poised over a slender
stalk from which hung two pretty
b%luebells. But these b~luebells, instead
of being all blue, were streaked with
pink.
why, these bluebells look like
capSi" cried Jack.
Perhaps they are the magic fairy
caps" whispered Janet. The hum
ming bird danced in the air as if to
say yves"
"They are just flowers" said Jack.
Nevertheless, he plucked the blue
bells. One he placed on Janet's head
and the other he stuck on his VI
head.
The bluebell caps when he plucked
them were too small to fit even a doll.
Now a surprising thing happened. The
caps seemed to grip the heads of the
children, fitting them perfectly.
At the same instant Jack and Janet
felt their eyes jerk open and they
saw things they had never seen be-
fore. prince lowering above them on
gauzy wings.
81 told you things would look much
different to you when you wore the
magic fairy cap" laughed the fairy
prince in a tinkling voice.
Then they knew him. He was the
humming bird. But now they saw
that the only things about him that
really looked like a humming birds
were his wings. His head and his
body were like those of a very tiny
handsome young man.
Just then Jack and Janet saw some
thing else-something that made them
cry out in alarm.
What that something was will be
told in the Friday chapter.
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DREAMLAND
ADVENTURES
The Magic Fairy Cap
BY ARTHUR w. STAGE
Copyright 1921. by Public Ledger Co.
CHAPTER "
The Bluebell Caps

Cheer! Cheer, Cheer!" sans the
birds happily. Jack and Janet have
saved the son of the Fairy King from
Black Dragon and Hairy Ogre. They
have won the magic fairy zap. Cheer!
Cheer! Cheer,"
But Jack and Janet were too much
puzzled to cheer. They gazed wonder
ingly at the humming bird they had
rescued from the spiders web. Why
did the birds call him the son of the
Fairy King? Were the birds mis-
taken, or were they telling stories?
And why did the birds call the snake
a Black Dragon and the spider a
Hairy Ogre? The snake was scary
enough itself, and so was the spider,
but Jack and Janet thought a dragon
and an ogre would be much worse.
The humming bird, still resting in
Janet's hand, looked into their troubl-
ed faces and smiled.
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Many fish ponds which had stood
for 40 years on Molokai were destroy
ed by the recent storms.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1922-11-28
MAUI TWENTY YEARS AGO
(From Maui News of Nov. %, 1902

Many fish ponds which had stood
for 40 years on Molokai were destroy
ed by the recent storms.
Circuit Court meets in Lahaina next
Wednesday.
The work of grading and crawling
the streets of Waikiki is progressing
satisfactorily.
Maui poloists defeated Kauai in Tic
nolulu 8 to 5 and Honolulu beat Ha-
wall 20 to 2. The championship game
between Maui and Honolulu is TO be
played today.
Word from Honolulu says the SEN
ate has appointed a committee 10
frame a municipal and county govern
ment law.
1t was necessary to shut of the wa
ter at the reservoir after Saturdays
storm until the stream cloud run clear
again.
Dan Quill has been appointed police
man at Puunene.
The steamer Kinau caused much ex-
element at Kahului when she arrived
in port from San Francisco Yesterday.
She has been much changed for the
better and shows it.
There is d umo going around that
the Kinau will advance passenger
rates.
Telegraph News
President Roosevelt is on a trip
south and west for two weeks.
Millionaire Ed Butler OF st. Louis
has been found guilty of bribery.
New York City is still suffering
from the coal famine.
Emperor Wilhelm's visit to Eng
land is supposed to have reference TO
the proposed occupation OF Shanghai.
A heavy bear movement in the New
York stock market is inducing fears
of a panic.
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Circuit Court meets in Lahaina next
Wednesday.