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well enough. Did It ever occur to a lawyer, do you
suppose, to ask a layman OF his ideas Of judicial
reform?
1t probably did not. The legal mind cannot
think as the laynian thinks, and yet law is for the
.layman, justice is for the lsyman, courts are for
the laynan.
If you have q case of any sort it is put on n
docket. When il is reached, you must be there to
defend or prosecute it. If they say tomorrow and
you come tomorrow and bring fifty witnesses to-
morrow, and the court isn't ready for you, you wait.
The witnesses wait. The judge must not wait. II
courts ran to a schedule and the schedule ran out
once in a while, and the court did nothing but hold
its hands, more money would be saved than under
the present rule. which is TO keep the court busy
though hundreds of witnesses, lawyers, complain.
ants, and defendants wait around and lose money.
If you are sued and any one can sue you
for anything, whether you owe 1t or not .
you must defend the suit. You must pay your law
yers; lawyers have TO live. II it costs you a hun.
dred, a thousand, or fifty thousand dollars, you must
pay IL. II you win the unjust suit, you are told you
have justice; but your bank account doesn't show II.
What we need is not reform of the law from
within, so much as reform from without; what the
Jaw needs is the layman's point Of view, which is
that speed and absence of expense are both parts of
true justice; that no decision, no matter how cor
rect, is truly Just II it has cost much money and
time to obtain.
, 1922-08-23
Preserve Majority Rights

WHEN the stalled trains. deserted by crews in
w southern California, finally bore the suffering
passengers out of the intense heat, they did so un.
der armed guards protecting the passengers.
In New Jersey a train was bombed as it passed,
Regardless Of the fact that il contained, not strike
breakers or soldiers, but women and children re-
turning from the seashotc.
A st. Louis railroad bridge was damaged by ex
plosions; rail spikes were drawn in an attempt
to wreck a train near Chattanooga.
Attorney General Daugherty says that I. W. W..
ism is responsible for much of the trouble incident
to the rail strike.
And in the daily press here and there comes the
hcsitant query, slave men a right to strike, after
all, in transportation? y
From small beginnings and by careful steps the
cause of unionism fought its way up out OF nothing
to be a power for good in the world. 1t filled a
need, Il guarded interests otherwise not protected.
1t was conceived as a beneficent influence; 1t was
to fight tyranny and oppression, and in the cause
of that freedom guaranteed by the constitution.
Its best friends believe 1t has gone too far; that
it has so far overstepped its original purposes, so
far encouraged, even If secretly, violence, and
bloodshed, with no care whether or not the innocent
suffer with the guilty, that it must now be deprived
of its misused power by the only power greater in
the country today, the United States government.
From high and low, rich and poor. east and west,
come demands that congress make II impossible for
the intolcrahle public ~ahiiction of either n railroad
or a coal tie.up to happen again, a demand made
without regard TO whether or not 1t be stakeholder,
employer, corporation, union, A. F. of L., or IN
Idividual worker, who is forced to give over a pri.
yate interest and a private war to the all impor-
tant interest and right of the great majority.
, 1922-08-23
An Old Fashioned Mother

From the autobiography of Andrew
Carnegie this very human reference
TO his old fashioned mother is found;
Among the manifold blessings 1
have TO be thankful for is that neither
nurse nor governess was my compan-
ion in infancy. No wonder the chill.
dren of the poor r distinguished
for the warmest affection and the
closest adherence to family ties and
are characterized by a fillial regard far
stronger than those who are mistak-
emily called moro fortunate in life.
They have passed the impressionable
years of childhood and youth in con-
slant loving contact with father and
mother, TO each they are all in all
no third person coming between. The
child that has his father a teacher
a companion n counselor, and whose
mother is TO him a nurse. seamstress,
~Ioverness. teacher, companion, hero
n INK saint all in one, has a heri-
tage to which the child OF wealth re-
mains a stranger. There comes a time.
although II fond mother cannot sec
II, when a rovn son has to put his
arms around his saint and. kissing
her tenderly. try 10 explain TO her
that 1t would be much better were
h to let him help her in some ways
that, being out in the world anon,
, 1922-08-23

sorts Of things he feels run down and
badly needs a ride on he water
wagon.
With tears or his pen ne writes
the water wagon was a great refuge
and barrier against the demon Rum,
for when that fiend nosod in. exhibit
Ing his alcoholic antics, he would
give the old soak the merry hal hal
by mounting the water wagon. He
also writes that in his opinion the
jitney of prohibition might be safe
riding for ONE hut he believes IT'S
n rotten carrysli. for It often skids on
slippery places, is a poor hill climber,
and you can't depend on the clutch
going down grade.
Can you tell my friend where the
water wagon is?
JOHN PHILIP soUsA.
, 1922-08-23
Where's the Water Wagon

From his home at Willow Grove,
Pa, John Philip Sousa. the great
American march king, takes his pen
in hand and add something 10 ths
saiety OF the world on something 9th.
er than music. His latest
cation is this:
An old friends has written asking
IL 1 can give him the whereabouts Of
the well known and beloved water
ago so much in evidence during
the days preceding prohibition. He
says its disappearance is as great
a mystery as the identity surrounding
the individual who struck Billy Pat.
terson.
During the greater part of his life
he would get OF the water wager and
ride sometimes a month, sometimes
Two. three or six months, and on one
occasion he liked the going SO well
he sat by the driver on that AQUEOUS
vehicle from New Years Day to the
following Christmasl
Since the eighteenth amendment
went into effect he sadly misses his
periodic ride. He has been so busy
sampling various kinds of home
brew, battling with booze. h~obnobbinr
with hootch. slipping synthetic bran.
dies and gins, monkeying with moon.
shine, Euzzling swizzles and concoct.
ing all sorts OF cocktails out of ali
, 1922-08-23
Humor in the News

A Washington. ID. c.. judge has a.
sued n court order restraining one
L. v. Bryant from killing his wife.
il Mr.. Bryant allows his memory to
play him tricks and forgcts and does
kill his wife. no is apt to find him
self in trouble for contempt OF court,
A native capitalist in Gautsmala 10
building a ~palatiai hotel n his home
town. which is to be Americana
from prepared roofing to plumbing
JncidentIy it is to cater to an extern
sive variety OF thirsts. Believing that
since prohibition the United States
must he a large expanse OF desert. peo'
pied with white clad ~bartenders out OF
a job. the hotel proprietor has ad'
dressed the United States commercial
representative in his country with a
request that he secure for the new
hotel one bona fide. home grown, and
specially trained bartender.
A London, England, minister has
been denouncing his colleagues as
too effeminate." One OF them ha,
aiken umbrage at the remark and chal
lenged the offender to a twenty mile
hike 10 see who is and who ism
soft" In accepting the challenge
the alleged offender says he can wall
as well as talk for the glory Of God
In sayville, N. Y. a man 95 years
old. was attacked by a swarm O.
bees. His daughter ran to his aid
knocked him down with a broom
swept him clean OF stingers, picket
him up and carried him to n hospita
| where 1t is stated he will recover.
, 1922-08-23

men and dealing with affairs, he some
times sees changes which it would be
desirable to make; that the mode Of
life delightful for young boys SHOULD
be changed in some respects and the
house made suitable for their friends
to enter. Especially should the slav-
ing mother live the life of Ease here
after, reading and visiting more and
more and entertaining lear friends.
'of course. the change was very
hard UPON my mother, but she finally
recognized the necessity for 1t. pro
baby realized for the first time that
her eldest son was getting on. Dear
mother I pleaded my arms still
around her, you nave done everything
for Tom and me and now let me do
something o YOU; let us be part
ners and let rs always think what is
best for each other. The time has
come for you to play the lady. and
some OF these days you are to ride in
our carriage; meanwhile do get that
girl in to help YOU. Tom and I would
like this The victory was won and
my mother began to go out with US
and visit her neighbors. She had
not to learn self-possession nor good
manners-these were innate and as
for education, knowledge. rare good
sense and kindness. seldom was she
TO meet her equal. 1 wrote never in
stead Of seldom Inc then struck it
out. Nevertheless my private opin.
ion is reserved
, 1922-08-23
Abdication of The Country

"a CONSIDERABLE NUMBER of the many
n local and state governments within the United
States seem TO have abdicated," remarks the Chicago
NeuS. AT least, that is the way things must look
from the seat of government ut Washington.
Local Offices who have lifted not a finger TO
punish local lawbreakers for deeds of criminal yio-
lcnce are heard appealing TO state capitals and even
to the White House and the war department for
military protection. Governors Of sovereign states
who could have called out state troops for the pro
lection Of coal mines in May call them out in July.
Why? If not in May, why in July? Because, re-
Quest had come from the president. Because the
president had taken the initiative.
"Thc protecting of mines or of any other sort Of
local property is primarily the task of local au.
thorities. 1t is II matter for their initiative. 1t is
a matter that they might be expected to think of for
themselves.
"Thc protection of life and the protection of prop
erty arc the two primary reasons why governments
exist. What, then, shall be said of the scarlet stains
on blood-drenched Williamson county?
If protection is not to be adequately given in
this country till the one man who dwells in the
White House takes the initiative, we submit our
selves to whatever may happen to the mental and
moral power of that one man.
"The American republic, which began business
MS n federation of states, and then became u nation
of states, is in danger of becoming II vast mob, pro
tected OF not protected by the chances of the char
acter and resources of a solitary individual in
Washington.
"Today We see an ample illustration of the i'm
portance and the validity of the position taken by
Governor LowDES of Illinois in the last preprimary
presidential campaign. He constantly said at that
time that in matters of law and order the respon-
sibility lies first with the village, then with the
town, then with the county, then with the state, then
with the nation, and that if there ever comes to
be a continuous failure in this matter on the part
of the village We shall experience in the end a
calamitous failure on the part of the nation itself.
"Our local authorities have tolerated numerous
outrages during these present strikes. The reason
for their weakness is that previously they had toll
Grated numerous outrages.
"Failing to do its duty in ordinary times, local
government, naturally, is not prepared to do its
duty in unusual times.
1.-THE lesson of these strikes in the matter of the
protection of life and property is that we Ameri
cans need a new birth of self governing capacity
from the grass roots up.
, 1922-08-23
HpuSekeepin8
1apin Vas
NEsSg. Mrs. HARRIET TAYLOR UPTON :
GEce Ckox<noz Nakza1oL
RsD1hAxuzAx scuLDe Co1zwzffee
NJ sAFEcIIARnINc THE WOMAN WORKER s4n
SAFEGUARDING THE WOMAN WORKER

The women Of the United States
may we'll ask what In being done
ut Washington to safeguard wom-
On in industry when they know
that of forty million IN this coun-
try eight and one-half million r
wage carriers.
Women workers have been pro-
kected by the women's Bureau
permanently established by the
Department of Labor. The bill
creating this Bureau was intro
duced by Representative Campbell
Of Kansas, Republican. and by SEN
ator Kenyon OF Iowa Republican,
and was passed by a Republican
House and Senate. Women have
special problems of employment
which make special study nece.-
sary. This study Is provided for
In the Women's Bureau. There is
NOW q national recognition OF the
fact that the conditions OF wornen's
work must be considered as fun
damental in their effects on the
women as individuals and citizens,
and on the children. the homes
and the family life of Inclination.
. Republican states have passed
more measures protecting women
In industry than have Democratic
states. In eleven Republican states
minimum wage laws have been
passed and in only n Democratic
state is there such a law. Mothers
pensions r provided In all but
eight states OF which seven are
, 1922-08-23

Democratic. These pensions make
1t possible for mothers who cannot
work outside the home to keep
their families together. In 10
Republican states women are pro-
hibited from working In mines.
In 81 Republican states the hours
OF labor for women are effectively
limited. Twelve Republican states
prohibit women from working at
night in certain industries. No
Democratic state has such limita-
tons. 4
1t was the Republican party
leaders who were the picneers in
originating the National Child
Labor Law. led by Senator Bev-
er1dge, IN Indiana Republican.
The Supreme Court has declared
the Child Labor Law unconstitu-
tional, but the party in power has
set about to md some way to
frame a law which will be cons
st~itutional. II this cannot be done
an effort will be made to amend
the constitution. One. thing the
Republican party Is determined to
do Is to protect children In labor.
Such a law safeguarding children
ranks infinitely higher In the
hearts of the women of this coun-
try than could any measure safe.
guarding women In industry. It
has always been a qualification to
Republican women that their party
led the way In preventing the evils
Of child labor.
, 1922-08-23
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%9~ FOR LITTLE. FRIENDLY FOLKS
w. WHO LIKE AnVEhTURES
ADVENTURE TRAILS

IF you boys are camping on that
island. it's about time one Of you
played fish and brought back your
boat.'
Ned and TED looked up. startled TO
see a rather pieasant-faeed man point,
ing out on the lake where their boa,
was drifting a couple hundred feet
from shore.
you tied the boat. now you swim
after IT. said Ned 10 Tsd.
you mean l didn't tie It," laughed
TED. sor-ewhat Ashamed OF his care
iessness. as he prepared TO swim after
it
the fuigurite which they called q
lightning tube" that they had not
noticed the boa drift away. As Ted
brought 1t I'm he said: "I1l tie II this
time" and made n safe but decidedly
clumsy knot. The strange mar grin
ned. "You don't tie a boat. you
make 1t fast And you don't call II
a rope. it's a painter
Here" he said. that's an awful
bungiing knot. II a skipper saw you
do that he'd know you vera a land
lubber."
And IL he heard you talk. he'd
know you are a sailor" laughed Ted.
Tho man nodded as he united the
knot. Suppose enc If you had
cramps and the other wanted to take
the boat out to limit would take
three minutes to unite that messr'
and he pointed dissustedly at tho
knot Ted had made.
"wiil you show us. please?' asked
Ted.
"In the old sailing days the frs,
three things a cabin boy had TO learn
was TO tie knots. splice ROPE and swah
decks. Now when you make fast to a
post or saplins. all you need is a sim
pie Glove hitch" the ssiior explained
and in n Jlffy he mad one And
when you want to cast Oft. you pull
in to loosen 1t and then lift out the
short end and there you arei" As he
spoke he did II.
Within five minutes Mel and Ted
both were able to make Glove bitches
that met the approval OF tho sailor.
Tho mans home was on n nearby
farm, where he was making a visit,
He was first officer on a tramp steam'
or u explained that he had started
in on an old coastwise brig. The boys
took him over to their camp for din
ner and he entertained them for q
long while showing them tricks with
rope. especially the making of useful
knots.
Ted made careful drawings of them
for his notebook.
First he picked up the small rope
that was used to hold the tent FLAP
back. It was frayed away back for
six inches or more.
81 should have tied a knot in it.'
murmured Ned.
"No. that Is clumsy. You should
, 1922-08-23
August Fields

These are the fields of light. of tran.
gull air.
or butterflies and breezes warm
and sweet /.
As honey; here the heavy bloomed
buckwheat
Riots with blossoms which the gold
bees share;
The corn is In full tassel. everywhere
Faint shimmering sunlight and the
green earth meet
To mingle in caresses soft and fleet,
The far flung hills a purpling mantle
wear.
Here have I found the place of my
desire,
Here life is lovely as some ancien,
lay,
Here beauty and simplicity conspIre
To fill quiet hours with Joy, here
would I stay
Finding from every care a glad re.
lease
As nature lends me something Of
her peace.
ELIZABETH sCoLLARD.
, 1922-08-23
Steadies the Flow

H. c. Gardner. president OF the as
ISOLATION, speaking of the st. Law
renee river project, says:
The stream has the steadiest flow
of any great stream on earth. Fresh
cts and droughts do not affect II.
THE mean flow. rom a recor oil
so years, is 100000 cubic feet per sec,
ond. So large a figure is hard to
sense. Think, IL you an. Of a gigan.
tic drop OF water II feet in diameter
and one Of these drops every second
every tick of the clock. beginning
when?-and ending-when? The mind
is staggered by the contemplation.
"A river with a current Of two and
one-half miles per hour is a good
lively stream. At this average cur
rent the st. Lawrence flow could be
, 1922-08-23

For towing a log or timber in the
water or for hosting II. the old tim.
Der hitch is the proper thing said
the ~seafaring guest. because 1t never
clips. 1t has a grip that will always
hold" He examined some OF their
fishing tackle and laughed at the way
they had fastened n smell hook to a
line. with n clumsy hard knot through
the smell or catgut loop.
Use a beckett BEND ne said.
That is. at sea it's a beckett bend
on land IT'S called a 'weaver's knot"
He showed them and Ted's sketch OF
Il IS easy to understand as he made
the sncfl loop black and the fishline
| white. Use such a knot and your
line will never slip from tho SMELL.
The bowllno knot is for a firm, rigid
loop on the end OF a ~rope--not a slip
moose. but a noose that will not slip.
Another valuable thing Ned and TED
learned was the ''sheep-shank' which
really isn't n knot at ali. but a method
Of shortening e rope that Is already
fastened al both ends. II the p is
\ too long. loosen It we'll md make the
loops as shown in the drawing. You
can do this without using either end
OF the rope. Pull gently n firmly
and YOU rope will be shortened. Tri.
day-"Catcf.sng Trout With Artificial
Fiies.'D
Tomorrow-Merry Markings.
Copyright, 1922. by George Matthew
Adams
, 1922-08-23

accommodated by no less channel
than 4 thousand feet wide and IS feet
deep. For tho most part the natural
channels are much greater than this.
And the !skes-nature's greatest
store house OF fresh water-act as res.
ervoirs OF the flood waters OF all the
inflowing rivers. effecting completes
sedimentation so that the st. Law
renee is - clear as a sparkling spring
gushing from the granite hills. and
feeding h -'ater into the head OF the
great river with but little variation.
An interesting calculation was re
Gently made by n United States army
engineer as 10 the quantity OF the
water held hack by the Give great
lakes. He calculated that IL they were
empty and tho st. Lawrence could
flow backward at its present rate.
without allowing for evaporation. a
hundred and three a would be re
quired to fill the lakes to their pres
ent levels"
, 1922-08-23
The Festiue Filling Station

Tn DAYS OF OLD the saloon and dance hall and
l then the church marked the outposts of civiliza-
ton. Now you may go to the uttermost ends of the
world, penetrate the untrod and unexplored jungles
of Africa; but when the penetrating is accomplished
and you have arrived, you will be greeted not by
the saloon, dance hall and church, but by the filing
station ready to serve your needs.
, 1922-08-23
An Ample Source

TRADE JOURNALS from time to time warn us
L of the decrease in the supply of ivory coming from
the far reaches of Asia and Africa. Nature how.
ever takes care of the needs of the people and pro
vides a new source of supply to take the place OF
those that fail. And when Asia and Africa are ex
hausted the American congress and the various state
legislatures may be drawn upon for such supply
as will be required.
, 1922-08-23
Consult the Lagnan

THE CONVENTION of the American Bar Associa-
L tion has made many recommendations doubtless
all wise, looking toward judicial reform. Chief Jus
tice TAFT, whose world wide reputation as a jurist
suffers not at all from his able exposition of needed
legal changes, has outlined through this association
TO the legal profession of the country, the things
which he believes should be done to make our jul
dicial system better.
All of which is well, very we'll: but perhaps not
, 1922-08-23
Mo argument for Light Wine

DEPoRTS ARE ACKIN in the case of the New
IL York policeman who took home a couple of bot
ties of wine, took some of it aboard and then got
rough and killed his wife and threatened to exter-
inmate the neighborhood, as to whether it was
Eight wine or otherwise. At least the proponents
of change in the enforcing act are not using the
incident in the propaganda with which they are now
carpeting the country.
, 1922-08-23
The Late La Toilette

Senator La Toilette is telling the
voters OF Wisconsin hat it was a ter
rible thing for the United States tc
go into the late great war. sill, there
is nothing he can do now-the wal
is won.-Chicago News.
, 1922-08-23

make a waii-knot in the end. l1k.
this" and tho sailor u~nbraided the
strands for a few inches and deftiy In.
,eriocked each strand into a loop
made by the other. pulled them W
tightly, trimmed them and said:
There, there's no bunglins knot In
that. You a pull IL through the
eyelet and yet It will never fray or
unravei." Ted's drawing shows just
how this is done.
The reef knot for fastening string
or small ropes together. FOR clothes.
lines--even for temporarily fastening
broken fishiire-is one Of the simplest
and handiest. as the boys soon
learned.
, 1922-08-23

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Tomorrow-Merry Markings.
Copyright. 1929. by George Matthew
Adams.