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From a Seat in the Gallery
By HERBERT COREY.

Washington, ID. c., Jan. 22.-It
looks as though the bureau chiefs
have won again. They usually do.
But it is not often that they win
against such q presumptively dan
gerous adversary as the President or
the United States.
Up on Capitol Hill it seems to be
taken for granted that the reorganiza-
ton bill, sired and inspired by Mr..
Harding, will not become a law. AT
the least it will not become the sort
of a law the President wishes. The
rUmOr goes that if he finds that it
will not become a law at all he will
stand for a thoroughly scientific bill,
which though defeated, may be taken
as a model for the law which must
ultimately be passed. But that il he
is forced TO do so he will compromise
on the principle of half a loaf. The
defects of such a law can be cured
later.
The bill is designed to cure the OBJ
vious defects of our system of govern
mental organization. Bureaus and
boards and special services have
grown up in the various departments,
without regard 10 what is going on
elsewhere. There are 1854 different
places at which governmental &C.
tivities overlap. There are nine de-
tective forces for example, and
various map-making bureaus and sew
eral chemical laboratories and what
not. Not only are governmental costs
greatly added to. but the entangle-
ment into which the citizen falls
when he tries to find out with what
room full of experts he must do bust
ness is something appalling.
President Harding was committed
before election to an effort 70 cure
this absurd state of affairs. No one
has risen to defend it. There is no
defense, presumably. Not a man in
government employ will say that
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tionally and socially; they are regarded
as unpatriotic-as slackers.
On the other hand, couples with chill
drcn are given many advantages over
those without children. A mans salary
or wages is determined largely by the
number of children he has. When he be-
comes father, his pay is automatically
Increased. And his pay goes much farther
roportionately, than does that of a
worker who has no children.
To the general rule that the cost OF
living in Germany is high, there is one
conspicuous exception. Any article or
commodity for the use or benefit of a
baby is priced extremely low in Germany.
Clothing. food, accessories of the nursery,
even toys, and everything else designed
to safeguard the health and promote the
happiness of German children, are cheaper
in Germany than probably anywhere else
in the world.
Americans returning from Germany
report that milk stations in the cities of
that country are as numerous as cold
drink stands in the United States. Ger
man mothers in poor financial circum-
stances have no difficulty in procuring
proper food and medicine for their off
spring. On doctors prescription Ger
many mother can buy for a few cents
the same medicine that costs several dol
lars when purchased without such pro-
fessional assurance that the remedy is to
be used for the benefit of baby. And
to German mothers and children the serv-
ices of the best physicians and surgeons
are available at all times, even though no
fee may be in sight.
What such conditions signify, in rela-
ton to the future man-powcr of Germany,
is obvious. Nor does anyone need to be
told what opposite conditions, existing in
France, mean in terms of the future man
power of that country.
The French, invading the Ruhr region
and the Rhineland, will take much OF
Gcrmany's weather. as much as they
can. But it is doubtful if they will be
able to eliminate, or even to impair
greatly. the factor in German life which
they most deeply fear. The Germans
are highly provident, extremely thrifty
pcople-and they may be expected to
make superlativc sacrifices, if need be, for
the sake of their future generations.
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A GRAVE RESPONSIBILITY

Although France herself is financially
impotent, or about as nearly so as any
nation could we'll be and still exist as a
political entity, she has it within her
power to exercise a powerful financial
influence upon the world That conclu-
sion might have been arrived at abstract
ly even if business men had not begun to
express their hopes and fears the moment
the French troops started for the Ruhr.
But business men in many parts Of the
wor.d have appraised the prospects, and
in such appraisals two considerations are
to be noted.
The first pertains to the immediate Ct
feet of the French move. Irrespective. but
not regardless, of the ultimate results
of Frances action, the optimism OF the
business world could not but have been
stimulated by the seizure Of German
wealth, For. whether the French policy
as such, was deemed wise or unwise.
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WHERE FRANCE IS POWERLESS

Whatever else the French may accom-
plish in Germany for their own mate
rial benefit, the probabilities are that
they will not be able to destroy what
they regard as the greatest menace to
the future of their nation. They may
appropriate to their own uses the great
natural resources in the Ruhr region and
in the Rhineland. They may take the
proceeds of such industrial activities as
the Germans may continue there. They
may-though this is doubtful-collect the
equivalent of their original reparations
assessment against Germany. Conceiv-
ably, they might even undertake to an
mex to France the districts which their
troops are now Selling.
But even if they should do all of these
things, the French would not have solved
the problem which is at the bottom Of
their abiding fear that some day the
Germans will rise and overwhelm them.
That problem is represented by the brit:
rate in Germany. To the French it seems
very acute because they are conscious
VI IIIC pi NN dlCllOC VI lLlS OppOSlIC NOllNl-
ton in their own country
Recently a member of Congress. in the
course OF a speech on the European situa-
ton, said that while France was calling
upon this country for aid she was neglect
ing TO protect herself. IF she should be
defeated by Germany in any future war
it would be her own fault, he declared.
He referred to the dearth OF children in
France.
Without undertaking to criticisc the
French in this respect, one can ncverthc-
less realize. the significance of the striking
dissimilarity between the two countries
to which the American law-maker alluded
Even before The world war, German chill
drcn were given many advantages which
children i'll other European countries were
denied. Since that conflict such adj
vantagcs have been increased, until it
seems well-nigh impossible for any other
country to exceed them on their own &C
count
Whereas childlessness is the rule rather
than the exception in France, and is there
regarded as a mark Of respcctability-al-
most a prerequisite, in fact-it is both
privately md officially frowned upon in
Germany. There it is among the most
acceptable grounds for divorce. Childless
couples are looked upon as Liabilities, ma
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Watching the Parade
By John Pilgrim.

There is more trouble in the house
next door. l know it, because l saw
her crying when she thought herself I'M
Observed and he sat in a brown study
on the $40 that morning, looking as
though he had lost his last friend. l
knew they had quarrelled. They usual.
ly do.
So I've tried Old DR.. Coue's treatment
on their ten year old. My theory is
that the trouble in the house next door
is that her manners are not what they
should be. She is one of the best
women in the world, loyal wife, pretty,
clever, all that sort of thing-but when
her temper gets up she surely does rasp.
She has an unfortunate facility for say
ing the right sort of thing in the wrong
sort of way. Her advice is always good,
but no man with a spine could take
it because of the manner in which it is
delivered. L caught the ten year old.
III give you two dollars if you can
keep secret" / said. "Can you:"
That was easy.
You get your pay at the end Of
month" l said. You get two dollars
more if you promise me that every night
When you go to bed and each morning
when you get up you will say to your
selg:
Ever day in ever way l am be-
coming potter and potter
That is not good English no doubt,
and the whole idea is an infringement
on DIR. Coue. But my theory is that if
the ten year old is as impressionable
as DR.. Cone says all children are, he
will become model of politeness by the
months end. The trouble with his
mother is that she did not learn how
to give her advice in low tones when she
was ten years old No finer man ever
lived than her husband. but he resents
being called a fool. She feels deeply
that anyone who does not agree with
as she does, that her adj
vice is goOd-must be a fool.
IL the scheme works out. I'll let the
ten-year-old tell the story. Maybe there
vii be reflex action on Pa and Ma.
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/ the overlapping activities should not
be ended. But each bureau chief can
make a long argument against end
ing his particular overlapping &C.
tiyity. When you get all the bureau
chiefs at work defending themselves
the total is an almost impregnable
defense. -
Bureau chiefs are powerful because
as class they are honest enthusiasts.
Most of them can enter private en-
ploy at any moment on larger salaries
than the rather stingy government
pays them. They stay with the gov
eminent because they have grown up
with their work in most cases and be-
cause they are genuinely DESTROYS of
serving the public. Any outsider must
say that when Chief Greeley of
the Forest Service tries to set up a
system of national parks in his for
ests in opposition TO the National
Park Service he is overlapping
seriously. Yet the same outsider will
admit that Chief Greeley is wholly
unable to see this. He Is doing whar
he firmly believes is for the best in
terest of the whole country.
That sort of fiery faith has an i'm
mense effect upon Congress. These
bureau chiefs have some political
power, of course, but the influence
they WELD on the bill is above all
personal one. They are fascist. al
most. They have an evangelistic
fervor. When they fix their glowing
eyes on a congressman and get him
by the button and shoot facts at him
by the million. all of which are true
and few of which have any bearing
on the general proposition he is
usually helpless.
Hence the sad representation Of
the defeat Of the Presidents pet re-
organization bill. The crepe isn't on
the door yet-but the undertaken is
awaiting a telephone call.
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"LYNCFs OLD BOREEN" u. KJ-

There's place beyond the hill-tops that I'm think
ing Of today,
can see it though the long leagues stretch be-
IT'S lonely, silent bye-way amid green fields far
away,
And its name, Lang syne, was Lynch's Old
Far from town and city noises, sheltered close by
hedges tall
Where all days n hundred thrushes sing, hundred
Mid the meadows wanders Iynchs Old Borecn.
When little lad I found it, on a sunny morn in
As ] gathered wild flowers with a childs delight.
Buebells shy and primroses bloOmcd along its rude
And above the hawthorn dropped with blossoms
white,
There beyond. where two lone elms rose above the
hedges round.
The cuckoo called unceasing and unseen;
What wide. wide world of happiness and glowing
That summer day in Iynch's Old Borccn.
stood one day in autumn where the boreen looks
Across the valley toward the mountains brown.
The following corn wavd round me, and the mead
Went rolling far into the glen deeps down.
Those glen dCCps where the hazels grcw-how often
We gathered nuts beneath their lcafy screen:
UNCHANGED they We're and changelss still the stram
let flowed below.
As WuCn rlfSt saw l4Nncn Olu Bofecn.
l looked into each shady nook, scann'd the brown
hillside
But friend Of all the old time there was none
walked the valleys depths. the ferns, the furze
brake, wild and wide
And all my steps INTENDED and lone
But memories stealing soft from hedge and
stream and glen.
And faces young and smiling and serene,
Filled all my homeward pathway with the dreams
Of youth again.
That autumn day in Lynchs Old Boreen.
lis far bsToBd the hilltops, but its winding
way
As here within the city's street 7 stand:
The brcozes from its bushes float around me day
BY day
In fancy, as I walk the stranger land,
lis but country bOreeH, yet it holds a golden
store
OF memories Of bright days that have been.
Of forms and kindly faces that will never linger
Mid the quiet paths of Lynch's Old BOrccn.
Joseph ID. Alton.
A "boreen' is a country lane.
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Pointed Paragraphs

He also serves who only stays in
Jail and waits.
It's difficult for n doctor to cure a
diseased imagination.
Apologies are always satisfactory to
the makers thereof.
Query-Is a poor reputation better
than none at all?
Many woman marrics for money
because she can't think of any other
excuse.
Anyway, the man who is wrapped
up in his work doesn't mind the cold.
Some people waste a lot of energy
climbing mountains before they get
to them.
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Work and Wait
BY ii. Arlington Bruce.

ny II. -tuuiiStUn DTuCe.
You are aggrieved and disappointed
because the advent of the new year has
not brought to you the salary increase
you had confidently looked for. You
feel that you have ben unjustly treated.
Perhaps you have.
Perhaps your employer is one of those
shOrt-sighted, avariCious folk who greed
lily augment immediate profits even at
the loss of greater ultimate gains. 1t
is entirely possible that this is the case.
But. on the other hand, it also is
possible that business conditions alone
are responsible for the disappointment
you have experienced. You may not
have taken this latter possibility into
account.
In any event ! would sincerely urge
YOU not to let your disappointment af-
feet your work.
Recognize that your working power
is your chief asset from business point
of view. Recognize that, if you con-
tinue to work to the best of your abil-
ity, and if you really are worth high
or salary than you now are receiving.
somebody will some day pay you what
you ought to be paid.
II may HOL De your present PluplOShT.
1t will not be, if he is in fact of the
skinflint type. But if you continue
faithfully to labor you will not always
have to work for him. Opportunity TO
make an advantageous change is certain
to be yours.
Wherefore, work and wait
"Paticnce and application" says one
of the oldest of proverbs, will carry us
through" Another gives the reminder,
Patience and time accomplish more
than violence" Still another affirms,
THE world is for him who has patti
cnce."
Certainly impatiencc. anger, bitter
complaining, will avail you nothing.
Nor will it any the more advantage you
TO act in accordance with the heated
declaration:
"IlI show him. He's not paying me
properly for the work I've been doing
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its execution was bound to turn stagnation
into at least temporary activity, from the
economic standpoint. Wealth would be
taken from places where, so far as the
outside world was concerned, it had been
lying dormant; and it would be put to
more uses than those to which it had
been devoted The effect, in short, would
be comparable with that produced by the
wider circulation of money
Concretely, an immediate effect of the
French move has already become visible
in the increased value OF the franc. That
no adverse results have been felt in Eng
land is shown by the report that the
pound sterling has reached the highest
point it has attained in year
But whether the tendencies thus repre-
sentcd may continue is a question whose
answer, in the opinion of business an
alysts, depends upon the ultimate inten-
tons of the French government with re-
spcct to its course in the occupied terri
tory. The optimism thus far expressed
by the business world, in relation to inn
mediate prospects, has appeared in spite
of the possibility of ultimate untoward
consequences of Frances action. If that
action had been resisted in such a way
as to bring on war, the natural economic
processes which it has actually set i'll
motion for the time being would not have
appeared the effect would have been just
the opposite.
But though It was Germany's failure to
meet force with force that gave the right
of-way to such natural processes, the con-
tinuancc of those processes will depend
upon the future course of France. Many
observers believe that, although she will
undoubtedly gain some material benefits
from her seizure of German wealth, she
will not be able to collect her claims in
full by the method she has adopted. What,
in that event, would be her next step?
The fear which temperS the temporary
optimism of the business world is that
France, if disappointed by the results of
her present apparent policy of merely
Selling produced wealth, may lay claim
to proprietary rights in the territory she
is now occupying. If she should do that
relations. and consequently
economic processes, would almost GER
tainly be demoralized.
It is this potential danger that the
business world seems to be considering
most seriously, and the influence of the
fear thus defined is apparent in the re-
port that American capitalists are hold
ing in allegiance various tentative plans
for the sale, in this country, of various
foreign securities which would represent
important industrial projects in European
The responsibility Of France is trc-I
mcndous Never before, perhaps, has
any country so financially depressed as
shc-at least in relation to international
obligations-bcen in a position to WELD
such a broad financial and economic in
ilucnce as that which France, by reason
OF being in possession of Germany's rich
est industrial districts, can exert for the
good or i'll OF other nations.
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RAIN SONG

II is not raining rain to me,
It's raining daffodils;
In every dimpled drop ! see
Wild flowers on the hills.
Tho clouds Of gray cngulf the sky
And Overwhelm the town;
1t is not raining rain to me,
It's raining roses down.
1t is not raining rain to me.
But fields of clover bloom,
Where any buccanecring bee
Can find a bed and room.
\ health unto the happy.
A fig for him who frets.
II is not raining rain to me,
It's raining violets.
Robert Foreman.
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BLIND JUSTICE.

The wine is red; the law is bold
Blind Justice is supremely cold.
The poor man walks his weary way,
His thirst the kceDpr every day;
He steps behind a sheltering wall,
In answer to friendly call.
But Ger his lips have touched the brim
The hand of Justice reaches him.
The rich man turns the lights full high
And smiles TO friends assembled by.
They raise their glasses, drain the wine +;
Remark that life is very fine.
From prying troubles they are free,
The eyes Of Justice cannot see.
The wine is red the law is bold,
Blind Justice is supremely cold.
HALL i. DAY.
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THE LEAGUES EVOLUTION"

Senator Pepper acted up to his name
when, in his recent address before the
New York Bar Association, he criti-
cised those who think that the mere put
ting OF legs together under a table tends
to make minds meet across it" He was
explaining why it would be futile for the
United States to take the initiative at
the present time to bring about a set
Element Of the PREPARATIONS quarrel. But
the gentleman of the fiery name put no
paprika into his remarks about the League
of Nations; they were entirely insipid-
flat"
1t ought to be obvious that any move
on the part of the United States to
interfere in European affairs would be
extremely foolish in the light of the new
situation created by Frances resort to
force. Even before they invaded the Ruhr
region the French were not hospitable
toward any proposal CT aid from the out
side which did not exactly conform to
their notions OF their needs. They didn' t
want advice; they wanted reinforcements,
physical as we'll as moral, and when
neither of those kinds of help was forth
coming, they took matters into their own
hands.
Only few days ago some high official
of France indicated very plainly that any
form of mediation on the part of America
would not be welcomed in the present
situation. "Not until the fog lifts" said
Senator Pepper: will the United States
government take any action looking
toward final PREPARATIONS settlement.
But-and here is where Mr.. Peppers
remarks began to lose flavor-therc was
another matter to be considered, The
League Of Nations, he said, had |under-
gone a wholesome evolution into useful
international council of social welfare"
Academic "stuff'-nothing more impor-
tant. The dispatch reporting his address
reported that to explain his assertion con-
corning the league he used "the example
I furnished by the present rcpqrations
crisis" Instead of eXemplifying a "wholc-
some evolution" Of the league, that crisis
4 confirms anew the appraisal which The
LIGHT and other observers put upon the
league at the time of its creation. 1t
shows just how useful" the league is, at
a time when its usefulness, if it had any,
( ought to be exercised to the last degree.
If the league had followed out the
strict provisions of its covenant" Sena-
! tor Pepper went on, ct would now be
engaged in steps preliminary to concen-
. tration of actual force to compel France
and Germany to settle their quarrel ami
cably." Yes; and suppose the United
States were a r.ember of the league.
under such mythical conditions. We
should have fine kettle of fish to fry
if we should undertake to compel France
to stay out of Germany. In their present
frame of mind the French would doubt
less give battle TO anybody who tried
to hold them back.
But the conference policy alone" SEN
ator Pepper continued rs now the main
stay Of the league, and no conference has
been called by it, because apparently
further conference would be futile"
Just so. Then wherein has the league
undergone a Wholesome" evolution.
Wherein has it become internationally
useful?
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last week" The librarian glanced at
the card-catalogue drawer over which'l
the teacher had been porting. and smiled
Il superior smile. NO woudcr, Ar~ss
Smith," she explained with patient gem
ticness. You're looking under 'Fic-
ton Turn TO Entomology and you
went have any trouble"
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RuYS q Ranch.

Del Rio, Tex. Jan. 22.-Bob Cav
thon of this city has purchased the
ranch properties of J. d. Cooper and
J. II. Summers, n property Of more
than 10000 acres, about p miles north
of Del Rio on the DEVILS river. The
purchase price was around 100000 for
the two deals.
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All n Poe, in-
quired at the de-
livery desk at the
rural library for
The Gold Bug, y
adding: II cane
seem TO find it in
the catalogue, bat
| am sure you
have il. A friend
of rniDc had ~ ntrf
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MN SOmC concern.
Il presume" he
said, that 1 have
no right to mark
pupils on their PEN
manship / don't
teach penmanship. "
He held up a pa
Per.
What is the the
sis on T,rpfpSSorsT
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American correspondents in Egypt arc
much annoyed because they have been
denied admission to the newly discovered
tomb of the late King Tutenkhamun who
died some 5000 years ago. Are there no
other tombs open to these correspondents?
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-22

Der.
" w II, thanks"
snapped the new
arrival.
You're quite a
stranger. / haven't
seen your face for
a long time ~
That's odd! ]
left most of it on
vOlr raznr tho last
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'N N'sAAN SNANA dAlOils
writes Mr.. NeVill
in his new book,
Yesterday and To-
day (which often
shows little ftrace
o f any foreign
origin, is apt to
consider itself su-
perior to the foun-
der of the family.