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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-29
UNDER OUR NOSES.

When Abraham Lincoln finished delivering
his Gettysburg address, no one applauded.
The 10000 in his audience merely exclaimed:
"Oh!"-in surprise at the brevity of his
speech. Accustomed to political orations, they
had settled themselves for an intentionally
1long-winded talk
Such is the recollection of Mrs. Rebecca C. D.
Long of Somerville, Mass. She was raised in
Gettysburg, and heard Lincoln's famous adj
dress when she was IL.
None in Lincoln's audience realized at the
time that he was hearing an immortal piece of
oratory-and probably the finest composition
ever penned in the English language, accord
ing to many competent critics.
1t takes the perspective of time to disting-
uish the truly great from the mediocre or
near-great.
Most OF the really great people and events
of our generation are not getting much atten-
ton. Later generations will appreciate them
at their full worth and will assign them their
rightful places in\history.
: The Wright brothers first flight in an air
plane will be remembered as long as the World
War, possibly longer, ON into time until their
exploit becomes legendary and distorted.
Their invention, which enables man to
move in the air instead of confined to the
earth's surface, is a gigantic step forward in
evolution, the same as the first fish that grew
fins into flippers or crude legs so it could crawl
on land, or fins into wings SO it became bird.
Yes, it takes the perspective of time to dis
tinguish real greatness. That's why so few
Of the great get recognition until long after
they're dead
Let's continue Mrs. Longs story-and from
philosophy turn to something ridiculously
ironical, yet too pathetic to laugh at.
Mrs. Long recalls Tin the front of the great
stand there were 10000 men, women and chill
dren. Edward Everett, who was the spokes-
man Of that occasion, delivered an grafton of
two hours length"
After this long Introductory trade Abra-
ham Lincoln rose slowly to his feet-and "said
his say" in 266 words, the immortal Gettys-
bug address. .as & 49, ~ &
Isn't that human nature for you, that long
introduction by the chairman! And, no doubt,
when he got home he. confded to his family
that he had made the better speech of the two
Well, possibly he did, at that though the odds
are heavily against it, especially since great
thought never hides itself in a snowstorm of
words.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-29
Fail in Efforts to
Shorten Session
Legislature So Crowded With Bills
That Efforts to Shorten Session
Appear to be Futile.
by Associated Press.)

Madison, Wis.-Despite all attempts
to shorten the present session of the
legislature and reports from commit
tees that work is progressing more
rapidly than in the past. the facts
indicate at present that an early adj
journment is improbable.
A report of legislative business to-
day, shows that up to the present time
IL bills have become acts by passage
in both houses of the legislature, com
pared to 48 measures enacted at the
same time two years ago.
In the senate there are at present
292 bills introduced compared with
SAG at his time in 1921. There were
252 additional bills brought into the
upper house after this time two years
ago, making total of 500.
In the assembly up to this time 500
bills have been introduced, compared
with 448 at this time two years ago,
with 1853 additional introduced between
this time and adjournment, making
a total of COL bills, Out of this total
number sol proposals were finally
passed by both houses.
With two-and one-half months of
the present session already gone by,
all important legislation still remains
to be considered and acted upon. An
Easter recess next week will carry the
session to April. Following that there
will be controversies over highway and
income tax legislation and educational
matters that will carry the sessinn
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-29

Stand on chair and you discover plenty of
heat up near the ceiling where it doesn't do
any good. If nature is guiding us, she is re-
sponsible for this system which has something
fundamentally wrong with it.
Genuine efficiency, with our present heating
methods, would be intervention by nature to
enable us to keep in the warm air by living on
ceilings. Couldn't be? Flies do it.
PROFESSIONALLY, our bodies are out of date.
Nature is tagging, not changing us as fast as
our progress and needs require
No doubt, an idle Congress one of these days
will attempt to femedy the situation by legis-
lating against Mother Nature, or at least APP
pointing an expensive investigating commit
tee. At that, it would accomplish about as
much7as most of these committees
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-29
YOUR HANDICAPS.

DoyOu enjoy,your meals? Or do you often
find eating is a nuisance? Or, if housewife,
cooking is a pest, boresome, dreaded?
Frank Nayr, philosopher and seeker of orig
inal causes, makesea suggestion that probably
has occurred to you.
Nayr says Its too bad we cannot take in
food like flivver at a filing station for gas
oline Gasoline is, to the flivver what food is
to us. And the flivver gets exactly the right
kind OF food-also just enough, neither too
much nor too little.
I'VE humans are eternaly eating too much
food, or the wrong kind. It's always puzzle
what will agree with us. We feel a craving
for coEned beef and cabbage or pie or lobster,
but there's uncertainty as to whether it will
rest easily after it's down.
The doctors tell us our bodies are machines
When it comes to taking aboard our fuel, we
are much inferior to the auto"
Scientists say that bodies adapt themselves
to environment-that nature makes additions
when needed, or takes away what is no longer
needed A fayorite illustration is the blind
fish of underground river, deprived of eyes be-
cause it does not need sight Of the giraffe,
which grew long neck so it could reach tender
leaves at the tops Of trees.
Such changes, however, come very slowly.
Millions Of years, according to scientists
In the last rs years, man has changed his
ways OF living, his environment, more than his
ancestors in 25 centuries before.
We are developing SO rapidly that nature
isn't keeping up with us. Hence our machin-
cry for eating and digesting and nourishing
our bodies is inferior to the auto, which we
have created more efficient than our own
bodies, human machines.
A queer notion, bizarre yet logical, suggests
itself. Animals grow fur, which protects them
efficiently against cold. Man keeps warm by
artificial heat, However,
You're sitting at home, notice TIE room is
cool. Lie OIL the floor, you find the air-cold.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-29
ARE YOU ALERT.

A magician would find it easier to fool Elm
stein than to deceive Einstein's eight-year-oid
/son. So claims Arthur Buckley, officiaLof the
Society of American Magicians.
It's common knowledge in the show business
that stage wizard is most nervous when do
ing his tricks before an audience containing a
great many children. The grown-ups are
fooled easily. But chances are that the shril
voice of some youngster in the rear of the
house will pipe out 81 seen how he done it. =
Children are much more alert than their
elders. One reason is because they find every
thing in life new and interesting and are con-
stantly watching for another bit of knowledge.
Interest keeps the brain geared up to high,
keen pitch.
AS we get older, we observe that life is an
endless repetition, the same old stuff over and
over with only an occasional surprise Natur-
ally, we fall into the habit of not looking for
something new. In turn, this gradually dulls
our perceptions, slows down our ability to OBJ
serve quickly. So the stage magician finds it
easy to hoax us.
Magician Buckley, as quoted, conveys the
idea that, the wiser a man is, the easier to fool
him For instance, very simple trick will
BATTLE a profound brain, while man of only
average luIellISeuCe is apt 10 caCcn on.
The psychology of this is that one of the
characteristics Of deep thinking is a tendency
to concentrate entirely on important subjects.
Which explains why a person with brilliant
intellect often is unable to master card games,
trivialties which the deep thinker subscious-
ly is averse to concentrating on.
The heavy thinker" apparently interested
in the stage magician and trying to solve the
trick, has about 95 per cent of his brain pow
err far away browsing unconsciously on i'm
portant matters The man of lesser ntelli-
gence is not in a semi-trance or hypnotic state
of interest in important matters so he is able
to rally his concentration 100 per cent on the
magician's tricks
This delve into psychology raises the inter
esting suggestion that alertness is not neces-
sarily sign of brain power On the other
hand, it may<indicate intelligence only aver
age, or below.
The absent-minded professor is the subject
of many jokes. He. deeply concentrated ON
things that really count, is far from alert Of
ten he has to have questions repeated two or
three times before he 'gets" them But bring
up one of the important subjects that really
interest him, and you find him as alert as a
hairvtrigger.
It's queer machine that gray brain in
side our skulls
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-29
HERE!
BY BERTON BRALEY

WHEN sudden trembles in the air.
- And certain early ongbds chrping here aud there's
When there's brighter color in arching skies above
youth with fancy has turned its thoughts to love-
We know although tomorrow may be an arctic day.
winters S broken and Spring is the
WHEN fishermen tackle OUT and count their stock Of flies
~ golfers polish their clubs with longing their
When there's dope and baseball crbes begin
the training south and send their stories
rockies (who last perhaps till May
Then winters grip is broken and spring is the
WHEN again that Tyrus Cobb is through
there's microbes achoo!
When special sales galore,
And suits of lighter and hue store,
When bards like write this venal sort of lay
Then winters grip and spring is the wayl
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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-29
HEADACHE.

Over 200 world-famed experts are
at work on the 150volume history of
the World War, that is being compiled
by the Carnegie Endowment for In
ternational Peace.
1t is the most thorough work of its
Kind ever undertaken. The aim of the
writer's is to steer clear of causes of
the war an the incidents around which
bitter controversies have ragged. Mill
tary operations also are ignored. The
history is limited to describing the
wars effects on European civilization.
For that reason, thelpart played by
United States is left out. Get ready
for the book agents.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-29

~
through another two months unles
precedent is overturned.
The attempt to shorten the preseL
session by setting a definite time fo
adjournment may be carried out.
that event there would be a jam O
legislation during the closing days tina
would present action on many pre-
pOsals.
The senate this year is workin,
more slowly than two years ago, Will
the assembly has been speeding alopl
in much better shape. A few week,
may be cut off the session by hurryine
business in the upper house, but j.
appears improbable that an adjourn
ment can be accomplished b. the mid
die of May as planned.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-29

The average man expects his wife
to have more sense. than she showed by
marrying him.
Look at q crouch and you won't
blame him for being grouchy.
Washington prints booklet on keep
ing worms out of the garden. Why
not turn in few. flying fish?
U. S. ships shoe polish to Africa
Bet they use it for cold cream.
Spring fever makes you feel like a
doughnut hole without a doughnut.
Hope the Egyptian craze lasts. The
Egyptians were forbidden to eat
onions or garlic.
A couple of Scotch couple danced 81
hours each. Youth must have its High
land fling.
Three Detroit men were poisoned by
eating hot dogs, so we suggest the
hot dogs went mad.
A Toledo elephant plays the piano
Sometimes we think he has moved in
next door to US.
A still found in a mine near Pome-
roy, O., made it gold mine.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-29

although many persons here feel that
his work is more effective now than
it was before his arrest. lie has even
syndicalized the prisoners and on g
recent national holiday succeeded in
staging a celebration, aided by snug,
gied liquor, that almost ended in a jail
delivery,
The newspaper Gel Dictamen," one
of the oldest in the republic, has been
threatened with destruction many
times and several weeks ago an at
tempt was made to force the editor to
suspend publication following clash
with the governor of the, state. 1t is
understood that hint from the ma
tional palace in Mexico City caused
the governor to reconsider.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-29
March. 2sth.

REPENT, REPENT-John the Baptist
came, preaching, saying, Repent We:
for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Jesus began to preach, and to say,
Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is
at hand.-Matthew 81, 2; 4:17
QUESTION-W What reply did Jesus
give TO the question of the rich ruler
Luke 18:19-25.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-29
sH0PLIFTER.

Arrested by detectives on charge
of shoplifting, New York man claims
that the theft was a sabconscious act.
He says he had been thinking of buy
ing some jewelry for a niece "and had
not realized that he had stolen it un-
til he reached the street"
A novel alibi.
However, few of US realize how
many things we do when hypnotized
by our subconscious selves, things
that our so-called conscious sleeves
would never dream of. Everyone has
duo-personality, DR.. Jekyll and Mr..
Hyde. ~
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-29
BULLFIGHT.

Jscinto Benavente mot a cigar, bu'
the name of the Spanish author VIII
has written and staged so plays visit
America. He says our blood-and-thun
der movies and stage meledramas ar
intellectual bullfghts."
Think it over. Maybe we've bee,
too harsh with the cruel sport of tn
Spaniards Mental cruelty is as ev
as the real thing.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-29
LOST.

Lost at sea-216 vessels. That was
the toll for 1922, DUST announced. Once
this would have been interesting news
to everyone. Now most of us yawn.
Interest has been transferred to auto,
railroad and airplane accidents, except
among those bound to the ocean by a
business or personal tie.
Within so years at most, the air.
nlane. will doom ocean transportation.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-29
QUEER.

Spring fishermen, here's a tip: Fish
have well-developed sense of smell,
says writer in Aquatic Life, Maybe
they're smelling when they nose the
bait.
Settlers in central Ontario, Canada,
say they have to stand behind stump
to bait their hooks when they sprinkle
few drop of oil of rhodium on a can
of worms. Ojibway Indians, by the
way, claim the best trout bait is live
field mouse, hooked-under the spine
and allowed to swim freely.
American motor vehicles are now
shipped to ia different foreign coun-
tries. including Iceland.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-29

have accepted the challenge issued
them by the Kenosha Athletics. -
The Republican caucuses were held
last night. There was large gath
ering of loyal Republicans in each
ward The tickets for the various
wards follow:
First ward - Alderman, Dan Bris-
ter; school commissioners, Sam New
man; county supervisor, William F.
Fisher; constable, Valentine Lippert;
delegates to city convention, Robert
Moth, John ]. Abel, George D. Head;
ward committee, A. E. Buckmaster,
Frank White, Ben Jensen.
Second Ward Alderman, Joseph
Tack, school commissioner, Fred Dick
haut, county supervisor, Charles Lind
erman; constable, Mat Moder; dele
gates to city convention, FRANKIE Senne,
Otto Kohls, Frank LANCER; ward COM
mittee, Fred Schroeder, E. Letsom,
Frank Senne.
Third Ward - Alderman, 0. M. Calk-
ms; school commissioner, R. M, Hold
erness; county supervisor, H. +. job
dan; constable,fF. W. Becker; dele
gates to city convention, Jack Bruce,
D. Harff, Burr Simmons; ward commit
tee, D. Harff, F. Fl. Truax, Charles
Cooper.
Fourth Ward Alderman, Charles
Tarbell; school commissioner, Johnson
Jackson; county supervisor, John C.
Lucas; Constable, John Johnson; dele
gates to city convention, Dwight House,
Jesse 'Newberry, John Johnson; ward
committee, Dwight House, Charles Tar
bell, j. Johnson.
Died - Mary O'Malley, wife of Owen
O'Malley.
Married - Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Leon
ard
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-29

The sentiment of justice is so nat
ural, so universally acquired by al
mankind, that it seems to me indie
pendent of all law, all party, all re
ligion.-Voltaire
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-29

An old7timer is one who can remember
when grandeur consisted in heavy watch
chain draped across ones front elevation.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-29
ToDAY's THOUGHT.

With the pure thou wilt show thy
self pure and with the unforward thol
wilt show myself unsavory.-II Sam
uel 22:27.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-29

A normal man is one who has the uneasy
conviction that his wife's next husband won't
be such fine fellow.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-29

You don't need radio for amusement if
you have neighbors who quarrel without short
ening their wave length.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-29

intellectual attachments would be just as
popular as sport cars if they could be paraded
up and down Main street.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-29

is possessed by the kind of people who save
the coupons
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-29

Correct this sentence: 'The wife returned
after week at her mothers and found all the
dishes washed and put away"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-29

"A garage is place where the car is kept
until the children get home from school in
the summer.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-29

We don't know just where the political bee
stings. but the swelling nearly always goes to
the head
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-29

A hick town is a place where the sidewalk
is DISTRACTED by people watching sign
painter.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-29

The boss always wonders whether that hum
in the back office is the hum of industry or the
hunbug
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-29

A dry country doesn't eat more sugar, but
it uses lot more in amateur fermentation
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-29

The objection to restaurant eggs is not that
they are boiled too long, but too late
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-29
BIBLE THOUGHT FOR
TODAY

Bible thoughts and Bible answers mem.
orized viii prove a priceless heritage
in after years. Encourage children
TO look them up and msmorize them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-29
TOM SIMS
Says

Where you start does matter. It/is
much nicer to be former poor man
than former rich man.
Opening an umbrella in Che house OF
cussing policeman are both consid
cred signs of bad luck.
Chewing gum is all right in its
place, which is not on the piano,
Many a man gives lady his ca,
seat to keep her off his corn.
Cast your bread upon the water ant
it will draw the fish.
While out stepping it is a very goot
idea to watch your step.
Soft words turneth away black eyes
Sing Sing has ball team. Perhap
the idea is to knock the ball over tn,
fence and chase it.
Atlanta, Ga, is building bachelo
hall where no women will be admitted
Instead of watchdog they should &c
a watch mouse.
Port Au Prince, in Haiti, had a bi
fire, but it is warm enoug. there
flee scantily clad.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-29

Port Au Prince, in Haiti, had bi
fire, but it is warm enoug,: there
flee scantily clad.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-29
Happenings
rs Years Ago
March rs, 1898.

The prisoners at the county jail at
tempted to burn down the Jail last
night. Quite q bit otAdamage was done.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-29

The Racine indoor baseball team
have accepted the challenge ISSUED
them by the Kenosha Athletics.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-29

WE'LL why not use thumb prints TO sign
,hecks?
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-29

A still found in a mine near Pone-
roy, O., made it gold mine.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-29

Married - Mr. and Mrs. Jack Leon
ard.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-29

A Toledo elephant plays the piano.
Sometimes we think he has moved in
next door to US.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-29

Died - Mary O'Malley, wife of Owe
O'Malley.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-29

Sing Sing has ball team. Perhap
the idea is to knock the ball over tn,
fence and chase it.
Evening star., 1923-06-14

Oratory may become a lost art
among members Of the Washington
police force, for the new manual now
under consideration admonishes the
stalwart guardians OF the peace not
to make speeches at public gather
ings, except by direction of the su-
perintendent.
The new book OF rules also aims a
blow at that chumfny. sta house
spirit which prompted Private Doe
to chirp Good mornin', Cap" or
Hello, Loot" as his superior off,
GERS entered the door.
Under the new commandments for
a good policeman. it must be Good
morning, Captain" or Good night,
Lieutenant"
Obedience Is Defined.
The revised manual. which is now
before Commissioner oyster. for ap-
proval. defines in unmistakable
terms the word obedience In order to
preclude the possibility of any mem.
ber of the force becoming confused
in carrying out orders.
It is provided that members OF the
force shall promptly obey an order
emanating from superior. Should such
order conflict with previous one the
shall point out the conflict to the per-
son giving it. If the officer giving the
second order does not change 1t, 1t must
be carried out. The officer thus re-
ceiving conflicting orders. however, is
relieved of responsibility by calling at
tention to the conflict before obeying.
Rules for Women.
The revised manual defines for the
first time the duties and responsibilities
of the woman's bureau in handling
cases involving women, looking for miss
ing persons and inspecting public dance
halls and other places.
The regulations governing sick leave
also are made more stringent to pre-
vent members of the force from get
Evening star., 1923-06-14
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