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, 1923-01-14
TWenty-T hrce Years Late

\ with the agitation for the can.
cellatlon of European debts to the United
ctate> IL Is interesting to note that Great Britain
Is just now patting herself on the back for her
generosity IN recently adopting a plan for the dis
PosaI OF her share of the Boxer indcmnities.
AFTER the united military expedition into China
10 suppress the Boxer Instruction and protect
foreign residents in China, the Chinese govern.
H.Pnt was forced to agree to pay certain indem.
mites. The United States immediately ren'ittad
her share with the proviso that China should do.
vote the money TO the education of the Chinese
students IN me Inited states. That was 23 years
ago, Great Britain is now relinquishing her share
with strings to the relinquishment. According to
the London Times, The British government does
noI propose TO remit the indemnity, but the sum
still due is to be devoted to the education of Chi.
nese students under British auspices" The Times
closes Its comment on the subject by saving thai
"Such a use OF the indemnity is an act of farseeiny
craftsmanship" 1t is some % years short of beinc
as far-seeing as American craftsmanship. =
, 1923-01-14
.. TIMELY LOVE
My 20 you Jean, burns like anthracite unmixed with bituminous"

Everything is there-feeling. sweep,
breath, form tone. Nothing is lack.
Ing, Compared 10 1t even the etching
OF the nhRd on the page opposite links
TO mediocrity. but yet how likelike It
is! One would recognize the original
anywhere.
Throughout, inded. one is met with
the detached attitude. What could be
more utterly that. and yet more ut
terly adequate, than the definition of
N I'm the dictionary remarks
Simply, is mot out" Here is no false
straining after effects, surely.
Yet here one may find all emotions.
all effects. Surely the most chilling
horror story contains nothing more
startling than the discovery that the
pillow case is also, Under u-ndiscussed
circumstances. the t'pillow bier" And
a whole sea story Us Inherent in the
definition Of xabee. which is a small.
three-masted vessel used in h Medi.
terranean" and undoubtedly by pl.
rates.
Despite its frequent frankness,
which may some day lead to its sup.
preston. the dictionary is not vita.
out humor. although he cnnno. vie
with Samuel Johnson, the modern
photographer now and hen gets in
his snappy aside. Surely he is not
wholly without intent when he de.
fines a bloomer. moi only as "a man.
like costume for a woman" but also
as the woman who wears It,"
, 1923-01-14
The Mother of Jazz.

New lsurels bow down the laden
but unwearied head of Indiana" de.
clarcs the New York Times. Novel
lists, poets, historians, sociologists,
statesmen have filled the world with
her fame. All skies are Swallowed
with her fame. All skies are shad.
owed with her innumerabie winged
words. Now we see her riding tri-
umphantly the seas OF sound, The
indianapolis News learns from the
Census bureau thai in 1921 Indiana
produced 40.5 per cent OF the mu.
sicai Instruments manufactured in
his country, exclusive OF pianos and
organs" indianapolis boasts the larg'
est drum factory in tho world The
prodigality of nature is seldom better
exhibited. AR. Bevefdge-who. TO
bio sure, was thoughtfully born In
Ohio that he might qualify as a can.
didate for president-'Jim' Watson,
the incompatible manufacturer OF
'k~eynotes': Lew Shank and thousands
more competing happily. not envious-
ly, with the greatest drum factory In
the world II is a pleasing, awful
thought that we hear Indiana's melo-
dious breath every time n band plays
or an orchestra. Indiana factories
make metal Instruments for bands
and orchestras, such as cornet, alto,
trombone, barytone, tuba and other
horns They are likewise tashioncrs
OF such music masters OF wood RA
, 1923-01-14
Should Explain Themselves

ENER1 a that has passed since knowledge Of
- what happened and still is happening in the
mute town or Mer Rouge began TO come in, it has
become iarder and harder to understand how the
people there are to be explained.
Ihey are white folk with the best of rights to call
themselves Americans, if long descent from Amer.
lcan forbears gives that right, and yet they seem
10 De different from what Americans are expected
10 De- They profess warm affection for the
acknowledged virtues and a stern determination
TO compel their observance, but their methods are
those OF people who have no regard for law, who
set themselves up as both judges and executioners
and who prefer to get along without resort TO
Ihey are not occasional, but habitual lvnchers
ana even to the charge of midnight murder. com.
PLGated by fortunes hitherto unheard of since the
Middle Ages, their spokesman answer that the vic.
TINS had offended the moral code of the yicinape
anu therefore deserved what came to them.
Interference from the outside with these prac.
uces Is bitterly resented at Mer Rouge, as is any
adverse criticism, and, in apparent sincerity, the
lhhabltants proclaim their right to respect as we'll
as immunity. 1t is all very puzzling. Something
mas 6een desperately wrong in the training of these
people, but what the wrongness was and liz re-.
mains as yet undisclosed.
, 1923-01-14
The Queerest Town.

Over the hills, across the range,
I drove into n little town
Tho queerest town l ever Jaw
Ana all the folks wore coats of brown
Of yellow, sun-burned brown!
A round. dome-like roof each housc
had
That sat close down. squatty and
low;
A hoe where the chimney should be
n door. never a window
Never a single little window
On the roof tops-the roof tops OF
wrinkled. and scanned, and battle
SCARED
Alert. Ercy.whiskered greuadiers
Here and there about the town stood
guard a
erect, watchful. stood guard
Youngsters were playing hide and
seek
And racing in the grass-grown streets
The women, in their Sunday best,
Stroiled ~ and down along the
The narrow. crooked. winding
streets,
When they heard h old v
cough
made a funny. squeeky sound,
And. gesticulatinE with their hands
Fell down a hole into the ground
into their homes beneath the
ground! Hh
Over the hills, across the range,
I Croye into a little town
The ~queerest town 1 ever saw
And all the folks wore coats O
brown
Goats of yellow, sun. burned brown!
oh, you Prairie Dog!
e. RICHARD sHIPP.
, 1923-01-14
Predicting the Year.

The coming year is certain to be
one in which rewards will follow con
structive effort with hand and brain.
Inertia n ineotitude will 20 down
before initiative and enterprise. So
much has been destroyed tina there
is work for the builders. The new
year should De a hard one for the
leisure class whether consisting OF
idle rich or Idle poor. In business,
In finance and In politics there is a
crying need OF masterful leadership.
The oonsummate evil OF the day is
m~ediocrtty in high places.
roc much should not be aid about
lower prices. Prosperity will not
beme by restriction. but by expan,
sion. Pending thu regalnina of the
lost balance between merchandise
and money commodity prices should
not decline II we are to have gen,
eral prosperity. Unless all signs fail
the year 1923 will not be a period OF
slumps, sacrifice sales and bankrupt
sales.
The best ugury for tho future
comes from a contemplation of the
recent past. with so much that ia
bad behind there must be much OF
good ahead.
, 1923-01-14

clarinets, oboes. flutes, p1ccolos, bas.
soons.
From these come such ~'consonant
interludes as laureled Orpheus long.
ed for when he wooed that half-drawn
hungering lace with his last lay
The heart of Indiana speaks most a
sionately and authenticity through
the saxophone. In what region of the
earth are the saxophones of Elkhart
county unknown Yet the greatest
musical glory Of Indiana is this:
Most OF the jazz orchestras-par.
t'cularly those making monograph
records-are equipped with instru,
ments that were made in Indiana fac.
tories.
ut is consoling, it is heartening
to know that. II only too infrequent,
ly WIN Hays, lord OF molten and emo,
ton pictures, spellbinder of a spell.
bound United States. enrlches our
minds and stirs our souls with his
homilies and hortations and messages
wherever jazz is jazzed, in public hall
or the home pnrlor. the air vibrates
with Indiana. Kansas is respectfully
requested to AXE a back seat"
, 1923-01-14
Has Occurred Before

FOLLOWING the French Revolution there were
l. ceremonies analogous to Russia's Goddess
Christmas The Age of Reason was proclaimed
with n Goddess of Reason, whose morals, according
TO Carlyle and other authorities, were not entirely
beyond criticism. Her reign was but short, how
ever, and the church then overthrow was calmly
unconscious that anything had happened to it.
As Russia reaches well over into Asia, her bold
youth had to burn more gods than one. Buddha
and Mohammed as well as the devil went into the
bonfire-and presumably were as little hurt by it.
The beliefs of their followers, too, will persist,
with the more or less cordial assent of the men
who have whatever of sense and practically the
soviet government commands.
The bigger Reds let the boys and girls have
their fun, and went on about the business of try.
ing to organize something out of the w~reckage of
the great empire of the Czars-the empire that fell
so mysteriously at a mere push from the fingers
of the Common people, who only a day before had
seemed to be the hopeless victims of despotism
thoroughly entrenched. They may not care much
about Christmas themselves, but some of them are
sufficiently well read to remember Gibbons cyni.
cnl aphorism-"To the people all religions are
equally true, to the philosophers all are equally
false, and to the ma gistrates all are equally use
full"
, 1923-01-14
Reading the Dictionary.

zyxomma Is the last word in die
tionar1es. 1t is an East Indian dra'
comfy. That Is one of the bright lit
tie bits you come across in reading
the dictionary for pleasure, unless 1t
has been expunged as meaningless
from the most recent. dc
t~Ionaries for pleasure
Almost all of US have, at n time
or another, been called upon 70
summon n wan smile TO, grace the
story about the elG srly lady who spent
her time reading the dictionary. Per-
haps. II we are very kind. we achieve
a hoarse cackle at the climax. when
we nre told that she found It interest
ing enough. but couldn't quite get the
run of he story.
In point of fact, the dictionary is
one of the best books to read in front
Of the family fireplace. Long even
iugs may be spent In reading It aloud
to other members of the family. for
which innocent pastime II is beauti-
fully fitted. 1t is a very touching
picture.
There are no rules for dictionary
reading. One may begin anywhere and
read either way. One may begin any.
where and read both ways for that
matter. Or IN a circle. The family
may come and go and pick up h tale
when they return. In many respects
1t Ia ideal.
Probably It is best to begin with "a
an Adjective and breeze lightly along
skipping where you will and emitting
the words under letter against
which you have a prejudice.
2 You should avoid cross references.
OF course They are calculated to lure
you from an appreciation OF the
scope. Importance and symbolism Of
the work. When you learn that the
the rhinoceros is a 'pachydermatous
mammal. having three hoofs ON each
foot be content. Do not wonder
what "pachydermatous" Is. Be thank.
full to learn that he a three hoofs
on each foot-is there anything more
thrilling IN modern fictionT-and
hurry on.
The dictionary Is the most copious.
ly illustrated OF books, There Is tho
portrait Of setlform Prickles IN page
524, for example 1t In marvelousl
, 1923-01-14
Not Only Through, But Done

IFVTE CAN renOunce most of our right to the re.
w payment by France and other allies of the
hdge sums we lent them during the war. We can
keep that burden on our own hard pressed tax.
payers, knowing that no foreign nation will fully
understand what it means and that we shall get
no gratitude. Never again in case of future wars
Will Britain finance continental peoples. Never
again. They must do for themselves what we have
done, and raise their own funds after our example
by taxing themselves to the bone" Thus speaks
the London Observer.
Great Britain has had n bitter lesson. If she
renounces, it will be because she has lost all hope
of ever being paid. Remuneration will be n power
full factor In keeping her out of continental politics
except to the extent that participation may be nee.
essary to her own safety.
The United States has not renowned, nor does
It intend TO do so. So far as Britain is concerned
there is no disposition on the part Of her govern.
ing authorities to request us to do so and England
is m~anfully going TO work to ~liquidate the debt tc
what disposition she shall make of the allied deb
, 1923-01-14
Making Free With
Millions.

This country has responded to
every appeal made by the suffering
peoples of the world since the tragedy
OF the great war" says the Cincin.
natl Enquirer. millions upon mil,
lions have been given 10 succor and
are for the victims of intolerpble
conditions existing in Europs and
Asia. But there must be a limit to
our national philanthropy. We must
stop, somwhere, nj matter how ur.
gent tho appeals even OF those who
otherwise must perish. This is not
indifference, or hardness of heart,
Even this mighty nation cannot be.
come h almoner of all the desper.
ate peoples in the world.
"Our charity and b~eneficience
should be guided by prudent and care.
full determinations. This people will,
ingly Will go the limit to relieve dis.
tress, sorrow and suffering; but such
relief should CO., in every instance, 10
those who may not hope for hell
from their own governments.
"Just now a new campaign is lie
ing started to influence congress 10
appropriate 500. 900, 900 for the u
chase OF agricultural implements and
reed for the Russian people.
1T Is true that the Russian people
need these things. hat they are in
hard case; but It is equally true
that the Russian alleged government
is maintaining one Of the greatest
armies in the world, an army equip
ped and manned to the limit Of er.
fective efficiency. The money re.
quired to maintain this great military
machine would buy agricultural ma.
chinery and seed for the Russian
people for the next fifty years.
There are peoples worse off than
the Russians. in some respects, poo.
lie who could, and should be helped to
the limit OF Dur resources, and such
help would not operate to the benefit
of the enemies OF the present forms
of civilization. as help for Russia
would do.
The plan proposed would advance
this money in the form of n loan 10
the soviet government. eventually TO
be paid back through some ran
ment as yet quite nebulous to the
common understanding.
such an indirect recognition OF the
soiet government is offensive to Amer.
lean sentiment and policy. We should
dump no more millions into Russia. .
, 1923-01-14
Minority Wants to Knou

ENRH FORD is engaged i'll another character.
= lstic gesture to give the people an impression
that he is filled with philanthropy. He proposes
to share the profits of his railroad with the EN-.
Ployes OF the road. He controls the stock and can
do as he pleases, but the minority stockholders
are making a vigorous protest. They say that Ford
and his associates can claim to be employees and
snare In the profits, and his new scheme will mere
~ have the effect of denying profits to those stock,
holders whose holdings he has been unable to ac.
quire. The matter has been presented to the inter.
state commerce commission with a view to re.
straining the tactics Of Mr.. Ford.
, 1923-01-14
Do Something

THERE is more detriment to general law obser'
l. vance in failure to enforce the prohibition law,
than anything else occurring in the country today.
If the safety of society lies in law enforcement, let
ne be safe. Let us enforce if it takes the last man
and the last dollar. II prohibition cannot be en-
forced then let us modify the law so it can be
enforced. Lincoln told us long ago that a nation
could not exist half slave and half free: he made
it all free.
And the situation is similar today with refer.
ence to rum. A nation cannot exist half wet and
half dry. Let's make it one or the other, and do
it at once.
, 1923-01-14
DistdncinR The Experfs

T JOCKS as if the new tariff bill were going
: to beat the estimates Of the experts by about
$loo,O0O,OOO as a revenue producer, while exports
are increasing, and imports indicate that Europe
is selling more to us than ever before-the import.
ers buying at low prices, but compelled to pay
more into the federal treasury by way of duties.
They are no longer having things ali their own
way in the American market and though paradox.
lcal. the new tariff was followed by a lowering
of living costs.
, 1923-01-14
My Road.

II / could find a little road.
A happy little. winding road.
Away up In the hills,
With hemlock trees o'ershadowinE It
And 1ecks of sunlight g%laddening It.
And clear. brown, ohuckling rills,
I'd give my very life to IT,,
The Joyous Turing thrill of IL,
Clean swept with fragrant air,
I'd break my bread with humble
souls,
My creed the gypsy's glowing Goals,
The evening star my prayer.
Ruth Broadway
, 1923-01-14
The CASPER Tribune's Program

Irrigation project west OF Casper to be author
lied and completed at once.
A complete and scientific coming system Tor the
city of Casper.
A comprehensive municipal and school recreation
park system. including swimming pools for the
children Of Casper.
Completion OF the established Scenic Route bou.e-
ward as planned by. the county commissioners to
Garden Creek Falls and return.
Better reals for Natrona county and moro high
ways for Wyoming.
More equitable freight raise for shippers OF III"
Rocky Mountain region, and more frequent train
service for Casper
, 1923-01-14

and other Mediums viii only bring US
word from the Other World tina
there is no Work up there, when the
City Editor comes in and a Hop
Right dow to the Barge Offace and
see the new Flagship of the Prohibit
ton Navy. which Just comes in to
port She is going to sail, he says
under sealed orders. and il is a very
good story and all.
Now I know it is no use to Argue
with a City Editor, Reader. because l
lose too many Decisions already try
ing TO outpoint them: so ] take It ont
Of here on the Lam and say nothing.
However. l know II is no kind OF a
Story. at that; because there wifi
probably be n gun on his Flag.
ship. and she Will undoubtedly be
some old Junk Destroyer. or some.
thing. which nobody but a Dry will he
able to make Run successfully-and
a Dry can make anything Run; look
what they do already to Congressp.
Well, I get down there. and I am
wondering all the way what the name
Of this Flagship is going TO be-. I
figure that II things do not get
much better, that there will be a Big
Dry Navy, at that; with First Line
Battleships. Submarines and all, and
the Tax Payer will pay Just as much
TO Keep the County Safe for the Re-
ormers as it does to keep It Safe
from Outside Invasion. However, we
do not reach hat state yet.
Wen. I look all around the Barge
offace and I do not see ANYTHING that
looks like a Flagship of this NAVY. I
will say. I see a funny looking craft
named the Hand, or Something. Ioad.
ing up with Fresh Hens and Roosters
and such; but I do not think at the
time that any such bizness has any.
thing to do with the Prohibition Navy
So presently I go back to the Offace
and write a for the paper which
] fake UP the best I can. telling about
the Dry Navy that never goes to son.
ana I put in a peace, too.
about the Oliver Wendall Homeses
which will write Old Ironsides Poems
FOR us fifty years hence. saying:
Aye, tear her torn White Ribbon
down,
Long has 1t ruled the waves.
S al eye ms Wept to see,
The low-down liquor slaves.
Beneath 1t rang the clink OF gold.
And burst the white rocks r;1r.
Ere me out at sea could make
The haven of the shore
Homes, I think
Well, 1t seems. Header. that thu,
boat which is loading the Chickens
and the BOOSTERS and all Is the Flag.
ship of the Prohibition Navy-nI.
though how am I to know i,' Tho
City Editor balls the Tar oyt OF r,e
for missing this; but it is NOT nv
fault.
or course. I sloTid remember TINT
you need Fresh Eggs on n long yoy.
oEe. You need Whites of Eggs TO
make Silver Golden Gin Fizzss with
and all. l should of remembered this
but l do not. and I am thinking this
is just a Chicken Boat, or something,
l will bet guy in the Prohibition
Navy feel like the bird which has D..
It's and hears the Travelling man
talking about Where He's Been aud
What He's Seen. Unless a guy h,s
had D. It's or been in the ProhIbl.
tTion Navy he Amt Been Nowhere
and he Amt Seen Nothing. He's
Just Common Ignorant and Illegiblo.
Reader!
, 1923-01-14
Our Blooming Economists

RECENTLY a number of newspapers published
IL a chart prepared by an Economist" showing
changes in railroad income gross and net. In
some instances this chart indicated the net income
as higher than the gross. We'd like to learn the
method by which n railroad or any other enter.
prise manages to get its net income higher than
Its gross. Some economists need training in orli.
nary common sense.
, 1923-01-14
Enlist in Prohibition
Navy and See Snakes" Is
To Be Motto, Hey Reader?
BY JOHN HANDSHAKER
alias Weed Dickinson. Special Cas-
nr En..nnnnnLaanA

Well. Readers. l am reading a
peace In the Rags, or Papes. the other
day about this Prohibition Navy: and
his ~sertainly gives me a great laugh
at that, as 1t probably does you,
Reader. hey? ! give you my words.
do not know what is coming to this
country; but when We finally get it,
1t will be Plenty, believe me.
Tightening does not land twice in
the same place (Ben. Franklin, ms 1
recall it; but l do not know about
this! ! will bet before we are through
with these reformers in his Common
wealth. there will be Big Prohibition
Navy men. and Little Prohibition
Navy men fighting in Congress over
n Atlantic and Pacific Dry Fleets;
and finally We will probably end up
by turning out Anti-smokirE + Gets
to stop the running Of Tobacco into
this Republic-which VIII he after wo
get the Twenty Third or Fourth
Amendment. saying nobody can
smoke anything that is NOR" than
half of one per cent Cornsllk. OF
course! By that time guys which
puff on Cubebs will be Roues n Lab.
ertines. and a guy which has Regular
sigarettes about him will get hurled
into the H~oosegow. or Jail. forthwith
the way they do in Kansas today,
, 1923-01-14

poOTLEGGERS by this time must have awfully
IL sore wrists, after having been slapped so many
times as punishment for their crimes.
, 1923-01-14

ND you ever notice that after n man has made a
- host, Of friends and gets elected TO office, how
quickly he loses them?