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Evening star., 1924-11-04
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEEELL,

one a dull hind" or "high- class
moron" Maybe so.
hut the capitalists, if they take ad-
vantage of it--and Uncle Sam, If he
life poorer in spiritual things than
when they began it.
That is where Jim Jones wins.
X u *
Jim Jones gets up in the morning
with a smile on his $2,000-a-year face
which is more than some 10,O0O-a a
year men do.
He goes down-in his pajamas and
bath robe, poor wight-and shakes
the furnace, so that Jenny and the
kids may get up in a warm house.
He derives exquisite pleasure
simpfeton-from the contemplation OF
his full coal bin. He always, thought
he might like to have real Rem
brandt in his living room some day,
but he feels that four tons of anthra-
cite in the basement also is artistic.
For this base feeling ne shall be
duly censured later in an article in
the American Mercury, written by
some guy who really can write, but
who rather overdoes the use of the
word moron"
Jim comes up out OF his base
ment. and goes to the bathroom.
where he proceeds to enjoy the luxury
of shave with his favorite safety
razor and shaving soap. This is an
enjoyment befitting a bovine, OF
course, rather than a man, but Jim
actually gets a 'kick'' out of 1t.
The only thing that troubles Jim
is what to do with the old safety
razor blades. He has tried wrappin z
them up in a cracker box, but since
the trash man nearly cut his hand
off he has stopped using that method
of dispoSing of them.
Then down to breakfast. where Jim
disposes of two eggs, some cereal, and
he leaves Jenny and the kids for the
office.
Once at his desk his daily toll be-
gins. Letters must be answered
computations made, problems Incl
dent to all this must be considered
and solved.
He is only a cog in a big wheel
but, after all, Uncle Sam owns the
whole shebang, and directs the chauf-
feur who drives the outfit as well as
the mechanic who greases the wheels
Like the historic fly that sat on
the axle of a chariot and cried See
what dust l kick up" Jim Jones
gets some real satisfaction out of his
low and hind-like job.
Pity the poor hind, friends. Also
the OATS. the wights and the rnorons.
/, Theirs is 4 grievous burden
= X =
Home in the evening Jim Jones
goes. home through the beautiful city
without a "thunderer," whatever that
is, home to wife and little ones. Who
in the thunder wants to thunder any
way?
Jim eats his supper, listens in on
his radio, goes to bed. His name has
never been in the papers. and il
PROBABLY never will be, yet he is
happy, nevertheless.
Jim likes those verses of John
Burroughs. and so do !, that is why /
place them here:
Serene I fold my hands and wait
Nor care for wind. tide. or sea:
rave no more gainst Time and Fate,
For 10, my own shall come TO me.
stay my haste, | make delays.
For what avails this eager pace?
stand amid the eternal ways,
And what is mine shall know my face.
What matter il stand alone;
wait with joy the coming years:
Ny heart shall reap where it hath eowr,
And garner up its fruits of tears
The stars come nightly to the sky;
The tidal wave unto the sea;
Nor time, nor space, nor deep. nor high,
Can keep NY own away from me.
Evening star., 1924-11-04

T. In view of the long and bitter fight
to pass the bonus bill over the preSi-
Dental veto, the recent announce
ment by the Adjutant General that
fewer than one-third of the veterans
entitled to the banus under the ma
tional act thus far have filed their
applications amazes the press.
With all the clamor raised for
enactment OF a Federal bonus" the
Buffalo News declares, "it must strike
the average citizen as strange that,
out of 100000 service men entitled
to participate in its payment, only
100000 have filed their claims"
This is most unexpected develop
ment, in the opinion of the Syracuse
Herald. which feels that while lit
was known that many service men
were opposed to the bonus on princi-
pie, il was scarcely expected that
very large proportion of the dissen-
lists would decline the Governments
bounty after it had been actually
authorized by Congress and had
therefore become a legal obligation
on the part of the giver." The
Herald adds further. "the most tell
ing argument for the bonus was that
considerable majority OF the service
men were urgently in need of the
proposed aid, but it cannot be said
that this contention Is borne out by
the status of the work Of distribution
four months after the enactment of
the bonus law" The veterans atti-
tude, the Butte Post points out "con-
trasts strongly with that of the vet
Grams of previous wars with regard
to public pensions or. gratuitieS, and
contrasts no less with what was rep
resented as the attitude of these
very men,"
For one thing. the ex-soldiers are
beginning to realize that they did not
get a bonus at all, but lot of bunk"
according to the Memphis News -Scim-
itar, which says: The eX-soldiers
have been bunkoed by a lot of poll
ticians who rode into office on the
bonus issue, but now that we have
the bonus plan it is imperative that
they make the best Of 1t. 1t would
be unfortunate if any soldier should
fail to take advantage of the oppor-
tunity the bonus provides, as there
| Is no other recourse. 1t is necessary
that prompt application be made for
the further reason that the face value
of the insurance certificate furnished
is dependent upon the age of the
veteran at the time Of filing his
| application"
Il rs i:
The New York Times also insists:
'Tt is their duty to apply for the
| bonus without delay IL they want it..
Those who have decided not to ac-
cept 1t should make the fact known
| by notifying the Secretary of War or
| the Secretary of the Navy. Failure
to do this will result in the reten-
Evening star., 1924-11-04
Copyright, 1921

africa has the biggest copper mine.
put campaign year indicates that
america holds all records in BRASS
Nashville Banner.
1t is only a question Of time unti,
the higher civilization must stop and
wait Tor the courts to catch up
Baltimore Sun.
What the fellow who calls II a fur
nished house really needs Is a diction-
ary.-Vancouver Sun. =
HOW can any one possibly tell
whether the ZR-3 and Shenandoah
have any military value until we are
advised whether the crew wear spurs?-
Detroit News.
And now it is only a question Of
time until the barber shops must have
male manicurists-Jersey City Jour
nal
Evening star., 1924-11-04
Attitude of Veterans
On Bonus Is Puzzlino

tion OF clerical help that could he
spared. Veterans who desire the
bonus should not postpone filing their
claim. The taxpayers money would
thus be saved
Considering the represen a t o n
made by the bonus lobby about the
crying demand among the veterans
for a bonus, the Indianapolis News
finds the failure to take advantage OF
it is at least puzzling. 1t may mean,
suggests the News, that the veter-
ans were disappointed in the nature
of the bonus: it may mean that the
demand for the bonus was greatly
exaggerated, or it may mean that
some 100000 veterans are putting
the job off, but in any case il cannot
mean that there was as much in
terest iT the bonus as Congress was
led TO believe, and it may mean that
the bonus is u matter Of small inn
portanco in the minds of mcs'
veterans"
The Baltimore sun agrees tho
facts certainly support the conten-
tion, frequently made when the
bonus fight was at its height, tina,
! hundreds of thousands, If not a. clear
majority, of the veterans do not and
never have wanted the bonus, and
that it was only effective propa-
tion." Moreover, the Sun thinks "the
situation as it is illustrates the folly
of Senator La Follette's demand that
the present bonus law be repealed
and another enacted"
X x x 4
The politicians picture OF the
American eX-serVice man never
seemed credible TO the New York
Herald-Tribune. "One always sus-
pected," said this paper, that therc
was far less demand than the poll
tician thought; but that there should
be SO little demand for it, now that ii
is in effect, is surprising. Hundreds
of thousands of the veterans who
were willing to take their share il
the bonus should be passed were.
nevertheless. opposed to the whole
theory of the plan, so that even those
who have made out the blanks can
not all be counted on as active advo-
Gates of bonus legislation. 1t is an
interesting demonstration of the
politicians ignorance of his con-
Stituents."
Although remarking that persons
who fought the legislation before it
became law will be quick to point to
this apparent indifference of service
men as substantiating their contcn-
| ton that the measure was largely
! a political enterprise" the Detroit
News holds 1T is absured to go into
| a discussion of that matter now, ex-
cepting to venture an opinion of the
! indifference of the ordinary veteran
is probably more apparent than real.
| for doubtless many veterans are still
somewhat hazy as to The ritual of
applying for bonuses" The Okla
| homa City Oklahoman also notes that
the time for fling Will not expire
till January 1. and no cash payments
will be made before March /, and it is
probable that the beneficiaries, of the
act figure that there is abundant time
to act and, consequently, no need to
hurry
Evening star., 1924-11-04

Jenny kissed me when we met
Jumping from the chair she sat in.
Time. you thief. who love to get
Sweets irto your list, put that in.
Say L m weary. say I'm sad
Say that health and wealth have missed me;
Say I'm growing old. but add
Jenny kissed me!
This reward Of affection. deeper
than love, Is the crowning glory of
many a man whose name never ap-
pears in the papers, whom no crowds
applaud, who goes his way day by
day unknown to fame.
Such a man will never get his
picture in the American Magazine as
Il successful executive but as long
as he has Jenny's faithful kiss he
can let the publicity go where it
will.
You have read about all sorts and
conditions of famous men, politicians.
statesmen, princes, writers, business
men, lawyers.
Let us consider a man who has
never done anything" in the popular
sense. a man totally. completely and
utterly unknown to fame or fortune,
the kind of chap I am afraid Mr..
Mencken would label unfavorably.
You know him though. He is a
Government clerk. Probably he lives
on your block, and it has taken you
five years to find out what he does.
Let us follow his life through a
typical day. when we will find why 1t
is that he is fooling all the smart
magazines.
The rust will find the sword of fame.
The dust will hide the crown:
Aye, none shall nail so high his name
Time will not tear it down
The hsppest heart that ever beat
Was i'm some quiet breast
mat found the common da vi ght sweet.
And left to Heaven the rest.
Methinks John Vance Cheney was
as correct when he wrote that as
Leigh Hunt was when he indited his
lines about Jenny.
After all, life is largely the way
we take il. The castor oil OF child
hood was not SO bad if we braveIy
looked up at the big sunffowers and
swallowed the dose before the hum
ming bird disappeared.
Jim Jones, our Government clerk.
did not see his name on a screen on
election night, but that did not
worry him a bit. His $50 a year in
crease In salary, as the result Of re-
classitica ton, has not unduly elated
him.
He is a simple, practical happy
chap who enjoys life as it comes
along and leaves the rest to Heaven.
l. AoI one, nave never Deen able to
feel, because he makes but $4,000 a
year, that he is just half as good as
man who draws down $4,000 per
annunh and only one-fourth as good
as the man who makes $4,000
IL life were mathematical, that
might be an efficient way to measure
men.
But life is romance, absurd. happy,
carefree, full OF woe, sunshiny one
moment and gray clouded the next,
explicaole, unexplicable, a thing of
dreams and shadows. filled with good
and bad. peopled by tail-wagging
dogs, purring cats. atrocious villains,
evil men and women. and real saints,
good decent men and lovely, good
women
Life is so complex that the neasur-
ing rod OF money is too short for it.
mat is why the American Magazine.
wonderful publication that il is, tends
TO bore one with its eternal stressins
or How to be $1,000 a year man? 80
etc.
Who in the thunder wants to be a
man who has got to be labeled like
that?
Maybe this is playing into the
hanos OF the capitalists--maybe it is.
Maybe it allows smart writer's to call
Evening star., 1924-11-04

Wall Street betting odds are con.
spicuously announced. But the small
speculator who would like to risk a
two-dollar bill for some reason does
the bookmaker.
Evening star., 1924-11-04

President Coolidge is a man of re-
straint in language. If today's cleo
ton returns seem to demand some
thing in the line of special emphasis
it may be decided by the Republican
managers to let Dawes say it.
Evening star., 1924-11-04

Many OF the British voters evident
~ regarded Ramsay MacDonald's g
cautious attitude toward radicalism as
an inferential Endorsement Of still
more conservative policies
Evening star., 1924-11-04

John w. Davis has made a gallant
fight, and has at least attained the
distinction Of succeeding Mr.. James
Cox of Ohio as the "titular head of
the Democratic party.
Evening star., 1924-11-04

Street demonstrations on election
night occasion surprise at the as
sumption that there is any such thing
as silent vote"
Evening star., 1924-11-04

President Coolidge can be depended
on to keep cool, but it remains to be
seen whether he can persuade Con-
gress to do the same.
Evening star., 1924-11-04

and pertinent. Here is political his
tory set close to the men who con-
tributed to it. And here is an alto
gether robust and clean-cut mode of
putting these truth together for the
sake of an effect that is stimulating
and vital Z G. n
Evening star., 1924-11-04
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Evening star., 1924-11-04

Everything is now over except the
ed to as well as this particular one
there can be no doubt of its unquali-
fed success.
Evening star., 1924-11-04

with power that are being cast all
over the republic by our fellow Ameri-
cans today, and we should be- satisfied
with nothing less.
Evening star., 1924-11-04

Enough has been said Of the IA
vorite son. Ma" Ferguson Of Texas
will demand due attention for the IA.
vorite daughter.
Evening star., 1924-11-04
Optimism in the Air.

Everybody is predicting pros.
perity."
Yes" answered Miss Cayenne.
Even the fortune tellers are telling
most of the girls that they will marry
wealth and position
Evening star., 1924-11-04
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Evening star., 1924-11-04
SHOOTING STARS.
BIZ PHILANDER JOHNSON.
On the Way.

On the Way.
We're on the way to Happyland
Where all the skies are fair,
With blossoming on every hand
And music in the air.
The voters now get into line.
We're told that we have caught
For such a journey fast and fine,
The proper train Of thought.
We're on the way to Happyland.
Resplendent Is the scene.
The map VIC clearly understand;
The outlook is serene.
There is no longer any doubt.
We travel undismayed--
So simply pull the throttle out
And let 'er. make the grade!
Choir Will Please Sing "Tammany." )"
Don't you think there are some
dumbbells in New York politics?'
asked the slangy girl.
II haven't observed any dumb.
BELLS" answered Senator Sorghum.
1.-The most prominent implement in
the Manhattan gym appears to be the
Indian club"
Jud Tunkips says footwear is
mighty important these days. Many
woman wouldn't be wearin' high.
heel shoes if her husband wasn't a
bootlegger.
Speculation.
The victory, of course, will make me
glad.
The cheering shall promptly join
and yet '
I'll sometimes think, and feel a little
sad,
On what I might have won if /
had bet. -..
Optimism in the Air.
Everybody is predicting pros.
perity."
YES" answered Miss Cayenne.
Even the fortune tellers are telling
most of the girls that they will marry
wealth and position
Landsliding.
The frosty winds are shifting!
Like the ballots on display,
The Autumn leaves are drifting
And they mostly drift one way.
de only man in dis life .dat's sure
Of not gittin' disappointed, said
Uncle Eben, sis de one dat goes out
lookin' foh trouble
Evening star., 1924-11-04
Lanl1sliding.

The frosty winds are shifting!
Like the ballots on display,
The Autumn leaves are drifting
And they mostly drift one way.
Evening star., 1924-11-04

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Evening star., 1924-11-04

Q. What is isinglass and how is it
prepared?-L. L. NJ
A. Isinglass is the commercial
name for dried swimming bladders
of several varieties of fish. The
amount of gelatin in islnglass is
from So to 80, per cent and even more
1t is prepared by tearing the air
bladder or sound from the back of
the fish, from which it has been loos-
ened by striking several blows with
Evening star., 1924-11-04

de only man in dis life .dat's sure
Of not gittin' disappointed, said
Uncle Eben. sis de one dat goes out
lookin' fob trouble"
Evening star., 1924-11-04

Robert NJ. La Follette-"a man of
the purest personal and political
haracter'-"alwSys at odds with
the world"-just a shade too heroic
for the rest of us. An interesting
and spectacular and useful career,
whose original bent was toward
, the stage. A significant fact. this,
accounting in no small measure for
the dramatic cast OF Mr.. La Follette's S
political course. In defining La Fol-
lette's progressivism Mr.. Gilbert gives
here a most Illuminating exposition
of the progressive, both of the La
Toilette kind and all the other kinds
that flock under this banner. A re-
gressive progressive. La Toilette. de.
nouncing abuses that starting thirty
years ago have long since passed
away or been corrected, save in the
mind of this ardent, accusing, highly
dramatized personality. An excep-
tionally fine analysis as a whole, this
one. .--
burton x. wheeler-"a sort OF
vigilante. regulator, law and order
man. Now, a vigilante is a rough
fellow. He does not waste much time
in making up his mind. He has
nerve. He has decision Trans
planted from New England, he comes
finally from a mining camp in Mon
tana to Washington land looks out
on tae mining camp of the United
States" There are men who have
a constant sense of life's habitual
| injustice. Perhaps Mr.. Wheeler is
one of them" Well, we shall see
| what he will do about 1t as the Vice
President of the United States.
Completely interesting, all Of it,
despite Its slant against the 'fimita-
tions" Of these men. For here is
material that is in the main fresh
Evening star., 1924-11-04

Q. Who is the newly elected lord
mayor of London-P. o. S.
A. Sir Alfred Louis Bower, the
well known wine merchant, is lord
mayor.
Evening star., 1924-11-04

Q. Where did the early Egyptians
get their gold?-P. X.
A. In ancient times the Egyptians
mined gold in the Red Sea hills. Dur
ing the Moslem period mining was
abandoned
Evening star., 1924-11-04

@. Are men afflicted with STAN
mering as much as women?-H- T. Il.
A. Statistics show that the pro
portion of males TO females is 9 TO :.
Evening star., 1924-11-04

Q. How much of the gold produced
is used in coinage ?--P. T. j.
A, About onc-fourth Of the annual
production of gold is used for money.
the remaining three-fourths being
consumed in dentistry, in the art
such as jewelry, gliding and gold lea
work, and the making up of the ar
nual loss from various causes.
Evening star., 1924-11-04

Q. In the word "vis-a-vis" is the
first - sounded?-B. T. W.
\. The first 50 is sounded, til
word being pronounced as if spelled
''vee-za-vee."
The northwestern bulletin-appeal., 1924-11-01

kato; Andrew Holt, Minneapolis, and
Royal A. Stone. st. Paul, for which
s1.O0 per inch has been paid.
The northwestern bulletin-appeal., 1924-11-01

MINNEAPOLIS

The Minneapolis Clef Clubs
breakfast dance was attended by a
large crowd.
Mrs. Julia Blackburn and Mr..
Adrian Jones were quietly married
last week.
Mrs. Josephine Martin, 1925 4th
Ave-. So., fell and sprained her ankle
in going down a flight of stairs at
her home on last Tuesday morning.
Miss Halle Q. Brown was a dinner
guest Of Mrs. r. A. Van Hook. 1912
Eliot Ave-, on Thursday, Oct. %.
The South Side Republican Club of
Colored Women served tea at the
Red Elephant Tea Shop on Thursday
Oct. 23, in honor of Miss Halle Q.
Brown. Tea was served by Mesdames
Margaret Wilson, Hannah Onque
Beulah Mitchell, Hazel Clark and
Miss Eunice Smith. Mrs. r. S. Brown,
Mrs. George Barnett, Mrs. Ida Sellers
and Mrs. NJ. o. Cannon presided at
the tea tables. There were $50
guests.
Matinee Dance, 2 p. NJ. to 6 p. NJ,
Armistice Day, Nov. 18th, at Phyllis
Wheatley House, sos Bassett Place
North, given by the Mary B. Talbert
Study Club. Admission 35 cents.
The Minneapolis Officers new tele-
phone number is Colfax 1881. Call
us at any time.
Mail your news items to either the
Minneapolis Office or the st. Paul Of
flee. Such items should be mailed
before Wednesday of each week.
The Musketeers will meet on next
Thursday at the home of V. S. Knauf.
man, $40 Humboldt Ave. No.
The northwestern bulletin-appeal., 1924-11-01
PRUITT-WILLIAMS

One of the most artistically ar
ranged weddings was solemnized
Tuesday evening at the residence of
Mrs. ]. H. Burrill, 1911 Sixth Ave.
North, when, her sister, Mrs. Anna
Bell Pruitt, was joined in wedlock
to Mr.. Bud Williams.
The bride was becomingly gowned
in a beautiful creation of white fou-
lard satin and Spanish lace. The
groom wore conventional black.
In a bower of ferns and autumn
leaves the bride and groom pledged
their troth in the presence of about
100 guests. Rev. Edward L. Fuller,
pastor of st. Anthony Baptist
Church, performed the ceremony.
Many beautiful and useful presents
were given to the happy pair by
friends both in and out of the city.
The out-of-town guest was Mrs. Mat
tie Taylor of Louisville, KY, a cousin
of the bride.
The northwestern bulletin-appeal., 1924-11-01
Mill City Weddings
RENICK-PALMER

Last Monday evening at o'clock,
in the presence of a few immediate
relatives and friends, the marriage
of Miss Ruth Renick to Mr.. Clarence
T. Palmer, both of Minneapolis, was
solemnized by Rev. H. NJ. Parsons of
Bethesda Baptist Church. The we'd
ding was a quiet but nevertheless a
very beautiful affair. Mr.. Palmer
had as his best man Mr.. r. Banks.
The ceremony was unusually impress
sive in that it was performed in the
future home of the bride and groom,
1714 Fourth Ave. North. The cou-
pie received a shower of beautiful
presents, as we'll as the blessings and
good wishes of all their friends for
their future happiness.
The northwestern bulletin-appeal., 1924-11-01

The Style Show on November 10
will be the best yet. No expense is
being spared to make this the best
in years. Mrs. Edith Moore is put
ting the manikins through their
PAGES nightly. Many special features
have been arranged by the Kingston
girls.
The North Side boys dance every
Friday night at the Elks' Hall. Is
proving most popular these days.
The northwestern bulletin-appeal., 1924-11-01

PAID ADVERTISEMENT - Pre-
pared by Voluntary Committee. Jo-
seph j. Joyce. Sec, 1911 Pioneer
Bldg, for Samuel b. Wilson, Man
The northwestern bulletin-appeal., 1924-11-01

GEORGE d. BREWER
candidate for Congress on the
Farmer-Labor ticket in the
10th Congressional District,
asks the support of his neigh
! bors in North Minneapolis. He
is qualified to represent the in
dustrial workers of the city as
well as the farmers in the rural
section of his district.
Prepared and to be paid for
by Brewer-for- Congress Com
mittee. C. r. Erickson, chair
man. 306 West Hotel.