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v to understand. This misunderstood

try to understand. This misunderstood
! ing itself points to the fact that The
| American is, generally, insular ii
thought, though his might be wider in.
sularity than that of the average English
man, tempered by the tremendous in.
fusion into America of foreign blood
An effort to correct this and provide a
broader culture. to develop type OF
mind that sees beyond its own doorstep, is
now being made in the field of education.
1t is a huge project designed ultimately
to embrace all the colleges and universe
ties in this country, scheme to provide
students the opportunity for foreign
travel and study in foreign universities
with the idea of promoting national and
worldwide good will.
DIR. Marcus NJ Marks. former prcsi-
dent of the Borough of Manhattan. the
originator of the idea, which has been
adopted by the American Council on
Education, and approved by college pres
idents. university heads. and financiers,
says that colleges should work for the
highest type of citizenship. This type
is not narrowed by false perspectives and
obsessed with pride that is only pro-
vincial.
GAS science has, in recent years. mar
rowed the oceans and the continents and
brought nations within speaking distance
of one another" says DR.. Marks, at be-
hooves Americans to consider we'll the
question whether Our former insular iSo-
lation having changed. it is not time that
we develop international information and
acquaintance as foundation for greater
cooperation and goodwill.
"The. slogan America First, should
not be interpreted as meaning America
only.
"The recent World War should have
opened Our eyes to the fact that, ir-
OF the wishes of many, iso-
laton is no longer possible even for
business Americans
The ostrich policy can no longer pre-
vail. This is not a matter of theorizing
A hard practical problem is before the
people of the United States"
1t is we'll known fact that if a man
his neighbor, and through
this understanding sympathizes with his
.ailings and difficulties, he is much less
likely to fall out with him. Seeing the
nations in this homely light Of neighbors,
DR.. Marks proposes that this opportunity
or understanding be at the disposal of
he six hundred thousand men and wo-
men who attend colleges and universities
n the United States.
Leagues of Nations and World Courts
IF Justice may hammer away upon the
dea OF world peace and international
from the political stand
point, but after all, it is the ignorance
and prejudices and the short-sighted
,elfishness of the masses of men that
make and support wars.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-01
THE LITTLE DOG ANGEL.

High up in the courts of heaven today
A little dog angel waits.
With the other angels he will not play,
But he sits alone ut the gates
"For know that my master will come, says ne
"And when he comes be will cali for me-
And his master far IN the earth below,
As he sits in his easy chair,
Forgets sometimes, and he whistles low
For the dog that is rot there.
And the little dog angel cocks his ears,
And dreams that his masters call he hears.
And know when at length his master waits
Outside in the dark and cold
For the hand oS death to ope the gates
That lead 10 those courts of gold,
The little dog angels eager bark
Will comfort his soul in the shiveTing dark.
-Norah 81. Holland.
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upon topics that hitherto she had
completely ignored. t-
And the substance of her news was
true enough. The lord mayor was
at that very moment at Whitehall
urging immediate and drastice meas
ures for combating the spread Of
the pestilence, and one of thees meas
ures was the instant closing of the
playhouses. Whitehalls mind at the
moment was over-full of other mat
ters; there were these rumors that
the Dutch fleet was out, and that was
quite sufficient to engage such time
and attention as could be spared
from pleasure By the nations elect,
following in the footsteps of their
Eplcasure-loving king. Also a good
many the nations elect were ex-
ercised at the time by personal griev-
ances in connection with the fleet
and the war. OF these perhaps the
most disgruntled was His Grace of
Buckingham.
He had requested the command of
n ship. position to which his rank
and his talents fully entitled him, in
his own view. That such a request
would be refused had never entered
his calculations. But refused it was.
There were two factors working
against him. The first was that the
Duke Of York cordially disliked him
and neglected no chance of mortify-
ing him; the second was that the
Duke of York. being lord admiral of
the fleet, desired to take no risks.
There were many good positions from
which capable naval men could be
excluded to make way for sprigs of
the nobility. But the command of n
man-of-war was not one of these.
Buckingham was offered a gun-brig.
Considering that the offer came from
the kings brother, he could not re-
sent it in the terms his hot blood
prompted. But what he could do to
mark his scorn, he did. He refused
the gun-brig, and enlisted as a volun-
once fresh complication arose. AS
a Drivy councillor he claimed the right
of seat and voice in all councils of
war, in which capacity it is probable
he might have done even more dam
age than in command of one of the
great ships. Again the Duke of York's
opposition foiled him, whereupOn in n
rage he posted from Portsmouth to
to lay his plant before his
crony the king. The merry monarch
may have wavercd; it may have vexed |
him not to be able to satisfy the hand |
some rake who understood so we'll the |
arts of loosening laughter; but be- |
tween his wn brother and Bucking. |
ham there can have been no choice. |
And so Charles could not help him
Continued in Our Next Issue.)
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EXISTING LAWS

If woman's place" was ever ain the
home" it certainly was in Germany.
There the German hausfrau was the
most domestic Of all domestic creatures
and made point of being so. She was
inclir ed to flaunt it in the face of Provi-
dence, and the woman'S movement in
Germany was frowned upon heavily from
the throne.
But the war worked its changes in
Germany as elsewhere. While the men
were in the army the women supported
themselves and their families. Economic
instability since the end Of the conflict
has perpetuated this difference in the
womar's status as in other matters.
Now the German woman has decided
that if she has to earn her living she
might as well earn a good one and re-
ports from Germany speak OF women
crowding into those universities where
few women studied before.
They are said to be giving their at
tention to the professions, and while
medicine, dentistry, mathematics, and
chemistry hold their own as subjects,
the majority of women students in the
universities this year are turning their
attention to economics, history. and law.
This is arresting. as these three Sub
iects more than others. have to 10 with
woman's life in the world. In study
ing history she may trace customs ard
traditions, weigh their influence and
value in determining what has been
called her "place." The laws. growing
out of custom, hedge this place" about
with protective and restrictive measures.
But the economic situation is the root
of the matter, changing force that is
breaking UP customs and their resultant
laws.
In such comprehensive studies. TO be
applied later in PRACTICAL activity, a fine
contribution could be made to futurity,
| by winnowing out obsolete measures and
defining and maintaining a Just basis
for the changed activities OF the feminine
side of the human race.
Incidentally, the members OF the Wo-
mans Party in this country and adj
vocates of sweeping constitutional
amendments for equal rights" for men
and women, might do well to emulate
the ex-hausfraus of Germany in con-
sidering the existing laws. On the
statute books of many states in the
union are eight or nine hour laws fol-
working women. These have had the e.
feet of limiting the hours of work fol-
the men in these states to eight or nine
hours also. Whereas, without these
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-01
OUR INQUISITIvE CONGRESS

1t is always easy for Congress, or
one or the other of its branches. TO
attain to the heights of absurdity. 1t
pretty nearly touches the top when
it is proposed that congressional
committee shall investigate the Cham
Der of Commerce, U. S. A. Here is
an organization composed of the lead
ing business men of the United States,
formed for no other purpose than to
advance the general welfare and to aid
Congress in its work by means of it's
legitimate ascertainment of well-in-
formed business opinion. of which Con-
gross has thought so little as virtually
to pay no attention to its conclusion.
These always are stated in the form
of referenda, aften an open canvass
Of the membership conducted in ac-
cordance with n system carefully de-
signed by n competent committee to
draw forth opinion upon both sides of
every question submitted. TIL" only
use made of these valuable data is
through publication in the current
press and in the excellent journal of
the chamber, The Nations Business,
although it may be that summary of
the replies is furnished also to each
member of Congress. If so. the mem
Der receiving the document should
properly feel himself complimented
rather than insulted.
The in1uisitive activities of Congress
already have caused murmurs which
bode no good for the reputation of
that body. 1t is wholly within the
purview and indeed it is the duty of
Congress to investigate the acts of
federal officials where they come I'M
der suspicion. as in the oil case or that
relating to the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing, but in poking into pri-
vate affairs, even into the fantastic
scheme upon which Mr.. Box is throw
ing good money, members lay them
selves open to a suggestion of supersen-
Sitiveness which accords badly with
many of their performances on the
floor. 1t might be well for the states
men to pause and consider whether
they cannot irritate the people little
too much. For four years rights en-
joyed in every other country in the
world have been invaded under the
provisions of the Nolstead act until
it now requires an army of paid SER
wants and navy to enforce one lone
some article in the Constitution of the
United States, in contemptuous dire
gard of other amendments ndo~+d
with the same solemn purpose of re-
form. The law of the land S in con-
tempt with millions of individuals.
Congress can easily make itself more
Transcript
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A Puzzle a Day

The words "Have a Fort Pecans"
on the inside cover of the box seem
to have nothing to do with its con-
tents. Yet if the letters in those
words ore re-arranged properly to
form two words, they will tell what
the box contains. What is in the
box?
Yesterdays answer:
If a fur coat were bought for 5000
and sold for $3.50, the profit would be
20 per cent.
$50 is the profit and many per-
sons will give % per cent as the
amount of profit; for $50 is % per
cent of 5000. But profit is properly
figuSed on selling price; and $50 is
20 per cent of the selling price-$25O.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-01
DUMB POETS

The story of life, its triumphs anC
pitiful defeats, its absurdities, its gay
nesses and Responsibilities, its righteou.
doings and joys, is spread upon the daily
pages of the newspapers for the worlc
to read. Taken in snatches with no
coffee at the breakfast table or snatchet
piecemeal while hanging from street
car strap, it is a phantasmagoria o.
events. But now and again some one
particular fact floats into notice, bobbine
along before the fancy and demanding
why"
A man and his wife were found dead
the other day, in gas filled room in e.
Paso by the landlady who had forced
the door. Two people perhaps tired OF
life, unable to make the grade, dis
couraged by misfortune, disillusioned,
in debt maybe, temporarily insane. which
is the favorite explanation for self-de-
struction, it being argued that no one
in his right mind would take his life
any one of these reasons, a thousand
reasons, or perhaps all of them together,
may have been responsible for this act.
But this couple left an elusive clue.
Pinned to the frame of the mirror in the
room where the bodies were found was
a quotation from Omar Khayyam, the
Persian, the poet, the tent-makcr.
"Alas that spring should vanish with
the rose
That youths sweet manuscript should
close"
Dear old Omar"
The writing was in mans hand, and
the brief news story" recounted the
fact that the man looked to be so years
old. Nothing was said about his wife.
whether she was near his age or younger.
But whatever the reasons may have been.
TAR back, as far back as the individuals
childhood, it is certain that the man had
The soul of poet Now poets are no.
in pursuit of those vague,
beautiful and tantalizing essences that
IAN never be grasped, quite, only ex-
pressed, as perfectly as may be, in some
form.
Suppose the man could not express
lis sense of beauty, his longings for a
perfection that left him continuously
He was a poet in mis- soul,
out a poet who was dumb. In his final
lct, he let another poet express his pro-
ound dissatisfaction with passing youth,
approaching age, with all and particular
If life.
The world is full OF such poets, dumb
poets, but they continue to live and to
i've with a fair amount of satisfaction
o others and to themselves. Though they
nay have been able to express them
elves fully. or realize the beauty they
glimpse in the far places, they have suc-
:eeded in fusing their 1ongings into
beautiful and gracious, though to the TN
Ippreciative, nothing but homely acts.
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CHAPTER VI.
Mr.. Etheredce Prescribes

On his return to the Paul's Head
from that REASONABLE talk with Tuck
err, the Colonel found considerable
excitement presiding over that usually
neaceful and well-conducted hostelry.
The common room was thronged,
which was not in itself odd, consider
ing the time of day; what was odd
was the noisy, vehement babble of the
normally quiet, soberly spoken mer-
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Where to Go
Motion Pictures.

Motion Pictures.
Palace-Anne q. Nilsson in "Flow-
ing Gold"
Empire-Betty Compson in "Wom-
an to Woman" ~
Princess-J. Warren Kerrigan in
"The Man From Brodneys."
Rialto-Lon CLANCY in "The
Hunchback of Notre Dame"
Stock.
Royal-Edna Park and All-Star
Cast in "Lena Rivers"
Grand-Jimmie "Slats" Allard in
"ROsey POsy.'
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laws both men and women might have
to work ten or twelve hours a day.
So it is we'll to consider the ground
carefully and not take away good things
until something better VS. to be offered
in their place.
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ct did one charitable act today" re-
marked merchant, as he sat down to
dinner I'm glad to hear il, dear" re-
Joined his wife. tell me about it." "Oh.
one Of my clerks wanted an increase in
salary. so that he could get married. and
7 refused to give 1t to him."-Pittsburg
Dispatch. "a I'd
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The Chilkoot post., 1924-03-21

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CHURCH NOTICE:

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-04
FUNERAL RITES
ARE ANNOUNCED
Mrs. Van Sickle, School
Teacher, Dies,

Funeral services for Mrs. Helen
Van Sickle, As. of 80 Whittier Pa,
a school teacher, who died Sunday,
will be held at p. m, Tuesday at
the home. Burial in Crown Hill
cemetery.
Mrs. Van Sickle had taught at
Southport, was principal of Warren
Township High School, and for the
past three years was a substitute
teacher in Indianapolis public
schools. She was graduate of Cum
berland High School. Butler College
and Chicago University. She was a
member Of Downey Avenue Chris
tian Church and was an active club
worker.
Surviving: A husband; two sons,
Herschell and Paul; sister, Mrs.
Mary Harris, and brother, Edward
Senour, all of Marion County. and
two sisters, Elizabeth and Laura Sc
nour, Los Angeles, Cah
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-04

Japanese immigrants from Ameri-
cas- shores
Broadly Japan's new policy is to
create new allignments independent
of the Western world, make herself
as paramount in the Far East as
the United States is in the Americas
and defend that position, if
necessary, by any and all means.
Hence she is building a new navy.
paying particular attention to light
cruisers of 1O,0OOatons and aircraft;
reorganizing her army while again
stresslng the air branch; develop
ing her bases in Korea and Man
churia and generally making her
position in the Western Pacific
water-right.
Accompanying her military ac-
tIvities, Japan is working diplo-
matically for an understanding with
Russia and has completely reversed
her former bullying attitude to-
wards China.
Undisputed Mistress
other things to get colonization
rights in Siberia-which can grow
more of the vital rice than is now
grown in all Japan-plus oil and
other concessions in Northern
Sakahalln, the southern half of
which stand Japan already owns
By posing now as China's only
true friend and protector against
designing and superior powers like
America and Britain, Japan hopes
to win by peaceful penetration"
what she lost when her Twenty -one
Demands" fell through.
In short by making friends with
Russia and China and consolidating
her position militarily in the Far
East. Japan hopes to make herself
the undisputed mistress Of the
Orient while she reaches out for
what she wants in that part of the
world.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-04

were cries of "Czar,H "Tyrant." I'M
mediately the Republicans pressed
forward to the support Of the speak
err The least thing in the world
if, for4example, some one had by &C.
cident been thrust against another
might have precipated a conflict Of
serious consequences.
AS for Reed, he never stirred from
his place, but stood unmoved and
with a look held them, until one by
one they dropped back into their
places.
Named to Committee
Reed appointed me member of
the Ways and Means Committee.
Among it's members were an unusu-
ally talented group of men. On the
Republican side were Mckinley. the
chairman, who afterward became
president; McKenna, later member
of the Supreme Court; Burrows Of
Dangley of Maine, and Payne of New
York, both of whom afterward be-
came leaders of the House; Bayne of
Pennsylvania; Gear of Iowa, after
ward United States Senator.
On the Democratic side were Car.
Isle of Kentucky, afterward Senator
and Secretary of the Treasury; Flow
er of New York, who served as gov
ernor OF his State; Roger @. Mills of
Texas, author of the Mills bill and
afterward United States Senator;
Breckenridge of Arkansas, afterward
minister to Russia, and Mcmillan of
Tennessee, afterward Governor of
his State.
He was younger than any Of the
other members of the Ways and
Means Committee. l think my ap-
pointment came largely as the re-
suit of a speech made on the tariff
in the preceding session. 1t was dur
ing the discussion ofNthe Mills bill.
I had taken no part in the debate.
although l had been trying hard to
prepare myself on the tariff, study
ing all the great debates on the sub
ject, going back to Clay and Hamil-
ton.
Ordinarily, Roger Q. Mills, as the
father of the measure, should have
closed the debate, but for some rea-
son the task fell to Carlisle, the
Speaker. Reed closed for the Re
publicahs
Both So sches were very able eff
forts and made a profound impress
sion. but both had been prepared be-
forehand and each without reference
to the other.
Copyright. 1924. NEA Service, Incl
Continued i'm Our Next Issuel
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PLANS FOR j. S.
, DEFENSE TEST
ARE DEFENDED
War Department Issues
Statenent-LiStS Bodies
Backing Move,
By United Press


WASHINGTON. Aug. with
General Pershing leading the de-
tense, the War Department today
began to hit back at opponents of
the defense test" on Sept. II.
The first step today was publica-
ton by War Department OF a letter
written Secretary Weeks by Mrs.
Anthony Wayne, President General
of the D. A. R., assuring the depart
ment of the cooperation of twenty
six patriotic and veteran societies in
the holding Of the defense test.
General Pershing. Just returned
from Europe, is incensed over the
agitation against the defense test.
Since the world war, it has been
General Pershing's life ambition to
train the citizenry Of the nation
against the possibility of another
war.
But Pershing IN one way believes
that, the opposition to the test may
= prove a good thing. He believes
4there is a misunderstanding in the
minds Of the people as to just what
the test means and seeks to accom-
plish. He plans to issue a formal
statement explaining the test. when
the atmosphere is less charged with
politics. He does not want to get
into a political controversy.
Military organizations have
pledged their cooperation in the de
tense test. letters made public by
the War Department said.
Organizations listed were:
Daughters Of american Revolution,
Sons of American Revolution,
Daughters of 1912, United Confed-
crate Veterans, United Daughters of
Confederacy, United Spanish War
Veterans, Naval and Military Order
of the Spanish-American war, Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars, American
Legion. Disabled American Veterans
of the World War, Military Order
of the World War, Women's Auxn-
tary to the American Legion, Ma
tiona1 Guard Association, Reserve
Officers Association, Association of
the Army of the United States. Mil
itary Training Camps Association,
National League Of Women's Serv-
ice. Women's Constitution League,
League of American Penwemen,
Sentinels of the Republic, National
Security League, National Associa-