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7 Samuel, V.S: What shall ace do
tCith the ark Of the God Of IsrGet'"
Y DEALS to be effective must be-
come dominant and regnant in
our common life. Some one says
4 that our ideals must be clothed
in flesh and blood in order to
have any practical value. All of US,
however carelessly or indifferently we
may live, hold to some principles or
ideals that govern and affect our
habit of life. II this were not so
our present state of civilized society
would speedily degenerate and we
would revert to barbarism.
Frequently our ideals are expressed
through some form or symbol. That
of the nation is a flag that embodies
and expresses the nations ideals. We
defend such symbol with our lives
and we very properly pay to it respect
and devotion. All nations, civilized
and uncivilized, have had some sym
Dol that embodied their hopes and
aspirations. The Alaskan Indian sets
up his totem pole, just as the people
of old had their lares and penates,
their household gods.
X X X x
Darwin finds in the most remote
parts of the world that even the un-
tutored savage had that which ex-
pressed his religious devotions. The
relation that these symbols have
borne to national and individual life
are Conspicuously evident in the his
tory of races and peoples. In the
ancient story OF the children of
Israel, the symbol of their national
faith was movable altar known as
the ark, and in all their migrations
and pilgrimages they carried 1t and
guarded il with their lives
The incident of which the above
text forms a part relates to the ex-
periences of an alien people in whose
custody for the time the ark had
found a resting place. To them its
significance was unknown, and the
circumstances attending its tempo
rary residence in the house of their
pagan gods had proved disastrous
and tragic. The result was that they
gathered together the heads of the
nation and discussed the serious
question, What shall ge do with the
ark of the God of Israeli" Its very
presence seemed to be a menace to
their wellbeing and security. Their
conclusions were that the sacred
symbol should be returned to the peo-
pie from whom il had been CAPTURED
On foreign soil, where it's significance
was unknown, the sacred altar meant
little or nothing. 1t was as IL the
nag OF another nation had been cap
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esting to see II another African un-
derstanding will have anything like
as important consequences in the face
OF the doubt and danger now threat
ening all three, the danger which
comes from Mecca and from Moscow
Agreement Is Hinted.
The voyage of Austen Chamberlain
to Rome, his conferences with Herriot
in Paris and with Mussolinf in ths
Eternal City have already given rise
to many reports that all three coun-
tries are in agreement as to Mediter-
ranean and native policies, while 1t is
just as certain that there must pres
emily be some common policy as to
Soviet Russia, since the Reds have set
out to exploit the native difficulties
OF all three countries.
Ever since the World War France.
Britain and Italy, after having been
closely united by the common danger
of German victory have been driven
apart by conflicting interests in Asia,
Africa and Europe, while the old
German basis of unity has disap-
peared. But new dangers, Russian
and native, are obviously beginning
to supply the foundations for new as.
socfatioE. For several years Italian
policy has tended to exploit differ
ences between France and Britain and
generally to oppose France.
But new entente between Franco
and Britain would leave Italy with
little choice but to Join the associa- =
tion and common Mediterranean dan;
gers would supply a new incentive.
One consequence of the World War
was the weakening of European rule
outside of Europe, but only a rever-
sal of this tendency can save these
Z
Egyptian affair has given the sig,
nal for a combination of powers In a
common policy For the immediate
future it is hard TO exaggerate the
Importance of such an association.
Copyright, 1921
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Value of World Flight
And Things 1t Showed

What good was the world flight?
This question has been asked by
millions. Like many another thing,
there is altogether more good in it
than is apparent to the casual eye,
according to "Automotive Industries"
The world cruise has been test OF
the reliability and endurance of the
modern airplane, concludes Prof.
Alexander Klemin of the department
of aeronautics, New York University.
The world flight showed that the
fire hazard has already been largely
eliminated. 1t has proved the relia-
bility OF the general fuselage design.
1t has indicated many possibilities for
future development in the power
plant. Except that for the long flights
the fuel tanks were increased in
capacity, the planes were stock
models. This fact increase confidence
in the ability of the airplane to be-
come a practical, everyday method of
travel. One hears objections to the
large outlay for spare parts and mo-
tors. Distributed along the route
were engines for six changes of mo-
tors and spare parts for 10 Liberty
motors and for 8 planes. Along the
water routes there were IA sets Of
pontoons, and on the d-flight routes
there were AZ landing gears. Does
is dependent on repair and supply?
Yes. The fact that these were need
ed only emphasizes that in the future,
for long distance flight, there must
be complete ground organization,
with fields, spares and mechanics,
weather and radio service, naval and
costal stations. 1t was proved, in
the opinion of Prof. Klemin. that pom
toons for seaplanes should be of
metal, to minimize the soakage which,
at Chittagong, India, prevented the
planes from taking off
1t is also evident that the doped
linen or cotton covering for wings
must yield to metal, probably dura-
lumin. The flyers took copious notes
and were not just flying for
fun. There will be much invalua BILE
data. Perhaps least valuable in its
immediate implications, but most
valuable in a deeper sense, is the
effect of the world flight on the morale
of the air service-the response to the
spirit of enterprise and adventure
that has brought the white races to
the world supremacy that is theirs.
In the days of Magellan there were
doubtless people who said, yes. but
what goods it?,
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buying may depend in large measure whether
what is left Of last years crop Is to be
sold abroad or carried over into this years
crop pool.
Mny Expand United States Acreage.
1t is too early yet to estimate the acreage
American farmers will have in wheat this
year. There was large expansion in the
Winter wheat belt, but with the lure Of 81
wheat dangling before their eyes, no one can
foreten how large acreage the Spring
wheat growers will plant 1t is true the
weather intrefered with Fall plowing in the
Spring wheat States and had wheat remained
down around a dollar bushel there likely
would have been reduction in Spring wheat
acres. But 81 wheat is entirely different
story. Unless the wheat growers OF Mime
sofa and the Dakotas we'll advised. they
will bring in hugo marginal and low yield
acreage. and then IL slump comes, there
will be a repetition of the disasters of recent
years
1t Is only a year ago that every effort
being made to put the Government into the
business of maintaining the price of wheat
through an export commission TO be financed
from the United States Treasury. The demand
then was that wheat should be maintained at
avergs of pre-war prices, somewhere
around $40 bushel Proponents of the
measure professed privately to believe this
would be a maximum as well as minimum
price, though they were not willing to have
any maximum price provision written into the
law. Were the machinery they sought in
operation today, functonng to stabilize
wheat at s1.3o a bushe its popularity would
be nothing to brag about.
Need OF Orderly Marketing.
While the present situation may be served
to still agitation for Government price fixing,
1t has not lessened the desrability of orderly
marketing of the wheat crop. In fact con-
siderable part OF the profits now being reaped
by spectators would have gone to the grow
ers of the wheat had they been organized CO.
operative1y to have marketed last years crop.
The world wheat situation, at last harvest
time. gave every indication of warranting a
higher price for wheat but the average farm
er, after the lean years, too hard pressed
to hold for rise Effectively organized and
properly managed cooperation would have
gotten the grower q better price for his
wheat, and 1t is probable the consumer would
not be threatened with higher bread
prices to the enrichment of the specuator
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in the Reichstag, as he is in jeopardy
of joint attack by the gentlemen of
the Right and the Communists lin
combination a majority, so precari-
Gus indeed that it seems likely that
he will have to throw up the sponge
again.
The drift to the Right in the Diet
is scarcely less important than the
similar drift in the Reichstag, since
so per cent of the population Of
Germany Is in Greater Prussia
x x X x
Observation-Disclosures Russian com
missar OF education, told the Teach
ers' Congress at Moscow the other
day that less than so per cent Of the
children of school age in Soviet Rus
sia and the republics affiliated there
to attend school; in some areas less
than 90 per cent
He observed significantly that,
though great numbers of school books
OF the right communist complexion
were being printed, most of them
we're not used because of objection to
them not only from peasants, but
also from teachers.
It Is reported that the Russian gov
ernment has ordered 100 military air
planes from Fokker, to be built in
Holland.
In a previous summary I cited a
report to the effect that the French
government had turned over to the
Russian Soviet government the
White" Russian feet, which, after
Baron Wrangle's defeat in the Cri-
mea, took refuge in the harbor of
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Campaign Is On to Eliminate
Insanitary Soda Fountains

For the protection of the patrons
of soda fountains and ice cream
parlors against possible disease con-
tagion the health authorities of most
of the States and several hundred
municipalities are planning to carry
into effect this year more stringent
regulation of these dispensaries.
According to the General Health Bu-
reau, the methods for the safeguard
ing of public health take these forms:
The passage of more drastic laws
or ordinances so that the peril may
be reduced to a minimum.
More frequent and rigorous inspec-
tion of drug stores and fountains to-
compel obedience to the existing
statutes or local regulations.
Wider instruction of the public on
the danger that menaces them
through the use Of Improperly washed
glasses.
The most recent figures OF the
United States Census Bureau show
that the manufacture of soft drinks
reached a total Of s226.18s.562 in a
year, while that of ice cream and
water ices amounted to $258,666,575.
For this year the total will be more
than half O billion donara and OF
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successfully and economically work
ed. In this connection Maj. Ahern
pointed out that the Philippines are
today exporting woods which, at the
time forestry was introduced into the
islands, were not considered fit to
use. Along with the botanical study
to be made into the hundreds of va
rfeties of trees in tropical America.
laboratory tests and experiments will
be conducted to show the strength,
durability and other qualities of the
various woods.
U. s. Must Import After Is45.
Many small manufacturers in the
United States dependent on hardwood
of one kind or another have been
compelled TO go out of business be-
cause Of the growing scarcity of the
supplies upon which they had de-
pended. Already the world is being
Combed for certain varieties of hard
wood and only companies with strong
financial backing or resources can af-
ford to pay the price. The hardwood
cut in the United States, it is esti-
mated, will last from 25 to 35 years
longer, after which supplies will have
to be imported, at least until suffi-
Client quantities can be grown here.
AS a result of the survey which is
to be undertaken by the forestry di-
vision of the Tropical Plant Research
Foundation, it is believed that tropi-
cal America will be in position to
supply the demands of the United
States by the time the necessity for
hardwood Importation into this coun-
try arises. A thorough study must be
made to show what woods can be
exported profitably by the various
Latin American countries. This is a
longtime proposition and it is be-
lieved it may require as much as 20
years, by which time the United States,
it Is asserted, will need all the hard
woods it can get for its manufactur-
ing and other industries. AS a flrst
step in the survey the Latin American
governments are being called on to
furnish the foundation with informa-
tion already available as to the char
acter and extent of their forest re-
sources.
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tured and had proved to be, not a
symbol of victory, but of defeat.
y x X X
Little by little through the CEN
turtles, Jthe Christian faith, which be-
gan in an obscure and remote part
of the world, has steadily progressed,
until today millions recognize in the
Christian church and it's sacred offices
that which symbolizes and expresses
their deep religious convictions. The
altar of God, however at times its
meaning may be misunderstood and
misapplied, occupies a central place
In the affections and devotions of
millions of men and women the world
over. Now and again II is conceiv-
able that that which symboliZes or
expresses our religious convictions
may prove an embarrassment to US.
Where we are unreceptive and un-
responsive to its appeal, where we
lose our sense of deep devotion and
recognition Of its significance, the
ark of our Christian faith, instead of
proving a source of inspiration, may
but serve to emphasize the wide
difference between our faith and prac-
tice. After all, il is only a we pay
homage and unfailing devotion to
that which symbolizes either our ma
tional or our Christian ideals that
the symbol itself has for US any deep
or far-reaching significance. Where
the symbol fails is in an atmosphere
that is alien and foreign to that
which it represents. We OF America
boast with pride that ours Is
Christian country, that it was found
ed upon Christian ideals and that its
very security Is guaranteed by the
recognition of those ideals. The
Christian church itself has again and
again been the pioneer and advance
agent in pressing forward the from
tiers of our continent. AS a matter
of fact, the conquest of the continent
is intimately associated with the hero
ism and devotion of the Christian
missionaries.
X y x
There are those among US today
who, like the people of old, are seek
ing, what shall we do with the ark
of the God of Israeli To them it
means little or nothing. 1t is the
symbol of an effete religion. 1t rep
resents a system of life wholly at
variance with every selfish habit and
principle.
There is new demand upon US for
the recognition of sacred things and
sacred institutions. Without this the
dearest and sweetest things of life
are imperilled. The question again
is heard in the land, What shall we
do with the ark of the God of Israeli"
Copyright 1921
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Front-Seat Spooningg
BY IDA VI. TARBELL.

But 1t Is another matter when a car
is substituted for q horse and a wheel
for pair OF reins. Both hands free
on the wheel is the only rule of safety
In automobile driving-even then one
is unsafe enough.
Now, this means reform in front
seat spooning. 1t is all well enough
to talk about reform in the ways of
lovers, but talking never yet changed
them.
"A time and a place for all things"
you say True. But how convince
them? Or, If they are convinced, how
make them remember when they are
side by side? Love laughs at etiquette
and propriety as loudly as at lock /
smiths. All the talking you can do
will not prevent one accident due to
their absorption in each other. They
are freed from such restrictions.
Laugh at them. you say; ridicule
them. What do they care? They are
in love. That is beautiful to them,
however 1t looks to you.
But there are lovers who do not
make such silly spectacles of them
selves, you claim, endangering them
selves and you. All Of which is true,
but as a rule few of these lovers be-
long to that world which causes the
accidents. They belong to one where
there are gardens and retreats and
oozy hooks in which to meet and do
their billing and cooling. Or IL they
take to the automobile, chauffeur
drives them and a limousine shelters
them.
A Cause for Arrest.
1t is from a working world, off on
holiday reckless, unframed world
making the most of its limited chance
for courting, that most of the trou-
bles come.
see nobody able to handle the
matter but the policeman. Front
seat spooning" ought to be sufficient
reason for immediate arrest and fin-
ing. No policeman who Is half the
man most Of them are will willingly
arrest young pair because the girls
head is on the boys shoulder-nobody
but a curmudgeon would do that But
this is a question between the right
to make love and the right to pre-
serve your life. I take it nobody but
the curmudgeon disputes either.
When the two conflict, as in the case
of "front-seat spooning," which is the
sympathetic policeman to respect?
For the sake of the lovers them
selves he should arrest them. The
courts should fine them, and the po-
liceman should have the assistance
of the driving public. You cannot
talk or laugh these young people into
safe habits, but you can fine them
until they will cry Enough"
For their own safety 1t should be
done.
=, ffIouvri1h< 1oa6 L.,
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this output the greater part will be
served over counters.
On the statute books Of 4s of tha
States are laws against the common
drinking cup that strive to guard
the public in this consumption. These
laws are supplemented in many cities
by local ordinances that impose an
added measure of safety. All of.
these laws or municipal regulations
are applicable to soda fountains and
ice cream parlors, but because of ths
great number of these dfspensaries
it has been impossible to compel full
obedience to the measures.
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" HE best thing that can happen
to town is a mean lot of
bankers: that is, bankers who
l. Will guard their depositors
against the raids OF the boom
ers. No fairly intelligent, honest, con-
servative man should fail in the
banking business. People deposit
their money with him, and he has
only to loan it to fairly honest men,
and collect interest for himself.
Every bank that fails means a head
man who is dishonest, or too much
given to listening to booming stories.
THE most important of the tall
ents," said Thackeray, els success"
Tho degree of a mans success is
the final and only correct way to
estimate him. What you say about
yourself. what your friends say,
doesn't count; listen to what the in
different and unfriendly say after
they have looked you over.
If a man will stick to the simple
sity every day of his life, he will get
along; if he neglects 1t, he Will be
singed and crippled.
A love affair Is subject for dis
romance, as plays and magazine
stories pretend.
That new order, the new day. you
have heard so much about-well, the
world Is still afraid OF it.
Watch the man who thinks he is
smarter than he really isl have
received some tolerably big compli-
ments in my time, but they only
myself.
T have one grandchild, pretty
girl of 5, who attends kinderga rten.
Her parents and her grandparents
on the other side, devote their lives
to spelling her. In our town there
Is Rotary Club and recently it gave
dinner dance, and my son danced
with an elderly woman who was
somewhat sour because she was q
kindergarten teacher, instead of head
of a university. My son knew she
was his daughters teacher. And as
they whirled in the dance, he said,
expecting a compliment: How do
you like my little daughter" The
teacher replied, DO you really want
me to tell what 1 think Of her?'
Certainly" my son replied. still ex-
pectfng a compliment. We'll" said
the teacher, she is the worst behaved
child in town" My son tells the
story; 1t must be true.
A woman in Iowa noted that her
husband always locked the doors be-
| fore going to bed, and. as she op-
posed everything he did she regu-
| saying her husbands action was an
| insult to the neighbors. Finally the
| house was robbed, and this made
| the husband so mad he obtained a
| divorce. And both got along better
without each other.
Y y x
Every man should be henpecked q
| little-and is.
| ! believe in charity only for those
who can't help themselves. Charity
| for a man who is able to help him
| self Injuries him and makes him more
\ idle and impudent- Gods first com
| mand to man is to not only take care
of himself, but to assist Others in his
| imm mediate environment who have in.
| herited weakness. The meanest thing
| he should render himself. A real mar
| should not be tax baby, but a tax.
payer. The meanest thing the Gov.
! ernment does is to levy unnecessary
taxes, for the reason that they near
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Mediterranean Problem
May Reunite Three Allies

Continued from First Page)
checked. the European danger has
practically speaking disappeared with
the return of order and a degree of
prosperity in all countries. But from
Tcheran to Fez and from Adrianople
to Delhi, there is another efferve-
scence which is unmistakable and
may give Moscow il not new
chance for victory. at least, clear
opportunity for revenge.
At Turning Point.
While it is true that at the mo-
ment France has radical govern
ment and Britain and Italy markedly
conservative, it remains true that no
French ministry could survive any
paltering with either the native or
the Red dangers in Africa, while the
completion of the ordering of
French North Africa by a Riffian
campaign can hardly be long avoided.
even by Herriot.
At the years end, then, we may
we'll be at an important turning
point in cotemporary European re-
lations and common dangers in Afri-
ca may restore Anglo French Italian
associations which the war created
and the rivalries of the postwar time
demolished, to the plain injury of all
concerned. The restoration of these
associations, whatever their ultimate
effect so far as Asia and Africa are
concerned, might easily help to hast
en- the further rapid amelioration of
European political and international
conditions.
1t was in agreements over Morocco
and Egypt that France and Britain
laid the foundations of their practical
alliance which stood the test of two
German challenges by peace and one
by war, while the Tripalitan arrange
ment with Italy materially contrib
uted to lessen the strength of the
bonds uniting Italy to her German
and Austrian allies 1t will be inter-