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out, either to Mr. Reader or other,
! that we were not describing where
men. as a class, carry their 'kerchiet,
| pocketbook, and SO on, but simply
where our friend Jones carries his.
Mr.. Reader has hit upon it exactly
Mr.. Jones is unconventional. He is
| unconventional in the little things of
life, such as carrying his handker-
chief, or the disposal of his hat at
the theater, or the way he washes his
face, or the number of shakes he
gives the furnace in the mornings.
In such matters, Jones is perfect
radical.
When it comes to carrying his peck
ct handkerchief, he is the most Dol
Shevistic of men.
Temp. Jones fiaunts his handkerchief
in the face of the male world, when
1t comes to carrying it in a pocket
traditional or otherwise.
II carry my handkerchief where
please" says he, examining 1t into the
right trousers pocket with perfect
aplomb, insouciance and all that sort
of thing
AS for his purse, T. Jones. esq,
never once thought of carrying it in
his left-hand back trousers pocket, al
though it hardly need be stated that
he does not tote" it in the pocket
given in our description. Jones asked
us to falsify this item. for perfectly
obvious reasons, and we were very
happy to comply.
That hip pocket with a button on it
is a total loss, in SO far as Templeton
Jones is concerned, and his private
opinion is that it is for most men.
After we showed him A. Reader
letter, Jones asked the first 10 men he
met what they carried in the buttoned
pocket, and of them replied;
Nothing"
AS these statistics were perfectly
satisfactory to Jones, bolstering him
in his own opinion, as all good sta
tistics ought to do. he made no further
research in the matter.
Several of his friends declared that
it was too much trouble to unbutton
the pocket, while the others said they
never knew it had button, and were
surprised when they discovered that it
did, so obserVant are men, as a class.
y X X \
Jones is one of the most radical men
in the world when it comes to the dis
posal of his hat at the theater.
Conservative, city-bred men, who
always do what they are told, invari-
ably place their lid" whether of the
ollh, iron, lett OF straw variety, OIi
the rack beneath the seat.
Jones holds his in his lap, not be
cause it is the best place for it, but
simply because he won't do as other
men do IN these little matters
Neither will he drape his OvercOat
on the back of the seat, and sit uncom
fortably upon it for three acts.
He holds his overcoat, too.
If you see a gentleman peering out
over coat and hat, in all probable
ity it will be Mr.. Templeton Jones,
Washingtonian, ultra radical
Jones is a perfect fool when it
comes to eating lunch. He actually
eats what pleases him, not what his
friends think he should eat
Did any one ever hear of anything
more radical?
He is extremely radical, too, in his
treatment of animals, having never
been known to kick a dog, sweep a
cat off the porch with broom, or
maltreat mice. He even feels sorry
for the little rodents when he catches
one in a trap. This is the sort of an
unconventional chap Jones is.
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represents the uninsured properties
destroyed by fire. or those for the
damage or loss of which claims are
not entered.
Not alone because of the increase,
but in the total itself. this fire loss
is staggering penalty paid by the
country's largest city for carelessness
and neglect of precautions. The mil
lions that were consumed by fire were
made up of relatively small items.
New York did not suffer from any
conflagration during 1925 or in 1925
From one point of view it might be
said that the percentage of loss to
total values is trifling. But had one
of the thousands of fires that worked
sout to nearly $28 900, 900 in property
loss in 1926 got beyond control the
destruction of hundreds of millions
would have resulted.
In one sense the fact that New
York lost only something under $685.
100000 is proof of the effectiveness of
the fireproof constructions and of the
efficiency of the fire fighting force.
Yet that loss is really needless. Had
everybody been careful with matches
and smoldering cigarette and cigar
stubs, had every furnace equipment
been in good order, had all electric
lines and fixtures been in proper con-
dition, the years losses would have
gone down instead of up. But that
was not the case. There was careless
ness and there was neglect. and as a
result the fires multiplied in number
and the losses increased
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WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

that eager public to which Chautau.
qua appeals. The late chief executive
of Wyoming is still on the sunny side
of so, although the mother of pair
or grown-up giants, who are twins,
and one of whom has just won a
Rhodes scholarship at Oxford. Mrs.
Ross maiden venture as a Chautau-
guam will carry her over a circuit of
New England towns.
y X i 4
Alanson 3. Houghton, American
Ambassador to Great Britain, who is
prolonging his sojourn in Wash
ington in order to discuss affairs
in China with John V. A. Mac
Murray, our Minister at Picking, is
spending kings ransom out of his
own pocket at the Court of st.
James. A friend of the Ambassador,
who says he was informed by Mr..
Houghton himself, AYERS that it cost
the New York State glass manu-
facturer the bagatelle of $225,000 to
keep up Uncle Sans front in Lon
don last year. That's almost 10
times the amount of an Ambassador S
salary. Now that the United States
has an embassy of it's own in the
British capital, Mr.. Houghton will
not shave to dig SO deep into his
plethoric pocket. Crewe House,
Mayfair, which he took over as a
tenant after Secretary Kellogg gave
it up during the latter's London am
bassadorship. probably accounted for
100000 of the Houghton expense ac-
count on the Thames in 1926.
= j: x x
The United States Civil Service
Commission has just celebrated it's
forty-fourth birthday anniversary.
having seen the light of day during
the Arthur administration in 1888.
The commission gave dinner party
in its own honor on January Is and
one of the stunts of the evening was
the roll call of oldest inhabitants.
The only one who responded as haV-
ing been present when the commits
sion came into existence was John
L. Doyle, who was brought down
from the New York City post office
10 serve as the commissions first
stenographer. He is now it's secre-
tary and the honored dean of the
establishment. The present commits
sioners-William G.. Deming (presi-
denD, George X. Wales and Jessie
DelI-happen. as an unusual circum-
stance, to have been appointed by
three different Presidents of the
United States, Wilson, Harding and
Coolidge. Wales is Vermont Re-
publican who got his job from a
Democratic President and Miss Dell
Is Georgia Democrat named by a
Republican President
X X X X
w. ID. Jameson. former Iowa
Democratic Congressman, now q
practlcing lawyer in Washington
publishes weekly news letter called
the Window Seat, which specializes
In inside stuff" His current issue
warns prohibitionists that there's
an alarm at the door" Jameson
claims that zone of the thinking men
in Congress declares that the Su-
preme Court would get rid OF ma
tional prohibition when it concluded
public sentiment was ready for it"
Which induces the Window Seat to
observe that this may be the end
of the eighteenth amendment and the
Volstead act"
Copyright. 1927
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An Open Switch.

A Southern Railway train, a fast
express. was derailed at Lindale, Ga,
the other day. An investigation
showed that a switch had been left
open and evidence was discovered
that the track had been SO set in a
deliberate attempt to wreck the train
for some unknown purpose. A sig
nal light above the switch was found
wrapped in newspapers in a sewer.
The switch lock. opened, lay on the
ground. The only casualty was the
probably fatal scalding of the engi-
neer of the express There was
nothing to show the purpose of the
miscreant who thus set the switch
for derailment.
once again is the need of an auto
matte train control device demon
strated. Had such a system been
installed on that line the opening of
the switch would have checked the
train at safe distance On prop
erly equipped line interference with
the track, switches or the signals for
any criminal purpose is rendered
futile by the hating of an approach
ing train.
one by one these mishaps occur
TO urge the prompt adoption on every
main rail line in this country of a
system of train control that is error
proof and crimeproof. Delay will
continue to cost heavily in lives. AL
ready an enormous toll has been
taken during the years of procrasti-
nation. 1t has been demonstrated
that efficient automatic train con-
troll devices are available for serv-
ice. The Interstate Commerce Com,
mission has ordered the adoption of
such means Of protection. Let no
more time be lost and no more lives
be sacrificed.
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.



Ben Franklin worked so hard and ia g
Men thought when he got through
There would be little left at last
For other men to do.
He solved the doubts of years gone by
He checked each impulse rash,
He went a-fishing in the sky
To catch the lightning's flash.
He never saw these lights that shine
Nor sought a place to park
While riding in f1ivver fine,
Dependent on his spark.
The best and greatest of mankind,
When they from earth have gone,
Foundations merely leave behind
That others build upon.
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made of its contents by a committee
representing both sides. More duello.
Just before the. hour set for the
change the outgoing governor signed
another batch of pardons, 143 in num-
Der. bringing her total of clemencies
up to nearly $500 during two years
OF, office. That number, it is reported,
is about equal to the total prison popu'
lation at the time she assumed Office.
Thus i'm two years Ma Ferguson has
virtually cleaned out the prisons of
the State. and but for new offenses
she would have left them clear for
her successor.
Texas has passed through strenu
Gus times of late. The first woman
governor, camoufiaging an ineligible
husband. has not been a success. The
new governor is fiery and young. He
has high political aspirations. He
takes office in circumstances to- prom
Use him either a great success or a
great failure. Mediocrity is not to be
expected
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Fire Losses Increase

An increase of nearly eight per cent
in the fire losses in New York City
during the year 1926 over 1925 is re.
ported by the board of fire under
writer's. The losses totaled $27, 1851 ,055
in the past year. as against SIS, 901 1862
the year previous, an advance of ST.
O49 ,693, or 1872 per cent. These fig.
ures are computations based upon the
claims which are presented for adjust.
ment, the figures for those claims
being, respectively. $1S,634.037 and
l$17,267.575. The difference between
the claims and the computed losses
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Montreal Fire Again Warns
World of Danger in Crowds

The panic in d Montreal theater in
which scores of persons, mostly chill
dren, had their lives crushed out by
mob frenzied at the cry of Fire
reminded the world again of the need
for extraordinary precaution against
disorder in crowded auditoriums.
MISREPRESENTATION is the first law
of nature observes the Ann Arbor
Times News, but education is needed
to prove that stampedes are contrary
to that law. At the beginning OF
every program in every place where
audiences congregate, it might be
we'll to call attention to the need OF
calmness in the event or possible
emergencies. Likewise in the schools,
cool headedness could be taught as a
more or less major subject. No
amount of investigation at Montreal
can remove the responsibility for dis
aster from the shoulders of those
frenzied individuals who started the
mad stampede. The origin of the fire
is insignificant in comparison with
the failure of human beings to hold
themselves in restraint. In connec-
ton with the campaign for better
movies we need one for the develop
ment of foolproof audiences.
1T is an OLD story WHICH lLle Mohl-
real disaster repeats" says the New
York Evening World-"a fool cry or
'Firer and then the flight of reason
from most heads and mad brute panic
and the trampling to death of nearly
fourScore people, largely children.
The San Antonio Express adds that
las the scene of q horror now vivid
in the popular mind, the name of Lau-
rier Palace Theater in Montreal is
added to a long roll, which includes
the Iroquois Theater, Chicago; Italian
Hall. Calumet (Michigan); the Tacu-
baya Theater, near the City of Mex
leo: the Cleveland and Babbs Switch
schoolhouses, DrumCulloghe Qrelandl
and many more which are synonyms
for a most terrible, heart-rending type
of disaster. These names are monu-
ments to that arch-enemy of the race
-fear-the same awful specter which
kept primitive man cringing in the
cave for SO many centuries, and
which even in this boasted age Of
civilization has not relaxed its grip.
And such names shout warming
which never has been needed ade-
quately."
X X X y
"The human race will doubtless
never reach a stage when it is not af-
fected by mass panics," according to
the Utica Observer Dispatch. which
advises that panic may be COPIED with
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The United States and Turkey.

The united states anu AuIhey'
Refusal of the Senate to ratlfY tht
treaty of Lausanne leaves the United
States i'm peculiar position in its re
lationship, or rather its lack of re
lationship, with Turkey. The moduS
vivendi. under which the most favored
nation clause of the treaty has beer
in effect pendinc ratification, expires
February 20. and after that date this
Government will have no formal rela
tons with the government at Angora
Thousands of American citizens and
immense American property rights III
Turkey will be without protection.
The natural thing to do under the
circumstances would be for this Gov
eminent to seek an extension of the
modus vivendi and to begin immedi
ately the negotiation of a new treaty.
But even if the Turkish government
were willing to continue the existing
arrangemert and to undertake new
negotiations it seems doubtful, in view
of the basis of opposition in the Sen.
ate. whether Turkey would be willing
to WELD enough to make a new treaty
acceptable to that body. Senator
King. who led the Senate opposition,
gives three major reasons for defeat
of the treaty The first is that it fail
ed to provide for fulfillment of the
Wilson award to Armenia; second, that
1t provided no guarantees of protec-
ton for Christians and other non
Moslems in Turkey. and, third, that it
made no provision for recognition by
Turkey of the American nationality
of former Turkish subjects. But Sen
ator King prefaced his explanation of
Senate opposition with the declaration
that 1.-THE United States is TO be con-
graduated on refusing TO take into
it's arms one of the cruelest despots
of modern times"
1t would seem, therefore, that in
stead of three there were four reasons
why the treaty was opposed, three of
them having to do with the merits
of the treaty and the fourth with the
merits of the Turkish government it.
self. Even if Turkey were willing to
yield the Objectionable points in the
treaty, which is exceedingly doubtful
in view of the fact that a successful
war had interviewed between the vii.
son award to Armenia and the nego-
tiations at Lausanne, the cruel des-
potism" still would stand in the way
of Senate approval. The Angora gov
eminent hardly could be expected to
make itself over to meet the Senate's
views, for whatever. of despotism there
is in its makeup is its very breath of
life. The absolute rule of Renal
Pasha is the foundation upon which
the Turkish government is built, and
it is not to be expected that he would
regard diplomatic relations with the
United States as a sufficient return
for loss OF power.
As the situation is today, it is the
United States. not Turkey, that stands
to lose. Other nations have conceded
to Turkey the things which the Sen
ate has refused to permit this Gov
eminent to cede, and the Angora gov.
=. eminent is steadily consolidating its
power and intrenching itself more
securely. Renal Pasha is in position
to sit back with an II should worry
attitude toward the Senate of the
United States.
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| only through adopting the highest
measures of safety and by that con-
slant effort that will increase self-con-
troll. The Harrisburg Patriot states
that $50 far as faulty theater exits and
construction are concerned, public au-
thority has remedy; as for the panic
impulse, that is Il long and laborious
process too little understood, too diff
cult to change to hope for much inn
provement"
"A crowd can be induced to approve
and act on an idea that would not be
entertained by any constituent mem
Der alone" remarks the Seattle Daily
Times. with the conclusion that from
any theater orderly escape may be re-
garded as always possible" The
Albany Evening News adds that
with so many exits from theaters in
these days, audiences can escape cas-
lily II necessary, but they cannot
escape II they give way to panic The
Columbus Ohio State Journal suggests
that 1T takes tragedy to make peO-
pie think more about such thincS-an
unfortunate fact, but a fact"
The awful tragedy will bring about
another wide safety examination,
which, evidently, is needed" says the
detroit News. which. noting THAI
news OF the disaster has Travelled aIt
over the world, producing thrill 4
horror everywhere" concludes that
must create an adequate inspect 4
not only of theaters, but of all pub \
buildings where crowds gather, to SD
that no condition exists that might
cause similar loss of life elsewhere"
x 4 X +
With a plea for tho measures to
avoid a condition i'm which large
number of children is grouped i'm an
auditorium, the Atlanta Constitution
declares that the heart of America
goes out to the stricken homes in
Montreal; that 'the tragedy is one
that strikes deep at the hearts oil men
and women, for child life is somehow
more sacred than the life of those
whose earthly years are largely be-
hind them"
"Theaters may be made fireproof.
but they must also be made proof
against the perils of human fears by
providing exits adequate to any
emergency" AYERS tIS Williamsport
Sun. mo stairway should be permit
ted in theater of large capacity I'M
less it Is wide enough to preclude the
possibility of hopeless jamming adds
the Kansas City Times. "The only
solace in the whole story is the
thought that out of it will come better
theater management and regulation
is the judgment of the South Bend
Tribune.
The Manitoba Free Press believes
that 1.-The use of balconies by children
shows the necessity of indicating very
clearly where the exits are; for chill
dren the signs should be such as they
would easily grasp even if they We're
unaccustomed to attending a theater.
The Syracuse Herald thinks sit might
be wise to legislate against seating
children in balconies or galleries in
any theater. to be on the safe sidA,'
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES Z. TRACEWELL.

One of the hardest jobs any man
! is called upon to perform is to rec
| oncile in his own character various
| conservative and radical leanings.
| He finds himself one day inclined
| to radical sentiments on some sub
! Ject. yet in the back of his head
realizes full we'll that all his train
! ing and education have been along
conservative lines.
His conservatism enables him to
see the absurdities which his more
radical and enthusiastic friends do
not see; the total result is that some
times he scarcely knows where he
stands, so confusing is his own per-
sonality
Happy is the man who, like Tenn
pleton Jones, has solved this personal
difficulty by being conservative in
the things that really count, radical
in the little affairs of life
Some may call this entire con-
servatism, yet Jones does not feel
it to be so. His method, if it may
be called such, allows him to possess
perhaps the best satisfactionS of the
rebel. yet hold fast to the tried and
true.
And he believes in the tried and
the true, in so far as he is given
to see the light. No amount of
loud invective against them can
swerve him, or induce him to waive
| one jot of their influence over him.
Yet he respects the radicals, all
| those who are so fond of calling
| themselves progressives. Without
them, Jones believes. there would
be little progress indeed. Jones
knows this because of the many
utterly absurd prejudices which he
holds in common with most men.
Often he catches himself frowning
upon others because they are doing
something which he was not allowed
to do as a youth, but which now, in
his older age, he can see there was no
real reason for forbidding.
It takes genuine mental effort not
to be offended in such cases, as every
one will realize who will take the
trouble to look into their own mental
life.
We were put in mind of this singu-
larity of our friend Jones character
as the result of letter received from
"A. Reader" a gentleman who mis-
understands both Jones and ourself,
in relation to the recent article setting
forth the various pockets in which
Mr.. Jones daily carries small personal
belongings.
Dear Sir" says Mr. Reader, Il
fear that both you and your friend
Jones are decidedly unobservant
males, else you would long since have
noted that the left trousers hip peck
ct is especially made for carrying a
pocketbook by having a button at the
top of it to prevent the purse from
slipping out when the wearer of the
trousers is seated.
How many men have you seen
carrying a handkerchief in a right
hand trousers pocket? l have noted
but one and that one was well known
for his objections to all things con-
ventional. The conventional--even
traditional-place for a handkerchief
is either the right-hand hip pocket,
the inside coat pocket, or the breast
pocket of the coat. Yours for closer
observation of the habits of men.
A READER"
1t ought to be unnecessary to point
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TraIlSnnrfafinn

"Who is your favorite candidate?"
'It's too early to decide" answered
Senator Sorghum. 1--WE should at
least get through with Santa Claus
and his sleigh before looking out for
benefits from political band wagon. f"
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Gratis are for the repeal of the pro-
hibition amendment, and the Repub-
licans for the repeal of the Volstead
law-by modification. This action of
the prohibitionists will throw the issue
between the Republicans and Demo
Gratis upon farm legislation and new
peace with world nations to open
markets for our manufacturers. Vic
tory will go the party for whom the
Western States vote" s..
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The Communicative Stars.

Our destinies the stars display,
So said the seers of long ago.
Wen throw the horoscopes away,
For soon they'll talk by radio.
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President Coolidge adheres to his
policy of talking no more than is
necessary. AS d result, his audience
through the world grows larger and
more readily convinced of the reli.
ability of his mature deliberations.
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Copyright. 1927
Coast Climate.

From the San Francisco Bulletin.
Oregon man kills a neighbor in a
row over an umbrella Seems a small
matter in sunny California, but an
umbrella means much these days in
Oregon
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Ages.

"Men lived to be very old in the
days described in the Bible
Eyes," replied Miss Cayenne. at
was evidently then much as it is now.
Men were inclined to be frank. but
you never read thing about the ages
Of the women"
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1t seems scarcely reasonable that a
dictator OF the movies, in addition to
supervising business affairs, should
be called upon to consider family
matters