Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-05-21

Toms Cabin up To the modern play
In which the heroine" IL street
drah. he had seen them al.
He leaves no successor in his field
of work. lie would not permit him
self 10 fall behind the Procession"
but he belonged to another age.
In Spain. strange sights are seen.
Bands of workmen going through the
cities cheering before blazing churches.
groups of tourists following them
Firenien make no effort 10 save any
church building sci on fire, coniening
themselves with playing streams OF
wafer on adjoining buildings to pre-
vent flames spreading
Spain has seized cash aud lands be-
longing to Alfonso. the former king.
and wants to gel hold of him ii pos
sihle To try him on charges of incit-
ing mob violence.
Wall Streets uncertaintyis ILLUSTRATE
ed in this story from that financial
canyon.
An energetic broker was urging his
client before the five cents profit In
three months" report came out. BUY
Steel. tell you | know what they
are doing. You can't help making
money" The client replied: Steel Is
good. but | don't like 1t Just now I
would rather sell 1t short" Instantly
the broker replied. "Oser nicht cine
schlecte Idee." meaning Not bad
idea either"
In spite Of the double negative. the
loser ncht" statement was sound.
Yale decides that Greek and Latin
are not necessary. Students are per-
mitted to substitute classes in civiiza-
ton courses for dead languages. Il
sound decision. Time devoted to Greek
and Latin grammar Is time wasted
One student In hundred thousand
knows Greek well enough 10 read with
appreciation the great Greek TRACE
dies.
In the whole United States there
are probably mol ten men that know
Greek thore' N. And they don't
really know IT how 1t was pro-
nounced or av, .ltualed.
Every student should know GER
tain number of Greek and Latin words
and their meaning. Some teacher OF
English should prepare list of
few hundred Greek and Latin words
which every boy that gets out OF col
lege should know-for instance. that
anthropos means man." that logos
means 1.-THE discourse" or 1.-THE word"
Everybody should be taught the part
that Greek and Latin play in our lam
guage. the deriyations Of phOnegraph,
telephone. mcrophone. etc.
All that is needed OF Greek or Latin
could be learned by an intelligent boy
in one week
While many discuss birth control pro
and con. Chicago wisely undertakes te
encourage births. sound babies and
safe mothers.
The total hospital cost Of a new
baby under the Chicago instalIment
plan ar the Presbyterian hospital will
be S4l.
Installment plan babies will be we'll
taken care of The total charge pf
So will include ten days in the hos
piIal 4 monthly prenatal" visits 10
the clinic.
Other cities might initiate that.
Captain Hawks continues. by deeds,
not words. as the laie Theodore Roose-
welt would say. 10 prove that he is
tile best flyer in The world. lie aniuz II
Europe by breaking the rt~nrd from
London to Rome, splitting 1t in two,
then breaking the record from Rome
to Paris. A few days ago he broke
all records between London and Rer
lin. and then broke the record from
Berlin to Hamburg.
The prince Of Wales says Americans
are the hest advertisers.
Captain Hawks is an excellent adyer-
tiser OF the fact that this country can
produce real flyers. And real flyers
will settle the next big war,
Youngstown steel mills have in
creased their pay rolls substanti: lly.
The federal reserve board repus,s u
sharp increase In department store
sales for April over March and Feb
ruary Sales in department stores in
dictate the prosperity Of the public.
Department store sales show a slin
for April of q per cent OYER Maich. In
spite Of tile fact, because Of the early
Easter. most Of the Easter buying
came in March.
Small straws are welcome when they
blow toward prosperity.
While Spain is torn. as Mexico was
recently, by religious strife and hatred,
the authorities OF Prussia have signed
a "concordat" or treaty with the for
mer state Lutheran church similar to
that signed in 1929 with the Catholic
church.