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IGNORANT ESSAYS BY McEVOY Inauguration! When ordinary Individual! like you and well maybe not you but certainly me are given a Job our inauguration consists of the fol lowing When can you Me: Oh( any time Boas: Well hang up your hat and get busy When we hlte a 'president how must bo inaugurated very handsomely and all over the place There must be a parade He inuut take an oath that he will tell the truth the whole no that it let's oh that he will uphold the constitution Includ ing whatever amendments may be amended that he will not give a job to anybody belonging to the other 'party that lie will wear a tail hat on state occasions and will do his best to got some work done by congress When you and 1 are inaugurated ife feet a chance to parade Into the job How Inspiring It would be if we could You are hired say for an important position In the Consolldated KIppered Herring cor poration You are In short intrust ed with tho responsibility of seeing that all the herrings are properly kippered It 4s decided that'you will be formally Inaugurated The pa rade forms at your residence and the Una of march extends through the principal streets to tho place where you take office It will look something like this: i MOUNTED POLICEMEN THE PRESIDENT THE CONSOLIDATED KIPPERED HERRING CORPORATION WALKING DIRECTORS DIRECTORS DIRECTORS A HERRING BEING KIPPERED YOU YOUR WIE YOUR SONS YOUR DAUGHTERS ATHER IN LAW MOTHER IN LAW OTHER lN IlWS HLRR1NGS HERRINGS HERRINGS GROCER WITH UNPAID BILLS BUTCHER WITH UNPAID BILLS LANDLORD WITH A NEW LEASE MOTORCYCLE POLICE MOTORCYCLE POLICE MOTORCYCLE POLICE STREET CLEANERS fiMALL BOYS DOG (Copyright airt waa missing tor 17 days On bepuinber it arrived at Yartzevo at last But here it turned out that on account of a mis take at Glavtop the wrong sort of oil had been shipped By the time this mistake was recti tied and by the time the right kind of oil was received and loaded the 28th of September had arrived (I remind the reader that the oil was needed for July August and September) The oil reached the mills on Octo ber 13 That Is to say part of the oil Another part of it engine oil arrived at the end of October faet is that in order to ob tain lubricating oil efforts had to bo started In June and the oil was received at In a greatly re duced at the end of Oc tober Meantime the mills were shut down A loss of halt a mil lion aishin of textiles for the re public The army naked now let me give yeti an il lustration of the speed with which this work Is ocnc November 27 the answer rcmo from the Glavtop granting permission to exchange the wrongil (Already exchanged a month ago) the state Of affairs both tho administration of the mills as won a5 the group administration have gien up all other work and keep running bark and forth over the corridors of the Glavtop trying to push through their It Is of little wonder that un der such conditions revolts against the bolshevik! are continuously taking place In Russia Especial ly significant Is the antl bolshevist movement In the cities and villages of southern Russia where an antl holrhevlst army composed mostly of asarts Is operating at present The revolts against the Bolshevist power are being sup pressed with the utmost cruelty ollowing Is the text of a procla mation issued by th Bolshevist "ex traordinary commission" In south ern Russia Hsings of the White Guard and Gicen Partisan bands will be suppre sed with Implacable sever ity In ease the present demand will not be fulfilled tho guilty par ties will be subjected to the most ruthless vengeance to Stanitsas and villages which will conceal the whites and the greens win be destroyed the adult population shot and propertv eon Aerated All persons who have offered Assistance to these bands will bo immediately shot "3 The majority of the greens who are now in the mountains have their relatives In the villages have all been registered and In ise of an attack by these bands ail adult relatives of those who arc fltrhtfn'r against us will he shot while their minor relatives will bo deported to central Russia Tn the event of a mass ris ing ffany village stanltza or cltv we shall apply mass terror against 0 11 0 1 PRES I A A TMC TREATER Alter all David Warfield's prom ised appearance as Shylock In Merchant of Venice" Is not as much of a departure on the part of Mr Belasco who will make the intro duction as might bo suspected merely from a survey of his activi ties during the last two decades lit Is no stranger to the plays of the Immortal bard and the obliga tions devolving upon the one who setks to give them adequate pre sentation i Back In 1864 when Belasco xvos eleven years old Charles Kean in his larewell tour around the world visited Victoria British Columbia the home at that time of the Be lasco family sand young David di minutive for his age did the little Duke of York In "King Richard 111" So far as available records reveal this was his first appear ance In a Shukspearean play al though later in ban rancisco and on numerous brief but eventful ventures Into the surrounding country he figured not only as actor but as stage manager of many of the bear known of the classics It is no secret that for years Warfield has cherished an ambition to play Shy lock but Belasco wise ly perhaps always managed to dissuade him on the ground that it would be foolish to venture from the field In which he was so firmly established The late William Win ter In his delightfully Intimate and authoritative "The Life of Da vid Belasco" quotes tint wizard of the theater after this fashion the ircldcnt having a particular time liness in the light of the forthcom ing venture: "What will happen if I bring him (Warfield) out us Shylnck at once in New York or close to it? A lot of the paltry scribblers who know anything about The Mer will have their knives In him up to the hilt and the next mei nlngwhether good bud or Indifferent be the best actor on the stage the venture will he no good and when he goes back to The Music his standing wi'l have been hurt Nobody can give a great perform ance of Shylock the first time When we are ready take a modest little company out Into the hackwoods somewhere so far away triun New York that nobody knows there are such places and let Wiir fleld play Shylock for three ifionilrs or so Them when found him self and can show what he can really Ao if it's no good we ll drop It and iftas 1 expect) it turns out great bring him Into New York and give such a produetion as they haven't seen since Irving played the It will be interesting to observe whether Mr Belasco sticks to this announced determination or whether he will take the same chances as did Arthur Hopkins who just recently presented "Mac to New York with Lionel Barrymore and Julia Arthur In the leading roles and nut with a re ception not unlike that prophesied by Mr Belasco for his star under similar circumstances rom Los Angeles comes the an nouncement (utlicial) that William Hart the most famous two gun hero the movies ever knew Is tn retire permanently from the cinema held after the completion of the picture upon which he is now working He proposes denting his tune to writing for boys stories of the great west when it was peopled' by something more than wild women and moving picture outfits Although few of the pres ent generation ar aware of it Hart had a long and successful ca reer as a legitimate actor before 'he' went Into pictures Dotson the dancer who is the real hit of the bill at the Temple this week is another of the long list of burlesque performers Who have irone over to vaudeville and legitimate productions and won de served recognition It is not so long ago that Dotson billed as midnight used to dance his xvay into popular favor with one of the attractions visiting the Gayety Much of his success depends on his knowledge of what not to do a faculty that too few In that line possess Commenting on the fact that so many novels short stories and plays arc being put Into celluloid strips one chronicler of events In lhat realm after quoting a long list of those now undergoing trans formation sagely observes: "Some of them with new flapdoodle and catchpenny titles will not he easily rccocfilzable to their readers" James Montgomery author 'of "Irene" the phenomenally success ful musical comedy that is in our midst has on the stocks another ulav with tuneful trimmings which will bear the title of "lora" Horry Tierney who furnished the store for will probably again officiate In a similar ca Lina Abarbanell completing her present vaudeville tour will be featured in a new three act play the name and nature of which has not been made public ijffi eng Keep Doing When things go wrong as they aometlrneH will And tho road you're trudging seems ail up hill When the funds are low and the debts are high And you want to smile but you have to tigh hen care Is pressing you down a bit wo Rest If you must but you quit Life Is queer with Its twists and turns (' 1 As every one of us sometimes learns And many a failure turns about When he might have won had he stuck It out! give up though the pace seems slow You may succeed with another blow Often the goal Is nearer than It sei ms to a faint and faltering man Often the struggler has given up When he might have captured the tup And he learned too late when thenight slipped down How close he was to the golden crown Success Is failure turned Inside out The silver tint of tho clouds of doubt And you never can tell how close you are It may be near when it seents'afar So stick to the fight when hardest hit when things seem worst that you mustn't quit (Copyright 1921 by Edgar A Curst) AND RIDAY MARCH 4 1921 friendliness he a dreadfully advantage received the saw the er asked DAILY NOVELETTE that benHie throughout the war period and afterward was! of tho older and younger Theodore Roosevelt nalur sometimes almost intolerable His disregard for one to wonder how long it is going to continue and how far it is going to reach boil Yet we do not believe WEEK MONTH world and has small in the end its proper and ail a half than a of man Jun or was no'aftecta he has attended one of Washington Skunkton challeng neither quite: touched the bights which nils believed were within their reach CLIPPED CONTRIBUTED Daily IS 70 150 officer Ex re no 15 ONE MONTH THREE MONTHS SIX MONTHS ONE YEAR Dally A Sunday I 25 1 10 1250 Scarcely anything that la can remain has been The whole country awaits after eight years of incongruous dls said new one on The new administration Is going to be something different very much different Thot who have not made their income tax turns will do well to remember that there is common council to extend the time after March Daily 75 225 850 000 Like other dates mandates seem to grow most plentifully Ju warm countries It is not always the most spectacular inaugura tion that means the most to tho nation If you are looking for trouble just delay making your income tax return for another week when the real rush will begin things no Messiah )ias ever been able to accomplish oven through gospeL precept and divine command Mr Wilson forgot he was not master of the earth He failed to comprehend that he was only a servant in a Mt rategic position of great opportunity He de termined to have his own way ith the make it over and the world which patience with tyros pushed him aside as ip always pushes aside those who get in and natural pathway Perhaps a part of Mr Chesterton's Joviality arises out of an appreciation of the huge joke he is perpe trating on his at their expense If you didn't vote at the primary election Wed nesday do not make a fuss because your favorite was not nominated Publuhed every morning by The Detroit ree Press from its Home Office H7 135 Lafayette Boulevard Detroit Michigan Waahincton New York Chicago San rancisco Portland Oregon London England Pant rance Sunday SO 1 150 J00 600 OUT TOWN OICES 302 Metropolitan Bank PMg Verree A Conkbn Inc Brunswick Bldg Vcrree A Conkbn Inc Steger Bldg Bidwell Co 72 Market StVerree A Conklin Inc Seihrg RM Dorland Agency 16 Recent St 420 Rue St Honore We presume the sailor men in the navy will now be permitted to say "port" and once more THE MAN WHO GOES IN When he take? oath as president of the United States today Warren Harding will enter upon the performance of a task that might well appal! any man The problems that face him are piled motin tain hleh and are of every conceivable variety The 4 federal government machinery awaits rcorpanlza tion the defense policy of tin? nation must be made consistent and definite an economic program must be built up the tariff question must be settled tho tax laws must be thoroughly recast The future of the Philippine Islaifts must be decided our Mexican and Latin American policies imperatively require re definition We have important pressing matters to settle with Japan Our relations with Germany await adjustment What we are to do regarding theLeague of Nations is a question that will not wait for reply This list might bo prolonged almost in definitely just as it orientation jointed nightmare" And the great burden 'of tho work falls upotT the shoulders of Mr Harding Happily the country can look to the future with a large degree of confidence It knows it has chosen to be chief executive for the next quadrennium a man of common sense and tact a man who does not decide great matters as passion or prejudice or pre a conceived theory moves but who listens first to evi dence nd with earnest mind tries to get at facts and learn the merit of cases in dispute a man who is not afraid to Invoke the assistance of and who seeks the help and advice of statesmen and yet a man who in tho end makes his own decisions and dares to lollow bls own mind when ho has ar rived at a conclusion a man who respects others and the judgment of others and who at the same yitlnie expects others to respect him and his judg ment In the four months during which Mr Handing has been in the eyes of the public as president elect he has shown himself modest careful and tactful but self reliant and on occasion strong willed Quite possibly ho has made some minor errors in judg ment if ho had not lie would have been more than human Very probably he will make some mistakes after he gets Into the White House no president in the hlstorv of the nation has been aldo in avnx error but we' can feel a reassuring confidence that Mr Harding will serve the republic simply 'honest ly In singleness of heart as a straightforward sane' patriotic American that root ot the matter" will be found in him and that he will be essentially sound the mails The Germans threaten to go on a passive strike against the Ally indemnity conditions but perhaps they will think better of It when they have had time to cogitate regarding the consequences Not oaMNe lady who was 'burning up the on the boulevard was overtaken by a traffic officer and motioned to stop he indignantly asked do you want with "You were running 40 milea an hour" answered the officer orty miles an hour? Why uflH I been nut an saia too laay said the "That is change THE MAN WHO GOES OUT Apologists for Woodrow Wilson say that history will do him justice In asserting this they aduiit much A el they are entitled to whatever comfort they can get from their thought Undoubtedly his tory will render its verdict in due time but whether the finding will bo what Mr Wilson's champions anticipate is another matter or the present the man who leaves the White House today is in singu larly ci'Uipli te eclipse His personal prestige has vanished: his party is a wreck his policies ins works are repudiated or a year and his administration has been scarcely more shadow Only dust and ashes remain i Unfortunately this is not all Because of tors and blunders committed by this man who has been president: of the United States the world today is filksl with confusion and uncertainty and with wars and rumors of wars where there ought to be a condition of orderly emergence into calm stability Ht Mr Wilson took office under circumstances al most unprecedentedly favorable to success He had a vigorous intellect and a vigorous will He found unexampled subservience in congress The nation was eager to accept his leadership He met with the greatest possible opportunities to make an over shadowing name for himself in American history He voyaged to Europe and there he found the common people prepared to bow down to him as to a demi god and the diplomats afraid to oppose him The nations waited for him to show himself one of the gieat constructive statesmen of all time How is it then that he who soared sOj spectacularly whose presence seemed to fill the earth collapsed so sud denly and so utterly and shrunk almost to nothing ness within his cloak of greatness? Mr Wilson had an unappeasable appetite for des potic authority His attitude of overbearing super 1 ionty toward congress and particularly toward the I No Clew "Is that a mystery story you're "In a wrfy yes a mystery to me how the author ever got it putl lisbed'' New York Sun Drawing Line do you think of pi llion re form?" "It's fine" said RIH the Burg "Only they to put in so much refinement and education as to leave a feller at a disadvantage unless best Star "Aren slow?" hut an sometimes" li this morning I card lor re "So did I It gave me a really decent excuse for not Boston Transcript the restrictions imposed by the American constitu tion was a genuine danger In Europe the an tagonism of shrewd statesmen which he invited and hisv arrogant interference in the affairs of nations other than hl own aroused resentment and made lor him a myriad of enemies these things primarily caused his undoing So much of all this as might have been unavoidable America endured and the world would have been forced to endure if Mr Wilson had been sound in his policies and his program But he was not sound The fundamental trouble with Woodrow Wilsonwas thili While he knew a great many things he did not understand mankind in the mass He may have had a wealth of good intentions There may have been merit in many of his schemes His ideal ism was undoubtedly dazzling to the average person But in Mr mind the world was only a classroom over which he was schoolmaster and his directions regarding doctrine policy and conduct were to be accepted without question He did not seem to realize that the world is really very mature and sophisticated and consequently set in its way? In consequence Mr Wilson took no proper account ot the composition of human nature He did not try to adjust his idealized theories to actual conditions Jfe demanded that conditions fit themselves to his theories He undertook to do by Jaw ajd treaty Irritably CHAMP CLARK Champ Cloik's district In it is still Champ district though he is gathered to his lies north of the Missouri river and within sight of the state that gave Lincoln Morton Doug las and Logan to the northern cause but the dis trict itself is southern in everything but geography So was hamp Clark And with the southern savor there was in him also a touch of the pioneer lie had known what it was to live in the edge of the forest where neighbors were few End there was new land to break and throughout his long public ca reet the influence of his early environment remained ivith himThe friendly street corner salutation to Jim or Tom or Bill was perfectly natural aud it made no difference what manner Tom or Bill might be Democracy tion with Champ lark But if he was unaffected in his was also capable of letting loose his entirely unaf fected dislikes prejudices and aversions The resutl was that life was a battle for this essentially friend ly man and the enemy got him at last in his own district but it is likc ly that the Ninth ot Missouri wishes now that they liad given Champ one more term However it is fair to say that his career as an important national figure had come to an end He reached his zenith in 1312 when as a candidate for the presidency ho led the Baltimore convention by a clean majority on nine ballots He was then speak er of the house and missed ihe nomination tor the presidency only because the followers of William Bryan decided upon his advice to break a prece dent of long standing and refuse the nomination to tho candidate who had won a majority Tlie bitterness which beclouded the rest of Champ Clark's life because of that stab can be understood and his sujisequent loyalty to the party which then passed to the leadership of Woodrow Wilson is the more admirable because ot the reasons he might have alleged lor another course He was still speak er and in the years that followed his tact his ex tensive parliamentary knowledge and his great per sonal popularity were all at the service of the Pres ident in carrying out the program which marked the earlier part of the administration as a highly active period in the legislative history of the country or a Jong while before his death Champ Clark occupied his leisure in writing a biography of Henry Clay which be expected some day to publish There was something kindred between the two men Both were from border states and both touched the fringes ot the presidency without grasping it Both were speakers ot the house and both were orators more distinguished for natural eloquence than for elegance either in form or expression The gifts which win friendliness and affection belonged to both their PER PER PER YEAR (Paid in Advance) 'MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS PAYABLE POSTAGE PAID IN UNITED STATES AND CANADA Daily A Sunday 125 375 750 1400 I()C Jktroit jrce $yia Eatabliahtd May i 1U1 Curiosity Satisfied William I' Weber of the irst National bank says a woman came up to his window the other day with a cashier's check for 55O "What iienminatlon?" asked Mr Weber tn his pleasantest manner "Lutheran" replied the woman "What are you?" Portland Even ing Express sufficient Reason Briggs I've been teaching a girl how to play golf all the morning Griggs Why do you wuntto ruin your game Briggs know if you ine giri aun And II a chafing dish?" Casey 5f Callahan "Chafing dish Casey'" said Cal lahan a pan that's got into society" Home Journal DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN DETROIT MICHIGAN CITIES AND VILLAGES Sunday 1085 500 IN ADVANCE THE IS WRONG he Detroit filled railway did not carry to the Jmted states supreme court its suit to restrain con struction of Detroit municipal railway lines because it was actuated by any disinterested Impulse to make certain the city would go straight in a legal way and keep out of a tangle There was nothing altruistic in its action its motives "were not civic The company acted purely from selfish reasons and in an endeavor to obstruct and if possible perma nently thwart the Wilmot the people as expressed through 'the ballot because the will 'of tho people ran'eounter to its particular desires and Interests Under the circumstances there can be only one feel ing regarding the ruling ot the court It gives the street car company the rebuke the corporation de serves it is peculiarly unfortunate that in his disappoint ment the spokesman for the sees fit to re sort to what sotinds'consideraldy like a threatzto the municipality This can only tend to irritate a public whose patience has already been badly tried and it is in consequence likely to hinder any dis passionate consideration of the so called Service at Cost ordinance upon which the people are to pass Judgment at the April election and which in the lace of things seems to deserve careful considera tion Undoubtedly the street ear company has power to injure the industries of Detroit seriously If it under takes to carry out its implied threat and stops serv ice on but the voters of tho city are not in any temper to be intimidated by such a prospect rind the' will make a mistake if it proceeds according to any such plan By doing so it will in the end hurt itself far more than it can hurt De troit While Dr Jacoby is studying the brains of per sons brought into court he might devote some time to the study ol the brains which are responsible for system under which one man can be arrested nine ty times for insignificant offenses and still be turned loose alter every arrest to be arrested again When candidates for public office in Detroit are nominated and to all intents and purposes elected by a 12 per cent vote it is time to ask wherein lies the advantage of the primary over the caucus The primary costs are more than the caucus Ihe striking parallel between the political careers Ull delianlly get weighed right away" "Oil no wait till lunchtime" said Skunktcn Sjkes have nioro time then" And the two went back to wurl Sktuikton Sykes In the brickyard ot the Blue Bottle Manufacturing company and Jimmie Jamms down In the boiler room At lunchtime Skunkton Sykes wailed fur Jlnim outside tne er room And after lunch they hied hurriedly to the barber shop sen les Skiinkton Sykes got on first "A hundred anil fltty!" ho shouted victoriously as bo stepped oft This was ten more pounds than Jimmie knew ho himself weighed Suddenly he looked at skunkton unusually plot ruberant poikett' The end ot a brick stuck out of one and the outline of an he plainly saw beneath hl coat "Skunkton" said Jlynmle turn ing pal and holding his hand over his heart "I feel faint My heart quick Hurry back:" And he stag gered over Into Skunkton's arms IL Jimmie Jamms waited outside tho brickyard gate for Skunkton Sykes "Say Skunky" he 'said cinch that we had this morning I felt too had at lunchtime to get weighed get weighed "A hundred and sixty'" cried Jimmie Jamms joyfully "What did I tell you Skunkton? Hand wo over the five III That night before Jimmie Jamms could sit down to his modest din ner he extracted 15 pounds of lead pip from his back trousers' rocKiJs Weighty Mutter Jimml you don't look as if youre giltin' enough to cat" said Skunkton Syks JocularlyDon't the missus feed you enough or is her own "Aw what are yuh talkin' said Jimmie Jamms you'i trying to guy me I see the juke I got as much meat on me yes more than you have you bunch of hones" 'I'll Let you live dollars you have not 1'11 Let you fixe bucks 1 weigh moro you do!" declared ykvs his eyes narrowing Ingly I ll take you up Skunk'' said Jimmie I MEMBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Thr Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to dt or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein All rights ot republication of special dis patches herein are also reserved (July 25 1917) and History Up to Date BY MEI Et'WBII Cubist Cooking Girls studying domestic science ut the University of Kansas have announced to the world that they have solved the problem of the hi eost of eating and that the whole solution lies in the proper color scheme applied to 'the eats or instance say the girls: "Sirve a man a howl of oatmeal prunes Ordinary bread and coffee and the chances are he will not figure it is a very swell breakfast but If you deeorati the oatmeal with four nice fat prunes cook a few golden brown muffins and place them on a plate to one side and then add your coffee you have got him going" The palate and the nope aren't the whole show argue the the eyes arc the things Tickle the eyes and you tickle the man They claim that the reason the old stand by ham Is the American dish Is because there is plenty of color scheme in the arrangement Also they claim that a salad that wrecks the spectrum has more chance tu get across and oc eaten up than one that sticks around to a simple combination of green and faded yellow or hamburger steak they would decorate top with cran berry sauce parrlev and purple berries With liver and bacon they would flank the sides with red and green peppers and down the middle run a line of red ripe tomato sauce As a matter ot tact the girls are thinking of publishing a huge volume on "Cubism Coupled With Cooking" and irenionstrate that their way of applied culinary urt has every other system beaten seventy ways from Munday Ande believe there something In It We always know that we feel happier when wit slings around a few greens reds deep yj Hows rich browns and classy scarlets with the meals Of course wc never Juggled with the philosophy of it but when these Kansas girls bring up the lead we find we have been asleep at the switch That Is what we color In th meals (CobirlKhto 1MU 1 1921 BOLSHEVIST PAPERS DETAIL PRIVATIONS I Oicial Disclosure of Ruin Explains Rev I Is Against Rule of Lenine and rotzl( UY A 1 tt Director of the Russian Informa tion Bureau tn the United Bolrhevlst papers we have just received front Russia are full of material describing the pitiful con dition of Russia's transport Indus tries and agriculture the bol shevlst rule ollowing the in dictment of the bolshevlst regime a striking and unimpeachable indict ment since it comes direct from bulahcvlst mouths The official Bolshevist of December 28 1920 contains the text ot Trotsky's speech before the eighth Congress of Soriots In which he pointed out that at present "about 54000 versts (1 equals 066 mild) ot Russian railroads are destroyed so that only the Cen tral pari about 15000 versts re mains intact Three thousand bridges and 1600c telephones and telegraphs have also been destroy ed and we have about61 per cent ot sick bpeaking on the same subject the recently appointed commissary of means of communication Yem shanov said that 'out of a total of 38000 telephones along the railroad lines of Russia 32500 require major repairs Out ot IdOuO telegraphs Souu are In need ot major repairs The electric signal apparatus must be completely overhauled Tho up per part of the roadbeds Is In catastrophic condition The repair shops are mostly In ruins and their machinery has been denuded ot im portant parts" i Tho catastrophic condition of the transportation system increases the tortures of famine through which central Russia is passing at pres ent as the result of bolshevlst an archy combined with an unprece dented crop failure Not less than 2UOOOOOU peasants are starving this winter in the' Volga region and In other provinces of central Russia and the bolshevlst press describes the beginning of a ex termination of cattle for lack of fodder1 "Ecnnomlchcslcaia (Economic Life) says that is already beginning to reach us from tl(e central provinces about famine having set In among the people and about wholesale exter mination ot cattle for lack of fod der According to a report from the provinces of Kaluga Tula and Rlazan The peasants are taking their horses to the soviet agricul tural stations because of the fod der shortage to board them there But as they get no help there they abandon the horses to their fate At the local markets horses are sold fn Of 0 1 0000 rubles per head In stead of the 100000 150000 rubles thev fetched September Whole sale destruction of cattle especial ly calves is in The pa per concludes by saying that the foundation of our agriculture Its very thews and sinews is perish ing Labor power manure milk for the sustenance of th children of our peasantry everything is pcr ihing This Is only the beglnnhit of winter but every succeeding month conditions tvill grow worse and The conditions of the working men under the bolshevlst dictator ship and the system ot militarism of labor are not better than those nf the peasants A bolshevlst com missary Bopullavsky writing In the official bolshevlst "Pravda" Nov 6 says that "the workingmen are without footwear rubbers and even without as much as a needle Truly they are living much worse than they did before We are bound to admit that the1 soviet power has failed tn do for thm the most In dispensable things" The workings of the industries under the? holshevlst sreglmc are described as follows by Sosnov sky in the "Pravda" of December 1 1520: "The Yartzcv textile mills one nf the great textile works belonging to Gio 'shock group anil working for the red army was shut down recently for two months Several thousand workers became legal vacationists Involuntarily re ceiving for this vocation about 0 (lOflflOj rubles and underproducing because of this enforced idleness about eOOOOQ arshins 1 arsnin equals 077 yardi of cloth 'There was enough cotton fuel and hands What then was tht trouble? lt was this In order tc set machinery and looms In motion i has to he lubricated with lubri cating oil Lubricants are distrib uted by the main fuel supply de partment Yartzev mills started their efforts to obtain the o'l needed for July August and September al ready on June 18 But thev got to the depot only on August 14 Then came the problem ot shipment of the ml to the factory Here begins ft story "irst comes the transport sec tion of the Then the transport section of the supreme council of national ponomy after this ihe central transport commis sariat and it goes on nil on August In transit however it got lost Todays Talk By Three Hen Bill was a fellow" He Wore good sometimes too good He was handsome and knew it He was and he knew that too He was a schemer carrying his ability to extremes at times Bill liked tto brag about his achievements He was always get ting the information to his boss In some shajie or other that the busi ness would quite lkily dash on the rocks he tj be separated Irom It Bill felt Indispensable Bill knew not only the Ins of the but the outs as well The business wts important but Bill was just a litile more Im portant He never let a pay day go by George was different He was a plain shirker He was most al ways late But he quit on the dot whin the day was done If some one else could do what he should do lie usually saw that they did It He was Interested in but only passably in the business George like Hill And he didn't like George very well He always got the Idea that he was being mistreated and kept down Georm was all th tint holding secret conferences with the others In the office and telling them how unfair the boiui uAts and that ho would quit in a minute were It not George! George was always underpaid Sam was a plodder He was only moderately gifu But he was al ways at his desk and at work promptly in the morning and was not too particular about the time of day when it came to quitting You see Sam loved his work and was all the time trying to get Just a little more out ot his Job than was commissioned to him Sam thought that his boss was a lmttr judge ot the results of his work than he was hlmsilf He look'd ahead He tried to get the viewpoint of the head of the house Sam had a pleasant way about him He kept his own counsel He never complained or gossiped Sam worked He kept the job ahead of him In mind did all he could to aid others in th organization When he had something to he did it He was dependable But I won't tell where ffam works for loo many would want him tomorrow! (CoovrlchL jfiCL) 'L The Daily Quiz De You WHO painted the picture of "Th Horse why Is the thistle the emblem of Scotland? WHAT species of flsh has the long est life? WHEN wns the Lusitania sunk? WHERE did the word "sandwich" come from? Answers io Queries Buchanan was the only bachelor President Cleveland bring mar ried during his first term The President's home is called tho not only nn ac count of Rs color but In mem ory of the "White House" which was the home of Murtha Washington The oath which the President takes today is: Jo sMcmnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the Unitod States and will to the best of ahlltty pre serve protect and defend th Constitution of the United States" The senators elected last Novem ber commence their term of office at the special session be ginning al noon today Before ho was elected President Senator Harding's home was at Marlon (CooyflBht 1921) PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS BY ROBERT QUILLEN Still our tight money beats Eu rope's flat money T' Yon oil stock salesman lean and hungry look i Every day of quiet in Mexico tensities' the nervous tension i' America Tho Japs arc' proceeding their affairs with typical German efficiency' i Ml should be' patient jjo doubt Bergdoll will write a book about it I A A lot ot qulet tnen who seem guns only say when they go Into action '''M A close study ot the figures ptovt that If the packers' furnished steak tree it would still cost the consumer 18 cents a pound And so tho California mountain) are moving Well cheaper than paying rent Every time Undo Sam tries t0 maintain the open door In China he puts his foot In it And there may bo several reasons why they never quote the price sausage on the hoof Investigation of the Bergdoll Case will doubtless reveal the factthat he a poor man The general opinion seems to )( that America will be ready for a naval holiday In about three yearn The prophet Is without honor per haps hut it is well to remember that honor without profit Jails were Invented soon after the first man decided that he would like to get something for nothing The kaiser once said: future Li on the water" Re raly now move to amend by adding the word wjigon The swarm of office seekers will enable Mr Harding to understand how the doughboy felt about cooties Paper is very high In Austria but the government Is doing Rs best to cheapen it converting it Into money The two classes of men hated by the bltter cnd radicals are those who have money and who have brains It must be a great pleasure to the Russian proletarian to be able to dictate the heel that shall rest on lus neck The retailer says he can't replace tho goods al the price he is offering them Why doesn't the wholesaler buy up these stocks? Poverty is inheritance says a writer Sure: might as well li her unite with Germany in the holy bonds of patrimony gConvrlght 19211 these localities for every soviet i epresentatlve that will be killed hundreds of inhabitants of then villages and stanitzas will have to surfer" In spite of 'the bolshevlst terrot and the mass executions they prac lice tha anti bolshevist mov mest: in the Russian cities and among tte peaenntry is growing all the tina The bolshevikl arc suppressing th movement of the Russian people against them with cruelty unknom iq under the regime but thia bloody policy will not san tho bolshevikl Just as It did not save the old regime from the jolt wrath of the people The houroli decisive battle between the Rusalai people and their bolshevlst oppreie ors Is near and there is no doubt that the people will win Thin will open Ihe way for Russia's regen eration Some Presidential acts Worth Thinking About When President Wilson retire from office at noon to day he will be tiie first since General Grant to have served eight consecutive years Mr Wil bohMs the second do have served out two consecutive terms since 1637 In fact since the founding of this republic only tlx have Illi that distinction only one other Grover Cleveland Ima tilled tin presidential chair for eight jean but as you know one trm inter vened between his two I 'r sideot Grant is the only Republican since the birth of that party more than 60 years ago to complete two tiriui us chief executive What a wealth of hope these facts must bring co the heart ot ITfsIdtnt Harding! or no citizen ever entered the White House with out an honest ambition sHI there the entire two terms of years that custom has alloit one man and th time Is ripe fur uimthor Republican to realize hii desire Another thing No preshli nt ha) ever left the Office after two rnw without being virtually repiidiat' by the people Even Washoiuton chosen unanimously retired almost broken hearted because of harsh criticism by his political enemies But wc of today revere his memory honor him as th ather of his Country and irai bls birthday as a legal boll" day We are right his eio mles 1797 were wrong A like fat h'" li'l Jefferson and anil Jack' rn and Lincoln and Grant You Otten hear' an sny: "Jr my name was only Jack or Dick or Joe er Harry or sonic other common name I could win That man never stopped to American political achievement Of the 21 elected president oho one third had common "nl' knamtj ive of these were "Jim" and lW other three Among others ar Quincy Andrew Mar tin Zacharlah ranklin Abraham Ulysses Rutherford Grover Ben jamin Theodore Woodrow Warren Of the four "acclthn11 presidents three are Millard An drew Chester Surely fate does nm always flirt with a so called tiler name Ot defeated In recent years might i'1111" Jim Blaine who lost out by thousand votes and Jim Cox fell more recently under an nval ftnehe of a few million There also Bill Bryan thrice defeated still running Now Ihfnk for a moment of in "family" names of the president Not a Smith or Jones or among them' Every one an name Go over The Hat ymira" and ace While you are just for a mi ntal test see If can name all the presidents In order end tell the year each 01 took office Her Is another unusual at this particular moment I' 1789 when Washington wns In to there have bnn prfilpn Just 6Tu tourtn these aervvd from 1789 to venrs: Just onr lndf aerved 1837 to ycara: the one fourth served from years.