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THE FtOA3 TO HAPPINESS.
THIS if the Hoad to Happiness;
Start Now, from Where You
Are.
"Turn to the Right and keep
straight on."
And you’ll not tind it far
Along the Path of Willing Feet
And over ilea Hesse Hill.
Across tiie Fields ot Sweet Content,
The Stream of Glad Good Will
Then through the l.ane of Kmmg Heart,
The Gate that's called Today.
And down the steps to Kittle Things
Into the I'ommon Way
And take the Cloak of Charity.
The StafT of Wise Kmploy,
A loaf of Bread of Daily Grace,
A flask well Ailed with Joy.
A word of cheer, a helping hand.
Some good to give or share,
A bit of song, a high resolve.
A hope, a smile, a prayer.
And In the Place of Duty Done,
Beside the Door of Home,
You'll And the House of Happiness,
For Happiness does not roam.
—Annie Johnson Flint.
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WOT LI) CHANGE CABINET
Sam Blythe, the political writer
and diagnostician of the Saturday Ev
ening Post, peers into the future and
raps the President’s cabinet in a re
cent issue of the above magazine. He
finds only four members of the ten
surrounding the President as capable
of filling the posts which they occu
py. He states that the cabinet was or
ganized ifl peace times, and that this
fact renders it incapable of coping
with war conditions. His claims that
the appointment of the cabinet ac
cording to geographical and political
expediency and not for merit are
worth reproducing in part.
"It is quite likely that in view of
his present vast domination over all
the government, the president feels
that his cabinet is good enough," says
Mr. Blythe. “It may be for him, but
it is not for the people. There would
be a greater confidence among the
people, a greater support, a better
spirit, a more reliant outlook, if the
president would make certain changes
in his present cabinet; substitute oth
er men for some of the men therein;
bring it to the level of its best ele
ments, which, as I have said are about
four in numbers, o« even higher than
those—make it the greatest cabinet
the United States can produce, instead
of the mediocre body it is now.”
Blythe proceeds to emphasize the
fact that “these are war times,” and
he cites the experience of other na
tions which have gone through the
process of reorganizing their govern
ments to meet the new conditions.
“This is not an individual war,” he
adds. “It is not a sectional war. It
is not a party war,” and then:
“For that reason, and owing to the
fact.that—regrettalle as it may seem
to their friends and to themselves—
there is a nationwide conclusion that
certain of these men should not be
retained—a conclusion adequately
buttressed by the truth, in several
instances, that they do not measure
up to their requirements—It is clear
ly the part of the president to reor
ganize his cabinet, to lay aside poli
tical considerations of the fitness of
these men. disregard the partisans of
his own party, and replace the lame
and halting ones with men who shall
command the respect and confidence
that he needs in its fullest measure."
"The main point to be considered
is that if the president should take
half a dozen of these men, the biggest
of them, or half a dozen other men,
regardless of their politics, and pul
them in the cabinet—organize a great I
American cabinet of big men. of the]
best we have—he would take also a
great step toward solidifying the Uni
ted States behind the war, because
he would then get to the people thej
impression that it is their war, not a j
party war."
These points have been discussed !
before by those nations that place the;
nation ahead of pelf or party. England
has changed her cabinet time after
time. France and Russia have profit
ed by the mistakes of England and
have ousted their officials as soon as
their unfitness was demonstrated.)
Without going into the merits of thel
respective members of the cabinet to I
cope with conditions, the fact remains |
that the mistakes of certain cabinet |
officials have been colossal and their
results negligible.
Mr. Blythe's argument is well
worth considering.
- — -
THE NEW YORK ELECTION
—
JOHN PURROY MITCHELL, the I
fusion candidate, the man who was
elected to succeed William J. Gay-!
nor, has gone down to defeat at the,
hands of a comparatively unknown
politician. County Judge John F. Hy
lan, who was put up as a candidate
by the Tammany leader, Charles F.
Murphy. Although thousands of re-,
publicans forsook their own candid
ate, William Mason Bennett, the Ir
ish vote, which had become incensed i
at Mr. Mitchell over his strong pro-1
British sympathies, piled up a plur
ality, the greatest in the history of
the city, for Judge Hylan. With Tam-,
many Hall it was not so much the]
question of electing Hylan as it was
to defeat Mitchell, and every means
in Mr. Murphy’s power was used to
defeat the fusionist. The new mayor i
had the support of Brooklyn and six
ofr seven boroughs behind him, and
polled a strong vote along the water
front and with the labor unions of
the city. While Mayor Mitchell has
made many mistakes, New York has
undoubtedly benefited by his tenure
in office. His support of the Gary
school law alsb cost him many votes,
as Hylan was an outspoken opponent
of the law.
HELVETII omnium rerum inopia
adducti legatos deditione ad mlser
uut. The old story of the Helvetian
surrender to Caesa*- is being reversed
on the famous plains of Italy these
days. Weary of fighting, with their
ships and men dispersed, and no food
to speek of the Helvetians sent a dele
gation to Caesar asking for peace. The
Italians in much the same fix are
fighting doggedly on and may yet
turn defeat into victory.
SAVE THE FAT. Fat is used in
countless ways to win the war. If you
have not subscribed for a Liberty
Bond or have no excuse for aimless
existence, send in your head. The fat
in it may help kill a flock of Germans.
MARK TWAIN once said about
Theodore Roosevelt: “Our people
have honored and adored this showy
charlatan as perhaps no imposter of
his breed has been honored and ador
ed since the golden calf.” Mark has
been dead for some time now but his
shrewd estimate of the vociferous
Theodore will endure down with the
ages.
MOST sins have blue eyes, a dimp
led chin and golden hair when they
are young.
BRAINS can beat muscle with one
hand tied behind its back, and can
do it every day in the week.
. A MAN that is sensible never loses
more than one Anger by fooling with
a buzzsaw.
JOB earned an Immortal reputa
tion by enduring a few bolls. Had he
tried to keep the snow shoveled off
his walk he would have learned what
real patience is.
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NOTHING BLOCKS the way to des
truction like the love of church, wife
and child.
THE higher you hoist a little man
the harder he is to see.
IF patriotism could be judged by
the noise some men make the coun
try would be full of George Washing
tons.
NO MAN IS blinder than the man
who believes his vision better than
his neighbor's.
A man with his pabulum on the job
eight hours a day can learn more by
rubbing against a fool than a fool
can by a life course in college.
IF a man only put in as much time
on beautifying his character as he
does is beautifying his premises, what
a happy world this would be.
.Notice Moose Members
You are, urgently requested to at
tend the regular meeting Thursday
night, for the consideration of impor
tant business.
JOHN E. MEALS.
Keeper of the Wa Wa
Four feet of snow is reported on
the trail at the summit.
WOMEN REPLACE
MEN IN ENGLAND
LONDON. Nov. 7.—One million,
two hundred and fifty-six thousand
women are today doing work in En
gland which was done formerly by
men who have joined the army or
been set free for other forms of war
service. The figures are taken from
the latest official report of the Indus
trial Branch of the Board of Trade.
Replacement of men by women
has been most successful, says the re
port, In government services, In bank
ing and in transportation. In govern
ment establishments, aside from the
civil service and local government, the
number of women employed prior to
the war was 2,000; now it is 198.
000. In the civil service and local gov
ernment, when employes have been
increased by 146,000 and 124,000
men have been replaced.
The Board of Trade reports show
that there are now 4,538,000 women
and girls employed in the classified
trades under its jurisdiction. This
does not include domestic servants,
women employed in small Workshops,
and women employed on farms: nor
does it include women at work in mili
tary, naval and Red Cross hospitals.
It is estimated therefore, that the to
tal number of women employed in all
occupations in England today is well
over 5,000,000.
KKKIGHT HANDLK1)
BY COOLIK WOMKX
TSURUGA, Japan. Nov. 7—Strong
bodied coolies women are carrying the
burden of keeping Russia supplied
with products of the United States
and Canada.
At the docks here, the principal
port of exchange between Japan and
Russia, and the half-way point be
tween America and Petrograd, thous
ands of tons of freight are moved by
the women every time a ship docks.
They smoke cigarettes and sing as
they work. Bare-legged, with short
skirts, they wrestle with huge boxes
and packages that would seem cer
tain to bear them down.
Many of the supplies for Russia’s
armies pass through this port and the
women dock laborers add oqe more
picturesque touch to the natural scen
ic beauty of the harbor of Tauruga.
Now that the Russian frontier is
open and the day of tbe dread of Si
beria passed, exiles by the thousands
are returning home to Russia. Many
of them pass through this port. They
are of all classes, all types and main
tain in Tsuruga a chatter so complete
ly Russian that the Japanese mer
chants now print their signs in dup
licate, Russian and Japanese.
TO FURNISH TROOPS
UNDERWEAR AT COST
WASHINGTON. D. C„ Nov. 7.—
Plans to furnish to the government
without profit approximately 120,
000,000 suits of underwear annually,
or enough to supply each soldier in
the allied armies with four sets of
light and four of heavy garments each
year, have been worked out by Louis
Steinfeld, of New York, and probab
ly will be laid before government of
ficials in a day or two. Mr. Steinfeld
has been consolidating about forty
yarn spinning and knitting mills, hav
ing a combined annual output of ten
million dozen suits of knitted under
wear.
“KNAPSACK” M’CARTHY,
HORSE DRIVER DEAD
TERRE HAUT, Ind., Nor. 7.—W.
H. (“Knapsack”) McCarthy, famous
harness hors* driver who was injur
ed when a woman driver ran Into his
sulky In a'race at Carrollton, HI., is
dead.
LENGTHEN YOUR LIFE.
Add FiftiM Years to It by Simply
Learning How to Live.
Fifteen years is the length of time
one may add to lifs hfe by applying
what Is now known of personal hy
giene. This statement was made by
the ILoosevelt conser» *‘«nu commission
in its report on national vitality. The
findings of the commission reversed
tlie impressions of a generation ago
that tile average human lifetime was a
fixed allotment decreed l>y fate, it
teaches now that our doom is a varia
ble tiling and that it is more or less in
our power to control.
I.earning how to live is the secret of
how one may add fifteen years to Ids
life. Individual hygiene, or the hy
giene of personal habits, according to
the commission, contains possibilities
of Self improvement far beyond what
ninety-nine persons out of a hundred
have ever realized. In other words,
only 1 per cent of people tislay know
how to live. The other JV i>er cent are
victims of improper living habits and
the customs of our tioasted civilization.
They have not learned to order their
lives according to their physical needs
They are content to tolerate bad air.
bad foisl. imperfect teeth, wrong pos
ture. Improper clothing, constipation,
self drugging, alcoholism and other
conditions of the average life.
Tlie IV per cent who have not learn
ed how to live, says the commission,
are responsible for the Increase of 41
per i-eut in the country's death rate
from wear and tear diseases In twenty
years. Wear and tear diseases are
said to lie the byproduct of civilization,
not that civilization Is all wrong, hut
that iieople have not yet learned to ad
just their habits of living to Its de
mands.
STORY OF A REVIVAL HYMN.
--
The "Glory Song” Woo Not Written For
Financial Gain.
Nothing <au lie more Inspiring than
to hear a great congregation singing
Charles ii. Gabriel's revival hymn,
known us the "Glory Song." It is one
of the iiiusi recent of the hymns of
its chu null r. having made Its appear
ance in I'.sni.
Tiie author was burn in the early
fifties of the past century, in Iowa,
ami Hjieiit his earlier years on a farm
in that slate. Ilis melodies are poptt
lar.
I luring tiie early summer of 1900.
while bicycle riding with a Chicago
publisher for whom he was at the
time preparing manuscript, be said to
him, "I've got a song that is going to
live!" lie then gave the title of and
marie brief limitation from "O that
will lie glory."
It will doubtless be of iuterest to
state that its author received only $10
for the copyright and sole use of It. j
and this illustrates the fact that gospel
songs are not always written for gain.
Charles M. Alexander, the singing
evangelist of Torrey-Alexander fame
has made tile "Glory Song" famous
wherever tiie Knglish language is spo
ken.
Alexander states that to his know!
edge the “Glory Song" has iieen trans
lated into at least fifteen languages
and three Indian languages.—Defroii
Free Press. •
Thrived on Stons Diet.
The most curious of all diets is that
of stones. In an old volume of thi
Gentleman's Magazine 1 read the other
day of the discovery of the stone eater
"in a northern Inhabited Island'’ by the
crew of a lunch ship. They brought
him to France in May. 17tJ0. where he
was submitted to all kinds of artificial
tests. It was proved that he throve
better on stones than any other foisl
and Ids dinner usually consisted of
large sized Hints, with powdered mar
bles for dessert. He became a great at
traction at fashionable gatherings,
where he Hiuused the guests by swui
lowing stones and afterward convinc
ing them that there waa no deception
by making them rattle in his stomach.
—Dundee Advertiser.
Tha Sacrat.
“You know that car I bought last
mouth." began the purchaser.
“Y'es. What of It?” asked the dealer
“Isn’t It a good car?”
“I’ve seen worse ones, but It comes
a long way from being what your agent
represented It to be."
“Of course it does. Why, man alive.
If our cars were as good as that we
wouldn’t need to employ agents to sell
them.”—Xew York World.
A Dismal Room.
An eccentric character died in London
a few years ago at the age of ninety
one. Long before hla death he ordered
his own coffin and had it placed In his
bedroom, which was hung, by way of
pictures, with the funeral cards of his
friends. This preparation seems to
have had the effect of longevity on the
old man, for in spite of his grewsome
foresight he lived long beyond the
usual span.
Excuaabla.
“Remember.” said tbe floorwalker
sternly, “the customer Is slwsys right.”
“But, sir,” expostulated the clerk, “In
this case I was exercising a privilege to
which I am entitled.”
“What do you mean?”
”The lady 1 was arguing with la my
wife.’*—Birmingham Age-Herald.
An Explanation.
“I wonder what the author meant
who talked about silence that apeaka.”
“I guess be meant what you don’t
hear when deaf and dumb people talk.'
—Baltimore American.
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at either price — Suits and Overcoats. •
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How about the old folks at home
this Xmas? Is there anything that
would please them better than your
photograph? Jenner the Photograph
er makes them in all styles especially
for Xmas gifts, but see him soon. kl2
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