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Start Cleaning Now that what the outside world calls a “house cleaning” has begun in Indiana, the place to start is in that organization which was formed by deals with minorities and groups in the building of a super government. The organization which elected Jackson and which dealt with Stephenson and his kind is still in power in the Republican party. It is the same machine which Senator Eli Watson boasted last year was the “greatest organization” ever formed in any State. The “poison squad of whispering women” first organized under a dragon was continued under a Senator. The same little black book of names of women who could be relied upon to scatter the “poison” in every precinct in twentyfour hours when the State was being drugged with hate was in the possession of the woman leader of the Watson campaign. The triumphs of 1924 in the election were duplicated by the same men and the same agencies in 1926 when Watson was sent back to the Senate with his scant majority and Arthur Robinson continued the appointment he received from the same sinister influences. The men in the Federal building received their jobs from the influences which grew out of these dismal years of betrayal. In the State house, with the single exception of the attorney general, the State officials went into power under the same methods which elected Jackson. The same party chairman remains in power in the State and the Marion County chairman, under indictment now, is still the boss of the local machine. This State needs, most of all, anew Republican organization which stands for the ideals of a Lincoln and the honest courage of a Theodore Roosevelt. It is an insult to the hundreds of thousands of men and women who believe in the Republican party, who look upon it as a vehicle for good government, to permit their organization which does not represent them, to stay in power. Surely there is some .member of the State Republican committee with courage enough to lead in a demand that Walb and those who worked with him and obeyed his commands in the past two elections be froced to resign and turn over the party of Lincoln to those who depend on honest persuasion and not super governments to keep that party in power. The Road to Disarmament Britain is being rather widely criticised these days for her attitude on disarmament and world peace, Her refusal to agree to naval limitations at the recent Geneva conference, and her present stand before the League of Nations assembly are cited as cases in point. But have we any room to kick? True we do a lot of talking in behalf of world peace and disarmament, but when it comes to practical effort in that direction, what are we doing? What we mean to say is this: There v/ill never be any genuine disarmament until the nations of the world feel secure without arms. And there will'be no such sense of security until some international organization becomes strong enough to make wars of aggression unprofitable. The United States refuses to have anything to do with any such organization. We remain away from the League of Nations and the World Court, both. We cull upon the world to disarm, but do nothing to help make the world safe after it does so. In the wild west days every man carried a sixshuiter or two and a bowie knife strapped around his wai.it Why? Because the law had not yet reached

Constitution Ended Period of Chaos

The anniversary of the adoption of that little known masterpiece, the Constitution, is Sept, 17. This is the second of a series of twelve articles telling the stow of the famous code and analyzing its import. Tomorrow. The Men Who Wrote the Constitution. BY HARRY ATWOOD In orrler to appreciate fully the tremendous change from chaos to orderly progress which was effected in our national destiny by the adoption of the Federal Constitution, it is necessary to review as a background the conditions that prevailed in this country at the time of its adoption, so that we may appreciate adequately its curative effect upon an all but desperate situation. During the years immediately preceding the adoption of the Constitution the mobs drove our Congress from Philadelphia into New Jersey, “shot up” the courthouses in Massachusetts, events illustrative of the general situation throughout the country. Money was worth anywhere from two and and a half cents on the OOilar down to nothing, credit was ruined, trade paralyzed, ana discipline at a low ebb. The situation was so desperate and the problems were so perplexing that during 1785, 1786 and the first part of 1787—the years immediately preceding the writing of the Constitution— Washington’s letters to his friends were filled with pathetic expressions of despair, telling thorn how futile had seemed the efforts of the past, how awful was the present, and how hopeless appeared the future.

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Bear in mind that the Constitution was signed Sept. 17, 1787. On Oct. 7, 1785, one year and eleven months before the Constitution was adopted Washington wrote to James Warren: “We are descending into the vale of confusion and darkness.” On July 26, 1786, less than one year and two months before the was adopted, Washington wrote to William Grayson: “Be the causes what they may, it is shameful and disgusting. We seem either not capable or not willing to take care of ourselves.” On Nov. 5, 1786, about ten months before the Constitution was adopted, Washington wrote to James Madison: “No day was ever more clouded than the present. , . . We are fast verging to anarchy and confusion. ... A constitution, well guarded and closely watched to prevent enchoachments, might restore us.” v He wrote numerous letters in a vein similar to the ones from which brief excerpts are quoted here, describing conditions In terms of confusion, anarchy and chaos. Under such conditions of chaos and despair, fifty-five men met at Philadelphia and framed the Constitution. It' took slightly more than four months to write the Constitution, almost a year to have it ratified by the states, and another year to set up the government under it. Yet, within three years, conditions had so changed and Washington had so

his community and he had to be prepared to protect himself against outlaw and other bad men. Today wild west Is no more. The two-gun men have disappeared. Men no longer pack a whole arsenal around with them. They don’t need to. The law has come. They feel safe without their guns. The world today Is pretty much what the wild west was half a century ago. Nations go armed to protect themselves from outlaw nations. As soon as the world can organize some sort of international law and order league which will afford them reasonable protection, they will lay down their arms, never fear. Says Ramsay MacDonald, former labor premier of Britain: “It Is not disarmament; It Is not arbitration treaties between nation and nation; it is general agreement between nations on the lines of the protocol of 1924—that wars are to end by mutual outlawry of the aggressive state—that will bring International security. “Once the nations have that security, the arms necessary for their defensive or offensive action In the event of their having to defend themselves will disappear, and disarmament will come because no reason for armaments, beyond police obligations, will exist.” All of which is true. But the United States obstinately holds aloof from all such suggestions an£ without the United States any such international enterprise must of necessity be of limited scope and therefore of limited value. So we should be sparing of our criticism. The Reward of Virtue Jesse James was a man that killed many a man And Jesse, he was brave; But the dirty little coward That shot at Dr. Howard, He laid Jesse James in his grave! In Missouri a movement has been begun to erect a monument to the memory of Jesse James. The movement probably will succeed. For that’s the kind of people we are; or, perhaps, a better way to say it is that that’s the kind of beings that humans are. We take off our hats to the lady that can smoke a cigar the longest and the man who sit the longest on top a flagpole, v We buy theater tickets to see the lady who has the nastiest divorce suit. It Is the superlative that gets our admiration. And we don’t make much distinction as to the field in which the superlative is shown. The greatest goffer, the loudest liar, the fence-bustingest Bambino, the fioweriest orator, the prettiest bathing beauty,’ Ine most extravagant spender, the stingiest miser, the richest banker and so on, so long as he or she Is the most of what he or she is. Jesse James may or may not have been the bandit with the most notches in his gun, but he is popularly supposed to have been. It is the tradition that he killed more men than any other outlaw that ever held up a train. Therefore, he was a great man. If he had killed only one he would have no interest for us. He’d be just a plain, murderer, a poor sport, unwilling to play life’s game fairly; a loafer, unwilling to earn a living like his fellow. But he dealt in wholesale murder. And therefore he was great. Or so It seems we think. Thomas Jefferson has no monument In America, save that which he built himself. Patrick Henry has none. But that shouldn’t prevent our doing justice to Jesse James. Build him a monument, by all means!

Law and Justice By Dexter M. Keezer

On a vety foggy night a man drove his automobile into the side of a freight train standing on a grade crossing. The car was damaged and he was injured. At the time of the accident the automatic signal, installed by the railroad to indicate the condition of the crossing, was not working and did not Indicate that there was a train on the crossing. The man sued the railroad for damages. He argued that he had relied on the signal, and the railroad’s negligence in allowing it to get out of order was the cause of the accident. The railroad contended that regardless of the condition of the signal the man was not relieved of the responsibility of driving carefully, and that the fact that he had run Into the side of a freight train indicated his negligence had contributed to the accident. Consequently, the railroad argued that he was entitled to no damages. HOW WOULD YOU DECILE THIS CASE? The actual decision; The Supreme Court of Ohio ruled that the man was guilty'of contributory negligence and so not entitled to damages. The court said, -“We do not think he had a right to rely on the automatic device entirely for his safety, or that he was absolved from using such care in addition, as an ordinarily prudent man would use under such circumstances.”

recovered from his depression because of the benefit effect of the Constitution that he began writing letters of cheer and hope to his friends. On June 3, 1790, approximately t’ree years from the time the convention was called, Washington wrote to La Fayette: “You have, doubtless, been informed, from time to time, of the happy progress of our affairs. The principal difficulties . . . seem, in a great measure, to have been surmounted. On July 19, 1791, less than four years after the Constitution was signed. Washington wrote to Catherine Macaulay Graham: “The United States enjoys a scene of prosperity and tranquility under the new government that could hardly have been hoped for.” On the following day, Washington wrote to David Humphreys: “Our public credit stands on that high ground which three years ago it would have been considered as a species of madness to have foretold.” Ths history of the world reveals no other period of live years during which two sets of letters, describing two such totally different sets of conditions, could have truthfully been writen. All historical evidence of that period confirms the description of conditions as set forth by Washington’s letters. What was it that happened between the writing of these two extraordinary sets of leters? Just this: The transforming influence of the i Constitution was at work.

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M. E. TRACY SAYS: Sheep Can Live Longer and Grow More Wool Without Abandoning Their Instinct to Reproduce, but Men Can Not Accumulate and Become Prosperous Without a Tendency to Grow Childless.

Dr. Voronoff informa the zoological congress now in session at Budapest that he has prolonged the life of sheep from fifteen to twenty years and increased the production of wool 25 per cent through the transplantation of glands. He says that human beings can be treated in a similar way with similar results. What particularly interests him, however, is not added life and vitality for average people, but for those with a “spark of genius.” “The mother who is first to hand me her child for a rejuvenation operation,” he declared, “would, perhaps, be the founder of anew and mighty human race.” Result of Progress Dr. Ellsworth Huntington, research assistant at Yale, says that the upper classes in this country are dying out rapidly while the lower classes are rapidly increasing. “At many periods in the past,” he says, “the upper classes have had at least a higher birth rate than the lower classes and a lower death rate. Henro they have increased more rapidly than the lower classes. “Today,” he says, “the reverse is true.” Economic pressure, industrialism. cities, freedom from class distinction, freedom of divorce, the improvement of public health, the growing desire for self-expression, the cult of feminism, birth control and other factors have combined to cause a reversal of the old condition.” What’s ihe Ise? These two views form a pretty problem when combined. Dr. Voronoff believes he can produce a race of supermen, or an jpper class, by transplanting glands. Dr. Huntington believes that the upper classes are dying out because of existing social and economic conditions. If social and economic conditions have become so unfavorable to the upper classes, if prosperity an 1 congestion cause the death rate to fall, what is the use of producing a race of supermen? Dr. Voronoff would probably answer that we need supermen in order to correct these conditions, that we need ge.iius to devise new systems and invent new machines, but the fact remains that modern life is the distinct product of genius. The city industrialism, freedom of divorce, improvement of public health, the growing desire for self expression, the cult of femininism, birth control and those other factors wrjch Dr. Huntington blames for the disappearance of upper classes have all resulted from a leadership and an originality that are commonly accepted as genius. Price of Genius Genius and reproduction have never gone hand in hand. Sheep can live longer and grow more wool without abandoning their instinct to reproduce, but men cannot accumulate and become prosperous without a tendency to grow childless. There may have been periods in the past when the upper classes had as high a birth rate as the lower classes, but they have been the exceptions rather than the rule. Human experience proves nothing more vividly than than poverty breeds faster than wealth. Panama’s Plea Panama has appealed not only to United States to acknowledge her complete sovereignty over the canal, but she has made this appeal through the League of Nations. This is startling because of what it forecasts, rather than what it involves. Putting aside the merits of her claim, Panama has established a precedent: which other Latin-Amer-ican nations will not be slow to follow. If she can invoke the good offices of the league as mediator between herself and this country, so can they. Unless all signs fail, we are going to be sharply reminded that there is such an institution as the League of Nations whether we persist in staying out of it or not. Our “splendid isolation" offers no guarantee that other countries will refrain from taking their disputes with us to the league, or that the league will refuse to hear them. Our Aloofness We can stay away from the council table, but we can not prevent the council from functioning. We can decline bo help shape anew international order, but we can not prevent it from taking shape. We can not, indeed, prevent it from affecting our domestic welfare through its influence on trade and foreign relations. / Those who assume that the Wilson program has failed, that the League of Nations is crumbling and that the old regime of uncontrolled diplomacy and intrigue will return have not only made a tragic mistake, but one which promises to put the United States in a most embarrassing position. Just now the League of Nations would concede most anything to get us in because it feels the need of our support, but when It becomes a going concern without us, as it can, and as it will if we persist in our stubborn attitude, this feeling will change to one of self assurance. Then we shall know the real 'cost of our aloofness.

Nightgowns and Bedrooms Mingle Very Freely in a Stage Something Called ‘The Unkissed Bride’ ■ BY WALTER D. HICKMAN

Nightgowns, both ancient and modern in design, and numerous bedrooms figure most prominently in a terrible something of the stage called “The Unkissed Bride.” This play is one of those free and easy nightmares which crop out every now and then to both amuse

and annoy. It seems to me that this farce might have many titles and several o f them could be as follows: “Why Two Nightgowns for the Leading Lady?” “Hey, Who Enters My Bedroom?” and “The White Face of Idabelle.” Any of these titles would be as appropriate j as “The Unkissed Bride.” This play gives Idabelle Arnold a chance to use

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one of the funniest and strangest makeups that she has ever exhibited. It, gives Robert St. Clair a chance to play a souse role for three whole acts and it gives Adelaide Melnotte a stern old woman character part. This week. Miss Alney Alba has no big opportunities. She is supposed to be both sweet and pretty, and she is just that. Herbert Dobbins, Milton Byron, Bernice Marsolias, Larry Sullivan, J. F. Marlow and William V. Hull are others in the cast “The Unkissed Bride” is just a foolish nothing of the stage. It is one of those bedroom-nightgown affairs. Some of the wise remarks or Jokes are so ancient that they must have been brought over by Mr. Noah. It is one noise from the start to the finish. From a play writing standpoint, it is a sad example. The word “dam” is often used for comedy purposes and in this case Idabelle Arnold is an artist is getting that well-known word over for comedy purposes. The hide and goseek stunt gives about every one a chance to do some individual hiding. Some will probably say that I am taking my theater too seriously and that I am getting highbrow. I can’t help what you say about me but I honestly believe that “The Unkissed Bride” is either the world’s worst play or Its second cousin. Be your own judge. I have my own verdict. Have courage because the Berkell Players will do “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” as the opening bill of the winter season at the Colonial. , “The Unkissed Bride” remains on view up to and including Saturday night.

Stage Verdict ENGLISH’S—“The Unkissed Bride” is a promising candidate for the position of the world’s worst play. LYRIC —Sunshine Sammy of the Our Gang comedies is making a personal appearance on this bill. He is a corking good dancer. MUTUAL—“Dimpled Darlings” averages up as a pretty good burlesque show.

(La Porle Argus Herald) Attorney General Arthur L. Gilhom stands in a position where there can be no mistaking what he wants for Indiana, a return of virile party government that represents the public interGilliom ests and welfare of the whole people. He deplores what he calls governIJeplores ment under duress by minorities such Minorities M the Klan and the Anti-Saloon League. He deplores the sceptres of authority wielded by such group leaders as Dr. E. S. Shumaker. Mr. Gilliom’s courageous attitude is in sad contrast to the usual run of office holders in Indiana, who make strong stands on nothing and try to get along with as much equivocation and negative conduct as possible. Time and time again the attorney general has repeated his attacks on what he terms government by minority; there can be no doubt about where he has ranked himself. He denounces super-government, such as existed in the years when the Klan power was at its height,

The Happy Homecoming

LOOKING OVER NEW EVENTS AT THE LYRIC Remembered as the ragged imp in Hal Roach’s “Our Gang” comedies, “Sunshine Sammy” makes his personal appearance at the Lyric

this week. First In tom overalls such as he wore in the pictures and then in ultra modern, fast stepping clothes the little colored boy delights with a number o f dancing steps included in which are such novelties as the “jelly roll” and the “run around.” His small brother is his dancing pa r t ner and a good team they make. From the land

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of the Sioux comes the “Clifford Wayne Trio” who present in their act a number of Indian songs and dances and some of the modern songs which seem to have a bit of the Indian still clinging to them. The ydtmger member of the troupe who is said to be a full-blooded Sioux presents several modem dances. Among beautiful scenery and to alluring music “Vida Negam and her Seven Personality Girls” entertain with songs both modern and classic and dances that range from toe dancing to features. Their presentation is very brilliant and sophisticated. How a person can make as many and as ugly faces as does Miss Baird and still retain a charming personality is beyond me. The act of Baird and Hewitt is billed as “A Scotch Imp” and is built around the fact that the woman is always late. It is a very claver comedy sketch. Jack Donnelly presents a short revue which contains a number of songs fend snappy dances. Several novelty dances are included. “Fargo and Richards” and “Miss Merkle and her Friends” have both been to the Lyric this season. At the Lyric this week. (By the Observer.) MUTUAL PRESENTS “DIMPLED DARLINGS” Equipped with a repetoire of new songs and new jokes Eddie F. Sullivan’s “Dimpled Darlings” has returned to the Mutual this week with George Leon and Nora Ford heading the cast. The show is a decided improvement over that of last year, for the chorus is better trained and, although some of the scenes have been retained, thw action b—s been changed. New principals have been added to the company. Nora Ford and Dolly Beranger have the majority of the numbers and are assisted by the chorus which is trained with new steps and ensembles that are pleasing. Both George Leon and Eddie Lorraye were with the company last year and are equipped this season with a lot of slap-stick comedy that is quite amusing. The Darling quartet has a selection of comedy numbers that makes a decided hit, and which includes a barnyard novelty number.

What Other Editors Think

As an added feature “Tessie Teresina,” billed as the “RadiuAi Queen,” does a specialty dance that is unique in itself bootuse of the lighting effects that are used. At the Mutual all week. (By the Observer.) Other theaters today offer: Charlie Davis at the Indiana; “Camille” at the Circle: “The Bugle Call” at the Apollo; “The Gingham Girl” at the Ohio and ‘Perils of the Jungle” at the Isis.

Questions and Answers

You can get an answer to any question of fact or Information bv writing to The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau. 1322 New York Ave.. Washington, D. C.. Inclosing 2 cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be gtv \n nor can extended research lie undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.—Editor. How long after a person has disappeared is he presumed in law to be dead? The general rule, in regard to a long continued absence unheard of and unexplained, is that the presumption of the duration of life ceases at the expiration of seven years from the time when the person was last known to be living; and after the lapse of that period there is a * presumption of death. In most of the States the subject is regulated by statute. There must be a diligent inquiry among those who would probably hear from such absentee to raise this presumption. Has Clara Bow red hair? Yes. Which State ranks first in egg production? lowa ranks first in the number of eggs produced and Pennsylvania first in the value of eggs produced. Does a turtle’s heart have one or two ventricles? It has only one ventricle or chamber from which the blood is forced into the arteries. What do the initials H. R. H. stand for preceding the name of the Prince of Wales? His Royal Highness. How tall should a four-year-old Colorado blue spruce tree be? Three feet, if grown from a graft, and 18 inches to two feet if grown from seed. How many immigrants were admitted into the United States in 1926? 304,488. During what months of the year is bituminous coal consumed in the United States in largest quantities? The average weekly ton consumption for 1926 was as follows: Janu-ary-March, 12,000,000; May-July, 8,000.000; August-October, 9,400,000; October-December, 11,200,000. How high does a salmon leap into the air? Sometimes ten to fifteen feet. How old is the present kingdom of Italy? It dates from Feb. 18, 1861, when

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as a perversion of free, representative government, and all forms of coercion by organized minorities are anathema to him. Any parties of government which by irresponsible and corrupt control keep in the seats of power should be ousted By an arroused citizenry. Mr. Gilliom is confident that a more tolerant and a cleaner day is coming in Indiana, and his attitude of optimism is a hopeful sign. Mr. Gilliom knows, or should realize, that a majority of the citizens of Indiana, if sufficiently aroused and if they are willing to give themselves to the task, can remedy the conditions and that in their hands lies the job. Representative government is still a matter of majorities if the majority will feel its responsibility and not doze in the face of bad conditions. The blame is not so much on the minorities which get power as on the majority which permits it. Whether Mr. Gilliom is right or wrong in his criticism of the situation, it must be admitted that he has spoken out uneq-ivocably what he believes and that is refreshing.

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Why the Weather?

By Chariot Eltshugh Talman Authority on Meteorology

Here are some old weather pro™ verbs and sayings for September—none of them to be taken seriously: “As September, so the coming March.” “When a cold spell occurs In September and passes without a frost, a frost will not occur until the sama time in October.” “Thunder in September indicates a good crop of grain and fruit for next year.” “Fair on September first, fair for the month.” “If dry be the buck’s horn On Holyrood mom. ’Tis worth a kist of gold: But If wet It be seen Ere Holyrood e’en, Bad harvest Is foretold.” (Holyrood Day Is Sept. 14.) “A quiet week before the autumn equinox and after, the temperature will continue higher than usual into the winter.” “Matthew’s Day bright and clear Brings good wine in next year.” (St. Matthew’s Day is Sept. 21.) “If St. Michael brings many acorns, Christmas will ' cover the fields with snow.” (St. Michael’s Day, or Michaelmas* Is Sept. 29.) (AH rights reserved by Science Servlet, Inc.)

Brain Teasers

Several of these questions have to do with animals. The answers are printed on page 14: 1. How much water can an elephant drink at one time? . 2. How long does an ostrich live? 3. How fast can a wild duck fl|S 4. What part of the earth’s face is water? 5. How long is an average sized grizzly bear? 6. What part of the United States is covered by fbrests? 7. How long may a lion live? 8. How many arms has an octopus? 9. How many horses are there ini the United States? 10. What is the length of the average work.;”'’' day for people who live on farms?

Do You Know —• That one of the many reasons why the Community Fund supports the Y. M. C. A. is that almost 1,000 newsies and other young boys are given the advantages of the boys’ department, some of them paying only a nickel a week for “membership”?

the first Italian Parliament was opened in Turin by Vittorio Emanuele. On Feb. 26, 1861, the Pari ament conferred the title of King of Italy upon Vittorio Emanuele, who formally assumed it on March 17, 1861. Light wood, kapok and similar terials may be used. What period in American, history was known as “the era of good feeling?” The two administrations of James Monroe, 1817-1825. Does the United States import most of the bananas from Mexico and Central America? Some bananas are grown in Mexico for export to the United States and Canada. The greatest source of supply is the West Indies and there is some cultivation in Central America. Are there two film versions of Les Miserables? Les Miserables was recently made into a motion picture by the Films de France and purchased for this country by Carl Laemmle, president of Universal Pictures. A film version of the book also appeared in 1918, produced by the Fox Film Corporation. How much does anthracite coal weigh per cubic foot? Piled loose it weights from fifty to fifty-seven pounds per cubic foot. What causes blisters to form when one burns his hand? Gas or pus under the skin pressing upon the thin outer coating of the skin. In the case of burns, there is a separation of the blood, and a pus or poisonous matter, is formed, which the blood tries ta throw through the skin at the pla4| of the burn. W How many pounds per cubic foot does ice w!gh? It weighs 57.5 pounds per cubio foot. There are 30 cubic inches in a pound. INCORPORATE MEMORIAL 1 Indiana Union Files Papers With Secretary of State. Incorporation papers of the Indiana Memorial Union were filed with the Secretary of State today by Executive Secretary Paul V, Brown. Mrs. Anne Studebaker Carlisle, union president, and members of the board of trustees were listed as incorporators. Purposes of tho corporation was given “to collect funds and acquire land” for a memorial shrine to the'' memory of Nancy Hanks Lincoln in Spencer County. CLERKS TO GIVE PARTY; Railway Men’s Group Plans Affair to Raise Fund. Pivot City Lodge 92 of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks la giving a card party and dance, at the Athenaeum on Nov. 10. The recent increase of 6 per cent granted the clerks cost the Brotherhood about SIO,OOO and the cost haa A been assessed tha NBw York lines clerks—of which Pivot OitJP lodge’s proportion is S3OO and the local is giving this entertainment in an effort to raise the S3OO.