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The Development of a Spine There has never been a general strike which has been successful, and there has never been a strike of any importance which has been successful that did not have the support of the public, says the Christian Science Monitor. These are two facts to be carefully weighed by the unions which are now voting on the question of a general strike in support of the Boston police. A general strike is a much more serious affair than people are 'apt to realize, for the simple reason that very few people have seen one in

practice. A general strike is really in the nature of a war against society. When furnaces are banked down, shops closed, and all traffic brought to a standstill, a condition of things is reached which is no better at all than war, war indeed it really is, and a public which is threatened with such a war should realize what it means. A strike of this nature was attempted, a few years before the great war, in Belgium, but it failed to become thoroughly effective, owing to the want of harmony between the Walloons and the Flemings. A little later a serious effort was made along the same lines in England, but this too broke rdown before it got positively dangerous. Any person, however, who traveled through Belgium in those days, and saw the countryside quieter than on a Sunday afternoon, and the towns tshorn of all the bustle of commerce, must hatve realized the same thing as those who saw the troops bivouacking in the London parks, andhc stations with their gates

closed like vast empty warehouses, and that was that a general strike, even when only partially successful, was capable of inflicting enormous suffering and loss. Men who have never seen a general strike may vote tolerably licSht-hcartcdly on the subject. Newspaper readers who have never experienced one may find the preliminary stages quite interesting, but the real thing when it does come is an experience no ons is likely to desire to see repeated. It is, therefore, little to be wondered at if, as is reported, Mr. Gompers and his lieuten

ants are not particularly pleased with the efforts

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tion of the police uniojn, and the spine of the public seems to be stifferiing in the face of every additional threat of violence. The era of Armageddon is, indeed, a badiera in which to suggest or to attjnpt violence, bbcause the public has grown accustomed to violence) in a most surprising manner, and by no means ..dreads it as it did before the war. The public is entirely at one with the police in demanding ihat they shall be paid prop

erly, and that with full reference to the danger

and arduousness of tSieir duties. If, in the face of repeated demandsj for improved conditions, it could be proved thatHhe complaints of the police had been lightly disregarded, and that they had been compelled therefore to take steps to force a consideration of t&e conditions on the public,

there would remain -a considerable sympathy for

them. But to have suddenly demanded to be allowed to form a union, which is entirely outside

the traditions of the service, and is something

largely regarded as detrimental to the efficiency of the force, and on meeting with a refusal to this demand, to have walked out, and left a great city at the mercy of the hooligans and the crim

inal classes, was a line of action tending rather

to rouse public resentment than sympathy; and yet this is exactly what has occurred. Every person who wished to be absolutely fair withheld judgment as long as possible, but when the city of Boston was given up to riot and looting by the strike of the police, and when the failure of this stride led to the threat that the whole community should be held up by a general strike, the "general public" began to take stock of the danger which faced it, and to prepare to defend itself, since those whose duty it was to defend it had gone out on a strike. The sympathetic strike is not without its excuses and its merits. In the determination of one body of men not to see anoiher body of men imposed upon it finds the first ; in the willingness of one set of workers to risk much for another set, it discloses the second. But the sympathetic strike may also become something perilously near attempted intimidation, and it does this whenever it is used

to bolster up a false move or to protect an undesirable situation. In such circumstances the sympathy of the "general public" is certain not to be with the strikers; and with the spine of the "general publifc" growing stronger every day, that sympathy may take a more practical form than mere good wishes.

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DISRAELI Benjamin Disraeli (Lord Beuconsfleld). the eldest son of Isaac D'IsraelL was born in London In 1804. Although all the children were born into the Jewish communion, the father, with all his household, withdrew from the faith when the son Benjamlruwasbut 12 years old. "None of the family was akin to

Benjamin for genius and character, except Sarah, the eldest child, to whom he was indebted for a wise, unswerving- and sympathetic devotion, when in his earlier days, he needed it most." At 15 Disraeli was sent to a Unitarian school at Walthamstow. He soon, however, left there and went to school no more. With his father's guidance and the help of his fine library, Benjamin started out to educate himself The vivid imagination and wonderful perceptive quality of Disraeli was much helped by his association with persons of distinction in literary pursuits, and his keen powers of observation and wide range of reading helped him In the writing of his novels, as well as in the political career which he chose. In 1837 Disraeli won the election to Parliament, being returned from Maidstone. Many years later he became Prime Minister, but for a brief period only, resigning in 1868 in favor of Mr. Gladstone. His greatest gift was not the romantic imagination which he possessed so abundantly, but the perceptive, interpretative, judicial or divining imagination, "without which there can be no man of great affairs." His novels contain many character portraits of the men and women of his time. "Vivian Grey" is said to be a pen picture of the author. Disraeli died at his home in Cur-

zon street on the 19th of April, 1881. Then the greatness of his popularity and its warmth were first declared. "No such demonstrations of grief was expected, even by those who grieved the most." He lies i.n the Hughden Churchyard, but with the church i a marble tablet in his memory, placed there by Queen Victoria. The anniversary of his death has ever since been honored and is called "Primrose Day." Among Disraeli's works are: "Vivian Orey," "Connlngsby," "Endymlon," 'Sibyl," "Lothalr," "The Young Duke," "Venetia," "Tancred," "Contarlnl Fleming," and other novels, besides many political articles and like literature.

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VIVAN GREY BY BENJAMIN DISRAELI Condensation by Alice G. Grozler

Ludendorff's Articles he revelations of Ludendorff are powerful propaganda for the American cause. They do not justify the dtemand of certain senators t)iat they be suppressed because their effect might

of those who forced the present conclusion by at- undermine faith - in the American army. To an

tempting to unionize the police force in Eoston. The great mistake tof these organizers was their failure to recognize the fact that the war, which has undoubtedly pyed a great part in democratizing the world has also roused the "general public" out of its pre-war supine condition of the

jelly fish, and endowed it with a backbone which

American, the articles are positive proof of the

evil of militarism. They disclose the inner workings of the German war machine, corroborating the accusations of American statesmen and allied thinkers that the world could not be safe so long as German, militarism existed. Ludendorff does not blink the fact that the

may eventually prope stronger than that of any j arrival of American troops in arge numbers spel-

labor union. The strike organizers proceeded on the supposition, foe which there was considerable excuso, that they could go any length with

out rousing the pubac into resistance. For once, however, they discovered that they were mistaken. They discovfered, moreover, that the "general public" contained an enormous number of men who yesterday were soldiers in France, and that these men had learned something of that disregard of ease and contempt for taking things "lying down" "which had been foreign to the invertebrate jelly fish of pre-war days. When, consequently, the labor unions proceed to vote on the question of a general strike it is well for them to remember that the striker is going to be brought face to face with the same

privations as anybody else, and perhaps face to! face with greater privations than some other people. The general strike is not something after the manner of tls.e strike in Lawrence, that j

can be prolonged indefinitely, for the simple reason that the industrial life of a country cannot possibly be paralyzed ad infinitum. The general strike, if complete, would bring the food supplies of the districts affected in danger of exhaustion in a few houns, and if on realizing what wa3 happening, the strikers should attempt to repeat the rioting of fclast week in Boston, they might find that they ere face to face with preventative measures wltich did not exist upon the earlier occasion. The fact is that the; public seems to have made up its mind pretjty definitely on the ques-

led ultimate defeat for the Huns. He admits

that his major offensive of last March failed because the Germans lacked the punch to crush completely the allied armies. Dn the other hand, the Allies lacked the men to launch a successful counter offensive until General Pershing's soldiers supplied the supreme command with the troops to execute the movement. America's participation in the war takes on a new and more important meaning in the light of the Ludendorff revelations. The American system of convoying troop ships neutralized the submarine warfare, while the speed with which the Americans learned the lessons of modern warfare and the dash with which they went into action made continued action on land impossible.

POINTED PARAGRAPHS

WHY NOT A LEAGUE OF BANDITS? Chicago News. One of the reasons for unstable conditions in Mexico is the inability of the various schools of bandits to compose their differences.

DOING LOT OF "SHADOW BOXING" Knoxvllle Journal and Tribune. President Wilson is a very pretty talker, but he isn't above setting up a man of straw and kicking the posterior of his trousers.

SOMETHING TO WORRY ABOUT Indianapolis News. It begins to look as if someone had left the Plumb plan oat in the sun too long.

Disraeli's story of Vivian Gray, like 1 others of his novels, deals largely with politics, and contains character portraits of well-known persons of the period. When Vivian Grey reached the age of five years it was discovered that the treatment of a doting mama and over-attontive nurses had spoiled the child, and it was decided that he had better be sent away to school; when, however, the subject was under discussion, there was a strong protest from Vivian against curls and going 10 school. "I won't have my hair curl, mama; the boys will laugh at me," bawled the spoiled youngster. "Charles Appleyard told me so; his hair curled, and the boys called him girl. Papa! give me some more claret; I won't go to school!" But in spite of these protests he was sent to school, where he stayed some four years, when it was decided he should remain at home for a time and do his studying there; but he was late sent off again, this time to the school of Mr. Dallas at Burnsley Vicarage. The rumor of the arrival of "a new fellow" circulated rapidly through the inmates of the Vicarage, and the fifty young rascals were preparing to quizz the newcomer when the school room door opened and Mr. Dallas, accompanied by Vivian Grey, entered. "A dandy, by Jove!" whispered one. "What a knowing set out," squeaked a second; "Mummy sick," growled a

third; this last exclamation was, however, a scandelous libel, for certainly no being ever stood in a pedagogue's presence with more perfect sang froid,

and with a bolder front, than did, at this moment, Vivian Grey. The young savages at Burnsley Vicarage had caught a Tatar; in a very few days Vivian was decidedly the most popular fellow in the school; "he was so dashing! so dcvlish goodtempered, so completely up to everything!" Vivian developed talents of a literary nature which inspired great admiration among his fellow pupils, and also in the mind of Mr. Dallas. But there are other attributes which will win the admiration of a school of real boys, and this proved to be the case at Burnsley vicarage, when, as so often happens, some of the boys, jealous of Vivian's popularity, found, as they thought, an opportunity to triumph over him. There was trouble between the followers of Vivian and those of Mallet, the head usher; one

of the latter made an insulting remark to Vivian which he promptly resented, and the battle was on, and Vivian Grey showed that he could fight as well as write. Vivian's chief characteristic was a burning ambition; with this he had a great amount of courage and self- assurance, and besides these attributes, tact combined with a pleasing personal appearance and manners. At a dinner in his father's home, when Vivian was still a very young man, he made the acquaintance of the Marqquess of Carabas. He came to the rescue of the Marquess and his opinions in an after-dinner discussion, during which he quoted a whole passage from Bolingbroke in support of the Marquess; this was challenged by Vivian's father, who knew his son's habit of quoting the opinions of others, which were more often his own opinions put into the mouth of someone else; so Mr. Grey, looking smiling

ly at his son, remarked, "Vivian, my dear, can you tell me In what work of Bolingbroke I can find the eloquent passage you have just qquoted?"

Ask Mr. Hargrave, sir," replied the I with the Mcciure rewspa.pcr faynai

ed to protect the fellow against the crowd he had in some way angered. Vivian and Essper George had many lively adventures during their travels, all of which experiences, whether of politics or romance, gave Vivian new ideas of the world, and proved to be a most interesting Bchool for him. He one day rescued a German nobleman from a wild boar, and was Invited to visit at his castle; while there a romantic attachment between a young German lady of title engaged Vivian's attention for a time, but his thoughts in spite of himself, constantly returned to two of his English friends. Like many a knight and his serving man of olden times, Vivian and Essper George found themselves on sveral occasions in very dangerous situations; sometimes it was Vivian to the rescue and at others Essper. On leaving that part of Germany where he had been entertained as

honored guest of his titled acquaintances, Vivian passed through a small settlement where there were going on preparations for a wedding, and Vivian discovered that the bridegroom was an old friend from Heidelberg, Eugene von Konongstein, and he was persuaded to stop and assist at the wedding. All was so quiet and peace

ful there that it set Vivian to specu

lating about his own future. In the morning the travellers were

on their way again; the day being intensely hot and sultry they withdrew to the shade of the woods, and while resting there Vivian asked Essper about his history. For a time they sat in quiet conversation, then were rudely interrupted by the approach of a terrific storm; during which a lake on the top of the mountain burst and became a falling ocean, carrying all before it. Essper's horse being swept from him, he climbed into a tree, but the lightning struck, felling the treo and killing Essper then "Vivian's horse with a maddened snort, dashed down the hill, his master clinging to his neck; finally standing upright in the air, he flung his rider and fell dead." Copyright, 1919, by the Pot Publishing Co. (The Boston Post). Copyrijht in the United Kingdom, the Dominions, its Colonies and dependencies, under the copyright act, by the Post Publishing Co., Boston, Mas3., U. S. A. AU rights reserved.

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flannel shirts and woolen socks allsummer. Reformers are bent on stopping the spooning on the Fifth avenue buses. This reform should be looked upon by ministers and justices of the peace as a combination in restraint of trade. Will not the hat check boy please go on strike? If any man wears a hay bonnet after this date, shoot it on the spot.

Memories of Old Days In This Paper Ten Year Ago Today

SEPT. 22, 1919. Fourteen indictments were returned by the grand "Jury. The annual session of the committee on ministry and oversight ef the 69th annual Yearly Meeting of Friends, to discuss plans for the opening. Arthur Oler was appointed by the board of police commissioners as patrol and ambulance driver. Richmond was selected as the next meeting place for the annual convention of the Saint Joseph's Staats Ver-

band, a German Catholic organization.

Police and Public

From the Indianapolis News;. IN a telegram to ths police authorities of Washington, tho president said thatlhe thought "that any association of the police force of the capital city or of any great city whose object is' to bring pressure upon the publio or the community siich as will endanger the public peace or embarrass thei maintenance of order should in no case be countenanced or permitted." There are, of course, other objections to jsuch action, some of them of gi eater weight than the oii3 advanced by the president. But his position is correct There can be no police strike that will not "bring pressuw upon the public or the community such as will endarrer the public peace or embarrass the maintenance of order." Therefore, association with an organization one of the objects of which is to order strikes and to support them, is not to be thought of. As has been pointed o$, men who take an oath to perform a public duty, and jwho draw their pay from the public, and who are therefoire as much a '""part of the

government as are the president and congress, can not be allowed to strike against the government, of which they are a part To accept the contrary view is to indorse a theory which, if it should prevail, would make government impossible. It is, therefore, the duty of the people to resist all efforts to unionize the police of our cities or any other public servants. It must be'borne in mind that these people are not the employes of their superior officers, but of the community, of which those superior officers are also servants. It is said that the Washington police have come to the conclusion that it would be a mistake to affiliate with the American Federation of Labor, and are now willing to withdraw. If so, they have learned a valuable lesson. In Boston, the authorities are standing firmlyagainst the striking policemen, who no doubt by this tlmeregret their action. The president's telegram was timelyj and it will. It Is beyeved,"have a helpful effect k

son, with perfect coolness; then turn

ing to Mr. Hargrave he said: "You know you are reputed to be the most profound political student in the House, and more intimately acquainted than any other with the works of Bolingbroke." Mr. Hargrave knew no such thing, but he was a weak man, and, seduced by tzo compliment, ho was afraid to prove himself unworthy of it by confessing his ignorance of the passage. Vivian carried this same self-assurance into politics and won many triumphs by tactics of the kind. He attached himself to the Marquess, and was responsible for his entering politics, spending much of his time at the estate of the Marquess, "Chateau Desir," with large house parties of famous persons, some interesting to him and some otherwise. Among the guests at one time, was a relative of the Marquess, a young matron, Mrs. Felix Lorraine, who was much impressed with Vivian, and tried her charms upon him, but to no avail; then in pique, she attempted intrigue to make trouble between the Marquess and Vivian, which she came very near accomplishing. Meantime Vivian kept his eyes and thoughts for the pawns upon the political chess board, among which was a Mr. Frederick Cleveland, who attracted his attention, and when the Marquess' party was looking for a leader, Vivian suggested the name of

Mr. Cleveland. Now it happened that

these two, the Marquess and Cleveland, had been at odds, which Vivian did not at first realize; but when he was alone, he said to himself. "What

have I done? I am sure that Lucifer

may know, for I do not. This Cleve

land Is, I suppose, but a man; I saw

the feeble fools were wavering, and

to save all, made a leap in the dark

Vvell, is my skull cracked? We shall

see." Again was Vivian's assurance to the fore; he was certainly "all things to all men." He had the power with his silver tongue, of conciliating many persons, but not so Mr. Cleveland. The first great trouble came to Vivian when, after many attempts at diplomacy and the political game, he estranged both the Marquess and Mr. Cleveland; the latter while under the influence of wine, met Vivian at their club and In a fit of anger struck him and a duel was the result. Vivian fired into the air, hoping that the affair would end safely, but Cleveland insisted upon another shot; Vivian shot at random, but his bullet pierced Cleveland's heart A great remorse seized Vivian and for many weeks he was ill with fever at his father's home, under the loving care of his mother. "But the human mind can master many sorrows," and after a desperate relapse and another desperate rally, Vivian Grey arose from his bed. He left England and traveled in Germany, visiting, among other places, Frankfort during the time of the fair. On a bright and sunshiny afternoon, while crossing the Square, Vivian was attracted by an excited crowd of people around a conjurer, whose appearance was of the oddest kind, and held Vivian's attention; he was called Essper George. Later he became serving man to Vivian, who had offer-

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"The Shuttle," by Mrs. Frances Hodgson-Burnett, as condensed by Elizabeth M. Lee, will be printed tomorrow.

Good Evening BY ROY K. MOULTON

THE GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS DAILY TALK DIVIDE There is nothing truer in life than that there is glory enough for all. Selfishness is always disintegrating. Get oh, yes! But keep dividing what you get. Keep distributing it. Keep giving It away. It is the process that is important. If you have a child, the very first lesson yon should teach it should be to divide its gifts and possessions. There can be no civilization without community of interest and helpfulness and enjoyment. All other building is upon the sand. The man who finds no time for the granting of happiness to others will some day look-into his hands to see them very empty indeed cramped and unable to serve even his own Interests. What we are able to earn and own is for but a little time anyway. So divide while you can. Let the children run over your parks new grass will grow. Let them pick your flowers new ones will bud. Lend a hand. Give a lift Divide. Only the smiling face is beautiful; only the working hand Is fine. The only heart In the world that is big, is the overflowing one. The only things which you will ever be able to enjoy will he the thing which you divide.

MORE VITAL STATISTICS If all the telephone wires In this burg were torn down and melted into one great lump the service couldn't be much worse. Lester. No color line in the Botanical Garden: "Many Colored Water Lilies are Now in Bloom at the N. Y. Botanical Garden." Headline. MORE CANNIBALISM? Sign on Nevins street restaurant, Brooklyn: : A VERY NICE PLACE TO EAT : : LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. : I. Stitch is a tailor on Broadway,

Brooklyn, and O. Buns is a baker on Third avenue, New York city. Outside of that everything seems to be moving along all right Oh, yes, I. Last is a shoemaker on East Second street. Did we ever tell you that Mr. Skeleton is the village undertaker at Elmhurst? Oh very well! Eniil Junk runs a delicatessen store on Broadway, Brooklyn. TALL GRASS REFLECTIONS Nothing will cheer up a homely man more than to tell him he has character in his face. There is nobody luckier than the feller who never bad a hankering to go into politics. Everything has a use in this world.

A wart on the end of a man s nose keeps his spectacles from slipping off. There are other signs of aristocracy Just as potent as wearing white shoes and tight pants. Every feller who goes away and makes good, surprises the home folks. Every man can make a profit exceptin his own country. If the vice president would only look after vice, he would have plenty to do in this country. Times are certainly changing. Eack in the sixties men used to wear red

Dinner Stories

"This large bump running across the back of your head shows that you are inclined to be curious to the point of recklessness," said the phrenologist. "Yon are right," replied the client. "I got that by sticking my head Into a lift-shaft to see if the lift was coming up, and it was coming down. My curiosity was more than . satisfied." When Theodore Roosevelt was governor of New York he knew quite well a farmer who lived at a houso on the road where the governor, riding horseback, would always stop for a rest. One day when the governor rode

up, the farmer was reading a New York paper. "Governor," he asked, "aren't theseNew York papers pretty tall liars?" "Why, what makes you think they are?" "Well, here's a story I was Justareadin of a man who paid $14,000 for a picture of a cow. I dont believe It." "Why not?" said T. R. "Because," 6ald the farmer, T don't believe there's any man in New York would pay $14,000 for anything he couldn't milk." Mrs. Grubley met her bosom friend In Biz &. Bulkley's. "Kow do you like your neighbors?" asked the friend. "Not a bit," said Mrs. Grubley, who was buying a hat for her little boy. "You see, they don't like children." "How do you know?" "They hurt Clarence-pet's feelings dreadfully. When he throws stones a: their dog or plays the hose on theiwindows they look real crossly at him." While the minister was making a call the little girl of the house waa

busy with pencil and paper. "What are you doing?" he asked, when her mother had left the room fcr a moment. "I'm making your picture," said the child. The minister sat very still and she worked away steadily. Then she stopped and compared her work with the original and shook her head. "I don't like it much," she said. " 'Taint a great deal like you. I guess I'll put a tall on It and call it a dog."

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