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nrithm tic is l-.-in taught a.lon with the roa'lin ar writing. Sj far th v.ork in Arkansas has rccivrd no !inancial aid from the Ftate. It is i-rohahlf. howfvor, that the legislature will arpreciat.- the need f.r .snch v-.rk and will make an aiironrlation to further it this year. ArKaufc.is is jrst onn state that is taking this c-Juca-tional work more and more 'riously. In other stat'.-s deJinit4 steps are being taken to reduce illiteracy. And with the education of illiterate Americans goes the education of our furcipri clement. Americanization work is makinir great forward strides tht-.se days. A yo'jr.f? woman enraged in teaching ur lanuare and customs to alien-lorn residents of her city, regrets that so much of thi.s important work is considered simply as war work. Hut even though the em-phaf-U is laid on the war emergency pha.-e now, the work is l-ound to go on whn peace comes. America is awake at la-:t to the ned -f helping her foreiznl.iorn citizens to beco.me real Americans. V.'ith the lig impetus the war has iriven all this w;rk, it should continue to spread until tolerance of illit racy and illiteracy itself are wi.v d f.ut, a.:d until every foreign-lorn resident of the I'nited states rageiiy 5efks citizenship, rer.liing fully the res-ponsi-J-ilitie.s and ir:vilee (t that title.

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THAT EXTRA CON TROLLERS HIP CLERK. Regrettable as perhaps, we ought to be that we should have .-aid anything to disturb the equilibrium of the city conti oiler, somehow, the way in which he expresses that disturbance inly serw.s to muddle the situation all the more; reference being made to our comment on the propriety of the common council affording him an extra clerk in the controller's oitice, and the consequent expense. We had taid that before him Controllers Joce and Manning had each cared lor the duties of the ofhee with the aid of one clerk, ;nd that the necessity of another one for Controller .Swygart wasn't so ery clear. (Jet thi as his answer: 'Politic should not enter into a matter of this kind. A man is not judged on account of hid religion, and h? should not be judged on account cf his politics. We are here in this of.'ice to serve the whole people." Isn't that brilliant? ''Politics should not enter into a mattr of thi-i kind:" Well, it seemingly did, just before election, and apparently, about the time the appointment:! werv being handed out, while if anyone has ben non-partis. t n about it. we claim that we were "it" Controller Joyce being a democrat, and Controller Manning a republican, and n-rtainly we Kave a much credit to the one for getting along without the extra clerk, as we dil to the other. Iu t why this incongruous mixture of religion and politics? If we vere to judge Controller Swygart by his religion, assuredly we would expect him to be a very good controller, and taking the promises of his party, during the campaign; promises of service, economy and efficiency, we certainly had no reason to expect anything1 from him like this: "I am willing to come down here evenings to help out whenever I can, and I am willing to do all I can to help out, but when I am asked to spend all my time here, I think that is unreasonable." No. we shouldn't judge a man by his politics, especially in view of his political appointment nothing more than expected, and. it is perfectly proper that the mayor should have surrounded himself with agreeable company in a partisan administration, but what ibout thia sudden resurrection of this old republican ideal that "a public office is a private snap?" Controller fcjwygart wants an extra cltrk in order that he may need only to "come down 9 evenings to help out." and he thinks it unreasonable that he should le asked "to spend all his time" there. In other words he wants to collect $2,3UO a year from "the whole people' whom he iay.s "we are in this office to serve" and then he wants the people to employ a clerk to do his work for him so that he can pursue his regular businesi, and "help out' with his pare time ' evenings." Controllers Joyce ami .Manning had no such snap. They must haw regarded the office as something of a "public trust" rather than the "private snap" that Controller Swygart would mak- of it. Probably it would require another clerk to d. the work if there is to be no controller on the job, except evenings? Maybe Mr. Manning had this in mind v. hen he said as quoted by his puccesor, that they "would not be able to do the work with the present help, but there is one thing that such successor may depend upon, and that is that vc will not judge him by his religion in this exhibition f h.'s anxiety to draw that i-.."i.'0 salary and devote only his evenings to the work. We will have to judge him by his politic and nothing else; and the fact that lie tried to get under the wire along with Judge Gilmer doesn't i hange our view of it in the least. We hawn 'l appn ed of all that Judge Gilmer akt d for notwithstanding that he is taking on more work and is not asking for relief as to time to come down "only evenings" though perhaps, politic considered, it des explain sonieuhat. Mayor Carson'd sudden change of front to favoritism for the Tull Gi'mer increase. Was it to be a game of tag between the republican a ml democratic members of the

PROTECTING THE LANGUAGE. A society of Chicago women has organized for the purpose of protecting the Kn-'lish language again-st corruption and deterioration. Every schoolehild will be asked to sign this pledge: "I will not oishonor my country's speech by leaving off the last syllable. I will say a good American 'yes' or 'no in plate of an Indian grunt or a fore.gn yah' or 'yep' or 'nope;' I will do my best to improve the American sp ech by enunciating distinctly and by speaking pleasantly and sincerely; I will try to make my country's language beautiful for the many foreign children who will come here to live; I will learn to articulate distinctly and correctly a word a day for tho next year." It is a pledge that might well be taken by most grown-ups. How many people whom one hears as one goes about the affairs of the day speak beautiful English, enunciate it distinctly, speak pleasantly and sincerely? Yet there is no reason except carelessness why every American should not m utter his native tongue that it woulu be a joy to hear. It is a commonplace that the average American girl dresses so well as to pass for a woman of breeding until she opens her mouth. Out of beautiful features, beautifully groomed, too often issues a torrent of coarse and vulgar slang. If Americans are to conquer in a world war, if English is to be made th medium of thought-exchange all over the civilized globe, it ought certainly to be a beautiful language, beautifully spoken. Why fchould we not so speak it?

NOTHING PLEASES THEM. A week before frr.c'y Maker rnaJe his statement, Pres't Wilson said: ".My association and constant conference with the secretary of war has taught me to regard him as one of th-3 ablest public officials 1 have ever known. The country will soon learn whether he or his critics understand the business in hand." This was taken by the Indianapolis News as the tc ct for one of the daily editorial demands for Paker5 resignation and excuse for chastising Woodrow Wilson for general inetficiency. Now the best the same editor can ?ay is that if wo must tell our war secrets to the enemy in order to tell them to congress, then tell them, lest "rumors" continue to be exaggerated into "facts." quite like South Pend's republican organ, which asks: "Isn't it iemarkable hew much military information would be of aid and comfort to the enemy if a reporter secured it direct and how little of it is of aid and comfort when the secretary of war reads U in public?" Great care is taken to avoid giving any credit either to Wilson or Paker for the war work accomplished. That would be admitting that republican leaders, including the aforesaid editor, had been doing a lot of bad political blundering.

Tili: MAXK lly William "This is the first time I froze myi

cneeK since i was a chicken going to school," said the Manicure Lady. "I guess this is really one of them old fashioned winters that we used

i to read about. Ucor-'f. I had a good

notion not to come down to business this mornin-. but then again I remembered that it was the first month of the n-w year and a bad time to start my old, lazy habits, so here I am. full of pep and frostbitten ti a fare you well!" "Your jaw didn't froze none, I notice," said the Head Harber. "If you noticed more Important things, George, you wouldn't be here in the shop now!" declared the Manicure Lady. "You would be out along the battle front, where heroes is hiking up and down them trenches that's where you would be! I didn't intend to start the new year with a lot of them sarcastic remarks. George, but you kind of drive me to it. A girl's got a swell chances to be kind and gentle in this shop I" "You don't need to be kind and gentle on my account." said the Head Harber, "if you will only try to be efficient. That's the latest dope all along the line, kid eflitiency. I seen in a magazine where all we had to do to win this war was

for every man hiiil every woman to do their work right up to the handle and keep smiling. It didn't say nothing whatever about gabbing, though, which is how things ought to be. Less talk and more work, says 1." I "I could get along grand if you '.idn't talk at all," said the Manicure L-idy. "I hope you don't think, , George, that I talk to you because I'm dying to talk to you. I only had a notion that maybe it brightened you up a little to hear what a re- I fined lady had to say once in awhile. ' Believe me, I can keep tili if that's ; the way you want things. I won't j say another word to you all after-' noon. I know when my company is ' welcome and when it ain't, and if ; you think talking to you is any grand treat for me, George, get It !

out of your head!" "I'm satisfied that way," said the

l UK LADY. 1 Kirk. Head Harber. "PH take your word for it, kid. After this you and me will onlv talk when we gotta. That suits mc right down to the ground." "There couldn't be no better arrangement for nie. either." said the. Manicure Lady. "Silence is golden, like it says in the works of them great authors. r, as Mister H:-yan used to say, silence is golden and talk is free silver. Lots of tines. George, I hae made up my mind not t say another word to you all day, and then I would look at you. and you always seemed to look kind of lonesome and sad. and then I would forget all about being still and start rattling away again. Put I got my cue all right jiow, Georce, believe iue! After this you won't hear a word out of me when it ain't necessary, and I guess it won't be necessary very often. "Many a time when I felt more like keeping still I would say something just to make your day seem a little happier, maybe, or a little less lonesome, though goodness knows I ain't much of a talker as a rule, being more fond of thinking than gabbing, as all my friends know that know me at all. "Sister Mayme was saying only the other night that I was one of the quietest girls she ever seen, which shows up that all my talk to you has been kind of put on just to make jou forget your troubles. Put never again. George! I don't need to have no brick house fall on me. 1 can take a hint, goodness knows, and after this I'll be one Silent Sadie around this here emporium. You just remember what I told you. George, and don't be surprised if you think I've turned into a deaf mute." "You couldn't be no deaf mute," declared the Head Barber. "If you couldn't talk you would explode. Go ahead, kid! Don't let me spoil your last days around this old hangout. I guess the way it looks now in the barber business we won't be here long to spiel. Talk out your stiing, kid. Don't let me be no killjoy for you in these last days around the old homestead."

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OVERLOOKED. Here is a part of the senatorial examination of Sec'y Paker which Indianapolis newspapers did not print: Sen. Harry s. New "Do you not think. Mr. Secretary, that the president should have declared war when the Lusitania was sunk?" Sec'v Paker "My understanding. Sen. New, is that it is the province of the congress to declare war." Just a little pointer for the Indiana statesman, that's all.

Sec'y Paker knows what "you're damned If you do and you're damned if you don't" means by this time. Cockatrice critics gave him fits because he wouldn't make public all that t lie war department was doing and now he gets it just the same because he has made ft public. They're afraid now Germany will find it out.

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scratch yours," in getting Loth appropriations through that body? Put wo weren't to mention politus' ' Serve the whole people!" Well, go ahead ami serve them; actually serw them hut piffle on this ".kl.-ent method" business.

LITERACY AND AMERICANIZATION. Th Arkansas illiteracy commission has announced through recent r' ports that 1 etwe n l.-iü and l..'ö'' adult illiterate:-: were taught to :.ol in the 'moonlight" j.-hools of that state during the p.it fall. In its report the o-mmissiort g;ws :n- number of such jch' ols as i 5 .

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tlcrnents of rcd.ng an I anting. Along with that instruction the u.v hers tried to give encouragement f r f .:rth-r tu L t - :::-!:! : ;us of j ro,ro; an 1 intel'.igenl cit:zi r.ihip. It w.s ho;id that i..an;. , f th- udent would be abb- t- . ur:ir.- th w : t.. ! e duriug the win ter. And in the pi: . th- s -Is veil o,en again.

NO NAGGING IIHICADI-:! (Chicago Herald.) Pair criticism Is always in order. Put there aro plenty of evidences that th. public will not view with favor the formation of a brigade devoted to nagging the administration. Pecently in the senate Sen. Meyers of Montana protested against this sort of activity. Sen. Porah, in an address out or the senate, has jut-t added his appeal for a fair attitude toward congress and the whole administration. "I beg you to remember," he told his audience in Palitmore, "that the process cf transformation is a big one. and in order for no mistakes to have been made the administration would have had to bo divine." Theodore X. Vail, a gentleman with no small reputation for busmen acum n, also chairman of the Leacuo for National I'nity. ato protest against nagging tho administration. "The public should not be too critical or exp-ct too much too quickly." he siys. There is not much evidence that th.- public is, but still there are many to whom the advice will not come amL-s. The chronic r.agg-:r, the tnultnnder, may think he is a critic, but he isn't. He is a national nuisance, a cumherer of the ground, and the greatest aid he can render the country at this juncture is to pick a larce. commodious hole, descend into it and then r'.ill the hole in too.

CONQUEST and KULTUR Aims of the Germans IN THEIR OWN WORDS A compilation from German authorities by the committ5 on public information. By Wallace Nrdesteic and E. K. Stoll Tbe University of Minnesota.

"In the end a continual dropping will wear out a stone. It is interesting to observe the gradual change in the emperor's views during the last three years, from PJ11 to HGL In 11 10 the Emperor William could still discuss with the French Minister Pichon. the idea of a union of all civilized states and express his approval of the idea. In the previous year, in lDQ'J, speaking at Cuxhaven, he emphasized that peace was needed in equal measure by all civilized nations to enable them to discharge undisturbed the great tasks of culture involved in their economic and commercial development.' In 1911, he emphasized, in a speech delivered in Hamburg, that economic competition between nations could not be fou glit out by one party striking at the other, but only by each nation straining its capacity to the highest point. On New Year's clay, 15 11, in an address to the diplomatists, he still eulogized the peaceful understanding existing between the nations, which was more in accordance with their interest than the conduct of dangerous wars. Put in his speech at Hamburg on June IS, ltGl'. a different note is already sounded: 'Not inconsiderately must we raise the standard where we are not sure that we shall be able to defend it.' This speech was delivered six months after the Morocco convention, and anyone who can read between the lines may already detect the influence which the criticism of the emperor's peaceful policy had begun to exercise on the thoughts of the emperor; he no longer rejects war under all circumstances, but if war must come, it is to be, according to the saying of Clausewitz. a continuation of policy by other means that is. of course, on the. assumption that the standard can be defended; in other words, that we are stronger than the other side. In the next year, at the boisterous banquets in commemoration of the War of Liberation of 1813. this military note more and more suppressed the notes of peace. An intoxication appeared to have seized the whole of Germany, a new intoxication of freedom, from what bondage no one knew. This drunkencss was artificially produced by the tiery beverages which an unscrupulous patriotic press had for many a year and day poured out to the German nation. Even thoe occupying the highest positions were

fur.aHe to escape this cenditon of j intoxication. A true epidemic of pa;triotis:n broke out. setting hich and ; low. young and obi. in a fever of

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this new factor, namely, that the emperor is becoming used to an order of ideas which were formerly repugnant to him, and that, to borrow from him a phrase which he lilies to use, 'We must keep our powder dry.' " (Jules Cambon. French Ambassador at Perlin. to M. Stephen Pichon, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Perlin. Nov. ü?. r.G.5. The French Yellow Pook, Letter No. 6.) "The person addressed by the emperor fthe king of the Pelgians had thought up till then, as did all the world, that William II. whose personal influence had been exerted on many critical occasions in support of peace, was still in the same state of mind. Ho found him this time completely changed. The German emperor is no longer in his

eyes the champion of peace against the warlike tendencies of certain parties in Germany. William II has come to think that war with France is inevitable, and that it must come sooner or later. Naturally he believes in the crushing superiority of the German army and in its certain success. j "Gen. von Moltke spoke exactly 'in the same strain as his sovereign. He, too, declared war to be necesjsary and inevitable, but he showed j himself still more assured of suej cess. 'For' he said to the king Albert of Holgiuni, 'this time the matter must be settled, and your majesty can have no conception of the irresistible enthusiasm with which jthe whole German people will be .-carried away when that day

i oiues. (Jules Cambon, French Ambassador at Perlin, to M. Stephen Pichon, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Perlin. Nov. 22, II 1.1. The French Yellow Pook. Iy?tter No. J.) "No one any bmger inquired as to the. grounds or the object of this popular movement, prepared long in advance and skillfully staged by the nationalist wire-pullers, a movement in which the emperor and the. chancellor were at first victims carried away by the stream, a movement in which later they were voluntary participators, and of which in the end they became the conscious directing leaders." (J'Accuse! by a German, p. 127. The writer of that cogent indictment of Germany, J'Accuse! is so hostile to the German government in this war that his unsupported assertions should not have undue weight. Yet this statement as to what was happening in Germany hits the nail so exactly on the hel that it deserves quotation. The more one learns of the background of the war the more highly one estimates J'Accuse! as a contribution to the explanation of the immediate taus-?s of the war. Few war books have s'Kh careful reasoning, fewer still so much insight. )

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luck for members of the army, especially to those who belong to the. signal corps. Again extraordinal y inventions are foretold, and one of these will revolutionize the principles of aviation or improve on aereqdar.es to such an ext-nt that it will mark a new epoch in the war, the seers declare. Coincident with the launching by the government of great inventions for warfare, prophets will appear to present new theories as sensational as the principles of the new inventions. Under this planetary sway there may develop many jealousies and disappointments in more than one branch ef the government service, but these will be only shot in duration and not f ir-reaching. Persons whose birthdate it is should not ri.-k any money in the new year. They rnay hnve the desire to travel, but changes of location will not be successful. Children torn on this day will be isionary and enthusiastic. probably, but inclined toward extravagance. They should be safeguarded against too great a loe of pleasure and amusement. (Copyright. 131S.)

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