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THE OREGON jSTATES&IAK, SALEM, OREGON
TUESDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER 18, 1923 s v
K. J. HEXDRICKS
President
CARLE ABRAMS
Secretary
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.' The fire at the penitentiary ; yesterday destroyed 200 to
400 tons of flax, and the flax machinery -was also destroyed
: But all the rest of the 2000 or more tons of flax is intact,
in stack4jutside the prison walls, on the farms of the growers,,
and in the warehouse at Rickreall; and all the hemp is at La
bisk Meadows; and the flax destroyed was fully covered by
regular insurance independent of the state insurance under
the insxfrace law v " 1 t-
- And the .flax, machinery was covered, in the same way. ?
So there will e no money loss to the-state flax industry';
no 4oss excepting in the shutting down or slowing up of the
operations. Some pedigreed seed .was burned; but more' is oh
hand or available., The burning of the pedigreed seed; was Ja
loss to the industry; but it will be recovered soon, hi j '
The flax threshing machine had not arrived There will
of course be delay in securing new flax machinery, but when
it is secured it will be niore. modern and efficient than most of
the old' machinery. .r .- " ! - I
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.The woodworking and other industries that were burned
are covered by the insurance provided by the state under the
insurance law j-the law- that was fathered by Mr. Dunbar when
he was Secretary of State." These, other industries will also
be rebuilt 'as jspeedily as possible. I -
And another thing will be done that perhaps wouldi have
teen somewhat delayed but for the fire of yesterday ?
The new buildings will be made as nearly fire proof as
possible And they will, be built separately. There will be a
building 'for the flax industry machinery- There will be a
building, for the proposed flax spinning plant. There will be
one for the furniture factory; one perhaps for the saw mill.
They will, all be separated as far as possible.
Provision has alreadyj been made for a flax warehouse of
brick, and concrete. .There will finally follow other buildings
for the same purpose of the same materials. They will be sep
arated.. There will no longer be any great quantity of flax
straw or, fiber, of tow, or seed stored inside the walls, or in the
buildings in which, any of the machinery will be place -
'The flax industry will go on, and in a safer and -.better
wajr than heretofore. So will the other industries! j I r
'The work of rendering the Oregon penitentiary : entirely
self supporting will proceed with a better foundation" and un
der more orderly plana "than before. F
THIS , ARISTOCRACY OF COOUiSGfiSHM illX
The New, York Tribune points out that 'the one" comical
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commentnpon President Coolidge has come ; from?; the New
York Call, an organ of the Socialists. It referred; to him as
belonging to "the Back Bay aristocracy: of j, Boston." This
will give the Coolidges of Plymouth, Vermont, fanners bred
and born a good. Yankee T grin-r- j ; ? tv rTj i f
For if a precise prior occupation Is to be tagged upon the
new President, it obviously must be farmer; v : '
'iFor he' was pitching hay on his father's 'farm 'when the
r ?ws of Mr. Harding 's illness reached him4 He came, up as a
farmer's boy. One ?of his 'sons was working "on a farm, when
the shift from-Vice , Presidency to Presidency happened and
went back to "the job at the usual hour the I next morning.
'Then there was a dernanchfor an estimate of Calvin Coolidge
by his "father,' that Vermont parent' replied in truly Vermont
style that "he had always done his work fairly well.'V'r
- "This lavish parental praise suggests what aristocracy it is
that President; Coolidge belongs to .
VThe aristocracy that Americans recognize, the aristbrcacy
IT workers.- . V . -
" ; There are indications that already .the representatives of
1 1; e- farmers" in - Washington are a wakenin g ,to : the'f act,: that
he is a man who has studied the farmer's ; problems in the
sweat of his brow.' f " : - " ,
THE HONOR SYSTEM
. ; Tor centuries the inquisition
was looked upon as the only real
. way to ferret oat crime and the
punishments following the inquisi
tion verdicts' were so revolting
they shock the sensibilities of the
world for years. Finally the idea
crept: in slyly but surely that a
man was a human being even it he
was charged ' with crime and that
be was a human still even if con
; victed by ; this inhuman court.
Then" the pendulum swung to the
i opposite extreme and a laxity fol
' lowed. In many instances maudlin
. sentiment took the place of cruel
1 punishment. Out of . this there
" came , a balance, an adjustment,
that was fair. Crime was none the
less loathsome, but its punishment
was not made so drastic. Out of
this' middle ground there came a
Just appreciation of the rights of
man. - no matter how .seriously
charged with offending.
The honor system cameras a
natural sequence and in due pro
cess of evolution.. It has had its
setbacks, unworthy men have Jvio
.' lated their obligations and; the
enemies of the system have been
quick to point out' that a man con.
victed of a crime could "not be
trusted. Gradually the system has
.won its way. We think there
never : was k better Illustration of
lta workings than happened right
in Salem last week Two prison
ers ..tried to;escape. They were
'not honor -men and under the
game law of the world had a right
to do bo If they-could. One was
q a Ickly captured the other-was
out several hours.
la the evening of ithe-same-day
-83 the escape 18 pen men. four of
t!. era-life termers, asked the privil
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ege of bringing the man in. They
went ut and made the search.
They "were unarmed save with
clubs they picked up on the way,
but they made a most 'thorough
search, beating the bushes on
every hand. Every man came
back, not as a matter of duty, but
as a matter of course. ?
In the mind of the fugitive there
came a realization of what he was
doing to his fellow prisoners, to
the, men whose honor had been
pledged. He gave himself np.
This man was under no direct obli
gation to his fellow prisoners, but
there -worked In his mind the fact
that these ; men ; were working
along certain lines that led back to
honorable standing in the world.
The man who was under no pledge,
the man who, under the game
laws, had a right to get his liberty
if he could, voluntarily gave him
self up and came back to take
what, punishment was coming by
the prison rules. ::;
' Certainly no better illustration
could be given of the honor sys
tem. The world is learning - that
a- man does not Idse his honor
upon entering prison, that he does
not forfeit the right to have his
pledged word ; taken. A convict's
word may be clonded under tne
rules of legal evidence but be-
t ween man and man it is etiil good
and furthermore it reflects in the
conduct of men whose word has
not been pledged.
TUKX OX THK IJGIIT
It Is time! to know the real
reason for th proposed recall ot
Governor; Pierce. It may have in
effect on future jjolitlcs. It men
are to be recalled from office slm.
ply because they seek to do their
duty, -the people at large have a
right to know, iu If the recall is
a weapon in the hands of unscrup
ulous men to injure the state and
deter capable men from aspiring to
office, it is time this were known.
Governor . Pierce has been In of
fice eight months. : He started
with a ; hostile legislature, and
since its adjournment he has been
harassed, nagged and beset on
every hand by characterless news
papers and malicious politicians.
Why this desperate effort to pre
vent his making good? ' Governor
Pierce was fairly elected, the peo
ple decreed that he. be given the
place and carried with that was a
mandate to do certain things. In
every move he has made Governor
Pierce has found determined op
position. There must be some
reason for this. : Is there .a con
spiracy? Governor Pierce is the
same man today that he was when
elected last November. vThe Ore
gon Statesman is not the only pa
per that see a bug under the chip
and is demanding a square deal.
The East Oregonian, published at
Pendleton, has this to say editori
ally: , .-';:
"Who are these men and why
are they trying to throw the state
into the turmoil of a recall elec
tion? What has Governor Pierce
done to deserve a recall fight? Is
it because he advocates a sever
ance tax on timber and other tax
reforms so as to equalize the tax
burden in order that the farming
sections of the state may have a
fair dealt Is it because the first
legislation under his- administra
tion reduced - expenses a million
dollars and passed an income tax
law? Is the governor opposed be
cause he has set his foot down
against promiscuous certification
of irrigation bonds by the state
a step he took In order to save the
taxpayers from serious less?
"Ia the governor to have a re
call fif ht because j he has done
something wrong or is it because
he has been a real governor who
has done his duty as he sees it and
has refused to take dictation -from
any quarter? ; J J k
"No doubt he will be enlighten
ed on -these points as time goes on.
Meanwhile, why are those Port
land gentlemen so sly? If they
want a recall fight; why do they
not come boldly out Into the open
and 8tate their case? Why have
they resorted to . thet subterfuge
of trying to make people believe
the affair originated in Umatilla
county? . Why should this county
be held. up as agitating a recall?
Why was R. E. Bean called hur
riedlto Portland ?, JHow "did it
happen thai he returned with a
recall petition in his pocket? Is
Mr. Bean, an official of this coun
ty, to.be the local champion of a
move to recall the man who last
fall received from this eounty the
heaviest majority it ever extended
a gubernatorial candidate? If so,
what are Mr. Bean's reasons for
acting in such a capacity? Why
does he think the governor should
be recalled? Many people think
Mr. Bean has placed our county in
a false position, and that an ex
planation, from him is due." ,
KVER THE WOMAN
It Is ever so the woan is to
blame. When Adam said "The
woman tempted me" he opened
the way for all men' to charge the
women with the sins of the world.
So far has this been taken that if
a man and a woman are caught in
a moral lapse the man can go his
way in the world while the woman
Is an outcast fore verm ore. 1
The revolution in Spain is said
to have been caused by a woman.
A grandee married his mistress
and attempted to force her into
society. The social world rebelled,
the military world took it up and
the ministry was unhorsed. It
will be recalled that in the days
of Andrew Jackson a woman dis
rupted his administration. ! Wo
man is responsible tor a lot of evil,
but man just would not do with
out her. -i . f ' ' . ;
Just a word here in defense of
woman. God bless her, she Is the
delight of our home, the beacon
star that guides a . wallowing
world into the pearly gates. .We
hold to . the Idea that while the
preponderance or testimony is
such that we must admit that Eve
actually committed ; the physical
act of reaching up and plucking
the apple, Adam either dared her
to do it, or what Is more, prob
ably ran to her with a hop, skip
and a jump calling "Eve, give me
a bite!"
LKT8 GO
. "Willamette unierslty is open for
the school year and the classes
will begin reciting tomorrow. It
is just glorious to have theb
youngsters, back with us. They
are' so full of life, so exuberant
in their liveliness, so bubbling over
with happiness and so full of the
joy of life that they bless the en
tire city. - There is not a - home
here that Is not brighter because
these young people are back.
The greatest thing in the world
is youth. It comes but once to an
individual, but It Is with us from
year to year in tho generations of
.' students who come ta Willamette.
Then again the school is doing
such wonderful work. It is doing
what all of us would do if we
could. " It is preparing boys and
girls (they call themselves men
and women now, but they are only
funning) for great work as men
and women. What a pleasure It is
to .realize that when "those of us
who are older get tired and shuffle
off this mortal coil that ' the
world's work will be carried on
by each as these. God bless the
students. They are so wholesome,
so unconsciously delightful, so
splendid in their young lylves and
so wonderfully worth . while in
their futures.
El'GEXE TO THE FROXT
Eugene is a forward looking
city. It has been living up to the
minute for a long time. Eugene
Is just now establishing the re
ligious day school. ; It was I done
by unanimous vote of the board
of education. That was because
the board understood and appre
ciated the opportunity offered.
. The Eugene board of education
Is no less Intelligent than ours, no
(Rev. J.; R. Buck)
? I have been asked many times
for my opinion of the outstand
ing figure in Italy today, Musso
lini, and . the Fascist! Movement
which he has inaugurated.' Hav
ing been in Italy recently; my
views may be-of interest to some,
therefore this article.
I It is otten remarked that his
tory repeats itself; but in this
Instance it is difficult to find a
paralel case, for the conditions
are peculiarly Isolated. . Bolshe
vism itself U not new, but Its ap
plied power in all countries, more
or less, at the close of a world
war made its strength tremend
ous in some countries and i Italy
was one of these countries.1 One
must - visualize Italy's condition
at the height of the Socialist's
regime in order to fully apprec
iate the remarkable work the
Fascist! have done, and are still
doing. Socialism had 'been grow
ing and rapidly gaining adherents,
by offering a panacea for all evils
of government and the insidious
doctrines sent broadcast from
Moscow were being accepted by
a large proportion of the people,
while the government. Instead of
taking a strong and upright stand
was . apparently so supine that
everyone- was beginning , to feel
unsafe.
: Bolshevism was first manifested
In. seemingly harmless ways, the
symptoms of which we have seen
In many places and even in- our
own country, and passed by. In
Italy red flags were flaunted, soc
ialist songs were . sung, appeals
to class hatred were made, mob
violence Incited and even violent
attacks priifted and should
on the throne and ' parliament
were tolerated. ; . '
Anti-nationalist propaganda I
rapidly spread anti-army feeling
and the soldier who had given his
all for h'is country became ' a
loathsome object; In Rome dec
orations were placed and prepara
tions - made ' to honor the boys
returning from war.' But at the
instigation of the Reds, the gov
ernment abandoned all such man
ifestations and the home coming
of - Italy's soldiers was a sorry
affair. The government had shown
its timidity or inefficiency to such
an extentthat the communist
party grew bolder and bolder un
til it dared to advocate openly,;
"Frighten the government. The
more they give way . the harder
we will press them, the harder
we press them the more they give
way." At the opening, of the first
parliament after the war the soc
ialist deputies openly decided the
king and even , became threaten
ing. They left the chamber in a
body crying, "Down . with. . the
king!" The army and the. bravest
of Italy's soldiers were degraded
and their arms taken from them
by the government In order to
pacify the bolshevists, and when
they were, attacked, as they many
times were, they could . defend
themselves only with their fists
while their enemies were armed
with knives and revolvers.
. Railways were In charge of the
Reds, and the service was abom
inable. It is said that 75 per
cent of the patrons rode free, and
should a soldier or officer appear
to ride wearing his army uniform
he was asked to get out, and if
he refused, was thrown out. The
carabiniers and royal guards, the
two divisions of the police, were
hated by the communists with a
hatred that was deadly. Again
and again detachments of these
police were sent to various places
to preserve peace, and when they
were defied and: spat upon, they
were told by those , in authority
not to retaliate but to "exercise
firmness, but with prudence."
It is told that when the workmen
of Milan seized some of the fac
tories the police were told not
to interfere. A lieutenant of the
royal guard was taking some men
in a lorry through the' 'streets,
when he was flred-japOn by, men
with rifles from the roof of a fac
tory. Jle. . battered down - the
door by driving the .lorry at full
speed against it and arrested 300
armed men. For this he was de
graded and dismissed from the
service. He had no acted with
the necessary "prudence." . In
order to quiet a riot in a town at
Mussolini and the Fascist
rome dirtaJWCUt:iteutenant:ot. the-
less devoted to the right as it sees
the right,- but ours has not yet
caught the vision It will, because
the; men are forward looking and
will yet catch step with this ad
vance movement. The Oregon
Statesman has been disappointed
in our 'board, but it has not criti
cised it because it knew the mem
bers were hpnest In their decision
and that they were men of such
high character that when they did
catch the vision they would re
spond to the public desire.
The fire yesterday adds another
chapter to the record of the peni
tentiary for sound discipline. The
alarm was given by a convict, and
other convicts fought heroically to
save the state property. It would
have been mighty easy for them
to thave started trouble.
The fruit growers in the WI1
lamette valley who are worrying
over 'selling ; their crop for less
than cost can cheer up. While
they are doing this they are sup
porting a string of fine polo
ponies down at Corvallls.
carabiniers went around a village
through which he would other
wise have had to pass in order
to exercise prudence, and the in
habitants of the village who were
barricaded and armed to shoot
the police complained and the
lieutenant was also degraded and
dismissed for lack of "firmness."
Inertness and a conciliory man
ner of the government played dir
ectly into the -hands of the bol
shevists, until the loyal, portion
of the population became first an-
geredand then frightened at the
state .of affairs. Many proclaim
ed themselves communists
through, sheer necessity for pro
tection. Trade was so impeded
and lost, that poor Italy was on
the very verge of chaos. ;
It was then that the fascist!
was born. Benito Mussolini saw
socialism in practice and he was
sickened, disgusted and disillu
sioned, though he had hinfself
been a lifelong socialist. The 00
ject lesson of socialism in actual
power Convinced him that social
ism . was S neither -pleasant nor
healthy. His father, a black
smith, had llong leaned .. toward
socialism as something which""he
believed was good. But the soc
ialism of : the blacksmith was
something better than that of la
ter days. At least it had not been
tried, and we may well believe
lie! was "sincere In advocation Us
"doctrines. ,, v Benito Mussolini en
tered politics when he was a mere
boy. and he ran for parliament
against a rich man. His failure
in the race go angered him that'
he smashed a ballot-box and fled
to Switzerland to avoid punish
ment. He was a student and mas
tered. French and Btudied political
economy, and finally became the
editor "of a socialist paper. The
Swiss grew uneasy ' and finally
banished 'him. This banishment
was not removed until he became
premier of Italy.
In view of later events It If
interesting to note the prophecy
made by George Sorel, a Belgian
socialist in 1912. He said. "Our
Mussolini is not an ordinary; soc
ialise Believe me, you will per
haps yet see him at the head o:
a sacred battalion, saluting with
his uplifted sword the Italian flag.
He Ib an Italian of the fifteenth
century. It is nof yef. known,
but he ia the only energetic man
capable of mending the weakness
of his government." He has in
deed provrn himself to te "not
an ordinary socialist," and when
the time was. ripe, his disillusion
ment was rapid, and, we believe,
sincere. '
The organiation, Known as the
fascistl was born at Milan a
veritable hot-bed of bolshevism
on March 25, 1919. The word
fascistl cemes from "fasces," a
bundle of sticks fastened about an
axe. which was carried by-the
Roman lictors as an emblerii of
authority. , These Roman lictors
were fearless and ready., to take
up the cause of any forlorn hope,
and were animated solely by
dire necessity to save' their coun
try. A fitting name for the new
organization. Their uniform is
a tight-fitting black shirt, mili
tary breeches, puttees and boots
and a black fez decorated with a
black tassel. But they are pic
turesque in the extreme, forjill
are young, full of agility and with
faces emphasizing the dignity olTheri abundance he'll find with
their youthful bearingr They
carry revolvers and loaded sticks
which are often very useful In
close quarter fighting.'; They sa
lute in the ancient Roman fash
Ion with the right arm extended,
a movement revived by d'Annun
zio at-Flume. i
r ( While watching ttuT peculiar
salutei and the marching of the
fascist1! in the streets of Rome!
as they bore a wreath to lay on the
tomb of the "Unknown Soldier,"
the writer was unfortunate
enough, to have his passport sto
len 'from his pocket. Possibly a
bolshevist wanted to travel.)
Mussolini was the heart and
soul of the new movement, lend
ing his every effort to its success
ful and permanent organization.
The fascistl performed the w6rk
I tui luciu fiiiu a grim Qf
Hermlnatlon, which was all the
laid out for them with a grim de-
more powerful "because It was
Ve'emlngly passionless and cilm.
a f Judge and executions?, i ? It it
was found that outrages -were
planned at ' any of the socialist
clubs, the buildings were burned
to the ground without further
ado. The Red , assassins were put
to death, of times in street battles
and the bolshevist agents were
beaten . and sent away. In : a
measure it seems obnoxious,- but
the fascist! felt that the time had
come to fight fire with fire, and
stringent methods were necessary,
they thought, for. the fascist!
were few In numbers, and the bol
shevists were everywhere in great
numbers. -- - ,..
In the beginning the better part
of Italy did not favor the fascist!
any more than they did the bol
shevists. . jNaturally from what
transpired at first they thought
it" was six of one and a . half doz
en. of the other. . But they com
menced to realize there were two
governments In the country, one
described by the fascist! as "the
fictitious Government of Rome
under. Signpr Facta," and the
other the militant organization
headed by Mussolini. At this
time the" fascist! were anxious to
gain the government of Rome, and
it looked very much as though
Italy ( would become a republic.
In fact, it is said that Mussolini
favored this at first, but events
so . shaped themselves that it was
abandoned. The king and the
dynasty were to be maintained.
The details of the military cam
paign which was to overthrow
the existing government were set
tled at Milan, while another con
ference was held at Florence
some nine days afterwards. Ele
ven days later a fascistl congress
was held at Naples and an ulti
matum was sent to Rome,, couch
ed In language showing a marvel
ous loyalty. However it was a
demand that "the government
Bhould transfer its powers to the
lascistl within 48 hours. Mns-
lini went' to Rome the next day
ine government refused to
yield. Then the fascistl mobiliz
ed, quietly but swiftly,.and soon
Rome was surrounded on three
sides by an army of 120.000 men,
perfectly organized, well disciplin
ed and ready for the fight. The
king refused to sign the edict es
tablishing martial law, but sent
for Mussolini, who came to- Rome,
settling the groundless fears of
THINGS I
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TheBoys and Girls Newspaper
Copyright. 1988, Associated Editors.
I
Here you see some of the prod
ucts that thrive In two great coun
tries of northern Europe, Norway
and Sweden. The , climate alter
nates between mild and severe but
in the northern districts approach,
es a polar temperature. There one
finds reindeer and other creatures
of a frigid world. On the fjords,
or watery 'indentations of the
coast are found many kinds of
fish, the catching of which em
ploys thousands 'of people. i
'i A KINDNESS REPAID.
When Paderewski was on one
of his early tours i this country,
he played a concert at San Jose,
Cal., Two ambitious students' at
Leland Stanford university say the
possibility of making money so
they managed the recital. The air
castle they built was a large one,
and they guaranteed the pionlst
$2,000. .
As Paderewski t wasTnot-well
known at the time, his audience
was small. The two students
found that $1,000 was all the box
office had taken In an,d they would
have 'to go la debt to secure the
other $400 to pay what thety had
guaranteed. But. they found a
kind hearted Paderewski when
they sought to explain. The mu
sician directed that the boys
should pay out the $1600 all the
expenses they had , incurred, de
duct 20 per cent from what was
left-for their labors, and give him
the remainder. j
Twenty years later when Pader
ewski's fortune was spent and his
resources for aiding his native Po-
I THE SHORT STORY, JR.
THRKF. JOLLY HELPERS
'Tis a good plan when
man
marries,
For him to employ a fewfalries;
Who'll be sure not to shirk
The chores and housework '
him taries.
Once a wrinkled, bent old man
and his tired, cripled old wife
lived in a cottage In the midst of
of a great wood, right on the path
which the King traveled when he
went from the west of his king
dom to the east of his kingdom.
Now the old man and his wife
would, have been unhappy, for
they were too helpless to do any
work, had it not been for three
elves that the Good - Fairy sent
to work for them.
One elf was named Hop,
one Skip, and one Jump!. Hop
the ' Inhabitants by tne orderly,
quiet bearing of himself as" well
as his troops. As they passed the
Victor Emmanuel monument, the
greatest . modern monument in
Rome, they deposited palms of
victory on the tomb of Italy's
Unknown Warrior. Mussolini
was now dictator of Italy.
No sooner had Mussolini be
come prime minister than he be
gan war on slackness and ineffi
ciency. And th?s war was waged
against those in the highest plac
es of the government as well as
the lowest street cleaner. His
motto was "Make good or get
out," and it applied to himself as
well as to anyone else. The fol
lowing story will Illustrate Juls
methods: . "A solid bureaucrat
approached his barricade of State
papers one morning, some what
after the appointed hour. As he
came up to the florid portals of
the Ministry, where a, porter in
gold embroidered coat and .cocked
hat stood .with his silver ntace of
office, Signor Mussolini' suddenly
emerged. The official gasped as
though the devil himself had shot
up through a trap door " in the
marble floor. .
'I regret, signor. that, yoju are
not in good health.
The official reassured him ner
vously. . 'Your ' Excellency, must
be mistaken. I am : perfectly
weii . , : - : - . , ; : - i
'On the. contrary.' replied Sig
nor Mussolini still with the smile
of doom, 'it is evident that you
are recovering from a severe Ill
ness.' - v
The " puzzled official shook his
head. .. I . assure your Excellency
that you must mistake me for
someone else.' E . .
Signor .Mussolini's Imlle faded.
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land seemed at an end, one of
those students, .Herbert Hoover,
remembering the musician's mercy
swept the floor very clean every
morning; Skip ran to the cistern
Tor water and caried it very care
fully to the old man's table with
out spilling a 'drop and Jump
stood onT top of, the ; churn, and
kept it constantly in motion till
tho, butter , came. But, nobody
could see these elves at work ex
cept the old man and bis sweet
kind old wife, and even they
could not tell the little fellows
apart. ' . . . . ; --
til . Everything went 'very well
In the household ; and, evedyone
was happy until Hop became dis
contented with" sweeping, the
Jump to let him churn the but
ter, and Jump In turn begged Skip
to let him run to the cistern for
water; while Skip swept the floor.
But oh, how - badly It worked!.
Skip left great, wide, dusty places
where he . forgot to sweep;, when
Jump ran to the ciRterrf he slop
ped wafer on the ground as he
leaped back to the, bouse, so that
when he got there, nothing was
lert -In'tho- pitcher; , , and -. Hop
feet were so light that .when re
danced on the , churn no buter
came, .'.. '."- rvv"
One day, the old man came hob
bling into the cottage. "Wife,"
he cried, "the King is pasing tbh
way. and in half an hour, his mes
and his eyes hardened; , He struck
his clenched fist on his open palm
with a report like the crack of a
whip. 'In that case,' he said in
a voice vibrating with anger, 'be
good enough to explain why you
are only ntering your office at
11 o'clock, when the hour for be
ginning 1st 9 o'clock. Acrebo (to
his companion); make a note of
the signor's name. And you, sig
nor, go to your office, and wait
my 'further decision in your case.
Off went the naggered delin
quent. Decidedly this new head
of affairs was rude, if not an ill
bred man. Fancy expecting an
oficial of 15 years seniority to
follow the cloek like a Junior
clerk, and; speaklKj? In that way
before a porter and a chauffeur!
It is significant that Slgmor Muss
olini's remark was to this effect:
''Imagine trying to build up a
hew Italy with material ' like
that!" ';i ;
To be sure the victory of tho
fascistl. is new and strange and is
criticised by many. So lar it
seems to be a on man govern
ment, which is always . dangerous.
But-' personally, we believe It is
the entering wedge for a .better
ment of government, not only in
Italy but-in the world generally.
a n,t:nn fina andriAnlv. arisen
from its sleep and has proclaimed
a faith in principles which .. are
the foundation of all real civiliza
tion. Christianity, patriotism, loy
alty to state. Liberty in its true
sense, recognizing the rights and
duties of all classes of society.
unity of all for the goo of the
country, ; obedience to estaDiisnea
authority, social morality these
are .'the j things that bolshevism
would consign to the Oblivion of
the junk pile, and In the case of
Italy, bolshevism. which is appar
ently honey-combing every civil-
lzed country or tne worm, nas
ceived its first set-back.
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in the years-before, was able to
repay the kindness by going to hts
aid. . i :
our cottage for food and drink!"
"But we have no water and no
butter, and on'the floor are great
unswept patches!" wept the old
woman, looking at the guilty
elves, who sat In the row in the
corner.: Sudenly the three sprang
to their feet. When the King
came, there was water for him
to drink, and butter for his bread,
and the "floor was so clean that
the Kink was very pleased. When
ho left he gave the old woman - a
bag of gold, saving. "You are a
very fine housekeeped, old wom
an.". .
Then -Hop and Skip and Jump
were glad they had gone back to
their" own tasks, for with the
money old" man and woman were
able to have lentils and roast
lamb and chery pie on their ta
ble every day, with their water
and bread and butter, and Hop
was allowed to-sweep not bare
boards but a blue" velvet car
pet. : v. '"' " '" .
MRlM
They corrected and chastized like
senger tells in e,' he will stop at'