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Show THE SALIN A SUN, S ALINA UTAH it .THE LIGHT OF LOVE By EVA B. GILBERT 0. a l.Aiden 1922. by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) had lived only a years. You could count his lingers of one hand, and thumb aud one linger left very few age on the have your to hold a lolly-po- But Aiden was growing up very fast. He walked with mother in the park every day, and he had worn little hoy suits ever since the crocuses had peeped up among the new blades of green grass, and mother had suid It was spring. Besides, Aiden took care of mother He held her wherever they went. hand and kept watch to see thnt nothing brushed against her dress, and if they came to a broken spot in the walk lie would lead her around it. Mother was so much nicer than the ladies who walked with other little boys and girls, or wheeled Imbies in and strollers, like wonderful those Aiden used to ride in when he was little. Those other ladles wore stiff, white caps and aprons, while mother's dress was ail filmy white, or sometimes pale green, or sometimes the color of corn flakes when they are all crispy and crumpy, and taste, oh, so good ! And she wore lovely hats! Then mothers eyes were so beautiful so full of well, Aiden didnt know w hat to name It, but It was like a light behind pretty curtains, that shone right through. Mother was nicer, too, than the girls with sort of old raggedy dresses, that brought the other kind of babies to were small the park. Their and queer, aud didnt look one bit comfortable. But those babies! Aiden was sure there was nothing else In the world so Interesting. They had such big, black eyes, and such rosy cheeks! There was one baby he always watched for. She was so pretty, and her eyes were so large and dark. Her was almost the smallest of any, and Aiden wondered thnt she did not fall out. But the big girl 'most half as big as mother who took care of this baby, had that same light in her eyes when she looked at t lie baby that mother had when she looked at Aiden. And the poor girl's dress was even more raggedy than the others. There was one thing in the park that Aiden always dreaded to see. That was a great, shaggy dog. The dog came almost every day, with a tall, strong boy, who always held the leasli and called him Hero. When the dog came near Aiden would forget that he was going to lie a man some day, and forget that he was taking care of mother. He would hold her hand tighter, and try to hide behind her, and just hold Ills breath so he would not scream. And the tall boy would laugh not aloud, but looking straight in Aldens eyes, so be knew the tall boy thought be was only a baby. Now, one of the most .beautiful places in the park was a path along the river. Mother and Aiden always walked there, and so did the raggedy baby. So, too, girl with the dark-eyedid the tall boy with the dog! One very warm day mother thought it would be nice to sit on a bench there. While they sat watching the river, nnd the birds, and the squirrels, the raggedy girl brought the baby. She In the nicest place fixed the against a tree, right close by the water. Then she sat down on the grass, with an old, worn book, nnd began to read. The baby was asleep, so all was well. Suddenly the great, dark eyes opened and without making a sound for the raggedy girl to hear, the baby seemed tried to sit up. The smaller than ever, because the baby had been growing fast ; and she almost managed to sit up straight. It all happened so quickly! The tipped, and the baby went right over Into the water! Aiden screamed, and mother screamed, and the poor raggedy girl was frantic. But the great, shaggy dog was coming! In two leaps he reached the water! Taking the babys clothes iu his strong white teeih, he brought the baby safely to the grassy bunk, and gently laid It down. Mother had come and put her arms around the raggedy girl, and Aiden was close by. As the dog come out of the water ail dripping wet, with the Imby, Aiden looked right into his eyes, forgetting, this time, to lie afraid. And In the eyes of the great, shaggy dog, Aiden saw the same light that was always in Mother's eyes, and that lie had seen in the eyes of the raggedy girl, the light that he could not name, but that was so beautiful ! And now, when Aiden walks in t he park, und meets t he great, shaggy dog, lie puts the big. tawny head, and says, Hear old Hero !" go-car- ts ;i; governmental structure by underminand sweeping ing the Constitution away the principle of party responsibility. The direct primary, bloc agitation, and the countrys readiness to accept constitutional amendments were given by the speaker ns evidence that the government was bending away from its ancient safeguards and toward complete social democracy. As one result, lie usserted, in the piddle mind the legislative branch of our national government probably never has been at lower ebb than it Is today. It is to lie noted that the press has commented freely on Secretary Weeks words-r-nn- frequently with approval. In this connection an address on The Business of Legislating," by Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas before the Maryland association is of great interest. Incidentally, he is opposed to the thnt cnblnct members proposition shall be given the right to participate in congressional Senator debates. Roldnson mode the following points, among others : It Is not altogether surprising, nor yet entirely fair, thnt the unrest and vexation incident to postwar problems 6hould find expression In bitter criticism of the congress. Legislation erroneously Is regarded by the masses as the remedy for every ill which afflicts the body politic. Consequently the continuance of disturbed conditions occasions bitter censure of the national legislature for wlint Is superficially deemed obstinate indifference to alleged essential reforms. Congress often is blamed by the public, ridiculed by editors and orators, and flayed In magazine articles for faults, some of which Inhere In our political system, and for mistakes and failures attributable in part to causes beyond its control. The normal difficulties of the congress, due to its broad discretion, have been augmented since the war by the pressure of propaganda. Every department of the government is assailed by class influences deliberately organized and set in motion to secure selfish advantage. "The senate and the house of representatives no longer divide strictly Frequently the along party lines. alignment Is according to blocs or groups organized for the promotion of as, for Instance, special Interest, finance, labor, and agriculture. The finance and labor groups have long been influential factors. The agricultural bloc Is of recent origin, and is justified as indispensable to t lie protection of a large and deserving element whose situation renders compact organization dillieult and who therefore are at the mercy of other Interests which profit by oppressing farmers. The congress under pressure from conflicting forces has manifested indecision, nevertheless In many instances its failure to act is less harmful than would be compliance with selfish demands subversive to the general public Interest. Such unwholesome practices proba much-discusse- f . t if i 3 u 3 - ; I il d Wj.r.Hoi2iTfJarr il, II A&fflKSAS iQ, dr ( bly cannot be prevented without infringement of the constitutional right of freedom of speech. It Is better to endure the evils of unrestrained propaganda than to stifle free speech. The only sane remedy for propaganda is exposure full and fair publicity. "The fallacy that discontent may be removed by additional legislation finds Its counterpart in the suggestion that our legislative system may be improved by giving to cabinet members the right to participate In congressional debates. The division of the legislative, executive, and Judicial functions Into separate departments is a wholesome provision of the Constitution. This vuluable principle of government would bo threatened, If not destroyed, by any change which would confuse and commingle the legislative and executive functions. The argument advanced in support of such a change Is that It would promote harmony by providing the congress full Information concerning the opinions and motives of the executive. Anyone familiar with the congressional procedure rejects this argument as utterly fallacious. The President by address can furnish the congress any Information In his possession. He may advise what action he deems necessary In the public Interest. The committees and houses of congress now call upon the executive departments for information concerning matters within their respective jurisdictions. It is true that frequent and sometimes bitter differences have arisen between the President and the congress, but these differences usually have not been du? to lack of mutual understanding. They have uniformly grown out of opposing viewThe admission to congrespoints. sional debates of cabinet members would divert their attention from the Important and intricate details of executive duties and convert them Into legislative agents. The President Inevitably would be committed In advance by Ills ministers to the approval or rejection of measures which our scheme of government contemplates shall he passed upon by him with an Independent mind. The congress would he subjected to executive Influences, und the result would be either subordination of the legislative mind to the executive will or hopeless and Irreconcilable conflict between the two. Whatever may have caused present conditions and whoever may be to blame for them, participation of cabinet members in the business of congress will not constitute an effective remedy. The cause of the prevailing rest lessness and discontent is too much government rather than necessity for additional legislation. Every lawyer Is conscious of the process of centralization. The sphere of federal activity is constantly expanding and federal agencies are being The states and rapidly multiplied. their subdivisions have been repressed, until the last stronghold of local authority, the police power, Is threatened by federal encroachment. The disease which afflicts the body politic Is so complicated that the patient cannot describe the symptoms and the doctors cannot correctly diagnose the illness. Nothing Is worse needed than a cure for the prevailing neurotic funuticlsm which manifests Itself in clamorous calls for legislation which In the long run must prove harmful rather than beneficial. Approximately 10,000 written statutes, Including municipal ordinances, are applicable to the government of the conduct of citizens In the various municipalities. The public mind would be calmed and comfort and happiness would he promoted if one-liaof these, judiciously selected, were repealed. The fanatical tendency toward excessive law making Is demonstrated by the introdaetion during the last session of congress of 10,170 bills In the house of representatives and 5,032 In the senate, making a total of 21,222, not including resolutions and Joint resolutions to the number of about 2,000. A sane program for the restoration of a confidence in the government might well include the following policies: More deliberation in the enactment of laws and the repeal of unnecessary, vexatious, and admittedly unpopular lf whole-hearte- d stautes. The simplification of all laws conin force. Federal revenue acts, especially Income-taprovisions, are notable Instances of complex statutes which no one subject to them fully understands. Rigid and Impartial enforcement as the surest means of compelling the repeal of obnoxious stntutes and of creating a spirit of obedience to law. The notoriously frequent, and In some localities open violations, of the tinued x national prohibition act are creating a spirit of contempt for law and are tending to convert the American people Into a nation of lawbreakers. The Inauguration of a national prohibition was premature In the sense that public sentiment In many communities did not approve it, ami wherever that was true it has been difficult, almost Impossible, to enforce the law. Nevertheless, while the National Constitution and statutes provide prohibition, there Is no honorable course to advocate or pursue save rigid aud Impartial enforcement. The creation of higher standards of public duty for tlm citizen and the officer us the certain means of destroying the power of organized selfishness now threatening to dominate the government. An intelligent and comprehensive study of the various phases of Industrial life with a view to the establishment of just tribunals for the investigation and adjustment of disputes likely to result in strikes and lockouts. A nation-wid- e campaign, led by lawyers, to refine the administration of justice us the surest means or stabilizing our civilization and or perpetuating high ideals In American citizenship." lines of titanium nnd vanadium have likewise been discovered In the light Of sun spots, leading one astronomer There have been made some inter- to remark that the sun spots and the esting comparisons of the spectrum star Mira are evidently very closely of the wonderful 'Variable star Mira, connected in physical condition. or Omicron Ceti, with that of titanium two spectra oxide. It Is found that-thUse of Tea in Japan. are, for the greater purt. identical. In lu seen bunds Japan, tea is partaken of not only Especially the curious the spectrum of Mira are shown to be at meal time, but also at Intervals due to titanium oxide. There has also throughout the day. The cups are very been found evidence of the presence small, and neither milk nor sugar Is of vanadium in the same st at. The used. The Japanese tea, unlike Cey - e lon or other teas, must not be made with boiling water or it will become very bitter, and the finer the quality of the tea the more attention must be paid to the temperature of the water used. In serving good tea the Japanese put a tuhlespooiiful of tea in a small teapot and pour hot (not boiling) water over It. It Is then served In small ciqw. When the water in the pot Is exhausted, more hot waier Is poured In, and in this way the tea can be used sevetal times. East and Wut News. Pure materials, scientific manufacture, absolute cleanliness then sealed against all impurity. 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