| Show 1 Fla Flag Alone Protects Even i Them Who Would Scorn It IL- ITTLE LEI LENA LEKA A EYLER 1 LR to whoso whose hoso girlish elation l lover LITTLE 0 over o her temporary 1 eminence we ucc again foci feel impelled im p cued to contribute may count herself as ns for fortunate at nt the tho Ct existence of certain principles fo for fOI r which stands the tho flu flay flag she declined to salute r hog Tho Those o who have havo but imperfectly taught her whatever cr she may know of the si significance of the Stars and St Stripes Stripe r pcs s seem to regard it as a symbol of authority as th the tho e of those who bathe the frequently rather than for what it is the is-the the emblem of liberty of tolerance tolerance toler toler- ance ante and of moderation That it means all nil these desirable principles Lena and the tho Salt SaIt Lake Board d dof of Education seem to be equally uncertain We Yo dont don't know whether little Miss hiss Eylers Eyler's school reader contains tho the story of William illiam Tell and the tho apple the tho luscious fruit that has been tho the mark o of f discord ever o since Evo Eve created the original rolo role 0 of f Meddlesome Batty Matty and since sinco Paris invited in trouble e into his flat by standing as a judge of beauty with i three angry goddesses as contestants Our school chool reader render years yeara ago described the interesting but his his- Li 1 ti 1 ln hn tvr w u c. c u 7 v w or ort t tyrant Tant and William Tell the patriotic Swiss Gc Gessler hung his bis cap on a pole in the tho marketPlace marketplace marketplace market market- place and commanded that all should salute it as ns the thc symbol of authority Tell alone alono refused whereupon whereupon whereupon where where- upon his well-known well reputation as an archer in inspired inspired in- in inspired tho tyrant to invent a de devilishly novel method I of torture promising Tell his liberty if ho would shoot au an apple from the tho head bead of his little son Tell did so and the veracious of the exploit have ho in invested ested him with such glamour of daring heroism heroism heroism hero hero- ism ism and courage that the schoolboy who vho r rends reads it without immediately seeking to daunt and dare some mighty 1 power rower lacks the tho saving grace of imagination Tho The banner of freedom which Miss Eyler declined declined declined de de- to s. s salute uto thus imperiling in the views o of f some tho the existence of the nation nation nahon stands for th the e precepts which alone could make mako her exploit reasonably ref rea safe afe Before tho those e principles were implanted ira im im- P planted ranted in the breast of mankind and given point int i in n liberal government bo refusal to salute solute the visible emblem emblem em em- blem of power was a R risky and precarious undertaking undertaking undertaking under under- taking taking- dangerous alike to young and old The freedom free dom door which little Lena unconsciously scorned when who n she he scorned its visible emblem is not very old in inthe inthe i j I the tho world it is not long since men were hun lines hung drawn drown and quartered for such an act not When Miss iss Eyler gets gels back to school and learns moro more about some things she ought to know she will reverence re tho the flag and will even forget that tho the school management in practicing intolerance rance showed a lack of conception of the flags flag's s 's real meaning meaning meaning mean mean- ing ing- almost as as great as her own 4 i. i T this distance from the Weyler AT theatre of action the the Butcher task of in intelligently ly dis ds- discussing cussing the motives which in inspired in- in In- In May v Yet et tho the murder madder of so enlightened en en- Rule Spain lightened a n statesman as ns Premier Canalejas of Spain approaches hes the tho impossible At first bl blush it would seem that religious fanaticism played its part in In the tho assassination of or King hint Alfonsos Alfonso's Alfouso's Alfonso's Alfonsos Al Al- fonso's great minister since sinco tho the separation of church find and state in the l. tilt 1 l. nf C iL 1 country of Ta D. D the 1 I. I u was 1 u ng w v u u U DUL W nue IllS 1 b 1 V i aroused strong opposition and was interpreted as ns evincing personal opposition on the part of Canalejas Canalejas Canale Canale- jas to the Roman Catholic church the fact that ho he was a consistent communicant of that great church seemed to estop criticism of him The fact that tho the assassin returned to Spain re recently re- re recently from Buenos Ayres a place lace as notorious for its expatriated desperado refugees as ns is our own Paterson N. N J. J would indicate that he was an anarchist an nn enemy of all government go rather than an champion of the Catholic faith Should he lie prove however to bo be a churchman serious serious serious seri seri- seri seri- ous results are likely to follow folIo j crime crimo committed inthe in inthe inthe the name llamo of religion and with ecclesiastical schisms as its inspiration has hns harried the tho world ever sinco since the tho dawn of creation The rumor ramor that General Weyler the trio butcher who bathed Cuba in the blood of her sons may succeed Canalejas indicates that Spain may be fully 1 punished pun pun- un- un for this sin and the others she has committed W Weyler is an ardent royalist believes helie in the 1 11 1 es firmly I UlU lU ii n iii UL 1 mugs LIL mm ana Ju DO it a staunch protector protector pro- pro for Alfonso in tho the struggle that is coming between the tho monarchists and the tho republicans It is doubtful however whether the tho Spanish Bourbon would not ha fared better to invite to his bis counsel table one less intimately associated with the reactionary party in Spain Weyler is as near the brute as it is possible for a man to be he 1 HE importation of blooded Practical THE J dairy cattle into Utah Boosting should add a remunerative nt alive c branch to the activities Gives Real of or o the state Tho The farmer forme r Service who docs does not increase his Ids income and the productivity of his acres b by hy stock raising is failing in his opportunities and the initial cost of high grade stock is tho the only excess of ex ex- pense penso over o that incurred in growing mongrels which of course sell for less 1 J Jensen and Armstrong in organizing a company compan for the thc introduction of that class of cattle into Utah have bac evolved c an idea which should not only prove provo remunerative to themselves and those associated with them but will ill do the entire state a distinct service Practical boosting of Utah along this and similar lines is b more effective c than singing the states stales praises a popular form fonn of amusement whose chief recommendation is that it contains no element lement of o financial risk J Bootleggers are aro shipping whisky into Oklahoma dr dry territory in coffins Great scheme the coffins can return filled by the who men received ed the preceding pre pre- ceding shipments I One of the exhibits in a breach of promise suit suil for is a letter addressed to the thc plaintiff beginning Dear Lambie Fifty T thousand isn isn't t enough I It is said that King Albert pd of Belgium sings tenor But as ns l he q is king his subjects are helpless o 9 T Princeton will find it difficult to feel fecI bad bail no now oven en if its Hs football team cam loses I |
