Show great state highways are needed when concree con gree reflecting the thought of the nation ordained a per canent memorial to the life the char acter and the deeds at abraham lin coin what did it resola upon A great modern highway leading from wash ington the gelt eburg the culminating point of the terrific gle in which he towered as the figure bat made babylon mistress of her day and ancient rome the seat of imperial contlow pt alone the tiler of their arms bu their roads along which swiftness of move biant ahe might instantly dispatch their legions the safety of he state declared claudius lies r in our ability to confront instant dan ger with force no other two coun tries have had such preponderant in fluence on modern civilization as great britain and prance and the amazing fact that each possess 30 0 people dwelling orderly and comfort ably within an area in one case less than that of montana and in the other less than that ot texas la largely ac counted for by the existence of good r roads which brought them into close social and commercial intercourse and unified them as a national body germans as a rule have a keen sense of humor and many of them must be getting much amusement from the stories about british alarm over ger man military development including the building of warships As a matter of fact germany Is not adding to her strength to any greater extent than other nations with equal interests to protect and the german government should be credited with good faith in its repeated expressions of desire for c peace w ith all the world the latest scare in england is over the story that one of the zeppelin airships recently made a flight 0 considerable length 25 persons a large of the party being german soldiers fully equipped for actual service this is interpreted to mean that such a ves sel could fly over to england and drop down with its outfit wherever it chose possibly but bow such ma chines would be required to transfer a big army and all the equipment necessary t tor service in the field an lj f s home seems to have put many englishmen s nerves on edge charity of speech Is as divine a thing p as charity of action to judge no one harsh lyt to misconceive no man s mo alvee to believe things as they seem to be until they are proved otherwise la temper judgment with surely this Is quite as good as to build up churches establish asylums and found colleges unkind words do as much harm as unkind deeds many a heart has been wounded beyond cure many a reputation has been stabbed to death by a few little words there Is char ity which consists in withholding words in keeping back harsh judg ment in abstaining from speech if to speak Is to condemn such charity hears the tale of slander but does not repeat it listens in silence but tor bears comment then locks the un pleasant secret up in the very depths of the heart whatever opinionated critics may have to eay u to the decadence of the drama and degeneracy of the popular taste the theatergoer in this country appreciates and will patronize plays which have some message for the reason and the intellect as well as for the senses he will support ft ath sia his attendance sane and wholesome productions destitute of exotic and erotic features the appeal of a play like tho old homestead Is elemen tal it touches lost and forgot ten springe of memory not merely in the unsophisticated country dweller but in the worldly wise man testa are being roide of an anven alon which illuminates the sights of a rifle at night even though the light employed did not shine directly into the boedler Bold ler eyes it might interfere with hie aim by producing a glare hit would make the target invisible it no such result follows the device ought to be extremely serviceable ow the new style of women hata are being attacked from the pulpits the next step is for he freak tor to take a hand which opposition will have the natural and inevitable result of making the bate more freak leh than ever and the women more i determined to wear the extremes of the mode are howing their dislike for high taxes by killing the collector thie proves that in spite of the conforte and of modern the primitive life hae till advantages wa to be overlooked in the of i A eclen tiet announces abat the beal arf human affections ie not in the L aft but in the nor iian te all oer poetry for instance Ina tance sy red haired widow at back by boar |