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Show -- J - TTIE ? BEAVER COUNTY WEEKLY PRESS, BEAVER, UTAII , youth named Michelangelo Buonarot tt" and many others. AU these make the setting for the Uvea of a woman and a man and the progress of their souls, the one npward and the other downward, as wonderfully drawn as f ever human Uvea were portrayed by pen of man or woman. Florence saw T'to Melema ever making his way npward from the day ROMOU& when be found himself adrift after shipwreck, and was jcarrled to the market by the omnipresent Brattl merchant and huckster, and introduced By GEORGE EUOT from pretty to breakfast and little Tessa, and passed under thfr deft Condensation by hand of the Nello. That shrewd crafts-roaWilliam Fanwlck Harrla with edged tools rasor or tongue introduced him to the bright' and folk who frequented his shop It fcaa ken, powerful as if It were a club, nd brought him that e t r g a Kllat'e to the notice of the blind scholar Bar traiaed who needed Just such a clever salad, aappreaaed do, young student aa Tito fof a helper. the keart. She From that his path was easy to he fraat fceailr confidence of the grekt ; Latin aecre-tar- y Ula aeeat all et her to the state; embassies to Rome, Ufa, aa4 hat . fa kav axtraardlaary everything was his; eren to the envy CONDENSED CLASSICS? " u rMAR THE WAVES' STORY.: . - n 1(1 te - b- - ' t , m ' iBfllllTt :'f ml le ist ne ry ?ar be ply for r 8. ter ind -- ier" lost ere-- cei. Is of era- - linr ach lole. oodi j an- - the and ane- - utde ame- - g to-- the B. GE , ily iiner- unl-t-s at- tune coun- - dents x to way f, and' r ?ortu- Sev- - been work. eeting" an ' en nghal,. Imllar get- - f - been 1 it In Ity 1! jr the-foun- i 3-t- Is sug-I- n 1. 1 t t RO. of the-t- 7 the- - Ro-iea- bt ic Mar-ll- e I. BtllV ' 'ben on Hilt fiw .fr ty -' k'llllaiu- a high- rolts of t' T itruck I it ut Fully-- 1 Mar-il- l coin- - ay l a ded lo he .J' pain, h f and aiU y - un- I TURNr f 1 t ore tba in acont nd lived) J f upon tb ng plana y armi' iday. 1 rut troop re turn. Mak lou that it to tht ; carry : -- the. bat be tbe bof Itltpn A little 1 yet )ver oef 8. llllcltr an of the 0 recently it It ! ;n. . - h I p4 saeatal health aka of Nlccolo MachlavellU The world saw eaold aat kaa the dazzling success; there were t k a only who marked "the change that a few aaaeaat at wark tkat eaaa tram came from the final departure of moral he krala aad pern. youthfulness," who saw the perfidies Aamif the wkar and desertions of the dextrous and fachoeka which aka akllefc4 w e ? e ile Greek, the baseness that he-h-smiles -- U I falesaarcV and triumphs; who knew how ad "Daalel DeroaAa," left to slavery the adoptive father who The SaaaUh G79- - had rescued him and made him what ay," a draata, aad Mia." wklek mur ka called a hU-c- al he was, how he proved false to the Bevel, a atary wkick awea tta memory of Romola's father, woo set cr at ttraettaa aad Its Tttallty t lAta bd his way to "triumph "In FIbr-- " aaerb yraacatatiaa at tka eharae-a- f ence, how he betrayed his great patTUm Meleaea, wka keloasa aot deceived poor lessa, ay aaa rerted hat ta arary eaera- - rons, how he that "sweet pouting. Innocent round thing," bow. he threw away the great treasure of Romola's love, , and bow OMOLA mla," aatd tbe blind his only bitter thought was that scholar, "thou wilt reach well devised falsehood mlgtit the needful volumes thou timely, him from every fatal consaved have rest them on the fifth shelf , of sequence. cabinet" Over against the figure of the man to rose at the same moment with she married .stands Romola, "fair as ola, saying, "I will reach Ihem, If the Florentine Illy before It got quar fol-i relsome and turned red," as the rhapwill point them out" nl her hastily Into the adjoining sodic Nello described her. Her con I room. tempt of all Injustice and meanness, here they are," said Romola, the noble serenity with which she acIng upward; "every book is Just cepted, though not without , inward t it was when my father ceased struggle, all that life and duty brought them." her, the willing service she rendered 0 stood ty her without hastening father, her husband, the pocr, the Jier i ach tbe books. . in tne plague, Titos ar.au- suirerers hope," she continued, turning her doned father, even Tessa, her rival to full on Tito, with a look of grave the title of wife, the mother.of.Tito ience "I hope he will not weary the children, majestic T" : this work makes him so happy which at the slightest touch on the sd me too, Romola If you only fibres of affection or pity, could be e say, I love you if you will come passlonate.with. tenderness all 1 me worth loving a little." this Justified her godfather, Bernardo i speech was the softest murmur, del Nero in his exhortation to her fa Jie dark beautiful face, nearer to "Remember,' Bardo, thou hast a ther, than It had ever been before, rare gem of thy own; take care no looking at her with beseeching man gets It who Is not likely to pay mess. a price. That pretty Greek io love you," murmured Romola; hasworthy a lithe' sleekness about him that ooked at him with the same slm-tjes-ty seems marvellously fitted for slipping as ever, bat her voice had Into any nest he fixes his eyes easily In her life before sunk to that v upon." ir. It seemed to them both that he that smiles and triumphs But ere looking at each other a long doea cot always triumph to the end. before her Hps moved again; lie Is sometimes found out 80 it was vas but a moment till she said, with Tito. He had made the last v now what it is to be happy." for departure to a larger preparation faces Just met and the dark field of action. Pursued in the night Jngled for an Instant with, the by a crowd of angry men, he barely I gold. Quick as lightning after had time to from a bridge' Into leap to set his foot on projecting the Arno. A long swim In the dar? the book shelves and reached the tumult of his blood he knessIn e needful volumes. They were could only feel vaguely that he was atented to be silent and sep-;- r safe and might land. But where? Tbe blissful first that experience current was having Its way with him; al consciousness was all th he hardly knew where he. was; .exuuislte for being unperturbed haustion was bringing on the dreamy Mil ate sensation. state that precedes unconsciousness. I all been as rapid as the lr-'- e But now there were eyes that dismingling of waters, for even him aged, strong for the disr and Jealous Bardo had not cerned tance. Baldassare but father look' Impatient lng up blankly from the "search to they told her father, he which his poverty ' had led him. had iime for reflection. "Be patient seen a white object coming along the Inn ; you- - are very young." stream could that be any fortunate rt lore could be said, and chance for him? He looked tnd looked was perfectly satisfied. till the object gathered form ; then he Tito's. If the subtle mixture leaned forward with a start as he sat and evil prepares suffering for , among the rank green stems, and his ruth and purity, there Is also eyes seemed to be filled with a new I prepared for the wrongdoer yet he only watched motionsame mingled conditions. As light less. Something was being brought to sed Romola on their parting him. nlng the very strength of the The next Instant a man's body was at moved his whole being 4 violently on the grass two yards se - that this woman, 'whose cast, from him, and he started forward like t was hardly possible to think panther, clutching the velvet tunic lything but the necessary con- - as he fell forward on the body and of her noble nature, loved Cashed ft look In the man's face. & an the tenderness that spoke Dead was he dead? - The eyes were clear eyes, brought a strong rigid. But no, it could not be Justice i of regret that he had not kept MeuJookeddead f free from that" first" deceit badJbroughLMni. sometimes, and yet the life came back daaad ilraggediilin-iato-ttrThem;"Baldassare"dId not feel fee-- " t being disgraced before her. ble In that moment' He knew Just -as a spring of bitterness mln- what be could do. He got bis large Ih that fountain of sweets." fingers within the neck of. the tunic Eliot's magnificent study of and held them there, kneeling on one er concerns Itself with ITor knee beside the body and watching t the time when Christopher the face. - In bis eyes there was only us was discovering America, fierceness. Javonarola was prior of 8alnt rigid still. Those eyes with ' and ruled ! the "city by his theRigid half-falle-n lids were locked agnlnst nergy and his fanaticism, when vengeance. Could It be that r was us frenxles, his visions, and his dead? 8urely at last the eyelid were ions of heavenly wrath jtemed quivering;.' tbe eyes were no longer majority of his fellow dtlsens rigid. There was a vibrating light In nlng from a more than mortal them they opened wide. ; when Charles, the Eighth of "Ah yes I . Ton see me yon kno'w 1 Invnded Italy ; when the plague me I" it dire dismay; 'when the city Tito knew blm; but he did not Ktraught by the struggles of the know whether It was life or death e devotees of Savonarola and that bad brought , hint Into the pre y partisans of pleasure; when cni of. bis Injured father. It might !ghty "0oesN-- of - the- - hint! were M death and death might mean this i against poor distracted IVf cl.ill gloom with, the face of the bid-eowhen Plero de Medici was eon-- f past banging over him forever. to regain the power once held But Baldasrare's only dread .was, renso be Magnificent L wheoJBa-Torenc- e tat tbe young limbs should escape turned against . Savon- - him. lie preased his knuckles against and he met his death in tha round throat and knelt Apon the 'ny or martyrdom." aa one viewed chew with all the force of bis aged or partisan. Across the scene frame. Let death come . flit the figures of Pico dells Ull y . the Nt Publishing Copyrlsht, iola, of Tra Bartolommeo, of Co. Tta Potba 'otix Copyrljht In tha leo Ghlrlandajov of Coastmo H of Pollzlano.-e- f Bernardo, del aot, mr tha Poat Pubtiahinf Ox. of Strosxla and Tornabuonls, of nstt Xk ten. Mass U. aV A. iU rights re-? MachlavelO, of a "premising - IW ' do Vv I II kis-fci-r - le- 1 M M SS. lilatl :r-- t imi w.i :i? barber-philosoph- g nol -- . . ss wonder-workin- 10 GRAHAM BONNER. .'"v:-v!- 1 mnr J 1.,, jihi 1 yt v . -- " 1 Italian uioiiuiueui l Uie urtuamW uv.i.hui -- me iiuituiiini of just unveiled in Rome. 2 Scene In one of the 'flop bouses" In Chicago, crowded iipiin because of unemployment. 3 Dr. Michael Ualnlsch, president of Austria, who may turn the management of that country over to the League of Nations. lK-uth-" NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS 1 Organized Fight of Capital on the Closed Shop Becomes ;; ; More. Imminent. by the senate committee and nothing done until the senators can formulate a permanent policy on Immigration. In this they are yielding to the opinion of representatives of certain elusses of employers, including the railroad, steel and coal people, who told the committee that the threatened "flood If Immigrants from Europe" Is a myth, and that there Is no emergency warrnntlng the passage of the Johnson measure. Secretary Frank Morrison of the American Federation of Labor told the committee that the federation's de mand was for straight-ou- t protection from alien labor for a period of two years, lie said that reports Just received from labor officials In ill cities showed the total number of unemployed in these places to be 1,819,372. and snid he would not "dare estimate wlwt the total of till cities would , ACTION HAKUFACTUREHS BY Machinists Accuse the Railroad Com- -' pan lea Plan to Stop Immigration Harding InProbably Killed When the waves who had bad adventures on the earth were back again In the ocean they were so happy. They bad been bad, they knew , now, to have grumbled about their home. It wasn't until they had gone 4o other places that they realized that they were so happy at Vmte'and that they had Just grumble for no reason at all. "Oh Mother, we ne'er want to leave ' again," they cried. "It was awful." said Mother "Listen, children,' Ocean, "while -- I tell you something. Never before have any of my children wanted to leave me. I knew you couldn't live away from home. 7 But 1 thought I'd let you see for yourselves. My friend, Mr. Wind, promised he'd bring you baok to me again, and he did!" Just then the waves heard some children laughing as they ran towards ulaf liellef that Premier Leygues and the ocean on the southern part of the coast where tt was very warm, hiM colleagues were too much under, "Oli, ocean, how we love you," thev the Influence of the British cabinet ; which wishes that. a reparations total cried. Later In "theT day" many people be named far below what the French Simple-Aff- airs "speed up" and the optimistic, like Elbert H. Gary, chalrmun of the board of the United States Steel corporation, declares there ,1s nothing unfavorable to prosperity on the horizon. Trices of many commodities, Including some lines of building materials, are coming down steadily, and In many plants wages' are being reduced, In some Instances the reduction being made by "the employers and accepted by. the men and In others being suggested by the workers themselves in order that the Hants' may be enabled to continue In operation. ' . All this Is quite satisfactory to the ordinary citizen, but there Is one dark cloud, despite the assertions of the optimists. This Is the coming fight between organised labor and capital over the open shop. There are many signs that the Issue will be Joined soon. Lust Wednesday the representatives of twenty-tw- o state manufacturers' asso- ciations. In conference In Chicago, adopted resolutions pledging support tor the open shop movement. In the discussion many speakers declared they would not employ union labor In their factories and mills, but when the vote was taken it was made clear that the resolution did not propose any discrimination against the holder of a union card. In substance the resolution was: "It is recognized aa fundamental in this country that all citi zens or residents- - have the right to work when they please, for whom they whatever terms are mu please, and-0- 0 tually agreed upon between employee and employer and without Interference or discrimination upon the part of others. . "We. hereby express our purpose to support these furnlamental principles of American plan of employment by the maintenance of tbe open shop- ."We qrge ujion our members to se cure by discussion and education the active support of workers, merchants. bankers and professional men and all other elements of their prospective communities-- - In - fsror " of American ideals. and.Uta-opett-hortlaw-abidi- ernment . Chicago, 200.000;. Cleveland. 118,000; St Louis, 40.000; Boston, 50,000; Mil waukee. 40,000; San Francisco, 15.000; Seattle, 9,000, and Pittsburgh, 20,000. In contrast to this, he showed, the net immigration, at present rates, would be 784.000 a year. iet of not of concern to Poland and Lithuania alone, but that Russia also Is vitally Interested. The OeFinans are tremendously excited concerning" another proposed plebiscite, thaf In the coal region of Silesia, for they have convinced themselves 4hat Poland Is planning to f Avowedly In order to set an ex seize that territory before the vote' is ample- - of economy and democratic held. It is said In Berlin that an simplicity, Mr. Harding last week army of 175,000 Poles has been concaused to be canceled all the arrange centrated near the Sileslan borden ments for an elaborate ceremony on and at Posen for this purpose, the the occasion of his inauguration March Poles are getting ready for tertainly 4. At his request tbe citizens' commit action, and are reorganizing their armtee called off the celebration It had ies along French lines, but ostensibly planned and also the ball, and the they are preparing to meet the exJoint congressional committee agreed offensive of the Reds. that there shall be nothing doing ex pected cept the administration of the path Mustapha Kemal Pasha has adminto the President-elec- t and the delivery istered a severe blow to tbe Greeks In east of his address, probably from the Concentrating heavy porch of the espitol. This course nat Asia Minor. urally has peeved the business men forces secretly, he made a surprise and. hotel keepers of Washington, but attack on the Smyrna front breaking everyone else In the country heartily through the Greek lines In three places and so threatening an encirclement that commends It the Greeks were forced to retire toMr. with Harding's conferences prominent men are about over. Very ward the coast Tbe Turks captured soon he will leave Marion for Florida, several towns as well as many priswhere be will write his inaugural and oners, and It looks as if they might presumably finish making up his mind bottle the Greeks up in Smyrna. as to his .cabinet Concerning the laf King Constantlne thinks the French ter,' It was Interesting 1( not pleasant are carrying on a campaign to force the revision of the treaty of Sevres to read last week that the hyphenated newly organized and to compel the Greeks to get out Into-a- . league, were virtually to ask of the Smyrna region and It Is likeMr. Harding to give a place n the ly he Is correct In his belief. He anA nounced last week Hint lie would not cabinet to a German-Americaeven If the allied nations committee . was selected to carry to ahdli-atMnrton a list of men from which the should refuse to recognize hlin as the President-elec- t might make a choice. ruler of Greece. The avowed desire of the new league to create an era of good feeling at Austria's distressful condition Is home and abroad would meet with growing worse daily. If that Is possigreater sympathy If It did not Insist ble, A few dsya ago-1- t was reported mi the "German," and If It were not that the government bad, notified the one of lts4eaders Is allied nnrions that ft wn ready to for the fact.-tha- t Ueorge Sylvester Vlerock, editor of a quit and tnm over the country to the inngazlne that was formerly the Fn l'ngne of Nations to manage. The ecotlicrmod and notorious for his pro- - nomic and political situation there Ormnn activities during the war. seems hopeless. Nearly everyone has quit-worand a general strike, has k, . . Herman-American- s, JUeneral-Crowder-laltelp- j people" have been led to expect. Be came and swam In the beautiful ocean cause Leagues refused to outline his and the fairies sang as they rode over foreign policy before the meeting with the breakers In their boats of foam. Lloyd George, which was set for this week, the chamber declined to give him a vote of confidence and he and his fellows resigned. It was said in Paris the adverse vote was due partly to the action of the American government in withdrawing from the coun cil of ambassadors, many deputies r America's garding this as showing lack of confidence In the French gov Tchltcherlu, forelgu minister of sov Itusslu, has defied the League In Europe. Nations to send an international show.". army to the plebiscite region of Lith- Figures were submitted by Mr. Mor- unnis), and in a note to the Polish govPICKARD. W. By EDWARD rison showing the unemployed In ernment has warned the allies that American Industries and American Greater New York to be 300,000; De- the soviet armies will attack any such business generally are beginning to troit, 1.10.000; Philadelphia, 235,000; force, lie asserts tlie.Yllnn affair Is more auguration to Jie 2: Bill Just 6upposs. And everyone smiled and cried with Joy as the coo) waters of Mother Ocean refreshed them. ' "Just suppose," said one of the waves who had wandered off, "that we had never come back ! We would have been so unhappy and we wouldn't have been of the slightest use. Here Is where we can do our part on the long, hot days and when It Is cold we can rest and play and laugh and sing of all the o; we give when It la warm." "Home " sold . another one ,of the ... waves, "homB, oceai home. Is the place for the waves and let everyone hear our story so those who may think that they must go out Into the world and over the earth In order to be great and fine and In order jo be happy will hear that It Is at home that they can be greatest giving simple happiness to many." Mother Ocean gave a great ball that night. Tbe wind came and danced and sang, the waves all danced, the seashells laughed and sang and through It all Mother Ocean kept smiling and singing to herself: "Away from homa. Thejr wanted' to roam, Away from tha ocean deep. And I did not say 'No,' . But 1 let them to, Though many salt tears did 1 weep. But now they are home, They no longer will roam, Awty from tha oceaa deep, And they wlH aay 'No,' If I suggest that they go. Bo now 1 can alng and aot weep." And ever since that day none of the waves have ever wanted to leave their Mother Ocean to adventure over the earth. And If you will listen to them e as they are having their fights with the rocks or" having a great old .argument with Mr. Wind or. with the Mist playing Grandchildren you will notice that their voices are glad and gay and merry and thatthey dp.P.ot JWWlas. though they wanted to leave tbe oct an. And they sound ss though tbey so much enjoyed their ocean life. If ever any other waves grow tired ' they ask to bear old Mother Ocean's story of the adventures of the waves who left the ocean ; and when the story Is over they sing to Mother Ocean's great delight this song: make-believ- , liig ." get out of her political and- financial tangle and the protect is now Only a few days previously an at Unit he will succeed. . First lie has taktorney for the International Assocta en up the matter of the recent prestlon of Machinists presented to the In that idential elections, terslate commerce roinmlsalou a pet I the thousands of recommending of fraud le charges tlon charging that the larger Railroad rleiired up sieedlly by grouping them companies have nulled In 'an open and deciding representative coxes. shop movement designed to disrupt Thi n he will undertake to arrange unionism, and that they are this year the Wand's n money troubles. The "milking the United States treasury to senat already has passed a measthe tune of $730,000,000. thnmgh their ure fo, the extension of the moraar repair manipulation." The rempa torium for four months on a modified iilee. It la asserted, are closing their bnK a plan approved by President shopa and giving the work to Meiiocnl and probably by General outside concerns which charge exorhi t'rowder.. The Cuban arc . strongly innt rates, and In thl way more than to the plan of the .American oploed ;o,imj workers Wave hen thrown out pnnkers ' for taking over their finanof employment. According to the nin cial. Institution, which were collapsitiilnUta, this drive on railroad shop ng. They said the bankers asked too workers la only one phase of a rapt- blab- al a4- too-lo4 trmttc"""ojH'n shop movement devet a period for Hie loan offered. It la. oping throughout the country, which said the situation Is unpleasantly comhas for "Its real object" disruption of by the activity of our acting "all legitimate labor organizations and plicated of state, Norman H. pavls, secretary trade anion agreements." whq la rnuted lo have made' a fortune In llnvsna under tbe regime of clalmaots to the j Closely connected with the question Uonicvone, of labor Is that of Immigration and Its presidency. restriction. The forces tt organized labor have been In favor of the John Discord between the British and son bUl, which would stop all Immlgra French over the question of German reparations Is further revealed by the Other elements of the population, but downfall of the Leygues ministry In late dispatches from Washington ludl-wv- Paris. A large majority of the chamtxte that the bill U te be aldctracked ber of deputies fell In with the pop- - Cu-ba- ntlr -- -- of-th- e- ltrM -- ng Workmen declare they will remain Idle until profiteering ceases, and demand that the deduction of tbe Income tax from their pay envelopes stop until tbe cspltal levy law Is put In force. The government has made drastic regulations against profiteering, but these often are disregarded and extortionate prices are ax':ed for oil commodities not under government .control, The communists, of course, are ready to take advantage of the situation and start more trouthis week. ble. The treaty of Chicago, the pact brings peace to the warring factions in bneha II, was adopted and signed Inst week, and JudgeLandls Is now tbe supreme ruler of the which na-ttm- magnates of the"' virion leagues agreed to give him full power 'when Uiey Incorporated In the document a clause reading thus: "ItLcje conduct .detrimental ; to game.--Th- e "Away from homa. We'll never roam! Well aJwa.i happy ba. Tor tha deep Mua aea, . , la tha plate that we , Love, and our dear King Foam! And Mother Ocean wa a flora. never leave aa those waves of Jrora, We'll Who ao unhappy were away Longing for tha ocean night and dart" And since that time they never have . left Mother Ocean - I : A Shirt Tale. was- talking to owe-his tenderfoot scouts. "Boy.'V be said, "you will have to make your owa way Jin the world some day. Do yoa know tbe moaning of energy and enter' priser . "No, sir," replied th tenderfoot, ' believe" Tbe scotituMtater - baseball Is charged, alleged or sus(Laodls) pected, the commissioner I' shall "'have "Jurisdiction to Invest!. floht "Well, I'll tell you. One or the rlc -gate and determine the facts; upon such determination he may take such est men In the world came to this city without a shirt on his back, and now preventive, remedial or punitive action as be deems appropriate, against any be has millions." The tendiTfoot looked nuzzled. "Mlt-party hereto, ny minor league club I Uonsl" he related In wonderment connected with tbe National associahow many does he wear st a tion, or any Individual, as the case 1"Why, Life. may be; do", -- of |
