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Show THE CITIZEN WOMEN PAY ROBINSON AND CURTIS One unusual feature of the pres- ent campaign one that promises well for the countrys future is the high quality of the two men running for Never before have two men so well known represented the major parties in the second place on the ticket. Too often in the. past the big men in each party refused to consider the and when it was not used to shelve some political comer it was bestowed on someone practically unknown for geographical or other such reasons. Curtis and Robinson are both known throughout the United States. They are not only members of the greatest deliberative body in the world, the Senate, but they are leaders of their respective parties in that body. Sitting in the back and just across the aisle from each other they have for years put their heads together and agreed on times for meeting and adjourning, order and precedence of business and the thousand other things that go into the running of the important and complicated organization that the Senate is. While each is the general of his party there, together they form the general staff of the whole machine. And they have discharged these functions not only with ability and credit to themselves but have remained personal friends in spite of being political opponents. A man sitting in the Senate gallery and watching these two men day after day could not help admiring them and noting what influence they have over the making of Uncle Sams laws. These two men are real presidential timber. They are both big enough to head their tickets. It is to be regretted that the position came to be looked ' askance at by prominent political men. It is probably largely the fault of our jokesters who have so long made fun of this office. But the man who fills this position is liable to be called on to be president, so no small man should be in the place. Of course it is a pity that the vice president has so little to do officially merely to preside over the Senate but that is no small job, while unofficially and socially he can make his influence felt oth for the good of his party and his country. The action of two prominent men like Robinson and Curtis in accepting he second place on the ticket will give 'this end of the ticket enhanced prestige for the future. Henceforth the vice presidency is not to be sneezed at. And thus they have both deserved the gratitude of their country, no matter which of the two presides over the Senate after the next fourth of March. The Pathfinder. vice-preside- nt. vice-presiden- cy, A bootlegger left on the steps of the Beatrice, Neb., court house a complete still bearing a note to the effect that business had become so poor was unable to operate his business at a profit. Brigham City Six sugar companies agree to pay $7 minimum for 1928 beets. Some cynic remarked that if wo- man pays and pays, according to the old saying, it is because she buys on the installment plan. But it is a sober fact that woman is paying her way more and more under modern conditions. She is getting further away from the status of the child whose parents expect.it to be completely helpless and dependent. Here is the Northwestern university going on a Dutch basis that is, boys and girls paying each his or her own part when going together to The dances, dinners and whatnots. who are boys making their way work through by suggested it, and the girls accepted after a little protest. Both sexes at school are on the same footing usually going on allowances from home, so what is unfair about the new arrangement? A German chemist in this country, Otto Ahrens, says that women in Germany have to be industrious, serious and able housekeepers now to get married. He explained that economic reasons count. The men are poor; a living is not easy to make, so if a young man marries it can only be to a girl who can pull her own share of the load and make every penny count. The butterflies, the sporty flappers, are liked, but they are not sought for wives. The United States is the richest country in the world, but the same sort of thing is happening here. Later reports on marriage statistics show a falling off in annual number for the first time in 100 years. This has been pronounced the writing on the wall. Judge Lindsey is trying to find a remedy in companionate marriage, a sort of marriage a young fellow can enter into without waiting until he can support a wife. The question is becoming more serious, there is no doubt about it. A Japanese artist engaged to an American girl recently announced that women will rule the world by 1947. That may be true already for the artist-prophe- t, provided his wedding day is not delayed. And it is becoming truer for the rest of the world just as fast as women become more independent, economically and otherwise, and more and more pay their own way. 15 uniform, which was entirely new, and was wearing a sword of considerable value very likely the sword which had been presented by the State of Virginia; at all events, it was an entirely different sword from the one which would ordinarily ' be worn in the field. In my rough traveling suit the uniform of a private, with the I must straps of a lieutenant-generhave contrasted very strangely with a man so handsomely dressed, six feet high, and of faultless form. But this was ont a matter that I thought of until afterward. We soon fell into a conversation about old army times. He remarked that he remembered me very well in the old army; and I told him that as a matter of course I remembered him perfectly; but from the difference between our ranks and years (there being about sixteen years difference between our ages), I had thought it very likely that I had not attracted his attention to be sufficiently remembered by him after such a long interval. Our conversation grew so pleasant that I almost forgot the object of our meeting. After the conversation had run on in this way for some time, General Lee called my attention to the object of our meeting, and said that he had asked for this interview for the purpose of getting from me the terms I proposed to give his army. I said that I merely meant that his army should lay down their arms, not to take them up again during the war unless duly and properly exchanged. He said that he had so understood my letter. Then we gradually fell into conversation about matters foreign to the subject which had brought us together. This continued for some time, when General Lee again interrupted the course of the conversation by suggesting that the terms I proposed to give his army al ought to be written out. I called to General Parker, secretary on my staff, for writing materials, and commenced writing out the terms. . . . When I put my pen to the paper I did not know the urst wurd that I should make use of in writing the terms. I only knew what was in my mind, and I wished to express it clear- ly, so that there could be no mistaking it. As I wrote on, the thought occurred to me that the officers had their own private horses and effects, which were important to them, but of no value to us; also that it would be an unnecessary humiliation to call s. upon them to deliver their No conversation not one word passed between General Lee and myself either about private property, s or kindred subjects. When he read over that part of the terms about horses and private property of the officers, he remarked, with some feeling, I thought, that this would have a happy effect upon the side-arm- side-arm- side-arm- s, army. . . . The much-talked-- of rendering of Lees sword and my handing it back this and much more that has been said about it is the purest romance. The word sword or side-arwas not mentioned by either of us until I wrote it in the terms. There was no premeditation, and it did not occur to me until the moment I wrote it down. If I had happened ms to omit it, and General Lee had called my attention to it, I should have put it in the terms, precisely as I acceded to the provision about the soldiers retaining their horses. . . Lee and I separated as cordially as we had met, he returning to his own line; and all went into bivouac for the night at Appomattox. Science has so far failed to improve the quality of the gas with which campaign orators are inflated. MEET ME AT THE Pathfinder. ACCOUNT OF LEES SURRENDER AT APPOMATTOX (By U. S. Grant) . WHEN I left camp that morning I had not expected so soon the result that was then taking place, and con- sequently was in rough garb. I was without a sword as I usually was when on horseback on the field and wore a soldiers blouse for a coat, of my rank with the shoulder-strap- s ho I wa3. to indicate to the arm When I went into the House 1 found General Lee. We greeted each other, and after shaking hands took our seats. I had my staff with me, a good portion of whom were in the room during the whole of the interview. General Lee was dressed in a full ... sur- 26 East 2nd South Sportsmens Headquarters Phone Was. 1946 |