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Show -;;- - A DAKGEKOUS STEl II II In the city of St. Louis a few days ago a judge had to threaten to send several people to jail if they didn't quit applauding ap-plauding when a jury brought in a verdict of "not guilty." It is not the first time, for we read every now and then of enthusias tic outbursts when verdicts of acquittal are handed down. There is a meaning behind all this, even though some ara unable to see it. It means that too many people are coming to look upon the law as their enemy instead of their protector, and that they are glad when the law loses instead of wins. In a way such belief is bad for the country. It tends to lead the thousands of foreign-born citizens to believe that laws are made to taunt and oppress us, and that those who sit on juries and bring in verdicts of guilty are enemies of the common people. Of cours we know that laws are intended to protect, but there seems to be such a growng tendency to believe otherwse that we feel it is the duty of every good citizen to teach growing boys proper respect for our state and national statutes. So-called schools of Americanization in our larger cities, too, intended to make good citizens of the foreign-born, ought to dwell on this subject stronger than on any thing else. There is little hope ahead for a people who grow to disrespect dis-respect their country's laws. It brings revolution and bloodshed in the end. America is too firmly rooted and too solidly set in ways that are right to tolerate even the slightest scoff at her laws. And it is time we were making this fact more generally understood. --;6'-- There is an automobile for every eight persons in the United States and every seven of them crowd into a Ford. II II II Another reason why the old-fashioned bustle will never come back is because it would cost so much to have to change the size of autos. II II II The average woman has a vocabulary of 800 words. It's a small stock, but think of the turnover. There's this much to be aid in favor of a dog he doesn't pretend to be anything else. The radio can't compare with the old-fashioned method of broadcasting news over the back fence. Some men backslide so frequently that the route to the mourner's bench is always worn pretty slick. |