Life — January 17, 1918 — page 33: what you’re looking at

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s’ Car. le doc. matter he dis. well as were tion a as ex. of my coun- Tum About Is Fair Play ARRIA is a social contract. It is a matter of business connected with the welfare of the state. It is | 5 © not only a most important contract letween two individuals, but also a ) most important contract in its bearing upon the community, No one would think of appointing a commission of clergymen to revise the p tariff. No one would dream of putting an zibitration treaty into the hands of the | House of Bishops. Inasmuch, however, as the Church © practically assumes the sole people, why shouldn't a clergy- man be held responsible in. case the marriage doesn’t turn out right?) That seems to be only fair. According to the old Chinese law, if adoctor didn’t cure his patient, he was “severely punished. Why not apply this logical method to our system of mar- It is perfectly evident that if clergy © men on the one hand insist upon reg- ) ulating marriage and stating just what the conditions are with regard to its permanency that they ought not to be ) permitted to wash their hands of the whole affair as soon as the knot is tied. What would this mean? imply that clergymen would be mighty care- ful whom they married. It would not be possible to wake up asleepy old dominie at four o'clock in the morning and get him to marry two people for five dollars, when he knew that the consequences might come down on his own head a couple of years later. He would take time to in- vestigate the temperaments of the par- ties concerned. It is perfectly true that a great many j marriages consummated in haste turn out splendidly afterwards — that they break all predictions. But these mar- riages would turn out well anyway even if there had been a delay, and their practice does not make up for the great number of mistakes made which are due to haste. Let the clergymen, therefore, take their share of the responsibility AS the Kaiser will not swallow de- " Mocracy, the Allies must resort to forcible feeding. We Must “Follow-Up” The story of the Gallipoli withdrawal is a tale of inadequate support. Like Sala- manders clinging to the red-hot bars of a fiery furnace, the boys of Australia and New Zealand clung to the slopes of Anzac. Desperately, heroically they clung. No troops under any circumstances ever displayed greater soldierly qualities or upheld more sacredly the best traditions of England’s Army. But they had to with- draw because the “follow-up” was not there. To some of us it has been given to march with the columns of troops that go to France. And to others it is given to wave Godspeed. But he who marches and he who stays is equally a citizen of the world's mightiest republic and equally responsible for its success in this greatest of under- takings. Then let us at home turn from our flag waving and consider how necessary we are, how useful we must be. Those who go to fight cannot hope to win by naked bravery and we cannot hope to win unless every individual at home does all he can. We must have no Gallipoli. The Bell System is only one of the myriad great and small industries which are co-operating: that nothing be left un- done to keep a constant, efficient stream of men, guns, ammunition, food, clothing and comforts flowing to the front. AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES One System STANDS HOT AND COLO ‘WATER Universal Service From the Arabic that knows not, and knows not knows r is a fool Pass him by He that knows not, and knows that he knows not, is wot Teach him: He that knows, and knows not that he knows, is asleep. Awake him He that knows, and knows that he knows, is wise. Follow him. comicbooks.com