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aboutwhich you cannot write to your Congressman.

A New York court has upheld the right of pedestrians

ceedto the other side of the street if the light changes

ey are off the curb. Heretofore, it has been consid-

rting to catch them in flight. -

tz Kuhn and Earl Browder were enemies until the

viet Pact gave them something in common. Now they're

r together than ever. They have a new common bond.

are both out on bail. \

ell, maybe we can keep out of the war, after all. If

eisn’t interested in fighting, why should we be?

Tae LiMPING PARADE

At the risk of being hooted off the field when next we at-

|a football game, we would like to write a little about the

eat Autumn Carnage. The last time we became earnest

1t football we were charged with murder. People blamed

for the death of the game at Dallas Borough High School,

has abandoned the sport.

hat, of course, was more than we had bargained for.

rily, we were attacking the custom of using teams from

mall suburban high schools as practice material for the

juggernauts from Wyoming Valley, an arrangement which/|

rided no fun for the fans and considerably less than that

h ‘players. The one-sided contests were abandoned and

cided to confine football to the sports page.

Now people will suspect we don’t like football. On the

ry! Football is a great game. We like to watch it and

respect it as a molder of character and as a teacher of co-

onand leadership, but

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ill Cunningham, famous All-American and sports writer,

t “the limping parade”. He was a football star, but his

youngster will never play football if Bill can stop him.

? Cunningham says he is thinking of his boy not as he

w but as he will be the day he’s facing forty. “That’s when

need all he has of health and strength and stamina and

jgence. I want him whole and healthy and keenly alert

unhampered by physical weakness or mental blackouts.”

otball is an experience at 20; perhaps a shackle at 40.

er beenpublicized, Cunningham says. But he gives some

Zp =Between 60,000 and 75,000 are temporarily crippled

“excess of $1,000,000. Every year!Death, too, must be considered, even though it is an out-

chance. Twenty to 30 are killed every season; last year

in1931. ;

Cunningham cites cases, of Cadet Ray Stecker, killed in

ale-Army game without recovering consciousness; of Al

man, the giant N. Y. U. tackle, who stumbled through his

lewremaining years with anunsound mind; of Dartmouth’s

all-American “Special Delivery” Al Marsters who, a successful

rer today, still suffers from a cracked spine; of one un-

named fellow who hasn’t moved from bed since he broke his

neck 20 years ago. ; : ;

‘We like football. There's nothing quite like the roar from

‘stands when someone snakes his way down the field, dodg-

hurtling figures, and crosses the goal for a score. We'd

it even more if we could forget that terrible silence which

es after the touchdown, when the crowds see an almost-

forgotten player lying inertly on the ground ...

Tae Price OF NEUTRALITY

Confidential reports which have reached this country tell

atragic story about the cost of war to tiny, neutral Switzer-

land. :Perched high in the Alps and facing belligerents on two

sides, the Swiss are well aware that their fertile plateau and

ey lands offer one of the best strategic military routes

ound the Maginot line and the Siegfried West Wall. To

avoid offending any nation, and thus offering an excuse for

‘invasion, they have made neutrality almost a religion.

: They have carried this so far that when their President

recently visited the frontier on an inspection tour he gave cigar-

ettes to both the French and German soldiers posted on the

border. :

But the neutrality is an armed neutrality. The Swiss are

determined to defend their land against any invader. Conse-

quently,their craftsmen who are famed throughout the world

for their ability to make delicate mechanical devices have been

called to take up arms. That is where the tragic part of the

story enters. :

Reports seeping into this country tell that it is costing

Switzerland more than a million dollars a day to keep the

workmen mobilized. That is a tremendous sum when one re-

‘members that the Swiss government's expenditures for all

urposes in 1938 were only $125,872,000. Maintaining her

present army alone would cost nearly three times that much.

Even more important is that Switzerland's foreign trade is

disappearing. In the one month of September, the Swiss lost

54 per cent of their trade. So long as her men stay mobilized,

‘Switzerland will havethe terrifically increased cost to meet

“andreduced income to meetit.

ARMISTICE

When earth as if onevil dreamsLooks back upon her wars,

' And the white light of Christ outstreamsFrom the red disc of Mars,

His fame, who led the stormy vanOf battle, well may cease;

But never that which crowns the manWhose victory was peace.

; : > —WHITTIER

Thegrocery bill, up 10 per cent since August 15, is onejavie aiche

The percentage of permanent injury from football has | auditor, supervisor and all else

‘total lost; medical costtotal of 1,250,000 school days are lost; medical cos 5Rgde

SECONDTHOUGHTS

Assume on the part of yourcorrespondent an attitude ofprofound humility. Take forgranted that to the neighbor inthe next column is made deepobeisance. He got the biggestvote.

Yet, I doubt that he was thebest persuader; because theback-country that is the far-flung arms of the body politicof the Sixth district did actu-ally lop off a couple thousandof the stunning Republican ma-jorities it had, until this year,turned over to the glorificationof the G. O. Partisans.

And this is no political col-umn. Rather is it a requestthat The Post be the first edi-torially to demand separationof the big from the little andreturn to the old custom ofthe spring and autumn elec-tions. The founding fathersforesaw the great confusionthat might result from tying inmunicipal candidacies withthose of State, County and Na-tion.

Those who were here beforeus, knowing to its full valuethe hard-won right of fran-chise, honestly believed thatthere should be in the springan election that would takecare of all openings for schooldirector, councilman, burgess,

intimately associated with thepurely localized issues.

By the Constitution handed

in the autumn there should beanother election, to fill in ad-vance the vacancies thatwould occur among County,State or National offices.Surely you grasp what theyhad in mind. They wanted tohave home problems studiedfor what they were and solvedin factors of at-home consid-erations.

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It was somewhere in the ear-ly twentieth century that theConstitution. was amended toprovide for one election a yearwith all candidates for all of-fices dumped within the vot-er’s clouded vision and mud-dled mind. The wisdom of thefounding fathers was disputedon the convenience they weretrying to.afford the inheritorsof the privilege won by bloodand bullet.

Come on, dear Post. You{were first to call for the re-election of Judge Valentine.

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Entered as second class matter at the Post Office at Dallas, Pa.,under Act of March 3, 1879.

FredM. Kiefer

GIMME AMATCH

Seventy-six years ago, comenext Sunday, on the 19th ofNovember in the year of 1863,a tall, labor-laden, war-wrack-ed figure rose on the speaker’sstand at the battlefield wherea little over four months earl-ier the decisive battle of theCivil War had been threshedout in blood.

The figure stood and incalm, measured cadences. ofsolemn and reverent tones

j spoke for two and one-halfminutes, uttering words whichare today a priceless heritageto the American nation.

At the time, of the listenerspresent and of the press whichwas to comment upon it thefollowing day, very few recog-nized in the brief remarks ofAbraham Lincoln anything ofremarkable merit.

Edward Everett, the great-est orator of the day, who pre-ceded the President and spokefor over two hours, was un-doubtedly the first to appreci-ate what so many others con-sidered poor in comparison tohis own studied speech. Hewrote Lincoln the next day,“Permit me also to express mygreat admiration of thethoughts expressed by you,with such eloquent simplicityand appropriateness, at theconsecration of the Cemetery.I should be glad if I could flat-ter myself that I came as nearthe central idea of the occa-sion in two hours as you didin two minutes.”

The people gradually awak-ened to the understanding thaton that day Abraham Lincolnhad spoken a wondrous pieceof clear-cut and beautiful ora-tory. Respect has increased for

the foremost to discover itsclear beauty and definite fine-ness were the scholars of otherlands.

On January 15, 1866, theFrenchman, de Hauranne saidin his “Revue des Deux Mon-des”, “I do not believe that themodern speech has ever pro-duced anything that will ex-cell his eloquent discourse overthe grave of the dead soldiersat Gettysburg.” 2

John M. Ludlow, in thesame year, said in a bookwhich he published in London,“Lincoln’s speech on this occa-sion appears to me simply oneof the noblest extant specimensof human eloquence.”

Fifty years later Lord Cur- You were first and alone in en-dorsing the call for afull termfor Judge McDonald. Those

zon, Chancellor of the Univer-sity of Oxford said in the

| course of his remarks before

earEDGeneral Manager

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Harowp J. Price.ono.00Mechanical Superintendent

it from year to year but among |

who know best mourn today! the University of Cambridge

the leave-taking of McDonald, | that he considered this piece

even while they celebrate the to be among the three master-

return of Valentine.

Your correspondent couldpoint to veritable schools ofcitizens who would have ap-preciated the chance to studyout the real issues of the coun-ty election. Why should theyhave been compelled to mixthem with their more immed-iate concern in their schools,their councils and road super-visors?

Come out for the return ofthe spring election on local is-sues and the autumn electionon cultivating the broaderfield. Take Kingston, for ex-ample. The at-home concernsof the people became so con-fused that police actually losttheir heads and made a raid inthe fashion of the Red Russiasupon the voters and their ser-vants. :

There were other incidents,too many to mention, to prove

the point that voters ought tobe given back their originalconstitutional privilege ofkeeping their oats from com-mingling with their potatoes,to afford them easy selectionon home candidates and realstudy of the aspirants in thatfield from which comes their fuller political sustenance.

pieces of English eloquence.

“The Gettysburg Address,”| said Lord Curzon, ‘“‘is far more‘than a pleasing piece of occa-sional oratory. It is a marvel-ous piece of English composi-| tion. It is a pure well of Eng-| lish undefiled. It sets one to| enquiring with nothing shortlof wonder ‘How knoweth thisman letters, having neverlearned?’ The more closely theaddress is analyzed the moreone must confess astonishment

at its choice of words, the pre-cision of its thought, its sim-plicity, directness and effec-tiveness.”

Lincoln’s own words in theaddress—‘The world will lit-tle note, nor long rememberwhat we say here—’’ must now

read: The world will long noteand ever remember what hesaid there. What he said therewill be remembered long after

gotten.

“And so they buried Lincoln?Strange and vain!

Has any creature thought ofLincoln hid

In any vault, ‘neath any coffinlid,

In all the years since that wildSpring of pain? :

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THE POST'S CIVIC PROGRAM1. A modern concrete highway leading from Dallas and

connecting with the Sullivan Trail at Tunkhannock. :

A greater development of community consciousness || ilamong residents of Dallas, Trucksville, Shavertown, and alFernbrook. : A

3. Centralization of local fire, and police protection.

4. Sanitary sewage systems for local towns.

5. A consolidated high school eventually, and better co-between those that now exist.

7. Construction of more sidewalks.

6. Complete elimination of politics from local school { FUEHRER!

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THE LOW DOWN FROM

HICKORY GROVEI see where there's a

campaign on to sell apples.

The paper says there is abig crop and apples arejuicier than ever. But witha war in Europe, they arehaving trouble gettingboats to ship them in—sous folks here in the U. S.gotta eat more apples.Bob Clark used to tell

a story about a guy whowas going into town andhe met a friend. And thisfriend says, “Si, whereyou headin’ for?” And theguy going to town says,“Pardner, I'm going totown to get drunk, andhow I do dread it.”

It is likewise with meon apples, and apple.cider,and applie pie, and applecobbler—also apple jack.

There is only one kindof person who may be op-posed to this apple cam-paign—the Doctors. Yougo to work and eat a cou-pla apples a day and youare mot gonna be callingup any M. D. every timethe moon changes.Yours, with the low down,

JO SERRA.

The Mail BagYour Javie Aiche is wrong.

It was Polonius (to Laertes)who said “To thine ownself betrue, ete.” not Iago to Laertes.I feel certain about it, becauseI heard it again just last weekin “Hamlet”. Who is JavieAiche, anyhow? The namehas always rather frightenedme. ;

—B. E.

The Dallas Post:We, as members of the Dr.

Henry M. Laing Fire Companywish to thank you for yourwholehearted cooperation inmaking Fire Prevention Weeka success in Dallas.

Also for assisting us in ourdrive for new members.

Again thanking you, we re-main,

Yours truly,The Henry M. Laing

Fire Company,J. F. Besecker,

. Secretary.

"Tis false — he never in thegrave hath lain. :

You could not bury him al-though you slid

Upon his laps the Cheops pyra-mid

Or heaped it with the RockyMountain chain.” —dJames T. McKay, LincolnLore, Bulletin No. 268.

Edith Blez

THE SENTIMENTAL SID

VE ARE GOOT yFRIENDS NOW.

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Patience is a virtue we don’t

seem to possess! The newyoung lady in our housedoesn’t realize how close wecome every now and then to

our fair daughter and have herwaiting while we finisheddressing. But things havechanged and now we sit aroundand wait while our fair daugh-ter puts on the finishingtouches. When we suggestthat the newyoung lady inour house begin to get herselftogether she always insiststhere is plenty oftime. I knowfrom past experience that shemust get off to an early startor we will have to spend manylong minutes waiting whileour fair daughter finishes herdressing. One morning lastweek just when we thought wewere about ready to catch thebus into town we discoveredthat the new young lady wasstill combing her hair. Wedidn’t say very much, but whatwe thought wouldn’t be worthrepeating, because we had seenour fair daughter go throughthe process of combing her‘hair at least ten minutes.. When she did finally tear her-self away from the mirror shecame downstairs without ahat! We were very, very sorryit was necessary to insist on ahat because that meant at least15 minutes more fussing! Ourfair daughter doesn’t like hatsrand when we insist that sheiwear one she invariably getsjin a sulky huff and we aresubjected to the silent treat-ment. I wonder how manymothers suffer the silent treat-ment? We have made up ourmind that we will pay no at-

| tention whatsoever to the si-lent treatment. We keep right|on chattingas if nothing hasl happened. We get many dis-| gusted looks but we refuse to! be outglanced by a young per-son who thinks we abuse herbecause we insist on a hat!

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And gloves! It seems to uswe have been talking aboutgloves since our fair daughterwas old enough to be torturedwith them. She has never beenable to understand why any-one should wear gloves unlessthere is snow on the groundand it is necessary to weargloves in order to make snow-balls. We always start out

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have gone a step or twothei

gloves are shoved into a pock-et or somewhere else out of

sight!\We have never been able

losing our patience. We have|to get our new young lady togreat difficulties when we de- carry a pocketbook. When shecide to go anywhere together.) was a very little girl sheIt used to be we could dross) hough’ they were nice things

to play with but nowshe in-sists that a wallet is what sheneeds, and a wallet is what she ;carries! We have never beenable to discover just how shecarries money, handkerchief, acomb and other things in a wal‘let. We were waiting patientlyfor the day when the newyoung lady really goes in forcosmetics. Up until now theonly cosmetic urge has been alipstick, and that fits into thwallet! EL

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We thought you might liketo know that this year we aretaking up French and from thestrange sounds our fair daugh-ter utters from time to time weare learning that her brand ofFrench is slightly differentfrom the French ‘we ‘haveheard. We haven't been askedfor much help with lessons thisyear. Last year it was differ-ent. . Our new young lady feltthat there were a few thingswe might be able to help with,but the time has come whenmother doesn’t know anythingabout lessons. After all, howcould a mere mother know any-thing about the subjects whichcome in the ‘second year inhigh school!

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We have noticed, too, thatwe are not reading the rightbooks! We have been told inno uncertain terms that weread too many books, and thatwe should read more of theolder books, because most ofthe new ones are really notworth reading! We suspectour fair daughter read thatsomewhere or perhaps someteacher passed such a remark,or perhaps she feels that she isright! We are often amazedat the wise remarks uttered bysome of our young people. Wewould not admit that our fairdaughter might be right. Werefuse to admit defeat on anygrounds. We suspect we mustlearn to keep a stiff upperlipat this stage of our career asa parent, because we have beentold by those who seem toknow that this is only the be-ginning!