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LEST WE FORCiET
Gtlrred to wrath by the complaints j
of many people that the United
States should not make and sell
to the European belligerents muni
tions of war—and some eveu go so '
far as to say that ;m embargo |
should be placed on clothing and
foodstuffs—the Philadelphia Ledger
h is dug up a mass of ancient prece
dents that are quite well worth;
reading, whatever view you may j
take of the present situation.
Cootrabaud of war has been de- |
fined as anything which one bel-1
liferent does not waut his enemy to j
have, aud as this varies consider- j
ably wah different nations, pretty '
nearly everything becomes contra
band, with erne nation or another
before the war is over. The pre
cedents waich the Ledger offers are
not advocated as good international
law, but inasmuch .is they were all ,
aimed at this young republic, thej
make interesting reading at this
time.
"The most notable example of one
nation selling contraband of war to
another," says the Ledger, " is fur
nished by Germany itself. Whwu
America was fighting for freedom,
ag Wayne MacVeagh says, the Ger- j
man sold to King George not only
guns and uniforms, but 30,000 sol- j
diers.
"England sold to the Confederacy
anything it could ship there.
"France violated the Monroe doc-!
trine more viciously than any other
country when it sent a big army of
Invasion into Mexico while the
United States was in its great Strug-1
gle to save the Union.
"And it was the Austrian prince, I
Maxmillian, brother of the present
emperor of Austria, who placed him
self upon the throne in Mexico City.
"That the United States is un-1
dor no very lasting or immediate
obligations to these present day
belligerents is very apparent. The
worst any American exporter has
done during this war is mild in com
paxison with the things France,
England, Germany and Austria tried
to do to us."
It is good to recall facts like these
once in a while, as Kipling savs,
"Les» We Forget."
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NOW OBTAINABLE
The finest and most accurate
maps oi the United States are those
made by the United States Geologi
cal Survey. This branch of the
government service prints more
than 3,000 maps a day, or about a
million a year, most of which are
sold to the public directly from
Washington. Book and stationery
concerns in the large cities of
course handle these mau>s, but here
tofore there has been no way in
whieh the inhabitants of the small
towns throughout the country could
get th -in except by sending to
Washington. Now, however, post
masters in towns ai.d village® have
the permission of the poet office de
partment to handle these maps. When
the Geoglogical survey prints a new
map it sends a sample copy to the
postmasters in the ar^a covered,
wi the suggestion that they tack
it lip in conspicuous place, where
everyone calling for mail can see
it, and order a small stock for 6ale
to these who wish to buy the map.
This saves the purchaser the an
noyance of sending to the Geo
logical survey and waiting until
—.. received from Wash
self receives a small commission ou
euea trap sold.
Many active postmasters ara
haudling the maps, and that their
fellow-citizens appreciate the ac
commodation of being able to buy
govt-rnmute maps at the post office
is shown by the number sold in
this way. The record of map# so
sold shows that a aostmaster in
Minnesota heads the list so far,
having sold 125 maps the first
month he handled them.
Only postmasters in regions that
have been recently mapped have
been asked to handle the maps, but
the Geological survey willingly ans
wers inquiries made by other post
masters, sending them a sample
copy of the map that covers their
district, if it has been mapped.
it is believed that this new plan
Df distributing the government maps
will benefit all concerned; it will
be a convenience to the purchasers,
it will bring the postmasters a
small commission, and it will in
crease the sale of the maps.
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XI.—MRS. BILLING
TON'S FIRST CASE
[Copyrlsht, The Frank A. Munsey Co.]
IN Justice to Robert Bllllngton, It
must be said that In the begin
ning he did Ills best to discourage
Mrs. Biillngton.
"One lawyer in the family," he said,
"is enough. And, besides, I get ail the
law I need dowutowu. Be it your
duty to shed sweetness and light over
our happy home!"
"But." Mrs. Billlugton argued, "I
should like to know what was the use
of my college training If not to"—
"Exactly!" Bob uroke In. "That's
what I'd like to know too. If an
academic education doesn't help you
about the house, why study law on top
of it?"
Mrs. Billiutton tossed her head.
"You kuow us well as 1 do what I
mean," she insisted. "In the drat
place, 1 want to be able to talk Intelli
gently with you about your business
matters. You won't Interest yourself
ui iny music, so 1 sup(>oso I must in
terest myself in your low!"
Thus Mrs. BlllingU.il, us usual, had
lier way. in three years' time, against
the repeated protests of her husbaud,
she added an LI,. I>. to her arts degree
and successfully passed the bar exam
ination.
It was in tlie tenth year or their mar
ried life that this event took place, and
Bub was forced to admit that Mrs. Bil
lington failed not at all lu the per
formance of her household duties. Nor
did she lose any ol" her femininity, and
she continued to demand aud receive
ail the little attentions that her bus
baud had so unfailingly accorded her
ever since their marriage.
Only in one respect was the even
tenor of their married life disturbed—
nuineiy and to wit, as the lawyers say,
in the mutter of "Intelligent conversa
tion." Hub still talked the usual do
mestic common places; but, while lu the
past Mrs. Billington merely echoed her
husband's opinions, she now managed
to twist Bob's every sentence hi to a
mooted question of law. For instance,
if he sakl tliut the 1'orteouses had a
new coachman she professed to recog
nize In this an allusion to the law of
master and servant, and she hastened
to Introduce the doctrine of "respond
ent superior."
She pursued these tactics until Bob
grew weary, and if he found the con
versation tending toward u legal dis
cussion he buried himself la the even
ing paper or pleaded a headache aud
retired to a pli>e In the library. Nev
ertheless at least four nights a week he
found himself unwillingly going over
his entire day's work In the courts or
at the ofllce, while Mrs. Billington lis
tened with parted lips, fairly drinking
In the legal phraseology.
"Now. this," she said at last, "Is Just
what I've been wanting to do for you.
I feel that I'm actually sharing the re
sponsibility of your work, so that the
burden of It won't rest so heavily on
you."
[ •Wont It, tnouun.' norj rcjuweu.
"It means that 1 <U> a day's work twice
I over—once in the actual performance
of it and then again worrying it over
with you in the evening. A sort of
legal etid chewing, I call It And
Bowles, otir managing clerk, is sick,
and I've got to hustle down to a dis
trict court tomorrow and try n miser
able little case myself."
Mrs. Billington's eye gleamed.
I "Why don't you let me try It for
I you?" she suggested.
"Yon try it!" Bob shouted. "Why,
by the sacred mackerel, if I ever let
you put foot in one of those dirty little
east side courts may I be forever con
demned!"
The gleam died out of Mrs. Billing
ton's eye, but you muy be sure that the
ambition which kindled It remained.
Ever since she had mastered—or
thought she had mastered—the law of
evidence she had been secretly anxious
to try a case, and the opportunity was
not long in coming.
"Just glance over this complaint, will
you?" she asked one morning at break
fast, passing over the table a formid
able looking legal document.
"That what?" said Bob.
"Complaint," Airs. Billlngton went
on steadily. "I presume you know that
complaint is the name of the first writ
ten nud verified pleading In an action
at law. Well, this document Is the
complaint In the case of Konvallnka
against Schultz—action for wages as a
female servant."
"In the municipal court of the city
of New York, borough of Manhattan,
Eighteenth district," it was headed.
"Susan Konvallnka, plaintiff, against
Mary Schultz, defendant. The plaintiff,
complaining of the defendant, by Mar
lon Billington, her attorney, respect
fully alleges and shows"—
But Bob read no farther and handed
back the paper without a word.
"Well!" said Marlon. "What do you
think of it?"
"Think of it!" said Bob. "Why, I
think this. I've been married to Mar
Ion Billlngton for ten years and I never
knew her to do an unwomanly thing
up to now."
He underscored the last three words
as plainly hs a sudden vocal crescendo
permits.
"Unwomanly?" Marlon cried indig
nantly.
"Thafs what 1 sulci," Bob declared.
"When you spent your afternoons for
three yeajs In law school I stood It
- T-nn sfncK to
It" Whenyou were dually"admitted1o
the bar I took tho Ironical congratula
tions of tho neighborhood In good part
—felt rather proud cf it. If anything,
but I never thought you'd go so far as
to want to try a ease In a liltby district
court!"
"And pray what is there unwomanly
about that?" Marion asked. "As an
attorney I hare a right to practice
there."
"Of course you have a right" Bob
broke in. "You have a right to be el
bowed by a hundred greasy practition
ers from the east side. You have a
right to seo old Judge Hannan eat to
bacco. You also have a right to in
hale an atmosphere of garlic, herring
and whisky, and if there are any other
rights that have heretofore been in
the exclusive enjoyment of your broth
er practitioners, why, go ahead and
avail yourself of them."
Hero Bob paused while the new
maid brought In the .toast, which he at
once commenced to devour with loud
crunches of indignation. As for Mari
on, it must be confessed that it taxed
tho self control of a regularly licensed
practitioner like herself to stem tho
flow of tears which almost Impended.
She had to gulp once or twice beforo
speaking.
"Bullying a sister attorney," she said
piteously, "is hardly according to pro
fessional ethics, is it?"
Bob, stricken with penitence, laid
down his knife and fork and was
around the table in a flash.
"Dearest lady," ho said, after she
had smooched her rumpled hair and
he was once more
at bis toast, "I
didn't mean to
bully you. By all
means try your
case. What did
you say was the
title of It?"
"Konvallnba
against Sehultz,"
she replied un
suspectingly.
"And who Is
your client Kon
vnllnka?" Bob
asked, as the
maid re-entered.
"S-sh!" Marlon
murmured, and
there was a pro
tracted silence
till tha mnld had
"Konvannxa again.,* retire& "Susan
Sohultz," she re- Kouvallnka |g
P|ied- her full name,"
Marlon went on, "and she has Just
taken out the coffee."
"Indeed!" said Bob with uplifted
eyebrows.
"And she's suing her last employer
for wages."
"That's Mr. Sohultz?"
(Continued tomorrow)
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