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The · present prevalence of rabies has made it most imperative that the owners of dogs should understand that the order of the day is, ln.oculate, Mu.ttle, inoculate, muzzle, or lose your dog. 01' Lose .Him It must be so. There is no .other effective way of safeguarding the people against the deadly effects of being bitten. by a mad dog. Mrs. Irene Castle McLaughlin is quoted as saying that the Chicago health commissioner "has forbidden us to move any dog~ from the city to the country without having them vaccinated - an utterly absurd proceeding, for I have had any number of dogs, and many of them lived to ripe old age without ever having the rabies. I would not for anything· have a dog of mine vaccinated-it causes them useless suffering and has no effect." We cannot believe that our state and local health officers wo.uld recommeld or insist on any treatment that was absurd or ineffective. If our health guardians tell us that inoculation, incorrectly called vaccination, is a protection against rabies, we shall continue to believe them and to act accordingly. Nor shall we believe that our health authorities are inspired by any other than the highest motives in trying to stamp out this ptesent dangerous epidemic of rabies. Incidentally,. inoculation is no more painful than any other hypodermic injection. lpocu!ation is comparatively painless; most effective, and in this current crisis absolutely necessary. No one can doubt that carelessness causes most damage, especially · when the immediate ,cause pf the damage is uncontrolled fire. AcCarefasness Causa cording to one of Mote Da--~·e the latest reports ··~· overheated stoves and furnaces and defective ftues lead most often to costly blazes. And yet if prpper care were taken, stoves and furnaces would not overheat and flues could ~.kept. in gO!O<i working order. Moreover! 1t IS a httle hard to believe that overheatmf all .b>: !tself without any other abnorma condition. could cause a blaze. Probably the heat1ng plant is tpo near combustible material. Take care of fire and it will do you no harm. ~id-year graduations seem to us odd affa1rs. The traditional time is mid-June or Yery soon thereafter. We have the feeling perbapt !lOt justifiable, t~at these February ...._ wa!l find commenc1ng at such a time U.ILGW!t.e.~o*' on the wrona- foot. All wllo ·would fain join tile ranks of the Thespians and impress on a impressionable public histrionic talents that up to the present have been kept hidden, may hereby know that · they can satisfy their deActors sires, or have those same desires once for all squelched, by appearing at the Theater Guild tryouts to be held at Community House and other designated plac.es and at various times. Each candidate is herewith informed that it will be necessary for him to learn a piece to speak, so that by its delivery the judges can determine the would-be actor's fitness. We have .thought now and then of offering ourself to the Guild officers. Perhaps we may venture .on some date to surprise the judges by the delivery of some well-known masterpiece. How would it be to memorize Hamlet's famous soliloquuy or Spartacus's-pronounced SpartactissesAddress to the Gladiators? "Ye call me chief, and ye do well to call him chief who for~ etc.?" . When our college roommate was rehearsing for the Finals in Oratorv at North,vestern U. how often did we "'bear him orating, "A little O'Connell would have been no O'Connell at all!" And in how many different ways did he ~liver this stirring utterance ! We think that 've'd play the part .of an old-fashioned teacher pretty well, but we'd rather be a dashing hero or a blac~ villain. A lady friend of ours has for many years cherished a secret longing to go on the amateur stage. She'd make a fine Lady Macbeth. YOUR AGE AND MINE I cGnnol Dlter my feat·res Nor the years of life I have seen, So let's pretend the 3·ears are mme That come beltveen Y otlr age and tnine. I will be nwre of the tvoma~, · Be brave, more patient, sedate, If yot~ will reach down, forget barriers Of the years that separate Your age and mine. -Auct NoRTHWAY MILLtR. A Laclq Strike "This new brand of cigarets," commented the enterprising salesman, "is new only in this country. They've had 'em in England for years. They're a genuin.e English product at only fifteen cents, I tell you." "How come then," sez Sam at the corner store, "'How come you can sell 'em here at fifteen cents? How about the duty?" "Oh," replies the e. s., "You see, they're made in this country." · Further Proof, My MMique-Sir: The fraying of one'· hair is aot dae to "eaerYated ·meatal procesees," · meaa that whate.er it ma,., or to "indolent attitadea," a most ·ape aad obacare phrue. It is clue, OD the other hand, to hard mental work or poaaibl,. to a' tremencloaa emotioaal eaperieace of some iateaae aort. Aa a paycholo,Ut of aqht bat real reputatioa aad also u writer of the cohamu immediately to the west of tiUa tower of DOIUellle, I mast protest qainat heia· aaain draa·ed iato aaclipified diacauioas of triYial qaeatiou. -Fu~ THt Fn.oson:R. Gardena It somehmv seems that gardens speak The tho'ts of dreams which we would seek In words to tell, what we would like to say Of beaut)' which we felt today. . There are certainly in this world of ours plenty of people who don't look ahead. They could Jo.ok ahead, but they don't. If they are doing routine work, all People Who well and good. Don't Look Ahead They then follow the program set for them by others. The results of not )poking ahead are most unpleasant. Inasmuch as the future cannot be ~istinc!ly seen, emergencies frequently anse wh1ch can be efficiently met only by those who are prepared. And since short-sig~ted people are not prepared, these emergencies catch them unawares and often wreck them. People who don't ~ok ahead make lots of trouble for oth~r people. It's just as true ~ow as w~en tt was first said that no man h.veth to h1mself alone. No imprudent man hveth to himself alone. He leans on the prudent man. When the crisis the emergency, puts in its appearance th~ unprepared individual goes to the prepared man , for help. And unless the latter does~ t ca~e wha.t happens to the former, he g1ves h1m a hft. This fairly prevalent C!JStom makes it necessary for the longSlgh~ed rna~ to plan not .only to take care of h1mself 1n case of future need, but also to care for the other fellow. . Wh~t can be ·done about it? It surely d?esn t seem fair for one man t.o carry two btg loads. We suggest that just as the borrower pays interest for loans so the dependent pers?n pay for the support he gets. Just what _th1s ~ay should be \Ve don't know. Perhaps 1t m1ght be a suitable sum of money. So varied each in form ifl dress I cannot paint such lo-!,eliness · , I cannot say which I like mo;t Or which can fairest flo·lCiers boast. The Pansies are demwe and shy With timid glance ~~ /Hissers by;' The Rose c~quets 111 VtJfft.pisla style, The Daffodal seeks to begt~ile The sunshine into its own smile. Each tender blossom see!ls to rise However. small, hOU!ever fair; ' U frward .,, beauty to the skies And drink of fountains driPPi"'J there. Old fashioned gardnu see· to tell Of things re_ wumberetl, thi11gs lowd well. The po~· ·llot of formal cut Is regal aiul alluring, but r d rather have the quaint Sflleet kind That blossoms with the tender care Of loving hands which sowed them there. It mailers not what style or hue Or if they're built tf!ith artist's ;are· It,s what the gardens say to you ' That makes each flower immortal there. -RoieCA ANTHONY. AD ia the Viewpoiat · . The effusive Chiheraminer emphasize's the sad PI·ght of the $5,000,000 heiress who must be content t~ '!Vorry along ~th a new husband who has been IIVmg under pauperized circumstances in a $17 a week room. Can't you just imagine the plaster falling down all over the place. "Wiaea a Feller Needs a Friead" When a feller kills a fiver to buy his dawg a ~rand new brass-studded harness with "split new" bcense tag attached (third of the current sea's ondue to ~epeated losses in canine cravats) and, far from bemg . e.lated, he .mopes for a day and won't even ftvor With a teeme weenie wag. What t d o o, what to do? tlnest vein of sarcasm. m:;:~ :: =e tore~nta~· sunersl Chief Charlie. suspec · s In Charlie's :-~IQUE.