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wm Ecm À 'SA P :TWO DOILAUS A MUR 5s. w . mmid a ouedI*.r by TmaeaIqmau. C..avfbu Mo émd bues'.sdW* a uw, equaWd fou ruofom euE ueo sueau"iy 1« pauka"im JUNE 29, 1939 On tii fourth of: July The nation's natal day wil b ecelebrated next Tuesday. Following the customn of years, programs- will include the readmng of. the Declaration, Qf Indepeedence, fol-. lowed by mnore or less prof ound speeches on the, greatness of our country and*its re- maàrkable growth from a restricted coin- munity of colonies. with some 4,000,000 population, to forty-eight sovereign states aind 130,000,000 people. If other customs be followed also, moat of the assembled citi- zenry will be gatheied ini groups discussing business, or crops, or other topies closely touching their individual lives. They will not'be thinkirig heavily of matters of state or meditating with gratitude on the service rendered the world on that F'ourth of July one hundred and sixty-three years ago. If suggestions are in order for additions to the programns, it might be well to con- beaded toward the limbo of !orgotten (or. discontinued) thinga, along With the art and, music projects.. h is fervently hoped that the unfortuniate acto.rs, and actresses will.find means of livelihood in private em- ployment of somne sort. The success of: the theatre . project in: the spendinig of taxpayers' moneyis out.-: standing. It accounts for somie twelve or thirteen million dollars, spent in- staging .plays wh 1ich, for sàpiritual and cultural uip- Lift,- would be hiard to, beat. Take, for in- stance, "1Cheating Husbands",; or "A Boudoir Diplomat', ,Or. "Up in 'Mabel's Room"; or "Love 'Em and Leave 'Egm": or "Mary's Other *Husband." If the prime object of the project were to break down and destroy morality, could you imagine more effective. vehils? But maybe the titles were made alluring in order to attract the type .of people who might be in urgent need of the spiritual uplift, and the plays innocent. Not WVorth a Cent? If someone. wishing to e .e your ou are Anad by s011 OTeezesarecT r.sse The Test fuigreen of. satetEtrees; Pink>petals of e!,freall-blo"Dnrose. 0. glious .morn,à-yjou are ai these. What. wondrous beauty you..diaclose. -Anabelle Merrifield.. Winnetka. Advance notice"of nexit 'uesday's sane cele- bration is.being given by mens of giant fire- crackers and oth.er explosives., "Fight ntew Roosevelt spending spree." *'Re- store $371,000,000 eut. from .armny .approprition bill." "',Boost farmn subsidy bill by $225,000,000.1 Such were the1 reports .corning fromn Congress Friday morning. The congressmen seem to be going aiong in true form.--WheW-they-.tglk they taik econorny. When, they vote they vote to spend more money. "How long, O Lord, hoW 'long?" ApzrQpos of the. rcent ;nofficial rfeçndIurn in Winnetka on the-dog question is the following, lamped by an eagle-eyed reader: "Ritzvilhle, Wash.-A novel informai ballot was placed be- fore voters here May 15 on the question of regulation of cattie, resuits of which were to be considered by the couneil as a guide in legisiation (to be?) passed later." "That," said our contributor, "looks as if law enforce- .ment officiais everywhere have their problems -if it is flot dogs it is cattie." Reminds us of. the, days of our youth in a small Illinois town, uhew~re vr thev' famrily awned a oow, and wllatever, it BJiouIGd e for a relighting of, the torches of patriotism, a rededication to the principles upon which this government is founded anid a reiiewal of pledges to de! end with life and ail we have, the im- mortal works o! the founding fathers. Reading o! the Constitution might serve to bring a consciousness of how far we have drifted from the tenets of that great document in recent years. From the sound must yield- to bureaucrats the airt of Our activities and the supplying needs. It would be a shameful adm. that would deeply hurt the spirits of "One cent is the smallest fractional coin in~ our monetary system. But, jelieve it or not, it is our most important financial yardstick. To the child, one cent means a lollypop or a toy balloon. Later it may mean a convenient stick of gum or a penr cil. At a drug sale, it means two tubes of toothpaste or shav.ing cream instead of one. In a department store it reprèsents that and ion In Kentucky coal fields soldiers are guardlng OU miners who want bo work, evezn though they ,içn be non-union. That t. a God-giver* right in whlch ose, every man should be protected.. Peciestrians? go around. ?Oh, they could wai A cow was a cow. through or- Slovakia, under Nazi German "eprottectio n," has abolished co-edutation in high schools, and "urged" schoolgiris to forego careers and get married. The more one reads o! Europeau trends and practices, the more important next Tuesday becomes. Next Tuesday is the Fburth o! July. TEE ~HANTOM REPORTER