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What is the Greatest Thing in the 

 World? 



Mr. John A. Davis of Baltimore, 

 Maryland, gives as his answer to the 

 question, "The opportunity to learn." 

 He states that as a matter of mere cu- 



ing a little of the Japanese torii point 

 of view, though not attempting to ad- 

 here absolutely to the Japanese style. 



Connecticut Forbids Trespassing. 



For many years Connecticut has 

 been among those states in the country 

 that have not by law attempted to pre- 

 vent the unnecessary waste of life due 

 to trespassing upon railway right of 

 way. 



The Connecticut Legislature has re- 

 cently passed, however, and Governor 

 Holcomb has just signed, a bill that 

 should do much to eliminate the evil 

 in the state. 



Over 5,000 persons in the United 

 States are needlessly killed each year 

 while using the railway right of way as 

 a public highway. The New Haven 

 Road has carried on an active cam- 

 paign to reduce accidents of this kind 

 on its property. It has long been rec- 

 ognized by experts, however, that no 

 material lessening of the evil can be 

 obtained until stringent laws are pass- 

 ed and strictly enforced. 



The act of the Legislature and Gov- 

 ernor of Connecticut is an important 

 step forward in the suppression of the 

 treaspassing evil in Connecticut. 



A SOMEWHAT UNIQUE BOOKPLATE. 



riosity he has asked many the question 

 and no one has given his answer. In- 

 deed many of those questioned seemed 

 not to have ever given any thought to 

 the tremendous value of the opportun- 

 ity to learn. He distinctly states that 

 he does not consider learning itself the 

 greatest thing in the world but rather 

 the opportunity to learn which every 

 one has. 



Think, my friends, of that point of 

 view. No matter what you favor — 

 love, science, religion, patriotism ; no 

 matter what the value of your position 

 in life, it is all based on the opportunity 

 to learn the details and to develop the 

 capacity to enjoy it. 



Mr. Davis is so enthusiastic from 

 this point of view that he has designed 

 a somewhat .unique bookplate, utiliz- 



Profit in Patriotism. 



It isn't often that the patriot has an 

 opportunity to serve his country and at 

 the same time be handsomely paid. The 

 volunteer's reward consists usually of 

 honor, glory, medals or monuments. 



The farmer who strains every muscle 

 to increase production this year will 

 be paid in full. He is not asked to give 

 away the surplus of his soil. He is as- 

 sured higher prices than he has ever 

 been able to get in times of peace. 



He may help to free the world of the 

 yoke of military despotism if he helps 

 to win the war. He may also free him- 

 self of a yoke of debt that has weighed 

 heavily upon him for a decade. — Coun- 

 trv Gentleman. 



The way to health for our artificially 

 heated life is not back to the wild, but 

 back to the sweet old ideals of home 

 and hospitality and unselfishness. — 

 Abram Linwood Urban in "My Garden 

 of Dreams." 



