We're in danger of being feminized and fad-ridden--grape juice (God knows water's good enough: why grape juice ?); pensions; Christian Science; peace cranks; efficiency-correspondence schools; aid-your-memory; women's clubs; co-this and co-t'other and coddling in general; Billy Sunday; petticoats where breeches ought to be and breeches where petticoats ought to be; white livers and soft heads and milk-and-water;--I don't want war: nobody knows its horrors or its degradations or its cost.

But to get rid of hyphenated degenerates perhaps it's worth while, and to free us from 'isms and soft folk.

That's the domestic view of it.

As for being kicked by a sauerkraut caste--O Lord, give us backbone! Heartily yours, W.H.P.
In the bottom of this note, Page has cut a notch in the paper and against it he has written: "This notch is the place to apply a match to this letter." * * * * * "Again and ever I am reminded," Page also wrote in reference to Bryan's resignation, "of the danger of having to do with cranks.

A certain orderliness of mind and conduct seems essential for safety in this short life.