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EVENING LEDEB PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY.
SKEMBER 17, 1914.
EVENING ya LEDGER
PUBLIC LEDfeER CONtPVM
CYIIP8 It K C't'ltTIS rnrir.ipT
John Orlhht,VleI'rellim ilea (Vh sf,r(tftry,
jTohn C. Miutln Treflnirei , ( hnrles 1! t.iMlngton,
rhlllp 3 Colllnn John II Wlillnmi IMrce teirii
nutTOllI L TlOAItH
ctiu I It K Ot ti. Ohilrmsn
F. It. WIIAt.nv . P.trrmlve Miter
JOHN r AIAItTlV
Ueneril limitless Mnnnper
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Woierloo Place, Pall Mall, S VY
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In 1 iwniiencc Pn'tnre t'lillnilrlphtn
l.rrwirn CrvTirn ttroail nm1 ciieMnut itfeets
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If roiiuln I turn (Ml, oh' mnntn tttmv flptnitii.
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linni innl I In Clillnn p.
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liptiiiilov uci 1 iiif run moJi me itvainrvuh ton
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''L'tirlfnnl I ttflnniil"
ISiff mtltt iinr-ermnllfc. nt U'.lt.,it Wit...,, le,,
JL pcivveiTtillv Impressed the eoutitfv 111
obvious sinrcriiv of purpose and his clear
mornl islun h.i siveti him stM?nili mit of
all ptoportlon to the ppcullar eeonnmu ilioc
t IPs hp rpouvff. put to (iw Bide tho litishifs
pf the entmtrj. and he has mpamtrod tip In n
rotimrUnttip dnareo tn the polltlcul ldrttl nf
tho nation. He w ut once the Ir.t lpr iind tho
Impetus of the tJemodratlc party, which has
followed him wherever he led without, rmurd
to traditional principles of historic purpose.
The Khituour of tho President' mnrulltv
male It itnpniiiiie for unj part to defeat
Itl tn unless it enters the arena with hands
us clean as his Ills etunnml" theotlfs. if
welshed on att even sealo with Kepublionn
principles, would bo utterly repudiated bv
the national electorate. But Pennsylvania la
ashed to manhandle ttepubllcanltn, to tie It
up with a cause that Is utterly discredited,
to retain in its leadership ft man whose nump
Is "used to filphten children with" In man
parts of the Union. "Unclean! Unclean!"
That is the answer to men Who insist that
tho country can be fooled into accepting
Penroseism in national affairs It would be
Just as sensible to ask the nation to send the
plnjrue to AVashlnjjtun.
Stockholders for Rapid Transit
THE greatest corporation in this commu
nity is the municipal coiporatlon. In It
oery cltlzon is a stockholder. AVhateer tho
stockholders of the Union Traction Company,
through thtir directorate, decide to do and
they are well within their rights to do or not
do wh.Ueer they please the stockholders in
the municipal corporation are oveiwhelm
iiiRly tor inpld tiansit They hae at their
command an Ineompurabk red it. They ure
able thioURh their own patronugo to assure
tin. liuancial sin. cess of tlin project. The.. at
least, are willing to dedicate their assets to
the sreat program The obstructionists aie
nlmoat to ii.itsbure
Bfea
Goldon Da? of 0)orttinily
w-tjo.MC ha' come the aationlsts the
Jtl 'ia!i'ir hirest has lieen reaped, play
rime i1- p.i'-t, the thousand who laid down
dailv tasks to relieve mind and body are
again In tin. toils of daily occupation Tho
ivy on walls is touched with red, the trees
hao taken their fringes of gold, while the
lat corn, the pumpkin and the grape alono
remain to be guthered the very air breathes
ot the fall time
"With bodii s invigorated by rpst seasons,
with minds ulert, with spirits afresh, bt ua
approach this unborn future with a deter- i
mination of service. To all it Is not given to
grapple with mighty problems of the day to '
all it H not given to move in high spheres, to
mold publir opinion, to shape tho destiny of '
our fellows, but to all is given the oppor- !
tunitv to woik for self-service, to the con- '
secration of idials, to the fulfillment of de- ,
sires This is the time for a reconsecration
to detlnite purposes
He who lubois with hands often wearies of I
Injusthe, of piJudlc, of elast, hatred Up
who gains a livelihood behind a counter feels
tho sting of station, he who labors at thank
less ta.-ks longs for bett r day, for higher I
wages, for more appreciation of his efforts j
Knvy for the rich, the powerful, the better j
educati d, the fortunate, is in manv hearts i
Tho longing for another life is universal
Surely that God-given eonnfiiaisnes of self. '
unwoithinecs, of dlssausinction with eondi- ,
tion-t, Is never more awakened than at this I
time of the year, (
to let ur awuke to the opportunity with u
full realization that "fat-' and "luck" and ,
'good fortune ' come alone to those who con
tinually birlve, that Increased wages, better
ment of condition and a fuller life are but
tho rewards ot" huntst labor, intelligent ap.
plication and sincerity of purpose. This
surely is the moment for thoughtful consid
eration of iie future, and for all, the lowly.
th mndiocif an the great, to clench fists,
apply bruins and buckle down to the work
which ulonn glvg the reward so fondly
desired.
(loetht caught the spirit of the fall tiin
when ne wrote-
Are u in eiirne-tt"
SeUe this eiy minute
Vlmt m (.an do or dream jou imii,
Hi,1ii it
Ho!dnes ha g nina. powfer and inagip in it
Onlj eBae ami then the mind grows heat4.
Ut-fc'in and thf i th. woik will bo completed
A Truro for Throo YoarS
GOVUU.NAIKNT by perjnality la some
ttiing that we can utver get away from
in this country It is legitimate and Jnevlt.
able, but it la not by any means auHloient
for the purposes and requirements of demo
cratic belf-government
The striking mineis of Colorado hove voted
to accept President Wilson's proposal for a
three-jcar truce. It wus reasonable and
patriotic action, and should bo followed by
bimilar action on tho part of the mine
owners Mero peace is not. of course, a solu
tion of the problems which underlie the situa
tion in Colorado, but thoso problems can
never be solved and settled while both sides
are at swords' points A truce will gradually
lead the way to calmer judgment.
Without President Wilson's Interposition,
apparently the turmoil and chaos would
hae continued indefinitely The fact that is
plainest is the fact that the constitutional
and dimutruiic refcourees of Colorado have
proved mad' mate to their task So far as
the "in mi. hi 1 ii th hitor of the
strlko are concerned, President Wilson's per
sonal force and lniluenco will govern Colo
rado until the slrlko Is ioltlcd It Is noi
settled ri and will not bo settled lilt reason
and Justice prexnll The trure gHos nil
t'artirs lime for sober second thotiaht !
gives Culoindn another opportunity to frove
lis capacity for self-goxetnmciit.
WluitSlliulftc?
THf! lehabllllatlnn of tho Itepuliltcaii party
Is renilal to the prosperity of tho Hi
lton It cannot be lolutbllUaled ill one Stale:
It hiuit be rehabilitated In many States. It
cannot bo iphabiiltnted at nil until the fcoro
spots on It are cured. Convalescence assumes
eradication nf dlsensp.
N'o, It is t'onrmolMit that has given tho
rountry n free-trntle tariff, That Inrllf will
bo iioflictuatrd If Mr. t'eni-ose Is Imloised In
N'nvotnbpr. This is so open tttiil obvious it
proposition thnt polltlclnns in I'ciinsvlvnniti
are tftp onl one who do not understand It.
The way to get a protective tariff Is to tret a
rtepublican President mid a Hcpubllenn f'o""
arpss Mr. Pertrosp cannot gpl it. tils Infltl
ence in Washington Ini dwindled to such an
extent that It Is scarcely known whether he
Is in town of out of town Even Itepubllcutis
who are close to him aie areful not to let
tl ell constituencies know it What s thp use
of having a Senator Who muH bo apologised
to i in .nut out of " qson?
.Mi'sicfUis liititillril toCIovrrii Tlii'iiK-ilrs
TH13 cml ec ie tor keeping Amelkan
Hoops ut Vila Cruz now would be thp
intention to keep tholll there for till time.
MpSIco Is as quiet ns It Is likely to bo for
many months. There it a minimum of i evo
lution. Tho Constitutionalist armies aro
amply strong enough to stnmp out Insuirec
tlon. Tho Provisional Government, when it
took charge of the t'itv of Mevlco, con
founded Its critics b preventing all plllugo
and outrage In loci, considering thp peculiar
circumstances under which the armies wore
recruited and the coin so pursued by them In
the early slants or the conflict, their resitnlnl
was remarkable. The Mexicans ar entitled
to another chance to prove that they can
govern themselves.
Not Blue But Sane Law
IP Tltusn interested in Innocent Sunday
amusements for the masses will present
rational arguments to. the nest Legislature
that bodv may consider the repeal of antl- j
quoted blue laws. The gieat mass of the
public, men, women nnd child! en, who have
not the means to go to the shoie or country
In summer, should haw the legal right to
quiet amusements on the one dny, avail
able. .
Tho Christian religion Is the religion of
uplift, ot happiness In this world, in piepaia
tlon for the net. Let there be a snno re
vision of tho blue laws of tnoto than a
century ago statutes outworn, outlived and
perchance outch lllzed.
A Strong Pull Together ior the Port.
THE decision of the majotlty in Washing
ton to keep the "poik" in the ftlvets and
liarlmis ii)iptopil,itlon bill and excise nppiu
piiutions fm such obviously lit eeur work
us Hip Helawiiie diuunel Pinphasi7.es the
blunder ot depending too much on the Na
tional Hovel nun at lor assistance. Improve
ment of the approaches from the '-ea is lun
damentally the business of the United States,
but there is a very big opportunity for Penn
sylvania and Philadelphia to co-opeiate on
their own account in putting tills port on
a parity with nn other in the world. Xntuio
has been prodigal enough, although requiring
a little coaxing. It is altogether probable
that the next Legislature will take up the
matter in earnest Philadelphia harbor is
one of the States biggest assets It should
bo treated and developed on this theory. The
Delaware is the highway lrom Pennsylvania
to the woild. Uoth It nnd the harbor must
be accommodated to tho requirements of
shipping, no matter what those requirements
may be
A Good Pilot to Drop
MAINU has sounded the warning. The
Republican purtv must cleur for action,
clean the debt is fiom the dicks, sweep over
board Penroseism Parnesism, Lorimerlsm
and all the other ' I-ms ' which have fastened
themselves on the quarterdeck A pilot who
can only run the ctaft into an iceberg is a
very good pilot to diop
Emergency I'nlriolisiii
THU old Idea of purty government has been
given a severe jolt by the war. Knglund
furnishes a case in point It in worth con
sidering, even after the smoke of battle has
cleared away and peace or armed neutrality
is restored.
Headers of British political news before tlio
war broke out remember how it was pre
dicted daily that the Asqulth Ministry vvaa
doomed. The Ulster army revolt seemed tho
lust straw, but when real war came and ln
volved the Empire, partisan lines vanished;
a party Oovernnwni became the National
Ouvernroent by unanimous consent, m fact
as well o In name, and Lord Kitchener, a
thorough-going Tory, sits in the Liberal
Cabinet and conducts its War Department.
Of course, the war precipitated an unusual
crisis and ealled forth emergi ney measures,
of heroic national patriotism It put a strain,
upon all the links in th chain of national'
integrity Ono result has been to subject the
theory of purely partisan chil government
to an acid test, which shows it not t be an
absolute necessity.
It the war shall teach Europe this lesson,
it may be that the world will discover u new
method In the science of efficient grvern
went. Proved by a crucial test to he neees.
sary in war time, why should this new
method be less desirable in the piping timet
of peace?
c ,
Belgium also Is fighting for home rule.
Sir Lionel C'arden will soon talk himself
out of the diplomatic elass.
The Oerman colors aro being driven out o'
Xrance, but American dry goods manufac
turers can't get enough of them
Senator La Follttto la said to nova "prosl.
dcntlut plans." but there aro some who 4ubt
whether he has the specifications.
That south of ancient days who fjrcl the
templo of Bphesus had nothing on the Ser
vian boy who ilred a gun at tho Aus
trian nrami Puke antl Puohosa
TUo report that the German retreat was
awkward and disorderly la not surprising
They had not been having much experience
in that particular maneuver.
Some protest has been aroused in nronklyn
by the action of a Magistrate there whose
sentences against reckless automobtilsts are
said to be too severe Hut is such a thing
ro'sibie?
PASSED BY THE CENSOR
WHAT constitutes a successful play?"
asked David Helasco in leply to a ques
tion And then the little wizard of the
Antct lean stage the greatest producer In
captivity delivered an hour's discourse on a
subject In Which he is concedcdly a past
master.
"The success of n play Is duo to Its love
t stoiy, Its stage plcttlics and Its undorlvlng
theme. Tako "6 per cent, singe pictures, a
plot and a good lovo theme and success Is
assured," said Hclasco, and then ho added:
"Anybody can write some sort of u play,
but It takes it genius to sell one."
SO.MM ten jeaia ago last summer thero
caino wold ueliiss tho Wiles that tho
tleneral Sloeuin had bin mil In tho Iast Hlvcr
and that 1000 human beings, tho Vast ma
jority women and clilldien, hud lost their
lives. On the staff of a Philadelphia paper
was a voung repoiter who has given indica
tions cr ability In the llm of desotlpllvo
writing, and he was tttshul to Xevv York to
limn a pen plrtutc of thp horror as lit saw It.
At 8 o'clock that night he retained, went
to the ofllue of the managing editor and sat
down nnd pried Completplv unnerved) In
could not write n line and so nti nnomutioiin!
ropv render wrote tho prn plPtllie Hliico
thin, thp former cab reporter has tilnMinieil
out until now the world of tendprs knows
him as ltpglnald Wright Katiffinan. whose
Ittenliip from the moving pletute lights or
"The House of Itotidage" tuns into luilldleds
a wppI,
ONLY those ritmllmi with newspaiicr work
can conceive what a night llko that ot
thp Sloctitu disaster or the Titanic tiagedy
means. lSenl newspapeimcn do not get ex
cited, no matter what the piovucntlon. A
few hull led unlets to lepottcis and pho
tographers u brict win- to a cot respondent
an older on tho cashier lor necessary funds
and, uppnioiillv. the thing Is done. Uut the
collecting of a gieat news slot one, two
ot three pages Is not accomplished In an
hour or a ilav Tho foundation has been laid
months and vcurs before in the upbuilding
of an oiganinalion. The managing editor,
the news cdltot, the city editor know their
men tlie.v need Mmplv stmt the machine
going.
Take the Titanic disaster ns an example.
Tor fully IS houis the nowspapeis had known
intuitively that something was wtong with
the ship that news had been surpressed.
Hut what'.'
Then camp thp barp outline of tiagedy
hints of awful things ns vet untold whispers
of appalling loss ol life. The machinery was
put to work the wires clicked the tjpe
wrltPis bus'zpd the tory was printed and
thp vvoi Id shuddered'
And et, simple as this -eems, there were
stretches nf 4S hours vvlipti newspapermen
stuck to their desks when wearied eyes and
stt allied nerves weie on the point of capitu
lation Still, it was all in the dav's work
and ns such, done'
F
11ANC1B U UHVi:", of the Ct Irani Na
tional Hank, visited Russia In days gone
by and, ns a mnttei of colli so, mado ti living
tilp to tin- estate ot Leo Tolstoi alttulst,
materialist, tlte'inner the bete nolr ot the
llussian t pactional le.. Tho fteo American
and the fiee Russian stiuck up u fiiendsblp
and discussed themes neatest their lespectlve
hearts. Then came the day of parting. Tol
stoi asked the banker to defer his depaiture.
"In America," explained Mr. Reeves, "time
is money."
"What a low iilue you put on your time,"
ictorted Tolstoi.
E'1;n as our own Liberty Hell Is cracked,
so has a similar mishap ovei taken the
famous Roelandt bell In Ghent, next to Its
prototype In the Kremlin, Moscow, the most
noted of European bells. Roelandt is the
oldest bell in lielgium, having been cast in
1311, and forms one of 14 chimes. On Its
face It bears the following Inscription in
Flemish .
'My namo is Roelandt; when I toll, there
is a fire, when I peal, there Is a victory in
rinnders."
When the Due d'Alva proposed to Charles
V that ho should destroy tho city, tho sover
eign took him atop the belfry and, pointing
to Roelandt, asked:
"I'ombien faudraii-ll do penux d'Espagno
pour fairo un Cant de cette grandeur?"
(How many Spanish skins are needed to
make a glove of this size?)
The phrase was a play on words, Gand be
ing the Tiench for Ghent and being pro
nounced as is gnus (glove).
APHILADKLPUIAN, unvoting thiough
, tho South, cumu upon one of tho largest
manufactoties of smoking tobacco In tho
world. Impelled bj curiosity he visited tho
place. At the railroad siding stood a frolght
car. Curiosity again caused investigation.
Tho freight car was loaded to the brim
with ulfalfu'
And not so long ago a freight car, filled
with peanut shells, was wrecked In West
Virglniu. The bill of lading showed that It
was consigned to a Westorn breakfast food
foundry.
AMAOUI was urralgned in a police court
in tho Antipodes the other day about
live weeks ago, according to tho dato of the
information Thiough his loft eur was stuck
a black Mik, looking llko a slate pencil.
"What is that in your eur" asked the
magistrate
"Dynamite." responded tho black. They
led him gently and gingtuly into the coint
ard and separated him from tho explosive
Which shows that even on the other side of
tho world the "safety first" campaign luih
made headway. nUAPFOIW.
The nnimliini Jljtli
From th tvuuon He-raid
The Kaiser's ihuigej that both Trance and
England have been using dum-dum bullets is
merelv an e-cho of a similar accusation against
the Uennans made at the outset of the ar
by the French Uoth charges are surely un
founded. They grow out of the hvsterin and
vilification which are among war's leser by
products Vii one f rlously believes that any
of the cum atanl nations are olU'lally and de
liberately e?in,3,ed in violating those principles
wlileh hive an'ii mode n v irfro the paradoxi
cal cjudlUicatlon of "civilized "
GUIUO 1TV SHOP
Aesop's fable about tho outh who cried
wolf" until no one believed him it based upon
tho silence of the Amyclacans Ho often hail
the Inhabitants of Amiclaea been alurmi-d by
the rumors that the Spartans wero coming that
they made a eleerqo that no one should evor
again mention the matter When the Hpartana
actually came no one "mentioned the matter,"
and so the city was captured.
In June, JSS, tho schooner L'Amlstad sailed
from Havana for Principe with a large number
of slaves who had been kidnapped from Africa.
En route, the blacks rose nnd killed all save
t ii of tie whito cr-w The latter steered the
vi 1 n irth matt ad of to tho African coat
, an! ih tUiooncr was eventually
Sftlzed by Lieutenant Gedney, of tho Unltod
States bilg Washington, and tnken to Now
London The Spanish Minister demanded the
delivery of thd slaves, so they might bo taken
to Cuba for trial.
President Van Buren was anxious to comply,
for the sake of comity, but tho Anti-Slavery
Society obtained counsel and the United States
District Court decided that even Under Sptnlsh
law slive trade was Illegal and that tho
negroes wero fire men.
The Circuit Court manned this decision, and
In Mirch, 181t, tho Supremo Court followed
Milt In this tribunal, John Qtilney Adntni
espoused the cnilo of tho slaves without re
muiieintlnn. They were sent back to Africa
In an American vessel.
Tho "Appeal to Hnttlp," by which a man
might llijht with his accuser, remained on tho
statute books of England until 1S13.
DONE IN PHILADELPHIA
P
IN A SPIRIT OF HUMOR
Circular Involution
' llm errniiil bov
' tiitneti" ofllcp bo
"Urown" rlerk
"Mr. Jlrown '-head cleil.
"Utown ' juiiloi member of the Ibm
"James" sonln-ltiw of hr.ul of firm.
"Jim bead of the llrm nnd potter on the
treet-Kt. Louis Minor.
A Fine Poem
It p tough to dock it CoimieRsnimi
for wot It 1m lmsn't done.
It Is it line, unit I opine
It Isn't any fun.
If vp laved nit mtr Congiesutpi
foi wot It they didn't do,
A lot would gel Inllt our debt
A million hones or two.
t.oiilsvlllo Coiirlci-Joiiiiuil
Too PerMiasivc
"Hut how did ho happen to got engaged
tn the gltl If lie doesn't lovo her?"
"Why. lip says ho was coin luring when
he maely meant to bo plausible." Judge,
Siiprrlluout
"Will I get everything I tu.tv tor, inanuuu?"
Mother (cniitlouslj). "Kwijtlilng tint's good
foi j oil, ilenr."
Mnrjoilc (dlsgustcdh): "till, what's the use.
then; I get that, anywoj." Life.
to
Tim Mlliihlrr .mil Ollinr.
"Our minister," said Mis. Oldc.istle, "appeal s
cv ,. .i ii'ui milium
"Oh, I think jou must be mistaken," replied
Mrs Goltalotte. "It nrems to me by the sound
of his voice thut be must bo a bass." Judge.
'flic llctort Juvenile
Mamma Johnnj, see that votl give Kthol the
lion's slinre ot that oinnge.
Johunv Yes'm.
Hthid Mnminn, ho hasn't given me nny.
Job nny Well, Hint's nil light Lions don't cat
oranges. Kunsns City Times,
A Sharp Lad
"What do jou expect to be when jou grow up
little bo7"
"A man."
"Very good; very good And wlnt sort of n
mnn?"
"One that Isn't uhvass nsMng questions"
Dctiolt Tree Press.
SCO
Somebodv Is with the Itoston Tinnsorlpt, as
ou will notice fiom the following pah ol quo
tations: Hub I've given up di inking, smoking and
golf to plenp jou, still jou'ic not sntistlcd
Now what else ilo j on viatit me to give up?
Wife "We'll, von might give up 'CO 1 need
a now gown. Boston Ti mscilpt.
Sludge Here's a nun ligmcd out that if all
the nionev in tho world were divided equally
each adult would got ibout $"').
Meek He's wiong My vlfo would get 5C0
Uoston Tmncilpt.
'I ho Sword and tlio Censor
It is icmniked by tho Hostnn Tmnsctlpt
that tho blue pencil is mightier than the
pen.
A Kicking lice
While kicking a mule for kicking another
miilo Worn Ilnlloway was sevcielj- kicked
by bis fnthei's mule, which he was cotrcrt
ing Had he not received the kick on tlio
arm, no doubt he would have been niuro se
verely hurt. Prescott (Aik) News
At Lent
Our olllco mathematician has it figured
out thnt if all the war sti.ttpglsts who never
saw nurnpe, never read a book of military
tactics, ni ver even pulled a trigger, vveie
chloroformed and laid end to end (ns wo
otten wish thej- might bo), they would foim
a line long enough to glidlo tho earth 11
times at the Initiator. St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Equality of Sec
Tlieie is a Uttlo girl in Springfield, Mass.,
who, llko many ol her sc, teseiits tlio Imputa
tion that tho tcmlnine mind Is not so strong as
the masculine
(Hie day hei mother lemarkcd on tho apparent
lack ot Inti'lligenco In a hen.
"You e'fi n't teich a lion anything," she said
"Tliej- liuvvj done innie linim to tho gaidcn
than a ihovo of cnttlo vvould Yon can teach
a cat, a dog or a pig something, but a hen
never"'
"I I'm'" exclaimed tho child, Indignantly. "I
think they know ns much as the roosters'"
Youth's Companion.
"Tlio Ilatllo of the Hallots"
Tlie conlllct In M ilno is desctlbed as follows
by the New Yoik World
Tlio battlo hi .Maine appears to have been n
great strategic victory Tho army of the Crown
Piinee of the Prire-aMves, which occupied tho
oMrcme lert of the line, was forced back upon
tho Roosevelt formications, and tho nrst, sec
ond, thlid. fourth and fifth armies of tho old
Nelson Pliigley standpatters, pivoting upon
Poitland In an attempt to effect a turning
movement, wen- cut In two and put to rout
III spito of the eensnrship, enough Is known to
inako it clear that the road to a Woodinw Wil
son majority In tin Slxtv. fourth fongioss Is
open, with nothing likely to ieeteifeue except
r few stomlp.u iii'inphinis and an occasional
tcoutlng paitj of Lull-Moose uhlans.
Forgotten
When tho drums begin to luttle and tho
legions clnsh in battle,
Where Is Wled?
When tho cannon do their roaring, and tho
uirships high aro soaring,
Where is Wied, Wllliu Wled?
Docs ho seelt tin hour of unlet, freo from
wrangle and from riot?
Where is Wled?
Is ho somowheio idly f letting 'cntito ho had
to stop Mpnttlng?
Whete is Win, Willie Wled?
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
THE IMPERIAL COUSINS
Whose hand has set rcuropo'e great vlneyaid
nllame?
Whn was It laid tiro to her rick?
Who trampled her fields in pursuing their
game?
Why? Willy nnd Georgia and Nick!
Who changed Into beasts all her peace-loving
sons
And taught them to malm and to kill?
Who gave th'-m ns food to tho cannibal guns?
Why! Nicky ami Georgle and Willi
Whose pathway Is strewn w-ith dire ruin and
uagte?
Who the vultures with carrion gorge?
What vandals have Art and fair Nature do
faced 7
Why! Willy and Nicky and Geoige!
How long shall this militant sport be endured?
How long ere is snuffed out tho wick
Of Moloch's fell torch, and our peace be as-sured-From
Qeo'gle and Willy and NUk
N W In the New York Times
13 W readers wero worried when they read
a fow weeks ago that a strange sect, hold
ing a camp meeting In West Philadelphia, had
announced that tho world was coming to an
end on tho 20th or the 30th of tho present
month. No excitement followed this weird
proclamation, but what a dlffcienco thcro
was In Philadelphia, In 1844, when tho Mlller
iles wcie moused by a similar belief I
It was just such stiangc prophecies which
tho educated legaided with Indlftercnco that
made life worth living 70 years ago. Peoplo
then Weio thirsting for excitement of any
kind, nnd they welcomed Milter's prediction
as a break In the monotony of life.
The story of the Mll!erltc3 and their belief
Is thnt of one of those popular delusions
which stem lo have made tholr appearaiico
111 ovcry age. The present generation docs
not hnvo to be reminded ot Uovvlc, whoso
, Ideas, while not quite so welid, still wero
j siilllalently different to arouse general In
tel est. tn tho past there vvus a number of
delusions that look thp public by stoim and
held them until the ttuo character of the
belief became apparent. The tulips that wo
can buy today for a few cents once wero sold
for foituiips In Holland during tlio inge of
Hie tulip mania. You see, thoso delusions nro
not always of a lellglous character. Tho
tulip mania was purely Hprcttlative and had
been mused In peifoetlon by unscrupulous
inuiilpul.ttots.
Hut this Is wandering fiom mv subject. I
wanted to say something about William Mil
ler and his delusion that sent dozens of
weak-minded persons Insane, and In somo
localities ruined numerous poisons
Miller was born In Massachusetts, but ho
was ti lesldent of Low llnmpton, In tho
noitlirastern part of New Yoik, when he an
nounced his calculation of tho dato ot tho
second coming of Christ. Wlillu a young
man ho had confessed himself nn atheist.
Ho had spivcd as a captain of Infantry In
the United States army In the War of 1S1?,
and it was not until long after that conflict,
or In ISIS, that he suddenly beenmo religious.
Then he began to study the Bible, but ho
also began to calculate the time when Christ
wns to appear on earth again, and finally ho
declared that he had overcome all dlfllcultles
nnd hnd l cached tho conclusion that the dato
would be In the spring of tho year 1S43.
Of com. so, a great deal of this got Into
printed lorm, nnd soon ho had convinced
numeious persons who wero willing follow
ers. The delusion spread rapidly, but, ot
com se, had Its greatest voguo when the time
Miller had set approached.
Miller's theory of the second Advent wa3
founded upon his interpretation of tho real
meaning of the terms dajs, weeks and years
in tho Old Testament I will not attempt to
bore anybody by lepeatlng his Intct preten
tions, and there would not be sufficient space
heio to do It. But I can assure nny In
ciedtilous reader that It was much like
Ignatius Donnelly's famous cryptogram In
Shakespenie In one respect: you could not
find the answer even alter you had tho rule
to tl ii il It. No one ever could work out Don
nelly's cryptogram, and, pethaps, as he was
a very bright man, ho did not Intend they
.should.
The first dato .set lor the second Advent by
Miller was April 11, IS 13. Thei disciples
awaited the day with "deepest .solicitude,"
but when it :n rived nothing huppened. But
thej- wcie not discouraged. They were as
sured that ancient chionology was not thor
nughly understood and that n few months
moie or less might elapso before tho wel
come dny arrived.
In tho meantime, Miller had a stono wall
built on his fnim and there was a good deal
of talk about It Somo piying ones d. sired
to know what he intended to do with a stono
wall If ho was so soon to leave this world.
It also was charged that Miller had tefused
to sell his fat in: and the newspapeis wero
asking him pointedlj' what lie needed a farm
lor They also took one of his disciples,
J. V. Hlmes, of Washington, to task because
he was engaged In publishing and selling
"more than 5,000,000 books and papers "
They added by way of comment that "Ho
must bo engaged in a speculation," and
theieupon scouted tho truthfulness of tho
prophecy.
But, as in tlio cape of all delusions. Miller
had followers in many parts of the llastern
United States. They were pictty well repre
sented In Philadelphia. When tho Hist date
had failed Miller piomptly refeired to tho
occasional falluies of even Biblical prophets,
and announced that very probably his calcu
lations hnd been wiong. Ho then asserted
that on October 22, 1S1I, the second Advent
would occur
This statement was made very positively,
and the AdvcntHts beenmo very deeply
interested. As tlio timo approached somo of
tho followcis gave away their property.
Htoi cheepers disposed of their stocks to who
ever desired them for nothing. Tn nno sec
tion of tho count) y us many ns 13 persons
became Insane. Some of them were not even
followers of Mllhr, but weio afraid that he
might speak the truth
When the day urrived tho Philadelphia
followers of .Miller went to Darby, whom they
awaited tho end of tho world. Thnro wero
moro than a thousand of them, nnd they
began to pray and sing.
But it lalned. They wero very distiessed,
and when they found tho day was not tho
day, they waited till the morrow. Then thero
was mure ruin, and the m.ijoilty of the Mil.
lerites plodded their weary way back to tho
city along tho Dai by road A fow vvum
willing to give Miller another !!t hours of
BNico, but they, too, found his calculations
woio inaccurate
When the excitement was at its height,
thero wero advertisements In tho daily news
papers of "ascension robes," and ono Mora
had a, plncnrd In its window tn Inform
passois-by that "muslin for ascension robes
was sold thero.
Thero is nono of this Hind of excitement
now. Tow persons have oven remembered
that tho enthusiasts who hold what they called
an "apostolic camp meeting" last month in
West Philadelphia and who aro rather Irrev
ently refeired to as tho "Holy Boilers," havo
decided that tho world is to come to an end
within the next two weeks.
qnANViLLr;.
THE IDEALIST
to was the man who sold, "A punishment
that degind'-e the punUhcii will degrade the
man who luilicts It "
Here Is a little story about a man who in
the figure of power in a little church not far
fiom our city. You know tho kind ot man I
mean Homo men. by very reason of their
dominating personalities rather than their
executive ablbtj. naturallj gravitate to poil
tlons where those about them look up to thcin
as it mutter ot course
One evening this man passed a young member
of his chuii.li on u on. t ioiner In iu i the
young man was the organist, and in receipt of
a modest salary for his services. He was smoi,.
Forthwith tlio elder man grow nngrj-. He aid
not mnoke, did not believe In smoking nrt
failed lo understand how any one else could
believe In It. At his direction, n meetlnfeof
tho trustees of the church was Immodhtclv .
called, and tho organist was dismissed from n. j
service. " us t
Naturallv;, the young fellow launched Into a ,
Ill then,: Which; of couwV wm nl " 3
But how about the self-claimed Christianity 5
this church leader? "
Suppose ho hnd gone to tho young man In
fatherly way and put tho proposition In "hit
fashion: ".Vow, mv boy, one of us Is wro, '
about this matter of smoking. Let us talk i?
nvti. nn.l n,..1 .. .. 1. 1... .7. , "" V111' It
ri i wi:ii 01 us is wrong."
Perhaps no ngrecment would have been
reached. Perhaps tho young man woni.i !,:. i
eft Ms position simply because tho elder mih
had convinced him that his example was not
a good one to place before the younger bow.
But the "leadei" chose to perform n tm
christian act; ono quite Incompatible wit, Vi?I
founder's Idea of uplifting service. Ho dcgmue.t
he joung man before the other members of
the church. ol
Doesn't jour conception of real Christian
SSL'Sff. 2SkT ou ,JC,,eVG ,,mt Uo d
TUB IDEALIST
OPPOSED TO DOCTOR UHUMUAUGH
.., ir . V ......u-,1.- ,- ,ci uiysuiv Ilia in
1 10 ir not to many other voters throughout Hi.
.. i V , . . ""in ii-uiii-ss unu 1 onest. but
what vvll that amount to should a Penrose L
I IS hltllro tin nlr.olr.,19 T- ..,!.. ....... ' .X ljrS'
Hr.,ml,n,,;, ,","' "'."': "" i uoctor
..........,, , MJ. suivicc 10 1 10 neon o n
bringing about the lotorms that the people ot
Pennsylvania mo so eagerly waiting for? Truo
he platform that Doctor Brumbaugh was iiora.
iiatotl on pledges to us all thoso reforms but
havo not all Bepubllcan platforms which were
munched by Penioso and his lieutenants done
tlio same thing? g
n."nSi.io1t ib,0C.l?r "r,umVaUBh ,,con l"e ''Mil of
tlio Philadelphia schools for a great manv
venrs? Hns any one In these many years ever
hcniel 01 him In nnv way urging anv of the
forms which his platform now tfrfcrs to the
peoplo? v lc
r o , , , , ,. THOMAS IIUIILBY.
Philadelphia, September 10, l:il4,
PRAISES TIIANSIT EDITORIAL
To tlic J.tlltor of the Ihcnlun Ledger:
Sir I want to tako advantage of vour oncn
column for lettois fiom tho people to siv
commendutoiy wotd about jour pdltoilul In to',
night's Issue on the liunslt situation. Philadel
phia Is a gieut big ilch city, and If anybody
or any coiporatlon expects to keep us taxpayers
fiom getting what wo need thuio will have tn
be another guess. That's my guess and that ot
most Phllndclphlans Keep up your good work
along this line.
I am glad to see a paper with two "front"
pages so that ono of them can bo devoted to
local news. Mnybo thnt Idea hns been applied
to nowspapeis before, but not to my know ledge
Anvvvny, It is n good ono, and shows horn im
portant ou consider the matters pertain ng to
our city. T. B. HILDItKTB.
Philadelphia, September 10, 1911.
OBJECTS TO COMIC PICTURES
7o the lUMor ol the llicnlno Ledger:
Peimlt me to congiatulato the Evening
Ledgei , not only for what It represent", but for
the omission of the alleged comic pictures,
which, to my mind, nio an Insult to the Intel
Ilhcnt leading public.
Cor j oars we have been afflicted with ths
antics of Impossible "kids," with tho buffoonery
of still more impossible beings, nppiiicutlv men.
Comic C) ni tlits have inflicted upon a long
suffeilng public atrocities of pen and ink
And now, ut lust,. wo have a pupei vv'ilch ap
peals to the Intellect lather than to the evi
dently attophicd sense of inoie or less humor
Thank jou, find foi goodness sake, don't ie
lapso into humoiuiis barb u Ism, Wo are willing
to stand loi u icveiluu to tjpe but not cnnilis.
It. J M HI! PHY
Philadelphia, Sopt 10, lot I.
A -WORD FOR ELLEN ADAIR
To the IMtor tho hicuinu Ledger:
Sir May I add a lino of appreciation foi the
excellent showing jour paper has made during
the fli st three dajs of Its existence? I have
been moic than pleased with the ni tides ot
Ellen Adah There Is a tono of sincerity inJ
truth about her wilting which Is fiofiuentlc
lacking in tlio conventional articles often found
on a woman's pago. 1 hope site will continue lo
writo her experiences. ItUADEIt
Philadelphia. September 1G, 1DH.
PRAISE FOR WHOLESOME HUMOR
To tfiv l.tlltor of the Jlicntng Ledger:
Hit I have been a rendei of the Pt ni.ta
Li.DOini to! 20 j ems. You hnvo mj' congritula
tlons and host wishes for the success of the
Evening Ledger. I have been puitleul.irlj Ini
picssed with the high-class and wholesome
humor which Is found on joui editoilal p igi
One of the cuises of the aveiage evening imitr
Is tho presence of slnp-stlck humor V hj ilmi't
jou secure the .sci vices of a good cartoonist'
M S IS.
Melioso Paik, Pa.. .September 10, 1911
NOW EVENING LEDGER KEVDER
To the Editor of thi, JJiening Ledger:
rill Just a good w'sh fiom an old rendu of
thu Pi iimc Lcoouii. If jou maintain the nine
standaid which jou have set foi the past three
dajs I am sum that the people of this cit will
nppiecluto tho soivlco jou lendei the .in
muiiltj i:
Nonlstown, Pa, September 10, It'll
l'rui-e lrom Up-Slatp
Prom tlio Carlisle (I'n ) Evening Ue-ralil
Tho nuvv livening Ledger, sister public ition
ol tlm PriH.ir LMiiii.ii, made Its dilutt List
evening and was cordially iccelvcd The
snmo vast volume of news which is ih.u
apterlstiP ot tlio moiiiing I,t iru:u vvas ,n -pal
cut In tho latest publication. m
spectcd closely both editions and each vi n
maikud by a host of fresh news stoiics The
success of tho now Journal Is a-suri d
IIovv Warren Views Penrose
Prom tlio Warren. Pa, Eienlnc Times
Tho dcleut of .Senator Penrose this full 'ilj
mean a lehahilltated and united lleiiuilian
paitj'. It would bu u party that could lie jrjuu
of its ability to overthrow tho Igmiraim I'0
Utlcal debuuehery and imclcanuess that m oi
sonco ,iro Penroseism
Railroads and Relief
Pruni Hie CluilUinootra Times
The railioads have been Instiiicttd to pm '
turllfs foi all services they now pciioim witli
oilt chiiiKe, the LommlHSloii In the uu uiiniie
it saining euusldeiatlon of the petition tm "J
V, Hieing i.itos, this time it is said limn- uidir
stnndliigly, if not more sjmimtlu tica'U vsid'h
alfoids a hope thut they will piuvidi i lull
uud conipluto incasuio of relief.
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
When wo read the statement, "liucnu'- wci
Is to have nnothoi subnny," we are mini "ed
to admit that thero is u simit of mi. us
In tho Houth American capital that but
toudlj thouiiht of as peculiar to uuish -Now
York Evening Post.
Tho war fills the nowspapeis, wetklii- '"'J
o)iu ningnzliie has gone so fai as to pnm "
tlrc-ly a whole Issue devoted to the vv ir und it
vaiious aspects "When history is hep u m-"1
clilldien nio eager to know about it The
schools must respond to the demand nalum""
New s.
Unless the Ib-publlcaus want to sou Tammany
svvcep New Yoik by a far blgfe'r niaibiu ii'i
that of thu Punoerats In Maine, tluj will " """
inuto a Progiesslve Itcpubllcan btati ti Kit
headed by Hllitnan Nevv York Tilbum
In Maine the diversion of even 17 0uei votes
from tho Itepubticau candidates was bullbas
to elect tlio Deinociatlc tundidutes. bin as a
posltlvo factor in American politics thu ir0"
gressivo party has ceased to exbit Albany
(N. Y.) Journal
in opening the sanitary conference in Sars
toga, Commissioner Wgga said thut the i5ute
Department of Health has adopted as its motto
"Public Health Is Purchasable ' There co"'"1
not be a better one Public health i li'deed'
purchdsable Humanity still gcneralb vw
to buy tilings of less importance c.ui sui
daj He muy be vvistr -New York World
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