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DtiLT Only, six cents, tly mall, postrald outside of Philadelphia, except where foreign postage Is required. Dailt ONtv, one month, twenty-live cents ; Dailt Oslt, one year, three dollars. All mall subscrip tions payable In advance. BELT, 8000 WAt-MIT KESTOM. MAIN 3000 ET Addrens all communications to Evening Ledger, nrffjiemifncc Square, Vhlladelphla irr-UCATION MAPI! AT TUB mil IBKM'tlll POSTOFrlCH TOR SSTBT AS SEcnSD-CI ASB Mitt. MATTER. PHILADELPHIA, Tllt'HSIUY, SEprEMUEIt 17, 191 1 "Unclean! Unclean!" THE personality of Woodrow Wilson has powerfully Impressed tho country. Ills obvious sincerity of purpose unit his clear moral vision have Elven him strength out of all proportion to the peculiar economic theo ries he espouses. Put to one sltlo the business of tho country, ami ho has measured up In a remarkable degree to tho political Ideals of tho nation. Ho Is at once the leader and tho Impetus of the Democratic party, which has followed him wherever ho led without regard to traditional principles or historic purpose. The glamour of the President's morality makes it Impossible for any party tn defeat him unless it enters the arena with hands ns clean as his. His economic theories, if weighed on an even scale with Republican principles, would bo utterly repudiated by tho national electorate. But Pennsylvania 13 asked to manhandle Republicanism, to tie It up with a cause that is utterly discredited, to retain In its leadership a man whose name Is "used to frighten children with" in many parts of tho Union. "Unclean! Unclean!" That is the answer to men who insist that tho country can bo fooled into accepting Penroseism in national affairs. It would be Just as senslblo to ask tho nation to send the plague to Washington. STW wsikmuyi i, I, iii Li jl,, j mm Ti f " -'i - .,.,..,, , . , . nj I"-' "i-'r"rf' -" .... . "ffMIBwyi v lemw -- nmwitit t ' " v . 'iin- e 'm mmm$iffiimMmirTfrir5i EVENING UEDER HTLADELPHIA', ffHITRSPAY EPTEMSEB 17, 1914 Stockholders for Rapid Transit THE greatest corporation in this commu nity is tho municipal corporation. In it every citizen Is a stockholder. Whatever tho stockholders of tho Union Traction Company, through their directorate, decide to do and they are well within their rights to do or not do whatever they please the stockholders In tho municipal corporation aro overwhelm ingly for rapid transit. They have at their command an Incomparable credit. They aro ablo through their own patronage to assure the financial success of the project. They, at least, are willing to dedicate their assets to the great program. The obstructionists are almost to Gettysburg. ..Gohlen Days of Opportunity TTOME have come tho vacationists, the sonnl force and influence will govern Colo rado until tho strlko Is settled, It Is not settled yet, and will not bo eettled till reason and justtco prevail. Tho truco gives all parties tlmo for sober second thought. It gives Colorado another opportunity to prove Its capacity for self-government. What's the Use? THE rehabilitation of tho Republican party Is essential to tho prosperity of tho na tion. It cannot be rehabilitated In one Stato: It must bo rehabilitated In many States. It cannot bo rehabilitated nt all until tho soro spots on it are cured. Convalescence assumes eradication of disease. No, It Is Penroseism that has given tho country a freo-trade tariff. That tariff will he perpetuated If Mr. Penrose Is Indorsed In November. This Is so open and obvious a proposition that politicians in Pennsylvania aro tho only ones who do not understand It. Tho way to get a protective tariff Is to get a Republican President and a Republican Con gress. Mr. Penrose cannot get it. His lnfiu enco In Washington has dwindled to such An extent that It Is scarcely known whether ho Is In town or out of town. Even Republicans who are closo to him aro careful not to let their constituencies know It. What's tho uso of having a Senator who must bo apologized for In and out of season? Mexicans Entitled to Govern Themselves THE only excuse for keeping American troops at Vera Cruz now would be tho Intention to keep them there for nil time. Mexico is as quiet as it Is likely to bo for many months. There Is n minimum of revo lution. Tho Constitutionalist nrmlcs aro amply strong enough to stamp out Insurrec tion. Tho Provisional Governmen' when It took chargo of the City of Mexico, con founded its critics by preventing all plllago and outrage. In fact, considering tho peculiar circumstances under which the armies wero recruited and the course pursued by them in tho early stages of the conflict, their restraint was remarkable. The Mexicans are entitled to another chanco to provo that they can govern themselves. Not Blue But Sane Laws IP THOSE Interested in innocent Sunday amusements for the masses will present rational arguments to the next Legislature that body may consider tho repeal of anti quated blue laws. The great mass of tho public, men, women and children, who have not tho means to go to the shore or country In summer, should havo the legal right to quiet amusements on tie ono day avail able. Tho Christian religion Is tho religion of uplift, of happiness in this world, in prepara tion for the next. Let there be a sano re vision of the blue laws of more than a century ago statutes outworn, outlived and perchance outclvllized. JCl t-eashore harvest has been reaped, play time is past, the thousands who laid down daily tasks to relieve mind and body are ngaln In the tn: of daily occupation. Tho Ivy on walls is touched with red, the trees have taken their fringes of gold, while the late corn, the pumpkin and the grapo alono remain to be gathered the very air breathes of the fall time. With bodies invigorated by rest seasons, with minds alert, with spirits afresh, let us approach this unborn future with a deter mination of service. To all it Is not given to grapple with mighty problems of tha day: to all It is not given to move in high spheres, to mold public opinion, to shape the destiny of our fellows, but to all is given the oppor tunity to work for self-service, to tho con secration of ideals, to the fulfillment of de sires. This is the time for a reconsecratlon to definite purposes. He who labors with hands often wearies of Injustice, of prejudice, of class hatred; ho who gains a livelihood behind a counter feels the sting of station, he who labors at thank less tasks longs for better days, for higher wages, for more appreciation of his efforts. Envy for the rich, tho powerful, tho better educated, the fortunate, is in many hearts. Tho longing for another life Is universal. Surely that God-given consciousness of self nnworthiness, of dissatisfaction with condi tions, is never more awakened than at this time ot tho year. So let us awako to tho oupottunity with a full realization that "fate" and "luck" and "good fortune" come alone to thoBe who con tlnually btrivo; that increased wages, better ment of condition and a fuller life aro but tho rewards of hontst labor, intelligent ap plication and sincerity of purpose. Tins surely is tho moment for thoughtful consid eration of tha future, and for all, the lowly, the mediocre and the Great, to clench fists, apply brains and bucklo down to the work which alone gives tho rewards so fondly desired. Goethe caught the spirit of the fall time- when he wrote: Are you In earnest? Seise this very minute. What yuu ran do or dream you tan, Resin It. Boldness has genius, power and magic In it. Only engage and then the mind grows heated. Begin and then tha work will he completed. A Truce for Three Years GOVERNMENT by personality is some, thins that we can never get away from In this country. It is legitimate and ineviN able, but it Is not by any means sufficient for the purposes und requirements of demo cratic self-government. Tho striking miners of Colorado have voted to accept President Wilson's proposal for a three-year truce. It was reasonable and patriotic action, and should be followed by similar action on the part of ' the mine owners. Mere peace Is not, of course, a solu. tlon of the problems which underlie the situa tion in Colorado, but those problems can never bo solved and se'tled while both sides aro at swords' points. A truco will gradually lead the way to calmer Judgment. Without President Wilson's Interposition, apparently, the t-'rmoll and chaos would have continued Indefinitely. The fact that is plainest Is the fact that the constitutional and democratic resources of Colorado have proved inadequate to their task. So far as the Issues Involved In the history of the strike are concerned, President "Wilson per A Strong Pull Together for the Port. THE decision of tho majority In Washing ton to keep tho "pork" in the Rivers and Harbors appropriation bill and excise appro priations for such obviously necessary work as the Delaware channel emphasizes the blunder of depending too much on ttie Na tional Government for assistance. Improve ment of tho approaches from the sea Is fun damentally the business of the United States, but thero Is a very big opportunity for Penn sylvania and Philadelphia to co-operate on their own account in putting this port on a parity with any other in the world. Nature has been prodigal enough, although requiring a llttlo coaxing. It is altogether probable that the next Legislature will take up the matter In earnest. Philadelphia harbor Is one of tho State's biggest nssets. It should be treated and developed on this theory. The Delaware Is tho highway from Pennsylvania to tho world. Both it and the harbor must be accommodated to the requirements of shipping, no matter what those requirements may be. PASSED BY THE CENSOR WHAT constltutea a successful play?" asked David Bolaseo in reply to a ques tion. And then tho llttlo wizard of tho American stage the greatest producer In captivity delivered an hour's discourse on a subject In which he Is conccdedly a post master. "Tho success of a play Is duo to Its love story, Its stage pictures and Its underlying theme. Tako "5 per cent stago pictures, a plot and a good lovo themo and success Is assured," said Belasco, nnd then he added! "Anybody can wrlto somo sort of a play, but It takes a genius to sell one." M' A Cood Pilot to Drop Republican party must clear for action clean the debris from the decks, sweep over board Penroseism, Barneslsm, Lorimerlsm i and all the other "Isms" which havo fastened themselves on the quarterdeck. A pilot who can only run the craft into an iceberg is a very good pilot to drop. Emergency Patriotism THE old idea of party government has been given a severe jolt by the war. England furnishes a caso In point. It is worth con sidering, even after the smoke of battle has cleared, away and peace or armed neutrality is restored. Readers of British political news before the war broke out remembor how it was pre dicted daily that the Asquitli Ministry was dimmed. The Ulster army icvolt seemed the last straw, but when real war came and In volved tho Empire, partisan linos vanished; a party Government became the National Government by unanimous consont, In fact as woll as In name, and Lord Kitchener, a thorough-going Tory, sits in the Liberal Cabinet and conducts Its War Department. Of course, tho war precipitated an unusual crisis and called forth emergency measures of herolo national patriotism. It put a strain upon all the links in the chain of national Integrity. One result has been to subject the theory of purely partisan civil government to an acid te&t. which shows it not to be an absolute necessity. If the war shall teach Europe this lesson, It may be that tho world will discover a now method In tho science of efficient govern ment. Proved by a crucial test to bo neees sary In war time, why should this new method be less desirable In the piping times of peace? Belgium also Is fighting for home rule. Sir Lionel Carden will soqn talk himself out of the diplomatic class. The German colors are being driven out of France, but American dry goods manufac. turers can't get enough of them. Senator La Follette is said to have "presl. dential plans." but there are somo who doubt Whether he has the specifications. rrhnt vouth of ancient days who fired the temple of Ephcsus had nothing on the Ser vian boy who fired a gun at the Aus trian Grand Duke and Duchess. Tho report That the German retreat was awkward and disorderly is not surprising. They had not been having much experience Jn that particular maneuver. Some protest has been aroused in Brooklyn by the action of a Magistrate there whose sentences against reckless automobllists are ald to be too severe. But is such a tning .tpoislble? SOME ten years ago last summer thero came word ncross the wires that the General Slocum had burned In the East River and that 1000 human beings, tho vast ma jority women and children, had lost their lives. On tho staff of a Philadelphia paper was a young reporter who had given Indica tions of ability In tho line of descrlptlvo writing, and ho was rushed to Now York to limn a pen picture of tho horror ns ho saw it. At 8 o'clock that night ho returned, went to tho office of tho managing editor and sat down and cried. Completely Unnerved, ho could not wrlto a line and so an unemotional copy reader wroto tho pen picture. Slnco then, tho former cub reporter has blossomed out until now tho world of readers knows him as Reginald Wright Kauffman, whoso Income from tho moving plcturo rights of "Tho House of Bondago" runs Into hundreds a week. ONLY those familiar with newspaper work can conceive what a night like that of tho Slocum disaster or tho Titanic tragedy means. Real newspapermen do not get ex cited, no matter what tho provocation. A few hurried orders to reporters and pho tographersa brief wlro to a correspondent an order on the cashier for necessary funds and, npparently, the thing is done. But tho collecting ot a great news story one, two or three pages Is not accomplished in an hour or a day. The foundation has been laid months nnd years before In tho upbuilding of an organization. Tho managing editor, tho news editor, tho city editor know their men they need simply start the machine going. Take tho Titanic disaster as an example. For fully 4S hours the newspapers had known Intuitively that something was wrong with the ship that news had been suppressed. But what? Then came the bare outline of tragedy hints of awful things as yet untold whispers of appalling loss of life. Tho machinery was put to work the wires clicked the type writers buzzed the story was printed and the world shuddered! And yet, simple as this seems, there wero stretches of 4S hours when newspapermen stuck to their desks when wearied eyes, and strained nerves were on the point of capitu lation. Still, It was all In the day's work, and as such, done! FRANCIS B. REEVES, of the Girard Na tional Bank, visited Russia In days gone by and, as a matter of course, made a flying trip to the estate of Leo Tolstoy altruist, materialist, dreamer tho bete noir of tho Russian reactionaries. Tho free American nnd the free Russian struck up a friendship and discussed themes nearest their respective hearts. Then came the day of parting. Tol stoy asked the banker to defer his doparture. "In America," explained Mr. Reeves, "time is money." "What a low value you put on your time," retorted Tolstoy. EVEN as our own Liberty Bell is cracked, so has a similar mishap overtaken 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 Belgium, having been cast in 1314, and forms ono of 44 chimes. On its face it bears the following inscription In Flemish: "My name Is Roelandt; when I toll, thero is a flro; when I peal, thera is a victory in Flanders." When the Due d'Alva proposed to Charle3 V that he should destroy the city, the sover eign took him atop the belfry and, pointing to Roelandt, asked: "Combien faudralt-11 de peaux d'Espagno pour falre un Gant de cetto grandeur?" (How many Spanish skins aro needed to make a glove of this size?) The phrase was a play on words, Gand be ing tho French for Ghent and being pro nounced as his gant (glove). seUed by Lieutenant Gedney, of the United States brig Washington, and taken to New London. The Spanish Minister demanded the delivery of the slaves, so they might bo taken to Cuba for trial. , , , President Van Buren was anxious to comply, for tho sake of comity, but the Anti-Slavery Society obtained counsel nnd the United States District Court decided tlint even under Spanish law slave trado was Illegal and that tho negroes wero free men. , , Tho Circuit Court affirmed this decision, and In March, 1S41, tho Supremo Court followed suit. In this tribunal, John Qulncy Adams espoused tho cause of tho slaves without re muneration. They were sent back to Africa In an American vessel. Tho "Appeal to Battle," by which a man might fight with his accuser, remained on tho statute books of England until 1819. IN A SPIRIT OF HUMOR Circular Evolution "Jim" errand boy. "James" office boy. "Brown" clerk. "Mr. Brown" head clerk. "Brown" Junior member of tho firm. "James" son-in-law of head of firm. "Jim" head of tho ilrm and power on the street. St. Louis Mirror. A Fine Poem It's tough to dock a Congressman For work ho hasn't done. It Is a fine, and I oplna It Isn't any fun. If we taxed all our Congresimcn For work, they didn't do, A lot would get Into our debt A million bones or two. Loulsvlllo Courier-Journal. Too Persuasive "But how did ho happen to got engaged to tho girl If ho doesn't lovo her?" "Why, ho says ho was convincing when he merely meant to bo plausible." Judge. Superfluous "Will I get everything I pray for, mamma?" Mother (cautiously): "Everything that's good for you, dear." Mnrjorlo (disgustedly): "Oh, what's tho use, then; I get that, anyway." Life. The Minister and Others "Our minister," said Sirs. Oldcastle, "appears to bo a real altruist." "Oh, I think you must be mistaken," replied Mrs. Gottalotte. "It seems to me by the sound of his volco that he must bo a bass." Judge. The Retort Juvenile Mamma Johnny, see that you give Ethel the lion's share of that orange. Johnny Yes'm. Ethel Mamma, ho hasn't given me any. Johnny Well, that's all right. Lions don't eat oranges. Kansas City Times. A Sharp Lad "What do you expect to be when you grow up, llttlo boy?" "A man." "Very good; very good. And what sort of a man?" "Ono that Isn't always asking questions." Detroit Free Press, 860 Somebody Is with the Boston Transcript, as you will notice from the following pair of quo tations: Hub I've given up drinking, smoking and golf to please you, still you're not satisfied. Now what else do you want me to give up? Wife "Well, you might give up SCO. I need a new goWn. Boston Transcript. Mudge Here's a man figured out that if all the money in tho world were divided equally each udult would get about S30. Meek He's wrong. My wife would got $69. Boston Transcript. The Sword and the Censor It is remarked by the Boston Transcript that tl.e bluo pencil is mightier than the pen. A Kicking Bee While kicking a initio for kicking another mule. Worn Holloway wus severely kicked by his lather's mule, which he was correct ing. Had he not received the kick on the arm, no doubt ho would havo been more se verely hurt. Prcscott (Ark.) News. DONE IN PHILADELPHIA 4 APHILADELPHIAN, traveling through . the South, came upon one of the largest manufactories of smoking tobacco in the world. Impelled by curiosity he visited the place. At the railroad siding stood a freight car. Curiosity again caused Investigation. The freight car was loaded to the brim with alfalfa'. And not so long ago a freight car, filled with peanut shells, was wrecked In "West Virginia. Tho bill of lading showed that It was consigned to a Western breakfast food foundry. A MAORI was arraigned In a police court In tho Antipodes the other day about five weeks ago, according to the date of the information. Through his left ear was atuck a black stick, looking like a slate pencil. "What Is that in your ear?" asked the magistrate. "Dynamite," responded the black. They led him gently and gingerly Into the court yard and separated him from the explosive. Which shows that even on tho other aide of the world tho "safety first" campaign has made headway. BRADFORD. The Dura-dum Myth From the Boston Herald. The Kaiser's chargo that both Franca and England have been using dum-dum bullets i merely an echo of a similar accusation against the Germans made at the outset of the war bv the French. Both charges are surely un founded. They grow out of tha hysteria and vilification which are among war's lesser by products. No one seriously believes that any of tho combatant nations are oitlcially and de liberately engaged in violating those principles which have given modern warfare the paradoxi cal qualification of "civilized." CURIOSITY SHOP Aesop's fable about the youth who cried "wolt" until no one believed him Is based upon the Bllence of the Amyclaeans. So often had the Inhabitants of Amyclaea been alarmed by the rumors that the Spartans were cominjf that they made a decree that no ono should ever asuln mention the matter. When the Spartans actually came no one "mentioned tho matter," and so the city was captured. In June. 1S33. the 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 and killed oll save two of the white crew. The latter steered the vessel north, insteaa or to me " .rTfiS s directed, and the schooner was eventually At Least Our office mathematician has It figured out that If all the war strategists who never saw Europe, never read a book of military tactics, never even pulled a trigger, wore chloroformed and laid end to end (as we often wish they might be), they would form a line long enough to girdle tho earth 11 times at the Equator. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Equality of Sex Thero Is a little girl In Springfield, Mass., who, like many of her sox, resents the Imputa tion that tho feminine mind Is not so strong as the masculine. Ono day hfr mother remarked on the apparent lack of Intelligence in a lien. "You can't teach a hen anything," slip said. "They have done more harm to the garden than a drove of cattle would. You can teach a cat, a dog or a pig something, but a hen never!" "H'm!" exclaimed the child, indignantly. "I think they know a? much as the roosters!" Youth's Companion. "The Battle of the Ballots" The conflict In Maine Is described as follows by the New York World: The battlo In Maine appears to have been n gteat strategic victory. Tho army of the Crown Prince of the Progressives, which occupied the extreme left of the line, was forced back" upon tho Roosevelt fortifications, and the first, sec ond, third, fourth and fifth armies of tho old Nelson Dlngley standpatters, pivoting upon Portland In nn attempt to effect a turning movement, were cut in two and put to rout. In spite of the censorship, enough Is known to make it clear that tho road to a Woodrow Wil son majority in the Sixty-fourth Congress Is cpen. with nothing likely to Interfere except a few standpat aeroplanes nnd an occasional scouting party of Bull-Moose tmtans. Forgotten When the drums begin to rattle and tha legions clash In battle, Where is WiedV When the cannon do their roaring, and tho airships high aro soaring, Where is AVled. Willie Wled? Does he seek an hour of quiet, free from wrangle nnd from riot? Where is Wled? Is he somewhere idly fretting 'cause he had to stop Mpretting? Where is Wled, Willie Wled? Cleveland Plain Dealer, THE IMPERIAL COUSINS Vhone hand has set Europe' great vineyard aflame? Who was it laid fire to her rick? "Who trampled her fields in pursuing their game? Why? Willy and Georele and Nick! Who changed Into beasts all her peace-loving sons And taught them to malm and to kill? Who gave them as food to the cannibal guns? Why! Nicky and Georsle and Will! "Whose pathway Is strewn with dire ruin and wate? Who the vultures with carrion gorge? What vandals havo Art and fair Nature de faced? Why! Willy and Nicky and Gcoige! How long shall this militant Bport be endured? How long ere Is snuffed out the wick Of Moloch's fell torch, and our peace be as sured From Oeorgle and Willy and Nick? N. W. In the New Xork Times. -jfr ,fL ,fc. -.""--'--- - ,,i HHBB FEW readers were worried when they read a few 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 29th or tho 30th of tho present month. No oxcltoment followed this weird proclamation, but what a difference thero was In Philadelphia, In 1844, when the Mlller ltes wero aroused by n similar belief I It waa just such stranco prophecies which tho educated regarded with Indifference that mado life worth living 70 years ago. Peoplo then wero thirsting for excitement of any kind, and they wolcomed Miller's prediction ns a break In tho monotony of life. Tho story of tho Mlllerltes and their belief Is that of ono of thoso popular delusions which scorn to have made their appearance In overy age. Tho present generation does not havo to be reminded of Dowle, whoso Ideas, whllo not quite so weird, still wero sufficiently different to arouse general In terest. In tho past thero was a number of delusions that took tho public by storm and held them until tho true character of tho belief became apparent. Tho tulips that wo can buy today for a few cents once wero sold for fortunes In Holland during tho rago of tho tulip mania. You see, these delusions aro not always of a religious character. Tho tulip mania was purely speculative nnd had been nursed to perfection by unscrupulous manipulators. But this is wandering from my subject. I wanted to say something nbout William Mil ler and his delusion that sent dozens of weak-minded persons Insane, and In somo localities ruined numerous persons. Miller was horn in Massachusetts, but ho was a. resident of Low Hampton, In tho northeastern part of New York, when he an nounced his calculation of tho date ot tho second coming of Christ. Whllo a young man ho had confessed himself an ntholst. Ho had served aa a captain of Infantry In tho United Stntes army In tho War of 1812, and it was not until long after that conflict, or in ISIS, that ho suddenly became religious. Then he began to study the Bible, but ho also began to calculate the tlmo when Christ was to nppear on earth again, and finally ho declared that he had overcome all difficulties and had reached tho conclusion that tho dato would bo in the spring of tho year 1843. Of course, a great deal of this got Into printed form, and soon ho had convinced numerous persons who wero willing follow ers. Tho delusion spread rapidly, but, of courso, had Its greatest voguo when the time Miller had set approached. Miller's theory of tho second Advent was founded upon his Interpretation of tho real meaning of tho terms days, weeks and years In tho Old Testament. I will not attempt to boro anybody by repeating his Interpreta tions, and thero would not bo sufficient spaco hero to do it. But I can assure any In credulous reader that It was much like Ignatius Donnelly's famous cryptogram in Shakespeare In one respect: you could not find tho answer even after you had the rule to find It. No one ever could work out Don nelly's cryptogram, and, perhaps, as he was a very bright man, he did not intend they should. The first dato set for tho second Advent by Miller was April 14, 1843. Tho disciples awaited the day with "deepest solicitude," but when It arrived nothing happened. But they were not discouraged. They wero as sured that ancient chronology was not thor oughly understood and that a few months more or less might elapse before the wel come day arrived. In the meantime, Miller had a stone wall built on his farm and thero was a good deal of talk about it. Some prying ones d- lircd to know what he intended to do with a stone wall If ho wus so soon to leave this world. It also was charged that Miller had refused to sell his farm; and the newspapers wero asking him pointedly what he needed a farm for. They also took one of his disciples, J. V, Himes, of Washington, to task becauso ho 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 thereupon scouted the truthfulness of the prophecy. But, as In the caso of all delusions, Miller had followers In many parts of tho Eastern United States. They were pretty well repre sented in Philadelphia. When the first date had failed Miller promptly referred to tho occasional failures of even Biblical prophets, and announced that very probably his calcu lations had been wrong. Ho then nsserted that on October 22, 1844, the second Advent would occur. This statement was made very positively, and tho Adveutlsts becamo very deeply Interested. As the tlmo approached somo of the followers gave away their property. Storekeepers disposed of their stocks to who ever desired them for nothing. In ono sec tion of tho country as many as 15 persons becamo insane. Somo of them wero not oven followers of Miller, hut were afraid that ho might speak tho truth. When tho day arrived tho Philadelphia followers of Miller went to Darby, whero they awaited tho end ot tho world. Thero wero more than a thousand of them, and they began to pray and sing. But It rained. They were very distressed, and when they found the day was not the day, they waited till the morrow. Then thero was more rain, and the majority of tho Mll lerltes plodded their weary way back to the city along tho Darby road. A few wero willing to give Miller another 21 hours of grace, but they, too, found his calculations wero Inaccurate, When tho excitement was at its height, thero were advertisements in the daily news papers of "ascension robes," and one store had a placard In its window to inform passers-by that "muslin for ascension robes" was Eold there. There is none of this kind of excitement now. Few persons have even remembered that the enthusiasts who held what they called an "apostolic camp meeting" last month in West Philadelphia and who are rather irrev ently referred to as the "Holy Rollers," have decided that the world Is to come to an end Within the next two weeks, GRANVILLE. THE IDEALIST Wise was tho man who said, "A punishment that degrades the punished will degrade the man who Inflicts it." Hera is a little story about a man who la the figure of power in a little church not far from our city. You know the kind of man I mean Somo men, by very reason of their dominating personalities rather than their executive ability, naturally gravitate to posl tions where those about them look up to them a a matter of course. Ono evening this man pased a young meitber of his church on a street corner. In fact the young man was the organist, and la receipt of a modest salary for his services, lie was .. ing a cigar. " Forthwith the elder man grew angry, it i not smoke, did not bellevo in smoking 3 failed to understand how any one else u hellftvn In It. At hla rtiMitnr, - Jr:...C0U1 t tho trustees of the church .was Immediate? called, and the organist was dismissed from i. Nntttrally, tho young fellow launched Into tlrfldfl ncnlnot rtnirrtioa nn,1 fxraln.t -... . ." In them. Which, of course, was all wron ' Ttllt llrttir olinllt l,n e1.l,il...1 .1.-,..,- '.'. un' this church leader? m.ty 0l Suppose ho had gone to tho young man In fatherly way and put the proposition In thl. fashion! "Now, my boy. one of us Is wrong about this matter of smoking. Let us talk it over nnd find out which of Us Is wrong." Perhnps no agreement would havo be reached. Perhaps tho young man would havt eft his position simply because tho elder mari, had convinced him that his example was not a good one to place beforo the younger bow But tho "leader" choso to perform christian nctj ono qulto incompatible with ih. founder's Idea of uplifting service. Ho degrades tho young man before the other members of the church. ' Doosn't your conception ot real Christian service mako you bellevo that he degraded himself, too? 8 THE IDEALIST. OPPOSED TO DOCTOR BRUMBAUGH To the Editor of the Evening Ledger! ,? Yur ?uPP5,rt "' D?'r Brumbaugh and not of Senator Ponroso Is very mystifylnff tn me If not to many other voters throughout the State. I wll grant, ns you say, that Boctor Brumbaugh Is both fearless and honest, but what will that amount to should a Penrose Ui. islaturo be elected? In what wny can Doctor Brumbaugh bo of any service to the peonla In bringing nbout the roforms that tha people ot Pennsylvania aro so eagerly waiting for? Tru, tho platform that Doctor Brumbaugh was nora. Hinted on pledges to us all these reforms but havo not all Republican platforms which wer launched by Penrose and his lieutenants dot. the same thing? ' ,.naLn.ot D"0101, Brumbaugh been the head n tho Philadelphia schools for a great mail! years? Has any ono In these many years evrt heard of him in any wny urging any of tho r. forms which his platform now offers to lim peoplo? THOMAS HURLKT. Philadelphia, September 10, 1914. PRAISES TRANSIT EDITORIAL To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir I want to tako advantage of your open column for letters from the people to say i commendatory word about your editorial In to night's Issuo on tho transit situation. Phlladel. phln Is a great big rich city, nnd If anybody or any corporation expects to keep us taxpayers from getting what wo need there will have to be nnothrr guess. That's my guess and that of most Phlladclphlans. 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 be devoted to local news. Maybe thnt Idea has been applied to newspapers before, but not to my knowledge. Anyway, It Is a good one, and shows horn Im portant you consider tho matters pertaining to our city. T. B. HILDRETII. Philadelphia, September 16, 1014. OBJECTS TO COMIC PICTURES To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Permit me to congratulate tho Evcnlnr Ledger, not only for what it represents, but for tho omission of tho alleged comic pictures, which, to my mind, aro an insult to the intel ligent reading public. For years wo havo bcon afflicted with th antics of Impossible "kids," with the buffoonery of still moro impossible beings, apparently men. Comlo (?) artists havo Inflicted upon a long suffering public atrocities of pen and ink. And now, at last, wo hnvo a paper which ap peals to the Intellect rather than to the evi dently atrophied sense of moro or less humor. Thank you, and for goodness sako, don't re lapse Into humorous barbarism. Wo are willing to stand for a reversion to type but not comics. It. J. MURPHY. Philadelphia, September 1G, 1914. A WORD FOR ELLEN ADAIR To the Editor o; the Evening Ledger: Sir May I add a lino of appreciation for the excellent showing your paper has made durlnj tho first threo days of Its existence? I have been more than pleased with tho articles of Ellon Adair. There is a tone of sincerity and truth about her writing which Is frequently Inciting In the conventional articles often found on a woman's page. I hopo she will continue to writo her experiences. READER. Philadelphia, September 1G, 1914. PRAISE FOR WHOLESOME HUMOR To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir I have been a reader of the Public Lniicnn for 20 years. You havo my congratula tion's and best wishes for tho success of the Evening Ledger. I have been particularly lm ptesscd with tho high-class and wholesoras humor which Is found on your editorial pas. One of tho curses of the average evening paper Is the presence of slap-stick humor. Why don"! you sccuro tho set vices of a good cartoonist? M. S. B Melroso Park, Pa., September 1G, Wi NOW EVEKXWG LEDGER READER 'fj Hie Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir Just a good wish from an old reader of the Puiimc LEDOEn. If you maintain the sami standard which you have set for tho past three days I am suro that tho people ot this city will appreciate, the service you render the com munity. H- Norristown, Pa., September 16, IM4, Praise From Up-State From the Carlisle (Pa.) nvcnlns Herald. Tho now Evening Lnnocn, sister publication of tho Ptrni.io Ledoeh, made its debut las' evening and was cordially received. Tfc sumo vast volume of news which Is char acteristic of tho morning Limcum was P parent in tho latest publication. We spocted closely both editions and each was marked by a host of fresh news stories. TU' success of tho new journal Is assured. How Warren Views Penrose From the Warren. I'a., Kvenlns Times. TMia .Infnnt nt Spnntnp Pnrnqn this fall WOUlO mean a rehabilitated and united Itepubllca" party. It would be a. party that t-otild he prw of Its ability to overthrow tho ignorance, po litical debauchery and uticleanness that In sence are Penroseism. Railroads and Relief From the Chattanooga Times. Tho railroads have been Instructed to vpw tariffs for all services they now perform wiw out charge, the commission In the meantinw resuming consideration of tho petition for " vanclng rates, this tlmo It Is said more and" standingly. If not more sympathetically, a' affords u hope that they will provide a W and complete measure of relief. NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW When we read the statement, "Buenos Aire" la .,. I.....A ... .!.... uiih..MT ' t.'A nrA .'UinDvllCU .- '.,...,. ...... ., i.. i,4 f Kt.terDrU" IE lu uuiiiii mat iuciu la . ojuiib v,.. -. , In the South American capital that "e w loudly thought of i pcculiur to ouraeut'' New York Bvenlng Post. The war fills tho newspapers, weeklies. ono magazine has gone so fur as to print ' tlrely a whole Issuo devoted to the v..r aim various aspects. When history Is being ma children are eager to know about ll . ... Bdiools must tespond to the demand. Baltiro" News. Unless the Itepubllcans want to see Tuinml sweep New York by a far bigger margin J that of the Democrats in Maine, they w'S inate a Progressive Bepubllcan State " headed by lllnman. New York Tribune. In Maine the diversion of even 1T.00O vol" from tho Kepublican candidates was sufnc to elect the Democratic candidates, but positive factor in American politic: v6..? gresslvc party has ceased to exist A'D (N. Y.) Journal. cut In opening the sanitary conference in ",, toga, Commissioner Biggs said that the p Department of Health bus adopted as its ",4 "Public Health la Purchasable." There w, not be a better one. Public health 1. : r, purchasable. Hui lanlty still generally P1' , to buy thlngj. of lea importance. W ' day we may be wiser. -New York World. """"-"""-"'-
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