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has broken down In most discreditable
fashion.
Sir Lionel Cnrden's anti-American out
bursts are distinctly adverse to the success
of our country's steadfast purpose nnd policy
In the establishment of cordial political and
closer commercial relations with Latin Amer
ica, and should bo put a stop to with Im
prcsslvo promptitude, by our British cousins.
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Morality Gomes Before Economics
MIL PENROSK Is or Is not the directing
brains of the Organization In Philadel
phia nnd the State. Ho Is or he Is not re
sponsible for Its nets. He approves or ho
does not approve the bipartisan alliance
through which the liquor Interests nro
brought Into support of his candidacy. If he
is responsible for the notorious political Im
morality with which his name is associated,
he has no right to ask even consideration of
his economic views. A candidate must cotno
Into court with clean hands. Can Mr. Pen
roso do that?
Pinoliot, the Impossible Candidate
THERE is nothing left of the Progressive
party except the family iiunrrelR. Mr.
Plnchot, It Is true, continues his Junket about
the Htate. a rami Ida to without a colleague
nnd without a party, but otherwise the Pro
gressive movement Ims simmered away. It
Accomplished but ohh thing worth while In
American politics; that is. It demonstrated
beyond nil doubt the utter unwillingness of
Republicans any longer to acquiesce in the
meretricious leadership which had seized
Upon the party.
Mr. Plnchot is eloipient In denunciation of
Penrosolsm. He wants to sec It driven out
luid utterly disrupted, he says. There Is a
way. Mr. Lewis saw the hopelessness of
lection and withdrew. The Pennsyivanlan-for-thc-purpose-of-hls-candtdacy-only
should
be equally quick in immolating his ambition.
I,et him prove the sincerity of his intent by
doing the one thing that is certnln to ruin
JPenroselsm. He Is now tho senior Senator's
most formidable all.
Abolish the Magistrate
THE Magistrate's Court system has again
been discredited by the scandals In tho
"straw bail" cases traced to the ottice of the
notorious Mr. Call. The prima facie evi
dence Is finite sufficient to convince tho pub
lic that the petty courts of Justice in this city
tire practically in leuirue with the criminal
classes to safeguard them from the conse
quences of their wrong-doing. They afford
no protection to law-abiding citizens, who
look to them In vain for redress or simple
Justice.
Since the establishment of the Municipal
Court the Magistrates have been a fifth
wheel to the coach, and a very flat wheel,
loo. They should be abolished by a consti
tutional amendment at the very earliest
opportunity. They have brought law and
justice into the utmost disrepute among the
most numerous class in the city, whose chief
protection they were Intended to be against
just such sharks nnd shysters as now uso
them at will to harass and oppress those
whose real hope of justice and equity lies in
'"' Tlr iironiTit suppression.
'?!-reat Britain Does IVt Own the Seas
"1 HEAT BRITAIN has been fur generations
X the pig of the oepans. Venice once
Aimed the sea as her bride, and warned all
Jhers to cease their illicit intercourse. Tho
nlted Kingdom assumes the same position
1day. There are many ships owned by
American corporations that fly the British
ag. There can be no Justifiable protest
gainst transfer to American registry of the
tobert Dollar, owned nominally by a British
corporation, but in fact by American capital.
Our Government cannot afford to yield one
Jot or tittle in this matter. The nation when
a comparative weakling dared the might of
the British Empire in defense of its right to
use the seas. It will be no less vigilant in
protection of American Interests now. The
nation has decided to put the flag back on
the oceans, and It is going to do It. London
lias failed to appreciate the depth of Ameri
can purposo in this matter. In fact, the Brit
ish attitude Is extremely impolitic in view of
the abnormal conditions now existing, when
the friendliness of the Vnited States is some
thing which no nation In the world can
ftfford to alienate.
A Livelihood in Brain and Hand
THE value ot vocational guidance and
training us a remedy for Juvenile delin
quency and dependency Is not properly
appreciated. "While the percentage of actual
illiteracy is large, even among American
born delinquents, adult and Juvenile, the
amount of delinquency duo to partial or
deficient education and lack of vocational
guidance is even greater, nnd tho danger
from the half-educated is more to be dreaded
than that from the wholly ignorant. Their
limited knowledge has brought them to the
point where discouragement induces the
belief that, since it can carry them no fur.
ther, education i. of llttl.j value; and that
"the world owes them a living, anyway,"
Their lack of vocational education shows, no
way out of the "blind alley" of industry but
crime, and to It they drift, becoming at once
a burden and a menace to society.
The average boy and girl in America
ehould be vocationally guided for the simple
reason that the majority must eventually
earn their own living, jr tin- public schools
do no more than discover the youthful bent
toward future technical, vocational eduea
tlon, they will fulfil their mission, leaving to
more advanced departments of tho edtiea.
tional system, trades st-honls and the like,
the task of actual Instruction in the techni
cal details necessary to any trade.
Prophecy in Proecss of Achievement
THE prophecy of Olivier in France, and of
August Bobel In Germany, Is coming to a
realization, ft wna Olivier, the Prime Min
ister of Napoleon 111, who In a letter to Wll
helm I warned him nsnlnst the annexation
ot Alsace-Lorraine. It wits August Ucbcl who
In 1S71 alone had the courage to stand up
in tho Kelehstag and plead with the rulers
of Germany not to tear asunder the bonds
which tied a people together. He boldly pro
claimed the lurking danger to the Interests
of tho Germun Empire and the peace of Eu
rope In such an act. But In vain. Germany
was to become a world power, and In execut
ing this design she was to stop at naught.
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New York for 1915 Is expected to total the
magnificent sum of $13,139,35", the largest
amount ever spent by any municipality In the
history of the world, that Its children might
obtain educations, that they might become
useful citizens.
But largo as Is the sum which New York
spends for Its splendid school system, Phila
delphia Is not only equally liberal, but, us a
matter of statistical fact, it spends more per
child than does Now York, Next year tho
metropolis will expend 437.31 for each of tho
estimated total of 750,000 pupils. This year
Philadelphia is spending $66.35 for each of
Its 196,000 students.
Philadelphia may pride itself on its schools.
It Is only a question of time when the old
structures will be replaced by new; when
vocational schools will come into vogue more
generally; when summer day and night
schools will be the rule rather than the exception.
Another Blazing IniUserelirm
SIR LIONEL CAUL-EN. now British Am.
bassador to Brazil, and ex-Ambassador to
Mexico, has again violated every canon both
of good taste and diplomacy Jn criticising
I'restdent "Wilson's Mexican policy. Ever
Binco the Mexican Mtuation became acutq Sir
Lionel has deliberately ignored the higher
neutrality and has been guilty of blazing in.
discretions that call for M Immediate sup.
jireaslon or recall. It is not enough that the
Jlrltlsh Ambassador at Washington should
upologlzo for his colleague. If Great Britain
la sincere in her friendly attitude toward this
country she should give the "blood-is-thlcker-than-water"
theory a practical exempliflca.
tlon by promptly recalling her Brazilian En
voy. America has had to play a difficult part in
Slexlco. and so far our South American
' watchful waiting" diplomacy shines Jn mot
brilliant contract with ty t nt Fnrope, which
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Hercules in Bondage
BECAUSE the soundness of Republican
principles has been confirmed by tho
risks and fatuities of a Democratic National
Administration, the Republican party ap
peals with redoubled force to the country.
Its long reign of accomplishments furnished
its positive warrant, and now this has been
strengthened by tho record of a Congress
which, always on the verge of ruinous follies,
has been preserved from outright destruction
only by tho hand of a President far stronger
in personal ascendency than in party
regularity.
Should Mr. Wilson lot go the steering
wheel, the legislative car would plunge
through the fence. By exercising the pre
rogatives of a benevolent autocrat, Mr. Wil
son, with what measure of tribulation none
but he can fully know, has contrived to save
his party's face.
With the Republican party precisely the re
verse is true. The party principles are
sound; the party Itself is trustworthy and
efficient at the core. But it is blocked from
power by an evil leadership which the peo
ple do not dare to trust with their national
destinies. The Republican party is the only
party in this State that can safely be given
political power If permitted to act of Itself,
free from boss dictation. It is the boss of
Republican Pennsylvania who has driven It
out of power and kept It out of power. It 13
Penrose who has been tho head and brains
of that bipartisan betrayal of public Inter
ests In this State which has shamed the
Republican party no less than it has lent the
Democratic party a fictitious Influence that
alone It could not have pxerted.
Mr. Taft Set the Example
MR. TAFT was not considered a traitor
to his party when he excoriated the Cox
machine in Cincinnati. Good partisans every
where realized that It was proper for a Re
publican President to tako the party livery
off men who had stained and soiled It. Only
In Pennsylvania Is the theory advanced that
when burglars have broken into a house they
have a legal and ethical right to retain pos
session. The big fact for the rank and file
In this State to remember Is that Republican
candidates everywhere else in the Vnlon are
praying, openly or secretly, that Pennsyl
vania will prove its party allegiance by giv
ing an overwhelming majority to Doctor
Brumbaugh and Just as emphatic a minority
to Mr. Penrose.
The principal die-stuff from Europe stilt
continues to be red.
It appears from the news stories that the
Paul Revere of Brussels rode a motorcycle.
Sir Edward Carson has just boen married.
He will now learn what home rule means.
"K. of K." has used more languago in the
last few weeks than in his whole previous
life.
Servja's army is not so large, hut her of
ficial news bureau Is fully up to the standard
of the allies In Bending out reports.
To the first German soldier wi sets foot
on English soil a Berlin newspaper has
ottered W5Q Just about enough to give bis
remains a decent burial.
The pity of It U that the vast horde of
amateur strategists in this country cannot
be sent tq the front, and to that part of the
front where the firing Is heaviest.
It may not have had anything to do with
it, but the decision of Turkey not to Join
Germany came remarkably soon after the
successes of th allies along the Marno began.
Those African troops of the French are
said to be the best shots among the allies, but
the Africans In American can be backed
against any of them when It comes to shoot
ing craps.
Philadelphia school children can't lose very
much on account of the elimination of Euro
pean geography from the schools. They
couldn't keep up with all the changes in the
map anyhow, ,
PASSED BY THE CENSOR
UP near Brown' Station In tho Catskllls
they destroyed soventeon Villages and
toro up tho trucks of two railroads. No, this
Is-not a story of the war, merely n recital ot
What man can do. Having finished tho work
of destruction, they built a reservoir thirteen
miles long and two miles wide tho largest
In tho world. They nlso constructed a dnm
of gigantic proportions, tho wholo work cost
ing more than $12,500,000.
A young man, bluo-cyed, straight of build
nnd allvo to his work, was In charge. Ho was
unknown to tho great mass of the people,
for he had no press agent, but Philadelphia
heard of him nnd his work. So Mayor Blank
onburg induced him to leave the employ of
tho city of New York and tnke charge of the
water system of this city. At once a hue
and cry was raised that the salary of the
new man, $10,000 a year, was out of propor
tion to his services and that In any case tho
position should have gono to a Phllndclphlan.
Slnco then, Carlcton E. Davis has worked
wonders with our water system. Typhoid
has been reduced to n minimum. The water
U clean tho department Is run on a busi
ness basis which should delight taxpayers.
TA"VIS is the wrong man In that Job,"
U said a member of City Councils to tho
writer. "How In 'war' can he do his work
right when ho drives out to tho pumping
stations and filters at threo In the morning to
seo If tho men nro on the Job? No man can
dissipate that way and get down fresh to
the office In tho morning."
Which is one of the reasons why Davis is
mnklng good,
ONCE upon a timo there was a gentlemanly
waiter at the exclusive Philadelphia Club.
Because of his pleasant ways, ho was de
servedly popular with the members. Now, it
so happened that he fell in love with tho
daughter of tho club's steward, who frowned
upon a young man who had no prospects.
The members watched the love affair with
interested eyes, and when they saw how mat
ters were going they decided to help the
waiter.
Encouraged by them, he finally eloped with
the girl nnd married her. Then tho mem
bers furnished sufficient capital for the waiter
to take charge of the old Hotel Bellevue.
Since then, George C. Boldt has becomo rich
and famous In hotel life. ,
"TTOLTAIRE was one of those who proved
V to the world that tho pen was mightier
than the sword. Once, when he had paid for
a box at the Paris opera, the Due do Lauzun,
a favorite of Louis XV, drove him out. Vol
taire brought suit for the ejectment, and the
duke's lawyer, In his opening address, ex
coriated the plaintiff thus:
"What! Is it Monsieur Voltaire, a petty
lnlt-sllnger, who dares to plead against Jhe
Due de LaUzun, whose great-grandfather
was tho first to scale the walls' of La Rochelle,
whoso grandfather took twelve cannon from
tho Dutch at Utrecht, whose father captured
two standards from the English at Fontenoy,
whose "
"Excuse me," interrupted Voltaire, "I am
not pleading against that duke who was
first on the walls tf La Rochelle, nor against
the duke who took twelve cannon, nor against
him who captured two standards. I am
pleading against the Due do Lauzun who
never captured anything in his life except
my box at tho opera."
He won his suit.
LITTLE MISS NINE-YEAR-OLD went to
i the theatro with her father. Thoy had
tho best of seats and a box of candy. Her
father treated her as a grown-up. Tho light
opera was drawing to a close.
"Father," said the miss, "don't you think
I'm getting old enough to be taken to supper '
after the show?"
And It cost father two dollars to make good
his promise to treat her like a real lady.
UNDERNEATH Broad street Is a river. It
has caused untold bother for builders and
it will cause the expenditure of much extra
money when the subway Is constructed.
So far, It has been traced from the north
east corner of Broad and Arch streets,
south, curving around the City Hull, as far
as Walnut. When the church at Broad and
Arch was being built, the subterranean flow
was observed and dammed in more ways than
one. It came to light again when the Ritz
Carlton Hotel was In course of construction.
There It was observed that it ebbed and
flowed In synchronization with the river tide
two inch above normal and as much below.
No unc appears to know whence it comes,
nor where it empties, but it is a really, truly
river nevertheless.
ON the street corner of Lyons, In France,
stood Elizabeth Felix, daughter of a poor
Jewish peddler, playing the violin and sing
ing, that she might aid her sisters and broth
ers. Eventually she drifted to Paris, where
the revolt of 1848 had turned the city topsy
turvy. Somehow or other she fell In with
a mob of rioters, maddened with excitement.
The rabble rolled along one street into an
other, until it came to the Theatre Francais,
renamed Theatre de la Republlnue.
A man lifted Elizabeth to the stage and
holding a gun to her head, ordered her to sing
the "Marseillaise."
She raised her voice overcome by emotion,
vibrant with the Import of the events in
which she was participating and intoned the
famous battle hymn. Half singing, half
chanting, her voice rose and fell, the hushed
rabble seemingly hypnotized by tho frail girl.
Then she ceased and an uproar of wild ac
claim burst forth.
From that moment, Rachel, greatest of
French actresses, was firmly established in
the volatile hearts of her countrymen. Event
ually, when stricken with tuberculosis, she
came to this country, but was forced to can
cel her tour. She returned to France to
die there. BRADFORD.
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
The National Municipal League Is a very
well-meaning and high-minded institution, but
if it imagines for a moment that the peoples
of citlH! In general, and Boston In particular,
have the slightest notion of giving up the right
to choose their own Mayors It Is gravly de
luded. Boston Post.
The moral damaga of this war to the school
child will bo Incalculable. It fills his head with
dally stories of bloodshed, fightings, passions,
revenge. Religion Is so overshadowed by the
dally story of Christians blowing ech other's
brain out that It is hard to make It even a
reality to him. and as to human brotherhood
there Is no auch word in our vocabulary at
present except a we Americans can exemplify
H.-ChrUtian Work and E-anBellat.
Thus far the war has produced no great
poem, and tho first forthputtingi of the poets
of distinction have been disappointing, but it
U too soon to abandon hope. The first shock
wa' too strong for poetic expression, which
requires a transformation of emotion into
den.fito form. Irwill b surprising If some,
notable poetry I'jgjrt inspired by the war, and
oven now n masterpiece may bo taking shape.
Springfield Republican.
Tho problem of stock market resumption In
this country Ik the problem of providing tho
proceeds In such other shape than gold aB
Europo will bo, willing to take New York
Sun.
Wo put Henry Lano Wilson out of tho busU
ness of so-called diplomacy. If Great Britain
Wishes lo Bittlsfy tho United Suites', .It will dp
the same with Sir Lionel Garden. Now Yotijs
World.
Tho immigration restriction bill that np"
pears to hnvo been pigeon-holed Bomewhero
in tho Senate should be resurrected and
passd. Nashville Banner.
IN A SPIRIT OF HUMOR
A Hair-ltniaing Joke
From tho llttlo we have seen of purple
hair, It appears to bo woman's clowning
glory. ,
'Twos Hut a Dream!
He nto two big Welsh rabbits
In tho land of horror tarried.
Ho dreamt It was a frightful dream
He dreamt that ho was married.
Cnusc for Mirth
"Why ure tho hyenas laughing ho hysteri
cally?" usked tho visitor to the Zoo.
"Somebody mentioned Just now,"
explained tho keeper.
Insert mime of statesman you don't like
over well.
Thus Died a Hero
There was lire In his eye nnd his list In
his hand.
"Where's tho dlshdongcd printer who sot
this obituary notice?" ho thundered.
"What's wrong with It?" meekly asked tho
third subasslstant city editor.
"Wrong with It? Everything! I wroto
a beautiful poem, beginning: 'She was left
'a weeping widow' and that blabgastcd
printer made It read: Sho had cleft u
weeping willow.' Then 1 wroto: 'Throw thy
pearls before the swine.' And how did It
come out? How? I ask! 'Buy thy curls
as I do mlno.' I "
Gently, yet firmly, they killed him, for
obituary poets are taboo In highest journal
istic circles.
Speaking of Names
She was round and she was ruddy,
And her checks were like the rose;
And she weighed at least one-eighty
As the hay scale record shows.
She was sound as any dollar,
And no stronger girl you've met;
Yet this big nnd robust creature
Had been christened Violet.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
He is slsslfled and happy
And he shrinks from blows and strife,
And ho never said a scrappy
Word In all his peaceful life.
He would show n streak of yellow
If bo saw a wooden gun;
Yet this flossy little fellow
Has been christened Wcli-lng-ton,
Springfield Union.
She was built of bone and gristle,
And her nose was sharp nnd thin,
And her eyes were sharp as gimlets,
And she had a scrappy chin;
With her tongue she tore her neighbors'
Reputation up, and shn
In the days beyond recalling
Had been christened Cha-rl-ty.
Houston Post.
He is crooked and a grafter
And ho seldom tells tho truth;
Has been robbing other people
Ever since he wus a youth.
Beats his wife and plays the bully,
But from any man would run;
Yet this much-detested villain
Has been named George Washington.
Birmingham Age-Herald.
Why There Are No New Jokes
King Ashurbanurpal laid down the morn
ing paper, remarking to the Mcsdames
Ash, etc., that there was nothing new under
tho sun.
"Where didst thou hear that, great King?'
asked tho court jester. Which goes far to
prove that oven tho wisest of ancients wasn't
original.
An Aged Infant
"Miss Carter was born in Mazic, Kansas,
at tho age of i9 years, five months and ono
day." Beardstown, III., Star.
For Norwegians Exclusively
I once put on a pair of skis
And jumped Into the skies;
But Just how to pronounce tho name,
1 haven't been put wise.
"Just heard from tho human encylopedla
who adjoins us on tho northwest that the
plural of ski Is ski und that the singular oJ
ski is ski. For which information an ex
pectant world should bo duly thankful.
A Diplomat
"How do you llko your new music master?"
"He is a very nice, polito young niun. When
1 made a mistake yesterday lie said, 'Pray,
mademoiselle, why do you tako so much
pains to improve upon Beethoven V " Paris
Figaro.
One Good Bathroom, Surely
"That rich Mr, Smith is going to build a
homo that will cost $3,000,000."
"That looks as if the plumbing was In
cluded," Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Two Essentials
"Tommy," said the Sunday school leachor,
who had been giving a lesson on the bap
tismal covenant, "can you tell me the two
things necessary to baptism?"
"Yes'm," wild Tommy, "water nnd a baby,"
Western Mall.
Survived the Ordeal
A Scot of Peebles said to his friend Mac
Andrew: "Mac. I hear ye have fallen In
love wi' bonny Kate McAllister,"
"Weel, Sanders," Mac replied, "I was
near verra near daeln' in, but the bit
lassie had nan siller, so I said to rnaself,
Mac, be a mon.' And I wis n mon, and noo
I jlst pass her by," Argonaut.
Fair Words or Nothing
"George," said tho wife to her generally
unappreciatlvo husband, "how do you like
my new hat?"
"Well, my dear," said George, with great
candor, "to tell you the truth "
"Stop right there, Geurgo! If you're going
to talk that way about it, I don't want to
know." Idea's.
A Pleasant Hide Ahead
'Oreat Scott! I forgot to bring the tool kit
along."
"Good." exclaimed hU wife, "Now wc can
go right on without taking timo out for you
to tinker with tho engli!1." Detroit Free Press,
The Explanation Man
Oh, de explanation man, he come around
a-talkln' strong;
De words he uses Bonn's like dey was five
or six feet long.
He talks ho ornamental dat you has a great
desire
To drop yoh dally work an' stan' an llhten
an' admire.
You kin ax 'im any question dat you chance
to have on hand;
His answer will bu mos' too fine fob, you to
understand.
He will tell you 'bout de taxes an' de cost
of what you eat
An' 'bout de wars dat fill de world wif sor
row so complete.
But wif all dls conversation 'bout de mos'
dat ho can say
Is dat men Jes' keep on flghtin an' dey"s
got de tax to pay.
Though he's very informatious an' he does
de bes" he can,
You never gets much comfort fum da ex
planation man.
Philander Johnson In the Washington
Star.
DONE IN PHILADELPHIA
THE literary ancestor of my friend Brad
ford, who chata so pleasantly every after
noon In the next colunm but one to this, was
a man of historic figure In any account ot
American Journalism or printing. As already
I havo mentioned the editor who first pub
lished an evening paper In this city, I now
want to call to your mind tho man who
printed tho first newspaper published In this
country south of Massachusetts.
This was Andrew Bradford, the son of
William Bradford, who was tho first printer
In Pennsylvania, and, tor that matter, In tho
Middle Colonics. Andrew was born In Phila
delphia In 1688, tho year his father Issued tho
first publication from his press.
Thero is strong reason to believe that Will
lain Bradford came to this country with Will
iam Penn, nnd this Is one of tho things that
will bo cleared up when my friend Albert
Cook Myers completes his search for mate
rials for a life of tho founder of Pennsylvania.
Mr, Myers Is now in England, and Is hard at
work gathering nnd copying letters and docu
ments for his projected definitive edition of
tho works of Ponn. I have assumed that
he will subsequently write a Ufo of Penn In
view of the immense, amount of unknown
material ho has already garnered from the
old families lp this country and. In England
and Ireland.
It is only fair to Mr. Myers to say that
ho has not yet declared that ho will do this,
but when I suggested It to him, ho would not
deny that such an Idea had come to him, also.
All the early Bradforda were men ot dis
tinction, and held high position among their
fellow citizens here and In Now York, but
today I want t talk about Andrew In par
ticular. READERS of Franklin's "Autobiography"
will get an Impression of tho man and
printer that probably is ,o,llttle projudlcod. I
havo no doubt that Frafiklln Intended to bo
fair to his rival In business, both as a printer
and as a newspaper publisher, but he does
attempt to deride both the subject matter
that appeared In Bradford's Weekly Mercury'
and also tho typography of that and tho
other publications that camo from Bradford's
Press.
After tho elder Bradford has been arrested
for an Indiscretion, by order of tho Provin
cial Assembly, and his printing shop over
hauled with tho thoroughness of the old Rus
slun Secret Police, the victim decided to
shako tho dust of Philadelphia and set up a
shop In New York, whoro Inducements had
been mtido to him by the Legislature. This
was In 1693, when his son Andrew was about
seven years of age. The boy afterward was
placed In his father's shop and learned tho
trade.
Thero was only a limited amount of print
ing to bo obtained in New York and tho Brad
fords got It. Thero was a little in New Jer
sey, and they got that, too, but In tho greater
city of Philadelphia and In the more promis
ing province of Pennsylvania thero was a lot
of trade that was going to others, and the
Bradfords seem to have decided that Andrew
would better go to Philadelphia and, on tho
strength of tho house, get the official and
other business.
So, In 1712, wc find Andrew, now a man
back in the city of his birth, opening a print
ing house or, as has boen suggested, merely
taking over the shop which William Bradford
had left In tho charge of Reiner Jensen.
At this time the only attempt to Issue a
newspaper In this country had been promptly
suppressed In Boston. This was the News
Letter, a little half sheet that I believe mude
its appearance once; for the publisher, hav
ing had the audacity to comment upon tho
characters of tho assembly, It was promptly
closed up.
IN THOSE days tho liberty of the press had
not yet been regarded as a constitutional
right, and no printer dared make the ven
ture. However, in 1719 another Boston at
tempt was made, with tho Boston Gazette.
Tho same year Andrew Bradford b ?an the
publication of his American Weekly Mer
cury, and this was continued for many
years. Tho first number was Issued on Tues
day, December 22, 1719, the day after Boston's
Gazette appeared. Among tho reasons an
nounced for the appearance of the paper was
tic general one, "the encouragement of
trade."
It was a small four-page sheet, with a very
crude picture of a postboy ornamenting tho
wings of the title. There was little of what
we now would call news, and for a long time
the only attempt at literary embellishment
was occasional excerpts from some of the
English periodicals.
Although tho elder Bradford renounced
his membership In the Society of Friends, the
Friends seem to have brought a great part
of their printing to tho younger Bradford
when ho began here. He also became the
printer to the province, and tho so-called
Bradford Laws were all printed at his shop.
Tho exact location of his office cannot be
learned, but it seems to have been at one
time at the corner of Second street and
Black Horse alley, between Market and
Chestnut streets. Outside hung his sign of
the Bible.
ANDREW BRADFORD also was one ot the
. earliest postmasters of Philadelphia, if
not the first, und, of course, his shop was the
postoffice. Franklin was envious of him In
this position, realizing that to be postmaster
and have the control of the postboys was a
distinct advantage in the distribution of a
newspaper. How Franklin managed to gat this
office and how he turned the tables on Brad
ford by bribing the postboys to neglect Brad
ford's Mercury and take care of his Gazette
Is very characteristic of the great philoso
pher, who was not all philanthropist where
business was concerned.
Bradford, who died in 1742, published the
American Maguzine the previous year, the
publication making its appearance about the
same time that Franklin's magazine ap
peared. That was another time when Poor "Richard
opposed his rival and defeated him.
GRANVILLE.
THE IDEALIST
The pursuit of trifles Is one of the most
common of human failings.
For instance: Here are two clerks in a
business office.' Both havo planned to go to
tho ball game this afternoon. All morning
the game is on the mind of one of these
clerks; ho mixes base hits with bookkeeping,
beautiful running catches with columns of
figures.
Tho other fellow subconsciously knows he
Is going out to a ball game. But the fact
exists In hla subconsciousness only. For the
present, his mind is taken up with his day's
work. If he completes it satisfactorily and
In time, he will go to the game. If not, well
he will go some other day,
j-he first clerk la due at a party this eve
ning. WMi will he wear to make a favorable
..
F
lmrcsston7 All day ho worries about lt
mentally tries this and thjtt on( wonders it
no win looic na wen as tno others there.
Tho second fellow plugs on. If he has a
party to attend this evening, ho will lake j
caro of tho matter of dress when evening
arrives. Now! i
Which young man do you suppose will get ;
the moro real fun out of tho party or thQ
nan gamo7 Tho fellow who used up his nil.
day energy In anticipating tho occasion or
tho fellow who enters into It fresh-minded
and with a senso of having accomplished
something worth whilo beforehand?
If your play Is moro important to you than
your work, your salary Is too big. no tnni.
tor how small It Is. If your work comes first
and stays there somo day tho other fellow
will come lo you for a Job. Ho will call you
-nicKy; dun no uotibt, no will still bo en-
gagea in tho Belfsamo clght-hour-a-day pur.
suit of secondary things trifles.
THE IDEALIST.
CURIOSITY SHOP
The expression, "knock wood," la said to
umu uuuit iu niu urusaucs. ji mat time
when religious fervor nnd belief wero far
stronger tlfiin today, almost every sol
dler carried a pleco of what ho conceived
to bo a part ot tho truo cross. When evil
seemed Impending, or before going ni0
buttle, the crusaders wero wont to touch the
bit of wood, usually kept In tin expensive
golden receptacle. Eventually any piece of
wood was touched for luck, mid so tho ex
prcsslon en mo Into general vogue.
Delaware, gets tho nickname, tho Blue Hen
State, from an expression attributed to ono
Captain Caldwell, noted for his cock-fight-Ing
procllvtles. In days gono by tho entire
State was addicted to this kind of "sport,"
and Captain Culdwoll's allegation that no
rooster could bo game unless hatched by a
blue hen stuck to tho State.
The so-called Fatal Stono, now resting n
Westminster Abbey, wus used first ns
a placo on which to crown tho kings of
Munslor. It was uriglnully doposltcd In tho
Cathedral of Cushol, their metropolis. In
1213 Fergus, a prince of tho royal line, hav
ing obtained tho Scottish throne, obtained
this stono for his coronation at Dunstaff
nage, where It continued until tho time ot
Kenneth II, who removed it to Scone. In
1226 it was taken by Edward I to London
and placed In tho world famous Abbey.
"As Goes Maine"
From tho New York Evening Mall.
Tho Jlulno result remonstrates anew that the
Republican party cannot hope to regain public
confidence to tho extent of winning State nice
tions so long ns it remains. In policy and in
leadership, under control of tho men whose
course in mu jorceu It to the most overwhelm
ing and humiliating defeat that any national
political party ever sulTercd.
Tho Maine verdict foreshadows tho national
verdict becitUFo Its voters are outside tho preju
dices that affect people In largo cities. They arc
accustomed to do their own thinking, and to'
do it In their own peculiar way.
That independence still prevails. Yesterday's
election, therefore, has a significance that must
not bo minimized by students of national po
litical currents. Coming from a State In which
tho Republican policy of protection shoulu, It
nnywhere, strengthen greatly tho Republican
causo, the figures must bo regarded as show
ing that tho asserted weakness of tho Wilson
Administration Is a Republican hope rather than
a fact. Also to be reckoned with, na equally
decisive if not equally as numerous as In 1912,
nro the forces that moved forward when the
Republican party, tinder Barnes, Penrose and
Lorlmer, moved backward. Those forces arc
still looking forward, nnd they see no Repub
lican party on the horizon. It has not yet
caught up from tho rear.
Maine sounds a warning that must bo heeded
by Republicans iu every state In which they
hopo to retrieve their fallen fortune.
An Appeal to the Fanners
l'rom tlio New York Tribune.
Recognizing tho fact that America must sup
ply nn extra huge part of the world's food
stuffs next year, tho International Harvester
Company of America has begun a campaign lo
nrouso the fnrmeis of this country to their
opportunity and luv. It urges every fanner
to utilize cvory nvallnblo aero and to increase
the average yield oi each acn That is ex
tremely good advice on two counts.
The first is the natural desire of all producers
to have available a large supply of merchandise
when there Ik an unusual demand. With Bu
rope in chaos, no question exists about tho
demand and no question about the desirability
of being ablo to fill It with profit. The second
Is the moro humanitarian and altruistic con
sideration of ability to relieve, out of the over
flowing storehouse of American farms, the
suffering which Europe's shortage of grains
and stock will Inevitably produce. This has
been a year of bounteous crops here. If care
ful planning and .skilful working can do It,
next year's crops should be even bigger, for
there will bo need for all that tho best farm
ing and the most propitious weather conditions
can produce.
America and Holland
From the naltlmoro News.
The favor of this country feoems to be courted
on nil sides. Tho propaganda which Is belns
carried on here Is dangerous to our ponce of
mind and our spirit of fairness; not to our
national peace, But It goes on elsewhere.
There Ih a little country called Holland Hint
Is struggling mightily to picfurvc Its neutral
ity, and to which war would spell ruin and
perhaps obliteration. Yet for all the regret und
horror of war that the great Powers are dully
expressing, each is spending IU efforts la
inciting that little country to hostility against
the other. What wort of friendship j3 it that
permits such things? The world Iti ulruady
half embroiled. Why should the other half he
Inundated with unsubstantiated accusation.'',
half-truths, exaggerations that, if believed,
must at the very least embitter Its neutrality
nnd may oven lead it lo condone offense against
its strict neutrality or tempt it to depart from
an honestly impartial course?
Sober Second-Thought Treaties
From the St. Louis Republic.
Treaties of peace and arbitration are valuable
manifestations of public sentiment. They also
help to create and deepen right sentiment.
They are educational nnd they foster habits of
thought that make for sobriety and moderation.
The Bryan commission treaties aro designed to
Insure delay and give reason and common sense
a chance. If nuch treaties had been In force in
Europe last July, and if Austria and Scrvla, to
begin with, had lived up to them and appointed
a high joint commission of inquiry, tho war
might havo hern averted. Tho whole world
knows that delay and opportunity for moro dis
cussion und moral prcsauio weie devoutly
ulshcd for at that uti.xlous time. Without
cherishing illusions then tho acceptance by so
many Puwers of tho Bryan ticatles may b
welcomed as a heartening sign. Such treaties
will be part of civilized und democratic ma
chinery of war prevention. Military cabals
nover can wait; peaco lovlns nations will plv
themselves amplo time for reflection and sober
second thought.
Figlitins it Out
From the New York Herald.
Ariy cessation of hostilities in Europe) at
this time would bo a disaster to the cause o'
truo peace, a disaster to humanity. Far better
that the Issuo ot Prussian militarism be fougnt
now.
JN THE CORNFIELD
Unseen, the farmer's boy frum round Hie hi"
Whistles a t natch that seeks his soul un
sought. And fills home time with tune, albeit shrill!
The cricket tells straight on his simple
'tis tho cricket's way of being B"":.,.
Tba peddler bee drones In and gossips naught;
Far down tho wood, a one deslrlns 'love
Times me tho beating of a heart of love!
And these be all the sounds that mU, each
morn,
With waving of the corn.
There, while I pause, my fieldward faring '
Tako harvests, where tho stately corn ra"ksiis.
Of Inward dignities.
And large benignities and Insight wise,
Graces and modern majesties.
Thus, without theft, 1 reap another's flId', .
Thus, without tilth, I house a wondrous ylw
And heap my heatt with quintuple crops con
cealcd.
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