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speaking officially, but ho reflected the gen
eral sentiment of tho American people In
favor of neutrality of thought as well as of
speech ami action, bo far as such neutrality
la consistent with a man's respect for his
own Intelligence.
Tear Down the Black flap
rpilK country will not foil to appreciate
JL whore Pennsylvania stands If Ponroscltlll
la repudiated ami Uuflnr Ttrtimbaugh Is tri
umphantly elected. It Will he tt message, to
the Union that Hie KVyst-me State la per
meated with devotion to liepubllcun prin
ciples and her Ideals Imbedded In a morality
that cannot ho bought or sold, livery hope
of Republican rehabilitation Is fixed on tho
Pennsylvania campaign. This Is tho crucial
State, for here It Is that discredited leader
ship Is making Its Html stand for vindica
tion. With tlte disruption nf FenroHeism
the last of the parasites will be torn loose
from the party body. It will at length bo
free; free to grow, free to breatho, free to
absorb Invigorating elements, free to light,
ns tho young giant once fought before, for
a great and vital economic program. Penn
sylvania is the only State left with a black
llag nailed to tho masthead of tho party
organization, and Pennsylvania Is going to
tear It down.
Tragedies of tho Commonplace
THE great dramatic moments of llfu do not
ordinarily take place in cartlutuakes and
shipwrecks. Nor arc tho tragedies of normal
existence confined to million-dollar thefts,
sudden death and bloodshed. "Tho great
American play mii3t deal with problems that
confront every man and woman," declared
Miss Helen Ware the other day, through the
columns of this newspaper. Jllss Wnre cited
the domestic debacles which result from ex
travagant living ns being tho basis for mod
ern tragedies of Shakespearean calibre.
The time has assuredly come when the se
rious dramatist should eschew medieval
romunca and tragedy for the even greater
romance and tragedy of prest nt-day life.
How can the imbroglio of u tilth century
klngdomette compare with the colossal drama
of our national finance anil commercial war
fares? Tho great drama, the trenchant mu
sical comedy, the apropos sketch-satire must
deal, if it be. in tho spirit of the times, witlt
themes familiar to everyday life, as intimate
to every man and woman as knives and
' foTiis.'Toap and water, neckties and hairpins
It is the snrill things of life that arc of
prodigious importance. A lly in the coffee
may poinon the nectar of Jove, tt is not Im
possible by any means to Imugine tho bland,
complacent husband, addicted to his evening
newspaper, whipped to u truly Shakespearean
thirst for murder by the bridge or euchr
obsessed wife postering him nightly to piny
a game. The ej-'s cooked a minute too long
dally and the neglected laundry persistently
lucking buttons might readily bring a bliss
ful couple to the divorce court, and the want
of kitchen or general economy drive nn
exasperated husband to the saloon, the club
or the use of a concrete club; oreven murder.
One of the leading suffragettes in America
was goaded to desert her spouse, and thence
to become an exponent of militancy, by her
husband'H tailing to agree with he- in regard
to tho rights of labor unions! "ertes,
comedy material worthy of a modem Aris
tophanes, r the highest tlights of Bernard
Shaw or George Cohan!
Too Big a Price lo Pay
WHEN men of the stamp of MeKinley and
Ulngley wrote tariff bills there was no
doubt of the country's devotion to the prin
ciple of protection. The nation wants pro
tection now, but thinks, and tightly thinks,
that Penroseism Is too big a price to pay for
it. Pennsylvania can pauperise the party in
the rest of the nation if it wishes, by elect
ing Sir. Penrose, but nowhere else do men
believe that progress ran be made by btjok
etepping. An ambassador to Washington
who represented motley elements of organ
ized corruption instead of the people of
Pennsylvania might talk loud, but he would
talk vainly in the fupitol, There U a Chinese
will between the millions who want proter.
tlon am" protection Itself. That wall is Pen.
roselsra, and until it is battered down the
free traders will continue their experimen
tations at Washington.
"To All Lover of Fair Ploy"
P'R a good many years Prof, lingo
Muenslerberg hus been a welcome bo.
jauruer m this country, tils interpretations
of American life from the dual standpoint of
a Qerman and a psychologist have been most
Interesting and valuable. We know him as
"Professor Mumnterher,j of iiarvapd" and
wish a long duration of ids arobahsadorahip,
lo has just published a new book, called
"America and the War." and dedicate It
"to nit lovers of fair play." In it he de.
clarts that the Americun people have formed
i their opinions concerning the Kurupean war
with the unanimity of sheep. He says thai
t.beir ami-fUrman attitude Is akin to the
American penchant for lynching, mid that it
Jti the product of aut.i-Miggestion, Induced
and fostered by colored iit-w from Finland,
France and JSelgiuw, Popular ignorancei is
the cause of this httslilitj. Professor Muen.
ulerberg implies that sympathy vtlb 0r
many is the outcome of education ami
culture.
Whatever may lie the faults of American
public opinion, this attach on it is not likely
to further tho purpose- of the hauls, More
over, it probably would surprise Professor
Muensterberg to know to what extent
readers of war news in this country have
taken into account the sources of it. It is
an American habit in forming opinions to
consider where the information comes from.
When I'rtsident Wilson told the Helgian
envoys and cabled the Qerman Emperor that
the Government in Washington would not
attempt to render judgment on the ques
tions thawutd been presented to him he was
A Professor Dcscrihcs n "Machine"
POSSIBLY Professor William Mllllgan
Sloano, In lecturing before German stu
dents nt Berlin and Munich on "Party Gov
ernment In the United States," had Penrose
ism In mind when he said: "Where tho or
ganization of party Is known as tho 'ma
chine,' both place and money bribery abound,
and tho slime of tho serpent Is on every po
litical and social institution bccnUso It Is on
the hearts of the men and women concerned,
tho people who sot up and work tho whole
machinery of life. Tho fountain cannot rise
nbovo its source except by artifice; there are
times mid plnces where party machinery be
comes so foul that It Is clogged and stopped."
Spending Money on titc Wrong Things
THIS Municipal Court has made one record
which Is not likely soon to be broken:
Its. extravagance has becomo a standard of
measurement, Not content with the lux
urious quarters now assigned to it, It wants
a building of Its own, Tho acquiescent Com
mittee on Finance has provided In the loan
bill tho sum of $400,000 for this purpose. It
would be a lino thing for Philadelphia to
have a now public building, or several of
them, and when Borne of tho constitutional
restrictions of the city's borrowing capacity
uro removed It might be good policy to build
them. Hut just now there are far more exi
gent needs for all the cash available. It Is
very obvious thut sound business policy does
not dictate in all Instances tho financial
program of Councils.
Facts Their Dcst Argument
FACTS will be lighting on the side of the
Eastern railroads whom, next month, they
go before the Interstate Commerco Commis
sion to renew their petition for freight rate
advances. If before they could make a
strong showing, they now can make a
brilliant one. Their case is substantially
fortitled.
A year ago the main difficulty that con
fronted them was tho high cost of capital,
resulting from unsnttsfactotj- net returns.
Thnt Is tho main difficulty today; but mean
time tho cost of capital has mounted even
higher. Not only have net revenues dwindled
because of a shortage In import and export
traffic; not only have Interest, In general,
traffic; not only have Interest rates, In gen
eral, risen, but a market for the sale of new
securities is now non-existent, while upon
tho reopening of tho New York Stock Ex
change foreign holders nf American rails are
likely to flood the market. Higher freight
rates point the obvious way out of this
dilemma.
A'ew Words in An Old Language
WHEN, In his study of science, a man
uvhievt something which is new to the
world, it often happens that his name Is
attached for all subsequent time to tho dis
covery which he makes or thu theory which
he formulates. The name of Copernicus thus
becomes an adjective in reference to the
Copernican theory. The name of Darwin ac
quires a suffix in discussions of Darwinism.
Tho name of Pasteur is perpetuated In a
verb. It is likewise In philosophy. In politics,
in religion, with such terms as Hegelianism,
Lincolnlan statesmanship, Christianity. A
man who makes a great contribution to the
world's thought and the world's history rep
resents some Idea or principle or achievement
which is so distinctively his own that perhaps
the language appropriates his name for its
special purposes,
Sometimes, however, there is nothing com
plimentary in this philological recognition
To speak of a Machiavellian proposal, for in
stance, is not to praise either the proposal
or Machiavelli. The gerrymander is not itself
in good repute, though the word has a defi
nite and useful meaning. Another word of
similar origin, one which is well understood
ult over tho country and even elsewhere, is
Penroseism. So much for future fame!
True to Their Conventions
THJtOUOH tho hideous red war-mist two
facts stand out plainly:
une fact Is that Cireut Britain, with sin
cerity that must bo cunceded, carried out her
written promise, her treaty-plighted word, to
Belgium. She knew there would be a fearful
price to pay: she didn't falter.
Tho other fact is that President Wilson, in
sisting that this country carry out its
solemn promise to Great Britain regard,
ing non-discrimination in Panama tolls,
facing honest difference of opinion as to our
basic rights, set an example of international
probity uud good faith, of the Anglo-Saxon
regard for the sacredunss of tho spoken and
written promise, which was u splendid fore
runner of Great Uritain's action.
That the two great English-speaking na.
lions have declared to the world they are
one in demanding tho observance of interna
tlonal obligations, no matter what the cost,
Is the strongest guarantee that future ngreQ.
nienU wilt menu what they say uud shall not
be "scraps of paper," to be torn and tossed
to the winds at tho cynical caprico of any
ruler.
After all, in falrnens, It should not bo for
gotten that thero wns a time when Elsass
and Lotbrlnen wero original Gorman
provlnees.
It Is not so difficult to credit those ru
mors of atrocities committed by that band
of Germans in Belgium German bands are
famous for their atrocious music.
Tt is worth while to swallow a wholesome
fimn.TOt in order to secure a wbolesumo -Re
publican majority In 10JS.
The effect of the decreased Immediate de
maa fr cotton is not localised In the South.
It affeets the welfare of the entire United
Stte. The buya-Ualeof-cotton movement
will pot cure the situation, but every little
bit helps.
In ttiese modern days It seems ttiat H
would be more up-to-dato far the armies to
be automoWUged,
Snw that the New York police have put
a mietus, on that man who was renting
babies to criminals for use at their trials,
he will doubtless complain of it as another
blow at our infant industries'.
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Within a year New York city will have
between ?o und CO miles of new subways
ready for operating; within a year Philadel
phia will have to remove about 60 or 60 miles
of red tape and other obstructions between
her and the new subways.
PASSED BY THE CENSOR
THE visit to this country of a special Bel
gian Embassy recalls the time spent In tho
United States by LI Hung Chang, Chinese
statesman and admirer of General Grant.
It was his devotion to the memory of the
American General which nearly precipitated
international complications between the then
Celestial Kmplro and old Erin. 11 arrived
In New York city and, according to tho
by-laws of his native lond, was not permit
ted to touch his silk-clad feet Upon heathen
foreign soil, So, wherever ho wont, regal
carpets wero laid, or tho old gentleman was
carried In Sedan chairs.
It was so when ho visited Grant's tomb on
lllverslde Drive, Now York. Stopping from
his carriage, he entered a waltltfg Sedan
chair. Four husky Irish policemen stopped
forward, red of face and 111 at ease. For a
moment they hesitated, one or two essayed
to speak, but emotion overcame them. They
grasped tho handles nnd New York wit
nessed the ntnazlng sight of a Chinaman
carried to anything but a patrol wagon by
four Irish policemen I
TlIErtE was yet another delegation from a
foreign nation In this country, tho threo
Doers, who sought aid in their war against
Drltnln. No sooner had they landed than an
enterprising weekly paper commandeered
them and brought them Into a special room
In their hotel, where the sun was bright,
and had a photographer tnko an even dozen
pictures In vurlous, more or less graceful, at
titudes. And when the twelve plntcs were devel
oped, Just ono pair of magnificent coattalls
nppearcd to view! Tho plates had been
light-struck, nnd tho delegates wero on
their way homo!
IN THE days when Brooklyn was yet n
municipal entity, David A. Boody was its
Mayor. Mr, Boody is a gentleman to his
linger tips, and was completely out of touch
with the political gang which ruled the City
of Churches. But ns a Mayor he wns not al
together n success, for tho "gang" took
great pleasure in "putting things over on
him." So It was no wonder that ono day
tho telcphono In his office rang violently
and an excited voice at the other cntt of
the wire Informed tho Mayor that nt a cer
tain number In Itaymond Btreet thero was
congregated the greatest aggregation of
thieves, cutthroats, burglars and criminals
ever gathered under one roof. The Mayor
at once passed the news to Chief of Pollco
Campbell, who sent a wagonlond of police
men to the place.
On a dead run tho patrol dashed down
Raymond street and drew up before the
Raymond street Jail!
DURING the days preceding our own war
with Spain, General Weyler was nearly
lynched In a newspaper office, only he did not
know it, and it is doubtful whether his
Ignorance has been dispelled even now. It
was at the time when tho chrome news
papers were out-yellowing one another to
tho fullest extent of their Ingenuity and
regardless of their financial wounds. The
yellowest of them all conceived tho idea that
It would be ii splendid thing if it could get
Weyler Into the hands of the Cuban Insur
rectos, obtain his last statement, have him
lynched and then photographed. Sinn were
sent to Cuba to visit the revolutionists, and
nil the arrangements for the kidnapping wero
completed, when the proprietor of tho paper
in question backed water, and declined to see
the "enterprise" through. When pressed for
nn explanation, ho gave voice to the follow
ing cryptic utterance:
"I don't mind being yellow, but I'll be
dashed If I want the woild to think thnt I
am purple."
STILL, being "purple" is not nearly so bad
as being born to the purple without the
needed financial backing, as wns the case of
Frederic Lemaitre, the great French nctor.
Lemnltre was In debt from tho day of his
birth to the day he died not ordinary Indebt
edness, but overwhelming financial obliga
tions. So lie spent most of his waking hours
evolving plans for raising money. And even
now, In Its spare moments, Paris remembers
his vagaries.
A new play was billed, Lemaltre was
the star. At 7 o'clock in the evening, an
hour before tho curtain was to go up, the
manager received n noto from a pawnbroker,
informing him that Lemaltre had pawned
himself for 20,000 francs and that there
would be no performance unless lie was re
deemed. He was.
Another time Paris was amazed when It
saw Lemaltre driving down the Bols In a
magnificent equipage, drawn by four white
horses. A friend hailed him from the side
walk. "You are n fool, Lemaltre. buying such
an expensive carriage, when you are head
over heels in debt. Why did you do It?"
"I had to," responded Lemaltre, sticking
a torn shoe out of tho window. "How tho
deuce could I afford to walk the street
looking like that?"
A SIMILAR character, but American, was
John Stetson, the Boston theatrical man
ager. One afternoon he arrived at the
Tremont Street Theatre and saw a sign
reading:
Matinee today
2 1. M.
SHARP,
"Who In blazes is Shurjt? Put Stetson
there," he thundered, and no amount of ex
plunatlon would induce htm to change his
mind. Hut It wns when Baron do Grimm,
tho artist. stago.I Rider Haggard's "She" for
Stetson, that the latter broke all grammatical
lecords. In tho play was a line:
"She, who must be obeyed." and Stetson
argued for throe blessed hours that it should
have been "Hr, who must bo obeyed."
MRS. ETHEL CAUGHIJN. of Moore's
Flat, Nevada, is desperately unxious to
resign her otllce, but Uncle Sam has declined
with thank, nnd so she Is still postmistress,
a mile from tho i.eurtt habitation, with her
husband a hundred miles away. Tho Gov.
eminent tan get no one else to tuko the place,
which P4J' only $10 a mouth. There must be
some one in charge of the office, so the pleas
anil wails of Mrs. Caughlin have been un
availing. Now she has induced her boadsinm
to withdraw their security, hoping that this
move will force her out of an office that
sought the woman and, having gained her.
kept her a Federal prisoner.
BRADFORD.
CURIOSITY SHOP
The Field of Forty Footsteps according to
.. Inno...! ..,., ,. inanHiiui In nl1 T m rtn nn
whose site the British Museum now stands.
It was also known as Southampton Field.
During the Monmoutli rebellion two brothers
espoused opposite sides and fought a duel
on the meadow, Both were slain and, accord-
M
Imr tn lh Btneir. JA IVininrlnla were vlslblo
jfor many years, for no grass would grow
wiiero me lrailiciuai oiuuu imu ou '
sward,
Oxtail soup Is of olden origin, dating back
to tho Protestant refugees who flod from
France nfter tho revocation of the Edict of
Nantes, In 1685, In the extremity of want
they bought tho tails of oxen from tanners
and made soup therefrom, Accident brought
tho edible to the attention of an oplcure, who
liked the broth so well that ho proclaimed Its
virtues until It became a fashionable dish.
Tho title of Prlmo Minister was not
officially conferred, but was given In banter
to Sir Robert Walpole. On February 11, 1712,
he said In tho House of Commons!
"Having Invested mo with a kind of mock
dignity nnd styled me iv'prlme minister,' the
Opposition Imputes to mo an unpardonable
abuse of tho chimerical authority which they
only created and conferred."
Somewhere between heaven and earth Is
suspended Mohammed's "stepping stono,"
unless tho Moslem legend' Is Inaccurate. Ac
cording to this source, when Mohammed
mounted the beast, Al Ilornk, on his ascont
to heaven, tho stono started to follow him,
whereupon tho prophet laid his hand upon it
and bade It stay whore it was. Hence, to
this day, true believers may see it suspended
on high.
IN A SPIRIT OF HUMOR
ThcWar Game
French troops chock Germans.
Gorman army checks Russians.
Atlstrlans chocked In Gnllcla.
Sounds like the boggago room of a rail
road station.
We'll Leave Thin Entirely to Our Readers
Correspondent, writing on a letterhead of
tho mental detention room of a locnl hos
pital, asks whether the following could bo
called a "poem":
"Give credit whom It due Is
To tho whiskers of Ham Lewis."
Wo would NOT call It a poem; what we
really think of It shall go down Into tho dark
and dank gravo with our mortal remnants.
Wonder What Wns Meant
"The only homes I want aro Paris and
Heaven."
"Well, you'd better make the most of
Paris."
Wish Wc Knew a Caption Harrowing Enough
To Do Justico to .This 1
Some parents think an heir a crying need.
And that's tho way he usually turns out.
From the News Columns
SHE.
Tho fall bride Is a wondrous thing
Of furbelows and laces,
As pretty as tho new blown rose
The wedding page she graces.
HE.
The bridegroom doesn't count at all;
Tho future, glum he faces;
An ordinary mortal, he,
On checks, his namo he places.
Honest, This Really Happened
We walked Into a barber shop to have our
luxuriant curls denatured, dlmlnuted, singed,
massaged and otherwise maltreated. Tho
barber went to work with a will nnd scissors.
He clipped and combed and clipped. He
spoke not. Then he brushed off the expur
gated hair, combed what remained, took off
the towel about our swan-like neck; we paid
him and walked out. Strange? Most as
suredly, for he never even once, much less
oftoner, raised a mirror behind us and asked
whether or no the cut suited our aesthetic
ideas.
News Notes From The Aquarium
"Principal Fish About to Resign." Wor
cester, Mass., Gazette.
In The Sanctum
'Have you a consulting editor?"
"No, nn office boy."
The Illow-Out
"What happened to Babylon?" asked tho
teacher of her Brooklyn class.
"It fell!" cried the pupil.
"And what became of Nineveh?'
"It wns destroyed."
"And what of Tyro?"
"Punctured." Exchange.
A Purist
Western Visitor (accosting citizen Can
you tell me a good place to stop at?
Citizen Certainly! Just before tho "at."
Good day, sir. Boston Transcript.
His Preparation
"Have you had any experience In the
movies."
'Oh, yes, sir; I wns for ten years with a
furniture van." Baltimore American.
Ideal Husband
"Yes, I may say I have an Ideal hus
band." "An Apollo for looks, a Chesterfield for
manners," rhapsodized the girl.
"Those things don't count In husbands,
my dear. Mine stays fairly sober and brings
most of his salary home." Pittsburgh Post,
Oh, Pshaw!
K. P. Shaw, nvv Ohtnse Minister, srrlvcH with
ilv children and a retinue of twenty-seven."
.Nwsiupor Item.
Poor Persia mourns her awful loss,
Tho Shah no longer rules as boss.
He's In this land, we, read, because
(And here for rhymes we're forced to pau3e)
He represents the land of Heaven
Of family (nnd servants) thero are 27.
Hurrah for China and Its Shah,
Who of five children Is the pa!
Pronounce to rhyme wlih "bo,"
Generosity
Mr, McNab (to urchin) What's the mat
ter, laddie?
Urchin I've lost my 'apenny!
Mr. McNab Aye, dinna grieve. Here's a
match to find It. London Opinion.
Neighbor's Children
"What it the scientific name of the small
creature who Is ruining your fruit 'this
vear?" asked Mrs, Dobbs,
' "it has no scientific name," replied Mrs,
Blnbbs. "But it is vulgarly known ns Jimmy
Dobbs." Washington Star.
TIIF, OLD FLAG
lly II. C. Hunner
tiff with your hat as tho flag goes by,
And let the heart have Its say!
you're man enough for a tear in your eye
That you will not Wipe away.
you're man enough for a thrill that goes
To your very finger tips.
Aye, tho lump Just then in your throat that
' i ose
Spoke more than your parted lips,
Lift up the boy on your shoulder, high,
And show aim the faded shred,
Those stripes would be red as the sunset sky
if death could have dyed them ted.
The man that bore it with death has lain
These twenty years and more.
He died that the work should not be in alri
Of the man who bore it before,
The man that bears it is bent and old,
And ragged his beard and gray,
But look at his eye fire young and bold
At the tune that he hears them play.
The old tune thundera through all the air
And strikes light into the heart.
If it ever calls for you, boy, be there
Be there and ready to start.
Off with your hat as the flag goes byl
Uncover the youngster's head!
Teach him to hold it holy and high.
For the sake or the saeed dead.
DONE IN PHILADELPHIA
WHEN I read a few days ago that two
lots of the GIrard Estate In the vicinity
of Third and Porter streets had Just been
sold by the city for more than $34,000, It
Instantly occurred to mo that that waa only
a little less than a third of tho total valuo of
the realty owned by GIrard In old Passyunlt
township at the time of his death.
GIrard was ono of the first men hero to
realize tho worth of reatty as an Investment.
Thero had been land speculators bofore him
in tho field, of course, but ho was cautious
and, unlike Nicholson, who, at one lime, had
an ownership In about one-sixth of the State,
GIrard, for the great part, had his holdings
In Philadelphia. His ventures outside in
cluded his coal lands In Pennsylvania, which
are still very profitable, and other land In
Louisiana.
He left to the city for tho support of his
wonderful college for orphan boys some of
tho most valuable land In the central part
of the city. It is true that pieces of this
proporty, owing to tho changes of business
centres, are not now so profitable aB they
onco wore, yet those properties In tho neigh
borhood of the river, as GIrard understood,
never can cease to be of valuo so long as
wo have any commerce at all.
WHEN GIrard died ho was the richest
mdn In this country. Tho Inventory filed
by his executors showed that his total prop
erty, real and personal and ho hod a great
deal of both was valued, In 1832, at more
than $8,000,000.
Wo havo bocomo so accustomed to tho
millionaire in our day and, in our conversa
tions at least, are even now flirting with
billions, that we do not reallzo what $6,000,000
meant In 1632.
Thero was no other man In the United
States at that timo who could hold rank
nnywhero near GIrard In tho point of wealth.
Tho Immense fortunes with which wo aro
so familiar aro of much later date; they
aro even of our own times, when tho work of
exploiting tho resources of tho country
began.
GIRARD'S fortuno was piled up labori
ously nnd Blowly. It was not specula
tive. In tho modern sense of the word. He
was a keen buyer; ho knew values, whether
It was of wines, which ho imported by tho
shipload and bottled and sold, or of real
estate, which ho bought and rented. Ho was
constantly Importuned to tnko stock in tht
various new enterprises of his time, but
where ho merely desired to oblige the seller,
ho bought but a few shares. It Is evident
that ho regarded these as contributions and
not business.
For Instanco, we find his executors enter
ing one share each In Lo Courrlor des Etats
Unls, tho French newspaper; in tho Do
mestic Society, in the Susquehanna and
Lehigh turnpike and in the Downlngtown
and Ephrata turnpike, but they did not place
any valuo opposlto them. These wero not
regarded as Investments by a man llko
GIrard, but we do And him owning 2200
shares in tho Schuylkill Navigation Com
pany, and theso wero valued In 1832 at
$264,000. He held nearly a million In Penn
sylvania 5 per cents, nnd $113,500 In City 6
per cents. ,
His coal lands, which consisted of nearly
30,000 acres in Schuylkill County, wero
valued at $175,2-iG at the time of tho Inven
tory. Now they return a profit of more than
that every year.
His Philadelphia holdings were listed at
$1,189,631, and no other man owned so
much at that time. The GIrard Estate has
now three buildings worth moro than that
amount, to say nothing of the college Itself.
ALTHOUGH Girard's holdings in tho aouth
.crn part of the city contained consider
able acreage, and one of his parcels of land
In Passyuuk township contained his "plan
tation" or country place, thoy were valued
at less than $112,000. I should not like to
venture upon an estimate of their valuo to
day, for on the site of part of his plantation
rows of houses of the most modern charac
ter have been erected and rented. And still
there Is more land to be Improved.
Three buildings, now covered by tho Mar
iner and Merchant Building, at Third and
Chestnut, wero rented in 1832 at $1003, $1805
and $1R05 respectively a year, Ho had n
dairy farm in Moyamensing district that
rented for $900 a year, and a whole row of
dwellings on Falrmount avenue, then Coates
street, that were rented for $257.50 a year
each.
For the old Dunlnp house, at the south
east corner of Twelfth and Market streets,
Girard received $70S a year. This wns ro
gnrded as a large rent for that locality In
those days, but I think any person would be
willing to give a good many times that
amount for such a corner now.
From all his city properties GIrard re
ceived only a llttlo moro than $40,000 a year
In rentals, and he was the richest mun in
tho United States In his day.
BY that strange perversity of human na
ture that sometimes affects men of great
ness, GIrard desired to be remembered as
a mariner Instead of a merchant, although
as tho latter he Is, of course, better recalled.
It may not be known thut Booth's greatest
ambition was to be a comedian, yet it is as
a tragedian that he became famous. On tho
other hand, his brother-in-law, John S.
Clarke, who was a comedian of the buffo
type, believed ho had failed in lifo because
the world would not accept him as a trage
dian. Napoleon at first desired to achieve
fame as a novelist, but if ho did not iidilovo
thut position, he succeeded la providing at
mosphere for countless pieces of fiction,
I feet sure that Phlladelphlans aro likely
to forgel tho mariner in Girurd In the great.
ness and far-sightedness of tho man of bus.
Iness, GRANVILLE.
The Primaries a Vain Hope
from the JIIlwmi!(M Sentinel.
tine beneficent feature of the direct primary
it, that It closes an argument. Jf Roger O.
Sullivan were the nominee of u l)cniocr.itlc
State convention a pretext would mount to the
sides from .Metropolis to Helvidere against sucli
l..etrujal of the plain people. In this case the
plain people eeum to have done it. Chicago
Tiibune.
No d"'lbt. But "i-latfi un argument!" 'When
did n direct m unary ever close uu argument?
Wisconsin naa had much experience lu that
line. The sum of It is that the icrv nuople
wb.o invented tho direct primary as the one wav
lo secure an unarguable verdict ure always the
very ones to go on arguing and kicking and
trying to upset the verdict every time It goes
ugainst them. They are doing it now.
THE IDEALIST
The Emperor of China assumed terrific
obligations. Among them was the absolute
guarantee that he would make the sun come
up each morning.
It is not a matter of record that the sun
ever failed to put in appearance. But therein
lies the reason for the Immeasurable faith
which the people of the land put la their
ruler. To them ho was ah earth-dod.
Borne folk think that tho profound re
spect which Is paid a big man is born solely
of tho superior ability ho possesses. Ho cat!
do things that 1 cannot do. Ho can sway a
mob, whereas I lack tho power to change the
hilnd of a Blnglo Individual. Hence he is
well entitled to my reverence.
I have Just read an Intensely Interesting
account of ono of tho country's strongest
public men. It was not proven thorcln that
he possessed exceptional ability.
But It was proven that he never broko hlg
word.
And that Is exactly what earned for tho
ancient Chlneso rulers the terrible fear and
worshipful respect .existing among their sub
jects. '
Among us are Innumerable corrupt men
who assume Icfadorshlp In public life. Good
folks view their ascendency with fears as
to what tho world Is really coming to. Search
far enough and you'll find tho reason for
their power.
In thoobltuary of most every unprincipled
man of power you will find a hackneyed "Ho
never broke a promise."
Perhaps ho only made a few. But the
number does not count. If tho old Chlnead
Emperor had only guaranteed tho dally np
poarance of the sun and nothing more, that
would have been quite sufficient to keep
him on tho pedestal of roveronco and fear.
THE IDEALIST.
VIEWS OF READERS
ON TIMELY TOPICS
Contributions That Reflect Public Opin
ion on Subjects Important to City,
State nnd Nation.
To fne Edttor of tht Evening Ledger:
Sir As an Independent Republican, Inter
ested In having honest men elected to ofneo
and tho standard of my party restored In Penn
sylvania, I am writing to commend your oppo
sition to Penroseism. By so doing, through the
agency of your excellent paper you render a
great service to the citizens of our State. Tim
antl-Penroso sentiment Is very strong through
hero In Westmoreland County, and only by tho
elimination of rcnrosclsm can our party hope
to return to its once high standard.1
S. OVERHOLT.
Mt. ricasanr. Pa., September 15, 1014'.
INTERESTS OF PEOPLE THROTTLED
To tht Editor of tht Evening Ledger:
Sir Permit mo, as a reader of your publica
tions, to express my observations of tho senti
ment of the people, of this community.
Tho non-partisan Judiciary and the uniform
primary acts are rapidly educating tho peoplo
In favor of Independent political action und
non-partisan voting. You will recollect that
the latter net provides that a voter Is entitled
to a party bnllot whore ho hna voted for n.
majority of tho candidates of thnt party at tho
preceding election. These acts can have no
other effect than to placo the best Interests of
tho Stnte nnd county boforo tho people nt
future elections.
Tho Interests of the people of Pennsylvania
are throttled by tho fact that almost all our
largo dally papers nre controlled by politicians
thnt nro inimical to tho good government of
our State and counties.
DON G. CORBETT.
Clarion, Ha., September 15, 1914.
THE FUNCTION OF A NEWSPAPER
To tht Edttor of tho Evening Ledger:
Sir Tho true function of a newspaper Is serv
ice to tho public. I believe that you aro sincere)
In your opposition to Mr. Penrose, nnd I bcllova
that the forceful editorials which have appeared
lu the Evening Ledger, nnd those which I bo
llovo shall come, will contribute to a marked
degree In bringing about his defeat in Novem
ber. Keep up this service! W. H. K.
Philadelphia, September 16, 1914.
FROM A JOURNALIST
To the Edttor of the Evcntnp Ledger:
Blr Bolng a former newspaperman, I feel
Impelled to write you my congratulations nfter
carefully watching your Issues for tho first threu
days of publication. Tho physical appearanco
of the paper commends Itself, It seems to me.
above everything else. The news is presented
not so that the reader may read, but so that he
must read.
To catch tho eye of the reader immediately
is one thing demanded from an nfternoou
paper. Tills you have been able to do. Tho
generous use of pictures, which seems to bo
your policy, almost needs no comment. Pictures
to most persons convey a moro lasting Impres
sion than almost anything they read, and when
the public see tho pictures, tho paper will be.
theirs. A FRIEND.
Philadelphia, September 16, 1914.
FRANKLIN'S FIRST NEWSPAPER
To tha Editor of tho Evening Ledger:
Sir Philadelphia is a veritable treusuro city
for relies of early American literature. Any
ono not afraid he may meet the ghost of one
of tho Rldgway family can see In tho great
library down Broad street original Issues of
the press here, like Bradford's Mercury (our
first newspaper), Franklin's General Magazine,
and mnny more. A librarian's card on ono of
tho old-tlmo publications reads something Ilka
this:
"This Is the first number of Ben Franklin's
newspaper. It shows that tho newspapers of
early times were Just as modest as they are
today."
That card is misleading, for tho old-tlm
publication is tho first number of Samuel
Reimer's paper, the Universal Instructor of
All Arts and Sciences und Pennsylvania Ua
zctte. This paper came out on December 22,
17iS. and ran for three-quarters of a year, nnd
was sold1 to Franklin & Meredith for a small
sum about August, 1755), Franklin cut off tho
"Universal Instructor" lino of tho heading and
called tho paper simply tho Pennsylvania
Qaz'-tte.
SAMUEL W. HOSKING.
132r, Parrlsh st Philadelphia, Sept. IS, 1914,
"Intelligent and Forcible"
From West Chester (Ta.) Dally Local News.
Two Issues of the Evening Ledger of Phila
delphia have appeared, and in nil Its many
features It demonstrates that skilled newspaper
talent is employed In Its Quaking of tin ovenlnn
newspaper for thu people. Its 10 pages retlert
all the news of th world thut Is worth reading,
and its every department, notably those for the
homo circle, the ladles, the sporting folic, i
carefully considered with much elaborateness of
detail.
Editorially the Evening Ledger Is Intelligent,
forcible, independent and educational.
NATIONAL POINT 0F YIEW"
The pleasing information comes from Wash
ington that the "pork" hunting Senators have
been repulsed, and that the $93,000,000 river and
harbor bill will bo i educed, probably as much
ns one-half, by cutting out of It all "question,
able" Items, both new nnd old. President Wil
ton has apparently om more proved himetlf
a much aeuttr polltcian than be bus bi en com
monly credited with oeing. He doe nut dwell
in that ntmosplioie "f academic aloofness noin
I'lWim U things that some lime h-iatily lilicvl
him to- It' "good polities'" ilijbt now t' l;t
th" padding out jf all public payr.ilb The
people me aioufed ns never be'ore to i. cn-i-ckhlvc
cost of a lot of viliat has iisM'ii ""r
government" in this cumitr. -Chicago lltiald,
In na'lltlng n;alnst the livers und In. i bora
bill ns It I'liliw tu the Semite, the lllibuat. rs.
idthoimh they aiu Republicans, bavu ic.illy
been doing valiant service lor the lmocrai.
Nothing woubi have constituted such a vul
nerable paint of attack against the dominant
.any in this fall's campaign as nn old-t""''-toned
rivers and ImrbuM bill-New YoiL i"
ing Post.
If ririiutor Button and tho.-e net. as with '"
can defeat the rivets uud burbors bill " f
a heuvy reduction of the upproimatlou. ll"y
will render u great service to the emiiii. -and
uUo to the democratic party -HWiJii.'1'o-lls
News.
If President Wilson Is to become iho watch
dog of the Tteasury" ho v. Ill find u need deal
of watching necessary. Washington Star.
WAR AND THE ROYAL INVOCATION
Blums not tha Christian faith for this Ma1
war;
Christ never spoke a word that made it right
To murder men in bitter hate
And turn a sun-lit world to dark'-t night.
W. J. r-
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