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A Professor Describes a "Machine"
POSSIBLY Professor William Mllllgnn
Sloano, In lecturing before German stu
dents at Berlin and Munich on "Party Gov
ernment In the United States," had Penroso
Ism rh mind when ho said: "Where the or
ganization of paity Is known ns tho 'ma
chine,' both place and money bribery abound,
nnd the slime of tho serpent Is on every po
litical and social Institution because It is on
the hearts of tho men and women concerned,
tho people who set up and work tho wholo
machinery of life. Tho fountain cannot rlso
nbovo Its source except by artifice: there are
times nnd places where party machinery be
comes so foul that it is clogged and stopped."
irpuciTioN suns at tub rittuiOEiPtni rostoirlca roa
MR! AH rcM-CI.8 Milt MATTtn
riUUIir.Il'IIIA, MON1IVY, 5I.ni.MHKU 31, 191 1
Tear Down the Black Flag
THE country will not fall to appreclnto
whero Pennsylvania stands If Ponroielim
is repudiated and Doctor Rrumuatigh Is tri
umphantly elected. It will bo a mesEago lo
the Union that the Keystone State Is per
meated with devotion to Republican prin
ciples and her Ideals Imbedded In n morality
that cannot be bought or sold. Every hopo
of Republican rehabilitation Is fixed on tho
Pennsylvania campaign. This Is the crucial
State, for here It la that discredited leader
ship Is making its flnnl atand for vindica
tion. With the disruption of Penroselsm
the last of tho parasites will bo torn looso
from tho party body. It will at length bo
free; free to glow, free to breathe, free to
absorb invigorating elements, free to fight,
as tho young giant onca fought before, for
a great and vital economic program. Penn
sylvania Is tho only State left with n bluck
nag nailed to tho masthead of the party
organization, nnd Pennsylvania l going to
tear It down.
Tragedies of the Commonplace
THE great dramatic moments of life do not
ordinarily take place in earthquakes and
shipwrecks. Xor aro tho tragedies of normal
existence confined to million-dollar thefts,
sudden death and bloodshed "Tho great
American play must deal with problems that
confront every man and woman," declared
Miss Helen Waro tho other day, through tho
columns of this nowspaper. Miss Ware cited
the domestic debacles which result from ex
travagant living as being tho basis for mod
ern tragedies of Shakespearean calibre.
The time has assuredly como when tho se
rious dramatist should eschew medieval
romance and tragedy for tho even greater
romance and tragedy of present-day life.
How can the Imbroglio of a 16th century
klngdomette compare with tho colossal drama
of our national finance and commercial war
fares? Tho great drama, the trenchant mu
sical comedy, the npropos sketch-satire must
deal, if It bo In tho spirit of the times, with
themes familiar to everyday life, as Intimate
to every man and woman as knives and
forks, soap and water, neckties and hairpins.
It is in, small things of llfo that aro of
prodlclous importance. A fiy in tho coffee
may poison the nectar of l've It is not im
possible by any means to imagino tho bland,
complacent husband, addicted to his evening
newspaper, whipped to a truly Shakespearean
thirst for murder by tho bridge or etichro
obsessed wlfo pestering him nightly to play
a game. The egg cooked a minute too long
daily and tho neglected laundry persistently
lacking buttons might readily bring a bllsi
ful couple to tho divorce court, and the want
of kitchen or general economy drive an
exasperated husband to the saloon, the club
or the use of a concrete club; or even murder.
One of the leading surfragottes In America
was goaded to desert her Hpouse, and thence
to become an exponent of militancy, by her
husband's failing to agree with her in rogard
to the rights of labor unions! Certea,
comedy material worthy of a modern Aris
tophanes, or the highest flights of Bernard
Shaw or George fohan!
Spending Money on the Wrong Things
THC Municipal Court has made one record
which Is not likely soon to be broken:
Us extravagance has become a standard of
measurement. Not content with tho lux
urious quarters now assigned to it, It wants
n 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 bo a line thing for Philadelphia to
have n new public building, or several of
them, nnd when some of the constitutional
lestrlctlons of the city's borrowing capacity
tiro removed it might be good policy to build
them. Hut just now there are fur more exi
gent needs for all the ensh available. It Is
very obvious that sound business policy does
not dictate In nil Instances tho financial
program of Councils.
Facts Their Best Argument
FACTS will bo fighting on the side of tho
Eastern railroads whun, next month, they
go before tho Interstate Commerce Commis
sion to renew their petition for freight rate
advances. If before they could mako a
strong showing, they now can mako a
brilliant one. Their caso Is substantially
fortified.
A year ago the main difficulty that con
fronted them was Uie high cost of capital,
resulting from unsatisfactory net returns.
That Is tho main difficulty today; but mean
time tho cost of capital has mounted even
higher. Not only have net revenues dwindled
becnuso of a shortage in import and export
traffic; not only have Interest, in general,
tralllc; not only have interest rates, in gen
eral, risen, but a market for tho sale of new
securities is now non-existent, while upon
the reopening of the New York Stock Ex
ehangu foreign holders of American rails aro
likely to flood the market. Higher freight
rates point the obvious way out of this
dilemma.
W2
New Words in An Old Lunuu"c
achieves something which is new to the
world, it often happens that his name is
attached for all subsequent time to the dis
covery which ho makes or the theory which
he formulates. The namo of Copernicus thus
becomes an adjectivo In reference to the
Copernican theory. The name of Darwin ac
quires a sufllx in discussions of Darwinism.
Tho namo of Pasteur Is perpetuated in a
verb It Is likewise in philosophy, in politics,
In religion, with such terms as Hegellanlsm,
Uncolnlan statesmanship, Christianity. A
man who makes a great contribution to tho
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, tliero 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 Machlavelli. The gerrymander is not Itself
In good repute, though the word has a detl
nlto and useful meaning. Another woid of
similar origin, one which Is well understood
all over the country and even elsewhere, is
Penroselsm. So much for future fame!
Too Big a Price to Pay
WHEN men of the stamp of McKinloy and
Dlngley wrote tariff hills there was no
doubt of the country's devotion to tho prin
ciple of protection. The nation wants pro
tection now, but thinks, and rightly thinks,
that Penroselsm Is too big a price 10 pay for
It. Pennsylvania can pauperize tho party In
the rest of the nation if it wibhes, by elect
ing Mr. Penrose, but nowhere else do mm
believe that progress can be mado by ba k
stepplng. An ambassador to Washington
who represented motley elements of organ
ized corruption InBtead f the people of
Pennsylvania might talk loud, b'it he would
talk vainly in the I'apitol. There is a Chlnesu
wall between tho millions who want protec
tion and protection itself. That wall I Pen
rnselim, and until it is battered down th
free traders will continue their experimen
tations at Washington.
"To All Lovers of Fair Pin)"
Fort a good many years Prof, Huso
Muensterberg has been a welcome so
journer In thin country. His interpretations
of American life from the dual standpoint of
a German and a ps chologl.it have been most
Interesting und valuable. We know him as
Professor Muenstei berg of Harvard" and
wish a long duration of hit) ambassadorship,
lie has just published a new book, called
"America and the War," and dedicated It
"10 all lovers of fair play," In it he d-
dares thut the American people hae formed i
their opinions concerning the European war j
with tho unanimity of sheep. He says that j
their nnti-German attitude is akin to the ,
American poncnant for lynching, and that U
Is the product of auto-?ugtestion, induced
and fostered by colored news from England
France and Uelgium- Popular ignorance is j
the cause of this boatUUj. Professor $usu- ',
htcrberg implies that sympathy with rier-
many is the outcome of education and ,
culture. j
Whatever may b the faults of American '
public opinion, this attack on It is iuh likely
to further tho purpose of the book. More- I
over, it probably would surprise professor '
Muensterberg to know 10 what extent i
readers of war news in this iountir Jutv
taken into account the sources f it. It is
an American habit in forming opinion to
consider where the information cumes from, j
When President Wilson told the Belgian '
envoys und tabled thf- Uermiti i:mpcror that
tho Government in Washington would nut
attempt to render judgment on the ques
tions that had bexm presented to him he wai
"t
True to Their Conventions
THROUGH tho hideous red war-mist two
facts stand out plainly:
One fact la that Great Britain, with sin
cerity that must be conceded, carried out her
written promise, her treaty-plighted word, to
Belgium. She knew thero would bo 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-discrlmlnatlon in Panama tolls,
facing honest difference of opinion as to our
baslo rights, sot an example of international
probity und good faith, of the Anglo-Saxon
regard for the sacredness of tho spoken and
written promise, which was a splendid fore
runner of Great Britain's action.
That the two groat English-speaking na
tlons hav declared to the world thoy are
one in demanding the observance of Interna
tional obligations, no matter what the cost,
is the strongest guarantee that future agree
ments will mean what they say nnd shall not
be "scraps of paper," to he torn an4 tossed
to the winds at the cynical caprice of any
ruler.
PASSED BY THE CENSOR
THE visit to this country of a special Bel
gian Embassy recalls the tlmo spont In tho
United States by Ll Hung Chang, Chinese
statesman and admirer of General Grant.
It was his dovotlon to tho memory of the
American General which nearly precipitated
International complications between tho then
Celestial Empire and old Erin. JLl arrived
in New York city and, according to the
by-laws of his nntlvo land, was not permit
ted to touch his sllk-clnd feet upon heathen
foreign soil. So, wherever he went, regal
carpots were laid, or tho old gentleman Wns
carried in Sedan chairs.
It was so when ho visited Grant's tomb on
Hlversldo Drive, New York. Stepping- from
his carriage, ho entered a waiting Sodnn
chair. Four husky Irish policemen stepped
forward, red of face and III nt ease. Kor a
moment they hesitated, one or two essayed
to speak, but emotion ovcrcamo them. They
grasped the handles and New York wit
nessed tho nmazlng sight of a Chinaman
carried to anything but a patrol wagon by
four Irish policemen I
THERE wns yet another delegation from a
foreign nation In this country, tho threo
Poors, who sought nld In their war against
Urltaln. No sooner had they landed than an
enterprising weekly paper commandeered
them und brought them Into a special room
In their hotel, where the sun wns bright,
and had a photographer lake nn even dozen
plctuics In various, more or less graceful, nt
ttludes. And when the twelve plates were devel
oped, Just one pair of magnificent coattnlls
appeared to view! The plates had been
light-struck, and tho delegates were on
their way home:
I
N THE days when Hrooklyn was yet n
municipal entity, David A. Uoody was Its
Mayor. Mr. lioody Is a gentleman to his
linger tips, nnd was completely out of touch
with tho political gang which ruled tho City
of Churches. Put as a Mayor he was not al
together a success, for tho "gang" took
great plcasuto in "putting things over on
him." So It wus no wonder that one day
tho telephone In his office rang violently
and nn excited volco ut tho other end of
tho wire informed tho Mayor that at a cer
tain number In Raymond street thoro was
congregated tho "greatest aggregation of
thieves, cutthroats, burglars and criminals
ever gathered under one roof. Tho Mayor
at once passed the news to Chief of Police
Campbell, who sent n wagonload of police
men to the place.
On a dead run the patrol dashed down
Raymond street and drew up before the
Raymond street jail!
Afti-r all. In falrntns, it should not bs for
gotten that there was a time when Klsass
and J.othrini;en were original German
provinces-
It Is not so diilicult to credit louse ru
mors of atrocities committed by thai hand
of Oermans In Belgium German bands are
famous for their atrocious music
It Is worth while to swullow a wholesome
ivinoirat in order t" secure a wholesome Re
publican majority in iOta.
The effect of the decreased immediate de
mand for cotton is nut localised in the Eouth.
It affects the welfare ft the entire l'nitJ
States. The buy-a-bole.of-eoiton movununt
will not eura tfea situation, bat every littlo
bit helps.
In these modern 4a it seeius that it
would be more uD-t"data fur the armies to i gad wails of Mrs I'aughlln have Uecn un
DURING the days preceding our own war
with Spain. General Woyler was nearly
lynched In a newspaper olllce, only ho did not
know it, and it Is doubtful whether his
ignorance lias been dispelled even now. It
was at tho time when the chrome news
papers uorc out-yelloinS ono another to
tho fullest extent of their Ingenuity nnd
regardless of their financial wounds. The
yellowest or them all conceived the Idea that
it would he a splendid thing If It could get
Woyler Into the hands of the Cuban Insur
rectos, obtain his last statement, have him
lynched and then photographed. Men were
sent to Cuba to visit the revolutionists, and
nil the arrangements for the kidnapping were
completed, when the proprietor of thf- paper
In question backed water, and declined to see
the "enterprise" through. When pressed for
an explanation, ho gave voice to the follow
ing cryptic utterance:
"I don't mind being yellow, but I'll bo
dashed If I want tho world to think thut I
am purple."
STILL, being "purple" is not nearly so bad
as being born lo tho purple without the
needed financial bucking, as was the case nt
Fredfilc Lomaltrc, the great French actor.
I.emaltro was in debt from the clay of his
birth to tho day he died not ordinary Indebt
edness, but ovtrw helming financial obliga
tions. So he spout most of his waking hours
evolving plans for raising money. And even
now, In Its spnre moments, Paris remembers
his vagarlos.
A new play was billed. Lemaltre was
the star. At T o'clock in the evening, an
hour before the cm tain was to go up, tho
manngor received a note from a pawnbroker,
informing him thnt Lemnltro had pawned
himself for 20,000 francs and that thero
would bo no performance unless he was re
deemed. He was.
Another tlmo Pans was amazed when It
saw Lemnltro driving down tho Hols in a
magnificent equipage, drawn by four while
horses. A friend hailed him from the sidewalk-.
"You are a fool, I.emaltre, buying such
an expensive carriage, when you are head
over heels In debt. Why did you do it?"
"1 had to." responded Lmnaltio, sticking
a torn shoe out of tho window, "How tho
douco 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 tho
Tremunt Street Theatre and saw a sign
reading:
Matlneo today
S P. M.
8tlA(U.
"Who in biases Is Sharp? Put Stetson
there," he thundered, and nn amount of ex
planation would induce him to change his
mind. But it was when Haron de Orlniiu,
the artist, stagqd Rider Haggard's "Slio" for
(Kelson, that thf latter broke ad grammatical
ic-cord. In the play was a line:
"She, who must be obeyed," and Stetson
anruel for three blessi-4 lu urs that it should
have been "lint, wbo must be obeyed."
MRS. miwu CAUOHUN, of Monro's
Flat. JCevada, l desperately anxious to
resign h- Mince, but t'nrle 8am has declined
with thanks and so she is still pofctinistltss,
a mile from the nearest habitation, i her
husband a hundred miles away. The ov
erotnent i an get no one else to tab" tho place.
which Mays only li a month- There must bu
some wie in clutrKv uf the ulllce, s the pleas
be uutomubillzed.
-Now that tbs New l'ojk police have put
a uutetus on that man who was renting
babies to criminals for use at their trials,
ha will doubtless complain ut it as another
blow at our infant industries-
Within a year New York city will have
between fjO and 60 miles of new subways
rtady for updating; within a year Philadel
phia will liavt to remove about EO or 60 miles
of red tape aod other obstructions between
her and the new subways.
availing. Now she has induced her Uundara"
to withdraw their security, hoping thnt this
move Wilt fore her out of on olllce Umt
sought the woman and, having gained her.
kept her a Pe4ra! prisoner.
imAPFOUU
CUUIQSITV SHOP
The field of Forty Footsteps according to
the lc-Keud was- a meadow in old London, on
whosu Mit tt.i- l.ni.bh Musi-um now stands.
It was also known a.-, Southampton Field.
During Die Monmouth rebellion two brothem
espouseti opjio.-ne jjiUts and fought a duel
oa the meadow Lvih were slain and, accord
ing to tho stbry, 40 footprints were visible
for many years, for no grass would grow
whero tho fratricidal blood had stained the
sward.
Oxtail soup Is of olden origin, dating back
to tho Protestant refugees who flod from
Franco nfter tho revocation of tho kdlct of
Nantes, In 1C86. In tho extremity of want
they bought tho tails of oxon from tanners
nnd mado soup therefrom. Accident brought
tho edible to tho attention of an epicure, 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 wns given In banter
to Sir Robert Walpole. On February 11, 1712,
ho said In the House of Commons!
"Having Invested me with a kind of mock
dignity and styled mo a 'prlmo minister,' tho
Opposition imputes to mo nn unpardonable
nbusa of tho chimerical authority which they
only created and conferred."
Somewhere between heaven and earth Is
suspended Mohammed's "stepping stone,"
unless tho Moslem legend Is inaccurate. Ac
cording to this source, when Mohammed
mounted the benst, Al Horak, on his ascent
to heaven, tho stone started to follow him,
whereupon tho prophet laid his hand upon It
nnd bade It stay whero It wns. Honco, to
this tiny, true believers may seo It suspended
on high.
IN A SPIRIT OF HUMOR
The War Game
French troops check Germans.
German army checks Russians.
Austrlajis checked In Gnllcla.
Sounds llkq the bnggage room of a rail
rood station,
We'll Leave This Entirely to Our Headers
Correspondent, writing on n lettorhoad of
tho mental detention room of a local hos
pital, asks whether the following could bo
called a "poem":
"Give credit whom It duo Is
To the whiskers of Ham Lewis."
Wo would NOT call It a poem; what wo
really think of It shnll go down Into the dark
Rntl dank grave with our mortal rcmnnnts.
Wonder Wltnt Wns Meant
"Tho only homes I want nre Paris and
better make the most of
Heaven."
"Well, you'd
Paris."
Wish Wc Knew a Caption Harrowing Enough
To Do Justice to Thist
Some parents think an heir a crying need.
And that's tho way he usually turns out.
From the News Columns
she.
The full bride Is a wondrous thing
Of furbelows nnd laces.
As pretty as tho new blown rose
The wedding page she graces.
HE.
Tho bridegroom docbii't count at all;
Tho future, glum he faces;
An ordinary mortal, ho.
On chocks, his name he places.
Hone!, This Really Happened
We walked Into a barber shop to have our
luxuriant curls denatured, dhnlnuted, singed,
massaged and otherwise maltreated. The
barber wont to work with a will and scissors.
Ho clipped and combed nnd clipped. He
spoke not. Then he brushed off the expur
gated hair, combed what remained, took off
tho towel about our swan-like neck; we paid
him and walked out. Strange? Most as
suredly, for he never cvon once, much less
oftcner, raised a minor 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, an olflcc boy."
The niuw-Out
"What happened to Babylon?" asked tho
teacher of her Hrooklyn class.
"It tell!" cried the pupil.
"And what became of Nineveh?'
"ft was destroyed."
"And what of Tyre?"
"Punctured." Exchange.
A Purist
Western Visitor (accosting citizen
you toll mo a good place to stop at?
Citizen Certnknly: Just before the '
Good day, sir. Hostnn Transcript.
Can
'at."
His Preparation
you had any experience
in the
"Have
movies."
"Oh, yes, sli; I was for ten years with
furniture vnn." Rultimoro American,
I
Ideal Husband
may say r have an
ideal hus-
for
"Yes,
band.
"An Apollo for looks, a Chesterfield
mnuneis," rhapsodized, the girl,
"Tlios-e things don't count In husbands,
my dear. Mine stays fairly sober and brings
most of his salary home." Pittsburgh Post.
I)!i, Phaw !
K. F Slia-. new Chlneja MlnUtcr. urrHes with
(lie dilldren anil a retlnu of ttent -seven."
Noviapr Item.
Poor Persia mourns her awful loss.
The Shah no longer rules as boss.
He's In this laud, wo read, becauso
(Ami here foi rhymes we're forced to paujso.)
He represents the land of Heaven
Of family (and servants) thoio aro 27.
Hurrah for China and Its Shah,
Who nf tho children Is the pa!
Pronminia to rhyinu ith "Iiom."
Generosity
-Mr. McNab (lo urchin i What's tht mat
ter, laddlo?
t'rchin-1've lost my 'openny!
Mr. McNab Aye, dlnna gilovo. Here's a
match to find It, London Opinion,
Neighbor's Children
' What it tb scientific namo of the small
creature who in ruining your fruit this
year?" asked Mrs. Pobbs,
"It has no scientific nninu," replied Mrs.
p.lobbs. "Hut it is vulgarly known as Jimmy
Pobbs." Washington Star.
THK OI.O FLAG
lly II. C. riuuurr
(iff with your hat as tho Hug goes by,
And lot the heart huvo 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. the lump Just then In your thraat that
rose
Hjwkfc moie than your parted liiw.
DONE IN PHILADELPHIA
WHEN I rend a few days ago that two
lots of the Qlrard Estato In the vicinity
of Third and Porter Streets had Just been
sold by tho city for moro than ?34000, it
Instantly occurred to mo that that was only
a little loss than a third of the total vnluo of
the realty owned by Glrnrd In old Passyunk
township nt tho time of his death,
Glrard was ono of tho first men hero to
realize tho worth of realty as an Investment.
Thoro had been land speculators before him
In the field, of course, but ho was cautious
and, unlike Nicholson, who, at ono time, had
an ownership In about one-sixth of tho State,
Glrard, for the great part, had his .holdings
In Philadelphia. Ills ventures outside In
cluded his coat lands In Pennsylvania, which
are still very profitable, and other land In
Louisiana.
He left to tho city for tho support of his
wonderful college for orphan boys somo of
tho most valuable land In tho central part
of tho city. It Is truo that pieces of this
property, owing to tho changes of business
centres, arc not now so profitable as they
onco woro, yet those properties In tho neigh
borhood of tho river, ns Glrard understood,
never can cease to bo of value so long as
we have nny commerce at nil.
WHEN Glrard died ho was the richest
man In this country. Tho inventory filed
by his executors showed that his total prop
erty, rcat and personal and ho had a great
denl of both was valued, In 1832, at moro
than $0,000,000.
AV'c have becomo so accustomed to tho
millionaire In our day and, In our conversa
tions at least, aro even now flirting with
billions, that wo do not reallzo what $0,000,000
meant In 1832.
Thero was no other man In tho United
States at thnt tlmo who could hold rank
nnywliero near Glrard In tho point of wealth.
Tho Immense fortunes with which wo aro
so familiar aro of much later date: they
aro oven of our own times, when the work of
exploiting tho resources of tho country
began.
GIRARD'S fortune was piled up labori
ously and slowly. It was not specula
tive, lu tho modern benso of tho word. He
was a keen buyer; ho know values, whether
It was of wines, which ho imported by the
shipload and bottled and sold, or of real
estate, which ho bought and rented. Ho was
constantly Importuned to take stock In the
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 he regarded theso ns contributions and
not business.
For instanco, wo find his executors enter
ing one share each in Lc Courrlor des Etnts
Unls, the French newspaper; In the Do
mestic Society, in the Susquehanna and
Lehigh turnpike nnd in the Downingtown
nnd Ephrata turnpike, but they did not place
any value opposlto them. These wero not
regarded us Investments by a man llko
Glrard, but we do find him owning 2200
shares in the Schuylkill Navigation Com
pany, and theso were valued In 1S32 at
$26-4,000. Ho held nearly a million In Penn
sylvania 5 per cents, and SllS.fiOO In City E
per cents,
His coal lands, which consisted of nearly
30,000 acres In Schuylkill County, wero
valued at $175,2-10 at the time of tho Inven
tory. Now they return a profit of moro than
that every year.
His Philadelphia holdings wero listed at
$1,189,631, and no other man owned so
much nt that time. Tho Glrard Estato has
now three buildings worth moro than that
amount, to say nothing of the college Itself.
&
LTHOUGH Glrard's holdings In the south
ern part of the city contained consider
able acreage, and one of his pat eels of land
In Passyunk township contained his "plan
tation" or country place, they were valued
at loss than $112,000. I should not like to
venturo upon nn estimate of their value to
day, for on tho slto of part of his plantation
rows of houses of tho most modern charac
ter have been erected and lentcd. And still
theio Is more land to bo improved.
Three buildings, now covered by tho Mar
iner and Morchant Building, at Third and
Chestnut, wore rented in 1S32 at $1603, $1505
and $1005 lespertlvely a year. Ho hud a
dairy farm In Moyaiuenslng district that
routed for $90i) a year, nnd a wholo row of
dwellings on Fairmount avenue, thou Coates
stieet, that were rented for $257.50 a year
each.
For Hie old Dunlap houso, at the south
east corner of Twelfth and Market btrects,
Glrard lucolved $70S a year. This was re
garded as a largo rent for that locality in
tho.so days, hut I think any peison would bo
willing to glvo a good inuny times that
amount for such a corner now.
From all his city properties Uliard ic
eehod only a little more thuu $-!u,uOO a your
In rentals, und ho wiu the richest man in
tho 1'nlted States In his du.
BY that strange perversity of human na
ture that sometimes affects men of great
ness, Glrard desued to be lemembercd as
a mariner instead of a merchant, although
as the latter hu is, of coiiise, butter recalled.
It may not bo known that liuoth's greatest
ambition was to bo a comedian, yet It Is us
a tragedian that he became famous. On tho
other hand, his brother-in-law, John s.
Clarke, who wus a cotuediun of tho buffo
tpe, belloed he hlld failed in life becauso
the world would not accept him as a trug
dian. Napulenn at first desired to aclilevo
fame us a novelist, hut if ho did not achieve
that position, ho succeeded in providing at
mosphere, for countless pieces uf Union.
I feci sme that Philndelphians ate HUely
to fors't the mariner in Uirtuil In tho emit
ness and far-sightedness uf tho man of bus
iness. UliANVlLLE.
The Primaries a Vain Hunt!
Vtvia Ike MUuttUkec Sentinel.
!q beuoflueut feature if tho direct primary
js thai it closes an aiauineiit. If Uogw C.
Matlivan uere the nominee of a liuuiocratiu
fctiiU eanveiitlQli a piotu.st uould mount to the
wtl...j fi-..tu T,-trn,kOllK trt ltulvituin ix.i.lno, I.
linso struts would be red as the sunset shj? I bstruat of tho plain people, lu tills istse Uio
if death could have dyed them red. ' M neupie teem to h,ie iitmo it. Chtcaiw
Ko uouni. uui, euiu an argument!' When
did a direct Iiritnnrj ever eloxo un argument?
Wisconsin lias had much ex.iu lem-e in tliat
lias. The um of it Is that the very peoiilu
Lift up the boy on your shoulder, high.
AnU snow una mo tuuuu oiijku.
Those
The man that boro it with death has lain
These twenty years and more.
Ho rtiwl that tho work should not u in vaiii
(if the man who boro It before
The man thut bears it Is bent and old.
And ragged his beard and grai.
Hut look at his eye fire onng and hold
At the tune that he heais them iday.
The old tune thunders through all tho air
And strikes right into the heart.
If it ever calls for you, boy, be there
He there and ready to ttart.
t iff with your hat as the (lag goes b i
I neover the youngster's head'
Teach him to hold it holj and high,
rwr the sake of the sacred ilcad.
who invented the direct in-imai as tho ono wuv
in aeeure an unarguable verditt are always the
vr ones to go on ai gulag and kinking una
tlJiiiB to unset tho void let overy time it goes
(gainst them- They tire doing It now.
TIIK IDEAMST
Ttto Emperor of China assumetl terrific
obligations. Among them was the abspluto
guarantee that he would make the tui come
up cuch morning.
It is not a matter of reiord that the sun
eer fulled to put in appearunee. tiut therein
lies the reason fur the immeasurable faith
which the people wf the land put In their
t-ntAt hVl tfiAtn 1lrt 4irna ari AAfil. rt
ktav.ie m.i niv.ui nw nna nil CttllH'UUUi 1
RnmA -fnlb- ttifnl.- flirt 41i .-.. - , I
wwtu -..,,. ...... "on- mo 1'iuiuunu Try
spect Which Is paid a big man Is born bo1pV
do things that I cannot do. Ho can swav
mob, whereas I lack tho power to change th.
mind of a slnglo individual. Hence ha i
well entitled to my reverence. H'
I have Just read an Intensely Interesting
account of ono of tho country's BtromrMf1,
public men. It wns. not proven therein thus
ho possessed exceptional nblllty. ' "
Hut It was proven that ho nov'er broke hl i
word. "
. ",. . IS oxn?uy wrmt. earned for tho ,
ancient Chlneso rulers tho terrible fear nfwH
worshlnful ronnori ovlollnr. ,,.,-,,, n.-, ""af
jepta r " """" ""b v,,clr SUB. f
Among us nro Innumerable corrupt mn
who nssumo leadership In public life! n02
folks vlow their ascendency with fears o.
to what the world is really coming to. Search
far enough and you'll find tho reason tat
their power. ur
In tho obituary of most every Unprincipled
man of power you will find a hackneyed "it.
novor broke a promise." ")
Perhaps he only mado a few. But th.i
number does not count. If tho old Chinese
Lmperor had only guaranteed tho dally an.''
pourancc of tho sun and nothing more, that i
would lmvo been qulto sufficient to Wn
him on tho pedestal of roverenco nnd fear
THE IDEALIST)
VIEWS OF READERS
ON TfMFXV TOPICS
Contributions That Reflect Public Opin. '
ion on Subjects Important to City,
Slnlc nnd Nation.
To the V.dttor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir As an Independent Republican, Inter,
csted In having honest men elected to omc
and tho standard of my party lestotcd In Penn
sylvania, I am writing to commend your oppo.
sltlon to PenroBelsm. By so doing, through tht '
agency of your excellent paper you ronder '
great service to the citizens of our Stato. Th
nntl-Penroso sentiment Is very strong through
hero lu Westmoreland County, and only by th
elimination of Penroselsm can our party 'hopj '
totreturn to Its once high standard.
S. OVERHOLT.
Mt. Pleasant, Pa., September 15, 1011.
INTERESTS OF PEOPLE THROTTLED
To the 7'iJltor of the Evening Leduer!
Sir Permit me, as a reader of your public,
tlons, to express my observations of tho sentl
luent of tho people of this community.
Tho nun-partisan Judiciary and the uniform
primary nuts aie rapidly educating the peopla '
In favor of Independent political action nnd
non-pnrtlsnu voting. You will recollect that t
,thu latter act provides that a voter Is entitled
to a paity ballot where ho has voted for a
majority of the candidates of that party at the
preceding election. These acts can have no
other effect than to place the best interests of '
the Stnte and county before tho people at
future elections.
Tho Interests of the people of Pennsylvania
aro throttled by the fact thnt almost all our
largo daily pnpcis are controlled by politicians
thnt arc Inimical to tho good government of
our Stnte nnd counties.
DON G. CORBnTT.
Clarion, .Pa., September 15, 19M.
THE FUNCTION OF A NEWSPAPER
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir The truo function of a newspaper Is serv
ice to the public. I believe that you aro slncoro
In your opposition to Mr. Penrose, and I believe
that the forceful editorials which have appeared
In the Evening Ledger, and those which I be
lieve shall come, will contributu to a marked
degrr In bringing about bis defeat In Novem
ber. Keep up this service! W. II, IC
Philadelphia, September 16, 1914.
FROM A JOURNALIST
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Ruing a former newspaperman, I feel
impelled to wrlto you my congratulations nfter
carefully watching your Issues for the first thres
days of publication. The physical appearanca
of the paper commends itself, It Bcems to me,
above everything el&e. The news Is presented
not so that tho reuder may road, but so that he
mubt read.
To catch tho eye of tho reader immediately
Is ono thing demanded from an afternoon
paper. This you havo been able to do. Tin
generous uso of pictures, which seems to bo
your policy, almost needs no comment. Plctutes
to movit persons convoy a more lasting Impres
sion than almost anything they rend, and when
the public seo the plctuies, tho paper will Li
tlieits. A FRIEND.
Philadelphia, September 10, 1911.
FRANKLIN'S FIRST NEWSPAPER
To tho Editor of the Evt-nlng Ledger:
Sir Philadelphia is u vetltable treasuie city
fur relies of early AmerkaiK literature. Any
one not afraid be may meet the ghost of ona
of tho Ridguay family can bco lu tho great
Ilbraty down Rroad street original Issues of
tho press here, llko Bradford's Mercury (our
flist ncwspnppr), Franklin's General Magazine,
antl many more. A librarian's card on ono of
the old-tlmo publications reads something Ilka
thia:
"This Is the first number of Ben Franklin's
newspaper. It fhows that the newspapers of
early times were Just as modett us they ura
today."
Thnt caul Is misleading, for tho old-tlma
publication Is the first number of Samuel
Ri'lmer's paper, the L'nlvnsal Instructor of
All Aits anil Sciences and Pennsylvania G"
Ketto. This paper ctme out on December S,
17?'. nnd ran for three-qunitcrs of a year, and
was sold to Franklin & Meredith for a small
sum nliout August, 1729. Fianklln cut oft tin
"Unlveis.il Inslruutni" line of the heading and
called tho paper simply the Pennsylvania
IjUSetle.
SAMUlll, V. HUSKING.
Wi"i Pnrrkdi si., Philadelphia, Sept. is, Wit
"Inlulliyent and Forcible"
From West Cheater (Pa.) Dally Loeul News
Two Issuus of the l-lvenlng Ledger ot Phila
delphia have appealed, nnd in ull iu ia"r
toaiuKs It demuiixtrates that skilled nc-i.iper
talunt l employed lu ll making of .in evening
nuwspupcr for thu people. Its It) page rille
nil tho news of tii world that h worth leading,
and its nurj ill partuumt, nntatd.v those foi ths
homo circle, the ladiet,, the spurting f"11- '"
carefully conslib-ied with much elaiioi.itin.ss of
detail.
Udltorl.llly le livelong Ledger Is Intelligent,
toieible, itul'Cinli nt und eduiiitioiial.
NATIONAL 1'OIA'T OF VIEW
The pleasing information comes from Wash
ington that tho "pm It" hunting Senators havj
been rt pulsed, and that the $93.no.0(W river and
harbor Ml! will lie i educed, pmbably as much
list one-half, by cutting out of it all "nu' -tion-abif
item, both new and old. President Wj
Son hai Hppaiently once mure piovcd lmue
a much neuter polit'ehin than h- lias ten rotn
nioiih credited with helm,, lie rin, not div"
In that utmuspheiu of academic aluufne.- ironi
eonimio thing that some hne hastilj t,. Iir o.l
lilm to. It's "good politics" light now t
Hie paildinn Ut f all publli parullv ''n
people ure Uloused us m ver before to .n r
ivslve ost of a !' of vvliat h.i iJh.-l '"
government" in this country. .'hitu,o Hernia.
In fbjbtlna against the rivers nnd h rburl
bill as It caiae o the Senate, the filibusters,
altbOUVh they me Republicans, lmo lealir
been ilolns vilhuit service for thu liemoemis.
Nothing would have constituted such a mi
ncrabn India of attad, against the 'lomlua"
pirty la Hits fairs campaign us un M-i-nn
kin! rivets and harbors hill-New Voik favm-
(n,f Punt.
If tfBttor fiaiton ami those ueti.v with '"'"
can uefeat ths rivir8 and liaihois bill oi foix
a heavy mJgjrtUw Of flip oppiopilatloii. "w
will r4r a swat swvue to the c""""'
uud alau to the Hsinocratlc party -lii'llaiwl
Us evvs.
if irHlut U'dson is to beconu tl"" ",dt"'!i
aos ot tla Treasury" he will nm' a ,"otl lKJl
uf watching ustessory- Wathbieiou &'ar
WAU AN1! THK I1QYAL LNVtu: YTlt
Otain aot the Christian faith t- tin. l
'vvsi ;
l' nli nevei spoke u wonl tint m.ele it i i(i
To 'ininlei nun in liittti hat.
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