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PIIILADtLPlin, MONDAY. M.I'TI'.MIIf'.K 21, 191 1
Tear Down the Black l?la;
TIIK country will not toll to appreciate
wlmre Pennsylvania stands If Penroseism
is repudiated and Doctor Hrumbaugh Is tri
umphantly elected. It will be n message to
the Union that the Keystone State Is per
meated with devotion to Republican prin
ciples nntl Iter Ideals imbedded In a mornlity
that cannot he bought or sold. Kvery hope
of Republican rehabilitation Is fixed on the
Pennsylvania campaign. This is the crucial
State, for here it Is that discredited leader
ship in mnklng its final stand for vindica
tion. With the disruption of Penroaelsm
the last of the parasites will be torn looso
from the party body, tt will at length ho
free: free to htow, free to breathe, free to
absorb lmigorutlng elements, free to fight,
as the young glunt once, fought before, for
a great and vital economic program. Penn
sylvania Is the only State left with n black
Has nailed to the masthead of the party
organization, and Pennsylvania Is going to
tear it down.
speaking officially, bul ho reflected the gen
eral sentiment of the American people In
favor of neutrality of thought no well as of
speech and action, so far as such neutrality
Is consistent with a man's respect for his
own Intelligence.
A Professor Describes a "Machine"
-pOSSlBlvr Professor William Mllllgan
Sloono, In lecturing beforo German stu
dents at Berlin and Munich on "Party Gov
ernment In the United States," had Penroso
Ism In mind when he said: "Where tho or
ganization of party Is known ns tho 'ma
chine,' both place and money bribery abound,
and tho slime of tho serpent Is on overy po
litical and social Institution because It Is on
the hearts of the men and women concerned,
tho people who set up and work the whole
machinery of life. The fountain cannot rise
nbovo Its sottrco except by artifice; there nro
times nnd places whero party machinery be
comes so foul that It Is clogged and stopped."
PASSED BY THE CENSOR
Tragedies of the Commonplace
THK great dramatic moments of life do not
ordinarily take place in eurthriuakes and
shipwrecks. Nor are the tragedies of normal
existence confined to million-dollar thefts,
sudden death and bloodshed. "The great
American play must deal with probtoms that
confront every man nnd woman," declared
Miss Helen Ware the other day, through the
columns of this newspaper. Miss Ware cited
tho domestic debacles which result from ex
travagant living as being the basis for mod
ern tragedies of Shakespearean calibre.
The time has assuredly come when the se
rious dramatist should eschew medieval
romance and tragedy for the even greater
romance and tragedy of present-day life.
How can the imbroglio of a 16th century i
klngdometto compare with tho colossal drama I
of our national finance and commercial war
fares? Tho great drama, the trenchant mu
sical comedy, the apropos sketch-satire must
deal, if it be in the spirit of the times, with
themes familiar to everyday life, as Intimate
to every man and woman as knives und
forks, soai and water, neckties and huirpins.
It Js the small things of life that nre of
prodigious importance. A fly in the coffee j
may poison the nectar of love. It is not im- j
possible by any means to Imagine the bland,
complacent husband, addicted to his evening
newspaper, whipped to a truly Shakespearean I
thirst for murder by the bridge or euchr
Spending Money on the Wrong Things
THK Municipal Court has made one record
which Is not likely soon to be broken:
Its extravagance has become a standard of
measurement. Not content with tho lux
urious quarters now assigned to It, it wants
a building of Its own. Tho acquiescent Com
mittee on Finance hns provided In the loan
bill tho sum of $-100,000 for this purpose. H
would be a line thing for Philadelphia to
have a new public building, or several of
them, and when some of the constitutional
restrictions of the city's borrowing capacity
nro removed It might be good policy to build
them. Uut just now there nre far more exi
gent needs for all the cash available. It Is
very obvlotiH that sound business policy does
not (llctnto in nit Instances the financial
program of Councils.
Facts Their liest Arjnuneiit
the side of tho
xt month, they
go before the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion to renew thoir petition for freight rate
advances. If before they could make a
strong showing, they now can make a.
brilliant one. Their case Is substantially
fortified.
A year ago the main difficulty that con
fronted them was the 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
because of a shortage In Import and export
trnlllc; not only have Interest, In general,
traffic: 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
changu foreign holders of American rails nre
likely to flood the market. Higher freight
rates point the obvious way out of this
dilemma.
FACTS will be lighting on th
Knstern railroads when, next
New Words in An Old Language
WHEN, in his study of science, a man
achieves something which Is new to the
world, it often happens that his name is
attached for till subsequent time to the dis
covery which lie makes or the theory which
he formulates. Tho name of Copernicus thus
becomes an adjective In reference to the
Copernican theory. Tho 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 Hegellanism,
Lincolninn statesmanship, Christianity. A
man who makes a greut contribution to the
world's thought and the world's history rep
resents some Idea or principle or achievement
obsessed wife pestering him nightly to plnv j which is so distinctively his own that perhaps
a game. The egg cooked a minute too long ; "' "K"k,c ui-iiuuiiruues ois name lor its
daily and the neglected laundry persistently ! special purposes.
lacklnc buttons might readily bring a bliss- , sometimes, however, there is nothing com-
ful couple to the 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: 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's failing to agree with hfsr In regard
to the rights of labor unions! tV-rtes,
comedy material worthy of a modem Aris
tophanes. r th highest flights of Bernard
Shaw or George Cohan!
plimentary in this philological recognition.
To speak of a Machiavellian proposal, for in
stance, Is not to praise either tho 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
all over the country and oven elsewhere, is
Penroseism. So much for futuro fame!
True to Their Conventions
THROroiI the hideous rod war-mist two
facts stand out plainly:
One fact is that Great Britain, with sin-
WHEN men of the stamp of M-Kinley and -" l""1 ",WBt "' lllBU' carrion out nor
Dingley wrote tariff bills there was no written promise, her treaty-plighted word, to
aeigium. ane anew mere woum ue a learful
price to pay: she didn't falter.
Tho other fact is that President Wilson, in
sisting that this country carry out Its
j solemn promise to Great Britain regard
! ing non-discrimination in Panama tolls,
ing -Mr. Penrose, but nowhere else do men ' ""'" ""- iue,ui.-e u opinion as to our
bellee that progress can be made by back- i ,,aslc rlBht"- set un ''tumple of international
stepping. An ambassador u, Washington j Probity and good faith, of the Anglo-Saxon
who represented motley elements of organ- rtBard for lhe sacredness of tho spoken and
Jzed corruption instead of the p'opl of ! ""' 'i". wi.u-u wu plenum wrc
PeiiiihMvanta might talk loud, but he would t runner ot reat rltllin's "et'n-
Ph,i, t. Inn rcn.i L'nnlUk ... I.X
,ici. me tu t,,-,it wubKDii'Piicaftiutj na
tions have declared to the world they are
one In demanding tho observance of interna-
Too Big a Price to Pnv ,
doubt of the country's devotion to the prin
ciple of protection. Tho nation wants pro
tection now. but thinks, and rightly thinks, i
that Penroseism is too big a price to pay for j
It. Pennsylvania can pauperize the party in
tho rest of the nation If it wishes, by elect-
talk vainly in the Capitol. There is a Chinw
wall between the millions who want protec
tion and protection Itself, That wall is Pen
roseism. and until it is battered down th6
free traders will continue their experimen
tations ai Washington,
"To All Lover of Fair Piny
Foil a good many years Prof, Hugo
Muet.su rberg has been a welcome so
journer in this cuuntrj. His interpretations
of Ann riean lite from the dual standpoint of
a German and a, psychologist have been most
Interesting .utd valuable. Wo know him w
Professor MuensterbvrB of Harvard" and
wish a long duration of his arnbassudorship.
tlonal obligations, no matter what the coat,
Is the strongest guarantee that futuro ngrco.
meats will mean what they say and shall not
he "scraps of pnpor." to be torn and tossed
to the winds at tho cynical caprice of any
ruler.
After oil. In falrncps, it should not be for
gotten that there was a time when Klsast.
and Lothringen were original German
provinces.
Jt is not so tjitllcuit to credit those ru
mor of atrocities conrmittea by that band
He has just published a new book, called of Germans In Belgium. German bands ore
"America and the War." and dedicated It
to all lovers of fair play." In it he ie.
Clares that the American ptople nave formed
their opinions concerning th Kuropeait war
With the unanimity of sheep. He says that
their anti-UernuMi attitude is akin to the
American penchant fr lynching, and that it
is the product of autu.sugeestion, induced
and fostered by colored news from England.
France and Belgium, Popular ignorance is
the iause of this hostility. Professor aiuen
Hterberg implies that sympathy with tier
many Is the outcome of education and
culture.
Whatever may be lhe faults of American
public opinion, this attack on it is not liktly
to further the purpose of the wools. More.,
over, it probably would surprise- Profesafcr
Muenstt-rberg to know tt what extent
readers of war news in this country have
aken into account the source of it. t i
'. W American habit in forming opinion to
consider where the information comes from.
When President Wilson told the Belgian
envoys nd tabled the German Empror that
the Government in Washington would not
attempt to render judgment on the iiues-
fanious for their atrocious music.
tt Is worth while to swallow a wtjolesam.0
penvM-rat in order to securo a wholesome lie-
publican majority in !3iS.
The effect of the decreased Immediate de
mand for cotton is not localized In the South.
It affects tho welfare of the entire United
States- The buya'baleofTCtton movement
will not euro the situation, but every Httlo
bii helps.
lu these modern days it seems that it
would be mo up-to-date tut tho armlss to
be automobliiied,
Nw Ihgt tije New VoiiJ police have put
u qutatua or that roan 'lw was renting
babies to criminals for use at their trials,
h will doubtless complain of it as another
blow at our Infant Industries.
Within a year New York city will have
between 50 and 60 miles of new subwas
ready for operating; within a jear Philadel
phia will have to remoe about 60 or 60 miles
THE visit to this country of a special Bel
gian Embassy recalls the time spent In tho
United States by LI Hung Chang, Chlncno
statesman and admirer of General Grant,
it wan his devotion to tho memory of the
American General which nearly precipitated
International complications between tho then
Celestial Emplro and old Erin. 1A arrived
in Now York city and, according to tho
by-laws of his nntlvo Innd, was not permit
ted to touch his silk-clad feet Upon heathen
foreign soil. So, wherever ho wont, regal
carpets were laid, or tho old gentleman was
carried in Sedan chnlrs.
It was so when ho visited Grant's tomb on
Riverside Drive, Now York. Stepping from
his carriage, ho entered a waiting Sedan
chair. Four husky Irish policemen stepped
forward, red of face and 111 at case. For a
moment they hesitated, ono or two essayed
to speak, but emotion overcame them. They
grasped the handles nnd New York wit
nessed the nmnzing sight of n Chinaman
carried to anything but a patrol wagon by
four Irish policemen I
THERE was yet another delegation from a
foreign nation In this country, tho three
Boers, who sought aid In their war against
Britain. No sooner had they landed than (in
enterprising weekly paper commandeered
them nnd brought them Into a special room
In their hotel, whero tho sun was bright,
and had n photographer take an even dozen
pictures In various, more or less graceful, at
titudes. And when tho twelve plates were devel
oped, Just ono pair of magnificent coatlalls
appeared to view! Tho plates had been
light-struck, nnd tho delegates were on
their way homo!
IN THE days when Brooklyn was yet a
municipal entity, David A. Boody was Its
Mayor. Mr. Boody Is a gentleman to his
finger tips, nnd wns completely out of touch
with the political gang which ruled the City
of Churches. But as a Mayor he was not al
together a success, for tho "gang" took
great pleasure In "putting things over on
him." So it was no wonder that ono day
the telephone in his office rang violently
and an excited voice at tho other end of
the wire Informed tho Mayor that at a cer
tain number in Raymond street 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 w.igonlond of pollco
men to the plnce.
On a dead run the patrol dashed down
Raymond street and drew up beforo thu
Raymond street jail I
DURING the days preceding our own war
with Spain, General Weyler was nearly
lynched In a newspaper office, only ho did not
know It, and it is doubtful whether his
Ignorance has been dispelled even now, It
was at tho time when the chromo news
papers were out-yellowing ono 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 bo n splendid thing If It could get
Weyler Into the hands of the Cuban Insur
rectns. obtain his last statement, have him
lynched and then photographed. Men were
sent to Cuba to visit the revolutionists, and
all the arrangements for the kidnapping were
completed, when the proprietor of the paper
in question backed water, and declined to see
tho "enterprise" through. When pressed for
an explanation, he gave voice to the follow
ing cryptic utterance:
"I don't mind being yellow, but I'll bo
dashed if I want the world to think that I
nm purple."
STILL, being "purple" is not nearly so bad
as being born to the purine without the
needed financial backing, as was the case of
Frederic Lemaitre, the great French actor.
Lemaitre was in debt from the day of his
birth to tho day ho died not ordinary indebt
edness, but overwhelming financial obliga
tions. So ho 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. Lemaitre was
the star. At 7 o'clock in the ovoning, an
hour before the curtain was to go up, tho
manager received n note from a pawnbroker,
informing him that Lemnltro had pawned
himself for 20,000 francs nnd that thero
would be no performance unless ho waa re
deemed. Ho was.
Another time Paris was amazed when It
saw Lemaitre driving down the Rols in a
magnificent equipage, drawn by four white
horses. A friend hailed him from the side
walk. "You are a fool, Lemaitre, buying such
an expensive carriage, when you are head
over heels In debt. Why did you do it?"
"I had to," responded Lemaitre, sticking
a torn shoo out of the window. "How tho
deuce could I nfford to walk the street
looking like that?"
A SIMILAR character, but American, was
John Stetson, the Boston theatrical man
ager. One afternoon ho arrived at the
Tremont Street Theatre and saw a sign
reading;
Matinee today
2 P. M.
SHARP.
"Who In blazes is Sharp? Put stetson
there," ho thundered, and no amount of ex
planation would induce him to change his
mind. But it was when Baron do Grimm,
tho nrtist, stftgnd Rider Haggard's "She" for
Stetson, that the latter broke all grammatical
records. In the pktJ" was a line:
"She, who must be obeyed," and Stetson
argued for three blessed hours that It should
have been "Her, who must bo obeyed."
MRS. ETHEL CAUOHLIN, 0f
Flat, Nevada, Is desperately a
l red tape and other uOaiructums between
i tions. that had been x'reseuted to him he was I her ana the new subway
of Moore's
anxious to
I resign her office, but Uncle Sam has declined
with thanks and so she Is btill postmistress,
a mile from the nearest habitation, with her
I husband a hundred miles away. The Gov
I ornment can get no ono else to tako tho place,
j which pays only 510 a month- There must be
I some one in charge of the office, so tho pleas
I and wails of Mrs. Caughlln have been un
availing. Now she has induced her bondsmen
to withdraw their security, hoping that this
move will force her uut 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
the lecend- was a meadow in old London, on i
1 whose site the British Mubeuin now stands. ,
It was also Known as Southampton Field.
i During the Monmouth rebellion two brothers
espoused opposite sides and fought a duel j
I pa the meadow. Both were slain and accord.- I
Ing to the story, 40 footprints were visible
tor many years, for no grass would grow
whero tho fratricidal blood had stained the
sward,
Oxtail soup is of otden origin, dating back
to tho Protestant refugees who fled from
France after tho revocation of tho Edict of
Nantes, In 1686. In tho extremity of want
they bought tho tails of oxon from tnnncrs
nnd made soup therefrom. Accident brought
tho edible to tho attention of an epicure, who
liked tho broth so well that he proclaimed Its
Virtues until It became a fashlonablo dish,
Tho tltlo of Prlmo Minister was not
ofllclnlly conferred, but wns given in bnntor
to Sir Robert Wnipolo. On February 11, 1712,
ho said In tho House of Commons:
"Having Investetl mo with a kind of mock
dignity and styled mo a 'prime minister,' tho
Opposition Imputes to mo nn unpardonable
abuse of tho chimerical authority which they
only created and conferred."
Somewhere between heaven and earth Is
suspended Mohammed's "stopping stone,"
unless tho Moslem legend Is Inaccurate. Ac
cording to this source, when Mohammed
mounted tho beast, Al Bornk, on his nscont
to he.ivon, tho stono started to follow him,
whereupon tho prophet laid his hand upon It
and bade It stay whero It was. Henco, to
this day, truo believers may sco It suspended
on high.
IN A SPIRIT OF HUMOR
Tlio Wnr Game
French troops check Germans.
German army checks Russians.
Atistrlnns chocked In Gallcln.
Sounds like the baggage room of n rail
road station.
We'll Leave This Kntircly lo Our Readers
Correspondent, writing on n letterhead of
the mental dotontlon room of a local hos
pital, asks whether the following could bo
called ti "poem":
"Give credit whom It duo Is
To tho whiskers of Ham Lewis."
Wo would NOT call It a poem; what wo
really think of It shnll go down Into the dark
and dunk grave with our mortal remnants.
Wonder What Was Meant
"Tho only homos I want tiro Paris nnd
Heaven."
"Well, you'd better make tho most of
Paris."
Wisli Wo Knew a Caption Harrowing Enough
To Do Justice to This!
Some parents think nn heir a crying need.
And that's the way ho usually turns out.
From the News Columns
she.
The fall bride Is a wondrous thing
Of furbelows nnd laces,
As pretty as tho new blown rose
The wedding page she graces.
HE.
The bridegroom doesn't count at all;
Tho future, glum ho faces;
An ordinary mortal, lie,
On checks, his name he places.
Honest, This Really Happened
Wo walked into a barber shop to have our
luxuriant curls denatured, dltnlnuted. singed,
massaged and otherwise maltreated. Tho
barber went to work with a will und scissors.
He clipped and combed and clipped. Ho
spoke not. Then he brushed off tho expur
gated hair, combed what remained, took off
the towel about our swan-like neck; wo paid
him and walked out. Strange? Most as
suredly, for he never even once, much loss
oflener, raised a mirror behind us and asked
whether or no the cut suited our aesthetic
Ideas.
IS'cws Notes From The Aquarium
"Principal Fish About to Resign." Wor
cester, Mass., Gazette.
In The Sanctum
"Have you a consulting editor?"
"No, an office boy."
The IJlow-Out
"What happened to Babylon'.'" asked tho
teacher of her Urooklyn class.
"It fell!" cried tho pupil.
"And what became of Nineveh?'
"It was destroyed."
"And what of Tyre?"
"Punctured." Exchange.
A Purist
Western Visitor (accosting citizen Can
you tell me a good placo to stop at?
Citizen Certainly! Just before tho "at."
Good day, sir. Boston Transcript.
"Have
movies."
'Ob. yes. sir;
furniture van."
His Preparation
you had any experience
In tho
1 wns fnr ten years with a
-Baltimore American.
Ideal Hu-liauil
"Yes, I may say I have an
band."
"An Apollo for looks, a Chesterfield
manners," rhapsodized tho girl.
"Those things don't count In husbands,
my dear. MIno stays fairly sober and brings,
most of his salary home." Pittsburgh Post.
Ideal hus-
for
Oh, Pshaw!
"K. V. Shaw, new Chinese Minister, nrrlves with
nve children nail a retinue of twenty-seven."
Newspaper Item.
Poor Persia mourns her awful loss,
The Shall no longer rules as boss.
He's In this land, we read, because
(And here for rhymes we're forced to pause)
Ho represents the land of Heaven
Of family (and servants) there nro !!7.
Hurrah for China and Its Shah,
Who of tlvo children is the pa!
"pronounce to rhyme nlth "boss."
Generosity
Mr. MeNnb (to urchin) What's the mat
tor, ttiddle?
Urchin I've lost my 'apenny!
Mr. McNnh Aye, dlntia grieve. Here's a
match to find It. London Opinion,
jSVIrIiIkt's Children
'What It the scientific nntna of the small
creature who Is ruining your fruit this
year?" asked Mrs. Dobbs,
"It bus no sclontiflo name," replied Mrs,
lilohbs. "Hut it is vulgarly known as Jimmy
Dobbs." Washington Slur,
THE OLD FUG
Ily II. C. lluiuiur
Off with your 1ml na the flag goes by,
And let tho 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
rose
Spoke more than your parted lips.
Lift up the boy on your shoulder, high,
And show iiim the faded shred,
Thoso stripes would be red as the sunset sky
If death could have dyed thent red.
The man that bore it with deuth has lain
These twenty eara and more.
He died that the work should not be In vain
Of the man who bore It before.
The man that bears It is bent and old,
And ragged his beard and gray,
Rut look at his eye firo young and bold
At the tune that he hears them play.
The old tune thunders through all the air
And btrikes right Into the heart.
If it ever calls for you. boy, be there
lie there and readj to otart.
on with our hat us the Hag gues byl
I'nioxe.- the youngsters heid'
Ti-ueh him to hold Jt holy and high.
Jt or the gdbe. of the sacred dead,
DONE IN PHILADELPHIA
WHEN I read n fow days ago that two
lots of tho Glrard Estate In the vicinity
of Third and Porter streets had Just been
sold by the city for moro than $34,000, It
Instantly occurred to mo that that was only
a little less thnn a third of tho total Value of
tho realty owned by Glrard In old Passyunlt
township at tho tlmo of his death.
Glrard wns ono of the first men here to
renllzo tho worth of realty ns an investment.
Thero had been land speculators beforo him
In tho field, of course, but ho was cautious
and, unlike Nicholson, who, at ono time, had
nn ownership In about one-sixth of tho State,
Glrard, for tho grcnt part, had his holdings
In Philadelphia. His ventures outside In
cluded his coal lands In Pennsylvania, which
nro still very profitable, and other land In
Louisiana.
Ho loft to tho city for tho support of his
wonderful collogo for orphan boys some of
tho most vnlunblo land In the 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 were, yet those proportlcs In tho neigh
borhood of the river, ns Glrard understood,
never can cease to bo of vnluo so long as
wo havo any commerce at all.
w.
man In this country. Tho Inventory filed
by his executors showed that his total prop
erty, real and personal and ho had a great
deal of both was valued, In 1832, at more
than $8,000,000.
Wo havo become so nccustomod to the
millionaire In our day nnd, In our conversa
tions at least, aro oven now flirting with
billions, that we do not realize what $6,000,000
meant In 1832.
There was no other man In the United
States at that tlmo who could hold rank
anywhere near Glrard In tho point of wealth.
Tho Immense fortunes with which wo aro
so familiar nro of much Inter date; thoy
nro even of our own times, when tho work of
exploiting tho resources of tho country
began.
GIRARD'E
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S fortuno was piled up laborl-
nd slowly. 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 he 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
whero ho merely desired to oblige the seller,
he bought but a few shares. It Is evident
that ho regarded these as contributions nnd
not business.
For Instance 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
nnd Ephrata turnpike, but thoy did not placo
any value opposite them. These were not
regarded as Investments by a man llko
Glrard, but we do find him owning 2200
shares In tho Schuylkill Navigation Com
pany, and these were valued In 1832 at
$2C4,000. He held nearly a million In Penn
sylvania 5 per cents, and $113,500 In City 6
per cents.
His coal Innds, which consisted of nearly
30,000 ucres In Schuylkill County, were
valued at $175,246 at tho tlmo of the 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 tlmo. The Glrard Estate has
now throe buildings worth more than that
amount, to say nothing of the college Itself.
A LTHOUGH Glrard's holdings In tho south
xjl em part of tho city contained consider
able acreage, and one of his parcels 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
venture upon an estimate of their value 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 moro land to be Improved.
Three buildings, now covered by the Mar
iner and Merchant Building, at Third and
Chestnut, were rented lu 1832 nt $1605, $1805
nnd $1605 respectively, a year. He had a
dairy farm In Moyamenslng district that
rented for $900 n year, and a whole row of
dwellings on Fnirmount avenue, then Coates
street, that were rented for $257.50 a year
each.
For tho old Dunlnp house, at tho south
oast corner of Twelfth and Market streets,
Glrard received $708 a year. This was re
garded 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 Glrard r
colved only a little more than $40,000 a year
In rentals, and he was the richest man In
tho United States in his day.
BY that Mrange perversity of human na
ture that sometimes affects men of great
ness, Glrard desired to be remembered ns
a mariner Instetid of a merchant, although
as tho latter he is, of course, better recalled.
It may not bo known that Booth's greatest
ambition was to be a comedian, yet It Is us
a tragedian that he became famous. On thu
other hand, his brother-in-law, John S.
Clarke, who was a comedian of the buffo
typo, believed ho had fulled in life because
the world would not accept him as a trage
dian. Napoleon at first desired to achlove
ftimo as a novelist, but If ho did not achieve
thut position, he succeeded In providing at
inosphert. for countless pieces of fiction.
J feil sure that Phlladclphlana Uro likely
to forgot tlio mariner In Glrard in tho great
ness and far-sightedness of the man of bus
Iness. GRANVILLE.
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 fulled to put In appearance. But therein
lies the reason for the Immeasurable faith
which the people of the land put In their
ruler. To them he was an earth-God.
Some folk think that tho profound re
spect which is paid a big man is born solely
of the superior ability he possesses. He can
do things that I cannot do. Ho can sway a
mob, whereas I lack the power to change the
mind of a single Individual. Hence he is
well entitled to my reverence.
I have Just read an intensely interesting
account of ono of the country's strongest
public men. It was not proven therein that
he possessed exceptional ability.
But it was proven that he never broke his
word.
And that is exactly what earned for the
ancient Chinese rulers the terrible fear and
worshipful respect existing umong their sub
jects. fimoas m are Innumerable corrupt mea.
who assume leadership Irt publld life. Good
folks view their ascendency with fears as
to what the world la roally coming to. Search
far enough nnd you'll find tho reason for
thoir power. "r
In the obituary of most every unprincipled
man of power you will find a hacknoyed "Ha
never broko a promise."
Perhaps ho only maflo a fow. But th
number does not count. If the otd Chinese
Emperor had only guaranteed tho dally aD
pearancG of tho sun and nothing more, that
would have been quite sufficient to keen
him on .the pedestal of reverence nnd fear
, THE IDEALIST.
VIEWS OF READERS -
ON TIMELY TOPICS
Contributions That Reflect Pulilin nni
ion on Subjects Important to City,
State nnd Nation,
To the Editor of the Bventno Ledger:
Sir As an Independent Republican, Inter
estcd In having honest men elected to office
and the standard of my party restored In Penn
sylvania, I am writing to command your opno.
sitlon to Penroseism. By so doing, through the
agency of your excellent paper you render a
Br??r,BCrv'co to tho cUns of our State. Tha
antl-Penroso sentiment Is very strong throuith
here In Westmoreland County, and only by tha
elimination of Penroseism can our party hona
to return to Its oncb high standard.
Mt. Pleasant, Pa., September 16, 1814.
INTERESTS OF PEOPLE THROTTLED
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger!
Sir Permit mc, ns a reader of your publica
tions, to express my observations of tho senti
ment of tho people of this community,
Tho non-partisan judiciary nnd the uniform
primary nets nro rupldly educating tho peop9
In favor of Independent political action and
non-partisan voting. You will rocollcct that
tho latter act provides that a voter Is entitled
to a party ballot where ho haH voted for a
majority of the candidates of that party at the
preceding election. These acts can havo no
other effect than to placo the best Interests of
the Stath and county beforo tho people at
futuro elections.
The Interests of the pcoplo of Pennsylvania
are throttled by tho fact that almost all our
largo dnlly papers arc controlled by politicians
that are Inimical to tho good government of
our State and counties.
DON Q. CORBETT.
Clarion, Pa,, September 15, 1914.
THE FUNCTION OF A NEWSPAPER
To the Editor ot the Evening Ledger:
Sir The truo function of a newspaper is serv
Ico to the public. I believe that you are sincere
In your opposition to Mr. Penrose, and I belleva
that tho forceful editorials which have appeared
In the Evening Ledger, and thoso which I be
lieve shall come, will contribute to a marked
degree In bringing about his defeat In Novem
ber. Keep up this sotvlce! ' W. H. K.
Philadelphia, September 16, 1914.
FROM A JOURNALIST
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Being a former newspaperman, I feel
impelled to write you my congratulations after
carefully watching your Issues for the first threo
days of publication. Tho physical appearancs
of the paper commends Itself, It seems to me,
above everything else. The news Is presented
not so that tho reader may read, but so that he
must read.
To catch tho eye of tho reader Immediately
Is ono thing demanded from an afternoon
paper. This you have been able to do. Tha
generous use of pictures, which seem3 to bo
your policy, almost needs no comment. Picture
to most persons convey a more lasting Imprcs
Blon than almost anything they read, and vlion
tho public see tho pictures, tho paper will be
theirs. A FRIEND.
Philadelphia, September 16, 1914.
FRANKLIN'S FIRST NEWSPAPER
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Philadelphia Is a veritable treasure city
for relics of curly American literature. Any
one not afraid be may meet tho ghost of one
of tho Rldgwoy family can sco In tho great
library clown Broad street orllnaI Issues of
the press here, like Bradford's Mercury (our
first newspaper), Franklin's General Magazine,
and many more. A librarian's card on ono of
tho old-time publications reads something llko
this;
"This Is tho first number of Ben Franklin's
newspaper. It shows thnt tho newspapers of
early times were Just as modest as thoy are
today."
That card is misleading, for tho old-time
publication Is the first number of Samuel
Rolmer's paper, the. Universal Instructor of
All Arts and Sciences and Pennsylvania Ga
zette, This paper came out on December 25,
17:18, and ran for three-quarters of a year, and
was sold to Franklin & Meredith for a small
sum about August. 1729. Franklin cut off tho
"Universal Instructor" line of the heading and
called tho paper simply the Pennsylvania
Gazette.
SAMUEL W. HOSKING.
1325 rarrlsh Bt., Philadelphia, Sept. 18, 1914.
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
The plenslng Information comes from Wash
ington that tho "pork" hunting Senators have
been repulsed, and that the J93.000.000 river and
harbor bill will be reduced, probably as much
as one-half, by cutting out of It all "question
able" items, both new and old. President Wil
son has apparently once more proved hlmeslf
a much acuter politician than ho has been com
monly credited with being. He does not dwell
In that atmosphere of academic nloofncss from
common things that some have hastily believed
him to. It's "good politics" right now to cut
the padding out of nil publlo payrolls. The
people are aroused as never bofore to the ex
cessive cost of a lot of what has passed for
"government" In this country, Chicago Herald.
In fighting asalnst the rivers and harbori
bill as It camo to tho Senate, tho filibuster?,
nlthuugh they are Republicans, have really
been doing valiant service for tho Democrats.
Nothing would have constituted such a vul
nerable point of attack against tho dominant
party In this fall's campaign as an old-fashioned
rivers nnd harbors bill New York liven
ing Tost.
If Senator Button and those acting with him
can defeat the rivers and harbors bill or force
a heavy reduction of the appropriation, they
will render a great service to the country
anil also to the Democratic party. Indianapo
lis News.
If President WlUon is to become "the watch
dog of tho Treasury" he will find a good deal
of watching necessary. Washington Star.
The Primaries a Vain Hope
From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
One beneficent feature of the direct primary
If that It closes an argument, if Roger C.
Sullivan were the nominee of a Democratlo
Stato convention n protest would mount to the
skies from Metropolis to Helvldero against such
betrayal of the plain people. , lu this case the
plain people seem to have dono it. Chicago
Tribune.
No doubt. But "close an argument!" When
did a direct 'primary ever close an argument'?
WiscouMn has had much experience In that
line. Tho sum of It Is that the very people
who Invented the direct primary as the ono way
to secure an unarguable verdict are always the
very ones to go on arguing nnd kicking and
trying to upset tho verdict every time It goe
against them, They are doing it now.
"Intelligent and Forcible"
From West Chester (Pa.) Dally Local News.
Two issues of the Evening Ledger of PhlU'
delphla have appeared, and In all -its many
features it demonstrates that skilled newspaper
talent Is employed In Its making of nn evening
newspaper for the people. Its 16 pages reflect
all the news of th.j world that is worth reaJitiar,
and Its every department, notably those fur tn
homo circle, the ladies, the sporting folk,
carefully considered with much elaborateness or
detail. ,
Editorially the Evening Ledger Is lntellisent
forcible. Independent and educational.
WAR AND THE ROYAL INVOCATION
Blame not the Christian faith for this buck
war;
ChrUt never spoke a word that made it right
To murder men in bitter hute
And turn a sun-llt world to darkest t.'Sh'-
JV. J. K.
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