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EVENING O&la LEDGER "Pressing to Charles Sumher
1'UULlU LLUfJLK CUMl'AlM
PASSED BY THE CENSOR
his sorrow
een England
and America and his Intention to retire from
orSAurr,,. ' P,lbHc ,lf0 ',s,Uch r "Cnt hV,d ""!? ", TP , that arc dark and trick, that
jtfrf.$i P'V?,S n",J,, w,lh n "nso of1,,"lhe.r.h01 ' -f re vain, the Pennsylvania machine poll-
"" n'rC'or' I w,,lch lofl M.!"oom for "c,so,lal or mU1nft ticlan Is the veriest Uro compared to His
EDITORIAL BOARDS mu i un iils xue muuiis in tu i iisuinai
cms ii. k. ccitib. rhatrtrmn. hitter calumny, have vvorled In the service
jrJWTiAt . ExwutiyjMHgr , ot ,,mn,ltl ..Art for art's sake" does not
P"f MAltTl.s General nuslnMs Mance produce great art
PubihMdii7inTrtrrnTio t.rroEs I Our Rood will toward our followmen Is
public spirit. To scaich out the ertccls ot
rtiilMinr. Independence Satme Philadelphia
ttreiKn CeNTs.L Broad nnd Chetnut Street
Aiuvti- CiTt rriM-riUn Bnlldlnr
NriT Yobk nn.A, Metropolitan Tower
CmcAno si, Horn" Inmiranee Building
London g Waterloo THrc. Pftll Mall. S. V.
NEWS UUttCAl :
nrniPdrRO nrnrAD lh TMfrioi BnlMlnit
WisntMirov Brnrio Th roil Bulldlnr
New Vobk RrxciD The rimM BulMInc
nLiN nmrT' rto Frledrlch'tra".
London Bcatm 2 Tall Mall Et. S W.
rii Beano 32 nue I.ouls I Urand
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nur acts as citizen and voters Is lo prove
ourselves puhlle-splrlled. Good will Is made
efficient li.v knowledge "It Is :t home-bred
right, a fireside privilege." said Daniel Web
ster, "to canvass the merits of measures and
public men." Hut It Is more than a right,
more even than a privilege, tt Is n duty.
We are all of us responsible for the acts
of our public men.
Wanted : Fire Protection
Hr carrier tliitt 0M, lxrenl By mill e,,',,',
etilMn of rhllailelphla, except whcr foreign polass i
ilonVp?raLhieTnSJ"arn.r" iM"' All mail subscrip- i -ps,mE-nnd rotten hose ngaln! It is be
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KEV.TOF. Mtl 3000
E7" Address oil eominuilentloni to Eienlng
T rdger Ivdeptntlrrc- Hijuare. Philadelphia.
iterri ai ins rnit vrrirnu roorric is sicoso-
ci ins Atr. UTTC
rimuELriiM, rtmsDAi, sr.rrEMBKn s 1914.
A David Ready for. Goliath
SENATOR PENROSE Is a big man-a very
Goliath. Tliore is no doubt about that,
and his bljmees Is not only physical. Me Is
ble with the potentiality and actuality of
political and economic evil.
Their waj a time when Pennsylvania's
voic rang throuph the nation. There was a
time when the Republican party in this State,
standing for economic truth anil political
decency, possessed at its head. In every
crisis, an honored leader who could Interpret
properly and effectually the beliefs and the
teachings of that party. That condition does
not exist today.
Raddled by a master who is rldlni? for a
fnll. who in blind selfishness is spurring
madly and ruthlessly toward tho stone wall
of disaster, the party ha3 one obvious means
pf escape.
Let it tne the bit in its teeth. Let It win
Its head. Let It kick, and buck and bolt if
need be until tho Goliath Is thrown. Then
the course will be free and oiwn.
Democrats Tear a "Scrap of Taper"
FROM Washington comes the interesting
news that the Alexander bill, which pro
poses a Government controlled steamship
line. i nor having clear sailing and that the
war tax bill Is likely to run aground in
the Senate. Democratic opposition to the
slilppinc bill rioes largely from recognition of
the fact that a $30,000,000 appropriation on
top of a $100,000 000 emergency tax is not
likely to improve the party's chances at the
polls.
Two years from now will come the real
juritrinc: of the Wilson Administration.
1'olitical soothsayers hae declared that the
European war is a grreat blessing to the
Democratic partv, inasmuch as it will ob
scure the effects of tariff, currency and
other legislation. But thero is already one
ery Hear issue which need not be confused
by conditions arising- out of the war, and j - - - - -
that is the question of extravagance and Verbal Atrocities
wastefulness in appropriating ana spending j mHL'RK are atrocities and atrocities. One
1 X of them is a name like Kluck (we prefer
! the common or barnard spelling). Half a
coming an old story, a sickening, mad
dening story; fire Hint destroys property and
rotten hose that bursts. Today, tomorrow.
I or some other time, it may be more than
property that will be destroyed: It may be
human life. Attention has been called often
enough to the fact that a large part of the
j hose owned by the city Is unfit for use
1 Something must be done Immediately, not
I by and by. Councils have a way of financing
land grabs with the public money. Couldn't
I it finance a llttlo public safety?
Getting After the Conl Embargoes
NEW laws and regulations have not put
an end to railroad rebates and dis
criminations. Even a collece economist can
testify to new ways of turning old tricks.
Ry pro-rating spur-lines and half a dozen
other moans and methods all the essential
practices of rebating are still possible. The
Interstate Commerce Commission thinks It
has spotted a new ruse. It is the so-called
"embargo" placed by coal-carrying" railroads
on the fuel. Informal complnint alleges
that they have been used to discriminate
against certain shippers.
Though it is evident that coal-owning
roads might be sorely tempted to such action,
the truth of the matter Is not yot at Issue.
The commission simply considers the charge
serious enough to Justify some action, and
It has summoned representatives of all the
roads affected to appear before It in Jan
uary. If it finds evidence to support the
complaints, nobody will applaud its enter
prie more loudly than the consumer who
will then be burning that steadily advanc
ing fuel.
"Button. Button"
WHOLESALE grocers think that house
wives have raised the price of sugar.
Housewives, or those with enough ready
money to buy a barrel at a time, blame It on
the grocers. They saw the price rising and
Texan piototypc. If reports from Delhi in the
Lone Star State be correct. Accouling to
advices received in a letter, Mayor Walker,
who is a candidate for re-election, addressed
a town meeting the other evening in the
Op'ry House. At the end of an eloquent nnd
lengthy speech, he placd his trump card by
passing Interstate cigars to the men. Here
be It explained that interstate cigars are
of the kind which, when smoked in Texas,
are smclled as far North as West Virginia,
the wind holding right, as they say at sea.
To double cap the climax, as It wcte, ho
passed chocolate candy to the women in the
audience. Then the trouble began.
"Dey's pepper In dls candy," howled a
woman. Just then one of the gift cigars ex
ploded with the "dull, sickening thud" of
which cub reporters write so eloquently.
Then another popped, nnd soon there was a
fusillade nkin to the battle on the Mnrne.
Tho Mayor, aghast at first, spotted an enemy
In the audience and seized him as perpetrator
of the outrage. The constable sought to ar
rest the conspirator, and soon there was as
nice nnd pleasant a fight as ever enlivened
a political meeting. The letter vouchsafing
all this Information winds up:
"There Is much Indignation here."
qulted love, Al the annual festival- of
Apollo a criminal was nurled from the rock.
Various living birds were fastened to lilm to
hreak his fall, and If he survived, freedom
was his.
Colonel Blood, a disreputable and cast-off
member of Cromwell's party, seized the Duke
of Ormond's coach on December 6, 16T0 nnd
carried the Duke to Tyburn to hang him
The Duke escaped through the aid of friends.
On May 9 of the following year Blood tried
io steal the crown jewels from the Tower.
Eor neither of these offenses was ho pun
ished. There Is mote than one "City ot Palaces"
Rome, which was converted from a city ot
brick huts Into a "city of palaces" by
Agrlppa: modern, Paris: Calcutta, with Its
splendid European residences. Edinburgh Is
sometimes glen the title.
DONE IN PHILADELPHIA
IN A SPIRIT OF HUMOR
THAT unreasonable panic seizes even tho
bravest Is borne out by brief dispatches
from tho war. which somehow or other have
passed the censor. It is related that one of
the French army corps, possessed by some
psychologic fear, on a wholesale scale, bolted,
causing a retreat of the French army from
Alsace. But the strangest fear that ever
seized a body of armed men was In the war
of 1S66 between Trussia and the German
States. A regiment of Bavarian cavalry had
been retreating before onpresslng Prussians
for days harassed and hammered at Inces
santly. At last the Bavarians found refuge
In a dense copse of trees, where they rested
their weary horses. Suddenly a shot rang
out; then another.
"The Prussians'" came a cry and the Bava
rians bolted at top speed, never stopping for
ten miles, the while two poachers gathered
In the rahblts they had shot.
THIRTT-SEVEN" years ago A. Pt Ray
nolds. of Denver, a banker of that city,
cashed vouchers amounting to $22D0 for a
contractor doing business with the United
States. The banker obtained the necessary
proofs and submitted them to the Depart
ment of the Interior, where they lay for four
years without action. Since then Congresses
have come and gone; statesmen big and little
hae espoused Mr. Raynolds' cause; Sena
tors and Representatives have worked In his
behalf nnd the claim Is still unpaid.
A week ago the attention of Joseph P.
Tumulty, private secretary to the President,
they laid in a supply So nobody gets tho ' was called to the matter, and ho Interested
blame for what seems an unjustifiable sltua- I himself to such an etent that Cato Sells,
tlon. It is the old story of no responsibility. ! Commissioner of Indian Affairs, who has the
Blame it on those venerable scapegoats.
Supply and Demand, and let somebody
pocket the profit. The ultimate consumer
must look with en- y on the citizens of thoo
"war-rlddon" countries wher the food sup
ply Is under a responsible, if otllclal, thumb.
public money.
The Democratic platform called for drastic
economy. The pledges marie at Baltimore
have not been kept.
Is a political platform a contract or
mere scrap of paper ?
'a
License of Diplomatic Guct5
COURTESY has generally been regarded
as one of the essential qualities of
diplomacy. Despito the strained relations of
European governments immediately preced
ing the outbreak of hostilities, diplomatic
communications among them were marked
by almost excessive courtesy, which was
doubtless merely formpl. The American and
broader idea is that the first and highest
function of diplomacy Is the promotion of
genuine good-will among nations. This con
ception was wonderfully exemplified in the
work of John Hay.
It seems that Arnba-ssador Ru3tem Bey,
Earon von Schoen and Sir Lionel Carden
are not diplomatic in any true sense. Sir
Lionel is not an accredited representative to
this country, but he does bear the official
credentials of the British Government. It
has been suggested that President Wilson
should not press his demand on Great Britain
for an "explanation" of the Carden cnti
rlem. now that the Mexican pot is boiling
over again. a& Sir Lionel predicted. That
prediction, however, is not what President
vviison and the Amortean people object to.
dozen mor are the "sweczes" uch a cog
nomen draws from the professional humor
ists. A man has a right to any name he
likes, or any his great-groat-grandparents
chose for him. But that privilege entails
claim under Jurisdiction, took prompt ac
tion. But he was as unablo to pay the claim
as were his predecessors, for under the law
it will require an act of Congress to reim
burse Mr. Raynolds for money legally due
him. So the matter rests once more.
All of which reflects little credit on the
business methods of the United States.
GENERAL RE.VNEN'KAMPF, who. al
though of German ancestry. Is fighting
for the Czar, is inordinately proud of his
huge mustachlos, which divide his face into
two distinct entitles. Once, during the Man
churian campaign, an American photogra
pher named Rogers pursued him across tho
duties. He should not thrust himself reck- i steppes until he overtook the Cossack com-
lessly into public view if the result Is going
to be such remark" as "Kluck count" his
chicken" before they're hatched," or allu
sions to his battle-cry as "Lay on!" The
only alternative to changing his name or te
tiring from the army is to copyright the 1
word and prosecute any breach of the peace. )
such as "General Kluck's right wing 1
smashed " Tho horrors of war are bad '
enough without verhal carnage.
mander at Tchtta. He explained his quest
to the general and soon the entire corps was
ready to parade before tho camera man.
"Now, my friend," thundered Rennen
kampf, as he gave the "forward march"
order to his men, "take all our faces and
don't forget my mustache."
And every officer saluted the American as
though he had been a king personified.
The Knock Subtle.
A certain man makes hats and In them
advertises ns follows: "New York and big
cities."
Yes, Who?
We do not like McGraw to win.
And ct his losing makes us sigh;
Just think of what we'll miss this year
In alibi?
When Connie's demons get to work
And ono by one the foemen dte,
Who'll take tho placo of MatheWson
To tell us why 7
And Matty's famous yearly song,
This year for Boston who shall sing,
To tell tho pitchers how to foil
F. Baker's awing?
Easy Money
Three minor political workers whose party
lost an election found It necessary to do
something to keep the wolf away and ap
plied to the boss. Ho got them work as con
ductors on the local trolley line.
Some weeks later one of tho three hap
pened Into the car barn after his run and
found his two pals dancing about In high
gleo.
"Whassa matter?" he asked.
"Tomorrow's payday," chorused his friends.
"Payday holy smoke, do we get that, too?"
A Kindred Feeling
Fighting aboard ship nowadays, with at
tacks from beneath the sea and from abovo
the clouds, is very much like going through
a graveyard at night you're apt just to feel
that something's going to grab you from be
hind. The Higher Explanation
"Father, what Is this "higher criticism' I
read so much about?"
"It is a method -by which a man convinces
himself of the falsity of something wUch
he knows Is not true."
Our Position is Impregnable.
Say that our jokes are shy of point
And our verse is lame nnd halt;
Spot, if you will, and show the world
Our every slip nnd fault.
Rant at our stuff in sheer disgust,
E'en to tho smallest wheeze;
Poke it as full of gaping holes
As an ancient Schweitzer cheese.
Roast, If you must, but play us fair
And herald It near and far.
From the ice-bound shores of tho Arctic Sea
To the glades of Zanzibar;
That we, alone of a horde of bards,
Hold not a line In store.
Nor havo wo written a single line
Of verso about the war.
MANY of tho big events In the world's
history come to America first from an
unexpected quarter and In an irresponsible,
mysterious manner. I recall that a week
beforo wo received tho official account of the
result of Dowey's battle In Manila Bay, n
brief dispatch came from Paris to tho effect
that the bailie had been fought and tho
American fleet had not lost n slnglo vessel.
The astonishing character of the Informa
tion made most people loath to believe It
until a week later, when tho regular dis
patches from correspondents verified the
fact.
Mow did Paris receive the first word? It
has always been suspected that It got It
from Spain beforo Dewey could cut tho
cable. And this appears to be tho only
reasonable theory.
THE first report that the Trcat of Ghent
had been completed and peace estab
lished with Great Britain reached PhlladeU
phla in a most mysterious manner and fully
a week btfore Washington had official ad
vices.. As we expect to celebrate tho cen
tennial anniversary of the conclusion of tho
peace of Ghent this year, this little known
story may be of interest now.
The treaty was signed on Christmas Eve,
1814, but sailing vessels did not cros3 tho
Atlantic In those days with tho speed of
modern ocean liners, and there was neither
cable nor wireless to transmit the news.
However, early In the year 1815 a mysterious
stranger called upon President Madison at
Washington one evening and brought him
tho news.
That night this same mysterious stranger
sent a lcttor to John Blnns, who published
tho Democratic Press In this city, giving
him the same news. Probably no modem
newspaper owner would havo dono what
Blnns did. Any newspaper rocelvlng such
Important news today would Instantly get
out an extra edition, for the whole country
was waiting patiently for word that peace
had been concluded.
wrong, for Instead he caused tho ear M -iL
tho carriage a substantial Jolt "
According to precedent, the pollena lu
the corner, under the patronajra ot hli 2
pcrlor In the carriage, should hara ftertlrJft!
hurled strong verbal hot-shot at ths' t2
man. But ho did nothing of the sort,
He took the horse by tho bridle. tiit.4u
ItAml nrnllnrl In inft t-lffht illrAAtlM. .a ... &
ed him off. Then ho waved to the. mA
to proceed down tho street. And he had
spoKeu it wuiti.
War Is Gethseinane
IN explaining why Christians go to war it
should be understood that when the com- '
mand is given to fight a man's faith counts j
for nothing. He must answer the call. Chris
tlanity is not discounted by the European
war, any more than the multiplication table
is destrov ed by shooting It full of holes '
Truth is eternal Man is "till imperfect.
The world Is passing through the throes 1
of evolution. Civilization does not move in a '
straight line European political idenls are, I
for the time, predominating over the Chris
tian ideals of the 20th centurv The conflict
THE man who gives out carriage checks
at one of the principal hotels In Philadel
phia is Inclined to be absent-minded.
Whether it is love or financial worry that
causes this state is not known, but it was
productive of trouble for him a few nights
ago. Mechanically he gave out checks. Me
chanically the chauffeurs and drivers took
the slips and tucked them in their pockets.
Suddenly one of the drivers came back.
"Say, boss," he asked, "what's this for?"
"That's to get your fare when he's through
, eating."
j "Eat"' exclaimed the driver. "He'll get
I darnd little to eat from my wagon, I drive
I a garbage cart."
will result in a new enthusiasm f'jr those
an(i ' moral forces which are the leaven working mHE Bryn Mawr horse .show recalls a tlm-
Rustem Bej, there have been too many so- , slowly in modern life There is u comfortably ' X liar event In New York held some years
called diplomats who have made the inos- 1 PtiIs'n !n ,h conviction that good things ;
worn togctner tor good to them that believe
them The t-nd of the world is not yet, and
the path of progress leads through the Gar- I
den of Oethsemane.
cusable mistake of talking in tho United
BUles as if American Ubertv nvant license,
even for guests. The three latest offend
ers should be taught that governmental and
popular tolerance does not extend to insalt
or to tho attempt to stir up prejudices
enmities and hatreds.
As a man of experience, Villa distrusts the
military politician.
New Turk primary purpose was evidently
not the defeat of Tammany.
Penrosa. at Pittsburgh, Boys voters are
arouwd "--Fatal confession
Every City fla .1 "Big Stick"
TN TEN vears, accruing to a report of th
J. L'nitert state census Bureau. th number
ut muniUpaliy ..wneti public mUit plants
in hi m ..-omr ntut increased 9) per cent An 1 . . I
t the movement fnr municipal ownersh.D ' PreUi" 80n W" "haU b8 " noU6fh I
has scarcely touched transportm,,, though a'"1" 'th tel1 m c" u
bwayg 1 And now nine out of twelve Kentucky
oounUea Join Virginia in weedins out the
mint.
ume cities have hum end own s.i
which aro operated by private comnaniM
Tin- only question is h-m best t, subserve
the publw wejfaie The weaknesses f Pri
vate management 0f public utilities are prin.
ripMllv two disreeard nt jjeiwal o.iai nee.j,
and an undue insistence on private pruflt
The (It of these is apt tn Uk Hie form of
on obstructionist pul&y and often leads to
liniu'upiU (mnernhip. the establishment of
which i uuhII dettrmmed by local condi
tion It !, i.ii.iituly more important to 4
ii i" (miu ti. power of uK-nmg and
ftperannir 11- tjHiis t j-'Mum than to eert-iiM?
Jt. for it is w.ii mat private mpaiite
jilmulil U enundtd rjc-omlly f the ftM't
that Him 1 ... r .n be rrlsed by the pe.
pk when th.s .in dm en io It by the con.
vlrium th. puiii ,-in4 feia interests are
yvt btlni; yri'iurh iepet ted
Ouod Will is Public yjdrit
S t'lIU. 1. Kit had fur ilw whole human race
a kindly feeling, wnivh might almost be
retted intense The liisc,i of statesmanship
is not devout uf nanus which stand foi ut
lerl unstlflsli Ueviitbin in the public guod
Due ut thorn is Uial ot mi (biU-n Peel, who
broku with I111 'it tn M'j .11 J ! 1 ir. .1 h -sentc
p in m , r r 1
a left rmr 1
'Jimmy" Bennett reports a Herman army !
telephone in a flower bed. But perhaps it Is j
bitly one uf his Rowers of speech. I
If Congreea wants to win the praise of a
1 grateful public. It might place a tas on war
1 poetry-
i ' -
, Adding up the total of the daily retreats of
the (iermans. it is clear that by now they
1 have just about reached the Pacific coast.
ago. The cream of American show horses
were entered. Society flocked to Madison
Square Garden as never before.
Down in the old Jefferson Market Court
house, Sixth avenue and Ninth street, on
tho top floor, is the office of a paper box
manufacturer with a keen sense of practical
humor. So it was not surprising that he
should take advantage of the horse show to
play a trick on worldly-wise New York.
Kirst of all, ho bought a discarded car horse,
ono that had drawn a Chambers Mreet ark
for some twenty-odd .vears. Then he sent it
to Uis stnhlo to be fattened up. Next he
groomed It for the show bj feeding it oats,
Interspersed with ginger, sleeked its coat
with crude oil, lied a beautiful blue ribbon
10 Its toll, which had been lengthened with
artificial hair, and then entered it n Pull
docar orphan, by Metropolitan uhe name of
thP street car line whtch had once owned the
animali, out of Hells.
And that bon.e, ridden by Brian G,
Hushes' daughter, won third pnae.
CUKIQSITY SHOP
A Sabbaih da's Journey was estimated at
ffe furlongs, or I6..0 ards. The IJubblna
fixed it at 2000 ubits. or 13S0 yards. Jo.
wiphus says Hiai the Mount of Olives W33
five stadia, or O paces, from Jerusalem,
which would make the allowable Sabbath
About Una time let us rwall tha tha
Braves once went by ihe ialen4 title at th ! day journey about 1050 ards,
I .....,., IVhal'i l a nnmfl '
As a good many suspected, it took John
MasefleW to write "the" RngUsb war naem-
and it is rapre poem than war.
Vaure Mct.'ormicU doubtless considers be
has advanced a bit, but Ilia enemy. (Irmly in
trenched, doesn't wrem to mind it.
President WiNnn irsetK thai Amenun
ncutrali'k be ireicd i ut anv houdt-u if
.in It 'i linn ihj' w Hi ;u stPmg ut vvui
. it e-i 11 1 g. in ult to pie3'fe arijM, ,
The Hindu svstem of mithology has a
hell so tompreheiibive that Us nethermost
realms have never been measured or even
described- NaraKa is tho generic name. The
Purana gives ;s divisions of Naraka, besides
which, o are told, "there are hundreds and
Ihoufeunds of others in which sinners pay the
penalty of their crimes."
The Lovri s Leap to wlibh B.v ran refers
111 "Diii Juan, is In le.ililv Leuadias 101 K.
a promontory mi me buuihern extiemili of
1 ihIu il f I iri Hi' I ini.-ii -
' 1
Quite Damp
Hokus I never know such a wet blanket
as Flubdub.
Pokus That's right. If that fellow should
Jump from the' frying-pan into the fire he
would put the Are out. Life.
Of Course
Barney Phelan, Father Healey's servant,
was celebrated for his ready wit. One day,
while he was serving a dinner, one of the
guests said to him: "Barney, why is my
ankle placed between my calf nnd my foot?"
"Begorra, I dunno," replied Barney; "unless
It Is to keep your calf from eatln' your corn."
Boston Transcript;
The Impossible
War has heen able to do everything except
push the pretty girl from the front cover of
tho popular magazine. Chicago Herald.
Health Hint
Never sing the "Marseillaise" at a German
picnic. Cincinnati Enquirer.
A Cubist Poem
(Composed by Celenta I.on. Goble, ef Pepper
town, lnd.)
A year ago, on Labor Day, (Sept. 7, 1913),
there came an awful whack,
A thousand fiery thunderbolts nearly scooted
the barn off the track;
The lightning a board off sent, part of it in
the sorghum patch
If the lightning burned the barn down, we
would have to dig and scratch.
The lightning hit the top and ran to the
ground;
I think that barn must be sound.
Mrs. Goble and her daughter were the only
ones at home,
The absent one had just started In the good
old roid to roam;
The absent one had gone to see her old
friend. Blanche Medd,
When she heattl that loud clap of thunder
and wondered If the lightning struck my
old cat Ted.
Tho Lord kept the barn from binning
He kept the barn from burning because He
loves us so.
Harrison News.
A IS'ntural Query
The Flirt Oh dear, what a lot of people
will be unhappy when I get married!
The Other Why, how many are you
marrying? Exchange.
What's in a Name
It must be difficult to find a prouder man
than Grunt B Peacock, the Princeton golfer
who beat champion Oulmot 2 up and 1 to
play at Greenwich. Now York Sun.
ON SOMEJIUMAN BONES
(Pound on a Headland in the Hay of Panama.)
nsue Mvsrv hangs on all thc.e desert places;
The fear unirh hath no name hath wrought
a snell.
Strength, courage, wrath, have been and left
110 traces:
Thev cam. Bnd fled; but whither? Who can
tell?
We know but that the were that once, in d4s
When iMan was a bar "twiM man and man.
Stent spirits wandered o'er these capes and
bays
And perished where these river waters ran.
MetblnUs they should have built some mighty
tomb
Whoa granite might endure the century's
rain.
Cold winter, and Ihe lharp night winds, that
boom
Like spirits In their purgatorial pain.
They left, 'tis said, their proud, unburjed bones '
"IM vkiHten on iii.u imuviwivuriiiugeq snore,
yet niush' beside the racks and worn sea.
h tones
Now answer to the groat Patlflc'e roar.
A mountain ptands where Agamemnon died,
And Cheops hath derived eternal fame
Ueiaupe be made his tomb a place of pride.
And there the dead Metella earned a name
(Jul these they vanlsh-U as the lightnings die,
Tieir r.l-iliui- " i m n uftughteu uriti
i .i.c I. '! ' 1 1 th Hie Rk.
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BUT Blnns, not knowing from whom the
news came, and fearing that it was a
rumor intended to influence prices of cotton,
rlco nnd other homo products, hesitated, Tho
letter, which was anonymous, reached tho
editor ono morning. He read it and then
meditated upon his next stop. Ho feared
that tho Information was so Important that
It would bo risky to consult any person as
to his next step. Ho had visions of a specu
lator booming the prices of somo home
products or causing a fnll In the prices of
those imports such as tea, sugar, coffee and
other goods which had been laid away In
large quantities by some of our long-headed
merchants.
No person In Philadelphia had received
even a suggestion of the news. Blnns made
It his business to mix among men likely to
have heard such a report, but no ono ap
proached him with rumors of that kind. Lato
In tho nfternoon, however, ho sent the let
ter to the Merchants' Coffeo Houso, nnd had
It placed In the coffeo houso books, with
his name aa authority. In no time the whole
water front was busy getting ships in readi
ness to send them to tho South for cotton
and rice. The merchants were readier to
accept the news than was Blnns. Ho printed
the nows in his paper the next day.
You seo the point. "Thinking on ytmtUb.
Is really a matter of keeping your heaai
the midst of excitement. It Isn't tattx
words that nro essential. It Is tho thooikS
nnd actions that a calm, cool polso promM,
In you. w
VIEWS OF READERS
ON TIMELY TOPICS
Contributions That Reflect Public Opin.
ion on Subjects Important to City
State nnd Nation. ,t
To th Editor ef the Eventnp Ltdgtrt, '
Sir As a newcomer to Philadelphia, I aM
to express my satisfaction with a novel fk.
ot your city, lis one-way street car lines. At
first they may be a little hard to learn, th'ourt
the straight streets nnd right angled eormti
greatly simplify the matter. But tho elngulu
value of your arrangement of routes ttttns t
bo tho way It facilitates traffic. The eart
move much moro swiftly and with far kii
danger to pedestrians and vehicles than In nt
American city I know of. In this respect,, tt
least, Philadelphia Is neither "slow" rust
"dead." L, P
Philadelphia, September 29, 19141.
ANY PnOFIT IN "BUYING A BALE"?
To tha Editor of the Evening Ltdotrl
Plr 1 wish somo Southern reader of the
Even'ino LBDOfin would be good enough to i.
plain how the purchaser of a bale of cotton Ir
going to profit, or even how ho Is going ta
"brenk even?" I hear It said that he can k
the cotton In storage and sell It at an ndvanci
next year. But by that time, It seems to rte
another now crop Is going to drive the
price down Instead of up. Am I right? Anilf
I am right, why not call the "buy-a-bale"
movement a legitimate charity and not try l
mnUe people think It is a profitable phllan-
tlirnpy u. Li. HUSKIK&
Philadelphia, September 25, 1314.
JUSTICE FOR VILLA
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir I am glad to seo the entlro fairness with
which you treat Francisco Villa. Other paperl
label him on every occasion with all posslbli
derivatives of "thief," and "bandit," while you
Inquire only Into the sincerity with which 'hi
backs what seem excellent prnclples. Certainly
Mexico will nover bo nt peace so long as ,sa
officer of the army Is In tho saddle Vfn
knows that, and he la trying to cllmlnato'alt
soldiers, himself as much as Carranza. In sneh
a work he should have the sympathy of even?
American. C. K. H.
Camden, September 2S, 19U.
PRESIDENT MADISON received the news
in tho same manner and spirit One eve-
I ning a person, not known In Washington,
presented himself at the President's House.
He was met by Madison's private" socretary,
Edward Coles, afterward tho second Gover
nor of Illinois, who listened to the strang
er's story. The private secretary' asked the
stranger to remain seated until ho carried
his message to tho President. The latter
was much surprised Rt both the Information
Rnd the method by which It was brought to
him, nnd then told Coles to ndmlt to him
the mysterious courier. Madison wanted to
havo a look at the man, and to determine
if he wns worthy of belief. He also called
to his aid the Postmaster General, R. J.
Meigs, and the two questioned the stranger
closely.
After a long conversation, the President
seemed satisfied, yet no Information on the
subject came from the President's House
until the confirming ofTlclal dispatch arrived
some days later, by which time the news
had already penetrated through a large part
of tho country.
BINNS, who relates the incident in his
recollections, declared that he never was
able to learn the identity of his mysterious
letter writer, whom he believed to have been
the pame person who called upon President
Madison that evening In the winter uf 1815.
In view of how the newR of the peace of
Ghent was first given to the American pub
lic through the agency of a Philadelphia
newspaper, Dame Rumor may not he so
faithless a Jade. While it is a good plan to
be wary of tales of a surprising character,
It does not necessarily follow that all ru
mors are untrue, no matter how extraordi
nary they may appear. Big nows does not
always come first from the fountain head.
GRANVILLE.
The r.tliics of Snipinp
From ih noeton Transcript
"Pniptns" I a comparatively recent addition
to the red lexlion of vvhi. Originally or on its
first appearance it signified shooting from nm
bush or nt a great distance. A holdier under
this definition might be a sniper. The current
definition, however, apples onlj to civilians who
take part In fighting and aie therefore not en.
giblo to the consideration accorded to those
who fight in uniform ns nieinbeis of a reeog
nuert military organization. Though tho word
may ne new me action it nescriDes is very old.
Sniping can be traced far back in history, it
cxistcu
vry small
times was regarded as simply one of the risks
of war Snlpi-is weie not worse than any other !
ufinier.s in me era ociore me war became a
profession apart Tha defenders of Jerusalem
against the Itoninn legions were almost vUtli
out exception In the category of snipers. The
men und women who manned the walls of Sara
gonaa to reinforce its scanty garrison subjectid
themselves to the lex lallonls.
THE IDEAMST
fan you "think on your feet"? By which
I do not necessarily mean, Can y0u
stand up nnd make a speech, without
previous notification, on any given subject"
Those that excel in the art of quickly think
ing out a situation and putting it in a. Hys
tcmatiu order of presentation do not always
come within that class we term "exlempora-
II cd 11 h speakers "
A man can handle n situation with marked
skill and precision, can convince those within
sight or hearing of the wisdom of his atti
tude without saying a word
One day a high official of the police de
partment came tearing down one uf our prin
cipal streets In a carriage. At an intersecting
street his horse grew unruly Just nt the
moment a trollej tur pissed nnd in tne tun
fjs.iii the mot ru. n .demoted to run i,ib
. ,1 out of tli-; - n-urse ,Jfc n.uud
SARCASTIC IN REGARD TO PENROSE
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger!
Sir I am heart and soul for Boles Penroii,
Senator Penrose Is a gentleman sul generis. Hi
Is a professional office-seeker, end a profit
slonal is always more competent than an sac
teur.
You abuse the Senator for adhering to till
machine. But this Is the day of machineijv
Why, In some States they have voting evk
chines. I understand that In this Stats tht
machine has done ths voting whenever ntctti
sary, but this may not bo true srfter oik
THEOPHRASTUS CLUTTBRBTJCH
Philadelphia, September 25, 1914.
A NEW COLLEGE DEGREE FOR PENR0S3
To the Editor of the Evening ledger:
Sir The colleges give honorary degreita eS
spring. If a few more men like Penrose CBJii
vard, '81) develop his fallings, their anna mtfcrt
will have to Join us in administering the tori
of dlshonorary degrees that the Htato of Fenn
sylvanla Is going to bestow on Penrose anft,Wi
crowd this fall. ALBERT WELT,
Philadelphia. September 29, 1914.
Ferocious Pacificists
Fram the. Springfield Republican.
It Is strange to find some of the fiercest U
vocates of a fight "to the finish" among thl
advocates of peace, yet the reason Is slmpli
enough. When an English exponent of pacific
ism Is found demanding that Germany mull
bo crushed, nnd its Emperor, perhaps, seflt U
St. Helena, what seems like vlndlctlveness.hl
explains ns really due to a desire for pejee.
This must be the last war. To make enre of
It Europe must destroy militarism, and to de
stroy militarism It Is necessary to destrov Ger
many. It Is simple logic, as simple as that of
Torquemada, and thoso who apply it do not
think of themselves as Inhuman, or recognlw
their likeness to the ferocious Cato the cenior,
with his Cnrthaginem esse delendam.
Banning a Batie
From ths Aumuta Gi.) Chronicle.
School Ib on In the big cities of the East An!
"war" In school hua been tabooed. In Fiilii
delplua the acting superintendent of the schools.
Doctor Brumbaugh being busy on the hustings,
has banned all war discussions, all geographical
studies pertaining to the battlo lines and all
narratives of thrilling experience had by
teachers before tholr flight as refugees. This
Is sound procedure.
Playing Both Ends
From the Pprlnefleld Union.
The Kiupps hnve contributed 1 ,000.000 markl
to the Red Cross fund, but their contribution!
In cannon and the ammunition that prqildl
work for the Red Cross run up Into the hun
dreds of millions of marks.
Model Malthusianism
Frim the New York world
How Malthus would havo delighted in till
war, cheery old soul!
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
It 1b to be hoped that it is not too lt
for the Mexican factions to get together i
prevent a fresh carnival of blood. New Or
leans State.
The most Intelligible complaint of the Qtf
man sympathizers In this country Is that '
ncwsinpers print too much war news oDiainw
fioni Engli'h and French sources. New YM
Times.
No sensible or fair-minded person want' "
have tho railroads oppressed and crippled mire-
1) becauso borne railroad directors have ees
n lo rr 1 fa I , V f, , 1 1 . H .nm. v.llrnlH OfCir
I
can ue iracen rar naeK in nlstorv It . V .:.; j Ti j .
when organised armies were few nn V"1."3 ?' unflthfuI antl S0"VJ ra,lr2sLP,'
mil. nnd by tl, commanders f cm filuJlon overamblUous.-Sprin
an Af-ftrft..r1 na otmnl.. ...... .. . l . . . I .aofl. W1UU1.
When Congress meets next winter.
fihnuld make a careful effort to revise tni
patent laws. Our present patent system W
become an aid to trusts, both foreign n
domestic, a check to Inventors, and a nun
xiloua promoter of Jawsults. Chicago Ji"
nai.
Secretary McAdoo Is acting most c0
mendably In beginning a movement
bringing to tlmo national banks which rn
be piling up unnecessary reserves I","1,.,
vaults whllo refusing legitimate requests w
loans or which may bo taking advantage o
prevailing conditions to charge excessive
terest rates. Los Angeles Express
Itnlike John W Griggs, counsel for the M
ioiiI WirelcKs f'oinpanv. President Wilson nivn
was a Mark llaiina Attorney General of "
rnlted States, but he happens to be J
iimnder-in-riiief of the army and navy.
ids Interpretation of the law hearing upon r
communication with belligerents Is likely Vf"
vail New Yoik Woild.
Minister Tczct. of Peru, believes not 9JJ
that lack of goud American salesman"!? "
Koutli America Is the principal cause cu F
failuie to tompete successfully with EuroP j '
Hi- past, but that, unless we Improve our J1
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iiitiiitHul'. ektm iiiii r.urujiciiii var u "
sines us to get and keep Soutlt Amern.au
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