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Political Decency an All-party Issirc
POLITICAL rlKhteousness rises above
partisanship. The public la lenrnlnjr the
lesson every day. Even Penrose will know It
by November. Of course, the Senator has
never been so devoted to the interests ot
party as to Interfere with his personal com
fort or the welfare of his friends. But that
lilpartlsanshli of Ills on which the liquor
interests have Justly counted has received a
rude blow from another and very different
sort of party alliance. The National Popu
lar Gox'ernment LeaRtie, itself an organiza
tion of men of all political creeds, has
voted unanimously to campaign against the
election of two notorious candidates, one
from each of the two great parties: Roger
Sullivan, Democrat, out in Illinois, and Boles
Penrose, Republican, here in Pennsylvania.
The Issue Is broader than party. The life
and virtue of our political institutions are at
stake.
Treat Turkey Fairly but Firmly
WHATEVER course may be taken by the
United States In consequence of Tur
key's abrogation of the capitulations, It
Fhould at least be definite and firm. For
obvious reasons there Is little continuity In
cur diplomatic policy, so far as we have one;
lut that is certainly no reason for hesitancy
and wavering in dealing with such a ques
tion as that which rises out of the action of
the Ottoman Government. Internal condi
tions in Turkey are much disturbed, as Is
evidenced by the fact that several of the
principal American schools in that country
have been cut off from communication with
the outside world for more than a week; the
manner of the renunciation of the treaties
with European nation;? and the United Stated
is not exactly encouraging to easy diplomatic
negotiation; and the conduct of Ambassador
Rustem Bey. which. may or may not repre
sent the Turkish attTtude toward thlf coun
try, hardly suggests mildness In our com
munications with the Government from
which he Is accredited. As for Ambassador
Bey, he ha.s lx-en blandly insolent. Our edu
cational and charitable "interests" In Turkey,
which were established under the protection
of a treaty now broken, are Just as Im
portant as large commercial interests could
be. The American people know compara
tively little, as yet. as to what the Admin
istration has s-ald to Turkey and how It has
been s-ald; but there Is no doubt that prompt
and decisive action on the part of this Gov
ernment Is indispensable to national self
respect and the protection of our "Interests"
In Turkey.
Reform the Patent Office
NOW that Congress has torn Itself regret
fully away from the pork barrel, it might
turn its attention to some matter's In which
there is neither political profit nor an oppor
tunity to sandbug the Government One of
these Is the American patent sys-tem. If any
public service needs reorganization it is the
"pt'tcnt off le1. There may be very good rea
sons for altering much of our attitude to
ward the vested monopoly of invention, but
Congress need touch no such moot question
in order to do good work in readjusting the
laws and proceedings by which we try to
stimulate Inventive genius. Let It merely
make tho present scheme workable. Yards of
red tape should be cut away. The whole
method of testing the priority of a patent
should be simplified Now it Is only the cor
poration with endless resources and a multi
tude of lawyers that can outlive the ten or a
dozen mazes of legal proceedings through
which a case may be driven. And. tho public
Is quite defenseless when a rich company
prefers buying and suppressing a patented
improvement to using it for the people's
benefit.
Trifling Willi the Telephone
TELEPHONING isn't what It was. It
won't even be what It is very long. It
the inventors keep on. One of them ha
epent II years on the misanthropic Job ot
turning out an attachment to detect the
third party who cuts in to listen to a little
gossip. With 9,000.000 party lines In use in
the United States, the misery UKoly to be
caused by this single invention lb appalling
Worse still, the same mechanism may be wet
to cut off a conversation at tho end of a
certain number of minutes.
And do any of us want the 'Veelng.by"
wire" attachment that another of these busy
bodies has invented? Imagine the embar
rassment of tho five-foot man with the (ImM
ecs who prefers to blow up the coal com
pany oer the phone! Contemplate (lie con
fusion of milady who likes to chat with her
friends, in boudoir negligee! How will the
busy husband at the club be able to "pull"
the old, old bluff of "detained ftt the olllce"?
The inventors had better curb their passion
ate genius.
Belligerent Footnotes to History
THE writers of each warring nation pre
sent a united front against the pens of
the enemy, and no quarter Is given to per
sons or peoples who wave a foeman's flag.
The llterury conflict is interesting to watch. 1
Hugo Muensterberg, who usually backs his
German propagandi&m with the name of
Harvard University, presents in one of the i
October magazines a most engaging picture
of "Emperor William, the Man." The
Kaiser's sense of humur. the beauty of his
domestic life, his mar clous intellectual
versatility, whkh surpasses een that of
Theodore Roosevelt the incomparable mag- t
iietism of his personality all blend in this ,
portrait ot ".Germany's most delightful maa,"
But In the same, mngaalne O. K. Chester
ton answers tho question, "What Is a bar
barian?" "Tho psychology of tho barbarian,"
he snys, "Is this: that, like the lower animals,
he does not understand reciprocity.
If I leave ti beo his honey, he may lenve mo
his sting. And he has not broken any con
tract, because bees, like Prussians, arc bar
barians." So Germany's most delightful man
Is a barbarian.
Professor Muensterberg makes this grace
ful thrust: "Every one knows tho mild ex
pression of the faco of Georgo V, and the
gentle, melancholy features of Czar Nicho
las, and tho comfortnble, phlllstlne expres
sion of President Polncare, nnd the pretty,
youthful look of Albert of Belgium." Tho
professor adds that havoc has been wrought
In American public opinion by the Kaiser's
mustache, so formidable In cartoons.
Leader or Bandit?
IP WE nro rendy for a little faith, tho sit
uation In Mexico Is not so bad as It ap
pears. If we accept Villa's sincerity, he
seems to be striving logically for those thlngi?
that he has always stood for. Consistently,
through all his campaigns, he has championed
the peon. And he has stood always for unon
mllltary government to perpetuate his re
forms. Carranz.a has not given evidence of
carrying out the plans which Villa thinks
necessary to the salvation of the peon. The
"First Chief" has hesitated to indorse the
land program. He has shuttled over the
military question; wor.se, he seems to have
kept his personal ambition squarely In the
foreground. Villa Is demanding and with
what looks like success that the military
Iaders, himself Included, be eliminated from
present or prospective holding of political
office.
It Is a good stnnd that Villa has taken.
Why does it receive so little Indorsement In
the United States? Primarily because Ameri
cans have lacked faith In his sincerity. They
have thought him an ambitious man, bent
on self-aggrandizement. The evidence has
been his record or what Is said to have been
his record before tho revolution. The one
word, "bandit," has done the trick. Yet It
is well to remember that the very conditions
in Mexico against which Villa Is fighting are
the sort to make our definition of "bandit"
next to useless. Many a Revolutionary
leader ot 1776 was technically a smuggler
against the navigation acts of England.
Hail to the Braves!
PHILADELPHIA extends the hand of con
gratulation to the Boston Braves and
promises them a cordial welcome to our
city. It Is pleasant to have a new foe, the
first since the Cubs fell before the mighty
prowess of the Athletics. Not the haughty,
metropolitan enemy this time, but an em
bassy from learned, cultured Boston. The
world's series of 1914 will be unusually
classic. To the Braves all courtesies will be
extended; the keys of the Quaker City will
be theirs; everything but the title of
World's Champions.
PASSED BY THE CENSOR
WHEN King Goorgo wns still a midship
man In her Majesty's navy and his
brother, tho Prince of Wales, slnco dead, was
known as "Collars and Cuffs," because of his
fondness for those appurtenances of every
day attire, the twain were aboard a ship off
Southampton. Wales was ti sleepy head,
hard to wake, nnd 0110 morning Prlnco
George found It well nigh Impossible to rotiso
his brother In tlmo for the usual Inspection.
Finally, driven to desperation, ho btnvlod
out:
"Hey, Collars, get tip! They'ro singing
'God Snvo Your Grandmother' already."
'tlstory falls to relate whether "Collars"
ever told Grandma Victoria.
THIS may be 11 baso libel on an honored
profession, but It is told by tho man who
perpetrated tho faux pas. Ho was a reporter
for a Baltlmoro paper or had been ono for
about an hour, this being his first experience
In newspaper work when the city editor sent
him out to see Cardinal Gibbons. Tho "cub"
rushed down to the modest white house
whero the venerable prelate lives nnd rang
the bell. A man servant opened the door.
"Is the Cardinal at home?" asked tho
reporter.
"No, sir."
"Oh, Mrs. Gibbons will do," ejaculated tho
"cub."
j Watchful Waiting in the Philippines
SINCE the Spanish war too much partisan
rancor has been caused by the Phlllp
1 pine question. Political lines have been too
tensely druwn. It may be granted that there
j are essential and important differences be
! tween the two leading parties in respect to
! their notions of "colonial policy," but broad
I conceptions of national responsibility have
' sometimes been subordinated to narrow, bit
ter partisanship. The real Issue which hinges
1 on the Jones bill, now under discussion in
I Congress, is not "Shall the Filipinos ulti
mately have self-government?" The bill
does contain a provision which pledges ulti
mate self-government; and a promise even
of something certain Is rather dangerous In
I a case like this But the real question is,
I "Have the Filipinos proved themselves
! worthy of a more liberal share in their own
I Government?" That issue does not call for
partisan rancor.
The United States assumed grave respon
sibilities when it took over the Philippines;
and in determining the future of the islands
Its responsibilities are fully as grave. It Is
imperative thnt the mistakes of the Recon
struction Period in our own history shall not
be repeated. The Fifteenth Amendment Is a
dead letter for tho very simple reason that
"previous condition of servitude" is some
thing that absolutely must be considered in
reference to nny grant or extension of politi
cal liberty. Knowing the past history of the
Philippines and something of the present ex
tent of Ignorance and barbarism nmong many
Filipino tribes, and knowing that the forces
of democratic civilization have been working
there only a few years, less than a single
generation, the United States should go
pr'tty slow in relaxing its civil guardian
ship. The slower the better.
State Conscience Wields Power
NOTHING can withstand the resistless
power of the collective conscience when
men make an Interlocking society of their
consciences Public opinion takes the shape
of something that resembles an avalanche
in strength. Nothing is more feared by
enemies, of the public welfare than the com
bined moral sense of a State. Issues of the
campaign are supposed to be determined by
this non-partisan morality, which represents
the hound good sense of the citizen, who
believes, that "righteousness exalteth a na
tion but sin is .1 reproach to any people."
The illumination of this faculty, which co
ordinate the human with the divine, ought
to be one of the purposes of the present
campaign now making appeal to the people
of Pennsylvania
Sever talk war with your barber. Perhaps
he is one of theni 1
And besides It Is a needless revolution, as
we already have i surplus ot Mexican films.
Jt Is a pity that the domain of Santa Claus J
should be In the heart of the war territory. I
About now look out for an announcement
(hat the price of coal will be Increased be.
cause of the scarcity of labor In the mines,
due (o foreign nationals being drafted into ,
Imaginary European armies.
Writes the Colonel to Sulzer: "The rea-
son that I was reluctant to see you instead '
of continuing to communicate with you by '
writing, was because I wished no ground to
arise for failure on your part to recollect 1
Just what I had said." Thanks for this
longer .And more beautiful verbiage!
Britain has yet to learn the lesson which
all nations must learn War is a terrible I
thing, and the nation which indulges in It 1
must pay the 'price (hat staggers." as Preal-
dent Kruger of the Transvaal put it. And,
above all, no war is won until the last battle I
b-vj bscn feugbt. J
WHO Invented the cocktail? Some bar
tender? A bon vlvnnt? Or nns Its dis
covery the result of a drunken frolic?
The cocktail was Invented by Mrs. Eliza
beth Flanagan, widow ot an Irish soldier
who fell In the service of the American nrmy
during the Revolution. After her husband's
death, Mrs. Flanagan became nn nrmy sut
ler, following a troop of Virginia horse under
Colonel Burr. In the winter of 1779 she took
up quarters with the troop In n place called
Four Corners, on the road between Tarry
town nnd White Plains. N. Y. near the
demesne of John D. Rockefeller. There Mrs.
Flanagan set up n hotel which soon becumo
the rendezvous of the "swells" of that day.
One day tho hostess surprised her guests by
announcing a new drink the cocktail sup
posed to have been named after the blending
of colors in the tall of a game cock.
EVERY time King Menciik of Abyssinia
was reported dead again, the nows re
called the Solomonic manner in which tho
dusky potentate meted out Justice. Once two
of his subjects went to an orchard to gather
fruit. One climbed the tree and shook the
fruit down, while tho other gathered It.
Finally the branch on which the treed one
was sitting broke, and he fell on his com
panion, killing him.
Under the Abysslninn law, the relatives of
the dead man demanded a life for a life, de
clining the proffered blood money. The case
went Into court nnd finally reached King
Menelik. When ho had heard all tho evi
dence In the case, he delivered his Judgment
thus:
"You are within your lights in demanding
the life of tho accused. But the law says
distinctly that he must be killed In exactly
the same manner as was his victim. Let one
of the dead man's relatives climb a high tree
and fall on tho accused until ho has killed
him."
There being no volunteers, the accused was
set free.
AFTER many weary months two political
-ti. prisoners in the Siberian Jail nt Akaltol
had dug a tunnel to that wonderful freedom,
so long denied to both. On the outside
friends were waiting them. Finally they
gained what they had sought. The one pris
oner was hustled away; the other hidden In
a barrel of sauerkraut and shipped to
Irkutsk, where ho emerged, odoriferous but
free. Ho managed to make his way to Japan
nnd thence to San Francisco. Eventually,
Gregory Gershunl camo to this city some
five years ago. Accompanied by a friend ho
wandered about the town, seeing the sights
in the cradle of American liberty.
Slowly he walked along Fifth street until
he came to Independence Hall. Slowly he
read tho Inscriptions of tho tablets on tho
wolls. For a long while minutes he stood
In silence, the while tears fell down his
cheeks.
"For that, for liberty, for freedom, for
humanity wo are fighting in Russia even
as you fought here," he said. "Even as you
won, so will we win. Even as your fore
fathers suffered for their Ideals and princi
ples, so have we suffered nnd so must we
suffer moro In tho day-s to come, until free
dom comes to Russia."
WHEN your gaze runs afoul of a male
adorned with a wrist watch and pink
bocks and a purple necktie, think kindly or
unkindly of him it all depends upon whether
you swear by Thomasi L'nrlylo or Oliver Wen
dell Holmes, both of whom have furnished
Intimate descriptions of the "dandy." Says
the former In "Sartor Resnrtus":
"A dandy Is a clothes-wearing man a man
whoso trnde, olllce and existence Is tho wear
ing of clothes. Every faculty of his soul,
spirit, purse and person is heroically conse
crated to this one object, the wearing of
clothes wlsply nnd well; so that, as others
dress to live, he lives to dress."
And now look on the other side of the
picture furnished by Holmes:
"There was Alciblndes, the 'curled son of
OHnlns,' an accomplished young man, but
what would bo called a 'swell' in these days.
There was Aristotle, a distinguished writer
of whom you have heard a regular dandy
ho was. So wns Marcus Antoniub so wns
Sir Humphry Davy so was Lord Palmer
Eton, If I am not forgetful. Dandies such as
I was speaking of have rocked this planet
like a cradle, nye, and left It swinging to
this day."
WHICH brings back to memory that his
toric Joko about the American girl who
would not marry a British peer, declaring
that the "Yankee dude'll do,"
BRADFORD,
Taking the " Gin" Out of Virginia
From the New Orleani State.
ny actual count 3'Jj pnragraphers up to
date have observed that the Prohibitionists
have taken the gin out of Virginia.
CURIOSITY SHOP
The word "factotum," denoting a man of
all work, dates back several centuries. Hen
Jonson In one of his plays, makes Tip ask:
"Art thou the Domlmis?" to which the host
replies: "Factotum, here, sir" Foulls, in
his "History of the Plots of Our Pretended
Saints." 1674. says: "He wuh so farre the
dominus factotum in (his Juncdo (hat his
words were law."
In other days, apothecaries were called by
the name of Bolus, because they adminis
tered boluses. George Colman adopted this '
name for his apothecary, who wrote labels 1
In verse, one or wnicn was tne ceieuratea
"When taken.
To be well shaken."
But the patient being shaken Instead, died.
AJJb,Qy&h Napoon. 1 & dUed' Kith, grjg.
lnntlng tho phrase, "from the subllmo to tho
ridiculous," yet Paine In his "Ago of Rea
son" antedates him as follows:
"Tho sublime nnd the ridiculous aro often
so nearly related that It Is difficult to class
them separately. One stop above the sub
lime makes tho ridiculous, and one step
above the ridiculous makes the sublime,"
Tho "odor of sanctity" of old was some
thing more than a mere play of wordrf. Su
perstition held that tho body of a dead saint
emitted a sweet odor, while that of ono itn
bnplzcd smelled offensively.
IN A SPIRIT OF HUMOR
Means to nn Entl
"You taking cornet lessons, and BO years
of age?"
"Yes, but not for long. I expect to bring
the young lady next door to terms within a
week. She takes singing lessons."
Never Fails
Life's grim perversity nppnls,
And makes ono frown.
The darn fly paper always falls
Sticky side down,
Kansas City Journal.
"Life's c'ussednoss would try a saint,"
I loudly cry.
The painted chair I sat upon
Wns not yet dry.
Chance for a Stout Lady
fill vacancy
to
From the Chlcnen Tribune
Wanted Woman, clover,
with large corporation.
Happy College Days
"Did you ever do anything wicked nt col
lege?" asked the first sweet Junloress.
"We once pulled up a bed of Jlmson weeds,
dear," replied the freshmnnctte.
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Which first down.
(Old Milton didn't know 'cm; It makes tho
printers frown.)
An Unkind Cut
Let us once more take a look adown the
vista of time as tho years unfold them
selves. It Is the year 192.1, and the women have
been thoroughly emancipated and endowed
with complete and Inalienable political
rights.
"She," remarked a clttzeness, "has the
Presidential bee In her bonnet."
"She has," added citlzeness No. 2, "and
the bonnet is dreadfully out ot style, too."
A Winner
Therrr"flrnN a man In our town
And he was wondrous smart;
There never was an auto that
Tho fellow couldn't stnrU
There never was a trolley car,
There never was a train,
There never wns a vessel that
He galloped for In vnin.
Applied Appellatives
"Mother," asked Tommy, "is It correct to
say that you 'water a horse' when he is
thirsty?"
"Yes, my dear," said his mother.
"Well, then," snld Tommy, picking up a
saucer, "I'm going to milk the cat." Ladles'
Home Journal.
A Useful Invention
"I reckon," said Farmer Corntossel, "as
how mebbe barbed-wire ought to be counted
as one of the most useful inventions of the
age."
"For what reason?"
"When there's a lot o' work to be done,
barbed-wire makes it Impossible fur a feller
to sit on the fence an' look on." Washington
Star.
How Firm a Foundation
Two Philndolphlans were talking of tho
fortune of a third denizen of that city when
one snld:
"His first lucky strike was In eggs. Ho
bought 10,000 dozen at a low figure, put them
In cold storage, unci sold them at a profit of
more than 300 per cent. That was tho
cornerstone of his great fortune."
"Ah!" exclaimed tho other. "Then the
hens laid It." Harper's Magazine.
Exposing an Epicure
The epicure provokes a smile:
He babbles on nnd will not hush;
He talks champagne and reedblrds while
The doctor feeds him oatmeal mush.
Washington Star.
Violated Neutrality
"Why, Johnny, what's the matter with
you?"
"We had a free fight, mother."
"What do you mean?"
"There's 23 fightin' nationalities In our
school, mother, and only three stayed neu
tral." Cleveland Plain Dealer,
The Opran Season for Idioth
The hunters now will get in line.
Their turn will soon be here;
And every cow will wear a sign.
"Don't Shoot Me. I'm No Deer!"
Ciclnnatl Enquirer
Indeed our beef will bo so high
This warning will be heard
As cows go sailing thro' the sky,
"Don't Shoot Me, I'm No Bird!"
New York Mall.
If Cost-of-l.lvlng bars the way
And throttles Love's sweet tune,
Why. then, to C'upld men will say
"Don't Shoot Me, I'm Immune!"
Cleveland Plulu Dealer.
The Hotel Child
After several yenrs of hotel life, Perclval's
parents took up their residence In a cltv
suburb.
"What are you doing, son?" the mother
nsked htm, when Perclvnl came Into the
house one afternoon.
"I was Just out on Hie front porch," re
plied Perclvnl, "llfctenliig to a man with a
pushcart paging blackberries." Judge.
ConstrucUvo Diplomacy
A certain diplomat, perceiving that tho
pence of the world (loud laughter) depends
upon a nicely adjusted equivalence of mnrtlal
bristling on the part of tho Powers severally,
was much concerned over the propensity of
Buperdreadnotights (o become obsolete, al
most before they can be got Into the water.
"A superdreadnought which Isn't up to the
minute no moro makes for peace," he con
fessed, "than a last year's car makes for
social prestige,"
He thought a moment "The amount of it
seems to be," he reflected, "that obsolescence,
as it affects naval construction, Is ton vital
a thing to be left to develop In Its own way."
A little moro and Inspiration descended
upon htm. "What we need." he declared, "Is
a great many international conventions reg
ulative of tho tooth of time, so to render its
mordancy less marked."
In short, he was from that moment among
the rare company of tho world's really con
structive diplomats. New York Evening
Post-
ALTHOUGH THE SEASON OF THY LIFE
DECLINE
Although (he season of thy life decline,
And this thy body thow her wintry night.
These springtime suns will grant perpetual
light.
Nor ever coldly on the Illy uhlna,
Nor ever coldly on this flesh of thine;
Perth's children take no unreturnlng flight,
Yearly the primrose halls thy yearning alght,
Yearly each hedge restores the eglantine.
And though thy brain and body tire and fall,
And though Death make a harvest of thy
dears,
And hang hla alckle near thy door by night
Before thee then new mercies will unveil.
New hands, full of old kindness, stay thy
tears.
flavf eyea console thee with the old love-light.
-fcdith. AUne, Stewart jn, Lofldou Katloa,
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DONE IN PHILADELPHIA
WhEN a small nows Item announced a
few days ngo the death of , the driver of
the first police pntrol wagon used In this city
I have no doubt that many who read tho
report were rather astonished to learn that
this adjunct to tho Police Department had
been Introduced so long ngo as 30 years. An
other genet atton lino grown up since that
lime, and It cannot properly appreciate con
ditions that existed hero before this system
was Introduced,
MAYOR WILLIAM 11. SMITH, who did not
dislike tho title bestowed upon him of
"The dandy Mayor," was responsible for
many reforms In the Police Department.
When ho Camo Into office In 1884 this was
beforo thd"days of tho present city charter
tho Mayor did not have tho authority whfch
the Bullitt bill ban given him. It has been
said with more truth than romance that In
those days the Mayor was little more than
tho chief of police so far ns his authority
went.
Probably that Is why Mayor Smith paid so
much attention to regenerating tho force.
There wero only about 1C00 policemen In 1884,
and tho city had long outgrown so small a
protectlvo force. Even tho small army of
police today Is scarcely adequate. In 1881 tho
present era of expansion in nil directions In
tho city wns beginning, and It becamo a
problem how to protect nnd patrol so largo
an area with so small a force.
ONE of the first things that Smith did
when he wont Into tifflco was to reor
ganize the police "dress. He had entirely now
uniforms designed, and a part of this new
equipment wns the helmet, only retired for
the more military cap a few years back. Ho
even went so far ns to chango the buttons on
the uniforms, which were not of brass but ot
a white metal. He Introduced service stripes
on the sleeves of the men of the force to show
how long they had served. New badges were
designed, ns well ns a more modern uniform
for the higher officers of tho police.
For the first time-a physician wns attached
to the Police Department. Mayor Smith ap
pointed the late Dr. Morris S. French police
surgeon, and the first work assigned to him
was the physical examination of every man
In the department. Lectures on first aid to
the Injured followed, nnd Doctor French pre
pared a little guide for the policeman em
bodying tho muln points In these lectures.
All this reform, Introduced 3.0 years ago, Is
In line with modern practice. In cases of ac
cident, or attempted suicide, it is the police
man who Is first called to the victim. In the
old days he did what he could, but If he were
clumsy or had no genius In this lino he was
worse than useless.
Now all this was changed. He had at
tended lectures, and where he had failed to
understand he found some useful hints In
his little book that stood him In gdod stead
nt a critical time. Ho also had been In
structed In bandaging; he had directions for
restoring persons apparently drowned, nnd
he carried a list of antidotes for tho most
familiar poisons.
BUT even with all these Improvements,
the fact remained when a patrolman was
taking n prisoner to a police station or an
injured person to a hospital, his beat was
unprotected for an hour or even as much as
three hours. More delay was caused by tho
necessity of taking "drunks" to tho police
stations In whelbarrows, when they ware
too much under the Influence to walk. To
reform a condition such as this was a real
work of civic betterment, and having
learned how successful the police patrol sys
had worked In Chicago, Mayor Smith ad
vised that the system be adopted here. Laic
In the year the first patrol wagon wos In
stalled in the Third Police District, nnd its
first driver was Alexander Boyd, who died
11 few days ngo.
The system Included tho telephone, which
In 1884 was not In general use even In busi
ness places In this city. Consequently the
police patrol system was more than a mere
reform; It was a radical change. Tho patrol
mnn went to a little box, telephoned to tho
station for tho wagon nnd remained at his
post. Tho plan also provided a system 'iy
which the police reported every hour to show
they were attending to business.
THE introduction of this system was as
good as n hundred extra men on the force.
By the end of Mayor Smith's term thcro
were eight patrol wagons In the city. There
was still need of many moro, but he had
made a decided step toward efficiency.
At first, when the wagons wore a novelty,
the drivers believed they were expected to
respond ns rapidly ns a Are engine. As this
was found to wear out tho horses unneces
sarily, nfter tho many runs In the course
of the day, a moderate rate of speed was
ordered. The plan proved to be the best
ndjunct to the police department up to that
time, nnd with tho Introduction of motor
wagons the efficiency has been ngaln in
creased. Although Mayor Smith was Im
peached, he did a good work, and there aro
still living persons who bellevo that he was
a "dandy Mayor." GRANVILLE.
The Kaifer: Had or Incompetent?
Twin the Columbia IS. c.) Statr.
Tlw Germans continue tp protest that they
did not want war; that the Kaiser was for
peace
If we grant tho truth of the claim one of two
lonclualuiiH Is inevitable:
First, Hint the Kaiser was grossly Incompe
tent ns n contervitor of pence and ought to
ubdt'-'Hto so that some more Intelligent German
can Ko on tho lob, or
Second, that practically tho rest of Kuropo
was wickedly and Insanely eager to make war
upun him.
In the latter raso It must lie confessed that
the Emperor haH failed to so govern Ills empire
thnt othf nations would not hate jt, or elso
that other nations are alngcthcr bad while
rlKhteousnrss Ib h fiernian monopoly.
Accepting the Emperor's own premises, It
seems to follow that if pot a bad he is an in
competent ruler.
THE IDEALIST
"Prayer," said a simple Japanese convert,
"Is Ilko tho two buckets of a well. When one
bucket Is sent down empty the other bucket
comes up full."
And there wo have the true concept of
prayer. Not only is It Impartlve; It is re
ceptive. As one gives one receives,
Two young men were camping in tho
woods. Neither was what is popularly known
as a "churchgoer." They wero just two
average American boys healthy, alert and In
for a good time.
When bedtime came one of the boys knelt
down to pray. The other looked on In sin
cere amazement. As the kneeling lad arose
from his prayer his companion was fuzing
fixedly at the ground.
"Bill." said the one who had not prayed.
"I hope you said one for me." The words
bore a suggestion of tho Jocular.
"Fred," replied the o(her. "SO per cent, of
my prayer was for you. If I had prayed for
myself I would not feel nearly so happy, not
nearly so much at peace with the whole uni
verse as I do now,"
ffifettJi wins out the. sieai Ws ftuSstanqfi
It 4t-ttA tltVltfflW (IMM.Ifl . . Ai.l
... "uo !.;; UMBCIIinil petition for It,..
welt being nnd happiness of others 8
Lnter Bill asked Fred If ho hnd over
out on a hot, dirty trarrip and on com??
homo enjoyed tho thrilling sensation n?.R
exhilarating bath. "Well' continued nn?
"that's Just tho way I feel when I D?v "V
feel that tho real 'scir of mo had telnet
through a cleansing process. I nni ?T
freshed, now nil over." ro
VJEWS OF READERS
ON TIMELY TOPICS
Contrihutions That Rqflcct Public Onin.
ion on Subjects Important to City
Slate and Nation.
To the Editor 0 lie fiventnp' ledger:
Sir In view of the fact that tho vote In Vlr.
Klnh makes eleven States that haVo gono pro
hlbltlon through tho non-pnrtlsan Influence of
women on the votes of men nlonc, how can th
suffrnglst8 clrculnto such ridiculous appeals at
vthey sent out recently?
Of the nine suffrage S.tntcs, nono Is prohibition
but Kansas, and It went dry three yenrs before,
women got tho vote there. Coldrndo, Oregon,
Washington, nnd Cnllfornln, suffrage State, all
rejected prohibition, and Wyoming, where
women hnve voted 45 jcars, never voted as much
ns one county "dry," Cnn Dr. Annn Howard
Slinw or nny of the other suffrage lenders tell
your newspaper why?
If only PS per cent, of tho Colorado women
hnd voted ng.ilnst tho saloons In 1912, prohlbl
tlon would have won by more thnn 6000 votes
without one ninlo ballot In Its favor. Why didn't
the 'vonien voters there reptcsent true woman
hood n well ns the male voters lmvo in ,i.
suffrage States?
Only I per cent, of the registered women In
the whole city of Chlcngo Voted on September
9. Cnn nny sane person believe (hat tho other
95 tx-r cent, nro represented ns well by tho fe.
male politicians and feminists ns they arc by
their owli husbands, fathers, sons and brothers?
Why ato Denver, Chicago nnd 'Frisco "wiilj
open" on Sundays? Becnuso the kind of women
that wnnt to ape men Ilko such "freedom."
EDWARD TOAL,
Ardmorc, September 28, 1911,
HE WANTS SUNDAY AMUSEMENTS
To the lUlitor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Knowing nothing whatever about tho mat
ter, I am, of course, competent to discuss th
question of Sunday amusements. I realize nt
the outset that It Is wofully wicked to enjoy 'one
day of rest a week. I know thnt seeing a garni
of baseball between healthy-minded youngstcri
will prnd mo to eternal dcmnlttoii. I feel, too,
that If I were to spend an hour watching movl
Ing pictures of world's events I would sljile
In the slieol of past nges.
And yet, being a brave mnn, I would willingly
take a chance on the hereafter In order that I
n.lght ccipc a typical Philadelphia Sunday the
dullest, more horrifying dny of nil the week.
Truly, I'd rather work than pass a Sunday ia
thin town. 1
Is there no happy medium on which the Blu
btocuings could meet the sane Sundnyltes and
nrrnngo for religious obscrvnnco until, say, 1
o'clock, and dercnt, orderly amusements nfter
that hour? Or, Is tills city to remain retroactive
and bluc-lawy?
MICHAEL E. rillSTO.
Philadelphia, September 29, 1914.
WHERE IS THE FRENCH NAVY?
To the Vditor of the Kventng Ledger:
Sir Like many readers, I hnve been puzzlel
to account for lack of a sea battle In the Euro
penn war. AVo nil expected England' great
nnvy to do something spectacular when Church
Ill first gave It scaled orders. Hut so far noth
ing has happened beyond a few petty engace
ments. Germany's fleet Is npparently able, bj
means of the Kiel Cnnal, to scuttle back anil
forth from tho North Sea, where England walti,
to the Baltic, where tho Russian navy I not
stronir enough to do any damage. But where
nil this time are the Ficnch ships? Why not
have the combined navies of England, France
and Russia been able to close up both endi
of the canal nnd cut Germany off from Inter
course with Scandanavla, across tho Baltic?
WILL BOND,
Catr.tlcn, N. J., September 29, 1914.
A SHOP GIRL PLEADS GUILTY
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir ns a saleslady, I have been much Inter
ested In the letters appearing In your column
regarding the treatment of customers. I wat
pleased, of course, thnt a shopper should admit
her occasional feelings; but 1 feel we girls owe
It qulto ns much to her to admit that very often
wo are far from courteous or pntlcnt Some
times, of course, it is not our fault. Stnndlnr.
all day at work gets on ono's nerves. But often
were are merely "soured 011 life," and let out
our feelings on tho custopior. F. A. 0.
Philadelphia, September 28, 1914.
A COMMISSION FOR PHILADELPHIA
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Ir Thcro is ono very plain lesson from the
"mnrblo halls" grab. Philadelphia needs t
commission form of government, She needs to
bo ahlo to put her finger squarely on the man
or men who plunder her. She needs tho chance
of electing a few good mon like the present
Mayor, instend of a drove of nondescript pro
fessional politicians, She needs to get respon
sibility nnd business efficiency into her govern
ment. A commission is the way.
H. L. PLUMMER.
Philadelphia, September 29. It'll.
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
No greater opportunity has been offered
American genius by tho exigencies of th
European war than Is to be found In the
great chance for tho development of real
dye manufactures. Washington Times.
Even in baseball it is good to get out of s
rut. New York's failure to win tho National
League pennant for tho fourth tlmo In suc
cession Is from that point of view a boost
for the game. Now York Tribune.
Let the suggestion of II. C. Forbes, of Ne
vork, find icspunso everywhere In America. W
snys: "To keep every American worker fullf
employed and every honest American buslnesi
man piosperous, demand "mndo In America,
goods. This Is self-defense and true p.ttrlotlsm.
Detrult Free Press.
The praises of militarism, still sounded Is
certain quarters, aro strangely like t"
laudations of negro slavery which
heard in this country on the eve of the uvi
War which was to abolish It forever w.
both cases, thnt Is to say, what was at n'
apologized tor a n tenipurury i - -.,.
up litter us (he highest good. New ir
Evening Post.
The President has been notified thnt If M
Insists on (ho passage of the Government
owned merchant marine bill Congress w
not be able to adjourn beforo the futemow
elections. Tills menus that the shlp-su"'
sldtsts aro Improving their btrangle-hoia oa
a Democratic Congress and that it will w"
u long fight to shake them off. This betnj
the situation, why a surrender rather than
fight? New York World.
Times of stress produce s(rong men. anl
the "Pancho" Villa of other days is no "
strong man of Mexico. If he was an u
tered Indian, nevertheless he Is the sowi"
who destroyed the power of die c0","1, r ia
who had seized the government ''."?, o
a bandit, nevertheless he has been loai i
(he political doctrine of (he inurUertJd a
dero. If ho was a (vro In pullllcs, he B' .
evidence of slu(emunshlp suftlc ent 10
him 10 recognize the value " ' ,e 'olSwBr4
ferlng good will of (he United States tow
(he Mexican people. Bosion Heratu.
The administration of the Treasury Is
highly educational occupation, ":" andf
McAdoo Is giving signs of readiness . y
capacity to learn. The banks which ne
slsted with Treasury ruiitis '"'",-- du
nbused his (rust In (hem that he "as d
clpllned them privately and threatens
so publicly. Ho gave them public i "
a public purpose tho moving of tne " ts
and they have diverted them I",1" f" re-
purposes, the heaping VP of ex.3,,B
fiecyeflJSew, Xorfe Tunes.
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