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But In the same magazine G. K. Chester
ton answers iho question, "What Is a bar
barian?" "The psychology of tho barbarian,"
he says, "Is this! that, like the lower animals,
he does not understand reciprocity.
If I leave a bee his honey, he may leave me
his sting. And he has not broken any con
tract, because bees, llko Prussians, arc bar
barians." So Germany's most delightful man
Is a barbarian.
Professor Muenstcrberg makes this grace
ful thrust: "Every one knows the mild ex
pression of the faco of George V, and tho
gentle, melancholy features of Czar Nicho
las, and the comfortable, phlllstlne expres
sion of President Polncare, and tho pretty,
youthful look of Albert of Belgium." Tho
professor adds that havoc has been wrought
in American public opinion by tho Kaiser's
mustache, so formidable In cartoons.
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PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMIIEn 30, 191.
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Political Decency an All-party Issue
POLITICAL, righteousness rises above
partisanship. Tho public Is learning tho
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 permit Interference with his per
nonnl comfort or the welfare of his friends.
Hut that bipartisanship of his on which tho
liquor interests have Justly counted has re
ceived a rude blow from another and very
JUfforcnt sort of party alliance. The National
Popular Government League. Itself an or
ganization of men of all political creeds, has
voted unanimously to campaign against the
election of two notorious candidates', !
from each of the two great parties Koger
Sullivan, Democrat, out in Illinois, and Hole?
Penrose, Republican, here In Pennsylvania.
The Issue Is broader than party. The Ufa
and virtue of our political Institutions are at
stake.
Treat Turkey Fairly but Firmly
WHATEVER course may be taken by tho
I'nitcd States in consequence of Tur
key's abrogation of the capitulations. It
phould at least be definite and firm, for
obvious reasons there Is little continuity In
cur diplomatic policy, so far as we have one;
but that Is certainly no reason for hesltnncy
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 nations and the I'nlted States
Is not exactly encouraging to easy diplomatic
negotiation: and the conduct of Ambassador
Hustem Hey. which may or may not repre
sent the Turkish attitude toward this coun
try, l.ardly suggests mildness In our com
munlcations with the Government from
which be Is accredited. As for Ambassador
?"A.'Rustcm Bey, he has been blandly insolent.
Our educational anil charitable "Interests" in
Turkey, which were established under the
protection of a treaty now broken, are Just as
Important as large commercial interests could
be. The American people know compara
tively little, as yet. as to what tho Admin
istration Mas said to Turkey and how it has
been said: but there Is no doubt that prompt
and decisive action on the part of this Gov
ernment is indispensable to national slf
respect and the protection of our "interests"
In Turkey.
Reform the Patent Ofllec
NOW that Congress has torn itself regret
fully away from the pork barrel, it might
turn its attention to some matter- in which
there Is neither political profit nor an oppor
tunity to sandbag the Government. One of
these is the American patent ystem. If any
public servl'o needs reorganization it is the
Patent Office. 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 wo try to
stimulate inventive genius. Let it merely j
make the present scheme workable. Yards of
red tape should he cut away. Tho whole ,
method of testing the priority of a patent
should be simplified. Now it is only the cor-
poratlon with endless resources and a multi
tude of lawyers that can outlive tho ton or a ,
dozen mazes of legal proceedings through !
which a case may be driven. And the public
Is quite dPfen: eless when a rich company ,
prefers buying and suppressing a patented '
Improvement to using It for tho people's
benefit. '
Trifling With the Telephone
TELEPHONING isn't what It was. It
won't even be what it is very long, if
the inventors keep on. One of them ha
pent tl years on the misanthropic Job ot
turning out un attachment to detect the
third party who cuts in to listen to a little
gossip With s.oon.ooo party Hues in use in
the t'nitcd States, the misery likely to bo
caused by this single invention Is appalling
"Worse still, the same mechanism may bo set
to cut off a conversation at tho end of a
certain number of minutes.
And do any of us want the "seelng.by.
wire" attachment that another of these busy
bodies has invented? Imagine the embar
rassment of the five. foot man with the timid
eyes who prefers to blow up the coal com
pany oer the phone! Contemplate the con
fusion of milady who likes to chat with her
friends in boudoir negligee! How will the
bus husband at the club be able to "pull
the old, old bluff of "detained, at tho offi.ee"?
The inventors had better curb their passion
ate genius
Belligerent Footnotes to History
THE writers of each warriug nation pre- '
sent u united front against the pens of I
the cnem and no quarter is given to per
sons or people who wae a foeman's flag, i
The literary conflict Is interesting to watch.
Hugo Muensterberg, who usually backs his
German propagundism with the name of ,
Hanard L'ntverslty, presents In one of the '
October magazines a most engaging picture I
of "Emperor William, the Man." The
Kaiser's sense of humor, the beauty of his
domestic life, his marvelous intellectual ,
versatility, whlrti surpasses even that of
Theodore Hoosevelti the Incomparable mag-
tietlsm of his personality all blend In this
portrait ot "Germany's most delightful man."
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Leader or Bandit?
IF WE are ready 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 thlnga
that he has always stood for. Consistently,
through all his campaigns, he hna championed
the peon. And he has stood always for a non
mllltnry government to perpetuate his re
forms. Carrnnza has not given evldenco 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 hns shuffled over the
military question; worse, he seems to have
kept his personal ambition squarely In the
foreground, Villa Is demanding and with
what looks like success that the military
leaders, himself Included, be eliminated from
present or prospective holding of political
olllce.
It is a good stand that Villa has taken.
Why does it receive so little Indorsement In
the United States? Primarily, because Ameri
cans have lacked fulth 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 the revolution. The one
word, "bandit," -- 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 of 1776 was technically a smuggler
against the navigation acts of England.
Hail to ihe 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 bo 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.
Watchful Waiting in the Philippines
SINCE the Spanish war too much partisan
rancor has been caused by the Philip
pine question. Political lines have been too
tensely drawn. It may be granted that there
are essential and important differences be
tween tlie two leading parties in respect to
their notions of "colonial policy," but broad
conceptions of national responsibility have
sometimes been subordinated to narrow, bit
ter partisanship. The real Issue which hinges
on the Jones bill, now under discussion in j
t'ongrcss. Is not "Shall the Filipinos ultl- j
mutely have self-government?" The bill j
does contain a provision which pledges ultl- ,
mate self-government; and a promise even ,
of something certuln Is rather dangerous In
a case like this. But the real question Is,
"Have the Filipinos proved themselves
worthy of a more liberal share In their own
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 ns grave. It is
Imperative that the mistakes of the Recon
struction Period In our own history shall not
be repeated. Tho Fifteenth Amendment Is a
dead letter for the very simple reason that
"previous condition of servitude" Is some
thing thnt absolutely must be considered in
reference to any 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 among many
Filipino tribes, and knowing that the forces
of democratic civilization have been working
there only a few years, less than a single
generation, tho I'nlted Stntes should go
pretty slow in relaxing its civil guardian
ship. The slower the better.
State Conscience Wields Power
NOTHING can withstand tho resistless
power of the collective conscience when
mon 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 puhlic welfare thnn the com
bined moral sense of a State. Issues of the
campaign are supposed to be determined by
this non-partisan morality, which represents
tho sound good sense of the citizen who
believes that "righteousness exalteth a na
tion but sin is a reproach to any people."
The Illumination of this faculty, which co
ordlnates the human with the divine, ought
to be one of the purposes of the campaign
now making appeal to the people of Penn
sylvania, Never talk war with your barber. Perhaps
he is one of them
And besides It Is a needless revolution, as
we already have a surplus of Mexican films.
It is a pity that the domain of Santa Claus
should be in the heart of the war territory.
About now look out for an announcement
that the price of coal will be Increased be.
cause of the scarcity of labor in the mines,
duo to 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
Just what I had said." Thanks for this
longer and more beautiful verbiage!
Britain has yet to learn the lesson which I
all nations must learn. War is a terrible '
thing, and the nation which indulges In It )
must jju wie price mat staggers, as Presi
dent Krug-er of the Transvaal put It. And,
above all, no war is won until the last battle
has been fought.
MatateuMuu
WHEN King George was still a midship
man In her Majesty's navy and his
brother, tho Prince of Wales, slnco dead, was
known as "dollars and Cuffs," because of his
fondness for thoso nppurtenances of every
day attire, tho twain were aboard a ship oft
Southampton. Wales was n sleepy head,
hard to wake, and ono morning Prince
George found It well nigh Impossible to rotiso
ills brother In tlmo for the usual Inspection.
Finally, driven to desperation, ho bawled
out:
"Hey, Collars, get tip! TheyVo singing
'God Savo Your Grandmother' already."
History falls to relate whether "Collars"
ever told Grandma Victoria.
THIS may be a base libel on nn honored
profession, but It Is told by tho man who
perpetrated the faux pas. Ho was a reporter
for n Baltimore paper or bad been ono for
about an hour, this being his first experience
In newspaper work when the city editor sent
him out to sec Cardinal Gibbons. Tho "cub"
rushed down to tho modest white house
whero the venerable prelate lives and rang
the bell. A man servant opened the door.
"Is tho Cardinal at home?" usked the
reporter.
"No, sir."
"Oh, Mrs. Gibbons will do," ejaculated tho
"cub."
WHO Invented the cocktail? Some bar
tender? A bou vlvanlV Or 'as Us dis
covery tho result of n drunken frolic?
The cocktail was Invented by Mrs. Eliza
beth Flanagan, widow of an Irish soldier
who fell In the service of the American army
during the Revolution. After her husband's
death, Mrs. Flanagan becamo tin army sut
ler, following a troop of Virginia horse under
Colonel Burr. In the winter of 1779 she took
up quarters with tho troop In a place called
Four Corners, on tho road between Tarry
town nnd White Plains. N. Y. near tho
demesne ot John D. Rockefeller. There Mrs.
Flanagan set up a hotel which soon became
the rendezvous of the "swells" of that day.
One day the hostess surprised her guests by
announcing a new drink the cocktail sup
posed to have been named oftcr the blending
of colors in the tall of a game cock.
EVERY time King Mencllk of Abyssinia
was reported dead again, the news re
called the Solomonic manner In which tho
dusky potentate meted out Justice. Once two
of his subjects went to nn orchard to gather
fruit. Ono 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 ho fell on his com
panion, killing him.
Under the Abyssinian law, tho relatives of
the dead man demanded a life for u life, de
clining the proffered blood money. The case
went Into court and finally reached King
Menellk. When he had heard all tho evi
dence In the case, he delivered Ills Judgment
thus:
"You are within your !ghts In demanding
the life of the accused. But the law says
distinctly that be must be killed in exactly
the same manner ns was his victim. Let one
of the dend man's relatives climb a high tree
and fall on the accused until he has killed
him."
There being no volunteers, the accused was
set free.
AFTER many weary months two political
.prisoners In the Siberian Jail at Akaltol
had dug a tunnel to that wonderful freedom,
so long denied to both. On tho 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 he emerged, odoriferous but
free. He managed to make his way to Japan
and thence to San Francisco. Eventually,
Gregory Gershunl came 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 rame to Independence Hall. Slowly ho
read the inscriptions of the tablets on tho
walls. For a long while minutes ho stood
In silence, the while tears fell down his
cheeks.
"For that, for liberty, for freedom, for
humanity we nre lighting In Russia oven
ns you fought here," ho said. "Even as you
won. so will wo win. Even as your fore
fathers suffered for their ideals and princi
ples, so have we suffered and so must wo
suffer more in the days to come, until free
dom comes to Russln."
WHEN your gaze runs afoul of a male
adorned with a wrist watch and pink
socks and a purple necktie, think kindly or
unkindly of him It all depends upon whether
you swear by Thomas Carlyle or Oliver Wen
dell Holmes, both of whom have furnished
Intlmato descriptions of the "dandy." Suys
the former In "Sartor Resartus":
"A dandy Is a clothes. wearing man a man
whoso trade, 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, tho wearing of
clothes wisely and well; so that, ns others
dress to live, he lives to dress."
And now look on the other side of the
picture furnished by Holmes;
"There was Alelblades, tho 'curled son of
ninias,' nn accomplished young man. but
what would bo called a 'swell' In these days.
There was Aristotle, a distinguished writer
of whom you have hearda regular dandy
he was. So was Marcus Antonius so was
Sir Humphry Pavy so was Lord Palmer
aton. If I am not forgetful. Dandles such as
I was speaking of have rocked this planet
like n cradle, aye, and left It swinging to
this day."
WHICH brings back to memory that his
torio Joko about the American girl who
would not marry a British peer, declaring
that the "Yankee dude'll do."
BRADFORD,
TaVinu the " Gin" Out of Virginia
From the New Orleans State.
By actual count 325 paragraphers 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. Ben
Jonson in one of his plays, makes Tip ask:
"Art thou the Dominus?" to which the host
replies: "Factotum, here, sir." Foulls, In
his "History of the Plots of Our Pretended
Saints," 167-1. says: "He was so furre the
dominus factotum in this Junctio that 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 label
in verse, one of which was the celebrated
' "When taken.
To be well shaken."
But the patient being shaken Instead, died.
Although Napoleon I Is credited with orlg-
lnatlnB tho phrase, "from the subllmo to the
ridiculous," yet Paine In his "Ago of Rea
son" antedates him aa follows:
"Tho subllmo nnd the ridiculous. are often
so nearly related that It Is dlllleull to class
them separately, One step above the sub
llmo makes the ridiculous, nnd one step
abovo the ridiculous makes tho sublime."
Tho "odor of sanctity" of old wns some
thing more than a mere play of words'. Su
perstition held that tho body of a dead saint
emitted a sweet odor, while that of ono vm
baplzed smcllcd offensively.
IN A SPIRIT OF HUMOR
Means lo nn End
"You taking comet lessons', and GO years
of age?"
"Yes, but not for long. I expect to bring
the young lady next door to terms within a
week. She tukes singing lessons."
Never Fails
Life's grim perversity nppals,
And mnkes one frown.
Tho darn fly paper always falls
Sticky sldo down.
Kansas City Journal.
"Life's cusscdncss would try a saint,"
I loudly cry.
The painted chair I sat Upon
Was not yet dry,
Chance for a Stout Lady
From th Chicago Tribune.
Wanted Woman, clever, to fill vacancy
with large corporation.
Happy College Days
"Did you ever do nnythlng wicked nt col
lege?" asked the first sweet Jltnloress.
"We once pulled up a bed of Jlmson weeds,
dear," replied tho frcshmanette.
Modern Poetry
This u y.ag
Is zlg poem,
up,
runs then
Which first down.
(Old Milton didn't know 'em; It makes the
printers frown.)
An Unkind Cut
Let us once more take a look ndown the
vista of time as the years unfold them
selves. It is the year 1923, and the women have
been thoroughly emancipated and endowed
with complete and Inalienable political
rights.
"She." remarked n cltlzeness, "has tho
Presidential bee In her bonnet."
"She has." added cltlzeness No. 2, "and
tho bonnet Is dreadfully out of style, too."
A Winner
Thero was a man in our town
And he was wondrous smart;
There never was an auto that
The fellow couldn't start.
There never was a trolley car,
There never was a train.
There never was a vessel that
He galloped for In vain.
Applied Appellatives
"Mother," asked Tommy, "Is It correct to
say that you 'water u horse' when he la
thirsty?"
"Yes. my dear." said his mother.
"Well, then," said 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
ns one of the most useful inventions ot the
ago."
"For what redson?"
"When there's a lot o work to be done,
bnrbed-wlro makes It Impossible fur it feller
to sit on the fence an' look on." Washington
Star.
How Firm a Foundation
Two Phlladelphlans wore talking of the
fortune of a third denizen of that city when
ono said:
"His first lucky strike was in eggs. Ho
bought 10,000 dozen at a low figure, put them
in cold storage, and old them at a profit of
more than 300 per cent. That was tho
cornerstone of his great fortune."
"Ah!" exclnimcd tho other. "Then the
hens laid It." Harper's Mhguzlne.
Kxposins an Epicure
The epicure provok'es a smile;
He babbles on and will not hush;
Hi talks champagne and reedblrds while
Tho 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 tlghtln' nationalities In our
school, mother, and only three stuyed neu
tral." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Open Season for Idiots
Tho hunters now will get In line,
Their turn will .soon bo hero;
And every cow will wear a sign,
"Don't Shout Me. I'm No Deer!"
Cincinnati 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!"
Now York Mail.
If Cosl-or-LIving bars tho way
And throttles Love's sweet tune.
Why, then, to ftipld mon will say
"Don't Shoot Mo, I'm Immunol"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Hotel Child
After several years of lintel life, Perclval'.i
parents took up their icsidenco In a city
suburb.
"What arc you doing, son?" tho mother
asked him, when Purclval came Into the
house ono afternoon.
"I waa Just out on the front porch." re
plied Perclval, "listening to a man with a
pushcart paging blackberries." Judge.
Cotibtructivt; Diplomacy
A certain diplomat, perceiving that the
peace of tho world (loud laughter) depends
upon a nlcoly adjusted equivalence of martial
bristling on the part of tho Powers sevorully,
was much concerned over tho propensity of
superdreadnoughts to becomo obsolete al
most before they can be got Into the water.
"A supordrcadnought which Isn't up to the
minute no more makes for peace," ho con
fussed, "than a lust year's car makes for
social prestige."
Ho thought a moment. "The amount of It
,'cems to be," be reflected, "thnt obsolescence,
as It affects naval construction, Is too vital
a thing to be loft to develop in its own way."
A little more nnd inspiration descended
upon him- "What wo need," bo declared, "Is
a great many international conventions reg
ulative of the tooth of time, so to render Its
mordancy less marked."
In short, ho was from that moment among
the ram company of the world's really eon
Ftructlve diplomats New York Evening
post.
ALTHOUGH THE SEASON OF TIJY LIFE
DECLINE
Although the season of thy life decline,
And this thy body how her wintry night,
Theae springtime suns will grant perpetual
light,
Nor ever coldly on the Illy stdne.
Nor ever coldly on this llesh of thine;
Earth'3 children take no unreturnlng flight,
Yearly the primrose halls thy yearning sight,
Yearly each hedge restores the eglantine.
And though thy brain and body tire and fall.
And though Deuth make a harvet of thy
ilt-ars.
And hang his i Klc near thy door by nlKht
Befoie llu-v then new lucicnr.5 will unveil,
New lidnds. full ul old kindness, stay thy
tears,
New eyes console thee with tho old love
light. Edith Anne Stewart In London Nation,
DONE IN PHILADELPHIA
WHEN a small news Item nnnouncod a
few days ngo tho death of tho driver of
tho first police patrol wagon used In this city
1 have no doubt thnt many who road tho
report were rather astonished to learn that
this adjunct to tho Police Department had
been introduced so long ngo ns 30 years, An
other generation has grown up since that
tlmo, and It ennnot properly appreciate con
ditions that existed hero before this system
was Introduced.
MAYOR WILLIAM B. SMITH, who did not
dlsllko the title bestowed upon him of
"Tho dandy Mayor," was responsible for
many reforms In the Police Department.
When ho enme Into office In 18S4 this was
before Iho days of tho present city charter
tho Mayor did not have tho nuthorlty which
tho Bullitt bill has given him. It has been
said with moro truth than romance thnt In
those dnys the Mayor was little more than
the chief ot pollco so far as his authority
went.
Probably that Is why Mayor Smith paid so
much attention to regenerating the force.
There were only about 1500 policemen In 1884,
and tho city hnd long outgrown so small a
protective force. Even tho small army of
police today Is scarcely adequate. In 1SS1 tho
present era ot expansion In nil directions in
tho city wns beginning, nnd It became a
problem how to protect and patrol so large
an area with so small a force.
ONE of tho first things that Smith did
when ho went Into oftlco wns to reor
ganize the pollco dross. Ho hud entirely now
uniforms designed, nnd a part of this now
equipment wns tho helmet, only retired for
the more military cap a few years back. He
even went so fnr as to chungo tho buttons on
the uniforms, which were not of brass but of
n white metnl. Ho Introduced service stripes
on tho sleeves of the men of the force to show
how long they hnd served. New badges wcro
designed, as well as n mpre modern uniform
for tho higher officers of the police.
For the first time a physician was attached
to tho Pollco Department. Mayor Smith ap
pointed the late Dr. Morris S. French police
surgeon, and the first work assigned to him
wns the physical examination of every man
In tho department. Lectures on first aid to
tho injured followed, and Doctor French pre
pared n little guide for tho policeman em
bodying tho main points In these lectures.
All this reform, Introduced 30 years ago, Is
In lino with modern practice. In cases of ac
cident, or attempted suicide, It Is tho police
man who Is first called to the victim. In tho
old dnys ho did what ho could, but If ho were
clumsy or hnd no genius in this lino he was
worse than useless.
Now all this was changed. Ho had at
tended lectures, and whero ho had failed to
understand he found somo useful hints In
his little book that stood him In good stead
at a critical time. He also had been In
structed In bandaging; ho had directions for
restoring persons apparently drowned, and
be carried a list of antidotes for tho most
familiar poisons.
BUT even with all thoso Improvements,
the fact remained when a patrolman was
taking a prisoner to a pollco station or an
Injured person to a hospital, his beat was
unprotected for nn hour or even ns much ns
three hours. Moro delay was caused by the
necessity of taking "drunks" to tho police
stations In whelbarrows, when' they ware
too much under tho Influence to walk. To
reform a condition such as thi3 was a real
work of civic betterment, and having
learned how .successful tho police patrol sys
tem hud worked in Chicago, Mayor Smith ad
vised that the system be adopted here. Laic
In the year the first patrol wagon was in
stalled In tho Third Police District, and lt-
first driver was Alexander Boyd, who died
n few days ngo.
The syhteni included the telephone, which
In 1SS1 was not In general use even In busi
ness places In this city. Consequently the
police patrol system was moro than a mere
reform; It was a radical change. The patrol
man went to a little box, telephoned to Cio
station for tho wagon and remained nt Ills
post. The plan also provided a system by
which the pollco reported every hour to shew
they were attending to business.
THE introduction of this system was as
good as a hundred extra men on the force.
By tho end ot Mayor Smith's term there
were eight patrol wagons In tho city. There
was still need of many more, but he hud
made a decided step toward efficiency.
At first, when tho wagons wcro a novelty,
the drivers believed they were expected to
respond as rapidly ns a flro engine. As this
was found to wear out the horses unneces
sarily, after tho many runs In tho cotirso
of tho day, a moderate rate of speed was
ordered. Tho plan proved to bo the be.it
adjunct to tho pullco department up to that
time, and with the introduction of motor
wagons tho cfllclency has boon again In
creased, Although Mayor Smith was Im
peached, ho did a good work, nnd thoro are
still living persons who believe that ho was
n "dandy Mayor." GRANVILLE.
The Kai-rr: Had or Incompetent?
Tinm the itiluinhla ri- .) Stan-.
The Oermnna continuo to protest that thoy
did not want war; that tho Kaiser was for
pen co.
If we grant the truth of the Uabn ono of two
conclusions U inevitable:
First, that the Kaiser wns grossly Incompe
tent ns a conservator of pence and ought to
abdicate so that somo more intelligent German
can so on the lob, or
Second, that practically the rest of Em-ope
was wickedly and Insanely eager to make war
upon him.
In tho latter case it must bo confessed that
the Emperor Iiiib failed to so govern his emplie
that otbc- nations would not liato It. or else
that other nations uiu alnguther bad while
riKliteousnrss Is a Gorman monopoly.
Accepting the Emperor's own picmlscg, it
seems to follow that If not n bad he is an In
competent ruler
THE IDEALIST
"Prayer," said a slmplo Japanese convert,
"is llko tho two buckets of , well. When one
bucket Is sent down empty the other bucket
comes up full."
And thero wo have the true concept of
prayer. Not only is it impurtivo; It is re
ceptlve. Ah one gives one receives.
Two young men were i-uinping q t),o
woods. Neither was what Is popularly known
ns u "churchgoer." They were just two
nvcrage American boys healthy, alert and in
for a good time.
When bedtime camo one of tho boys knelt
down to pray. Tho other looked on In sin
cere amazement. As tho kneeling lad arose
from his pruyer his companion waa gazlntr
fixedly at the ground. fc-'mt.
"Hill." suid the one who li.ol not prayed
"I hope you said one fur me. ' The wuida
bore a. sukkcsIiuii of the jocular.
Fred,' replied tin other, ' o 1)t.r tent ut
my prayer was for uu. If 1 bad pruyed'for
myself I would not feel nearly so happy, not
nearly so murh at peace with the whole uni
verse ia I do v "
WhUh I r.fi, i -it tV srcat bK substance
In true prayer unselfish petition for tha
well being and happiness of others.
Later Bill asked Fred If ho hnd over gona
put on rt hot, dirty tramp and on comlntr
homo enjoyed tho thrlllltiff sensation of an
?,?,n".?m!,nB ,,atl1' "Well," continued Dill
J.1".111!? lu?.1 lho J1'.1 feet when 1 Pray. I
feel that tho real 'solr of mo hod been put
through n cleansing process, I am re.
freshed, new nil over."
VIEWS OF READERS
ON TIMELY TOPICS
Contributions That Ecflcct Public Opin.
ion on Subjects Important to City,
. Stnto anil Nation.
To ihe Vdttor of the Xvcninp tetatri
Sir-In view of tho fact that tho vote In Vlr
ginh mnkes eloven Stntes that have gone pro
hibition through the non-partisan Influence of
women on the voles of men alone, how can the
suffragists circulate such ridiculous appeals as
they sent out recently?
Of tho nine suffragq States, none Is prohibition
but Kansas, nnd It went dry three years before
women got the voto there. Colorado, Oregon,
Washington, nnd California, suffrage State, all
rejected prohibiten,- and Wyoming, where
women have voted 45 years, never voted as much
ns one county "dry," Can Dr. Anna Howard
Shaw' or any of the other surtrago leaders tell
your nowspnper why?
If only 53 per cent, of the Colorado women
had voted against the saloons In 1912, prohlbl
tlon would have won by more than 6000 votes,
without ono male ballot In Its favor. Why didn't
tho women voters thoro represent true woman
hood an well as the male voters have In mU
suffrage Slates?
Only I per cent, of the registered women In
the whole city of Chicago voted on September
0. Can any snno person bollove that tho other
91 per cent, are represented ns well by tho fe
male politicians nnd feminists as they nro by
tholr own husbands, fathers, sons nnd brothers?
Why aro Donvor, Chicago and Frisco "wide
oucn" on Sundays? Because the kind of women
that wnnt to apo men llko such "freedom."
EDWARD TOAL.
Ardmore, September 23, 1014.
HE WANTS SUNDAY AMUSEMENTS
To Ihe Editor of the i!venlU7 Ledger:
Sir Knowing nothing whatever about the mat
ter, I am, of course, competent to discuss the
question of Sunday amusements. I realize nt
the outset that It Is wofully wicked to enjoy one
day of rest a week. I know that seeing a game
of baseball between healthy-minded youngsters
will send mo to cternnl dcmnltlon. I feel, too,
that If I were to spend nn hour watching mov
ing pictures ot world's events I would sizzle
I. 41... t..., ....,
And yet. being a bravo man, I would willingly
t.ike a chance on the hereafter In order that I
might escTpo a typical Philadelphia Sunday tha
dullest, most horrifying day of all tho week.
Truly, I'd rather work than pass a Sunday In
thin town.
Is there no happy medium on which tho Blue
Stockings could meet tho sane Suntlayltcs and
arrange for religious observancOjUntll, say, 1
o'clock, nnd decent, orderly amusements after
that hour? Or. Is this city to remain retroactive
and blue-lawy?
MICHAEL E. PHISTO.
Philadelphia, September 29, 19H.
WHERE IS THE FRENCH NAVY?
To the Editor of the Evening Ltdocr:
.Sir Like many renders, I havo boon puzzled
to account for lack of a sea battle In tho Euro
pean war. We all expected England's great
navy to do something spectacular when Church
Ill first gave It scaled orders. But so far noth
ing has happened beyond a few petty engage
ments. Germany's fleet is apparently able, by
means of the Kiel Canal, to scuttle back and
forth from the North Sea, where England waits,
to tho Baltic, whero tho Russian navy Is not
strong enough to do any damage. But where
nil this tlmo aro the French ships? Why have
not tho combined navies of England. France
and Russia been able to close up both ends
of tho canal and cut Germany oft from Inter
course with Scandanavln, across tho Bnltlc?
WILL BOND.
Camden, N. J., September 29, 1914.
A SHOP GIRL PLEADS GUILTY
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir As n saleslady, I have been much inter
ested In the letters appearing In your columns
regarding the treatment of customers. I wns
plfuscil, of course, that a shopper should admit
lu-r occasional feelings; but I feel wo girls owe
It quite as much to her to admit that very often
we are far from courteous or patient. Some
times, of rource, H Is not our fault. Standing
all day at work gets on one's nerveu. But often
wo are merely "soured on life," nnd lot out
our fci-llngs on the customer. F. A. G.
Philadelphia, September 2S, 1914.
A COMMISSION FOR PHILADELPHIA
To the Editor of tho Evening Ledger:
Sir .Tliero Is one very plain le.sson from the
"marble halls" grab. Philadelphia needs a
commission form of government. She needs to
be able to put her finger squarely on the man
or iiH'ii who plunder her. She needs the chance
or olei'tlns a few good men llko the present
Mayor, Instead of a drove of nondescript pro
fessional politicians. Slio nccdB to get respon
sibility and business efficiency Into her govern
ment. A commission Is the way.
II. L. PLUMMER.
Philadelphia, September 29, 1911.
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
No greater opportunity has been offered
American genius by the exigencies of the
European wnr 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 a
rut. New York's failure to win the National
Loiiguo pennant for the fourth tlmo in suc
cession is from tliat point of vlow a boost
for tho game. New York Tribune.
Let tho suggestion of B. C. Forbes, of New
Vork, find response everywhere In America. He
says: "To keep every American worker fully
employed nnd every hnncilt American business
man prosperous, demand 'made in America
goods. This is self-defence and true patriotism.
Detroit Fiee Picss.
Tlie praises of militarism, still sounded In
certain quarters, are strangely like the
laudations of negro slavery which were
heard in tins country on tho eve of tho Civil
War which was to abolish It forever. In
both cases, that la to say, what was at first
npologlzcd for as a temporary evil Is held
up later as the highest good. New York
Evening Post.
The President has been notified that If he
Insists on the passage of the Government
owned merchant marine bill Congress will
not be able to adjourn beforo the November
elections. This means that the ship-sub-sidlsts
aro Improving their strungle-hold on
a Democratic Congress and that It will take
h long tight to shake them off. This being
the situation, why a surrender rather than a
fight? New York World.
Times of stress produce strong men, and
the "Pancho" Villa of other days Is now the
strong man of Mexico. If he was an unlet
tered Indian, nevertheless ho is the soldier
who destroyed the power of tho conspirators'
who had seized the government. If he was
n bandit, nevertheless he has been loyal to
tho political doctrine of the murdered Ma
dero. If ho was a tyro in politics, lie gives
evidence of statesmanship sufficient to lead
him to recognize the value of the long suf
fering good will of the I'nlted States toward
tho Alexlcan people. Hobton Herald.
Tho administration of the Treasury Is a
highly educational occupation, and Kecrotary
McAdoo is giving signs of readiness and
capacity to learn. The batiks which ho as
sisted with Treasury funds have su far
ubusi-d his trust in them that ho has dis
ciplined them prlately and threatens to do
so publicly. He guve them public funds for
a public purpose the moving of the crops
and they havo diverted them Into private
purposes, the heaping up of excessive re
serves. New York Times.
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