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PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, OCTOBER. 3, 1914
"The Hands of Esau"
T
HE Evening Ledger publishes this nfter-
,noon the first of a series of articles de
vised to show the small taxpayer how to
; ; deliver, himself from the inequalities and
; , burdens of which he is tho unnecessary
Victim,
la simple, language the whole organization
ef tho machinery of public plunder will bo
explained.
It Is a business, not a. political, corporation
conducted for profit: operating through a
core of subsidiary allies; levying its toll,
directly and indirectly, on every homo-owner
and every home-renter, on every dweller In
a flat, on all men alike.
It has no politics, although for expediency's
sako It appropriates a political name.
It dips its wasteful and prodigal paws Into
cellar, kitchen and parlor.
It contaminates good men. blackmails
others, drives its merciless machinery faster
and faster for meaner and meaner profit.
On some it puts silvered Hverlea and to
others gives only drippings; but ultimately
the cash It gets, no matter how used, comes
from the victim mass of citizenry.
This newspaper is dedicated to tho servico
of Philadelphia. It will perform that serv
ice without fear or favor. It will tell the
truth, no matter what name or man shrivels
up under It. It will picture and vlsuallzo
the parasite which has fastened itself on
this municipality; not In the spirit of a
muckrakor, but solely for the purpose of
assuring honest government in this city and
relieving Its citizens of burdens which they
should not and will not bear.
India's Troops in Alien Europe
OUT of India, from. Mysore and Bombay,
from the Punjab and the hill-country, to
swarm battling across tho countryside of
France. From the ghats of the Ganges and
the "tlnkly temple bells," to march slug
ging past the gray roadsldo crosses of the
..Champagne. It is a strange touch to a
J strange war. The fighting flower of the old
Orient, product of tho warring tyrannies that
brought down the proudest of dynasties, is
flung Into a terrific, stunning duel of mil
lionsmillions of men and shells and dollars
to fight the newest of battles, hard,
stratcgyless pounding. Perhaps the Indian
army wonders at this new war and at
whether its outcome will be the same dry-rot
and decay that has taken its own land.
There they fought by the rule of personal
encounter and personal tyranny; here, by the
machinery of masses and social order. What
of the outcome?
Commerce and Commercial Egotism
WHEN manufacturers In this country,
after the European war was under way,
sraaped the fact that "South America needs
our trade" and coupled it with tho other fact
that "We need South America's trade," they
saw great business opportunities ahead. Some
of them saw a chance to unload and hoped
for Immediate returns, but they have been
undeceived. Trade between tho northern and
southern Americas Is destined to have a
splendid future, following certain necessary
adjustments. It must not be forgotton. how-
ever, that while commerce and trade may
be an effective means of promoting inter
national amity, the commercial egotism of
nations has exactly the opposite effect.
Imagining a Vain Tiling
WHY should the middleman worry? It 's
certain that his legitimate profits are
not endangered by open markets or parcel
post, and It Is equally certain that the pro
ducers will avail themselves of his services
whenever it Is to their advantage to do so.
In proportion as he continues to make him
self useful he will be compensated. There is,
it must be admitted, a confusion of terms on
the part of many urdent reformers who
, .would change the economic order by putting
th'e middleman out of business. What most
of us want Is not his elimination, but tho pre
vention of waste. The difference has been
made very clear in the public statements of
Professor Carver with reference to his work
as head of the Rural Organization Sen-Ice.
Eight Million Women at Work
THE Intimate association of woman with
the economic fabric of society has never
been so glaringly exemplified as in the part
played by her in the present war. Thousands
of women are gathering in the harvests, tak.
Ing charge of important business interests,
keeping alive the industrial activities of the
war-stricken countries. Emperor William re.
futed his own theory that the duty of woman
consists only in "kitchen, church and chil
dren" when he called upon the women of
Germany to take the places of their husbands
in the fields and factories. The thing to do,
therefore. In approaching what is called "the
woman question" is to deal with It as It Is,
from the point of view of reality.
To say that woman's place is In the home
When eight million women In this country
alone are engaged in innumerable industrial
pursuits Is to fly in the face of facts, This
puts our Intelligence on the level with that
of the ostrich when It tries to solve a problem
by burying Its head in the sand.
Take Profit Out of Armument
THERE shall be no more private munition
factories. On one result of the war men
of the most diverse viewpoints seem agreed.
H a. wells was naturally among the first to
condemn the private exploitation of national
.
tlve as President Nicholas Murray Butler, of
Columbia. They nnj their many supporters,
here and in Europe, agree that the manu
facture of munitions of war mutt hereafter
he a Government monopoly, with an embargo
on International trade. It has proved a ter
rible thing to put In the market place of gain
this making of cannon. The agents of the
Krupps and other manufacturers have fo
mented wnr: there Is aurtlciont proof of that.
The temptation has been huge enough to
drag down practically every armament Arm
to such practices. The general note of com
ment demands that governments themselves)
take hold In order to keep the business at nn
efficient minimum and to let the taxpayer
know exactly what Is being done and how. If
the present conflict does not end war, nt least
It seems sure to take from armament tho
temptation of private profit.
Loathsome Odor of the Dive
MEN differ as to the wisdom of prohi
bition. There Is no room, however, for
difference as to the necessity of closing In
famous dives which breed crime and scandal.
The saloonkeeper who drives his customers
to the polls, who sends his dollars Into
political treasuries, who subsidizes ostensible
representatives of tho people, who buys
Illicitly the right to ply his trade, in de
fiance of decency and public policy, Is an
enemy to man and woman and child and
State. Tho leader who dickers with him, bo
it directly or Indirectly, through his own
party or through the contaminated elements
of another party, stands spotted in the lime
light, naked of virtue, repulsive, un-American,
unworthy of consideration.
It Is an omen of the crisis Pennsylvania
faces that pictures' of a candidate for tho
United States Senate are Haunted in such
haunts. It Is humiliating to nil citizens that
tho nominal owners of these habitations, by
tho "we positively Insist" of breweries, meet
on Sunday afternoons to determine modes
nnd methods of perpetuating their status.
They may well beware. Such tactics may
goad to prohibition a Stato which Is sen
sible and sane enough now to want ohly
local option. And no man can float on tho
foam of a glass of beer to Washington.
There are too many mothers In Pennsyl
vania for that, too many wives, ton many
sisters, too many God-fearing and honest
men.
A Job for Every Alan
THE question of unemployment Is a social
question. It is not tho result of the shlft
IesSnesa, laziness or Intemperance of the
thousands of workmen who, at certain
periods of the year, nro compelled to lay
aside their tools and walk the streets In
search of employment. Abraham Lincoln
said that tho greatest crime of any country
Is to permit a condition wherein men able to
work and willing to work are unable to find
work.
It Is gratifying to know that the National
Administration has taken steps toward the
solution of this1 grave problem In the con
templated establishment of employment
bureaus throughout the country. Tho Stato
and the municipality, however, shoutd also
take a hand In the matter. Tho French
Revolution began with the cry of a woman
for bread in the streets of Paris. There
should be no one crying for bread In the
streets of Philadelphia. Tho city should take
some definite steps toward the scientific solu
tion of the problem.
Martial Munchauscns
THE French have stolen a Journalistic
march on Germany. Sorao one spreads a
story of a terrible new weapon that they are
using. It Is a shell scattering a deadly gas
Whole regiments have been found dead in
their ranks without mark of a bullet on
them ergo, asphyxiation. Such news must
bo heartrending to the German General
Staff. Until now theirs have been the stories
of secret submarine terrors, new powers
launched "unbeknownst" In tho deep, 17-inch
siege guns cropping up out of the ground.
Tho German has always been tho martini In
novator. Back in the war with Austria it
was a Prussian army that threw the enemy
Into wild rout by tho mere sound of tho first
machine gun. But perhaps France has not
developed a gas shell, after all. She may
merely have added H. G. Wells to her press
bureau.
To the Level of Prophecy
A LITERARY renaissance follows great
. wars. After 1SC0 North and South bore
literary fruit. After 1S71 France enjoyed a
literary revival. Zola and Daudet head a
brilliant list of writers. The American Rev
olution marks a distinct era In American
literature. War appeals to the imagination.
More than one poet is now being rocked
In the red cradle of Europe. Tako out the
soldiers of Shakespeare, the vivid battle
Bcenes of Thackeray, Hugo and Carlyle, the
shining armor and Bteel of Tennyson and
Byron, and you leavo a great gap.
Already the imagination of Great Britain
and Europe is on lire. We may with con
fidence listen for voices of more than con
tinental range. When the poet rises to the
level of prophecy, and Interprets, he rises
above flags nnd thrones and speaks for
humanity. If European Idealism has col
lapsed, as some pay, not tho least among tho
duties of tho seer Is tho rehabilitation of this
priceless asset of civilization.
Registration Is vexation to Penrosclsnv
Clothes do not make the man, and In this
era neither docs the man make the clothes.
Carranza agrees to quit If the army says
so. But whose army?
Hatchets and cocked hats were burled at
the White House yesterday with affecting
ceremony.
WHHam of Wied is busily engaged In look
ing for a Job In the king business, and has
no references from his former employers.
, , . c
It's said they are now canning whale beef
In Alaska. 20 tons to the whale. A whale of
a fish story, if true or not.
Suppose we give both sides permission to
recruit a regiment or two of croakers over
here. They would be agreeably missed.
Not a living soul will worry even if the
strike of the Wood Workers' Union does
boost the price of coffins.
Industrial pessimists will read with regret
that the grain exports from the port of Phila
delphia for September showed an increase of
a million bushels over last year.
The German retreat from the environs of
Paris was said to have been followed by gen
eral confusion. Not to mention General
French and General Jo ft re.
The Chicago proposition to use police sta
tions as employment bureaus has at least one
merit It would bring the bluecoat into the
uiiUuv$ a in; a
punitive influence
underdogs life as u helpful instead of a
THE HANDS OF ESAU
First of n Scries of Articles Showing the Methods by Which the Organiza
tion Betrays the Taxpayer Wholesale Misrepresentation Used to
Discredit Honesty in the Public Service.
"The voice is Jacob's voice, but
FonEwonD
Better government in Philadelphia Is being slowly strangled. The gaunt fingers of "The
Organttatlon," twisting viciously through a pliable majority In Councils, arc pressing hard
upon Its windpipe. Unless pried off by the people themselves, strangulation must ensue.
The Organization" Is Philadelphia's Tammany. Republican principles mean no more to
Jim McXichot and the Varcs than Democratic principles do to Charles F. Murphy, of Tarn'
many Halt, Any community can rise in wrath to overthrow professional politicians who,
massed under the banner of this or that party, have become a scandal Put only an Intelli
gent community can sustain the substitute better government
The Blankenburg Administration of city affairs expresses better government in Phila
delphia just as completely as anti-Tammany administration expresses it in New York city.
Revolt Is never complete reform, but It is a radical step in that direction. Better government
Is progress toward perfect government. It must be upheld and believed in, or it falls.
Across the path of the Blankenburg Administration arc drawn up the blocking members
of Councils a cluster of jiggling marionettes at the ends of a network of wires running out
from the main switchboard of "The Organisation."
Puppets, dummies, rubber-stamps, pawns, calt these controlled Councllmcn what you will,
they form the Importanfbrldge over which Jim McNichol, the Varcs and their more aristo
cratic associates aim to chasm public opinion by obstruction tactics. Watch these Councllmcn
well, for they arc betraying Philadelphia.
In the modest palaces behind the myriad two-story red brick fronts of working l'hlladcl
phla dwell the real beneficiaries of better government. They pay the taxes, ll is for them
to say If better government shall fait, for their support alone means better government. The
worst that can he said of people who toll Is that they arc sometimes too tired to study a
public subject SOMETIMES, SOT ALWAYS.
NO. 1-PUBLIC SERVICE
THERE Is nothing particularly plcturesqtio
about an honest oilictal. He goes about
his work quietly, almost forlornly, for there
nro no "chowders" or "outings" to Illuminate
his public service; no "tin soldiers" or
"place-holders" to make noisy demonstra
tions on nis goings nnd comings. He Is
often sovero to people who use much of his
time In frantic efforts to procure special
favors. They go from his presence with
empty hands, vowing vengeance.
Influences, deep-seated and powerful, fol
low him Into the privacy of his home. Popu
larity often Is tho price of a weak con
science. Reform first hands back what wns
wrongfully taken, and then coldly refuses to
glvo wrongfully. Oliver Cromwell in life
cast a gloomy shadow, and ho died un
mourned, yet ho left behind a better and
greater England. Before certain members of
the Blankenburg Administration wcro in
olllco 30 days they had an enemy for each
finger and toe.
-Mayor Blankenburg lost a whole section
of his pre-election support when he refused
to put a man at the head of the police
department who was willing to obey the dic
tates of tho ambitious leader of a new
political party. Included In this early de
fection was a great newspaper that for more
than a decade had championed reform. Tho
Mayor will probably tell the whole story to
any good citizen who asks for It. It Is well
worth listening to.
Beforo tho present campaign of widespread
lying began against tho Blankenburg Admin
istration, there was tho usual scramble for
offices. Tho standard method for the Mayor
would have been to compromise with tho op
position nnd conciliate tho men behind Coun
cils by dividing up the city Jobs, as1 did those
good business Mayors of the Quay days,
Messrs. Fltler and Stuart. Or he could have
struck palms with some Individual politician,
either of the disgruntled majority stripe
or of the unsatisfied minority pattern. A
choice variety of courses to pursue was of
fered by the public careers of Mayors War
wick and Ashbrldge, Weaver and Reyburn.
Instead, tho Mayor selected only men of
the highest efficiency, without regard to their
political affiliations. "Why rehearse all this
now, when tho municipal campaign Is next
year?" some one may remark, with that flno
American disregard of everything except
the practical side. Because politics han noth
ing whatever to do with this account of a
public Stewardship.
I'nder our vaunted city charter, the
esteemed Bullitt law. oven if a man shows
himself to ho a good Mayor, he cannot suc
ceed himiolf. Ho must quit at the close of a
single term. All that Philadelphia In size
tho third city of the United States, and the
ninth In the world can get out of its Mayors
Is servico for the four years they aro elected
to office. If a bad Mayor drops Into City Hall
we must grin and hear him; If a good Mayor
hy accident comes along, wo must tamely sit
by nnd watch a subservient Councils stab
him In tho back, nnd when his term, as well
ns his hopes, have finally expired, let the men
who pulled the wires of Councils select his
successor in tho namo of a great political
party.
With n full year of guaranteed public serv
ice nhrad, .now Is tho time to talk about
Mayor Blnnkcnburg and his nets, and Coun
cils and its acts. The first represents a
past servico to tho taxpayers, while tho sec
ond Is tho present bold carrying out of the
ordors of a corrupt political machine. Why
mince words? Truth can only sting tho
wrongdoer.
Of course, the Blankenburg Administration
has made mistakes. They are admitted. But
tho service has been honest, It has been sin
cere, nnd it has been fairly effective, up to
the very doors of the Councllo. Vienna, pos
sessing Dr. Karl Lucger as Mayor a for
tunate man who lived to see his glad dream
of civic betterment come true could boast of
no better champion of the right than Phila
delphia has In Mayor Blankenburg. Even
the eye of the Mayor's worst detractors says;
"He Is Industrious, has n dignified, stately
appearance, can laugh, and be stiff. Some
what dangerous, but a good clean man."
Mnyor Blankenburg Is neither a rigid Cato
nor a stono Roland. He can speak well In
stuffy halls. For years he faced the smoke
curiosity snop
Once, when Rabelais was a great distance
from Paris and without funds, he prepared
three packages of brickdust, one labeled
"Poison for the King"; the second, "Poison
for Monslgnor." and the third, "Poison for
the pauphln." His landlord at once informed
the police, and Rabelais was shipped to
Paris, where the affair ended in a laugh.
The "Paphlan Mlmp" was an expression of
the lips much in vogue a century ago. Lady
Emily told Mlsa Albcrlp. the heiress, that it
was acquired by placing one's self before a
mirror and repeating continuously the words
"nimini pimlnl" "when the lips cannot fail
to take the right pile."
In olden times a grasshopper was known
aa a "grig," hence the expression "merry as
a grig." Tennyson In "The Book" refers to
the grig:
"High-elbowed grigs, that leap In summer
grass."
Sir ChiUtopher Hatton, who died In 1591
and the date of whose birth Is unknown,
danced himself into the favor of Queen Eliza
beth, who made him Lord Chancellor and a
K G He vvai known tut the "Dancing Chan-
sailor"
the hands arc the hands of Esau."
and smell of the strongest cigars, campaign
ing for better government. Ho drove homo
the cry of "graft" when other lips wero
silent.
By showering tricky criticism upon this
conscientious man and hnmpcrlng his work,
Councils seeks openly to discredit the better
government he wishes to provide for Phila
delphia. Hirelings issue long statements
which are treated with smug dignity by or
gans of the machine. The Mayor's np
polntees are sneered at In cafe gatherings,
and their well-meaning efforts In the public
weal aro distorted, garbled and falsified to
the people. All the way up from n Common
Councilman provided with a $1200 county
clerkship and tho lumbago, to a silk-stocking
United States Senator with a steam yacht,
nnd a robust constitution, there Is now In
progress dellberato and wholesome misrep
resentation of Mayor Blankenburg, his ap
pointees, their purposes nnd their works.
Lincoln Steffons somo 12 years ago said
that municipal government was an unstudied
art in America, and ho claimed that so far
thero had been no market in this country for
experts willing to do the people'H business
well. He forecast the defeat of Mayor Low
by Tammany, after tho head of Columbia
University had faithfully served New York
city for two years. People thought Mr.
SteffenS wns mistaken, but when tho returns
camo In, Mayor Low was burled under an
avalanche of misrepresentation.
"Tho Organization" of Philadelphia has
studied well tho events leading up to the de
feat of Mayor Low. Tammany conducted
Its shameful campaign against Mayor Low
In the Board of Aldermen, where un
scrupulous henchmen nroso and made major
events out of minor mistakes. Economy was
the cry then raised by the human spots on
the tiger's skin. Note tho similarity of
method and place. Oh! they exchange mi'ch,
these men who make a business of embrac
ing tho opportunities in a control of public
offices.
Now York city Is rolyglot. It Is tho
metropolis, and, like Paris and London, at
tracts the over-fed crushing rich and holds
fast in Its maw tho weak alien poor. Yet
New York soon repented of its defeat of tho
better government of Mayor Low, It had
tasted of decency, and has since returned to
n government that represents the people, and
not tho political contractor. Half of the
population of Philadelphia Is native-born.
We aro a city of homes, with lelsuro, repose
and roomy backyards. We havo space to
think In, and we know how to think, and wo
know when wo nre being exploited. This is
our chief advantage over New York.
Men In politics as a profession are In
variably clever In the sense of sllckncss.
They Improvise Instantly. "Oh! Director !
Ho wnnts to be Mayor next year. The
organization Is thinking seriously of taking
him up, and nominating him," said one of
theso contractor lords this summer nt
Atlantic City In the presence of the relative
of another Director than tho one mentioned.
It was a shrewd move. The barb was planted
dexterously to arouse jealousy In the official
family of the MaS'or. It may surprise the
politician to learn that tho shaft went wide
of its mark as the two supposed rival
Directors dined together the next night and
agreed that private life was Infinitely pref
erable to the stigma of indorsement by "The
Organization."
Why was this? Because these two
Directors for nearly three years have had
first-hand knowledge of the vicious features
of machine rule. They know from tho in
side of City Hall all about the systematic
assessment of officeholders, tho barter In
franchises, the waste of public funds, and
other signs of the cloven hoof In public af
fairs. Iri fact, the chief reason aside from
the obstruction tactics of Councils why Phil
adelphia's "better government" has not ad
vanced more rapidly has been because its
representatives have had to devote their
Initial efforts to the repair and correction of
evils that went before.
But the honest men are In office In Phila
delphia. They are about as upright a body
of men as any city could hire. They may bo
hobbled and embarrassed In their work by
the fetch-and-carry underlings of the con
tractor overlords, but the honest men aro
there, on the Job, nnd no calumny or canard
can destroy their public service.
HUM OF HUMAN CITIES
If the vaudeville comedian, current melo
drama and the magazines are gospel, the
police of America are the greatest menace to
peace, civic morality and political righteous,
ness. The Becker trial has daubed the whole
Institution with the tar of New York's gam
bling squad. A little investigation, however,
puts a more encouraging complexion on pub
lic matters.
Louisville (Ky.), for Instance. Is bragging
that its officers of the law not only "get" the
criminal, but that the police department has
been taken completely out of politics. In the
face of approaching registration and election
not a charge Is made by either political fac
tion that the police are to be used unfairly
The Evening Post calls this "the greatest ad
vance Louisville has seen in the last decade
Only a few years back the police were busy at
registration time planting repeaters and at
election time piloting the fraudulent voters
All this has been swept away. Two months'
ago a stormy primary campaign came to an
end in Lou svllle, but there was not one corn,
plaint made of pernicious activity bv the
police," '""
Of course, all is not so satisfactory In our
big cities, and evil finds Its way Into print
Jet it is relatively seldom that one reads
of conditions such as In Kansas City. Mo.,
whero the press complains that mac1""6
corruption has so crippled the department in
funds that the average citizen finds it im
perative to hire a private watchman for ms
house. The Btar assert that "to got the
necessary funds to maintain the police de
partment the Commissioners have had to sua
the Mayor nnd Council In the Supremo
Court1
In general, tho signs nro far brighter. The
pollco departments seem not only more
efficient In tho pursuit of crime; but they are
beginning to broaden their labors, to try to
do the big, valuable, social work that s
worth far more In the end, Cleveland is
Instituting lectures by city officials and
prosecutors, by prominent lawyers and social
authorities, to show tho policeman what his
attitude should be toward the public. This
effort to make him a friend of the citizen,
a helper, Instead of a spy, Is widely com
mended. Tho Ohio Stato Journal says! "Iho
policeman is tho servant of the higher ends
of communal life. His duty is a broad one,
nnd Just as respoctable as a preacher s. in
line with such a conception, Chicago talks
of using its police stations ns employment
bureaus.
VIEWS OF READERS
ON TIMELY TOPICS
Contributions That Reflect Public Opin
ion on Subjects Important to City,
Stale and Nation.
To the Editor of the Evening Ledotr!
Sir-In Jttstlco to tho facts as to the appoint
ment of tho chief probation officer of the
Municipal Court in Philadelphia, I bbIc that the
following statement bo printed In the Evcni.no
LEDORrt:
Some time tast spring the Presiding Judgo
of the new Municipal Court Invited the rep
resentatives of IS or more charitable agencies
nnd Institutions for f.ie care of children to
meet with him for a discussion as to tho quali
fications for n chief probation officer and to
make suggestions of persons who seemed to
meet theso qualifications. At that time It
was specifically Btatcd that tho appointment
of the chief probation officer of tho Juvenile
Court wns not to be In any sense a political
appointment.
At the conference abovo mentioned I sug
gested for consideration In connection with tho
appointment of chief probation officer T.iomns
u. rams, wlio hart Blnglcd himself out nmong
tho principals of tho public schools In this city
ns nn able executive and r man who under
stood children. Several other names wero sug
gested at tho same conference.
The Presiding Judge of tho Municipal Court
nppolnted an Advisory Committee of seven to
aid him In the selection of a cvilef probation
officer nnd In tho formulation of tho policies
oi me juvenile court. In this Advisory Com
mittee were Included such persons nH tho presi
dent of the United Jewish Charities of Phila
delphia, the superintendent of Girls' House of
Refuge, who is now president of the State
Conference of Clarities and Corrections, the
chairman of the Executive Committee of the
Society to Protect Children from Cruelty nnd a
distinguished representative of tho Catholic
charities In Philadelphia. After a cnreful con
sideration of tho needs for the position In
question nnd of the qualifications of numerous
candidates, this Advisory Qommlttce, with Its
full membership In attendance, unanimously
voted to recommend to t.ie Presiding Judge of
tho .Municipal Court the appointment of Mr.
Parrls ns chief probation officer. Not only was
Mr. Pnrris thus approved, but ho was strongly
recommended for tho position by Dr. Martin
G. BrumbaiiRh, Superintendent of Schools; tho
district superintendent of schools under whom
no sorvco; Henry J. Gideon, chief of tho Bureau
of Compulsory Education; members of tho
Board of Education, nnd others who know
of the man and would seem entitled to express
nn opinion as to the needs of tho position to
which ho was appointed.
My relations to the whole matter are such
that I spenk with some knowledge, nnd I
make bold to say thnt tho appointment of Mr.
Parrls was absolutely an appointment on merit.
, , CHEESMAN A. HERIUCK.
Glrard College, rhllndclphln, Octobor 3, 1914.
THE ISSUE OF PERSONALITY
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir The American peoplo nre not so obsessed
with the doctrine of "measures not men" that
they cannot give It n liberal Interpretation.
T.io Issue of personality looms largo in the
political thinking of today. It Is not personal
power Itself that menaces. In tho church, In
rural life, the great need Is for leadership, for
jii-iBuuui icnuuranip wmen is genuine self-expression.
Modern philosophy la permonted with
t'.ie Idea of personality, Just as personality Is
the dominant forco In social activity, In poll
tics and government tho danger comes from
the motives and methods of false prophets and
hireling leaders; and the philosophy of per
sonality gives added mennlng to the saying of
Carlyle and others that "history is biography."
In Judging candidates for public office the
American peoplo are more than ever inclined to
accept r.io doctrine of "measures and men."
Philadelphia. Octoher 3. 1914. L. R.
SANITARY SWEEPING
To the Editor of tho Evening Ledger:
Sir-Is there no way to compel storekeepers
to sweep sidewalks before tho rush of morning
pedestrians arrives? And If that Is impossible.
Is there any way to force these storekeepers to
wet the walks before sweeping? In many other
cities there is a law, strictly enforced; which
makes It a misdemeanor to sweep sidewalks
nfter S n. m.. or to shako a rug or bertclothlnc
out of windows at any time.
It seems to me that for sanitary and hygienic
reasons, Philadelphia might well copy such an
ordinance. But, of course, wo havo Councils
over with us! AC
Philadelphia, October 2, 1911, ' '
THE IiRAVES' WINNING AVERAGE
io tne Kiiltor or the Evening Ledger:
S!rT"r,U'mk.1 can Blve "G- s- M-" the figures
which ho asked for In tho Bve.viKo i lS
concerning the Braves' phenomenal spurt. Since
July 6. when they occupied the foot of t.ie adt
der. with X victories and 40 defeats, they .,?
won to games ami lost only 10. The latter
I???8 LlV0. ,he noaton tcn" "" average of
.T18 for the last three months .r .?BO,.of
H, K. M.
Philadelphia, October :
91J.
APPROVES OF VILLA
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger-
Slr-I want to say that I am sure many read
era applaud moat heartily your orn.mlnrt.rt
stand on Villa. Give him a chance
Philadelphia, October 1, 1911.
E. W. II.
THE BABBLING FOOL
Anybody can bo good. A cabbage is good
Goodness Is a negative virtue
All you have to do to be good Is to vece.
tate; do nothing; think nothing; be nothing
It takes persistence and practice to bn
genuinely bad. Wickedness is to goodness as
forco is to Inertia. "tM ns
All great men have been unoreclnhi ,,i
Therefore, badness la greatness y ad
Nobody appreciates a good man; the flntrer
of suspicion points to him as a hyprlte
When a man is superlatively bad. th? world
views him with sub rosa excitement ? I
Clares that he Is the wiclSt man ?n ?
Penury1"011 b6Uer th3n bA
,.nYshcna.nKg0ttmn,TotnfsTtsPrlntten
When a bad man Is caught, he gets n.
column on the front page, proving that
wickedness is more Important to the world?!
progress than goodness. "nas
Woman is mentally wicked; she is too
much of a coward generally, to be physically
Fear of the law restrains humanity from
giving vent to Its Inherent and Inborn
naughtiness. Remove legal restrictions that
we may all be natural again.
The caveman wins even today. Ask tho
average woman. "
Nero was bad and Is remembered to this
day. Can you name one good man of hl
era? Which proves again the value of bad
ness. u'
v
Tho clam Is superlative In its virtue
who would be a clam?
Tet
See Colorado First
From th IJoiton Tranacrlpt.
According to news from New York, John D
Rockefeller has decided to devote a large .bare
of his millions to solving labor problems. Well
th'S Pldld openly JusVnow in Colo-
IN A SPIRIT OF HUMOR
Brothers in Misery
"I said something to my wlfo a weetc ng
nnd Bho hasn't spoken to mo since."
"Bill, you're a friend of mine try to r.
member what you said."
The Placht That Failed
A sailor shanghaied on a yacht,
Wns nacht satisfied with his lachtj
llti planned to desert
But tho mato was alert
And he stopped the poor man with a shacht."
No Eye to Beauty
"Ephralm Bones done gono an' married,
a ynller gal," said Itostus Johnslag, "an
when Ah tole him dat Ah didn't think h
wus purty, he up an Bays dat Ah mus b
color Win'."
Tho Bravest of Them All
Of heroes who deserve high pralsa
Tho bravest ono Is that
True hero of tho autumn days
Who wears tho lost straw hat
Fttn.
And he Is bravo beyond compnro
Who scorns the urchins' yaps.
And Is the first, each year, to wear
In public view, car laps.
But wo the laurel wreath must hand
Unto the tranquil goat
Who first sets forth In tho outland
ish new stylo overcoat
Greenwich Time
"Gol durn that clock!" exclaimed Farmer
Blinks.
"Whdt's wrong now, Obadlah?" asked hli
wife.
"It's ono of them French clocks. Whon th
minute hand Is at 4 and the hour hand Is at
9 and It strikes 11 I got to stop work and
flguro out that It's 17 minutes to 8."
Class Extinction
A high born young Miss of Manasses
Fell Into a cask of molasses;
And tho folk who gave aid
Got so stuck on tho maid
That she came out as ono of the masses.
Tho Zero of Meanness
"He's awfully small!"
"Small? He's smaller than tho West Phil
adelphia apartment In which ho lives."
Song of the Middleman
When tho cost of living rises and tho cash
supply Is low;
When the populace Is hungry and tho wintry
breezes blow;
Whon the chickens are not laying.
When tho business Isn't paying,
When the wolf Is madly baying .
At the door.
Then the peoplo seek my gore and the world
nt mo Is sore.
Thero la many a scheme and system, there
Is many a clever plan
Just to fret mo
And to get me,
For tho peoplo won't forget me;
So I get the blame for everything I am tho
middleman.
Oh, the business has Its drawbacks, I am
everywhere reviled;
I am scorned nnd called "oppressor," but It
doesn't get mo riled.
Then tho public talks of fight
To eliminate me quite.
But I haven't said "good night"
Not as yet,
I should worry, care and fret, say the people i
i have met;
But In confidence, old fellow, for I'm any
thing but rash '
Trade Is snappy,
I am happy;
I am anything but scrappy;
For, although I get tho public's knocks, I
nlso get the cash.
Verbal Shot and Shell
The fact that they fight on Sundays Is proof
that the European concert Is not a sacred one.
Cable dispatch says that General Wing, Boer
war hero, hns been Injured, but falls to elucl
dnto whether It's the right or left of that Justly
celebrated family. I
We must positively decline to print wha
Penrose and the Colonel think of each other.
Without intending to bo the lenst officious, we
desire to call attention of tho proper parties to
an evident oversight Emperor Franz Josef
hnsn't died once during tho last week.
The Perversity of Woman
Though Virginia Is a dry State, Mss Ruby
Wine still keeps sober house at Brandy Sta
tion, that State.
Ornithological!)- Speaking
Boarder I don't cat enough to keep a bird
auvo.
Landlady An ostrich?
Why Not Try Dynamite?
"Girl finisher wanted" sign on a Chestnut
street store.
We Play it Safe
Connie's bludgeoning Athletics
Have a cpmbat almost due
With tho hired men of Stallings;
With tho Boston baseball crew.
Will they put the ruo In Rudolph?
Will they mnke a Jay of James?
Will they tie up knots In Tyler?
Walt until you seo the games.
The Song of Gambrinus
"Though sadly out of tune, an officer ,tt
On a keST nf beer wnfl nvnldnr a nMe ... I..'.
battered keys nnd to Its accompaniment some '
FOldlers were bawling lustily." The Outlook.
Classified
Thero are thiee kinds of people;
Those who interest us,
Those who amuse us,
Those who bore us.
And tho alias of tho last Is Legion.
A Fall Delicacy
"Father, what do you Know about the Diet of
A orms?" naked young Mr. Callowhlll, who was
Etudyiiift his history lesson.
"7.''S hapn.ast have been eang chestnuts."
replied Mr. Callowhlll. who was busy with, the
war news, and did not wish to be bothered.
THE IDEALIST
A great American railroad king Bat at hia
desk going through his morning mall. Now
and then he would open an envelope con
taining circular matter; to this he gave onlv
cursory attention. " only
But a visitor, sitting In his office and
awaiting an interview, noticed a very curion.
tiling In his disposal of this mail. curloua
If the circulars, booklets, form letters or
whatever the advertising rnaterial happened
to consist of were cl nDed toirth... .wVlVr1
t'
road king would detach the clip holding ,
matter together and dennBi i. . .J?!"? V1 I
lng other clips. ' " a KU no-
This procedure struck the observant iriMr.,
as rather an odd thing for a man whoI
wealth was computed high up in the muii
to do. He ventured to question him abi. in."
F"Habit?'ly h reCe'Ved Bl"' tseb0wUord;
Surely 'this bundle of human efficlenev
whose name was not long ago a. hySSS? ,y
any discussion that touched upon lSL
and whose great wealth was commTI08
eage, could gain nothing by savins , '"
paper clips from the f Ji? & w
hOtlrH " "0
waste-
No! but the habit our nf .,1.1.1. .
been unable to grow had h t?. ne. hf
een unania to grow had bPn nw
ita. factors ,n ,, dev&U'n? JSV2?
wealth.
Sometimes we are given to eaiiin
rich people "mean"-wa often o!!!Ss ceraln
persistently economical haoltsTith",, thelr
right Btlnginess. ' wltn down-
Success does not He In tha di..
waste-and this Is one of the flict,,on
that the man who hppes to "arvIS1, Ie8600
The habit of miserly hoaSE- learna
removed from the habit of 'on mP ta rar
economy and elimination of was?f Ku J19
practiced by the normal-mirM2 e that 's
habit that takes notWaw""" a
plness or possessions of other T,m the hap-
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