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P. It. WIIALEY .Executive Editor
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Pillar of the People's Hope
WHKN Dr. Martin G. Urumbnugh says ho
Is unbossed and unbossablo he not only
speaks tho truth, but all the big and little
political bosses know that he is speaking
the truth. Hcnco the professional bosses
nnd their satellites aro not wildly enthusias
tic over tho Brumbaugh candidacy. They
support it, of course, but only because it Is
to strong and popular that their one chanco
of continued tenure of ofllce is to hang on to
tho Doctor's coattails.
And when Doctor Brumbaugh Bays that
he has no open or underground alliance with
tho interests that Jeopardize the stability of
our Commonwealth he nut only speaks the
truth, but all tho Interests know that he Is
speaking the truth. Behind his words thero
nro nearly 30 years of life In the public eye
n life so frank and clean ond'beyond reproach
that it gives Uto lie to any statement or In
sinuation that ho shares with Penrose tho
support of the liquor dealers and the under
world. Doctor Brumbaugh believes that State and
national issues have no vital connection, and
logic is on his side when bo goes his own
way, making his own platform, outlining his
own policies and conducting his own cam
paign. Only a strong man, a genuinely
strong man, conscious of his own rectltudo
nnd ability to serve the Commonwealth,
would dare to take such a course. And it Is
the way to victory.
Clear Up the New Haven Scandal
HOW deeply submerged In financial scan
dal the New York, Now Haven and
Hartford Railroad Is maj never bo fully
known by the public. Almost every day some
new evidence of reckless financing comes to
view, even to tho extent of discovering notes
and collateral in dead men's lock boxes, with
no explanation of how they came to be there.
Tosslbly Indignation will not bo so keen as
when the mnnngoment made a shambles of
their lines, but as a salutary and deterrent
Influence upon nil public and seml-publlo
corporations every questionable and Illegal
phase of the railroad's affairs should be made
known.
Neither should there be any degree of
Immunity for those who plunged tho system
Into such Impotency and Infamy. "Whether
their guilt bo traceable to personal greed or
careless negligence, tho law should take Its
due course, whatever the social prominence
of the offenders may be. This country needs
a restored confidence In tho capability and
Integrity of railroad management. Until that
arrives It Is futile for the roads to expect a,
whole-hearted government redress of their
erievances.
Man Whom Penrose Championed
WILLIAM LORIMER, stripped of his toga
by vote of the Senate, la under Indict
ment for misapplication of bank funds, lend
ing money on unsecured notes and to officers
of the bank, and for wildcat financiering.
The news is Important to Pennsylvanlans,
bocauBo Lorimer Is tho man for whom
Penrose stood sponsor In Washington and
whoso cause ho championed in the face of
, the nation.
Some men aro loved for the onomles thoy
make and others are despised for the friends
they have. Sj mpathy is an index to charac
ter, and the things for which a man will fight
are a revelation of the standards he holds.
Bryan Embarrassed Never !
NOT even the clergymen tt Ohio, deter
mined that tha Secretary of State shall
make n pronouncement upon prohibition, can
really embarrass him. They may put him in
a passing predicament, they may annoy htm
by their unsophisticated zeal, they may make
it hard for him to be passionately and con
vincingly eloquent; but they can no more
embarrass Mm than taey could tha Pelphlc
oracle.
No public man ever had a, readier fluency
In ambiguities, such finesse In phraseology,
such adroitness in platform mechanics. In
some delicate way or another, Mr. Bryan will
placate the Prohibitionists, cajolo the local
optionlsts, satisfy the ministers and yet allow
the whisky Democrats a right of way tn the
State fight.
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Japan lteayrakcning China
CHINA once more is rubbing Its eyes over
the astounding prestige and progress at
Japan. When Nippon defeated Rusdla the
Chinese first realized the value of western
civilization. Under Yuan Shi Kal the new
republic has been slowly slipping back Into
its age-long somnolence.
Now that Japan Is taking a plaee ai parity
with Great Britain, France and Russia tn
the world-wide struggle, the Chinese patriots
are wondering why their great land with four
hundred million people cannot have an equal
standing.
This Jealousy will mean more schools and
colleges, more newspapers and telephones,
more railroads and trolleys, more liberty and
justice for China. As a by-product ai the
war it may well be by far the moat important.
Hope for the Merchant Marine
SINCB the new registry law went Into
effect t2 foreign vessels have been added
to the American oiarehant marine. This Is a
hopeful sign for tha future of shipping inter
jits In this country, and what is now ur
gently needed Is a definite goernmental
policy by wbih, the advantage already
jajnecl can be ket and increased.
So fax so good, uut far the re-csiutjlisa-
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menl and development of the American mer
chant marine tho navigation taws mii9t bo
so revised ns to enable our ship owners to
compete on equal terms with tho carriers of
other nations.
As to the proposal for Government-owned
ships, Us adoption would mean, among sev
eral evils, n competition which would dis
courage private capital. Congress should
recognize tho political Inexpediency of n
$30,000,000 appropriation for such an experi
ment, on top of Its unpopular levy of $100,
000,000 in war taxes, and decide after nil to
give a real Impetus to the upbuilding of tho
merchant marine by liberalizing and rectify
ing the present hampering and antiquated
navigation laws.
Penrose Playing Snnison
MAD with pain nnd humiliation, with
vision gone and strength sapped,
Penrose Is trying to win revenge and a Inst
personal triumph beforo ho goes to his doom.
Llko Samson of old, ho has put his arms
around tho columns supporting tho Hermit
Hcnn home that hns sheltered him for jenrs
and with ono final desperato rlfort he would
pull It to the ground to cover Ills own ruin.
Penrose Is under suspicion In the supreme
legislative chamber of tho nation for his use
of campaign funds; everywhere his mtine Is
linked Ignomlnlously with Lorimer nnd Sul
livan, of Illinois, with Bnrnes and Sulzer, of
New York; evidence has been published that
his campaign drawn Its chief and most dis
reputable strength from tho liquor timbers
and dealers of Pennsylvania.
Ho claims that the fortunes of the Repub
lican party depend upon his re-election. This
Is so far from being true that the success of
Penrose In November will prove to bo the'
worst disaster Republicanism has suffered.
Never in tho history of the party has It had
a more vulnerable candidate a man who Is
a tangible contradiction and negation of
everything honorable and noble In the tradi
tions nnd spirit of tlie party of Abraham
Lincoln.
Wait for the Second
THE first act Is over nnd tho heroine Is in
the clutches of the Red Indian. But, mind
you, the villain Is only temporarily trium
phant. The second act Is on this afternoon.
Wait for the hero to got in his licks. A good
play Is a better piny for a desperato start.
Whoever saw a really good melodrama that
didn't put virtue in a pretty bad fix nt tho
start-off?
That's where the hero comes in. Keep your
eye on Cornelius and his trained elephant.
They will rescue Miss World's Pennant yet.
They will get her down from the stronghold
of Benndom with a rope ladder of four stout
rungs, and bear her away to a happy year
of residence In Philadelphia.
Meanwhile, let who will be tenrful. Rome
was not built In a day, nor a world's cham
pionship In three months' practice at ladder
climbing. Back to the pit with you, Evcrs
nnd Emerson!
Pennsylvania Itself the Judge
THE Norrls resolution is not dead. It has
merely been put to sleep. Meantime the
people of Pensylvanla have an opportunity
to set themselves and this great common
wealth right beforo the nation by repudiating
utterly the system against which the inquiry
Is directed and the man who Is its champion
and its leader.
Make Health Contagious
IN CLOSING tho silver Jubilee celebration
at Johns Hopkins, Doctor Flcxnor made an
announcement of fitting Importance. He gave
assurance that Infantile paralysis is caused
by a germ organism, which ho has succeeded
in Isolating and by means of which he has
proved infection to bo spread. It is tho first
step toward a dependable cure. Prevention
is already in sight, for it is now clear that
tho disease is transmitted through respira
tion nnd that adults carry the germs which
may Infect children.
Almost every day brings some such new
hopo for the health of tho world. Only a
short timo ago camo tho announcement from
Doctor Mayo of his advances against can
cer. The peaceful war against disease goes
on in America, while malevolent Mars ab
sorbs all the energies of Europe. Yet how
much swifter might be its progress if tho
millions spent in a slnglo day of European
conflict could Bo devoted instead to tho cam
paign which aims, in tho words of Dana, to
"make health contagious."
Continue to Pray
OBEDIENT to President Wilson's request,
millions of prayers wero offered to the
Almighty and All-Father last Sunday on
behalf of peace.
Prayer, in its deepest and truest sense, Is
not a formal act. porformable only In specific
places and at regulated hours. Prayer I a
mood nf the mind, an attitude of the spirit
It Is the soul of man seeking harmony With
the will of Ood.
Therefore. If prayer were proper last week
it Is appropriate this week and always.
Where the object sought is so disinterested
as the restoration of human peace, and good
will, every one, everywhere and at Oil times
may pray In pure sincerity.
"More things aro wrought by prayer than
this world dreams of."
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What could you espect on a Friday?
When ! a speculator not 4 speculator?
Ask Judge Martin.
Tho speculators havo
Braves as scalpers.
nothing on the
No "slusn fund" Inquiry till wlntr, when
the slushing is good
Mexico la Indefatigable. When the eenUo
of revolutionary difficulty removed itself to
the North. Mexico City promptly supplied a
riotous strike of Its motormen.
With the speculators' tickets all sold, this
keeping up tho raln-gamo bluff seems a little
foolish. What everybody want i clear,
sunny afternoon- The white elephant needs
o mist to bide behind.
The London Morning Post is authority for
the statement, under a Caps Town date, that
"a cjerman patrol has raided Walflsch Pay.
capturing a police sergeant," Cculd daring
and heroism go further?
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The first step In the much-needed revision
of our patent laws appears to have been taken
in Representative Esmonds' bill to ctimpel
the owner of a foreign patent to license the
manufacture of bis invention if be himt.f
in not putting it on the market.
Now It is known where Harry K. Thaw
has been all this time Sojourning in Net
Hampshire. Jerome wants his case disposed
..f This la Ju-u tbe time, when Europe ts so
basily t ga?pd thai n cannot pay attention
to this disrate vt -Vmcr.tan Jur-irudnce.
PASSED BY THE CENSOR
PLUTARCH, who had as many lives' as a
Tipperary cat, says in ono of them:
"A prating barber asked Archelaus how
lio would llko to bo trimmed. He answered:
'In silence.' ",
Percy Standing, the actor, had his hair cut
In silence last Saturday In "tho Hotel Lincoln,
Pittsburgh, bnrbcr shop. It cost him $9.75.
Standing Is Ultra-English, deucedly so, yo
know. Ho Is also nntl-Ucrmnn, tremendously
so. The barber Is German; nlso ultra anti
English, Standing sat himself down In tho chair
nnd suggested that the man of shears trim
his hnlr slightly, especially In tho back, as
his part required that ho wear his hair
rather long. Then ho uttered somo remarks
about tho Kaiser, the Kaiser's army and tho
German nation In general. Then ho began
lo rend a paper. After a while ho found that
tho barber hnd finished bis tnsk. He looked
nt himself in the glass. .
Revcngol Desperato Desmond In bis most
fiendish moment had never pcrpertrated so
scurvy a trick! Tor that German barber hud
delibcintcly and with malice aforethought
clipped Standing's back hair with a horse
clipper In the style so much In voguo among
olllco boys.
U'hnt followed, especially tho verbal por
tion, must be omitted. But that night a
policeman called at the theatre to arrest
Standing for alleged high treason, lose
mnjestnot, mayhem, Incendiarism and frac
ture nf King George's English. The case was
settled out of court for $D.7fi.
- There Isn't any moral worth chronicling
to this hnlr-rnlslng talc.
STATIONED within a square of City Hall
Is a policeman who hns certain political
Mews which ho does not always care to have
made public.
"Safety first." he raid. "My Job wouldn't
be wot th much if it became known how I
feel on political matters." And then he told
this tnle to Illustrate bis viewpoint: Ho
dreamed that he died nnd hud gone to "war,"
where Satan was In full rhnrgo. The devil
was polite and sought to mako him nt home.
First, he took him Into a room, moderately
warm, along whose sides were hung various
spirits In human form.
"This Is tho room where Progressives nro
kept," the devil explained. Then ho took
him into a still warmer room, also occupied
by spirituous no, spiritual shnpus.
"This Is tho Democratic storehouse." Tho
third room was sizzling hot. In It wcro
numerous shapes, dancing nbout In tho bent.
"What aro those?" asked the dreaming
policeman.
"They're Republicans who nro going to
vote for Penrose because of the tariff," ex
plained the devil. "They're too green to
burn."
FOR many years engineers and inventors
puzzled their collective brains over tho
question of casting high temperature metals.
They had cast Iron und lead and zinc, hut
bronze and steel had resisted their efforts,
try ns they would. A Belgian Inventor did
succeed in evolving n furnace which would
cast bronze, but the process had no com
mercial value, being too costly.
At about this time Samuel P. Wetberlll.
Jr., of this city, was graduated and entered
tho world of business with his father nnd
namesake. Then ho decided to Invent tho
furnace to cast bronze nnd stool. For months
he worked; for months ho fnilcd. Asso
ciated with him wns a practical engineer,
ono who had hnd vast experience. No ono
hnd much faith In tho proposition; everybody
predicted failure.
But youilg Wethcrlll did not know enough
to quit. Ho kept on, night and day and week
and month. Ono day he announced that ho
had perfected the electrical casting furnace.
And now the steel companies are forced to
pay royalty to the persistent young Philadcl
phian, who Just wouldn't stop trying.
IT WAS just before tho war. The British
militants wero smashing up things In gen
eral and shop windows in London in par
ticular. Mrs. Michael Morton, wlfo of tho
dramutixt, happened to llvo in London at tho
time. As she was packing her belongings,
prior to her departure for this country, sho
needed the services of a hammer. So sho
went to an ironmonger's, which Is "hnrd--warc"
tn Amorlcan, and asked for tho Imple
ment. The head of the store stammered n
negative, s
"I'm very so sorry," he said, "but wo
haven't any ha hammers at present,"
"No hammers?" naked Mrs. Morton Incred
ulously. "No, we're all out nf hammers." he de.
clared, and seeing himself between the
Heylla of n broken plute glass window and
the f'harybdis f an enormous lie, ho hedged
by adding "but perhaps we could er let
you hae a little hammer,"
"Hut I don't want a little hammor." ex
claimed Mrs. M'irtoii angrily. "I want a big
hammer, one with which I can hit hard!"
That ended the controversy, for tho shop,
keeper and his clerk escorted Mrs. Morton
to the door, with tho admonition that alio
quit being a "fury."
N'
"OW that there ts a possibility that tho
great cathodral of fitrassburg may again
come into the limelight, it Is of Interest to
retail thut its nlstoric lok dates back only
to U3S. The original clock was mado 318
jears ago, but tho mechanism woro out tn
tS3. and n French cimkraaker named
Schwelgu replaced practically the entiro
works. Noon hour is tho best for seeing the
clock "work," Promptly at that time nn
angel strikes the time on a gong, the whllo
Father Time reverses bis hour gloss. There
are also symbolic figures for each day of tiio
week.
Sharp as tlie first stroke of noon rings
out a flguro of tho Saviour appears. The
Apostles pass around it and a wooden rooster
Maps his wings and crows shrilly am loud.
Incidentally tUe ckxk represents a perpetual
calendar.
BRADFORD,
SQDI. OF A TOWN
prom the ladlasapsU Nw-.
The Hev. Brncst C. Wareing, an editor of tha
Western ChrUtlan Advocate, is convinced that
a city has no eul. So, at least, he revords him.
elf is a recent address before the Clon Park
AniMy. Those who feci Inclined to dispute
the itev. Mr. Warning's judgment, howeter,
trw tint be entuely ttitlmut reason on their
tide A gusd deal depends on what is meant
by ")ii! "
CitU differ, end the difference U not merely
one ot physical avptit It Is deeper anil less
obvious, and not so i-a4Hy analyieii. Towns
differ, ami even hamlets, and lw luu as little
tu do nith it as physUal astx-it Wide streets
or inriuw, crouktd or straight, tall builUiugd
or I, a- are not thu things, after all. that make
une .lty more des-i-able than anoth1 r They
ar t'-nrr( of pride or of regret an expression
ef i.c.cisitj' or a materialization of advantage.
but they do not give a city Its character. That
arises from Its citizenship.
Psychologist have dealt with thp matter from
various points of view, seeking, In ono way
nnd another, some t'i n lo nccount for the
radical difference" i diservo. There Is Utile
reason, for exnnii' ij- lndlnnnpolls should
differ from C(ncltin-i.i A navlgablo river at
Cincinnati's door Is no sulllclcnt to account for
tno variation. If It Is, then Cincinnati should
not materially differ from St. Louis. Yet It
dees tleoginphlcul situation has, to be sure, Its
effect, and one would reasonably expert to
observe r. difference between St. Paul nnd At
lnlitn, but wlmt Is to nccount for tho difference
bMWecn St. Paul and Minneapolis?
On the whole. It Is not nt nil unlikely that tho
RfV. Mr. Warelng Is wrong. What ho says
nbout cities, generally speaking, we would not
s.iy oven nbout New York. Light, shallow,
filvolous ns It Is in a nensc, big, complex,
hotirogenrous, it has Its own Individuality ns
n city. Its own communal Bplrit, Its own civic
character. Indeed, for most of our larger cities
It would be Impossible to dcvlso some distinc
tive nnd Interpretative symbol, each differing
from the other-to give lif tills form a graphic
subMnnco to municipal spirit.
CURIOSITY SHOP
Both England nnd Prussia havo been desig
nated as "Aaron's Serpent" (Ex. vll, 10-12),
the fonnor because she absorbed India and
the latter because she did likewise with the
small German Stntcs.
James Buchanan was the only bachelor
I resident, and was so nicknamed. Grover
Cleveland was unmarried hen he entered
tho Presidency, but ho married Frances Fol
som in the AVhlte House Juno 2, 18S6.
The word "cabal," meant to designate nn
intriguing party, was formed from the Initials
of Clifford, Ashley,- Buckingham, Arlington
nnd Lauderdale, all members of nn English
Ministry under Charles It.
Tho word "dago," now nppllcd to Italians,
wns originally meant for Spaniards, being a
corruption of "hldnlgo."
Philippe, Due d'Orleans, wns called "Ega
lite," becabse he sided with tho ro-olutlonary
party whoso motto wus "Llberte, Egallte,
Fraternlte." Despite his republican leanings,
he wns guillotined In 173.
"Faint heart ne'er won fair lady" dates
buck to ,1509, when It appeared In "A Proper
New Ballade In Praise of My Lady Marques":
"Then havo amongst vo once again.
Faint harts fairo ladies l juer win."
The Straits of Bab-el-Manccb nro often re
ferred to ns tho Gate of Tears, this being a
nearly literal translation of tho Arabian
term. Moore, In his "The Fire Worshipers,"
says:
"Like some ill-dcstlncd bark that steers
In ullcuce through the Onto of Tears."
HUM OF HUMAN CITIES
Music Is not a problem for Philadelphia;
tho city hns Its orchestra and Its operatic
visitors. And music Is not a problem for
Keokuk. But In between lie cities like St.
Louis, which appreciate and desire good
music, but which find it very dllllcult to
obtain. Just now St. Louis Is waging a
broad, popular campaign to save Us Sym
phony Orchestra.
The orchestra found Itself this year facing
a deficit of about $15,000. which even the gifts
of rich supporters did not meet. The appeal
for a popular subscription to cover this went
out from all quarters. The weekly Mirror, of
St. Louis, wrote characteristically:
' "Tho Symphony Society must not bo
nllowcd to go to the wall, after 30 yeais of
splendid esthetic ministration to our spirits,
for need of $15,000. Man docs not live by
bread nlnne. Music feeds the senses and the
soul. Music mnkes for socinl harmony. The
Symphony is the city's best card as an in
tellectual nnd artistic centre. Let us all get
together and pitch In to keep the Symphony
going. It Is worth everybody's while. To
snvb the 'Sundays Pops' alone would warrant
a sacrifice by every believer in education and
culture. And here's a chance to democratize
music, to mnke it 11 venture of and by ns
well ns for tho people. If every one whoso ln
I stlnct is to Indorse this suggestion wero to
j subscribe from Jl to $.", tho "t. Louis Choral
svmpnnny season ior tun woniu no mag
nificently assured. Obey that Impulse now."
Letters c.ime to the newspapers In great
numbers commending the orchestra nnd
pledging support. Nothing in months had
evoked so many missives "to tho editor." The
emphasis wns mainly on the esthetic and
democratic tsides of the natter.
The Post-Dispatch, however, found an as
pect to touch tho business man: "Apart from
the question of cultuie, there Is a great
uttlltnrinu purpose Served by tho Symphony
Orchestra advertisement of the city.
"A great musical organization on tour, ns
ours has been, Is a traveling salesman and,
ns Oliver Richards has aptly pointed out, it
Is the only municipal institution which can
bo sent out 'drumming.' St. Louis cannot
send out its parks or boulevards or archi
tectural beauties 'on tho rond' and it has not
even n world's champion ball team!
"Last vear the orchestra on tour did much
to counteract in tho country tin bad Impres
sion disseminated by our unfinished free
bridge. We can't afford this year an un
finished free orchestra, abandoned, on top of
tho unfinished free bridge for wan: of $15,000.
NATIONALPOINT OF VIEW
There is a pronounced difference between
total military debility and a top-heavy mili
tarism which crashes over Into a war with Its
own weight, and tills Ih Just the time for the
American peoplo to tincture Ideals with common
sense. Now York Evening Sun.
Great Britain hns token a reasonable atti
tude on tho matter of American shipping des
' lined for neutral ports, and lias given assur
' nnco that thorn will be no interfeicnco with
i vcscIb Hying our flag that carry conditional
contraband to Holland or other countries not
I at war. Chicugo Evening Post.
Indications that the uppor classmen at the
Johns Hopkins University have resolved to do
away with hazing nt Rojnewood suggest a
(leunito improvement i' " "ic "i mu iih
body and promise to place the dignity of the
Institution upon a piano commensurate with Its
importance. The community will heartily In
dorse tho movement understood to havo orig
ir.ated among the Btudcnts and will hope that
thero will be no recessions from Its laudable
purpose. Baltimore Star.
The several boards of the Rockefeller Foun
dation have done and aro doing such scientific,
thorough and valuable work that the announce
ment by tbo foundation of an inquiry into In
dustrial conditions, relations nnd problems can
hardly fall to cause Interest and lively expec.
tatlou of real benefit In thoughtful circles.
That tho Rockefeller Inquiry will bo Independ
ent and etllcient may bo taken for granted.
Chicago Tribune.
lt Pemocrats try as they may to shift the
blame, the fact remutns that the failure of the
AVIlson-I'nelcrwood tariff as a revenue provider
was apparent and admitted long before there
was any thought of a general European war.
Conditions wero bad before the war; the war
has merely made them worse, that U all.
Springfield (Mass.) Union.
Tho President and Congress havo done well
to tako time for further discussion of t-te Gov
eminent ship purchase bill. The emergency
aspect of the measure has steadily lost Im
portance. When first proposed It seemed (hat
prompt action by the Government would be
necessary to protect the business of tho coun
try. Almost two months have passed and the
emergency. If any exists, Is not grave enough
to be reflected in the demands of t'.ie great
body of producers. Chicago Herald.
Our Mexican Prisoners
from tlw New York World.
An Incident of the Mexican war almost for
gotten ts the internment at Fort Wingate, N.
M., of a Federal army of several thousand men
and women which nearly a year ago sought
refuge on our soil when closely pursued by the
Constitutionalists, we have held the whole
crowd as prisoners, iharginir their board bill
to the new CiMVerum-iit which is soon to be
Inaugurate. As showing how both sexes
participate in Mexican wars, it Is noteworthy
that since this refugee camp was established
in New Mexico 317 children have b"n born. Is
there a future President among them!
IN A SPIRIT OF HUMOR
The Real Strain
World's Series games are a terrible ntraln
on tho nerves of tho spectators', and also on
their pocketbooks.
Pity Both
Pity the Boston gentleman supplied with a
dozen wads ,
Offered a chance to back his team and back
It at mounting odds; .... ...
Sure of tho nine's ability and the strength
of Its fighting lunge,
Who didn't play tho Initial game who simply
would not plunge.
Pity the fan of the Maulln-f Macks, who
splurged with his little all;
Backing tho elephant to win, sure ot tho
Kings of Maul; , ' , , ,.
Alas, his pocket Is flat today, cleaned of tho
needed "tin" ..... ...
But he Is willing to bet his shirt that the
MncKs go In and win.
Cnuglit
"I was looking at somo $20 hats today," said
his wife, "and I brought this ono homo to seo
what you think of it."
"Frightful," said hor husband.
"That's what I tho-ght. This Is a cheap,
$5 hat; let mo havo $15."
Suspicious
"Ho'i
j's a great man for economy
Finds It
cheaper to movo than pay rent.
v.- ...! .... -,,. nnllnn Hint CI1.C11 tlntO
ho hires a different company to movo his
stuff." .
Defined
"Pa, what's a stntcsmnn?"
"A politician of our party, my son.
The Reason
"He's rather old-fashioned; positively won't
trust it bank with his money."
"No. he never hns enough to start nn ac
count." The Worker
"Docs your furnaco work?"
"No, but I do."
The Topic of the Day
Now ho whoso talk of battle tires
Whoso shop and business chatter wearies,
Beforo a rush of words retires
And nil the talk is of the series.
And men who like to talk of clothes.
And men who like to talk of eating,
Must all make place for him who knows,
Or says ho docs, who'll gct the beating.
In car, on sidewalk and In trolley
The scalping visitors are talking:
See how thoy bulldoze, coax and Jolly
To help along their ticket hawking.
Who tries to start a conversation
On other subjects finds nn tenant
In bond of friend or near relation,
Who're wondering who will get the pennant.
On Her Feet
Mabel "Harold says ho doesn't like tho
new dunce floor."
Graycc "No, I guess-ho found It leathery.
Fixing the Blame
"What are you crying about, Jcnnlo?"
"My my teeth stepped on my tongue."
Gridiron Notes .
News from tho hot place.
Higher Mathematics
Based upon figures furnished by the Inter
national press ngents, Lie Lulls Blalzes, tho
noted Chinese calculator, estimates that tho
German army, consisting originally of 3,200.
000 men. hns lost 4,3iV7,032 men, and that tho
Allies having 1,007,1.17 originally, havo lost
fi,029,387,cri4 In dead, wounded and non
existent. Slow in Emigrating
The "Safety First" movement has not yet
made its appearance on thoso extended battle
lines in Europe.
It Is Quito Likely
There is little doubt that thesfc bullets (lred
across tho frontier by reckless .Mexican sol
diers were "made In America."
Germs
Gonna In your foods nnd the air you breathe,
Germs in your mouth nnil your noso:
Geims on your lips. In your whiskers, too.
In families, classes nnd rows:
Germs in the candy you give to your gltl,
Germs on the stamps thut you lick.
Hat, work or sleep without killing thorn off.
And you nro bound to bo sick,
So do tho doctors. In perfect accord,
Make all humnnlty squirm,
Till ovcryono wonders, but dares not to ask
If there nro germs In a germ.
.Why Railroads Pay Dividends
A Kansas railway, in a burst of undue
generosity, which Is expected to lead It Into
Insolvency, announces that owing to a grain
dealer.' convention In Kansas' City, tho rond
will sell round trip tickets for "double tho
one-way faro."
Convincing Proof
German culture has restrained Itsolf nftor
nil. Teutonic war poets haven't committed
ono war poem that wo know of, at loast not
In English.
The Lay of the Giurniand
There aro some who bellevo that lablo
manners wcro Invented by ono who nover
felt tho pangs of hunger.
Descriptive
.llr.... ,11.1 I'nn fAtl ifl.nti .ln ,hli.1iiln.l
,, .,, jw. tui ,, ,,w. .,,.. ...til ... ill. 1
caught you uii and carried you nwuy."
"Llko a fly In a glass of soda wutor," 1
An Kyc to the Future
In olden days thoy hnd a sign rending:
"Wo who tiro about to die snluto you."
Jfowadays, tbo sign in Lowvlllo, jc. Y.
reads: "Asbestos Burial Casket Company."
Imaginary Polyandry
"I'm awfully worried since you tola mo to
put ft piece of wedding calto under my pillow
to dream of my future husband."
"Why?"
"I dreamt of the State Fenclblcs"
Reused Version
"Know thynolf" was all very well In days
gon by; today you'vo got to know others
better than yourself to mako good,
THE IDEALIST
Few people will deny the character-build,
lng virtues of hard work. Quito often, how.
ever, a very low rating is put on these virtues.
For instance, It ts 11 common thing tn hear
that hard work serves as n means of kcoplng
ono out of trouble. If ono remains busy, ono
lias llttlo time to devote to unprofitable plens.
ures and mind-destroying occupations. This
concept, however, la a very low valuation
of woik.
A point which Is often lost sight of Is that
continued application to the serious business
of life results in surrounding a man or
woman with other men or women whosu
habits are Industrious and honest. Hard
work creates un uplifting environment.
In this sort of society a weak man develops
strength; a strong man is made stronger.
You will seldom Hnd a man who la an Idler
serving as the companion of a man who Is a
worker.
Idlers seek the company of their own kind
The ice of the worker is too fast for the
idler to follow. Invariably the Idler Is
thrown into the company of men whose solo
object is the pursuit of demoralizing diver
slons.
This sort of association never permits of
hard work or development.
No Time To Sloji
From tb 'bkaio Tribune.
A little wholesale- frocery house In a saulk.rn
Illinois town hough, iU carinas 0 S?
few days before tho war sent prices soarln
This susar wa, bousht st J cents a"L!o4 and
14 bews sold at 8 cents a pvund. TfaVheaJ "of
thd firm Is now leisurely looking over plans for
a residence, garage Included.
The sudden overturn of the sugar market Is
working other wonders as well. Those
Louisiana sugar producers who wecO disman
tling their great mills nnd talking of olng into
tho livestock Industry will reap n harvest on
their 1P14 cron. Tho beet sugar producers of
the West will profit tremendously through the
sudden removal of all competition with the
Austrian, tho French and tho Russians. The
tariff will still glvo them a measure of protec
tion until May i, 1916. Tho 1-cent n, pound
tariff covers both tho cane and tho beet sugars.
With England buying sugars In the United
Stntcs nnd many sugar-producing oounttlta
going Into American markets nnd Cuban and
West Indian centres for largo quantities, this
would appear to be n poor time for the Amer
ican planter to dlsmantlo his mills.
VIEWS OF READERS
ON TIMELY TOPICS
Contribulions Tlint Reflect Public Opin.
ion on Subjects Important to City,
Stale and Nation,
To tho-Editor of the Evening Lt>ri
Sir As you sny In your editorial under the
.beading, "Brumbaugh Qualified by Experience,"
"to plcturo Doctor Brumbaugh as a mera
pedngoguo la to fly as wide of the
mnrle as possible."
This statement Is easily corroborated by
glancing down the list of his associates In the
present campaign.
You nlso say that "Ho must bo a political
economist and n trained diplomat." Granted
but, what reason has the public to bellevo that
the "Every power and quality that he has
displayed so conspicuously In tho past will
Bhlno moro brilliantly for the public weal"?
The thinking public can hardly bo film
flAmmcd Into believing that with his political
nfllllntlons he can stand for anything but "Pen
rosolsm" nnd nil that It represents. And If the
voters at tho coming election do not ntamp out
the disgrace of the past Pennsylvania will fully
deserve to havo her elater States draw their
cloaks about them and "pns3 by on tho other
side."
It hardly becomes the Evenino LEDOEn to
appear straddling the deep chasm botween
"Penroselsm" and decent Government by up
holding Doctor Brumbaugh and crying "Wolf"!
at Penrose when they stand for ono and the
same thing. II. r. MONTGOMERY.
Philadelphia, October 8.
SUFFRAGE WINNING THE WORLD
To the Editor 0 the Evening Ledger:
Sir riense let mo congratulate and thank tho
Evk'MNo LBDonn. for Its clear, strong editorial
on woman suffrage In the October 7 Issue.
I congratulnto you because your unequivocal
stand for a great reform, which Is sweepln;
the entire world, shows that your now evening
paper Is progressive In policy and line the
courage nnd foresight that augur success. I
thank you for befriending n cause that ts
working not only to secure a majority vote
on tho sldo of Justice, but also to educate our
whole peoplo to tho true meaning of democracy.
CAROLING KATZBNSTEIN,
Exccutlvo Secretary, Equal Franchlso Society
of Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, October S.
NEW MEN IN NEW TIMES
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir May I congratulate you upon tho stand
taken recently In your columns on the subject
of suffrage for women? It looks as though
this new daily would bo up to date, and a
leader of thought In these new times which
demand "new manners and now men."
MARY E. MUMFORD.
riilladolphln, October 8.
HELPS TAXPAYERS TO DISCOVER
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir--Your nrtlclcs on the "Hands of Esau"
are well written and very Interesting. More
than that, thoy reveal to tho taxpayer the true
naturo of the Organization, so thnt ho learns
moro about Its methods, some of which he
hardly thought about beforo. I hopo you will
print the articles In pamphlet form when the
scries Is completed. J. D. TURNBTJLL.
Philadelphia, October S.
FOR WOMAN SUFFRAGE
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Good for tho Evening LEnaen and Its
definite stand in favor of woman suffrage.
Philadelphia, October. 8. F. R.
COMMENDS STAND ON SUFFRAGE
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir May I express to you the gratification
that wo feel In learning that your paper has
taken a stand for tho enfranchisement of
women. With best wishes,
EMILY SARGENT LEWIS.
President Equal Franchise Society of Phila
delphia. Philadelphia, October 8.
American Atrocities
I'rom tlie New York Time.
T.te mutilating, milmlng and killing of chil
dren, while not put in the category of atrocities,
continues In tbo streets of this city. The Na
tional 1 linkways Protective Society reports that
In the month Just closrd 35 children wero slain
by automobiles, as acnlnst eight by wagons and
2 by surfuco cars 15 In all-bringing up the
total for the ear In Greater New York to 123
children killed by motor cars out of 215 that met
death in tho btreets from all causes.
JEALOUSY
She leaned from out her ensemont wide,
And watched below the human tide
Flow, ns tho night drew nigh.
1
Bitter tho thoughts her fancy span.
And black tho thread that through them ran
As the hurtled feet .swept by:
For, like a poisonous seed wide-sown.
Her baso imaginings had grown
And o'er her heart had crept;
Till nil tlin nnn tvhn Invnrl lie l.nc
Who strove to hold that love, hard-pressed,
Her ceaseless watch she kept.
Pays, gray with brooding and mistrust,
Nights fraught with fears, wild and unjust
Slowly Lovo's courage waned;
And toward tho dreary length of years' to
come
Tho ono who loved her once gazed, tearless,
dumb
Duty ttlono remained.
Lovo could not stay alone when Faith had
gone,
But long his feet her threshold lingered on
Llfe's solaco sno had lost, nnd nothing
gained.
Ethel II. Wolf, In New York Times.
THE BABMJNG FOOL
Politics la a disease which causes honest
mon to become machine adherents.
Anybody tun bo a politician; it takes
stntesmanllko qualities to rema.n a voter
No politician ever sprained his anklo run
ning from olilce.
A political otllcoholde.- U a man who would
rather hold down a position than a Job.
A machine is a political trust meant to
. c,.mPotitlon of independent rivals.
A political complexion conslstj of machine
talcum, spellbinder's rougo and Jobhunter's
enamel.
Some political leaders can't make their
I s behave.
A gopd mixer Is a politician who does not
mix honesty with politics.
Some politicians hold olilce; others work for
a living.
Insolence of office consists of not con
tr but tig to the sluih fund.
Public office Is a publiu trust" until the
campaign opens in earnest.
A platform consists of loose plunks so laid
that the unwary voter may tread without
seeing the politicians hiding underneath.
A voter is an innocent animal, with long
ears, who brays between elections and
munches political piffie.
A nominee is one who has sacrificed him
self in his own cause, and who Is willing to
extend the slaughter to the voters.
The political game is played wjth stacked
cards, with five aces which the voter never
has dealt to him.
A ballot is a supplkation from the voter
asking the gods to deliver him from political
bondage.
Direct primaries are nvj always direct.
0Biil int