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Pillar of the People's Hope
WHEN' Dr. Martin G. Brumbaugh says ho
is ti'ibossed ami unbossnble he not only
speaks the truth, but all the blK and little
political bosses know that he Is speaking
tho troth. Hence the professional bosses
nnd their satellite are not wildly enthusiuH
tlo over the Brumbaugh candidacy. They
support It, of course, but only because It Is
so strong and popul.ir thut their one chance
of continued tenure of offlce Is to hung on to
tho Doctor's coattalls.
And when Doctor Brumbaugh says that
he has no open or underground alliance with
tho Interests that Jeopardize the stability of
our Commonwealth ho not only speaks tho
truth, but all tho interests know that he Is
speaking tho truth. Behind his words there
aro nearly SO years of life In the public eye
a life so frank and clean and beyond reproach
that it gives tho lie to any statement or In
sinuation that he shares with Penrose the
support of the liquor dealers and the under
world. Doctor Brumbaugh believes that State anrt
national issues have no vital connection, and
logic Is on his sldo when ho 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 rectitude
and ability to serve the Commonwealth,
would daro to take such a course. And It Is
tho way to victory.
Clear "Up the New Haven Scandal
HOW deeply submerged in financial scan
dal the Now York. New Haven and
Hartford Railroad Is may never bo fully
known by the public. Almost every day some
new evidence of reckless financing comes to
view, even to the extent of discovering notes
nnd collateral in dead men's lock boxes, with
no explanation of how they came to be there.
. ii.... in.iii.n.i,inn win nnt h sn keen as
ruaaiui) iuwim". - -- .
when tho management made a shambles of
their lines, but as a salutary and deterrent
Influence upon all public and semi-public
corporations every questionable and Illegal
phase or tne rauroaus uuuua nuuuiu uc ...v,
known.
Neither should there be any degree of
Immunity for those who plunged tho system
Into such lmpotency and Infamy. Whether
their guilt be traceable to personal greed or
careless negligence, the law should take Its
due course, whatever tho social prominence
of the offenders may be. This country need3
a restored confidence In the capability and
Integrity of railroad management. Until that
arrives It is futile for the roads to expect a
whole-hearted government redress of their
grievances.
Man Whom Penrose Championed
WILLIAM LORIMER, stripped of his toga
by vote of the Senate, Is 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,
fcecauso Lorimer Is tho man for whom
Penrose stood sponsor In Washington and
whose causa he championed In tho face of
the nation.
Some men are loved for the enemies they
make nnd others are despised for the friends
they have. Sympathy Is an Index to charac
ter, and tho things for which a man will fight
re a revelation of the standards he holds.
Bryan Embarrassed Never !
NOT even the clergymen of Ohio, deter
mined that tho Secretary of State shall
make a pronouncement upon prohibition, can
really embarrass him. They may put him in
a passing predicament, they may annoy him
by their unsophisticated zeal, they may make
it hard for him to be passionately and con
vincingly eloquent; but they can no more
embarrass him than they could the Delphic
oracle.
No public man ever had a readier fluency
in ambiguities, such finesse in phraseology,
huch adroitness in platform mechanics. Jn
some delicate way or another, Mr Bryan will
placate the Prohibitionists, cajole tho local
optlonlsts. satisfy the ministers and yet allow
the whisky Democrats a right of way in the
State fight.
Japan Reawakening China
CHINA once more Is rubbing Its eye3 over
the astounding prestige and progress of
Japan. When Nippon defeated Russia the
Chines first realized tho 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 place of parity
with Great Britain, France and Russia In
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 of the
war it may well be by far the most Important.
Hope for the Merchant Marine
SINCE the new registry law went Into
effect 6! foreign vessels have been added
to the American merchant marine. This is a
hopeful sign for the future of shipping Inter
ests la this counlo, and what U aow ur
gently needed is a definite governmental
policy by which the advantage already
gained can be kept and increased,
bo far bo good, but for the re-establish-
ment nnd dfcvelopment of tho American mer
chant marine tho navigation laws must ba
so revised ns to enable our ship owners to
compete on equal terms with the carriers of
other nations.
As to tho proposal for Government-owned
ships, Its adoption would mean, among sev
eral evils, a competition which would dis
courage prlvnto capital. Congress should
roeognlzo tho political Inexpediency of a
$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 all to
give a real Impetus to the upbuilding of the
merchant marine by liberalizing and rectify
ing the present hampering and antiquated
navigation laws.
Penrose Playing Samson
MAD with pain nnd humiliation, with
vision gone and strength sapped,
Penrose Is trying to win revenge nnd a last
personal triumph before ho goes to his doom.
Like Samson of old, he has put his arms
around the columns supporting the Repub
lican home thnt has sheltered him for years
and with one final desperate effort he would
pull It to the ground to cover his own ruin.
Penrose Is under suspicion In the supremo
legislative chamber of the nation for his use
of campaign funds; everywhere his name Is
linked Ignominiously with Lorimer and Sul
llvan, of Illinois, with Barnes nnd Sulzer, of
New York; evidence has been published that
his campaign draws Us chief and most dis
reputable strength from the liquor makers
and dealers of Pennsylvania.
He claims that tho fortunes of tho Repub
lican party depend upon his re-election. This
Is so far from being true that tho success of
Penrose In November will prove to be the
Worst disaster Republicanism has suffered.
Neer In the hlstorv of the party has It had
a moie vulnerable candidate n man who Is
a tangible contradiction and negation of
everything honorable and noble In the tradi
tions and spirit of the party of Abraham
Lincoln.
Wait for the Second
THE first act Is over and tho heroine Is In
tho clutches of the Red Indian. But, mind
you, tho villain Is only temporarily trium
phant. Tho second act Is on this afternoon.
Watt for tho hero to get In his licks. A good
play Is a better play for a desperate start.
Whoever saw a really good melodrama that
didn't put virtue In a pretty bad fix at tho
stnrt-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 tho stronghold
of Beandnm 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 tearful. 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, Evore
and Emerson!
Pennsylvania Itself the Judge
THE Norris resolution Is not dead. It has
merely been put to sleep. Meantime tho
people of Pensylvanla have an opportunity
to set themselves and this great common
wealth right before the nation by repudiating
utterly the system against which the Inquiry
ts directed and the man who is Its champion
and Its leader.
Slake Health Contagious
IN CLOSING the silver Jubilee celebration
at Johns Hopkins, Doctor Flexner made an
announcement of fitting importance. He gave
assurance that Infantile paralysis Is caused
by a germ organism, which he has succeeded
In Isolating and by means of which he has
proved Infection to be spread. It Is the first
step toward a dependable cure. Prevention
Is already In sight, for it Is now clear that
the dis-ense Is transmitted through respira
tion and that adults carry the germs which
may Infect children.
Almost every day brings some such new
hope for the health of the world. Only a
short time ago came the announcement from
Doctor Mayo of his advances against can
cer. The peaceful war against disease goes
on In America, while malevolent Mars ab
sorbs nil the energies of Europe. Yet how
much swifter might be Its progress If tho
millions spent in a single day of European
conflict could be devoted Instead to the cam
paign which alms. In the words of Dana, to
"make health contagious."
Continue to Pray
OBEDIENT to President Wilson's request,
millions of prayers were 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, performable only In specific
places and at regulated hours. Prayer Is a
mood of the mind, an attitude of the spirit.
It is the soul of man seeking harmony with
the will of God.
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 all times
may pray In pure sincerity.
"More things are wrought by prayer than
this world dreams of."
What could you expect on a Friday?
When is a speculator not a speculator?
Ask Judgo Martin.
The speculators have nothing on the
Braves as scalpers.
No "slush fund" inquiry till winter, when
the slushing la good.
Mexico is indefatigable. When the centie
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 the ratn-game bluff seems a little
foolish What everybody wants Is a clear,
sunny afternoon The white elephant needs
no mist to hide behind.
The London Morning Post ts authority for
the statement, under a Cape Town date, that
"a German patrol has raided Walflach Bay,
capturing a police sergeant.'1 Could daring
and heroism go further?
Tha first step In the much-needed revision
of our patent laws appears to have been taken
in Representative Edmonds' bill to compel
the owner of a foreign patent to license tho
manufacture of his invention if he himself
is not putting it on the market.
Now It Is known where Harry K. Thaw
has been all this time Sojourning In New
Hampshire. Jerome wants his case disposed
of. This is just the time, when Europe Is so
busily engaged that it cannot pay attention
to this disgrace of American jurisprudence.
PASSED B? TIIE CENSOR
PLUTARCH, who had ns many "lives" as a
Tlpperary cat, says In ono of them:
"A prating barber asked Archelaus how
he would like to be trimmed. He' answered:
'In silence.' "
Percy Standing, tho nclor, had his hair cut
In silence last Saturday In tho Hotel Lincoln,
Pittsburgh, barber shop. It cost him (9.75.
Standing Is ultra-English, deueedly so, ye
know. Ho Is also anti-German, tremendously
so. The barber Is German; also ultra antl
Engllsh, Standing sat himself down In tho chair
and suggested that tho man of shears trim
his hair slightly, especially in tho back, afl
his part required that ho wear tils hair
rather long. Then ho uttered somo rcmntks
nbout tho Kaiser, the Kaiser's army and the
German nation In general. Then ho began
to rend a paper. After a while- he found that
the barber had finished his task. Ho looked
nt himself In the glnss.
Revenge! Desperate Desmond In his most
fiendish moment had never perpertrated so
scurvy a trick! For that German barber had
deliberately and with mallco nforethotight
clipped Standing's back hair with a horso
clipper In the style so much In vogue among
ofllco boys.
What followed, especially tho verbal por
tion, must he omitted. But that night a
policeman called at the theatre to arrest
Standing for alleged high treason, lese
majeataet. mayhem, Incendiarism nnd frac
ture of King George's English. The case was
settled out of court for $9.75.
There Isn't any moral worth chronicling
to this hair-raising tale.
STATIONED within a square of City Hall
Is a policeman who has certain political
views which ho does not always caro to have
made public.
"Safety first," he said. "My Job wouldn't
bo worth much If it became known how I
feel on polttlcnl matters." And then ho told
this tale to Illustrate his viewpoint: Ho
dreamed that he died nnd had gone to "war,"
where Satan was In full charge. Tho devil
was polite and sought to mako him at home.
First, he took him Into a room, moderately
warm, along whose slde3 were hung various
spirits In human form.
"This Is the room where Progressives are
kept," tho devil explained. Then he took
him Into a still warmer room, also occupied
by spirituous no, spiritual shapes.
"This is tho Democratic storehouse." The
third room was sizzling hot. In It were
numerous shapes, dancing about In the heat.
"What are those?" asked the dreaming
policeman,
"They're Republicans who nre going to
vote for Penrose because of .the tariff," ex
plained tho 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 hiid cast Iron and lead and zinc, but
bronzo and steel had resisted their efforts,
try ns they would. A Belgian Inventor did
succeed In evolving a furnace which would
cast bronze, but tho process had no. com
mercial value, being too costly.
At about this time Samuel P. Wetherill.
Jr., of this city, was graduated and entered
the world of business with his father and
namesake. Then he decided to Invent tho
furnace to cast bronzo and steel. For months
he worked; for months ho failed. Asso
ciated with htm was a practical engineer,
ono who had had vast experience. No one
had much faith in the proposition; everybody
predicted failure.
But young Wetherill did not know enough
to quit. He kept on, night and day and week
nnd month. One day he announced that he
had perfected the electrical casting furnace.
And now the steel companies are forced to
pay royalty to tho persistent young Phllndel
phtan, who Just wouldn't stop trying.
IT WAS just before tho war. Tho British
militants were smashing up things in gen
eral and shop windows in London in par
ticular. Mrs. Michael Morton, wife of the
dramatist, happened to live in London at tho
time. As she was packing her belongings,
prior to her departure for this country, she
needed the services of a hammer. So she
went to an Ironmonger's, which Is "hard
ware" In American, and asked for the Imple
ment. The head of the store stammered a
negative.
"I'm very so sorry," he said, "but we
haven't any ha hammers at present,"
"No hammers?" asked Mrs. Morton Incred
ulously. "No, we're all out of hammers," ho de
clared, and seeing himself between the
Scylla of a broken plate glass window and
the Charybdis of an enormous He, ho hedged
by adding "but perhaps wo could er let
you have a little hammer,"
"But 1 don't want a little hammer," ex
claimed Mrs. Morton angrily. "I want a big
hammer, one with which I can hit hard!"
That ended the controversy, for the shop
keeper and his clerk escorted Mrs, Morton
to the door, with the admonition that she
quit being a "fury."
NOW that there Is a possibility that the
great cathedral of Strasshurg may again
come Into the limelight, it is of interest to
recall that its historic clock dates back only
to 1838. The original clock was made 218
years ago, but the mechanism wore out In
1S3S, and a French clockmaker named
Schwelgue replaced practically the entire
works. Noon hour is the best for seeing the
clock "work." Promptly at that time an
angel strikes the time on a gong, tha while
Father Time reverses his hour glass. There
are also symbolic figures for each day of the
week.
Sharp as the first stroke of noon rings
out a figure of the Saviour appears. The
Apostles pass around It and a wooden rooster
flaps his wings and crows shrilly and loud.
Incidentally the clock represents a perpetual
calendar,
BRADFORD,
SOUL OF A TOWN
From tha Indlanapolla New.
The Rev. Krnest (-'. Warelnr. an editor of the
Western Chrlatlan Advocate, is convinced that
a city has no eoul. So, at least, he records him
self in a recent address before the Zlon Park
Assembly. Those who feei inclined to dispute
the Rev. Mr. Warelns's judgment, however,
may not be entirely without reason on their
side. A good deal depends on what is meant
by "soul "
Cltle differ, and tho difference Is not merely
one of physical aspect. It la deeper and less
obvious, and not so readily analyzed Towns
differ, and even hamlets, and size hu as little
to do with It as physical atpeU. Wide streets
or narrow, crooked or straight, tall buildings
or low, aro not the things, after all, that make
one city more desirable than another They
are source of pride or of regret, an expression
of necessity or a msXwlallzatlon of advantage,
but they do not give a city Its character. That
arises from Its citizenship.
Psychologists have dealt with tho matter from
various points of view, seeking. In one way
and another, somo tenon to account for the
radical differences ll observe. There Is little
reason, for example .hy Indianapolis should
differ from Cincinnati. A navigable river at
Cincinnati's door Is not sufficient to account for
the variation. If It Is, then Cincinnati should
not materially differ from St. Louis. Yet It
dees Qeogiaphlcat situation has, to be sure, Its
effect, and one would reasonably expect to
observe a difference between St. Paul nnd At
lanta, but whnt Is to account for the difference
between St. Paul and Minneapolis?
On the whole, It Is not at all unlikely that tho
Rev. Mr. Wnrclng Is wrong. What ho says
nbout cities, goncially speaking, we would not
s.ty even about New York. Light, shallow,
frivolous ns It Is In a sense, big, complex,
heterogeneous, It has Its own Individuality ns
a city. Its own communal spirit, lis own civic
diameter. Indeed, for most of our larger cities
It would be Impossible lo devise some distinc
tive nnd Interpretative symbol, each differing
from the oilier to give In this form a graphic
substance to municipal spirit.
CURIOSITY SHOP
Both England and Prussia have been desig
nated as "Aaron's Serpent" (Ex. vll, 10-12),
tho former because she absorbed India and
the latter because sho did likewise with the
small German States.
James Buchanan was the only bachelor
President, nnd was so nicknamed. Grover
Cleveland was unmarried v hen he entered
the Presidency, but ho married Frances Fol
som In tho White House June 2, 1SSG.
The word "cabal," meant to designate an
Intriguing party, was formed from tho Initials
of Clifford, Ashley, Buckingham, Arlington
and Lauderdale, all members of an English
Ministry under Charles II.
The word "dago," now applied to Italians,
was orlglnnlly mennt for Spaniards, being a
corruption of "hldnlgo."
Philippe. Due d'Orlenns. was called "Ega
llte," because he sided with the revolutionary
party whoso motto was "Llberte, Egallte,
Frnternlte." Despite his republican leanings,
he was guillotined In 1793.
"Faint heart ne'er won fair lady" dates
back to 1B69, when It appeared In "A Proper
Now Ballade In Prnlso of My Lady Marques":
"Then havo amongst ye onco again,
Faint harts falro ladies t euer win."
The Straits of Bab-el-Maniob are often ro
ferred to ns the Gate of Tears, this being a
nearly literal translation of the Arabian
term. Moore, In his "The Flro Worshipers,"
says:
"Like some lll-destlned bark that steers
In silence through the Gate of Tears."
HUM OF HUMAN CITIES
Music is not a problem for Philadelphia;
the city hos its orchestra and its operatic
visitors. And music Is not a problem for
Keokuk. But In between Ho cities like St.
Louis, which appreciate and desire good
music, but which find It very difficult to
obtain. Just now St. Louis Is waging a
broad, popular campaign to save Its Sym
phony Orchestra.
The orchestra found Itself this year facing
a deficit of about $ir..000, which oven the gifts
of rich supporters did not meet. Tho appeal
for a popular subscription to cover this went
out from all quarters. The weekly Mirror, of
St. Louis, wrote characteristically:
"The Symphony Society must not be
nllovved to go to the wall, after 30 years of
splendid esthetic ministration to our spirits,
for need of $15,000. Man does not live by
bread alone. M'usic feeds the senses and tho
soul. Music makes for social hnrmony. Tho
Symphony is the city's bent card ns an In
tellectual and artistic centre. Let us all get
together and pitch In to keep the Symphony
going. It Is worth everybody's while. To
save the 'Sundays Pops' alone would warrant
a sacrifice by every believer In education and
culture. And hero's a chance to democratize
music, to make it a venture of nnd by ns
well us for the people. Tf every one whose In
stinct is to indorse this suggestion wore to
subscribe from 51 to $'. the 'U. Louis Choral
Syniphonv season for 1914 would be mng
nlllccntlv assured, obey that Impulso now."
Letters came to the newspapers In great
numbers commending the orchestra and
pledging suppoit. Nothing in months had
evoked so many mls-lves "to the editor." Tho
emphasis was mainly on tho esthetic and
democratic sides of the i Hitter.
The Post-Dispatch, however, found an as
pect to touch tho business man: "Apart from
the question of culture, thero is a great
utilitarian purposo served by the Symphony
Orchestra advertisement of tho city.
"A great musical organization on tour, as
ours has been, Is a traveling salesman and,
as Oliver Richards has aptly pointed out. It
is tho only municipal institution which can
be sent out 'diummlng.' St. Louis cannot
end out Its parks or boulevards or archi
tectural beauties 'on tho road' and It has not
even a world's champion ball team!
"Last vear the orchestra on tour did much
to counteract In tho country the bad linpres
hlon 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 want of $15,000.
mONALPOINT OF VIEW
There is a pronounced difference between
total milltnry debility and a top-heavy mili
tarism which crashes over into a war with its
own weight, and this is Just the time for tho
American people to tincture ideals with common
sense. Now York Evening Sun.
Great Britain has taken a reasonable atti
tude on the matter of American shipping des
tined for neutral ports, and has given assur
ance that there will be no interference with
vessels flying our flag that carry conditional
contraband to Holland or other countries not
nl war. Chicago Evening Post.
Indications that the upper classmen at the
Johns Hopkins University havo resolved to du
away with hazing at Homewood suggest a
definite improvement in the tone of the student
body and promise to place the dignity of the
Institution upon a plane commensurate with Its
Importance. The community will heartily In
dorse the movement understood to have orig
inated among the students and will hope that
thero will be no recessions from Its laudable
purpose. Baltimore Star.
The several boards of tho Rockefeller Foun
dation have done and are doing such scientific,
thorough and valuable work that the announce
ment by the foundation of an Inquiry Into In
dustrial conditions, relations and problems can
hardly fall to cause Interest and lively expec
tation of real benefit In thoughtful circles.
That the Rockefeller inquiry will be Independ
ent and efficient may be taken for granted.
Chicago Tribune.
Let Democrats try aa they may to shift the
blame, tho fact remains that the fulluro of the
Wilson-Underwood tariff as a revenue provider
was apparent and admitted long before there
was any thought of a general European war.
Conditions were bad before tho war; the war
has merely made them worse, that la all,
Springfield IMass ) I'nlon.
The President and Congress have done well
to take time for further discussion of fae Gov
ernment ship purchase bill. The emergency
aspect of the measure has steadily lost Im
portance. When first proposed It seemed that
prompt action by the Government would be
necessary to protect the business of the 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
Yrota th New Tork World.
An incident of the Mexican war almost for
gotten Is tho internment at Fort Wlngate, 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, charging their board bin
to the new Government 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 W children have been born. Is
thero a future President among them!
IN A SPIRIT OF HUMOR
The'fieal Strain
World's Scries games are a tcrrlblo strain
on the norves of tho spectators, and also on
their pockctbookB.
Pity Doth
Pity tho 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 the Initial game-who simply
would not plunge.
Pity tho fan of tho Moulin Macks, who
splurged with his llttlo all;
Backing tho elephant to win, sure of tho
Kings of Maul; .
Alas, his pocket Is flat today, cleaned of the
needed "tin"
But ho Is willing to bet his shirt that the
Mncks go In and win.
Caught
"I was looking nt somo $20 hats today," said
his wife, "and I brought this one homo to seo
whnt you think of It."
"Frightful," said her husband.
"That's what 1 tho"ght. This la a cheap
$5 hnt; let mo have $15."
Suspicious
"He's a great man for economy. Finds It
cheaper to move than pay rent."
"Yes, and you may notlco that each tlmo
he hires a different company to move his
stuff."
Defined
"Pa, what's a statesman?"
"A politician of our party, my son,
The Reason
"He's rather old-fashioned; positively won't
trust a bank with his money."
"No. he never has enough to start an ac
count." The "Worker '
"Does your furnace work?"
"No, but I do."
The Topic of the Day n
Now ho whoso talk of battlo tires
Whose shop and business chatter wearies,
Beforo a rush of words rotlrcs
And all the talk is of tho scries.
And men who like to talk of clothes,
And men who llko to talk of eating,
Must all make place for him who knowg,
Or says ho docs, Who'll got tho beating.
In car, on sidewalk and In trolley
Tho scalping visitors aro talking;
Seo how they bulldoze, coax and Jolly
To help along their ticket hawking.
Who trios to start a conversation
On other subjects finds no tenant
In hend of friend or near relation,
Who're wondering who will get the pennant.
On Iler Feet
Mabel "Harold says he doesn't Ilka the
new dance floor."
Graycc "No, I guess' ho found It leathery.'
Fixing the Blame
"What nre you crying nbout, Jennie?"
"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 agents, Lie Lalk Blaizes, the
noted Chinese calculator, estimates that the
German army, consisting orlglnnlly of 3,200,
000 men, has lost 4..3B7.992 men, and thnt tho
Allies having 4,007,137 originally, have lost
6,029,3S7,65t in dead, wounded and non
existent. Slow in Emigrating
The "Safety First" movement has not yet
made Its appearance on those extended battle
lines in Europe.
It Is Quite Likely
There Is little doubt that these bullets fired
across the frontier by reckless Mexican sol
diers were "made in America."
Germs
Germs In your foods and tho air you breathe,
(Sernis In your mouth and your nose;
Germs on your lips. In your whiskers, too,
In fnmllle.s, classes and rows;
Germs In the candy you give to your gill,
Germs on the stamps that you lick.
Eat, work or sleep without killing them off,
And you nre hound to be sick.
So do the doctors. In perfect nccord,
Mako all humanity squirm,
Till everyono wonders, but dares not to ask
If there are 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
dealers' convention In Kansas City, the road
will sell round trip tickets for "double the
one-way fare."
Convincing Proof
German culture has restrained itself after
nil. Teutonic war poets haven't committed
one war poem that we know of, at least not
In English. .
The Lay of the Gourmand
Thero aro some who believe that table
manners were Invented by one who never
felt the pangs of hunger.
Descriptive
"How did you feel when the whirlwind
caught you up and carried you away."
"Like a fly in a glass of soda water."
An Eye to the Future
In olden days they had a sign reading:
"We who nro about to die salute you."
Nowadays, the sign, In Lowvllle, N. Y.
reads: "Asbestos Burial Casket Company."
Imaginary Polyandry
"I'm awfully worried since you told me to
put a piece of wedding cake under my pillow
to dream of my future husband."
"Why?"
"I dreamt of the State Fenclbles." J
Revised Version
"Know thyself" was all very well In days
gone by; today you've got to know others
better than yourself to make good.
THE IDEALIST
Few people will deny the character-building
virtues of hard work. Quite often, how
ever, a. very low rating is put on these virtues.
For instance, it is a common thing to hear
thut hnrd work serves as a means of keeping
one out of trouble. If one remains busy, one
has little time to devote to unprofitable pleas
ures and mind-destroying occupations. This
concept, however, Is a very low valuation
of work.
A point which Is often lost sight of is that
continued application to the serious business
of llfo Jesuits In surrounding a man or
woman with other men or women whose
habits aie Industrious and honest. Hard
work creates an uplifting environment.
In this sort of society a weak man dovelops
strength; a strong man is made stronger.
You will seldom find a man who is an idler
serving as the companlqaof a man who is a
worker.
Idlers seek the company of their own kind.
The pace of the worker is too fast for the
idler to follow. Invariably the idler Is
thrown into the company of men whose sole
object is the pursuit of demoralizing diver
slons. This sort of association never permits of
hard work or development.
No Time To Stop
Prom the Chicago Tribune.
A little wholesale grocery house in a southern
Illinois town bought five carloaxU of sugar a
few day before the war sent prices soaring
Jhls sugar was bought at 1 centa a pound and
U being sold at 8 cents a pound. The head of
the firm Is now leisurely looking over plans for
a reiHdence, garage Included.
Tho sudden overturn of the stigAr market la
working other Wonders as well. Those
Louisiana sugar producers who were disman
tling their great mills and talking of going Into
tho livestock Industry will frenp a harvest on
their 1914 crop. Tho beet sugar producers of
the West will profit tremendously through the
sudden removal of all competition with tha
Austrian, the French and tho Russians. The
tariff will still glvo them a measure of protec
tion until May 1, 1916. Tho 1-cent a pound
tnrlff covers both tho cane nnd the beet sugars,
With England buying sugars In the United
Statc3 and many sugar-producing countries
gelng Into American markota and Cuban and
West Indian centres for largo quantities, this
would appear to be a poor time for1 the Amer
ican planter to dismantle his mills.
VIEWS OF READERS ,
ON TIMELY TOPICS
Contributions That Reflect Public Opin.
ion on Subjects Important to City,
State nnd Nation. 4
To the Editor n (fie Evening Ledger!
Sir As you say In your editorial under the
heading, "Brumbaugh Qualified by Experience,"
"to picture Doctor Brumbaugh as a mere
pedagogue Is to fly as wldo of tho
marls ns possible."
This statement Is easily corroborated by
glancing down the list of his associates In the
present campaign.
You also say that "He must bo a political
economist and a trained diplomat" Granted
but, what reason has tho public to believe that
the "Every power and quality that he has
displayed so conspicuously In the paat will
shine more brilliantly for tho public weal"?
The thinking public can hardly be flim
flammed Into believing that with his political
affiliations ho can stand for nnythlng but "Pen
roselsm" and nil thnt It represents. And If the
voters nt the coming election do not stamp out
the disgrace of the past Pennsylvania will fully
deservo to have her sister States draw their
cloaks about them and "pass by on the other
side."
It hardly becomes the Evening Ledoer to
appear straddling the deep chasm between
"Pcnroselsm" nnd decent Government by up
holding Doctor Brumbaugh and crying "Wolf"!
at Penrose when they stand for ono nnd the
same thing, H. F. MONTGOMERY.
Philadelphia, October 8.
SUFFRAGE WINNING THE WORLD
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Please let mo congratulate and thank the
Evening LBDOEa for Its clear, strong editorial
on woman suffrage In tho October 7 Issue.
I congratulate you becaueo your unequivocal
stand for a great reform, which Is sweeping
the entire world, shows that your now evening
paper la progressive In policy and has the
courago and foresight that augur succeas. I
thank you for befriending a cause that la
working not only to secure a majority vote
on tho sldo of justice, but nlso to educate our
whole people to tho truo meaning of democracy.
CAROLINE KATZENSTEIN.
Executive Secretary, Equal Franchlso Society
of Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, October 8.
NEW MEN IN NEW TIMES
To the Editor o the Evening Ledger:
Sir May I congratulate you upon the stand
taken recently In your columns on the subject
of suffrage for women? It looks as though
this new dally would be up to date, and a
leader of thought In these new times which
demand "now manners nnd new men."
MARY E. MUMFORD.
Philadelphia, October 8.
HELPS TAXPAYERS TO DISCOVER
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Your articles on the "Hands of Esau"
are well written nnd very Interesting. More
than that, they reveal to tho taxpayer the truo
naturo of the Organization, so that he learns
moie nbout its methods, somo of which he
hardly thought about before. I hope you will
print tho articles In pamphlet form when the
series Is completed. J. D. TURNBULL.
Philadelphia, October 8.
FOR WOMAN SUFFRAGE
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Good for tho Evenino Ludoer and Its
definlto 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
From the New York Times.
T.ie mutilating, maiming nnd killing of chil
dren, while not put in the category of atrocities,
continues in the streets of this city. The Na
tional Highways Protective Society reports that
in the month Just closed 35 children were slain
by automobiles, as aRalnst eight by wagons and
2 by surface cars 15 In all bringing up the
total for the year In Greater New York to 123
children killed by motor cars out of 215 that met
death in the streets from all causes.
JEALOUSY
She leaned from out her casement wide,
And watched below tho human tide
Flow, as tho night drew nigh.
I
Bitter the thoughts her fancy snan.
And black the thread that through them ran
As the hurtled feet swept by:
For, like a poisonous seed wide-sown,
Her base Imaginings had grown
And o'er her heart had crept;
Till on the ono who loved her best.
Who strove to hold that love, hard-pressed,
Her ceaseless watch she kept.
Days, gray with brooding and mistrust,
Nights fraught with fears, wild and unjust
Slowly Love's courage waned;
And toward the dreary length of years' to
come
The one who loved her once gazed, tearless,
dumb
Duty alone remained.
Love could not stay alone when Faith had
gone.
But long his feet her threshold lingered on
Life's solace she had lost, and nothing
gained.
Ethel H. Wolf, In New York Times.
TIIE BABBLING FOOL
Politics is a disease which causes honest
men to become machine adherents.
Anybody can be a politician; It takes
statesmanlike qualities to rema.n a voter
No politician over sprained his ankle run
ning from olllce.
A political oftlceholdo.- Is a man who would
rather hold down a position than a Job.
A machine is a political trust meant to
stille competition of Independent rivals
A political complexion consist- of machine
talcum, spellbinder's rouge and Jobhunters
enamel.
Some political leaders can't make their
I's behave.
A good mixor Is a politician who does not
mix honesty with politics.
Some politicians hold office; others work for
a living.
Insolence of office consists of not con
tributing to the slu h fund.
"Public offlce is a public trust" until the
campaign opens in earnest.
A platform consists of loose planks so laid
that the unwary voter may tread without
teeing the politicians hiding underneath.
A voter is an innocent animal, with long
ears, who brays between elections and
munches political piffle.
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 with stacked
cards, with five aces which the voter never
has dealt to him.
A ballot is a supplication from the voter
asking th gods to deliver him from polities!
bondage.
Direst prlrnarlti are nu always direct.