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Pi'ncliot Should Retire
PINCHOT us 11 picturesque rind debonair
gentleman may interest people whoso
heaviest Intellectual efforts linve been con-
. lined to serial fiction, but Pinchot as n states
man Is only humoresque. Pennsylvania can
not rignrd bini seilouslv as a candidate.
Hut, unfortunatelv, there are enough whlm
Rlcal citizen1! In the population who niav vote
for him aH nn Innocuous way out of their
dilemma to make the election of Penrose
possible. Nothing is o Important to the
Commonwealth and the nation as the defeat
of Penrose. Unless Pinchot Is the verltablo
Don Quixote of modern life, he will realize
i that chivalry, patriotism and humanltnrlan-
1 ism dictate his immediate retirement from
1 tho campaign.
Representing the Administration, A. Mitch-
- ell Palmer cannot retire: representing the
Hpeclal Interests and the liquor business, Pen
rose will not be allowed to retire: represent
ing an Ideal, Pinchot can retire, and tho act
will do more for the realization of that Ideal
than anything else he can possibly do.
A Scientific Transit Plan
DIRECTOR A MERRITT TAYLOR'S sur
vey and solution of Philadelphia's tran
sit problems Is attracting universal attention.
The Electric Journal has just given a vivid
analysis of its scope Phlladelphlans will be
grateful that the subject has been studied by
eclentlflc methods, from the standpoint of the
municipality rather than of the operating
company and with the object of serving the
' future possible development of the city and
t euburbs.
If the Inevitable conclusions from the sur
vey are carried out, the traction company
must ultimately benefit as much as the com
munity. The best interests of the stock
holders of a public service corporation depend
upon enlightened and faithful service to the
public. Every citizen should make himself
familiar with Director Taylor's efficient piece
"""of -work.
Exit Carranza
ANOTHER turn of the Mexican Ualeldo
XJLscope: Carranza fades away, Vlllareal
flashes purple to the front, with General
Villa showing red In the background. How
long before these figures will clash, recom
bine, harmonize or give way to new ones no
prophet can tell. The habit of unrest, the
custom of change, the liking for revolution
and insurrection are btrong upon the people.
The only feature that promises stability Is
that Vlllareal stands well with both Car
ranza and Villa. As Provisional President
he has a splendid opportunity for displaying
genuine statesmanship by reconciling the
Jealous factions and giving Mexico what
most she needs peace. With time to think,
to reorganize her business and to learn from
the devastating war in Europe that strife
means nothing but economic loss, Mexico
may yet become a great Republic
N"V.
Confidence or Ovcrconfirience
THIS is a bad year for champions. The
perfect baseball team, the unbeatable
paragon, so It seemed, of all the leagues In
the United States, has gone down before a
tail-ender of three months back. It is a curl
t ous lesson in presumption and overconfl
dence, as others besides Ty Cobb have tes
tified As a machine, the Athletics still look the
better nine. Yet this very realization seems
to have been their undoing. They relied on
n passionless certainty. Their confidence
wa3 not like that of the Braves, a fervid
enthusiasm. Both teams had confidence.
Both teams presumed they would win. But
the men from Boston felt a desperate drive to
Victory that may havo been blind and unrea.
sonlng, but that had in It a quality of almost
fanatic faith. In many other things besides
baseball It Is that spirit which wins.
Envoy of Peace in War
THE "American Ambulance" means far
more to Paris than the name Implies.
Ensconced in the Lycee Pasteur, it ranks
among the best of the French military hos
pitals. There the Government sends the most
difficult cases for treatment, regardless of na
tionality; and there warring men of more na
tions than one learn the compassion that
now stirs America to Its depths. Such an In
stitution is worth ten times the thousand
dollars a day that prominent Americans have
contributed to carry It through.
Meanwhile, however, it seems a pity that
no -word comes of any similar envoy of peace
and good fellowship to the Germans in Ber
lin. Criticism of Journalistic Fairness
SARCASM easily lends itself to the uses of
oratory, and once In a while some public
speaker who probably knows better yields to
the temptation of rounding oft an eloquent
period wJth a categorical reference to the
'careful, conscientious malefaction" of the
newspapers in respect to the war news.
The newspapers, with a few exceptions,
have tried to educate the public In the Just
valuation of dispatches from Europe; and
, they make plain the sources of ail their news.
A rhetorical suggestion that they omit the
war news altogether would doubtless waken
applause, but It Is dreadful to thtnk of the
outcry that would follow Its acceptance!
"rjjt a statement by Professor Muenster-
trure thx- Pernrierg and the paper Is
-tears old wrngr plurality, it is likewise
'XagtUclw HJOlil r, 'Vmany or Great
art of toe public clamors
for Invective: say a good word for either na
tion and mortal offense Is given. Verily, tho
trials and tribulations of practicing neutrality
match the tribulations and trials of utter
partisanship. Tet there Is only one course to
pursue, the course exemplified In the Evf.k
t.vo LBDdBR's refusal, both In Its news pages
and Its editorial columns, to give full cre
dence to accounts and explanations of the de
struction of Rhelms Cathedral, and In Its rec
ognition that fair Judgment of such Incidents
and of tho war Itself mUBt await the fulness
of time.
Conscience Makes Political Divide
fTUtERE are Penrose and antl-1'enroso Re-
JLpuolIcnns, Penrose and nntl-P,nroso Dem
ocrats, Penrose and nntl-Penrose business
men, Penrose and anll-t'enrose lawyers, Pen
rose and nntl-Penrose protectionist", "'enroso
and antl-Penrose this, Hint and th other.
But there are no nntl-Penrose liquor men,
saloon loafers or tax-eating ward heelers.
The great divide Is made by conscience
How many men are supporting Penrose who
have said: Before Clod and my conscience
where do I stand? When a voter gets out of
the haze of partv subterfuge nnd stands
nlone In the fierce white light of his moral
convictions, he ran no more align himself
with Boles Penrose than he could with Tweed.
Penrose has outraged the Institutions that
clear-thlnklng and rlght-feellng men lover
ence. Honorable and righteous Instincts are
first debased and then betrayed by associa
tion with his leadership. What measure for
tho alleviation of men's burdens, for the cor
rection of llfo's Injustices, for a fair chanco
on behalf of llttlo children, wns not frus
trated at Harrlsburg by Penrose's tax-eating
minions? What great dlstlnterested cause
has Penrose ever championed with passionate
devotion? What has he brought to tho Uo
publlcnn party but dishonor, disunion and
defeat?
Woman Along the Road of Humanity
THE congress of the Pennsylvania Federa
tion of Women In Pittsburgh, how much
It may betoken of the now womanhood!
Spokesman of half the human world within
the State, it Is Its right and duty to signify
what woman Is beginning to mean in the new
economy of our life. Even the name Is end
lessly suggestive of the new place wives,
mothers and sisters are taking: curiously,
amusingly suggestive. What would be said
of a "Federation of Men"? The Idea Is pre
posterous. And yet woman Is only far
enough advanced along the road of humanity
to make her progress a thing to be noted with
astonishment.
More Precious Than Heart's Blood
MEN know the bestiality nnd Insanity of
war, but they know It not so truly or so
deeply as the women of the world. Do women
take part In war? Let Olive Schrelner an
swer: It is especially In the domain of war that
we, the bearers of men'H bodies, who supply
its most valuable munition, who, not amid
the clamor and ardor of battle, but singly
and alone, with a three-ln-the-mornlng
courage, shed our blood and face death that
the battlefield might have Its food, a food
more precious to us than our heart's blood:
It is we especially who, In the domain of
war, have our word to say, a word no man
can say for us. It is our intention to enter
into the domain of war and to labor there
till In the course of generations we have
extinguished It.
Not on the battlefield will this victory be
won, declares the author of "Woman and
Labor." She believes that "war will pass
when intellectual culture and activity have
made possible to the female an equal share
in the control and governance of modern
national life; it will probably not pass away
much sooner; its extinction will not be de
layed much longer."
Commercialized Reforms
EVERYBODY talks of peace. The white
dove has found a resting place in the
conscience of America. There is danger,
moreover, that it will be ensnared by com
mercialism. Reforms have made more or less headway
in recent months by being turned into
money-making schemes. They have often
been seized as opportunities for getting the
reformers before tho public.
Tho white slave traffic and the group of
Issues which were turned over by the muck
raker are examples. The peace movement
will soon appear on the stage and In the
moving pictures. Great ideals lend them
selves naturally to the passion of promotion.
They are correspondingly cheapened by los
ing their authority.
The propaganda for peace la a sacred and
serious campaign, and It would be unfor
tunate If It lost its power of appeal by clap
trap methods, and through playwrights,
speakers and writers who have selfish mo
tives. The peace ideal is distinctly moral and
Involves the economic and social welfare. It Is
rooted in the dlvlnest soil of the soul, and its
fruits are numbered among the best results
of civilization. Its realization requires the
sanest thinking and the most dignified treat
ment. Carranza out. Vlllareal to the real Villa?
"Mother to a Thousand Boys" Is no mean
epitaph for life to bestow on Josephine Smith.
Penrose's calibre is easily gauged when J.
Ham Lewis can hold him up to ridicule.
If Holland Is drawn Into the war Holland
will draw In the ocean.
The 800 derelicts who gave a silver loving
cup to the Bible class leader of Inasmuch
Mission are now out as much.
The Athletics have probably observed al
ready that the World's Series began on Fri
day and ended on the 13th.
That the South now holds a majority In
the directorate of the Southern Railroad Js
good news. It is a sign of the rapidly awak
ening South, and It means responsibility and
control vested where they should be.
It Is little wonder that the methods of
handling municipal garbage at the piggeries
of League Island surprised Toronto's con
sulting engineer. They surprised the nose of
South Philadelphia long ago.
Everywhere In this country the name of
a Pennsylvania Senator is used for purposes
of political description. Referring to the ma
jority of Republicans In Its own State, the
Oregon State Journal says, "They are not
Penrose Republicans."'
It Is sometime a little hard for the city
dweller to work up the indignation over a
64-day drought that cornea natural to the
farmer Hence the rain today is not half so
Important or Interesting as the fact that the
dry spell came within two days of equaling
tb longest period, recorded since 1873,
CAPITAL GOSSIP
Senator Borah as Prophet nnd Candidate Investigation of Penrose .Certain if lie
Is Elected President Has Put His Foot Down Firmly on the
Proposal for Cotton Money.
fSpecloI Washington Correspondence)
BUT for war In Europe thero would be
a Republican landslide In tho congres
sional elections this year," said Senator
Borah, of Idaho, In n street-car conversation
last night. "As It is, however, I am quite
sure there will be a very considerable reduc
tion In the Democratic majority In Congress,
If, Indeed, that majority Is not wiped out."
The same hopeful opinion Is expressed by
other Republicans who have visited Wash
ington within the last week or two. A Re
publican leader from Connecticut takes a
rose-colored view of the political conditions
In that State, nnd predicts the election of at
least four out of the five Congressmen all
tho Connecticut Representatives now are
Democrats. The only Democrat whose re
election the Republican leader concedes among
the possibilities Is Thomas Lawrence Rellly,
of Merlden, who Is now serving his second
term. It Is clnlined by tho snme hopeful
prophet that .Senator Rrandegec will beat
Simeon Haldwln hands down. Connecticut is
regarded as a very uncertain political quan
tity, ns It has not fully adjusted Itself to tho
new tariff conditions, and thero Is no telling
exactly how It will work out in the elections
next month.
GOING back to Senator Borah, It Is worth
noting, perhaps, that ho has been con
sidered uy some men 01 inuucnce in ins iiny,j
as very available Presidential timber for n
reunited Republican party. He has been lib
eral In his views, almost Progressive, In fuct;
but he has preserved. In spite of his emotions,
strict party regularity. In the belief that he
would be nblo to do more effectively the re
forms ho would accomplish In the party than
out of It. He will not say anything of tho
kind, btit many who think ns hu docs protest
that allegiance to an Individual has obscured
the loyalty of thousands of thorough-going
Republicans to their party. Wayne Mao
Veagh. one of tho "Elder Statesmen" of
Pennsylvania, has a very high opinion of
Borah, because of his character and proved
ability, and, In spite of the fact that he halls
from one of the newer States, which does not
cast as many votes ns tho slnglo county of
Philadelphia In Pennsylvania or Cook County
In Illinois, believes that he would make n
most acceptable President nnd a winning
candidate for the Republican party In 191(5.
That Is to say, Mr. MncVeagh had some such
thought In his head, which he expressed qulto
positively last winter. What effect a long
hot summer spent In silent reflection nt
Valley Forge may have had on his maturer
Judgment this deponent saith not. One thing
may be said with certainty, Mr. Borah is not
seeking the nomination; Indeed, there have
been Indications within the recent past that ho
Is not enamored of his present Job In the
Senate. It is a trial of any man's patience
and patriotism, and especially of a lawyer,
with clients capable of paying living fees, to
work n year for a paltry $7500, when he
could earn as much in one case.
ONE of the queer things about Borah Is
that he really believes In the primary
system of making nominations for public
office. He Is not boasting overmuch of some of
the results that havo been obtained so far;
but believes that, after awhile, the people will
find the way of getting through the primaries
what in many instances they failed to secure
through the old convention system. He has
refrained from saying what excuse can be
made for the enormous cost of duplicating or
triplicating election expenses, but In this
case as In so many others the people pay the
freight. If there were less party and more
men. if the entries at the election assizes
were open to all and there was no Jockeying
on the course the public Interests would not
suffer. Why should organizations, political or
business, be expected to put up money to
elect any particular candidate to any office of
CURIOSITY SHOP
The Falrlop Oak stood In Halnault Forest,
Essex, England. It had a girth of 48 feet.
Beneath its branches an annual fair was
held. A storm blew It down in February,
1S20. X
General Mouravleff, a Russian soldier who
was Governor of Lithuania, during tho in
surrection of lSfi3-fi4. was known as the
Hangman of Lithuania because of the cruel
ties he perpetrated upon the peasantry.
Although it IK not generally known, yet It
is a fart that William Makepeace Thackeray
wrote under the pseudonym of Ikey Solo
mons, Esq.
John WInchcomb was "the greatest cloth
ier of the world in the reign of Henry VIII."
He kept more than 100 looms at work and
raised 100 men to aid the king against the
Scoteh at Flodden Field
"Abram Man" was a slang term used In
London for occupants of the Abraham Mann
ward in Bedlam, the famous English mad
house. The phrare, "to sham Abram," meant
to feign sickness or distress in order to shirk
labor.
"notrachomyomachla" Is the Greek equiv
alent for "much ado about nothing," and Is
alo the title of a mock-heroic poem sup
posed to be by PigTes of Carlo. It means
"The Battle of Frogs and Mice."
In Nicholas Grlnald's translation of Cicero,
published in 1M". there is an address in which
the following occurs: "And wanting the
right rule, they take ohalke for cheese, ns
the salnge is."
Dickens' Dutchman was Charles Lang
helmer. of Philadelphia. The man wbb 1m
mortallzed In tho author's "American Notes."
Langhelmer died In 1S53 at the age. of 75. He
ppent 60 years in prison.
ON CLOSING THE EYES
Good night, my dear ones. May God's rest,
In ample store.
Fill every pure and loving breast
For evermore.
Good night, my friends of purpose true,
So loyal wise.
May blessedness encompass you
From bending ektes.
Good night, my village, and sexjd. njfllt.
My native land.
Be yours the safety and the might
Of God's right hand.
Good night, great world! and world ea world
Of ranging star.
God's love, I know, Is far outfurjedj
Where'er you are.
Good night, my task, and wait for pi?
TiU morning-tide
Shall bring me, radiant and free,
Calm to your siae.
Good night, Lord Jesus! As I tread
SUep's mystic nay.
By Thy firm hand I shall be led
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To gates or aay.
Good night! ah. very good the night
How sweet and fair!
And g""d Ehall be the dawnljg light,
ftp here nr there
Amos K. Wells, m the Christian End
fteri'i.
profit or trust? What Is an officeholder elected
under such conditions and with such a
handicap worth to his party or tho State?
IT HAS been determined by tho Senate com
mittee that thero will be no Investigation
of tho Penrose case until after tho election
next month. This determination was rcuched
on Tuesday; why, nobody knows except tho
members of the committee possibly, and
they will not tell. "I tell you, however," snld a
Democratic Senator who Is not personally un
friendly to Mr. Penrose, "I tell you, truly,
that this case will not be forgotten after tho
election. It looks to me very much llko an
other Lorlmer case, and I risk nothing In
saying that Penrose will not be seated In tho
Senate if thero Is nny wny In law nnd any
thing in the evidence that shall be produced
to show that he won his election by the cor
rupt or doubtful use of money. The time has
como when tho Senate should look after the
title of men to sit In this chamber, nnd no
man who buys his sent, or whoso seat Is
bought for him, should be suffered to sit In
this body. This Is not prejudging the cose of
Senator Penrose I nm simply saying that
the Senate must bo careful of Its honor
If tho voters are not." So, It would seem
that, oven If Mr. Penrose should win at tho
election In November, there will be 'another
election that Is to say, n very searching In
quiry Into the work of the returning boards
or contributory causes when he presents his
credentials next March.
THERE Is a story going the rounds about
one of Secretary Garrison's friends who
Insisted upon telling him what ho thought of
the present Administration. Ho had como
hero probably from Virginia before "the
' Mother of Presidents" went "dry," nnd was,
evidently, more or less "under the Influence,"
and this was what he said: "We've got great
Preshldent, greatesh Prcshldent over was:
great Cabinet, too, grcateBh Cabinet ever'
wns, nnd Mr. Daniels Is greatesh man In
Cabinet."
SPEAKING of tho Cabinet suggests Con
gressman "Bob" Henry, ns ho Is familiar
ly called, and his desperato effort to "soak"
Uncle Sam for $500,000,000 In aid of the cotton
farmers of the South who nro In sore dis
tress. He will not get the money; that much
is certain. If Congress should pass tho bill,
the Prosldont would veto it. A rural Con
gressman went to see tho President several
days ago with a delegation from h'ls Stato
nnd was much Impressed by tho evident dis
tress of the President at tho unfortunate
condition of th cotton planters and his Ina
bility to give them the relief provided In tho
radical propositions that havo been made,
and even more distressed that this cry for
Federal nursing should como from tho people
of tho South and before they had exhausted
their own resources. Tho surprising thing Is
that the people who have always preached
ngalnst paternalism In government should
now come with hats In hand asking for help
and daring to threaten reprisals If it should
not be granted.
The President will not consent, whatever
the pressure brought to bear upon him, to
Mexlcnnlze tho currency so that an Ameri
can dollar will he worth less than 100 cents.
The old printing house which turned out
money by the ton 50 years ago Is still In ex
istence, and has the old plates '-om which
tho money was printed. The promise on
these bills is that they will be paid upon
the conclusion of a treaty of peace between
the Confederate States of America and tho
United States of America. AVhy would It not
he a good thing for Mr. Henryto bring these
old plates back Into service? His cotton
money would not be worth much more than
the old Confederate bills If Congress should
be stnpld enough to pass his bill.
RANDALL.
nUM OF HUMAN CITIES
Only a few days ngo Philadelphia made
the acquaintance of tho Remedial Loan
Company, nn organization lending money "on
character" to the temporarily needy. Now
comes news of a venture in Massachusetts
that combines this excellent idea with a
savings organization among the workers
themselves and the administration of the
whole by the men making the deposits,
A pamphlet Just Issued by the Russell
Sage Foundation gives an account of this
Industrial credit union, which Is distin
guished in two ways. It Is managed by the
employes themselves without a suspicion of
paternalism, and loans are made with no
other security than the borrower's honesty
as estimated by his associates.
The plan has been tried out with entire
success among Jewish farmers In New York,
New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts,
nnd the first credit union In New York city,
organized by n real estate firm under the
State's banking laws, has now a membership
of 200 and accumulated nssets of $15,000.
The union, which is adapted from the plan
of the European and Canadian co-operative
peoplo's hank, assumes that the need for
small loans among wage-earners is a symp
tom of an underlying need of better savings
facilities. The hours for deposit of savings,
therefore, are made to conform to the wage
earner's convenience, the officers and com
mittees serve gratuitous)'. In order that
without overhead expenses the loans can be
made at low rates, while the near location
of the agency Is a constant reminder to the
wage-earner to deposit an extra dollar, 50
cents or quarter that might otherwise be
squandered.
The plan In Its execution banishes the
loan 6hark, as testified by the treasurer of
the credit union formed by the employes of
the American Express Company in Boston.
It is an association of men and not of capi
tal, each member having but ono vote, nnd
the shares Issued are In such small denomi
nations as to be within the means of the
humblest. Honesty nnd industry are tho
only qualifications for membership. That It
is a constant spur to the cultivation of these
sterling virtues Is shown by the last annual
reports of 3t credit unions published by the
Bank Commissioner of Massachusetts. Their
assets are $186,151, an increase qf $9! 071
over the previous year, and their member
ship is 4529. The total receipts last year
were 394.9D4, total loans $146,740.
NATIONAL POINTOF VIEW
The Indefinite postponement of the fifth Pan
American conference, uhlch was to assemble in
Santiago. Chill, on November !9, Is to be re
gretted. It Is understood that the reason given
by Chill for not holding a conference this year
was that all governments were too busy deal
ing with the situation created by the war to
give attenUon to other matters, but It seems
as If this very situation made an early meeting
of representatives of American Republics esna.
daily desirable. Rochester Post Express.
Our foreign oommeroe Is pretty much de
stroyed, our internal trade Is depressed, our
finances are deranged, our exchanges are
closed, and hard tlms have come upon us in a
year when renewed and great prosperity was at
hand. We seriously object to having such sore
burdens Imposed upon us because dynasties
want to defend their crowns, because Ministers
have planned seUures of tenltory, or because
lingerers want to Pnd a uso It grJt armies
o-d w Hi tNi fuse rr'Tlnr ''t m HMry El"ry
cheat the je-ve vhww subs.ance they have
taken to pay forHhe siege guns and the keep
of grenadlsrs. New York Times.
There never was a Christmas Ship bfor.
There may nover n a Christmas 8hlp ajalrt.
This Is a unique opportunity to put Into prac
tice all the sentiments that vie know are gentle,
good and true to take part In a loving enter
prise that will be Imperlshably enshrined In the
history of theso troublous days.-ChltHgo Her
ald. Montlccllo ought to be taken by the Govern
ment and preserved as ono of the too few na
tional shrines. Mt. Vernon, it Is trusted, will
not be forgotten In this same connection. With
all proper consideration for tho services 61 the
patriotic association that owns the homo of
Washington, It Is still truo that the nation
should hold the property.-Washlngton Times.
VIEWS OF READERS
ON TIMELY TOPICS
Contributions That Bcflcct Public Opln.
ion on Subjects Important to City,
State nnd Nation.
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger!
Sirprmlt me to call the nttentlon of the
public to n. needed reform In Philadelphia
through tho columns of your valuable paper,
which I find so wide-awake that It Is growing
more in my favor each day. The reform I desire
Is one that would be In tho Interests of nil the
taxpayers of Philadelphia, and would at the
coming election assist, 1 believe, greatly In tho
defeat of Mr. Penrose ami the liquor Interests.
For your stand against the evils of Penroselsm
and "nun" you have my sincere thanks and the
thanks of all other persons who love the home
and country and want to see evils eradicated.
But, now about tho reform. Many voterB who
Intend to cast their ballots against Penrose
wcro unable to register because tho polling
places wcro not open during tho early hourB of
tho. afternoon on tho Inst day. 1, myself, be
ing unable to leave my place of employment on
either of the first two days tho registrars sat,
postponed leglstcrlng until tho last Saturday.
I was unable to go to the polls before I went
to work In the morning, and, as I had to leave
on a business trip on n train that left Broad
Street Station shortly after 4 o'clock, t rushed
to my polling place In tho 46th Ward during tho
early part of tho afternoon, not knowing that
they were not open until after 4 o'clock. My
trip was useless, and I am now prevented from
voting because I could not get my name on the
lists. When we have a compulsory registra
tion law, Is It not Just as Important that the
polls remntn open during the middle of the day
on tho last registration day as it is for them to
remain open on election day?
JAMES BnOWNE.
Philadelphia, October 14.
FEARLESS AND ENLIGHTENED
To tho Editor of the Evening Ledgers
Sir I feel that I must wrlto to you and ex
press my keen appntclatlon of tho stand the
Evenino Lbdoeh has taken editorially In fa
vor of granting the franchise to women. Your
editorial last night was splendid, also the ono
on Octoher 7, among many others. I only wish
other papers were ns fearless and enlightened.
I am expressing not only my own appreciation,
but that of every member of the Woman Suf
frage party. Let mo ndd also that every mem
ber of tho Women's League for Good Govern
ment is advised to read your paper every
evening becauso of the stand you have taken
for good government and your excellent coun
cilmanlc news and reports.
MARTHA DINNEY DUNNING.
Woman Suffrago party leader 4th Legislative
District, W. L. G. G. chairman 9th Ward and
on Councils' Committees.
Guatham Farm, West Chester, Pa., October 14.
"BUY A POT OF BEANS"
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir I feel some one should put In a word for
poor Mr. Stalllngs. Everybody's picking on him.
It's bad enough for tho Athletics to cut his
team's profits from their only World's Series by
making him take four straight. But that is only
following up a distinctly annoying policy that
Connie Stack started when he wouldn't let the
Braves practice at the same time as his own
men and when he sicked that 'unknown inebri
ate on tho Massachusetts culture-drummer.
Pity Mr. ritalllngs, and Join the movement to
bui. a pot of beans and help the Boston man
ager. A. J. HALL.
Philadelphia, October 14.
TRAISES EDITORIAL
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir I have heard a number of people speak
In praise of your fine editorial of October 9.
Only today I heard It spoken of by several in
Norrlstown. So you see the wide Influence It
Is having. I write to assure you of our great
appreciation of the stand tho new evening paper
of Philadelphia has taken on this most Impor
tant question, and to wish the new Journal
great success.
ANNA M. ORME.
Chairman of 1st Division Woman Suffrage
Party.
Wane, October 13.
ASKING FOR MALE CHAMPIONS
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Flease continue vour chivalrous fight for
the rights of women. Until they get the ballot
they cannot speak for thcmselvesf therefore, all
men who are not excluding us from civic par
ticipation for selfish reasons ought to be nllllng
to champion our cause. The stand your paper
Is taking has already made many friends for
you. MARY WILFORD.
Philadelphia, October 14.
THANKS EVENING LEDGER
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir As a believer In equal suffrage, I wish
to express to you my appreciation of the stand
you have recently taken on the side of that
policy. The time Is not far distant when only
the half-oducated and the narrow-minded will
oppose this great movement. I thank you for
your support of this Just cause.
FLORENCE EVANS.
Philadelphia, October 14.
Overtaking Penrose
frnm the New York Evening Mall.
Two months ago the defeat of Boles Penrose
In Pennsylvania seemed impossible. Today it
seems probable. For the first time In the
campaign there are reliable prophecies that he
will be defeated.
The change In Penrose's fortunes Is due to
the discovery that the liquor interests had been
"assessed" by the Penrose machine In the old
time campaign way. The revelation resulted
In an anti-saloon movement of Statewide pro
portions and increasing intensity. It Is the
big Issue of the campaign and Is undoubtedly
cutting deep Into the Penrose strength.
THE IDEALIST
Napoleon was wrong. But the world has
held a wondrous amount of respect for him.
It la altogether human to admire the effort
rather than the ambition. For, when the
ambition Is attained, admiration ceases; that
Is, If effort ceases with it.
A man reposing in the opulence of the re
sults of hard work does not furnish nearly
so interesting a picture as a man with his
sleeves rolled up and earnestly engaged in
the process of working hard.
One of the most popular of the modern
plays depicts the financial maneuverlngs of
two particularly clever young men. The
course of their near-crooked manipulations
Is followed with keen Interest, and much ap
plause is evoked on every occasion of "put
ting something over" on other characters of
the play, who, of course, are conveniently
gullible.
But at the finale of the last act the play
wright appeals to another part of the nature
of the audience While he knows! that the
questionable cleverness of the two leading
characters will win approbation for the mo
ment, he also knows that finally the instinct
of fairness and Justice will prevail One of
the financial wizards addresses the other:
"My boy. suppose that all the energy wo had
put In being crooked had been put In being
straight, wouldn't we be happier now 7"
Of course the reply Is affirmative. And the
audience goes rway feeling- that the real ser
mon of the play Is In those last few lines.
It forgets that it laughed at crookedness.
A man ray wrk hard n-'d win public
favor with .th-ds tat are wrr.nsr But the
tolot huj ucokedacss -will utUr this fame.
IN A SPIRIT OF HUMOR
Wur News
If tho Germans violate Holland's neutral
ity by uslntr tho Scheldt they will gist In
Dutch.
Waive of Inquest
No matter what tho final score, down with
tho alibi,
Down with the "tcll-you-how-lt-happened"
pest;
Away with the chatter of basoball lore, bo
It a cheer or Rich.
Glvo us a little week or two of rest.
Talk of the foreign war' again, forgotten &
week ago.
When the limelight swung to tho horse
hldo nnd the bat;
Talk of a million battling mon where towns
and cities go, ,
And let tis drop this sad post-mortem-chat.
Neither Are the Proof Readers
Vienna dispatch tays that Przemysl Is re
lieved. That's more than wo are.
Times Have Changed
"Shakespeare said, 'It Is better to bear the
Ills wo have than fly to others -we know
not of."
"Oh. if he lived In West Philadelphia ho
would move Just as often ns everybody else."
It Happened in Boston
"Did your husband cut his false friend with
acerbity?"
"No, mum, wld a razah."
iTis False
Vory evidently, Bomo of those blood-Kurd-ling
tales of Russian cruelty are knout and
knout fakes.
Wherein a Poet Breaks Looso
Mary had a llttlo lamb;
This Isn't strictly new:
And when that poor old mutton died,
'Twas labeled "Spring lamb stew."
Labor-saving Devices
"Mr. Jones," began the office boy diffidently.
"What is it, Algernon," replied tho employer
kindly.
"Do you mind If I cut the edges of thoso
papers with scissors, lnsteadlns of filing
thorn?"
Another Pronunciamenlo
Always nearby there stands a scoffer
When we refer to General Joffre.
Stung by his merry laughter, we
Make hasto to switch It to Joffre.
And then, In desperation, try
To dodgo by calling It Joffre.
And oft It ends In verbal fray
When he asserts the name's Joffre.
Autumnal Worries
Fresh eggs were first mentioned In history
in tho elder Pliny's time. Tho other kind
have been mentioned ever since.
Explctivcly Speaking
Life in Holland Is Just one thing after
another. There's
Rotter )
Schle J. dara
Amster J
And the Kaiser can say "Potsdam" when
he gets really peeved.
Like Cures Like
Visitor How did you cure tho man who
Imagined that he was the Czar of Russia?
Attendant We threw a bomb at him.
And Then
Thero was a man In our town
Who never lost his goat
Until he leaned against fresh paint
And spoiled a brand new coat.
His Method
"How did Dauber come to paint such an
extraordinary picture?"
"Used a revolving canvas while painting."
A Dry Retort
"How did you feel when you caught Deacon
Thirdly taking a morning drink?"
"It was an eye-opener."
At the North Pole
"Weren't you cold while In the Arctlo
without proper clothing?"
"Not n bit. When It got 60 below zero I
was so wrapped up In myself I didn't feel It
at all."
Safety First Again
like Jail life? That's remarkable.
"You
Why?"
"I've got
release."
four wives waiting for my
A New Arm
"In which branch of the navy is your son?"
"On, under and over tho sea."
Literary Lights
Anon Is great, wo must admit,
In prose and verse he makes a high bid
For laurel wreaths, yet what he's writ
Has nothing on the works of Ibid.
Solemn Warninc
Doctor Don't be too optimistic, Mr. Blinks.
So long as you remain under my treatment,
you are not out of danger.
"How Dry I Am"
"I'm never going to get drunk again."
"What's tho matter now?"
"My head couldn't ache any more if I
had worked nil night."
Curious
"Where's the dog?" asked Willie, as his
mother entered the courtroom with him.
"What dog?"
"The dog they wouldn't hang on Uncla
Ben's evidence."
The Spread of Civilization
Eastward the way of knowledge spreads
Even Turkey has Joined the early closing
movement applied to the Bosporus.
Perhaps It Isn't, Though
The reported capture of Grog by the Monte
negrins sounds like another "dry" victory.
THE BABBLING FOOL
When Tennyson wrote "And ctatesmen at
her council met," he hadn't heard of Phila
delphia. Tom Moore spoke of the "councils of the
brave." It takes a heio to be a Councilman
these finicky days.
"In the multitude of counselors is safety,"
saith Proverbs. Safety for ihe politician
was meant, obviously.
Daniel Webster, thundering forth praise of
Hamilton, exclaimed: "Ho touched the dead
corpse of public credit." Some of our local
statesmen are apt to "touch" if they think
their credit can be galvanised into life.
A Councilman is a municipal milkmaid
draining the city cow, but never diluting the
product for division with the taxpayer.
"There was once an honest Councilman."
wrote the novelist, and then he couldn't con
tinue, for even his imagination failed av this
juncture.
"Parliamentary procedure" Is the medical
term for fooling the taxpayer.
it's n wise Councilman 'knows his own boss
Council chumbers make strange bedfellows.
A majority makes the rules to rule, a
minority but why speak ill of the helpless"
We con blame nature for creatlnk man.
hut even In our attgriest moments we should
not Judge her harshly becausa man irtvented
Couucilmen. I
A Councilman In the hand Is worth-V-noth-Ing,
when the machine gels hold of hlAn,
Never Judge a Councilman hv th ilnta !-o
no puiieu. ll lliajr mi( DO in VOtert TttUl
arier an
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