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Oaii.t Om.t. six cents fly mall, rostrald uttlde of Philadelphia, except nhere foreign postage ! required, Uait.v om.t. one month, tnenty-ne cents; DAttr Ost.T. one year, three dollars. All mall subscrip tions payable In advance. nrti.r oi WAt-Mrr keystomt, maim anon E7" .lfMrr.j nil communication fo Ktenlaff Ledger, Independence Square, Philadelphia. rxTERKD ai the rtut.Ann.rmA rostorriCK as seco.no ' CLASS SIAIt, UATtra rillLADLlrillA.IRIDA'k.OCTOni.R 16, 101 i Brumbaugh KcAiscs Tainted Funil AS STRAIGHT and clean nnd firm as a Xjl pillar of alabaster. Doctor Brumbaugh Etands before the people of Pennsylvania. All the campaign lies and libels of his oppo nents leave him unmarrcd nnd rebound upon their own heads. "My hands are clean," says the Republican candidate for Governor. "When the cam paign Is over no man can question the source of the funds used In placing my can didacy before the people of Pennsylvania. I have asked the State Committee to furnish no funds for my campaign and they have granted my reriucst." Doctor Brumbaugh Is taking no money from the Republican State Committee. That Is his own emphatic decision. He does not want any connection with the slush fund or the whisky till. Penrose may use that money, but Brumbaugh cannot and still bu a man. Personal friends of Doctor Brumbaugh are paying his expenses. Many of the contrib utors would rather go to the stake than be affiliated In any way with Penrose. They nre supporting Brumbaugh because they believe him to be an absolutely honest, fear less and capable man and the only ono who can redeem the Republican party in the State from the blighting curse that the Penrose organization has put upon It. Legislative Respite Thankfully Received PRESIDENT WILSON feoH that the pas sage of the Clayton bill forms the last link In the most comprehensive program of In dustrial and financial legislation ever enacted or attempted. And the President Is right. Never before, In any land or any nge, havo the great Industries and enterprises of a na tion faced so many frontal attacks nnd flank ing movements. Big business, even whero unmistakably contradistinguished from bad business, will give heartfelt thanks for the -truce. Not less grateful will be all the little busi nesses, the conscientious enterprises of ag gressive Individuals who havo sought to make a decent livelihood by their own Initia tive. They have suffered from the uncer tainty and Instability even more than the great corporations. The corporations could cut dividends, restrict output, force new markets abroad and weather the storm. But the individual producer had no means of protecting himself and he suffered. The entire business world will be benefited by the respite, and America will have a chance to grasp some nf the opportunities abroad opened by reason of the European conflict. Annapolis Ventures Out IF WEST POINT "won't play," the Navy, at any rate, is ready to venture out into the great world In an effort to spread the football prowess of Uncle Sam beyond the bounds of the backyard. Tomorrow the An napolis eleven comes up to Philadelphia for the first game ever played outside home grounds except for the annual contests with the Army. Penn must deal gently with the little stranger, so far from home, mother and his little playmate, West Point. But Penn baa dealt In Just that way with everybody else this season. Another Independence Day WHILE talking about Filipino Independ ence, why not secure a little more of It In this country? Doubtless we can have a larger measure of freedom when we are ready for it. New Tork Is able to get along with out Tammany rule Illinois should be will lng to dispense with Roger Sullivan and what he stands for. Pennsylvania can sur Ylve the passing of the Penrose hegemony. "We Americans can prove our competence as citizens In no better way than by using our votes for the promotion of self-government. As to the Jones Philippine bill, it Is ex tremely vague and seta no definite date when the people of the Islands shall go their own way! trot the Issue of Independence in Ameri can politics Is clear and well-defined, and the Inte of its determination In Pennsylvania ehould be November 3. ) No Intellectual Slavery at Harvard HARVARD will not hesitate. Years ngo President Eliot fought the battle for academlo Independence. He fought it under difficult conditions, and he won it bo de etalvely that never again at Cambridge will influence or money drive from the university (ts minds that defy conventions, leap Into the unknown and cut the hawsers that bind hu manity to the commonplace. Professor Muensterberg, as the price for an endowment, real or Imaginary, would be too big a price for Harvard to pay. He has ten dered bla resignation to relievo the trustees of embarrassment; but they would as soon barter the aoul of the institution as make any such bargain with a purchaser. No, the principle involved was settled years ago. It s imbedded now in the very stones of the university. yrcf frsaor Muensterberg will never be ejected, from b! seat in Harvard simply because game individual does not approve or nis Buntal processes. There Were Pipes in Those Days ARCHEOLOGY Is not the grubbing of i."dry-a-dU8ts." It is the illumination of present humanity by the light of the past People of today have only to. look on at these researches with the eye of Pan Interested brother and the results are ar fcuclnating as the discoveries recorded by the Harvard ex pedition to Nebraska. There, In a, recently eroded river bed, they found living, everyday tokens left by prehistoric America. The relics of thrco towns testified to the humdrum pursuits of man In periods centuries old. In the last nnd the furthest stratum was found what? Not any of the stupid commonplaces of "research," but the romnnnts of a deserted feast. And there at the end of the menu were mute wit nesses to the American man's oldest and most modem of friendly dissipations, three nsh-flllcd pipes. As a record of common humanity they were worth searching years to find. Superlative Stupidity THE lltiuor dealers of Pennsylvania havo certain fixed rights. By the acquiescence of generations they have acquired them. They have Invested their funds In the manu facture or sale of alcoholic drink. No ques tion of mornllty faced them a hundred years ngo. They cannot be expected now to appre ciate the point of view of an era which de votes lt ultimate efforts to the promotion of efficiency, the mitigation of poverty, nnd answers with action its dally prnyer, "lead us not Into temptation." But rights are forfeited and privilege squandered when (he best of the liquor deal ers Join with the worst of the liquor dealers In n deliberate nnd undivided conspiracy to prevent the people of the political entitles of tho Commonwealth from exercising their constitutional right to define nulsnnces. It Is one thing for a candidate, on principle, to appeal to his constituency to trent without prejudice, fairly and squarely, a more or less vested ' Interest. It is another thing for a candidate to bargain nnd barter with the outcast-breeders of society to trade per petual license to thptn In return for their united and unanimous support. In practically every State where whisky has been an issue. Its advocates have goaded reasonableness Into fanaticism by their mad endeavor tn subsidize the electorate. Tho coalition of the liquor dealers of Pennsyl vania In support of Penrose is an evidence of superlative stupidity. Medical Movies EVERY day the moving picture machine Invades some new Held war, education, dancc-tcachlng, and now medicine. The Philadelphia County Medical Society has watched the nctlons of virulent germs mag nified thousands of times. More important, it has been demonstrated on the film by motion pictures of patients that there are ten symptoms which havo hitherto escaped record In nervous diseases. The films are nn Indelible record of scien tific fact for ages to come. Cheap yet In vatuable. humble yet mighty, the "movies" defeat time and add their mite to the war on disease. Where will they end' Doubtless Somewhere, Sometime THE Councilman who accepts a salaried office from the Organization Invites scru tiny. Is It not the old trick of tho Organiza tion to pay Its servants with public funds, to find places for the men whose votes It needs, to trade its sinecures for Individual sub serviency? It Is not a good time for dual officeholders. The eyes of the community are on them. They are marked mm. They are objects of suspicion. Yet doubtless somewhere, some time, there was or is or will be a dual office holder honest nnd brave and Independent, forgetful of tho Illicit Influence productive of his salary and vigilant in the public service. Bala Boy Scouts SEVEN scouts of Bala, the Bucktnil troop, have been enrolled In the Eagle Patrol. This is tho highest honor that Boy Scouts can win, tho supremo degree of their order. Theso soldiers of peace have learned a thou sand things that all manly boys should know, and they can now exemplify their motto, "Be Helpful," with efficiency and distinction. Thus they have early become experts In the art of living. Long may they live! Fnther Mathew THE anniversary honors paid to the great temperance leader by the Catholic Total Abstinence Society discloses another element that will figure In the political situation this fall. There are thousands of Father Mathew men who will not be disloyal to the princi ples of their leader by tolerating any alli ance of politics and liquor. From the War Smoke of Europe TOLSTOY predicted the great man in Eu rope. He has not yet appeared. That he may rise up out of the tumult of war is not an unreasonable hope, since this has been tha history of crises. When he does come he will probably not be recognized at once. It la opportune for a master mind to appear Just now, whose task it will be to gather up the scattered fragments of society and gov ernment and readjust them. It requires a greater man to build than to destroy. Crea tion Is more difficult than leonoclasm. Whatever the outcome of the war may be, a great mind must reconstruct and uplift. The next era will likely be one of sober thinking, not of violent and destructive fight ing. An age of titanic forces demands a Titan to rule them The great man some Amos or Savonarola may confidently be looked for rising up out of the war smoke of Europe. How can it be a Progressive party without Quay? If Senator Lewis was at home at midnight when the sergeant-at-arms came to arrest him, It is clear that a good many of the other Senators were not. Representative Frank P. Woods' Republl can Congressional Committee -will soon be explaining that the Clayton bill was added to the tolls repeal as good measure for Hill and Carnegie's support of the Administration One Is about as likely as the other. The poll of the State Federation of Penn sylvania showed that about two of the dele gates were for suffrage to every one against it. Yet this vast majority refused to use Its power to dedicate the convention to the principle. Once upon a time men used to argue that women possessed no self-restraint. A city employe's first vacation in 3$ years Is a record that the clock on Independ ence Hall hung up yesterday, and that no one need expect to see equaled In 38 more. Cer tainly the old timepiece cannot be accused of leveling the usual cry of "hands up" at the City Treasury. Today brings home the realization tht the season ts over when rubbers, umbrellas and overcoats are a matter of comparative Indifference. And about the time Philadel phia has bought its goloshes Indian sum mer will probably take another Inning. THE HANDS OF ESAU Justice Waits on Politics in Reinnrkablc System of Magistrates Ward Leaders as Judges Bring Their Courts Into Disrepute Competent Officers With Better Pay and Courtrooms Suggested Place of Magistrates in the Organization. "The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau." FOREWOKD "Judges ought to be more learned than witty, more reverend than plausible mid more odilrrI than confident. Above all things, Integrity Is their portion nnd proper fit tue. The place of Justice ts an hallowed place; and therefore not only the bench, but tha lobby and precincts and enclosure thereof ought to be preserved without scandal and corruption." Francis Bacon, Better government In Philadelphia Is being slowty strangled. The Btankcnburg admin istration of a few city office expresses better government Just as completely at an aiiH-Tnm-many administration docs In Sew York. The cold fingers of "the Organization," Philadel phia's Tammany, twisting dexterously through a pliable majority in Council and officials under control, are pressing hatd on its windpipe. Unless pried off by the people themselves, strangulation of better government must ensue. In the modest palaces behind the myriad two-story red brick fronts of working Philadelphia dwell the real beneficiaries of better gov ernment. They pay the taxes. It Is for them to say how the public funds shall be expended. Their support alone means belter government. The worst that can be said of people who toll Is that they arc sometimes too tired to study a public subject SOME TIMES, XOT ALWAYS. NO. VI-MAG1STRATES PHILADELPHIA prides herself upon her ruling Americanism and with full cause She Is distinctly patriotic, Intensely Sabbath kceplng, and almost wholly decent living. Her Individual doorsteps nro spotlossly clean. She does not ape New York, llko Chicago, nor simulate Paris, like New York. She Is a com plete city in herself; a collection of whole some, normal families, rather old-fashioned, yet accustomed to good living, good times and good thoughts. "Yes," says the brain of a reader In self satisfied accord. "Wo aro no mushroom Chi cago, smudgy Pittsburgh, or malodorous New York." Then perhaps, after a brief confabu lation with tho soul, this honest brain ndda. "It Is best to watch out though: we cannot be absolutely sure even of ourselves." Brains evolve conclusions from life as It ts mirrored In personal experience. How few of us go up tho rough bypath from tho sta tion when a smooth, lighted sidewalk runs to the front gate. Charles Dickens wrote facts, interspersed with pathos and laughter, Into fiction, so tho good people of England would rend and learn of the wretched condi tion of their public Institutions. Dickens realized that respectability did not frequent "Old Bailey," so he took "Old Bailey" to re spectability. Here In Philadelphia wo havo conditions In tho administration of Justice even worse than "Old Bailey." If one were not sure of the Philadelphia that lives in tho homes, one might throw up both hands In despair over our magistrate system; It Is such a disgrace. Ono may speak out bluff and bold If one Is sure of one's ground. It Is tho business of a people's newspaper to level a finger of at tention at every moth eating Into tho gar ment of government. The more closely we examine the local magistrates, their surroundings and their fitness for the Judicial role, the more clearly we see that there must Foon be a radical change In tho whole system. Justice Is only a parody when It hangs on tho nod of a ward leader. It makes no difference what party the magistrate belongs to; whether ho Is for or against "The Organization." If ho Is In politics ho should not be permitted to bo a Judge. Other cities have laws that forbid a partnership of this sort. In the First Ward Georgo K. Hogg cap tains the majority party, and James II. Toughlll captains the minority party, nnd both aro Magistrates dispensing Justice. They are the political team tho Vares rely upon for election day results In South Phila delphia. In the 23d Ward, Edwin K. Borlo fills tho dunl role of Magistrate and minority leader. T. G. Morris represents "The Organ ization" ns central committeeman In the 29th Ward, as does John Meclcary In the 31st Wnrd and "William F. Campbell In tho 25th Ward. All three aro Magistrates. Joseph Coward. Leslie Yates and David S. Pcott are presidents of executive committees for "Tho Organization" In the 2d. 13th and 17th Wards, also Magistrates. William H. Belcher, Joseph S. Boylo and John J. Grells are Inde pendent Democratic leaders In tho 15th, 24th and 2Sth Wards, respectively, as well as Mag istrates. John J. Harrigan Is secretnry of the executive committee for Jim McNIchol and the Vnrcs In the Fifth Wnrd, and a Magistrate There are nearly 400,000 former citizens of Russia and Finland living in Philadelphia. They are the overflow from New York. These nlien people frequently get their first Impressions of legal values In the new coun try at the bar of the lower courts, where they are often taken because of minor in fractions cf ordinances, committed more through Ignorance than otherwise. It Is im portant that these stranger folk should be made to feel that our laws are to be obeyed; that freedom is not license. Instead of finding the Magistrate to be a dignified personage, clothed In a robo nnd well versed In the statutes, these aliens, as well as others, look toward the bench and see what? Why, a politician! Often he Is the wnrd leader. If not, he Is a man put there by the ward leader, to whom a letter from the ward leader Is magic. Out of 28 elected Magistrates at least one was a law yer before hla elevation to the bench. Here are the recorda of tho men: Leslie Yates, ex-clerk In City Treasurer's office; put In by 13th "Ward Leader John J. Flaherty, of "The Organization." James II. Toughlll, ex-clerk in Subtrees ury; put In by the Varea throwing him enough votes to win. Joseph Coward, ex-deputy Internal revenue collector, put In by 2d "Ward Leader Harry C. Ransley, of "The Organization." T. W. MacFarland. ex-clothlng salesman; nominated by reform parties, but really elected by 8d Ward Leader Harry J, Trainer, of "The Organization," throwing him 1000 votes. John J. Harrigan, ex-clerk In Municipal Court; put in by 5th "Ward Leader James A. Carey, of "The Organization," who was the former Magistrate. William Elsenbrown, ex-constable; an hon orable Magistrate who cannot be reached by Influence of any sort. William Haggerty, ex-aaloonkeeper; put in by 7th Ward Leader Charlea Seger, of "The Organization." Charles P. Rooney, ex-olerk In Magistrate's Court, put in by "Buck" Devlin, of "The Or. ganizatlon," who was the former Magistrate. John Mecleary, ex-clerk In building Inspec tor's office; put in by Dave Martin, of "The Organization." William J. Tracy, ex-labor leadrj put in through Prank Feeney's influence' with Jim McNIchol; Feeney looks out for "The Organi zation'' at the Central Labor Union,. George K Hogg, ex-clerk In the Recorder of Deeds' office, put in by the Varea. William H. Belchen ex-cnstable for his predecessor. Magistrate O'Brien; put la through "The Organisation" throwing him enough votes to win; lately switched to antl machine Democrats. William F. Beaton, ex-notary public; put In by "The Organization," fell out with Jim Mc Nlchol; now Independent. David S. Scott, ex-clork In Internal revenuu office; real leader of 17th Ward for "Tho Or ganization." Mnxwell Stovcnson, lawyer, put In ns an Independent, now out for Boles Penrose and "Tho Organization." William Glenn, real cstnto dealer and cx tlpstuff; put In by Davo Martin, of "Tho Organization." Charles Emely, ex-proprlotor of a chlna wnro store; put In by Davo Martin, of "Tho Organization." Joseph Call, ex-boss painter In City Hall and member of tho Legislature; re-elected by Jim McNIchol over tho wishes of 20th Ward Leader David H. Lane, tho veteran; his con stables arc of recent ball scandal experience with the district attorney's office. T. G. Morris, cx-foremnn of the fire depart ment; put In by Jim McNIchol. Byron E. Wrlgley, backed by Working men's League; put In by Jim McNIchol. Edwin K. Borle, elected ns an independent, but lined up with 23d Ward Leader David J. Hart, of "Tho Organization." Evan T. Pcnnock, Independent; people of Germantown watching his course with In terest. Joseph S. Boyle, ex-constablo and follower of Postmaster Thornton. William J. Harris, ex-deputy sheriff: put in by 27th Ward Leader Edward W. Patton. of "Tho Organization." Robert Carson, ex-reporter; an Inde pendent. James A. Briggs, ex-contractor supplying teams ut gas works; put in by Congressman Vare, whose active man ho is In tho 26th Ward. William F. Campbell, ex-clerk In Recorder of Deeds' office; put In by Jim McNIchol, John J. Grclls, put In through "The Or ganization" throwing lilm enough votes to win; lately switched to tho antl-mnchlne Democrats. Tho claim la made, supported by evidence, that somo of tho magistrates, under the di rection of tho ward leaders, aro boldly active In behalf of the criminal classes. Director of Public Safety Georgo D. Porter, nn ap pointee of Mayor Blankenburg, shows that in a single year there were 161 cases of sus pended sentences, of which 40 prisoners had previous pollcp records, yet they wcro per mitted tn go scot free. Tho continued relenso of old offenders encourages criminal tenden cies, and Is discouraging to thoso called upon to enforce the law. The Mayor, however, took the hull by the horns nnd appointed n representative to pre side nights ns Magistrate at tho Central Po lice Station. He selected Benjamin H. Ren shaw, a lawyer unnfrnld, nnd without politi cal strings working him. Whereupon the 28 regular Magistrates set up a cry that one of their number must be nppolnted. Tho courts have sustained the Mayor, both re garding the right of nppointment, and the right to appoint somo ono learned In the law, oven If that Individual were not selected from among the elected Magistrates. In 1313 there were 103,673 nrrests mndo by the police. Of these 39,300 were for ex cessive uso of intoxicants, and 10,615 wero for breach of tho peace and breach of ordi nance, or nenrly 50 per cent, for minor of fenses. Practically all of this human grist passes through the mills of Justice controlled by tho creatures of "Tho Organization." All citizens are concerned, for present-dny social conditions are the tomb of the future. There Is only one way to remove a cor rupt Magistrate. Impeach him before the State Legislature. It Is a long, long way to Harrlsburg, and under conditions as they now exist In the capital, a citizen oven with a clear grievance against a Magistrate would think twice before kicking up any dust. Here Is some legislation suggested by a conscientious Judge, who owes his high office to a nomination from "The Organization" the contractor overlords having needed his strong presence on the ticket to carry in some weak candidates but who clings fast to his professional principles: No person Bhall serve in the office of magistrate unless he shall have been ad mitted to practice as an attorney and coun-selor-at-Iaw in the Supreme Court at leaBt three years prior to the data of such ap pointment. No magistrate shall engage in any other business, profession or hold any other public office; and none of the magistrates shall serve as the representative of any political party organization or political party asso ciation, or act as referee or receiver, but each of the said magistrates shall devota his whole time and capacity, so far as the publlo Interest demands, to the duties of hla office. You exclaim that this is revolutionary. It Is. Nothing short of a radical program will detach the ugly claws of politics from the ermine of the courts. Some argue that the net effect will be naught unless the magis tracy Is put upon an appointive basis, under the control of the Mayor. Thts la a matter of opinion. Les3 than a decade ago "Battery Dan" Finn, "Paddy" Diwer and other Tammany leaders of their Ilk were officiating as magis trates in New York. The great city revolted. It now requires its magistrates to be lawyers, unattached to any political organization. It Is a passing commentary that New York, with a population three times greater than ours, gets along with eight less magistrates. But It pays each magistrate $7000 a year and provides him with a court room. Here we have finally arrived at the double layer of error which hides the kernel of the case of the Philadelphia Magistrate. He Is wretchedly -underpaid, and is given no court room j'jiiars oi mo ii ?..,, w. warmed and clothed at the State's xpenae, I havo failed to reckon tho damage to coav munlty of a large number of cheap offices. Instead of a small number of Magistrates at good living salaries and court rooms, tho Legislature provides a quantity of Magis trates at 3000 each, out of which salary tho Incumbent must rent a court room. Fout teen conscientious Magistrates nt $5000 each and a court room would do better nnd quicker work than any number of political roustn bouts at $3000 without court rooms. We might go Into tho case of one Magis trate who split his rent by charging half of It to his ward organization for a political headquarters; or another, who conducts a private business at ono end of tho room, nnd superintends tho Issuing of warrants nnd hearing of complaints in the opposite corner. But these arc facts any citizen an ascertain for himself with slight exertion. Just look nround; wo should never bo lacking In pland for reform. Only Instruments for reform aro lncklng. . VIEWS OF READERS ON TIMELY TOPICS Contributions That Reflect Public Opin. ion on Subjects Important to City, State and Nation. To the Editor of the Evening Ledger) Sir I noticed a little stoiy In the : BvBNiKa LEDor.n the other night concerning the Har vard school" of playwrights. May I suggest that the prowess of these Btudents has been somewhat ovei estimated. Edward Sheldon is practically Harvard's only really successful piodtict. Tho other young men have few or no successes to their credit, and Percy Mac Kayo nnd Edward Knoblauch graduated from Harvard long before the course In playwrlght ing was established. As a Harvard man. I appreciate what has been done there, nut i don't think overstatement Helps it. L. J. BROVt Wli. Philadelphia. Octobef IB. LOVE OF MONEY IN BASEBALL To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir-The World's Scries Is over, alas! but It may not be too lute to call attention to the high compliment Christy MnthewBon paid tho Athletics In a recent magazine article, ine veteran pltchor applies the psychology of baao ball to tho case of the Giants, and explains why they are so apt to go to pieces In icl games. In the World's Scries of 1011. of 1912, or 1913, "they nil thought of anything but tho execution of the play of tho moment. Tliey thought Instead what It mennt in dollars ana cents." Verily money Is the root of many evils. But of the Athletics and the series last year he remarks: "They played that series with the zest of college boys. They scmcd to enjoy very minute of It, while the G ants made nbor of it." The play-splrlt of tho Athletics will win next year. You'll see. & HENSON. Philadelphia, Octobef 15. AMERICA THE FATHERLAND ' To the Editor o the Evening Ledger: Sir Patriotism Is a virtue, and all good Ameri cans should encourage It. T.Ameilca?r.e Is but ono Fatherland, and that is America. All who come here nnd profess to want to Uo Americans should have sufficient strength or purpose when they are benefiting by tho good things of the land of their adoption to forego the pleasure of Insulting our Fatherland. W H. lltUla. Philadelphia, Octobef 15. THE TWO SIDEa OF THE WAR To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Slr-Somcbody has Just published an article which hns the title. "Tho Human Side of tho War." Tho other side, of cmiise, Is the in human. 1- A- "ARRIS. Philadelphia, Octobef 15. BEST BASEBALL DISPLAY To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Slr-Your recent baseball pages with big por traits of Mack nnd Stalllngs I thought tho best baM'ball display I have ever seen. B. K. Boston, Mass., October 13. HUM OF HUMAN CITIES Oregon has done more for pence than rec ognize n single day of prayer. Tho activity has centred tn Portlnnd. whence the Journal reports a distinct effort at pence propaganda every day of last week. Business men havo stood with bowed heads. Joining In prayer for the end of war In Europe. The national anthem has been sung with fervor Intensi fied by tho gratitude that tho horrors de pleted, tho suffering described, thn loss In volved have been kept at such a dlstnnco that only tho echoes of conflict are heard. Twenty-five thousand children In the pub lic schools In one day heard the message of pence. They were told that nntlons which leurn war make war. It was suggested that to learn Industry is better than to learn to fight, that It Ib hotter to hnrdqn hands than hearts. They wero told that war despoils homes nnd pays only In tho currency of misery. Tho street cars prominently displayed posters proclaiming that "Peace Means Plenty"; the storekeepers havo exhibited in show windows tho insignia of peace tho horn of plenty, the dove. Even tho adver tisements havo been subjected to the rhanco that their power to mako sales would bo lessened by using part of the space for the Gospel of Peace. Men who have prayed thn Prince of Peace for cessation of war applauded to tho echo the speaker who said, "I praise God ton thousand times and more for tho President whoso hand has guided us away from conflict." CURIOSITY SHOP Zoroaster instituted the arrow festival to commemorate tho (.hooting of an arrow from the top of the peak of Demavend, Persia, to tho banks of the Oxus, causing tho whole In tervening country to be annexed to Persia. Another nrrow flight of olden times was that In a trial of skill, when Acestes, tho Sicilian, discharged his arrow with such force that It took fire. Longfellow refers to this nllegorical Incident: "Like Acestes shaft of old, Tho swift thought kindles as it flies." Camilla, virgin queen of the VolsclanB, could have taught our athletes much in the way of sprinting, for of her It la said that eho could run bo fast over a field of corn that not a single blade would bend, or mako her way over the sea without even wetting her feet. Loose Coat Field was at Stamford, Eng land, and was so called becatibo at the battle there In 1470 the men led by Lord Wells, being attacked by the Yorkists, threw off their coats that they might run away the faster. Drayton in his "Polyolbln" Bays: "Cast off their country's coats to haste their speed away, "Which 'Loose Coat Field' Is called e'en to this day." TIIE IDEALIST It is a prevailing habit to seek consolation for tho committing of an indiscretion in some well-established slogan or proverb. No mat ter what you do, whether It be for good or evil, you can always find lying about some where a gracefully put together collection of words to Justify your act. The trouble Is that the constant repetition of these so-called proverbs results la mobt people believing them to possess real virtue. Old age does not make an error any less an error If some Insanely disposed Individual In an era that is gone and forgotten gave voice to a weak-minded bit of sentiment and tbe saying by reason of a clever arrangement of words, tpread and spread until It became part of the language, then frequently it la received in a later time as a thing of long demonstrated merit. The cynic who said "Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die." has much to anawer for It is not beyond the experience of almoat any man or woman to know of in cidents where the dead earnest promulgation of the principle behind these words has erved as a aUpping stone to a very serious wltlmaU tiers. 'and physical condition. IN A SPIRIT OF HUMpj Ennui Now that trouble has broken out tn South Africa, was Is getting to be an awful Boer for the British. . Naturally Said the soldier, returning from Lille, "Of thin warfare I'm having my flllei And this lead In my neck It has made me a wreck, For a fact, I am terribly Hie. Coming to aii Understanding An old gentleman who had a reputation for ultra-polltencss won sitting ono day in a crowded trolley car when a young lady en tered. He Instantly offered her hid neat and was rewarded by a bright smile, but as tho girl was about to sit down tho trolloy gave a lurch nnd she stepped squarely on the old man's foot. .. . . ..,. "Oh, I beg your pardon," Bhe gasped, I didn't mean to stop on your foot" "Not nt all, not at all," ho replied quickly. "I don't mind a bit. Why, I slop on It my self about a thousand times every day,' Justification "Why did you Jilt that poet friend of "Ho wrote a verse dedicated to me and called It 'Lines on Janet's Face.'" Classified "He's a gambler, puro and simple." "Especially Blmplo." The Chance They met bcsldo the changing sea In June, And when tho moon was shining in the sky; 'Tuns not surprising that tho twain eheuld spoon, 'Twas not impossible that each might He. And when the moon was shining In the sky, It was not Btrango ho called himself a duke, Nor that the girl In wonderment Bhould sljh And disbelieve, but give him no rebuke. Twas not surprising that the twain should spoon, Nor that the lass should claim a rich papa; For thoy wcro by the changing sea In June, So he controlled his rising "ha, ha, ha." Twas not Impossible that each might He, In telling tales to each, this lass and youth. And 'twas not strango that later both should On learning that tho othor'd told the truth. Woman Suffrage Most married women would make good Congressmen. They are so apt at introducing bills in tho house. Reversed "The last shall be first" when a girt starts to read tho flnal chapter of the latest beat seller. Just Like That "Even the walls have ears," they say; And even the floors must prate, i For I found In n dwelling house today That the rooms communicate. The Fate of the Kicker Dr. S. A. Faulkner has been Bllghtly dis abled this week from a fracture In one of hli feet caused by kicking an unruly cow. Blum, Tex., Bulletin. The Fly in the Ointment "Thank goodness," said the fly, "the swatting Benson is ended. I don't know how I survived It. I'm sore from head to foot." Then, sighing gratefully, he Jumped Into the ointment. Only ns Vote Holders No, Gladys, tho piggeries of South Phila delphia have nothing to do with the cele brated pork barrel not directly. The Limit "This Is carrying caution to extremes. Brown has been accused of violating our neutrality." "What did he do?" "Nothing; ho merely had a foreign sub stance In his eye." The Poet's "If M If I could put the murmur of the limpid brook in words. If I could catch and hold its plaintive tune; If I could make translation of the singing of tho birds Antl the whisper of the budding leaves in June. If I had but the power and the golden words to wrlto Of how a sunbeam sparkles on a leaf, While tho dew to it is clinging when the dawn hns chased the night, And tho earth 1b young and very far from Krlef. If 1 could write the lyric of the mating robins' call. If I could but transcribe the cricket's chirp: If I could only put In words the woodland music nil And Its subtle charm for the whole world usurp! If I could only learn to tell, so they would sound the snme, The secrets told to me in forest dell, I'd wrlto nn ode to Nature that would make for mo a name And would have at least a flghtlns chance to sell. Mislaken Identity A little girl with a nickel and an appetite for ico cream walked Into a confectioner's. "Cones?" she asked. "No," said the storekeeper, "O'Hara's." Oh, Certainly Peace hath her bickerings no less re nowned than war. Unnatural "What put that flne'inew theatre out of business so quickly?" "There was too much room between the seats." The Finishing Touch The young man hesitated to believe the statement of her little brother that the young lady was not home. He repeated the ques tion, nt the aame time displaying a quarter. Tho boy oyed it longingly and again replied In the negative. "But didn't Bhe leave a message for me?" aBked tho disappointed swain. ''Yeealr." said the lad and nothing more. As one who Bees a great light, the young man tossed him the coin. "Now." he said, "out with the message." "She said she's not gonna see you any more, and you're not to give me any money." THE BABBLING FOOL A Chinaman makes use of the doctor when well to keep from getting sick. Others enjoy the doctor when sick to prevent them from setting well. The logic Is on the aide of the Chinaman. The man la an exception who does not get the cart before the horse, or at least lock the stable after the horse la miles away. China ia much better trained Jn manners and morals than America. Manners are vio lated here, as In the case of the king's Eng lish. As to morals, there are none except among the undiscovered. Missionaries ought to be sent to the top of ' society at home, not to the bottom of aocletyf In China and Japan. There is no such thtoj ns a Christian nation. It ia still to come. The art of living Is a lost one In the pcclr dent, Orientals know the trick of living. ' American society Is rotting at the top. The poor are better than the rich, and the "poor haven't much to boast about. - a If civilization keeps going down the, tobog gan as it has started, the yellow man will ride as king through the streets of Berlin and live in the White Houses at Washington within a century. 'Ok WMM
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