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When tiip Kuropcan naltons look up arms
against Napoleon England pursued the same
pollej-. She Hnaneed country after country
until the menace of a one-nation tyranny
was banished. There Is no doubt that Ureni
Britain h In n healthy financial t!bnd"llIon
and better able to stand the drain and strain
of a long war Ihnn any other Powdr. And
her firm in? let prophesy that when peace
comes she will he In oven better condition
llta.fi wlifcn the struggle began, '
hos,.,, , G0LDEN OPPORTUNITY OPENED
TO AMERICAN TRADE BY WAR
Commercial Supremacy Assured by Dislocation of Foreign Business, But
Advaulagc Must be Taken of Situation Which Offers
fulfilment of Manifest Destiny.
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.Gomirnttcrs Must Sinnsli the Program
THEItE Is an Implied contract between
every Phllndelphlnn who has built a
home In the suburbs and the railroad on
Which ho dopends for transportation. Sub
''Urban realty values depend on tho com
muting rate. Radically to raise that rate
nmountfl In, practical confiscation of part of
, Jthe capital of tho commuter.
:- Tho Interstate Commerco Commission,
-Bpllttlng hairs in Washington, has no Jurls
jdlctlon over commutation ralcs between
hljadelphla and adjoining suburb-) in Pcnn
r,fiylvanla, except by an Implication so refined
i-Jhal It becomes usurpation pure and simple.
..frills colossus of obstruction ha8 mado Itself
, ridiculous by Its sophistical decisions and
Us Inability to countenanco elementnry pro-
emtlsltes to tho resumption of prosperity.
1 Hut this docs not eveuso tho railroads.
They havo Jumped at tho Commission's
recommendation that life In the suburbs bo
, penalized. They have taken this Government
. creature at its word, although there is prob
pbly not n cnpnblo railroad man- In tho
country whobcllcves In the nrBumcnt'which
,.fche Commission advunced.
There is one way out, and it behooves civic
-.bodies representing commuters to talco it.
-They should present their case to tho Public
ficrvico Commission, which Is clothed with
JCulI authority finally to prevent this unwar-
. ranted tax; for tax it Is, and levied without
the consent of thoso embarrassed by It. At
.least, let Pennsylvania find out whother it Is
Jn control of Its own Immediate Intrastate
Jtntfflc or Is subject there also to the
Encroachments of Federal control.
Public opinion has softened toward tho
.tfalhTjads. They aro entitled to and must,
Jiave rair treatment. It seems to bo the
-Interstate Commerce Commission only that
Is Bttll Inspired by tho exaggerated radical
ism of a few years ago. Yet the railroads
-..Way make themselves as well as the Com
mission odious by being too enthusiastic and
-.energetic in accepting the Commission's
advice. The commuter is in a special class.
He pays his way and returns a profit, dl
rectly and indirectly. Tho road's must play
fair with the public whether the Commission
lays fair with tmm or not, and 100 per cent,
increases are not fair.
Tho burden Is on tho roads to prove that
their commutation service does not yield an
Rdequato profit. Unless thoy can establish
, that fact, and until they establtsh it, overy
legal device should bo exhausted to prevent
tho Imposition of tho proposed new tariffs.
Wnlcli Council
. a wmatloo rti. pn Malt, s. W. Hi MIC Pennsylvania Legislature has decided
J- that the following rights belong to every
tenant In Philadelphia:
l. To hftie a sink with rutililiitf water In
evrri Itoime, and In perj apartment of to
ol" trior rooinx In a tenement house, If there
l n wale- main In lti( afreet.
I ti) To Iinxe the liome rllrectlv Lonncct&t with
111 alreet sewer, mitl other Independent and
tmhuaUhy arirtiigiiicntfi discontinued
f0. To Iinxe broken plumbing repaired at once.
1 To havo Unsafe stairs, leaky roofa and
fclmllnt (Ipfcet icpntrcd and kept In repair.
(Si To liave the cellar protected from being
l'notled tiy ground Hater, nhd the rooms pro
teited from dnmpnesA due to defects In the
nails.
-(!)). To have In a tenement house the public
hall and other spaceR outside tho apartments
kept in n clean condition.
(7). To lilsit that no patt of the building be
used as n 8Vcatfl(iop; and uhero manufacturing
Ia done, It must bo under permit of the Hoard
of Health
O). To Insist Hint no material of casllj In-
tlainnialile character be stored In the building
40 ns to make 11 file risk
(9) To Insist that every room ehall have n
window of ample size, opening to tho outsldo
air.
(10). To live with privacy and without the
promiscuous licrillng that Is reiognlzed as a
piollllc breeder of lcc and crime.
The housing law was npproved by tho
Governor July 22, 1913.
To put It Into effect requires an appropria
tion by Councils. This appropriation Coun
cils has consistently and persistently refused
to make
On April 1C, In desperation, 25 civic bet
terment organisations appealed to Councils
to take action, but without result.
Once more tho virilization of the housing
law will come before Councils. Every ten
ant In Philadelphia has a supreme Interest
In Its action. Particularly must poorer peo
ple, who live In crowded sections, call on
their representatives to bo true to them and
their interests.
Tho law Is being nullilled by starvation.
Tlie right of women and children to clean
surroundings Is being taken from them.
They are being deprived of ordinary health
guarantees. They aro assailed In tho very
citadel of their hopes, their Homes.
Tho best politics Councils can play In this
caso is to play straight. A political organ
isation that alienates the tenants In Phila
delphia is an organization certain to be repu
diated utterly.
Councils will be watched.
WHAT can wo make out of the w;
U Is not one's first thought; a
By VANCE THOMPSON
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President Wilson Takes a Walk
T WAS recorded the other day with the
proper blare of trumpets that President
"Wilson "mado a Journey on foot through
many New York streets, chief amqng them
Broadway and Eth avenue." It Is only too
true that tho greatest public official In
America cai mix so littlo with the people
he must understand and guide that even a
littlo half-hour venture among them Is fit
subject for headlines.
TIs true, 'tis pity;
And pity 'tis 'tis true.
Smaller Councils,But Bigger Counselors
NO BUSINESS can be expeditiously and
effectively administered by a board of
TfJIrectors that haa the form and size of a
Parliament. A city is only a co-operative
business enterprise, In -which the prqperty of
the citizens Is the capital, while, the taxes
nre subscribed operating expenses, for the
purpose of making their original Investment
tnore valuable.
The small Council Idea, now being exten
sively worked throughout the country, is in
harmony with the new conception of a
, rnunlcipallty aa a. business entity. When the
jdlrectora are fewer In number they can be
fchoaen for their experience nnd capacity,
regardless of the ward In which they may
resrdc. With tho reduction in size a higher
type of man Is required, and is usually
.obtainable. Log rolling becomes a thing of
the past, because each member of Council
represent the city ao a whole and Is respon
sible to the whole of the city. It Injures
rather than helps him to concentrate on one
locality at the expense of others.
Suffrage Statesmanship
WOMEN are. amply proving that they
can deal with large questions In a large
Jnray. The Rational American Woman Suf
frage Association has decided to petition
.Congress against State denial of the rights
of citizens of the United States who vote
ior members of Congress, Presidential Elec
tors and United States Senators In the States
swnere tney reside, by making Federal laws
In pursuance of that elapse of the Four
J;en(H Amendment of the Federal Constl
Jtiitton which says that "no State shall make
r enforce any law which shall abridge tho
privilege or Immunities of citizens of the
United States."
In other words, the women of America
lnsl upon having tho rights to which they
&re entitled under the Constitution. They
nufe not begging as suppliants, but claiming
a citizens. Undoubtedly the Pennsylvania
-pja;a convention, about to open In Scranton.
mih ta up me question In the same
xyi5utvocaJ manner. If women continue
lq)se their claims upon their Indubitable
Jaenshlp. spuming patronage a,nd eeohew
ficgaentlment, they are bound to win their
Organizing Philadelphia's Charity
THE charities movement Inaugurated this
week through tho efforts of the leading
citlrens of Philadelphia Is one of rare
promise.
The Initial meeting voiced something of
this sentiment:
Thoro is more need for charity than ever be
fore. There Is no city In the civilized world so
ready to respond oa Philadelphia. Tou will find
hospitals and various other charities within
squares of each other in this city, and com
mittees of every sort, but what wa must do Is
to get all these various, committees to come to
gether and form one central organization that
wilt do the work that muat be done.
The object Is apparently twofold: to stir
Philadelphia to even greater charitable giv
ing than In Its worthy past, and to co
ordinate tho work of the various organiza
tions so that tho reproach may not be flung
at charity in Philadelphia, as has been done
elsewhere, of spending 75 cents of every
dollar collected In getting the remaining
quarter to tho BUfferer.
The means to be chotfen Is not yet clear.
The work may extend far into the disposal
of funds collected. It may do simply what
the united charitable organizations of New
Orleans have accomplished by collecting all
contributions through a single body. The
field for better organization Is large; the
work that may be accomplished Is of enor
mous value.
ar?
and It
is certainly not one's beat thought; but
thero Is no reason why it should be turned
out of doors. In Its last analysis this war
like every other modern wat ! an 'economic
one. Only' Imperfect knowledge can seo In It
a war of Kaisers a dynastic war. It Is' a
trado war. And It Is, thcrerore, peculiarly
savage. It's a fight for places In the sun
where shops may be sot up. Men don't fight
so Buxagcly for mere kings, Ideals or reli
gions, Back of tho patriotism, back of wild
dream's of emplro are tho hard and material
ambitions of tho great trading nations. So
It Is a fair thing for the United States to
ask where In this tumult of blood and de
struction her prollt lies,
Thero Is no doubt the United States can
profit. By one of those curious coincidences
that mako for a belief in destiny, tho war
that checked the traders of Europe found us
ready to take their place and for the first
tlmo in our history. Only In the last decade
havo wq manufactured moro goods than we
could use at home. (Of course thero wero a
few exceptions, but In a broad way the state
ment Is true.) Then, Just as that stnble
equilibrium began to bo disturbed when we
began to make a bit more than we needed
camo-the war. Tho commerce of the world
wan dislocated. It fell apart like old bones.
$16,000,000,000 in Trade
Tho foreign trado of Germany, Austria,
Belgium Is for the time being annihilated.
That of France Is woll nigh flestroyod; and
that of England Is seriously crippled. Now
tho foreign trado of these five nations nlone
amounted to nearly $16,000,000,000.
Tho figures are bo Immense they have an
air of myth and fable. They smoll of Alad
din's lamp. But there they aro.
They represent In a proportion of sevon
to nine, roughly, the exports' nnd Imports pf
tho five great States locked In a death strug
gle yonder In Europe.
And they represent tho opportunity offered
to the United States.
Tou may bo sure It has not been overlook
ed. The State Department did something.
Moro preclsoiand valuable statistics wero
gathered by the Merchants' Association of
New York. They havo got together nil sorts
of Information technical, financial and
started a- crusade for world trade, which Is
already having Incalculable effect. And a
they have gono about It with caution and
sagacity and wisdom, they are helping to lay
the foundations qf a permanent "tid endur
ing trade.
All of which is by the way. You may take
It for granted that it is possible for the
United States to profit by tho war. What I
want to show here In a nutshell Is how It
can profit.
Broadly, the opportunity falls apart Into
two divisions: The warring nations have lost
their grip on the markets of tho Orient and
South America there's a chance to supplant
them; and their grip Is weakening on their
markets' In the United States and there Is
the second chance. What we have to sell we
can sell abroad without strong competition,
and what wo have been buying in foreign
markets we can mako for ourselves.
As to the foreign markot there Is a thing
or two to be said. We have never looked
upon It as a primary market. Foreign lands
have been looked upon largely as a dumping
ground whero wo could And a sort of market
for our Surplus what we didn't need at
home. When we had more wooden nutmegs
than we wanted we sent the surplus to the
foreigners. We wero not trying to give him
what he wanted. We gave him what we
didn't want ourselves.
Shop While the Shopping's Good
THERE Is an annual charity almost due, to
which we owe as close attention as to
any appeal for help that reaches us through
tho year. It aims to make the lives of
countless tolling women easier; to lift the
strain of hurried aching hours from the
backs of thousands of young girls. It means
cheer at Christmas for those who see riches
and gifts and beautiful things all about them
and must not take of them. Yet It Is not a
charity of material giving. The boon you
bestow Is the boon of time, of comfort, of
leisure when you do your Christmas shop
ping early.
Famous Triangle Broken
The foreign market was never looked upon
as a primary market to be wooed and work
ed for and coddled. At home trade methods
are keen, perfected; abroad they were left
to chance. There Is the famous triangle
which has linked us for years' to South Amer
ica. For instance, the beef that came to us
from Argentina went by the two long sides
of that triangle. It went first to London and
then over to New York. England, of course,
took brokerage, for England Is or has been
the broker of all the world. Wool went the
came way; coffee went the same way; money
went the same way up and down the long
legs of the triangle. Always! paying broker
age In Europe paying toll both ways.
It was not until November 10 at H o'clock,
to be precise that certain daring dealers In
one of the most popular articles of trade,
barter and commerce smashed the triangle.
On that hour and that day the National
City Bank of New York eliminated the two
long sides of the triangle that point London
ward. They set up a branch In Buenos Alrea.
The money merchants' have led the way
and other merchants are following. And
when the manufacturers begin to look upon
those South American markets not aa
dumping grounds but as primary markets
worthy of being wooed, the United States
will begin to tako her profit from tho wat.
Of course, tho wooing is tho main thing.
Tho story of how Germany sought for that
Latln-Amcrlcan trade, worked and wooed
nnd kneeled for It Is one of the tragic stories
of trade history now especially that "ho is
In the way of losing It She sent out scouts
who visited even the little villages. They
had nothing to sell; what) they brought back
wero samples of everything tho natives Used
the kind of things they liked. They brought
back even samples of tho kind of paper nnd
string tho natives liked to have their goods
tied up In. And knowing the markot tho
Germans mado their goods to fit the want.
Then only tho commercial travelers went out
with their samples and with them, by tho
way, went a financial crow to arrange satis
factorily the matter of credits.
Somevvfiat In this way th6 American mer
chant will have to go after tho Latln-Amerl-can
trade, If he Is to supplant tho "foreign
ers" If ho is to build up a permanent trade.
Itipe for Yankee Sickle
Tho opportunity Is there, as It Is in the
Orient, In Australia, tho world over. Indeed,
over In old Europo tho opportunity waits,
for their manufacture has decreased 'or
Stopped; but the nations, oven thoso at war,
will not ceaso to use manufactured articles
If thoy can get them. It's n worldwide
chance, the trado experts will tell you. Tho
great foreign trade fields aro ripe and ready
for the Yankee sickle.
Only you havo got to glvo the foreigner
what he wants, not what you think he ought
to havo, nnd when you go trading with him
you havo to talk his language nnd meet his
ldoan of pnyment. And tho warning tho ex
perts send out Is that thero IS no use looking
for "snap profits"; tho United States will
profit by tho war if she lays broad founda
tions for a well organized foreign trade.
At homo tho profit-taking has already be
gun. Germany had made an immenso Inva
sion of tho home markets. In many manu
factured articles It was Impossible to competo
with her. Now that her ships no longer
come to port these articles aro bolng manu
factured hero. Not as cheaply. Labor costs
more. But oven at that there Is a fair chanco
that this trnde will never go back again to
Germany's manufacturers.
Po you think thero will be cheap labor In
Europo after this war?
Think It out. I do not bollovo there Is any
exaggeration In the statement that already
two million men, thoso who did the work
of Europe, are dead, disabled or perma
nently Incapacitated for tool handling. And,
on the other hand, think of the work that
has to be done over there that will havo to
be done when this ferment of destruction has
died out. I was in the north of France not
long ago. I know that villages, cltle3, all,
have been trampled Into ruin, as wild swine
trample a rose garden. And Belgium Is a
drearier ruin. Years will go to tho upbuild
ing of Europe. Thero will bo work for all
the men who como whole or half out of tho
war. I do not think wo need fear the com
petition of "cheap labor" for many a day.
And I'll give you a stronger reason. When
the armies in Europe are done fighting the
people of Europe aro going to have some
thing to say to their Governments and that
will keep them busy for a while. Crowns will
be cheap and sceptres used for toasting forks
beforo thero Is ultimate peace in Europe
and tho dust of ruined edifices settles down.
From all of which America may profit
with what heart It can.
...... ... ji th Greeks
Cunaxft, Cyrus was Ku.ea ..
were compelled to "treat 0reeitg had
When the retreat began "& clever
with them all their .genera ut othef
ruse Menon and Clearchiis an u ecruted
commanders, each of whom nM fln by
his- own troops, were caMur ed a n a(.eCk
tho Petslans. The slturitlort ot J' lhout
was desperate. Without nus6
friends, In a country l,0"s,,e"r"itCr than
force, numerically ten times gt " barollfl
their own, at I.st, surrounded by ar
nnd hostile tribes, disturbed ty !, nover
scnslons, it seemed that they coui wg(J
return home alive, tho c -.' up to
that they had best glvo themscrves
their enemies. literary man,
in this crista modest young iurary
a sort of secretary and Wdorian w 10
accompanied the expedition, maa e a
Ills nnmo was Xenophon; ho was r t
Ian, and he knew nothlrtg of " -had
through observation. ?"Velbte arguments
such sound logic, such 'nvlncibl e ar gu
that the Greeks determined 1 to 1 try k
their way back, over the mountains, tnrous
tho snows, facing death w'X.jJInSSle.
than give themselves up to theh- enemje
When the choice of a commander eami 1 in
vote was unanimous for the scholarly you
Xenophon. - iimnelf
At that moment Xenophon 2 T Ch0
master of men. In the wnole retreat ne
made himself master of countries. ma
oven of destiny. But It was his firs! trlumpn
thnt was the greatest.
VIEWS OF READERS
ON TIMELY TOPICS
Contributions That Reflect Public Opin
ion on Subjects Important to City,
Stale nnd Nation.
To the Editor of the Evening ledger!
Slr-WIII one of those kind nnd apparently all
knowing gentlemen who discuss the war please
explain the following situation;
The torpetlo-submnrlne has made the super
drentlnouBht obsolete.
Therefore, say the experts (save the mark!),
build no moro battleships..
Hut If you stop building battleships, you
mako the .submarine woreo than obsolete-you
make It useless.
It will be llko the postman In Lord Dundreary s
spocrh. Going about looking for a man with
no name, beense he found a letter "without an
address."
Como through with the answer!
MORITURUS.
O(?ont7, November 18.
EUROPE'S INTEREST IN MEXICO
To the Editor 0 the Evening Ledger:
Kir Tho other day a Unionist nroso In the
House of t'ommoiiH and asked for Information
on tho Mexican situation He wanted to know If
Tresldcnt Wilson and Cnrninza lmd come to
terms, nnd Inquired If the Government had any
Information as to tho prospects for the estab
lishment In Jloxlco of peace and order. Evi
dently Uurope Is still Interested In Mexico. More
m now than before the Uuropenn wnr, perhaps;
for this Ih Just tho time when French and Eng
lish oil and mining Interests In Mexico are of
immonsc Importance to tho nations represented
there by those Interest.
JAMES H. THURBER.
I'll I hid cl phi a, November 18.
GOETIIALS' GOOD LESSON
To the Editor of the Eientng Ledger:
Sir It is a line, true picture of Colonel
Gocthnls that you give today In one of your
editorials. Ho has done all the great work of
organization and construction which you record,
and has dono It well. But has ho done more In
this way than hundreds of Industrial managers
and capitalists have done In the development of
commercial America? Ooethals' work, however,
stands out from theirs, and deservedly, because
he has done It purely and solely for the pub
lic good, with no Incentive but the profit of his
country. It Is a good lesson.
EARLE WINTER.
Philadelphia, November 18.
English as She Is Sung.
i .. n ordeal for everybody sin-. ,
..i.t and muslc-sustalnor. But tho aniiuJS
was friendly, and the composer and tho poll
were iw ." ' ""-, " V' aigfcS
graves. TI10 song, i'""'", nnu unmlff
rated success, and tho words were so ts
miliar that everybody Knew pretty well wh?
Pamela was unving iu wimu one Bang
TIS thuh lnh-ha-ha straw sof sum-man
T.a.r lilno-oo-hoo-mlnnng uh-lone.
a inr in.iili-iili vlee come-pah-yun M
Zah-hnr fay-ay-yny dud aim gawn
Mn-trno flow-wurr rof her klnn-drud.
No-woe ro-hoso huh dls hl-eyo-eye-eyo-ey1
No re-fle-eh-co' bah-carblu-chuzz
AW-how gl-yl-hlv su-hlgh for BU-hlgh!
There was hardly a dry cyo or a protestlnf
ear In the tnrong ns sno rencnea mo cilrriajt
From The Last Rose of Summer, by Iluperi
Hughes.
A Bad Start
Teacher Now, children, name some ofj
the lower animais, starting wun willia
Jones. Boston Transcript.
Peace Hath Its Dangers
?mn mn u-n forth In battle to be hurt
And we, who are at pdace, brand them ail
tools
nr Bolflili monarchs. and as arrant fnni.
And scorn their reasons why with saylngiH
curt.
vl there are somo who boost they are alt-
Of mind and body, products of our school,"8!
Awaro OI an oeu-iJiioorviuiun rules,
Who with grave danger fatuously flirt.
Without a care, they tako a frightful chancL'
I11O lttliunci lujno; e,""" vutuMtie.
An all day lonff they slowly stuff amv
Tho turkey and its stuffed concomitants; j
Xnoir only uuuau nuu lumuu uini mo uaiftfl
Has been proclaimed to be Thanksg(v4
.11 xevj.
Useless Fears
"Do you think It Implies bad luck -to bi
married on Friday?" I
"I don't think tho day makes the slightest
difference.'
No Time to Lose
English Newsle (selling extras) -Belter,
'ave one and read about It now, sir; It might
be contradicted in tho morning. Punch.
Prremysl !
The Germans (so the pnpers say)
Are changing all the French town names,
This gives excltcmont wnen you play
Tho latest military games.
But with puro Joy I would exclaim
If England only bent the Busses,
And changed each Russian-Polish namo
So that they didn't sound into cusses.
Served 'Em Rij?lit
The Vicar For shame, my lad I What
havo thoso poor littlo fish done to be Impris
oned upon tho day of rest? j
Tommy That-that's what they got for
for chasing worms on a Sunday, sir. John j
Bull.
Opportunity and Destiny
Oh, there Is opportunity enough! And It's
a grim thing to think of, that the longer and
savager the war the greater It will be. Out
of that torment over yonder we can pluck
gain. And one thing I know: There Is not
a trader, not a merchant of goods or money
In the United States, who would not stop the
wax today If the power were In his money or
his hand. None of them wants that gain.
But there H Is. And there Is even a kind of
cold Inhumanity Tn not taking advantage of
the opportunity, for half the world wants
cloth and tools and food and we havo them
all. and to pare.
Tou can look at It In a larger way. The
United States la going to get more than a
parsing pvofit out of this world upheaval. It
was In our destiny. The Panama Canal was
but a htnt, an Intimation of It. Without the
war, or with It, it was on the wny In a
lew years the United States will flnd'herself
the commercial centre of the globe. The Eu
ropeanlzatlon of China and most of Asia will
give Inevitably to the United States the
geo-political position England occupied in the
eighteenth century. Th war is only advanc
ing the day. The only question Is whether
we are ready for It. A new turn of events
demands new methods, and offers chances to
new men. And undoubtedly there Is a new
turn of things the future of America Is com
ing down the road.
" Bobs" and America
From the Boston Transcript.
There Is a parallelism between Lord Roberts'
liter career and that of most American military-
men. Here today, as in Great Britain before
tho war, the trouble Is wjth the audience, not
with the lecturer The audience is tolerably
prosperous; few of its members have any per
sonal recollection of a war deserving to be
called great; mest are possessed by the old
fnshloned belief which Lord Rosebery has de
scribed as the Anglo-Saxon conviction that the
race can "muddle through crises" ai fast as
they arise. When Congressman Gardner seeks
to havo a military and naval stock-taking he Is
sneered at from the White House. When Gen
eral Wood reminds his hearers that war comes
like an avalanche, not like a glacier, he gets
but scanty attention . Tet in preparedness the
United States is far behind that Great Britain
which Lord Roberts adjured to make Itself
ready for the fray that has come.
One Renaon Why Nero Killed 'Em Off
Tho martyr was bound and tied. He
looked worried..
"It's no wonder I'm troubled," he multered;
"see how much I havo at stake."
Whereupon Nero began to fiddle to em-
pnasizo nis agony.
The Sting of the Bee
How doth tho busy gossip bec
Improve each shining minute,
By gath'rlng trouble all tho clu
And getting people In It.
Anatomical
"There Is the enemy's wing."
"Tes, General."
"See If you can't make It yield a feather S
ior your ap. ixiuisviuo cjourier-Journai.
Thanksgiving With Reservations
From the Kansas City Btar.
Looking across the sea at this Thanksgiving
seafcon the people of America are reminded
of the many things they have to be thankful
for:
That they don't have to support vast armies,
but only Congress.
That they are not harassed by tyrannical
rulers, but only by half a hundred State Leg
islatures. That they do not have to see their eubstanoa
wasted by Idle royalty, but only by the pol
iticians. That they do not have to take orders from
oppressive bureaucrats, but only from the
bosses,
Tint they do not have to defend their lives
and property against the aggressions of for
eign enemies, but only from domestic corpora
tions.
Seriously Speaking
From the Cleveland riatn-Dealtr.
The German Government may send over a
corps of competent professors to do missionary
work In this prejudiced nation. They are prem
ised a fair field and a respectful hearing. F01
references apply to Professor Muensterberg and
Piofessor Kuehnemann.
Snappy weatherl
Wilson will be the majority In Congress
for two more years.
All honor to the Qerro&ntown Sunday
school that Is giving up ita Christmas candy
to make the lot of the Belgians sweeter.
British Resources
PRjewrBR ASQUrTH stated to Parliament
tttat the war Is now costing Bnglapd
aHHit tS.OW.WO a day. Aa the first official
xj4atlon of war expenditure the state
"mtait, l interesting, but 1 Is not nearly so
fjptjMM-foiit aa another item of Information
gfrm cmt by the Prime Minister.
' 9gbitsi'a reeourcea In money seem ts be
IpMfuistibj. 8h Ws already leanad JJJE,.
WMW t her allle and friend fr war pur
p&m iftww to Belgium, ieo, to
JtorvM, f,ae,e to Oreac. teds qrg
epfe jMtvaJVCMl to Cnd. Sotttfe Africa,
wpV&&9KQGR Wl "TffF -flpaHH aB WBar
The secret of the Audacious Is one sub
Jeot, at any rate, on which the Secretary of
State has succeeded fn holding his tongue,
"Wilson Felicitates King of Italy." But
It was only on his birthday, 'not on the Joy
Of being neutrals.
Remanee in the underworld has not gone
to Join Ia prophet. O. Henry. Not while S3
tramps can ueal a railroad train In the
Mojav Desert and land themselves n Jail.
At last that operation known aa a work
of supererogation has been located. It la
the suit Of UScJe Sam to dissolve the
"syrup trust''
Sea&new this doesn't sttm Just the time
to rKtet PresWant Lowell's volume m "The
GwftrtMNNits and Parties af Continental
Buropa." But Harvard is so toad of antl-
CURIOSITY SHOP
The ancient English coin originally valued
at 6 shiliugs 8 pence (or Sl,67ti) was known
as the "angel," because on Its obverse side
it here the figure of the archangel Michael
overcoming the dragon. An olden verfe. In
which its name appears, Is a ready reckoner
for the lazy Briton. It ran;
Compute but the pence
Of ope day's expense;
So many pounds, angels, groats and
pence
Are spent In one whole year's circum
ference. 80 that " a penny a day be spent, the
amount at the end of the year will be equal
to one pound, one angel, one groat and one
penny; or 1 10s. Sd. Two-pence a day is
equal to two pounds, two angels, two groats
and two pennies, or 10d., and so on.
"Drunk as blares'' was originally ''drunk
as Blalzers," Blalzers being admirers of
Bishop Blatze, patron saint of the wool
combers, who, at Leicester and other Eng
lish towns, celebrated his name-day with
marchings and drinking bouts. Sir Thomas
Wyse. In "Impressions of Greece," mentions
this custom and says:
"Those who took part In the procession
were ealled Blairtr,' and the phrase 'drunk
aa BUUers' originated In the convivialities
common on those occasions."
Joseph Miller, noted because his Joke book
is a Joke among Joke writers, was born in
England In 16J4. and died there in 1738. He
waa an aotor, famed for his wit-
"The Heart of Midlothian" wa not origi
nal with Sir Walter Scott- The; name waj
first applied to the old Jail In .Edinburgh, ,
which, la the capital of Midlothian County.
The Jal) was tern down In HIT.
HUM OF HUMAN CITIES
The plagues that have threatened New
Orleans and under which San Francisco suf
fered until Its big clean-up campaign a few
years ago have taught the cities one lesson
the rat must go.
If the Louisiana Legislature will grant the
rather large powers New Orleans desires
that city proposes to make Itself rat-proof!
Garbage and feed for animals wl be han
dled In such wise as to leave the pests noth
ing to eat. Concrete and brick will be used
for foundations, floors, walks, etc., to deprive
the rats of places to burrow, and even ships
at the water-side must keep eight feet from
the wharves, and have their hawsers
equipped with rat guards.
It Is a big contract, reflects the Chicago
f'irna.,i but U ?anJba carried through, and
it would pay splendid dividends of security
from both pestilence nnd nre.
A rat-proof city would be a plague-nroof
dtt:i.fo.r bubonio Plague Is a disease of rats
which Is transmitted to human beings bv
fleas. It would be almost a fireproof city as
well, for solid construction near the ground
would Inevitably tend to be carried through
the whole building: and It would be saved
from the loss and destruction caused by the
latio1 and appeUte8 ot a ,araro rat Ppu.
ln !"?' bU l"es nut come to this stand.
!?;. ThoM ;' do ao earlr U sal much
by their promptness.
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
There seems to ba concurrence of opinion
among all classes of people In the United States
that they are ready to co-operate In the great
extension and expansion of business which fao-
tors now operating In the world of affairs are
jeady to produce. Cincinnati Epqulrer.
The first duty of the Southern farmer in a
year unprecedented since the Civil War Is to sell
enough cotton to pay his debts. The seoend
duty, and It Is hardly less emergent, la to Dlan
to escape next yar the bondage of all-cot on
by racing foodstuffs at home, reducing cotton
shaiply and using as little credit as possible to
produce eyen his minimum of cotton. These are
the Hat terms of the South'a emancipationAt
lanta Constitution.
CRISES IN GREAT LIVES
"The March of the Ten Thousand" Is the
name given to the axpdltton of that num
ber of Greeks from the centre of Babylonian
Asia back to the Ionia coast and their na
tive home. Thay wm mercnarie of Cyrua
ta his attempt to gain tba Ua4-Pmtan
Ifc-Slre ro his brother. J the bfttlf
And It Is rather significant that Sir William
Robertson Nlcoll. a man held In very hlah ea.
teem by the British people, has begin o tatk
of conscription. It Is his opinion that while
the upper class and lower class have been do!
ing their duty in the way of volunteering a big
element of the middle class hasn't, Conserln.
Hon Is unpopular In England, but It m h.
deemed advisable to resort to It in order to
make each clats of the people bear Its fair
News' f th8 burdn ot th w"- Savannah
No less than 17 women charged with murder
have ben acquitted In Chicago since A woman
was convicted. In all thesa .,- !..
clearly established; in some Instances the crime,
were peculiarly shocking. Sex. according to the
Chicago code of gallantry. Is a sumcient excuse
for nwder. It. is the Chicago "unwritten law"
-Cleveland Plain Dealer. en law.
What are we doing toward seliure. and making
the most of these unparalleled opportunities!
The war. observes the represenUtlvibf a great
mercantile concern of Chicago 1. .. .;..?5
auaJ -? upon American business. "Th!
trouble Ilea in the frame of mind of th. larw
financial Interests who sit on their monVy-baS
and shout panto " Quite so. They have befn
shaken out of the old and narrow UU pith!
of doing a sure-thing business under Govlm
went favor and protection, and tremble befora
i.,,.w.p-u'- S1" re "'"ad'y opening un U
aM dircUoM.-Nw York World' """ " ,a
By Any Reporter
Who gets the blame for all things wrong?
On every page, for yarns too long,
For stuff too short, to weak, too strong?
The copy reader.
And who Is blamed for slashing stuff
And making rhymthlc writing roughX
Whose Journalistic life is tough?
The copy reader.
Who Is tho luckless man between
The victim of tho double spleen
from editor ana writers mean?
The copy reader.
Who kills the clever lines and lets
Poor stuff go through and never frets"
And who deserves each roast he geth
The copy reader.
Who wrote. In sheer, unholy glee.
These lines and then the desk did flee?
Oh, some poor youth who used to be
A copy reader.
Convicted
"Who had tho face to tell you that I
powdered?"
"You."
Running No Risk
Walter What will It bo? Sauerkraut or
pate de fols gras?
"Ham and eggs. Tm neutral." Harvard
Lampoon.
Triolet
The Katatr has clipped his mustache.
Cable Dispatch,
Turn down ye must-
Achlos, turn!
Till France eats dust.
Turn down ye must.
Till sword shall rust
Nor shrapnel burn,
Turn down ye must-
Achlos, turn I
Too Innocent
"That remark you made to Brown about
your lost umbrella seemed to go over his
head.'
"No, but the umbrella did."
Defying the Law of Gravity
"How does that saphead ever get away
with such a big Job?"
"Guess his brains are so light he can't fall
down."
The Point of View
"Pa, ma told Mra. Jones today that you
sometimes have ucld moments. What does
that mean?"
"That I occasionally agree with her. my n
on." II
From the Cub's Notebook
At least one street car crew finds a moro
than passing Interest in shop windows and
the wares displayed In them. On Sunday
morning a lone green street car rose slowly
over the hill from tho Market street ferries
and rolled placidly onward to 6th street,
Thero the chronicler climbed aboard and
dropped into a seat.
As soon as the car started the conductor
leaned low over his box and turned a watch
ful gaze at store windows on the north aide
of Market street. Two blocks further on
he clapped his hands.
Hey. Hilly," he shouted to the fat motor
man. "there it isl Shirts, E0 cents. There's
the cheap store. Over there on your right '
muigrimm ua curiam passengers,
.wV.u wmv " ,,n ea'9 or naDeraasnery ;
v.o-ns.vw niw ju-innea unen atgns shriek
ing cut Prices. The conduntnr vu
"Run "or slow a mlnnta nut t li. ..j
that. Shirts. EO cents. Why, I pay a dollar j
down the street. Hats for a dollar, can J
f."" k "i me piace ior me nexi
The fat motorman craned his neck as
B.uuwt jtaB.uveiy. -m with you, 1
said he.
The conductor took a last look 111
- ";. " v-wwi n wi) regreiiuu
toe It Oiaapp.ar. 'Qq ahead. mi
Te er rode on toward. Ctty HalL
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