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rTP OUR homes were In ruins, our children
lVJW,J crylntr for brtnt). Oilr wntnnn tntoe 1iman,1
;,"l co'd and desolate dons and shacks, our
nien ngnunu an invader or, lying unburlcd
on somo bleak battloflcld, and across tho
j 1 eeas there dwelt a people whose religion
taught them "to do unlo others as they
j'w'oujd'that others should do unto them," wo
'.hould expect them to pay some heed to our
&ixy t distress.
-Philadelphia freighted the Thelma and
, y. ,?nt her ferth on her, voyage of mercy. But
Philadelphia gave only an Infinitesimal frac
1, tlon of Its wealth. Here and there- a blg-
: -Jiearted-man or woman made a contribution
i; j'that Involved genuine sacrifice. Very few
.Indeed went without, a meal or denied them-
selves a necessity to send a crust of bread
W ,-stovthe perishing Belgians.
. v Now the rn awaits her cargo. AH that Is
few'':'..- . ..
j.neeaea is jao.ooo tho price of soven hlgh
Sr class automobiles, one-half of one day's
r receipts for a world series baseball game,
' the cost price of many a slnglo homo in the'
4'ly or lts suburbsutiout a half of what the
vPle- ot Philadelphia pay out each day In
(jUckels for street car- fares really, tho
amount required Is paltry when compared
'with the -wealth here, not moro than two
centa apiece for each Inhabitant.
.. And' It Is now or never. Heaven may have
pity, but w.o have no warrant for oxpcctlng
that bread will be rained, from tho skies
upon tho perishing millions. If our com-
. passion fails there must be death, death by
slow starvation. It Is our duty, our Instant
duty, our Inevadable duty, to spring forward
i-and fill the hold of tho Orn. Philadelphia
cannot fail, must not fall, shall not fail when
: a nation In despair asks for only the crumb3
that fall from our ladon tables.
"I was hungry and ye fed me'; I was
thirsty and yegavo me drink; I was sick
and In prison and ye visited me; I was naked
and ye clothed me, . Inasmuch as yo
have done it unto tho least of these, yo have
done It unto Me." The Great Teacher, whom
all men reverence, said that the test of real
religion Is to be found In service to suffering
humanity. All churches, sects, creeds and
typ6s of faith can prove the reality and the
" vitality of their belief by giving the Belgian
Relief Committee the amount of money that
j 4t needs, Do It without delay.
Wlicro and When to Fight
PUlIjAtJELI'ltlA'S vast commuting popu
lation Is not voiceless, neither Is It holp
less. ltcnnsdo something moro than protest
to the railroads which tiro going to impose a
trtx on living' in tho country. Immediate, or
ganized action on the parUof the commuters
Is their only course, and that action must ba
concentrated on getting their case before tho
Public Service Commission ot Pennsylvania.
Tho increase hi suburban passenger fares
will go Into effect December IB. The Com
mission Is powerless to suspend rates pending
n hearing, but has full power to prevent them
flnnlly, To secure as early a hearing as pos
sible Is, therefore, tho first step which the
commuters should take. Beforo beginning
uu exodus from tho suburbs they can await
the decision of tho Commission, but they
must do their utmost to hasten that decision.
The Issuo provoked by the raising of subur
ban fares Is concerned with something moro
than rcat estate values, though that aspoet
of the threatened situation Is Important. Peo
ple go into the suburbs to innko homes as
well as to build houses. They have to send
their children to school. Most of them are
not so overburdened with bank balances that
In locating their homes they Ignored the cost
of transportation to and from the city. The
sudden increase of that cost, nt the rate of
100 and even 150 per cent, in tho case of many
families, lilts them hard. Tho railroads got
them out Into the suburbs, and now, all In a
. moment, order them to stand and deliver,
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On tho Threshold of a New Era
PtlESIDENT WILSON and Secretary Mc
Adoo are entitled to tho felicitations which
they havo officially offered to each other on
tho successful operation of tho Federal re
sorvo bank law. It Is tho distinguishing
feature of the Administration's work, and it
will prove, to be tho foundation upon which
Its permanent claim to grutltudc will rest.
But Important as tho Federal rcsorvo sys
tem must bo In establishing confidence and
creating optimism, It Is only one factor In
tho return of prosperity. Tho breaking up of
European trudo monopoly by the war is al
ready' giving America an unparalleled oppor
tunity of commercial expansion. TVe have
long needed tho outside world markets as an
outlet to our productive capacity; now those
markets need us in order to meet their in
sistent demands.
Tho opening of tho branch of the National
City Bank in Buenos Aires Is tho flying wedge
of our .invasion of South America. Hence
forth thoro will bo no need for American mer
chants and financiers to do their business
with the South American Republics via Eu
rope. A straight path leads to an open door,
.and there Is every Indication that this coun
try will profit by the Invitation. Indeed, wo
nro already enjoying the first fruits of what
Is to bo a rich harvest.
FAHilRE IN LIFE IS .INEXCUSABLE,
EVEN FOR THE ORDINARY MAN
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Handicaps Overcome by the World's Great Men Every Man Is Qualified
for Some lorm of Success The Will Power Is the Decisive .
factor Whining Is the Voice of Cowardice
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Harsh Noises From Lilliputians
THERE are certain tropical flowers, of
blatant appearance, which give forth
prodigiously eloquent odors; odors indeed so
potent they are said to suffocate insects and
even animals.' There are human beings of a
similar classification. They belong to that
professional class of "upllfters" who hold
forth from soap boxes on the Ills of society.
They are loud in their denunciations of all
existing orders.
The great reforms of the world are not ac
complished en masse. They are effective only
as they work out In individual conduct. The
man or woman who retails ethics for tho
race and falls In his or her own life Is as
futile and bizarre a phenomenon as the
malodorous flower of the tropics.
Progressive Conservatism
.fo-TP3 ,B8U0 betwee conservatism and
H A progreBslvism is Inescapable. It has
divided mon into opposing groups from the
beginning of history. "We are seeing Its
-workings -in American politics today. It
appears la tho American Federation of
I.abor and In the National Orange of
Patrons of Husbandry. Sometimes there is
disposition to regard conservatism and
jirogressivlBm as incompatible, but tha
incompatibility depends on the definition of
;terms.
The social conservatism which agitators
and reformers combat may be simple loy
alty. The natural satisfactionof human
beings with their condition in life is not
something to be eradicated; It is rather
-Bornethins to be utilized. It la more hopeful
than menacing. It is. not wrong, but right.
It consists largely of self-respect and loy
alty. It Is an undefined sense that the con
dition to which our parent and ancestors
have, brought us, the condition which we
sliar with our parents, our relatives and our
rriends, is not to be despised.
1 The complement of this conservatism is
progresslvism, which is the natural desire,
e.e, compelling1 Impulse, to go forward,
ence the Justifleatlon of the phrase
fjirogresslve conservatism" or "conservative
progresslrisra."
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V. of Ps Fashion Cure
mSE problem of feminine styles is settled
AH last; fn hats, anyway. The University
if Pennsylvania has djseovered a method by
Which mere manTtnay put his veto on a few
B(.th money-eatlng changes in headgear that
-.wfej the country and clean the pocketbooks.
pome of the "co-eds' recently took to largo
tows felt hats adorned with a red '17." and
facility has suppressed them as' mannish
jl nnbecomrns. It Is a large Indictment; it
wiht to down any sort of bonnet. All mere
- man team to do Is sjnd the female population
nK to tsallwse am put the jqh of bessing the
tuiiUms up io the only official body that has
- as 1mr displayed th nrve to taekla It.
' K "Dm d Hand" in the War
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JMipt W BMW BMTW l ftW tfc&t Htsiv.
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A Hog for Every Home
rpHE boy who sticks to the hog game is
JL headed down Prosperity avenue faster
than tho speed limit." A Sunday school say
ing by pur richest citizen? Oh, no, Just a
wholesome little bit of domestic advice from
Missouri's State. Board of Agriculture.
"Buy a pig and help the boy's spending
money.". The well-known Irish family that
"kept a' pig In the parlor to 'give the place a
tone" may have been a little shy on geog
raphy, but they had the right idea. One pig
will supply ponies, books, new clothes and
chewing gum for any boy.
The idea of " a pig for every child" 'rests on
the hypotheses that some children are mod
est, and that out in Missouri the end seat
hog Is a rara avis. But It Is for rural con
sumption only. Philadelphia doesn't need
any more hogs than It already supports in the
vicinity of League Island and elsewhere,
As Mother Used to Make It
TTIHE bread that mother used to make"
X remember the big, oozy bowl of dough
and the fat rolling pin that she sometime
shook when grimy Angers got to poking the
flowery surface of tho bread? "Well, it's done
for. Wayne's Saturday Club says so. Some
body out there has Invented a patent appara
tus that saves mother's elbows and turns
out Just as good a product, But what about
the children? Tou can't change youth. It
will still "want to see the wheels go round."
And that means the whple process, from the
mixing bowl to the oven, with mother pre
siding over the proceedings.
IR WALTER SCOTT and
wore both cripples, and Sir "Walter wrote
much of his best work when writhing In
pain; Alexander H. Stephens, the brilliant
Southern leader and one of tho most power
ful and convincing men who ever sat In tho
United Slates Congress, was twisted and
gnarled and Unable to walk a step, while tho
country was ringing with , his eloquence!
Nelson, with only one eye and one. ami,
broko Nnpolcon's power 'upon the sea;
Parkman, tho historian, was almost blind
and a. chronic Invalid! blind Herreshoff de
signed tho fleetest aiid most graceful yachts
that over sailed tho ocean; Fawcott, Eng
land's most famous Postmaster General, was
totally blind through an accident In youth;
Clnlllco continued his Investigations long
after Bight failed, and Milton wroto "Para
dlso Lost" with light denied! Doctor John
sou was a hypochondriac and Tom Hood a
victim of chronic melancholia; Bunyan was
In Jail when lie composed tho "Pilgrim's
Progress," so were Sir Waltor Raleigh when
he wrote tho "History of the World" and
William Penn when he chronicled the "Fruits
of Solitude."
Richard Baxter, who spent most of his
time alternating between a bIcIc bed and
prison, nevertheless gave to tho world 186
ponderous volumes; Darwin, tho apostle of
evolution, could not work more than two
hours a day; James Watt, the father of the
steam engine, was so frail and fragile from
disease that he could work only in snatches
between attacks; Doctor Kane, the most
intrepid of explorers and travelers, made
his terrible Journeys, even his famous dash
for the North Pole, when crippled with
rheumatism and in momentary danger of
death from heart disease; Robert Louis
Stevenson did all of his finest writing after
ho was doomed to die of consumption when
ho could not write ho dictated, when he dare
not speak for fear of bringing on a hemor
rhage he still dictated on his fingers In the
deaf and dumb alphabet; Thomas Spencer
Bayncs, the editor of the "Encyclopedia
Brltannlca," accomplished his monumental
tusk with only the half of one lung;
Beethoven composed some of his noblest
music when deaf and unable to hear a'note,
and Edison, the wizard of electricity, Is like
wise very deaf; Francis Huber, the Swiss
naturalist, became a celebrated entomologist
and writer upon natural history after becom
ing totally blind; John Richard Green wroto
his "History of the English People" upon his
deathbed, his friends averring that only his
Indomitable will kept him alive' to its close;
Cecil Rhodes was .sent out to Africa to die
of an Incurable dlseaSe, but before he obeyed
the summons he carved an empire out of the
Dark Continent and mado himself one of the
richest men In the world; Lord Roberts as
a young man was considered too delicate to
live, but by the utmost self-care and har
vesting of strength he gave England more
than 60 years of invaluable military service;
General Fau,. with only .one. arm, Is' valiantly
commanding the right wing of the allied
army in France; Julius Caesar, the world
conqueror, was an epileptic, and throughout
his marvelous campaigns his life was never
worth an hour's purchase; Helen Kellar,
deaf, blind and speechless, has brought the
American people as scholars to her feet.
Most of the world's greatest achievements
have been won' against terrible odds. What
mcin chafe against as a curb was Intended
as a spur. To win under a handicap Is more
glorious than to win under any other con
ditions. The weak man surrenders to his
weakness and becomes weaker; the Intrin
sically strong man looks upon his frailty as
another Incentive to success; an Indomitable
spirit transforms a liability Into an asset.
Many a battle has been won by an army
more than half shot to pieces the work of
heroes. This world Is no place for- people
of less spirit. No one can read such a list
ot achievements by handicapped men as has
been given above without being shamed into
silence and whipped Into action, unless he
has tho heart of a craven and the will of a
worm. The maimed, the broken, the dis
abled, the diseased and the physically Inca
pacitated have accomplished history's most
notable deeds. Ottr' Ills and. ailments, our
By JOSEPH H.ODELti
Lord Byron I ucrects ana disqualifications, which are so
easily pleaded to extenuate our failure or
palliate our lack of effort, are probably a
mere bagatolto when compared wyh theirs.
A defect or a. deformity may shut one door,
but it does hot close all avenues of oppor
tunity. Instead of striking the flag to our
limitations and misfortunes, it Is our tlrsl
duly to overcome them or to develop other
elements ot strength. Of all tho voices that
speak words of delusion In our ears, none Is
more persuasive and enervating and mis
leading than the whine of our own disabili
ties. "If you were built llko other men," tho
voice says, "thero would be no excuse. But
you were sent Into the world so lmperfeclly
equipped, so foredoomed to. failure, that no
one can expect you to win." It is a lie, a
double-distilled He, and tho man who listens
Is lost.
Charles Goodyear was a Philadelphia
hardware merchant when ho began to experi
ment with rubber, and ho struggled for 25
years In misery and against recurring failure
to discover a means of Imparting durability
to rubber compositions without losing the
flexibility of tho material. Ho wns poor, In
feeble health, with a young family to sup
port and had only a few friends. Tho ex
periments shattered his already poor health,
soon brought him face to fnce with starva
tion, landed him in Jail for debt, while his
friends deserted him and called him a
lunatic. But he knew that In tho end he
could mako rubber Into a commercial com
modity. 'Ho worked through year after year
of loneliness, physical pain nnd personal
humiliation. Men openly Jeered him' on tho
street and, believing him to bo a maniac,
they ceased to reason with him. At last the
discovery wa3 made, but he had no sooner
begun to manufacture and market his rubber
goods than a financial panic swept away
everything ho possessed. Even then his
sanity was doubted; friends, relatives and
his own family demanded that ho should
abandon his dream; they talked of having
him confined as a man of unbalanced mind.
Everything was against him; but broken as
he was, In health and fortune, ho fought
on; his will to succeed remained Intact. And
now, wherever rubber Is used In any form,
the name of Charles Goodyear is honored.
Self-reliance is only another name for
dominant and dominating will power. It Is
not well to form the habit of relying upon
the Judgment or benevolence of others. A
man must rest his claim to success upon
belief In his own powers and tho unflagging
exercise of his own will. Tho most precious
years of life can be wasted in consulting
relatives and friends about a possible course
of which they can know little or nothing.
By the time all of the opinions havo beon
gathered, sorted and sifted the opportunity
Is gone forever. Nothing big has ever been
done, by a nice weighing of probabilities. The
very best work of tho world has been accom
plished against advice. In spite of apparent
disabilities. In the teeth of bitter criticism
and In the face of adverse public opinion.
The flrst type-founder and printer was sup
posed to have been a tool of Satan; as early
as 1707 Doctor Papln constructed a crude
powerboat, which was immediately seized
by sailors and broken up because Its suc
cess might deprive them of a livelihood;
Hargreaves had his spinning frame destroyed
by an Indignant mob; Kay was mobbed for
introducing his flying shuttle; Arkwrlght
was denounced as an enemy of the working
man because of his Invention; Stephenson
had to carry his railroad forward against
violent popular prejudice; Jacquard was
nearly killed by tho weavers for making
his loom; Murdock's Illuminating gas was
openly ridiculed In the British Parliament;
Fulton's steamboat was the butt of Jibe and
Jeer; scientists and ministers of tho Gospjl
denounced Morton for his discovery of
anesthetics. The man who walls for favnr.
lng fortune Is foredoomed to failure. Noth
ing avails but to make Bure of what powers
we actually possess and then to strive for
their realization though the earth rock and
the heavens fall. If that Is once learned,
there Is not much beyond that any teacher
can Impart.
Immediately Mlnuclus got himself Into dire.
Blralls, and only Fabius' ceurage and abil
ity lo act under pressing emergencies savea
Rome. , , , ,
Hannibal had long marked a certain hill,
between 'his army and that of the Romans,
for occupancy. When he heard that tne
Roman command had been divided h'iJ"?n'
detachments of men up the hill into hidden
places. Then he mado a decoy ascent, keep
ing the body of ills troops below the hill.
Fabius refused' tb be drawn from his
encampment, but Minueius charged up tne
hill at once. It was a fatal move. No sooner
had the Roman lcglons,asCended than tlioj
were surrounded by Hannibal's conceaiea
soldiery, and a rout ensued. ,.
In that moment Fabius proved himself too
great to. remember that Mlnuclus had de
prived "film of supremo command. More
than 'that, he showed that In desperate clr
cumstandes he could act quickly and wen.
With n. well-directed blow at tho centre of
Hannibal's troops and a flanking movement
executed simultaneously, ho drove .of.1."?
Carthattlnlans. rescued tho Romans unuer
Mlnuclus- and turned defeat and disaster
Into victory. The same day Mlnuclus re
signed his command In favor of Fabius,,
f SCRAPPLE
VIEWS OFREADERS
ON TIMELY TOPICS
Contributions That Reflect Public Opin
ion on Subjects Important to City,
State and Nation.
To ' Hie' Edlter of the Evening LeAotti
Sir After reading your different news Items
concerning the great advances that have been
made In real estato In the 60th and Market
streets centre, and more especially the rapid
strides In which the tax assessors Increased
the assessments, I felt It my duty to Inform
you mid the different centres (that, tho pro
posed rapid transit Improvements you contend
will bo created) what they should expect from
the city of Plillndelohla. I am the oldest estab
lished real estate broker In this neighborhood,
locating hero In the year of 1003; and during
that time tho assessments have trlplea, ana
the only municipal Improvements thn't are
noticeable to me are some lights, which were
placed under the elevated .structure '(more to
protect the traction company from possible
damage, due to accidents from collision with
their elevated supports), and, perhaps, one or
two extra policemen. In other words, West
Philadelphia has grown from a country town
to a great metropolis, with a business centre
equal to some of our so-called flrst-clas cities;
and today wc uro contending with the same
paving, Improvements and protection that were
afforded We old country town. We even lack a
decent highway to and from the city proper.
It Is almost worth one's life and property to
use the great Market street as a common
driveway. The paving on It Is not fit for rail
road street In "Squeedunk." I only trust that
the different centres, as they form, will havo
more sympathetic officials In office than ve
have had, or otherwise their growth will bo
slow oven with proper transportation facilities.
Why, only recently of the few lights that wo
havo had on the different streets adjacent a
number havo been taken away for the purpose
of supplying other sections. Poor Phlladel-'
phial J. OREVIRSON QLADING.
Philadelphia, November 17.
TWO SEPARATE NEWSPAPERS
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir-Why does not tho Evenwo Lkdocr pub
lish such things as the Bernard Shaw and Ar
nold Bennett articles on the war for the bene
fit of the evening readers? Not that I am dis
satisfied with your paper as It Is, but. I do not
see why the 'best things In the Public LedociI
should not be carried In the evening edition.
EMORY VAN WAGENEN.
Philadelphia.
Because tho Pddmc Ledger and tho Evbmno
LEpaen are two separate and distinct news
papers, tho Evsnino Ledger ha? no .more right
to publish excluslvo Public Ledger material
than that belonging to any other newspaper.
The Kvenino L'edoer. Is not an afternoon edi
tion of the Public Ledoek, as our correspon
dent assumes; It Is in a different building and
has a news and editorial staff absolutely dis
tinct. EDITOR.
First Prince of Wale at the Front
Sending tho Prince of Wales to the fml
can do no harm to the cause of the Allies,
since he Is too young to Intrust with com
mand. London papers point out that he is
the first of his rank to go to battle in Franco
since the Black Prince. Georgo II fouB'
bravely at Oudenarde, but ho was hot then
Prince of Wales. William III went to war as
Stadtholder of Holland and Prince of Orattgev
but It was, before the British crown tvaa
offered him. When William IV, the 'Sailor
King," fought at sea, he had net yet become
the nearest heir to tho throne. As for
George IV Who later always nslstcd that
he had been at Waterloo while Prince of
Wales and Regent he was merely suffering
from a hallucination. New York World.
The Point of View
Tho poor man dodges motorcars with anger
that he can't express,
And shrieks his maledictions as the motors
post him flit; ......
He rails about the lack of laws to halt tha
frightful speed excess,
And holds that If he had a car he'd never
speed a bit.
Tho poor man's business grows and grows,
ho waxes rich nnd prosperous!
Ho buys a 90-horse machine and simply
bums tho air,
And when ho nearly hits a man he thinks it
is preposterous, . ,
And shows his indignation by hla shriek
ing siren's blare.
A Matter of Spelling
"He's a bally angel for this show," said
the Englishman.
Tcs," agreed tho manager, "a ballet
angel, ns you might say."
Something Different
It was 2 a. m.
"John," sho called.
"Yes, my dear."
"Have you been gambling again?"
"No, my dear I won."
Not Recognized
"What excuse did he glvo for shooting at
you?"
"The flimsiest over.. Said ho thought I
was a deer, when leverybody in this com
munity knows I'm a bull moose." Loulsvllla
Courier-Journal. .
He Taughtcr
There wns a young fellow named Slaughter,
Who had an aversion to waughter;
Ho, drank so much wine
That his wlfo did repine,
But when she objected ho faughter.
Suspicious
"There's something wrong with tho place
where Jim works,"
"Why, they-ralsed his salary Just as soon
as ho asked for an advance."
"That's it what kind of business men
aro they?"
Music of the Spheres
"Can you tell mo tho difference between a
Wagnerlto and an antl-Wagnerlto?"'
"When a Wagnerlto can't understand
Wagner's music ho blames himself;' an nntt
blames the composer."
CURIOSITY SHOP
"Burying the hatchet" Is derived. from the
Indian custom of burying tho tomahawk
when hostilities were done. Longfellow re
fers to It In "Hiawatha":
"Burled was tho bloody hatchet;
Burled was tho dreadful war-club;
Burled were all warlike weapons.
And the war-cry was forgotten:
Then was peace among the nations."
Doubling one cent for 80 days will result
In a grand total' of $10,737,111.23, as follows:
War with the Turks? Nay, nay. If worse
comes to worst, we'll arrest them.
The convention and Its squabbles beln
over for the day, "Labor Delegates Renew
Friendships In Annual Dinner."
The English have a sense of humor after
all. Ask the German prisoners who have
been' Interned at Tlpperary.
II j , ,.. will .,
As long as the Health Department sees that
Philadelphia's milk Is pasfeurized, nobody
need worry about the foot aqd mouth dlaeasf.
California's citrous erop may be worth 3,.
60Q,6f tbja year, but Imons are still fre t
any statesman that wants' one handed to
bits.
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IttUciid IMMUner MU - "" at utkurs
The famous tlmeball at Greenwich Is to be
replaced by a new aluminum ball, and Its
mechanism . overhauled and reconstructed.
The tlmeball was first erected in 1833. An
electric current from the clock was flrst used
to drop it at 1 o'clock eaci day in 1863.
In 17th century New England, kissing In
tha street was a serious offense. But go back
to 16th and 16th century Old England, and
the case Is very different' One of the Bo
hemian travelers whose narrative Is given
in Mrs, Henry Cust'a "Gentleman Errant"
records of London:
"It is the custom in this town that at the
first arrival ot guests in any lodging the
hostess, with all the household, somes forth
into tho etrt to receives themi andeash one
ef them, it behoof es take a kiss Is but is, to
others, to offer thelght hand; for they ar
not used to offer the hand."
And Mrs. Oust gives a whole sheaf of sim
ilar foreign testimony to the pleasant Eng
lish custom of kissing in the street.
ijjll a MSuortty Party
Yam ; Qycjjc 'if iirtiM,
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ffigW ff STfrf.
HUM OF HUMAN CITIES
Another victory is Bcored by the city of
Cleveland in Us fight to regain its lost lake
front, by a recent decision of the United
States Supreme Court. Apparently, the
railroads' Inst move has failed. Twice they
have taken this question to the highest court
of the nation, and twice been refused relief
The case Involves possession of the con
siderable tract of land on the lake front lv-
; XX. "' " """. ui me union sta
tion. There are some 40 acres of It. now
bulldtaV1 covered wUh ra,Iwfty tracks and
Back. In 1893 tho late James S. Lawrence
then City Director .of Law, started suit to
recover ths land which the railroads hud
long-occupied., The public took little Inter,
est and Lawrence had an uphill fight at
the beginning. Where Lawrence dropped
.,.,ta Won Di Baker t00k " uu. Be.
hlml ,n?. nent stood Ton' Johnson,
The city won In one court after another.
The railroads took It to the Federal Courts
and the Supreme Court threw it out for
?l J-lsdlcton. Finally. n October.
1913, the Supremo Court of Ohio confirmed
Cleveland's title to the land. Then fSlloed
the appeal, and the present decision that it
was not a question for the nation's highest
court to consider. bp.
Obviously, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer,
the victory gives the city an Immense ad
vantage In Its liandltne of the whole big
problem of lake front development. An
parently, the railroads must accent terms
.for their further occupancy of this fH..,
lu,' e ott' J ,s quUo Possible that
the Incident may figure In the further ne
gotiations between city and railroads look
ing to the building of a new. Union Station.
It lias been a long, hard fight, -The victory
belongs to the peoplt of Cleveland, Broadly
speaking, the decision involves the whole
vast movement, under way in many States,
for public reclamation of Jts right of aecetw
to deep water -
CRISES IN GREAT LIVES
When 3. general, sent to drive an enemy
out of the country, acquires the title of
"delayer," and yet becomes in the and 1
national hero, with th title of "the Great"
after his name, it may be assumed that ther
is some unusual virtue in htm.
That was the case with tho Roman Fabius
known as Cunctator from the hesitant tac
tics he pursued In hla attack on Hannibal
tjie Carthaginian Hon, who was devastating
Italy. For months Fabius refused to flaht
a battJa. He followed Hannibal through tha
country at a, depart dfatfane, but io net
slstaUy tturt. U -wa cultad the wwiny-a
2&f .w11 wary and Ju
PRESIDENTIAL PEDESTRIANISM
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Editorially today you remark on the fact
that Preeident Wilson "made a Journey on foot
through many New Tork streets, chief among
them Broadway and 6th avenue," and you say
that It is a pity that such a simple instance of
a perfectly democratic thing should be made
subject for headlines when the President does
It. You havo missed tho point Judging by what
1 saw iu New York pn myrecent trip to that
city, I con Inform you that tl$ reason tho
President's little Journey got Into tho headlines
was because in walking on thoso streets ho
wasn't choked by dust run over by 18. wild
drivers, did not fall Into nine excavation holes,
and was not arrested for loitering. Ho bears
a charmed life and he ought to got Into tho
headlines. .Now you know!
SYLVESTER FERRAND.
Philadelphia, November 18.
ASKING FOR INFORMATION .
To tha Editor of the JJwenlnfl Ledger:
Sir Can any reader tell mo why tho statue of
William Penn was placed on top' of tho City
Halt? Was it a present to tho city? Or could
tho architect really have imagined that it im
proved his design? H. K. 'B.
Philadelphia, November 16.
Tho Undeserving Employed
From the New York Evenlnc World.
To bring all departments of the city together
In one grand campaign against unemployment
is the pian City Chamberlain Bruero proposes
10 the Mayor, "Unemployment" ho declares,
"is a chronic problem In Now York city,"
It Is, And our Interest In It and our sym
pathy with those out of work who really want
it aro Increased dally by our observation of tho
thousands who have Jobs and who don't de
servo to have them.
Wo mean so-called workers who approach tho
day's task either with listless Indifference or
with sullen determination to shirk. Nowhere
Is thero morn or this at present than in domes
tic service. The cook who cares whether oho
Is a good cook Is extinct Tho girl hired for
general housework thinks she Is abused, over
worked, kept to tasks beneath her, Servants
despise service, Helpers acorn to help.
Tho domestic servant Js only typical. There
are plenty, of employed men and women behind
counters and over desks. In tho shop and in
tha open, for whom work Is a perpetual griev
ance and their attitude toward It a whine.
Why should so many shirkers mtsus Jeba
for the lack of which others starve?
The undeserving employed aro also a prqb
Hra. r
THE VOICE OF AGE
She'd look uoon us. If she could.
As hard as Rhadamanthus would;
Yet one may see who sees her face.
Her crown of silver and 'of lace,
Her mystical serene address
Of ago alloyed with loveliness
That she would not annihilate
Ths frailest ot things animate.
She his opinions of our ways.
And If we're not all road, sho says
If our ways aro'- not wholly worse
Than others, for not being hers
There might somehow be found a few
Less Insane things for us to do,
And we might have a little heed
Of what Belshazzar couldn't road.
J
She feU, with all our furallure,
Room yt for something more secure
Than our self-kindled aureoles
To gutdafour poor forgotten souls;
But when wn havo explained that gract
Dwells now m doing for th'o race,
Sho nods as If sho rera relieved;
Almost as If sho were deceived.
Sho frowns ai mush ot what she hear
And shakes her head, and ha her fears:
Though nam may kaaw, by gay ohanc.
What roseleaf aehea f romaaw? ,"B
A faintly stirred by latur days
That wokM b w4l mmgk, 1m syg.
If Wly fM&S VM SUM Wit.
Modern Version
Tho boy stood on tho burning deck,
Whonco all' save him had fled,
And as the flames roared 'round the wreck
j. no daring- lauuio said:
"Come, hurry up and grind It out,
Ere long my hide will peel,
It's getting hot and it's about
The time to end that reel!"
Ireland in the War
"The bows of tho Rathmore were dami
aged at tho stern." Dublin Evening" Mall.
... A Limited Engagement ,- - -, -1'Brhdder
Johnslng. what am yoah gwlna
ter charge mo for do loan ob'a black coat
foah a couplo 0' weeks?"
"What yo want -wlf It foah only a couplo
o weeks?"
"Mah walfo's mother am dead and Ah
wants It fer a short mourn."
Please Tell Us Why
We do not wish to criticise the other things
the ladles wear.
Their flimsy gowns, their coiffures or their
ciamty little hats;
But we'd be very much obliged If we could
be but made aware
Why girls with large extremities will wear,
theso shrieking spats.
Tho Quality of Mercy
"Did you enjoy the meeting ot the Mothers'
Club?"
"Immensely! We listened to a paper on
'Cocaine Versus. Nitrous Oxide Gas In
Spanking,' and It was so helpful."
Suburban Courtesy
"I see Jones has got his old car done over."
"Oh, no! That'sa new one."
War to Save an Umbrella
The wife of General Metzlnger, a dis
tinguished French officer, whose son, a cap
tain In tho army, was recently wounded,
was traveling from Switzerland to Xorralne,
relates the Chicago Tribune.
Sho overheard & conversation between
'two German officers during a rainstorm.
One said: "Oh, I left my umbrella at a
hotel In Paris."
The other replied: "Never fear; you' will
be able to go and get It next week."
"Pray do not trouble yourselves," Inter
rupted Madame Metzlnger, "my son, who la
a captain In the French army, will undertake
to bring It to Berlin himself."
But We're Neutral
Our patience Is not endless and, -
Although we can endure the wight
Who contradicts, and stay our hand. .
wnen it wouia rise nis race to smite,,
There Is a man we'd like to flop
And JunjP on him and shed his gore; i
He's found In every barber shop 1
He knows it all about the war.
j Solid Ivory
"I say Jack, what are poolballs, made of?
"Aw Use your head."
' ' '
Waiting
"If your son would apply to the lectures
the energy he devotes to his pranks," nald
the professor, "ho would be graduated with
high honors,"
- "Let him alone," said the father, 'Til get
the energy into the lecturea when I take him
Into the business,"
The Bsbblihg Fool
When youth and ago are at odds, the ren.
eral Impression Is that age a probably rifeht
Wisdom and age go together, it Is suppoled
Wt inordinate folly! Wisdom is always
young. That Is why there Is so lltUa of it
In this world because, like all good thlnes
It dlis young. -TVhen a maTtooW enoulb
to know better,' said a keen Irish wit X
have found he is usually too old to know
anythlps at p4L" Wisdom, by the by? K
brave. And who ever thought of associating
bravery with doddering wiseacres? uwau"
"Ah,' say the wise, "but youth h ,x
experience.- What of' it? rienSlnly
be fallac ous; It may be sinful. ittalSe
necessarily wise. At best, it shows whit
wisdom is practicable and what Is not But
Is -there anything mora appalling to th
brave and Wise young rnind tnA to thosa
minds which remain brave and wise through
out their lives, than tha spectacle of ot
men refusing to think bravel -,6 1 wiuJ
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