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Two "mercy' to uo h Ambassador Naon, Argentina
children of r?tenJs 'he American husincsa man an
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have been Bench In opportunities. Tho problems ln-
5 y 'Thlidelp,J III tho establishment of a profitable
that every ' Permanent commercial connection he-
clty, no matfin, tho two countries are many, nnd somo
have cauia tthem- are dlfllcult, hut our manufacturers'
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the joy of "cd- Inaction and delay dimmish tho ad-
deprived thflso to ho gained.
that they nlnco tho war thoro has been an nlmost
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carried on Is I tho mcro oxchango of products some
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DINNER48' an neasurcs must bo tnken to re
Thero were ti or "fi'1,cn tho Present restrictions. "Wo
lar to that gll romembor, especially, that European
but on a aoaal Is at present employed at home. It
Galilee Mlislcbecn withdrawn from Argentina, as It
andtd8eedC,"'0 f" "or neighbors. .
before tableuth America Is faced with the problem
turkey dlnntlnanclal stringency and business stag
bus servedjton. Capital Is required for tho markct-
In1" addltl?f P,'0lucl!, for tho moving o" crops nnd
been mentl'nc continuation of Industrial nnd agrl-tulnlng-
turpural development. South American secu
alluld lis need purchasers.
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df Schools -
SESeHSi.' Confident Cornell
of tho poor?HIS AFTEHNOON Cornell returns to tho
that more .scene of many defeats, with a cheery
bulldIngtSI,ndenco ,n bcatlnff Pennsylvania nnd tho
hospitals rtmouth score both nt once. In view of
were Interhp many times Penn haa trounced tho "Big
'.ed team," nobody can begrudge the New
ThB .Pro-ork college her elation. But she had best
ing chlckn'diinber tIlnt Deforo nw fiho has como
day branches at Thanksgiving with a Very similar
out several tat expectations and gone homo to climb
the Kenslnj;ctg(iiy up..thQ H" to' lessons,
dinners w!
aortheasten A Cherished American Privilege
A ,fcatu,ro MERICANS have always been very fond
Many of tliei?1 no'BC UnU. a fow years ago noise was
services. In dered absolutely Indispensable to the
assembled Iner celebration of Independence) Day. Tho
prayers of th noise tho better. In political conven
enjoyed. wjjero t,oy haven't been abolished, It Is
The aston'avcr'to motbod of nominating candl
ctreet and l?' an& every college campus knows the
the Bethel Stable tribute to a victorious football
Methodist, tll(
services" tidn0 Amrlcan !a nolsy- Ho Wes no'se. but
edifice. The ta nls own better than that of his
Vresbi terlan hbor or his neighbor's boys or his nelgh
ln th, CTlva cat- He moves out into the suburbs
Broad an? dec,area that no ca't KCt used t0 ths
of worshlinartn,y etillness. Yet ho protests about
Unitarian very trolley car that goes by his door and
Fhlladelplvcry peddler that cries his wares on the
avenue'hr'et' He nants tnc "Choolhouso moved a
attended 'ewr hundred feet farther away. And If some
that secfooster in tho neighborhood wakes him up
Even thi!kvery morning ho says well, he can't be
J'".Eblamed, There are some noises that are quite
Unnecessary, both in city and suburbs, and
One ijpf Philadelphia can get rid of them, as Baltl
trtvlns'Hjnore is said to have done, all well and good.
ous"jfcBiiitho man -who owns tho rooster will make
iTturW din? noise about it nrst.
The case Is
the county p. Intermartinl Mail
with masked jF?11131"3 near the censor's favorite
la's." such -Xn of " " the French and Ger-
applea, Tnan;troops that have been studiously at
tPhnt?empMnjc omdally and disinterestedly to
tile to nJTlurtler eacI' other, set up a postofflco the
the Inmaother day in a mllthouse half way between
their lines, Second-clasa matter French,
uTtenUo an nd Amer'can newspapers made
Tianktb bulk of the mall, but there were also a
JllcharjS few admonitory letters and somo communl-
out. 'JSPC'catlona from German prisoners to their
and imu h..m
"movleRr ,"" " "
Something- of the same kind happened
03- and then on the border lines during the
,vU War. Where "Johnny Reba" and
'aranlta" shipped messages on shingle sall-
.boatn across some dividing creek. It Is llt-
tle" evidences of this sort that speak tha hu
manity still living In even such great mur
der machines as armies. It is not the spirit
that animated the wars of barbarism.
Too Enaily Defeated
JT MATf ba true that numbers of men who
havo been arrested recently In tha dlf-
M
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aU tht te,(e cWe ioe iil9tt were driven to crime
tons M hecause their families had. nothing to eat
fi 10 hid uiu yiuuitiu vi unemployment, aar-
jjravated by tha conditions of tha last few
mnRie. That problem, as It confronts the
employed themselves, is sometimes not
ked, but evaded. Circumstances may so
I and bind a man who has been thrown
ef work that his best efforts to conquer
unavailing. But the difference between
deserving unemployed and the undeserv-
a difference In gumption, and If there
enough Joba In the city, there are
in the country. i
Tillie" Champion of Qw "
5 in California tbey have a oowr Hjer
Me If TlWa Atoarta, Her dlatlna-
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t pro4uing IS tana of milk in & single
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.EVENING LEDQEKPHILADBLPHIA, TffUBSJDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1014.
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poet haw piped feebly of her virtue as
landscape decoration. But the only really
memorable versca on bovine characteristics
have Incarnadined her with a purplo that Is
very far from royal. Now, of course, the
proper man will arise to eulogize her. For
there stands the Inviting form of Tlllle.
Tltnnksgtving
IT 18 the habit of this people year by
year humbly and with overflowing hearts
to stay the accustomed tides of com'
mcrce and render thanks to the Omniscient
and Omnipotent for His manifold goodness
and mercy. For rich harvests, for dire
calamities escaped, for tho freedom and
liberty which wo have Inherited wo Join In
grateful acknowledgment, after the habit of
Iron-hearted men and women, who, In the
drear daj-B of our beginnings, followed the
lenuoui thread of their destiny Into tho
broad highway of thr future which they
dreamed and wo possess.
The drlvo of war has convulsed half the
earth. Catastrophe Is being piled on
catastrophe, Tho thunder of reverberating
guns settles into tho murmurs of the hos
pitals, and long lines of rich graves parallel
each other behind the trenches of tho
Xerxcolan hosls, Tho wrack and ruin of
battto has settled llko a pall on tho conti
nent. Tho hideous cruelty of accustomed
war haa palsied tho finer attributes of men
and fastened upon women nnd children its
prodigious toll.
That from these things wo havo escaped
we may bo truly thankful, and tho more
so that out of tho fulnosi of our material
blessings we havo been nblo to reach our
hands across tho sea Into tho very pits of
desolation, hands bearing succor to the op
pressed and hetp to the helpless. What an
opportunity for proof of our gratitude, and
how excellently has advantago of It been
taken! It Is .1 Thanksgiving laden with tho
sen Ire of charily, a servlco which sets old
hearts athrlll nnd makes tho blood leap
In glorious satisfaction.
Tho spiritual longing which cxalteth a
people has been abundantly evident In us.
Our purpose has been crisp, nnd tho rich
est of our blessings has been tho masterful
self-restraint which has held us straight
amid the chaos of our earth neighbors.
There has been manifest In ui a stubborn
ness for International morality, which has
already found Its full compensation In our
peaceful supremacy and promises eventually
to wrap the world In the folds of pacifica
tion. Tho vindication of republican prin
ciples and liberty vitalizes our mission In
the world.
Humbly, as so often before, we voice
our gratitude and raise our paeans of
thanksgiving, for our blessings have been
magnified by tho vision of calamity abroad,
and tho realization of tho abundant good
visited upon us Is fixed as seldom before.
Solemn recordation of our gratitude ac
centuates the depth of the feeling that In
duces it.
Punishment by Jury
HENRY SIEGEL Is to have another
chance; ho is going to begin again at
the foot of tho ladder. That sounds roman
tic and heroic enough, hut na a method of
punishment it Is shamefully Inadequate.
The Judgo who susponded scntonco was ac
tuated by the belief that this Juggler of other
people's money ought to be compelled to
mako restitution to those who were robbed
through his shuffling.
It Is an easier way out than the little
criminal is offered; and there is strong like
lihood that the victims of Slegel's trickery
and fraud, when they get their money back,
as they may, will go away contented and
very grateful to Mr. Slegel.
The sjstem of Justice which lets this man
off so easy Is not tho fault of the Judge,
nor et entirely of the Jury; but a Jury which
thinks ten months In Jail Is enough for such
a malefactor makes' American citizens do a
little thinking for themselves. One of tho
lawyers for the defense remarks that any
Jury that might have been obtained in New
York city would have been in favor of hang
ing the man. What a range of vagarious
possibilities from New York to Geneseo!
Mr. Barnes' Politics vs. the Women's
MR. BARNES, of New York, has given a
dollar to suffrage. Conversion? Dear
no! The boss that made the Progressive
party famous got caught in a cartoon show
at the Woman's Political Union and paid the
price for the privilege of getting rid of his
opinion of suffrage,
"It's unimportant," he Is reported as say
ing. "The women are working in the wrong
direction. They are trying to use politics
to accomplish reforms. That's a mistake.
Politics Is to keep the people satisfied."
Now this is not Mr. Barnes' way of an
nouncing that he has gone over to the I.
W. W. and "direct action." He still likes
politics. He knows what he can get out of
it. But it's a very different sort of thing
from what the women are after. y
One thing, at least, Philadelphia 'may be
thankful for these clear November days.
"West sells farm machines for use on bat
tlefields." For mowing down the enemy?
It must relieve the man in Germantown
to know that the new suburban rates are
going to save ex-Governor Pennypacker a
lot of money.
It's a little hard to understand Just why
Glfford Pinchot should develop a fondness
for Pennsylvania that necessitates chang
ing his residence from Washington to Mil
ford. Considering the numerous widows left by
each of her slain soldiers, it gives us pause
to think of the gigantic pension roll Turkey
will accumulate as a result of her entry into
the twar.
Jugtfur from the Ipdliaretlon of the Turks
in Urtmr fln an American vessel, thay don't
realize that this (s the- very time of the year
when our appetite la keenest for sailing lata
Turkey. '
These are strange days, indeed. The meat
dealers are waiting la protest agaiust the
addition of M.W.OW to th country's nmtt
bill la. the tmw of 4vaail fralEkt nlH.
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THANKSGIVINGS
Washington's First Proclamation
Ilationnl Constitution
tho Feast
By J. C.
THIS is Thanksgiving Day by proclama
tion of tha President nnd of tho Governors
of tho several States of the Union. It will be
observed generally by all the peoplo through
out tho countiy nnd In our Islands In the sea.
It Is not generally known that "there Is no
national holiday In tho United States, not
oven the Fourth of July," though Thanks
giving Day, the Fourth of July, Christmas
In all the States aro observed as such. Sun
dajs nnd fast days aro observed as legal
holidays In all tho States which designate
them as such. In a number of Slates and In
tho District of Columbia thcro are special
legal holldavs, and, In the States generally,
election days are legal holidays. In Colonial
times there were special occasions of thanks
giving among the people, and occasional ob
servances of days set apart by the authori
ties for fasting, humiliation and prayer. That
was long before tho Introduction of the
tango as tho test of Intolleclunl nnd spiritual
grace, and when men thought more of their
souls than of their socki, when men felt
upon their knees beforo falling upon tho
Aborigines, an old Joke which has boon
worked off on many a Now England dinner
on Forcfathors' Day for the last hundred
caM or so. In tho beginning Thanksgiving
Day was observed as a strictly religious feast
or celebration; but In tho progressive times
which have followed tho Puritans It has been
mado over along with Decoration Day and
Christmas to suit the tastes of a forgetful
and Irreverent people.
GEORGE WASHINGTON'S first proclama
tion was a Thanksgiving proclamation.
It was Issued at Now York, October 3, 17S9,
and set apart Thursday, tho 26th day of No
vember, as the day when nil the people of all
tho States should give thanks lo God for His
"caio and protection of tho peoplo of this
country previous to their becoming a nation,"
nnd "for tho peaceable and rational manner
In which wo havo been enabled to establish
constitutions of government for our safety
nnd happiness," and when the peoplo might
offer "their players and supplications to tho
great Lord nnd Ruler of Nations" "to render
our National Government a blessing to all
tho peoplo by constantly being a Government
of wise, Just and constitutional laws." That
was beforo the adoption of tho primary sjs
tem of elections and beforo tho Initiative,
referendum nnd recall had been recommended
as the surest n,nd best means of destroying
representative government General Wash
ington further recommended that prayer be
offered "to protect and guide all sovereigns
and nations (especially such ns havo shown
kindness to ub), and to bless them with good
governments, peace 'and concord.' Thero Is
a fine human touch in the "especially" paron
thesls which tho godly peoplo of tho times
doubtless kept clearly In mind In making'
their suppllcutlons. Six years later General
Washington issued another proclamation
from the seat of government In Philadelphia
calling all the people to meet together on
Thursday, February 19, 179G, to givo thanks
to God for the general peace and prosperity
of tho country, nnd particularly for "the
suppression of an Insurrection which so wan
tonly threatened It" In western Pennsyl
vania. PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS recommended
the 9th day of May, 1799, "as a day of
solemn humiliation, fasting and prayer," on
which the peoplo should abstain "from their
customary world occupations," and humble
themselves before God, acknowledging "their
manifold sins and transgressions" and pray
ing for the pardon of their offenses and for
the continuance of tho Divine favor. Mr.
Adams Issued another proclamation setting
apart Thursday, April 25, 1799, as a day of
fasting, humiliation nnd prayer At the tlmo
the country was "In Jeopardy by the hostile
and Insidious acts of a foreign nation"
(France) , a number of towns and cities had
been visited by pestilence, and the purveyors
of principles subversive of the foundations of
all religious, moral and social obligations
had been actively engaged In their work.
THOMAS JEFFERSON did not bother him
self about such matters, and during his
eight years in office ho did not call tho people
together to either fast or pray or give thanks.
At the request of Congress, President James
Madison sot apart the third Thursday in
August, 1812, as a day of humiliation and
prayer, especially for the purpose "of offer
ing fervent supplications that In the present
season of calamity and war God would take
tho American people under His peculiar care
and protection," "guide their public councils,
animate their patriotism and bestow His
blessing on their arms." Mr. Madison issued j
HUM OF HUMAN CITIES
In tho English, as well as tho American,
mind Pittsburgh haa been almost 'synony
mous with smoke. Obviously If that city
can master tho smoke nuisance there will
be hope for every other besmutted town in
the country. Pittsburgh is making a great
effort, as a recent public meeting called by
the smoke Inspector demonstrated.
The city has a Smoke and Dust Abate
ment League, composed of the leading civic
organizations. It held an exhibition last
year, at which the 100,000 visitors had their
minds disabused of the Idea that "smoke
means prosperity." The movement was be
gun by tha Mellon Institute of the Univer
sity of Pittsburgh. Nothing, says J. C.
O'Connor, In the American City Magazine,
has done so much to cause an understanding
that smoka means waste and to enlist the
manufacturers of the town In an effort to
demonstrate It by practice.
In July of this year an ordinance was
adopted which required the smoke Inspec
tor's approval of all new installations. The
railroads are showing a lively Interest, aa
well aa manufacturers.
In September the president of one large
factory presented to the stockholders the
result of an effort at smoke abatement. In
the old plant wera 65 boilers. These were
all removed and replaced with eight 600
horsepower units having double steam pres
sure with mechanical stokers, and with a
coal and ash handling apparatus which in
cluded every mechanism known. The whole
cost 1130,000. But it is aaving 11600 a
month on the payroll, and 18000 a year In
the coal bill. Besides this, it haa increased
the capacity of the whole mill through a
greater mill supply.
It Is held that such a demonstration ends
the objections to proper a team making ap
paratus as a means of economy through
the prevention of smoke. One haa only to
Jmaglna a whole city with factories and
mills thus equipped to feel the enormous
economic gain to the mills and the still
greater gain to tho people, by mwimr a
city free of smoke. If Pittsburgh can do
this, what city need ba neglectful and dlrtyt
Danger Aliead
frMff Um Vow TocK Ojjbt,
A rrUabl4 fwuure of tha jt-liM m
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OF THE PRESIDENTS
Summoned People to Give Thanks for
President Johnson Fixed,
in Pfovcrahcr.
HEMPHILL
another proclamation setting apart tho sec
ond Thursday in September, 1818, as "a day
of public humiliation and prayer," on which
the people should pray for the pardon of
their "manifold transgressions and awaken
nnd strengthen In alt tho wholesomo pur
poses of repentance and amendment," nnd
that God would "bestow His blessing on our
arms In resisting tho hostile and persever
ing efforts of Great Britain to degrado us
ort tho ocean, the common Inheritance of all,
from rights and Immunities belonging and
essential to the AmerlcAn people as a coequal
member of tho great community of lhdo
pendent nations."
Mr, Madison Issued still another proclama
tion setting npart Thursday, January 12, 1815,
ns "a day of public humiliation nnd of fast
ing nnd of prayer to Almighty God for tho
safety and welfare of these Slates, His bless
ing on their arms, and a speedy restoiatlon
of peace."
THE HE was no fasting nnd prayer and
thanksgiving under Presidents Monroe,
John Qulncy Adams, Androw Jackson, Mar
tin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison
(who died after being In office only one
month), John Tyler, James If. Polk, Zachary
Taylor (who lived only a little more than a
year after his Inauguration as President),
Millard Fillmore, Franklin Tierce or James
Buchanan.
Under Mr. Lincoln, how over, thero were
frcquont calls upon the peoplo to fast and
pray for tho Dlvlno favor upon the causo
of tho Union "a day of public humiliation,
prayer and fasting" on tho last Thursday in
September, 1861; "a day of thanksgiving and
pralso" on the last Thursday In November,
1SC3; "a day of national humiliation and
prayer" on tho first Thursday In August,
1S64; "a day of thanksgiving and pralso" on
the last Thursday In November, 1864.
0K.
N APRIL 25, 1865, Androw Johnson Issued
May 25, "as n day of humiliation and mourn
ing," "In order to mitigate that grief on
earth which can only bo assuaged by com
munion with tho Father In heaven " Flvo
days later Mr. Johnson Issued another proc
lamation recommending that tho day bo
changed to Thursday, tho 1st of Juno, his
attention having been "called to tho fact that
tho day aforesaid (May 25) is sacred to largo
numbers of Christians as ono of rejoicing for
the ascension of tho Saviour " During the
remainder of his term of office Mr. Johnson
Issued four proclamations appointing days
for national thanksgiving and pralso, tho
first setting apart tho first Thursday In De
cember, 1865; tho second naming Thursday,
November 29, 1866, the third nppointlng
Thursday, November 28, 1867, and tho fourth
and last appointing Thursday, November 26,
1868 The national Thanksgiving Day as a
fixed feast in tho month of November may
bo said to havo been established by Mr. John
son. "In conformity with a recent custom
that may now be regarded as established on
national consent and approval" were tljo
opening words used by him in his proclama
tion in 1S67, and since that tlmo without
variation all tho Presidents havo proclaimed
the last Thursdny In November as "a day of
thanksgiving nnd pralso" throughout this
land The day was selected in November bo
causo In this month the harvests have all
been gathered and the Presidents havo
thought that It was only meet and proper
that the Lotd of tho Harvest should be pub
licly thanked for his goodness to tho sons of
men.
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tlons have all been expressed In the hap
piest and most devout language, the procla
mations of Mr. Johnson, possibly, being the
least distinguished In style; but Mr. Johnson,
if the public records nre to be trusted, was
frequently not In a devotional state of mind
It would hardly bo fair to say, probably, that
there have been two rather distinctive styles
In the compositions of these messages, or
three at the most the Prajer Book style, the
Shorter Catechism Btyle and the Pilgrim
Father style, tho first easily recognized In
the proclamations of Washington; the second
In tho proclamations of Lincoln, Cleveland
and their latest successor, Wilson; and the
third in the proclamations of John Adams
and Mr. Tatt, and all breathing the fullest
acknowledgment to what Mr. Lincoln called
"the ever-watchful providence of Almighty
God." It has been protested that "God is
not in tho Constitution"; but that makes
very little difference so long as He is In the
hearts of the people and of their chosen
representative at the head of the nation.
CURIOSITY SHOP
A "carpet knight" is a man who is knighted
In Britain without deserving Buch an honor.
Randle Holmes, In his "Academy of Honour,"
says:
"Carpet knights are such as have studied
law, physic, or other arts or sciences, where
by they have become famous, and seeing that
they are not knighted as soldiers, they are
not therefore to use the horseman's- title or
spurs; they are only termed simply miles and
mllltes, 'Knight,' or 'Knights of the Car
petry,' or 'Knights of the Green Cloth," to
distinguish them from those knights that
are dubbed as soldiers In the field "
Prince George of Denmark was nicknamed
"Est-ll-posalble" by James II. It Is said that
when tho startling events of the revolution of
1688 succeeded one another with breathless
rapidity, tho emotions of Prince George found
vent In the repeated exclamation. "Est-11-posslble?"
King James, enumerating those
who had forsaken him, said, "And Est-ll-posstble
has gone too!"
In tho 15th and 16th centuries the fame of
Middleburg and Flushing, in Holland, ex
tended all over Europe. The latter especially
was so Important that it was called "the
key to the Dutch Seas" The Emperor
Charles V visited the city, and spent soma
days In tho small adjoining town of Zuyt
burg. It was thara that in September, 1556,
he dated his act of abdication, before sailing
from Flushing to Bpatn and retiring to the
Monastery of St. Juste.
CRISES IN GREAT LIVES
Devoted as the French Revolution wa to
the people, tt brought forth but one man to
whom the title "Tho People's Friend" was
allowed That man was Jean Paul Marat
Carlyla has called him a "horseleech," an
"obscene spectrum," a "homicidal raaniao."
Others have proclaimed him a, saint. Be
tween these two opinions the obvious truth is
that he was" & brave man.
In 1TSS Marat hegan to publish, at his own
expense, a paper called "L'Aml du Peuple "
"the Friend of vhe People," and presently
the nams was transferred to him From ths
time the Statw General met, this paper was
uwjrfu! Th hoarse cries of the news
vmwMks fcawkiqg "Th Pacta's Frisnd mng
itl&&XtfalJBL
t i .-rr ...- " -j --. i
sksuwba mvm aatains. aaimf ml
nr,.iinf mntional. terribly oxcltlng to tha
overwrought Paris an mob "w ""
body." he cried. Again and again the bus
plclons he directed were proved Jus d' T"8
people began to believe in y,V Natfona
Lafayette, nt the head of the Natl orun
Guard, bitterly attacked by Mara ; for ms
vacillating policy, realized that Marat ana
his paper must be suppressed. ""Jof
summoned to appear before the Mayor of
Parle. Ho appeared, made an V??a when
speech, nnd went home unmolested. W'len
the crowds rose against the Court, Marat
"flew to Versailles and returned like Hgni
nlng, making ns much nohrts as four trum
pets of the Lost Judgment summoning me
dead to rise," . 4 .
r Clearly such a man was dangerous, ana
again Lafayette summoned him to PPca,r
before a tribunal He came, wis qu i!i '
answered everything, until Lafayette him
self entered. Brought faco to face with ms
enemy, Lafayette did not know what 10
mako of him At last Lafayette asked
Marat what quarrel he had with Lafayette a
staff. , ,
"I will answer that In the next number or
L'Aml du Peuplel" shouted Marat.
Against Marat at that moment was every
organized force in France. With him, oniy
his own power and a few haggard daredevils
like himself. Tho man who could mako that
answer deserved better than death at the
hands of an assassin, even If that assassin
were Charlotte Corday.
VIEWS OF READERS
OJN TIMELY TOPICS
Contributions That Reflect Public Opin
ion on Subjects Important lo City,
State nnd Nation.
To Hit Editor ef tit Bitnlng httotrs
Sir The Knlsar'c conception of the royal of
fice Is thus Illuminated by Professor Hugo
Muenelcrberpf
"lie rertalnly does not talte himself as a hu
man bclnjr above others. He Is far too sincere,
too deeply dellglous to exalt himself as a per
son But it Is different with the office which
hns co-ne to him by Inheritance. Thin Is most
fittingly expressed If In religious language
the royal ofllco Is treated as If it were God
given The crown Is of divine grace, Just as the
ucddlriR-rinR- Is of divine grace. Of course, If
you arc radical, the wcddlng-tle docs not mean
any more to jou than a contract, binding until
jou decide to have a divorce. If jour mind
tcndu more toward n conservative vlcvV, tho
wedding-tie Is something sacred. Tho Emperor
would ceitalnly take this latter view of mar
riage, ami so ho takes the conservative view
of the ofllco of king"
Analogy has been heard of before now. The
s.icrcdness of marriage rises out of deep hu
man needs nnd aspirations and out of the di
vinity In man and women Kingship Is not an
expression of the mind and spirit of humanity.
It Is a political, even a religious tenet. A crown
symbolizes the kingly office and, In the words
of William II. a responsibility "only to God,"
not to the people, but a wedding-ring signifies
u leclprotlty which Is not human on one side
nnd divine on the other, and all the sanctions of
which are both human and divine.
LEIGH RAYMOND.
Philadelphia, November 25, 19U.
APPLAUSE AT THE OPERA
To the Editor of tha Bienlng I.tdotr:
Sir May I call attention, through tho columns
of vour paper, to the signal rebuke delivered
bj tho stars of last night's opera to the aria
hounds who make opera-going a tribulation
of the soul? At the end of the first aria Mr.
Martinet)! made no acknowledgment of the
applause which broke Into the orchestral ac
companiment. In the second act Miss F.irrtir
mado no acknowledgment of the Ill-timed ap
plause which broke into tho fine drama she
and Mr. Scottl were playing. Even In the third
act Mr. Martlnelll refused to bow, or otherwise
come out of diameter, to receive his applause.
Don't you think that after a long, long time
the audiences may realize that applause, except
at tha end of an act. Is unnecessary, perhaps
unkind, maybe vulgar?
EDWARD GORDON.
Philadelphia, November 25.
HUM'S DEFINITION OF FOOD
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir When rum professes to And Its vindica
tion In science you remember at onco that the
devil himself can quoto Scripture. The liquor
crowd Is citing scientific authority for the state
ment that alcoholto beverages aro food. This Is
tho kind of "food" which keeps tho glasses tink
ling and the coins clinking In a million barrooms;
the kind of "food" which makes sots, which
turns homes Into hovels of misery; the kind
of "food" which puts men Into Jails nnd prisons
and their children Into asylums for mental de
fectives; the kind of "food" which supports
brothels, the kind of "foodV" which feeds a
hundred wicked businesses, Including the busi
ness of crooked politics
JAMES G CRANCH
Philadelphia, November 25.
SPREADING PHILADELPHIA'S FAME
To the Editor of th Evening Ledger:
Sir I don't know why Philadelphia Is so
fond of putting Its name upon food products,
but the number of dishes on a menu In New
York or Boston, which are prefixed with the
name of the City of Brotherly Love, Is aston
ishing "Philadelphia Cream Cheese," "Phila
delphia Chicken," "Philadelphia Ice Cream"
there are only a few of the products that in
dustriously advertise our city. The people who
started tho habit were wise beyond their day.
K. B. B.
Philadelphia, November 14.
CLOTHING FOR THE SUFFERERS
To tht Editor of th Evening Ledger:
Sir If any readers of your paper have super
fluous clothing for men, women or children,
which they would like to give for the suffering
Belgians, or for any other sufferers of the
war, now raging In Europe, and will send
them, to the headquarters of the Ladles' Emer
gency Committee, 14H Walnut street, they will
ba forwarded promptly to the desired destina
tion, c.
Philadelphia, November 25.
The White General
From tha Ohio Stat Journal.
There Is a wonderful military chieftain In
Russia, known as the "White General." He
Is never seen, and la known only In legend
"If he looks a man full In the face," the
legend runs, "that man bears a. chirms n.
Those whom he passes with eyes averted are"
marked for death." There is a fancy arnon
Russian soldiers that he has gone over Into
the German and Austrian camps, and Is walk
Ing about among the soldiers with his eves on
the ground.
At the basis df all thU$ singular legend Is tha
sense of a spiritual presence evoked, n& doubt
by the great common peril. But what his mads
the White General so Important of lite has
been the -closing of tha vodka shops in Petro
Brad through his influence. It la his orders
that have mads that city dry, and yet no
body has seen the orders, or tho general rldlnr
by. It will be Interesting to see what th!
future maneuvers of the Whits General will
TO CERTAIN TT AR.POETS
The bugles have blown O have done with your
singing!
As a gnat's Is your song In the roar of tha
guns.
No man's work is this, colored words to h
stringing. u"
Daeds are ths songs tha world asks of It.
sons; "
Too late for ths pen.paper wars to b flghtlnr
When ths bayonets in blood are doing the writ
How green are your gardenshow trampled
and ruddy yeu
Those gardens of swords, with dead faces for
flowers, " or
Where the strsam 'raid, its rushes runs fright.
ened snd bloody, i
And the soft skies of sumratr rain, bullets for
Ah' pet, it seems a poor trade to ba nlvin
When all that Is Isft of brivs llvta? ,, ''j $
m'onhthelrMfaces brU,ht hm Wllh "h
0rrsUorngtr"' "r011 70U sbU wke
Staging them bona, to thilr safe UwsUa pUcas
oVth's r:r " WMd" t9T tes '
5SL2?i!i S?tHW l m
'ww.ot
-JUcUrd l Gains, la Hwaw Mma.
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Thanksgiving
This Is the day upon which the avefng
American eats himself into n v? $wC
dIHon 1nhe effort to express hl9fl thankful
ness over what he has or hasn't gotten dur-
1nTI,aneksPgTvlnyg' was once a religious festival.
. it I, nhieflv athletic. In the past 100
years man has advanced wonderfully in the
art of getting a half-Nelson on a third plate
ful of furkey and downing it without ths aid
of a pneumatic tapping outfit.
It Is going to be easier this year to ba
thankful than It ever haa been before, Orate
ftiinMi Is aolng to be particularly rampant
(odayf and only those Anierarls whoso lives
have been permanently Impa red wll have
the nerve to scowl reproachfully At the past
Some Americans have had very poor health
during the past jear, and have suffered from
expensive and engrossing diseases, but they
have not had to be operated upon for cannon
balls In the thorax,
Other Americans aro only working a few
days a week. Yet when they consider how
they might be working regularly digging
trenches all night and dodging shells all day
they are almost supcrnaturolly content.
Still other citizen have lost their property
by fire recently, and In ordinary years would
now bo celebrating Thanksgiving with snorts
of derision. But this year tney can hardly
hold enough turkey to express their grati
tude. If they wero Belgians they would not
only havo lost their dwellings by fire, but
tho cellars would also have been blown out
of shape and rendered useless for rebuilding
purposes. ... . ,. . ,
Thus Thanksgiving has gathered In one
mighty throb of gratitude the whole nation
with tho exception of tho defeated candidate.
In all the world thero is nothing to match
his peculiar and poignant woe, and even
turkey will not allovlato It. Tho defeated
candidate will always continue to bo a death's
, , ...... mlmHtr.i.lirlMl, flttitiAra llttftl 4V.A
neau ni uur iuuiuu,i,ii ........... ........ ...
great holiday Is moved forward Into October.
Georgo Filch.
Astounding
Fair Gwcndollno could operate her speedy
motor car,
At golf she had a llttlo on her Dad;
And when It came to walking not a Journey
was too far
For her to tako It, nor a road too bad.
Fair Gwendoline was" quite at case on land or
on the sea.
And equally proficient in the house;
But tho strongest thing nbout tho girl, or
so It seemed to bo,
Was tho fearless way sho'd faco a little
mouse
Sometimes
"Paw, what's tho difference between char
ity and philanthropy?"
"Philanthropy, my son, Is giving away
what ono cannot use."
Transliterated
An optimist Is a man living In Frankford,
who believes In rapid transit; a pessimist,
one who la used to present means of trans
portation. From Eve's Diary
Saturday:
I am almost a whole day old now. I ar
rived yesterday. That Is as It seems to mo.
And it must bo so, for if thero was a day-before-yesterday
I was not there when it
happened, or I should remember it. It could
be, of course, that It did happen, and that I
was not noticing. Very well; I will be very
watchful now, and If any day-before-yester-days
happen I will make a note of it. It will
be best to start right and not lot the record
get confused, for somo Instinct tells mo that
these details aro going to bo Important to
tho historian somo day. For I feel like an
experiment, I feel exactly llko an experiment;
It would be Impossible for a person to feel
moro like an experiment than I do, and so
I am coming to foel convinced that that Is
what I am an experiment; Just an experi
ment and nothing moro. Mark Twain.
That's What Mnny of Us Need
Sign on a Baltimore shoo store: '
LOUIS MATASSA
REPAIRED EQUAL TO NEW
Oh, That Coo Coo Clock
He listens to hl3 wlfey snore
Threo times the old clock toots,
In stocking feet ho climbs the stairs,
He's scared out of his boots.
His Final Threat
Driver O'FIanagan (to his hotse, which re
fuses to get up after falling) Well, of all
the lazy spalpeens. Get up, will yez, or
Ol'll drive right over yezl London Opinion.
Ascertaining
"Grayce Is engaged to four different men.
I wonder which ono she'll marry."
"She doesn't know herself. She hasn't
even had the rings appraised yet."
Odd, Indeed
The editor of Who's Who was giving In
structions for an obituary of a little-known
humorist.
"But hardly any one has heard of this
man." objected the writer, "What's the
idea?"
"Play him up," insisted the editor. "He
was never guilty of any variation of the
mother-in-law Joke."
"Der Tsg"
T urkey
A ustrla
G ermany
Boston Transcript.
International Rag
Tha nuialana
Kewa
have occupied Gumblnnen. War
"Die Russen muss'n gewlnnen,"
Say the Germans without grlnnln'.
"They have taken our Oumblnnen."
Bald die Schweltzor und die Flnnen
Will be out to make a win in
This old war, and there's no sin In
Making rhymes like this to skin In
To a poem on Gumblnnen.
SClUPPLfi
Matchless Conceit
Stranger Have you a match, sir?
Vain Individual No, I don't think so,
Boston Transcript.
As to Obvious News ' t
Though we are friendly to the press, by
which we make an honest living.
In glancing o'er Its columns we haa fre
quently been pained.
While all our garb's still soaking wet, to buy
an extra-special giving
The startling news (Ironic stuff) to us that
it haa rained,
Very Simple
"Jones has figured out a scheme to avoid
paying real estate tax."
"Let's have it."
"Sell tho property."
From the Cub's Notebook
At Broad and Chestnut streets, the other
day, a blind old man stooa at the. corner.
Obviously he wanted to get across. His
stick tapped nervously at the curbstone, and
he seemed about to trust himself, ungulded
The policeman on duty did not see him, but
a great many men, women and children did
They sidled by hurriedly, most of them look
ing the other way, as a salve to their can
solenees Some who had been sauntering
suddenly developed spurts or speed Others
found the clock under Mr. Penu'a ftet of
extraordinary interest. Jt was wonderful to
? how Waay things people could be In
terested In when there was vne thing they
would not see.
Suddenly a tall well-built man came loom
ing down the street It was a eold day, but
he walked without a coat Ha swung ahwg
rapidly, intent upon getting iromewhere, snd
?.!" Mt1S about Mm wbksa made
one think that It would be worth while wMa
mkoI tows
H saw lbs blind tnaa, eauskt M by tha
WJtS SJtWbsWt.
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