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rniLADELTIIIA. FItlDAY, DPCLMBI'lt 4, 1914.
Citizens or Serfs, Which?
PRIVILEGES imply duties. Citizenship is
a privilege, and to fall of tho sequent duty
Is base and cowardly. Somo of the greatest
problems that liavo ever confronted Phila
delphia are now awaiting solution. They
involve tho presont honor and tho futuro
development of tho city. If faced and settled
aright, Philadelphia can take Its placo among
the great municipalities of the world; if
evaded and shelved, the very llfo of this
splendid metropolis must be poisoned and
strangled.
"Words cannot be minced. The housing
conditions In some parts (i? this city are a
flagrant outrage upon human decency and a
blot upon civilization. From the stand
point of business our traction problem Is
equally acute. The mcro Inconvenience of
travelers is only trivial. Tho outstanding
fact is that Inadequate transit facilities are
on Indubitable strangulation of the social
and Industrial llfo of the community.
There aro two parties to every wrong; tho
ones who perpetrate It and the ones who sub
mit to it. If the citizens of Philadelphia by
their quiescence permit these conditions to
continue they will bo recreant. This city
belongs to the citizens and to all the citi
zens. And tho citizens must wake up and
speak out. Men who aro silent under injus
tices are no better than serfs and doservo
nothing better than tho hovels and alleys to
which serfs have always beon relegated.
This fight for the rights of the people can
not bo fought and won by a few big-hearted,
chivalrous men. Tho citizens thomsolvcs
must throw off their lethargy, stand shouldor
to shoulder In serried array, demand, not
petition for their rights, and malto all dollar
marked and tax-eating obstructionists do
their will or got out of tho way The day
for the soft-voiced, bended-knea supplication
to rulers has passed: rights must be taken
by those to whom they belong. Sun'lght and
fresh air were granted by tho Almighty to
all men, and It is a pretty pass when trie citi
zens of a great city In a free republic must
cringe before Councils and plead for their
birthright. The franchises of tho city belong
to the citizens, and it Is a pitiable sight when
the citizens must plead against the denial of
their own possessions.
Stadium Plans Well Under Way
THE plans for a monster stadium aro now
well under way. Mr. Ellis GImbel and
other public-spirited citizens have taken hold
of the enterprise with their accustomed vigor
and energy. That the structure) should bo
municipally owned and administered is clear,
but It is Just as apparent that the financial
features of tho situation are sufficiently ex
cellent to warrant public subscriptions to a
bond Issue in the ovent of a hitch In Councils
delaying too long the beginning of the work.
The enthusiastic reception accorded the
program Is a guarantee that it will be car
ried through. It Is time to do away with the
reproach that Philadelphia Is without rropor
accommodations for games and athletic
events of tho first magnitude, and especially
to meet the needs of the Army and Navy and
make this tho permanent selection for their
great game In November. Thero is a spirit
of enterprise and do-it-nowness In Philadel
phia that will be productive of unprecedented
eohlevcment during the next decade.
Not Without Honor Save
mjrlE marines are back from Vera Cruz
(Jand with what a welcome! No flags,
though Philadelphia had them for a football
came. No speeches, though there were words
enough at the many recent banquets. No
public acknowledgment from this goodly sea
tion of the American public that some fellow
Americans have come home from a difficult, a
dangerous mission, which they have fulfilled
with firmness and honor.
Perhaps Vera Cms ItllUd too few soldiers.
If 2100 Instead of 31 had fallen, the publio
might still remember If battle after battle
had followed the invasion of a nation nomi
nally at peace with America, If the occupa
tion of the expedition had not been sq readily
jit saccompiisnea, were nuBiii nuye ueen (uieero
rffh league island. Mexico t:ity had Deep.
."" iJoUntintK.., - fnni4,nn .acln,' than Thnl.l'nn.
'Vera Crus as they held It the whole country
&k wauld have expeoted Philadelphia to turn
fgp out for the marines,
f WJjen shall we learn that heroes are. not
-made n the smoke of battle alone When
shall we encourage the more peaceful virtues
of statesmanship by rewarding with public
aerai-tfm suoh roen FunaUin and .his
as)iMT
Have Done, With Moping
"OftMtf8 the saattvr with America? Lett
YflpEir ms tjw question., ihOoh thinks
v ft not Knew oyr hefwhsu we are welt
oJf An article whleh appeals an this page
espratjksji tWs very natural wermet. It
ik us Wok like Ingratee, UBapprtattve
not offer t wt w are eseapteg in the
hard, m4 epA4itae of war, but &Je of
tipe roWHlWtesnt bjpinea opportunities which
kave bo Uattiwu at our fe Are w? rarity
m blind tfeft W W WW JW-
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, EVENING LEDaEB-PHIUADELPHIA", ITRIPAY,. DECEMBER g, lOUX
of tho United Slates. Order for war sup
plies have been placed In America to the
tune of $MO,000,000. Trade with nouttal na
tions is growing, our factories are steaming
up, and many or them cannot keep pace wit1
tho buslnecs revival which Is sweeping tho
country. Mayor Blanltenburg, summarizing
tho results of nn Investigation, showed that
thli activity and this prosperity havo come
to Philadelphia and that business is getting
livelier every day.
"What wo have accomplished In world
trado so far has been accomplished without
halt trjlng. What wltl happen when the
results of real effort begin to show not even
nn optimist Is likely to cxaggoiate. Get
busy, and get busy quick.
Give Us Back Our Ships
THE President, it seems, will My tbo whip
to forco to nagsaeo the Alexander bill.
He proposes to dedicate this government to
ship ownership, to put it In the carrjlng
Jrade, to discard the clcmontary principle
that the business of a government Is to gov
ern and substitute therefor tho now propb
sitlon that it is tho business of the govern
ment to carry on the ordinary processes of
trade, to sell transportation, to enter Into
active competition with an industry which
already, by government interference, has
been driven into poverty lane.
If occan-catrylng under the American flag
li profitable, there is no necessity for gov
ernment ownership: If It is not profitable,
government participation simply means that
tho taxpayers will bo mulcted annually In
largo sums. A mania for safety by regula
tion, manifested on land by the absurd
extra crew laws, has taken the heart out of
tho ship Industry, except In the coastal trade,
nnd penalty after penalty has beon laid on
operation until the burden has staggered and
halted all progress and has actually driven
tho flag oft the high seas.
It Is no solution of tho problem to put the
government with its Inexhaustible resources
behind an American marine and give tho
emaciated body nn appearance of health by
means of endless injections of blood In tho
form of coin. It Is no solution to throw n
weight of money bohlnd the enterprise and
force It through without any regard what
ever to tho ordinary laws of economy.
If our coast and lake tonnago bo Included,
Great Britain alone outranks us on the
water. At home, whero it has a chance, the
American marine has progressed remark
ably. On the high seas, where It Is penalized,
it is in a pitiable condition. Tho conclusion
is obvious; thero must bo an equalization of
opportunity, partly by revision of tho crude
and obsolete navigation laws now In force
and partly by wise protection, incidental or
otherwise, to compensate for the better con
ditions in wage and treatment which Amer
icans demand.
It is not a question to bo decided offhand
In Congress or anywhere else. It must be
approached in n scientific way, with somo
appreciation of tho difficulties Involved. The
Alexander bill and the La Foltette bill and
all the other hodge-podge measures beforo
Congress should bo abandoned. There can
be no efficient legislation until the legislators
havo some real Information to guide them. A
commission of experts should be appointed
to study tho situation from beginning to end
and to recommend a definite policy which
will be adhered to steadfastly irrespective of
the vicissitudes of political parties.
Buchholz on Bathtubs
COUNCILMAN BUCHHOLZ 1b against an
appropriation to put the housing law Into
effect. Ho follows Mr. Segor In believing It
to be too draBtlc. Mr. Buchholz, It seems. Is
not only a statesman but a philosopher as
well. Bas he: "Tou can't teach some of the
foreign population the subject of cleanliness
merely by installing bathtubs." Mr. Buch
holz evidently believes that the way to get
people to bathe Is to see to It that they have
nothing to bathe In.
Shaping the "Punch" of Boyhood
OF ALL the "movements" which give good
promise for the future of American lite,
none Is more Important or more valid than
the boyhood movement. We are growing
more appreciative of the value of boyhood,
and we are showing It in better ways. This
does not mean a new love of fathers and
mothers for their sons, but it does mean a
public recognition of boyhood as a public
asset.
Philadelphia's hearty response to the appeal
for funds to put tho Boy Scout work in this
city on a solid financial footing shows how
the idea pf conservation has expanded. The
conservation of boys and the guidance of
their energies, to the end that their potential
capacities and powers may rightly be de
veloped Into the dynamic forces of the social
America of tomorrow, constitute one of the
great duties whloh we owe to our experiment
In democracy. The corn-growing clubs, rep
resented by our youthful guests from Ohio,
are helping to make boys thoughtful, re
sourceful, successful, strong In character.
The Y. M C. A- Is likewise doing a splendid
wprk In training boys, through their own
efforts, for the fulfilment Of their obligations
to themselves and to society. All this is
social engineering of a superlative kind The
method of social engineering Is as admirable
as tjie result, for It applies the old, eternally
sound principle of "helping others to help
themselves." It enables bos to solve "the
boy problem." It works.
The idea of Councils seems to be that any
appropriation Is extravagant 'unless Jt's for
tipstaves.
The railroads ought to get the five per eent.
increase n rates, and they have managed
prelty well to make the commuters vote m
that proBOsltton unanimous.
After the late relapse tats near-sununer
WtMr 9t the Leaden vri&, the threat
d agfftMcfe of Jrar, eejd wfatK tn't bo
bad after alt.
. i una i iiul jii i
The Boy Kctttts Hfte4ifee BUMy'aad they
set . at wfco wcfcsg te ew H wm
boys osmm, awl the Jact that they got Katfg
UuU Um bwa wlil sow tine be the AA f
they are
TkL, (.omprtueuwve SHmn Opmtrtt pr
Motd twon o hvtuusly wjlwrt tbt
Kiftkiug cft the poverty ory eosiU poMi
bly ied lo reJuVou of rCQBsaiM4
won, b4 th psopl of o f the rmnti
Um m lae wotrMt ar cettiac vry Ud et
HOW THE SOUTH SHOWS
ITS POLITICAL SAGACITY
Control of Congressional Committees
Slethodically Sought and Won.
Kitchin, of North Carolina, Sure lo
Get Underwood's Ciiair.
ByE.W.TOWNSEND
WASHINGTON, Doc. 3,-When Mme. Cornucl
said, "No man Is a hero to his valet," the un
nsluto cynlo felt that he had authority to ob
serve that the hero ceases to exist upon Inti
mate examination.
What the clever lady said could be para
phrased "the Venus of Mllo Is not lovely in
tlio ejes of an oaf." I am alt ays reminded
of this story when I hear the unastuto cynic
repeat Tom need's remark, "Tlmnk God, the
Congress has ceased to be a deliberative body,"
as proof that Congress had lost tho freedom
to reach its own conclusions by deliberative
process: that Its opinions were spoon-fed to It
by Its bosses This would bo very 111 If it wero
so, or oven If Tom Hood ever felt like salng
It were so. What need was calling attention
to wns that Congress, ns n whole, had turned
over Its deliberations largely, at least, to the
many utnaller Congresses of which It Is com
posed. Its committees.
Tho big committees do the work of Congress;
tho sum of their work Is tho sum of the work
of Congress; committees aro deliberative bodies,
csscrltlally so, and they are, to an extent the
public seemi llttlo to understand, non-partisan
In their committee rooms All of which leads
mo to remark that the South, politically wise
In understanding the value of committee contiol,
keeps Its representatives In the House until by
mere forco of precedence they gain committee
rank: that the North, not being politically wise
In this respect, frequently changes Its Repre
sentative and loics opportunity of committee
control. The matter can bo put Into brief form
thus: Of tho H big legislative and appropriat
ing committees the South has the chairmen of
13, the North of one!
I shall say something In detail about that,
but Just at this point 1 want to digress to
write a word or two about tho majority
leadership In the net House, In view of
somo amazing outgivings on the subject under
the above date line.
Kitchin Backed by Precedent
It has been written of late that because of
this and of that Claude Kitchin, of North Caro
lina, will not succeed Oscar Underwood, of
Alabama, as chnlrman of tho Ways nnd Means
Committee nnd majority floor leader. He will.
Ho will, not only because he deserves to, but bo
cause ho In backed by Precedent, with a targe
P. It Is so sacred a thing In Congress It de
serves the large P. Rank In committee goes by
seniority of service. To disturb that prcccdont
would take a political revolution In tho House.
His seniority has given to Claude Kitchin the
placo of ranking member that Is, next to the
chairman on the Ways and Means Committee.
The chairmanship to bo made vacant when
Underwood goes to tho Senate on March 4 next
belongs to Kitchin.
Just think of what the disturbance of the
precedent involvod would threaten: of tho l"4
big committees Involved the ranking member
of 12 comes from tho South. Is any one of those
going to vote to upset a precedent upon which
depends his own advancement or any friend
of his, or friend of a friend of his? Tour Uncle
Dudley opines not. )
To return to tho reason Congress is no longer
a deliberative body, but deliberates by proxy,
through Its committees. There are 435 membors
of the House. It is Impossible, or nearly so,
for that number of men all to devote enough
study to tho quesUon to have accurate Infor
maUon as to what, for example, would be a
Just charge for the Government to make ror
the grant of a wntcr power right on public land.
But the SI members of the Committee on
Public Lands, after months, a year, perhaps,
of investigation and deliberation, determine
what would be a fair charge, and the commit
tee recommends it in a bill to the House. As
a general thing committee recommendations de
termine the action of the House, hence "Con
gress has ceased to be a deliberative body."
Uncle Joe's Future
What will Uncle Joe Cannon get in the way
of committee assignment? The answer fre
quently heard to that question is that Mr.
Cannon will bo given the placo of ranking mi
nority member on the Appropriation Commit
tee, and thus be placed In line to succeed Fitz
gerald as chairman In the event of the Re
publicans controlling the 65th Congress. Nay,
nay, again the rule of precedence by seniority
will keep that plum from Uncle Joseph. The
ranking minority member of that committee
now is Fred Glllett, and his district, the Sec
ond Massachusetts, Is one of the few Northern
ones which realizes the advantage of keeping
the same Representative on the Job until his
seniority gives him a committee chairman
ship. Uncle Joe, rather than take a seat at the
tall end of a committee table, may follow the
example of Minority Leader Mann and take
no committee assignment. That would give him
more time to Indulge In the pastime of bedevil
ing Democrats, a pastime which, he freely ad
mits, adds to his youth year by year.
If you would see the proudest men who ever
cams to Washington, not excepting those who
have come here to be the central figures In all
the pomp and ceremony of Inauguration days,
look at any of the corn boys. These men range
In age from 11 to II, I should say, and are the
future banner corn crop growers of the coun
try, Without the exact data on hand to quote
from, I ehall not attempt to tell of their work
In figures. But one Western member proudly
remarked, "The corn boys are going to add
more wealth to this nation than all Its other
agricultural wealth combined " Whleh, consid
ering cotton, is adding some. In all sober truth,
this encouragement of sclentlfla methods In corn
culture by the Pepartment of Agriculture, and
now by many States, also, is accomplishing
mighty things, and It seems wise far the Gov,
ernmeot to bring the com boys (prize winning
corn growers) here to Washington, to be fusssd
over a bit to get tbelr prizes and to shake
bands wUh the President
Corners in Cera
An agent of the Agricultural Department who
was doing missionary work slpng th(s line tali
pit, that at first It was hard te iiuluae a fanaer
tp set apart an aere of jtojjrA to be farmed in
eern by his boy under dlreUo qf a department
t&44wr. The farmer usually tbjalc but alight
tnaly of the sense of his son or of a "book
tamer."
But when results beran to alww; wb.es to
boy. vuwier scUoUao wetteds taught ty "book
zuHWrs" raised wore than l-e swofc as M0
binriiln of oom to Ms oee-aefe aorser of Uu
(msa, to a dtetrjjot wbete SB bushels to tli aex
hj been k''tM the old to bsgoa te
sit u asd ta aotioe. Tfce te a buob t
these eons boys tows few new tresa a Wstera
Mat. J Use toitot to bear tkom UiW.
"As a&isA mtlltoa bvisbals ui eots samislly
stM" 4 tby trtppingty est wttk
IMwetM ud stufB4eua etwsleUc of Out -
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"JUST UNTIE ME;
GOVERN MCHT
OWNERSHIP
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Uujxjuw.
nomlc value of corn as make you proud ot the
joungsters.
A chat with ono of them today recalled the
cars In which I mado more than a dozen trlpi
ncross the continent, from ocean to ocean. In
company with tho late Senator Georgo Hearst,
of California. He was happiest during thoso
trips when we were going through some "corn
belt." Then he would muso like this: "Corn!
No peoplo can be hungry; no people can bo
poor who ralseilots of corn! You need no shop,
factory, but llttlo Capital only industry to
turn It Into beef, milk, butter, cheese; to turn
it Into pork, ham, bacon; to turn It Into poultry,
eggs; It makes the best bread In tho world, and
n corn pudding Is better than Delmonlco's best
dessert. Tou can make syrup, and If ou want
to, whisky, out of corn, and a corncob pipe
gives the best smoke. This country will never
want much when much corn Is raised."
That wns before tho days of scientific corn
farming, of corn boys or corn club prizes.
On Monday next tho wheels of Congress be
gin again to turn. It Is significant of tne trend
of thought of tho hour that people here, mem
bers especially, are not discussing the project of
the Philippines bill, Government freight ship
ownership, cotton legislation. These are Ignored
topics. What Is uppermost In, every one's
mind, It seems, is, "How are we prepared for
war; could we successfully resist Invasion?"
WINTER QUARTERS
The armies of Europe are now preparing
for tho tedious Job of waiting for the spring
campaigns.
War campaigns do not thrive in tho win
ter. Either the ground Is too soft to hold
up tho 45-ton firearms or it is too hard
to allow graves to be dug In It with the
necessary ease and haste. It Is also hard
to keep the attention of the soldier on tho
enemy when he is Buffering from frostbite,
chilblains and influenza. For these reasons
hostilities diminish as cold weather sets in
and the soldiers settle down comfortably
in winter quarters.
Winter quarters consist of tents, caves,
tin houses, log huts, trenches with roofs
over them, straw piles hollowed out and,
In fact, anything that will turn a north
wind Bllghtly aside. Living in army quar
ters during tho winter Is as big a feat as
keeping house In a Nebraska corn crib in
January. When an army hns had to re
treat a few times during the winter and
has had to scramble up an extempore set
oi winter quarters, the enemy doesn't have
to waste bullets. The cold weather does
Us work for It very effectively. Doing
sentry duty half a mile from n stove during
a February night on the Russian frontier
Is about as fatal as charging a machine
gun. Many an angry corporal will try to
waken a motionless sentry this winter In
order to shoot him, only to discover that
the said sentry is not sleeping, but has been
frozen stiff at his post of duty,
However, commerce must thrive and na
tional Jealousies and ambitions must be pre
served. The winter quarters did more damage In
the American revolution than the British
army, and during the famous season at
Valley Forge, when the American patriots
lived on parched corn and warmed them
selves by kicking trees with their bare feet,
the spark of American independence flick
ered down bo low that one good charge of
canister would havo blown It out How
ever, the American republic wan savedby
another set of winter quarters. These wero
in Philadelphia and wero bo comfortable that
the British army could not tear Itself away
from them long enough to do a Uttle winter
campaigning.
Thus we should give all honor to Phila
delphia. She Is slow, but she saved the na
tion by keeping the British soldier warm.
George Fitch.
ARBI! ARM! ARM!
(The following Is a poem written by Alfred
Lord Tennyson, and published recently for the
first time In the London Spectator )
Oh, whero Is he, the simple fool.
Who says that wars are over!
What bloody portent flashes there,
Aeross the Straits of Dover?
Nine hundred thousand slaves In arms
May seek to bring us under;
But 3 gland lives, and still will live.
For we'll crush the despot yonder.
Are we ready, Britons all,
T9 answer foes with thunder!
Arm, arm, arm I
Oh, shame oj selfish patronage
It Is the ofiMHtra's ruin
Oeme, put the" right man la his alaet,
An4 W, ww. w4 be doing! i
OH. gafbw, gBant voluateew,
i ory town and village,
tFor there ai tlgew nrnds, iwt men
- vWatfc br a4 ettlp,!
; you ready, VUs aML
answer fees with thuwJwrt
jitm. tm "'
Xto, stout-MsVd yeosaw. leave a wfeUe
The fatUobvg of your ctUe--
fellgbt the OtU of tfco world.
Of pre- aact buata&ity,
la spit o Ma S.M.M hvB
And bAittud CWUUy'
At w nady. BrtlMis m
To Bv' Ummmz-t
Arc &rs.
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I'LL DO THE JREST"
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mm I Jill
That's the matter
with united states?
Timidity and Backwardness of Business
Men Inexplicable Under Present Con
ditions. HERBERT N. CASSON
In "Associated Advertising"
is the matter with the
"What
United
States?"
As I havo been residing in London slnco tho
beginning of tho war, I have been hearing this
question asked on all sides. I havo never heard
any satisfactory answer. No one seems to
know.
Why are the American factories not running
night nnd day? Why aro the railroads not
opening up new territories nnd getting ready
for tho millions of Immigrants who have
nlready made- up their minds to leave Europe
as soon as tho war is over?
Why aro there not DO American drummers In
London right now," trying to sell $200,000,000
worth of American goods In place of the goods
that were bought last year from Germany and
Austria?
Why have advertisers become quitters, Just
at tho time when their advertisements were
most needed and most effective In cheering on
the business forces of the United States7
From tho European point of view, the United
States Is n haven of peace and security nnd
prospeilty. It has no troubles that It dare
mention to Belgium or Austria, or France or
Germany, or Servla or Great Britain, or Russia.
Every tenth Briton has enlisted. Every tenth
Frenchman is nt the front Every tenth Bel
gian Is dead. What does the United States
know ot trouble?
If I could afford It, I would charter the Mau
retanla and Lusltanla and convey a. party of
5000 American advertisers to Europe for a trip
ot education. I would give them a week In
London, a week In Paris and a week In
Antwerp.
I would let them look at the United States
from the scene of war. I would give them a
look at real trouble. I would let them see trains,
10 at a time, 5 minutes apart, packed with the
maimed and the dying.
I would let them hear, from fragmentary sur
vivors, the Incredible story ot battlefields ISO
miles wide, and armies that are greater than
the entire population of Texas.
I would let them see graves 100 yards long
and full, and Belgium, the country that was,
nothing now but 13,000 square miles of
wreckage.
I Th.n whn thv ViAsmn in iindjiratnni. tn
some ellght extent, the magnitude and awful
ness of this war, I would eay to them; . '
"Now go back and appreciate the United
States. Realize yous opportunities. Don't start
digging trenches when nobdy is firing at ou.
Don't fall down when you haVe pot been hit
Don't be blind to the most glorious chanee you
have ever had In your life.
"Go back and advertise. Get ready fer the
most tremendous business boom that any
nation ever had. Build your factories bigger.
Train more salesmen. Borrow more money. Go
ahead, and thank God that you are alive and
that your family is alive, and that you are liv
ing in a land that la at peace, at a time when
nearly thi whole world Is at war."
The Pink Oyster
From the Boston Transcript.
Not since the Secretary of the Treasury de
cided that "frog legs are dressed poultry" has
such a contribution to science been rendered by
Washington as that contained in the assurances
of the Agricultural Department experts that a
new brand of pink oysters, coming from beds
In Long Island Sound, are harmless and may
he eaten with Impunity by epicures provided
their complexions match the shade. The oys
ters look like all oysters until they reach the
plate of the consumer, whereupon they turn a
most delicate pink, much to the astonishment
ot the person about to devour them, who, fear
ful lest the bivalve be a chameleon In disguise,
hurriedly countermands the order. Thanks to
a patvnal Government its officials have grap
pled with the problem. Now comes the an
neuneemeut that the pink oysters owe tbelr
cojor net to the wreck ot a German dye ship
now their aquatic couches, but to the feet
that yey feed upon a wild yeast baelllus. Hiv
Iss; Mfi heretofore to the opinion that man.
wSa has subjugated the flve-toed prehlatoHo
horse and yoked th bellowing bull to bis cart,
gaJS, tarouga long ages of cl violation, oom
Pletely domesticated the yeast cake, rendering
ft UsM and docile and subservient to hi will,
the dtseotttry that it still exieto tn a savage
tato saw with somethtog of a, shoek Here
is a ijeaMer tor philanthropists. Let us have
a society tor the prevention of the Ktennliia
uoit of the wild least, lest future gtuuaUooa
coiidewn us as we eondwna our ancestor for
ta Msatog of the boJEala. With the wild yeast
brought on the reservation as it were, and
give tae advantages of modem edttoatios
ihr is no reaeon why should oat b afcu
t ny Ptok btMd &id iri btouvJU u4 4o
wr vsotuajty with the necessity of yaltuui
p!t la ud(S& Lt Ouclv H.a i 4uU-
FRANCE'S EX-EMPRESS
PATHETIC IN OLD AGl
Eugenic do Montijo, Consort of Tliir
Napoleon -HcrMctcorio Career- Serl
ond Empire a Evil Genius Now Old
nnd Forsaken
CD. J.
mHE picture recently published of the ai
JL Eugenie with the convalescing French sola
diers came as a surprise to many of thi
present generation. Having heard little, dm
Ing tho last 40 years, of this woman who
beauty and meteoric life wero onco the sensa.!
tlon of Europe, they had carelessly supposci
that sho had paBsed away with tho empire IS"
1870.
Only 12 more years aro needed to complete!
tho century since Eugenie Marie do Montlji
was born at Granada, In spam, In 18(
Even In childhood Bho had conceived a ri
mantle admiration for tho young Prince!
Louis Napoleon, and becauso of her father!
Btaneh adherence to Napoleon Bonaparte, shi
felt much Interested In tho misfortunes til
tho Princo at Strnsluirg nnd Boulogne. fi
Ab she bloomed Into lovely young womajil
hood, Louis Napoleon matured moro uKi
cessfully his plans for gaining a hold on tffa
French people. In 1848 he was elected Prcsl
dent of tho Trench Republic. Thrco ca
lator ho perpetrated a third coup d'etat, it
brilliant In its success that It complete!
effaced the Ignominious, grotesque attempti
of his youth. In 1852 soven million Yotetil
(nearly tho ontlro vote of Franco) proclaimed:
him Emperor with tho tltlo of Napoleon lit)
For some tlmo ho had greatly admired
Mademoiselle do Montijo, tho reigning bcatll
of Paris She wns a superb horscworrtai
nnd, as riding was tho Emperor's cspecflf
personal accomplishment, thoy wero much
tnrown vogouier. miiis imiuiuuy caused
much comment, oftentimes most unklnJ
criticism. Ono New Year's ovo (1853), ntJR
ball given by tho Emperor at tho Tullerh
tho wlfo of a Cabinet Minister was rude arid
insulting to Eugenie. When the Emperori
heard of It ho said to tho young Spanls!
beauty, who was looking greatly troubled!
"Tomorrow no ono1 will daro to Insult I'otlJS
Tho following morning Madamo do Montlffl
received a letter from tho Emperor formallj
requesting her daughter's hand. In less
than a month Eugenie do Montijo vtS?
Empress of France.
The Emperor's Justification
In his official announcement of his Intended:
marriage, Napoleon II Justified his choice
the following adroit manner: "When in thi
face of ancient Europe, ono Is carried by thji
forco of a now principle to tho level of thi
old dynasties, it Is not by affecting aa
ancient descent and endeavoring to enter tlw
family of kings that ono compels recosnw
tlon. It Is rather by remembering oni
origin. It is by preserving one's own charac;
ter and assuming frankly toward Europe;
tho position of a parvenu, n glorious tltlei
when ono rises by the suffrages of a greai
people. My marrlago, therefore, is only a
private matter. Sho who has becomo the oh.
Ject of my cholco Is of lofty birth, Frencl
In heart and education and by the memory ij
tho blood shed by her father In the cause 0J
tho Empire. Sho has, as a Spaniard, thi
advantage of not having a family In Frani
to whom It would bo necessary to give honor
and dignities. Gifted with every quality ft
the heart, sho will bo tho ornament of tisj
throne, as in the hour of danger she woffil
be ono of Its most courageous defenders
That his reasoning wns Bound was proved;
by the almost universal approval of ha
choice throughout Europe.
When our own Washington Irving heard tj
the marriage. In greatest astonishment hej
wrote in his diary: "Louis Napoleon and Eu
genlo de Montijo Emperor and EmpresspfJ
France! Ho whom I received as an exile J,'
my cottage on the Hudson, she whom ;
Grenada I have dandled on my kneel"
When a son was born to her three yearf
after the marrlago tho Bonaparte family wJ
swept to the topmost wave of populirlt;
The Crimean War had virtually come to!S
triumphant end, and a general amnesty M
issued to all political offenders. Tho Emperor
became godfather and Eugenie godmother f?.
all legitimate children born In France oport
their son's birthday; and after the puMle
baptism of the little heir-apparent at Noire
Damn, a ball of unusual brilliancy was BitW
by the city of Paris to the mother of th.9
little Prince Imperial.
The next 13 years of Eugenie's life was a.
succession of romantic and brlllant pageants'
visits made and exchanged with Victoria
nnd other crowned heads of" Europe the tri
umphant glory of the openings of the great
Expositions the grand military reviews in
honor of the Emperor of Itussla-culrolpaP
lne with tha International oDenlng Of w
canal across the Isthmus of Sue, 'be worHj,
or mat most remarkable iTencn oi'"""
Ferdinand de Lessees.
As the Emperor could not attend while Ig,
war clouds were thlckenlncr over France, ig
Emnresa Eiisrnrtln rrrnrnA tha occasion Wltft -
beauty undlmmed, dressed in the faultiest
striking good taste for which ehe WM Jp
noted. In the famous Leghorn hat, she rogy
on a camel to the Eastern fetes, on tne
of the Emperor Francis Joseph she attn
the religious ceremonies attending the tV
Ing of the canal, when the Cross and
cent for the first time overshadowed fj
snipers Joining In one common prayer: J
at th hall plmn y,v ihr. Khedive of SO,
In his hew palace she was the modern $
patra, resplendent In amber satin ana
monds. While the Eastern potentates wf
shooked that a woman should appear w
them unveiled, her gracious presence, n
thelsss, raised the spirit of chivalry end
dued the spirit of strife, enmity and iRti
among rival powers and races.
It is bard to realize that ten months
she was hurrying, a fugitive, to Englan
escape, as Is well known, being due te
shrewd protection wf our Doctor Evans,
In his own carriage, conveyed her MfeJy
of Paris aa a patient of unsound nuno
passage aoross tha Channel wa B9 '
that gallant vessels were, shipwrecked
around them. Ilad their craft also eunk,
tory would havo remained unchanged.
with the fall ot Sedan fell forever the P '
of the Bonapartes.
For nearly 50 years sow Eugeaie ha m
auleUy in England, where Victoria loved
as a sister and Irted. in the hotneiaad
ber Scotch grand father. A few year
Uer landing site lost both husband aad
She seldom goes to Paris, except lu
guUe. reviewing as a wraith the oeuj
ber former gayetlsa. Probably no b'"
character has Vaewn gjcti atruoiis '
anlrat-one-half of her lito Mat t
brtUtaut meteor across .e .. o
i rope, the remainder of bet lc,
the bbsdarliji ol . i i i
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