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opportunity knock; do
opportunity.
not knock
A Greek Loose in Tro'y
IN Francis Shunlc Drown, Governor Brum
baugh, has invited tho brain of tho Varca
Into his official household.
Tho appointment is a slap in the face for
every Independent Republican In Pennsyl
vania. Mr. Brown notoriously has been tho can
niest of tho politicians behind the Hereon, ad
viser extraordinary to ono of tho powerful
factions which time and again have robbed,
despoiled and pillaged this municipality.
Ho is apt in subtle plans, daring in tho
midnight council, gladiator do luxe for one
half of tho' machine, skilled In tho devices of
political warfare, astuto in his profession,
clever, persistent, personally charming, men
tally capablq of filling any office and abso
lutely without tho political confidence- of tho
class who stand for tho things which tho
Governor espouses and who agree with him
In his conception of the purposo and mean
ing of government.
It Is a bad appointment, a demoralizing
appointment, an appointment which scars at
the beginning tho record of Doctor Brum
baugh. That it Is a blow to tho Penrose fac
tion does not mitigate- its undeslrablllty.
Philadelphia will understand better what
the Governor's chotco means when tho may
oralty campaign begins.
There Is a Greek loose In Troy.
Paste It in Their Hats
TET
every Councilman pasto in
his hat
XJ this excerpt from
tho
Governor's mes-
sage
In this crrat Industrial Stnte It Is our ilut;
to
m.
pay
deflnltn attention to the housing problem
lf
llv
Tery family should be housril In
home that Is
private, sanitary, safe anil attainable nt a reason
able rental. I urie your attention to this Important
pTODiem. ne cannot nrcrti Komi citizens In dis
graceful bouses. It would be n Croat pleasure to
me and a treat blesslne to our norkmen If this
problem were adequately met now.
The problem has been adequately met, so
far as tho State Is conccrnod, for Philadel
phia, for one of tho best housing laws ever
enacted in any Commonwealth Is on tho
statute books. It has been Ignored and nulli
fied by Councils. Tho Governor in this mat
ter stands squarely with the Evening
Ledger and tho charitable organizations of
Philadelphia. Councils cannot much longer
withstand the storm of o'-'o indignation that
is gathering about It.
Buy-in-Philadelphia
MADE-IN-PHILADELPHIA Is a good
slogan; Buy-In-Phlladolphla is a better
one. Boston, for Instance, having discovered
that much of the trade of Vermont, New
Hampshlro and Mnlno Is diverted to New
York, proposes to ralso a fund of $20,000
wherewith to wage an active publicity cam
paign in tho three States named. "It
ohould result," says Mayor Curloy, "In fully
$1,000,000 being brought Into Boston from
outside States."
But whnt of Philadelphia, home of many of
the, world's greatest Industries, the great
manufacturing centre of tho Union, the city
of cities for cheap and economical buying?
Her light Is hid under a bushel. How
many people know that moro carpets are
made here than in nil tho other cities of tho
United' States put together? Scores and
scores of articles manufactured In Phila
delphia are distributed generally from other
centres, although here they can bo purchased
to the best advantage. People who know,
shop In Philadelphia now, but there are
millions of people who are absolutely Igno
rant of tho facilities hero afforded.
Let us have done with excessive- modesty
nd put punch behind tho products of our
kill. Wo must let tho world know what we
are doing. Philadelphia needs publicity,
plenty of it, and that is what Philadelphia
Is going to get If tho committees which have
"been at work on the program are not check
mated. Hear It Boom !
PltQSPEIUTY is on tho way, and you can
hear its booming. The latest reverber
ations come from the steel trade and the
railroads. Orr Monday morning the Pennsyl
vania. Steel Company started another open
hearth furnace at Steelton, and put Its rail
mill and several other departments on a
Jtf-hour schedule, giving work to 1000 ad
ditional men. The Pennsylvania Railroad
begins to build a new $760,000 bridge at Har
rlsburg, and the United States Steel Corpo
ration has arranged to start the construc
tion of a $600,000 benzol plant at Sharon
Within three weeks.
All this means that men who havo long
been Idle will get a pay envelope on Sat
urday night, and that children who have
been hungry will feel the comfortable glow
of full stomachs, and tired wives will give a
sigh of relief as they go to sleep at night
without worry about where the food for
tho morrow Is to come from. This is the
Jslnd of prosperity which Is worth while,
the bind that gets down to the great mass
of citizens and manifests Itself on the dinner
table.
Woridagrneu Will Bay Subway Bonds
WHOEVER doubts that the money can be
raised tor financing the new subways
bould watch the sale of city bonds over the
watF nest Thursday. Tha $5,000,000 worth
oftsretj will be disposed of In a rush. Men of
puUI means and millionaire understand the
Ytu of a 4 per cent, security, fre from all
taxation in the State, and exempt from thj
national income tax A tax-Xre publle hand,
in a trare to b ght with eagNru) (a
tfee i Haw tfca tax collector, toped ont
t-j. -!' but m-talwuwa MMTcbftr tar uv'
u?tttt!0
objects of taxation, stands ready to seize so
much of tho Income from Investments that
little is left to tho Investor.
This 15,000,000, which tho city now needs,
will be provided right herd at homo, from tho
savings of tho peoplo, without making any
appreciable diminution In tho amount to their
credit In the banks. With scores of millions
of dollars remaining In tho savings banks to
tho credit of tho depositors, tlicro nro funds
hero avnllablo for building thrco or four
times ns many subways nB Director Taylor
plans to havo constructed, And the plain
people, who nro demanding the abolition of
the chargo for trnnsfors and the orcratlon of
fast cars to take thorn to and from work, will
Jump at the chnneo to buy 4 por cont. city
bonds to provide all tho money that can bo
UBed. The city Is not dependont on the big
money lenders. It can buy Its own way to
transit freedom with tho snmo case ns tho
French peasants In tho sovontles bought free
dom from German .occupation of France. All
tho money that can bo used is right hero In
Philadelphia at the command of the peoplo
of Philadelphia. Now get ready to use It.
A Splendid Message
THE Governor's messago is a splondld doc
ument. Its brevity Is eloquent. Con
vinced of tho nccuracy of his own diagnosis
that wo are over- Instead of under-lawed,
Governor Brumbaugh confines his recom
mendations to a fow "vital enactments"
which tho peoplo "need and deserve. As
speedily as may bo, this wo should do, nnd
when this Is done, tho Legislature should
adjourn."
By far the most Important of these recom
mendations relates to local option, tho de
mand for which was voiced In tho Gov
ernor's personal platform, but was spectacu
larly omitted from tho Pittsburgh declara
tion of principles. On this point tho Gov
ernor Is bold, outspoken and determined, as
thcro was every assurance ho would bo
when ho declined to uso money for his cam
paign which notoriously was contributed to
tho general fund by arrogant and shamo
less liquor Interests. "I nm unequlvocably
for county local option," Thero is tho chal
lenge, thero tho fight, and on Us outcomo
will hlngo not only the destiny of Governor
.Brumbaugh, but the destiny also of the Re
publican party In this State.
The Governor's Insistence on a comprehen
sive highway program was anticipated, and
his plea for tho abolition of toll roads, which
havo become an intolerable Irritation, will
bo Indorsed heartily. Particularly signifi
cant Is tho call for efficiency In road con
struction and upkeep. "These supervisors
should bo licensed roadkecpera and not po
litical accidents," If tho Governor can trans
late that conception of tho public interest
into fact success will be written all over his
Administration.
Tho Governor favors a practical civil serv
ice; feels that the school code needs llttlo
revision, although moro funds for education
are desirable; advocates the submission of
tho woman suffrage amendment; Is opposed
to appropriations for charity unless the su
pervision of the State follows tho appro
priations; stands firmly nnd without hesita
tion for a Just workmen's compensation act
and the abolishment of child labor; pleads
for co-ordination of agricultural agencies
and the separation of the teaching and ad
ministrative functions, which now overlap
and are confused; points out tho value of
the Stato's natural resources, tho necessity
of conserving them and the wisdom of re
forestation.
Of particular Importance to Philadelphia Is
tho Governor's plea for homo rule for cities,
his Idea being that "our urban population is
so complox that It scarcely knows how to
apply tho principles of democracy." It can
only learn by having full responsibility put
squarely on Its shoulders.
The messnge might have been written In a
cloister by a man whoso whole horizon was
limited to humanltarlanlsm, yet withal, tho
program outlined 1b riddled with practicabil
ity. There Is nothing Utopian In It, nothing
that cannot or ought not to be accomplished.
It Is a program which any man, Irrespective
of party, can heartily Indorse. It represents
the deflntte conclusions which most of the
people of Pennsylvania havo reached on tho
great Issues before them.
Can ho carry It out? The wholo Common
wealth will watch him In the fight, and the
wholo Commonwealth of decent men and
women will back him up In It. His voice Is
the volco of millions, his determination their
determination, his success their success. His
message Is better than his platform more
sure, more certain. Its simplicity, Its rock
bottom logic, Its limitations of purpose, make
it a great program. Woe be to the man or
set of men who may endeavor to rip It open;
for Doctor Brumbaugh Is the prophet of tho
new Republicanism, and If he Is stabbed In
the back there will be nothing left of the
party but the carcass.
Good morning and good luck, Mr. Gov
ernor, There Is nothing to the Bhlp purchase bill
except the President.
Mr. Schwab Is an optimist in the manu
facture' of warlike things.
The rain has broken the record for 100
years and it has not finished yet.
"Uncle Joe" Cannon seems to hayo a big
tight on hla hands before he gets back into
Congress.
If Mr. Gutierrez wants to tell the truth
it would be wise to get out of Mexico be
fore Villa finds It put,
Indications are that Mr. Tenet's new Job
Will keep him Just as busy as the old one
ever did. If not a little more so.
Tragedy and calamity have been Italy's
birthright or centuries, but no ruin has ever
dulled her genius or dimmed the lantern of
olYlllzatlon which she carried. Magnificent
Italy! How less magnlflaent she would b
wm It not for th disasters that hv tested
hud trtd aw souli
BOSTON'S MIRACLE OF
PORT DEVELOPMENT
Hnrbor Became tho Fifth Busiest in tho
World in Two Years Shipping In.
creased 5 Per Gent., Passenger Traffic
43 Per Cent.
By BURTON KLINE!
THREE years ago Boston decided upon tho
Improvement of Its port. Tho long fore
lock of a great opportunity having hovo In
sight, the forelock was seized. Tho capacities
of Now York hnrbor wcro notoriously over
taxed. Larger and larger bIiIps were being
built moro than Now York could spare tho
spneo to accommodate. A mass of foreign
trade big enough to divide was growing
steadily to even larger proportions. Alto
gether It was a propitious season for Boston
to stop In mid mnko nn effort to seize somo
of this foreign commerce for herself while
the seizing was good,
Does any ono truly npproclato what a step
was takon In tho mere reaching of this de
cision? Did you ever Improvo a port7
Tho dredging of a port, tho building of
now docks, tho enticing of now trade, calls
for something moro than tho cxpondlturo of
money and talk. Immediately It was planned
to build now piers and lay out now railroad
connections, groat numbers of people with
dock lands, or with property that would bo
made trebly valuablo by tho building of adja
cent docks, enmo forward with offers of sale.
Somo of theso public-spirited citizens havo
pull. Others havo property that will bo
spoiled by tho building of nearby docks.
Tholr land is entirely too valuable to be
seized for bucIi vulgar purposes. Tho now
railroad connections to bo laid down will cut
through other property that nt once assumes
glgnntlo valtio In tho eyes of Its owners.
Harder Than Panama Canal
A Gargantuan welter of conflicting opin
ion, and Interest, and argument ' arises
on nil sides. Every great public work
excites this disturbance Tho digging of tho
Pannma Canal Is simple In comparison.
That public convenience was cut through
such soft material ns earth and rock. To
Improvo a port you have to dig through
something sollder than that. It Is a Panama
Canal driven through prejudice, through ob
stinacy, through greed, through a thousand
and ono human wills, beside which granite
Is as putty.
So you gain some notion of how huge was
tho step which Boston took threo years ago,
when It reached tho point meroly of deoldlng
that tho Boston port should be enlarged and
Improved. Yet that was only tho beginning
of the trouble.
Boston port was formerly under tho super
vision of tho Harbor nnd Land Commission.
Its duties wcro broad, too broad. Tho Im
provement of a port calls for a board of ox
pert zealots, with nothing to do but Improvo
a port. Five port directors wcro accordingly
appointed, under special law; and, wondor of
wonders, n truly capablo man was found for
head of them. Even those whoso experience
of employment is restricted to tho hire of
household servants, know how scarco a com
modity Is Just plain common capability. So
the Board of Port Directors BOt to work upon
Boston.
Self-Made Boston
Their difficulties instantly became apparent
to them. Naturo has always frowned upon
Boston. Most people havo tho fancy that
Boston Is tho creation of somo superhuman
Powor. Nothing of tho sort. Tho strongest
link Boston has with tho rest of Americans
that it Is self-made. You had better whlspor
this In Boston. But it Is true. Naturo never
designed Boston to bo a great port fitted for
tho navies of tho world. Consequently Bos
ton will one day be such a harbor. Bos-
tonlans havo dono everything In their power
to spoil Boston as a port. They havo stuck
up grain elovntors, freight sheds, railroad
yards at strong strategic points to insure
their failure. From Qulncy to Waltham,
across Boston, It is a Journey of but a few
miles. If you try to ship a crato of lemons
that distance by freight, tho distanco is well
over a hundred miles. Think of It!
Motor nnywhoro nbout Boston for somo
miles, and you will mark a marvelous aggre
gation of beautiful buildings, ornamented In
the highest Btyle of architecture, equipped in
the most scientific manner. There Is nothing
llko it In the country. Aro theso buildings
factories? Canneries? They aro canneries
only In tho slang sense. They nro Stute Re
formatories, State Insane Asylums, Stato
Hospitals and Refuges and Homes for tho
Aged and Indigent. Boston even pensions
decrepit horses.
Laughed to Scorn
Well, theso Institutions cost money. High
taxes aro necessary to provide for their
maintenance. Thoy are the reason why thero
Is no freight tunnel undor Boston. No belt
lino. And such laggard port development as
Boston had till threo years ngo. Tho first
thing tho Boston Port Directors did was to
ask for a modest $50,000,000. Merely by way
of beginning business. They were laughed to
scorn. Tho lame, the halt, and the blind were
eating up the State's money. Nothing llko
$50,000,000 was forthcoming.
How would you like to bo a Port Director
in Boston? But now see what has been
accomplished with Boston harbor.
In themselves, tho naked figures that rep
resent Boston's port development thus far
ore not Imposing. With this background of
difficulties, however, they look stupendous.
Of course the war, In stopping trade, has
temporarily halted the plans of the board.
This board, created by law In 1911, has built
the Commonwealth Pier, the biggest and best
passenger and freight pier In the world. It
cost he sum of $3,600,000, New York has
nothing like It, The thing accommodates five
vessels of all but the yery largest size. Its
two stories have 900,400 square feet of storage
floor 20 acres of t nearly half the slzo of
Boston Common. Near this pier they aro
clearing a. railroad yard with a capacity of
4000 cars. Six trains ofjjM cars each may
be moved from th yard into the pier at one
time, A thousand passengers an hour may
be landed.
. ' IIe.ro' What Happened
This pier Is situated sa that it may be placed
In easy rati or water communication with
seven other systems of docks owned by the
railroads. A train ferry is to be provided for
quick service across the harbor. The old his
torlc city docks still exist along the old Bos
ton water front, also linked by rail. Being
most convenient to the trolley and elevated
line they have been left mainly to the ex
cursion boats and the smaller coasting
steamers. One of tbeae old docks, tjie most
tema-us of ail, Fih Wfcr hgur boeit rawed
to South Boston, where, another Common
wealth pier ho3 been built, nt a cost of
$2,000,000, to uccommodnto tho largest .fishing
Industry In the country, and excepting
Grimsby, England, tho largest In tho world.
In 191S tho fish brought to Boston, and from
thcro distributed over tho country, weighed
ICG.000,000 pounds, worth $7,GOO,000. Tho piers
of the future aro to bo built on the north
sldo of tho harbor, whero tho board has
nvallnblo for early reclamation COO acres of
land. Meanwhile tho board has building tho
largest drydock In tho world, 1200 feet long,
150 feet wide, with 35 feet of water at low
tldo nnd 10 feet moro at high water. This
will welcomo tho largest ships yet designed.
Even tho liners that put Into New York will
havo to como to Boston for repairs that they
may require on this side.
In two years this port Improvement has
Increased tho shipping In Boston harbor by
767,189 tons over 5 per cent. Tho foreign
trado alono has gained by $39,611,729. In 1913
It amounted to $260,482,097. Tho transatlantic
passonger scrvlco has Increased over 43 por
cent. Last year 138,008 persons took ot left
ship In Boston. Last year, also, tho number
of ship lines operating In Boston rose to 44,
a gain of eight new linos in two years. In
1911 52 steamshlpi lines havo been In servlco
In the port, 3G of them In foreign trafilc.
This makes Boston tho second port In
North and South America, and the fifth port
In tho world. Only London, New York, Ham
burg nnd Rotterdam surpass It tho latter by
only 12,000,000 tons. Bigger ships, and faster,
visit Boston now. Boston Is a day's sail
nearer to Europe. And all because Boston
decided on a port Improvement that Is only
well begun.
EARLY VIEWS OF MR. SAYRE
Whitu House Infant Declares Himself on the
Great Issues of the Day.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.
THE first day in tho White Houso was a
very busy ono for tho New Baby. When
a representative of tho Evknino LEDaun was
admitted to the crlbslde, Woodrow, Jr., ad
mitted that ho had Just received Secretary
Bryan's offer of a collectorshlp at Santo
Domingo, but was uncertain whether to ac
cept It or a proffered position In Lapland.
"I am In favor of Infant Industries," ob
served tho young sago, "and am at present
In Intimate contact with cotton, wool and
rubber. I am against tho bathtub trust. I
believe) in an Ight-hour night as well as an
eight-hour day, and am ready to doclaro
with Sancho Panza, 'God bless the man who
first Invented sleep.'
"With tho policies of President Wilson I
need hardly say that I find myself heartily
In accord, though I nm ready to admit that
watchful waiting' may become a sovero test
of one's patlenco when applied to the Im
portation of foodstuffs.
"I nm In favor ot homo rule, nnd I cor
dially Indorso 'Billy' Sunday's sentiment that
It Is no reproach to a young man to bo tied
to his mother's apron strings. All that I nm
I feel that I owo to my mother. I warmly
reciprocate the evidences of affectionate so
licitude shown by my contemporary babies.
Thoy will understand, I hope. If I am unnblo
to make- personal acknowledgment of their
salutations.
"I desire also to thank Secretnry Bryan for
a copy of 'The Making of a Man,' together
with a pap-spoon. My uncle has given me a
copy of Shakespeare's 'McAdoo About Noth
ing'; and my yell comes from Williams Col
lege Here the nurse discovered that a pin was
sticking Into the distinguished Infant, and at
this point tho Interview terminated.
EXPORTATION OF WAR MUNITIONS
To (Tie -Editor o tn Evenlna Ledger:
Sir Congratulations upon your editorial,
"Stop It and Stop It Quick." It is straight
from the shoulder and has the right ring.
Now, If you will take the same tand against
tho exportation of war materials and ammuni
tion to European belligerents, you will deserve
still greater praise. You would voice the senti
ment of hundred of thousands of Americans
If you would raise your voice against tho des
picable traffic from which a number of men,
devoid of all conscience, reap vast fortunes for
which hundreds of thousands of our European
brothers must pay with their lives, "Stop It
and Stop It Quick!" should be your Blogan.
Legitimate business In the United States Is
going to ruin while the war continues. Our
foctoriev, except a tew manufacturing war sup
plies, are standing still or working on short
time. Most of our worktngmen do pot earn
enough to live decently, while a few blaok
heartcd scoundrels wax fat on the misery of
untold millions, whose husbands and brothers
these men help to kill.
It is our duty, not only as neutral American
citizens, but as "Christians," to prevent this
devilish traffic In man-kllUng devices, and it
is our duty, not only toward our unfortunate
brothers and sUtera In Europe, but also to
ward our American fellow citizens, who are
made to suffer unjustly by the further prolon
gation of this war We can stop it and we can
top It quickly If we will but do our plain duty
and stop tlw exportation of war materials.
I shall thank you If you wlU give thU tome
gp$ae Is your "readers' column "
WALTHR 6CIIOBNBAOH.
113 HMt Broad street, Columbus, Ohio.
"IT'S UP TO YOU NOW"
? TOMMY ATKINS' IN
The British Soldier as He Really
Schooled, and Made Incidents
By HERBERT G. JONES
"The English soldier Is Hie Best-trained sol
dier In the world. The English soldier's fire Is
ten thousand times worse than hell. It we could
only beat the English tt would be well for us,
but I am araid we shall never be able to beat
these English devils." Extract from a letter
found on the body of German officer.
IP, as has been stated, tho Anglo-Boer War
of 1900 all but burled the much-cherished
reputation of the British soldier, "Tommy
Atkins" and his officers havo "como back"
In the present cnmpalgn In a truly magnifi
cent way, blotting out all blemish If any
existed on tholr records nnd traditions. For
thero will bo no moro brilliant pago In the
history of tho war than that which has been
furnished by the deeds and daring exploits
of French's "contomptlblo llttlo army.'1 The
Indomitable pluck ugalnst any odds, tho
splendid fighting qualities and all-round
efficiency of "Tommy" have proved a rude
and bitter awakening to his Teuton foes, re
viving again tho glories of Blenheim, Water
loo and tho Crimea.
At a critical stage of his career, .llko tho
present, when ho Is In tho full glare of tho
news limelight, much is printed concerning
tho military activities of "Tommy Atkins,"
giving only tho technical phase of his life;
but a far more Interesting chnpter Is that
which affords an Intimate view of the man
as ho really Is and in tho making. To know
and to understand tho naturo of "Tommy"
one should have actual experience In tho
"monotony of soldiering," tho drill and riding
school, barrack-room routine and all that
makes up the dally life as well ns tho ex
ceptional and picturesque. Tho portraits of
Kipling, queer eccentrics debased In drink
and gifted with strange linguistic tendencies,
nro delicious as characters, but no moro truo
to typo than tho "dashing heroes" of tho pop
ular military novelist. Tho roal soldier tho
product of the barrack-room, not the hastily
trained recruit for emergency rarely shows
himself to the civilian, for whom ho con
fess nn Ill-concealed contempt; yet, curiously
enough, It Is always the civilian writer who
writes of army life.
"Reveille" to "Lights Out"
Tho popular belief usually entertained by
tho outsider thnt a soldier's Ufa Is a profes
sion of laziness Is promptly dispelled after
entering the barrack gates. Generally speak
ing, It takes three years of dally training
to produco a finished Infantryman; still
longer In tho case of a trooper or cavalry
man, and five years or oven more are neces
sary to obtain proficiency In tho special de
partments of the service, Buch as the engi
neers, medical corps, etc.
The path of the recruit is. Indeed, a hard
one. His Is a strenuous life, each day a full
ono, from "reveille" to "lights out." If he
"should elect to be a trooper, his day starts
at 5:30 a. m. and finishes at 6 p. m., pro
viding he has not In tho meantime been
warned for night guard.
Here Is the average day's program; Aroused
at 5:30, he Is expected to dress and be
equipped for stables In 15 minutes and get
below and "muck out." Water and feed his
horso and groom until breakfast sounds. At
8:30 he is rady, uniformed for riding school
or field drill, which lasts until 10:30, with 11
o'clock the bugles sound "stables," and the
recruit has changed his riding suit for that
of a stable outfit and grooms and cleans
saddlery until 1. "Dinner up" and over, he
has to turn out for "square drill" and mus
ketry practice, which keeps him occupied till
late In the afternoon. By 6 p. m. he Is back
at stables again to "water, feed and bed
down." Then, for tho first tlmo In the day.
ho has a moment of leisure, which he Is
free to put to his own use, but the chances
ore that, thoroughly tired out, "lights out"
will find him In his coarse, hard bed, unlesa
he be the fortunate possessor of a pass.
The life of an Infantryman Is not so hard,
excepting perhaps the long and arduous
marches he Is forced to undertake and the
extra foot drill. Such rigorous training is
essential, for soldiers need a groat supply of
moral and physical strength to enable them
to withstand such life as they aro now ex
periencing in the trenches. Under such con
ditions one must nro. drink, eat, sleep and
die under tha nervous strain of expecting
sudden attack at any moment, denied often
( the coveted luxury of a Bmoke, lest the flash
of the match should draw a hall of bullets.
Under Firo
If barrack life does not tend to develop
"plaster saints" or "boudoir flowers," it
brings out In a striking way all that Is
best and, for that matter, all that Is bad
In a man. Jt is a rough school, in which
only the Attest survive. But tljeirs. s a
rou;h tsjsk. m "Krlm-Yisaged war." And war
at its best la an unholy affair; undw modern
BARRACKS AND BATTLE
Is The Day's Work hy Which He M
lhat Hcvcal His Soldierly Qualities.
conditions It Is very much worse than Bhtf.
. vinbiu.ii. uonirury to the ronl
conception, no martini airai.. . .-
accompany tho march to battle. It Is, Jj
reality, a sombre business of marching iti
watching, nights without sipon ba i.rl
Without fnnrl. lint TV,tr.... i. ..
" -" -.-......j, bue inio toil
business determined to get It over as qulcktf?
as possioie, taking tho rough with this
Binuoiii wituout any complaint.
Always In good humor, with a cheery, op-i
tlmlstic view of life or death ho setsaWj
It ns part of his day's work, without stopping
..w ........i mreurer ue in uumg a Dravo inter
In obeying prders. "His Is not to reason:
wliy, but to do." "The Highlanders," says tf
I'rencii correspondent with tho Allies, 'm'
Into action ns if they were going to a plcnlsi
wun laughing eyes nnd, whenever possible,
with a cigarette between their lips. The!,
courage Is a mlxturo of Imperturbability anf
tenacity. Ono must havo seen their ImraoM
nuiu i-uiiii, uieir neroic sangiroict under IMS
rain of bullets to do It Justice. There ul
much of tho philosopher and a bit of uV
fatalist In tho curious make-up of a BoIdlff.3
A wounded trooper who has lost one side efi
his fnco thrbugh sholl-flro In the battle oil
Mons writes homo: 'Thank God, I don't fell
as bad as I look.' Another writes: 'I uf
coming back all right, never fear. Havii
been In such tight corners, nnd under luca
fire, that if I was meant to go I should hut
gone by now, I'm sure.'" J
Honors To the Battle-slain u
Notwithstanding tho dangers, the deprlwji
tlons and horrors of wnrfare, Tommy Atldd
' Jumps at tho chance of active service. TM
.... .. ..... .v
mm u means excitement and pern mat comv
ns a welcomo relief from tho monotonoulS
llfo of the barrack room. The "bloody swtir
of, tho battlefield has small terrors for hla'
for whether a cook's son or a Dukes son,ci
has not only been taught to live, but bi
mastered that still harder lesson how to dlfl
An awful death Is that of the battlesrounij
Between theso who die In their bed and thosr
In battle there Is a ghastlv distinction, es
pecially when clrcumstnnccs do not permit Cl;
an early burial. Thero Is no loving han4 4
tho relative to close tho eyelids or bind tta
faco so that the dead havo the aspect of W
rcno sleen. With the neglected dead of W
battlefield tho chin has fallen, tho muscle
relaxing In death, and tho mouth and eyW,
aro cenerallv wldo oncn with expressions V
haunt ono. Tho elorv of war as vividly pi?
11rnri nr tVo ImnlrlnnHvn nrtint 111 not WSf f
It really Is. In a letter an officer who bi
been In tho thick of It writes: "If evericowj
back, and anybody at homo talks to "
about the glory of war I shall be d
1UUO IU Illlllt jdB
Tho honors of tho battle-slaln are 'fSk
indeed. No coffln or gun-carriage, as U t
custom in timo of pence; no band playin. pa
"last volley" over the grave. The n"n.cJ
at sunrise are flushed with all the aPuy
.i,v. ...rtA at nightfall In a halturl
dug grave in the brown blanket wl'JI
turn, has served as a saddle blanket A
his horse and a cover for himself, and Jk
serves as a shroud for the "sleep that kpd
no waking." J
CHEER THE PRESIDENT
m- l. c,iA. Ti mmtitn Tstlner
Z."",""""' "'".". " .7Ji Boon
more so. and In these times may be,jii
able. Because the I'reBiaeni ooe ." --,
In robbing vln tariff laws do not uno"'",
his nbllltv either as a statesman or P'0"",
You are perfectly Justified In JU'S
.t,-, hi. vlaiva rnncernlnir af govern"""'
merchant marine, and It Is to be hoped he
Cheer the President all you can. we "f
to him. I'or loyal Amenc,
Philadelphia.
A Trained Cltlzenry
-c-n. .t.A if..... nttv- TCvenlnff Star.
- j--. ...... , k- ,itM ns In the!
the United States, In an emerjrency,
pend upon a "trained citizenry," X'f" i
son fails to call attention to me ""-,
tortcal fact that In me one "- ,
necessary to olos the war wajfed for tno
tenance of the union,
KV.V.V MOVING.
If you stop to find out what your wie M
And how they win cioine "
Willie, my son, don't you go on the "
For the Sea will never need you.
it vou ask for the reason of every coma
And argue with people about you.
Willie, my son, don't you go Pn"u
For the Land will do peuer -"
If you stop to consider the work you b
Ana to coast wnat your - " z
Angola may cam tor you, """,; j.
But you'll ev be wameu v """--.-
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