IDVKNING t,&l)(&Ll VatLADHiLi-nlA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 10X5. p !TX A" Singer PUBLIC LEDGER COiMrANY CTftUS It K CUttTIS, rassiDSRT. Jhn C Martin. Treasurer; Charles It. I.udiniton, fMllp R Collln. ahn B. "Williams. Dlrtetors. EDItontAL BOA11D1 Ciacs It K. CcstIs, Chairman. K' It. TVliAtiteT Executive Editor IdlUJcrMAhTW.. .General Business Mantfer Published Jallr at FcsLto LtDOen HulMInt, Independence Bquare, Philadelphia. (jama Ctyrnit,. ..,,,,,,, .Broad and Chestnut Btreeta Atmxtic Cm .Frew Union Building Nstr Ton. ............. . .1TO-A, Metropolitan Tower pmCuTO. 817 Homo Ineurance Building- LoNfroN....,.,... S Waterloo Place, Pall Mall, S. W. NEWS DURE AUSS T7intin Bnasic, .......... n,Th Patriot Butldlna- VinlllsoTO.v HdbkaU. .......... . .Th Pose nulldlnr ;iit YriK nmnn. ....... ....... The Timet nulldlnr KittN Jloacjn. ........ ... ..... ..no Frledrlchstrar-e .oanow IlBHHAtJ... ........... 2 Pall Mall East. 8. W. 'inn licstitj .82 Hue Louis 1 Grand sunscmrnoif TniiMS $ Hr carrier. Ditr.T Oiur, six cents. Br mall, poitpatd Ittttld tt .Philadelphia, except whera foreign postage B.nniuireu, UM11.T uni.T, oni momn, iTrenir.iiro cenini ltT Oitr, on year, three dollars. All mall tub 'ICtlptlona payablt In advance. Jf t i ii. pax, sooo wAtmrr KETSTONE,MAiraooo IW jLtdnts all communications to Bvtntng Liilctr, Independent! Bnuart, Philadelphia. r ' -. -. . 3 iKinutn at Tm rntununu ronornci la rcon- etna unt, mitto. I1 ' PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, FEDnUAUY 3, 1918. r ' ' a (Tfte demand U greatest at the top; the supply at the bottom U inexhaustible. ptop Hiding the Light Under a Bnshcl WHO Is responsible: If shippers within 1000 miles of Philadelphia are not aware that they can save from IB to E5 cents a hundred pounds on freight from the Paclflo coast by shipping' it through the Panama Canal to this city by water instead pf sending It by the all-rail route? Tho Corn Exchange National Bank has absolved Itself from responsibility by setting forth, In Its official organ, tho specific rates on various kinds of goods by both routes, and by calling attention to the importance of gathering re turn cargoes to make the voyage profitable both ways for the ships engaged In tho trade. Three great lines of railroad have ter minals here. The development of tho traffic from the Interior 'to this port will benefit them. Just as the expansion of trade with tho Pacific coast through the canal has already provided new business for them. They nro now carrying westward to points In the Interior freight which they could not havo touched If It had been sent overland. Thero is no other port on the seaboard better situated for transshipment of cargoes. And no other city Is more deeply Interested In the development of such trade. The port Is still In Its Infancy, even though It Is the second In the country already. When every com mercial organization here devotes Itself to setting forth the attractions of our water front, 'and when overy business man dealing wjth producers In the Interior exerts himself to bring freight here and sets the example by Insisting that his goods bo billed to Phil adelphia instead of to New York, and when the railroads co-opcrato with the other in terests. It will bo possible for tho Corn Ex change Bank to Issue another statement showing the results of a concerted effort to lend both coasts into the pleasant fields of f prosperity through the gates of this harbor. Wqrth While in Time of Stress THERE 13 scarcely any woe to which man Is heir that In the hour of his distress does not lead him to turn to a woman. In these tense days, when the terrors of war . abroad and the suffering of the unemployed nt home have united to tax the spirit of gen erosity and test our charity to tho uttermost, It Is, as usual, to tho women that the world has looked. They havo demonstrated in a thousand In stances a capacity for organization and ad ministration, executive ability, far-seeing Judgment and marvelous initiative. They have taken up tasks that strong men might well have hesitated to accept and they have achieved, in endless series, greater and greater success. They are doing today, under the most un usual difficulties, the work of men, and they are doing It Just as well as men ever did It. A wqrld crisis has put them to the test and they have met it splendidly. But they have not enough intelligence to vote, It Is averred. "What a. pity that Nature has fitted them for everything but the ballot! At least the women could be expected to show as good Judgment in voting as do the men who per sist In refusing to give them the chance. The Mexican Killing Fest VILLA, did not escape a violent death when he was shot and stabbed. He only postponed It Nothing but tho moqt alert vigilance has preserved his life thus far. If tho Carranzlstas do not get him, ' some one of his own followers will deal the fatal blow. Government in Mexico has degenerated Into a killing fest. The life of no political or military leader Is "worth 24 hours' pur chase. Patriotism Is not even a name. Tho rule Is, every man for himself and the devil take the hindmost. And this is happening -Jn tt fertile country, richly blessed of heavei In natural resources, and amidst a popula , tjon of humble peoplo who would like noth ing better than to be left alone to earn their living. Perhaps, when a Just fate has overtaken the false leaders ot a docile people, peace may blossom in the wretched devastation that Is being- now wrought by the rival banditti. Who Is the Typical American? TRVIN B. COBB says that it is George M, drcphan, and explains that he does not forget the existence of either Theodore jJtgpsevelt or Sitting Bull. But somo one may ask who George Cohan Is, as Senator iodgo wanted his son-in-law to explain to 1m -whether Connie Mack was a man or a ",;bipd of underwear. For their benefit it may tm said that Cotlan is engaged In the trade which Shakespeare made famous, and that ht, hair written dramas beyond the power of tht freat genius to create, and ha acted tlHm in a way that would Have made the ShpatfM? player thrc-w up hu hands Jn If fer agrelne,TvUh;Mr gob&the Anxious jrch4r after tha TjrpVwottld like to know yfrt 18 rgrcUr as typically American. If it financial euecewi. then Mr. Cohan la eli BiW, Re has accumulated a large amount ftt money, if we. may believe uia press agents, That ii what made tbp latej Pierpient Morgan dUiiBguisfced, John 73. Roef4Jnd An dw lanKKte rJ rival nt the Smli actor ijjiatlt in the accumulation pi cash; and Vyert:4ur, a atstuwsmJid Western pirn JW Wmwmm thaa Mr- ,$. AH t T'-r Htt ThaMttaiaw tS&B Wb- V luieufttij iBr "MMsmjHgaij ;sLr ! Hi I . .. IfiiBIBg-i iT1afniii'fsWsHMiassBKn..W li'Tilii ' . ,.u.m.. , - . . i ,. J wn regarded as a. great man, and the tfadl tloh atlli survives thai ono A. Lincoln was) oneo called typical of what this cduntry could produce There aro told-fashionod per sons so far behind the times that they would object if wo should mention the author of "Forty-five Minutes Prom Broadway" In the k samo paragraph wllh clthor of these one time distinguished Americans. And thero are others Who would not dis agree If wo should say that not Cohan but Cobb Is the typical American. Can any ono give a better answer to this burning ques tion? Tell-Mcll to n Veto" FOR months Councils lias nullified the hew housing law by refusing to provide funds wherewith to render it effective. This pro ceduro has met with a stinging rebuke In tho courts. A mandamus has been Issued to compel Councils to comply with the statutes. The Organization fears that its appeal to tho higher courts will incot with failure. It has no leg to stand on, for Its manikins, who legislate for it instead of for the people, are in open and deliberate defiance of tho law. But they will not havo good housing. They are determined to perpctuato the profitable system of make-shift houses In which tho poor are compelled to live. Thoy intend, if they can, to prevent citizens from enjoying the ordinary comforts to which they aro en titled when they pay rent. They base their obstinacy on n muddlo of sophistry, declaring that the rules and regulations demanded by the State would be confiscatory, and some going so far na to maintain that tho poor ought not to have bathtubs, would not know what to do with them If they did havo them, and on general principles should bo kept In filth so long as possible. To the end that they may give legal forco to their position, they now propose to ask tho Legislature of Pennsylvania to rescind one of the best statutes ever enacted by that body and substitute for It a toothless, mean ingless law, which would have no other effect than providing Jobs for numbers of hangers on. They have the gall to go before tho Legislature, while still in open defiance of the law, nnd demand a new law. They de liberately ask the Commonwealth to Bmcar Itself with legislative dishonesty. They boast that they control enough vote3 in Harrisburg to do as they will and carry out their plan for further plundering of the weak and helpless. It so happens, however, that Governor Brumbaugh knows something of conditions and feels upon him the burden of relief. He Bensed this move before It happened. He Issued, as it were, a warning when he took the oath of office: In this great industrial State It is our duty to pay definite attention to the housing prob lem. Every family should be housed in a home that Is private, sanitary, safe and at tainable at a reasonable rental. I urge your attention to this Important problem. Wo cannot breed good citizens In disgraceful houses. "We cannot breed good citizens In dis graceful houses." The object of Councils' moves In relation to the housing law Is to perpetuate disgraceful houses. It is rushing pell-mell to a veto. Money Seeking a Job POUR DOLLARS applied for overy dollar Job that the Pennsylvania Railroad had to give last week. Money la out of work and Is seeking it at every point where there Is any prospect of earning a living wage. The city bond sale a few days ago demonstrated that 4 per cent, untaxed securities could bo Bold without any difficulty. The readiness of $200,000,000 to Invest In Pennsylvania Rail road 4 per cent bonds, although only J49, 000,000 worth was offered, Is stronger proof that there Is money enough available for every big Improvement which this city or any feas ible enterprise in this city wishes to under take. Money Is cheap and seeking work. Now is the time for those with Jobs for It to take advantage of the favorable conditions. What the Groundhog Would Like to See WHEN the groundhog comes out of his hole today he will look upon a very dif ferent world from that which met his gazo twelve months ago. If he does not lose his head in the whlrlof conflicting passions which surround him. he will prove that he Is a better animal than many two-legged citizens who look with contempt upon his furry In significance. The prospects are that he will gaze toward the scene ot conflict with calm Imperturb ability, declare his absolute neutrality, hope for an early peace through the decisive vic tory of the worthier contestant and then go about his business. But he will not make the mistake of demanding a patched-up peace before any one is licked. The law of the groundhog is the survival of the fittest. Milton had the Senate filibuster in mind when he wrote that they also serve who make the others watt. When a man is dissatisfied with his lot it is usually because he wants something for which he Is not willing to pay the price. When one reflects that yesterday was Straw Hat day In Ban Diego one Is Impressed with the versatility of a country which can pro vide all kinds of climate at the same time. St Charles the Martyr has been dead a gpod many years, but his memory Is kept green In Philadelphia, If not anywhere else In America. Phlladelphlans are thrifty enough to prefer the 3 and 4 per cent, interest paid by the private savings banks to the 2 per cent, paid at the Postofflce. The "fierce oeunter charge" with which the Canadian troops repulsed a German assault was mild in cemparlaan with the charges seen in the Phlladlph(a stores on bargain flays. ' i m i" . .i .. i- Many men who never gav? a thought to international politics or to. the philosophy of hlitory yntll the armies began to fight are explaining tho causes of the war as if they knew something about them. The spectre of Hunger, the new ally ot the Allies, has taken the field. The bakers in Germany must cut down their baking to thre-quarters the usual amejunt, and in Austrift puly pr ct. q wHeat fiuur may t mm) to wske bread. nrl"V. o-ts ur the " iiVe IS WAR .RECONCILABLE WITH CHRISTIANITY? If Waged in Behalf of Certain Legiti mate Objects, Says .Rev. Dr. S. Parkca Cadman, it Is the Righteous Course. REPEATEDLY tho question has been naked, Does the war In Europe reveal the futility of Christianity? Or, Docs tho war show tho impotonce of the Christian Church to bring to pass the peaceable Ideals of, tho Master? Thcso questions, In perhaps tho ma jority of minds, can bo satisfactorily nn-i swercd. Not God is1 on trial, but mens not Christianity, but tho world. Nevertheless, tho cataclysm beyond the soa has provoked many expressions of doubt as to tho efficacy of Chrisltanlty and tho power of tho Chris tian Church to copo with tho conditions In tho world Which mado this" bitter war pos sible. Thero have been moro than expres sions of doubt and pessimism, thero havo been open attacks. A most remarkablo uttcr nnco on tho relation betweon war and the teachings ot Jesus is that of tho Rev. Dr. S, Parkes Cadman, of Brooklyn. It deals with tho subject positively, rather than nega tively. Ho says: "No spurious patriotism can thwart tho fair dealing of God, nor can tho Christian faith for a now heaven and a now earth wherein dwolleth righteousness bo blighted, by tho apocalypBo of hell which wo watch with agonizing hearts In Europe today. "Moreover, wo approach tho Now Testa ment as tho classic of tho truth filled with a grand instinct that defensive war, when directed against unbcarablo tyranny or ruth less Invasion of right and territory, 1b a na tional act of nobility and sacrifice Thero aro wars and wars, and no amount of argument will convince a normal mind that tho Mncca bees or William tho Silent or George Wash ington or Havclock at Lucknow's Residency wero rebels against tho dlvlno government, usurpers of tho order of heaven's kingdom here; nor that tho objects for which they contended wero vllo and disreputable. I maintain that Christianity, rightly under stood, does not forbid active Intcrfcrenco In behalf of causes moro precious than oven llfo Itself. When Moral Interests Arc Imperiled It docs command us not to fear the armed bully who can kill tho body, nnd after that can do no more. It Incites us to a contempt for physical danger when moral Interests are gravely Imperiled. It exults In tho memory of those heroes of peaco and of war who counted not their lives dear unto them. It threatens tho penalties of Heaven against tho wicked trespassers who delight In blood shed. And Its general tenor leaves no room for reasonable doubt that unspeakable Ini quities, such as human slavery, must bo abolished at any hazard to peaco. "Tho exhortation to love our enemies at once suggests the query whether or riot we sincerely regard them with genuine benevo lence by allowing them to ride roughshod over tho defenseless and tho poor. Since when has! It conduced to any sort of better ment that men should capitulate to the thug and leave the vlrtuouB at his mercy7 The destroyer Is not chastened by allowing him anunchecked course. The spoiled and prodi gal son Is not restored to decency and good behavior by Indulging his drunken and dls soluto practices. Tho criminal is not likely to reform by being told that tho officer of the law shall not resist his depredations. The Cowardice of Non-resistance "On tho other hand, such an unthinkable acquiescence would increase the evils of tho powers that prey and augment their own wretchedness' and infamy. Love unlimited by moral considerations betrays everything, and not least, thoso on whom It sets its maudlin desires. Society would crumble bo neath tho pressure of the havoo wrought by an attitude of non-resistance to evil; the functions of civilized states would be paral yzed. We can hate sin whllo wo lovo the sinner; wo can strive for tho well being of those who oppose us whllo we offer them a sturdy repulse. But we cannot permit truth, Justice and equity to be swallowed up in a gulf of anarchy. "Again, tho teachings of Jesus wero framed In tho terms of Oriental thought; terms which never anticipated tho literalism which has been the curse of Biblical exegesis. Utter ances rich In symbolism and Imagery, owing their lmpresslvencss to the imagination which clothed them, and addrcssod to the ears of all generations, are robbed of their essential meaning or distorted beyond recog nition when tho worshiper of the letter ex aggerates that at the expense of the spirit. Blowing Up Civilization "Jesus was the supreme Idealist, but He also possessed an unequaled sanity. Ho drove homo the loftiest truth In uncom promising, vivid word pictures, devoid of qualification, and making no pretense to cover tho wholo range of possible contingen cies. Ho also linked that truth with tho actual breathing llfo of plain men and women, and to such purpose that the common people heard Him gladly. When He Instructs us to turn tho other cheek to the smlter, wo re member that He did not do this, but rebuked the creature that smote Him. When He telld us to go the second mllo with a ruffler who has already commandeered the first we see in that picturesque allusion Jhe reality that no sacrifice Is too great to win a soul from Its dark ways of hate. We know that we must not allow envy and vengeance and mere lust of reprisal to drag us down to their level. But we do not apprehend that we must stand by In sheepish docility while civ ilization is being blown up, "For the Master recognized war p this ex tent, that Ho drew a parallel from the strategies of a king who watched anxiously the progress of an Invading army on his bor ders. He commended tho centurion's" dis cipline, and like His great servant, St. Paul, He had a tender place in His heart for the soldier, St. Peter carried a sword to the scene of the treachery of Judas and used it there. Jesus sternly rebuked him for his rash act, because the Divine Sufferer chose to win by V'Sher means than the sword, That it was at His blddance is evident from His own words In reference o the attending legions of angels, who would have made a short shrift of His persecutors" had He ln voked their aid. But Ho knew that physical violence reacts and that they who take to it shall perish by Jt. as they aro perishing now, and will continue to perish. Peace, Falsely So Called "However skilfully they prepare, however vast the extent of their preparations', nations which deify war are finally crushed beneath the Juggernaut to which they have offered their oblations. When the temple at Jeru salem was being denied by the greedy pur veyor who bought and sold, Jesw arpe in moral might and majesty mul 4rev thm out Toe ti.ru n-f s display' at utrgd aT y f A 1 ----- y r y 1 reverenco blazing from His eyes overwhelmed thoso hucksters for gain. "It Is not our favorlto rcmlnlscenco ot tho Christ, but It has Its place, and meaning. It shows us how awful goodness can bo. It sanctioned tho ringing protests of all His servants who have boldly stood athwart tho path of tho plrato and challenged his policies. Defensive war waged in behalf of legitimate objects', such as the honor of woman and tho freedom of man, Is a heaven of heavens abovo tho desolation which tho tyrant and tho bloodless sycophant miscall peace. "It is infinitely moro moral and In har mony with all wo can discover concerning God's Intentions than even a tacit denial of faith and freedom. Once more, we aro wise to keep well In view tho significant fact that whatever Jesus" said was Intended for tho most advanced stages of human develop ment. Yet so long as tho raco has not at tained those stages wo must adapt tho prin ciples of tho New Testament to tho exigen cies of our times'. They are unintelligible until tho family of man has attained a given degree of spiritual perception. They arc in capable of compjeto realization whllo largo portions of the human raco revel In slaughter and put their trust In armaments. A Premature Millennium "Slavery was never directly attacked In tho New Testament. But onco the slave knew that ho was also a man and a brother, hla bonds wero doomed. Wherover tho New Testament has been received, slavery has been rejected. Wo grow Impatient with tho slow movements of divine machinery, and would fain precipitate a premature millen nium. Such a fictitious state would end In worse disaster than any wo now confront, and tho Gospel does not favor the attempt. "Already tho most persistent militants aro clamoring at tho bar of Christianized publlo opinion to be heard In their own defenso. And kings and statesmen will have to reckon with that opinion when this ruinous conflict has ended ns they havo never reckoned with It boforo. Its Indignation Is deep, Is Irre sistible, Is divinely inspired. The Church of God Id not so Inert and helpless as somo would havo us bellove. "The social order which has been top heavy with feudalism and absorbed In hero worship, and so morally stupid as to claim for human dust, still dust, though robed In tho meretricious pomp of obsolete regalia, those titles and honors which belonged to God alone, will pass away forever." ON TALKING IN ELEVATORS Some "Don'ts" for the "Book of Downtown Etiquette." From the Chicago Evening Poat. WHEN tho "Book of Downtown Eti quette" comes to bo written, we trust that the first "don't" will be: Don't speak aloud tho namo of an ac quaintance when met in a crowded ele vator. And the second rule should bo like unto It; Don't discuss anything, not even tho weather, In a crowded elevator. For a crowded elevator is like a lecture platform under Intensive conditions. It Is a rostrum, around which a breathless audience is gathered. Any word uttered catches In stantly the wholo and eager attention of the car, because usually the car has nothing else to seize upon In order to pass the time of ascent or descent It is, thus, Just as it the word tossed across to a friend were spoken loudly from a lecture platform. It cannot go to. the friend's ear alone. Other auditors aro crowded too closely about. In the same way the mere calling out ot a friend's name before the tense audience in the car has the effect of introducing to a, lecture crowd a speaker who has nothing at all to say. His would-be hearers fix their eyes expectantly upon the personality thus revealed to them and expect Jt to offer some thing for their entertainment The failure to do so seems to produce a sort of silent con tempt. The whole performance is uncomfortable. Which means that it is bad manners. "No Talking Allowed"- would be an elevator s)gn that many a harassed citizen would bless. I I I I Mil I On Parboiling f Trom tha groporU Paiatta. "To the Editor of the alette 8lr; Having hoard you are. an authority on cooking, I write to ask, would you advise parboiling a goose? "B, D. C, 1003 Exchange," A woman who parboils a goose, a chicken, or a turkey should be arrested and sent to a de tention home. There If no surer way to make good fowl taata Ilka basawood than to parboil it; and no animal la o old that it should have, to udure that foolUh treatment Pry plok, your cooae, put mm or ner. u the case may be. in (h oven so. ua yow bead and your bailing spoap 4nA trust to Providence, mui yuu wtfl b rttvwdsd- Parboiling U ow of Ifee etha of a 4$wrat age. GATHERING WEIGHT PROPHET GROVER'S WHOLESALE OPTIMI TT T 1. 1 T J T.nt;n. "n..t"TT f-' Ci,' .J : fn? uu a u ivuugu uiiu iiuauj x luguusiitaiui, ojul xxt. au l vjnugj, uuu 1U jag I F THE dally weather reports that sift In monotonous repetitions or provoko you be cause of their reserved and cautious tono cast them aside and study tho portents with Prophet Grover, of Kansas City. This Mis souri seer may not be able to specify Just what hour of what day you will need your goloshes and your bumbershoot, but ho does como up beaming with a handful of smiling and sunny months that should help us to jog along pleasantly until New Resolution Day, 191C. ' Measuring the tendencies of certain old and now planets that aro hesitating and one-stepping about In tho solar syBtcm, according to tho latest standardized dips and glides, ho proclaimed that after January 19 the weather for tho month should bo about normal, con sisting of caol, cold and very cold spells, with about tho average amount of rain or snow In most localities. Keeps Ilia Place in the Sun Tho very cold spells have failed to ma terialize for this particular region, though up In Erie nnd northern Now York the prophecy has held good. If Philadelphia complains of unseasonable mildness, Grover can como right back at us and say, Look at what hap pened In Erlo and Conestoga, In the same metcorologlcnl piano and subject to tho samo sidereal Influences. "If something gets out of whack In eight or ten .counties or so don't hold It up to me," Grovof will say. "What's eight or ten counties, anyhow, when a chap's good enough to focus his forecast on your whole blooming Union and Bpread that fore cast to cover a full round year. Your Gov ernment won't do It, and you spend oodles of money on men who fritter away their time adjusting tho apparatus of wind-motors and triple-geared barometers. I've only got an old second-hand telescope and a ten-foot Bhelf of almanacs, tho latost astronomical charts and tho bucket of common sense I always keep beside my desk." This will give you an Idea of tho whimsical side of this Kansas City optimist. Ho Is what you might call a rough prognosttcator, al most the last of his Ilk to retain his place In tho sun. Scientists rmllo Indulgently when they read his forecasts, and then attempt to explain why no one should pay any heed to him. They don't explain why not, because they state their case Jn language that no one who Is not In their own little circle of acad emicians can understand. If they could got down to the phraseology of "Alice In Won derland" nnd attack Grover with raw Anglo Saxon roots, 'and verbs spiced with a few slang Idioms of the day, it Is possible that they might reduce him to a pulp and get us all interested in the theory of'meteorologlcal cross-currents. Pending that distant day it will remain our pleasure to listen to the man who sees silver linings from his humble observatory on the bluffs of the Missouri River. Silver Linings for 1915 Grover sees ahead into a normal February, with the worst part of the month from Feb ruary 1 to ID. March will be warmer than usual, and April will be warmer and drier than usual, May will be about as usual, only a little more so, followed by a cooler than the average June, blessed with a sufficiency of rain. July will match June in this re spect, and August promises to behave itself as an averago August should. September will follow the example of August, but as the leaves begin to fall we must prepare for a cooler autumn. October, November and December will bo cooler than their wont. Lest the cynic be disposed to sneer at the noncommittal form of Prophet Grover'a prophesy, we bid him pause and read the rainbow codicil to tha forecast; The weather conditions for the year 1915 should cause the agricultural growth to be enormous and result In larger crops than last year, and be followed by enormous crops -In the Southern Hemisphere from September. 191S to March, 1916, ' Anybody Can Predict Evil D. A, N. Grover, of Kansas City, may nQt be in the same class as Mme. Thebes, of Paris, aa a herald of cataclysms. He never permits even the shadow of disaster to edge Jts way between the pages of bis forecasts Any halj-witted Mokl medicine man, can predict evil, saya Grover. and it Is a symp tom of feeble-mlndedness to da so- To con,, suit the stars in their courses and read auguries) good J, something that always; dH4 JR&e&ey ut UigewjUy, nWj $8rf. If prWt 1 imil g oi Important Respect lie Far Outclasses Mme. Thebes, of Paris. J you navo injurcu no ones reelings, DutiljH predict good and the looked-for goodjoj: carries a host of enemies bear down uppnln! nnd demand your hide, Years ago Grover predicted that thjut'i Kansas City Union Station would vaffii: somo flno morning by spontaneous comiS tlon. Ho called It a. solid mass of disgnatEi dlslntcgrants, which was a harder namtUu It had over been called by Its b(t33 enemies. At 1 a. m. he had seen a newcosj swish Its tall viciously over tho moldy tA23 and ho read this strange antic as a fc'Srl symbol and let go his prediction. BuPtJjj after year. Indeed, It was not until jftjra? ber last that it was abandoned for a split. ... .. . ... - am new aepot, ana wncn aoanfloned ftg .... cm ... . ? bustlon. In consequence of this fall-do5r! urover rcceivca ions oi Dicier letters, containing tho most venomous threats possible to conceive. Lay it on Thick ? Explaining this littlo circumstance, GroT. says: "If I had predicted that our treajurtij old landmark would havo endured eternal! as a shame and an eyesore, most folk ffjSfl iuivu omutucu muir snouiaers ana lurr.cai:, the sporting page, great public benefit, and they held itTSj against me, and laid for me. and lamba me whenever they had a little spare lnffl sling." This seems to have taucht the Drorheu lesson. In promising us all this fine wcjJSJ and superabundance of crops for Ulira heaps It on without any single specIflcaUxI There Is no ono particular we canr; him up on later, o!nd as thero does notice to bo any such known thing to raankihlj normal weather, he can como back at us win statistics, no matter what the nature fj?l complaint. And as a last inner defense! can blame It on tho stars. Tho moral of this Is, Don't be any Wajji a prophet If you are going to bo a stlngyw Lay it on as thick as you know howijW stand pat. Above all, don't bo a shrinks optimist or too specific In your special of optimism. Go tho whole dlstanc you've got everybody cheering with youffij If they don't know what they're enteral about. If tho whole world would beaniliS keep beaming there never gould be ,1$ things ns war and hard times. Ask tht ?M who loves his mother-in-law and see ill doesn't second the motion. A City-planning Lesson r rom tno Kanias city Star. d To OOen the strefltil in Its water fivintlt! Is Boston's gateway that city is consldtriM Jfl plan to sweep away entire, blocks of buildings, stretching for a half mile btwB Washington street and the Atlantic 5fWB docks. It will cost J50.000.000. Boston '" nave kept this space open to trafflo at W cost ii u nad been awake to the neceuwi generation ago. Now It must pay mllUonsaffl me last two years city-planning comm"?! have been appointed In Cincinnati, Louiw Paducah, Scranton, Omaha, Schenectady.w, Haven. Portland nd Uwronn. Mass. All ti the hint from the situation Boston finds lS LONGFELLOW'S "BOOK OF SONNETS 'TWOS Qnvwln.. fAlM n T rft9tt AfiWAlI The central highway of this awarmln gSB Ana felt a pleasant stillness not a w: Of Saturday's hard turmoil In the towpl. Then as the gentle breeze Just stirs a r; Yet almost motionless, or aa the fs.es Of silent smiles, I heard the chusa Sound murmuring, through the agtumnS nlnx'a brown. .Jl Today again I past along Broadway iWt In the fierce tumult'and mld-nolse of'iKg wnue 'neath my feet the solid fi) snook. Whet? lot It seemed that belt began t upon a sabbath eve a sliver tyne- -Richard Watson 9SV CHILDREN OF TJIE PEAP From ths Kw Tork Sun. bablt and all nameless, ware brought afternoon frpin tha 'quaka araa, Cbis from Roma, Sir , fisiunin rrnm mi 'nnur. .ria. lhw iwtitr' Gone are the hearts that bore tM! l . Qono with the dead and missed, ,5jL Lost are the hands which soothsd ut;jL Still are the lips that kissed, - Tftj Silenced the songs which lulled rtafi Sweet at tho close of day, 'ael Oh. for the angel mothers. "S4"! So far, so far away I - ' Who la to plan their fytureT Who U to teach the gainesl ' , Who s to answer questions? Who la to give them Barnes Wbwe wUuU the path. tQorreT ' , , Wnar, runs the rA next y W Wte, is W guide thsrtr footstep Vs tiumttb Uk hUts from tU"'