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Prosperity, if You Fight for It
WAB orders loom largo in the news,' and
when on6 ship brings tho details of or
ders for $400,000,000 worth of food, guns, au
tomobiles and ammunition, smaller transac
tions aro forgotten. Secretary Red field was
doubtless right when ho told tho United
Statfci Chamber of Commerco that tho pres
ent foreign trade Is not composed chiefly of
war materials. Europo needs goods tho pro
duction of which has been stopped by tho
war. America produces thosa goods. Tho
Primo Minister of ono country and the King
of another havo been appealing to tho De
partment of Commerce to arouso our manu
facturers to an appreciation of their oppor
tunities. It is easy for any ono to dispute Mr. Red
field's assertion that our foreign trade could
bo Increased by $100,000,000 a month if wo
had the ships to carry the goods. But tho
alert producer, Instead of saying that it can't
bo dqnc, will go out and And ships In which
his goods can be sent abroad and will reap
the harvest for himself and for his country.
"It Was White of Andy"
THE Federal Commission on Industrial Re
lations asked a canny Scot to state his
namo and business.
"Andrew Carnegie, retired business man,
whose chief object in life is to do good to
mariklnd."
Men may doubt the wisdom of his manner
of doing it. but there is nono who will not
rejoice with him In his motive. His libraries
aro found In the far quarters of tho con
tinent. In private pensions alone ho dis
tributes $241,000 the year. Ho has assisted
struggling colleges, has provided means for
co-ordination of educational endeavor and
standardization of courses. His charities,
many of them secret, have been imperial In
extent and generosity. He turned Iron into
gold and tho gold he translated Into help for
worthy causes and worthy people. He has,
according to his lights, treated his millions
as a trust fund. There has been no mean
ness about him, no stinginess. "Wealth long
ago became to him nothing more than a
means whereby to aid humanity.
A desirable, not an undesirable, citizen, a
man who gives tho surplus back to society,
he asks no classic laudation on his tombstone.
What better could ho got than this, "It was
white of Andy"?
Who Will Take Care of the Other Baby?
A WOMAN read that 56 cents would keep n
baby allvo for a week and that the Emer
gency Aid Committee had only money enough
to take caro of tho babies dependent on It for
a, few days longer.
"Xou must keep n baby alive for a week,"
she sajd to her husband, and the next day
telephoned to him at his ofllce to be sure to
remember the baby.
The man went to the Lincoln Building, in
Penn Square, and left enough to keep two
babies for a week. The question was asked,
"Do you want to keep one baby for two weeks
or two for one week?"
He was staggered by the unexpected call
to settle this matter of life and death, but
left the decision to the young woman In
charge.
"If you take care of one baby for two weeks
the little thing will get a good start. I think
that is better."
So It was left that way. But who Is going
to take care of that other baby?
A Flaming Jewel: Innocence
f TK7llEl a man who enjoys a large income
I- YY has to flee from his home, wander as a.
fugitive about the country for more than a
year and then die, penniless and alone, In a
charitable institution, It Is evident that dis
honesty does not pay. George M. Wagner
merely misappropriated funds In his care.
f He hoped to return them, hut he lost the
money. And then, although he escaped ar
il-,, rest, the whole country through which he
wandered was his prison. No, it was not so
comfortable as a prison, for he was a fugi
tive. In continual fear of the pursuing offi
cers, and Dread watched over his pillow at
night and stood by him as he dressed in the
morning and dogged his footsteps durinur the
day. It sat beside tho cot in New Orleans
which he spent his last hours, and It Is
likely that he welcomed death as a relief.
In the Disputations of Alculn. the tutor of
"Charlemagne, It Is asked:
V What Js the freedom of map J t
,; And the answer stands out on the page like
fit fjamlns jewel:
jf Innocence!
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rQj?D comes from England that the Brit
ish are finding Aiperlpan sentiment, a
reflected In the comic weeklies, Life, Puck
,nJ Judge, much more serious an4 satisfying
hn us reyealed by t.he great dally news-
totpera. At first thought tlls seems to be one
0 tlie bst Jokes of the young yoar. But a-
(U reneouon ieaas to ne conclusion tnat it
ifcaj Jdkfi at all. The British take their
nymhwmr with great solemnity, and treat It
en reapeoi mar. my refrain from
it until the t day. when they
jfjH Hriv4?Y a! Uf(? ftWR aeartiaents.
. m B ean cavu-ge mum wnn in vouty
Vfci have repeatedly nrafesqgg eatlre
'-.fojirt' to tit pain", of a American
t, ,: Mtfc ven though it were blunt as the
.' Ji.wjreas caauu4nta ea tba war imt
nntumlly nppeal to them an serious discus
sloni of a great world crisis,
But tho British ore Hot o far wfong. The
frankly flippant and comic war articles In
tha humorous magazine hhvo been nhot
through with tho golden thread of truthful
sobriety In comparison with soma of tho war
articles published elsewhere. The real humor
of tho situation, for those who havo tho wit
(d see It, has been In tho seriousness with
"which some periodicals havo argued that tho
United States is guilty of tho basest kind of
neutrality. because It docs not abandon all Its
efTorts to'prcscrvc Us neutrality. According
to ono group, wo aro tho ally of tho Allies!
and according to another, we arc tho' ally of
tho Qormans. 33t.it Undo Sam Is all tho tlmo
sitting on the fonco whittling a stick and
trying to be patient. If any ono can look at
tho situation without a smile his wits havo
been turned topsy turvy by tho war.
Make Your Councilman Stand Up and
Be Counted
THAT you are for rapid transit Is Im
portant! that your Councilman docs not
sidestep tho losuo Is moro Important.
Find out where ho stands and demand that
he pledgo himself specifically, not to rapid
transit In tho Indefinite future but to rapid
transit now.
His pledgo to work and voto for an April
election Is tho test of his sincerity that must
be asked. If he Is for anything else ho Is
against rapid transit.
Mako your Councilman stand up and bo
counted, If he has his knlfo ready for tho
project, compel htm to brandish It In tho
open.
It Is you, Mr. Ordinary Citizen, on whom
the Issuo of this flght depends. There Is yet
timo for you to nip In tho bud tho conspiracy
to defraud you.
The Seas Arc Common Property
THE warring nations seem to lmaglno
that tho ocean highways aro a sort of "no
man's land" over which tho laws of civiliza
tion do not stretch and no sovorolgnty holds
sway except that exercised by might. Tho
seas belong to no nation, but to all nations.
Thoy ore not without ownership; they be
long to all nations in common. The United
States, thoreforo, as tho most poworful of
neutrals, must steadfastly oppose tho pre
tension that Its ships and the ships of other
nations aro Bubject to tho whims of tho
belligerents and cannot expect tho safety
usually Inherent In neutral registry
The German threat of a submarine block
ade, foreboded In tho remarkable lntervlow
with Von Tlrpltz, as published originally In
the Evening Ledger, renders tho situation
more than ever difficult. A blockade of ter
ror Is still a paper blockade, and paper
blockades havo no standing In International
law.
To keep open tho legitimate lanes of com
merce, to champion tho rights of neutralB,
to stand firmly against wanton interference
from above, on or under tho seas, becomes
the bounden duty of Washington. It Is In
creasingly apparent that in tho conduct of
our international affairs the greatest skill
will bo requisite, If wo are not to bo drawn
Into tho vortex. But It Is Just as apparent
that a Bplneless policy would sink us deepor
Into tho mire eventually. We aro between
Scylla and Charjbdls, with a definite duty to
perform, namely, tho vindication of our right
to carry on commerce There must bo no
backdown and there must be no Jingoism.
Is This the White Hope?
THE war must take back seat for a time
while really serious matters are consid
ered. There Is nono mora serious than the
failure of a White Hope to emerge and dem
onstrate his ability to wrest the champion
ship from Its present dark-skinned possessor.
Volumes havo bee written on tho subject.
It Is the staple of conversation In thousands
of places where men congregate, and women
have been known to show an Interest In the
fortunes of the candidates for the coveted
honor.
They have not given enough attention to
the navy. If a white man Is to win the dis
tinction of being the best heavyweight boxer
In the country, he Is more likely to be devel
oped In the sparring matches on the war
ships than anywhere else. There Is Jack Mc
Dermott, for example, who ran afoul of tho
police because he was not familiar with the
Philadelphia marriage license requirements
and has had to postpone his wedding. Ho
promises well. He has already won the cham
pionship of tho sea, as well as a bride, and If
he should put himself In training, who knows
but that tho honor coveted by every boxer In
the land might not fall upon his willing brow?
Suspended Sentences nnd Burglar)'
r' MAY be humane to suspend sentence on
a man convicted of burglary, but It Is
possible to be too kind to the criminal and
not kind enough to tho community. For ex
ample, if a man has been convicted of lar
ceny three times and Is arrested on the same
charge for the fourth time, found guilty and
then let go, as has Just happened, the theory
of reforming a man by putting him on his
good behavior is carried too far. The com
munity has an. Interest In such cases, for
the habitual criminal, turned loose, Is going
to keep at his course of crime. So long as
men of this kind are at large there will con
tinue to be burglaries and men and women
will be held up on the streets, The place
for the habitual criminal Is where he cannot
prey on the public.
Fifteen dollars a plate was paid for the
bankers dinner last night, a pretty good
price for "lja,rd tjrnea."
His friends "have taken pains to announce
that Roosevelt has been suffering from
African, not presidential, fever.
The open Sunday movement In Atlantic
City Is Just what tb? "Billy'' Sunday move
ment In Philadelphia is Intended to stop.
Champ Clark could not get ihe Presidency,
but he has been unanimously nominated by
the Democratic cauous (9 succeed himself as
Speaker. ,
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Who will emerge, from the European war
with le fame which was won In the Amerl.
can (jrlsis by Abrahabi Lincoln? There la no
one of his six jn sight yet.
There must be some mistake In the report
about a coming battle of Armageddon, Does
not every one know that the only real slmon
pure battle of Armageddon was fought In
1915?
Municipal Court, JudgM crtJnly ought to
be worth Ave tlms much as the tipstaves,
0 why eemptain wh the deraiud for ?W?
a yar U wade la the iaUreis Mf tie Prcsld
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TASKS Aim JEALOUS
MASTERS OF GENIUS
What Michael Aiigclo, John Ericsson
nnd Other Men of Achievement Knew
of Work Making a Survey of One's
Own Resources.
By JOSEPH H. ODELL
EVEItY man should moke a careful survey
of his resources. Ho will discover that ho
Is equipped to do a great number of different
things. Ho Is a chest of tools, ndmlrably con
structed nhd ready for use, by which ho can
engage In a score, or a hundred, dissimilar oc
cupations'. And behind the tools, ready to
dlroct them, is tho brain, ffch Instrument Is
connected with tho brain by a nerve, which
nets llko a telephone wire, carrying messages
back and forth.
Tho flrst Instinct of life is to do something
with tho hands. Tho eyes sco a posslbto ac
tion; tho nerves carry tho messago to
tho brain and tho brain sends It on to tho
muscles that control tho hands; then tho will
gives It permission and tho fingers' sot to
work. But when tho hands nlono aro en
gaged It Is In tho coarsest kind of labor
digging or carrying, for Instanco. After ono
day of experiment tho mind can bo freed from
tho occupation, for tho man has learned to
perform tho task by tho automatic uso of tho
muscles; even tho eyes can bo released and
tho work proceed In tho dark. If ono uses his
hands to fashion and adjust material, he re
quires a longer uso of tho brain and tho eyes
wlh bo ncedod all tho time. As wo rlso
In tho scnlo of occupation, and tho work bo
comes moro complex, more of tho powers are
constantly engaged. When wo roach perhaps
tho greatest work a man can do, cvory slnglo
scnBC, faculty and power is concentrated and
employed to tho utmost.
MIchaol Angclo, In painting tho Slstlne
Chapel In Rome, probably had his1 ontlro bo
lng focused under his will and bent to tho
accomplishment of tho masterpiece. Balanc
ing himself upon a platform, his hands wield
ing the brush, his oye tracing lines and valu
ing colors, his mind picturing forth tho great
conception, his hoart flinging a wealth of
sentiment Into the production, his memory
pouring out tho treasures which ho had seen
and hoard In tho past, his lips directing hli
assistants nover was thero such an cxampla
of complete, conccntiatlon and tho result has
stood tho test of centuries and It tho won
der and delight of tho world today. Angelo,
when engaged upon his marvelous creations,
would often drop down In his working
clothes and sleep upon tho floor, to bo ready
again for work with the flist light of morn
ing. When reproached by friends for such
solitary and unsocial habits, ho would reply:
"Art Is a jealous mistress, and requires the
whole man."
It will readily bo seen that a man's valuo
to himself, or his worth to civilization, de
pends upon his ability to gather the vailoutf
parts of his naturo togother and to hold them
steadily upon ono object for the accomplish
ment of a deflnlto purpose. The power to con
coutrato Is absolutely essential to any form
of success; and tho degreo of success li
usually to bo measured by tho amount of sus
tained concentration exhibited.
The Secret of tho Monitor
John Ericsson Is a remarkablo example, of
concentration. His Inventions wore so numer
ous, and so revolutionary In their nature,
that his generation called him superhuman.
Tho present era of naval construction began
when Erlcsson'B turreted Ironclud Monitor
vanquished tho Merrlmac In Hampton Roads.
A few sentences from the "Life of Ericsson"
will reveal tho secret of his genius: "Ho was
at the shipyard before any of tho workmen
and was tho last to leave. In tho construc
tion of so noxel a craft ns tho Monitor dlfll
cultles of a puzzling nature carno up every
day. If Erlcnson could not solve them on the
spot, ho studied the matter In tho quiet of the
night and was ready with his drawings In tho
morning."
Writing of his normal life, after the
urgency of the Civil War was over, tho samo
biographer says: "He was utterly wrapped
up in his work, his days Knew scarcel any
variation. His time was divided according
to rule. For thirty years ho was called at 7
o'clock In tho morning, and took a bath of
very cold water, Ice being added to It In Bum
mer. After some gymnastic exercises, came
breakfast, always of eggs, tea and brown
bread. His second and last meal of tho day,
dinnor, never varied from chops or steak,
some vegetables, and tea and brown bread
again. During tho day he Was accustomed
to sit at his desk or drawing tablo for about
10 hours. After dinner ho resumed work un
til 10, when he started out for a walk of an
hour or more, which always ended his day.
Tho last desk work accomplished every day
was to make a record In his dairy, always
exactly one page long. This diary comprises
moro than 1400 pages, thus covering a period
of 40 years, during which time he omitted
but 20 days In 1S55, when ho had a finger
crushed by machinery."
Every law of nature discovered, every
force applied to human progiess, every prin
ciple of mechanics worked out for quickening
or cheapening production, every Invention
that has brought the resources' of the uni
verse within our reach, every added step to
the facilities of transportation, every work
of art that has given us pleasure and refined
our sensibilities, every book that lias in
creased and broadened our knowledge prac
tically everything of value Jn the history of
mankind, has been the fruit of that sustained
and Intense application which we call con
centration. By the Lifiht of the Dawn
Emlle Llttre, the author of the standard
French dictionary, did not begin his great
task until 45 years' of age, and he worked at
It incessantly for the next SO years. The mere
labor of setting the typo took 13 years. Llttre
has told the story of his concentration;
"My rule of life Included the 21 hours of
the day and night, so aa to bestow the least
possible amount of time on the current calls
of existence. I rose at 8, ery late, you will
say, for so busy a man. Walt an Instant.
While they put my bedroom In order, which
was also my study, I went down stairs with
some work in hand, It was thus, for exam
ple, that I composed the preface of the die
tlonary. I had learned from Chancellor d'Aff
nesseau the value of unoccupied minutes. At
9 r set to work to correct proofs until the
hour of our noonday meal. At 1 I resumed
work, and wrote my papers for the 'Journal
des Savants,' to which I was from 1S55 a
regular contributor. From 3 to 6 I went on
With the, dictionary. At 6, punctually, we
dined, which took about an hour. They say
it U unwi-,eloome to work directly after din
ner, but I have never found it m, U U to
luuch time won from the exigencies of the
bedy. Starting again, at 7 In the evening-, t
j&sck to the dictionary. Sly first stage took
mo to midnight, when my wlfo nnd daughtor
(who wcro my assistants) retired.
"I then worked on tilt 3 In tho morning, by"
whloh tlmo my dally task was usually com
pleted. If It was not, I worked on later; and,
moro than once, In the long days of summer,
I hnvo put out my lamp and continued to
work by tho light of the coming dawn. How
ever, at 3 In tho morning I generally laid
down my pen and put my papers In order
for tho following day that day which had
already begun. Habit and regularity had ex
tinguished all oxcltcmcnt In my work. I fell
nsleep as easily as a man of leisure does, nnd
woko at 8, as men of leisure do. But these
vigils wero not without tholr charm, A night
ingale had built her nest In a row of limes
that crosses tho garden, and sho filled tho
silence of tho night and of tho country with
her limpid and tuneful notes."
CHESTERTON'S FEN AND SWORDS
lie Does Everything Stoutly, as a Couple of
Little Talcs arc Sufficient to Show
A LONDONER, hoping with tho rest of us
that tho serious Illness of G. K. Chester
ton will end In his restoration to health and
work, writes of him thus:
"For ono thing his departure would mean
tho obligation of reading books about him by
rivals and Imitators who aro not Jit to loose
the latchots of his boots, becauso they havo
only learned half tho lesson that ho Incul
cates, they havo emancipated themselves"
from conventional gentility and academic
logics without qualifying for admission Into
the ranks of Universal Gaiety. And it Is this
lifelong enrollment of his In tho service of
Intellectual Levity this man who weighs
Borne 18 or 20 stones that proclaims him tho
Hiug paradox he Is."
He adds, "To have died at 40 would havo
been tho last of Mr. Chesterton's perversities,
and tho only sad one of which ho has ever
been guilty."
Ono or two Interesting little stories about
"G K. C." havo recently been told.
"A causeur of such spontaneity was bound
to be in request in the great clearing houso
of Journalism, and Mr. Chesterton makes a
handsome Incomo from his topical columns
alone When ho us.ed to wrlto a yearly for
the Dally News It was a common thing for
him to forget all about tho task, potter In
and out of congenial circles until tho thing
wail overdue, and then remember It with
something llko Jovial remorse. If ho hunted
about In his pockets for paper and found
none, ho did not repine. There Is always balm
In Gllcad for a man of resourco like him. Ho
does everything stoutly. Ho knew If he went
Into a busy newspaper office at that time of
night he would novor get away again, and
nobody would over get any work done. So
ho would step Into a tobacconist's' shop, order
sundry ounces of soma mixture or other, tnka
out tho contents and stuff them loose In his
pockot, and then scribble his article upon the
wrapper oh ho stood at the tradesman's
counter. Tho result would be dropped Into tho
office letter box, duly discovered and deciph
ered, and the usual brilliant articlo would ap
pear next day to dazzle the world as If he
had written It nt his desk at homo and cor
rected a proof well In advance."
The Manchester Quardlan furnishes this:
"Even In Mr. Chesterton's' most mllltantly
pacific days he greatly loved a sword. It was
said that he seldom left his house without
'an absurd sword stick,' which never went
into action, save in the matter of hailing a
cab or delighting children in Datteraea Park
or transfixing a policeman with astonish
ment. "Even to this day thero are more foils
than umbrellas In Mr. Chesterton's umbrella
stand, while in his study the orthodox sin
gle stick Is all over the place. In the dining
room of his Englishman' home Mr. Chester
ton Intends to await the German Invasion
with a French sword bayonet; It Is ready
on the wall. Rut If you ask Mr, Chesterton
what Is his favorite type of weapon, he will,
of course, tell you about the delightful
wooden painted sword of boyhood, In the pre.
Boy Scout era,
THE PRISONER
The hills call and the roads call, and the sea,
With voices of remembered deeds and days,
Of winds that roam the world forever free,
Tempting the rover to the wanderrways.
Yet, though theae voices hold their spell for m.
Still do I linger In the city's maze,
Thralled by the loud conglomerate mlndreliy
Of rumbling whistles and of hurrying feet,
Of roaring trafflo and the clamant beat
Of hammers on the ringing rib of steel;
This Is the city's summons, this the call
Prownlng tbe gentler voices, one and all.
In rolling muslo of Its vaat appeal!
And If I seek the road, the sea, the hill,
A little ipape their ancient glamour Alls
My utmoit need; but presently I know
A longing for the tumult and the pre.
The fret and haste, tbe glitter and the show,
The vait and never.at4 restlessue.
And all the aounda of a.vnu and rium
Which make tho city When I har her vole,
I turn my footstep, homeward and rejoice;
The city call J eoml
Sntea Brilr, la Mils;' M4t.)ni,
A MAN'S JOB
VIEWS ON CURRENT TOPICS
Unemployment, the Typical American
Overcrowded Street Cars
To tht Editor ef tht Evening Ltdgcr:
Sir Owing to tho large number of men out of
employment during tho present winter somo
charitably inclined people conceived tho Idea
of renting a factory building and putting In
heat and oftorlng crude but warm shelter from
the elements to tho respectable poor white men
In need. They sought the co-operation of the
Sunday Breakfast Association, who aro ad
ministering the work. Their method Is. from
the thousand or more people who attend their
meetings, to select from three to four hundred
men who uro the most worthy. ?o men are
taken In with the emell of liquor on them;
American citizens are preferred, and prefer
ence Is always given to men who look like
worklngmen.
After tho first selection of three to four hun
dred out of the thousand I think I can safely
say that tho Intelligent caretaker at the home
can pick from 25 to 100 men at any tlmo who
Would bo able-bodied, willing workers nnd
worthy of their hire to any ono who could give
them employment.
The home telephono number Is Poplar BS67, and
Is located at 1213 Hamilton street, and tho men
usually como In at 10 o'clock at night. The
first call la at 4 o'clock In the morning, another
at 5 o'clock nnd tho last one at 6 o'clock,
shortly after which they are oil out of the
building looking after work. Thero la a care
taker In tho building day nnd night to answer
the phone.
Can you help by giving any of thorn work?
Wo havo all the money necessary to run the
shelter, but would appieciato your help to find
employment for the men Two hundred men
wero turned away from the shelter tho other
night. Some of them waited outside the door
until 1 o'clock In the morning hoping they might
be taken iii and given an opportunity to sleep
on the bare floor. CARITAS.
Philadelphia, January 25.
"WHO IS THE TYPICAL AMERICAN"
To the Editor at the Evening Ledger:
Sir. In this Evening's Lgdohr appears nn
editorial under the caption, "Who Is tho Typical
American?"
Irvln Cobb Is quoted as declaring It Is George
M Cohan, who "does not forgot the, existence
of either Theodore Roosevelt or Sitting Bull."
Now, as our editorial suggests, what consti
tutes tho typlqal American?
"It Is not In wealth, nor rank, nor state, but
'git up and git' that makes men great " He Is
most tjplcally American who has tho loftiest
conception of our Institutions and that which
constitutes true American citizenship, and who
most nearly exemplifies such conception In his
own life.
Ho must he successful not necessarily In
financial wealth, but measured by character
and sen Ice
Ho must be keen, bright and alert, In "corre
spondence with his enviromont."
He must have broad sympathy for his fellow
men. He must be law-abiding, ready to assist In
enacting and enforcing all Just laws.
He must be In the game all tho tlmo and will
ing to play It fairly.
Mr. Cohan, by Mr. Cobb's own explanation,
certainly falls short In his typicality." Mr.
Cohan does forget (perhaps it's Mr. Cobb), tho
existence of the "noblest American of them
nil, the modest Theodore Roosevelt."
I say It In nil seriousness perhaps Mr. Roose
velt will admit It. A. L. SMITH.
Philadelphia, February 2,
THE KAISER'S niRTIIDAY GIFT
To th Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir "Ileapn of German Dead Sad Gift on
Kaiser's Birthday."
This lugubrious headline In today's Evbnino
Lnnncn I beg leave to amend by quoting the
words of he Immortal poet Horace:
"Djlce et decorum est pro patrfa mori" I, e ,
"Death for one's native land Is sweet and
decorous."
Permit me to state, gentlemen, that tho only
sad gift (If girt It be) that could be offered his
nuruat majesty on hs natal day Is a cowardly
retreat (which God forefend) before the foe.
Philadelphia, January ST. "EUTZOG.
BENNETT VS. SHERLOCK ioLMES
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Slr-ThoBo two charmlngSrutalments of James
O'Donnell Bennett's letter In reply to an article
by the author of "Sherlock Holme," which ao
cused tha German of being engaged m a cruel
enterprise, shall, beyond any doubt or dispute
help all tho friend of Belgium and France to
understand these countries have suffered but
little from the German's offenslveness
Oqly one-seventh of Louvaln Is ruined. That
Is g?od new. When one leg Js broken oft the
table all la not lost. When the bottom only of
the Jug fa smashed we can still borrow on six.
sevenths of the value of the pitcher at tha
pawnbroker's well. What Is the Joss of an
arm? nothing. If you have not lost the use
of your shoulder and the remainder of your
limbs.
"My observation." he ays, "In September,
and again In October, in northern France, con
vinced me that tha civil population of Belgium,
and not the Belgian army, wbb the principal
cauie of Belgium's woea." I think a. brief re
mark flta thi profound writing of Mr. Bennett,
namely, all the other sources of Information to
date agree that the cause of Belgium's woe
was and Is the Invasion of that country by
Germany.
Future age will cherish copies of that photo
graph of Mr. Bennett sitting on hunksrs opening
package after package of dum-dum bullet at
Maubeugo But our demndant will shaKe their
heads a trifle sadly as they reflect upon two re
markable things about Mr. Bennett's account of
this dum-dum Instance. First, they will wonder
why the German did not tell Mr Benqett that
It vm Continental cuatom to do some range
practice will) dum-dum, and that the natural
place to find duaj-dunn would be In forts like
MiubflUs m4 s barr&eka, Sceoad (tlicugu
and tlic Literacy Test, as Well J
and Belgian Atrocities.
this time this thought may have occurred taffi
Mr. Bennett himself), tho fact that ho was HI
to open eo many ensos of dum-dum bullets, tfii
not caBen of something olse moro dangerous tot
Imaginative soldiery, is fairly good proof thttl
those thousands upon thousands of dum-duaiS
wcro not really used by the Belgians agaTgltl
the Germans. I nm savage enough to repurt'S
that had I been thero I mlirlit hn.vft he.n ii. 1
pellcd to Impel a few of these mlssltes againiM
a foe which bioke Into my country without iwil
least sensible en 11.10. 1 Si
Both may be bad. but which Is -nm. (:,... J
look Holmes" announcing to us that many Bra
kiuiib woro Kinca, or uennett telling us thitft
many Belgians were not killed, only a few beltfl
Killed, and even these being given decent buwll
by the Germans? SHON IUE."!
Philadelphia, January 25. -j
THE PRESIDENT'S WISE VETO 3
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: J
Sir It Is with a feellnrr nf i-ritln.lln, 4v.ll
I read of President Wilson's voto of the m.V
mlirratloti hilt, nmi nm om-a m... i.i ...,' I
should bo commended by the people generally
Tho Immigration bill, In Its present form, )S
clearly contrary to the principles and ideals of '-J
mora than a majority of tho American peoplaA
It seeks, first of all, to close out doors to hoa.
est, Industrious and liberty-loving people- whol
are denied the right of agitation for Kbit!
they deem to bo their Inalienable rights. If mi!
but look back. In our own history, to the tlmrf
our forefathers came to this country w Willi
find that they Yero composed of the same elm's
01 peopio as wn bo affected by the bill, shonl'S.
It become a law over tho President's voto Oaj
any one claim that thlB country Is the woniB
off for their coming? Decidedly no. They weni
tho founders of our Ideal Government and'!
everything It stands for. nnd we must not
nllow tho opponents of Immigration to hajlr
tne Ideals of our forefathers nnd caBt a tuia
upon the good will of tho American people.
I do not claim that our Immigration li
should bo without some restrictions. But 1;
do say that tho restrictions should be to test
tho character, purpose nnd personal fltnesi ol
lhA tmnilirrniit nn ihnt thA riASprvtnar AHCI
linll flnrl n Tin,.fv w.l.nm, in mil nhftrea.
This country and Its Institutions wilt to
benefited by proper Immigration. If the e!.
forts of Congress aro directed to the reraoiM
of the objectlonal features of the present WW
our representatives there will fufll their dutr,
to the American people and our beloved countrx.
will continue its course of progress.
BENJAMIN NATAL.
Camden, N. J., January 20.
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Kindly let me know whether or not Uilf.
voto In Washington, D. C. If not, kindly hj,
me know through your paper why not.
B. P.
ThltnilnMfi TlVhrnnltf i.
Though the population of the District of Cx
lumbla Is greater than that of some of w
Kffit. thi. nnnlA Iiava nn voIca in their 10?,
rrmn TUmyr nrtk n-nvarnftA' hv threft COHW
mlsaloners, appointed by the President and tMJ
Senate, and by laws made in Congress. Toll
Constitutional Convention of 1787, at the raj
stance of Madison, placed among the emunHJ
mea powers or -ongres ine eieruioa v --
elusive Jurisdiction over bucIi district asroIsHv
by cession of particular States, become in
of the National Government- By the a"
July IS, 1790, the capital was located on w
hflnlr. nf 4 1. 'DA.'.n.a'. Til. Hf nt TflbfUary PB
JS01, Congress assumed exclusive control otJ
OVERCROWDED STREET CARS
To the Editor of th Evening Ledger: M
Sir. Permit one of your dally readers to U
the Philadelphia Slow Transit Company throujl
our column what right It had to pack lntjjj
one of it cars 1M children returning frcjl
the tabernacle Saturday afternoon last, 5
ennoclaltv Intn nm nf tho nlrl tVDA. Iiay-3S-oa.l
entercara? This happened to be one of '"Ml
car routed No. 3J-the block number was 1
si . ... j. a.... .......... mm c-a PSB1
uho Jiuuurea n nuyoi pcruii ur .v- .--
ister-ri. anil -lent transfer, which are 1PV
registered; total, 164 fares all In the car at Jtll
time. "Just Imagine," Now you cannot PI
a Pullman car In that manner, and why shoyiaj
this company be permitted to do ao? You WU
not pack a cattle car In this manner. The '
forbids it. And why should ?m company -i
permuted to do worseT --,t
H, V. BISHOPj
Germantown, February 1.
OVERPRODUCTION AND WANT
RI-TT-4-- h -ll,t lln nt nn lndUltt
Bystera, a volume of production sufficient '
nmnlltv In innnlv lh n-eriii nt R. country WpaU
nllntv tha n.nnl. a .Mnt lian nt flllch DrOd-U
tlon, but now we have overproduction at twl
same time that we have want on every hand. tMJ
the average peraon or family has.to practice ?
strictest Kind of economy.
Peoole are financially noor Money M
scarce. The production of the country. flnaflW
throueh the credit system, ha to be oM PV
tha rnilnU. tnr -nVv anil fhA vnllimft Of V9
auction is greater than the money clrculMUwl
of the country can handle, and tnat. is. "j
overproduction and want go nana in mum
ORIGINAL THINKERS
rauisboro, N, J,, February 2.
SPLENDID ARTICLES
To thm Editor of th Evening Ledger'
Sir Permit tne to exoress our thanks for
splendid article on workmen' corapeniatlj
wnicn were published recently In the -
kooeb. jfou certainly can Pe or gre "
in Biovtimiititi at thl h9rfi"T-r
GJjnTRl DEJ BI5EI-3
Sacl-tnaftf Tl.nai4m.nf nn I nmnansftttia
Ja4ntrl4 AccJdtoU, National WlvSa f
rtIoj.
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