8 EVE&IM kEDGEBPHIEADEi;:PHtA 8ATTTBBAT FEBftTTABY 27, 1915? , i& tUt&0cr ' PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY CtBUd It. ft. CURTIS, PaiHtus. .. Churl H.Ludlnmen. Vfcel'ridnt; John C. Martin, FMwtarJ' and Trtaauren Philip B. Collins, John II. William. Dirrcfora. EDiTontAti bo Ann : Oic It. lv. Coarts Chairman. ft IX. WHAtiEr Executive Editor i . I. i i i ii JOHN C. MAnTIis". General tJuilneia Manictr .mi . i i i i i i ii i rubllsbtd daily at rcsuo I.tDom fiulldlnc, Independence Square, Philadelphia. Lcnoi CstTtiL,. ......... Drond and Chestnut EtrrtU ATMMie Crxt t rrtta-Unlon Bulidln Kvt ToiK 170-A, Metropolitan Taer Cnretito 817 Home Insurance Building LoMrtX 8 Waterloo riace. Fall Mall, S. W. WHItiT0" DOiirAD.. . The Pott Hulldlnr !;rt York Hemic . .. . ... The Ttm' liulldlnr lim.lN UtieeiO. . . 60 Frledrlchtrafe Oftxit Iltjar-AO. ..... . ..2 Pall Mali Bant, a W. Piai Bcirio 32 nue Louie la Grand SUDSCniPTION TERMS Tor earrl'er, Dilt.T OKtr, lr eenn. p.y mall, poitpald Dutilrte of Philadelphia, except where foreign pontnire tn required. Daii.t O.vt.T, one month, twenty-five cent; Dlt.T Oslt. one )ear. three dolUre. All mall nub cflptlone pable In adrance BELL. 3000 WALMUT KF.Y3TONE, MAIN 3000 K Jiddnts alt comMuntcallom to Eienlng Ledger, Independence Squars, Philadelphia. nrnD at Tin rmunit.riii roiTorncc sreorta ctas tint. Uirrn. riiiLAUELrniA. Saturday, i r.nnuAitr 27. 1915. Habit is not a small thing it is what binds us in chains impossible to bicak. Russia Will Get Out to the Mediterranean RUSSIA'S ambition Is about to bo realized. Sho has hnl Constantinople In her grasp more than once, and the Powers havo forced her back. But Sir Edwnrd Groy has an nounced that tho British are now In sympa thy vlth the Russian desire to get an nutlet to tho Mediterranean, and Franco and Rus sia aro In such close accord that if Russia gets Into Constantinople this time sho will stay there. Tho British fleet in the Mediterranean Is now actively co-operating with tho Russian strategists to destroy tho German-Turkish control of tho Dardanelles and tho Bosporus. "With these straits opon from tho Black Sea to tho Mediterranean, Turkey In Europe is doomed. Constnntlnop... will fall, nntl tho Russian navy can pnss freely from Russian Black Sea ports Into warm water. Tho great grain supplies gathered at Odessa can bo sent to Franco and England for feeding tho armies, and 10 power of tho Turk to harass the Allies In tho rear will bo destroyed. Russian control of Constantinople and the outlet to tho Black Sea will solve three fourths of tho Asiatic questions. It will re lieve the Russian pressuro on Persia, India and China, and mark tho consummation of the plans of Peter tho Great when he turned his back on sla and faced tho west. Fight in the Open THE apparent determination to force tho local option flght Into tho open is based on wise strategical principles, It tho Gov crnbr sets forth his arguments In support of tho county-unit plan in various parts of the State; If his supporters organize the senti ment in favor of the plan; if the bill Is do bated in public In Harrlsburg, and If tho supporters and opponents of It aro compelled to put themselves on record In full view of tho public in tho General A'ssembly instead of in committee rooms behind closed doors, the prospects of the passage of the bill will be brilliant indeed. The bill can bo knifed In tho dark. It 13 in danger of such a fato unless every local optlonlst who cares more for local option It self than for some special way of getting it insists with all his might that every step of Its progress through the Legislature shall be In the full light of day. Philadelphia Is Not Yet Reno ONCE more jt has been demonstrated that tho laws do not matter so much as the men who enforce them. Desertion for two years Is ground for divorce in this State. And there aro other grounds in tho law which would permit the divorcing of hus bands or wlve3 on trivial pretexts if the courts chose to interpret the statutes loosely. But Judge Patterson, in denying a divorce on tho ground of desertion, has established the fact that Philadelphia Is not Reno and that Pennsylvania is not Nevada. Tho Judge found that tho parties to tho proceeding had separated by mutual consent and he holds that tho law never Intended to permit the dissolution of the marriage tie under such circumstances. Desertion, to come within tho meaning of tho law, must bo wilful and against tho protest of the other party. So he has refused to dissolve tho marriage tie. It la fortunate that this decision has been made at this time, because the efforts of the practical exponents of the trial marriage, otherwise known as progressive polygamy, to use the courts of this Commonwealth to further their ends, have given to them an. unenviable notoriety. Prohibition Marching On PUOHIBITIOK is marching steadily along. Iowa goes Jnto the "dry" column, and the Idaho Senate, by a vote of 23 to 6, has passed a prohibition bill which the Governor de clares he will sign. The Bishop of London, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and others are pub licly urging England to follow the example set by Russia and France, and prohibit the ale of spirituous liquors, at least during the war. "Booze" is in a bad way. It has not very many friends left The big corporations are arrayed against Jt. The drinking man is be ing pushed to one side. There is some one else to take Ids Job, Economy and efficiency are supplementing statute law. They pro hibit whether- prohibition does or not. The progress of prohibition is the more re markable because Its advocates have been in the main fanatical radicals. Yet, In spite of them, the cause has marched along. Else where liquor has persisted in remaining in politics, and by opposing wise remedial legis lation, suph as local option, has succeeded In getting Itself outlawed altogether. Perhaps there wilt be more common sense displayed In Pennsylvania by the liquor adherents, al though there has been nothing' yet to Indicate t In tho course they have pursued. High Coat of Waste IT MAS been possible to And out wjthln raonabie. limits the cost of fire waste In : jt"8B United States, and It amounts to tens mt milllwur ot dollars annually. It is not pos-s-ibte to form any dependable estimate of the vast of American waste In kitchens and elth ctoscUL M'M WW bowjever, IHat a large per iSKjiiiii of Busjar Is absolutely thrown away kagMtto people are too lazy to stir the bev Mg i wht.-h thy put the substance AI-i-tai evjy tup t coff$0 srvd In a. res imitnu 1 J4 ?n t'rnwterit4 ami the cup gees :;.,... .. thi. lutf.fcwi Wijj a quantity of sugar - ' ' '.t iiuUiMt. V?. W MregtgaJ is tk ffomtfilg uso of salt, of bread, Of meat, of milk, of sauces, of vegetable, of all things which hu man beings consume. Tho water waste Is enormous. Even people who havo meters use water without thought of tho cost. The American people throw away every day enough food to feed an ordinary nation. They discard enough perfectly good clothes lo clolho tens of thousands. It Is not nil waste, of course, for it means moro buying, and more buying means moro business, and moro business means more prosperity. If all were thrifty our factories could not bo kept busy. Vet there Is a happy mean between extravagance and thrlftlessncss. Other and older nations have found It. Perhaps a few hard winters may bring us to a realization of tho value of wise frugality. The Truth, the Whole Truth nnd Nothing but the Truth THE demands on tho charity of Philadel phia havo been unprecedented this win ter. They havo been mot, too, In nn unpre cedented way. To every legitimate demand there has been a generous answer. How much suffering has been prevented cannot bo told, but hundreds nnd thousands of women who havo publicly and privately glvon their per sonal attention t- the relief of tho needy and come Into direct contact with tho necessities of tho situation know something of tho privation which has been averted. A practice In high favor with plundering polltclans Is to cxcorlato men who stand on tho battle line nnd fight against fraud In municipal affairs. "You uro blackening Philadelphia," they cry. "For tho sake of tho city tlo not tell the ttuth about us." Naturally they are afraid of publicity. The reputation of Philadelphia for everything ex cept politics needs no vindication, as tho test of its charity bIiows. Its good namo, so fat as politics is concerned, depends entirely on tho bravery and assiduity of those who paint tho thing as it is nnd work In season and out of season, not to hide conditions, but to make, them so good that no Phlladelphlan need fear to let tho world know of them. That is real civic patriotism, tho kind of up building that counts, tho best sort of good citizenship. Men who fear that their community will suffer If tho truth about them is told aro very good men to tell tho tVuth about. The Child as an Anchor TF I COULD only got my littlo girl again JL I could keep straight," a woman gono wrong remarked after sho had promised not to yield to her appetite to drink again. Every mother will understand tho feeling which prompted this pathetic plea. There is no surer anchor to hold a woman in tho safo harbor than the love of her own littlo child. Experienced and wlso workers among the social wrecks havo learned this. They hcsl tato a long time before they take a child away from Its mother, because they know that the maternal Instinct to guard the child, to protect It from the mistakes that girls are apt to make and to bo worthy of Its respect when It grows up Is so powerful that If there Is a spark of womanliness left In tho heart ot the unfortunate tho appeal of tho child will bo potent to kindlo It Into a flame. It has happened that when a young babe belonging to another woman has been put In the arms of an apparently depraved wretch, tho clinging hands, tho three-cornered smile nnd tho trustful look In tho In fant eyes have been enough to draw tho woman back to herself. It is the most won derful thing In tho world. All tho forces of socloty, therefore, should consplro to keep mother and child together for tho good of both. This Is the unanswerable argument In favor of mothers' pensions nnd against tho rearing ot the children of the poor In bar racks, whence tho mother Idea Is banished as though it were pestilential. "If T could only havo my little girl again I could keep straight for her sako" Is an ap peal that ought to move even a heart of stone. End of the "Plucking Board" ALL that remains between the "plucking xjl board" nt.d dissolution Is a veto by the President, and that Is not at all likely. Tho melancholy spectacle of tho retirement of ahle officers, fully competent mentally and physically, for no other reason than to glvo quick advancement to men lower down on tho lists, long ago disgusted the nation. That Congress, too, has become weary of such ex travagant waste of good material is encour aging. It has been broadly intimated that more than one o nicer of distinction has been the victim of spite or personal unpopularity In the service. Moreover, it has been fairly well established that some "plucking boards" have exceeded their authority, either nega tively by declining to pay attention to rec ords, as required by law, or affirmatively by considering representations which they were not authorized to consider. Hereafter, perhaps, tho nation will con serve Its human assets In the navy and get full service from them, and officers who nre professionally efficient need not fear that either gossip or prejudice will throw them out of the service at a time when they are of maximum value to the country. The general verdict aeems to be that a man cannot be a spy and married at the same time. Japan Is perfectly willing to taka over the control of China while tho rest of the world Is looking the other way. When "Billy" Sunday preached on the real feminine Interests 60,000 woman rushed to hear him In a single day. The British did not win thejr mastery of the sea by reducing the rank of the ad mirals who wanted to take their fleet out to flght the enemy. v Spain la not looking forward to disarma ment after the conclusion of peace. Its Par liament has Just authorized the building of E9 new warships. It did not need a special congressional com mittee to discover that Philadelphia la the best place for an armor plate factory, Pri vate capital discovered that long ago. What the city needs is not Councilman ejected on an. Independent ticket so ruueh Councllmen who arp their own masters, on whatever ticket they may be eieeted Indictment of the New Haven Railroad di t wjtors to getting so common that the morn tms JWPM aro hardly complete it they do Ht cuii um tbe announcement of a new e)uurf aftlwt t&we. THE SUDDENNESS OP OPPORTUNITY Webster's Reply to Haync, Instead of Being an Extemporaneous Speech, as It Seemed to Be, Was Really thJ Product of a Lifetime. By JOSEPH H. ODELL THE prizes of tlfo go to those who nre pro pared to grasp them. Opportunities nre plentiful enough, but thoy bring rewards only to such ns have trained themselves to see nnd to selzn them. What scorns lo bo n strok of unforeseen or unmerited good fortuno Is generally the recompense of long and careful training. Tho greatest speech of modern times was Daniel Webster's reply to Hayne, it may have nppearcd to be an extemporaneous ef fort when delivered, a sudden outburst of Inspired genius; yet It was simply tho culmi nation of specialized study. At eight years of ago Webster bought In a country storo a cotton hankerchlof with tho Constitution of tho United Stntos printed upon it. That night, beforo the blazlnsr firo on tho hearth, he began to learn It, and In a short tlmo had committed overy sentence to memory. From that hour he was a collector of everything re lating to tho American Constitution. He steeped his mind In tho history of those prin ciples which underlio our Government; ho made constant notes upon his most impor tant conclusions. Wlion Hayno made his at tack upon Now England, Webster was ready to reply. He had mado a profound and pro longed study of the questions Hayne raised; In his desk he had notes that covorcd every point. "1 was already posted," Webster said later, "and had only to tako down my notes nnd refresh my memory. In other words, If ho had mado a speech to fit my notes ho could not have hit It better." Whitney Mado His Own Tools No ono can estimate tho immonso wealth nnd happiness brought to tho cotton-growing States of tho South and to tho whole world by Ell Whltnoy's lnvontlon of tho cotton gin. That Invention was tho result of a habit con tracted years beforo. As soon as ho could handle a tool tho boy Whitney began to mako something. Ono Sunday, when his father was at church, Ell took his parent's watch piece from pleco and had It together again beforo ho returned home. Tho youngster mado knives for tho family table, constructed violins, and when he wanted to do a piece of work for which ho had no tools ho calmly mado tho tools first. Whenover an emer gency nroso In which something was de manded which was not in existence, young Whitney Immediately undertook to mako it. Some years later, In Gcorgin, when tho need of a machine for cleaning cotton in largo quantities was apparent, ho said: "I will make one." Thomas A. Edison very early mado it a rule to scrutinize overythlng ho saw or touched for possible discoveries. Ills habit ot carefully testing tho quality nnd uses of even the commonest things led to tho carbon filament. For months ho hnd been thinking and experimenting along a certain line, and one day ho scraped somo soot from a black ened lamp chimney. True to his Investigat ing habit ho began to test Its properties and forecast Its possibilities. It turned out to bo tho very substanco for which ho had been looking, and it led tho way to the Incan descent bulb. The Habit of Asking "Why?" Again, tho habit of asking "Why" when anything unusual or unexpected camo up In his work led to the Invention of tho phono graph. "I was singing Into tlu mouthplcco of a telephone," says Mr. Edison, "when the vi bration of tho volco sent tho flno point into my finger. That set me thinking. If I could record the actions ot the point and send tho point over the same surfacp afterward, I saw no reason why the thing could not bo done. I tried the experiment first on a slip of telegraph paper, and found that tho point mado an alphabet. I shouted tho words, 'Hello! Hello" into the mouthpiece, ran tho paper back over the Bteel point, and heard a faint 'Hello! Hello! in return. I there and then determined to make a machlno that would work accurately, and gave my assist ants Instructions, Informing them of my dis covery. They laughed at me. But I mado them set to. That's tho wholo story. Tho phonograph, or sound recorder, Is tho result of the pricking of a needle." Yes; but it would have been a pin prick only to most men; to ono who had trained himself to follow up every Indication and ex haust every possibility it was tho call of opportunity; tho secret Is not in the piercing point, but In tho prepared and alert mind Every one today Is comparing tho generals of tho present war with thoso of tho past. It was by a methodical arrangement of everything with a view to a possible crisis that mado Count von Moltke the perfect master of the situation when the Franco Prussian war broke out more than to years ago. Hostilities were declared at midnight after Von Moltke had gone to bed. An of ficial awakened him to communicate the news. The great General did not even get up. He said quietly: "Go to pigeonhole No, in my safe, take the paper numbered from it and telegraph as there directed to the different troops of the empire." He then turned over and went to sleep, awakening the next morning at his accustomed hour. Every one else in Berlin was excited and rushing about with feverish haste, but Von Moltke took his morning walk as usual. A friend met him and said: "General, you seem to be taking It very easy, Aren't you afraid of the situation? I should think you would be very busy," "Ah," replied Von Moltke, "all my work for the time being has already been per formed, and everything that can be done now has been done." Nature is very exacting. Our powers are given us for use; If for any reason they re main unused they are taken from us. Non use Js misuse, misuse Is abuse; and by a law which knows no exceptions men suffer for such folly, Even at the advanced age of SI, Gladstone worked and studied ten hours a day in order to hold hla own; Paga nlnl. the famous violinist, when at, the height of his fame, practiced eight hours each day, "For," he said, "wlthout'lt my skill will pass from me." Too Lata to Got Ready Life's oppqrtuntles come suddenly. When thfiy arrive tnelr demand Is Immediate; they allow no time for preparation. Recently a man wa offered a very lucrative and honor able position, It way assumed that he was ready 40 till it. lie ked the directors If they eould give ijlgj six months In wbiah to prpar fr tfcjt Iw sphere; this wa im. nnoaibla. aad anothv HUeA tUe nla.es. in pefcUitf aX It lff th aUappoUiUrf mar, ad- i mltted that it was his own fault. Ho had failed to gather a Icnowlcdgo of Just ono branch of tho work required In tho new posi tion. "If," ho said, "I had used tho tlmo I havo spent In attending the theatre and reading novels during tho past two years I would havo been ready." When tho foreman of a shop is promoted to a supcrlntcndcncy or a partnership, tho firm cannot wait whllo a man prepares for tho vacancy; If there Is a man In tho estab lishment whose ability and knowledgo aro ahead of tho rest, who has applied himself to placo his practical skill upon a scientific basis, who ha3 developed Ills powers of ob servation and application by careful study, that man will rccclvo tho promotion. Employes of any rank or grade who do only Just enough work to hold their present positions never reach higher ones, and In a few years usually sink still lower. Each gen eration Is a littlo better educated than tho ono preceding It; younger men come forward who aro moro alert nnd vigorous, and by tho tlmo a worker is BO he finds himself out of dnto unless ho has studied and npplled him self Industriously to master his work In overy detail, theoretical as well as practical. Toward mlddlo Hfo tho brain becomes set and tho muscles lose their elasticity If they aro not kept supple by exercise. Tho vast majority of failures in any department of labor or commerce or In tho professions oc cur between tho ages of 15 and D5, not be cause tho man Is unwilling to work at that iime, uui occause, tnrough tho nonuso of some of his faculties or tho partial uso of his powers, ho has lost tho nrt of rapid adapta tion. As a consequence ho loses what should bo tho largo harvest of his later years sim ply because ho has not prepared or trained himself to reap it. A PLATFORM FOR PROGRESSIVES From the New Tork Sun. A few days ago the Sun considered the need of extending the minimum wage boon to the farmers and their wives. A Buckeye friend sends us a copy of the Toledo Times wherein somo humorist, soaked In tho comic spirit of contemporary political economy, politics nnd sociology, creates the Farmers' Progressive party and endows It with a platform wherefrom wo cull these Instructive "pledges": A guaranteed yield per aero for all crops Planted (the State to make up any deficit). A guaranteed minimum price for all farm products. An eight-hour day for farmers' wives (the State to furnish extra help when re quired to Insure eight-hour day). Ono (1) full day's rest in seven for farm ers and farmers' wives, and Saturday half day holiday. Animal Insurance for all domestla animals (chickens In the South excepted). Klnetoscope service at all district schools. Guaranteed dry weather during harvest. Guaranteed maximum of 10 days' drought. A Federal commission to determine what other laws can be passed to make life easier and moro enjoyable for farmers and their wives and children, The Toledo blade may be even sharper than he seems. Every ono of these "planks" may well find a place In a party platform. The mora absurd, the more likely. And why shouldn't Btate or nation guarantee the weather Just as it is asked to guarantee bank deposits? We are living, we are moving In a grand and wondrous time, when levltatlon by one's boot Btraps Is become an ordained and a statutory feat. A BATTLE SONG OF TRANSIT To ih Editor of tha Evening Ltdjer: Sir From your paper; "Who will write a transit 'Marseillaise,' calling the freemen of the city 'To Arms!' " My plumage has always been "Made In Amer ica," so I am not going to copy a foreign song. If you will find space for this I shall be glad. Tho Fight Is On We will not yield our transit plan, Councilman, O Councllmen! Think not to thwart an honest man, Councilman, O Councllmen! In autos ride your kith and kin. Ws working people have to win Tha "Ia" to do our speeding In, Councllmen, O Councllmen! The flght Is on; we will not yield, Councllmen, O Councllmen I We call your schemes a coward's shield, , Councilman, O Councilman! To arms! To arms! ye freemen all, Like true men fight; 'tis duty's call. Ahl Sea how fast your schemers fall! Councilman, O Councllmenl M. Q. ROBERTSON. Philadelphia, February 25. TOMORROW "Tomorrow," he promised his conscience, "to morrow I mean to be good; Tomorrow I'll think as I ought to tomonow I'll do as I should; Tomorrow I'll conquer the habit that holds me from heaven away," Bat vr his conscience repea.Ua one word, ana one only: "Today." Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow, thus day after day t went onj Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow, till youth, lilts a won, was gone; Till aga and passing had wrlttan the messag of fat on his brow. Aa4 forth front hla shadow came death wttb th pltiiwa syllable. "Now " Junta StcCarlbr. "INFORMATION, PLEASE!' READEES' VIEWS Rapid Transit, Philadelphia's Subjects Discussed Opinions on Matters of National Interest. To tht Editor of tha Evening Ledger: Sir Ono tveakness of tho human family Is tho causo of wars, nnd is mainly responsible for Industrial evils. I refer to tho trait In herent In almost all peoplo that Is nptly de scribed by tho expression, "each crow thinks Its own tho blackest." Men hug delusions and cherish weaknesses. They tako pride In family, party afllllatlonB, religious beliefs and other things. They np poar to think they havo a first mortgago on a political or religious belief. Attack tho Demo cratic party and you offend a Democrat, speak 111 of any particular religious belief and you offend thoso who so bcllovo. No man who follows party leadership can ever hope to understand our Industrial prob lems, nor can one who thinks "his own crow tho blackest." ORIGINAL THINKER. Paulsboro, N. J., February 24. KEEPING THE STREETS CLEAN To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir In traveling the length nnd breadth of Philadelphia, It is distressing to see tho un tidiness of tho irtrcats of what was onco a primly tidy city. There are many unemployed who could bo regularly engaged in removing debris from tho streets and sldowalks, which could bo gathered and placed in proper recep tacle"! for removal. Quantities of looso paper aro flying wherover the "wind llsteth," or lying in unsightly heaps In gutters, or against fences and buildings. When waste, particularly loose paper, etc., Is placed on the street for removal it Bhould be tightly bound to prevent escape, and collectors should bo enjoined to avoid scattering. Philadelphia, Fobruary 24. UNDER TWO FLAGS To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir Tliero are thousands nnd thousands of Americans stnrvlng nnd out of work. Our so called big men, to whom wo look for the pros perity of America, certainly violate. In my es timation, the American principles. Why should this country send all her foodstuffs to the other sldo and the so-called big men ralso the price to make Americans paupers, when we havo no guarantee what will befall the Stars and Stripes later on? Tho United States wants neutrality. Then wo should stop everything from going nbroad. So long as we continue in sending provisions, clothing, armor and war material this war will never stop. Whilst other nations are working against this country, wo should pre pare for ourselves or we will be an easy mark for a foreign power. If America Is continually starving Americans we shall be sickly nnd un able to stand the hardships of war. I am not In favor of any other country. I was born nnd raised on American soil and under the Stars and Striped. My motto is. Help Ameri cans first. What has England done that she has tho privilege of using our flag In her war? This Is an outrage and wo should go after our head people for allowing this. Must we do Eng land's bidding? It has been published Great Britain had a legal right to use our flag. If this be true, nra we Americans and Englishmen with two flags, or Is America a colony to England at present? MARSHAI.U Son of a C.vIl War Soldier, Philadelphia, February 23. THE "FULL CREW" QUESTION To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir It has been Bald the full crew law, com pelling tho railroad companies in the State to spend $1,600,000 every year in wages to men for whom there la no work, has levied a tax upon railroad users. The Dauphin County Court decided, after a fair hearing for tha railroad companies, that these men were required for the safe handling of these trains. And the Supreme Court of the State upheld tha decision of the Dauphin County Court S. II, 8MITH. rrelght Conductor, P, R. R. Harrlsburg, Pa., February 15. LIBERTY BELL NOT THE NATION'S To the Editor W the Evening Ledger: Sir I read with deep interest your editorial in tho Evenino Lepobb, February 23, entitled "Drawn to the Shrine" meaning Independence HalL Willie waiting for the exercises attending the ralalng of the flag from Kansas (011 Wash incton'B Birthday) I saw ''many foreign-born who have como hare to get what they could not find abroad, move through Its halls and rooms with reverent awe," Tho flag was resting In a beautiful box. made of various woods, which stood on a table near the platform. A stream of children, mostly boys, clutching their caps or hats in their hands, tiptoed up tha alsla and gazed into the box with wondering eyes, whlla many more, both old and young, stood looklne reverently at the IJberty Bell. It was vary Impressive. Your editorial ended by aaying "Tha old Hall Is a shrine in a real sense. It is tha roost precious possession of this city and of this continent." etc As I finished reading this and recalled the throng at the State House the day before, I thought how truly our Liberty Bell Is a part of that "precious possession" Just as much a part of it as tho tower, the stairs, tha floors', the bricks! Why should wa b aekid to send thU priceless rello on a perilous Jour. nay any mora than tha table upon which tha Declaration of Independence wan spread or tha tnkatand. or the stairs, or any other of tha previous possesions contained within ti! satred "shrine"! Picture tha disappointment of tbe thousands of pilgrims who come from all parts of the globe to see this Bell, when they reached Independence Hall, to be told that it was not there f Thla Bell does not baton to th nation, as soma hav )d, any more jhao the HUta Houm do. It belong to Pennsyl V5L&i, n4 lUa city chou'i leal hq pro of ON TIMELY TOPICS Historical Relics and Other Localfi li n vtnc eimVi n.tiit flfl ...... .. ... icuu m us possess on thitlltl should consider It a sacred duty to protect I "j. numji 11 wnero u Dciongs in the "motfl tinont " ' v""""' " """ K" ana " DORA HARVET DBVELDiVl avcsudi. .uciiun iuttiH-er, jjaugniera orytMS fviiiuiiiiiii nevuiuuun. HABIT-FORMING DRUGS To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir-On tho first day of March tha MV? Government will tako up In an aggressive rnfin ner tho important work of restricting the idfl of habit-forming drugs. The Government tUlef mat it 13 now to bo much better equipped for, this work than ever before, and it Is preSlcttl max satisfactory results will follow tha an' palgn which is to bo made. Tho power possessed by the Oovernnttn camo to It through tho passago ot a recent liirj enacted as a revenue-producing measure, "It will bo exercised through tho Internal HevnT department. tSa The law requires that overy person whoS uucos, imports, manuractures, deals in, tell' distributes or gives away any or all of i.'fcja scribed list of habit-forming drugs to renter with tho Collector of Internal Revenue In Mi district and plaoo of business and to talce oat 11 licenso authorizing him to carry on inch trade. j This Is a starter, but tho real punch llti'ia tho rules formulated for tho aDDllcatlon of ttl law. Every solo of narcotic drugs In wholesill, must bo registered with tho Government, uJ every retail salo must be recorded by the seller? who is subject at any tlmo to an uneipccW Investigation of his transactions, and timl penalties In caso he has not kept the necessMI record, all of which shall be public -i! Prescribing physicians, veterinarians and d tlsta are absolved from the stringent resolu tion, but are required to comply with rules which will servo to make them careful about providing drugs. .Possession of drugi by aj unlicensed person, who has not obtained tbi uwuruuig 10 in 6 rules, is 10 do lancn u tvi; donee of criminal intent. 11 It Is claimed that tha drug habit Is oa tha Increaso In thla country. Any measure whlchj may serve to clomp and check it deierres'ti do npneia by lho puullo and enforced np Dy tno omclals. DAVID steinueku,; Philadelphia, February 19, FAIR PLAY FOR THE PRESIDENT To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir Although my former communication vu not favored with publication, I venture to as! plead for fair play for President Wilson. EverS editor In tho land knows there was an immeny, effort made to produce a panic and soup housel as in 1833, to reverse tho verdict on the Urla question by electing a Congress hostile to SH Administration. Almost all observant pewW know this as well as editors, but, of course, K doesn't suit thoso who havo fed at the publlj crib so long to sny bo, because 11 might tenf to delay their getting there apiln, poMUW through a new party. a H.lrt lint tha hnuntlriil hnrveat COmfl fUOEI the capitalists and corporations would fcaial gatneu tne r point ot soup nouses. wa .. ........ . ...-.a .lnm XI mey cumimstiea tno circulating ,ur ? much ns possible by unemployment, thui 1 pelllng those remaining to ao moro "u"", usuat a double cut. It is unfortunate i4 must rate the seemingly charitable appeal im imnmnlnvtrl In thin WupwlKn'a LEDOM M ?54T, Ingenious effort to blame the Dmocratii Pj conditions that are too usual at this ws.;S .l -. .... nn.. ... , Aid neoveyzJ ino year an me nine, viiu m ,' ,,, wn,V7 KnrAlv Tint rnmorailuuB, . l.ii. f. ... iront.crtont indUJUW EDWAnD MEAKl. 810 South St. Bernard street. nt.IU4alnl.lit R'Ahrnnrv 17. ... i... in" mentioned. 1'j.no -rormer commu m" ... wriwl this letter was published in the EYWgjI Luna of January 28, with a note, Ml wu forth that the views or this PPr..rug President's attltuda toward u9.,gr?Sfof1 acy test were in bsb " - T-oawll BETWEEN CUMMINS AND CLASS- ... . m j a. x..aufaM Y.mAntTt ! Blr-J, C. Hemphill, in the & pays a aeaeryeu iriuuvo v- - -.,. meii"5l can appreciate modesty In pur PUggl peclaliy altar Ailing the highest !, the gift of the Amelcan people, certunif warm admiration ior -m lUIImph..lfhou,d,.avemo atiionni imnr w w ",, ,tl ihnil" out cf Taft-that I., ha took a the bull . "moose." ana r "-"::-, hl, pii where he will never use the . ln 'L Wi because Mr. Roosevelt Is pot B'n vi America nor to Mexico, but wiu - lively article in tha United States of A? rVaca. Will bab.twa.noMr jowa, tor me nmiiwii -r- 'vbea u if Missouri, for tha Democrats. ?$ rest assured that whichever one or w Is elected the people, win "-. M tha Government will not enter '". pTvatreSrl.Tun.v. $fi$& 'a' vineyard and ' tha MlarU . tcti, !... n.i.1,1 ..! tha neoDle fo'fi" t,2 thj tarili and all about O.Mom thJ saloonkeeper and vote V.wfjrfl hr nratot- of the Platte. I "" y ftanchtw t" UJ5Nby 8EV.rm uasilJ. &ebu3y , 1 mm7
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