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rlllLAtlEU-IHA. TIIU11SIMY. AfltlL II, IW1S.
Jt U a long wait between seedtime and harvest
for the man who neglects Ms fields.
Why Is It n Fool Question?
WHEN a reporter asked Colonel Rooscx-olt
about the rumors that lie contemplated
returning to the Republican party, the dis
tinguished faunal naturalist said:
"That's a fool question."
But Is It? And If so, why? Does the
Colonel wish It to be understood that the
foolishness of staying out of the Republican
party is so obvious that It Is unnecessary
lor him to admit It. Or docs ho think that
the Republican party Is heading toward him
so precipitately that It Is as foolish to ask
about It as to ask about the Intentions of
tho sun Just before dawn?
Tho foolishness of tho question Impressed
tho Colonel so deeply that he had to char
acterize It half a dozen times. Docs not
tho country know this consummate politician
well enough to understand where ho will bo
In tho next contest? His discovery that
thero was even a reporter who doubted what
his attitude would bo must have shocked
him, especially as he had come to town to
describe how ho had explored all the reaches
of the River of Doubt and displaced uncer
tainty with certainty.
Vindication of Woman Suffrage in Chicago
Q1HAT women do not want tho ballot and
-would not use It If they had It has been
a favorite plea of those women who despair
of tho political capacity of their own sex
and prefer, for ono reason or another, to
take no part In government. How fallacious
this theory Is1 tho women of Chicago have
proved. A quarter of a million of them
rushed to tho polls on Tuesday. They show
ed, too, that they had nt least as good Judg
ment as tho men, for a majority of them
voted as, a majority of tho men did, giving
a magnificent rebuke to the gangster clement
In Chicago. Events havo a habit of shooting
tho anti-arguments full of holes.
A ffew Era in Elections Promised
NOT In 50 years has a trial of more Im
portance to tho well-being of tho na
tion been held than that concluded this
Week In Indianapolis, which resulted In tho
conviction of tho Torre Hauto political des
peradoes, who for a long period pillaged
and debauched tho community In which
they operated.
Tho Government maintained that tho de
fendants In conspiring to cast Illegal votes
at an election in which thero were Federal
candidates conspired likewise to defraud
tho United States. Thnt view has been
upheld by tho lower court. Tho case un
doubtedly will bo reviewed by the United
States Supremo Court. If sustained by that
tribunal tho case will mark the beginning of
a now era In the conduct of elections. It
will mean that communities which havo had
grafted on them organized bands of political
cutthroats can invoke tho protection of tho
Federal courts, in many Instances, and with
Federal courts thero can bo no trifling. The
Tcrre Haute culprits could not havo been
convicted In tho local courts; in a Federal
court thero was no chance of their acquittal,
Thero will never bo In Pennsylvania an
other election llko that of Inst fall. If Judgo
Anderson Is upheld by tho United States
Supreme Court,
The Internment of the Eitel Fricdrich
NOW that tho Eltel Friedrlch has been in
terned tho Government has in its pos
session tho equivalent of a bond to secure
tho payment of tho clnlms growing out of
the sinking of tho William P. Fryo. The as
sumption la that Germany will pay tho
claims in cosh and that the bond will bo
released at tho close of tho war.
The commander of the Eltel Frled
riqh was expecting a German ship to divert
the hostile vessels lying In wait for him
qtt Hampton Roads, but It has not appeared.
Tho tlmo limit expired, and the work of tho
Eltel and Its crew is done until peace Is
declared.
The Canal Not for Americans
THE Hill Interests wanted to get into San
Francisco, so they decided to build two
fast ocean liners to run between Astoria,
Ore., and San Francisco, connecting with
their transcontinental line at the former
pprt.
The; two great ships', the Great Northern
and tho Northern Pacific, were constructed
by the Cramps. To get to tho Pacific coast
they had to go there, of course, and quite
naturally they went through the Panama
Canal, each taking passengers for the trip,
Klilclv waa also a natural thing to m,
U appears, however, that they were lucky
ever to get through the canal. The officials
doubled If It was within their authority to
let them pass', as they- seemed to be railroad
owned and the Panama Canal aot provides
$hat vessels of such ownership shall not be
jjerpjjtted to use the waterway. The War
tlplJLrtment, on the ground that the owner
jJlri was fn doubt, decided finally to let the
-issUi through.
Meantime tho Interstate Commerce Com
mission lias subpoenaed about all the Hill
railway Interests there are to determine the
tujwtlon of ownership, tho Idea being that
thr Great Northern Pacific Steamship Com
yanr t really a railway subsidiary. Sup
j4ly heavy and conspicuous punishment
Will bo meted out to the vessels If it Is de
da4 that they are reajly raUway-pwned-
The canal was built with the money of
.AiBrsen taxpayers among the heaviest of
w&mh, are tfci railways. Yet the Gpvrn
mear. it jir. rHy eoUwuIy considered
HI petmUUm tN Mte of It by two great
steamers, en route to their home waters.
Thero Is nothing queerer In fiction than tho
sort of corporation-baiting which has domi
nated the nation Tor tho last few years, and
nowhero in history, wo surmise, anything
more absurd than this entire proceeding,
particularly when tho theory underlying It
Is considered.
Docs the Liquor Industry Invite Forfeiture
of lis Franchise?
milE assertion that the State declared
against local option last fall Is barren of
accuracy. No party declared specifically
against It, tho omission of a local option
plank from tho Republican platform being
nothing more than an evasion of the Issue.
That evasion Doctor Brumbaugh specifi
cally remedied by his unequivocal declara
tion In favor of local option. His tremen
dous vote waB In fact an expression of pub
lic confidence In Ills sincerity, and thousands
upon thousands of citizens voted for him
becauso they believed thnt he would utilize
every power nt his command to translate
his definite policy on the liquor question
Into statute law.
No party was bold
enough to challenge
local option sentiment by a dcflnlto declara
tion ngalnst It. Tho Republican party was
dedicated to nntl-local option only by secret
agreements made by politicians who wcio
Incompetent to bind tho Commonwealth.
They, It Is true, nccoptcd a "slush fund" of
thousands of dollars from the liquor ring
nnd contracted to thwart the will of the
people at Harrlsburg. But for the Legisla
ture to countenance thnt agreement and
consider Itself as bought and paid for would
be so vile a betrayal of public Interests that
no party could survive the scorn that would
bo heaped on it ns a result.
What Is it that the Legislature is asked
to do? Not to legislate any man out of busi
ness, not to close one distillery or ono brew
cry, not to lock the doors of one saloon. It
Is asked merely to give tho several counties
tho right to decide for themselves what
they wish to do. It Is asked to make the
liquor question a county question, to glvo
to tho liquor Interests in every county tho
right of appeal to the whole electorate of
that county. Hopeless, Indeed, and Inde
fensible must nny cause bo that is afraid to
stand the test of a popular election and lifts
its hands in supplication to tho Legislature
to prevent tho people from outlawing It If
they desire. It is well for citizens to keep
the point clear In their minds. Legislation
against liquor Is not asked; legislation to
permit tho counties to vote liquor out If
they desire is what local option means.
The "personal-liberty" argument ennnot
stand analysis. Mr. Barchfeld's theory that
the right to buy and drink alcohol In all Its
forms Is "an absoluto right of human lib
erty as much as tho right to buy 'other
food,' " is obsolete. The "right" to buy
pistols, tho "right" to use opium, tho
"right" to traffic In cocaine, tho "right" to
sell food that undermines the public health
all theso so-called "rights" have been ex
tinguished by common consent. But thero
Is ono right that is everywhere understood,
for It Is absolute, and that is the light of
government to prohibit nuisances. When
public opinion deliberately determines that
tho liquor trafllc Is a nuisance, the ques
tion of Its right to exist vanishes imme
diately and it has no rights, but merely such
privileges as tho majority, through govern
ment forms, may seo fit to glvo It. Tho
liquor industry enjoys a franchise subject
to forfeiture, a franchise which Is extln
gulshable whenover the majority so wills.
Tho right to outlaw "boozo" is no longer
debatable. It has been established and rec
ognized in State after State, by court after
court.
The liquor ring, then, holds no promise
from tho Commonwealth of passive acquies
cence in present conditions.
License or no license Is not now the issue.
"Personal liberty" Is not Involved In any
way In the battle, but local self-government
Is vitally Involved.
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Outlawed by Industry, condemned by
science, excoriated by moralists and de
plored by conservative citizens, the liquor
Industry at this tlmo must bo on its good
behavior and endeavor as best it may to
correct tho abuses most commonly associated
with It, If It Is to survive at all. For It to op
poso the recognition of an established Ameri
can principle, to barter with politicians,
to try all tho old tricks which elsewhere
havo brought it Into disrepute, Is to Invito
destruction. It Is a time to compromise,
not to stand bull-headed and obstinate; a
time to yield In order to avoid ultimate ex
tinction. The liquor ring Is 111-advlscd and It Is rid
ing for a fall.
, Madame Curio Is Just a woman after all,
liable to automobile accidents llko tho rest
of us.
Once more Is It demonstrated that Scot
land Yard has no detective llko a woman
Bcorned,
Mrs. Pankhurst Is still a militant, but
now she belloves in fighting the Germans to
a finish.
Whether the appointment of women
watchers at the. polls In November Is au
thorized or not the women will be there.
Not even Mr, Bryan has succeeded In per
suading 110,000 men to sign the pledge In a
week, He must take off his hat to tho great
temperance reformer, David Lloyd-George.
In any list of heroes of the war the name
of DQCtor Ryan, of Scranton, who has con
tracted typhus fever In the American Red
Cross hospital 'in Serbia, should have a
place near the top.
Tho New Jersey courts, which have or-
dered that drinking water be provided in
every third car of exeurslpn trains, appar
ently have no somprehislon of the thirst
that can be acquired at Atlantic City.
THE "ISTHMUS" OF
THE CARPATHIANS
"Steam-rollering" Across "Panama."
Topography and Battle If the
Russians Are Successful at Dukla
Pass, What Then?
By FRANK II. SIMONDS
THE simplest fashion In which to describe
tho topography of the present baltlcflold
In the Cnrpathlans Is to comparothatmouii
tuln rango to a long isthmus separating tho
Gallclan from the Hungarian plain. For
most of Its 400 miles' sweep from the Gcr
mnn to tho Rumanian frontier this Isthmus
Is very wide and covered by ranges which
riso in folds ono behind tho other. Their
nverago height Is perhaps COOO feet, but
south of Cracow tho peaks of the High Tat ra
ti ro llttlo short of MOO.
At ono point this Isthmus narrows to less
than 40 tulles and the mountains sink to less
than 1700 feet. Hero Is a great natural de
pression, comparable with that at Panama.
This Is the ruinous Dukla Pass, lending til
rcctly north and south from the headwaters
of pome small affluents (if thn Huiiimrlan
i Thclss to those of similar nllluoniM of tho
Pan and the Dunnjec. Over this pass goes
tho main national highway from Hungary to
Gallcla. To the east two other passes, much
longer nnd higher, tho Lupkow and tho
Uszok, lead from the same Hungarian plain
and curry light railways connecting Budapest
with Przemysl nnd Lcmbcrg, respectively.
Invndinp n Grnnnry
The main Russian advance Is coming
south through tho Dukla Pass, tho easiest
of all tho passes and tho bioadrtt. As tho
Russians advance down this pass they will
piescntly reach tho points where the Lup
kow and Uszok lines enter the Hungarian
plain, and thus compel the Austrinns de
fending these passes to iutrc.it to escape
being caught between tho two Russian forces
one at the Gallclan, tho other nt the Hun
garian end of the passes. At tho present mo
ment the Russians are well south of tho sum
mit of the Dukla and approaching Bartfeld,
In Hungary, which Is In the plain nnd 101
miles from Budapest. They are also south
of tho crest of tho Lupkow, but seem to havo
made no real progress at the Uszok.
Coming south by tho Dukla the Russians,
If they aro victorious, will very soon reach
tho Hungarian plain cast and west of a spur
of mountains which divides two small river
valleys. East of this ridge is tho broad val
ley of tho Upper Thclss, opening south nnd
west and offering a lovel road to Budapest.
If they can once reach the plain the Rus
sians can use their Cossack cavalry to sweep
this whole region, which is tho granary of
tho Dual Monarchy. Even if they aro unable
to reach the Hungarian capital the destruc
tion which they can spread through tho
wheat region may prove nn incparable dls
uiter to tho Austro-Gcrman cause.
Another circumstance must bo notPd. As
the Russians advance south In the plain they
will very speedily reach the western end of
the railway leading from Hungary to Buko
wina. It Is by this lino that the Austro-Gcrman
troops now Invading Bessarabia arid
Eastern Gallcla were transported and nro
supplied. By cutting this line the Russians
would disposo of tho only railway between
Bukowlna nnd Vienna, compel the evacuntlon
of the crownland nnd probably the eventual
evacuation of Transylvania.
A Rumaninn Hope in Peril
That such an Austrian retreat would call
tho Rumanians Into tho provinces which they
have earmarked for their own seems certain.
For Austrian retreat would bo followed by
fresh Russian advances in these quarters and
Rumania would have to reckon that If Rus
sia conquered Transylvania and Bukowlna
unassisted sho would most probably insist on
retaining them permanently, thus extinguish
ing tho hope of a "greater Rumania," which
for many years has dazzled . Rumanian
statesmen.
Still another conscqucnco of Russian tri
umph In tho Carpathians must not bo over
looked. At present ono great mass of tho
Austrian army Is holding the line before Cra
cow at tho Dunnjec and tho Nida. But this
lino Is not a protection for Austria, for Vien
na or Budapest; rather it is tho first lino of
tho defenso of Germnny, of Breslau nnd Ber
lin. Hence, If Russian armies penetrato Into
Hungary and threaten tho Magyar capital It
Is almost Inevitable that tho Austrian troops
now east of Cracow should bo recalled and
tho task of covering Silesia bo left to tho
Germans.
This would mean the end of the German at
tack upon Warsaw; It would probably mean
tho withdrawal of tho Germans from tho
Bzura-Rawa line to tl.o Wartha, tho evacua
tion of Lodz, the relinquishment of the Polish
PROF. HENDERSON, CIVIC MARTYR
ON' SUNDAY afternoon, April 11, at the Audi
torium Theatre, Bdward F. Dunne, Gov
ernor of Illinois, will lead a host of tho people of
Chicago who would do honor to an unpreten
tious university professor. Men and women who
have attained fame In widely various fields will
render tribute to a simple citizen who gave up
his llfo for thi people of his community. Mls3
Jane Addams, Graham Taylor, of the Chicago
Commons: President George E. Vincent, of the
University of Minnesota; Rabbi Emil G. Illrsch
ore a few of those delegated to pay tho respects
of the city to Charles Richmond Henderson,
clvlo martyr.
The occasion U impressive. As truly as a
soldier in the trenches Professor Henderson
surrendered his life for tho common weal. Dur
ing the winter Just past Chicago Buffered cruelly
from the unemployment of a large section of Its
workers. The veteran of many campaigns
against evil social conditions. Professor Hender
son took command of an Industrial commission
which was delegated by Mayor Harrison to
work out o remedy for this great blight of
modern times.
Although loaded to the breaking point by nn
accumulation of responsibilities. Professor Hen
derson did not flinch. He had been warned that
he must take a furlough from active service if
he would save his life, but the needs of the
myriads of hungry men and women and of the
impotent little children drove him on. When
finally the stress of overwork mastered him and
he lay in bed in Charleston, S. C, awaiting tho
end and recking nothing of the price he had
paid as an individual, ht said; "The lesson of
unemployment has cost more than can be set
down in flgurts, but it may after all offer com
pensation In a more thorough and complete
social organization for dealing with that na.
tlonal pest which corresponds in our day to the
famine and black plagues of medieval times."
And the commission he had led had endeav
ored, he declared, "to look straight at the facts;
10 do all that they could to mitigate immediate
dUtress; and at the same time to evolve plans
large enough In their scope to correspond to the
Immensity of the task " Chicago obviously has
not rid Itself of the plague of unemployment,
but toward that cure, which can come pnly when
al the rltizens are aroused, Charlw Richmond
Henderson gave the last full measure of devo
tion. During the almost quarter of a century since
the founding of the University of Chicago, Pro
fessor Henderson hs.d been a zealous servant
conquests. It would put the Kaiser on the
defenslvo on the wholo eastern front. It
might lead to tho eventual evacuation of East
Prussia, If tho pressure of tho allied armies in
Franco and Belgium made fresh demands
for reinforcements.
Three Towns by tho Shore
Precisely as long as the Austriuns can hold
tho Russians on tho lino of tho Carpathians
tho country offers tho defenders all concclv
ablo advantages. But to Judgo from recent
reports tho Russians aro slowly "steam
rollering" their way to the plain. Once this is
reached, with three railroads and a natural
highway at their backs and a level plain a
hundred miles broad on their front, the Rus
sians can deploy their masses and rcsumo tho
tactics which won for them In Gallcla In Au
gust nnd September of last year.
For tho observer the real test of Russian
progress must be tho occupation by tho
troops of the Czar of Bartfeld, Ungvar nnd
Munkncs. tho towns at the foot of tho Car
pathians and on tho shoro of the Hungarian
plain. Onco these towns havo fallen, Russian
success In the battle of tho Carpathians
cannot longer bo denied.
Tho key of the whole operation Is the Duk
la, tho nai row Panama-like isthmus between
the Gallclan nnd tho Hungarian plains. Hero
the Russians seem to be putting In their main
effort, and they nro meeting with their most
conspicuous success. All other operations aro
subsidiary to this main thrust through tho
shortest, lowest nnd least difficult of tho
passes.
RIGHTS OF ENGLISH COLLEGE GIRLS
From the London Dally Mall.
Should Newnlmni girls smoke? Cambridge has
roncentrateil Its conversation upon the burning
question.
Sorao time ago, one understands, somo of tho
students who aro accustomed to smoke nt homo
wished to snioko In college. It was decided to
take a referendum not of pupils, but of parents
and tho principal has sent a circular letter
to them Inviting their views. Undcrgraduntes
awnit tho time when the Newnhnm smoking
concert will bo a feature of May week. Senior
members of the university arc Inclined to frown.
"If you lot the Kirls smoke, you will have to
glvo tliem degrees."
The referendum K hnpplly, being taken dur
ing vacation, and doubtless the students will
regard tho conveislon of their parents as a
sort of holiday task. In somo cases they will
bo preaching to thn converted. As a mother
said today, "The filrls take the samo examina
tions as men nnd men work better when they
nro moItIng. Why should the girls bo handi
capped?" "Why shouldn't we smoke?" said a girl to
me. "Of course, wo shall bo met by the old
argumentum ad femlnam of tho days when
Greek nnd trlponometiy were thought to bo
rather Improper. A cigarette Is as ladylike as
a tripos. Have you got a match?"
of his city, his State and his nation. He gave
to the people the resources of a rich and charm
ing personality. There was something of the
old Roman senator In the sharply cut outlines
of his figure. His head was that of the orator.
None of tho old students of the university or
of that greater body of citizens who had ac
cepted his leadership can forget the luxury of
his eloquence. For Professor Henderson brouqht
to 1915 the graclousness and the compelling
persuasiveness of tho old-time public speaker.
He was a practical leader. He took his so
ciology to the people and made it a matter of
present betterment. Few citizens of the State
so concentrated tho popular mind upon remedi
able Ills. Piofessor Henderson aroused Illinois
to the unnecessary dangers of Industry and he
hearted the occupational dlsearos commission
out of which came many safety first laws, Year
In and out he called attention to the evils of the
old prison system, and In tho course of this
work he was made president of the Interna
tional Prison Association.
All forms of social Insurance and working
men 3 compensation came within his purview.
The investigations he made for his own State
resulted in books which became national assets.
Then two years ago, as a representative of the
University of Chicago, ho was delegated to
travel around the world and to Interpret "the
social programs of the West" to India, to China
and to Japan,
Full of honors, the author of many books, and
one of the famous figures of his university.
Professor Henderson might easily have avoided
the burdens of battle, and have rested com
fortably In the triumphs of his past. But un
happily his spirit would not yield. Like few
men In his city he could talk to rich und to
poor. He could interpret the classes to each
other. He ff-lt his opportunity too great and
the need of his people too sore for him to enjoy
4he deserved rspose, and to the end he gave
himself.
A great preacher, an Inspiring professor, an
Incessant scholar, Charles Richmond Henderson
made a large Impress upon his State. Unlike
to many eccleslusU who are diverted from the
pulpit to the professorial .chair, he never sur
rendered the driving force of his Christianity.
Instead ho carried it to the campus and to the
wider forums In whlah he was an Influence. He
made bis religion an Inspiration for a greater,
a more generous humanity. And on March ,
at the age of M, when the infinite weartaes of
the world overmastered him. he accepted the
verdict WILLIAM I CHBNEHY.
A CRUSHER
READERS' VIEWSONTIMELY TOPICS
McNichol as a Guardian of Homes News of Lincoln's Assassina
ation "Asthma Simpson's ' Daily Laugh How To
Spend $50,000.
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir All honor to tho man who. In these days
w-hen the homo Is assailed from nil sides by
ultramodern doctrines, dares to stand by tho
teachings of his parents, grnndpaicnts and
grent-grnndparentst Whether theso teachings
apply to morttrn conditions of llfo Is beside tho
question. Wo admire tho man who has convic
tions and i3 not afraid to state them. Senator
McNichol Is tho champion of our homes-, nnd,
as ho has said that placing the ballot In wo
man's hands would take tho scrubbing brush,
the broom and the rolllng-pln out of our domes
tic life, who can say otherwise? If any ono
wants to see true affection, unspoiled by mod
ern Iwms, let him or her visit Senator Mc
KIchol'H legislative division, which includes tho
Tenderloin. Hero aro no homes spoiled by doc
trines that Senator McNichol's grandfather
never heard of.
Women aro not Interested in the conservation
of the home or of family life, nnywny, and If
thry bad tho vote, woi'ld only use It for such
anti-homo purposes as urging shorter working
hours for chlldien and women, cleaner sticcts,
local option, nnd all those other fads that no
one ever was so foolish as to broach In the good
old days. CHARLES S. HIRSCH, M. V.
Philadelphia, April 1.
CONCERNING WOMEN VOTERS
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir May I ask tho courtesy of your columns
tc corrr-rt tho gross misquotation of Mrs. Ella
Flngg Young In tho Chicago Tribune.
In a letter, published In the Chicago Tribune
of March 1, Mrs. Young says:
"Evidently I failed to make clear to the Tri
bune reporter my reason for concluding long
ago that ono cannot predict what women will
do in politic-.". Opponents of suffrage for women
havo contended that women would havo no In
dividually In voting; that they would simply
'follow tho leader.' Recently, before tho
primaries were held, tho nir was filled with
guesses about the woman's vote, as If the
women would all vote the same ticket. As to
the probaliln transfer of tlw 35,000 votes enst
for Judge Olsen by tho women, only one
prophecy Is safe. Beforo casting her vote every
one of those 35.CC0 women will weigh carefully
the merits of tho candidates up for election. I
tcllovo In women ns Independent voters. With a
full appreciation of the difficulties attendant
upon reporting for tho press, I have made It a
iule not to rush Into print whenever I think I
havo been misunderstood, In this Instance,
however, I cannot ignoro that which places me
among those who despise the women voters."
MARY C. M ORGAN,
Philadelphia, April 5,
REGULATION OF AUTO SERVICE
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir As a solution of tho Jitney and general
auto transportation problem, would suggest an
"automobile Broad street station," established
to maintain a public passenger service depart
ment, where owners may enlist their motor
cars for active co-operation, and make It possi
ble for roadway travelers to hire, lease or other
wise acquire automobiles at reasonable rates.
Roadway rapid transit should be systematized
on the same plan, In consideration, as railway
rapid transit, and the safeguard of an "automo
bile transit voucher," Issued under the auspices
of the Department of Public Safety, would help
to Insure control and go a long way to prevent
many of the Ills now prevailing In rental motor
cars. H. C. HARBACH.
Qermantown, April t. '
NOT ALL ARE ENGLISH
To the Editor of the evening Ledger:
Sir Your description of the manufacture of
shrapnel sheila by the Bethlehem Steel Works
Is making the rounds In various pro-British and
rabid anti-German Anglo-American news
papers. This Is a perfect shame and an outrage.
Attention has been drawn to this matter by the
German authorities, and as soon as the war is
terminated an enormous indemnity will be de
manded of the United States for this pernlcous
violation of neutrality.
Have you no regard whatever and have you
no sense of propriety, notwithstanding the fact
that there are more than 25,000,000 persons of
German origin in this country? Wo are not all
English, and the sooner you know this, the bet
ter. OEOItGE ALBERTS,
Kansas City, Mo., Starch 31.
AID TO A HOSPITAL
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger;
Sir I think the person who has $50,000 for the
purpose of a memorial could not put the money
to better use than in the erection of an addition
to a hospital There Is a variety of such Institu
tions In this city to select from and some of
them could use the money to great advantage.
As an aid to medicine the best result would b
obtained with such an amount by putting the
entire lump sum into a building, leaving the
business of maintaining It to the institution
itself. The building and equipping of an X-ray
department or an operating building or a new
ivard all could be readily accomplished with
(50,000.
The hospital authorities would gladly name
the building after the person designated by the
donor, and the amount of good that would result
cannot be overestimated. Such institutions as
the German Hospital, the University' Hospital,
the Pennsylvania Hospital and the Jefferson
Hospital would be glad to get such a donation.
Speaking as, a medical man J, of course, would
elect a hospital as the object of ray philan
thropy. At the Gcrmnn Hospital we are now -f
planning improvements which contemplate ths
enlargement of the building nlong Corinthian
avenuo In which nn X-ray department will be
located. The money for this purposo Is being
raised largely by subscriptions, nnd there Is
still nn opportunity for nny ono who wishes to
ndd to the fund. Any such uses of money I con
sider tho best form of a memorial bavins
philanthropy for Its object.
JOHN B, DEAVEIt,
Chief Surgeon, German Hospital.
Philadelphia, April C.
WHEN LINCOLN WAS SHOT
To the Editor of the J.'uetifnff Ledger:
Sir I rcr.d tho article on the assassination of
Lincoln with much Interest, and I thought it
might be Interesting to you to know that I
was tho first person In Philadelphia to know of
the n.s"splnatlon. I was a cclcqrnph operator,
nnd It fell to my lot to be tho "all-night" man
nn thnt ovnntfnl ..liFl.t nt 31 n.irl rM,emri'
streets. Somo tlmo after 11 o'clock tho War De- JJ'
pnrtment Olllcc In Washington called me nnd
said that John Wilkes Booth had shot President
Lincoln In Ford's Theatre. As I am ncarlni
my threescore ten. you can readily understand
the possibility, nnd also tho plausibility of ths
above statement.
WILLIAM P. CURL, Sr.
West Philadelphia, April 5.
ACKNOWLEDGING AN ORDER
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Inclosed find a le. stamp, for which
send me tho Eveniko Ledoek of April 5.
supply was exhausted beforo wo could get It. 9
Being rural New Jerseyites, wo more than looS '
forward to tho dally piper and more than en
Joy Its contents, especially tho dally laughs -afforded
by "Asthma Simpson." Much credit
is duo Billy Liverpool.
VIRGINIA LIEBMAN.
Vlncland. N. J., April 6.
NOWHERE NEAR RIGHT
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Sinco West Virginia has voted dry 1 '
have noticed the State has been short of fundi
to pay a few salaries. Hotel men nnd their
supporters nro using this argument tp prove that
the money derived from their Hcenso Is needed
to carry things along. How near nro they right, :
ns far as West Virginia Is concerned?
Chester, April 6. C. H. T.
.ft. uibiuunmii i-Ar. j
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: S
Sir Tho Inclosed clipping was, I think, In j
your issue or xuarcn -I.
My siiccestlon would be to use the J50.000 for
a small park or playground In one of the closely 4
built-up and dingy parts of our city. For In- 1
stance, In tho neighborhood cast of South street M
bridce. or somewhere In Kensincton.
An open space gives sun and air, and so im 3
proves the health of the neighborhood; If mere
are trees, it beautifies nlso. Under their shads -a
the mothers can sit and rest or sew, the children -1
can play, und the men smoke and reaa tneir a
papers. The park, or playground, could bear 1
the name of the persona for wnom it '" ' ,
memorial. M. B. L.
Philadelphia, April 2.
THE WEAPONS OF THE FIGHT 4
So let It be. In God's own might
We gird us for 'the coming fight,
And strong In Him whose causo Is ours.
In' conflict with unholy powers,
We grasp the weapons Ho has given
The light and truth and love of Heaven.
Whlttlr.
A HYMN OF GRIEF
A British response to the German "Hymn of
Hate."
By A. J. PREECE.
O fellowmen of kindred race.
My burdened spirit seeks relief;
To God I turn, and bring a hymn
Of deep regret and solemn grief.
We are at war; our bloody strife
Defiles God's earth, and air, and sea!
The crime to Him let each confess.
Nor argue where the blame should bs.
Mistakes, perversions, envies, wraths,
Within us working, shun the light.
And only God, who probes the depths.
Can weigh and measure these aright.
Whate'er our name, or power and place
When passed this turgid day of blood
As fellow-men we all must face
That greatest day the day of God.
And so the measure of our guilt
The how? the when? the who? I leave;
We are at war we feliow-menl
TIs o'er this ghastly fact I grieve.
m. ,lm. annnlllnff ...... a n.4 ..t.VISl
With brothers' blood our hands are stalnea, ,
Humanity at large Is wronged;
All nature outraged; Heaven pained.
do mus 10 una i onus my ujmn sTj
And lift my aching heart, .and prey
That love may triumph even yet.
Reading, England.
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