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EVENING liEl)GEB-PHTUADEDPHM THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1916?
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A Glorious Dream
1$ rpHE International court to settle nil world
K JL disputes and to back Its decrees by the
I, united force of the nations still continues to
bo a dream. But the discussion of tho plan
at tho World Court Congress in Cleveland by
I. a largo body of distinguished citizens Indi
cates that men tiro still dreaming It.
Tho vision must bo realized nomo time be
cause oil great hopes of the world, based on
Justice, must como to fruition. Tennyson
was not tho only seer who dipped Into tho
future far ns human eye could nee and dist
il covered there the world wrapped In unlver-
tf sal law for tho preservation of tho brother-
Hood of man. Tho workman at his bench is
L seeing It now, dimly, It Is true, but the
, glimmers of a now dawn are mnnifest in tho
'world discontent with tho black night which
I, now lies' liko a pall upon us.
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J. tnanKs mat congress is not in session in
stead of adopting resolutions calling on
President Wilson to summon Congress to
Washington to appropriate half a billion dol
lars for enlarging tho navy and buying
I,' ammunition.
',' It is fortunnto that tho President Is In a
C position to deal, with tho great crisis alone.
L unhindered and unnnnoyed by tho Jingoism
Sot hot heads In tho Capitol. Ho Is capable
of protecting tho honor of tho nation nnd
ho Is ablo to interpret tho popular sentiment.
That sentiment nt tho present time Is over
whelmingly for peace And tho President Is
awaro of It.
The President knows what he Is about, and
ho docs not need to bo nagged. Let him
. alone.
Abortive Effort to Delay Transit
HE attempt to mako It appear that tho
P. It. T. is endowed with a 00-day right
; cither to accept or reject tho plans for the
Broad, street subway nnd the Frankford ele
vated has been smashed by tho decision of
City Solicitor Ryan.
As a matter of fact, the P. It. T. specifi
cally surrendered any options which It may
have had In either of tho two cases. It Is
without any rights whatever In tho prem
ises. This 13 obvious to nnybody who will
take the trouble to read the 1007 agreement.
It may bo good tactics to rako up Imaginary
privileges for the existing company, In tho
hopo that delay may thereby be gained, but
irt wie ciiyrt la unureiy ituuruvu.
But, nstde from the company's renuncia
tion of any options which It may at one
time have held. It is clear that the right of
I- the P. R. T. to construct either tho subway
t or the elevated wag based on the theory of
private construction. Since then the city has
been endowed with tho privilege of building
transit facilities on its own account. It does
not have to ask any company If It may do so,
Jt Is worthy of notlco that tho P. R. T.
Itself has not made any claim to a veto
ttuttitt0;
i, power of any sort on either of the projects
involved. The objections1 came from sources
which seem to bo more nnxlous to find 1m-
r pediments than to clear the track for tranBlt.
Only a Drop From the Ducket
I-, fTIHE BrltlBh merchant fleet contains more
t J. than 6000 vessels of all kinds. Tho Ad-
iTnlralty announced yesterday that only 201
merchant ships, Including trawlers and
fciyachta, had been sunk since the beginning
It of the war and that 1556 lives had been lost.
Ij When reduced to percentages, it nppears
"that the Germans have succeeded in nine
.months Jn destroying only 4 per cent, of
this fleet. At this rate, it would take be.
I twpn 50 nnd 05 vpnrn tn ilpntrnv If nil
provided no new ships were built in the
meantime,
Yet until within a day or two the British
Newspapers have been calling on the United
I Btatcs to come over to help them to protect
l their shipping It Is about time they woke up
I to a realization of what Is happening and
y,to an appreciation or their "own responsi
bility
A Celebration That Cannot Be Prevented
TiTHE Fourth of July will celebrate Itself
JL this year, In Independence Hall and
Everywhere else throughout the nation,
twhether the General Assembly In Harrlsburg
.makes an adequate appropriation or not.
This Is the year of all other years since
feT7S When wo should appreciate yhat we
savefreedom and an opportunity for each
an to develop his powers to their utmost,
nburdened by the -weight of militarism. And
bove all, wo have Peace,
ifhree thousand miles of ocean separate us
the seething hell In Europe. Our chll-
gtf to bed at night with the knowledge
belr father and their mothers will be
em in the morning, and the fathers
tawtftclr worlc with the Knowledge that
relF wtv and children will not be slaugh-
by rutblessr soldiers before they return
jom at the end of the day.
It I Independence Day that has conferred
Ittc Br cat blessings upon as. A new nation
j,sa bora thn. and with It there was a. new
ijs)rcn ot frdom V cut loose from the
t;MCejni)ts of the Old World, and for the
gs.t.rdUoii Intervening we have fcucceeded
ketMf.ig free from thwn. We shall eon-
..,2 to tsyid a loot ea Ims a that la possible
without sacrificing things ot greater value
than peace.
But wo hAvn peace now and are likely to
havo It for some tlmo to come. As tho weeks
go by ovory thoughtful American will de
velop such a spirit of thankfulness for our
separation from tho great strugglo abroad
that, whether he wills It or not, ho will Join
In tho celebration of Independence Day wher
ever he may be. Thero will be a spontaneous
nnd Involuntary glorification of tho great
national anniversary In every constdornblo
community. Hero wo have but to say tho
word to bring tens of thousands of grateful
patriots to Independence Sauare.
Tho Stato and tho city cannot neglect their
obvious duty In tho premises to make proper
arrangements for tho display of tho uni
versal feeling which has already begun to
show Itself In tho expressions of tho people.
Kcturnlnjt Sanity Lessens the Tension
THERE are fow Amerlcnns who aro for
peace nt any price. There nro millions of
Americans who nro unnltcrably opposed to
war If It can honorably be avoided. They
object, nnd object strongly, to tho efforts ot
Jingoes or excited partisans to drive this na
tion Into war before It hns been established
beyond question that thero Is no other
straight and Just courso open.
i! nro not ready to form a dcfenslvo or
offensive alllanco with any European nation.
Wo aro not ready to Invado Europo with our
armies. We still hold fast to tho advlco ot
Washington nnd aro against entangling In
terference In tho affairs of Europe. If wo go
to uur, wo shall do so on our own account
and fight our own battles In the manner that
fccemn best to us.
Tho American note to Berlin amply sus
tains tho prestige of tills nation. It only Inci
dentally concerns Itself with Incidentals.
Tho real Issue Ih tho status ot tho submarlno
In wnrfaro and whether or not Its uso ns a
commerco destroyer Is Justified. Wo aro not
prepared to nrccpt tho German view on this
subject. On that point tho Issuo Is Joined.
It Is a good sign that sanity bus begun
again to mako Its nppearanco In tho press.
Tho New York World, for ltistanco, has re
covered from Its fury enough to declare that
"for soma of tho embarrassments encoun
tered by uri In foreign waters Great Britain
Is clearly responsible. It has not lawlessly
taken life, but for a tlmo It lawlessly took
property. With neither tho will nor tho
power to declaro a truo blockade of Ger
many, It has subjected our commerco to
vexatious restraint and loss, making amends
at times, but persisting nevertheless."
German aggression on tho high seas has
differed In degree only from that of England.
Both havo Ignored International law, or
made It all over agnln to suit their purposes.
In thlB European death struggle, some allow
nnco must bo mado for tho desperation of
tho contestants. Wo must Insist on our
rights, but wo must nt tho samo time cxer
clso great care and tact In the conduct ot
our affairs.
Tho outlook is not for war, but for peace.
Tho situation Is tense, but it is not so crit
ical ns It was earlier In tho week. Tho pub
lic has had tlmo to recover from tho first
great horror aroused by tho L,us!tanla out
rnge nnd is beginning to reflect and con
sider. Wo need never bo afraid of what tho
nation deliberately docs'. Tho thing to avoid
In this crisis and all others Is action In the
heat of blood.
War's Levy on Sports
ANTHONY F. WILDING, one of the most
XX distinguished tennis players In the world,
has lost his life while serving as a lieutenant
of marines in the fighting at tho Dardanelles
Ho was a member of tho Australian team
playing In the Davis Cup matches. Early In
the war every member of the Oxford and
Cambridge rowing crews enlisted, and many
of them have given up their lives. The same
sort of patriotism has been shown by
Frenchmen interested in sports, and their
enthusiastic courage in tho faco of danger
has led them to heroic deaths. Maeterlinck
has sung tho praises of one of them In the
Paris Figaro.
The good sportsman makes a great soldier,
nnd tho great soldier is nlways a good
sportsman.
No dispute Is ever really settled by force
except a dispute over relative strength.
Penny luncheons In tho public schools can
ne defended only as a form of outdoor poor
relief.
Tho man with merchant ships to sell when
the war Is over will have no lack of cus.
tamers.
The war has caused the suspension of S61
German newspapers, but not because there
was no news to print.
Doctor Lamprecht, professor of history In
the University of Leipzig, died Just ns a lot
of new history Is In the making.
Madame Depage did not take the Belgian
relief funds with her on the Lusltanla, and
the Belgians will get the help after all.
Unless the boys In the street exercise
greater care, the police will have to extend to
roller skates the traffic rules governing all
other wheeled vehicles.
There were 60,000 United States soldiers
actually engaged In the Spanish-American
War; not enough to man a very long line of
trenches on the German frontier.
Who drank the gin In that Spring Garden
street houso Is likely to take Its place In his
tory along with that other unanswered ques.
tlon, Who struck Billy Patterson?
Canada has 103,000 men In arms, and ex.
pects to increase the number to 150,000 before
midsummer. The United States would have
to raise an army of about 2,000,000 men to do
as well In proportion to population.
The tailor who can make the lapel of a
coat roll to the first button "with the leis
urely grace of a two-step" must be as skilful
as the advertising writer who describes the
achievement In such enticing words.
Viscount Bryce thinks that the sinking of
unarmed ships la piracy, but until this war
began the essence of piracy consisted in at
tacks upon unarmed ships for private, not
public, ends. The German naval policy may
be every other thing that U damnable, but it I
I not piratical.
AMERICAN WARS
NEVER FOUGHT
How Our Presidents Hnve Faced
National Crises Standing Against
Popular Clamor Patriotic Sup
port of the Administration.
By ROBERT HILDRETH.
SEVERAL times in tho history of tho
United States tho country has faced tho
Imminent prospect of war, nnd yet escaped
tho misfortune of armed conflict. Tho tale
of American wars. that never happened and
It certainly Is not less honorablo than tho
war history of the nation contains a num
ber of facts which nre of special Interest nt
this time. From tho beginning tho Presi
dents have exercised a controlling power
over foreign relations, nnti innnueiy mucn
has depended on their cool-hcndedncss and
firmness of nctlnti.
In 1703 our politics were divided according
to tho division In Europo. Washington
feared that tho ardent French partisans In
this country would, by somo rash action,
bring on war with isngianci, anu ibhucq m.
proclamation ot neutrality. In April camo
Genet, first minister from tho French Re
public. Genet was talkative Ho described
Washington ns a weak old man, under Brit
ish Influence. lie Informed his Government
and In this ho was not far from right
that tho American people did not approve
the neutrality proclamation. It was Wash
ington's calmness In tho mtdst of popular
clamor which saved us from a war with
Groat Britain when In all probability It
would havo proved disastrous to the young
nation. Yet there was another beneficent
factor In tho case, and that was tho pa
triotic support which tho people as a wholo
gavo to tho Government when Genet over
stepped himself nnd nppcared to tho pcoplo
as a foreigner meddling over much In our
own business.
Tho Quarrel With France.
In tho administration ot Adams wo had a
quarrel with Franco which resulted In a fow
sea fights, though no stnto ot 'war was rec
ognized by the two Governments. Early In
1707, when Minister Plncltney'a humiliating
treatment In Paris became known In Amer
ica, thero was a violent outbreak of popular
feeling. Two members of the Cabinet wore
nmons thoso who cried loudest for war. But
fortunately there wero modcrato men of
both parties who took a mlddlo ground, de
fending tho national honor but willing to
try diplomatic efforts to avert conflict whllo
preparation for war went on. One of them
was President Adams, who In nil tho clamor
of the day did not lose his poise.
The situation regnrdlng our trade nt sea
presented tho consideration, not wholly ab
sent today, that grievances existed against
both parties to tho war In Europo. Both
France nnd England were Interfering with
our ships. It was as difficult for America to
maintain a position of strict neutrality as It
was to take sides with either offender. Our
grievances against France, however, wero
not such ns to make war necessary, whllo
thoso against Great Britain wero aggravated
until tho War ot 1812, and then, apparently,
wore not flnnlly settled.
Less than 50 yenrs nfter the Treaty ot
Ghent occurred an event which brought Eng
land nnd America to the wrgo ofjOpen hos
tilitiesthe fnmous "Trent affair" of No
vember 9, 1861. Instantly England was
atlamo with anger. Hero the peoplo were
equally excited. No battlo of tho war was
received In tho North with more uproarious
Joy than Wilkes" foolish act.
Tho Pnlmcrston Government mado active
preparations' for war. I)rd Russell, who
was ns much tho head of tho Ministry ns
Lotd Palmcrston, wroto to tho British Min
ister at Washington a dispatch so violent
and provocntlvo that Princo Albert, when it
was submitted to tho Queen, toned It down.
It was tho last public act which tho Princo
ever performed. Lord Lyons, nt Washing
ton, acted with his customary Judgment and
dellcncy, avoiding contact with American of
ficials until ho had heard from home. In
presenting the noto to Seward ho acted In
the most tactful way.
But not the least Important fact In con
nection with this Importnnt crisis wns the
calmness nnd wisdom of Abraham Lincoln.
At the beginning of the administration
Seward, who expected to run tho Govern
ment, advised Lincoln to provldo excitement
for the public mind by raising questions
with Great Britain, even by declaring war,
but ho found that Lincoln was ablo to give
himself good counsel and act accordingly. It
should bo added, howovor, that Coward was
In agreement with tho President ns to tho
response which should be made to tho Brit
ish demands regarding the Trent.
Cleveland's Tribute to People
Another war which did not happen was
that which might havo arisen out of the
Venezuelan controversy between Great Brlt
nln nnd the United States. In this instance
thero was no popular clamor for war, but
when In closing his message to Congress,
Decomber 17, 1895, Cleveland sent the fol
lowing spirited appeal to tho American peo
ple: "Thero Is no calamity which a great
nation can Invite which equals a supine sub
mission to wrong nnd Injustice and the con
sequent loss of national self-respect and
honor," the words were received with an
outburst of enthusiastic applause by Demo
crats and Republicans alike, The situation
was indeed serious, and though Cleveland's
part in producing It has not escaped criti
cism, It cannot be doubted that his action
Increased our International prestige. He re
established the old Monroe Doctrine and
newly established another.
A decade ago, In an autobiographical
essay, Cleveland paid tribute to "the Bub
Ume patriotism and devotion to their na
tion's honor" exhibited by "the great mass
of our countrymen the plain people of the
land," at the time of the Venezuelan diffi
culty. "Though, In case of the last extrem
ity, the chances nnd suffering of conflict
would have fallen to their lot, nothing
blinded them to the manner In which the
Integrity of their country was involved. Not
for a single moment did their Government
know the lack of their strong and stalwart
support."
THE PRESIDENT'S POISE
From the Colurabua (O.) Stat Journal.
In the new war crisis President Wilton takes
his customary calm and steady position- He
wilt say nothing until he knows all the facts.
What a God's blessing It Is that we have not a
hothead in the presidency nowl We nd more
Woodrow Wilsons In the public service and we
need more Woodrow Wilsons In private life.
EXERCISE
Well knows he who rises to consider that our
faults and knowledge thrive by exercise, a wall
as our limbs and complexion. Truth is com,
pared In Scripture to a streaming fountain;
Its elear watera flow not In a perpetual progres
sion, they sicken into a muddy pool of con
formity and tradition. Milton.
HERE'S
SPEAKING THE PUBLIC MIND
What Readers Think of the War Crisis, the Fall of Carthage,
Suffrage and Charity, and Other Matters of Cur
rent Interest.
To the Editor 0 the Evening Ledger:
Sir Your editorial In yesterday's Evenino
I.Enonn on tho Lusltanla massnero uns tho
finest plcco of editorial writing on that ter
rible topic In the wholo of tho laud. I li.ito
the Germans ns much ns tho next man nnd
no one will cheer louder than I shall when
Germany Is flnnlly beaten back to whore she
belongs. But we'vo got to keep our hearts.
It's especially Important for tho press to
keep Its head. And you havo set nn example
to the press of tho country. It's a wonderful
piece of work. The press of the country Bhould
congratulate you. A newspaper run like that
Is ns certain of success as human life Is cer
tain of death. I was proud to read that edi
torial. B. K.
Boston, May 11.
SUFFRAGE AND CHARITY
To the Editor 0 the Evening Ledger:
Sir Tho suffragists who gavo unsparingly of
their tlmo and effort to mako tho Bryn Mawr
Hospital ha?aar of May 6 a success aro much
surprised to learn that somo people aro criticis
ing them for giving one-half of tho proceeds
of the suffrage booth to tho Hryn Mawr Hospi
tal Permit mo to Inform the public that tho suf
fragists undertook this booth at tho Invitation
of thoso In charge of tho bazaar, accepting
without question the terms ot 50 per cent,
thnt they themselves suggested, In
mnny ways wo reached hundreds of persons
who otherwise might not havo been Interested
In the hospital.
Tho suffragists would tako gieat pleasure In
giving generously to charity It wo wero not
obliged first and foremost to support tho suf
frage campaign which Is at present being car
ried on In Pennsylvania to last until tho
election November 2. In thnt short spaco ot
tlrrio we must reach and convert nn electorate
of over a million voters. This herculean task
Is straining our efforts both morally and finan
cially. After November 2 wo hopo to devote
much more tlmo to charity, when our victory Is
won at tho polls and we are voters
MARY WINSOR.
Havcrford, Pa., May 10
AN EVIDENT MISINTERPRETATION
To the Editor 0 the Evening Ledger:
Sir Your editorial, "Heathen Nations Com
pose Their Differences," (Sg tho most damnablo
effusion which has appeared In any Amcrlcnn
paper which I havo ever read. It Is un
American and Bhows to vhnt extent the peace-nt-any-pilca
people are willing to go. riilna
by her peace policy, with 450,000.000 people, has
been the prey of other nations for years, losing
plcco after piece of her territory to foreign na
tions, and now becomes practically tho vassal
of Japan, which has about 60,000,000 popula
tion. You commend China for what she has
done, nnd tho United States In all her foreign
relations is to do the snme things. If I had
the power I would suppress your paper abso
lutely. You are a disgrace to the country.
WILLIAM H. HARDER.
Philadelphia. May 12.
The Evenino Ledoer, of courso. Is not for
peace nt any price. It has always stood for
and repeatedly ndvocated adequate preparation
for the national defense. It Is opposed to war
until every honorable meanB to avoid It has
been exhausted. Editor ot the Evenino
Ledoer.
GERMANY'S REAL ENEMY
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger;
Sir What can be the manhood of a captain
who In pet feet safety sinks a ship he knows
crowded with women and children! Is that
German " kultur." or Is that type of military
or naval hero a beautiful thing In the eyes of
the German, or would any one care to own
that he Is a subject of an Emperor who could
order uch a thing?
What Germany Is up against la not a combi
nation ot nations repressing her In any lawful
enterprise, but against all that the world holds
high or honorable and noble. Her culture is on
exhibition, and it proves to be a dastardly ma
terialism that has robbed her people of the
higher idea. W, C. HALL.
Philadelphia. May 12.
THE STRENGTH OF A NATION
To tha Editor 0 Ifce Evening Ledger)
Bir It was not unpreparedness, but
Roman sturdlneja, that caused Carthaginian
disaster at sea. Carthage had a large navy,
Rome none at all, A Carthaginian ship was
stranded on tho Roman coast. Using It for a
model, the Romans built a fleet, put to sea,
met the Carthaginians and annihilated them,
Hannibal waa for a time a burr In the Ro
man foot. They had no strategist who could
copo with him. The emergency, however,
brings forth the, man. In Rome's casa he was
Sclplo Afrlcanus.
The lesson that this history presents to me Is
that the strength and safety of a nation Ilea
In the quality of Its people, rather than In a
regularly maintained elaborate armament. A
pocrer nation of Inferior people may, In the
event ot unexpected hostilities, gain a tempo
rary advantage certainly; but It will be beaten
jn tho nd. If, today, China had thrice the
chips 'and guns of Japan, the latter would
nevertheless triumph in a war betwesn them.
This lesson will And email favor at the pres-.
ent time. Men are excited, burning with Indig
nation and righteous wrath; and to an excited
wind truth is always obscure. "Ridiculous!"
men say. "We are likely to be at war In a
week or a month; and what a contemptible
figure we will cut because ot our unprepared
nets." But are they right? There to not the re
motest poMlbility of our being attacked at
home; and if we job) the Allies In their effort
WHAT IT WOULD MEAN,
to strangle tho German brute we will hnve
precisely thn needed thing In tho resources
that might havo been wasted In ships that
would now bo ccinp heaps. It Is not Amorlcan
ships and American troops that tho enemies
of Germany now need, but American munitions
In Russian hands; and wo can supply theso
all the moro nbundantlv because of our own
"unpiepnrodncFe." ROBERT WILLIAMS.
Atlantlo City. May 12.
IMPRESSIONS OF A NEW CITIZEN
To the Editor 0 the Evening Ledger:
Sir Being one of tho newly become Amer
ican citizens naturally, tho circumstance oflaBt
Monday night that tho President Mr. Wilson
was coming from Washington to address this
new element of citizens that will tako part In
every phaso of tho American life, my anxiety
wns enormous to assist to a such ceremony
nnd listen to speak for tho first tlmo tho
President of this grent nation.
Cortnlnly ho did mako an extraordinary Im
pression on me that will remain perennial,
that Is until my mortal llfo will bo extinct; on
nrlslng even without uttering a word his wholo
person dictate that ho wasn't thero to claim
nny divinity, or adopting a policy of somo
nation which their philosophy of tho Superman
brought thorn bnck to tho bnrbnrlsm of Nero,
Caesar, Ivan "tho terrible," etc.
He wns thero to show to tho new "element"
thnt ho Is a man mado on tho similar baso of
tho human rnco; that his framo of bones carry
tho similar flesh as any other nround him; hut
, !,R ,!' )''f,CBS a noblo heart nnd a sane
mind tho real Incarnation of Americanism
regarding tho instinct of democracy.
Ills opulence, his facility of diction wn renl
Ciceronian, ami tho result of his germinating
address will be to nil of us that were there
and to the country nt large very beneficial
transforming his Ideals In facts ot fraternizing
not in groups but united. a.rnizing
wT.toml'tl"'r """, lettor r" W tha' ". Mr.
Wilson has earned my voto of fnlth, and all
of them that I'll have tho power to convert
,,,. . ANTONIO MUTIONANI.
" South 15th street. Philadelphia?
NO CHEAP DIAMONDS
From the Wall Street Journal.
''""f"1' "f ,'housands of women In Europo
?,m .'"?. thelr ewJelry t0 the numerous relief
funds for the war-ridden countries. Some give
their trinkets because It Is tho only thing of
of iL t"L0r Sumce ll to a thl trustees
?L ? 1 . nlS ,'" OVer' part of Europe report
the lecelpt of Jots of Jewelry, some pieces of
which aro worth thousands of dollars.
hen tho great American Jewelers read that
this was going on they appointed agents to buy
2rt;ndhat.iWhat U,Cy. th0U8ht would ba ow
prices but theso commissions wero never exe-
Tho di XlZ"L ch.eaP.dlam?"d8 1 byf
diamond mines In tho world, wore In touch with
the heads of tho various relief funds and headed
hand" taUS a11 tho dlamonds ott their
-
A UNITED NATION
From the New York Evening Post.
The German Government would do well to
note tho declaration this morning of one of Its
stoutest defenders here, Mr. Herman Rldder
Staatsr.Zhel1ung" "ame h Wr"eS ln toda'a
"I speak for myself and I believe for tho
great majority of Gcrman-Amerlcans when I
!?y that we are with the President of the
Un ed States to the finish In all matters af
fecting national honor or national prestlg"
Evidence of this sort could be multiplied If
the need arises it will surely be presented In
Impressive volume In the next few weeks ThS
Station8 r'8ht Whe" ha M & -This
does not lessen, it rather deepens, the
high nnd solemn responsibility of the head '
the nation. Under his hand the peop?e, at thlf
Juncture, necessarily lie plastic. Thev r
waltlng for the right lead from Wtn Thl?
lden,t,7"80n-,i.fully alive o the h?a.vy
burden laid upon him there Is everv r7.e
He Is bowed by it. but he Is not broken P??tJ
caution, his anxious pondering "of eve?y e i.
ment In the great decision which ho alon, has
to make, do not argue timidity. It is Well to
be assured that his thoughts and vlgHs are
running beyond the embarrassments Tand the !
cltemenU of the moment. A President of t"e
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Wednesday Matinees. 50. nL, f X,B0
PHILADELPHIA I Tonight at 8:15
OICHESTRA "POPS"
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" TO U sis P. M.
MARY PICKFpRD AreggL
wcji v --iiiti mum AND THE FLAME"
NEW WOODSIDE PARKTHEATRE
w"W-A,tt The Chocolate Soldier
it. Pat. 3i0. eat. Mat fc Nljnt, 10. 20, SOc,
MR. JINGO
United States who did not look forward to
distant possibilities of weal or woo hanging
upon his fixing of tho policy of tho Govern
ment, nnd who did not valuo moro highly tin
approval of history than tho applauso of tha
day, would not bo worthy of his office.
At tho samo tlmo It Is not given to htm or
to any other mortnl man to pierce the mlsti of
tho future. All that he can do is, in tho end,
to clcavo to that which ho know's In his soul
to bo right and Just, and loavo the rest with
Him In tho hollow of Whose hand all natloni
and tho destinies of humanity are held.
TREATMENT OF EMPLOYES M
From the New York Outlook.
In n Boston corporation In which most of ih
employes are said to be stockholders, the "shop
rules" contain somo Interesting suggestions for
the considerate treatment of emDloves. Hm
arc two of them: "It Is good policy to assume 1
that an employe Is trying to do his best until l
the central y Is evident." "It Is bad policy to
can down' an employe in tne presence ot a
third person. He will cither fight back and thus
embarrass the executive nnd possibly lose hlJ
Job, or he will stow away the etlng under hit
skin, where It will germinate disloyalty and Idi
pmrlrnrv." ' "
"NOT AS I WILL"
nilndfolded nnd nlono I stand, ,
With unknown thresholds on ench hand;
Tho darkness deepens as I grope,
Afraid to fear, afraid to hope;
Yet this ono thing I learn to know
Uach day more surely as I go, ,
Thrft doors nro opened, ways aro made,
Burdens aro lifted or are laid.
By some groat law, unseen nnd still,
Unfathomed purposo to fulfill,
"Not as I will."
Blindfolded and alono I wait;
Loss seems1 too bitter, gain too late;
Too heavy burdens in tho load
And too fow helpers on the road;
And Joy Is weak nnd grief Is strong,
And years and days so long, so long;
Tot this ono thing I learn to know
Each day more surely as I go.
That I am glad the good and III
By changeless law are ordered still,
"Not as I will."
"Not as I will;" the sound grows sweet
Each time my lips the words repeat,
"Not as I will;" the darkness feels
More safe than light when this thought steaU
Like whispered voice to calm and blesB
All unrest and all loneliness.
"Not ns I will." because the One
Who loves us first and best has gone
Before us on the road, and still
For us must all His love fulfill,
"Not as I will."
Helen Hunt Jackwa.
TRUST
In the path of duty grows mnny a thorn,
And bleak is the scorn of a selfish world;
But there never wns night without Its morn,
And after the tempest the clouds are furled;
For over all spreadeth the bright blue sky,
And we trust ln our God, who Is always nigh.
William Wlnttr.
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10 A. M. to 11:30 P M.
FinST PRESENTATION LUDIN'S
"THE COLLEGE WIDOW"
GEO. ADE'S Moit Succusfut Comedy
Comprises a "Snake Dance" of I
5000 U. OP P.' STUDENTS
., AND PENN IN FOOTBALL GAME
Numerous Scenes and Incidents Pictured On
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WILT. ROGERS: SAM MANN 4 CO.; SIX WATEB
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iiltt HILblAUBON EXPEDITION
SUBMARINE
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3 REELB CHAPLIN LAUGHS ALSO
CROSS
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PARAMOUNT PICTURES
Dally -J A Etenlnci, 7 and I,
at 2. AWJii loc. l.v.
THE SHADOWS OF
A OREAT CITY"
GEORGIA QUARTETTE
NIXON'S
GRAND
Today.3tl5.TA9
TROVATO. THE MUSICAL OEM
IUB: LADY BBTTYl THE LANG;
DONS; INNESS A RYANI TOY
BROS.; STUART & KEELBI.
LAUOHINQ PICTURES .
FORREST Last 3 Evgs. &&
g.'? THE LADY IN RED
BROAD Tonight Blrvww&
SAVOY OPERA CO, SASyS
ADELPHI matinmtS5&&,ati..i
UJi&$?um KITTY MacKAY
WoIpti "Kollnv wm lee BP"t TeDH. J
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eat. eve. at bud. 11, toe, ouc Tickets uojwu
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OTII AND ARCH STREETS
"OLD-TIMB MINSTREL. NIGHT'
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