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In Mcmorlnm
THIS day Is dedicated to the memory of
those who died in tho scrvlco of their
country. They did not expect to die when
they enlisted, but they were willing to give
up their lives If It should be so ordered. They
wero young men such as you meet every
day on the street. There was no outward
mark to distinguish them from others. But
there was something In tho soul that differ
entiated them from thoso who for one rea
son or another thought It better to stay nt
home. Cynics may glvo ono name to the
quality and lovers of their kind may give
another namo to It, but all agree that the
man who lays down his llfo that the con
ditions of living may be better for others
deserves universal respect.
The old men who march today in honor of
their dead comrades wero not called upon
to make tho supremo sacrifice, and they
survlvo to join with tho ren of U3 In ex
pressing our gratitude to thoso who havo
found It In their hearts to fight for their
country. Part of that gratitude goes out to
the survivors. They are manifest heroes for
a few hours now, and tomorrow they will
bo absorbed Into tho great mass of citizens.
Flowers and wreaths nre tho proper tribute
for them as well as for thoso beneath tho
sod no tinsel crowns, but the everlasting
bay and tho blossoms that are tho promise
of a recurring seed time and harvest of im
mortality. Real Kultur
AMERICA holds at least one German pa--triot
who keeps his head and Kuno
Francke, Professor at Harvard, has a head
worth keeping. Regretting tho failure of
Dcrnburg's mission, tho New Republic picks
Professor Francko ob ono of tho few men
who -might havo put Germany's position
persuasively before us. Professor Muenster
berg's oh-so-different colleague is Indeed
"sincere, humane, sensitively aware that
opinions opposed to his own, wishes In con
flict with his most fundamental wishes, havo
a right to oxlst." Only such a man could
write upon the Lusltanla disaster such a
"German Prayer" as:
In this the end of Europe? Then, O God,
In thy great mercy save my people's soul
Irom utter dnrknesi In the world's 'downfall!
Raise it above the lust and rage of yore.
Rejuvenated, purified, inspired.
That It may shine upon a new-born age
And shed its glory o'er the world once more!
O Spirit of my Race, thou art not crushed to'
earth!
Toothbrush Drill
IT ISN'T pleasant to admit that Manhattan
has tho lead on Philadelphia In any Meld
of human endeavor. But certain events last
week In the schools of Now York shouldn't
be overlooked for a mere matter of local
pride. "Seo it and do It" Is a better motto
than "Always right."
Those events wero the toothbrush drills of
"hygiene week." Teachers lectured on the
superiority of tooth paste over stick candy as
a preventive of toothache. Specialists from
tho dental societies demonstrated the best
methods of wielding the brush. And to give
the whole thing somo sort of real zest, many
of the schools went Into Central Parle on
Saturday for a teeth-brushing competition
before tho dental specialists and tho movlo
men.
The general result In Now Vork was the
appearance of 700,000 individual toothbrushes
nnd tubes in school, and the Impression
among tho pupils that a little foresight and
energy were better than toothache nnd Ill-
health.
The general result In Philadelphia should
bo a go-thou-and-do-Hkewlse feeling.
The Proper Commercial Hosts
WHEN the new Chamber of Commerce Is
thoroughly organized and In working
shape it Is expected to act as the commer
cial host in behalf of the city n welcoming
nnd entertaining business delegations such
as are here or o be here this week.
The group of Chinese business men, which
arrived yesterday, Is being fittingly enter
tained by the Manufacturers' Club, That
organization will exhibit to the Orientals the
skilful way In which Americans can com
bine social and business functions, and the
Chinese will not be allowed to leave town
until they have learned something of Its
commercial greatness. The Boutb, American
financial experts who have been attending
the Pan-American conference in Washington
will arrive tomorrow, and will be In the care
of a special committee appointed to show
them the eights, and a, few selected Indus
tries. The Spanish business men, who camo
here a few weeks ago, were welcomed In a
moat Informal manner; but they were !m
liressed with tho enterpriie or our business
men.
As a matter of fact, yery foreign delega
tion which visits this country cornea hero
hatom t returns Jidrae, The reputation of
ur tnanufaeturers Is world wide, spread by
s. combination of their 8W& enterprise and
the historic fame of tb f)Uy HIf- WItY
v-er the story of freedgm (a known tno
mint of Philadelphia I familiar. Without
wry doubt the Chamber of Coromerse will. In
th ftttur, &ot only arranf s to- welcome the
tmm iUM but it will send ut invlta
Hb t tfcwn to cflmo and Jt will have real?"
'or them a mass of pertinent Information
Bbout the extent and variety of our bianu
failures, out accessibility to the raw ma
terial fcd that wo can manufacture cheaplyi
and 6tir ir6lmlty to the ea ahd to the
great International trndo routes so that wo
can shin economically and quickly. In Ihd
meantime, the other agencies are doing
prfctty well.
Republican Parly lMust Evolve Policies for
a New Era
"VreVKlt has tho KepubHean party been
' confronted with a greater task or a
greater opportunity than at present. It camo
Into being no the result of a great crisis, tt
will come back Into power as the result of
another crisis equally as great,
Our domestic concerns nre bolng relegated
.to relative unimportance In comparison with
tho pnrrtmountcy of national policies that
nffect our International Interests, There Is
needed a strong party, pursuing a definite
policy, to take command of affairs and steer
the nation with practical Acuteness through
tho crucial period which Is already at hand,
Thero aro flvo essential undertakings to
which tho party must dedicate ltsolf and for
which It must stand without equivocation
nnd without hesitation.
First A great navy commensurate In
strength with tho wealth and standing of
this nation pmong other nations.
Second A constructive program for the
quick rehabilitation of the merchant ma
rine, by mibsldles If need be. and the
strengthening of our trade relations by a
comprehensive consular and trade-expert
scrvlco throughout tho world, an Important
adjunct to which shall be a strong banking
symem mat win cover the commercial man.
Third A strong rorelcn policy which will
assure the protection of American eltUens
and Interests wherever situate.
Fourth A protective tariff, scientifically
constructed, which will assure an Ameri
can market for American goods.
Fifth A definite declaration that success
in business Is a worthy, not an unworthy,
achievement; and that as success In world
trade requires vast resources in capital,
the formation of sufficiently strong corpora
tions to assure efficiency will not bo dis
couraged, but will be distinctly encouraged
by tho United States.
Of these things tho most Important by far
Is preparation for tho national defense. Tho
country will not bo hoodwinked again by
phrases such as an "adequate navy." It will
require an Interpretation of tho meaning of
tho phrase and insist on knowing Just how
largo a na'y the promising party intends to
furnish.
All Europe is engaged In a commercial
war. Our growing trade imperils our
friendly relations. "What tho Powers abroad
nre fighting for they expect to get. They
will regard us a3 an interloper. Wo expect to
keep what wo acquire and to reach out for
more. Wo do not wish 'to have loaded pis
tols against our head wherever our trade is
great.
Tho destiny of tho nation will be deter
mined by tho policies it indorses next year.
Tho Republican party must take up tho
fight, along tho definite lines proposed above,
and wring victory from tho hesitant chaos
into which the country has been plunged by
an undecided Administration.
Internationalizing a Blunder
THE Wilson ship purchaso plan, which
Congress refused to approve, has been
recommended to the South American Govern
ments by tho Transportation Committee of
tho Pan-American Conference. It is pro
posed that Argentina, Brazil, Chill, Uruguay,
Ecuador and Peru comblno with the United
States In creating an International corpora
tion to build and operate steamship lines.
Each Government would buy a fixed propor
tion of the shares and tho public would bo
asked to subscribe to tho stock, and the na
tional treasuries would meet the deficits
that arose In operating the ships o" unproflt
able lines. Instead of paying a direct sub
sidy to privately owned ships they are to
havo the ships operated by men who will
not care whether they are run profitably or
not, and an Indirect subsidy Is to be paid in
order to make the books balance at the end
of tho year. The postofUce has been sub
sidized In the same way for generations be
cause the Postmasters General were not
able to make both ends meet.
If wo aro to havo an American merchant
marine worthy tho name, touching nt the
ports of tho world, South American as well
as European, African, Asiatlo and Aus
tralian, we must recover from our terror of
words like "subsidy" and "subvention" and go
at the problem of rehabilitation In a
straightforward way with tho determination
to open the seas to privately owned American
ships by offering such effective Inducements
as will attract capital to the business. The
Wilson plan, which they seem to be attempt
ing to Internationalize, will most effectively
drive private capital from the seas and dis
courage what we should all try to encour
age. A shipping policy which would be foolish If
adopted by Congress does not become wise
when It is Indorsed by an International com
mittee. It Is always the fellow who Is not doing it
who knows how It ought to be done.
Aro there not easier ways of getting rid of
money than putting It in baseball pools7
Seventeen-year locusts are on the way, but
they are not nearly so troublesome as the
every year mosquitoes.
The walking Is good between Philadelphia
and New York, but there are few who would
undertake to cover the distance on foot Just
for fun.
If war would only bar table d'hote dinners
in Philadelphia as It has In Berlin, there are
lone men in this town who would welcome
war with open arms.
Perhaps that young woman would not
have been promoted so rapidly In the office of
the Board of Health tf It were as easy to be
a bacteriologist as a ttpstave.
Sir Henry Jackson U not the only man of
his? name to serve as First Bea Lord of the
Admiralty. There was on?e a man named
AndreW Jackson, who was First Lord, not
only of the Admiralty, but of the military
and of everything else In sight.
Sepator Kern thinks there should be an
etra session of Congress so that the Senat
may diclde to adopt a rule to ahut off un-necefse-
taking. But what would he say
it ttA opponent to the rule ahould occupy
U th? time of the extra sston talking the
ruts to oeaui j
MEMORIAL DAY
FIFTY YEARS AFTER
It Has Been Transformed from a
Time of Mourning Into a Festival
oi Spring in AmericaEurope Is
Preparing for a New Day of Grief.
By GEORGE W. DOUGLAS
A MOTHER In black, putting some flowers
on a grave,' a, young widow, leading
small children who placed a wreath on a
monument marking a spot where there was
rto grave, but only a memorial; and youths,
hiotherlees once, nnd fatherless now, stand
ing sadly beside a mound In tho cemetery
these are what wero Been on the first
Memorial Days. Thero was no set time for
decorating tho graves of the dead soldiers
fifty years ago. Hut they wore not left un
adorned. There was hardly a family In the
North or tho South from which somo mem
bet' had not been taken. Grief covered tho
country like a pall, not tho sorrow for a
gre.t national calamity, but tho personal and
poignant sorrow that pierces tho heart. Tho
men who fought tho battles of tho Civil War
were hardly men. Tho nvcrago ago of the
soldiers wes well under 20 years. Tho boys,
tho flower of the youth, tho young fellows
of high spirits and brilliant promise, had
gono to tho front. With tho unbounded con
fidence of their audacious spirit they dared
Death. They knew that they wero protected
by their own lnvlnclblo courage, nnd that
life, which had Just begun for them, would
continue far into the Indefinite future. Their
fathers and mothers knew better. And tho
boys Who went forth with smiling ft-ccs were
brought back In a wooden box, whllo tho
church bolls tolled and a squad of escorting
soldiers fired a final salute over In the grave
yard, llut some of tho boys did not como
duck ni an. Tney are lying now In un
marked graves. Their names may bo on a
tombstone In a cemetery somewhere, but
their great memorial Is tho national monu
ment In Arlington Cemetery, dedicated "To
tho Unknown Dead."
Informality of Early Observances
So tho early Memorial Days, observed at
tho convenience of tho different mourners and
tho different communities, wero porsonal and
Intimate. Grief was very near to tho friends
of tho dead. It was a bond which Joined
rich and poor and buttressed tho foundations
of our great American democracy.
It was Inevitable, too, when so many fnm
lllcs wero mourning, that thero should bo a
demand for a concerted arrangement for
decorating the graves. This is how Memorial
Day as an Institution camo Into being. Tho
Grand Army of the Republic took first for
mal notlco of It In 1808, only three years
after tho close of the war. And In the North
it soon became a Grand Army function. Tho
survivors assumed tho duty of keeping green
the graves of tho fallen. Then the Stato
Legislatures wero asked to make the 30th of
May a holiday. And It Is now a holiday In
all tho States except Florida, Georgia, Lou
isiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessco and Texas.
But Tlmo heals all wounds. The heartrend
ing grief of tho years following the war,
when mothers could not bo reconciled to the
loss of their sons nor widows to their widow
hood, has been spent. Tho mothers, alas, aro
dead. There cannot bo moro than a scoro
of women yet alive whoso sons wero In tho
armies of tho Civil War, and such of them
as havo survived aro so old that Instead of
grieving over tho partings of the past they
are yearning for tho reunions of tho futuro
and regretting that they are delayed so long.
The nation still honors Its heroic dead, but it
has ceased to mourn them.
A Day for Outdoor Sports
The transformation In the character of
Memorial Day from a tlmo of funoral ob
servance to a day for outdoor sports and
tho formal Inauguration of tho season of
summer amusements is human and in ac
cordance with historic precedent. The saints'
days of tho church, tho anniversaries of tho
martyrdom of tho holy, are not times of
mourning, but of rejoicing over tho transla
tion of a human soul from the troubles of
this world to the peaco of tho next. So tho
day has become, not a memorial of the
gravo, but a sort of a spring festival, a cele
bration of tho awakening of the world Into a
now llfo. It might bo called n kind of secular
Easter so far as It Is a popular holiday.
Tho graves of the soldiers aro no longer
decorated on the day unless It bo in tho
smaller communities. In all the larger cities
the preceding Sunday is devoted to the task,
and committees of the different Grand Army
posts visit the cemeteries where their com
rades are burled, and lay upon tho graves
the symbolic flowers. The day itself is given
up to other occupations. In some communi
ties thero is still a parade, with patriotic
exercises In tho cemeteries. But tho festival
character of the time Is more prominent than
Its memorial aspect.
The War Is History
The war has been over for 50 years, It Is
a historic event, and not a memory, to every
man of 65 nnd even of 60. Two generations
have come upon the stage since tho peaco
of Appomattox. The Union and Confederate
veterans fraternize as though they had not
fought. There Is hardly an unreconstructed
Southerner left, and there Is certainly no
Northerner who would ever think of hanging
Jeff Davis on a sour apple tree, as they all
wanted to do at one time. We cannot under
stand the feeling of the nation 40 or even 30
years ago. The old men remember It, but
the younger men have to read of it in the
histories. They know tho purpose of Memo
rial Day, but it Is no easier for them to
mourn for the dead of half a century ago
than to weep at the tomb of Washington or
before the monument to Lincoln,
When one thinks of the slaughter going on
In Europe at present, and reads the reports
of battles and the descriptions of the scenes
In the hospitals, and sees in the illustrated
papers pictures of the mourning friends as
the dead are taken from the train which has
carried their bodies home, it Is' possible to
get an impression of what was happening for
four years right here at homo half a century
ago. We thought that we had a great war
and that the national Memorial Day was a
beautiful Institution. The nations across the
sea are planting the seeds of mourning that
will outlast the present generation, and
Justify In every one of them the establish,
ment of a holy day, when all shall go to the
cemeteries together to place a wreath on the
green earth which Is resting lightly on the
bosoms of the mU who have loved their
country wall enough to die for her,
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TIME TO COOL 6FP
From the W6binton Star.
The course of diplomatic correspondence
niust hi credited with occupying sufficient time
to permit any overheated blood to cool.
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BULGAR DREAM OF A GREAT EMPIRE
It Is Partly a Memory of a Glorious Pasi Folk Traits Which Set
the People Apart From the Slavs A Characteristic Na
tional Proverb.
BULGARIA, tho world expects to hear,
will Join before long In the' great wnr,
but It is quito certain that her actions will
bo nolther pro-Teuton nor pro-Ally, but
solely In furtherance of her dream of em
pire. When tho European war broko out
Bulgaria was keeping steadily In mind the
words spoken to tho army by the Czar Fer
dinand after the peaco of Bucharest, "Ex
hausted, but not vanquished, wo havo had
to furl our glorious standards In order to
wait for better days." She had accomplished
marvels In army reorganization and now
strategic railroads were well under way. Tho
war came too soon for Bulgaria, but now
that it has como sho has to make tho most
of it. It Is not yet Bulgaria's day, but If
that day evor comes tho nation will strike
savagely for tho fulfillment of her ambitious
dream.
As Italy has its Italia Irredenta and
Greece its Unredeemed Hellas, so Bulgaria
looks for a great national revival which shall
extend beyond the presont national bound
aries. Like Italy and Greece, moreover, Bul
garia remembers a great empire of tho past.
Out of a Triple Slavery
In a most Interesting and timely article
in the Century Magazine, T. Ldthrop Stod
dard, a writer of exceptional familiarity with
international politics, treats of modern Bul
garia as "ono of tho most extraordinary
phenomena of human history." Less than
forty years ago, as Mr. Stoddard says, tho
Bulgarians were wretched serfs, exploited to
tho limit of human endurance and triply en
slavedslaves of Turkish militarism, Greek
ecclcslastlclsm and Russian Pan-Slavism. In
Bulgaria proper each of these obstacles to
national progress has been eliminated. The
removal of the third of these obstacles, the
Idea of Russian Pan-Slavism, Is perhaps the
most significant at the present time. Mr.
Stoddard writes:
"No one Bhould minimize that generous
enthusiasm of the Russian people for the
liberation of tho 'Little Brothers of the
South' which fired the Russian armies with
crusading fervor in the Russo-Turkish war,
Tho Russian Government, however, looked
at things from a far less Idealistic point of
view. Not dreaming that these downtrodden
peasants could, after five centuries of com
bined Turkish and Hellenlo domination, pos
sess an Intense national conclousness, of
ficial Russia saw in the Bulgarians only an
amorphous Slav mass easily moldable Into
'neo-RussIans,' faithful marchmen of the
empire, much as the Cossacks had once
been.
"Tho Bulgarians soon showed the world
the fallacy of the neo-RussIan Idea, based
as this was upon utter Ignorance of both
their historic past and their ethnlo compo
sition. During the Middle Ages the Bul
garians had cut a prominent figure on the
Balkan stage, building up a powerful empire
that threatened even Greek Constantinople.
Of course, this was long ago, and It Is not
surprising that a worjd which had almost
forgotten the Byzantine Empire should have
entirely forgotten the Bulgarian one. Never
theless, In the retentive minds of the Bul
garian peasants, the memories of their old
Czars lived fresh and green, and when the
hour of liberation struck tho glories of the
medieval Bulgarian Empire wero trumpeted
forth over the land, rousing the folk like a
clarion call to a great destiny,
The Ox-cart and the Hare
"This was much, but there waa more be
hind, The Bulgarians are normally classed
as Slavs. So they are partly. Yet the
world too often forgets that the primitive
Bulgarians were not Slavs at all, but an
Asiatlo people of Turanian stock, who In the
seventh century burst upon the primitive
Slavs recently migrated pouth of the Danube
and settled down as masters. L,esa numer
ous than their subjects the conquerors were
soqn absorbed, losing their speech and pe
culiar Identity, Nevertheless, the blopd was
a potent one, for these Turanian Bulgara left
behind- far more than their name; they
stamped upon the new folk traits which et
it distinctly apart in the category of the
Slav peoples,
'Jl moment', analysts will clearly provo
Sf ' VJ
"Oh, men who died in battle and in -prison,
Or on the long march fell beside the way,
From those far heights to which your souls have risen
Look doivn, look down, and counsel us today."
this. Your typical Slav, whether ho dwoll
on tho Russian plains or tho Servian hills,
is an idealist, prone to loso sight of hard
facts In day dreams, Capable of great ac
complishment when under tho stimuli of his
enthusiasms, In ordinary times tho Slav is
an easy-going, improvident, open-handed
person, essentially likable, but lacking that
practical characteristic efficiency. How dif
ferent tho Bulgarian. Restrained, sober,
dour: with occasional outbursts of passion,
but usually taking oven his pleasures sadly:
intensely practical and hard headed; with
out a traco of mysticism; frugal to tho point
of avarice; so solicitous about his future
that this frequently becomes an obsession;
above all,' possessed of a dogged, plodding,
almost ferocious energy translating Itself
normally Into unremitting labor such is the
folk. 'Tho Bulgar on his ox cart, says the
national proverb, 'pursues tho hare nnd
overtakes It.' "
That destiny for tho Bulgarians resisted
the doctrine of Pan-Slavism, except in so
far as It smoothed their path ipward Its
realization, was what? "It was, first, the re
union of tho whole Bulgarian race from tho
Black Sea to the Albanian mountains, and
from tho Danube to the Aegean. Then,
strong in its central position, this 'Big Bul
garia' would force the other Balkan peoples
to acknowlcdgo its hegemony. Finally a
united Balkan Christendom would expel the
Turk from Europe, nnd a new Bulgarian
empire soat Itself at Constantinople, always
significantly known to Bulgarians as 'Tzarl-
grad,' the 'City of tho Czars.' Grandiose al
most to absurdity appeared this ideal of tho
devastated little peasant State created by
tho Congress of Berlin. But, if Bulgaria's
dreams were great, her waking hours wora
long, and all were given up to strenuous
endeavor and rigid self-denial, These high
hopes became part of tho national conscious
ness. They braced every Bulgar to glgantlo
efforts. Before long a whole series of start
ling successes showed this folk to be pos
sessed of a sombre power and reckless
courage which undoubtedly made the goal
seem less Impracticable."
Bulgaria's Czardom
But the diplomacy of the Powers Interfered
again and again, as it did in Balkan affairs
generally. Finally came the Peace of Bucha
rest, which was most Intolerable to Bul
garia, as it established what Its dictators
considered "the principle of Balkan equilib
rium." "Balkan equilibrium," as Mr. Stod
dard remarks, "means In practice that when
ono Balkan Stato gains others must gain,
too. This cuts like a scythe, mowing down
any head rising above tho dead level of
Balkan equality. Obviously there Is here
no place for hegemony, no room for the
mighty czardom of Bulgaria's dreams." Czar
dom, for when the Young Turk revolution
of 1908 gave Ferdinand the chance to re
nounce his shadowy vassalage to the Sultan
ana ueciare Bulgaria's 4ndepepdence, "his
assumption of the proud title of czar went
much further; It proclaimed to' the entire
world Bulgaria's wllj to empire,"
DANCING AS A PREMIUM
To the Jitfltor 0 Bventnff Ledger!
Sir You say in your leading editorial tonleht
"The city must have the Joy of dance for lta
youth. But the saloon-cabaret, never!" Either
you or I misconceive the present opportunities
for occasional dancing in this city by young
folks of good breeding, except at "elaborately
prearranged batls." Where, among our "bet.
ter" hotels, can a man drop In with a girl or'
two on a Saturday afternoon for a few dancei
and a little chat, and pay for the privilege as
euch? Bather, he must accept the dancing as
a premium thrown in wth a meal or some
drinks that he does not want. And he will feel
that he Is cheap if he accepts It without seeing
to It that his check, representing his consump
tion, is large enough to Interest the manage,
ment.
I dropped In one Saturday afternoon last
winter at a hotel, expecting that my little Party
of twp could dance an hour or ao and pay for
it the proper price to Insure desirable sur
roundings. Instead, I found that the dancing
was wholly subordinated tq the consumption of
alcohol. Girl, n little groups, with nfen and
without, soma older women and a few lone male
onlookers alt were sipping highballs, Not any
Iv. ,,.,.. .us Era., uiuuiv ui mejr appeared the r
worse for tt But all drank, for It waa by their
bar checks that they were to pay for the roujlc I
Jnd ttf of ?K? A&'Vrt'SES
it f "V ,H
1m? i!'i d.?n.cJnfr &Ri wer8 the to daneeJ
Almost nil of fhnm ,- ,1,1. ...'. 1
Stntn. rntU t '. . "."' -IT" "'."' PniDIU0n,
3tato, could forget in six mo
sver had tho rlrlnWino- hnhii
"" - i m. inunms mat they ha '
w ft? " drlnklnJ ?nblt' an" wouM go)thir.
the ir ni: "'i ".u"a.ay ""eoona. ?nj
I.,,, '" '"""' memseives with a.
little ICO Cream or lnmnn.rt. - -.1... . ',i'
Ul. They were drlnkln'g that day. not uZ 1
' '-u "'o urinn as yet but becauso It
was the accentnri thlmr fn i, IV: '
and less conspicuous then and there than not 1
Sri..,. .. -'". f." J,une n"d why .?
S..J j. V . c" iram now going to be
Hard drinkers, a Jest on men's lips, objects of
...... U"BB rosPe Because of this
modest beginning under the sanction of a most
rnTii j 1 reapeciaoio environment. J,
-Tiiimoeipnia, May 28.
THE FUNERAL GAMES
By HBRDBHT S. WEBER.
Head down, with tho swift, machlne-llke swing'
Tense and trim, tho runners, norved to the
Round tho track, and the thousands
ChCOr as tho Winded nlnnni.
Gasps and droops and falls at the goal; and
he lies whero h full.
m
But seel He Is up, though shaken; g
Seel He can walk agalnl ' j.
See! He Is clasping tho hand of his friend! 'j
Seel Ho Is smiling again.
Ah. but It wnn nnt ttint- .vm, k .1... VI..
grandslre ran $m
Up the hill at Gettysburg, weighted with
musket and sack. i
Weighted nnd wounded ho ran, on up to the
wall and fell; ?W
Gasped and drooped and fell at the goal; WdlP
no my wnere no reu,
Gono Is tho goal he gasped for; he never knewffl
wiiu wun;
And we cannot manfully share his work; for
his work Is dope;
And how can we honor him more who gave for
honor all?
Weep at his grave? When he fought that
no more tears should fa!17
No, let us play, not weep, for he would have'
us play
On this the day of his Funeral Games. He
Is here todav!
With us again, alive, In our youth anil our'!
sirengtn, alive
In the tightening muscles and speeding feet of
the men who strive:
Let the discus spin and tho javelin sing, as jj
For the strength of their sons Is the honor 1
mars sought with the breath of the bold!
AMUSEMENTS
ARCADIA
- C1IESTKUT. Below leth St. x x
Photoplays Continuous
MARY PICKPORD
iu a. ju. to h :ao v. u.
"Fanchon, the Cricket"
B. F. KEITH'S THEATRE
CHESTNUT AND TWELFTH 8TREETB
QKA.ND JUNB JUBILEE t
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS
With PATRICIA COLL1NOB 4 CO..
meat II. Hall: Ahearn Comeoy co.i Mil!
Camptull; Avon Comedy Four; Otlnri.
GARRIOK ,0,S'i?.t.p..4
FIRST TIME IN PHILADELPHIA
JAMES I3A.HNE8 (Hlmielf) Prefents
THE WONDERFUL MOTION FJCTUHBa mi
THRO CENTRAL AFRICA .-
Joit Dangeroui and Ihrilllna Expedition a
aver unaeriaxen pu ivvme Men
Mr. Barnea Appears Paraonally at g:lB A 8il5 P. M;
GLOBE
MAnKET AND JUNIPER
H A. M. TO 11 P. M.
FIRST SHOWING
FLORENCE REED
,N oMiP1"8 HER OWN WAY
Comedies Travaloruea-Dramaa Educational!
Play Obtained Thru Stanley Booking- Co.
THE MARKET ST. ABOVE WT
Stanley,
Jl A, M, TO llilS P. M.
Marcuerite GlarK
in "THE PRETTY SISTER "tr J"Ol&-
Added Attraction INTERCOLLEOIATE CJAMES
ClllLDRUN-B MATINEB, BATUHDA.Y. 10 A. ,
f T f T T7 MARKET k JUN1FE"
VJ.UUD.DJ FLORENCE' KlED
It TT TO t r ixr XT fJT A V f
XI JCj XV U VY Vi XX 4.
Cross Keys Theatre Sw m
& VAUDEVILLE n4 "'SJ38&.
"HYPOCRITES i" UATB?Yr and.
WXON'0
GRAND
CALIFORNIA
: 1MHOF. CONN COREMSf
ORANQB-
PAfilC-
ADI.ER & ARLINEi VALM1
: iiuit
TxUy3:15, TfcOl
uuijljt tiaiui as hs
LAUGHING PICTURES.
TirTiTi awfi at: ri.i. rrrtriAV a,n '
Li X JUir- iJI-bt wSikEvoa., ssn
THE BEABON'H FUNNIEST FARCB
MPrNTi THln wnwiM. wl,h MA7.PH HER&
NEW WOODSIDE PARK 'THEATRES
". TODAT, 9.N Wl,n Rfifl ROSe"
TTOCaderO PrincesS WpSjH 1
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