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PHILADELPHIA, BATUnDAY, JU.tE 19, 1915,
fhe witting worker icldom finds Ms task
difflcult.
Popular Vote Would Fnvor Lansing
BEFORE Mr. Wilson was Inaugurated
tho press of tho country overflowed with
cohjccturcs as to his probable Secretary of
State. Tho ofrlco Is now vacant, but nobody
seems to tako any Interest In tho matter.
Possibly most citizens havo felt that tho
fflco could not bo conducted with less effi
ciency than characterized tho conduct of It
under Mr. Bryan. Thcro Is a general feel
ing, too, that Mr. Lansing fully measures
up to tho requirements of tho International
situation.
It Is well to remember, however, that tho
Secretary of State has usually been tho
President's closest advisor In political affairs,
a man versed In feeling out public sentiment
and In Interpreting public wants. Mr. Lan
sing has not been In public llfo long enough
to answer these requirements, It Is true, yet
MoKlnlcy brought Day from obscurity In
Ohio to tho position and ho performed tho
duties with skill and success.
A popular voto would doubtless favor Mr.
Lansing abovo anybody else, on account of
his Intlmato knowledge of present negotia
tions and conditions. The President, thero
Is good reason to believe, feels tho samo way
about It.
Church and State United Today
ONE of tho best and most skilfully argued
editorials In any Now York paper last
week was an advertisement. It was an ad
vertisement of the Christian Church. It be
gan, "Can this war make you stop, look
and " It ended "Go to church tomorrow."
Between tho two lines of bold-faced typo the
writer brought out tho clear point that
though man may havo departed little from
Ythe fundamental feelings and lusts of thrco
tiousand years ago, tho Church has mado a
significant advance:
Our anceators a thousand years nco
wvent to church believed In church, were
tremendously Influenced by tho church.
Practically ovory churchman was a warrior.
The Church not only believed In war. but
often caused It Today the Church
Is for peace.
Each one of us must, throw our strength
with the church. For our own sakeo for
our families' sakes wo must havo peace.
Our peaco must bo so powerful that this na
tion's voice will be raised until oven awful
Europe must lift Its head to listen.
Do your share and do It now
Go to church tomorrow.
Mr. Tnft Implied tho samo thing when he
told tho graduating class of Swarthmore:
"The longer my experience with government,
the more deeply Impressed havo I become
wjth tho tremendous Importance of tho part
that the church plays In making popular gov
ernment what It ought to be, and in vindi
cating It as the best kind of government that
nn Intelligent people can establish."
Jerusalem for the Jews
IB THE great war to be tho Armageddon
of the Jewish race? If the victorious
Allies eject tho Turk from Europo will they
eo humbla him that tho Holy Land may
pass back to the hands that shaped Us great
days?
Thero are obstacles, greater obstacles than
have already Inhered In Zionism. Turkey
will cling desperately to the little that Is left.
Russia Jew-hater and Jew-baiter Is not
likely to cast Its voto for the people It has
harried. The thing will tako an idealism that
may not be left in Europe when the butchery
Is over.
But If the race Is represented In the Inter
national peace conference, as Ben Yehuda
suggested recently at the Jewish National
Farm School, and If tho arbiters of the Allies
see their way clear, then tho Jew will ceasa
to bo the great man-wlthout-a-country, It
will be a wonderful cycla of history that
such an event will close.
The After-Lunch Mood
MEN are wiser than women about their
eating. They know that It Is Impossible
to get up steam without fuel under the
boiler. But women too often try to work
at high pressure on an emnty stomach.
Physicians, called upon to treat women with
broken nerves, have vainly protested against
tho "plok-up lunch" habit of many house
wives. The husband la away and they are
at homo, ajone. They think It Is not worth
While to set the table and sit down calmly
for half an hour and eat a quiet and satisfy
ing meal. They nibble at something, or
take a cup of tea, a slice of bread and per
haps a pickle or a tomato and feel on edge
all the afternoon. Their reluetanao to do any
more Is easily understood.
The husband, however, gets lunch down
town, smokes a cigar, chats with a friend
perhaps, and relaxes for a while ip the mid
dle of the day. Wfeen he gets faaok to hla
desk he Is fit far work. The task which
seemed difficult at 12 o'clock la easy at half
past one, and although the man Is tired
when he gets home at night, he Is In much
better condition than It? he had eaten as his
wife habitually lunettes,
The after-lunch hmo4 Is reckoned with by
U Mtceeasful business men. It was u&Mi by
Meyer Thompeos. el Chicago, this week U
JiU Mpantiy successful itMllsmmt of the
tw mk Wrk. A&m w tuuUtsgt tb4iM
EVENING t
putanta discussing the eltuatton nil night he
rent out ror a hearty breakfast. For 40
minutes the disputants ale, and talked of
Indifferent things. They drank some good
coffee, and felt better. Tho blood waa drawn
from their brain by tho food In their atom
aeha. Tho world looked very different then,
and they were In a conciliatory mood. Thoy
recognized that they had to llvo together In
tho samo city, and that nftor all It was much
better to pet along amicably than to fight.
They meant to ba fair, nnyway, and were
willing to moko whatever concessions might
bo necessary to smooth out tho dimcultlos.
They agreed to start tho cars running and
to arbitrate. Bo great a peace can a little
food producel
Whllo tho women do not eat so wisely as
their husbands, thoughtful wives havo
learned by experience that thoy can accom
plish wonderi? almost art great as thoso
wrought by the Chicago Mayor if they will
only feed tho men at night before explain
ing their plans for tho summer vacation,
or for other vital matters, because the after
dinner mood Is tho samo as tho after-lunch
mood, only a little more so.
Tho "Lcxow" Hoax
WHAT'S tho uso "Lcxowlng" If there's no
maztima In It?
Tho Varcs and other hopeful mayor
makors may havo their smelling commlttoo,
for tho Legislature was ablo to authorlzo It
without tho consent of tho Governor; but
thoy would have a commlttoo without funds
on tholr hands. A monoylcss commltteo Is
like an nrmy without ammunition.
But tho situation Is not nt nil displeasing
to tho bosses. Quito tho contrary, for no
sooner was tho commltteo provided for than
It threatened to turn Into a Frankenstein.
"Tho boys" wanted to got rid of It. Good
reason they had, too, for wasn't that splen
did old gentleman In City Hall ready to wol
como an Investigation with a volumo of ovl
denco and exposure that would havo sot
half tho Organization lights scurrying to get
across tho Stato lino? Tho Catlln Commltteo
adjourned overnight when tho trail beenmo
too hot; this new commltteo died a-bornlng.
Thcro was nothing clso for It to do when
certain disinterested gentlemen announced
that W. J. Burns had been Investigating
conditions In Philadelphia for many moons
and was ready to deliver tho goods.
Tho Governor, of course, cannot consent
to wasto of public funds and cannot
acqulesco In an Investigation of an admin
istration which ho knows needs no Investi
gating. Still, If tho Varcs and their fellow
leaders feel that tho committee ought to
got to work, It Is qulto possible that public
spirited citizens would be willing to bear
tho expense, provided thcro wero assurances
under oath that it would hear nil tho testi
mony and not adjourn until tho trail had
been followed to tho bitter end.
But neither tho Varcs nor McNlchol, It la
elenr, euro to monkey with a buzz saw of
this sort. Probably thoy feel that some other
way to tho Mayoralty would bo safer and
considerably less provocatlvo of Insomnia,
Women in Politics
THE opponents of votes for women who
urgo that women havo no interests nt
stako in politics, that tho homo Is a hermeti
cally sealed chamber through tho walls of
which nothing can reach mother, wlfo or
sister, should read tho list of bills concern
ing women which havo been acted upon by
tho Stato Legislatures of our country In tho
past year.
Suffrage Is, of courso, tho measure of
woman's political activity. Twenty-two
Stato Legislatures considered tho question.
Half of them defeated tho measure, many
by close votes. Seven referred constitutional
amendments to tho voters for decision this
fall or next. Tho remainder are still con
sidering. But Importanco of politics to women is
much more sharply demonstrated by other
measures considered and enacted. Twenty
eight States took Up bills vitally affecting
women In questions of marriage, divorce,
work and maternity. Besides a large batch
of bills to reduce hours of labor and adjust
wages, besides matters such as the creation
of women police in New Jereoy, the tardy
admission of Insanity as a basis for divorce
In Connecticut, 18 States took up the very
Important subject of mothers' pensions.
Eight acted favorably for the first time;
two adversely; while tho remainder amplified
existing legislation.
Completing the Artistic Cycle
JUNIUS SPENCEU MORGAN, great-grandfather
of the present Morgan of that
name, married Juliet, the daughter of John
Pierpont, merchant, clergyman, poet, law
yer and Judge, who published a volumo of
poems called "Airs of Palestine" In 1816, and
continued to write verse all hla life. Ills
poem at the centennial celebration of the
founding of Litchfield, Conn., was famous In
Its day. The son of John Plerpont's daugh
ter was the late John Pierpont Morgan, and
the grandson of this Morgan, namoly, Junius
Spencer, has completed the artistic cycle be
gun by his great-grandfather by marrying
not the daughter of a versatile man of let
ters, but the daughter of a distinguished
musical composer. He will doubtless con
tinue tbe family tradition by being a patron
of the arts aa well as the lover of the ar
tist's daughter.
Playground weatherl
Arras Isn't a bad place for a "curtain of
Iron.'"
Greeks have nothing
disastrous encounters.
on submarines for
Thaw might have a little consideration,
Isn't the weather bad enough anyway?
Governor Brumbaugh Is undoubtedly able
to make a roagntfieent Fourth of July ad
dress, n'li' ' e P.MP in vm n
Victor Bmnnnuel and Albert of Belgium
seem about tied for the European Monarshs'
PomJlarlty Prize.
A bole In a bridge may mean nothing to
Councils, but ask the parent of a ty who
plays tea near It. .
If the Vara and McNlchol crowds can find
a "neutral'" caadkUte it will only prove bow
Mttle the man has learned from the ease of
LBtlslma,
- pttthahhephia - , Saturday, junejHH:
WIDENER LIBRARY
BECOMES HARVARD'S
Memorial Gift Front Philadelphia
Woman Makes Commencement
Notable Beauties and Marvels of
a Temple of Learning.
COMMENCEMENT at Harvard this year Is
of more than usual interest to Philadel
phlans by reason of tho presentation of the
Widener Library to tho University on that
occasion. The event will bo an ImpoHnnt
one, not only In tho history of Harvard, but
In tho history of educational Institutions In
genornl and of libraries as well. The build
lng Is already a reality, and will bo ready for
actual uso by tho beginning of regular c61
lego term which opens In Soptember.
Tho mighty Widener Memorial Library
built in fulfilment of tho wish of Harry
Elklns Widener, by his mother, Eleanor
Elklns Widener, of Philadelphia, will be, as
Nelson C. Metenlf says In tho Boston Eve
ning Transcript, a model laboratory of learn
ing, and tho first of all university libraries.
Harry Widener lost his llfo whon tho Tltanlo
foundered In April, 1012, but somo time boforo
that ho had been planning how ho might
begin a fund, which should eventually result
In an ndequato library for Harvard. Tho
fruition of his wish Is shown In tho Impres
slvo structure now completed nt tho southern
sldo of tho "now" yard, and Harvard at onco
takes tho first place, probably In tho world,
In Its facilities for university research work.
Tho now,, library Is ns serviceable aa It la
beautiful, and as enduring as It Is capacious.
Tho Heart of Harvard
Mrs. Widener, who has frequontly visited
Cambrldgo to supervlso tho work, slnco
construction began, said recently; "I hope
that It will become tho heart of tho univer
sity, tho ccntro for nil tho Interests that
mnko Harvard a great university," and there
Is little doubt that her hopo will bo realized.
Asldo from tho beauty and facilities of Its
Interior, tho library oh a building Is notable.
It Is truly a mighty structure lmprcsslvo In
Its slzo nnd strength and appearance of solid
ity and endurance. It has no narrow, Gothlo
windows. Thoy nro Immensely long nnd
squaro-hcadcd. Its arches are tho sturdy
Romanesquo. Tho building hns tho look of
ono who persists and survives. In splto of Its
bulk, Its exterior of Harvard brick and Hme
stono are In harmony with tho Colonial types
In tho ynrd, nnd with tho houso of Presldont
Lowell. Tho Imposing main cntrnnco to tho
library Is nt tho north sldo, and tho vlow
from tho library windows toward Apploton
Chapol, with tho Memorial Hall tower In tho
dlstanco, and the nmplo follago In tho fore
ground, which tho new ynrd can still boast,
Is unusually attractive.
The building Is a vast hollow square, 2B0 by
200 feet on tho outside. Tho Inner courtyard,
110 bylOO feot, is divided on tho longer axis by
a central section devoted to tho Wldcnor col
lection, with light courts at each sldo meas
uring about 110 by 28 foot. Tho principal
cntrnnco Is by somo 30 grnnlto steps, nearly
tho width of tho north side, and through a
scilcs of 12 lofty Corinthian columns of llmo
stono, which form an Imposing portico. Threo
high doors of glaBS and wrought Iron glvo ad
mittance to tho vestibule, finished InRosatto
mnrblo; nnd straight ahead through tho mar
ble colonnade of tho cntrnnco hall and up a
broad marblo staircase aro tho "Wldenor me
morial rooms a feature of tho building. The
ontranco hall Is 38 feet broad and CO feet
long, and Ita columns of statuary marblo are
supplemented 'by corresponding pilasters.
Tho outer of tho Widener memorial rooms
Is entirely of Alabama marblo with tho ex
ception of tho domed celling. This room will
houso tho rare Widener collection. Here
tho bookcases havo plate-glass shelves and
bronze sashes, and on tho south wall, over
a high, marble-framed fireplace, la the por
trait of Harry Widener, done by Forrler, of
Paris. This has the place of honor In tho
building, nnd, If tho Intervening doors are
open, Is vlslblo from the central entrance
through the long marble vista.
Two Million Volumes
Going from tho first floor, past tho Wldo
ner memorial rooms, and on by cither
of tho stairways, ono comes to a lofty
hall, nnd thenco to tho great reading room
of the library a room J92 feet long, 42 feot
wide, nnd with a barrel-vaulted and coffered
celling U feet high, Bkyllghted by soft-toned
glass. The stack extends through eight low
studded stories, and thero Is a chanco for
two moro floors .of stack In tho basement,
when there shall bo need. The total capac
ity of the library, as It now stands, Is about
1,500,000 volumes, and with extension thero
will bo a capacity of more than 2,300,000.
In this respect, tho Widener Library Is sur
passed only, in this country, by tho New
York Publlo Library and tho Congressional
Library. Its capacity, all told, Is greater
than that of tho Boston Publlo Library.
An unusual feature. In connection with the
stack, Is some 70 good-sized studies for pro
fessors, where they can bo In closo touch
with the books with which they ore at work;
nnd there are also in the different stack floors
300 reading stalls for research students. Two
prominent characteristics, therefore, of the
new library are that it will serve not only
undergraduate but graduate students alike
and adequately. To President Lowell Is due
the credit of providing for tho needs of pro
fessors' and research students.
Among the suggestions of tho memorial In
tent of the new building, besides the Widener
memorial rooms, are three marble tablets
two In the vestibule at the main entrance
and the third In the entrance hall.
. At the left, within the vestibule, the tablet
reads;
HARRY ELKIN8 WIDENER
A Graduate of
This University,
Born January 3, 1815.
Died at Sea, April 15, 1912,
Upon the .Foundering of the
fjteamshlp Titanic
At the right Is this Inscription:
This Library
Erected
In Loving Memory of
HARRY ELKINS WIDENER1
By his Mother,
ELEANOR ELKINa WIDBNHR.
Dedicated
Juno 21, IMS.
Tribute by tb members of the class of
1901, of which Harry Widener was a mem
ber, W shown In the tablet In the entrance
hall.
Designed by 3?M!adelphian
The Widener Library building, of so great
value to the university and to learning, was
designed by Horace Trumbauer. qf Phlladei
phla: aad his assistant, James HUUtt, has
"fathered" U progress work Sight
,j.Brt day sloe ground was brckea.
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"THEY HAVE STOLEN MY COUNTRY"
The Young Grand Duchess of Luxemburg, in the Only Interview
She Has Given Since the War Began, Tells of the
Invasion and Its Tragic Consequences
By RETTA MELMBURG
A Former Instructor of Marl Adelaide, Qrand Duchess of Luxemburg
"mtlEY havo Btolen my country. Llko so
J. many thlovcs, thoy sneaked Into my
beautiful land, and overnight thoy turned my
flower gardons Into opon-alr stables for their
cavalry horses."
What a tragedy!
Sho Is only 21 years of age, this beautiful
girl-ruler of Luxemburg, slender, handsome,
unmarried, nnd with flvo younger sisters to
tako caro of; tho youngest, Sophlo, Is only 13
years old; next, Elizabeth, 14: Antoinette, 16;
Hilda. 18, and Charlotte, 10.
Poor orphansl
Facing tho Chamber des Deputes there Is a
handsome entrance to tho palals, and thero
stand two Prussian guards. Whenever any
ono approaches this cntranco, unless ono can
produco a satisfactory parchment, ho or sho
faces two sharp-edged bayonets.
"You must glvo mo sufllclent reason for
your seeking an Interview with her High
ness." A pair of blades were leveled at my
breast.
"But I havo boon her tutor, I "
A slender girl rushed out ot the gate
toward mo, totally Ignoring tho presenco of
tho two unwanted guards, and holding out
her arms, cried:
"My dear old teacher! Do not allow thoso
horrible creatures to frighten you." Saying
this sho took my arm and between the two
bayonets wo passed on into tho palals, whoro
In previous yenra I had tho honor of teach
ing her llttlo Highness her first French les
sons. Why Luxemburg Did Not Fight -
I had scarcely seated myself bcsldo her
when sho broko out, with tears running
down her checks, now crying, now sobbing,
saying:
"They havo stolen my country. Llko so
many thieves, they sneaked Into my beauti
ful land, and overnight they turned my
flower gardens Into open-air stablca for their
cavalry horses.
"Not satisfied with destroying our beauti
ful scenery, they havo nlso stolen our publlo
buildings, our local government, our post,
our educational establishments, and they
have forcibly taken charge of our railroad
for which we have spent more than 16,000,000
francs. They seized our telegraph system,
and whenever my people protested too
strongly, they arrested them and sent them
to remote Prussian military prisons; moro
than 200 6f my leading citizens have been
sent out ot their country to Germany.
"My people, my once happy and prosperous
people, are today poor and at the verge ot
starvation.
"Even I have to recelvo a permit from a
Prussian officer before I can drive my car
on my own roads, In my own land. I must
even get a permit from a Prussian officer
before I can use the telephone which was
established by our own funds.
"This Is annexation; not annexation
through conquest, but annexation through
stealing. The people of Belgium have reason
to bo proud of their great achievements In
fighting the arrogant conqueror, but we feel
we were robbed In the small hours of the
night.
"Had we suspected the treaty-breaking In
tentions of the Prussians, we would have
rushed to arms. If we had had 48 hours no
tice, we would have put at least 25,000 men
on our eastern frontier. We are as big as
Montenegro, nnd our country Is as moun
tainous, but we had Implicit faith In the In
ternational law; and we thought we were
Immune,
Envies the Belgian Queen
"For all practical purpose my ceuntry Is
annexed, and tho misery of my people is
deeper than that of the Belgians; In addi
tion we hang our heads In shame before the
world for not having fought the stealers of
our country.
"I sincerely envy the Queen of the Bel
gians In her present position; for my present
plight is more bitter than hers,
"They were cowards: for many years these
Prussians have been plotting against my
country in accordance with that general Ger
man plan. My country, with its SOO.OOO popu
lation, has been harboring hundreds of Ger
man spies, and when the appointed hour
came these men turned out to be officers In
the Imperial German armies. Even my two
German drivers were disguised officers ; and
when that fateful 1st of August night had
orrlved they appeared in German uniforms.
The Germans had their outposts established
in my country, and my unsuspecting people
had always treated these treacherous spies
with the utmost consideration.
"They have published broadcast that Z
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man Emperor. It Is not true. I havo re
ceived a medal from tho Red Cross officials.
"Thoy havo also published that tho Im
perial Gorman Government havo compen
sated my peoplo for tho damago they havo
done to my beautiful land. That Is also
false. Thoy cannot compensate for tho dam
ago tho SOO.OOO Germans havo dono to tho
scenery of my land, with monoy: and oven
then, they havo only paid tho paltry sum of
$100,000 for destroying hundreds of buildings
'for military reasons.' They seem to think
that ono can commit every Imaginable sin
and outrago 'for military reasons.' They
novcr mention tho fact that wo havo spent
more than $800,000 for our Red Cross In tak
ing care of their wounded soldiers.
"And now my own peoplo are starving, and
thoy must beg their dally bread from tho
hands of their robbors."
Ill-fated Belgium? A thousand times un
fortunate Luxemburg!
Her pooplo are, Indeed, starving, ns her
Highness charges; tho former lndustrlouo,
prosperous peasantry, now nil equally poor,
cannot lay claim to tholr former belongings.
Many of tho grand duchy's leading citizens
havo been cast Into prisons In their own
country by tho Gorman military govern
ment, whllo ns many o thorn havo been sent
away from their natlvo soil to remote Ger
man prisons.
Begging for Bread
Proud and onco happy citizens and their
children enn now bo seen lined In tho ave
nues begging for their dally bread, whereas,
only a short tlmo ago they promenaded tho
samo avenues prosperous and carefree.
Tho worklngmen who were formerly em
ployed In the tanneries, distilleries, breweries
and wine groves aro now working for tho
invaders of their country; and Instead of tho
wages thoy used to recelvo they now receive
moal tickets entitling them to "KK" bread,
nnd. In rare Instances, to "K" bread, which
Is commonly known ns tho "war bread." Tho
"K" bread consists of BO per cent, of rye, 30
per cent, of potatoes and 20 per cent, of bar
ley, oats and rice; whllo tho "KK" bread Is
made of 30 per cent, rye, 30 per cent, chaff
nnd 40 per cent, plg'a blood.
The entire grand duchy is ono huge mili
tary camp, and every civilian therein is
amenable to tho will of the military chief.
I am at times tempted to declare that tho
Germans bring all their wounded nnd sick to
Luxemburg. It appears that for every civilian
one meets on the streets one meets two
woundod soldiers. These wounded German
Boldlers are more difficult to please than the
healthy ones. The wants of the military first
and above all, and what Is left, If there is
anything left, may bo utilized by tho civ
ilians. On the Boulevard du Vladuo you see many
children accosting young officers for centimes,
while their elders timidly watch their little
ones beg for a pittance for the price of a loaf
of bread.
These things never happened Irv, Luxem
burg before the war.
'in the Place de la Constitution the soldiers
are receiving their rations. Here and there
you observe young children and old men and
women, their trembling hands outstretched
for a piece of bread. A German orderly
KDiuea mom -wim a macK whip in his hand,
The Inexperienced, the young as well ns the
feeble old beggars, are whipped out of range
until they scattered along the avenue.
Alas! poor Luxemburg! And thrice alas!
my poor little Grand Duchess, so cruelly
bereft of her liberty and her beloved country.
(Copyright. JS1B)
AN ERA OF GOOD PEELING
From tho Brooklyn Dally Eagle.
The co-operation of Latin-American r,nMi..
with the United States In any furth.J SI"
measures for the restoration of orderly 6ovrn
ment In Mexico would be additions proof of
confidence In the good Intentions of this ciunf
try. The reports intimation by the A n. a
republics and others of a desire to be ren
sented in such a demonstration of vkn.ISfIS'
can sm I. Jn tMu a welcome awSrant? co&
feeUng full ot promise for the future. B
LEARNING, USEFUL AND USELESS
anamination days for school punils r. ,
hand. Boys and girls are comDeUed f ?l
hard and many of them latTat nbfht ft"5?
they will speedily forget af Uriam1nVun M.lwh
if promoted or graduated. LSfBSwSSxV
9 . w tuwsj wu M1UUO,
i promono or graouated. And the la.VT. "
they will never use in after lUeTjiTbook.
IMU. the f-
wak are
Many educators are beginning to
only those .tudu whleh m TfltteJi tST,,?'
tal.nta or inclination and to his nJUi
strength. The brain cannot rt j1'
too many dn VET rHS?. ?SL" ?!
i?:r.; "j..TA"" "r in wind.
MIMIu la..l..i '3 - --- inaHieu a.
tTr.., rrS.wluc'on wed a to advaa-
t.v.r'r'
W8S&
uron.
"In everything that relates to BClence I am a
wholo encyclopedia behind the rest of the world)
I know loss geography than a schoolboy of elx
weeks' standing."
Tho puplt who learns thoroughly certain use
ful things In school or collcga, and particularly
thoso things which Interest him, can bo relied
on to irmlto good use of them In after life. But
boys nnd girls will never accomplish much by
attempting studies which thoy do not like and
never fully comprehend nnd which a teacher
could not mako plain to thorn. Fow minds work
alike.
THE PHILADELPHIA OP ARKANSAS
From ths St. Louis Post Dispatch.
Truth Is mighty scarce and In great travail,
and news also Is scarca in tho Philadelphia of
Arkansas, tho samo being Salem ns rechrlstened
by tho ablo editor of tho esteemed Salem Sun.
"If wo could glean good news Items," says he,
"wo would gladly herald thorn forth to panting
truth-seekers." None the less the following
locals Indicate a degree of animation In his neck
of tho woods:
Weed pulling la In order.
Business la better in French. Jim Cummlng
Is pulling horse weeds for his mulo.
Johnny Benton has learned to be a horse
swapper and hns skinned Bud Dlllard out of
a good young mule.
Horsoshoo pitching has beon the main issue
of tho day during the wet weather. But since
tho dry weathor tho gamo Is off.
How can we get a Germany? It can be did
with hot airships. Think of tho motor power
going to wasto on Salem's Short Line sidewalk.
Tho first delegntlon of flies arrived Thurs
day from Llttlo Hock; you could smell bock
beer on their breath. Doubtless the police
force has raided a 5th street saloon.
If the esteemed editor really wishes to make
things hum In hla Arkansas haven of brotherly
love and start big things In tho news way, why
not a swatting contest to kill oft tho drunken
flics from Llttlo Rock? This effort should en
list nil the moral forces of the town. Including
the Prohibitionists, It would give the anti
German jingoes a wholesomo occupation for
their restless energies. There would be less
Ue-awapplng and horse-swindling. It would
provldo civic work for tho unemployed, without
Interfering too greatly with the proper recrea
tion of horseshoo pitching. To rid the town of
drunken flies, which set horrible examples and
possibly oven transmit dangerous nppetltes, Is
a work according with the highest clvlo Ideals
nnd worthy tho best editorial endeavors.
IN GREECE
From ths Doston Evening Transcript,
When Constanttne meets Venlzelos
comes the tug-of-war.
then
TOO COURTEOUS TO GERMANY
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir Although I nm not an American, yet,
having been so many years in this country, r
cannot help taking some Interest In the moral
concern? of the same. In my opinion the Gov
ernment of the United States has shown itself
to be too complaisant, too remissive, too cour
teous toward the German Government, which
has taken such complaisance, courtesy nnd ac
quiescence as signs of weakness, or ratnor of
fear of this nation toward Germany, nnd there
fore has treated this country always worse,
with more contempt and arrogance. I do not
say, nor expect, that the United States declare:
war against Germany, as I know that it Is not!
easy or feasible to carry on war In Europe,
against the Teutons, but I think at least that
tho United States Government could break off
the diplomatic relations with a nation which has
shown on many occasions a disrespect for thli
country, and has provoked Its people in dif
ferent ways. And If President Wilson will not
go so far, he ought at least ask that the Ger
man Ambassador be recalled and somebody else
substituted. IMPARTIAL.
Philadelphia. June 17.
TAKE GERMANS TO PHILIPPINES
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir Aa It becomes more and more evident that
the Germans are reverting to a type we have
learned to class as barbarians, it will become
necessary for civilized nations to act In concert
to quell this recrudescence of primitive type.
Why should we not concede the Philippines
to the cause, and with the oaslstance of the
civilised States of Europe transport all the Ger
mans Incapable of living nt peace with others,
to those islands and place them under the Gov
ernmental protection of Japan, the title to re
main in the Unlter States until such time as
Japan can guarantee that the penal colonies
are capable of self-restraint?
,, , A PEACE-LOVING AMERICAN.
Philadelphia, June 17.
MAGNOLIA BLOSSOMS
Magnolia blossoms, near a broken fence,
Color gray, unleaved boughs in blushful guise.
But, lotos-llke. float on tho springtide skies.
Whose violet makes their rose tint more In-
tenso;
Whilst fragrance (Ills the air, so strangely
dense.
Yet delicate as passion's first surmise
in deepening glow of adolescent eyes,
are doubt may come to cast one Joy-gleam
thence.
Magnolia blossoms, buds of revery
More beauty charmed than chant of nightin
gales; Than vision of Arabian festal halls
with, lo-orbed dancers dropping silvery veil!
or than, with lovcsong answering Triton's calls,
Aphrodite amid her natal gleol
William Btrmhws. In the Bostea Transcript.
GO FORTH AND HELP
ThU Hd hMrd a M'n thy 0ny', C"!' h"
Of counsel, madj thou hast seen the fire of
morn
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FmU. P4' A cowmen states that stand
In caution.
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