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nilLADELTIItA, MONDAY, JUNE 31, 1915.
Bucceu l a mantle which coven more
tins than chatitv
"School's Outl" What For7
"QCHOOlS OUT!" may bo a Joyous cry
O for the youngster; but it means prob
lems and dimcultlcB for tho parent And
It means problems and difficulties for tho
schools, too.
Tho summer of play that begins this
morning Is an unmixed blessing for tho child
of well-to-do parents, tho child who is sent
off to tho beach or the mountains to brcatho
in fresh air and health together. But what
about tho average boy or girl who must stay
in tho city through Juno, July and August?
Unless thero is an nttractivo playground
handy, Is his body going to bo any hotter oft
for tho "rest"? If ho takes to tho lnovitablo
stroots, Is hiB soul going to prosper as tho
result of his vacation? Ono cannot help
looking with a great deal of interest and
hope at tho experiments Gary, Indiana, has
bo successfully mado with voluntary summer
schools, largely vocational, whero the chil
dren go because they havo enjoyed tho win
ter's work nnd expect to onjoy tho summer's.
Tho problem in vacation that confronts
tho schools themselves is also tied up in tho
experienco of Gary. It is simply the problem
I , of getting tho most use out of the mech
p anlsm of teaching. Tho schools Buffer tro-
uiuuuuuoiy ij-uiu iiiauiucicnL uuuuinga ana
teachers; tho boglo of "half-time" Is always
present. And yet hero wo And tho buildings
and tho teachers utilized for only soma 36
weeks of tho 52, if wo allow for the various
holldnys spread round tho calendar. Tho
natural result Is that, moro nnd moro school
1V superintendents nro wondering why tho sum
i mer vacation shouldn't bo cut up and re-
;S distributed in such a way as to utlllzo all
it Vtho toachlng force and all tho buildings
practically all tho time.
Ellen Adair in "EurdpV S ' fe
TTttiXiEN ADAIR la en routo to Europe for
XL the Evpmua LEDOBn, not to risk her Hfo
in the trenches or at tho front, but In order
to find out Just what tho women nro doing
for their country in this tragic crisis, how
they are doing It and what their contribution
means in the great Issue.
Ellen Adair, in following tho Red Cross
work, may penetrate far Into the lines of tho
Allies, though only "under proper guarantees
for her safety, It Is no tlmo for noncom
batants, oven though thoy aro nowsgather
ers, to go into tho thick of battle. Tho war
correspondent of that sort has passed.
It Is peculiarly a time, however, when
women In America are entitled to a faithful
picturo of what their siBters abroad are
doing, of how they aro proving themselves
nnd demonstrating their right to participate
in tho government of tho countries for which
thoy are Sacrificing so much.
Ellen Adair's first stories' will deal with
conditions in Scotland and England.
"They Ilave Stolen My Country"
IT IS not an iron cross but a decoration
from tho Red Cross that Marie Ade
laide of Luxemburg wears. Nothing could
bo moro pathetic than tfio lnterviow, pub
lished in this newspaper Saturday, In which
the Grand Duchess related how "they havo
stolen my country."
"Had we suspected tho 'treaty-breaking1 in
tentions of tho Prussians," said she, "wo
should have rushed to arms. If wo had had
48 hours' notice, we should havo put at least
25,000 men on our eastern frontier, "We are
as big as Montenegro, and our country is as
mountainous, but wo had implicit faith in
the international law; and wo thought we
trere immune."
Instead, the trapped Grand Duchy was pil
fered over n!ghtt taken as a burglar might
irteal a -watch, betrayed and exploited, Tho
young Grand Duchess must ask a German
officer for permission to take a ride. She,
who did not resist, is s, prisoner. Yet Potsdam
tells ua that Belgium was outraged because
Belgium resisted. Had King Albert broken
the faith and given free passage to Von
Kluck, thero might bi fewer Belgians dead,
but tho starving would still bo starving', aa
they are in Luxemburg, and Belgium would
ha no mora frea than la that trampled ter
ritory There Is no Justloa and no pity In a mill
tary machinal thero is only ruthless might
Out of the Fulness of Sacrifice
THE fulnwa of sacrifice whiorr rnada tho
Revolution will never, of pourse, ba
known, Crtain permonalltles-rnot always tho
finest perhapa left a sharper Jnmraq; the
natural prJudto ef histories roasted to
ome more than to other, and pu.ro accident
flayed its Prf. to. In the recording of the
games to which America, owes bo much. But
H is an admiraM quality ? aueh uatoW ful
ssw that it renders up every new and then
mmm $w her to a Jbm applavuw.
Vtw newest to oae ilayw Salomon, some
, lrne Utizen of TalladlpWa, and broker to
,tij Continental Oovmujet from hla littlo
s$ms on Front street & why the eervteae
tfct foljah Jew lovw oi UbMy alike la
- Ammww ajstd In fcU own dleemered Poland
V-tt fcee fofftten, u la ord t
It tmmm vs Ms Iimp and rli-
- bwfert of ttn tuilw4i thought
EVENING
1 too well of htm. Of this man whoso name
figures in no school history, Madison wrote
Randolph! "The kindness of our llttlo rnena
In Front street Is a fund that will preserve
from oxtrcmlty, but I never resort to it with
out great mortification, as ho refuses point
blank all recompense."
Perhaps tho fault lies with fate Batomfln
died at 4$, leaving no wills his papers fell
Into tho hands of Incompetents, and tho
burning of Washington In 1814 destroyed tho
records of his beneficence. Now this seems
to be established at somewhere round 6fi0,000
and Interest. It Congress can bo mnde to
sco the Justlco of Salomon's title to some
memorial, the "llttlo friend In Front street"
may nln n monument, or oven perhaps a
national university In Washington for th.e
encouragement of foreign students.
Too Ashamed to Fight?
THROUGHOUT somo of tho comment on
the Wearing affair at tho University of
Pennsylvania runs tho note, "I am ashamed
of my Alma Muter."
Tho woods are full of mollycoddles who aro
"ashamed." Thoy sneer, they snivel, they
criticise, they aro disgusted. They can even
blush, which shows that they must havo
some red blood In their veins. Yet when tho
hat drops they run to cover like coyotes and
the battle knows them not,
Thoy sneak through back doors Into news
paper ofilccs with letters which thoy aro
afraid to sign. Thoy bedevil editors to mako
this or that fight for them; "but keep my
name out of it," is tholr pica. Bravo gentle
men these, who aro so frequently "ashamed"
and so infrequently found on tho battle
front. For tho Boko of tho University of Pennsyl
vania, let it bo hoped that tho alumni who
are "ashamed" of tho courso which tho trus
tees havo taken are not of a type with thoso
citizens who aro "ashamed" of Philadelphia
for threo years and on tho fourth voto with
tho gang.
No man has a right to bo ashamed of any
thing unless ho Is ready to nnd docs dedi
cate himself to tho task of changing tho con
ditions which causo him to be ashamed. Ho
must act, ho must do something, or his
shamo Is worth nothing. Instead, he himself
becomes a pltlablo object; a citizen of whom
other citizens, even gangsters, must bo nnd
aro In tholr turn ashamed.
Thero aro hundreds of University of Penn
sylvania alumni who view with alarm tho
action takon In tho Nearlng caso. Mr. Near
lng himself Is merely an Incident; a man
who has been unfortunato in many of his
methods and who has been tho victim of a
sort of publicity that is likely to harm any
person. But tho suspicion Is strong that his
removal is not entirely duo to theso things,
and Is duo In largo measure to tho fact that
ho has preached a progressive economy, some
what radical and certainly not error-proof,
which n powerful body of Tories dotest and
the discussion of which they aro determined
to prevent. For Tories and holdbacks, what
ever their faultB, are fighters. Thoy know
what they want, and thoy battlo to get it.
Tho good name of tho University of Penn
sylvania la worth fighting for, is it not? This
is a democracy, nnd tho University is do
pendent on tho Commonwealth, is it not?
Let tho Bhamo then be, If shamo thero is ulti
mately, on tho citizenry, on tho rank and
flle who cower In tho background. Tho Near
lng affair is not political, but many feel that
tho gang would not hesltato to reach into tho
very altars of learning and attempt to sub
sidize or intlmldato tho authorities.
Why shouldn't tho trustees dare almost
anything after witnessing tho campaign of
last fall, when industrial leaders on whom tho
people had a right to depend dumped their
contributions into tho very Jackpot that was
receiving tho "boozo slush fund" and did
what they could to mako the debauching of
tho Commonwealth a success? Aye, tho
trustees havo good reason to feel that they
need not fear public opinion, because it Is an
opinion that is loud but inactive, vociferous
but controlled, bloodless and impotent, a pale
descendant of tho spirit that hungered at
Valley Forgo and trirmphed at Yorktown,
Tho University might be a leader In pro
gressive public opinion. Instead, it has too
often been unofficially a reflector of tho kind
of public opinion which tho gang represents.
The problem confronting tho alumni of tho
Unlvorslty Is linked inextricably with the
problem confronting the citizens of Pennsyl
vania, and particularly of Philadelphia. Shall
thero bo free speech free speech does not
mean license at tho Unlvorslty and shall
there be free government in Pennsylvania?
When wo get tho one thero la every llkell,
hood that we shall get the other, "We shall
never get cither so long as tho men who are
"ashamed" of conditions are content merely
to be "ashamed."
Blushes accomplish no reforms,
Adl Adl Adl The boya are marching.
The back yard is Just about the most im
portant room in the house theso days.
Go away, Raisull, and don't bother Mother
Europe, She has enough bad boya of her
own
Any man who Is selected by "nave" Lane
for Mayor of Philadelphia will be a good man
to vole against.
tll'U1 Ill I i II
The Cr apparently wants to see the
wheels go round. He has ordered 67,480 of
them fjw the BaWwln Looomotty Works.
Th bajdehJiw ofar have extended ihm
selves mm to this State. No llqyar la te be
allowed In the encampment of the National
Guard this year.
Jf the Russians did sot have ammunition
tt ta a good thing that they had legs. T1jhJ
N,yo rwroaxM aooui urn muw within the
last few weekp,
Tfr Katew U reported te hf tajd ifeat he
eB have (pa wbu be want It. He m4e
a. nUteJt In telttwif it to the Bav&rtajia, He
fawld fea-w W4 ilt Uw Vmm.
T.TCnOTm-PHIlAPELPHIA. MONDAY, JTTHE 21, I01B;.
FROM APPRENTICE
TO SHAREHOLDER
lTno"OpportUnity For Rapid Promo
tion and Partnership Offered to
Boys in a Philadelphia Hat Fac
tory. By GEORGE W. DOUGLAS
WHAT 18-year-old boy would not llko to
get n Job in a business at 2 a week,
only to bo promoted to H a week within a
month If he proved his fitness, and witnin
flvo years becomo a Shareholder in tho com
pany which pays dividends of 25 per cent, on
Its capital stock, and within ten years be
sent on tho road as a salesman with tho op
portunity to mako $30,000 a year in commis
sions on his sales, and possibly to becomo
president of tho company at tho ago of 40
years?
There aro boys right hero in Philadelphia
to whom this opportunity is presented. Somo
of them aro on tho way to promotion and a
competence. Some of them havo already
won both and can look forward to old age
with a feeling of confidence and security,
and others havo Just settled down to living
from hand to mouth without ambitlon'or
desire to get on. All theso classes of men
are found at tho hat factory of the John B.
Stetson Company In Kensington. If n young
man docs not get on thero It Is his own
fault and not tho fault of tho opportunities.
John B. Stetson, who established tho busi
ness, never adopted tho plan of promotion
by seniority, but pushed his men nhoad
whenever thoy showed fltnpss and whenovor
tho openings for them appeared or could bo
made. J, II. Cummlngs, his successor aa
president of tho company, who entered tho
buslnrss as an crrnnd boy In tho office, con
tinues tho somo policy.
Workmon aa Shareholders
From tho lowest apprcntlco up to tho most
skilled workmen tho company exerts Itself
to dovclop its omployos to tho utmost for
their good and for its own profit, on tho
assumption that mutual helpfulness is
bettor than mutual hostility. As already in
dicated, tho apprentices nro employed nt tho
rato of 12 a. week. Tho boya hired aro
usually 17 or 18 years old. They aro nevor
undor 17, because tho boy beforo that ago Is
not strong enough to do tho work The
wages of $2 a week aro regarded aa nominal,
and continue only whllo tho boy Is learning
to mako a hat. As soon as ho can mako a
complete hat ho s paid for what ho does on
a sliding scale. Tho prlco for tho first dozen
Is low, but It Increases with succeeding
dozens In order to encourage tho workman
to learn to act quickly and with precision.
A bright boy can learn to mako a hat In
three "or four weeks, and It seldom takes,
the slow boys moro than eight weeks. It
sometimes happens that beforo a boy has
completed his apprenticeship, ho is making
moro monoy than somo of tho Journoymon
who havo been working at tho trado for
years. But tho average apprentices soon
begin to earn $10 and $12 a week. When
thoy show unusual ability they are rowardod
whllo still apprentices with threo or four
Shares of Btock In a building company,
valued nt J200 each, organized to asslBt tho
men In owning homes of their own. If his
efficiency continues ho Is likely to recelvr
soon after ho completes his apprenticeship a
least threo shares of tho stock of tho John
B. Stetson Company, Itself worth 1350 ' a
sharo at present prices nnd paying 25 per
cent, dividends. Ho does not havo to pay a
cent, for theso shares, Tho dividends pay
for them in aboutfour years, aftor which
he receives tho dividends himself, though tlio
shares nro held In trust for him for 15 years,
after which ho may do with them as he
chooses.
Eight hundred employes of the company
aro shareholders under this system, which Is
an average of nbout one out of every throe
nnd a half eligible to tho privilege. The 1500
women employes are continually changing,
because they get married within threo or four
years, or before thoy would havo earned tho
right to shares of stock, and tho appren
tices and Journeymen in the early stages of
their employment still further reduce tho
number of ollglbles.
Tho expert hatmnker, with a quick eye and
a senaltlvo touch, Is likely to bo promoted to
n "passer" or Inspector of hats, as thoy are
passed from one process of finishing to an
other. Then ho may become a foreman, nnd
if ho dovelops tho proper capabilities he
may even be sent on tho road to learn tho
nrt of selling what ho has mado. Whllo
thero la no formal system of training passera
and foremen there Is n continual watch
kept for men with tho required abilities', bo
that thero are in every department two or
three understudies for every man in a place
of responsibility. ,
"If a man tries to attend to every llttlo
thing in his department, and does not give
the others an opportunity to learn tho art
of management," said Vico President Free
man, "we usually arrange to give him a
long vacation so that some one else may bo
trained to tako his place In any unforeseen
'emergency."
Salesmen at $30,000 a Year
Tho ealea force is recruited by a Bystem
of trying out young men from the different
departments. Buch a man is sent on the
,road with "a regular salesman to act aa hla
secretary in arranging dates and looking
after tho baggage and transportation and in
any other ways that aro possible. Soma of
these young men show that they have tha
ability to sell goods, and they are put on the
sales force. Others are put back at their
old places In the factory,
"As to the earnings of the salesmen," said
Mr. Freeman, "they vary. We pay the man
5 per cent, on what he sells. One of pur
men who covers a large territory sells $600,099
worth of hats a year and gets 130,000 com
missions His expenses are not moro than
J1000. This leaves a generoua income. It
seems large, ut we believe that it is wise to
continue the system because it keeps before
the men who have not so profitable territory
the hope of advancement and the prospect
of a prize really worth while."
Mr. Curamtngs, the present head qf the
feustneea. Illustrate In his own person how
ajualort boy can rise where there la an op,
sartunlty for every man to show what there
t in him. He had been promoted from
errand boy to the vise prealdenoy jwfien
Jobs B. Stetson died. He was then pro
moted to Um presidency. Uader the clrun
etaaew it to unnecessary to remark ut (he
OMBpasy never baa to Advertise for appren
tice T boys w know wht Is beiere
tfeeas in the big factory In North 5th (
l!o whilis in tho iftmssmAt eliovle to apply
for i viw Uy sco ii $&.
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SHOULD HUSBANDS LEARN TO COOK?
If So, Why? An Unacademical Discussion The Wife as Teacher.
A Suggested Course of Elementary Lessons to
Try on the Man of the House.'
By PERRY BALSAM " .
SHOULD husbands learn to cook? This la
not a suffrago hyp6thcsls. By learning to
cook professionalism or oven scmtprofesslon
allsm Is not Implied. Tho subject of fairly
dependable household utility IS broad enough.
Ltkowlso it confines us to tho homo. Camp
flro cooks will also bo barred from discussion.
Tho skill thoy attain Is purely occasional
skill, and questionable at that, to say tho
least. They may not prctond to neatness or
gaudtnoss in tholr efforts, but that does not
lot thorn out, Whenover they break out In
tho kitchen with camp-fire methods some
thing happens that war correspondents would
refer to aa a'dcbacle.
Tho home-trained husband-cook Is the arti
cle, then, that wo will put tho tag on. He
need not bo a husbandetto or in tho merest
trlflo effeminate. It is not to bo presupposed
that ho need surrender his Job as1 bread
winner for the family. The only ouro skill
required of him is that he fit Into emergen
cies, bo thero with tho right stuff in him
to substitute at odd moments' and know tho
kitchen and Its tools thoroughly. Just give
him tho elemental principles, but hammer
them deep and true. Thero can bo no un
certainty about him In tho matter of big lit
tle things. If thero is ho had better bo
chained to the front porch.
There Is no doubt In tho minds of those who
havo gone into this sort of training of Its
positive benefits. Whllo It may not solvo all
tho tribulations of domestlo relations it cer
tainly softens thorn.
As an initial stop let us consider when this
training should begin. Having got that far
wo will go on to tho how-to-do-lt processes.
Somo Hght-thlnking theorists persist that tho
mothers should begin the good work with
their sons. Thero is no substanco to that
thought. Mothers aro too indulgent. They
havo not sufficient grip of their sons' tlmo
and attention. With tho email minority who
remained fast to their mother's apron strings
wo havo nothing to do. They aro hap'plly
tho exceptional few, nnd when thoy come to
make husbands thoy fall Into that new and
despised class of husbandettes. We aro deal
ing vlth men.
Domestic Relations Begin
Having eliminated the possibility of mother
training wo como along to the subject of
brides. There aro snags and deep-mired
marshes here, tfo wo must walk gingerly.
Most of us flatter ourselves that we know
when a bride la a bride, but how few of us
thero are who would venture to say when a
bride cena'es the brldlshness when aha ar
rives at matronly maturity. Women will tell
you that the male and not the female of the
species marks the terminal boundary by his
first outbreak of savagery. Humorists play
round this absorbing subject with unholy Joy,
Husband derides the turnovers, the bridal
tear-ducts release their flood and tho stern
reality of life comes crashing Into tho bower.
Domestic relations have begun. Philosophers
havo described this uncertain bridal period aa
an indeterminate sentence. There is no law
of average to consult. Poets' are more rash,
and say that a bride is no longer a bride after
Bhe has learned, to cook. Pure plfille that, for
a brida who can boll an egg la convinced In
the Inmost depths of her that she can cook.
There is, however, a definite and at least
comparatively euro boundary. When a bride
gets up her nerva to ask In her mother-in-law
to a meal of her own compounding she is at
last wifely sura of herself. She may be a long
way off from matronly maturity, but she la
no longer a dreamer In the clouds worship
ing an Idol of clay. Bhe has got range of
this clayand sized up ltd shortcomings, and
n doing this she has come down to earth on
a sure footing for herself.
Now It would aeem that we have got some
where. The brlde-wlfe or; wife-bride has got
her kitchen nerve with her, It makes no dlf.
ference if she went to cooking school during
her days of maidenhood, nor if she learned
some of the art of cookery at her mother'a
eide. Having apqulred a home that Is only
partially equipped with cooking school od
Junoie, Htep-eavers and the meet modern fa
cilities for nurry-up washing and drying, ah
must unlearn a great deal of the set prin
ciples of the oDOklng school and build up a.
new eonsejousnes for home cooking. 8he la
confronted with the vagaries of a. husband's
appetite and the prize-winning satiet a4
ragota of the cooking school do not seam to
apply The etrge creature bolts carboby
ffrjata when he ebeuld, be absorbing pretalda.
He U a Jack Spratt or tha opposite. He u
fa4 of greaay bto tf lwWly ie,
Tha ewu-ne-ffraiued tffcetlM crastare hat so
Idei at the bourn pnt mrr tba fir tryiam
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Individual Instruction in tho Kitchen
Tho fact of tho matter is that ho knows ab
solutely nothing about kitchen work or tho
artifices and labors of cooking. Ho should.
Not only that ho might break in for a llttlo
slmplo cookory when Ws co-slavo in tho do
mestlo relations partnership Is too ill to drag,
herself down In tho kitchen, but in order that'
ho might havo somo adequate Idea of relative
valuos. But don't begin on him with a itsh
ball course. That is almost postgraduato
work for tho general run of men. Lot him
begin by boiling eggs. Ho esteems, probably,
that this Is crudo raw troglodytic work. You
Just drop tho oggs In a Saucepan, pour on tho
water nnd let It go. Four or flvo minutes
Inter you tako out tho eggs. If ho really does
know that you must boll the water first and
drop In tho eggs whllo tho water continues
to boll ho will likely drop them In so roughly
that thoy crack.
Tho next step after you can trust him with
egg-bolllng is to instruct him in making
coffee and toast. If ho can do theso throe
things ho can supply himself with breakfast
at any old time. It is safer if you can afford
it to glvo him a percolater to mako coffee in:
otherwise ho is likely to bo messy, particu
larly If ho uses egg-shells and a trlflo of tho
white or yolk in making tho coffee. By all
means avoid any thing" messy in tho prelimi
nary steps. If ho mcsScs himself up at tho
start ho will never go on. Therefore, teach
him at first to make dry toast. If over a gas
stovo, provldo him with ono of thoso Inexpen
sive llttlo contrivances in which you may In
sert four slices. Don't begin with odd pieces
of bread left in the bread-box. It may bo
economical, but it is unattractive Show him
how to cut from tho loaf at tho nearest pos
sible Ideal bIzo for toast, and then show him
how to cut oft tho edges so that ho may pllo
up a uniformly square or oblong product. If
ho follows without mishap up to this point ho
will consider at ono bound that ho has got
the world beaten aa a toastmaker. Encour
age him In that conceit, and ho will mako
toast without tho slightest provocation. Ho
will generally make twice ns mu,ch as you
have any need for, but do not kick at that.
At least not at first Later on, by gentle hlnta
nnd subtle Innuendoes, you can cause him to
unconsciously cut down tho trifling waste.
When ho haa como up to that culinary ex
cellence that enables him to butter toast tho
waste will begin to eliminate itself. Bo cau
tious what sor,t of butter you give him to
spread on tho toast If Jt is hard adaman
tine butter ho will bungle the Job, tear the
toast to pieces and possibly utter uncouth
ejaculations. Some would cuss. No hus
band will get anywhere In the kitchen on
even the most trifling utility basis unless he"
la brought gradually to tho exercise of self
restraint. Therefore, have the butter slightly
k melted so he can lay it on loose and spread it
emootniy to permeate tho entire surface of
the Blab, There aro some husbands who are
complete artists at making toast and regard
their craftsmanship with supreme compla
cence. Don't Go Too Par
When you have brought your victim to tho
point of Scrambling eggs, stop there, at least
in the egg-course. The ablrrtng of egga is a
tedious baking Job, and only your exceptional
man, or one of the husbandetto type will
over learn to make eggs a ja Edward
creamed eggs a la Henrietta, eggs souff ee, and
bo on. Having passed tho Scrambling point,
you have only one more elementary lesson to
Blve-the brolline of steaks and chops and
tho frying of potatoes. These will come along
aa simple addenda and need not be dwelt on
at length. .Don't ask Mm to peel potatoes
and boll them. That la'pushlng it a bit too
far. There are lots of canned vegetables that
can be heated and look hot, when they get
hot He wm not have time to bother with
baking or pie or cake making. Don't ask him
to wash and bdll spinach, beeMop or kin.
dred greens. It would be an lmwW0n to
ask him to ehell pea, if bo la of an perl
meptal turn of mind, he can ba persuaded to
make bieeuita with lf-ra!statr flour, though
this task Ja aUo a bit may, Aa for X
Jug qereals properly to a daubfe ijTit
wld he mere diplomatic to let him hein
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sagacity of tho. wlfo. Bho may follow thi
suggestions or ignoro them If she docs Is- ''
noro thorn thero will occur innumerable emer-
genolos in her Hfo whon oho will regret It -Thoro
is no reason why any man should net
bo ablo to cook tho family breakfast whlia '
his good frau is comforting a pair of col
icky .twins.
& FROM A NEW READER
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir I wish to Inform you that I received the
Evuninq LEDonn yesterday afternoon, and' I
am porfcetly satisfied with it. This is tho flrat
tlmo I over saw tho Evbnino Ledqeh. and It
certainly did make mo feel good that Phlladel.
nhla has such a very good evening caper. Tou
can rest assured that I will bo a Ledoeii reador ;a
as long as you can print It.
ELMEU T. BEAR.
Marino Ba'rraoks, Norfolk, Va., Juno 15.
DEVITALIZED UNIVERSITIES
To the Editor of Evening' Ledger:
Sir As tho University of Pennsylvania says
good-by t6 Scott Nearlng, so must We alt say
good-by to tho slight vestige of democracy
and progresslvenesa that Institute of learning
possosaes. Wlierover and whenever any sug
gestion of mental activity manifests Itself In
our pinnacles of pedagogy, It is resolutely
snuffed out as a warning, perhaps, to the youth
of our land to abstain from such dangerous
pastimes.
At tho paco they aro now traveling, our uni
versities and colleges aro rapidly giving way
to tho street, tho theatre and the lecture plat
forms as .sources of vital Information. Only
by the presence of such "live wires" as Scott
Ncarlntr. Clyde Klnc and others of their stamp
can tho universities stave oft an otherwise In- "
evitablo decay. GERTRUDE TRAUDEU
200 Elm street, Camden, N. J., June 19.
THE OBSTACLES TO EVIL
In the constitution of our naturo a limit ha
been fixed to the triumph of evil. Falsity In
theory Is everywhere confronted by tho facts
which present themselves to every man's ob
servation. A Ho has not power to change
tho ordinances of God. Every day discloses
Its utter worthlessnesa until It fados away from
our recollection, and Is numbered among th
things that were. Tho Indissoluble connection
which our Creator has .established between vice
and misery, tends also continually to arrest
the progress of evlt, and to render odious what
ever would render avll attractive. Francis
Wayland.
EQUAL PAY
From tho Boston dlobe.
The Mayor of Worcester has ruled that the.
women on' tho police force of that city aro to
draw the samo pay as policemen. As they are
to do tho samo kind of work, why should there
have been any question about tho compenia
tkn? n
LANSING'S DIPLOMACY
I'ioih the Brooklyn Dally Eagle.
Lansing's entente with newspaper cor
respondents shows that our State Department
now sees that diplomacy must ba like a watch',
Its worlts concealed, but Its face open to
every observer.
A DELECTABLE DISCOVERY
From the Detroit Free Pren.
A New York chef has discovered the way to
remove the bones of a shad before cooking It,
thus conferring a greater bleaslncr on man
Hind than all the Inventors of all the imple 'M
menu ui waritiro over Glu.
A WARNING
From the Botton Eyonlng TramcrlpL ,
If anybody tries to haul down the American
flag make him eed etars and wear stripes I
FIREWORKS
You hate ma and I hato you.
And we are so polite, wo twol
But whenever I see you I burst apart
And scatter the sky 4MB my Mazing heart
It spits and sparkles nP stars and balls.
Buds into roses and flares and faJIs.
Scarlet buttpns. and palo green disks.
Silver spirals and asterisks.
Shoot and tremble In a mist
Peppered with mauve and amethyst
I shine In the windows and light up tho trees.' 4
And all because I hate you, if you pleaeo. -u
And when you meet me, you rend asunder
And go up in naming wonder
Of saffron cubes and crimson moons.
And wheels all amarantha and roaroonsi
Golden lozenges and spades.
Arrows of malachites and Jades,
Patens of connnr. nvm-a fci.AnWA
As Vou mount you flash In tho glossy leave M
guh fireworks as we make, we twol
Beeausa you hate me and I hate you.
Amy Lowell, In the April Atlantic.
AMUSEMENTS
B. JV KEITH'S THEATRE
Elizabeth Brtce and, Charles King
Walter C. KeJly
GLOBE
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