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All mall tub aarlptlona payable In advance. NoTtCft 8uhrrlhf wliMrtv af"iflrk ettftnff,! tnntt llv eld aa well aa nw addrati. ; tiEIX. 1600 WALNUT KEYSTONE, MAIN t00 CT AAfr nil rammtntfeatfoiu o Bvrnliir; Ltiger, lnieptndtncx 8 quart, PMlnd'Iphia. fcl SHTXnCD AT Tfxa pmLlfirLfHtti rnnrnrrtrB ab nrr.niin CLAIH HltLMiTTtR. THE AVEltAOB NET PAID DAILY CIRCULA TION OF TUB EVEN1NO LEDGER TOH MAT WAS !I8,114. jty PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JULY 1, 191S. rVrinAnhin n ntinlltH thnt nttttntt fnrliittt. fry. Ir il ! Hn trtni1htn Why Not nn Efficient Counclls7 ECJUPPOSB Philadelphia had nn efficient jKJ City Councils. Not necessarily nn honest jfone that would bo too largo a hope but nn ipfllclcnt one, n Councils thnt knew exactly fjvhat It wanted to do and went ahead and ?dld It. A A PAtlfinllM t f a V n n JA t V n ntAtllrl tfsfi ?tho need, tho opportunity, for a propor mcet- Blnu hall In this City of Conventions; a Coun cils that would pick out a slto of central lo- r cat Ion or of easy access, and would havo "tho whole Convention Hnll planned, started land hullt In tho time that tho present specl ftnen must take to come to a weak, hatting, negatives decision, A Councils, for Instance, with some knowl- gfcdgQ of the transit problems of this city and ome determination to nolvo them. Such a Councils would havo had tho Taylor plan In process. of materialization long ago. As for fine JltneyB that terrific question which has "absorbed tho public attontlon for weeks an sefdclent Councils would havo balanced tho prlghts of the public, tho P. R. T. and tho gjltney men, and como quickly to a helpful, fconstructlvo decision. Would It be only an efflclcnt Councils, after inll? No, Its honesty would shine as brightly. 3yTor a gang of crooked Councllmcn who set lout with stralgiurorwara clllciency to get Swhat they wanted would be turned out of jjpfflce the next tlmo election came n round and Jan honest nnd cfllclent Councils put In. ' Efficiency and honesty aro twin brothers. Egrain Shows Which Way the Wind Blows 8tONSlDEU tho port. It Is not yet tho port tXJ It is going to be, It has Its faults, but It manages to do business. Tho bigger tho busl- &rieiEs, the better the port. It might bo said, :tho other way round; The bettor tho port. ; the bigger tho business. That also will como jtrue. It's up to Philadelphia. Consider grain. It Is not a solution. It ccr- ttalnly Is not everything. It is only a hint. In the news columns today tho fact appears Ethat "never beforo In tho history of tho port wf Philadelphia has tho grain exportation Ib'een as great as In the last six months. Not Eonly does It establish a new record, but It totals nearly three times moro than tho ship- pnents of tho previous year In the correspond- ('(There are other things that a port needs Sesldo grain, other things besldo exports, but Fa. port with a present has "a future." Peril of National irypocrisy 'ITTLE WILLIE, according to a humor ist's tale, once nuked bis father: "What Is n hypocrite?" i "A hypocrite, my"son, la a man who pub. Bllcly thanks Providence for his success and sthen Bets mad every tlmo anybody Insinu ates that he Isn't mainly responsible for it himself." t'f- The United States of America has been re bnarkatoly successful In tho fow wars In which lilt has engaged, but national hvcocriav. as Vnranottil In nllltai. t, r.v nn wer n ab t r, ....La Fanothr name for Imbecility. More Things in Heaven nnd Earth rAILET was right about It. There nre more things In heaven and earth, Hora- Rlo, than are dreamt of In your philosophy. , man of 70 over In New York has convinced fa, city magistrate, a few lawyers and half a gozen newspaper men that he can road and inswer questions written on court station- sealed and pressed agalnBt his forehead. There rnay be some hidden fake, some sub- erfuge or other; but until the story Is ex- paded, here is nnother interesting case out- Jde; our routine knowledge of the. physical. tho experimental side, it Is In line with Ete tendency away from the awepted In ysicAl science upon which, so much ma- riallstle philosophy of the nineteenth cen- was based. The school of thought, both peoulatlve and selentlflo, which rules today iHaklng account of many suol) phenomena. trying to correlate them with a hypo- !)j$t ef human life which recognizee ener- JTrles, outside the material. Gallic Spirit Wins riNISTHR OP WAR MILL3RAND an- aounces that Prance has Increased her luulan of military materials sixfold In eJJIM lght nwntbs of war, TnJ; is only ati. among many that the time has to estimate the French people anew. ronton "degenerated" began the war by the drive of an army mobilised with jNriftASM Prance could not match, pre- tn a thousand ways of which France rtr dLreanKd. 8he drove back the invader, artta a lattncha4 army to bar tb-e t Ptr4 n4 bending every enargy to ' tfafc tf bU making for bar marvelous toagan a cainpalgji of steady accre- SJPtMpt the vlrtle fo that bad looked to Ar him noma puny pygmy No word r ' UP 'rum Paria sny and il.e (,iil itn Mei tuok too ah iwck In !d. toiiiiiiv ii, i i.iiiiw hvUy .11 brail t. rl i i l.i ,' l.lj-th III. .. riJBn hk.e n c atirung up Uk ur- ttum t mtrty yaars, iwithar have ffa J4UJ d jatu sWftwyy by Oarnaaa 8 EVENING systems of Government insurance and aid. A smaller cltlienry has lived well upon hus banded resources and has kept allvo the old Gallic spirit that was like an orlfiammo nboTo battling Europe In the days of Henry of NaVnrrs, of the Grando ilonareh, of Iho "ean eulotte" nnd of the great "Llttlo Cor poral." Whether In war, In science or In Ihs nrts, that spirit has burned norcoty, magriif lcently. Dlsmarck was ntly surprised when Franco recovered from his "crushing" Indem nity and breasted Germany In thrifty av ings. What would ho think today? Delivering the Goods THE million dollars' worth of contracts which Senator McNichol's companies have received from tho Deportment of Public Works In tho last 60 days teach n. very In teresting lesson In city government. While tho high cost of living has gono merrily on Its upward way, tho high cost of contracting has taken such n slump that Senator Mo Nlchol Is doing tho city's work at about two thirds tho prlco thnt ho used to charge. Why? Tho Blnnkenburg Administration Is the reason. And a "neutral" Mayor seems to bo tho Senator's rcmody. Today Philadelphia has tho clearest lesson In tho world of whnt nn honest, efficient city administration can do to snvo tho taxpayer money. Tho contractor rurnisnes tno ngurcs. Senator McNIchol Is concerned In three now contracts for grading tho Northeast Boule- vnrd, for rcpavlng South street, and for bltutnlnoUB surface for public roads. In tho last case, tho bid this year Is 25 per cent, less thnn In 1012. The others mako fascinat ing tables: Grading the Northeast Boulevard In 1003, S3 cents per cubic yard. Grndlng the Northeast Boulevard in 1313, B2 cents per cubic ynrd. Grading the Northeast Doulcvard In 1315, M cents per cubic ynrd. Varo pnvlng prlco on Market street In 1903, $3.49 per squaro yard. McNIchol paving prlco on Arch atrcct In 3013, 2.8? per squaro ynrd McNIchol paving prlco o,p South street In 1015, 52.33 per squaro yard. Tho biggest cut came, of course, on tho first bids under tho now Administration; but Senator McNichol's cxperlonco with an hon est Mayor and an honest Department of Public Works brought tho latest bid still lower. McNIchol wanted tho business. Ho know tho prlco ho could afford and ho knew tho city knew. Suppose Philadelphia had had no Blanken burg Administration; suppose Senator Mc NIchol could havo got his contracts this year at tho price ho wa3 used to ten years ago. That supposition would cost tho city $330,000 moro on the Northeast Boulevard Job, $36,400 on tho South street paving, and (100,000 on tho country roads. Senator McNIchol would bo gottlng a $1,500,000 contract. If all tho other vast benefits of tho Blankenburg Ad ministration were swept away, Its business relations with tho McNIchol crowd alono would mean a saving of half a million to Philadelphia. "Is My Respirator On Straight?" THOSE phlegmatic English what mental and emotional exercise this war Is giving them I Just tako Zeppelins and gas shells. According to surfaco Indications thrco-quar-ters of tho United Kingdom Is going round with a flrst-atd kit in tho pocket and heads Jammed full of mental precautions against gas. Open tho London Chronicle and you read In ono of Its most popular dally departments: "Keep your fires blazing to minimize the ef fects of poison gas I thought good advico until I was urged In another quarter to damp down all fires except In the basement. Keep your windows shut was advico that had the fewest dissentients. But when it en mo to respirators, and how to mako them, I thought I should bo safe In equipping myself with n serviceable faco mask, until I read that a respirator can bo a source of great danger to tho wearer if he Is a non-expert. And I have scanned the advertising columns In vain for a cheap course of Respirator Tui tion." The gentleman In the Chronicle was doubt less much relieved on opening his next copy of tho Illustrated Sunday Herald to find a picture of a beautiful head of hair above tho sort of thing that used to pass for a "beauty mask," with great black letters shouting; "Zeppelins may drop bombs, omit poisonous poses," and a lot of fine type to explain tho advantages of "Freer's Respirator." If ho doubted the advertiser's enthusiasm, ha had only to turn to a half page of pictures In side, which showed a nursery of children preparing their respirators, affixing them, and lying down to dream of Zeps. Tho superior clllciency and preparedness of tho Germans seems to have been grossly overestimated. Huerta Is great at making the other people in Moxico coalesce. The garment workers may not tako off their coats after all. The French soldier who wears a steel het mt Is no "bone head." "I MHl A railroad that wins a $3,000,000 rate casa must feel "some gambler." On July 4th it is up to Cone Johnson to spruce up and pine for freedom. Judging from the dozen or so new schemes f,f Mr. T. J. Foster, "I. C. S." means "I can't stop." After mobilizing soldiers and workmen, the British Government threatens to mobilize money. Show Caunella how to spend $10,000 to save $100,000 and it will shoot the project oa tba ek Wtien the auto highway up Dsavsr's fa. vorite mountain 1 finished on August 1 It will ba pttttfa gaak or stall! Tiw only thing the "Oliver Osborne" trial aema to have established is that Rae Tan zar's Man-in-th-lroo-llak had a dimple. The U O. I. wants to substitute gas for gasoline lamps at a cost of $400 MO. The change would save the nty $70 000 a year The nfua.il of I'oun iK to authorise the im jriwiiicnt lids itlria,d uuaij the munici pality a loss of tioo.ooc. lu mis sort of tuma somebody U usually a winner, but it U not t city. LEDGER - PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JTTLY 1. 1915. CONE JOHNSON, ORATOR OF THE DAY Picturesque Career of the Tetfna Bryan Leader Who Will Speak for the President at the Fourth of July Celebration. By JOHN LltM iONE JOHNSON Is somo orator. Thnt Is j nmong the reasons for his selection uy tho President to spenk for the nntlon at tho Fourth of July celebration In Independence Squaro. When ho rises on tho platform ho fills tho eye. He Is tall nnd smooth shaven. His clothes are mndo by a good tailor and tho crease Is never absent from his trousers, Ho wenrs a low turn-down collar, as tho habit of orators Is. Besides, low collars are poli tically prudent for Texas politicians. Ho makes a concession to Northern prejudice by having his shirts made with tho cuffs nt tnehed, but ho remains loyal to tho Southwest by covering his head with a wldo-brlmmcd soft hat. Such aro tho externals of tho Solicitor of the Slnto Department. Some Idea of his polit ically Intellectual equipment may bo formed when ono recalls that ho was summoned from the comparative obscurity of Texas by Mr. Bryan to becomo Solicitor when John V. Folk was transferred to tho servlco of tho Interstate- Commerco Commission ns chlof counsol last yenr. Mr. Bryan, who believes In re warding deserving Democrats, that Is, Demo crats who havo been faithful to tho Peerless Commoner, regarded Mr. Johnson ns worthy of official recognition for his long nnd loyal servlco. Now thnt Mr. Brynn has retired from tho Stnto Dopartmont political concilia tors nro urging tho promotion of Johnson to tho post of Counselor mndo vacant by tho appointment of Robert Lansing ns Sir. Brynn's successor. They arguo that It would bo politically expedient for tho Admin istration to continue tho policy of party har mony begun when Mr. Bryan wns taken In side the breastworks at tho beginning Instead of bplng left outside to nurso a grlovnnco or dovoto his wholo tlmo to his old task of cul tivating nn ambition to hold tho first placo In AVnshlngton. They nro convinced that moro can bo accomplished by dividing tho Bryan ranks than by solidifying them. Ho Got n Hearing nt Bnltimoro It was nt Baltimore In 1912 that Johnson first nttrnctod tho attention of tho Enst. Tho National Democratic Commlttco proposed Al. ton B. Tarker for temporary chairman of tho national convention. Parker Is a gold stand ard mnn. Ho Is opposed to nil those things which Brynn has ndvocatod. Bryan at onco leaped to tho plntform nnd began to dc nounco Pnikor, Wnll street nnd vested Inter ests In gcncrnl nnd nominated Senator Kern, of Indiana. Senator Kern, after henrlng nil tho plcnsant things that tho Peerless Leader 'had to say of him, nominated Bryan him self for tho temporary chnlrmanshlp In tho midst of tho fight a tall Texan appeared on tho platform, commanding nttcntlon by a mighty voice. Doubtless with somo rcmem brnnco of Garfield's famous speech that calmed tho tumult on tho night of Lincoln's assassination, he shouted: "Tho tides yonder rlso and fall, night fol lows day nnd men sleep to wnko ngaln!" Ho discussed tho fundamental principles of Democracy and called tho roll of tho Demo cratic worthies. Then ho denounced Kern nnd prnlsed Bryan nnd declared that tho repre sentatives of tho trusts had throttled Amer ican Industry. "All I know," ho shouted, "Is that tho fight Is on; that Bryan is on one sldo nnd Wall street on tho other." As he spoko tho delegates listened until ho closed with tho benediction: "God bless you all for your decorum." What followed In tho convention Is history, written In tho books and need not bo retold hero. It Is enough to know that Johnson had onco moro proved his loyalty to tho dis tinguished Nebraska leader and strengthened his claim to recognition. What ho did be fore he nttractcd tho attention of tho East In Bnltimoro was told by tho man who used to explain In tho Saturday Evening Post why who's who. "Mr. Johnson," says this dispenser of "serious nnd frivolous facts about tho great and near great," "comes from Tyler, which they used to call tho Athens of Texas, on tho one hand, and tho abiding placo of tho Tyler Gang, on tho derisive othor. At ono tlmo the Tylerltes held about all tho worth while political offices In the State. Johnson was of tho younger generation, but ha learned his politics from tho aBtute Tyler persona who accomplished all this. The Anti-Bailey Leader of Texas "He was active for a time, dropped out and hunted foxes nnd practiced law, nnd then, about 10 years ago, ho was changed, through attending a revival, from a passive Methodist to an Intense and active one. He preached a sermon that attracted wldo attention, and traveled up nnd down delivering other lay sermons. He changed his view on the liquor question, always tho most political of tho is sues In Texas, and became a fighter for pro hibition, "He had been against prohibition earlier In life; and once he had a notable debato with Representative Joseph W. Bailey, who was at tho moment In favor of prohibition. Poli tics changed Bailey's view and religion changed Johnson's; but there were no more debates between himself and Johnson on that Issue, the reason being that Johnson rather put a muffler on Bailey In the previous en counter. "Lnter, however, Johnson went after Bailey again. This was on tho Issue of whether Bailey should go tg Denver as a delegate to the national convention In 1904. Johnson, as leader of the Progressive Democrats In the State, opposed Bailey, and Bailey want home from Washington and fought for himself. Both Johnson and Bailey are great campaign speakers, and It was a ding-dong for some weeks. Bailey won by 17.000 votes In a total of $90,000, but he has never been the same since: and he is now in private life "Johnson was for Bryan. Tba Bailay fol lowars opposad Bryan, and that lad JqhaMR t Baltimore at the head of a delegation tbt gav WUson 40 vote on the first ballot all they had and on each anaying ballot until ha w nominated-" CARRYING IT TO EXTREMES From tb ladapaniMmt (Xan.) Raporur A little girl in an east side family bas ben bearing her parent d.lcuia out-of-town buy irr und tnelr argument baa been strongly for tiu tmde at-home po'ky A mother who, wlih l.er small son, was vlaittng it the home tajt nee from a neighboring ui) j eurprl&ei to hear tbe daughter of the houe say to bar offspring "Peo't try to hold my b4- I'll die aa oiA maid before I'll marry an out-of-town 1 li I'klfiEH ' rJ VM .1 i f i u "- - 2 "V. -AvSWfjBaBWatsaaB,yy fll POOR RICHARD Less Than 18 Months Remain to Complete the Fund Needed for Building a New Home for the Franklin Institute on the Parkway. By WILLIAM A. McGARRY A REAL use for m mo of Benjamin Frank lin's money that has been lying virtually Idle for a century nnd a quarter has been found nt last. About $133,000, tho nucleus of which wus provided by Frnnklln, will go to help to build n permanent and fitting me morial to Poor Richard In tho Parkway In tho form of a now building for tho Franklin Institute. Tho erection of tho memorial within tho next year or so, however, Is con tingent on tho success of tho institute In ful filling tho conditions of tho Wahl bequest of J00.000. This sum was left to tho Instltuto by Dr. William J. Wnhl, for years its secretary, on condition that an equal sum bo raised by December 16, 1016. About $20,000 of tho money has been promised to tho InsUtute, which Is now conducting a campaign among its membership to securo tho balanco. Less than 18 months remain to comploto tho fund. Tho Frnnklln fund is tho outgrowth of an original bequest of 5000 made by Benjamin Franklin and known ns tho "Dr. Benjamin Franklin Fund for Loans to Young JInrrled Artlllccrs " A similar fund was created In Boston. This fund has an Interesting his tory, whllo tho document creating It Is ono of tho most curious nnd quaint In the writ ings of Franklin. What Compound Interest Would Do The original Franklin bequest was mado in 1700. In making It Franklin looked 200 years ahead, estimating what tho total would bo In 1890 and In 1390. Ho expected It would be 131,000, or 1605,000, nt tho end of tho first 100 years', but It fell for short of this figure, reaching but JS9.SS3.0B. Franklin's own words best descrlbo his expectations for tho end of tho second 100 years, or In 1900. Ho wrote that: "At tho end of tho second term, If no un fortunate accident has prevented tho opera tion, tho sum will be four millions and slxty ono thousand pounds sterling, of which I leave ono million, slxty-ono thousand pounds to tho disposition of tho Inhabitants of tho town of ''Boston, and threo millions to tho dis position of tho Government of tho State, not presuming to carry my views farther." Then followed a similar provision for the disposition of tho fund In this city, ob fol lows: "At the end of tho Becond hundred years I would have the four million and slxty-ono thousand pounds divided between the In habitants of the city of Philadelphia and tho Government of Pennsylvania In tho snmo manner as herein directed with respect to that of tho inhabitants of Boston and the Government of Massachusetts." Tho Plan Did Not Work Several reasons are put forth for tho fail ure of the fund to reach the amount Frank lin had expected In 1S90, but the principal ono Is that the "young married artificers" failed to borrow as often as he had expected, due probably to the restrictions. Later tho restrictions were mado less drastic In an ef fort to get tho money out to borrowers, with the result that less attention was paid to character and responsibility, and frequently the loan and the interest were both lost. The terms laid down by Frnnklln tor the loans were dictated by sound business Judg ment. He decreed that the loans should not be more than 60 pounds sterling, nor less than 15 pounds. Borrowers were required to pay each year Interest at 6 per cent.( to gether with 10 per cent, of the principal un til the loan was paid off. It was In the ex pectation that the entire fund would be kept busy that Franklin made his estimates of what the total would be In 100 and 200 years. He did not Intend the entire fund to be continued for loans after 1S90. But provided that In that year 100,000, or 100-131 of his estimated total, be turned over to the city of Philadelphia to bring the waters of the Wis aahlekon to the city, and for "public Improve ments, such as aqueducts, fortifications, ate," Similar orovlslon was made for Boston as to te fund in that city. Inatead of blng 100.064, however, the pro portion to b turned over to the ojty in ISM was but ts,8lJ-!. No action was taken at the time, tut Ut 0T the Board of City frusta transferred tha'monay to the Franklin Insti tute Building Fund. Since that year the fund has grown to J1JS.0OS. Franklin's Novel Views Several Interesting questions not connected with the (und ware taken up by Franklin in the preambhs to that part at JUa will creating "EVERY TIME I SETTLE DOWN 4 v I rJ&Ps&tfS&r Mmmm I l MEMORIAL PLANS It. For Instance ho was exceedingly fair to Massachusetts, as tho following will show: "I wns born in Boston, Now Dngland, nnd owe my first Instruction In llteraturo to tho free grammar schools established there; I have, therefore, nlrcady considered these schools in my will. But I am nlso under obli gations to tho State of Massachusetts, for having, unasked, appointed me formerly their agent In England with a handsome Balary; which continued somo years; nnd although I accidentally lost, In their servlco, by trans mitting Governor Hutchinson's letters, much moro thtm tho amount of what they gavo me, I do not think that ought In tho least to diminish my Gratitude." Another part of tho preamble has to do with his views on salaries for public officers that today would bo considered amazing, to say tho lenst. It follows: "It having long been a fixed political opin ion of mlno that In a Dcmocratlcal Stato thero ought to bo no offices of profit, for tho reasons I had glvon In nn nrtlclo for my drawing In our Constitution, It wns my In tention, when I accepted tho offlco of Post master General, to dovoto tho appointed sal ary to somo public uses, accordingly I had nlrendy, beforo I mado my will In July last, glvon largo sums of It to collogcs, schools, building of churches, etc., and In that will I bequeathed two thousand pounds moro to tho Stnto for the purpose of mnklng the Schuyl kill navigable; but understanding since, that such sum will do but llttlo towards accom plishing such a work, and that tho project Is not likely to be undertaken for years to como; and having entertained another Idea; that I hope may be moro extensively useful, I do hereby revoko and annul that bequest, and direct that tho certificates I havo for what remains due to mo of that salary bo sold towards raising tho sulm of two thou sand pounds sterling, to be disposed of as I am now about to order." STARS UNDISTURBED BY WAR f- Astronomers Continue to Scan tho Heavens as in Time of Peace. From the London Chronicle. It came as quite a refreshing relief to tho privileged few who ore admitted annually with in the- Jealously-guarded precincts of the Royal Observatory to realize that there was still pa tient and passionately-absorbed watchers here with thoughts of other things than war, Sotne Idea of tho Immensity of the work of the obeervntory was glvon by the report of the Astronomer Royal. Mr. F W. Djon, for the year ending May 10, 1015. which was read to the vlltors on Snturday. Mr. Dyson announced that the catalog of tho observatory now contained no leas than 12,400 stars, of which most have been observed at least five times. The Astronomer Royal also referred to the expedition sent to Russia to observe the total solar eclipse of August 20 last. "The party piocceded to a station near Minsk," he ex plained, "and the eclipse was observed under good astmospherlc conditions. Ojvlng to the out break of war, It was Impossible for tho ob servers to bring back the Instruments with them, and these were therefore left at the Poul. kovn Observatory." The object of chief Interest among the vlsl tors on Saturday was naturally the giant S8.n. reflector, which Is mainly used for the observa tion of double stars. The superb structure of leel which supports the great telescope, nnd which la as delicate as it Is strong, has not required strenghtenlng since It was first erected In 1850. though then the Instrument It bore was only IS Inch In diameter, Ampng those engaged on this teleacope, U Is Interesting to record. Is no less a person than M. Jonckheere, the director of the famous ob eeryatory at Lille. M. Jonckheere, who during the eight months he has been at Greenwich has discovered no lesa than 60 pairs of double s'tars tola our representative that his splendidly equipped observatory, which he claims to be more modern even than that here, is now in pcsiesiion of the Oermans, who are usinir th powerful Instruments there for military nut poses. He was greatly afraid that before they were driven put of Lille the Germane would de stroy the valuable Instruments beyond repair From tho observations of the Meteroloslcal Department It appears that 1911 was the hot Ust year for tba last hraA.nn,.... ' " a mean temperature of M.8 degrees havinViS; degrees having been rarardad. Th Imt u-ir... i. . " "'6 the wettest known during the last 100 yea! h.:; 'j.virr' " '? spm, was AMERICA NOT A DEPENDENCY J"o tfts Bdffor 0 Evening Lt4gr : -a, letter, purporting to emanate from mi i:; 7h."r";.."r"s . apoard In your issue of the Mth IbS. wil thvAUffTl VA1 If AAlnmoa W tb aetumpUoni and fertile imatfutiuS ht mind, sueh a mischievous tetter .aouid aJiK have baen wrttter Ware I an Ataartean ft! n the asaarUptu mada by ''Job JfctfT Xld maka mv blood m hnll . .. 7ZT1 .. WHla lEAui !:, .h.T.; '. " " .Mwicslir an a pondent country that they nro reverting to the status of a uependoncy. Thero exists no evldenco to provo that the United States Is depondent upon Dngland for hor lltorature, music, etc.; ono could with equal facility assert that tho old country is de- but tho fact Is, that with a common speech ana practically tho samo Ideals of freedom and democracy, thero is a froo Interchange between the two nations in tho liberal arts to the com mon good of both. Your correspondent finishes with tho asser tion that Independence Day celebrations are an Insult to English pride. No such thing! That day commemorates tho fact that men of Eng lish blood will never bo slaves to regal tyranny, t for on that day was struck such n blow fori tho freedom of democracy that It had never j beforo been equaled, except, perchance, by tho J extortion from an unwilling king of the rights) of Jlftgna Chnrta, Tho Mother Country learned her lesson; viz., that the people must and will ' uo freo, and today tho United States and the British Emplro stand beforo tho world, not as nscendcnclcs or dependencies, but ns two sister nations upholding tho banner of freedom and liberty for tho common peonlo. Novcr will the United State? revert to the condition of a dependency of tho British crown; she, too, li fast growing Into nn empire, nnd today Is ono of tho leading Powers of tho world. In my Imagination I soo her, under the provldenco of God, destined for yet greater things; and If she bo true and steadfast to her high mission, hers will bo tho noblo work to yet lead all earth's peoples Into tho paths of pcaco anu ngnteousneBs. THOMAS J. BENSLET. Palmyra, N. J., Juno 29. DISPLAY THE FLAG To the Editor of Evening Ledger: Sir Won't you print at the ton of voutl paper asking overybody In Philadelphia to put? an American flag out on the 4th and 5th of! July, If It is only a five-cent flag. Something ; has to bo done, ns so many people seem to forget about tho flag, and 1 think this would be n good way to wake them up. A YOUNG AMERICAN, Philadelphia, June 27. TOKENS OP FRIENDSHIP From tho New York World. Woman suffragists have presented Dr. Anna Howard Shnw, president of their national asso ciation, with a "suffrage-yellow, automobile." Tho act evidences their esteem; but Is a gift a; an automoDiie in the last analysis a true to- Ken oi incnasnip. A WAR VICTIM I'll tell you In a Jiffy Just tho thing that worries me; ' You know I'm not so selfish, don't vou. Tom? But however much I'm willing to bo other pockets filling, I don't know where tho money's coming from! I've sent nlong a little to tho Prince of Wales' Fund; I couldn't well refuse to, could I, Tom7 But I'm asked by ono or other to subscribe to this and t'other, And don't know where the money's coming from! I never want to see the like of such a hungry time) You know my little daughter, don't you, Tomf She wants new clothes for winter, and although I wouldn't stint her, It's heaven knows where the money's com ing from! And then my wife Is hinting that sho wants a set of furs; Such things aro most expensive, aren't they, Tom? I'd move the earth tb please her, but there comes again the teaser; I don't know where the money's coming froml I went to church on Sunday, and of course they passed the bag; They ne'er forget to do so, do they, Tom? I placed a penny In It, but I thought that very minute Where do they think tho money's coming from? t I hear that bread,"ls going up, and beer's al ready gone; What next, nnif next, I fear to wonder, Tom; I might have met the trouble. If my income It were doubje, But heaven knows where the money's coming froml , I thought, perhaps, the landlord would In war time waive his rent; They're not so patriotic, are they, Tom He's coming round for payment, and unless I pawn3me raiment, God knaws where all the money's comlnS Chaijjul Coaat and Mediterranean Magaxtne. AMUSEMENTS Bi F. KEITH'S THEATRE BHB3TNUT AND TWELFTH STREETS rt auuueiK FBATVBB BILL IS KB O'HAEA Marten ; Jack Oardofr. Mil Vadla A Co.; Ituwr A Boyle Oibar Star Faa'ur.a WOODSIDE PARK THEATRE 'POPULAR VAUDEVILLE Free Matineee Daily at 3:30 P. M. f svRK5ftrr.lfi PMfomcANCE a.5 p m awuibhwk rKB-R eread Swu. joo THE MARKET BJT ABOVB 18TU II A M. TO 11 15 ? M. Stanley te aroent MORR R nrr-r a t-i 8YUF1IONT ORCUB8TKA. 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