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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.
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