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When colcard meets coward they brag about
the arm aUd itauj.
Swnt the "Schlag"
HOW lone aro tho buying public, tho leglt
lmato storekeeper and tho real cstato
owner to bo duped, tricked and defrauded by
the "schlag"? Every year boo moro of theso
fly-by-nlght "merchants" renting vacant
stores, dumping In somo seasonal otock of
enmplcs of receivers sale goods, making a
quick "killing" and a quicker "get-away."
And overy year sees moro lcgltlmato mer
chants In difficulties and moro stores perma
nently vacont.
Thero Is nothing In tho "schlag," not oven
for tho public. Almost overy "bargain" In
bis stores has a pull-back somowherc. The
goods arc old stylo or shoddy; of Inferior
workmanship; ten to ono swcatBhop-made,"or
with small blemishes that prevent their salo
to tho trade. There Is no quality, no "last"
to the "schlag's" stock.
Evin when tho man In tho street may bo
saving himself money on somo seasonal pur-
1 chase, ho Is piling up trouble for lcgltlmato
dealers and higher prices for himself on tho
overy-day, year-ln and year-out necessities.
The man who runs a permanent storo has to
meet rent charges and servlco charges
through tho wholo year. Ho must keep a big
otock on hand both of seasonal and nonsea
eonal goods for tho convenience of tho public.
If ho Is losing sales at rush times becauso of
unfair competition, ho must sooner or later
go Into bankruptcy or skimp on tho wages of
his clerks and tho quality of his goods, or
raise prices.
Even tho real estate man, in whose hands
rest the cause and tho cure, makes nothing
by BUch penny-wise and pound-foolish meth
ods. Ho may rent his storo for a month at
n tlma when it would otherwlso bo vacant;
hut ho gets only a small amount for It com
pared to a long-tlmo rental, and ho Imperils
his future fortunes Into tho bargain. Tho
store itself gets a black eye with the public
and with possible renters, while the presence
of "achlags" and their drain on legitimate
business tend to drlva down rents and causo
more and longer vacancies.
Tho situation is intolerable If tho real es
tate men can't ace It or won't see It, the
clty'B authority should bo called In. By tho
terms of tho law tho "schlag" can dodge tho
present mercantile tax with comparative
ease. Only a rigorous act to compel tho tak
ing out of a business license can catch htm.
Adding to Life and Wages
NO MORE momentous statement on tho
much-argued wage problem has been
jmado In years than' that of Major General
William O. Gorcas. which was read Into tho
f testimony this week In tho street railways
'arbitration hearing In Chicago:
Add to the laboring man's wages from
31 50 to ?2 SO n day and you will lengthen
the average American's thread of life by
13 years at least.
Coming from a man of Gorgas' practical
medical experience and high mental repute,
it has as epoch-making a Bound as tho econo
mists' dictum of somo years back that the
employer could get more work and better
work out of men who labor shorter hours.
The future may bring proof of tho now
theory as the present has brought proof of
the old.
In the Wake of the Jolly Junketers
NO RAILROAD fares, no street car purse,
not even a nickel for a Jitney; no ex
pense money, no postage stamps, no Ice; no
- funds for the purchase of new tires or for re
pairs for broken down autos. Needless to
say this Is not the record or jolly junketers
of Councils who scud merrily across the con
tinent on their Liberty Bell pass. It Is only
the state in which they left the police and
ruetscilves of Philadelphia when they nd
s Journed till September.
Director Porter seems unnecessarily wor
ried over this What If his detectives and
olteemen who advanced expense money,
iwhlch they can't collect until fall, are hav
ing to borrow right and left to pay the rent?
How can he so far forget the honor and dlg-
: tiity of Philadelphia aa to put in a partial
word for hla own men? What Jf the Bureau
of Police has no funds for carfare, postage,
the collection of evidence, or even for loe?
St-Are not the Pullmans of the Junketers swift
as Justice and the winds of the Paelflo re-
, freshing as a hundred loe-nlled coolers?
Let Philadelphia wait till more Important
Jnattura are out of the way. Then Its police
jnay get a little attantlon.
11 ' PI i 1 in ii in
Measuring Out the War Over Here
THE western area of war to ItvoBlog up a
bu. From desultory movements mar In
the nattiro ot the hundred-yard d than
Cjfee marathon, the opposing ansiM have
JJurped to advasces that Him almat upae-
sular by eomparlaun
mk TFI kat daw une of the moat notnbla
at to? Take the largest gala of the
it we "w aovuncea &y storm over a.
of ftve kilometres wide from two to
buudred ultras deep " What would
K EMke In units here at homer
Suppose tb tini) of Wem Philadelphia, lay
: In'.i.;n.;h6d along kuuJ. uet, and summm
yM tbiiuy made Just ueh aa aVvaoc
; ...;.;;'. thra it would mean that ttu bt-
tic j.. rrM 14tiun to t Peiwuiyl-
4.u uhm ts wmm rhmimtm wnm
EVENING
move over to Fifteenth street, a single city
block.
How would such a paltry advance compare
with tho territory in tho city still to be cap
turd, not to mention an area outsldo cor
responding to northern Franco?
ttcpubtlcan National Convention In Up to tho
Chamber of Commerce
TUB Republican National Committco wants
Philadelphia; ovcrj' sign points to that.
Philadelphia wants tho convention! but, un
fortunately, tho publlo manifestation has not
yet taken proper shnpo.
Tho commltteo needs a hall, a guarantco
of suitable hotel accommodation and expense
fund. But It needs an Invitation far more.
Tho wholo thing hangs precariously on so
absurd a trlflo as .tho prompt and official ex
pression of Philadelphia's evident dcslro.
What body Is better situated to glvo tho
Invitation than tho Chamber of Commerce?
Tho Chamber represents tho business Inter
ests of Philadelphia. It has porsonallty
power fts well as money-power behind It.
If it Bpcaks tho National Commltteo will
know that nothing will bo lacking toward
tho success of tho convention in tho city of
America where success In tho country should
bo presaged.
Tho Chamber of Commerco Is ready to help
In tho capturo of foreign trade, to push tho
banner of Philadelphia commerco Into far
thest South America. Hero is tho chanco
right nt homo to bring honor nnd ndvantngo
to tho city.
It Is up to tho Chamber of Commorce,
Tho People Pay tho Freight
NOBODY expects Intcrstato Commerco
Commissioners and railroad presidents
to agree. It is not at all astonishing, there
fore, to havo Mr. Underwood, of tho Erie,
como out for a ono-ccnt passenger rato and
an lncrcaso of 20 per cent, in freight charges
within n year of tho tlino when tho Intcr
stato Commerco Commission held down In
creased freight rates and suggested that tho
railroads tako It out of tho passengers. All
sorts of strango differences and stranger pro
posals aro possible; tho wholo question of
railroad rates Is bo full of anomalies.
President Underwood's proposal to subsi
dize tho traveling classes at tho expense of
the wholo community has nmplo support. Its
educational aspect as a. stimulus to widor
travel among even tho poorer classes has
been developed In philosophic Utopias, where,
indeed, railroad trains woro sometimes as
freo as our sidewalks. Economically, too,
any Increase in tho fluidity of labor Is to bo
dosircd.
When ono dives Into tho facts nnd figures
of railroad servlco hero and In Europo under
normal conditions, tho situation grows moro
complicated. Tho passenger rates on tho
Continent beforo tho war wero undoubtedly
lower than In America. Tho cheapest, on tho
Stato-owned roads of Germany, ran from 2.7C
cents a mllo, first-class, to 1.16 cents, third
class; tho highest rates, in England, from
4.7 to 1.78. Congested as tho population of
Europo is tho passenger situation Is nearer
to what wo find In tho suburban areas of our
great cities, where commutation tickets often
bring fares down to tho neighborhood of a
cent a mllo. Tho long hauls of America aro
bound to produce low freight rates, becauso
of tho reduction of handling cost, nnd high
passenger rates, becauso of tho relatively
small quantity of long-distance travel.
Undoubtedly tho railroads of tho United
States have aggravated tho condition by
sinking a great deal of money In such trav
eling luxuries ns hcnvlly decorated passen
ger enrs, while freight has gono through
simply and cheaply In great money-breeding
bulk. It Is no secret that most of tho roads
of America, except such local sen-ices as the
Long Island, mnko tho greater part of their
money from freight, some off suburban serv
ices nnd hardly any from tho through pas
senger traffic. Of tho gross receipts for on
average year, freight produces about two
thirds, passenger business scarcely a quarter.
But It Ii nqt wise to deduce too quickly
from this that tho path of wisdom lies with
President Underwood. A BtibHldy must havo
not only n worthy but a realizable end, And
such Indirect taxntlon ns higher freight
rates would mean is not necessarily tho best
method of ndjustlng a troublesome situation.
Home Work for Reform
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON'S belief that
tho most effective foo of tho liquor ovll
is the moral training of tho people has a
wide application. When the people ore ready
for reform thoy get It. Tho reason why tho
word "reformer" is sometimes spoken sarcas
tically is that men occasionally mako the
mistake of regarding new law and reform as
synonymous. Tho terms nro far from mean
ing tho somo thlpg. Law Is properly tho or
ganization nnd regulation of reform. Reform
exists among tho people beforo It is entered
on tho statute books. Thero is still some
thing for tho home, the school and the
church to do in solving tho social problems
of America and of Philadelphia.
What a pretty fist John L. writes!
Ten' to one "Wleprs" Is Russian
"Yprea."
for
Local hosiery men are ready to dyo for the
sole of Amerloo-
Archangelt What an appropriate name for
a munition port!
Wlll-breakera share the opinions of Berlin
on "scraps of paper."
Berlin la rapidly converting the American
passport Into a danger signal.
Westward the course of Councils takes its
way. Pity It won't stay there!
IBB i m nan m n-wwWI'H
'Klfee! Kltseel" says Sayvllla as it pokes
Uncle Sam roguishly In the ribs.
i i hi m.i lu i i i in
"Qsrmarty demands more oonceselons," A
raw er two of Baport blanks?
in vi I i ' ' i " ' '
Wfctfl U a trade sxwet not a trade eeerat?
When tlw Cwrt tells every qne all about It.
ii i i 1 1 a i ii in ii mm
In its avidity far eaneeMtena. Germany
sm to have mistaken us for a South Amar
iean nation.
" i '"
Says the Governor of Virginia. t the Gov
ernor of West Virginia, "It's a long time be
tween debts."
I III I w -t
When Germany tails of leaving the east
era Held of battle to Austria, tho Bear re
flactlvaly Heka hie chop.
Tbaw ma bo mm, but the sanity of tbo
AsaartMit judicial oyotam bo't boas deat-
O&aj&gOjtQjf, by tin tTM.tBftftlt IftC ?t.
LEDftEB - PniLAPlSLPHIA'. THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1916;
POPULAR REVOLT
AGAINST THE WAR
The German Social-Democratic De
mand for Peace Is the Expression
of tho Sentiments of the Strongest
Political Party in tho Empire.
By JOSEPH SIIAPLEN
THE demands of tho Socialists of Germany
for peaco hav6 raised a new hope for an
early cessation of tho European conflict.
Those who know tho strength and power of
tho Gorman Social Democracy, with Us 4,600,
000 votes, 2,000,000 dues-paying members and
112 representatives In tho Reichstag, tho
largest political representation in tho body,
baso this hope on two main points! flrst, tho
power which tho party wields In molding
German publlo opinion and, second, tho woll
grounded assumption that tho appeals for
ncaco. ns published in tho Berlin Vorwaerts
and In party manifestos, wero published with
tho consent and approval of tho Government,
Tho Socialists of Germany havo supported
tho Government throughout tho war. It Is
ostlmatcd that thero aro 1,500,000 Socialists In
tho German armies nnd It Is said that tho
very flrst victim who fell beforo tho forts of
LIcgo woro bravo Saxons and avowed Social
Democrats.
Why havo tho Socialists supported tho Gov
ernment? Tho ontlro history of tho Soclal
Democratlo movement In Germany Is closely
Interwoven with a. continued nnd unerasing
fight against militarism. Even ns lato as
July 29, 1014, tho Socialists wero holding mon
ster meotlngs protesting against the declara
tion of hostilities and on that very day tho
Berlin Vorwaerts appeared with a full front
pogo editorial, entitled "Down With tho
War."
Tho Party of tho Pooplo
Tho situation can bo explained by citing
two points. First, tho Socialists of Germany
wero unable to got In touch with tho Social
ists of other countries at tho period when tho
war clouds began to gather rapidly over Eu
ropo and wero cut off In their nnti-wnr prop
aganda by tho declaration of martial law.
Second, nnd what Is, perhaps, moro Impor
tant, Socialism is International but not anti
national. Tho Social Democracy of Germany
is part and parcel of tho peoplo of Germany.
It Is the party through which tho demand
for popular government finds expression.
Onco tho country was plunged Into war and
tho tramp of Russian nrmlcs was already au
dible over tho plains of East Prussia It was
not for tho Socialists of Germany, tho repre
sentatives of tho common peoplo of Germany,
to split tho unity of tho nation. And so tho
Socialists voted for tho budget In tho Reich
stag and went forth to dlo for tho Father
land. In voting for tho war budget the So
cial Democrats mado a declaration of their
position through their chairman, Hcrr Haase,
which read in part:
"A most serious hour is upon us, an hour
in which a matter of llfo and death confronts
us. Tho results of tho Imperialistic policy
which furnishes causo for tho cntlro world to
tako up arms and permits the horrors of war
to engulf us tho results of this policy, wo
say, havo broken forth llko a storm flood
Tho responsibility for this calamity falls
upon (supporters of this policy. Wo ourselves
aro not responsible.
"Wo do not regard this support of the Gov
ernment in tho light of a contradiction to
our duty in connection with international sol
idarity to which wo aro Just as firmly bound
ns to Germany itself. Wo hope that this fa
tal strlfo will provo a lesson to tho millions
who will come after us, a lesson which will
fill them with lasting abhorrence for all war
fare. May they bo converted by this to the
ideals of Social Democracy and International
peaco. And now, bearing theso thoughts in
mind, wo give our sanction to tho voting of
these moneys." (Applauso from all parties.)
SInco tho declaration of war, however, It
has become known that, while tho party as a
wholo demands peaco without conquest, at
least ono-thlrd of the membership and lead
ers aro opposed to supporting the Govern
ment on any ground. Among tho latter aro
Karl Licbknecht, Socialist member of tho
Reichstag from tho Kaiser's own district of
Potsdam and also member of tho Prussian
Diet, and Rosa Luxembourg, now serving a
Jail sentence for agitating against tho Kaiser
and tho Government.
In the hands of this great party lies, in a
great measure, tho basis on which Germany
will conclude peace. If tho party should suc
ceed in rousing publlo opinion in favor of
immediate action without conquest and thus,
through tho coming peace conference, bring
about that territorial readjustment In Eu
ropo upon which, in n great degree, tho peace
of Europe depends, it will havo accomplished
the greatest political service in all history
and will tako its place as tho leading force
of tho new Germany, tho Germany that is
to bo.
AUNT JEMIMY'S REFLECTIONS
C. nyland. In Southern Woman'a llairailno.
"En ef'n you alnt 'soclated you is gotter be
'antl.' Yos'm, you cyarn oven make up yo'
mind dat you don' lalk a think en woulcln' Jine
in wld it fuh notliln In dia worl' but what you
gotter tu'n right straight roun' en Jlna a eas
slety data against it. Goln' en comln' dey gits
you eve'y time.
"Ef'n you ain't a suffrages' en don' h'lleve In
speakln' on a flatform en doln' things to holp
othur wimmln en chlllun you's gotter be a antl
Huffrages' en stan' on a flatform to say you
don' b'lleve In nothln' uv de kind en dat you
lalks men bettern you does wimmln en chlllun
anyway.
"I dunno whethuh de Colonial Damns Is all
bleedged to use de same bran' uv cologne er
not, en Ise done heah tell dat de folks what
'longs to de Sasslety uv Cinclnnatti don' all
haveter live In dat town, glory be! but any
body kin Be dat de Bettuh Housin' Sasaiety
folks lives in a heap bettuh houses den dem dey
Is tryln' to holp, en even ef muh voice is
cracked, down heah on dls uth I hopes some day
to meet Up Yonduh wld de othuh membuhs uv
de Sweet Stnguhs uv Israel en raise muh hally.
Jujah loud ez any uv de res' uv era."
THE LAST NIGHT IN THE HOUSE
Nay, dearest. In their quiet place
The violets leave, and near his face
Set roses in tbe gloom;
That, ehoujd he breathe onee in the chill
(Such thing, by God's releasing will
Might han perchance when hearth are still)
His lips may breathe perfume.
And let one taper o'er hla sleep
Jti trembling, tender vigil keep.
Watahful and pale and olear;
That, If by strange, august dearee
Those lids but onee should lifted be.
The aasu, the calling, he may eee,
And know that he la here.
Nor leave unprewed the good-knight kits
Good-night to all "Goed-nigst" Is Ulo
(Tho Up are oobl touch but the hair)
In hof mom thought's faint, hovering tiaka
The brain's deep apathy hoold break.
And no be glad should he nwafee
To fool our klsaaa tbS
De will not speak when wo are near;
He will not wake when w ore here;
Of us who Uv the d4 hovo fear
Dear heart, coma come away!
Tread low! If aoundteiw are our feet
Hi heart may rouae to vlalona awaat.
And lowo ua in on long, lajrt beat,
JSre K be huohad for aye.
r-O. W. JfWtin in tfca Jul AtUaUo,
"IS
THE OPPORTUNITY FOUND ITS MAN
Robert Lansing's Long Years of Training Stood Him in Good
Stead When the President Was in Need of an Expert.
How an Emergency Disclosed Ability.
By GEORGE
I SAT on tho platform behind Robert Lan
sing when ho received tho degree of doc
tor of laws from Colgate University about
a fortnight ago. Tho rear vlow of tho man
was Interesting. Ho has a largo development
of what tho phrenolo
gists used to call tho
bump of obstinacy
by tho way, what
has become of tho
phrenological cult of
tho last half of tho
last contury? When
he turned his head I
could sco a firm Jaw
and a mouth that
closed with confldenco
and certainty. And
the eyes looked
straight ahead with
calmness and self-possession.
Benjamin Ida
Wheelor, of tho Unl-
nouunT lansino. veralty ot California,
Bat beside him to recclvo tho degree of doctor
of humane letters. Wheeler's head is the head
of a poet and a BCholar, a man who dreomB
and thinks high thoughts and deals with the
ideal. Lansing's head Is tho head of a man
In close touch with tho real facts of llfo. It
Is tho head of nn executlvo and adminis
trator, of a man who could say to this one,
"Go!" nnd to that ono "Cornel" with confl
denco that ho would be obeyed. Yet Wheeler
has been tho administrator for the last ten
or fifteen yearB, and Lansing has beon merely
an arguing and advising lawyer for all tho
years of his maturo llfo until ho was placed
in a position about fourteen months ago
which gave him an opportunity to show of
what sort of stuff ho was mado.
Blushed Like a Schoolboy
Tho most distinct impression that Lansing
leaves upon tho observer is ono of poise. Yet
ho lost his polso in a most charming way on
tho occasion of which I speak. As the differ
ent candidates for honorary degrees were
summoned by the dean they wero applauded.
And Lansing was welcomed in the same way
when ho arose to receive his hood lined with
tho maroon silk of tho collego and trimmed
with tho purple velvet of the degree of doc
tor of laws. Ho Is if Central Now York man,
born and bred In the bailiwick of Colgate,
but ho had never been In tho college town
beforo, and he apparently assumed that ho
was littlo known to tho peoplo who crowded
tho church. But the applause for him did not
stop. It grew in volume as he stood, An
expression of surprise passed over his face.
He looked out over the black-robed seniors
who had Just received their bachelors' de
grees, and from them to the gaily-dressed
ladles with their escorts, and he blushed
with embarrassment, confused as any school
boy speaking his first piece. And the blush
remained till ho took his seat again.
This was his flrst appearance in any publlo
assembly after ho had been made Acting Sec
retary of State, and It was his first taste of
popular approval away from his familiar as.
soclates. When Amherst, his own college,
followed tha example of Colgate the week
after, and gave him the same degree he was
among the men who had called him "Bob,"
and their applause was like that of old
friends In whoso faces he could look with
tho Bmlle which said, "That is all right, fel
lows; but we know each other and I am Just
one of you."
The men who have known hlra for years
have been aware of his surpassing abilities.
It Is not they, but the people at large, who
have been surprised at hla sudden rUe to a
conspicuous position. The country a year
and a half ago did, not know that such a
man existed. Such fame as he had was con
fined to those who follow the long and un
spectacular dlploraatlo negotiations and arbi
trations, and there are few such. They ap
proved, however, when he was made Coun
selor of the Department of State in the
Wing of last year to succeed John Basiett
Moore, who oould not get along with Bryan.
Tfeeti came tbe war and Lansing's opportu
nity. As Counselor he was next in authority
to Mr. Bryan In the State Department. Mr
Bryan's knowledge of international law was
as complete and as sound as his knowledge
of the principle of finance. The President,
therefore, uune to rtiy a Mr Lansing for
s4vte. sM, Miv Soph gtoAuaUy hut surely
THIS REALLY A LIVE WIRE?"
li JW 'immLPMA ;
W. DOUGLAS
bogan to gravltato to his own level. It was
a tlmo when a trained expert was needed
rather than an emotional amateur. It did
not tako Washington long to discover tho
condition of affairs In tho Stato Department.
Thero aro many stories afloat, but tho ono
about tho man who called at Mr. Lansing's
houso when ho was not at homo is typical.
It was important that ho should seo tho
Counselor, and ho asked tho butler If ho
could telephone later in tho ovenlng, and
said, "I suppose Mr. Bryan telephones him
at all hours."
"Well," tho servant replied, "I don't know
ns Mr. Bryan bothers him very much, sir;
but tho President, ho Jest pe3tors him to
death."
Mr. Lansing had occupied tho Secretary of
Stato's scat nt tho Cabinet table when Mr.
Bryan was absent with tho yodlers. As the
negotiations with Germany becamo more
delicate ho was Anally asked to Join tho
President's advisers in tho Cabinet meeting.
Tho men who dovoto themselves to a study
of the Washington precedents say that no
other subordinate of a Cabinet officer was
ever asked to the Cabinet meetings under
such circumstances. But whether this is
truo or not, Mr. Lansing was slowly becom
ing tho Secretary of Stato in everything savo
the name. Within a fortnight of Mr. Bryan's
resignation ho was mado tho successor of
EUhu Root, John Hay and Daniel Webster
and a long lino of other great men, at a moro
critical tlmo in tho destinies of the world
than any of theso men lived through.
"Married Into Diplomacy"
Mr. Lansing will bo 51 years old on October
17. He was born in Watertown, New York,
and was graduated from Amherst Collego in
1S86 at the ago of 22 years. Ho studied law
for three years in his father's office In Water
town, and in 1890 ho married the daughter
of John W. Foster, of Washington, tho most
distinguished international lawyer In the
country. In 1892, when ho was only 28 years
old, he was made associate counsel for tho
United States in the Bering Sea arbitration,
and since then he has been connected with
nearly every international dispute in which
tho United States has been engaged.
The new Secretary of State is a human
being, as well as an accurately working
thinking machine. Ho is possessed of some
of those delightfully redeeming vices which
Disraeli said Gladstone did not practice. Ho
pours over knotty problems with an old
briar pipe in his mouth, demonstrating that
a man can do two things well at tho same
time, And ho plays golft He Is a member
of the Chevy Chase Club, where diplomacy
and society gather to tako the air, and the
Black River Valley Club in Watertown has
his name on its membership roll. Best of all,
he pursues the contemplative man's recre
ation, whipping trout streams in defiance of
mosquitoes and gnats. He is like John Hay
In "that ho writes exquisite verse which ha
permits his friends to read, but, unlike Hay,
he refuses to publish it. And he is a true
American withal, because he reads the base
ball scores and curses the home team.
Ho also comes within the classification
which Blaine once made when he looked at
the portraits on the walls of the State De
partment, and remarked, "Wo havo had a
long line of Secretaries of State, and every
one has been a gentleman."
MACHINE-MADE PIES
From tba WorU'a Wort.
The fasteet machine devised for making plea
is operated by a foreman and six assistants,
and will turn out ISO) plea an hour. The ma
chine is provided with IS revolving pie holders
which move around an oblong table or plat,
form; two cruat rollers, one for the lower and
the other for the upper crust; a set of four auto
matic moistening brushes, and a ple-trlmmlng
wheel. The six operators of the machine place
the crusts, fill the plaa and remove them from
the table when the operation of moistening and
trimming has been automatically completed.
THE GREATEST DESIGNER
From tbe Enrlneorln Uateilna.
There was a certain college professor of ma
chine design who was as original in his views
as be was able in his subject. One of hla pet
theories was the interrelation between nature
and con-eat dealgn. "Boys," he would any
"there haa bean only one designer who never
nutae a. miniut, ana tne move we atudy nla
work the better machine we will build Wnen
yuu uui lajpi uuaer
uuteii rw. ininir tt a
hdMA a, a ..AK, mnil aa ln.
J y, can-don't get too much overfiang oTeUber
end. And speaking of a counterbalance. Studr
tho kancaroo: thero is no prettier example cf
equilibrium In nil positions. Tho further orer,
ho leans the more his tall comes into action 08
tho ground. And again. In speaking of general
design, whorover possible, try to work for
elasticity and against rigidity, xou find verr
littlo of tho rigid in nature, and little trees t
Olien survive a gaio oy ucnuuiK, wnere me oif
nnna nrA lilnwn rlnwn All nt Whlrh WM Im-
doubtcdly very true, and mado moro of sn'lmj' '5
prosston on his hearers than some of the iMti j
complicated mathematical aemonstrauoni uit'
followed.
"UP, DEAD, AND AT 'EM !"
Tho Command of a Wounded Man That"!
Saved tho Day for tho French '
rrorn a Paris Letter to the New York Sun
A wounded lieutenant told tho following story'
to a representative of tho Havas Agency:
As I opened my eyes I saw the Boehes leap-
nig uvet ilia Divnuunba I1HU uiu v.viikui uwvu.
20 of them. They had no rifles, but carried aa
sort of wicker panler full of bombs. I looKca
toward my left; nil our men were gone, the
trench empty. Tho Boehes wero advancing; a
few moro steps and they would bo on me.
At thla mnmAfit nnn ft tyiv mnn. lnlrl nut
on the ground with a wound on his forehead,
another on his chin, and his wholo faco stream
lng with blood, sat up, seized a sack of gren-l
ades near him and shouted: 7,t
"Up, dead, and at 'em!"
iiu Bui uii ma iiuei'H iinu jiuncti Krcuuucs
Into tho thick of tho Boehes. At his call three
other wounded started up. Two of them, who
had broken legs, seized rifles and began a rapid'
Are, every shot of which told Tho third, whose
left arm hung limp, toro out his bayonet with
his right, when I hod recovored enough to
rise, half tho enemy was down, the other half:
In disorderly flight.
There remained only, with his back against
tho barricade and an Iron shield In front of him,
a huge noncommissioned officer, sweating, red
with rage, who was firing at us with his rt
olver, bravely enough, I must say.
Tho man who had started the defense, the
hero of "Up, 'dead, and at 'em!" was struck by
a bullet In the Jaw, and down ho fell The man
with the bayonet, who had been crawling from1
body to body. Jumped to his feet, when four
paces from tho barricade, was missed by twe!
shots from tho Boche's revolver, and plunged!
his weapon Into his1 enemy's throat. The
position was saved.
THE WHOLE DUTY OF A SOLDIER
Trora the World's Work.
On the evo of tho battle of tho Marne the
French officers gathered their men about the
bivouacs, and In the summer nlcht. broken TO
the roar of cannon, read to them the proclanufl
lion issued by Joffre. It thrilled every one witn.
the thought that tho fate of France lay In their.
hands
"Advance," read the order, "and when ypui
can no longer advance, hold at all costs what'
you have gained. If you can no longer hold,':
me on the spot."
THE NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
For our part, we are not In favor of turnlnr
Senor Huerta loose until he has saluted the flaj.al
uaiveston .News,
Napoleon marched much farther Into Russia
without forcing the Czar to make peace.
bpringneld Republican.
Senator Kern promises a cloture rule. n,
member how mad we got with Czar. Heed about;
cloture rules? Augusta Chronicle.
Women should be paid at the very least atfl
living wage. Any society that neglects so el'-jl
mentary a requirement Invites disaster. Cleve-W
land l'laln Dealer.
It Is our American weakness to think we art
rolvlng a problem by restating It, and now be-;
cause wo have let Independence Day becoms.
merely the Fourth of July we propose to nam
a different date for doing what we ought to &
on tne traditional day, Chicago Tribune,
It Is when we come to see Mexico as It Ifj
today that we anoreciate the best traits oa
Diaz as he exhibited them when in the fuln
of his supremacy, Diaz was a despot perhap
dui a aeapot or, giiat Intelligence and oro
perceptions. uoaton Transcript.
The Emperor of Japan is to be presented J
iiiDie oy bis admirers In this country "?,
about presenting a Bible to the rulers of GreiJ
Britain. France. Germany. Italv. Austria anw
ItuselaT These Christian princes and potentate!
seem to have forgotten that there is such
book. Baltimore Evening Sun.
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