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m-MNItfa kEnnER-PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JTTLY 28, 1015,
PLOT AGAINST U. OF P.
, FACULTY MEMBERS IS
j CHARGED BY WITMER
Head of Psychology De
partment Says Certain
Alumni Members Have
Conspired to Weaken the
Authority of Professors.
Professor Llglitnr Wltmer, chlf of thfr
tyclol6gy department at the University
of Pennsylvania nnd staunch supporter of
tr. Scott Ncarlwt, the recently dismissed
Assistant professor of economics nt that
Institution, mado public a. itatemcnt
today In which he asserts that certain
members of the alumni of the University
hriv, during tho past two yearn, plotted
to weaken the authority of professors nnd
to encourate trustees In summarily dis
missing audi Instructors nnd professors
nn did not meet with their approval.
"The edltorlnl and other utterances of
the Alumni Iteglsler during tho past two
years point to tho existence of a de
termined plot to Undermine tho position
and Influence of the faculty," Doclor'WIt
irler asserts, "nnd on tho other hand en
courage trustees to nsscrt tho right of
arbitrary dismissal of such members of
tho teaching staff as, In the language of
Thomas 8. Gates, 'arc not willing to sub
scribe to certain policies,1 "
Professor Wltmer nlso points out that
prior to tho dismissal of Doctor N'earlng
a member of tho reactionary clique of the
local alumni volunteered tho statement
that, "Wo were willing to give Scott Near
Ing a year's extra snlary," nnd that such
a pioposal was mado by ex-Attorney Gen
eral John C. Dell, a trustoo of tho t'nl
verelt, at tho trustees' meeting nl which
DOctor Seating was diopped from tho
teaching staff of the Institution. l'io
fessar Wltmer neks:
''Are the relations between certain
members of the board of directors of tho
General Alumni Society and certain mem
bers of the board of trustees of tho L'nl-
Verslty of Pennsylvania so Intimate that
alumni directors may nssumo to dictate,
or at least to predict, the future action
of the board of trustees?"
"It Is quite, clear from the pages of the
Alumni Ileglster that tho trouble threat
ened to conio to u head over tho ense of
Dr. William Draper Lewis, clean of the
Law School, who Is subjected to grossly
abusive editorial crltlclism In tho Decem
ber, 1914, number of the Alumni Ileglster.
"Falling to 'get' Dean Lewis, tho
Alumni Jteglstcr schemers were ready to
accept a victim from some other faculty."
Professor Wltmer brings his statement
to a closo by challenging tho nlumnl anil
trustees to answer nlno counts. They
arc in brief:
1. Has the Oeneral Alumni Society
board of directors the power to make
bylaws.?
Second. Did the board of directors of tho
society make a bylaw making seven
members tho legal quorum, which bylaw
was not to bo found among the minutes
of any previous meeting of tho board?
Third. Did I'rovost Smith recommend
tho appointment of a person other than
H M. Llpplncott for the ofllce of secre
tary? Fourth, Was this letter withheld from
the knowledge of tho members of tho
board and Mr. Llplncott elected secretary
nt a meeting Immediately following Pro
vost Smith's departure for Europe?
Fifth. Was tho IJrovost's Committee
discharged by the Board of Directors of
the General Alumni Society?
Sixth. Has the society, recently ap
pealed to tho Boardl of Trustees for
financial assistance?
Seventh. Why has tlio Board of Di
rectors of tho BOclety sought to contiol
the Publicity Bureau of tho University?
Eighth. How Is the editorial board nf
the Alumni Ileglster legally appointed?
Ninth. Has the small group of alumni
In question had the support and co-operation
of certain members of tho board of
trustees?
among" the new books
Woman's Second Blooming
tow English writers have succeeded
so Admirably as II. 0. Wells In giving the
touch of Slavic realism to their novels.
They ro willing enough Id treat Inti
mate, problematic subjects; but lh com
parison with tho Hueslnn novelists they
still lack tho very essence of the treat
ment. A promising hewer English author,
W. U. George, has ventured Into these
realms of reality In his "Second Bloom
ing" (Little, Brown & Co, Boston), and
we cannot deny that he has succeeded In
giving n very real picture of prevalent
upper class life with Its nmbitlons, fail
ures and enigmas.
Mr. Oeorge h'ad viewed the marriage t
three sisters from thtce angles. One sis
ter spends her nmbitlons on politics for
herself ahd her husband; the second one,
nppnrontly happy wllh children and hus
band, throws heiBolf into the aims of n
romantic loVer to satisfy her surplus en
ergy, while the last rontlnucs Indefinitely
to exercise tho Jos and duties of ma
ternity nnd wifehood. Kaeh one of these
faces her own problems, nnd each has her
second btoomlng, when, after ten years
of mnrried llfo, she fronts tho now temp
tntlons or sits back complacently on tho
old sentimentalities.
Such a picture of reality is fruitful, to
say the least. To women, as well as for
their husbands, fathers nnd biothers, Mr
George's presentation tins ll Importance,
for who can tell what shnpo the second
blooming of the most contented women
will tnko on7 There Is no solution n
tho general problem, but Mr. George
knows that It exists, and that It Is fur
more widely provnlcnt than many will
acknowledge. To the thinking person his
observations, presented In n very intelli
gent nnd readable stlc, nro more than
vitally Interesting: they are delicately
truthful.
li, tr I
HHHnHHH
for us to take In the direction of workl
peao Is to wrk and educate ourselves
for a Ret1t)lhe lengtlo Of American re
publics, thus IhsUfiHJ ffilr Ilemtspher
against aggression both front without
and from within, ft task requiring ah Im
mense broadening bf dUr Interests, which
vould, however, have a, stupendous effect
around the world,
The Autrust number of the Forum 111
eludes, "Tho Stale vs. the Man In Amer
ica," by Truxton Beale: "Tho Tlcllglous
question In Mexico," by Luis Cabrera:
Norman Aiigelllsm Under Fire," by
Holaml Huglnsi "Ashe of Life," a poem
by Hdna St. Vincent Mlllay: "With Walt
Whitman In Camden," by Ifaraae Trail
hcl, "Dostoievsky and Tolstoy." by
James Huncker! "Modern Art," by Mn
rlus do Zayas; "Psyoh6I&gy of a Sui
cide," by Clara Morris; ''John S. Sar
gent," by John Cournos, nnd "Miracles,"
b) Nina Wilcox Putnam.
40 CENTS FOR HAIRCUT
AND 25 FOR SHAVE
Barbara Plan Higher Schedule
and Abolition of All Free
Toiiaorlal "Extras."
An Attache's War
Observations
None of the testimony so far offered by
war observers can properly bo character
ized as wholly unbiased. The self-styled
neutral ordinarily Is singularly unncutinl
In recording his observations and com
menting thereon It must be admitted,
however, tlmt In "The Notebook of an
Attache" (Century Company, New York).
tho author, Brlc Fisher Wood, has suc
ceeded in a noteworthy degrco In divest
ing himself of prejudices, the possession
of which he admits, nnd has wilttcn what
Impresses tho reader as n singularly fnlr
unit Impartial review of nil that he saw.
Mr Wood was first n volunteer nttncho
nt tho American Embassy In Pnrls; later
ho witnessed the so-called battles of tho
Marne nnd the Alsne from tho French
side, and still later he visited England,
Switzerland, Holland, Germany, Austria
and Hungary, viewing tho fnst-movliiB
historical drama from behind tho scenes.
His personal experiences have been ex
ceedingly iMtorestlng, nnd at times even
thrilling, and add very much to the.jjn
tcrtntnlng qualities of what might other
wise be a nine recital of events with
which the world Is but too fnmlllar. The
book Is truly an Important contilbutlnn to
contempoiary war literature.
J. D. DERESFORD
Tho English nuthor of nn unusunl
sot of novels, tho Jacob Stnhl
Trilogy (Doran).
THE WEATHER
Official Forecast
WASHINGTON, July 23.
For eastern Pennsylvania and Now
Jersey, probably fair tonight nnd Satur
day, moderate temperature: moderate
east winds.
Widely scattered thunder showers oc
curred along the Atlantic coast last eve
ning, one of them happening to pass oyer
Philadelphia, There were nlso a few
showers In the St. Lawrence valley and
in a belt extending from Lake Superior
northwestward across Manitoba, Fair
weather Is reported this morning from
tho whole country excepting Florida. A
slight temperature deficiency of from 2
degrees to 6 degrees Is reported through
out the northeastern portion of the
country and eastern Canada, while sea
sonable conditions prevail elsewhero cast
of the Rocky Mountains,
U. S. Weather Bureau Bulletin
Ofettrvatkma taken at 8 a, m. Entern tlm.
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Passion's Table d'Hote
Detween his publisher's over so seriously
intended rhapsody about arcs and sm
phoncttc poems and the rovlewcrs' some
what too hasty attacks on James Oppcn
helm's tilpllcate full stops, there seems
very little choice. Mr. Hucbsch fancies
that "Tho Beloved," of which ho Is tho
publisher, Is a very beautiful work; re
viewers of that book have found It n
rather silly book unci havo said so. Pos
sibly If Mr. Iluobsch had restrained his
ei.thuslasm tho ravleweis would havo
found something moro pleasing In "The
Beloved."
But It Is lather hard to believe that
a great representation of a passlonnto
episode can bo made by an artist who
has but one, symbol to snow, otic note to
sound, one color on his palette. Mr. Op
penhelm wishes to wrlto about passion, to
conjure It up lu the sordid breasts of his
readers. And yet the only way he' can
manago even to Indlcnte its presence Is to
use the word. Bo "passion," like a weary,
wearying flea, hops laboriously from page,
to page. If page 213 misses the word, ou
will find It thrice on page 314. Its bat
ting average 'Is over .936.
(Similarly Mr. Oppenhelm wishes to sug
gest depths of tho soul. For that he ures
threo dots, so ... It Is a long time slnco
Mr. Hllalre Bclloo suggested that when
you hadn't nn thing to say you ought to
put In a row of nnterlsks, Indicating pro
fundity of unuttered thought. But not
until now has an nuthor wasted good typo
with tho prodigality of Mr. Oppenhelm.
There Is really only one thing against
Mr. Opperhelm. That Is that his story
Is wofully'old, which it ought never to
be. Inasmuch na It deals with eternities.
It Is hnrd to nrguo about such things, and
It happens that argument Is unnecessary
Three years ago, or so, n young English
man, who looked at life with the eyes of
love and not with the eyes of pity, wroto
a book about a young cad who foil in
love with a ballet dancer. Ills story par
alleled that of Mr. Oppenhelm, In which
a young fool falls In love with n movie
actress. That Englishman is Compton
Mackenzie; his, book, "Carnival." And
having mentioned Its breathless beauty
the reviewer can .only hope that somi
day Mr. Huebsch will find another like It
to print. It will not be from the hand of
Mr, Oppenhelm.
New Books
ENGLAND OX Tlir WITNESS STAND. A
ympoelum from noted hands. The ther
land. New York.
EKOLAND oil OEnMANVt By Frank liar
rl SJ..T0. The Wllmarlh rea. New York.
TUB H0UI. OF- UEIiMANY. By Thomae V. A.
Kmllh. 41.23. Gcorfa if. Doran Company,
New York.
UftlTISll AND AMEniCAN DRAMA OP TO
DAY: Outllnea for Their Htudy. By Bar
rett li, Clark, fl.eu. Henry Holt, New
York
Why did we
build the Pan
a m a Cana I ?
Why have we not
built a merchant
fleet to carry our
flag through it to all
parts of the world?
Head what American
shipping was when our
skipper sailed the "Horn," in
Ernest Poole's new novel
THE HARBOR
"4 ez!rW44V nvitt novel "
-Breuids Sasia.
1 49, Tft MAW4IVUAH jO., ., N. V.
Futile as Fact,
Feeble as Fiction
In this day when descriptions of tho
sensitively and elnboratcly organized cs
plonagc system of tlio Kaiser nro so fre
mient and so terrifying very few persons
are wllllrg to tnko unto themselves tho
dubious distinction of being 11 Herman
spy or even to encourage further sus
picion by open confession of having been
a part of that subtlo nnd seemingly uni
versal Institution.
Not ho Armganrd Carl Graves, who
called himself "Doctor," though his lg
uornnro Is too Illimitable lo warrant the
rlalm for learning which tha title Implies,
llo hnH followed his "levelatlon" of tlio
secrets of the Ocrmnti spy sj.stem with
.1 new romance of "expose," the "Tho
Secrets nl the liohcnzollcrns" (McUUdc,
Nnst and Company, New York).
Many lofty names nro dragged through
these pages, ninny events In high plnccs
are touched on, many diplomatic secrets
are rent of their Veil, many times nio the
Itnllcs which denote foiclgn phrases used.
Doctor Oraves employs allusions as lib
erally ns James Huncker or George Jean
Nathan, but, unlike Huncker, does not
use. them accurately. His dates and data
don't syncluonlzo with his descriptions.
He seems to hnvo small Latin and less
Gei man. When a writer nourishes tho
foreign phrase and the recomllto allusion
tho Informed reader expects them to bo
used properly. When historical events
nio set forth In a causc-niid-cffect argu
ment, tho Informed reader expects chro
nological sciiucnco nnd plnulbIo logic.
Judge alt by examples. Mr. Graves
uses such I,atln ns "Inpsls mcntnlls," nnd
"tlmcos dnnaos"; ho refers both to
Frederick lit and Wllhclm II ns "Em
pel or of Germany": ho Is not auro of tho
plural of "fellah." which ho uses a num
ber of times In his Egyptlnn chapters,
but never ubcs tho proper plural "fellah
een"; ho persists In plurnllxlng "drago
man with "men," as If tho second cle
ment vcro a Teutonic root subject to
umlaut.
For romance the Graves book docs very
well; but at this time, when Its subject
nnd tMt nre so largely In the public
mnld, readers desire fnct. not fiction bo
masquerading .
The historicity of "The Secrets of the
liohcnzollcrns" is, of course, absolutely
negligible.
I
In August Magazines
"Dear Enemy," the now Century serial
by Jean Webster, begins In tho August
number. It Is not a sequel, though Its
chief character was also In "Daddy-Long-Legs,"
which last year .captured
tho country twice, first ns a novel, then
ns u. play. At the request of friends,
Sallv McKrlde tnkes In charge an1
orphaned orphan asylum. Sho has, of
couisc, very deflnlto Ideas about the
right of everybody to 11 little happiness
oven Institutional orphans. Thoro nro
difficulties, but Sally In a fight U a
spectacle not to oe missed. Jean Web
ster's drawings nre as quaint ub tho story
Itself,
Unusual among the features of tho Au
gUBt number Is nn article entitled, "Art
In the Trenches," by Armand Dayot,
French Inspector of fine nrts, At the
request of the Century M. Dayot made
an automobile tour at the front, collect
ing sketches actually mado in the
trenches by fi lends of his, Including many
of the most gifted of the younger French
nrtlsts. Fifteen of these drawings ac
company tho article. Sketched in mo
ments of "danger, often amid bursting
shells, they give a memorable Impres
sion of the French nrmy In action nnd
at rest,
"America nnd the World's Penco" Is
the Bubjeot of a contribution from Arthur
Dullard ("Albert Edwards"), tho novelist
and sociologist. Ho discusses tho useless
ness of American peace proposals at
present nnd urges that the right step
The ugust Rcrlbner's Is the 20th an
nual fiction number. In tho number for
this J ear there Is a novelty In the form
of a long short story, really h novelette.
This Is by Kate Douglas Wlggln, whose
cvrr-dcllghtful "Itebccea of Suhnybrook
Farm" has brought smites and tears to
thousands. Her story about ''Miss Thom
aslna Tucker" Is primarily a very pretty
love story.
Stephen Phillips' "No. fl," his first
prose pluv, Is n very drnmattc story of 1
famous Italian artist who Was painting
his masterpiece The scenes arc It) a
cathedral at Milan and In a prison In
Naples. It Is Illustrated with some ic
tnarkabln paintings by Wycttl, one of
them being reproduced In color,
James D. Connolly's story, "Mother
Machroo," us tho title would Imply. Is nn
Irish story, or rather tho story of an Irish
family. It begins in Ireland nnd ends In
America. ,
"Letllln," by donlon Arthur Smith, has
comedy In It. .lennetto Lee's story, "At
tho Dnd of the Hrtlnbow," Is pure ro
mance, tha story of nn nrtlst nnd his
family who built 11 homo on 11 locky
Maine Island The Illustrations ate by
lUumenschcln. George T. Marsh's "A
Llttlo Tragedy at Coocoocacho" Is tho
story of a Fiench-Cntindlaii trapper, a
story of tlio great North Woods,
Ernost Pclxotto writes of his recent
visit to Tortugnl, describing "Lisbon and
Cllltrn." lie gives n picturesque descrip
tion of a Portuguese butl fight, qulto dif
ferent from the Spanish kind and frco
from brutality. His Illustrations arc, us
usual, charming.
For and About Women
To tho real feminist tho so-called
"Woman's Movement" means much moio
than tho mcro question of voting. It
means tho whole mass of problems which
nro caused by the realization of new
potentialities within women. Florcnco
Tuttlo sums up these stirrings In "The
Awakening of Woman" (Abingdon Press,
N. Y.) She divides tho renascence Into
three parts the creative awakening, ex
pressed through tho recognition of her
Intellect as nn Important factor In the
world, tho social awakening, na shown in
her earnestness ns tho mother of tho
coming generation, nnd tho awakening of
her sense of race responsibility through
her relation to tho science of eugenics, as
well na to her male companion who owes
the raco duties of fatherhood. Florenco
Tuttlo only sketches the outline of her
belief, but they gvo food for much
thought and further study.
It Is n sad thought, but no less a 1c.1l
one, thnt deafness may como to a child
even after a normal start. For this rea
son John C. Wright's "What tho Mother
of a Deaf Child Ought to Know" (Stokes
& Co., N. Y.) might wisely havo a largor
appeal than merely to tho teacher of the
deaf. It Is another 0110 of tho specialized
books thnt have universal application for
safety s sake. If for no other reason.
Tho school teacher and tho social
worker nro both nsslsted In tho enter
tainment of children on all occasions by
such suggestive books us Anna Luetkcn
haus and Margaret Knox's "Plajs for
School Children" (Century Company,
N. Y ). Tho authors acknowledge the Im
portance of dramatic training for nil
youth, and glvo Illustrations of plnys,
pantomime, stories and pageants, which
contain tho elements of efficiency,
economy and self-discipline.
A little publication entitled, "Some
Women of tho Pre-Hnphacllte Movement,"
by Mrs. Matthew Woods (Drowning
Press, Philadelphia), gives Interesting
anecdotes out of tho lives of some of the
"Urotherhood." with spcclnl reference to
tho women who influenced or aided them.
These, Interesting Utile tales are the only
Justification for tho book, for It Is n bit
trlto to make a point of the women who
aid our men.
Tho barbers are getting' barbarous.
They are going to charge us 49 cents
tdt n hnlrtmt and a, quarter for a shaVel
As for faney flxlhgs, ovcrythlnrf Is to
cost (1 Michel t)f a dime extra. There'll
bo ho trlSffl extra lovo taps after they
inoft tip ytJUr face, and hp mote little
bnrber8hob desserts, such its cologne oil
your eyebrows nhd cocoa. butter On your
frfee, "thrown In."
As for a hot towel nnd pomade on
jour hairforgot It. In other words,
you're to bo merely shnved nnd cut for
40 cents-nlul you're lucky to get that.
Such Is the decision of tho Master and
Journeymen Unrbors' Association, nnd It
caused much comment todty In stteot
cars and elevators. The organization
met Inst night nt 1402 oxford street.
The- attlttido of tho barbers toward thb
pnblle genorally may bo gleaned by thclf
nddressos. llollud down to a few words,
most bf tho patrons were classed as
"cheap skates" and "sUckors."
It wan lenrncd that n fellow who didn't
gel his hair cut every two weeks was a
sucker guy. Whether It needed cutting
or not wns nut taken Into consideration
Ami aa for the fellow who shaves him
self and then goes to the barbershop to J
gc. nis nnir cut. wncn tins wns men
tioned, thero was general hubbub nnd
tlio mclnhgu of nnmes could not bo dis
tinctly heard.
"Wo nil give away too much," said
one Indignant barber. "Wo don't charge
nothing for lilac nnd we shavo tho back
of their nocks for nothing.
"That's so," came the answering
chorus ns nil assumed a mnrtyr-llko ex
pression on realizing their own kindness,
"It's tlmo for tho barbers In Phllllo to
wnko up," snld nnothcr. "Let's stick n
nickel on here nnd a nickel on there."
"Hlglit-o," was tho chorus And for a
few moments it looked ns though the
public would hnvo to get Its face shaved
Ijy the squnre Inch.
A. J Bowl declared mournfully that
tho barber had loHt his own dignity while
nldlng men lo be beautiful.
"Thoro was a time," ho said, "when
tlio barber's ndvlco was nsked by the
community but not now."
William I. Fcldscher, who presided,
listened.
ITALIAN CABINET PAVES
WAY FOR WAR ON TURK
foreign Minister Given Author
ity to Demand Satisfaction
From Ottomans,
UOMK, July M.
The question of pence or war between
Italy' and Turkey how rests In the hahdst
of Jjaron Sonnlno, the Italian Fbrclgn
Minister.
Following a cabinet council that lasted
nearly four hours, the Ministry Save tha
Foreign Mlnlst'er full power to tnko any
steps heceteary to secure satisfaction
ffum Turkey for the Illegal use of tho
ltnllnn flag.
, Italy nnd Turkey are nearer a diplo
matic break than at any tltne since tho
war began ns ft result of tho scljure of an
ltnllnn Mag and tho failure of the Otto
man Qovenlment to answer the protests
of tho ltnllnn Ambassador at Constanti
nople. Tho latest Incident nffcctlng the Turk-Ish-ttallah
relations was fully dlcussed
by the Cabinet. According to a report
from tho Italian Ambassador at Con
stantinople, the Turks after seising the
Italian steamer Mondclto used It as a
transport In the Sea of Marmora, keeping
tho Italian flag flying to insuro Immunity
from tho Anglo-French fleet at tho Dat da
ndles. -The Italian Ambassador protest
ed against tho selxuro ahd misuse of the
Italian flag, but no attention was paid.
LIGHTNING MOM CLtiAR
SKY KILLS FARMER
WILSON STRICTLY NEUTRAL
IN BRYAN PATRONAGE PlOfli
Divides Appointments Equally
twecn Cornmonfer'n hrul Hitchcock's '
F'rientis.
WASHINGTON, July . President
Wilson today maintained n. strict nftii
trAllty In tho patronnge nhl betwtH
forimr Secretary of Slate, Bryan alii
Senntbr Jlitclict)0k. of Nebraska. tn Ira
four NcBrnska appointments, thb Pteffl
dent riamctl two Bryan men and two
llltchcock men. One of the apolnitX
Thomas 8. Atleh, of Lincoln, named Dig!
trlct Altornoy, is a brother-in-law nt Mrt
ilfvnu. '
Charles W. McCune, Omaha, was mad!
Collector of Customs. Thomns J. FlynS
Democritlo leader ot Omaha, was wads
United Btalcs Marshal. Both are Hlieh'4
cock men. (
The Bryan wing was recognized In th
appointment of Oeorge U Lootnts, Ffis
wont, as Internal Rovcnue Collector ntitT
of Mr. Allch, na District Attorney '
Might or Right?
Essays and addresses suggested to John
Grler Hlbbon by the European war havo
been compiled In a llttlo volume "The
Higher Patriotism" (Charles Scrlbner'a
Sons, New York). President Hibben con'
qelves the "higher patriotism" as tho
guarding of our most precious posses
sion, peace, from tho possibility of viola
tion by foreign Invasion. He shows thero
Is no virtue tn n lack of preparedness nnd
that an Inadequate defense is sheerest
folly. In his essay on "Might or ItlghtT"
President lllbben defines militarism as
the madness of a nation, nnd sayn It Is a
theory of state, "The time Is como," ho
says, "for us to take larger views of tho
world, of man and God, than nro Incorpo
rated In the doctrlno of might makes
right."
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Is Our Progress Real?
Is the unexampled progress of the mod
ern world ndvnncement In tho right di
rection? This question Hint tho war has
inspired so many thoughtful men and
women to nsk Is answered In "Whither,"
an anonymous essay (Houghton Jllfdln
Company). Tho fulness and richness that
charatcrlzcd life In the past nre gone,
says the nuthor, nnd we havo substituted
laiBcncss, restlessness, desire for chance
nnd ficnzlcd motion. Nowndnys thought
Is out of fashion: wc observe instead.
Averring that tho only genuine prog
ress Is thnt In the Inner llfo, tho soul,
tho author again eloquently observes of
our modern life: "One Is nwnro of a
lessening life, a drying of the very
sources of vitality; tho old Benso of
Illimitable destiny, of gicatncss, of the
challenge of eternity, Is gone."
Cobb's Fast
Ttcnnold Wolt wns the Advocntus Dl
nboll of tho Irvln Cobb dinner, nnd was
Instructed by tho toastmnster to lake Into
tho Cobb pnst for every discreditable
shred of Information. Mr. Woirs choicest
find was a lyric which ho claimed had
been In tho first musical comedy libretto
that Irvln Cobb had ever written. It
follows: '
She atood In the Moonlight
On (he piazza;
No one In the world was
So beautiful an her.
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from home nml unable to obtain your favor
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Bolt Strikes Mnn, but Leaves Horse
He Led Uninjured.
DOYLESTOWN, Pn., July 23.-A bolt
of lightning, coming from nn apparently
clear sky, struck and killed Elmer Swart
I6y, 38 years old. a prominent farmer of
l.inc Lexington, Bucks County, Inst night.
Mwartlcy wns leading, a horse lo tho barn
nt tho tlmo ho wns struck. Tho nnlmal
was uninjured, but plunged nnd reared
In terror.
There was no electrical storm prevail
ing In tho vicinity nt tho time, but folnt
mullcrlngs of thunder could be heard.
Tlio electric bolt thnt killed Swnrtlcy wnB
so light that neither his wlfo or daugh
ter. In tho farmhouse, noticed the crash.
Tho only mark of tho fatal bolt on the
dead nftn was a faint red mark on tho
neck.
Funics Mistaken for Smoke
Policeman MrGcttlgan, of tho 12th and
Pino streets station, wns "galvanized" Into
notion toduy, when n. llttlo boy came run-
nltig up nnd said that a Jiouse, 7 Butler
avenue, was burning llercely. aicGettl
gan ran to tho scene of tho trouble an I
saw dcitse volumes of smoko pouruig from
a third-story window. Ho tried to make
nn entrance, but tho fumes wero too much
for him. Meanwhile, a flro company ar
rived on tho scene nnd by means of lad
ders effected an entrance Into the room.
Thoro they found several sulphur candlos
burning, which were tho source of th
smoke. Frank Harrison, tho owner, soon
nppcvircd and sold he had been fumigating
the room.
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