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NIILAUEU'IIIA, SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1915.
l'ott cannot stop the sun from shining by
hiding toursctf in the shade.
Germany's Attitude to Be Head Hereafter
From Her Acts
THE third American noto to Berlin Is shot
through and through with tho Bplrlt of
friendliness and a sincere desire for the
maintenance of friendly rotations, yet thero
is everywhero apparent In It a surenoss of
position, a stiffness of nttltudo and a steadi
ness of purpoao that comblno to render nny
misunderstanding of our demands Impossible
and definitely negative tho continuance of
present relations unless German aggression
on tho high seas immediately Is terminated.
"The Government of tho United States will
continue to contend for that freedom (of tho
eoas) from whntevcr quarter violated, with
out compromise and at any cost." The lan
guage of European diplomacy Is subtlo: that
of tho United States Is Invariably direct. It
means, In the present instance, that thero
Is no prico In men, money or trade that this
nation Is not ready to pay for tho vindica
tion of the rights It Inherently possesses and
which It does not propose to surrender In
any circumstances.
ESSENCE OF THE NOTE.
By far tho most Important part of tho noto
Is the last sentenco in It. "Friendship Itself
prompts It (the United States) to say to tho
Imperial Government that repetition by tho
commanders of German naval vessels of acts
In contravention of these rights must bo re
garded by the Government of tho United
States, when they affect American citizens,
as deliberately unfriendly." That statement
lifts tho controversy from a flux of words
Into the arena of deeds. It Is c solemn
notice that no communications from Berlin
will bo permitted to negative her aggressive
acts on tho high seas. Wo shall Judgo the
attitude of tho German Government not by
what It says, but by what It docs.
STEADT HAND ON THE TILLER.
Let no citizen underestimate thp Impor
tance of this stand. If It means anything
It means that the destruction without warn
ing' of oven a belligerent merchantman, on
board which Americans may happen to be,
will compel Immediate action by "this Gov
ernment. What form this action would take
Is conjectural. It would scarcely lead, wo
Imagine, to a declaration of war. It would
more likely occasion tho breaking off of
diplomatic relations, tho convoying of our
merchantmen and tho general treatment of
Germany as a highwayman against whoso
murderous proclivities tho most ample pre
cautions for safety must be taken. On some
course the President has doubtless deter
mined, nor need tho proletariat concern It
self particularly on that score. It Is confi
dent of one thing, and that Is that a steady
hand Is on the tiller.
JUSTICE OF OUR POSITION.
Rarely In the whole history of diplomacy,
we surmise, has tho JubIIco of a nation's po
sition been so amply demonstrated as In tho
following paragraph:
In view of tho admission of Illegality made
by the Imperial Government when It pleaded
tho right of retaliation in defense of Its acts,
and In view of the manifest possibility of con
forming to the established rules of naval war
fare, the Government of the United StateB can
not bellqve that the Imperial Government will
longer refrain from disavowing the wanton
act of Its naval commander In sinking the Lusl
tanla or from offering reparation for the
American Uvea lost, so far as reparation can
be made for a needless destruction of human
life by an illegal aet,
Yet it would not be wise to conclude that
the righteousness of our complaint and de
mand assure n satisfactory reply. It is
rather late for Germany to plead that the
Lusitanla was sunk through the too great
seat ol tt naval officer acting without or
ders, for Berlin haa practically assumed
responalblllty.for the wholesale murder com-rruttJ-
However, Berlin has permitted the
German mind to be poisoned by an endless
ftutwesalon of untruthful publications, as
Miming, no doubt, that so only ooM tho
German rank and file be -deceived imp ap
plause of so heinous an offense, it wquW
be difficult new to withdraw.
RESULT IN BBRLIrVg WANPS.
A bright asp(jt of the situation in this
particular, however, U that the prompt dU
eafUlnuauce of aggression will prevent an
Q34t break In regard to the outrage that
has bn cummitted, our avrmnent, in a
iH spirit uf Iriendllnea. wuld, V Mkely to
cegtttUM correspondence and trust for in
dteaUoo w rtitrua afterward The e
Mnc at th cotrovM tt the tutu
hfeuio uf Germany. I Bewttn ee tta
uviriuU depredation iwrimei U !
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EVENING T.TCnATCHPgTIjAl)Bt,PHIA; 8ATUBPAY.JUCT 24. 1915:
ojlleers hereafter to observe the law of na
tions, Washington will have accomplished It
mnn tMimrm. Thn eontlnuinfio of friendly
relations is, therefore, entirely In the hhds ti
of Berlin.
A CRISIS REACHED.
It Is well to staro faeta squarely In the
face'. A crisis has now been reached In the
negotiations. Indeed, this latest nolo Is the
blood relatlvo of ah ultimatum. A repetition
of past acta, wo state, will bo considered
"deliberately unfriendly." "Do not do these
things again," wo say, "or our powers of
defense will be brought Into play."
NO DEStltn FOR WAR.
We do not believe that thero Is any dcelre
for war In this country. Wo are convinced,
on tho contrary, that nlno'tonths of all our
citizens aro whole-heartedly for peace. But
It Is certain, on the other hand, that tho
Government's olce is tho Voice of the na
tion, It ochoes tho nntlon's determination,
It represents with surcness tho country's at
titude. Wo have been patient beyond all
parallel In the faco of unprecedented out
rages. Wo hnvo made nil allowances for
tho peculiar conditions existing. Wo have
been fair and square. Even with tho two
trifling replies of Germany before It, tho
Government has not deviated n hair's breadth
from tho straight path. Its course has been
one In which every good citizen could re
joice, and which nil could approve.
SWEAT BLOOD IN SELF-DEFENSE.
If madness still reigns In Uorlln, this great
nation at least need not bow to tho mad
man's fury. If the Berlin Government has
betrayed tho German people, as many think
It has, It cannot drag our Government, too,
Into a betrayal of Its people. Wo need not
quako with drend. A hundred years ago,
when a mcro weakling, we staked all on the
vindication of our rights. Wo Bhall not bo
less vigilant now. Democracy before this
has sweat blood In solf-dcfonso. It Is a
test which republicanism can mcot fearless
ly. There Is no form of liberty moro essen
tial than tho freedom of tho sens. Wo Intend
to havo It, whether the Kaiser Is willing or
not. That. Is whnt the American note says,
and it Is what tho American noto menns.
i Another Horror
ANOTHER steamboat horror! Twenty-live
. hundred pleasure-bent peoplo put In mor
taldangcrandhundredsof them trapped, help
less, and drowned all, to make It tho more
horrible, within a few hundred feet of shore,
and within sight of friends and relatives.
Is there nothing can Btop these periodic
disasters?
So far as tho cause could bo traced Imme
diately after tho Eastland's sinking. It was
duo to no direct Infraction of law; tho boat
was billed to carry a hundred or two more
than wero on It. According to tho captain,
n broken air shaft caused a lurch of tho ves
sel, and tho rush of pnnlc-strlckcn crowds
to tho side sent tho boat over. Perhaps It
was a matter of lax Inspection or neglected
bqllast. But, ono wny or another, the foto
of tho Eastland must set all ports to a
stricter watch over their shipping. Top
heavy boats aro a menaco that no life pre
servers can thwart. Philadelphia wants no
such tragedy nt her doors.
A Mind of Excellent Flavor
THE career of Dr. William C. Jacobs was
ono of brilliance, promise and fulfilment.
At 24 he was Superintendent of Schools In
Port Carbon, Pa., and ho advanced-steadily
and rapidly to his final work as tho suc
cessor of Governor Brumbaugh last No
vember. All through his work Doctor Jacobs dis
played originality nnd that spirit of Imag
inative experiment which are both so essen
tial to pedagogy. He founded the first
school paper In Philadelphia: ho was a
pioneer In the Introduction of lantern slides
as an aid to teaching: and he was ono of
tho founders of tho Educational Club, tho
Child Study Club and tho Photographlo
Club. Such a summary lists only a tltho of
Doctor Jacobs' Interests and accomplish
ments, but they suggest tho excellent flavor
of tho man's mind.
The Small Ad at Work
DAVID AND GOLIATH Is an old, old
story; but It applies to bo modern a thing
as newspaper advertising. Better thirty lines
of brain than seven columns of brawn.
The set-to of Gulliver nnd the Lilliputians
has a still broader analogy. The advertiser
who puts out n hundred skilful llttlo "ads"
through tho year Is likely to bring down far
surer results than a man who splurges once
or twice on full pages that aro not so cloverly
calculated. Tho "repeater" in advertising
has tho advantage of tho "repeater" In any
thing else: given a constant variety and a
constant originality, he will set the render
looking for his llttlo "ad" every day.
There is an advertiser who makes the ab
struse matter of building houses and sky
scrapers more engaging than the average
reader over Imagined It could be, Hero aro
a few of the sentences that accompany ap
propriate sketches:
A derrick silently picks up Its own burden
onrrlea It comes back for more, and
doesn't ask why Bill Jones didn't do HI A
derrick deserved a monument!
Wo talk of a "well-built" msn and the
best man who ever lived la S6 per cent.
water.
Fancy a well-built building being as little
solid as a man!
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Among the things I've never built Is a
winnipc hall teaini
Bvjt then Pat Moran ean't build a sky-
seraperl
The man who is keen enough to buy such
advertising no only gets the reader's atten
tion whleh la half the battle; he convinces
the reader that the ajdvertlser is keen enough
to do his work well-rapd that is the other
hjVlf. The man, who reads such "ads" aa
those Is going tp realise that the cholca oil
the right builder la Important, What's more,
he ts gain to chow that hullderl
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AUaptip CJty lt Hd ft livelier
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Tha V. ot V' how nlplbly out of the ZJaar-
log frying pan into the wuroer nra.
While wa a considering this proposition
of buying Belgium, why not aoquire the
German aubatarUM flotilla and the General
BtttKt;
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BUT ONE ROAD
TO ACHIEVEMENT
ITrod by the Governor's Greatest
Three Pennsylvanlnns and All
Other Successful Men It Is 'Still
Rocky, for So Few Go Thai Way.
By GEORGE W. DOUdlAS
GOVERNOR BRUMBAUGH H wiser than
Paris, son of Priam. Whin, the godsln
the shnpe of tho Pnnnma-Paelfio Fair Com
missioners put up to him the task of select
Ing the greatest Pennsylvania!!, he awarded
the honor to one, but consoled the others ny
selecting two moro .from tho multitude as
worthy of honorable m'entlort.
Each ono of the men whom he selected Is
moro than ffl years old, nnd each has been
.the architect of his own fortune. Although
neither went to tho French capital to study
architecture In tho Ecole deS BOmix Arts,
each has bulldcd n structure which to his
contemporaries seems good. Ono is occle
slnstlcal In stylo, another Is whnt might be
called tho commercial typo nnd tho third Is
llko nn observatory set on a hill.
Dr. Russell H Conwoll, tho third man In
tho Governor's list, was1 honored last winter
as Philadelphia's first citizen, nnd thero
were tears In his oyes and In his 'olco when
nt the Academy of Mtlsle demonstration he
modestly disclaimed the great honor. Ho
must havo thought then of tho great world's
wonder thnt Is sometimes cnlled America,
and of the opportunity which Is offered then
nnd stl'.I offers td every young man of ambi
tion who Is willing to pay tho price of suc
cess. Few havo had n moro humble begin
ning than this famous clergyman. Ho was
born In tho Borkshlro Hills of Massachu
setts, "where," ho says In one of his lec
tures, "my father worked ns n farmer for
20 years to pay off a mortgage of J1200 upon
his llttlo farm, nnd my elder brother and
myself slept In tho nttlo which had ono
window In tho gable end, composed of four
lights and thoso very small. I remember
that nttlo so distinctly now, with tho cars of
corn hung by tho husks to tho rafters, tho
rats running over tho floor and sometimes
over the fnecs of the boys: tho patter of tho
rain on tho roof, and tho whlstlo of tho wind
around tho gablo end, tho sifting ot tho
snows through tho hole In the window over
tho pillow on our bed."
From an Attic to n Pinnacle
Tho progress from that humblo attic to a
placo on tho list of tho greatest three con
temporary Pennsylvnnlnns has been slow
but steady. Each stop upward toward tho
lofty plnnaclo of fnmo was preceded by
heavy toll.
John Wnnamakcr, tho Governor's Bccond
man, was born nnd reared right hero In
Philadelphia, nnd Is not nn example of tho
country boy going to tho city to mako his
fortune, but a city boy who saw nmple
opportunity nt home. Ho began to work
for wnges when ho was 14 years old.
This Is younger than tho law now permits
boys to enter pcrmnnent employment. Ho
recolved $1.25 a week, or about one-quarter
what tho modern boy thinks ho ought to get
when he starts. When ho was 18 he became
a salesman In Tower Hall, tho biggest men's
clothing storo In the city, but within two
yenrs his health broko down and ho was
threatened with tuberculosis. Ho went to
Minnesota to recover, and when ho returned
ho Joined the Presbyterian Church, and soon
after became tho first paid secretary of a
Young Men's Christian Association In tho
country. His salary was $1000. By tho time,
ho was 22 years old ho had saved $1900, and
ho took n partner nnd rented a storo nnd
started'to mako and soil men's clothing him
self. Fifteen years later ho started tho first
department storo In tho country, nnd now
well, what 18-year-old boy la planning, as
ho was nt that age, to becomo ono of tho
grentest merchants Jn tho world?
All Cast In tho Same Mold
John A. Brashear, of Pittsburgh, who
heads tho list as "the greatest PennBylva
ninn" and "an Ideal citizen," Is that raro com
bination a great scientist and successful man
of affairs. His start was as humblo as that
of either of the others. Ho had to earn his
living and learned tho machinist's trade.
But ho was Interested In astronomy. The
mystery of tho heavens fascinated him, and
while ho was working In a rolling mill In
Pittsburgh he made a telcscopo of his own,
grinding tho lenses with the help of his
wife, His first five-Inch lens did not please
htm, and he made one 12 Inches In diameter,
persisting through mnny obstacles tltl he
had succeeded. Ho was jus( a mechanic
with a hobby until ho attracted the atten
tion of men Interested in science. Then he
became a successful manufacturer of scien
tific astronomical instruments and a work
ing astronomer. Ho has been honored by
the great nstronomlcal societies of tho world,
yet when he was Info'rmed that tho Gov
ernor had put his name first on tho list ot
Pennsylvania's great men he thought that
some one was Joking.
These men nro not exceptional. They-wero
cast In the same mold that has turned out
men of distinction In nil nations, and women,
too. Tho old Dowager Empress ot China
had nothing but her brains when she started
on her career toward power and fame.
Napoleon was equipped as generously by na
turo and as niggardly by fortune. Disraeli
was a nobody, and transformed a queen into
nn empress. Edison was a telegraph opera
tor In his youth, but has taught the light
ning to Illumine the dork places In our homes
and, in the public streets. Charles II, Mark
ham, the $50,000 president of the Illinois
Central Itallrood Company, started as a sec
tion hand on the track with a pick and
Bhovel at $1,25 a day. J. H. Cummtnge, the
head of the largest hat factory in the world,
began as an pfflce bQy In tho same factory.
The list could be made almost as long as
the list of the world's successful men,
whether In business, politics, war or learn
ing. It is an old story, so old that many of
the young men of he present who are om
pjalnlner of lack' oropportunltles never heard
It, They prefer the much-traveled road ot
mediocrity- to tha rooky highway- to dls
tlnctlon, rocky because so few go that way.
A PLEASANT SOUND
yreja t ysq Q4stc
That rinsing wwind i caused by the host of
repeat gradvatwi beginning to hew ta the Jlne.
HUMAN NATURfe
Jf you est aual pay far hjjf the working, .
The sfavlBK that you've dene In years agonel
If you eaula get rleh qujcfc despite your shirk
to?. And no mere had to rise and work at dawn:
If yen ould figure out a simple systwn
vrhtedsY fuii kjUf your customer ciW luve
And you eouM Infer eay "I haven't mW4 eoi.
Why should I wwy, languish, tret er grieve t"
Tfau'i M) to think at Uat. and fcaihor
The idea that ta plan hs rather nice;
And pMktiMy M1 tu Just like the burner
AM fWkttjf. nrtoiy dble up ta prtee-
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A BATTLE IN THE SKY AT BETHUNE
Account by an Eye-witness of How a German Taube Dropped
Bombs on the City, Outmaneuvered Four Hostile Air
craft, Destroying One, and Escaped in Safety.
By E. RICHARD
IN" A broad, open field on tho 'outskirts of
Bethune, tho ancient capital of French
Flanders, sovcrnl thousand now British
troops wero drilling. A group of us Army
Sorvlco Corps men leaned against tho fonco
nnd watchod tho maneuvers with tho satis
faction of thoso whoso day's work Is done.
Ono of tho nearest of the drilling squads
came to a halt and stood nt enso for a brief
rest. Suddenly wo noticed a stir 1A their
ranks nnd several hands pointing upward
toward tho eastern sky. Tho word passed
swiftly an aeroplane, probably a Gorman,
coming from tho cast.
Coddlfng, of our party, a llttlo Cockney
hostler, was tho first to pick out tho narrow
llttlo black lino floating In tho upper regions
of the air.
"I got 'er, Lor' lummy," ho cried, point
ing high Into tho bluo vault with a stubby
forefinger.
Ono by one. following the direction of his
nlm, wo succeeded In focusing our Btralnlng
vision on tho distant speck.
Back of tho drill ground stood tho tents of
a British neroplano station. From that di
rection came tho sudden roar of a flylngr
machine's propeller.
"It must bo a German and they're going
after him!" shouted some ono in our party,
tind instantly wo all went on tho doublo
nround the fold to watch tho Royal Flying
Corps get busy. We roached tho edge of the
aviation field Just In tlmo to nee them loose
one of tho filers. With a savage snarl It
sped past us. Tho pilot was guiding with
ono hnnd, while with tho other ho adjusted
his helmet. As the blplano swirled by us
Its tall planes tilted and up she soared until
It npDcarcd high above tho roofs of the
town. Then It circled, climbing on In steady
spirals, while wo turned to watch them get
ting another machine under way.
"He's Bombarding tho Town!"
Before tho roaring sputter of this second
machine's flight had died away to tho dron
ing, sawmill noto thero came a dull explo
sion from tho direction of tho town, fol
lowed byNa dense cloud of black smoke over
somo of the housetops. Almost Immediately
thero came a second shock, nnd another col
umn of smoko nnd debris darkened the sky
line.
"It's a German all right, and he's bom
barding the town!" Bomo ono shouted.
"There they go after hlml"
Sure enough, the first nnd second British
filers, Joined by two others, apparently
French, from tho other side of tho town,
wero circling steadily skyward, whllo far,
far overhead that almost Invisible visitor
from the heavens slowly swung In a great
arc over tho town. His progress was marked
by a succession of heavy explosions In tho
town.
Between the bomb explosions thero
sounded the sharper boom of some sort of
small cannon. Looking upward at the tiny
speck causing all this disturbance, wo saw a
cluster of llttlo white balls burst Into bloom
all about It. One by ope these little balls
of cotton wool would burst out against tho
blue sky, above and below and on each side
of the aerial raider. They wero the burst
ng shells of tho anti-aircraft guns.
But a mark like that German Taube made
was almost Impossible to hit, save by
chance. By this time the visitor had climbed
to a height of at least two miles.
Higher and higher climbed the pursuers,
swinging In graceful Bplrals, until they, too,
wero but black dashes against the sky.
Then tho enemy machine began to draw
toward us once more.
"He's planlns down, he's falling," some
one shouted.
There was no doubt about it. The German
was shoqtlng straight toward our field In
ono tremendous volplane,
Outwitted His Pursuers
His - dive brought him straight down
throush the spirals of his pursuers, who,
caught on the upward incline, were help
less to qlose in on the foe as he dashed al.
mt headlong towsrd the earth. Prom the
sky thre came the sharp eraek of rift,
unanswered by the foe.
We were Just wondering if the German
was going to land In our field when, with
a beautiful tilt of his wings, bringing him
ttlnjast end up, he rnade an aprupj: turn and
straightened out tor the town again, this
time flying less than 19W Attt high.
The pursuing plani4UJjgPfjlwhlle 8WUng
about In our dlreetltfc, (JJVIrk straight after
thetr quarry Caagbt mmfiA time un
aware by the German's maneuver, they
mM almost directly over bum in the op
posite direction aa h si4 hack toward tfet)
tews- Tbwe raw cuuoihjr volUy ol tthais
Tteta tim the invaaioc iter repond4- We
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could see tho burst of gaseous smoko from
the Taube, nnd almost instantly ono ot tho
British machines tilted sideways, crumpled
up In ono wing nnd plungod headlong to tho
earth. It struck In a patch of woodland half
a mllo awny.
From tho aviation headquarters nn nuto
mobllo leaped down tho road, flying tho whlto
(lag of tho Bed Cross. None of us felt llko
going over to thnt wood. A llttlo later tho
auto camo back nnd two limp, khnkl figures
wero carried Into ono of the tents.
Meanwhile tho Taubo had, dashed bach,
over tho town. This tlmo It presented a
fair nnd squaro mark for tho nntl-nlrcraft
gunners. Tho white, cotton-wool shell-puffs
bloomed all about tho intrepid airman. It
seemed as though ho could not escape being
hit. But ho boro a charmed life, apparently,
for not only did ho pass over half of tho
town before he swung away to tho east
ward, but ho dropped threo moro bombs,
each, ns wo saw afterward, with serious
effect.
Tho threo remaining pursuers wero closo
on tho German's trail, howovcr, as ho sped
over tho city. Tho two Frenchmen wero
flying nt doublo tho German's altitude,
slanting down toward him In converging
lines, and owing to their downward course
making two feet to his ono. Tho Britisher
was trailing tho German along tho samo
piano of altltudo and flying at about an
equal speed.
Tho Oorman's course, as ho swung away
from the town for tho second time, brought
him across tho further end of our aviation
field, fc
As ho nearod tho field tho German swung
In his course ngaln and steered directly
overhead. Behind and above him came the
Frenchmen, swooping down llko great
hawks. Tho Taube screamed by overhead
llko an nngry bird of proy.
Tho Soldiers Aro Terrified
As the big flyer buzzed over the drill
ground, scarcely 1500 feet above it, ono of
tho airmen tossed something overboard, n
round, dark object that fell swiftly toward
tho very centra of tho grouped masses of
British troops. A great shout arose, and
men scattered In every direction. A big
clrclo of empty drill ground was cleared In
less tlmo than It takes to tell it, a circle
fringed with lenplng or prostrato figures, all
bent on escaping the dread little black ob
ject that fell,so swiftly toward tho earth.
Into the very centre of that widening cir
cle the falling; object struck with a. soft
thud, bounced a bit and lay still. There fol
lowed a moment of tenso Bllence, then thero
burst from those thousands ot British Tom
mies a shout of Joy, a shriek of appreciative
glee that completely drowned out the hum
of the Frenchmen's motors as they flew by
overhead closing In on the already distant
German. The "bomb" was the black leather
helmet of an aviator, tossed over tho side
by way of a Joke.
Meanwhile the pursuing Frenchmen had
mado their last stroke at the Ipno German
machine. Closing- In on each side they had
dived past the Taube and showered It with
rifle Are. Whether or not either of the Ger
mans was hit we never knew, but their ma
chine never wavered, only svung sharply to
the right and headed straight for the dis
tant battle line.
Then the Frenchmen swung off toward
Bethune to return to their own field, and
the Britisher splrated down to us, coming
to a halt within ten yards of where I -stood.
As-he climbed from the maohlne ho asked a
sergeant some question. I caught the words;
"Both hilled, sir,"
The casual young Englishman was light
ing a cigarette as the answer came. Ha
finished the Job without batting an eyelash.
"Thanks," he drawled, and strolled oft
toward one of the tents.
(Cepyrlsht, 1913.)
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BILLY SUNDAY AND THE STRIKE
To tht Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Slis-Uad Boger W. Babsen In his rst
charge against. Billy Sunday given seme facts
relative ta seme reasons why a strike was Im
minent or even eontmplat4 by the street rail
way employes of the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit Company he would have proved his
sincerity and left no doubt ta the minds of
your readers that Mr. Sunday might at least
hav been a victim, not a willing party, to a
conspiracy. As a member ot Division No. Tt,
Amalgamated Street and Kleetrle Railway Sri
ploys of Arotrloa, I know of no reaven why a
strike at that time would have been justifiable,
Hva our secretary, Mr. Keirane. is quoted
as saying that "we have bn working for
two or thr year to get a strik for bigtutr
pay" Mr Kerran could not have said such
a thine, bcau we abhor trikt and dJloe
the necessity ot such means' to an end- At
the pret tin th was rata is two udu
I an hour more then we sver Mked for. and
whan Mr. Sunday cam ta Piuiadetnnls. Uwn
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was no thouRht of a strike. Such a story
sounds mora like 'tho vaporing ot some relig
ious opponent, whoso chmlty, t not Jealousy,
of Sunday's success prompts htm.
CHAKI.CS E. COCHltAN.
Philadelphia, July 20.
SCOTT NEARING FOR MAYOR
To tho Editor of tho Evening Ledger:
Sir For Mnyor of Philadelphia Dr Scott
Kearing, quondam economist ot tho University
of Pennsylvania, as trustworthy and sanely bal
anced ns ho Is rellnblo and fearless. It would
Becm that tho nbovo misguided corporatlon,-ma-queiadlng
ns a university, had released Doctor
Xearlng Just In time to make him available for
the mayoralty and place htm nt tho service et
his fellow citizens, whore his expert services,
his sturdy honesty nnd ntable character arc, or
will be, sorely needed. Is therfc another a
easily avallablo whoso efficiency, capacity, In
tegrity and uxpertness la so well assured? If
so, who Is he and where Is ho?
HORACE CASSELBBRRY.
Si-ring Lake Beach, N. J., July 21.
FOREIGN LABOR AND WAR
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Solf-proservatlon Bhould bo the drat
thought of every man. Yet my Engllsn Brother
has moro causo to fight for his country than
wo native-born Americans. Why? Simply be
cause tho gentlemen of tho first class In h'
country will see that ho gets work before any
nthr nntlnnnlltv. Let us took on this aide o4
tho map, ard right hero -In my homo city I flwlj
the slsjn up, "No Americans need apply." I. -I
Will JIIJBL tl.U jvm -J " --.-..
ceptcd; the percentage la 70 per cent, foreign.
Take Baldwin's works and you find close to 81
per ctnt. foreign, and I can cite CO other plants
whero the percentage Is more than B0. I want
to ask tbeso wealthy employers a simple quce
tion: How many of their foreign employes do
they think would handle a gun for the United
SlBtcn If we go to war, with Germany? In con
clusion. I ask If those same employers Imagine
that tho working clnRS of tho Americans will
not size up the calamity the same as our Eng
lish brothers, and say "Well, I have WA to ale
lit A.. . t. i.AiiH n ti, wn.u I :ii. Mfin px- '
anyhow, and I might just as wen uio bi "
J. E.H.
Philadelphia, JUiy si, iio.
SUNDAY OBSERVANCE
A Lay Sermon on a Subject Dear to tho
Preachers.
From the Nashville Tennesseean, i
si rinvn hnlt thou labor and do all thy work.
and on the seventh day go n'flshlng or stay at
homo nnd cook a big dinner for the Preacher
For rest does not mean Idleness. It usually
does mean, however, leaving tho every-day tasK
alone. Therefore, the man who goes fishing on
Sunday, If he go with a pure henrt, Is violating
no commandment. But the woman who stays
home and cooks for the preacher well, she
means well, and the Lord will take care of her
somehow, though we don't know what He will
do with tho preacher.
Sunday morning. In tho natural order ot
it........ in nnt u.a Hiinnnne. nnv mora holy, any
more sanctified, any moro consecrated and set
apart than any other morning ot mo .
but usage nnd the habit of tho human mind
have made it appear so. It used to iwcm that
way long ago In the country, tt seems that way
in the city now. The sunshine seems to fan
with a holler quiet on the whlto streets. Just as
It used to on the green fields.
But that Is because maybe men are not on
the Jump Sunday, because no heavy wagons
lumber along the streets, because no plows go .
back and forth In the furrows. Looking at it
with earthly eyes, you know, man makes WJ
holiness for himself.
Nevertheless, Sunday Is a day for temple
and for meditation. Man may choose his tern
pie as he will and that, too, is a matter oh
habit. For genuine worship wo would bacx
a plain man in the open fields against any de
votee who has worn h(s kneebones bare on a
church floor. What Is it Jerome says about
thoso temples In the open, "whore, sometimes,
In the dimness man's groping hands toucn
God's"?
But the customs of generations count. For us.
the quietness of a Sunday morning Is remin
iscent of many thlngB of the odor of shaving
soap on a long, old, shady back "gallery, of a,
Sunday black suit pulled out of a cedar cheat.
of a patient horse hitched to an old family ve
hicle, of the color of an altar cloth, of the soft
lisp and the pink bald head of a good preacher,
now grown old In the faith, wherever he Is
He was a lover of fried chicken, this preacher,
though not a Methodist. Ho used to have
way of twitting hla brethren among the follow
ers of Wesley by telling them that the mm
Isters of the faith to which ha belonged mo
eaten fried chicken many generations bio
thero were any Methodists. Maybe so mavoe.
not so. We are starting no denominational
controversy, though that Is another thing ti."
the preacher Of the soft lisp and the pink baw,
head did dearly love. Also, ho loved a gwa
tnn, ntA n nrflftlnl -InlrM ITft W&8 ft Vry
human sort of preacher, and what preacher U
worth his salt If he la not human? j
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tnnn xr a minvr a tiATHm mz VTRW 1
inc. luiuunnij iviiti jv ?"
It seems rather Idle to ascribe discontent In
the ammunition shops to "German activity
Kansas City Times.
VYHh regard to the sale of military supplies, l!
u is imperative mat tno unltea Bioies ju...."
tne rignt to sell in order tnat tne ngnt " '
may be protect!. Chicago Tribune.
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It has bMn evident tor sow tt"18 to n
faeh&it nhunua that nahadv out Wootirovr.-.
WUaan himself could prvnt Woodiow WUsaifJj
tram balue Lbe Democratic nominee ne car.
ClUceuo Herald
What Colons) novlt will do ret ear dvJ,
penda on developments, he says: Unless
ear's developments are radleally different tTefm
this year's and last year's, he will not do n3!
thing of consequence -Kansas City Joruni ,
We are not only a world Power, but we hW
bn ewatntaaistisq a t prouctor of a . unw
nent fey liut vuts ol a eeatur. a ""r "5
national yaity now drty poiou uut ''' l"g
(cltvsiea cannot be Ugbte4 or si!lUiJ "
would preserve our liulwinclce uihohw b ''
. Uea ot lb withLCiuanU Suqahoi