- 8 V'""-'l" ' "" ' '"" '"'" l"l" I ! l I 11.11 PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY CTRf fl II K Ct'IlTIS. fnHietut CJirle It Ludlngtori.Vlcefrerident; John C Martin. E;rry nd Trrasureri Thlllp B Cellln. John B. WII1ltn. Directors EDITOnl AL BOAtlD I Ctscs It K CcaTti, Chairman. 1. It. WHALEY Hxeeutlre Bdltor JOHN C. MAnTlM General nualneas Manotef ... . . Published dally at FcxLio Ltnor Dulldlnt, Independence Square, Philadelphia. LMn Ccktbal .' . ..nroad and Chestnut Struts Atlantic Citi rre'Vnlon nulldlnit w Yok 1T0-A, Metropolitan Tower DrrsoiT , 820 Ford Building ST. Lous .....400 Olooe Democrat Ilulldlnr; Ciiiojoo 1202 Tribune Ilulldlns; Loaodfl ,.8 Waterloo 1'lace, rail Mall, S. W. . . NEWS DUnCAWfi: WsiHIKOTON JIdhiao The Poi nultdlnr Nn Ion Dbiub The rmee Ilulldlnr Bn LIN Hchwo, no Frledrlehetraeee LoNnor nrimu a Pall Mall Bout, B W. Fain Ddiac ,, 82 Hue Ioul le arand SUDSCniPTION TERMS Br carrier. Diit.t Osti, elx centa By mall. potpald outside of Philadelphia, except where foreign poetaae ! required, Diilt oni.t, one month, twenty-five eenui Dilt Oklt, one year, three dollar All mall sub scriptions parable In advance Nome Subscribers wishing addreea chanted must (tre old aa well a new addreee. BtLt. IMP WALNUT KEYSTONE. MAIN 1001 C Xddrttt nil communication In Evrnlna Ledger, Indefendenoe Square, Phltnd'.tphla, airman at Tna rmUDnmiu rosTorrios ii sscons- CLUB Mitt, UATTfX. THE AVERAGE NET PAID DAILY CincULA- TION OF THE EVENINO LEDGER FOR JUNE WAS D,8JT. PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1910. 'JL dog brought up bu a gentleman behaves like a gentleman. Out to Win r rV IS posslblo that the Convention Hall would bo In coutao of construction now If tho business interests of the city had boon ablo to agree on a site. They carried their fight to Councils, which always knows bow to kcop pn tho fenco. The project, howovor, Is purely a business one. It Is not political. Tho rejuvenated Chamber of Commcrco has a definite pur pose. It Is largo enough and powerful enough to speak for the city as a whole. It is not likely that Councils will veto any specific recommendation it has to make. Tho essential thing now Is the selection of a site and tho co-ordination of public opinion In favor of that site. To this end, tho earlier a decision can be made by tho Cham ber of Commerco tho hotter it will bo. The city has entered tho fight for tho Re publican Convention definitely and without equivocation. This means that it must bo a light worth while, a fight worthy of tho city, a fight to win. Wo must have ' our own houso In order. Got the Convention Hall and tho convention will meet In It. France, the Efficient Republic ENGLAND'S muddling has not encouraged H. G. Wells. "If tho present Govern ments of Great Britain and the United States," ho says, "aro the best sort of gov ernments that democracy can produce, then democracy Is bound. If not this tVne, thon next time or the time after, to bo completely overcome and superseded by some form of authoritative Stato organization." An efficient benevolent despotism may be Th"e "best' form ot government. Tho trouble Is tho certainty, sooner or later, of too much despotism and too little benevolence. An in finite capacity for muddling things Is a dem ocratic characteristic; but it" is not moro characteristic than the invariable custom ot finally "arriving." The genius of a demo cratic people Is often slow to manifest Itself In the face of a great national danger, but when It does exert itself it Is invincible. Why, for instance, does Mr. Wells pick out the United, States, which ,is not in the war, and England? Just across the channel Is glorious France, more truly republican than Britain, and France has met the onrush of the Teutons so splendidly that tho humilia tion of tho defeats under Napoleon III Is for Eotten. Indeed, It is France that has saved Europe in the great crisis. A Road to Permanent Peace? A CORRESPONDENT suggests that the medical faculty of the University devote Itself to formulating rules by which an Amer ican race inclined to peace may be bred. The suggestion Is too brilliant to bo hidden under anonymity. If the beer and the fight la to be bred out of the German stock and the fight and the whisky is to disappear from tho Scotch, and so on, it must be by some process of selection such as that by which race horses are produced. Tho peace-at-any-prlce people should take this suggestion under serious consideration. It points to a way out. The price might be pretty high, but they profess to be willing to pay it. Even Dream-Gardens Need Weeding SAYS William J. Locke: "I could give up tobacco and alcohol and clean collars and oervants and everything you could think of but not dreams. Without them the earth Is Just a sort of a backyard ot a place; and with them an Infinite garden." Without them the earth would always re main a backyard and peace would never come to Europe. The Infinite garden ot dreams needs weed ing, and among the weeds to be cut down and cast away are militarism and national lusts, ot many kinds. Each nation must be Its own gardener In this work of eradication, els the (lowers will be destroyed with the weeds. Where Responsibility Rests THERE is only one of the seven separate and distinct Investigations Into the East land horror In which the general public la Interested. That Is the one 'to be conducted by the Government Steamboat Inspection Service. This bureau of the Rational Government la charged with the responsibility of passing upon the seaworthiness of vessels and upon the safeguards provided for the protection of the passengers and the orew, The failure of inspection to disclose lndlf rence to safety was demonstrated when the General Slooum buraad In New York harbor a few jwn ago. with UrriWe loss of life. There wera Ufa prrvww on board, as the law r4Ulr, but tfey ware made of ground 0fc, held tagrthw by oarowt and iron aMM- Iron wilt m float, and the poopla Who Jumped I4 tfef waUr to escape the SUunm ware wfcpW0,4wi by what ought to hve held them up, TW the inspector said: r can't be expected to look at every Hfa Tha BaU-d was uaterlomtf bmw worthy, yat Government taafMotor authoriaid the boat to carry me patatwaxer this yaar, whn MM a maty it was thought prudent to tiiiow oi skjjj Ut yr. &? after pet- EVENING L'BDGErB-PTTJADBlJFErrA WT3DM8DAY, sehgcrs, the son-in-law of the Inspector was made chief engineer of? tho boat. What lo the use of an Inspection bureau that does hot ihspeet? Are we to be com pelled to -trust our lives to nteambdats run by men willing to gamble with death In tho hope that thoy can continue to win while tho Government officials make merely a perfunc tory examination of the safeguards? The real culprits before the bar are not only tho owners of tho Eastland, but tho men In charge of tho Government bureau, Quit Obstructing;! Help Things Alonj? THE present direction of tho Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company floated a ship wreck. It picked up an Inheritance of plunder and graft, of dirty finance and still dirtier political methods, poured now money Into the enterprlso and by cfMcIcnt manago mont contrived to glvo to the city bettor facilities than It had over beforo enjoyed. Tho pooplo of Philadelphia aro not un mindful of these facts. They do not want to seo tho P. R. T. embarrassed. Thoy havo a feeling of sympathetic regard for It. They aro willing and nnxlous to help It. Thoy have no captious criticism to offer. Thoy bolleve in ono great system for tho city, and nro confident that tho wholo network of transit should be In tho hands of ono company. Director Taylor has been emphatic In do- i clarlng that capital nlrcady Invested hero should bo protected. There Is no doslro on tho part of any responsible persons to do preclato tho value of tho P. R. T.'s holdings or to subject tho corporation to grievous burdens. What, 'then, Is It that Philadelphia wishes to do? Why, to build tons of millions of dollars' worth of subway and elevated lines and turn them over to tho P. R. T. to oper ate on terms so liberal that thcro would bo Httlo difficulty, If any, In securing an Inde pendent company "to accept tho proposal. Tho city asks tho company to build no lines. It proposes to hand over to It an Investment of millions, to glvo It, practically In per petuity, a monopoly of transit In tho city. A fairer proposition was never made. It may bo doubted If any city was ever so liberal In Its treatment of an urban railway corporation. Yet In tho last year a chango has como over tho company. It was willing enough n year ago. It Joined In a tentative agree ment with Director Taylor. It was ready to assist In meeting the transit problem of tho city. Now, strangely enough, it sends a rep resentative to Harrlsburg to plead, not that tho new lines aro unnecessary, not that Philadelphia can do without tho Improve ments, but that a generation ago, before subways and olovated lines wero known, there was somo sort of n law to prevent tho ruination of beautiful Broad street by plac ing on It surface tracks. Technicalities, nothing but technicalities, can tho company find ns a reason why tho Improvements should not bo made. t That, wo protest, Is not meeting the situa tion In a broad spirit. It Is not tho kind of response tho pooplo of Philadelphia havo a right to expect. It Is not gqod business, it Is not In sympathy with tho program which tho company has followed of late years. It has about It tho taint of earlier proceedings, when tho manipulation of trolley schemes was a public scandal. Tho company Is Ill-advised. It cannot pro vent rapid transit; It cannot' oven delay rapid, transit very long. It should bo quick, therefore, to revlso its attitude, quick to at tune Itself to the public mind, quick to Join whole-heartedly In the enterprlso and sup port it. So only can the best Interests of the stockholders be served -and of tho mil lions of citizens who, by the very nature of things, are vitally Interested In the welfare of the company. Von Hindenburg the Boy THE Kaiser, von Tlrpltz and "Old Fisher" have acknowledged their debt to an American writer, Admiral A. T. Mahan. Wo like them pelthcr moro nor less on that ac count. But It's another matter when we learn that von Hlndenburg ns a boy In school wrote homo to his parents Just be fore Christmas and asked for Coopef'o "Pathfinder." It would be disappointing, even at this late date, to find that he didn't receive the book. Why should Becker get another trial? The victim did not. 'It Is a good thing 'for Germany that the Russians are not French, Uncle Sam does not Intend that his notes should go to protest, yet to protest they go. The first thing the naval Invention board will have to do is to Invent a new kind of Congressman. The deposits in the Russian savings banks have increased 1900,000,000 since the sale of vodka was stopped. Moral? The Court appointed a receiver for the city ot Nashvlllo while there was still some thing left for him to receive. German prldo Is stung by the last note; but It was not the Intention of the State Department to Inflame it further. Extra tickets for the murder party on tho Eastland yielded 1316, or 81H cents for each person. So muph pr human avarice. in ii, !' f ' Tho Praajdant may Bay no more than 'Tut, tutl". wlwn addressing the ball, but whep addressing other natlonaTve'i, that Is apother atory. " "? Tho oaptaln of the Eastland estya that thoy aro trying to make him flw great. .The record show that there were svor than a thousand' Jpnoowt sheop. , r It la altar that the Oklahoma fire was not caused by spontaneous combustion. Let us hop that thero was nothing- but sponta- naous deviltry behind It. , A bailor scheme than paying J16SLJRM,. H6 tor Belgium might ho to buy tfe Awl can cotton rop and hold it until a flgokra Mna ql pc. No fttaeoUon, w Wtjfh x CHINA IS STARTED ON THE RIGHT ROAD, President Yuan Says Order Prevails and That Traders Will Bo Pro tected Why Ho Re-established Confucianism. By YUAN SHI KAI Br tpeclal rfanjttment with lh Irldepndeni President Yuan received William Fran cf Afnnnte, representative of the Inde pendentf at 1 o'clock in the tnornlnp at his private apartments in the Forbidden Cltt' Itc smoked 'o small cheroot as he talked, and spoke with pride of the fact that pipes had been banished, itc then dic tated his message to the American people. J HAVE learned from Western newspaper men that there Is much greater satisfac tion, when ono has a message to send to a neighboring nation, In delivering It to the press tlian there Is In attempting to com municate it through tho regular mediums ot tho foreign offices, Would not much mis understanding between nations be avoided, war oven be sometimes averted, If one pcoplo might thus directly speak Its mind to another pcoplo with which It might havo somo slight dispute? It Is true that most nations of the West publish the reports of their consuls, and this Is laudnblo from a business point of view. Such reports unquestionably assist In tho pro motion of commerco and trade, and thesa things aro vital to the life and well-being ot tho world today. But busincsn is not always friendship often times It lends to tho very reverse, to war and cruelty and oven the de struction of nations nnd tho political and racial disruption of people. How poor China has suffered becauso of business and tradol What armies and navies, what men and money, havo been used to back up tho recom-' mcndatlons of tho consular and business agents! Will Protect Merchants nnd Traders Do not for a moment think that I am speak ing as one opposed to tho legitimate reports mado by such officers. Not at all. Indeed, It Is quite unnecessary for mo to say that on behalf of China I welcomo merchants and traders to all our ports and markots from tho coast to Tibet, and that thoy not only will bo given welcomo In the usual senso of that friendly word, but that thoy will bo given fullest protection in the prosecution of all their legitimate enterprises. No, I do not discourage or belittle tho con sular reports, but It Is my contention that they do not go far enough toward tho cementing of real friendships between na tions. Our foreign offices, according to opin ions long entertained by me, should bo open to tho voices of tho peoples by which thoy aro supported. In times of national anger or passion It would bo well to close all avenues of communication, for tho old Chlneso prov erb that "if two women aro allowed to talk long enough there will eventually bo n hair pulling" Is more or less true when applied to nations. But when thero are messages of good will and concord to bo transmitted from one pcoplo to another, I bolleve It Is tho great and sacred duty of tho foreign offices to re ceive, send and glvo widest publicity to such peace-preserving and peace-attaining ''com munications. Will Not Forget American Friendship My great and Illustrious friend, Viceroy Lt Hung Chang, since departed to Join the glorlqus ancestors of our rnce, did often sny to mo that while America was tho only country of tho world which denied admittance to our countrymen, it was also tho only nation which stood like the Great Wall between China and dismemberment; and It was the great Viceroy's hourly pleas ure and Joy to repeat tho words of Major Conger, the American Minister, said at a time when all of us thought tho nation was to bo parceled out among the Powers: "Do no.t worry, Viceroy; Undo .Sam will not permit the despoliation of your coun try!" Can we over forget that Government and that people? No, wo do not forget, and I hope tho people of the United States will know that wo remember. It may be said to our American friends that the new Republic of China Is now fairly started on the right road. Discon tent and minor rebellion, encouraged by dis gruntled Individuals who had Imagined themselves leaders of the Chinese people, but who wero repudiated by arms and bal lots, are no longer occupying our attention. A settled condition of affairs prevails In all the provinces except two, and In these latter the disturbances are not serious. All de partments of the new Government are work ing earnestly, diligently and In concord for the betterment of the nation. The finances are In the best condition they- CREATION OF A By JOHN G. POPULARITY Is manufactured, although the general publla Is not aware ct this fact. True, lt often happens that a tad. a dance or a style spreads spontaneously. No one seems ,to know where or how It Btarted, nor can he predict when It will end, Among those things which seem to strike the people In this fashion s the popular sorig. But It never "arrives" automatically, for lt la the result of a well-organized campaign. The airs which haunt the ear at this time of year at the seashore and other resorts were born many months ago. Popular song pro moters know that summer Is the crucial period. Songa are usually made or lost during the vacation months. There la psychology In this muslo promotion game. Publishers launch their melodies upon the people at the resorts' when they are In a happy and optimistic frame ot mind. As all are enjoying a period pt rest, there le an Inclination to be easily pleased. Furthermore,' as they have nothing to do but observe and listen, they are more apt to. remembsr a song which they heir away from home. As a score of publishers "boost" their pet songs at this time, the resorts resound with catchy rouslc. Out ot the mass of mtdodlea whlelv attack the tar In all directions there are about three which are whistled or sung by the general public These are regarded as the hits, and the lueky publishers' then bend their cnerelea to boosting them In every possible J B) anawr. They arrange large window displays a4 employ numerous stager, who are known as "pluggws." All day long these men. Hug lutHy the sJetons whleh have Meartt on." Beforo a song reaches tbo hit staga there litUl financial outly. PI rut, the authors tb BMHtVitaa 4 lyric writ) aaust rsiv a 4vac royalty. It U than uut.rj tg i pMtfth tbo a la "prefeaatonM esje Jofm. Www rMiMl Ua. WW tpotM. tfe ' havo been for 20 years. With tho coming ot complete peaco In tho South and Centre, Industry has resumed Its normal ways and a vast majority of tho pooplo are earning a livelihood Agriculture hni cattle raising nro In such condition that the coming years hold great promise Confucius a Stopping Stono to Christ Will tho establishment ot Confucianism as rt S(ate rollglon tend to Injuro the progress of Christianity in China? If anything, It wilt, make a better field for tho teachings of Christ. For many years tho people have been falling more and moro away from tho doctrines of tho Great Saint, and I felt that It wns necessary to bring them to a realiza tion of that fact. A nation without a reli gion Is on tho downward path, I could not havo proclaimed Christianity with any ef fect, evert had I bo desired, for 99 per cent of our pcoplo wotild not havo known what it meant. But when I' used tho name of the wonderful Confucius and called Upon the pcoplo everywhere to tako up his words, teachings and examples again, thero was an Immediate response, And a, hotter China is already here. This, in Itself, creates a larger nnd better field for the Christian mission nry, for, as tho noted Bishop Fabro onco said to mo, "Confucius Is an excellent step plnir stono to Christ." M4H. YOUNG WOMAN ABOUT TOWN Stfc Hears an Open-nir Band Concert and Is Impressed by tho Trombone Soloist. A BAND concert in the plaza pretty much fits the description of a Strauss symphonic poem, i. o., occnslonnl alluring melodies emerg ing from a sen of noises. Tho plaza, you' know, Is a sort of peninsula, being bounded on threo Bides by oceans of traffic In two principal streams of Btreet cars and Jitneys, respectively. As tho street cars are Intermit tent, though tho jitneys be continuous, in between trolleys you are apt to hear all sorts of things you had no Idea were going on In tho band stand. You can hear most of tho neighboring conversation even when thB cnra go by. In fact, when you look at It broad mindedly, lt Is surprising how often the music gets tho better of the traffic, especially In the "pieces by request," which are usually straight ahead ragtime. This battlo of the elements occurs In tho plnza every night In tho week except Thurs day, when you can find an Indoor edition of tho same thing at Convention Hall. It Is bIx years since C. Stanley Mackcy conducted his first band concert here, and ho has been at It every summer slnco then'. If you doubt ,tha wisdom of the city concerts, get ye thither and observo the solid acre ot pcoplo that collects 'nightly under the wing of tho City Hall. " Mr. Mackey tells mo his summer band rep resents some fine regular musical organizations of various sorts. A number of his mon havo Come straight from the hand of tho brass band specialist, Sousa; probably tho largest part of them spend tho winter in the fold ot the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, to which In stitution, by the way, they are enthusiastical ly loyal. i It you are not an habitue of tho plaza con certs, lt will be worth your while to go over some night to hear Mr. Schrader do a trom bone solo. Mr. Schrader believes In tonal gym nastics, and actually accomplished a polka on his Instrument not long ago. It was astonishingly lively, and rather remlndod you ot a polar bear being put through the turnings ot an elaborate Spanloh dance. Then tho other night he played a composition of his own, an "Ecstasy." When you want to express ecstasy on a trombone, you I confess I don't know the technique of tho Instrument but you sort of drag one leg. I was reminded by listening to "The End of a Perfect Day" as a solo for the trombone that I have never heard that composition with either the tuba or the piccolo "starring" In It. Still, I wonder If It hasn't been done that way? May I, In behalf of the acre ot humanity In the plnza, offer a'suggestlon to the proprietors of the beer sign? Everybody Is going to read your sign, anyway. "The lady behind" read all tho signs out loud the last time I was there. I heard her, and she asked" her escort lt he had ever been In the bar and cafe JUBt opposite the plaza. To which he replied with overwhelming frankness, "I have, up to my eyebrows." So, you see, the sign that. shines forth steadily all night is not overlooked. Now, If you will only let the sign stand still, you will nobly prevent the persons who go to the plaza regularly from developing total paralysis ot the optio nerve. Otherwise, the city ought to force you to turn your sign on and off In time with the music. THE YOUNG WOMAN. DETROIT IMPROVING From the Cleveland ruin dealer. A Detroit clergyman, who evidently reads nothing but the domestic news, announces that the world Is growing better. POPULAR SONG COLLINS piano arid full orchestra parts, are mailed free to musicians and singers In all parts of the country. Even then a very largo number of those who receive thq song refuse to sing It because It does not strike their fancy. As an inducement to put the song In their acts or shows many singers and comedians are paid a stipulated sum weekly to use It, Tho amounts which they receive, vary accord ing to their standing, Some vaudeville head liners are paid as high as S0 weekly for sing ing one song. Thus It frequently happens that a publisher who advertises In this manner pays as high as B00 weekly to, singers alone. He Is also obliged to pay small amounts to leaders of cafe orchestras to Induce them to Include the melody In their programs. Added to this Is the expense of singers In tho store of his publishing house and also in the department rtore.8, The returns during the early part of the boosting period are usually smalL and publishers frequently Jay out moro than 5000 before the first copy of a onr is sold to the public. Very often It happens that the song which has made a hit In the theatre falls flat from a selling standpoint. .This is usually due to the faot that the selection Is too difrleult let the average person to slpg. The discovery that the public win sppia,Ud a song and yet not buy it. Is not ma.de soma flmes until several thpusand dollars have been expended In "boosting" the seleatioa. The fight to obtain tho services of sjsgers of reputation is ao keen that pubUshsrs as an stra Inducement frequently purchase pn cr gowns for the fair exploiters In order that tha sojtg may have every possible .advantage. hr are many freaks of fortu&e In the song puUtchlnsr buMaeu. ial fra,.,it . bapcttM that lb sosx on which tha Uart amitr has bo xmb41 brfaus th btuut r.iuraa - M f rUT5Y 2St YtTftf: WHEN NEBUCHADNEZZAR ATE GRA8 Men Were as Modern as We, But They Lacked Labor-saving-Devices Invention Has Given the WorldTime to Think, j vruuv w By B. WTII the Bhootlng match now going forward on tho other side, the average citizen hero, going about his business with the single-heartedness so necessary to good business, would probably think It worse than foolhardy to say that thdro is a more' terrible instrument of destruction than tho bullet. But thcro Is such an instrument, all the same. Men of blunt speech are fond of calling lt a spade. And tho spade it Is. Put n spado In tho hands of nn nrcheolo glst and It will turn up maltor to frlghton any man who likes to bellovo that wo aro plodding right along toward the millennium. Not long ago the1 archeologlsta broke Into somo ancient Egyptian tombs. What thoy found thcro Is inclined to bo entortolnlng till you think ot what It all moans. A little later other archcologlsts hit upon tho ro mains of what might bo called tho Minne apolis ot old man Belshazzar. In other words, It was tho groat ' grain centre ot Babylon. Among Its few enduring relics tho diggers with tho spado found contracts that differ from ours of today chlofly In tho Blm- plo particular of being baked on a brick. Thoro were also receipts for goods delivered, for wiges paid, all In neat brick form, llko lco cream, except n Httlo moro lasting. But thero were relics still moro entertaining, too. The nrcheologlst's spado hns brought up ovldcnco that In thoso roaring old dayo when Nebuchadnezzar went out on a vosotarlan diet thero wore oil monopolies, and trade unions, and strikes and lockouts. Think of lt! Bolshazzar's attornoy general probably hnd a Standard Oil suit on his hands. Ho may havo had a William Jennings Bryan blessing him behind his back. Gold Follies of the Ancients Wo know certainly, on tho evidence of tho spade, that yacht racing wns a popular sport nmong those Egyptians whoso prosperity could stand tho racket. Tho ladles painted their faces. Tho man about town blew in at his club. And for nil that their bodies' and their brains long centuries ago blow away as dust, wo havo their Imperishable Jewels, their -brick contracts, their gold follies to tell us more truthfully what thoy were than they themselves could or would havo told us face to fa co. This Is what tho archcologlst's spado has raised from the ancient dead that thoso pcoplo differed from us in the merest minor details. They slept In brick beds Instead of brass ones. Their love letters were delivered In a wheelbarrow. And there the differences end. At that point the similarities begin. In a little ''museum In Paris you may find some ancient relics with a vivid interest for th.o thoughtful man. .Among them Is the Httlo mnchlnery of mystery once manipu lated by an Egyptian' priestess. She used to moKe stone idols wink their eyes and belch flro and perform other terrifying antics to alarm tho superstitious. For years she must havo fogled her willing dupes; but after many centuries tho truth about her was ouT. Her cunning deceits were laid bare at last Who knows what that priestess was herself; In all likelihood 8ho,9was a clover woman, and pretty besides. Largely a cynic, per haps, though shoxmay havo gone about hot work as If lt were a recognized and legiti mate form of business, even with something l of a. high Ideal. To her it may have been part of her political philosophy, a necessary means of keeping the people under control. SYMPATHIES WITH SHRAPNEL Anti-munition Shipment Advocates Hoist by Their Own Petard. 8. a, In the New York Evening Post, The Aked-Itauschenbusch statement asserts that our war trade Is not for patriotism, but for profit; that we have not the samo warrant as the -European nations for engaging In the business ot slaughter; that the highest moral considerations weigh against theV sordid truffle; that the munition business wtl drag up, after the war in Europe Is done, Int the bog of mili tarism; that the munition traffic, while tech nically legal. Is a violation of the spirit ot neutrality. This last point is elaborated in a series ot paragraphs which rise to the follow ing climax; 'It Is a poor neutrality that will not work both ways. An even-handed and truly neutral' policy ought to be reversible. But If the situ ation of the belligerent nations were exactly reversed, should we maintain the same policy? For argument's sake, let us imagine what Is very unlikely that a series of disasters over took the British fleet so that lt lost control of the seas. The German fleet could then Inter cept neutral shipping, as the British fleet Is intercepting lt now.. American cargoes of food destined for England would be taken to Ger man ports. The British people would eat potato bread and have strictly limited quantities of that Issued on Government cards. The Teu tonlo Allies could buy unlimited American guns and shot and shell to overwhelm English armies or Bhlps. How long would our present logic seem convincing then? How long would Jt be before we laid an embargo on munitions of. war and demand that American food and cotton should have free access to ports not block aded?" And so the Aked-Itauschenbusch case perishes. In their eagerness to score a point on the neu trality lssuo the authors of tha protest have thrown overboard their entire, cass aaainst American munitions for the Allies, For once It Is admitted that it the war situation were re versed our stand on munitions would be re versed, that If Germany held the seas we should refuse to sell arms to Germany and Insist on our right to sell food and cotton to Great Britain, what beebmes of the argument that our present war trade is sordid, carried on for profit and not for patriotism, and "exhibits capitalistic Industry on one of its lowest levels"? The authors really admit that Mr. Schwab would refuse to coin dividends out of the fall of the British Empire and that the American Locomotive Company would refuse to load shrapnel against the Belgians. An embargo would bo laid on arms exportation If Germany held tha seas. What doe's this mean but that this nation has not sold Its soul for a profit, but that Ita sympathies go with Its shells and Its shrapnel? AN ODE TO PIE From the Boeton Olobe. Let us celebrate the gastronomic poem of the ages the pie. It graces each season, but most Mpeolally Is it dedicated unto midsummer and the tlme of berries, black, red and blue. The pie is both friend and toe. comforter and aveBger. It Is mighty In the mightiest It can Bitrellessly slay, and it oan soothe and assuage Jho drooping spirit. If Is a posra both lyrlo and elegiac singing the sheer pleasures of the peruses and again, peradventure. the pains thereof. Deadly is the pie when overeaten, but gracious, yea, and beneficent, when par taken of In due measure and in reverential awe of the lawful gastric procecas. "My blessings on the head of hlra who first Invented sleep," sighed Sancho Panza on a memorable occasion. Be ours on the head of him who first Invented pie. May he dwll forever on blessed 1st of pie among the cherry or charrts of Elysium. May his Jowls delight in mlseawMat. pumpkins, the Juley squash, the tooth-autoing blueberry, the pippin apple and 'oo!l of lemon custard. "Sesaethlng fUcltoua and fruity btwfl two eriMta -that U pi. Long way tt waval Buln at DM eoraw of the cnut and tat J-mMH-huIv loaf ti outtw orust in oni.r tht Uw owt)in ""!. K, LITTLE n. meanft nf irlvlnfi- thnm anluM H . u a ........ vivg uuu a nODS in tho hereafter. VU ' In a way It is delightful to dine... ..,!? much like ourselves wero those people ofi tho prehistoric past. Wn nr Imh j iMl nnnlnlltt thntM t IaIm. .. .. jlS ..K.....u ...w. ., uumg nu ciever, otter nlCa nnu bo modern, in another way tho dl .covery has Its terrors. The archeoWi.c. spade has dug up a bit of dlscouragcrnnntl na .,v.. m ioiihv u, luuiuurury nigmnv. T. ufl nltogcther cheering that 8000 Ions yeai-ii have left us so close tor Nobuehniin.,..41i4 Wouldn'tf Xerxes find a helmlt to fit him Inl Berlin? If the dust that once was lOoof brick engravers in Babylon could gather and 1 rise again, wouldn't thoy promptly elect! Samuel Gompers ns their nresldont? It's clever of tho ancients to bo so modern Is It clover of us to bo so nnclont? You seo though a bullet mny destroy your life, the ' moro terrlblo spado may destroy your con colt. So tho human passions aro no better ' than they havo always boen, apd human I nature Is now, nnd forever has been, the samo. You see lt graven on that instru ment, tho spade, in letters as vivid as those that frightened tho life or tho sin out 6t ' Belshazzar. 4, Well, what of It? These things ceqse toj bo dlscouraginff when you have thought ali Httlo further along. What If the Infantll Confucius did curl his lip over tho mother-Ji In-law Joko, thon nearly as musty as we 3J thnk lt now? What If tho human mother-4 In-law and all tho other human passlonjji nave inaeea been always tho samo? This would bo a dead world If wo put out tho fires of passion Passion Is tho steara' in our boilers. It's tho motive force thaH drives all our machinery of civilization. Bttt onco you havo tho necessary steam, tho lm-j portant thing Is tho machinery you want? tn hnvA Arivnn Ttinnl, ln,ni.nH M.. .t,f. crnvo tho approbation of other men. Thank'y neaven mat wo all want to outstrip each: other. Wo need all thoso ancient passions.! Whcro could wo get without theml More- over, wo glvo tho steam such a volume of work to do In theso days that It has no chanco to burst tho boiler. Croesus Without Homo Comforts Wo'vo got forwnrd all right. Solomon, wise guy that ho was, would look like a simpleton today. Croesus . went without noarly every one of tho simple comforts In the modest house of Jones, tho grocer. That's nothing. We're better off not alone In our moro numerous creature comforts. Whero wo havo tho bulge on tho ancients i is In the enormous mass of wisdom we have amassed In 8000 years. It may bo passion that moves tho machinery. But It's wisdom that constitutes -the? machinery. Wo've curbed tho old passions' by setting them to work. Thousands of years ago old man Thales rubbed a plecp of amber and discovered elec tricity. Think for yourself what electricity alone does today! Really think about It. Not simply that lt gives us eloctrlo lights, though thoy do lengthen our days. Not that tho current gives us 1000 creature comforts unknown to Thales, Tho beauty of olec trlclty is that, by doing so much of our work for us, It gives mon tlmo to think. There's where wo havo It on the ancients. Every man Is his own Socrates today, or has his chanco to bo. We'vo got the original man in us still, but wo make more of him. There's tho answer to the spado. felicitous and fruity may remain, like wine, the best at tho last. i. Let us heartily rejoice that It Is our good hap to dwell within the great New England pie belt, and not a thousand miles from certain Justly celebrated pie foundries. Give us liberty or give us death. But, falling that, give us pit. BEFORE AND AFTER From the Grand Rapids Press. What she talked to him about; ' Before their ' Astrohomy Athletics Books Dancing Drama Flowers Immortality Love Muslo Nature . Poetry Travel After their Clothes Clothes Clothes Clothes Clothes ' Clothes Clothes Clothes Clothes Clothes Clothes Clothes ROBERT LANSING'S WORK From the World's Work. Mr. Lansing, the new Secretary of State, Is a glutton for work. When nearly all the rest of the State, War and Navy Building Is dark at night, you can see ilr. Lansing's windows glowing across the White Lot, During the Mex lean crisis a year ago those beacons were burn ing every night, and so they were during May and June, when a gray-beared man, with a companionable briar pipe In his mouth, was working tirelessly behind those windows to help tho President steer us oft the rocks of war with Germany. t THE NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW History will recognize tho, long rang of Woodrow Wilson's prevision and tha consistency of his course from the very beginning of these complications (ove,r the. rights of neutrals on tho sea). New York Bun. Great Britain exercises no sovereignty ot the United States, nor does she have the right to rule the high seas, nor say what Bhall and what Bhall not be sold and delivered by our people to neutral countries. Cincinnati Enquirer Whoever In Chicago may have been at fault specifically In using the Eastland at all, the Federal Administration must bear some measure of responsibility for allowlne- auch a vessel. with such a record ot Instability, to remain la WL orvice. wasnmgion utar. Whatever may be the exact facts In the cat and whatever the exact degree of Mr- Sullivan's Improprieties, the testimony adduced at tba hearings before) Senator Fhelsn made It evident that he had no rightful place In the diplomatic service. Richmond Times-Dispatch. If a hundred billions of dqllara could buy, everlasting peace and safety for Belgium ther, would he much to say for the Wanamaker pinJ and America is not stingy when Its sympathies, are aroused. But bavlne helped on the cause 1 of peaee by ransoming Belgium, what nextt- Sfpringnem Republican. ' AMUSEMENTS B, F, KEITH'S THEATRE CHWJWVT AND TWIMJPTH BTBKKT8 WWWI LILLIAN SHAW .arovstrif Btt fwu, kihi wiuawi uuwv tt B&eppara ana inn' CAPpTB DALS1UEK W4I4. 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