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Hard work, liuptrcd by devotion to principle,
will win in tho long rub, but It doc not
get Us pay every Haturday night.
Port of the Future
THE port of lloston may or mny not lead
tho port of Philadelphia. Lot tho statis
ticians debato that question. It Is trua
nevertheless that tho Now Englnnders havo
accomplished more with fowor natural ad
vantages than wo have.
But tho Important thing for us to con
sider Is: What nro this city and Stnto doing
to cnablo this port to achlcvu Its proper
greatness nt tho close of tho European war
AH New England Is now malting a scientific
study of tho possibilities of trndo with South
America. Boston, In particular, is running
a school for manufacturers to acquaint them
with tho commercial openings in South
America and tho need of Immcdlato action.
Can Philadelphia afford to do less? Not
only this port, but every port nlong the At
lantic Seaboard now has tho opportunity of
a lifetime. Prior to tho war thero may huvo
been somo reason to despair of compotlng
successfully with English and Germnn com
merce. But tho complete paralyals of Gor
mdn commerce and tho partial stoppage of
English trado havo caused South America to
look to tho United States. Our merchants
havo read and dlscusHrd n lot of reports on
South American trade and how to develop
our commorco with Us countries. But what
wo need now Is action, or beforo wo know It
tho war will bo ended and nil Europe going
after South American trndo 'with redoubled
zeal. The United States should remember
that tho only way to got South American
trado Is to go after It with sustained vigor
and Intelligence.
Then tho greatest port on tho Atlantic sea
board will bo that whose manufacturers
show tho most comprehensive understand
ing of tho commerclnl possibilities not only
of South America, but of other countries ns
well. That and that alone will determine
Whether Philadelphia or Boston Is to lead.
September Momentous Month in the Balkans
UNTIL the Greek Parliament meets In
September and Venlzolos takes tho helm
definite developments In tho Balkans need
not bo looked for. Turkey may glvo up rail
roads and cede small bits of territory to Bul
gurla, but the question of how Bulgaria ul
timately lines up will wait on the action of
tho wur party of Greece. That action cun
be no more questioned than tho rapidity
With which Rumania and Greoce will plunge
Into Avar on the side of tho Allies as soon
as Bulgaria Is satisfied.
The Great War so far as Its Immediate
occasion goes is the product of Injustice
south of the Danube. Misery and suffering,
racial and Individual, were sown thero that
peace might prevail In upper Europe, Jt has
not prevailed, and now tho resultant conflict
seems likely to redress oven such minor
wronss as the despoilment of Bulgaria after
the second Balkan war.
According to tho newest dispatches Ser
Vla is ready to cede its claims in Macedonia
to Bulgaria. Though the present govern
ment In Greece standB firm ngainst giving up
the district about Kavala as her share of
what should bo Bulgaria's, the presont
government no more represents tho Greek
people than did the action of King Constan
tino In forcing out Venlzelos on the same Is
sue The Greek voter has given his answer
at the polls. It will remako Balkan align
ments in the course of Heptcmber,
Second Thought of the Progressives
THE New York Herald's political canvass
of the country Is Interesting, but Its dis
closures are not news, n ha8 long been
evident that the Progressives are return
Ins to their old allegiance, and that tho
party will have little Influence, as an Inde.
jenilant organisation noxt year. The New
York Hun diagnosed the situation correctly
when it said that the way to Induce a Bull
Moose to respond to your call i8 to make a
noise nHB an eiepnant
If the Republican leaders act with the
smalleat degree of discretion they can heal
th breach in ths party and present a united
front The Progressives are anxious to act
with their old friends. Many of th.m hav
, ormuii renounced their hereaie of m mi
are (intung congenial surroundings among
their old political associates. Their heads
ar level, even If their Tiearts did lead them
astray, and now that they have had time to
reflect upon the result of their iranuUlve ac
tion they aw ready to take a sober swumd
thought end do whatever sems b to ra
ws the country (Tam m mnwlm tntBtlll0
the Democracy. Tfcay must b wUmd
Willi pen arm m mt awrw inn) agftjwt
tB4B stnnlny.
Mineral Welerf und SJunitieos
TUB general pn of Grmn lim
Command ha? now become clear eve to
atir strawy. Tho btow at Russia, 1
w to Stagger tattt to desiroy. Warsaw In to
to Jtedun Tu Uva arm is tu lodge deep Ja
to ftuika of the Bear Whether the Grand
I l can still e,ap, whether be en holiX
MS Um, mnh ana south, to toier , ctU
jtmai. baceisjog eth dy mart doubtf
Rvta aunty at autBttiaas ha
ftut Am gpBapwu, .p rt I
water haii held out There to the explanation
of Germany's vlrtory.
"The men recelvo three warm meal dally.
Mllllans of bottle of mineral water nro
distributed anions tho men." So nuts
German account. And It Is not surprising
that this army, which can build SO miles
of asphalt roads In two days, has actfom
pllshed the master coup. Fresh meat Is
brought to It dally from Usrlln; tiio very
bread the soldiers eat Is baked In dcrmany.
Mobility Is tho key word of Germany's sue
cess, alid It applies to food as well as to
armies.
General von IJuelow Is right In saying that
comparisons with Napoleon's mission cam
paign are Irrelevant. Napoleon nt Waterloo
was actually farther from home than Von
Llnslngen at Warsaw. Tho Hussion nrmy,
folding In on Itself, Rains nothing by a hun
dred years of Invention. Germany, pushing
forward, gains everything In Its contact
with home, It gains mobility, It gains mu
nitions, and apparently It gains mineral
wafer. It will Hot bo denied.
N'ntlonal Defense Cannot be Improvised
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THE United States should ever bo
drawn Into a great war which God for
bid! there would bo a general and Instan
taneous response to the call for voluntccts.
Americans nro patriotic and they would
not hesitate to light for their country. But
tho will to light docs not make a soldier. It
did not mnlto soldiers of the bravo young
Englishmen who wont to tho trenches In
Franco to meet tho Germnn attnek. Those
young men woro sacrificed because of lack
of training. As General Leonard Wood re
marked to a company of Phllndelphlans nt
tho Itacqttct Club n few weeks ago, they did
not hove a sporting chance. They wero un
evenly mntobed against trained men, and
tho result was what was to be expected.
National dcfcnEO cannot bo Improvised.
Every military man knows this. Lord
Roberts knew 'it years ngo, when ho called
on his countrymen to train themselves for
possible emergencies. Leonard Wood knows
It. Secretory Garrison is not Ignoinnt of It.
And every ono In tho United States, save
tho Immitigable pacifists, Is aware of it.
Tho training camp at Plattsburg, now
filled with business and professional men
ptudylng tho art of life In the open and
tho rudiments of military science, is tho re
sult of tho Increasing appreciation of this
fundamental fact. The response to tho call
for volunteers to prepare for war that peace
may be preserved has been ho general that
there la good reason to hope that national In
difference will soon como to an end, and that
tho cry of "militarism" will be uttered only
by the unthinking or the purblind sentimen
talists. An Increasing number of substan
tial citizens are determined that it war
should como our young men shall have
more than a sporting chance for life in any
combut with a trained enemy.
Peace for a Change
OPERA BOUFFE has been the iord for
revolution In tho little republics of
tho tropic zone. But It docs fnlnt Justlco to
tho latest development In Haiti. Stirred by
the American occupation, Mr. Solon Slenos
note well that "front" name Haitian Minis
ter at Washington, up and dcn.ands that
Unclo Snm guarantoo tho freedom of his
country. It might strike tho casual observer
that If any ono woro In n position to demand
guarantees, it is tho nation which has to
spend time and' money pacifying political
banditti. Haiti might try guaranteeing tho
United States a little peace on Its precious
Island.
Abridging Inalienable Rights
WHO over Imagined that "a olefunt" had
a stomach? Who ever believed that thu
Innumeiablo peanuts of innumerable little
boys and girls could affect such a stomach
If there were ono to bo affected? AVI10 over
fancied that the time would come when
science, more stern than war. moru fanatlo
than superstition, would step in and say
"No" to peanuts?
Tho unalterable "Nix" has been spoken at
the Falrmount Park 5Joo. Tho chief veter
inarian has spoken It and explained that In
digestion has become chronic umong tho
animals. So there aro to be no more peanuts.
W. S. Gilbert, of tho well-known- woids-i
nnd-muslo team of Gilbert and Sullivan,
once commented on tho wisdom of nature,
who was cunning enough to "contrive that
every llttlo boy or gal who comes Into this
world allvo Is either a llttlo Liberal nr
else a little Conservative!" in early' youth
the Liberal strain predominates, and it is
that strain which suggests tho following as
a solution of tho peanut problem:
"Maybe tho olefunts got tho bollyake becuz
nobuddy didn't glvo 'em peanuts enough!"
A Work of Supererogation
THOSE experimented at the Schuylkill
Arsenal who are trying to devise a uni
form' which will make the United states
army Invisible could be employed at a more
profitable occupation. The urmy is too nearly
invisible already.
What the country needs is some device
which will make tho army big enough to be
seen with the naked eye.
Noah acquitted on drunkenness chnrge but
held for fruit lifting.
In spite of the Jitney's fate, tho nickel will
not go out of circulation.
Governor Walsh, of Massachusetts, passes
his plato for a third help qf beans.
"Southern farmers to advertise products."
Hasn't the war done enough of. that?
' ' " ' '
Aftar tho war is over w might us? those
U.m motor ambulaneos aa trailers ( our
spaed rooataea' cars.
Mr. Hay, of Virginia, should be ehalrman
of tbe AuU-wlHUry Commlttw. Ha is the
right wan in the wrmg pUee. T
"Uultod gtata marlnoa sake Haitian ous
t,M Sfeoy wllf ultimately roturn alj but
the tbrae auttoBs a4 tho plugged nickel
Now that the Amarioan note has boon
added to ttte Concert of Powers It Is rather
surprteimr that the Cxar should, as tho head
line Iw it, "spurn overtures."
The Oeioian culture that pUtd a !u
part in developing Amer'ta ut a.wv i-f,m
iZZt, 2;
GWW tBf oeXqjw IMtWMfok atari, lit
THE GENTLE PASTIME
OF TONGUE-TWISTING
Its Virtues Arc Only to Bo Known
by Giving It a Fair Trial He Who
Doesn't Hesitate Is Lost "Sister
Susie's" Sibiliant Ancestors.
By ROBERT HILDRETH
ONE of the delights and ono of tho draw
backsof story telling Is that your audi
tor, or victim, os tho case may be, Is pretty
sure to lell another. And, ort simitar prin
ciples, It Is with considerable trepltlntlon, s
tho orators often begin by saying, that I von
turdupon the present subject the gentle art
of tonguo twisting. For I feci vory suro that
any ono of my renders can como back at 1110
with more twlstnble examples than those
which I am myself oblo to quote. However
that may be, I am reconciled to the proba
bilities by tho reflection that contributions to
tho subject from whatever source must have
tho effect of adding to tho gaiety of a war
Irritntcd public.
Among the simplest of tonguo twisters Is
otto which, as I remember It, was Imposed on
tho comedian of "The Sunshine Girl," who
got nwy with It with llylng colois. I saw
nothing dlfllcult In the test until I attempted
to bIiow my companion how easy It was, and
then 1 commented Inwnrdly but truculently on
tho fnulty enunciation with which so many
of us nro cursed. Tho comcdlnn'o lino ran ns
follows; "She stood nt tho gate welcoming
him In." Heads nil right, of course, but say It
aloud sovcrnl times ns tnpldly ns possible,
Not nearly so unlucky for tho unwaiy ns
thnt ancient stumbling block, "The sea
ceaseth, nnd It sufTlcoth us."
Try This on Your Vocal Cortls
Many of the commoner tongue twisters
have been Introduced or popularized through
tho medium of comic opeia. Tako tho recent
lnstnnco from "Dancing Around." That lit
tle ditty uhout Sister Suslo surely did sing Its
way Into a terrible muddle:
.Slater Kuglo's sewing shirts for soldiers.
Such skill nt sewing shirts our shy young
sifter Sufle shows,
The soldiers send epistle,
S,iv they'd rather sleep in thistles,
Thnn the saucy soft chort shirt for soldiers
S ster Susie sows
Tho tongue-twisting typo of song attained
a great vogue in musical comedy about halt
n dozen years ngo, whon "She sells sea shells
on tho seashore" was all tho rngc. A little
Inter enmo "Which switch is tho switch, mist,
for Ipswich?" Jack Not worth, tho Amerlcnn
comedian, who has lately taken the shlit
song to London, sang In thu British music
halls: Which switch 'Is tho switch, miss, lor
Ipiwlch?
It's the Ipswich switch which 1 require.
Which switch switches Ipswich with this
switch?
You've switched my switch on tho wrong
wire;
You've switched mc on Norwich, not
Ipswich,
So, now, to prevent further hitch,
If you'll tell mo which switch Is Norwich
and which switch
Is Ipswich, I'll know s'whlch Is s'whlch. 1
Thu origin of not a few tonguo twisters
must bo sought in antiquity, Ilko that favor
ite ono of everybody's youth:
Peter Piper picked a peck of prickly pickled
poppers;
If Peter Piper picked a peck of prickly
pickled ppppem,
Wlieie's the peck of prickly pickled peppers
Peter Piper picked?
If this Is nllltorntlon, mnko tho most of It!
But very likely I havo misquoted tho ancient
clusslc, and If anybody can set mo right I
shall bo vory much obliged.
Tho Three Tiny Tree Toads
Thero also Is a pleasant story about how
"Three tiny tico toads tried to trot to Troy,"
but all I remember of it Is tho first line. It's
"vers libre." of a sort, llko tho Poter Piper
poem, but that's nothing, for V, P. A. hua
demonstrated that tho weather report can bo
turned Into free verso.
Some of the tonguo twisters ore especially
adapted to serve as testa of cbrlety. Curi
ous tact, by tho way, obout that word
"ebrlety." Thought It wns nntonymous to
"Inebriety." After all, neither worn Is tho
ono 1 wanted. Degrees of Intoxication, how
over, may bo fairly well detei mined by goad
ing the subject with somo such tonguo
twister ns "He' started straight up Stuto
street," until ho Indignantly accepts your
challenge and says never mind, but oven a
sober man might fall down on a tusk, no
harder than saying "Shaq n cedur shingle
thin" several times In rapid succession.
Try another. Try "Toy boats, toy boats,
toy hoats, toy boats, toy boats," and keep it
up till you see what happens. If that's too
easy learn this by heart: "I say, John, peo
ple say you say 'I say' to everything I do
suy, I say, John: but oven If I do say 'I say'
to everything I do say, I say, John, it's
no reason for you to say I say 'I say' to
everything I do say, I say, John."
On the same order Is the story of Esau:
"Esau sawed wood. Esau Wood would
saw wood. All the wood Esau Wood saw,
Esau Wood would saw. in other words, all
tho wood Esau saw to saw Esau sought to
saw. All tho wood Wood would saw! And,
oh! the wood-saw with which Wood would
saw wood. But one day Wood's wood. saw
would saw no wood, and thus tho wood Wood
sawed was not the wood Wood would saw
If Wood's wood-saw would saw wood. Now,
Wood would saw wood with a wood-saw that
would saw wood. So Esau sought a saw
that would saw wood; and one day Esau saw
a saw saw wood as no other saw would
saw wood. In fact, of all the v-ood.saws
Wood over saw saw wood. Wood novor saw
a wood-saw that would saw wood as that
wood-saw Wood saw saw wood; and so I
saw Esau Yood saw wood wth the wood
saw Wood saw saw wood."
The Duel of Shot and Not
Ono there was a diiel between two men
named Shot and Not. Not that there ever
were two men named Shot and Not, but the
duel Is described thus:
"Shot shot the flrtit shoL and the shot Shot
shot shot not Not, and the shot Not shot
shot not Shot, tw Shot shot again, and ayalii
tho shot Suot shot shot not Not. but the shot
Not shot shot Shot, so Not won aotwlth.
standing."
But hero's rhyming tongu.wltr:
atty Better bouut some butter.
But h aaU, "TbU butter's bitt-;
If J put It to ray batter.
It wBl maks my batter ottter.
But a bit o- better butter
Would but make by batter bttter "
80 tM bought bit of butter
Better lhau th bitter bUr
ita 'twa better Betty Batter
Bougbt s bit o' better butter
Jtay Uw gmtto mtime at toaue-twuung
SPEAKING THE PUBLIC MIND
Varied Views of Readers on Topics of Timely Interest Opinions
on the Outlook in National Politics Further Comment
on the Delights of the "Forbidden Road."
To the V.dltor of the Krenlny I.ctlocr:
Sir Tho four amendments to the constitution
of Pennsylvania me to bo submitted to vote "f
th people In November In a manner never
before attempted, that Is, by a concuircnt res
olution covering tluee and another concuriont
icfolutlan coveilng one amendment, Instead of
by an net of the Legislature- specifically com
manding each amendment to bo suhmltti-d. Tliu
taws approved by the Goveinois submitting all
the amendments whleh lim-e been adopted Mnco
1874 nro to bo found in tho pamphlet laws of
IMt 1001. 1D11 nnd l'lll If a meie concuriciit
lesolutlmi la sitflkleut for the pmposc, It scemi
strange tint nil the Governois nnd Attorney
Ocncnils '.ml legislation steiieis thnt lmc been
nt Hnrrlsburc ne.-er dlscovetcd It until now.
Tho locnll of the Legislature In extraordinary
pesclon Is not too high a price to pa for tho
preservation of tho strictest icspect for con-
rtltut'onnl order and regularity It would be
better thnn cultivating the habit of blundering
legislators In snylmr: "Let her go, Unllaghcr;
wo will hne a case steered to the Supremo
Coutt nnd It will coricct our blunders."
JAMES YUAHSLUV.
Philadelphia, August 5..
NON-PARTISANSHIP OF FATE
To the lSdltor of the Evcnlnp Ledyci :
Sir Kindly allow mo to reply that our Presi
dent, Mr. Wilson, wns not elected by tho nation,
but b fate. Therefore, fnto Is neither Demo
ciritlc nnr Republican. You can't any "tho next
President must bo n Republican," for into
might put tho United States under tho German
rule. Who can tcll7
Tho world's prince of merchants, John Wnnn
mnlter, has mole than onco said tiio Democratic
tariff Is workable. Even honest bnnklng houses
nnd business nnd manufacturing houses admit
much workable good In those very enacted
laws which your paper Is telling the country
nro, to nil Intents nnd purposes, destroying nil
business and spreading haidsbip, misery and
suffering of nil kinds Can this paper publish
such monstrous untruths? Can a Woodrow
WINon wish nothing but ruin for this great
Republic? Hut nfter nil, there wns an Ananias
In the days of St. Peter who smote him dead,
so there nre Industrial Ananlascs among us.
Alas! lamentably and unfortunately. Journalistic
Anonlnses, too I leid a Democratic pnper In
the morning and a Republican paper In tho
evening. Oh, my' Thou, tho Evbnino Lkdobii!
A DISAPPOINTED READER.
Philadelphia, August 8.
AMERICA'S NEXT PRESIDENT
To the Editor of the Kventny Lcdycr:
Sir I cannot let go unchallenged your edl
torlnl, "Next President Must Be a Republican,"
In tho Evbnino LnoaF.n of today. You say the
policies of tho present Administration nro un
scientific, childish nnd destructive. I say they
aro scientific, manly and constructive. You say
the noxt President must bo a Republican. 1 say
ho must bo a Democrat and will be a Democtat.
Who Is right?
Wnodraw Wilson on one occasion during tho
c-impalgn of 1912 said: "It is an Intolerable
thing thnt tho Government of tho Republic
should have got so far out of tho hands of tho
people: should have been captured by Interests
which nto special and not general." On another
occasion ho said' "The Government of tho
United Stntes In icctnt years has not been
administered by tho common people of tho
United States." The American people will no
longer toletnte this.
The Republican paity, ns now constituted,
will never be In control of the Federal Govern
ment again It. S. M.
Philadelphia, August 9
THE UNFORBIDDEN ROAD
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir The plctme of the so-tullcd "foibldden"
road along tho Wlssahlckon In your paper of
the 2d Instnnt attracted my attention. It should
not bo (.ailed "foibldden" because automobjllsts
nre not permitted to use tho load. The beauti
ful Wlssahiikon Is open to motorists up to Lin
Loin Drive. If the rest of the road wero opened,
it would mean the widening of the road, the ro
pairing of the road for automobiles and the
building of n pavement. To widen the load
either a stono wall would of needs ba built
along the meek or a few feet of tho taAerlng
hills would be taken down at their bottom.
This would take the charm and inspiring tone
from the creels. The tustle beauty would be no
moie The only place of real rest In tho Park
would bo gone. Lives of perrons who prefer
walking rather than motoring would be endan
gered. Numerous turns and sharp curves along
the road would Invito auto accldentB. 1 have
frequented this shady, cool nnd pleasant road
for Mrs, and I hope for tho good of all that
motors be kept from It, believe me.
t,hl, , , , ,NAT"AN llALK GOODMAN,
Philadelphia, Augutt 8,
A PROTEST FROM THE SOUTH
To the Sditor of the flveuinp ledger.-
SirThat all of Briton's defenders have not yet
answered Kitchener's Impassioned appeals for
recruits 1b evidenced by the teply of "John
Bull." of Palmyra, N. j' to my reSent JomJStt
on- the enlarging scope of the American Lesion,
"John, Bull" t evidently laboring under tml
Impression that this nation is yet a colony of
Great Britain, and as such should do " u bit"
in the unpleasantness now raging Just over the
pond, ths said -bit," of course, to uT MrformSd
i?l England's behalf Any predilection of anv
or our cltlMns toward tV tEE& p?rw
should undor tbtoe oondltlons bo treated il hlBh
treason, or worse. , a nigh
Now, John overlooks the faet thit the greater
part of this nation has never sien a BrUlsh
flag. v on a circus tent or wagon! and a, the
majority of the inhabitants of ' thu TafoJsaid
pcrttoo of tho country have lad no 2Wn
trMP.hyi.U 'S. any further that
!.. 'J . BrUuh cotony dependent" un
John Bull U evidently not Interested in
ton, at Uaat ,t frw th, oATataalSL'."
the , , , So wTo h?vW
eoHoa fcu from nlly aaytoJS Jm IS Jt
Att0 Uli. vattj, fwt ,22 UMFaj'J Bd
"thank heaven that this country has such a
guide ub John Bull."
Tho rnrmeis of the South havo been raising
for neatly IPO venrs tho major part of the cot
ton ciop of tho world. Any Intel ference with
their deserved nnd legitimate piotlts nnd sales
affects lndiiectly the piosperlty of the nation.
That tho United States should stand calmly by
and see Unglaiul tell us to whom we shall and
shall not sell this commodity, In defiance of nil
International law, Is bcond belief,
Xo doubt this nrinngcment would be consld
eicd eminently piopei b the manuractureis of
ammunition, etc , and also the pro-Allies cle
ment genet ally, but theio Is a considerable pro
portion of this nation's citizens who havo no
particular Intel est, financial or sentimental. In
the outcome of the Euiopenn wnr, and from
these people comes this protest.
E. A. CUE WES.
Fott Worth, Tex., August 7.
ATROCITIES AND ATROCITIES
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir I should llko to call tho attention of our
Intelligent condors, who arc presumably close
observers of the present European war, to n
certain dark phase of it. While tho search
light of publicity has been turned on this wnr
ns never beToro throush those far-reaching In
struments of modem civilization, wireless nnd
telegraph, used by tho most gifted brains of
the present century, tho war correspondents,
yet by a inuto understanding or, to bo moro
oiuni, a conspiracy, a cll of ghastly silence is
drawn over tho atrocities committed against
a certain defenseless race, tho scapegoat of
humanity, compared to which tho Belgian
atrocities aro a mere child's spanking to tho
tortures of tho Inquisition. I mean tho fiendish
cruelties practiced by tho Russian Government
on tho Jewish mco in Russia, hemmed in as
they nto bv monstrous laws along the border,
where the present conflict l raging, nnd suf
ferings the In tint of tho battles. Tho Russian
Government, adding Insult to Injury under tho
pretext that thev might spy on the Russian
nimy, where their husbands, fathcis, brothers
nnd sons to the number of 300,000 Hebrews nro
lighting shoulder to shoulder with their moro
fortunate countrymen, thousands of whom havo
won military medals for bravery, granted by
unwilling military odiccrs with iintl-Jewlsh
sentiments, nns destroyed and burned every vll
ago and tow 11 w ith a considerable Jow'sh popu
lation In oil of Russian Polnnd between tho
nnl St1" nnd.th0yistuln. spuilng neither sex
in mi m t, ,Th0 unhol nlllnnte of Ens
land with Russia muzzled the English press
curling'0 ,tlell!y;rn,c' ""lid to the blood
hut wbfl M?nSt'.03"IP,s ,nf tl10 nusslau Czar,
but while thcic Is a shadow of e.vnse for them
er,mM ',"" rr,,s s,,on cn"K'' tS condemn
the attitude of certain American newspapers
who bowull tho destitution of a cathcdrMIn
"hot awfu,in "f V.er W,"" " '"" niice
,2; f J' cats"-oiho of (i rnce whose chil
dren are foun" on every battlefield. . .
Philadelphia. August 9. P' FIKnjtA;s'
A RACE OF FIGHTERS
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger-
n,?i!r"S.,you thln, tho Ooimnns nro no better
flrs "n ho other nations and that peace
will be declared In Berlin. Well, the Germans
Ho landers nnd Scandinavians constltuto t"ie
"-Sft.J'.f ro '"0. world's "sn'rdlesL
MJSS,HHH
pure blooded to form' an op nlon 0 the Pu
K Wi!!!- I0" "f ttor go up among yo.rhcon
'n the Euro-
tmong your cousins.
a tell
rlan,
3 out
(chllil s
Inches, now hi i.SA"' .VE" "!c?.Bl.,ent 31
recrultlno. o. , .7 "' "e ''."S"6'' "my
In
:i'j!;sus,i8,-
any-
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ou
TnBTo7rXt-l7uhave not eot the
Philadelphia, August 9 .A 8CAXDfAVIA.N.
to 5G THEnEs70NSIDIUTY
To Hi- Editor of ,he E.emng Ledger:
'UeSBkWUaVewrihm"c? lntTtert " tho
Phrase. "The way to resume ia.flpUo'' ' tho
Horace Greeley No doubt vo.- - rfe'" to
are right In so doing .but on n?.r,r68poncle,lt
the saying to Salmon i n, ' U,em qredl'
elves tho authorshlp'to joi,hsse aniJ ano"'er
one of them corradtm? V h I ' Bherman. Neither
"The way to Simeon ,. ?nuotw,0 to read,
patiently wultlnT" hear ' rB.n?lUI,,"', J "
told me Horace Oreeleyid it h1Q ma" who
chapter and vee second WhQ.?uted
rather meet him face to fa ,houBht, I'd
Cymvjd, pa.. AuBlJgt 0 SAilUEL "ARRib,
LINCOLN RELIGiOi vir,,
rXi0TitZTinTilon '
w written tVe Vroimnen? o.,MrUnc-
Ourney, and la oS J .?WKw, HHja p
pnal ReooUiotlono," lituid ? ' h "Por
tion. Tho letter foltowo- Private cirouta-
AT&mi forootton,
occasion when tSJI'h .vey Imprtasiv.
w a Sabbath oftWooow two v vWt,(d
has your kind letter, writtL1" ,- Nor
later. tv u..'..' searlv n VI
later, ever been forgoiui t? JT!ly. a yr
your purpose to stri,Vto?n my riu-i' "
I am much indebted lo uZ tVn Q
PWleof tlecountrforthJ, CJlrttn
and eonsolatioa,, a7d to n0 L ' mm?
than to yourself. The purSSaw A. ,hfm W0
aro perfect and must prevail th Afly
lna4yanee w8 hoBe TtOr a h p,7e,v them
of UOa tarrtbto ar ione tLT10"
knows beat and has ruwJi ..... e . bl Uod
vw uiiimnn, ns 1 Ililnlf i hm.
?xSi
ft i i ',:'.""' 'c'1" mo tiny boy
-- iiii.il in rinirrii i.
otdalns. Suiely Ho intends some great ilS
f,4rt,ill rt.,,1.1 l.mlrn ntnl . .......h! t. . . '
"Your people the Friends havo had, and!
me having a greit trial. On nrlncihi. is
faith, opposed to both war and oppression, tfij
can only practically oppose oppiesslon by fiti
In this hold dllemmn some have chosen iff
nviii unu suuiu uiu uuii'i. rur loose appcaHrf
to mo on conscientious grounds, I have doii
and shall do. tho best I could and can, lnmj
own conscience under my oath to the Lord.' Thu?
you believe this I doubt not and bcllevlnt t'
x nmui 01111 ntvuc lui uu v-wuunj anu nlficll
jour cnuicst pinycrs 10 our ramer in llcarci
1110 unurenman.
THE LAY OF FRIED CHICKEN
A Delectable Distinction, in Which Iridiaai
Claims to Lead the Whole World,
Tho llrst day of September has been set ailjl
as "Fried Chicken Unj" In Missouri, and la
ccry town where there la an organization
afhllatcd with the State Poultry Association jf
day picnics with fried chicken ns tho chief Hif
will be in Older. ,:
it Is no more thnn right to do honor toi
fowl that ndds much to tho prosperity of 11$
sourl, though whether tho hlid onjojs inki
slaughtered for the sako of celebrating Itself tt
n uucsiion; out inuiann, wnero nlso poultry Up
gieat nnd piofitablc crop, does not need a ipt
ci.il day for showing Its annicciation of chMna!
by eating it In Indiana any and every di?
when the ,s. c. of 1. permits Indulgence In, tw
lllVlirv (m frlnrl rhlpknn rlnv hi,, 5?i,,lnv U !
clallj sacred to the delectable dish 4
Fi led chicken at Its best, fried chicken l it
can ue anu hiiouici oe. is Known only In the MM'
fllo Aest ami .South, nnd nowhere has the arf!
of frying it been so well masteied as in lull
ci'aua. iow ungianu lias fricasseed chicken;
smothered chicken, baked chicken, but to Jrfcl
chicken in Its perfection it is a stranger, fit
uuiu storage cnicaen 10 wntcn Eastern cltld
aro condemned docs not nossess trvine nrowr.
ties. Eiied chicken is tho reliance and the com
fort of tho country housewife in emergency, A
fat pullet is beheaded. Its feathers removed, 4U
noay iiismemDercu ann tno pieces placed In tin
frying pan bfore tho unexpected guest has tlmi
to think of dinner. In an hour or less froir
tho timo that unsuspecting pullet was pin-eiilni
tnu uiuaivD iiun iv is servuii smoKing noi upo:
tho tnblo with nil tho "fixings' cream grart
hot biscuits and other toothsome dalntles-ul
Is fullllllng the highest nurnoso of Its bclnc. thai
of giving keen gratification to the Indiana sj-
Iciue
Tho fried chicken dinner Is nn Institution
Incllnnu. Its fame lias traveled fnr. It k
served In its perfection on tho prhato tab!J
.,.,, luuuBia iium iunK uisinnces 10 wayrci
inns ana nuns to tuo Joy of living It lias joQcl
to do with Hoosler serenity of mind and healt!
of body. Missouri mny hnvo Its ono chicle?
any; inuinna's celebration of the bird Is
tinuous. Tciro Hauto Star.
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
President Wilson', aim is to tench the, M:
leans tbn A R P nf I'nminmi.iiaiud Vow Yftrl
Evening Post. a
If President Wilson's defense messace cat
somo of his other productions In pith nnd potffl
It ought to start things humming. Chtoiy
norma. n
Xo, tho name of tho gentleman who fid
nounced tho Invisible government in New TH
State was Root, not Bovorldge Kansas CiM
limes,
Henry James has become n nrit sh subltil
atld tlin hnnn la nvn, a.,1 l,n I.a ,,.111 lifir4ft;
wiito his books In tho EngllBh languajca
uievciana nam Dealer.
StraiiRO that nil tlin Ooii-nn. American I'M
rleties are urKlnc "nence"- nnd that not one 1
them Is advising ua to prepare fo, defene.Sj
un oireci journal,
America cannot rely any longer upon EwelM,
io nuu innrKets for American goods ana ,
cany u,o booos. America must llnd ner o
marxcts and do her own carrying Des JIoH
"CIEHCT
The AVest can cnln mmn Irten of the wild!
radical character of the New York constlij
tlon.ll convention whnn it i mm thnt EllB
Root Is the leader of the progressive elemeij
-tmr orit worm.
If OUr naw is Stroncr nnnuirh tn bold Its 0'
against the navy of any forelun foe. the Pmrf
iw cnai ih wire. Preparedness must conc
iin in large part with Panama The w"
way presents one of the strongest arguroe
.... .. Biwmr navy. unicago IJcnlng ron
THE POOL AT THE PLAYGHOUN0
Thaio Is bvhii dell; o stp iwuy
Unero. is a pool of water in the mrk
The "el! is filled with children at their r'aftj
ihe pool is still and undisturbed nn.l darfci
The Vale Is SUnllt. under elenr. hlnn skies.
And far from slums where foul disease la rifj
aiih iiuo, is motionieaa to human cys.
But 'neath its surface there Is teeming lifl
Th elty knows itw young must have a ku
iiim nine cnuilron need a. chame to play:
,!ro la a sunllt vley In the park
There is a quiet poal-a, step away
Who S the mourner whan a hK ,lla
Where thousands hive, what la the life of
Tho busy city has nn (I. no fr .i.i,.
The days are brief for what is to be done.
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AMUSEMENTS
B. F, KEITH'S THEATRI
UlllWTHUT and TWELFTH KIKtt ra
WHOLE
GENE HODGKINS
SHOW
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HITS!
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