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PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY. SEPTEMBBn U. Itlf ,
Ths man too bitty to take care of hit health
U like the spendthrift who squanders
hU fortune.
GREATER TRANSIT PROBLEM
WHILE the Mayor was breaking ground
for an extension of the rapid transit
ayntem within the limits of the city tho first
electric passenger train began to run be
tween Broad Street Station and Faoll
for the accommodation of the great sub
urban district along1 the main lino of the
Pennsylvania Railroad.
It Is as Important that the men who wish
to bring up their families In the country
should be accommodated by frequent and
fast trains' bb that the men who live In
the city should be carried quickly and
cheaply to their work, Tho development of
the suburbs Is as essontlal to the growth
of Philadelphia as the development of the
till unoccupied territory govorned from the
City Hall. Every house built within a
radius of 25 miles from "William Penn's
bronze hat means more business for this
city. This Is the centre of supply fort a
constantly Increasing population within the
metropolitan district. Tho managers of the
Pennsylvania Railroad are awake to their
opportunities and to their duty to solve the
rapid transit problem. They promise to ex
tend the electrification of all their suburban
lines as rapidly as possible. The Reading
la expected to do bb much for the districts
which it serves'.
THE REVERSIBLE COLONELS
TWEEDLE-DUM, Colonel, U. S. A., and
Tweedle-Dee, Colonel, U. S. A., the famous
Ex-es, are In dire straits. It seems that
presently little children will have dlfflculty in
telling them apart.
Tweedle-Dum used to be against peace. Ho
was the only ex-Presfdent of America who
was for war at any price. Tweedle-Dee
used to be against preparedness. They were
as unlike as two Colonels could be.
Vet within a few weeks Tweedle-Dum
wrote with tearful prldo of the seven years
of his Administration during which no. war
despoiled hla country. Within the last seven
days Tweedle-Dee has countered with the ex
traordinary suggestion that this country pre
pare for war by striping the land, zebra-like,
with Kreat roads on which the unarmed, un
choftled citizenry might ride against the en-
y to be shot down like dogs.
Which Colonel Is which, anyhow?
WHY FOREIGN BANKERS ARE IIERE
NO ONE should fall into the error of
assuming that the result of the negotia
tions now in progress between a delegation
of Britisli and French bankers and the lead
ing financial men of the United States is in
teresting only to the bankers. Every branch
of American industry will be affected by It.
New York is at present the financial capi
tal of the world. The United States is Belling
to Europe about $100,000,000 every month
more than It is buvlntr. The Heht nt Kurnnn
to America is piling up so fast that it is
imperative that some way be found for pay
'ng.lt now. or funding It for future navment.
If it is Impossible to reach some agreement
eetistactory to both side the exports must
atop, nbt only exports of munitions of war,
but, exports of the products of the farms and
factories.
The situation Is very simple: A solvent
customer who has bought more than he can
pay for at the present time still needs our
roods; If we will make fuvorable terms for
future payment he will continue to buy.
Otherwise he must get along as best ho can
without what we sell. The progress of the
negotiations will be followed with Intense
Jterest by every Intelligent American who
wnderatanda the Importance of the confer
ence, both for its effect upon present busi
ness conditions and for Its relation to the
position which the United States Is to occupy
as the great creditor nation for a long time
to corno.
WHO READS THE BEST SIX NOVELS?
IN THE symposium conducted by the Pub
lic Ledger on the best six novels In Bng.
Ilsh. "Vanity Fair" was the choice of half
of the 28 voting novelists. "Tom Jones" was
econd. The masterpieces of Dickens, Scott.
Jlawthorue and Defoe were mentioned," and
HW recent novelists Hardy alone found
high place.
Tfc extraordinary thing about the chosen
Me ) that they are not frequently read.
-ft one takes Into uecount their prestige and
Mf. jMtMfelty which has been given them by
W" 0 emica. they are really far be
ta -wx-ocst-seiiers" of last month.
MK admits they aro great; few know
Koauaa 't ew read thnm atnurfiiu.
t. ni th reasons for this unhappy cir.
MM lei that many of thn s-rnateat
twIm are required reng In schools, "Tom
Jones' t whtwB required, and the affection
Jt a;te la u,ch greater than that of the
thi, Tar ay thoughtful readers Scott
la polldd farevar because JfO pages hod to
tm ra4 by "next Tuesday " "DayW Copper
,lell" U Ketnembared merely because it la n
'tulTaraiilf rvwtoen you happen to be pra
raring tor a quia , "Be prepare to
duteuMi the ,obaractar of laaetiy by' h
ruin "Yautty fjr" r4rivaily far M.m
pottiitiul lfera of araat vaW,
of Lur, tola W aw arsMaat
EVENING LBDGER-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBEB 13, 19B:
teaching of literature In schools, It la an
Argument for teaching literature not as les
sons and assignments, but as part of life, a
good and great part. If they were so taught
the "greatest six novels might also be tho six
most read.
THE CRIME OF INDIFFERENCE
rpilE most depressing fact dlsolosed In con-
nectlon with tho registration of the voters
is that of tho 386,000 citizens entitled by ago
or residence to cast their ballot In tho No
vember election, only 280,000 havo qualified.
This Is about 1C.00O mo'ro than last year,
but It Indicates that a great mass of citizens
aro still Indifferent to their public obliga
tions. The unregistered citizens nro mndo up of
two classes. Tho very poor, who are too
closely confined by their toll to find time to
vote or to tako any Interest In how the city
Is governed, composed one group. The well-to-do
business men, who think that local
politics Is too unimportant for them to In
terest themselves In, compose the other
group. Tho very poor continue to bo In
different all tho year. Tho man of means
who neglects his duty denounces the locnl
government when ho finds that his tax bill
Is too largo, or that tho pavement In front
of his store or factory Is In bad repair, or
that the water supply In polluted, or that
the garbage Is not removed from his door
by tho political contractor, who Is more In
terested in the profits of his contract than
In tho faithful performance of his work.
All tho fraud and corruption and graft and
mlsrulo that have disgraced American cities
for generations have sprung from tho indif
ference of the electorate. And the samo In
difference has been responslblo for the elec
tion of Congressmen who represent party
machines instead of the great mass of voters.
Thero aro about 26,000,000 men of voting age
entitled to asRlst In choosing a President,
At least 20,000,000 ought to go to the polls
every four years. Tho total number of votes
cast for presidential electors In 1912, how
ever, was only a little more than 16,000,000.
Not more than 260,000 of tho 386,000 voters
In this city will vote on November 2. What
cou"ld not the other 136,000 do for tho re
demption of Philadelphia If they could be
aroused from their indifference and per
suaded to combine with tho large and in
creasing body of citizens fighting for clean
and representative government herel
BLESSED PEACE OF THE POOR
THERE are compensations even In pov
erty. No humble widow, sitting by her
lamp In tho evening, ever dreads the ap
proach of a burglar tempted by the brilliant
diamonds which she wears, for tho simple
reason that she wears nono.
She Is not worried, ither, lest her men
servants' and maid servants are criminals
conspiring to rob her, for the simple, reason
that she does her own work.
Tho New York widow with several hun
dred thousand dollars' worth of Jewls, who
was found dead after a visit of burglars,
would have been alive today If her only
diamond had been the one In the engage
ment ring her husband gave her.
INTERNATIONAL SURPRISE
INABILITY to understand the wisdom or
tho seamen's law Is international. The
lawmakers were informed in advance that
if they passed tho bill the American-owned
ships on the Pacific Ocean would be com
pelled to change their registry and fly the
flag of some other nation. But tho "rehablll
tators" of the merchant marine persisted in
their mistaken policy. Now the vice presi
dent of the Kobe Chamber of Commerce,
who is In this country, announces that tho
Oriental mind cannot comprehend tho wis
dom of a legislative policy which has forced
tho Pacific Mall Steamship Company out of
business and delivered Japanese business
men over to the tender mercies of the Jap
anese steamship monopoly. So long as the
Pacific Mall ships were operated there was
competition In freight rates to the advan
tage of the shippers, but freights are now
going up and business Is suffering. "
This Is exactly what was prophesied
when Congress was considering the bill. It
ought not to be too much to expect that Con
gress will admit Its mistake and do Its ut
most to correct it when It meets In De
cember. The diplomatic procession
Dumba leading the way.
has started,
Baldwin's Is not knitting socks for soldiers,
but building trucks for Russia.
"Mall Men for Suffrage" Headline,
not let them express themselves?
Why
Mr. Taft has discovered by this time that
it Is dangerous to arouse the suffragists.
England Is focused by Germany of lack
of candor. It's not half so bad as lack of
ammunition.
A London department store owner has
criticised President Wilson, For not mark
ing down the goods?
Sarah Bernhardt has discovered that a
wooden leg is not .so good as a real one.
So have many soldiers.
That decoration conferred on John D.
Rockofeller by Servia Is more beauttful than
the one Ida Tarbell gave him.
They used to say that whom the gods
love die young, but we have learned that
early deaths are more often caused by
parental peglect or ignorance.'
Bryan thinks that the best way to pro
vide Europe with money Is to buy back tho
American securities. But they say that most
of those held have already been sold.
Sir William Van Home became a British
subject before he was knighted. Other
Americans who have transferred their alle
giance would like to know how Sir William
njfanaged to persuade Queen Victoria to give
him ji title. Thoy tried In vain.
If the war doea not Jaat much longer, tho
tojal normal yearly Income of the German
Empire will ba Just sufficient to pay pen
sions and the Interest on the national debt,
wifr nothing I-rft to carry n the Govern -nt.
It mty b a, go4 tjilpfr for Oerman
taxpayers If the JMsiaiaa at tka AlWaa cevuaa
a rapudltM U th
CURIOUS USES OP
PERSONAL NAMES
The Punster Is One of the Least
Mitigated of Pests, as a Few Ex
amples of His Madness Are
Sufficient to Prove
By RAYMOND G. FULLER
DUMBA, according to The Atrocious Pun
ster, was Archibald out. The Atrocious
Punster said something elso about Dumba
the other day Dumbn, dumb, I forget how
It went. This Is indeed a pun-stirring age.
Its canons are merciless. They are no
respecters of persons. Anybody nnd any
thing may become their food. "Who put
th nick In the Grnnd Duke Nicholas?" So
It goes, only worse than that. If possible.
Whoever has a punnablo nnmo knows how
It Is. Mr. Shott, for Instance, or Mr. Wiley;
but especially a man with n pame that can
bo compnred, like Long, longer, longest, or
Swift, swifter, swiftest. Kllno's lot Is cosier
thoro Is more variety: In-Kllne, ro-Kllne,
de-Kline.
Stone "Knocks" Wood
Consider such a conversation as this:
"Good morning, Mr. Stone. How nro Mrs,
Stone and all tho little pebbles?"
"Good morning, Mr. Wood. And how aro
Mrs. Wood and all tho llttlo spllnters7"
A clear case of knocking wood.
Andy Jackson, In a law case once on a
time. Is said to havo quoted from Bacon
that ho had bought at the butcher shop.
"Upon close scrutiny of my bacon," he be
gan. Jackson reminds me that In school I
learned how some of our family nnmes origi
nated Jack's son, Will's son, ct cetera. And
what n -allant sound had Shnke-spcarol
But puns and pscudo puns!
Wasn't It Nick Longworth's father who
entertnlned tho poot Longfellow on that oc
casion when somebody remarked on tho
similarity of names and Henry W. quoted
Pope:
Worth makea the man, and want of it the fellow?
I wouldn't call that a pseudo pun.
Thon there aro the Inevitable nicknames.
Cook Is or used to be called "Doc." Claus,
of course, Is "Santa." Murphy Is sure to
bo hailed as "Spud," unless Murphy Is
neither good natured nor smaller than you
are. You want to look out for Murphy. Re
member his nationality.
Hook's Seasonable Puns
Theodore Hook and Thomas Hood ex
changed many a quip on their names. Hook
was a member of1 a little party Invited ono
evening to the home of one William Pepper, ,
so It is reported, and greeted his host with
these rellshable words: "How happy you
must be, Mr. Pepper, to see your friends all
mustered!" An Impromptu verso of Hook's
containing another seasonable pun was In-)
spired by the roport of a servant that a tax
collector named Winter was at the door.
The servant was probably too well accus
tomed to his master's ways to be much
astonished when Hook answered:
Here comee Mr. Winter, collector of taxes,
I advlae you to pay him whatever he axea,
Tou had much better pay him without any flum
mery; Though Winter's his name, his proceedings aro
summary.
In the days of Cromwell's Protectorate, tho
adherents of Charles would sometimes drink
together, eating a crumb of bread with a
draught of wine and uttering tho pious wish,
"God send his crumb well down."
There was once a man nampd Knlghtley,
who was fond of decanting on the antiquity
of his family. Escaped from his presence,
his victims sang, or maybe they did:
And Kntrhtley to the listening earth
Ilecounts tho story of his birth.
Pretty hard on old Addison, after all ho
had written In discouragement of punning.
But other "familiar quotations" have been
utilized In a similar way. There's not tho
least shadow of doubt that the senior Sen
ator from Massachusetts not seldom devout
ly wishes that nobody had ever written that
Imperishable lino:
Oh, for a lodo In soma vaat wlldemeesl
But he might Hko to be there, neverthe
less. The interest In names, however, does not
depend on punning. Long names furnish a
great deal of amusement, I am told. Tako
tho other name of Webster Lake, In Massa
chusetts It's Chargoggogogmanchaugga
gogchabungungaumaugg. Wonder how news
paper readers would like to have the theatre
of war transferred to Wales, where thrives
the peaceful town of Llanfalrpwllgynllgogry
chwyrndrobwllllantyslllogogogogoch. Would
not that help Webster Lake to set the world
agog? A few weeks ago the State archeol
oglst over In New Jersey discovered Quee
quaconnlsslqueenk Creek, But those aro
place names, not personal. Personal names,
of course, are tho names that people call one
another. Though I doubt If anybody out In
Mollne, III., ever called Demetrlos Pappathe
othorokoummountorgeotopoulos, of 626 16th
street, by his right name. It looks musical,
however. You might try It on your piano.
Smith's "Much Tribulation"
The pension roll of Australia contains the
name of Through Much Tribulation We En
ter tho Kingdom of Heaven Smith. Fate
couldn't conceal this man by naming him
Smith, But when anybody, in discussing
people's names, gets to the Smith family ho
ought to stop. But even Smith has some
advantage over Specknoodlo. You all know
the old story. I won't tell It. I've tried to
tell It at home several times, but my young
son always asks mo to tell my other one.
Two college chums, you remember. A vUlt,
Grandmother. Deaf. Introduction. Grand
mother asks to have name repeated. Grand
son shouts, "Specknoodle!" Shouts it several
times. Grandmother gives up. Says, "Sounds
to me just like Specknoodlo." But that's a
chestnut. How would you like to havo a
name like Nutt?
JCnott!
POOR JOHN BARLEYCORN
AH His Old Friends Aro Fast Slipping
Away Lonesome John.
Poor old John Barleycorn.
Ope by one his laurels are falling from him,
his friends slipping away the friends who uved
to give him their hard-earned money just to
be In his presence.
Not long ago he was a jolly good fellow.
When he entered carea were cast aside, worries
forsotten and the world became rosy. Men of
prominence In tho world's affairs slapped him
on the back, called him a good friend and
honored him with golden words of poetry.
But John played a losing game one bound to
beat hlrn In the end. Toasts of "Tonlgrht" were
drunk with rousing cheers, forgetful of the
"tomorrow." But the "tomorrowa" cam with
retentions persistency and with them came the
disillusionment. Employers Ierpe4 to know
th "hajurover" look or thay wera not long em
ployers. Jaanployes learned thla, and, bowing
to elHelaacy, null John.
la Mar, aaattat daaaatai. Aha atUk u th
back door with clothing bedraggled, to id rink
himself Into forgetfulneeis. One by one his pet
sayings have succumbed to the sane light or
reason. Pictures are painted with steadier hands
and poem sung with clearer reason.
I can tlrlhk today nnd let it alone tomorrow,
said one of John's friends. But that friend is
deml.
"My boss drinks, no why shouldn't I drlnkr
asked another friend. But that friend has lost
his Job. The boss went broke.
'Tou can't hurt a drunken man," said an
other, ns ho fell down a flight of stono steps,
got up and reeled toward home. But on the
waj home he misjudged the speed of a motor
car and wns killed.
So, nlmost friendless nnd alone, John Barley
corn slinks In the bank door and drinks to
drown the thoucht of the tomorrow.
-Poor John Barleycorn Kansas City Star.
OVERTURNING ALPHABETS
Uses to Which the Letters Aro Put by tho
Wnr Experts A Chincso Exnmplo
No one has thought It worth while to figure
out how many times tho letter A has been laid
on Its s'do or stood on Its head since the out
break of hostilities. And yet without tho letter
A and its 26 associates, the higher strategy
would be an unknown science.
A war expert has attained mastery of his
art when he begins reversing the letters of the
alphabet. The apprentice In war expcrtshlp
talks of salients and Interior lines and recur
rent flank assaults, being, Hko nil beginners,
ovcrfond of the mysteries of the craft. The
Journeyman expert simplifies his method nnd
Bpoaks of left wlngB and right wings, refers
familiarly to the Nlcmcn nnd the Bug, and
gives tho precise extent of tho battle front In
kilometres. The completo expert, when ho
wnnts to describe the situation between tho
Baltic and the Carpathians, does so In a slnglo,
flashing simile. Ho says: "The Itusslan front,
at tho moment of going to press, may be com
pared to a giant letter A lying on Its side with
the angle point ng west. Tho apex of the A
would lie at Warsaw. Tho upper leg would be
the railway to Petrograd. Tho lower leg would
be the railway to Kiev. Tho cross-bar would
bo tho line of the Nlemcn nnd the Bug from
Kovno to nrcst-Lltovsk. Tho question which
all neutral strategists are ORklng today Is
whether tho Russian armies will fall back only
as far ns tho crois-bar, or whether they will
bo compelled to back out of tho A altogether
Into tho remaining portion of the alphabet.
Time will show."
The odd thing about this higher strategy Is
that It can use tho letters of tho alphabet only
In an unnatural position. Either A Is lying on
Its side, or It Is standing on Its head, or It has
one of its legs abnormally prolonged, or there
Is an extension of the cross-bar. Tho reason
Is presumably that the art of war has not been
brought to perfection. Some day the general
staffs will learn to move their lines forward
In absolute symmetry, and the wnr experts
will be under no necessity to topple their let
ters over, and tho reader. In trying to visualize
tho prostrato or Inverted alphabet, will no
longer be compelled to make queer motions
with his head and body which drnws tho at
tention of other people In the train. But It
will probably be some time before tho perfectly
Spcncerian military genius arises. At present
It Is fact that In Russia we find the letter A
lying on its side, In France the letter Z is stand
ing on its hands and knees, In Galllpoll the
letter W has Its limbs enormously dlBtended,
nnd In Italy the letter U rests In what Is
obviously an uncomfortable position, with one
leg 10,000 feet up in the air around Lake Garda
nnd the other nt sea level near Monfalcone.
It will Immediately occur to the reader that
the American expert labors under a very serious
handicap. As long as operations continue on
comparatively simple lines the ordinary Roman
alphabet may be enough. But when the situa
tion grows complicated, when tho salients and
second lines of defense multiply, thoy may
creato a situation when even R standing on one
leg or K flat on Its back will be inadequate.
This Is where tho Russians with 30 letters In
their alphabet, Instead of 26, have a decided
advantage, even If several of their letters nre
silent. No French or English army could have
conceivably extricated Itself from somo of the
tight corners out of which the Russians have
emerged with unimpaired morale. The Kaiser,
too, Is fortunato In having an alphabet of hl
own with the peculiar advantage that some
letters are so alike as to deceive the most vigi
lant enemy. Readero of the German news
papers, who, after years of practice, find It hard
to tell f from s in the Staats-Zeltung, will
really understand why Hlndenburg should
havo had such an easy time of It with the
Russians.
But it is In China, of course, that the art of
military description Is destined to nttaln Its
fullest development No Imaginable strategic
situation can nrlso which the war expert of the
Pekln Dally Delight cannot sum up with a
flash out of the Chinese alphabet.- "The posi
tion of the Japanese army," he will write,
may be compared to a giant Fo the 253rd
letter of our syllabaryt tilted backward at an
angle of 45 degrees. The lattice work at the
top would then be the first army under Mar
shal Fujiyama, the Irish lace effect In the
middle of the outer diagonal would be the sec
ond nnd third armies, with several reserve di
visions under the supreme command of Prince
Shlmpo, and tho vermiform appendix at the
lower left-hand corner would be the cavnlry
divisions commanded by Count Chusan." New
York Evening Post.
GENERAL JACKSON'S FLAG
A graceful act of courtesy to a chivalrous foe
is that of the Illinois Legislature in returning
to New Orleans the historic flag of General
Andrew Jackson, a faded relic more than 100
years old, which has "smelled powder" on the
battlefields of three wars. Carried by Jackson's
men when thoy won their victory over the
British at New Orleans, later the emblem of a
Louisiana regiment in the Mexican war. when
the trying days of '61 came the venerable bit of
bunting, a little tattered from the scars of Its
honorable service, was still Intact, and was car
ried Into many a fight., In Tennessee It was its
fate to bo taken by therMh Illinois Cavalry, and
since the close of the war It has reposed In the
ol"loli. Mmorlal "a n the State House at
Springfield.
Three generations have come upon the stare,
Jn'il" CptUr.8.' ZnA, 1ow th0 Grandsons "f the
m2 Th, b.l" ' back beyond th8 0n -""I re
turn It to the great-great-grandsons of those
who fought first beneath Its folds. It is sle
nlficant that tho bill providing for Its return to
New Orjeans was Introduced In tne Illinois
LeglsUture by a veteran who lost a lea "at
Vlcksburg and took part in the very battu in
which the flag fell. Soldier, are evlr the flrlt
to forgive their enemies, perhaps because they
can appreciate, better than can the stay-at-TranVcrlpt?
tMf """'""-Boston
NEEDED THE MONEY
It Is said that Bayard Taylor, being refused
an advance by the magazine for which he was
writing, thought a moment, then smiled with
delight. An hour or so later he was seen pa
rading the city streets employed as a sand
lch man.-Sprlnrfleld Republican.
CHIMMIE
llty, Chlmmle, with the tousled hair
Hey, Chlmmle, with the eyes so blue
Have you a notion I could care
Two bits worth of dried prunes for you?
That dimple in your elbow, son,
The way you set your teeth and pinch.
Or wave your fist at me and run
Don't worry me, and that's a cinch I
You will not climb Into my lap?
You will not let me smooth your hair?
You're bracing yourself for a scrap?
All right! then, acrapl What do I care?
Shake not thy yellow locks at me
With any notion that I care,
Nor run to clasp your mother's knee.
Or stand beelfle your father's chair,
I do not Want you, anyhow;
I would not care If you were gone;
I'm going to the pantry now
To get a cake with sugar on
A big round cake with sugar, son,
As awoet and big a it can be
No. It is too lata now to run
With your two hands held up to met
Oee whl, don't sqeeza my knee so tight!
Vnhand me. Chamesl Hera just of lata
you doubled up your fists to fight,
You tried to sing a hymn of hatel
Oh, wall, come on than to th hlf,
Thouerb still my heart rr.rt hold Its ache'
You do iat love ma for myself,
Ye lave m or my sugar-cake,
MacVEAGH ON PRESIDENT'S POLICY
It Is Timid and Temporizing, He Says, in Regard to the Traitori
in America Other Correspondents Express Their Indigna
tion Over Anti-American Actions and Utterancps
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir I enclose stamps to cover price
for five extra copies of the Evrnino Ledoer of
Wednesday If not five, ns many as you can
obltgo me by sending.
It has a letter from Lambcrtville. N J..
which Is to me Illuminating, In view of Presi
dent Wilson's timid and temporising policy with
the traitors wo are harboring with every
patriot's eyes open to the danger but his.
WAYNE MacVEAGH.
Bryn Mawr, Sept, 13.
WHO BEGAN THE WAR?
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Will you be kind enough to settle a dis
cussion we had yesterday with some German
friends? They claim that Franco declared war
on Germany, and I claim tho contrary: thnt
Germany declared war on France on the sec
ond of August, 1914, I hope you will answer
as soon as possible. LOUIS DUJABDIN.
Philadelphia, Sept. 13.
tOn August 2 Germany began tho Invasion of
France by wny of tho Duchy of Luxemburg.
On August 4 Germany declared wnr on France
There was no declaration of war by France.
Editor of tho I'vr.NiNO Ledoeix.
UNDESIRABLE CITIZENS
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir The Evening Ledoer should not have
taken the palni to answer tho tirade of that
man, Hchrnblsch, of Lambertvlllo, who wrote
so wrothlly against this great democratic coun
try which has permitted him to come here,
uninvited, and has so far granted him Its gen
erous hospitality. He's Just got a soro head,
that man line.
Tho old veterans of the Civil War are angered
by such Insulting, hyphenated stupidity. Wo
did not save this country for the purpose of
harboring n brood of such renegades. All for
eigners who don't llko this great nnd noblo land
are perfectly frco to go back where they come
from. Tho way is open, wide open, They aro
wanted on tho other side, very badly wanted.
Why don't they go back? They know mighty
well why and so do we. VETERAN.
Atlantlo City, Sept. 13.
AMERICA FOR AMERICANS
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir If the President of the United States Is
disposed to tako orders from Berlin, via Vienna,
Is places the obligation upon patriotic citizens
to combat tho situation created by Mr. Dumba.
Let employers blacklist every German who
quits work nt the command of Mr. Dumba or
any foreign power, and let no ono give them
work or aid so long as they acknowledge such
control. If they desire to roturn to work, let It
bo after an oath properly recorded that they
renounce foreign control.
It Is quite tlmo that American wages should
be spent or invested In America, and not be
spent to nsslst In the wars of nations that dis
turb the world's peace. Wo want work done
by Americans or those who propose to be
such, not by a horde of foreign-controlled men
who send their wages out of the country. We
are glad to welcome bone-fldo emigrants, but
Mr. Dumba has done much to open our eyes
to the evils of encouraging the class he con
trols or professes to control.
AN AMERICAN.
"Philadelphia, September 13, 1915.
MORE "COUNTING-OUT" RHYMES
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Your artlclo on "Counting Out Rhymes"
has Interested me. Two variations, used in
Northern Vermont in my boyhood, I have
missed. Here thoy are: '
Eny, meny, mlny, ml,
Pcckaloney, boney, si,
Hlchey, plchoy, domlnlchey,
Honn, pon, tuck,
Intry, mlntry, cuttcorn,
Applo seed and apple thorn.
Wire, briar, llmberlock
Three gray goslings In a flock,
One flew East, ono flew West,
One flew over the cuckoo's nest.
EDWARD U. MACK.
Wilmington, Del., September 11, 1915.
WHY ARE THEY HERE?
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Your correspondent, who signs himself
Max Schrablsch, In Wednesday's Issue, labels
your editorial of the 4th Inst "the product of
a diseased mind."
He Is a victim of the Prussian system
of "real education," which he lauds so highly;
the system that teaches wrong, and calls it
right; tho system that has made of the Ger
mans the most submissive people on God's
green earth.
It has done Its work well; It was Intended to
do exactly what It has done. It was devised
and has been executed with nil the cunning
deviltshness of the Insane minds that conceived
it. Its results havo justified their fondest ex
pectations. It has made of the German people
slaves to the murderous whims of a cabal of
aristocratic, Prussian madmen, who, finding
Germany too small to continue to nrrogantly
strut about in, havo decided to attempt to ex
act homage from freemen.
But the attempt Is doomed to failure. The
really brave peoples of the world have long
since unshackled themselves of the fetters of
aristocratic despotisms, and will never again
submit to the medieval thralldom which still
grips the poor, gullible, obedient, German
slaves. t
So we cannot blame Mr. Schrablsch for fight
ing democracy, but we cannot help wondering
why he Is In America Instead of In Germany
If Germany has the "right Idea" why does
not go there? Is It that Jie can exist more
comfortably here? If Germany has the "right
Idea" why Is It that the "Idea'" ha. not ren
dered conditions there so good that the Qer
man would not want to leave his country? Why
m""""7. "hy ara they ttU her? Because
conditions In Germany are so Intolerable that
they are forced to come to this "abomlnally
crufe democracy," where men may live as
God Intended them to live-free and Independ
t!yL n,ot,.bondtnen and slaves to the will of a
r n' ."'rlng aristocracy. jat BEa
Philadelphia, September 11, 1016.
AN EVANGELIST ON EVANGELISTS
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir-In your Issue of last evening is an article
concerning "professional evangelists." riease
permit a few comments. The office and work
of an evangelist are aod-appolnted? and ao
recognlred by nearly all Christian churches"
and there Is therefore no moTe reason for caili
ng them "professional" than for calling pastor,
"professional" pastora. """n pastors
You speak of evangelists aa "roamlna- the
pountry at will." Seeing this , afrTe country
evangelists aro at liberty to travel the aarrfi
aV.theT ro1' and' " nwrly aUo( themTr.
ordained ministers, they are subject to the law!
governing their respective churches.
You speak of the "lucrative nature of evan
gelizing." I am sure I have received itrgeV
compensation for my service than nlne-tenths
of the evangelist, of the last 40 years, and vet
I have received less than I have been nS.rfJ
three different Umea to become paste? ofhrM
separate churches. I can name a long list of
evangelist, who havo been obliged to abandon
their evangelistic work for secXr busing. SS
order to provide bread for their fawlfles and
I can name scores of competent, trustworthy
evangelist, that are contemplating doing th
eame thing for the same reason.
Mr, Sunday, caae la remarkable and unusu
ally exceptional. Of the hundred, of evanrellatl
at work In the United States, not half a? dozen
of them recelv. WOO a year pv.r and fbovS
expense.. r " "vo
T.0.V.'FeTkhIJlePert"'!,"1nd ""iterd evan
relista." I hara been do ng the work of " ,,
avangellrt long-r than any man .ImC"
ploytd at the present time, I havt, nreachT,!
to mora people than any living man-un m
Sunday ha. rec.?Ujr BlM Ahl $,;
Inr In nearly all Important cities of thaount
and some beyond the "seven IdS
therefore to know something about tha mattlr.
Under consideration. Of one thing I am v
aura. n4 that I, that Hm oUnlosi 7 -?-.
nt li inilUj ..v... 1 "'"a '"a
c i . -i i-ii ro vi mile value
being laryaly conjectural.
wa had a MaM
nnd throughout the country a few years ,
It should have been a great success: It v
a stupendous failure largely because of it,
experts. "
Why should evangelists be registered mo,
than tho pastor? They are nearly all ordalnU
ministers, and therefore under control and auK.
Joct to authority. By whom shall they be ,l!
Istered? Who has given any one the authoriK
to do It? There Is an organization called th.
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In Arn.e!
lea. They claim to represent 31 different denom"
Inatlons. But not one of these denomination,
has authorized them to act In this matter ts.
president of this organization Is Shall.!
Mnthcwe, dean of tho Divinity School, Chlctea
University, whoso views of the Bible and th.
doctrines of the historic faith are very slmii.
to thoso held by the late Prof. Charles i
Brlggs and Prof, Preserved Smith, of the Unu
tnrlan School, of Meadvlllo, Pa., both of whom
were expelled from the ministry of the Presbvl.
terian Church for holding and teaching such
views, which views are promulgated In Union
Theological Seminary, a Presbyterian derelict.
The regular evangelists of this country to a
man believe the Bible to be the very word of
God, nnd therefore of supremo authority a.
do all Christian churches, and will never con
sent for one moment to be controlled by u
organization with a president holding the vie,
of Dean Mathews; and no church would permit
It L. W. MUNIIAUU
Germantown, Sept. 10.
The article to which our correspondent refers,
Is a news article reporting the opinions of cer
tain church workers and contains no editorial'
expressions. Editor of tho Evenino LedoskJ
TRANSIT TO ROXBOROUGH
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir What was the routo proposed by the.
Taylor rapid transit system for tho line that
wns to run on 29th street to Rldgo avenue ele
vated? What street or streets was It to follow
ns a subway lino from Broad street and where
emerge from tho subway to tho elevated part
on 29th street? BAPID TRANSIT.
Philadelphia, Sept 11.
The proposed route was as follows: Bubway
from Broad street at City Hall under the Park
way to the Green street entrance of Falrmount
Park; elevated line on 29th street, to Henry are
nue, to Ridge avenue, to Roxborough. Editor
of the Evenino Ledoer.
A QUESTION-ASKING YOUNGSTER
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir I havo a kid If you have- one yourself
you'll sympathize with me who Is never dons
asking mo questlone.
He no sooner saw tho headline on top of the
sixth column of tho front page of the Evenino
Ledoer Extra today but ho wanted to know
why they called the Russian Parliament
"Duma." I couldn't tell him to savo my neck,
but I said I would ask you.
BARING STREET.
Philadelphia, Sept 11.
"Duma" Is simply a Russian word meaning
primarily a "council," but employed In the
sense of "parliament" or "national assembly."
Editor of the Evenino Ledoer. ,
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
Notice la served on propagandists for the as-
flstanco of foreign Governments In the United
States that there Is a limit beyond which they
cannot go. And the vast body of Americans m
will say "amen" to It Boston Post.
There Is plenty of room for political dlffen
enccs of opinion on other matters; the country
needs these differences. But when national de
fense la under consideration party politics
should be forgotten. The representatives In
Congress must remember that first of all they
are representatives of the wholo American peo
ple. (.'nicago Jieram.
The certain consequences of returning peace
have been noted very often. Will they b-
averted by the only means that can nvert them,
the enactment of a tariff sufficiently high to
protect our new Infnnt industries? Untortu-'
natcly, kindness toward Infant Industries Is not
one of tho traditional policies of the Demo
cratic party, and tho pTospect Is that they will
be smothered In their cradle. Detroit Free'
Press.
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