-JpVjM - dgW ; "- EVMIFG 170in1iirR-pniLAXnBIjPHlA SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1915: 1 m 1 I I H PtfrtllC .LEPCJER, COMPANY cVitiiis it. k. cuivris. ritniDt.NT. .CntrM II T,i.dlTnrt,ft. VIcePre.MiJtnt, John C.Mnrtln, Frcrlry m Trtntitttr, Thllip H Collins, John II TVIIlmn Dlrtrtora EDItOrttAL IXJAUDt Cltvn it. It. CrBTi Chairman. T JI WlIAl.feV. .'),...;... Executive' ndltor JOHN CMAnTlN'.V..'. . .Vomeral ItuslneM sWhkt ' " , , ... . rubl(hl tlally At Polio I.mh Hullillo. Inciifitnjtdce Snuat-e, FhlladelphU. i.rnorii CBxtnjiv..j.. ...Drond nnl CheMniif Ptreete ATiantIi- Cut..)., i. ii,,, .n.l'iru-Inlaii Dull, line New Vnns., ,,.,,.,,., ,,.1T0-A, Metropolitan Tower Detroit .....,.,, ...... ...820 I'orA Iliillillnn ST. Inciti ' -400 Globe Krmocinl lltilMIng C'llleino. .....,....,,,.. .,,,, 1202 Tillunc HulMIng NRwsuunn.u-si Wjiini.voToN nfcnfciu. nigRi liullillni Nkw Voiik I)i!:iu.. ... . Thf Tlmm Itiiil'lintr TlmilN 1 1 1 ii in c i 'hi KrlMlrlchHraiiM Iixiy nr-nnUi i ... . . 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RAISING TUB ANTE THE way tn km tho Republican convrntlon for Philadelphia 1h to tniilco It Impossible for the Nutlonul Commlttca to ncccpt the invitation of uny other city. This cnn bo done by making tho money guarantee so Largo that It cannot be refused without put ting the committee on tho defensive. Tho Chamber of Commerce Convention Commlttco hns evidently decided to raise tho Ante nnd to offer JIRO.OOO, Instead of $100,000, to bo used an the financial olliccrs of tliu Na tional Committee see lit. They -w til not merely guarantee to pay the expenses of tho convention, as was done by Chicago In 1012, but they will raise so much money that thoro Will he a surplus for general campaign pur poses, A hundred nnd fifty thousand dollars talks the language which every National Commit teeman "dn understand, oven If It Is not Ills mother tongue. There remains time enough to secure the sulmcrlptlons needed to raise this nmounti. The publlr-splrlted men of tho city will doubtless dig down In their pockets between today nnd Monday night nnd send their pledges to those In charge of raising the fund. LAWS TO PROTECT OUR NEUTRALITY THE Attorney CJenernl Is most restrained when he says In his discussion of needed changes In the neutrality laws that "In two or three respects immediate) nctlon seems necessary " There Is at present no adequate law under which the fiovernment mny seize nnd retain munitions being exported In disregnrd of such nn embargo pioclamntlou ns tho Presi dent made against the shipment of nrms nnd ammunition to Mexico. And there Is no law under which the Government may seize weapons collected for nn armed Invnslon of another country from our territory. There Is no national law. either, making it a crime to place bombs or other explosives on n. ship sailing from United States ports with tho intent to destroy the vessel nt sea, and tho Government hns no express author ity to arrest and punish a person who es capes from nn Interned ship of a belligerent nation. When Congress nets upon tho recommenda tion of Mr. Gregory It will he posslblo to punish in tho United States courts tho plot ters agalns tho safety of our commerce, nnd It will bo ensler also to prevent complica tions nrlslng out of the attempted participa tion of Americans in Insurrections In tho small countries bordering on the Gulf of Mexico. Tho need of laws covering these points Is so evident that no argument should be required to persundo Congress of Its duty. INEXCUSABLE DELAY ON PARKWAY THE city government must plead guilty to the Indictment of delay found by tho City Tarks Association. Progress upon the Parkway has been so slow that It has be coma almost n public scandal. The beautiful street, marked in green on the maps, Im presses tho outsider with the wise policy of this community in bringing tho great Fair mount Park to the City Hall; but when the stranger comes here and finds that tho Pnrk way has no real existence savo upon a map he is disappointed, not to say disgusted. Mayor Smith has an opportunity to do many things during his administration, but there Is nothing that he can do that will make so deep an impress upon the people Who are working for city beautlflcation as tho completion of this boulevard with Its trees and grass plots. The erection of the proposed public buildings upon It should not be rushed too fast. They can wait till tho setting for them Is ready. THE HERO OF ANDALUSIA T'iE act of Samuel Crowther, of Anda lusia, in holding up the Pennsylvania Railroad sends a thrill of envy through the heart of every less courageous man. When the railroad track was blockaded by tho wreck of two, trains running- by his farm tho freight was thrown over the fence on his land to clear the way for the wrecking en gines and to let other trains through, nut when the trainmen tried to get the freight back into fresh cars ho warped them off. His son was killed while crossing the rail road a year ago, and there has been no set tlement of his claim for damages. Until he Is compensated for the life of the boy he will keep the freight. That was his purpose last night It Is not possible to defend his action by the ordinary rjiles of conduct. Yet what Is a small farmer to do whan a big corporation Ignores him? There la probably not a man In the whole nation who does not wish that he had the nerve to do what Crowther has don?. The railroad company may have an ade quate explanation for the delay In settling his claim. But that has nothing to do with tho spontaneous admiration for a man who refuse to submit to what he thinks Is an Injustice and Is Quick enough to take ad Vantage of the first opportunity to assert iiimelf Mark Twain was In the habit of keratins h-s ftlkw cvuutrytnea for their willingness to submit to 'all sorts of abuses rather than make n protest. If he could rench his hand fiom the Elyslun fields, In which his admirers hope ho Is now dwelling, ho would grnsp thnt of Crowther with ft hearty grip nnd say, "Put licr there, old boy! You have clone the proper thing. If you do not stand up for your rights no one else will." KEEP THIS NEW BUSINESS JAMi:S ,T. IltliTi used to say Unit When the railroad sidings wero crowded with loaded freight cari which could not be mmcrt the termlnnl fncllltle wrro outgrown. Till condition exists today nn nil the roads load ing to the Ninth Atlantic ports There is so great a demand for cargo spare In ocean going ships that It Finitint be met. Now York has not rmnn nt her piers for tho ships In hrr harbor. Ton or n dozen arc anchored In the stream wnltltu for n place to dock. Philadelphia is Irs crowded, but the export business of this city last month wns larger thnn ever befnie In the history of the port. Fourteen million two hundred thousand dot larV worth of goods were shipped abroad In tho thirty days ending on November 30, or more than $.1,000,000 In excess of the nmotint for tho same period Inst year. Hut wo could do more business The railroad trnllle managers have nlready decided to make greater Use of this city. Arrangements have been perfected for send ing hero two of the phlps for which there Is no room In New York, nnd more will come later. Wo nre to get some, If not nil, of tho overflow. It Is up to the Transportation Committee of tho Chamber of Commercn nnd the Direc tor or the Port to keep the new business. Tho opportunity to demonstrate the advan tages offered here was never better. There. Is tin need of lighterage. The railroads run directly to tho piers nnd freight cnn bo transferred from the cars to the hold of the ships for much lesn than It costs In Now York. Tho difference In our favor Is great enough to compensate for tho long pall up tho Delaware to the piers on tho water front. Thoso who think thnt tho port hero Is merely a local affair, of no concern to nny one outside of Philadelphia, would do well to change their views quickly and Join with tho great majority of forward-looking citi zens who nro engaged In boosting tho trade of the nation by boosting tho trade of that part of It where they live. AMERICAN HUMOR THE Philosopher of Archey Hoad Is asked to move over a llttlu anil share u place. In the simile with the critics of Wnsser bauur's IliHtiiuiant. Fortunately Mr. Dooley Is Usui to It. Since his early dnys lie has j shared places with many men of many minds, and few of them have been more amusing, innro crltlcnl and delightful than Messrs. Hlrsky and Zapp, concerning whom much Ik printed nn nuothct pago of the Eviinino I.i;i'fii:u today. It Is almost a sin to be serious In the pres ence of thcxe humorists; but there Is n little somothing to ha snid about them which Is not so apparent, although It Is ns pleasant, as tholr humor. As surely as Ilosea Ulg low. Mr. Dooley Is American. As surely as Putrnleum V. Nnsby, Messrs, Hlrsky and Znpp nro Americans. And the good thing to note Is that under their accents nnd ec centricities, they nre Interested In precisely the things which Interest Americans, with out foielgn preoccupations, without tho ob session of their own strangeness. Sorely, In the midst of Internal perils and dissensions, these American humorists reas sure us a bit. Some of the metal In the pot Is unyielding, hut It melts. It melts! NEVER TOO OLD TO BEGIN THE difference betweon a mnn nnd a horse Is that tho horse never thinks that ho is too old to begin. Take the case of Hilly Dis pute, n racing animal which lias won con siderable money on tho trotting circuit. His Identity was In doubt, for some experts wero sure that he was a "ringer," racing under false pretenses. The board of review of tho National Trotting Association made n care ful Investigation, and discovered that he was Just a plain horse that had been driven to a baker's wagon for seven years and that ho did not start on his racing career till ho was 12 years old. Tho board decided that he was entitled both to his nnme and to his winnings. Hilly Dispute was not worried about his age. He could trot, nnd he trotted as though he wore In his prime. If ho were asked to write his philosophy of life ho would doubt less say that all a horse knows or needs to know Is that It is a disgrace to take tho dust of any other animal on the road. Too many men say to themselves, "Oh, what's the use?" nnd settle down Into a Jog trot when they get to bo 35 nnd let older but no abler men who have only Just discovered that they wero gifted with speed Icavo them far In the rear. Hungary Is tired of the war nnd is willing to admit It. It begins to look as If the fight for transit was not won yet. Columbus has discovered tho President, hut it must understand that he Is not all America, "V. S. Seeks Light on Searching of Ships." Headline. Searchlights? No one except the canners will regret that thp war has raised tho price of benzoato of soda to $5 a pound. It seems to be known in France, If not here, that Philadelphia Is the greatest textile manufacturing centre in tho world. British labor unions have united to battle for their wages, therehy giving the country a lesson on how to battle for Its life. When you look at those finger prints you cannot blame the Norrlstown Jury for re fusing to convict a man on their unsupported evidence. Sir Wilfred Iturier Is unduly pessimistic if lie thinks that If the Germans win tho war Canada will be ruled by the Kaiser. Ho forgets that there is such a thing as the Monroe Doctrine. When Mr. Ford sits' In Mr, Cumegle's peace palace at The Hague, If he ever gets there, he might devote a few minutes to J thinking about tho few things on which mere money can talk with good effect. President says that America must preserve, its poise and self-possession. It'r all right about the poise, but between Brit ish seizures and German submarines our pos sessions seem to bo slipping away from ourselves. Tom Daly's Column yiREBtDV DIIEAM8 An oM colonM flrcvlaccl What memorits cling around HI Such Quaint curved frame, such hallowed stone, I'd often di earned thai I might oicn, And now at last I've found it. It (traced a sporting squire's halt VViosc pegs once held Ms rlflc Long vcart before the sordid clownt Who houghl the mansion, lore It doicn And told this for a trifle. lie teas, in truth, a sordid crcteh, This clod trio took mg mancg. "I wonder u-Jig folks get so daft About such Junk," he said, and laughed As though he thought It funnV l'oor wiclch, Indeed! It'iot soul had ho To conjure Up the. spirit Of kindly cheer and olden grace That once endoteed that fireplace, t And still Is hovering near Itf nut I who've starved In rented flats, How coutd I help but low itt And so I've stored mil prise nwal .gntnst the coming of that dag When I'll be master of It, And you, my frlendi, you, loo, shall bless The happy dag I found It, l'or I'll Invite you all tn call As snnn ni I've the wherewithal To build a house around It, The German Chnnccllor, wo gather, posi tively refuses to consider peace until the rest of the world gets down on Its knees. Tho American munition plants, especially, must not remain standing. And Was It Common or Overtime? The Ituln (olo was tilnynl ly Itermnn Schllmm, of tho nlltorlal ngmvlnit depart ment, ami the ham solo l,y II M. Sullivan, of tho machinery repair department. from report of the concert of the Curtii Orchestra. Did Mr. Sullivan play tho "Anvil Chorus"7 D. Hill's Manual of Social and Business Forms CopjrlKht, Tho. 11. 1 1 lit, Chli-ngo, 18S2. We feel wo should not ton often inlerposo between Professor Hill and the reader, but, being somewhat cons-clous of remissness, wo trust we will bo pardoned If wo horn in hero (an expression unknown In the professor's day) to make n little apology. It is as an expert penman and Ilotirlsher that Professor Hilt Is to coruscate conspicu ously In the corridors of time, nnd wo should, therefore, have presented him, In propria persona, ero this, but wo hnvo been handicapped by our Inability to select from a wealth of material thnt specimen of Ills handicraft which best trumpets his genius. At last, we believe, we have found It. 's. SsS M f' C.,jj.tjt2- This work of nrt has aroused the en thusiasm of poets and humorists. "When Gelett Hurgess, tho purplo cowboy, first looked upon It In tho company of some friends ho was I.Ike stout Corter. when, with eagle eyef. He stared at tho Pacific and nil his men Looked nt each other with a wild surmise. Hut tho next moment ho was stirred to nddress the work of ort, quoting tho opening lines of Shelley's "Ode to n Skylark": Hall to thee, blithe spirit! Hlrd thou never wert. Hero wo wero to have cited some of the professor's choicest specimens of letter writing, but we have exhausted our space. They will keep for another occasion. Overdoing It Chlmmlc "Say, did youce cee de cover on de Snttnd'y Hve. Post ills week?" Benny "Yeh, nn' If dat kid ain't careful he'll git a Hlble fur Chris'mus." We've renewed the nequalntnnco of that prodigal tllefish prodigal, that is to say, in the sense of coming back home after having been away awhile. The creature seems to have grown stingy while It was. absent from us. for we're sure It used to give bigger por tions of Itself than we got nt Dooner's yes terday. Perfectly Proper Pctey and Punky Said Petey Dink to Punky Dunk: "Would It be naughty to get drunk?" "Why. Ledger comics do not drink," Kald Punky Dunk to Petey Dink. Sappho, The Contractor Speaks Two or three thousand people were assem bled at the cornerstone !.i!hk. It was on a K.mirrtay in the month of May Everybody had Ids hat on. 'When the papers, new coin and a parchment copy of the Old Testament were placed where they belonged and the stone swung Into place, the chairman took It on himself to ask the contractor for n few words This happened In a city where the Evknino Ledoek is read, and ns the contractor still has his good health Umlaschrlea! I'll not mention his name, nnd for the best of reasons keep under cover myself. "It was very daclnt Iv th' worthy chalr mln," the contractor responded, "to pay thlm compllinlntu to yer "umble servint, but I'd bo a. thousand times more obliged if he let me be. bekase I didn't come prepared to make a speeoh. Ilesldes, thoso who has proceeded me covered the ground O. K. However, I, want to say right hero nn' now that all ye' folks will get xlollar for dollar on this contract. (Much applause.) An' furthermore, that the work will all be finished ahead iv time. I didn't Intlnd to tray anything about a little matter I have in me mind till .later on, but as I'm on me feet I'll give it to ye now. The contract doesn't call for me to have the job iltfiio before last day of nlxt Jane-u-arry, but I'm going to promise right hero and now and I defy tho man" who ever said t broke me word that I'll have ye In here to hold yer first service nlxt Krlsmls mornln'!" Kelt. And here pomes this now Montague Qlasa with yet another story again. Ilia first discussion of current topics through bis manikins, Zapp and Blrsky, plentifully blesses another pago of this paper. Here's a health to Potash, Perlmutter, Zapp. IJlrsky ii iid die ganze mespoohal Above Par The son of a Swarthmore clergyman brought home his monthly report card and was criti cised by hli mother because of the low marks on several studies. "Look here, ton, there Is certainly no excuse for a mark of 85 per cent on deportment you ought always to have a hundred mark " "Gee, Hal Tbey ca.ll ma an angel now " D. A.H, -J,iJ -Srrrr-C-J VVlS JUST WONDERING IP THIS TEACHES A CHILD THE INDIA, COVETED JEWEL OF THE EAST Renewal of Struggle of Three Centuries Ago for Possession of This Oriental Treasure House "India," Said Peter the Great, "Means Supremacy in Europe" 'f""N TO India!" The cry has been raised J In Ilerlln. A highway of battlo nnd conquest nnd Imperial power from Herlln to llagdnd, nnd on through .Mesopotamia to tho head of tho Persian Gulf, even to Hrltaln's Asian treasure house of wenlth, seems too vnst nn undertaking, with foes on every side, fues behind and before; but tho bigger tho tusk and tho more stupendous the cttort tho stronger seems the nppeal to tho war man agers of Germany. Thirteen month ngo tho well-known General von Ucrnhnrdi shall wo not call him "publicist"? named inula as the certain goal of tho Teuton nrmlcs. "Wo shall go to India," he said, "and the native peoples will welcome us." Hero in America wo have heard vaguo rumors of unrest In tho Hrltlsh dominions In Asin. London has heard them, to the great dlscomflturo of the censors nnd tho Impediment of editorial writers. When Kitchener departed eastward F.nglund and America vcre quick to believe that his destination was India. Hut the Teutonic designs on India are older. They oro nt least ns old ns the "Der-lln-to-Ungdad" project. Tho Uagtlad Ilall rond is Germany's "Suez Canal," tho symbol of her dreams for empire eastward, the con necting link from Herlln to tho Persian Gulf and beyond lies India, tho pearl of tho Tlrltish Empire's crown. From tho stand point of wnr strategy, India, ns Von Hern hardl said, Is England's feet of clay. Several years ago tho London Times thundered n warning to the Hrltlsh Government nnd the British people. "Tho maintenance of British supremacy on the Persian Gulf closely af fects tho future of British rule In India. Tho revived interest In tho Bagdad Hallway Is of vital Importance to Indian In terests. The greatest fear of thoso Interested In the wolfaro of India Is that, amid tho absorbing preoccupations of do mestic problems. Indian problems, both ex ternal and Internal, may not receive tho nttontion they deserve nt ttie hands of tho British public Peter the Great's Injunction And what of Russian ambitions? Tho his tory of the nineteenth century is filled with the rlvnlry of Great Brltnln and Hussla, as poignant lint! as relentlessly pursued on both sides as any rlvnlry tn ancient or modern times. It concerns not only Constantinople, but India also. Some of It has been written In tho strangling of Persia, but Its concluding chapter has not yet appeared. Neither side has vanquished tho other. They mo now allies, but both cannot win, because both aim or did aim, until a few months ago at the same thing: England tn keep India, Russia to wrest It from her uud add It to her own possessions. France and England struggled for posses sion of India. Peter the Great of Russia dreamed of a far-stretclilns empire balance 1 between Kuropo and Asia, with Constanti nople, the cnpital of tho Cnesar.s for 1100 years, as the capital of Russia, and left to his successors- tho following Injunction: "Keep in mind that tho commerce of India I is tho commcice of the world, and that ho who can exclusively control It is tho dictator I of Europe." Tills Injunction has never been j quite forgotten. But the Russian Bear has been softly nnd i steadily moving eastward ever since, east ward toward India. Profuse with expres sions of friendship for Great Britain, politely j acknowledging again and again that "tho I Persian Gulf Is n British lake," blandly con ceding, when Invited to do so, that "ciroum- i stances make It necessary for Great Brltnln to have exclusive control over Afghan af- j fairs, Afghanistan lylns next to India"; cor- j dially nssentiufc to the wisdom of keeping Tibet, on tho Indian northern frontier, an I Independent State; Russia has all the time j tried to secure for herself by secret methods every right she has so glibly given to Great Britain, not only by word of mouth, but by I treaty, solemnly signed, sealed and delivered. ! "Money Graveyard of the AVorld" The aim of each nation that has ever j sought dominion In tho great region known as India has been commercial and not colo nial. As Admiral Mahan pointed out in "The Problem of Asia," India constitutes a. highly I Important "huso" of military und naval power as well as uli atea valuable In itself. As a bource of wealth It Is the richest "pos- ' session" on the face of the earth. It yields I annual revenues of $300,000,000. The balance i of trade Is always In favor of India. As a reservoir of precious metal India Is bar- f barlcally splendid. This fabulous accumula tion of concrete wealth Is an Interesting I theme. , From the latest commerce reports cornea a I : :' vnst nmount of Interesting Information con cerning tho absorption of treasure by this great country. India Is what two different writers havo called respectively "tho great sink of precious- niotals" nnd tho "money graveyard of tho world." For twcnty-llvo centuries thcro hns been a constant flow of gold and silver Into India from tho Western nations. It hns been one of tho unchanging economic conditions of tho world, nnd ono which rulers of different lands, depleted for It, hnvo tried In vnln to stop. Complaints of India's nppctlto for gold began In the tlmo of tho Cnrthagcnlnns, who In the fourth century II. C. disposed of gold they procured from Spain to thnt country, Pliny tells of unavailing protests mndo In tho first year of the Christian era of expor tntlons of tho precious metal from the Ro man Empire, nearly $15,000,000 of It being sent annually to India. Queen Elizabeth, in 1G00, tried in vnln to counteract tho (low of gold from her country to India. Small Inroads Into this enormous hoard of trensure have been mndo unwillingly in times of famine, but ns long' ngo as 1801 a writer estimated that tho precious motals locked up In Indln, In trinkets nlono, amounted to $2,000,000,000. Gold has been used through the centuries by India ns other peoples hnvo used gems nnd pnlntlngs nnd objects of nrt for tho gorgeous ornamenta tion of public buildings nnd pnlaces. Gold Is locked up In the treasuro chambers of the princes, It is used ns a basis of credit for merchants nnd traders, nnd tho poor people, who hnvo secreted It in nooks and crannies, ns well ns In the earth, have sometimes died of starvation rather thnn part with It. Ono of the most Important Mnhnrajan of India hns cannon of solid gold thnt precode him when ho goes about. Ho has chairs, tables nnd u bed, as well ns water Jugs, of silver nnd gold. It is snld that London bul lion dealers have exquisitely polished bars of gold to supply tho wants of Indian princes. All clnssos In India nro affected by this spirit of hoarding. They prefer to fmt their savings in gold to anything else. Coln aro converted Into necklaces, bracelets nnd anklets. Fortunes in Jewels Immense fortunes In India nro In Jewels, but there, Is no nuthorltativo method of com putation of tho extent of this form of wenlth. Tho Imperlnl Gazetteer of India described fifty years ngo a shawl of pearls, with nn arabesque border of diamonds, rubles, sap phires, and emeralds, valued at 15,000,000. There nro tales of carpets of pearls and great diamonds which havo become world-famous. Kstlmntcfl nnd statistics which shqw In detail how this vast amount of trensure has reached India are Interesting. By'tho au thentic records kept by the British Govern ment since 1S35 it is shown that $l,r00,000,000 more of gold has gone Into India than has come out. In less than it century $3,000,000, 000 of the two precious metals has been nb-s-orbed, nnd these figures show only n con tinuation of n movement going on since tho days of the Phoenicians. The Prize of the World was sought from the earliest periods of history. The attempts of Holland. Portugal nnd France, n tho period just preceding the modern age, to se cure tho largest Bhnro of India's trade, form an Important chapter in the history of tho world. The desire to find a short route thither by sea furnished much of tho impetus fflven to exploration during the fifteenth century und led tn the achievement of Vnscn da Gnma, The conquest of Constnntlnoplo by tho Turks had laid a heavy obstacle In the path- of the overland traders. Columbus sought tho Orient and found tho Western Hemisphere, In tho seventeenth century tho famous East India Company Joined in tho rivalry for the trado of India and opened the way for the extension of English Influence and power over the wliolo country. Then came that remarkable experiment of gov ernment by n commercial corporation, and It was not until the middle of the nineteenth century that this control was finally -and fully transferred to the British Crown nnd not till then that "welfare work" for tho people of India began t'o make substantial progress. India, probably, has never been well un derstood by Occidental peoples. British ex ploitation and philanthropy present a story mixed In reasons for praise and blame. Cer tain It Is that In India may be found the most heterogeneous aggregate of peoples In the world. Mongols, Aryans, Persians, Greeks, Scythians, Huns. Ar.abs, Afghans. I Turks and Moguls 1-ave passed Into this vast ' region, founding kingdoms and empires, mix ing In greater or less degree with their pred- TRUE SPIRIT OP CHRISTMAS eccssors, and leaving eomo mark on lan guage, customs nnd religions. If India Is ntlll a mystery even to her rulers, It was only a name to tho Grcok ami Ilomnn world, Alexander's visit was brief. Greece was Greece and Rome was Rome, and boyontl wero tho barbarians. Enst was Bast nnd West was West after tho ipruendes. Marco Polo brought back a llttlo informa tion nnd traders of the Middle Ages returned to Europe with tho goods of tho Orient. British rule wrote new chnptcrs of, romance nnd cold fncts of history. Kipling is not m much nn Interpreter of India ns of the Brit ish occupation. Romance nnd History Tho period of British rule Is but a small fraction of India's history. Eustward from tho Iranian plateau tho Aryans descended Into tho Punjab as early ns 2000 B. C, and spread through tho peninsula, expelling or subduing the nboriginnl tribes. Hero grew up long beforo the tlmo of Christ two of the most influential religions of the world, Bran manlsm nnd Buddhism, and a literature rich in poetry and mystic philosophy. Tho epics of tho Mahabhnrata and Hamnynna contain legends of wars which must have been of much lmportnnco in the early history of the Vedlc Empire. In this India, nt a later time, tho celebrnted Tamerlane flourished. j It Is tho country of Sikh princes nnd the rajahs of Mysore; of astral bells and occult wonders; of tho Taj Mnhal and Benares, a. crcd city of tho Hindus; of Delhi nnd the Durbar; of Cllvc and Hastings: of the Black Hole of Calcutta and tho Relief of Lucknow; of famlnen nnd mutinies; of tyrnnny"iand en. lightened government: of "Barrack Room Hallads" and "Tho Light of Asia"; of caste nnd Chrlstlnn missions; of nn nnclcnt and now broken civilization, besldo which our own. in tho eyes of the true Hindu, is like outer darkness. And India has always had tho fatal gift of beauty nnd wealth, and the strife of the nations of Europe foj posses sion of "the pearl of tho East" Is not done. A NEWSBOY'S CAREER The life or Frederick Parry Morris shoull provide Inspiration for every true American. Coming to this country from England n A boy, penniless, finding his opportunity n nvsboy on Long Island, working bid wnv no the ladder until he reached the toil rung of business success, his carper stands ns a i)mbol Of what can be done here by grit nnd pcrsever anco. , ' 'Hut he was much more than n mccrpsful mm of business. The gift for organization and d mlnlstiatlon that put him ht thp hesil of th Long Island News Company and made him a millionaire nlso enriched thp service i.whlch ti gave to the village of Flushing nv Its vice president nnd president. And tho fine quali ties of heart nnd mind that won for him "' confidence - nnd friendship of the hi men In the lallfoads and newspapers with Kvhlch hi dealt also brought him the eminence thlch achieved lp Masonry. He was a big asset to Long Islind M friends will miss him nnd mourn him. If he could unite In the croitlnn of BOine scrvlceabls memorial, thoy would do-honor to thnuelvJ and to the community which has bten aid" und Insplied by tho life nnd orks of Frederic Pnrry Morris. "-. PHOTOGRAPHY IN-AIR RAIDS Photography, of cource, Vs Splaying an ever liiei casing part In aerial. wconno ssnne. It 'J now ono of the prime meahs'f nscert.jlnlnj tM ncturaey with which bomb dropping U'littendea Contrary to the general Ijlea. when 4 P,ace . , to bo bombed the pfoet4i does nbt con,lf) merely of a few pltu-k 'en piloting W mnrhlnes to the no'ghho-' l and taking- w liskB to try t get In a 'utl shot before re turning. The lire thnt follows the dipi'PliU! each bomb Is photographed. b alrcnft irow above, so that a permanent iccord Is nl!llJe.i?2 rernlng the places actually damaged. Npt"" Is left to guesswork.-lt. Massac Uutst in Loudon Post. GLIMPSES OF MORTALITY Stephen 1'lillllp. (lie pud, illi-il TbuMdly '" I.nii'lun. Tho followln la ft ivlcitlon Irom " ' Muipesfa." And moat I remember of all human inhiB My mother: often us a child I prtwfd .My lace against her check, and felt her tea"1 Even as the smiled on me, hef eyes woulif " . Until my own grow Ignorunlly wet, And I In silence wonilcieil nt norrow When I remember tills, how shall I know That I m'oir may not, by sorrow taualu. Accept the perfect stillness of the ground! Wheie. though I lie still, and stir not at an. Vet shall 1 Irresistibly bo kind, Helplessly sweet, a wandering garden oli. My ashes shall console and mul.e for Pf" This mind that Injuud. be an cndlesa "" Or If there be some other world, w th no Bloom, neither tippling sound, nor ear,j Nor leave, nor pleasant exchange of d""1 speech; (lnl a dreadful pacing to and fro Of spirits meditating en the sun, i. . lnii. I nf hiir,l hniiL.hu miri irrlOVlng ftUro Vet would 1 not forego the doom, the jilace. Whither my poet and my heioe went Before me; wnrr!or that with deed W"' Saddened my youth, jet made it jsreat.W u" Lonely antagonists of Destiny, .... That went down scornful before many P ' ' Who. soon us we are born. ar strut?" friend; &n,l IIvm In icimnlfi mimic I'OUtitrV VOn?9 And mournful ballads by the winter Ore i ... . . .,i.i .1. , ji.,i, tre" w" onus lucy uiivv unu, u, ,s.. - -t would not lose it - f.-irnr mat
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