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THEM- will be Issued with the Kvbninu
LEDcirt. tomorrow a handsomo Christmas
supplement. It will consist of four Intaglio
full pages. Striking features of tho edition
will be a Christmas editorial by Dr. John P.
Garbor, Superintendent of Public Schools,
and a "Yule Song" by Tom Daly. Tho pic
torial features will Include "Bringing in tho
Boar's Head" and "The Nativity." a repro
duction of a great painting by Tun lor. The
supplement ill bo permeated throughout
with tho spirit of Christmas. Nothing com
parable to it in beauty and graphic appeal
has been published heretofore by any after
noon newspaper In America.
CRITICAL RELATIONS WITH AUSTRIA
IT WOULD be sheer stupidity to deny the
gravity of tho 'situation, so far as our
relations-with Vienna are concerned, In view
of tho arrogant tone of tho Austrian reply
to our note.
? Tho madness of Austria has been aggra
" vatcd vastly since an influx of Germain
saved her 'jcatcn armies and brought to them
for the llrst time In 'generations some real
military victories. But there Is one tone to
bo observed when dealing with a Serbia and
another when answering tho protests of such
a nation as the United States. Our note
wrltlng may bo ridiculed, for war-ridden
Europe seems to bo utterly unable to com
prehend tho patient devotion of this country
to peace, so long ns peace with honor is at
all possible, but back of that note-writing
la n national purpose as definite and set as
any that ever actuated a great people.
The time for patience has long since
passed. There must come from Vienna a
completely satisfactory answer or our official
relations with Austria will be terminated.
That would be regrettable only, so far ns we
are concorned, but for Austria and Germany
It might well prove to bo the beginning of
the end. The Issue is out of our hands
SUNDAY'S CONCERT
FOIt sheer Inspiration few events of the
past months In Philadelphia can equal
the concert given Sunday by the Philadelphia
Orchestra. In this the music and its players
certainly hnd a part; but the spirit of the
occasion was by fur the more significant.
From every part of the city and from its
suburbs came men und women of almost
every degree of wealth and poverty. If social
standards have been nebulous in the past,
they were obliterated In the common desir
to hear good music. Tho audience was n.
one, and actually took part in the afternoon's
performar. ce. Their presence was the reason
for Its existence, and their evident pleasure
was more than a justification. So carefully
was the suspicion of commercialism avoided
that no advertisements appeared even In the
programs. So wisely was the event ordered
that tho pleasure and comfort of each indi
vidual was complete. A fine thing In Itself,
aa an augury of finer things the occasion
was altogether successful.
MORE GARY DINNERS
GARY dinners are famous. The steel man
ufacturers used to gather at Judge Gary's
house and talk ahout the weather, tho latest
popular song, the exasperating possibilities
at tho Just developing automobile, and a
thousand and one other topics having no
relation to the price of steel. Tho guests
went home and tyegan to sell steel at a prleo
so near the price fixed by the company in
which Judge Gary was Interested that It
looked uncanny. But the diners did not talk
about steel! Oh, no!
Colonel Roosevelt was the guest of honor
at a dinner ut Judge Gary's house on Friday
night, according to a report that gained cur
rency Sunday. A number of other men,
more or less interested In politics, were also
present. But we are told that the dinner
was a private function. Intended merely for
the social enjoyment of the guests. Perhaps
It was. And perhaps the activities which
ptve social pleasure to politicians and to
business men whose affairs are affected by a
relation to politics will be more fully revealed
as the date for the Republican National
Convention approaches.
MURDER BY FIRE AND BOMB
AN APPARENTLY Inspired dispatch from
-Berlin declares that "the enemies of Ger
many have succeeded in creating: the Impres
sion that the German Government is in omn
way morally or otherwise responsible for
what Mr, Wilson has characterized as anti
Amerlcun activities, comprehending attacks
upon property and violations of the rules
which the American Government has seen lit
to impose upon the course of neutral trade.
This the German Government absolutely
denies."
Koenlgv an employe of a subsidized German
cm.iany, over which the German Govern
ment bas exercised complete control, as was
recently proved by the conviction of Its ofli
cers because of their illegal acts, under or
ders, at the beginning of the war, Is under
arrest lit New York on a charge of conspiring:
ta blow up the Wetland Canal.
Boy -Ed and von Papen have been recalled
Mt the rn-st of WasJ'tngton, a proceeding J
--
8o unusual that nothlnfr could have prompted
It but tho complicity of theso Bqntlemen In
somo of the many outrnpres Inimical to tho
peace and order of this country.
In San Tranclsco, von Mrlnckcn, nttached
to tho German Consulate General, has been
arraigned on an Indictment following on
alleged conspiracy to blow up munition fac
tories In different parts of the country.
The German Government need not wonder
that public sentiment holds it responsible for
outnifres that have occurred. 'Its denial Is In
teresting, but tlm cessation of murder and
destruction by flro and bomb would bo far
more satisfactory to the United States.
GO AHEAD!
PHILADELPHIA petitioned the Common
wealth for authority tt i-also funds where
with to finance two great projects, rapid
transit and port Improvement. Tho city
knew that It wanted the money nnd It knew
what It wanted It for Yet the moment It Is
proposed actually to make the ueeossmry
loans and go on with the work an epidemic
of cold feet makes Its appcnratico among
certain elements, particularly among men
who seem to have so little faith in this com
mtililty that thc.v are constitutionally op
poed l anything except miserly appropria
tions for public Improvements
The transit piogrnm Is not new. It has
been discussed In nil Its phases until not n
single citizen whoso opinion amounts to any
thing can possibly be In Ignorance of it. tt
has been gone over and talked nboul and
I'Pltlcisotl In nil of Its fentures. Nothing re
mains but to put It Into effect, nnd tho onl
way to put It into effect li to borrow the
money nnd go on with the worn.
Fifty millions Is what Director Taylor says
Is necessary. Did any one over Imagine It
would be less? Nor Is there any reason I"
provide the sum In driblets. The whole sys
tem must bo sanctioned nt one time. In
orcb-r Hint the proper arrangements for its
operation ns a whole may bo made. To au
thorize the system in parts only would be
to penalize the city fuun the beginning nnd
prevent the tort of contract with the P. I:
T. which every one recognizes Is Imperatho
If a llnnl and completely sntlsfactory solu
tion of the transit problem Is to be made.
This feature of tho case was anticipated
when provision was made, not only for capi
talization of Interest charges during the pe
riod of construction, but also for Issuance of
bonds- only as money was needed. To au
thorize a loan of fifty millions for transit
docs not mean the borrowing of tho rntlre
sum at once, but only of so much as can
economically be used nt a given time.
The city has confided Its Interests to .Mr.
Smith nnd his Administration. It expects
him to go ahead with the transit program
as a whole and to do it In such a way that
thero will be no waste of funds. Thli could
bo absolutely assured by the retention In
office of Director Taylor, who has the con
fidence of tho whole people. But In any case
It Is the duty of the new Mayor to go ahead.
It will do no good to piddle along. It Is an
era of big things, to be done In a big way,
and the best thing tho now Administration
can do will be to push the little fellows to one
side and go mllitantly nhead. Tho kickers
will bo few and far between If efficiency
marks tho construction work.
MILLIONS IN SMALL HOMES
THE average value of each parcel of real
estato transferred In this city during the
past eleven months was about $2700. The total
transfers numbered -S.B9S and tho total value
was $7r,nti7,r3S. This Is more than J10O.00O in
excels of the value of the transfers for the
twelve months of 1SH. Tho Impression of the
real estate men that It has been a poor year
for them Is not sustained by these figures.
The record is Impressive and encouraging,
for It reveals that Philadelphia is still main
taining its pre-eminence ns the city of lne
pensivo homes. The proportion of one-family
houses to the population is much greater here
than in any other large city. The average
number of persons in each house is only r..2
In 1S90 it was S.fi. In the old city of New
York there aro 30.'J persons in each house.
whereas In 1S90 the number was 19.9. The
average In the whole city of Now York, In
cluding Brooklyn, ritaten Island and Queens,
Is three times as great as In Philadelphia.
A city In which the people can Invest J75.000.
000 In small homes In a year is In a pretty
wholesome condition.
ACCENT ON THE ORDER
THE twelfth annual Wallow of the Wash
ington Corral of the Military Order of the
Caraban took place Saturday evening. It
was a decorous occasion. Somo songs were
sung, the chorus of one of them Intimating
that those In attendance would bo willing
to light if the country happened to go to war.
Hut nothing was whispered, f-aid or sung
that could have hurl the feelings even of a
Delegate from tho Philippines.
There was nothing about damning the
Filipinos and nothing about boosting them
Into high offices far beyond their capacity to j
ndminster. It was just a Jovial, jolly time for
men who had fought the fight for their coun
try beyond the seas, taking up tho white
man's burden In the way it ought to have
been taken up and sending what some super
humanitarians have called the "venom of civ
ilization" through the baibarous villages of
crude warriors destined to be tho forefathers
of good American citizens.
It was a Wallow of tins Order of the Cara
bao, with the accent on the Order,
Germany disowns all the spies who have
been found out.
The -hopglrls will breathe a sigh of relief
when they leave the trenches on Christmas
Eve.
There Is some reason to believe, those who
know say, that Mr. Wilson will continue to
be President during the remainder of his
term.
The report that Doctor Cook will Join the I
Fold party as advertising manager is prob
ably not true. But lie may join the Ford
party.
A letter mailed in Illinois flfty.flve years
ago reached its destination in Ohio a few !
days ago. Before long iome Democrat will be
proposing storage charges for tpectal de
livery mail.
Villa announces his purpose to seek peace
and quiet in the United States-. Had a few
of the things he did been done a few miles
further north he would doubtless have found
both in a penitentiary or an electric chair.
Tie question of whether pigs can legally
be inhabitants of the city Is now before the
Supreme Court for a decision. It Is feared
In some quarters that their removal would
seriously reduce the ordinary majorities in
one section of the city.
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Tom Daly's Column
THE free concert for the poor given by the
Philadelphia Orchestra nt the Metropoli
tan Opera House yesterday afternoon was a
gicat success; nnd how the poor did enjoy
it, bless their hearts! They crowded tho
house, dressed In their poor best. And what
nn Inspiring sight their motorcars were,
parked tip nnd down Broad street for blocks!
Blessings on the poor!
-nut
fii CMcngo the other Aay n lovcli) ladi
said ta in: "O! Philadelphia. That's the only
loirn i the icartd Where the 'bnsilhodi' flour
Ishes. I mean that curious contraption of
mirrors nnd metal installed on the second'
itarp vindolr silt trhlrli permits the lady
hidden irlthln tn see uho has just runp the.
doorbell or irm"? romln;; rfoicn the street."
We tried to defend the old loicn ire foir so
much, but our pointer teas tcci or something,
for the Inrely lady diove us out of our last
trench. This was her parttnp shot: "This
adjunct of sneaky snobbery was not mill) iw
rented tn Philadelphia, but it ten? tirrrr fol
crated In tfiiy ofJu'r fotcn." Is this a fearful
fib or the terrible truth
TO UUU desk comes i little book from
tho .Mniulpr-TlioiUsen Press, of Haiti
more, whirl) Is n nugget of pure Joy. It's
a sympathetic, chatty study by M, B. Pine
of "John Bannister Tnlili. the priesl-poct."
Of particular Interest to us ntc those bits of
his verse ulileb show the whimsical side of
Hie homely, angular.
(inlet hermit who hid
himself from the world
nt St. Charles College,
In Marylnnd. In the
book before us we find
this double libel upon
him Uho caricature nnd
the verse), both self-
Inillctcd:
This Is the CHtlioUe
pilest
Who In piety never In
creased. -. with tins worm nnu
ciVrvvv-fo CJtsAfT . the doMI
no i.ept on a level,
Though from llesli Iip
waq wholly released
And here Is bow he celebrates two un
conscious lovers:
The Tryst
Potato was deep In the dark underground,
Tomato above In the light;
Tlio little Tomato uas ruddy anil round,
The little Potato was uhlte.
And redder and redder she rounded above.
And paler and paler be grew;
And neither yuspected a mutual love
Till they met in a Brunswick stew.
For several years before his death in 1909
Father Tnbb was blind. In 1907 a book of his
humorous verse was published In London
and the volume was bound In a color which
nppculed strongly to his sense of humor, for
he wrote
ON" THE COVEIl OF JOHN B. TABB'S
LATE LONDON VOLUME
His eyes are dim
And so for him,
They thought In London, 'twas enough
To bind bis book In blind-man's buff.
It Isn't nice for one to knock bis own folks
nil the time, but we do hope no sarcastic out
sider will notice this break In yesterday's P. L.:
"As the clubhouse Is not largo enouuh to ac
rommodate nil whom it Is expected will attend,
Thomas M. Love courteously olTered, etc."
Who Was Boss? One Guess
Dear Sir Here's America for you: An Irish
man, Italian, negro, German and Frenchman
comprised a gang working for a street con
tractor In north Manayunk the other day. Joe.
r.ejffikto.
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ca( Letters of Excuse,
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From "Hlll'ii Manual of Social and tttisl-
-, rite form. Lopyrient. Tno. K.
Vf?-. Hill. Chlc-BO, IH8S.
tSWrf!? ETTEHS of excuse should be written
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Ijjriiy'w .i.i ituiiiiiij mt tiiuj uc tuj .lull.-
lfl- lllk 4IIU imtc ll-M UtUDCU li
ourself you should, if possible, re
pair Immediately, with Interest.
In apologizing for misconduct,
falling to meet an engagement or
lack of punctuality always state the
reason why.
By fulfilling every engagement
promptly, discharging every obliga
tion when due nnd always being punctual, you
thereby entirely avoid the necessity for an
icuie.
AttolnEirlni; fur u Ilrakru KiiBnKcmrnt
Frederick. MU July 13, IS.
M t)ur Mlx Mrrton:
1 fear vou will feel Injured at my failure to keep
my uppoliitme nt till 'Venlnr. Vou will, however, 1
know. forBle me when I explain. When about to
proceed to our residence, my hor-e belnff er
rrstlve. betatm eo frightened at an object by the
roadside a to tnue hit runaway, throwing: mo lo
lentlv to the ground breaking an arm, and coni'
uletely demolishing my (arrlage. JtogreltliiB my
failure to Keep my enKaseinent. I um yet rejoiced
that the ac.ident occurred before you had entered
lliv carriage.
TrustltiB that my excuse Is a mfflUent apoloiy,
I remain.
Your faithful friend,
Albert Hlsbee.
Krue to a Teui her for Non.Attenduiictt of Child
ut School
Wednesday Mornlne. Sept. 4, J8 .
.Miss make:
You tttll ecue fiertrude for non-attendnc at
school yesterday afternoon, she belne detained In
consequence ot u nevero headache.
Vcr respectfully,
Marcla Barron.
Apology for Delay In Keturnine a Hook
Kentland, Jnd., Nov. 19. 18
M Dear Amy:
You must excuse my long delay In returning your
book. The truth Is. It ha- been tlm rounds of
several t read, though It bus not been out of our
house. When I hail nearly finished Its reading.
Aunt Mary became Interested In Its coutentn und
read It through. Her glowing description of the
character of the work caused mother to peruse It;
hi thai we have kept it from sou several weeks.
We feel ry grateful to you, however, for fur
nlohlng ui with euch an Intellectual feast, and hope
ta hive the pleasure ot doing sou a like favor.
Truly Your Friend,
Lizzie Bralnard.
I.OC.1, NFAVS
Miss Frederick the Oeaconlst of the Northern
.Methodist Church ot this City, bid us good by
Thursday.
The, bridge Is going up rapidly this week.
.Sometimes the cows think that they are as nice
as people for they walk on the sidewalk Just the
same.
All editorial anil local writing wilt be done by
the editors. W. A. & a. I.. Smith.
It I reported that our town marshal Johnwjn
arrested a fellow here yesterday that was wanted
in Huntington W. Va. It Is clmed that he got
inUed up about a ring but we have not learned
his name and the particulars.
Pikeiille (Kui Yauaa Hoimtaiaetr.
Sure! It Means 'I'm the Works; No Words!'
Dear Tom l witnessed jou in soup-and-fish
raiment t'other n'ght at Ilammersteln's late
temple of music. Sure it's home ye should have
been, ' divil you, writing for the paper. But
ma be It was a case of "opera non verba," if
they included the meaning: of that in your clas
sical education. CELTICUS.
In Bert Talor's column In the Chicago Tribune
noie this, from the Warsaw (Ind.) Times: "Shake- 1
speare. that wonderful delineator 0. men's acts, said: I
The ell men do lite after them, their lrtues are I
burned In their tombs.' " I
Which reminds us of a wheeze e pulled once, when
we were peeked after retching a surgeon's bill, which
- but. no matter, here's the wbeeie ,
The good that surgeons do Hies after Ihem; the I
ciUs Pit Interred with other people's hones." B.
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SANTA DOESN'T NEED
&&SSito
A NEW VERSION OF
"THE DOGS OF WAR"
An Ancient Phrase ns Interpreted by
the News From Europe Dogs
of Neutral Countries "Hu
man Documents"
THERE'S nn ancient snyliiff, nnd worthy
of all acceptation, that jou mustn't kick
my dot? around. "Love me, love my dojr," li
one of the many variations. Jlen will fight
for their iIobs. Once, In nncient time, there
was a bnttlo about a dog, Note llrst the
preliminary remarks of the narrator:
The Plotls houndls were nocht ot sic speed
As Seottls houndls, nor yet sae Rutle nt need,
Nor in sic panto they were nocht half me Rude,
Nor of sic pleasure, nor sic pulchritude.
What boasting! But natural enough. Aye,
Inevitable. And the Scottish king
of whom before I told
One bound he bad both curlotit and bold.
PleuMint but pelr. and full of pulchritude.
Supple nnd swift and In all game rlcht gude;
All other houndls be did exceed sae far
At Into llcht the moon does near ilk star.
Then tho Plots stole the king's dog.
And there was slain. If r rlcht understude,
Sixty Seottls that were men of gude;
Ane bundled Plctls nghtlnr on that plain
Into that field that same day was slain.
Good Dogs of War
The phrase "dogs of war" Is a little un
fair to the canine species. Dogs have been
associated with war on many occasions, one
of which is described in the poem quoted
above; but usually the connection Is of a
more beneficent kind. Over In Europe dogs
are rendering valuable service to their re
spective nations. Some of them nre "watch
dogs," or rather. In military terms, patrol
or sentinel dogs. They work only nt night.
When darkness descends the watchdog of
war leaps out of the trenches and passes
the hours till dawn In patrolling four or
live hundred yaids of front. The ambulance
dog assists in searching the bnttleflelds for
wounded men. Other dogs are trained for
"Unking work." The duty of a "linker" is
to keep two bodies of soldiers In touch with
each other. Thete must be some one whom
the dog knows nt the point to which the
Intelligent animal Is sent. Tile dog must
have exceptional qualities if he is to act
Independently; if he U to be used, for in
stance, for dragging a stretcher out to
wounded men under five or small portuble
kitchens on broad-gage wheels to men In
an advanced lighting line, or at a listen
ing post. In Unking work the dog at the
outset always makes llrst for his point ot
departure, and from there starts for the de
tachment to which he Is to carry his mes
sage, but on his second or third Journey his
sense of smell enables him tn make a short
cut between tho two points. The speed
shown by the Unking dogs Is sometimes re
markable. "One strong dog hns been known
to cover n mile in less than five minutes,
nnd nt French maneuvers the war dogs sent
out on linking duty retumed 35 minutes be
fore a squadron of cavalry dispatched on the
mine duty at the same time.
More Than Human Devotion
Speaking of war, let us tell one of the
many "human Interest" stories which even
the censor Is willing to pass. The dog of
a French soldier followed him to the war,
lived with him In the trenches and shared
his blanket nt night. A shell killed a dozen
men and burled this one, badly wounded, in
a trench which the explosion half filled with
eatth. The dog dug frantically for his mas.
ter, and managed to expose his face be
fore he suffocated. Then he seized other
soldiers by their clothing and Anally suc
ceeded in drawing them to the scene. They
unearthed their comrade and put him on a
hospital train, Into which the dog also man
aged to force his way. At the hospital, near
Paris, the man's leg was amputated, and the
devotion of the dog was such that the at
tendants found a kennel for him near the
kitchens and allowed him to vljUt his mas
ter twice a day. His love for the wounded
man touched the hearts of nil who saw it.
The classic tale of canine devotion is to
be found in Homer. Yqu remember the
homecoming of Ulysses:
When wise Ulysses, from his native coast
Long kept by wars, and long by tempests tost.
Arrived at last poor, old, disguised, alone.
To all bis friends and even his queen unknown.
Changed as he was, with age, and tolls, and
cares.
Furrowed bis rev'rend face, and white his hairs.
In hit) own palace forced to ask his bread,
Scorned by those slaves his former bounty fed,
Forgot of all bis own domestic crew.
Ills faithful dog his rightful master knew!
l-'nfed, unhoused, neglected, on the clay,
Like an old servant, now cashrered, be lay;
And though ev'n then expiring on the plain,
Touched with resentment of ungrateful man,
And longing to behold his ancient lord again.
Him when be saw, he rose and crawled to meet.
CTwas all he could), and fawned and kissed
his feet.
Seized with dumb joy; then falling' by his side,
Owned his returning lord, looked up. and died.
There' a modern story of a dog found
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REINDEER WHILE THERE ARE SO MANY
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begging before the portrait ot his master,
nnd many another tnle of similar Import,
albeit sentimental more or less. Lord James
of Hereford tells the following story: "Sir
Henry Driimmond Wolff, when Ambassador
In 31adrid, bad a Spanish dog, the best bred
creature In the world. One dny Its mistress
had a. visitor who engrossed her so much
that she forgot the dog's dinner. Ho was
too well conducted to scratch qr whine, so
he went out Into the garden, bit off n
(lower, and came und laid It ut her feet.
The flower was ti forget-me-not,"
The number of dog stories Is limitless.
Some of them relate to canine ntlslocracy
nnd canine heredity. One Interesting talo
shows Incidentally that cows, another breed
of animals entirely, cannot be herded on tho
moral suasion plan, A farmer complains that I
his imported Scotch collie dogs ore too gen- I
tie with the stock. These dogs, he says, are '
very bright and Intelligent, and would make
good stock dogs If they would only bite his
cows "enough to make the cows afraid of
them." The dogs are probably hereditarily
disposed not to bite their charges, collies
having been for generations accustomed to
herd sheep. Their indisposition to attack
the cowb ought to go to their credit ns being
genuine collies.
Bishop Donne on His Dor
We cannot leave this very engaging sub
ject of the character and deeds of dogs
without quoting a celebrated poem written
by Bishop Doane. Dr. George W. Douglas,
In his volume, "Essays in Appreciation."
prefaces the poem with the just remark that
It Is "a very human document." He adds:
"Bishop Donne has always been ns fond of i
animals as of mankind, nnd those who are
familiar with Doctor Brown's 'Rnb and His i
Friends' and Matthew Arnold's 'Oelst,' will
find much of the fine feeling nnd poetry of ,
the Scottish physician and the English manor-letters
in these beautiful' verses of our
American bishop." Here is the poem:
I nm qultf sure he thinks that I am God
Since he Is tlod on whom rach one depend
For life, and nil things that his bounty trends
My dear old dog, most constant of nil friends.
Not quick to mind, but quicker far than I
To Tllm whom flod 1 know ami own; his ee ,
Deep brown and liquid, watches for my nod; '
He Is more patient underneath the rod
Than I. when God Ills wise correction fends.
Ho looks love at me deep as words e'er spake;
And from me never crumb nor sup will take
But be wags thanks with his most vocal tall;
And when some crashing noise wakes all bis
fear.
He Is content nnd quiet If I am near.
Secure that my protection will prevail.
So, faithful, mindful, thnnkful. trustful, he
Tells me what I unto my God should be.
DETROIT ON ENGLISH HUMOR
Loid Rosebery refers to Henry Ford as "a.
manufacturer of perambulators," which In Eng
land Is no doubt considered rare humor De
troit Free press.
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