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1$ is caster to pain honor and esteem than
to regain them.
Congress onco moro 1ms a President on Its
hands.
The Mayor will bo popular with men seek
ing: a job, until he appoints some one else.
It will be wlso to doubt nil thoso rumors
obout tho Kaiser until they nro confirmed.
Perhaps fe'ecrotnry Daniels Is right when
he decides that the business of rear admirals
Is lighting-, not talking.
Did Mars, tlie god of war, swear off or
mvcar on last Saturday? New York Sun.
Xclther. Ho simply swore.
The Ford peace delegates nro going through
Germany to Tho Hague In scaled cars, Wlmt
a relief It would bo If the seals shquld remain
unbroken for tho next six months!
If you cannot savu enough to buy an auto
mobllo you ought to bo able to buy a ticket
to tho automobile show next week, If you
begn practicing economy today.
Secretary Garrison achieved fame first In
rcpat lee. Now ho Is attending to tho business
of the "War Department and seems to know
rather well what his business Is.
Tho fact that $100,000 worth of property was
stolen this year In excess of tho amount
stolen last year, in Philadelphia, ought to
bo sufficient proof that prosperity has come.
If It takes Germany eight months to admit
that tho Lusltanla was unarmed, how long
will It bo before It begins to make repara
tion for tho death of tho Americans aboard?
Representative Dewalt's Democratic col
leagues 'Should get after him or he will got
them into trouble by his support of a sensible
plan for rehabilitating tho merchant marine.
Macltensen veers with tho wjnd or.rajher
against it. This tlmo tho storm , ft coming
down from Southern Gallcla toward tho
Balkan's, and Mackcnson has been sent to
head it off.
When men can get up in a Pan-America
conference and suggest tho gold dollar as
tho standard coin of tho two continents,
America has traveled a long way from tho
IS to 1 craze.
If Great Britain attended a Ilttlo less to
neutral shipping and a little, not to put too
fine a point on tho mntter, a very little moro
to fighting enemies, what a difference in tho
world It would mako!
The -Monroe Doctrine would loaa its last
vestige of meaning it America Intervened In
tho Kuropean war. Israel Zangwlll, In
Everybody',
And that at tho very time when its mean
ing begins to bo important.
Jt is hard to believe tho Berlin report that
"Greek public opinion is excited" by tho
Allies' refusal to give up certain Germans
captured In Salonicu. If tho Greeks are
human they aro much more likely to get
excited about tho treatment of Venlzelos by
the King, or by a parado of the local ftro
department.
William Durst, who fought on tho Monitor
and got a medal of honor from Congress
becauso of it, lived to see the development of
the armored battleship from the cheese-tox-on-a-raft
stage to the great dreadnought of
27,500 tons. But moro wonderful things than
that havo taken place within the Ufotlmo
of men born much later than this naval
veteran who has Just died.
Warden Osborno of Sing Sing prison' is not
to be tried on the Indictments charging
neglect of duty and Immorality, after all.
The District Attorney has discovered that
something Is tho matter with them and he
Is planning to secure new Indictments. Until
he discloses the evidence In his possession
most of us will be inclined to believe that tho
crooks outside pf Jail are more anxious to get
rid of tho warden than to bring about reform
In the administration of New York's notori
ous penitentiary.
It would be a not Inappropriate thing if tho
opponents of conscription in England would
consider its object. Precisely 651,160 eligible
unmarried men are meant by the drafting
law. -which, in Its present limits, makes no
attempt to enroll married men. While 59 per
cent, of tho married men of military ase en
rolled In tho Derby campaign, with the
assurance that single men would be called
first, but 63 per cent, of the latter volun
teered. In all, considerably less than 5,000,
, WO men are still available for service of one
kind or another.
Progressive leaders may be expected to put
out feelers every day now until their
National Committee, meets in Chicago next
Tuesday. Charles Sumner Bird's letter to
George W. Perkins saying that only Hughes
or Roosevelt can be elected next November
Is one,of the. roost Interesting baUons d'essai,
m au'ssle Gardner of Massachusetts would
ayt that has yet appeared. But Mr. Bird
has not J st Qualified as' a prophet. His
previous efforts In that line should suggest
to,'ilm i,ho wisdom of cutting the future In
vsry thin slices and foretelling- only what he
fctsowst tljat he knows. But the Progressives, .
Uoth In .inU out of tho Republican fold.
tho jld continue to hold their standard aloft
' B-&rNCl LBflGflR-PHIkADELPHtA, WBP.afB.SPA?, JANUARY 5, 1916.,
and. demand, that the opponents of tho Wilson
Administration unite on the nomination of
a man In sympathy with tho forward look
ing policy, neglect of which wrdeked the
Republican party In 1912. ' '
A NEW FORCE IN THE SADDLE
THERE has been Ilttlo attempt, ,so. far,. in
tho writing of history, to nnalyze and
determine the feelings of tho British navvy
who cried out, In an Immortftl phrase, "Hit
him with n brick, cully. He's a fiirrlncr."
Tot In that truculent exhortation Jti hidden
half of tho secret of diplomacy. The other
half, which traces the growth of amlcablo
relations not between countries but botween
populations, is also almost untouched. It Is
possible tbnt' tills war will insplro'n work
op international adjustments whlchwlll bo
based on tho sentiments of peoples., Thoso
who wrlto of diplomacy entirely In terms of
Downing street, Wllhclmstrasse, and Iho
Qunl d'Orsay nro aocurato enough, but they
fall essentially to explain tho facts they
nrra'ngo and combine In support of their
theories. It Is certain, tor example, that
by progressive stages England had drifted
away from her looso alliance with Germany,
and hat she had, for some time beforo tho
war, recognized an lnevltnoio adhorenco to
tho causo of France. That was tho Work
of Gladstone and Salisbury, Lansdowno and
Grey, of Hnnotaux, Cambon and Delcasse,
of Buelow and Blsmnrcklsm.
None of these men can explain the chaiiBO
In nffectlons which has taken plnco In Eng
lish hearts between tho day In July, 180S, when
Marchaud and Kitchener found themselves
face to faco tinder tho hot desert sun nt
Fashoda, and tho days of September, 1914,
when Tommy Atkins and tho pollus fought
side by side 111 the furnaco of tho retreat to
tho Marno.
It Is worth while, as a background to this
extraordinary phenomenon, to rehenrsr- tho
striking events of these few years. England
was being forced out of her position of
"splendid Isolation." Russia had been maneu
vered out of her nntural sphere of develop
ment In the Balkans. Italy had been per
suaded to colonize wherever her Interests
might conflict with those of England and
Franco, and between these two nations tho
conflict In Africa was quickly coming on.
Then came Fashoda, and the sardonic laugh
ter of tho Kaiser might havo been heard
below tho hayings of tho hounds of war.
It is certain that for n tlmo every English
man was expected to behove that every
Frenchman wns an nggresslvo and Impudent
thief, and that war was tho only way to
teach htm a lesson.
Actually, tho peaceful settlement of the
Fashoda Incident accomplished what wars
alono have been known to nohlovc, the con
solidation of feeling In two nations. From
that tlmo Germany found herself out of
concord with tho two great countries, and
devoted herself with a persistent ability to
breaking up the new entente. Prior to 1905
Germany had recognized the superior claims
of Franco In Moropco, but in that year tho
Kaiser landed In person at Tangier, and as
a result Delcasse resigned and Franco was
compelled to bow to Germany. In 1909 the
German cruiser Panther was sent to Agadlr,
and another test wns made of tho stability
of the entente, which again refused to break
under German attacks. From that tlmo tho
current was strong and reached Its crest,
perhaps. In 1913, when Rudynrd Kipling
wrote his "France" on tho occasion of Presi
dent Polncaro's visit to London:
Spurred or balked at every stride by the
other's strength.
So we rode the ages down nnd every ocean's
length.
With that, one returns to tho British navvy.
Ho gave himself with n wholo soul to Franco
on the occasion which Kipling immortalized.
He had forgotten Fashoda, and was prepared
for Mons.
So much of a rapprochement between
nations can bo accomplished In peace. But
it is moro Important that war, which is
supposed to disrupt alliances, actually makes
them moro secure. . Tho mere fact that a
British soldier, back on leave, will ask for
what ho calls' "caffy-oly" Instead of more
coffee, lsa trifle, but It slgnffles that French
and British have come to understand eaoh
other's ways. Men of different spirits and
of 'different minds, they aro doing together
what men of ono spirit and of One mind
have always done they aro fighting for their
lives. Beforo tho Balkan crisis Is over It Is
possible that men of four nations may meet
there and go through tho peril of field and
flood together. For them tho Quidruple
Entente will have a new meaning. In a.
measure, the same holds true for tho Teu-N
tonic allies, but. In that case tho natural
affiliations aro closer.
If any ono shudders at tho hatred which
must prevail between the two groups, let
him remember the bitterness which rose In
this country against Spain in 1S9S. Let him
recall the intensity of feeling against Eng
land in tho hearts of tho Boers, who aro now
fighting her battles, and the anger which
Russia felt against Japan, now her ally.
Diplomacy can accomplish much, but It
cannot make tho anger of man endure for
ever, nor can It ally him to thoso whose
nature opposes his own. As tho stream of
democracy rises, It will be harder and harder
for alliances to be made, or wars to be de
clared, between nations In which the people
oppose such an alignment. At that tlmo the
history of diplomacy will be only the history
of popular relations. Until then It will still
be worth the historians' time to look behind
the Important Incident and to discover what
driving force the likes ind dislikes of the.
crowd have exerted.
DIRECTOK WILSON TLKS RIGHT
I want every man to feel that he has but
one superior, and that Is the Director of
Public Safety, Director Wilson to tho po
lice captains.
THIS first official pronouncement of Direc
tor Wilson is In fulfilment of his promise,
backed by that of the Mayor, to keep the,
police out of politics. .
The Director's announcement that his or
ders are to be Interpreted by him alone and
that he will tolerate the Interference of no
outside influences Is part of the same dec
laration of Independence.
Every honest and faithful police officer
must feel reassured by the promise of pro
tection in the exercise of .his duty. The
threat of a politician to ''break" him unless
he becomes complaisant 'loses all its force
under such a policy. We have Jiad four
years of the right kind- of conduct of the
police department. Four, more years of it
will establish the force so firmly In the habit
of considering nothing but its duty to the
public that the restoration of the old condi
tions of subordination of -the public safety to
the Interests of the ward leaders will be
wtll-iilsb impossible.
Director Wilson is niakinsr a good be-ginning.
Tom Daly's Column 1
WlTXtAM DCnST
(The last aurvlvor ef- th Monitor, Tletor over the
Merrlmac, died January 4, 1916.)
Jtats offl This himtoc artisan
IMcd oreatty for a tittle span
And teas that peer of kings a man! , ft
Albeit small the part he plaved,
Of such as he tccro heroes made,
Who did their little, unafraid;
And having prcatlv served in icar,
HomC'coming, ncompalnittj7 tore
Their humhlc labors as before.
Rut dhl the battle tale retoldt
How many a time it aureoled
The gravest of his days icift gotdl
Hats offl .A&ofe this dull, cold clay
Rise vision's of a gallant day
That shall not ever pass awayt
A REPRINT of tho Boston Directory issued
In tho year 1789 comes to us with tho
New Year's good wishes of GrosvcnorDoWItt
Marcy. Thero aro but a couplo of handfuts
of names In tho book, but tho quality' of
them Is something to brag about. For. In
stance, first crude out of tho box, on pago
one, this leads all tho, rest:
Adams, Samuel, Esq., Wlnter-strect.
Tho maker of tho book was apparently
n bit of a hero worshiper, for ho pays no
attention whatever to alphabetical order, but
puts forward tho best men of the town under
their respective Initials. Big ns life, ns be
fits tho patriot who slgu-pnlntcd his sig
nature llnmboyniitly upon tho Declaration
of Independence, nt tho top of tho It's
stands:
Hancock, John, Esq., Govcrnour, lleacon
strcet. '
Tho little book Is rich In thoso things, but
wo venture tho belief that a Philadelphia
Directory of the same period, If woould
get hold of It, would provo richer. Thoro
wcro big doings In this old town In unci
about 17S9.
Mr. Ford says his trip to Etiropo has
broadened him. That reminds us 'of n
penny we onco allowed n train to run over
when we were a boy.
To make a great newspaper, all depart
ments must he ready to help ono another.
Now tho society column has been over
crowded lately, so wo gladly print this:
Philadelphia, December 27, 1013.
The nvenlnR I.edirer Social Editor, Oth and Chest
nut afreets, Philadelphia:
Bear Madam;
Klnrilv publish tho following In your next edition
of tho KtcMNo I,ni)Orit, for which courtesy please
accept my thanks. Very truly youtx,
1ICNJ. HEIlNAnn IIICIIFIRI.D.
S504 South 10th street, Philadelphia.
Mr. Samuel Ilarnn, one of the most popular Kouth
Phllndelphln fnvorftes, was tendered a reception nt
his linmo Saturday evening, JI1K Ileed street, by hi
friend nnd admirers. Tho nrfalr wan a success In
nil that thn uonl Implies nnd whs nttended hv ten
select couples The feature of tho cvonlnir was tho
danclnfr nf Mr. George llnrnn, n cousin nf the
Social ICIng, nnd Miss Lena Flnestlnuer. II, ller
nard Illchfleld, the most popular little follow down
town, better known ns tho Ilttlo fellow with tho big
voice entertained with somo nf the latest sonc
hits. Mr. Carl Lowcnthal, better known as Tnltor
mnde Carl, made a decided hit with tho ladlrx
Following tho entertainment n roast chicken sup
per was served. At the table Mr. Itlchfleld pre
sented Mr. llaron with n sliver loving cup for his
cood work and success In the Horlul Circle, which
was followed fov an address by Mr Damn of his
nppreclntlon. The decoration of tho room wan
wonderful In all Its splendor. It wns nil n shower
of red lUht, choked with streamers of red and
white, with rosettes and Christmas bells In nil their
clnmor, with sprays of holly which seemed to hnnir
llstlemly In tho ulr. The mistletoe wns responsible
for the embarrassment of quite u few ladleti. Among
thoso present were, etc.
And, by tho way, perhaps those "sprays .of
holly seemed to hang listlessly in tho air" be
cause tho air wasjiot.
"If you must advertise Germantown peculi
arities," writes Elco, "here's ono: Tho nar
rowest tailor shop In this townla at 102 llrlng
hurst street, It's only 4 1& feet wide, nnd the
mero act of taking a pair of trousers Into tho
place presses them."
Tobacco Afreets Some Folks This Way1
All this Is from a circular Issued by Joso
Gcncr. of Habnna:
"Tobacco the best In the world Is produced
on the Island of Cuba, and the best ngaln cf
this Island, furnishes only a small portion of
it soils, situated west or the said Island,
which Is called and well known as tho VUCLTA
AliAJO. The tobacco of which com.
menced nlreaily then to acquire the universal Just
fnme, In which no other was capable to rival.
It Is well thereforo to understand, that Nature
has Intended and given to every country n
so called SPECIAL PRIVILEGE to which all
other should be tributaries. In this sense, the
Island qf Cuba Is the MOTHER OF THE
UNIVERSE and each and every one, from tho
most elevated moiiarche to the humble shep
herds, are paying duo tributo to Its excellent
and not to be equalled tobacco.
Against the Law of Nnture, It would bo absurd
to attempt? Why not to find this samo law
In regard to tho tobacco, this very same some
thing better which Is always to bo found
amongst everything good? Hero then
Is this something better. Invariable to bo found
amongst everything good. it'would be
advisable therefore. In order to avoid decep
tion, to go what Is called for tho Water to
tho fountain." .
One of the youngsters burst Into the house
yesterday with this: "Oh, mother, Felln's havo
rabbits." "Yes," put In his cynical bi other,
"and rabbits havo feelln's."
Subway Soul-Searchings
I sent my soul through the Invisible the other
night on the subway, and I learned that:
The fellow with the broad shoulders and the
glow of health upon ills cheeks was a clerk
In a ladles' emporium; and the frivolous
looking little blonde n school teacher; and the
fat man with the lay-down collar and red
necktie had gallery tickets in his vest pocket
for that night's performance of "Die Wal
kuere"; and the poorly dressed, hungry-looking
old lady was a wealthy tenement-house
owner; and the melancholy Individual with the
set stare a popular cartoonist; and the little
brown wren of a woman with a child cling
ing to her skirts mused over an admiring
glance sent her by a handsome stranger that
afternoon; and the carefully guarded parcel
in the rough hands of an Italian street laborer
was a potted plant for his sick wife; and
the well-dressed, refined-looking young chap
with sensitive lips meditated 4uh pleasure
upon a blow he had given an Inoffensive, home
less dog as he entered the subway B. G. E.
If you don't know James Stephens' "Crock
of Gold," this should drive you to It. It is
the opening of Chapter I;
"In the centre of the pine wood called Coilla
Doraca there lived not Jong ago two phi
losophers. They were wiser than anything (Ise
.In the world except the- salmon who lies In
the pool of Clyn Cagny, ln,to which tho nuts
of knowledge fall from the, hazel bush on Its
bank. He, of course, Is (he most profound of
living creatures, but the two philosophers are
next to him In wisdom. Their faces looked
as though they were made of parchment, there
was Ink under their nails and every difficulty
that was submitted to them, even by women,
they were able to Instantly resolve. The Gray
Woman of Dun Gortin and the Thin Woman
of InU Magrath asked them the three questions
which nobody had ever been able to answer,
and they were able to answer thero. That was
how they obtained the (enmity of these two
women, which Is more valuable than the friend
ship of angels. The Gray Woman and the Thin
Woman were so Incensed at being answered
that they married the two philosophers In
order to be able to pinch them. In bed, but the
skins of the philosophers were so thick that
they did not koow they were being pinched.
They repaid the fury of the women with such
tender affection that these vicious creatures
almost expired of chagrin, and once In a very
ecstasy of exasperation, after having been
kissed by their husbands, they utteredbe 1400
maledictions which comprised their wisdom.
I ana mese were iearua oy tae pnnosopners.
t -who thus becautt even wjjer. toan before."
' .. lyvv&js, &m.mfwm i
"GUMSHOE BILL"
AS ASTATESMAN
Career and Characteristics of Sena
tor Stone, Chairman of Senate
'Foreign Relations
Committee
YOU havo already noticed, of course, that
.William Joel Stono is beginning to figure
prominently In tho news from Washington.
William Joel Stono Is now on trlnl beforo
the pcoplo of this country ns never beforo
In his wholo political
career. It's no Joking
mntter. Tho Job ho
occupies calls for
statesmanship.
As chairman of the
Sonnto Committee on
Foreign Relations, his
functions uro of almost
equal delicacy with
thoso of the Sccrctnry
of State. At a time
of diplomatic stress
and strain ho stands
In moro inttmnto as
sociation with tho
Chief Exccutlvo of tho
nation than tho head
of any other commit
too in Congress, not
WII.LT.Ut J. STONE
omitting such Important committees ns thoso
on military and naval affairs and appropria
tions. Upon him, in tho natural order of
things, devolves tho duty of formulating tho
committee program. As Its spokesman ho
has need of nil tho Intelligence, tact, per
suasiveness and skill In dobato which ho
can bring to bear. Tho commltteo has had
conspicuous representation In past years
men llko Burton, Lodge and Root. Senator
Lodgo is still a member. It Is quite likely
that Senator Stone, ns was tho caso last
year, will bo relloved of somo of his re
sponsibilities by tho man In tho Whlto
House, for tho President has shown consid
erable willingness, as everybody knows, to
drlvo with all tho reins In his own hand.
A Clever Cross-Examiner
"Gumshoe Bill" Senator Stono is called.
He's a quiet man, who looks as If ho wero
looking for something, and yet looks out of a
pair of eyes ns expressionless ns tho Sphinx
itself. He's n quiet man oven In forensic
battle showing no sign of flro till all of a
sudden, in crisp, Incisive words and a nasal
tone, he shoots a sharp question at his op
ponent. He's n lawyer, and said to bo a
clover ono. His method In debate is often
that of a cross-cxamlner, a method ho
employs with greater freedom at commltteo
hearings. Otherwlso ho is not at all talka
tive, a fact that may indlcnto somo promise
of statesmanlike qualities. At any rate that
fact Indicates ono of tho reasons for the tltlo
of "Gumshoo Bill." The epithet may bo ex
plained farther as signifying tho Senator's
alleged "noiseless methods in obtaining what
he wants." That last phrase Is very sug
gestive, especially If applied to n man In
political life, but nothing has been proved
against "Gumshoe Bill." The country heard
of him back in the days when Folk, ns
Attorney General and afterwards Governor
of Missouri, was cleaning up certain political
conditions In that State. It was "Bill"
Phelps, a politician nnd lobbyist, who said of
Senator Stono at that time, "Stone sucks
eggs as I do, but he hides the shells."
That's as far as any charges ever went,
and that's also a very original way of
describing gumshoeing. You see that Stone's
reputation Is largely Impressionistic.
Stone figured with La Follette In the fili
buster against the Aldrich-Vreeland cur
rency bill. The Wisconsin Senator held the
floor for 19 hours. Stone then spoke seven
hours. The blind Senator Gore followed, but
as the story is told In La Follette's auto
biographyStone, who was to have taken his
turn next, did not return to the Senate cham
ber till Gore had sat down, thinking Stone
was present, amj debate had been closed, La
Follette also being absent preparing material
for another speech.
Comes From Missouri
Stone comes from Champ Clark's State,
but was horn in Kentucky 67 years ago. He
was broifght up on his father's farm and
attended the, district bchool. When the fam
ily moved to Missouri, the boy entered the
State university. After graduation he studied
law In the office of his brother-in-law,' and
in 1869 was admitted to the bar, In 1872 he
was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Vernon
County, He served In the 49th, 50th and (1st
Congresses, going to Washington at the time
lyhen Thomas Brackett Reed was leader of
the Republican forces In the House. Stone
distinguished himself early n his con
gressional career as a capable, though not
brilliant, debater. In 1893 he was elected
Governor of his State. For several years
thereafter he ljdd the political control of
Missouri. One of his accomplishments wsisj,
YES, THK HOLIDAYS ABE OVER
tho reorganization of tho Democratic State
Commltteo, making It a freo silver body,
and then ho proceeded to orgnnlzo every
county In tho Stato on a 16-to-l basis. In
189G. therefore. Stono delivered Missouri over
to tho doctrine of 16 to 1. In 1903 Stono sue- 1
cocded G. G. Vest In tho United States Sen
ate, and In 1909 was re-elected.
Whatever may bo Stone's qualifications for
efficient fulfilment of tho proper duties of his
chairmanship. It Is certain that many gravo
problems will como beforo tho committee
during tho present session of Congress. In
deed, somo very Important matters aro al
ready beforo this, tho most powerful com
mltteo In tho Senate. Wo may bo able to
avoid war, but wo can't cscapo foreign re
lations. Our relations wlrn the belligerent
nations of Europo call for statesmanlike
consideration. But tho Mexican situation
has not resolved itself into an episode of
tho past. Tho proposed treaties with
Nicaragua, Colombia and Haiti will como
beforo tho committee.
A HEALTH BAROMETER
As Discussed in tho Weekly Bulletin of the
Bureau of Municipal Research
From tho mortality report of tho Bureau of
Health wo learn that 4C5 moro persons died
this year In Philadelphia In the four weeks Just
preceding Christmas than died In tho corres
ponding period Inst year; that the additional
deaths are largely duo to pneumonia, grip and
bronchitis, nnd that persons of all ages havo
succumbed.
If an epidemic of smallpox or Asiatic cholera
had produced a like mortality In ono month,
tho city would havo been panic-stricken and
citizens would havo been making every effort
to aid In stntnplng out tho scourge. City, Stato
nnd Federal health services would havo been
working overtime. A strict quarantine would
have been maintained. Every private Interest
would havo been relegated to tho background
In order thnt tho public might have protec
tion, nut It was not smallpox or Asiatic
cholera' that produced the 465 deaths.
They were caused by diseases not readily
controlled or stamped out by coercive meas
ures. Drastic quarantine methods would prob
ably avail very little. However, that docs not
lessen the community's responsibility to under
take the prevention and prompt control of these
diseases. To save a man from smallpox and
lose him through pneumonia Is profitless busi
ness. Tubllc health work will havo to follow
new paths If It Is to mean real conservation
of life.
For In-rtance, science haa already established
tho relation between pneumonia nnd hyglenlo
surroundings, proper ventilation and careful,
temperate living. Proper housing, health edu
cation nnd tho creation of an enthusiasm for
health In tho mind of each Individual nro somo
of the activities which will havo to receive
more emphasis than has been possible for pub
lic health officials to give them In the past.
The best that the community can furnish of
men and other resources will be well spent.
A NATION OF FORDS
Having fun with the peaco trip now-, however,
Is too much like Jesting at the dead. Tho Journal
prefers to point tho benefit which tho countrv
may leap from that gorgeous fiasco, it should
end our national delusion that untrained, unpto
pated Americans, merely by the force of good
intentions, nntlve ingenuity, and large sums of
money, ate able to shape tho universe to their
will and keep themselves and their country from
disaster.
Ford had good Intentions; there Is no doubt
on that scoro. Ho haa money.-'and ho spent t
"as If dollars wero withered leaves and ho the
owner of boundless forests." Ho had and has
a world of native wit. But he had no uuder-
AMUSEMENTS
WALNUT "SSM 5Jt
Thura-
Iteg. Matlnea Saturday.
Second and
Pop. Mat. Tomor., 25c, 50c
Last Week
Andrew Mack inZhh
Nights Best Seats, tl. No Higher. Walnut 2169.
FORREST Last 2 weeks Mat. Today
C1IAKLE3 DILLIKGirAM Presents
WATCH YOUR STEP
M.IOe
VERNON CASTLE-
-FRANK TINNET
npnvinn nRiuitMtn
Brlce & King; Harry Kelly j 100 Others.
nnn a t-i this week i vr. at a m.,
?tt 7i.ii0N,L,y ' Only Mat. Sat. at 2.
Wm. Gillette Sherlock Holme3
NEXT WEEK SEATS TOMORROW
JOHN DREW THE3 CHIEF
By HORACBANNESLEy VACHELL
GLOBE Theatre mKet7
Philadelphia Popular Singing Comedian
BOBBY HEATH
AND BIO SURROUNDING Bl LL
PALACE "&&QBF
FANNIE WARD
and 8E8SUE UAYAKAWA In
"THE CHEAT"
Will Bank With tb Greatest Photoplays.
JOHN McCORMACK'
nVU 8INQ AT THE ACADEMY OP MUSIO
THURSDAY EVENING, JAN. 13
SEATS NOW at UEPFE'S, 1110 Chestnut, 12.00.
Kn ai.oo. Amshlthcatre. 7Cc. SOc. an Rai ..
l.t.0,
A
.cademy Nlsht of Concert.
TTtrnT Today
JULIA NASH CO.;
.JDOLL-lf ft MACK;'
JNIAUiN at 2)15
TonW at T and 8. I ,MiS'AEt TWINS,.
XUEi-ROSESi MIXE. SPEIMAS BEABS? !'
.Trocaderoum Princess Kakmti.
standing of tho other man's mind, no conceptlct
of world forces, no enlightening knowledti tt
history or, saving Bcnso of humor, and ht li
coming nomo n wenry nnu uisiuusionea man.
In most things save worship of business tr.t
lack of humor wo nro a nation of Foris, W
havo wealth, wo havo talent, wo have Vw
Intentions, lint we have not that humility why
makes for study and sacrifice, or that grup q
underlying facts and forces which enables aptt-
pie to I'.now and in some sense cetermlne It! fit.
Mny heaven pcrmltus to.lcnrn tbeso things btto.i
the whole nation adventures on a voyage !ik
mat or Henry i- oru. umcago journal.
THE NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW.,
A commission cannrt bring about a tariff mil
lennium, but It should improve condltiqna it!
put somo chock upon tho tariff making of mm
private prlvllcgo and greedy cxploltatlon.-Clil.
cngo Tribune.
When Qrcat Britain Interferes with the rljS'j
of prlvntc correspondence between America!
citizens and residents of neutral countritlil
would seem that tho limit of forbearance hi I
been reached. Cincinnati Enquirer.
Mr. Kltchln's attitude ns to both prcp.ircfaaj
and rovenuc,. while highly crcditnble to till ci-1
srlcnco and resolution, Is yet n source of wit
ness to his party. Ho cannot separate hlmttil
from his official position. Washington Star. I
With the flsmest friendship for all ot a
neighbors, wo must stand strictly for pur on
Interests nnd unalterably opposo any ech'ew
which would pledge this country to fight lb
battles of other nations. Kansas City Journal
War. horrlblo as It Is. need not be coruWtrd
an unmixed evil, for just as It evolves suVid-
tutcs for tho luxuries nnd necessities of wnM
It deprives tho people bo It produces leJei
of tried mettlo to take tho placo of the !otb;
rui nnu incompetent. uicnmonu iimcs-uispAia,
1
AMUSEMENTS
B. F. KEITH'S THEATEE
CHESTNUT AND TWELFTH STREETS
Vaudeville Bill De Luxel
Phyllis Neilsoii-Terry
"REACHED THE3IEXDOUS VRAUATIQ
lUUailTSI" Evening Ledger
MANUEL QUIROGA
"CAPTURED Tilt) 110USEP' 'Evenlnr ItitU.
Tremendous fiurroundinf Show! ',
BEATRICE- IICRFOKD; OLIVER & OLP; DOS
HUE & STEWART; CJAUTIER'S TOYSHOP;
LEON & CO. OTHERS j
Wlfherspoon Hall, ThurB. Ee., Jan. 0, at 8;1J. J
KNEISEL QUARTER
(First Concert or Season) Tickets 50c to iiw-t
Unlteralty Extension Box Office, Wllhertpoon BUf
CHESTNUT ST. Opera HousI
MATINEES. 1:30 TO B 10c, lGc I SYSirUOnXl
NIGHTS. T TO 11 10c. 15c, 25c 1 ORCuEnU
nrmnTHV "nnwwrcT.T.v in .4
MADAME X I
ARCADIA
CHESTNUT Iitlow !
Dally. 15c, IMs.ScA
10 A. M to II US P. X
TUIAXOLE i'i-lfSH
raon HENRY WOODRUFE
. In "BECKONING FLAME"
ADDED ATTRACTION WEllElt HELDS
Thursday1; Friday. Saturday "LET KATV M 1IV
ADDED ATTRACTION SAM IlEIIXAi:i
In "THE GREAT 1'EARL TANGLE" V
ADELPHI I ' ?TSrw?i
BERNARL1 SHAW'S "CIRCUS"
Androcles and the Lionl
Preceded bv Anatole France's "Delichtful
Thp Mnn Whn ATfirrferl Dumb Wlfli
w ...- ,,..v -........, .. v... - a
With Q, f, llrnte & Mary FcrUi 'ffi
-?
Himfpr innvE 1WB I
STANLEY S&fgga
Bvmphonu Orchestra
"The Foundling!
and Soiovsrs
' Added
Tl
d Altractlonfc-Mummers' .New Year's TaraJjl
THURSDAYFHIDA-V and SATURDAY flf
-INR FitKiimtioir in r.vniA iiILMOIUn
PAUHN
nADDTmr Ttri. rnj evcs. oil
vxn.iivAY iriut,. xuuuy atio"
COHAN AND HARRIS Present
BEST PLAY IN ?3 YEARS
ON TRIAL
Popular Price Mating Today, Beit Seat It
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SATURDAY. JANUARY 6. 2.30
KREISLER
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Direction. C. A. EIU, Symphony Hall. Boiitwl
T.'XrnTl LIMITED EKninRifPWT
XI X XlJ Popular $1,60 Matlne W&
M. . Winter Uaraen' Latest Triumpa -j
MAID IN AMERICA!
Company of 125. Including .y
FLORENCE MOORE and 111,1. ll DAZlS.j
JILL f UN, MV8IO qd PKi,TTY OIKIS i
ACADEMY OF MUSIC, MONDAY EVO-. J.Ji.
NEW YORK
DAMROSCH
SYMPHONY
Conductor
ELMAN
ORCHESTRA
btaU pa SaU NOW at lleppaa llltt CheatnulJWJil
UTTLB THEATltK 17th and. D4 Lsucay fcS
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Onlu AvDcarance m Philadelphia This ScaiM
GRACE LA RUE MwS$T
Seats Now Selling Phone, Locust CtHtJE?
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WI?Tl OtQn Lecture t-y ED. T SU'ELO-",
II "i f,ww -aiystcriouK. uuknoaa
Many Colored Pictures. PREE. 33D and bl',(i3
amwptham aiiunn bio sib.
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