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Man Is not a creature of circumstances.
Circumstances arc the creatures of men,
Disraeli.
An they say In Atlantic City, ho Is truly a
Riddle to Stough.
"Coal strong at Chicago," says a headline.
It can break a man In Philadelphia.
It Is a, good thing for Senator Varo that ho
Knows moro about IiIb own business than he
does'abqut Mr. Porter's.
It 1b roportcd that a census at Palm Beach
shows 2 lapdogs for every child. A case,
obviously, of more than one family going to
tho dogs.
"Why shouldn't tho. Republicans and Pro
gressives get together? Democrats, Soclal-
lsts. Prohibitionists and all others would have
to If war camo.
Tho suggestion that wealth bo conscrlbcd
to keep pace with tho conscription of men
met with llttlo favor In tho Houso of Com
mons. Incredible!
Mr. Roosevelt says that tho I. W. W. docs
not flourish In Germany. Neither docs It
precisely "flourish" anything but tho red
flag In tho United States.
There was onco a popular song entitled
"Waltz Mo Around Again, Willie." It should
bo revamped, according to certain political
far-seers, to read "Teddy."
Mayor Smith picked tho right man when
he told Mr. Roosevelt that ho (the Mayor),
though an Organization man, wna for the
city first. Mr. Roosevelt, too, has had his
experiences with bosses.
The president of the Cunard Company ap
parently thinks that British ships could bo
employed moro profitably for tho nation
than In tho service of tho browing and dis
tilling companies. Perhaps he Is right.
Whom was Teddy driving at when he said
that tho longer ho lives tho less ho cares for
oratory? Ono Mark Antony onco Bald that
ho was no orator and then proceeded to sway
tho mob with all tho arts that concealed their
purpose.
Tho success of tho garment workers'
strike has apparently been an inspiration
to tho cap makers. But they must not for
get that the best thing about tho garment
workers' Btrlko was tho prompt settlement
of It.
Tho citizens of Philadelphia anticipated
Mr. Roosevelt's benediction on the head of
Mrs. Jano Deeter Rlppln. whoso work as
chief probation officer of the Municipal
Court has been a public honor and a bless
ing. Magistrate Harris hate a wife-beater, but
Is annoyed when women have their husbands
arrested and then fail to appear in court to
prosecute. His Honor should realize that an
arreat is only a friendly warning and that
prosecution in court might really upset tho
dignity ana quiet of many happy homes.
American diplomacy hasn't been batting
afctrre .846 recently, except through Its rep
resentatives In a few countries. But the
State Department hit a three-bagger when
It persuaded the Allies to restore to free
dom the Teutonic and Turkish Consuls at
Salonlca. There is some virtue In a neutral,
after all.
Tor some reason, mors practical results are
expected from the activities of William
Sunday than from the activities of less ener
getic and less advertised workers tn his field.
So 'Mr. Sunday can put a feather in his cap
with the announcement that one of his "hit
ters" will bit up salaries in his factory. No
backsliding, please!
Mr. Dudley Field Malone. Collector of the
Port of New Tork, was a visitor "in our
midst" on Thursday night. While the Colonel
spoke before a larger audience Mr. Malono
broke a precedent of the Clover Club. He
made the members listen to his speech,
which was on non-partisan support of pre
paredness. Now, If the country would Just
as easily break another. precedent and give
that support, What a pleasant surprise It
would be!
. :
President Wilson and President Taft both
vetoed an Immigration bill bearing the lit
eracy test. Although the test requires ability
to write and to read, not English, but the
Immigrant's own tongue, the veto was well
taken, and the effort to reintroduce, the test
is bound to fall. President WHson wrote th.at
It was a measure of opportunity, not of
ability,, and the whole essence of American
tzijtlon b n tht. phrase Not for what they
fire, but for ?iJSiSMy maK!&mf le
fAmerlcaelcoroffAs'lmnilgrahtsJif -i M
v , - w tS -Sj'j,.L
The layman Is somewhat bewildered by the
variety of military plans offered for his
choice,, and Is no less put out by tho acerbity
With which tho advocate of any one treats
the; proposers of all the others. It seems that
when the President cast aside his noble
ejrt&nbtii
it ii; ' 1
bia. country 1 dtcuji ratic It will Insist upon
cirtxen central, and will look with suspicion
upon specialists, wo art prone to become
9MntkvmK about thk M. Bat fc
ijtb'ught ahput "a citizenry trained to arras"
'lis onened the tloodeate to everything from
lu; Continental army to the Swiss syst
EVENING LEDGER- PHILADELPHIA SATURDAY jTANPARY 22, Jjt(L
leave .tho question of preparedness, upon
which virtually every patriotic man Is
agreed, to the mercies of agitators and to
the imaginations of tho Inexpert Is folly
worse confounded. It must not bo done.
GREECE AWAITS THE EARTHQUAKE
The existence of Oreece n n nation to
day In tttie to the benevolence nnil pro
tection of the Entente Allies. Her ene
mies hate ninny hren Turkey, tlnlgnrln
nnd the Teutonic Alllei. Her Klnn lin
slinttcred the Constitution of the ro.intry
nm! Iiriiken the cmennnt with Serttln, to
find himself lirtiTcoi lo flren, nnil hl
crown rencly for pnnnhrokers.
GREECE 1 a kingdom of fear. For three
centuries she fonrcd tho power of Tur
key, of which she was a province A hun
dred yenrs ago sho won her Independence,
only to meet the sinister hatred of Austria
nnd Germany, nnd sho feared them.
The only country of which Greece was not
afraid was England, and to her she owes her
first freedom.
In 1830 France nnd Russia Joined with
Orent Britain to liberate Grceco from all
terrors by making her secure ns n separate
Government. In 1862 tho same Powers
emnnclpatcd her from tho fear of Internal
rebellion.
For a time she fenred only Bulgaria. Tho
Balkan Wnrs established n status which
seemed firm, but tho entrance of Bulgaria
Into the present war hns again overthrown
tho bnlnncc of Hnlkan power. Bulgaria de
sires Kavala nnd Drama nnd Seres, three of
tho richest provinces In Greece. And while
Grceco hesitates, her favor Is being de
manded. Until tho Invasion of Salonlca sho
was being coaxed. Now she Is being com
pelled. Seeing eye to eye with the diplomats of the
Entente Is Eleutherlos Vcnlzetos. Standing
with his back to them, facing Berlin, Is King
Constnntlne, and tho Allies have given up
hopo that ho will break the hypnotic spell
which tho German Svengalt has over him.
Their fear now Is that ho will turn around
For Constantino has a sword in his hand
tho Greek army, still mobilized, still being
fed by tho Allies, still faithful to tho Grceco
which the King has disrupted.
The process of that disruption Is fascinat
ing. It started years ago when Constantino
was Crown Prince. In 190D there was a mili
tary revolution In Greeco and the name of
tho Crown Prlnco was stricken off tho Hats.
Before that his pretensions to military grcnt
ness had been rather smartly taken down
when he was recalled from command of tho
Greek troops fighting ngnlnst Turkey a wnr
In which tho Knlscr congratulated tho Sul
tan upon overy victory, and In which Russia
alone saved Greece from annihilation. Con
stantino went Into exllo and It was only the
coup d'etat of Venlzclos, mnklng this "re
tired bandit of Crete" Prime Minister, which
allowed Constantlne to return. Ho mado
up his mind then that ho could control his
country by ono way alone, and that way
was tho army.
Tho gradual su'ervlng of tho King toward
Germany begins with the reconciliation with
his wife, from whom ho was separated for a
period of years. Tho Kaiser forced tho re
conciliation and shortly after mado Constan
tino a Field Marshal of the Prussian Army.
On that occasion Constantino publicly
thanked tho Kaiser for the victories won
by Greece, a singularly Inept gratitude, since
the French had trained Greece, and Germany
had trained her enemies. Some months later
Venlzclos was again nsklng France for a
loan, and had compelled apologies to be Is
sued by Constantlne. Since that timo Con
stantino has heard only German whispering
In his ears. It may bo forgiven him that ho
has forgotten French. The fact Is that ho
has forgotten Greek.
Tho Constitution of Greece gives tho
Premier virtually tho same powers granted
by tho Parliament of England. He repre
sents the people, and the King Is bound to
respect tho office, so that, In refusing to obey
the popular mandato which returned Venl
zelos to otllce, Constantino abrogated tho Ilrst
democratic right of his country. He has
made himself an nbsolute monarch. At tho
same tlmo ho has broken his treaty with
Serbia, upon which not only that country
but tho Allies depended. Ills defense was
that "things are different In 1915 from what
tbey were In 1913." Since then Constantlne
has defied his people, has held his army as
a defense, and has kept a marvelous balance
between tho belligerents who demand his
help.
He has sacrificed the freedom of Greece
temporarily, he would say to Its safety. But,
If ho has been cautious, he has not been wise.
The Invasion of the Allies was Inevitable, and
Greece, which could have saved Serbia, Is In
a fair way to meet Serbia's fate, without her
glory and without her ultimate restitution.
For If the Allies win, Serbia will be restored
and Bulgaria will pay. If the Allies lose,
Greece may yet be tricked out of her terri
tory to compensate Bulgaria.
These things Constantlne preferred not to
believe, and he may have his secret treaty
with Bulgaria assuring him his Integrity.
But he has no treaty with Greece, and under
the gunx which point inward from Salonlca,
which dominate every spot glorious In the
history of greater Greeks than themselves,
the subjects of Constantino may yet rise to
rid themselves of a King to whom PoUdam
Is more alluring than the porticos of the
jAKOPOjIS.
'ml BRYAN AS A COUNTER IRRITANT
THE report that Mr. Bryan will trail the
President about the country in order to
counteract by speeches In favor of peace Mr.
Wilson's advocacy of preparedness, lacks
confirmation It Is nevertheless credible. No
announcement of Mr Bryan's itinerary has
I yet beep made, possibly because it is not ye(
bwiawnwliere the President will go. There
19 no o.QUD( mat Mr nryun is camping on inq
President's trail, when he gets ready he will
.begin to make, ay much trouble as he knows
how and as a trouble-maker he Is In a clasi
1;bjf Wmself,
Tom Daly's Columii
'T AM sending you,"
says the Rov, Dr.
Peter Gullday, "a llttlo mnemonic for
virtue copied from an old book of the Middle
Ages, Tho classical scholars among your
renders may enjoy It."
DVi ScU Dklt Stlt Dfclt NosEipollt
FeM Potm rlt PotH rtl Non Coertnlt
Crtu AodU Cr)il Audit 4, OMil Fltrl Nai Point
Erptmlu Htbft Epml,t Htt FtpiV "Ion HlW
Judical VMM JoJIct M Judlt.l Von Ert
Nco Qiifldcumou Vim Qui QaMtotnoor Sor Owl
Beginning with non, then going to dlcaa at
tho top of column one, then qiiorfcMmijtie,
then tfds, nnd so on, It gives n neat llttlo
Eorles of mottoes. Xon Alcas qundcumque
scM, nam qui itlcit nuodcumquc scil saepe
dlclt quod non expedit.
Then rend non to facias, to quodcumquc, to
poles, nnd so on.
N0;,
gentle reader, wo won't translate 'cm
for you. Our motto Is "A'on facias quod-
rvmqur potcs nam qui faclt quodcumquc po
test sacpr facit quod non coiiitiiM. And all
this, tit rflclf ornfor port piandlum, reminds us
o f a story Many, many years ago, when wo
were n reporter on tho Record, we were
sent to write up tho enso of a lunatic who
had barricaded himself In a restaurant on
Vino street and refused to open the door to
tho police. Tho crowd outside was full of
helpful suggestions. "Get somo asafoetldn,"
said one, "nnd stick It under tho door."
"Where tl'yo get It?" asked the Irish police
man, who was lending the besiegers. "Drug
store," said the man. Ko tho policeman
called one of his men nnd said ho: "Go to
tho drug-store an' git a pound or n quart of
nRsyfettldy." "Of what?" says the other,
taking out paper nnd pencil. "Assyfcttldy."
"How do ou spell It?" "'A-n-aH-s-y-scc-Assy
' Och! .list go an' spake It to tho
druggist. Sure, that's a Latin word; only a
priest could spell It."
Our friend, the competitor, first et this "fnml
cnted" and uc felt like letting It tand, thue creatine
a perfectly good new word, hut wo were afraid
nohody would lielleto one could "famlcato" oneelf In
a restnurnnt.
Just supposing n college could hire a John
James Audubon to tell Its ntudents about
birds Ho would be worth moro than tho
costliest building at nnv university. Cllrnrd,
In cstcrrtay's PunLio InnaKn.
N
O college could of courso, for J. J. Audubon
is dead; but It could do better. o
never mot John J., but wo know something
about his work, nnd wo nro satisfied that
Louis Agasslz Fucrtes, of Ithaca nnd Beach
Haven, could tell a bunch of students moro
nbout birds thnn Audubon nnd do It moro
entertainingly.
Uirchbnrk Rill's Chances
"I took n prencher llshln' once," raid Blrchbark
HIM. the guide
"His doctor prut him up to mo with something
wrong Inside,
To patch his lungs with btlsani pine and tan
his yellow skin :.
Which I did It to perfection, though I had to
rub It In.
For he didn't know much nsliln", and didn't
want to Know
But he'd argue on religion from HUn-up to
sun-low
And when the tiout wai rlsin' thick he'd knock
off to Inquire
How I proposed, when I cashed In, tn save
my soul from lire
"I didn't give my fou! much thought till win
ter camo niound
My shack took tire ono freezln" night nnd
burned down to the ground,
Which set mo linrd to thlnkln,' and I hought
a Fllblo cheap
And spelled It out beforo the flro until I'd
fall asleep
It didn't lilnze tho trail for me as clear as I
could wish;
You sec, I'd never done much wrong, 'cept
smoke and cuss nnd fish.
And In tho Hook about tlicm things there
wasn't much to learn.
But If It meant to cut them out, I knew my
soul would burn.
"But I kept on with the-spellln' and suddenly
one night
I saw ns clear ns llghtnln' what that preacher
called the Light.
For I read nbout the Master, who spoke at
Galileo
To fishermen n-mendln' nets nnd snld: 'Come,
follow Me.'
There was one of them nnincd Peter, and An
drew, John nnd James:
And light round lieio thrro's darn good guides
what bear thowo solf-samo names.
Who nccordln' to my mem'ry has never did
no wuis
Thnn to huxtlo for u llvln' nnd smoke and fish
and cum.
"Next summer I was guldln" with another
pte.ichcr chap,
Who didn't como up for his health and didn't
give a rap
For anything but catchln' fish and had a level
head
And when I mentioned 'bout my soul, he sorter
laughed nnd tald:
You've spelled tho answer out all right Just
smoke nnd fish and cuss.
And If ou cut tho latter out you won't be
none the wuss.
And when you stand before the gate,' he added
with a grin,
'St. Peter was a fisherman I guess he'll let
jou In.'"
A. NORMAN JEFFEniES
Answer) "Of Course Tliey Does."
Sign In a glove-shop window nbks; "Does
quality, elegance and stylo In gloves appeal
to you?"
"0" as in "Odor"
Vtctorlana Huerta has galumphed across the
river, the verdict of tho doctors was "sclerosis
of the liver." He died in bed with friends
about and relatives all grieving; hs did not
face a firing squad the moment of his leav
ing. Let's pull oblivion about and spread it
gently o'er him, and leave him to the ghosts
of them he tent across before him His coun
try needed a Btrong man, he gave it an as
sassin, and so there's more rejoicing than
there's grieving at his passln' Judd Lewis in
Houston Post.
Judd Lewis, for shame! for shame!
In your "arma virumque cano"
You've slurred tho General's name
Why. Judd, It's "Vlctoriano"!
SAMU
STER
EL J.
STERRETT, of
Germantown, re
cently caught Walt
McDougall in a
good humor and
got from him for
his autograph al
bum the more or
less pretty picture
to our left.
"I can think," he
wrot,e under the
; arawmg, -oi noth
ing moro auto
graphical than a
portrait of myself
playing on the hag
gis, a Gaelic In
strument of torture.
Yesterday was Rabbi Krauskopf's birth
day Maseltovl and ft reporter (not one of
our bright young men. we hope) Interview
ing him over the telephone, asked l "By the
wajf. Mr. Krauskopf, what church are you
minister off'
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PENNSYLVANIA'S LITTLE CORPORAL
P. C. Knox, Who Has Been in Washington Before, Is Said to Be
Planning a Return Engagement Since Boyhood Pie Has
Broken Several Success Rules, but Has Made Others
PHILANDER CHASE KNOX, ns they say
on occasion, needs no Introduction. Mr.
Knox, however, Is snld to bo on his way back
to Washington, cither ns United States Sena
tor to succeed Mr. Oliver or as United States
President to succeed
Mr. Wilson, and It's
well to remind our
sloves how old ho Is
and how tall and to
recall n few other facts
about tho well-known
farm or of Valley
Forge, lawyer of Pitts
burgh nnd general all
round Pcnnsylvanlan
To begin at tho begin
ning with the m n n
himself, ho was born
at Brownsville, Fay
otto County, May C,
1S53. If you're not good
at figures, you may
caro for tho Informa
PHILANDER C. KNOX.
tion that ho Is now 63 years old, or pretty
nenr It, and you don't need to bo told that
he's not too aged to bo President. Rooso
vclt onco' called him "a sawed-off cherub,"
and there's still something cherubic about
the man, with his round faco and dnpper
body, and as for his being a sawed-off, no
body could count tho times he's been com
pared with Napoleon. Knox doesn't llko big
furniture any more than Napoleon liked tall
generals.
Now, after Knox was bom ho was chris
tened, nnd on that occasion received tho namo
of a friend of tho family, Philander Chase,
who was Bishop of Ohio In tho first part of
tho nineteenth century, n pioneer who per
formed many good works. Bishop ChnBC, by
the way, was an undo of Salmon P. Chase,
at ono tlmo Chief Justice of tho United State3
Supremo Court. Knox Is a good name, too,
n famous namo In Scottish and American
history, but It's worth mentioning -In order
to correct an error that our former Secre
tary of State Is not a descendant of a certain
general of Bovolutlonnry fame. Ho doesn't
need to be. Tho father of Philander Chaso
Knox was cashier of tho Monongahcla Bank
In Brownsville and ono of tho Influential nnd
highly honored citizens of tho town.
Neither Rich Nor Poor as Boy
As perplexing as anything elso In the his
tory of Mr. Knox's riso in tho world Is tho
discovery that ho has not adhered rigidly to
the conventional copy-book maxims and pro
cepts for attaining success. Ho did not have
the Inestimable advantage of being born of
"poor but honest" parents. Ho has over
come this disadvantage of his early youth.
James McNeill Whistler used to say, apropos
of his West Point days, "If silicon had been
a gas, I would have been a soldier." If type
setting machines had been Invented In the
early seventies. Philander ChaBo Knox might
have been a printer. Ho learned tho trade
after ho graduated from college, but he was
not tall enough to set type at a "case" with
ease. With the money ho earned at the trade,
however, he studied law. Onco ho got started,
ho was never beaded off. So, after all, thero's
a success story In the career of Mr. Knox.
And that remark isn't based on tho fact that
his fortune Is something llko 12,000,000. It's
based on tho record of his public life.
While a student at Mount Union College at
Alliance, Ohio, Knox made the acquaintance
of William McKinley, a member of whoso
Cabinet he later became. McKinley was then
the prosecuting attorney of Stark County,
A college debating society to which Knox
belonged held open meetings every Friday for
the discussion of public questions. Those
meetings were attended by Judges, lawyers
and physicians of the neighboring country,
and McKinloy was a frequent guest, taking
part In the debates. Though ho was ten years
older than Knox, the two struck up a last
ing friendship at thatime.
Of course, Knox has coma Into close rela.
tions w(th most of the men prominent In
American politics and statesmanship in the
last decade or two, but In several Instances
the association has been of particular In
terest. For Instance, when Knox became
Secretary of State he left a senatorial seat,
while EUhu Boot, whom ho succeeded in tho
State Department, entered the Senate. The
two men who thus swapped Jobs have made
a specialty' of brains. The thing Mr. Knox
does best is to accomplish what he seta out
to do. It has become a habit. Tho practice
may ba confidently recgromended to any
young man who desires, to achieve fame and
fortune.
Mr. Knox and Mr. Taft have the distinction
ot being th only two men now Hvlny who
have twice refused an Associate JustfcMhUj
. RIGHT NOW
.Wi
on tho Supreme Bench. But Mr. Knox is tho
only person In tho entire history of tho United
States who has ever been called away from
a matlnco performance of a musical comedy
at a thcatro to havo such an honor thrust
upon him. On a sunshiny November after
noon, ten years ago, Mr. Knox resolved to do
a thing he had not done In many years; to go
to n matlneo at a Washington playhouse. In
' tho mlddlo ot tho second act, an usher enmo
tiptoeing down tho aisle with a whispered
messngo that Mr, Knox was wanted at tho
Whlto House nt onco. Thero was nothing to
do but obey tho summons. Outsldo tho thea
tre Mr. Knox lenrned thnt President Roose
velt had boon trying to find him at the
1 Capitol and nt his residence, nnd that the
messages from tho Whlto Houso wero lnslst-
1 ent and urgent. Tho Senator hastened ncross
Lnfayotte Square and Into tho Presidents
office. Thero Mr. Roosevelt told him thnt ho
wanted him to accept tho vacancy caused by
Justlco Brown's retirement. Mr. Knox de
clined, ns Mr. Taft had previously declined,
leaving tho way open for Attorney General
Moody to scalo tho dizzy height.
Mr. Knox has two attributes of genius. Ho
has to a marked degrco tho ability to got at
tho heart of a problem and to set forth sim
ply, lucidly, clearly and In orderly nrrny tho
essentials of an Involved, complicated, en
tangled and generally muddled up caso or
proposition. Tho processes of his mind aro
orderly nnd advance by well-defined steps
from premlso to conclusion. His Intellectuals
at work glvo out light without heat; a steady,
clear, constant light, marred by no sputter
Ings or motcortc flashes. It hns been described
as a light "In which it is cosy to read assured
Interpretation of law."
Knox as a Lawyer
Knox was once described as "a lawyer from
stem to stern" always giving his very best
serices to his client. There's a story of his
early professional career that may bot re
peated here. It doesn't lllustrato his legal
ability or methods, but, briefly, this Is It:
An Important caso was about to como to trial.
One of tho parties thereto retained cx-Preel-dent
Harrison for tho.sako of the prcstlgo
lent by tho namo. Knox was also engaged
for tho sako of his ability ns a trial lawyer.
Harrison was promised a fee of $25,000. Knox
was so busy when ho was asked to tako a
hand in the caso that ho refused to consider
tho matter; but after being repeatedly pressed
he said, Jocularly, "Why, yes, I'll argue tho
caso for $100,000." "Done," said IiIb visitor.
After tho trial, Knox, knowing, or nt least
thinking, that he had been ridiculously over
paid, went to Harrison and, wishing to do
tho fair thing, suggested that they pool their
fees and divldo oven. "Sir," said the ox
Presldent, looking on tho "sawed-off" young
man In somo amazement, "I am not In tho
habit of dividing my fees with any one."
He didn't that tlmo. There's another story,
too, A boy, badly hurt In an explosion of
natural gas, was gathered up and taken to a
hospital. Agents of the corporation which
was responsible for the accident cheated him
Into an outrageous settlement. Remember,
he was a boy; poor, friendless, maimed. Be
sides, ho was black. Men who know hira say
the passion for Justice Is the finest quality
In the manhood of Philander Chase Knox.
He heard about the boy, gave battle and got
him $8000. It is said in Pittsburgh that he
put more steam and Interest Into the case
than In any other ho ever tried.
Knox tikes fishing and billiards, but his
favorite diversion is driving fine trotting
horses. His personality Is not known to
any large number of people. Mr, Knox'
chooses his friends with the careful discrimi
nation of a collector. In his hours of ease
he Is a rare toller of good stories and de
lightfully companionable. In his dally walk
he Is not austere; but no one ever saw an
other Benator, or anybody else, clap him
Jovially on the back and hall him as "Phil."
Mr. Kpox looks more like a French or Italian
churchman whose avocation is diplomacy
and statecraft than an American Senator or
President. But you can't always tell from
the looks of a man how far he will go.
THREE CANDIDATES
Bryan says he hopes the Republicans will run
their weakest man this year. No doubt he
hopes the Democrats will, too, but they already
have three times. Detroit Free Press.
QUESTION OP AUTHORSHIP
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
,T?i,v"H!?dielr ih0 ?8P,"on- "O Where Do Fairies
Hide Their Heads?" a pretty little piece of
poetry appeared In thlq day's Evbkinq ledokb.
credit for it beinar given tn "Thm.. u.. 1
Bayly. In the Wisconsin Fanner The writer Is
f iv iuvd at uayiy's age. If bo is a
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young man, ho I3 guilty of plagiarism, fori
well romember hearing It sung, nnd, In h
often Joined in tho singing with two tnembei
of tho Manchester (Dnglnnd) Typosraphlctl So
ciety, between tho enrs 1ST2 and 1S76, the toe
being then known ns "When the Green Lta
Come Again." Thero was nn additional in
wmen rcnu:
Or, maybe, In soft gatments rolled.
In hollow trees they He,
And slug, while nestled from the cold
To wllo tho season by
There, while they sing. In pleasant trintii
In mossy counterpane, ts
ill ...cull-. kii:j I. ft. . i- auiiii imi uanvQ
Till green leaves come again.
This was tho third verse, tho one nppejrltf
In today's paper ns third being the fourth. It
addition to this, tho fourth woid In tlio thlrdlln
of tho ill st verso should bo "spired," and tbt
third word In tho third lino of the fourth urn
(tho third verso ns published ny ou) ihoiiM
bo "rings." If Mr. Uujly Is the author of Ik
song, ho Is to bo congratulated on the fact tilt
he must havo reached a rlpo old nge. j
niiniiT wiiriir rmr
Phlladclphla, January 20
f Note. Thomas Hnyncs Bayly was bohi
Bath, England, In 1T37, died at Cheltenham to'
1S33. Ho wroto man popular songs, and ii
also noted ns a dramatist nnd novelist. Editor
of tho nvr.NMNO LuDonn-1 fi
PRODUCTION OF GASOLINE
To the Editor of Evening Ledger J
Sir In tho nvn:iNa LKiintui of January 2
Inst thero appeared nn article, the headline!
of which. In largo type. Indicate that 4
PLAN FOR INCUHASING GASOLINE 1
PRODUCT DOUBTED BY EXPEHI
F. Roynl Hnmmett Believes Bxpcrlraentl IU-,
ported by Dr AV. F. Rlttmnn, of U. SEurtii
ot Mines. Only In "Laboratory" Stage, J
A nn.dnn f M,ta firtlntn roili1 nn fnllftTCS
H'lmn ti llnv.il TTumnifttt. vlpo nre.qldent
Ciow Levii'k Company Land Title BullihuVS
was shown the statements made by Dr. W.
F. Rlttmnn, of the United .states Bureau of
Mines, nt tlio American institute 01 tnrai'
oil PtiiTlnonr., Iti Ttnltltnnin estprdav. In Ttt
crenco to tho great wnstt of gasoline atl
nnctnr nittmnn's m onoscd icmedles, M
u m 1 1 rwl
Doctor Rlttman proposes to Increase tho
present supply of gasoline through his dl
covcry of tho crncklim of petroleum anil
other hydrocarbons, tint Mr JIammett W
these expetlments havo never got beyond the
i.htiMin.,, oitmn mid thnt tin nnerator hit
na ..nt Knri nnrail II lied In t f DoCtOr Rltt"
man's method on a commercial scale, JNef.
thelcss, ho thinks tliat ineio is more iu
possibility that Doctor Klttman has got ft
fjoou thir.K
t ..!... r tl. niinlml olnti.nionr !iv Mr. HitO
111 VU Ul IHU nnuttvi "tuiv -J .-
. 1... Htltoo,. nvtini.motitn ilHwft nCVCf t
beyond the laboratory stage, and that no opert",
tor has as yet neon pcrsuaucu iu "j " ;
Illttman's methods m n commercial seal?, "
may bo of inlere ' to note the following: J
There nro two plants In actual operation, cm
manufacturing 1000 gallons of benzol and tolOM
per day, erected by tho Aetna Chemical Con
pany. of Pittsburgh; und another plant, maw
fncturlng 500 gallons of gasoline a day. loct
at Pittsburgh. In addition to these. accordWl
to information which I have fiom th,8",
ment of tlio Interior, four additional IMtroaa
plants for tho production or gasoline are now
under consttuctlqn. und tlnee other ?P?5!
will start building Rlttman plants within ret
month. Tho United States Bureau of Mines "
... . . ,a n,i.A. , pnmnAnCSIvi
receiveu requests irutn ju umvi .. - y: .v,
permission to erect Rlttman plants unJerl
supervision of Bureau 01 .unit-a - - -
to men or avauaDio men u "- -,. h,.r
Bureau of Mines, theso latter 10 requests M".
been declined ..uMI
Since two Rlttman plant, are Ir , J
commercial operation, jour - - :trBia
tlnn nn.l three companies will start constrww
i. nit. within the next month. I uf!V
that the statement quoted by Mr. Hammw-j
dlcatlng that "these experiments have ""
got beyond tno laDoraiory ""? .L-nse.'
Is hardly In accordance with the'"";, . orWf I
In consequence of Doctor nittman," : re
connection wttn mis BOUr?l"'f.V VfonMtW
nuently been compelled to furnish Inf " J5
resaruuiG im iJiwt,. - ,,. itlwt
ject In writing this note Is to corrwM"
mente similar to those which Mr. n i
Is auoted as giving out. .....ulN.i
Department of Chemistry. Swarthmor. i
lege. Hwarfhmore, Pa., January 2ft C
TvPTne AWT! WORDS
. . ..milter U
The blessedness assurea to vuhiri
not guaranteed to the peace talker.-"" -t
ton Star,
GET THEIR ORDERS ELSHW.n
It is understood that the KaUer gggj
passport order barring aliens IronJ
Isn't taken seriously by the FwSJerijtf
Russian armles.-Boston Evening Tranioir-i,
NATIONAL POINT OP VIEW
The world is short-sighted when PS
conditions to exist which curtail I s. only 3
for the future years-the Jewels which w
as children. Dayton Journal. :
Mr. McAdoo has been reminded that tbii
a growing sentiment in y ""- ;,OB.ri
partisan consideration ot wnu -Rochester
Post-Express.
It Is our Imperative duty to do J",auvjj
can to uphold. International law as i g
when the war broKe out. ;u'reo v
services to civilization will J?ftJndl
largely Dy our success j -
icent tosK. jnmanapuuo nn.
and the niggardly Parliamentarians were
ana an tne worm buuw i ... M ,
the Congress of the United States yW
that this country l uuy Pre"";rnMS fel
land and upon sea, for uch Prepawdn
WHS Bl.rUUU4b 6V4f ---r-
Knqulrer.
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