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PHILADELPHIA, TUISDAY, JANUARY 25. Ills,
There is nothing so powerful as tnith
and often nothing so strange. Wcbitcr.
The decision of tho Supreme Court that
tho Income tax Is constitutional will not make
It any easier to pay It.
Francis Joseph Is 111 with bronchitis, and
tho Allies are hoping that tho Kaiser will
got It In tho neck also.
If all wo hear about the New Jersey Legis
lature Is truo there Is no place where tho
services of "liilly" Sunday nro needed more.
liloyd-Gcorgo says that tho whole soul of
Brltnln Is In tho war; but wlint Is needed Is
a greater number of embodied touls nt the
front.
Senator Norrls wants to abolish the oluc
toral college; but if ho should succeed It
would not bo any easier for him to get bis
degree by populur vote
Uncle Sam Is preparing to ask Turkey If
sho sank the I'enlo, und Turkey la expected
to reply: "I cannot tell a lie. I did It with
ono of Germany's submarines."
A Chestnut street bank Is advertising that
February 3 is Thrift Day. but the man who
wants to accumulate n fortune must bo
thrifty on more than ono day a year.
The Independents who aro summoning nil
opponents of tho Democracy to tho Itepubll
can standard are practical politicians, as well
as exponents of political preparedness.
.Senator McNIchol will bo Justified In buy
ing that this Is thf greatest Administration
for public works. If tho plans laid down by
tho past administration are nil curt led out.
Tho conscription bill has parsed tho
House of Commons. The Houed of Lords
will now have tho pleasure of Imagining that
It rules England and will pass tho con
scription bill.
Since all the Camden young women aio so
beautiful it will bo difficult for the Judges to
decide who Is tho picttiest In tho contest for
Queen of Beauty at tho Carnival of the Po
lice Beneficial Association
"Walnut street 1b already on the map, and
If the activities of tho men engaged In busi
ness on It continue, It Is likely Boon to
assume tho place In the commercial life of
tho city that It once held In the social life.
On tho faco of It there seems llttlo In
trinsic excuse for transferring a saloon
license from 3d and Arch to 5 2d and Larch -wood.
Tho protest against such a far
fetched transfer Is a fine examplo of vigor
ous local option.
The disagreement between Doctor Dixon
and Doctor Krusen, as to tho necessity
of boiling drinking water, la downright per
nicious. It takes no sort of a logician to
figure out that the best thing to do is not
to drink water at all.
Director Datesman'a plan for opening the
breathing spot between 12th and Broad on
Spring Garden street deserves commenda
tion for a reason quito apart from the pleas
ure the park would give. Phlladelphlans
who do not travel much can hardly realize
what a reputation Its string of squares has
given to this city.
There can be nothing but pity for those
Banbury hatters who find that they must
pay the verdict of the court In the suit
brought by the hat manufacturers whom
they ruined by their boycott. And there can
be nothing but condemnation for the leaders
who were responsible for putting these
worthy workmen In their unfortunate pre
dicament. In the report of the Seamen's and Lands
men's Aid Society, which haa done good
service at 32 South Front street for forty
two years, there is mention of those who
have gone to the war and of "many faces
and many ships we shall not see again."
The Biblical beauty and the brief tragedy
of the words ought to bring a rich response
to the society's appeal for aid.
Free wool does not seem to keep the prlco
down. Australian wool Is already selling in
the Boston market for 82 cents, and the
trade Journals are predicting dollar wool In
the near future. But there Is nothing in this
situation which would Justify American wool
growers in enlarging their flocks, When
peace Is made Australia, which is the prin
cipal wool-growing country, will unload upon
us the wool which the British are holding for
their own uses, and the Argentine clip, for
which the British have been bidding, will be
released in part by the falling off In the war
demand and will come here in such quantities
us to discourage the sheep raisers. And If
the number of sheep fall off the price of mut
ton and lamb will go up and the coat of liv
ing will be Increased still more.
It Is Impossible to judge of the wealth of
a city by the assessed value of its taxable
personal property. If this were a proper
standard for measurement Philadelphia
would be the richest city in the Union.
Taxes were paid on 1580.000,00 last year, and
It is etlraatd that they will be levied on
f 621 .000.000 this year Baltimore stands sect
ond with 3S0.Q00.00n and New York comes
Wrd wim only 34O,Q9O,OO0. Boston is fourth
and Cblcago and Cleveland are rivals for
the nfth place, Every ono knows, however,
that Chicago Is richer than Cleveland and
that Philadelphia Is second to New York.
The assessment rolls do not disclose all tho
taxablo personal property In the other cities,
for tho reason that tho tax rate Is regarded
ns oppressive. Tho rich men swear oft their
taxes rather than pay 1V4 or 2 per cent, on
wealth that yields only 4 or 5 per cont. re
turn. The tax Is reparded as confiscatory,
and Its holders salve their consciences by as
sin Inn themselves thai It Is better to stretch
a point than submit to despoliation. In this
Stato personal property is taxed four mills
on tho dollar, a rate so reasonable that there
Is no excuse, for attomptltiR to conceal ono's
property from the assessors. When the other
States adopt tho Pennsylvania rule we may
get ofllclal flRures showing somewhere near
the value of tho personal property In the
great cities.
THE WOMAN SPEAKS
To the Utlitor of Evening Ledger:
Mr I linvr lir-m the- wife of nn editor
for mnrr tlinn 20 jenr, und. of course,
much InterrMctl In tho cilltorlnln of (iiili-Ht-ntloiiH.
In niiiiip of (lip tunny pnnrra
nntl iiinunslnri flint conic Info our home
tlip cilltorlnl twite I" nil I look nt. In
oilier, If In fhc our I mold, Inntentl, 1
rrml the "funny column." During nil
t lies c J cum, while cinmlnlny: vnrloim
cilltorlnl iuikpn. If I hml n nn article
nIkiici! "'I lie Wife of nn I'.illtor" I nhniilil
hne licen IritrrfNleil tit once mill Mioulil
lime rcml It, So I ncnil you (he In-
ctOHCll,
tiiij win: ok an niirron.
rpiin war In Europe has tremendous and
-terrible lessons for all mankind. Of It,
ono nation hns teamed that If It "goes to war
unprepared" Its young men tho youth and
virility of tho nation "are shot down like so
many frightened nnlmnls."
War has caught tho British nation placid,
complacent, dnlllnnt and unprepared, and has
shaken und torn, racked and strained It till
the complacency, idle luvutlou.sncss and In
dolent procinstlniitlon luivo disappeared and
left a nation torn, naked, stern, In deudlv
earnest, fighting for Its life.
Plattsburg had Its lesson for the men of
this country. Why not for thu women? Why
not learn and realize that It Is In the homo
that tho nation's character Is formed, Its
strength developed nnd mnintnlned?
Why not lenrn that If wo would have
strong, biavo sons nnd husbands In our
nation nnd homes to love and protect us, we
must begin first with ourselves nnd with our
boys at the cindle to due!op nnd cultivate
those very qualities?
If wc wish our girls to become strong, truo
women, nbls to bear fine, vigorous rhlldrpu
and to icar them ably nnd capably, so that,
they in turn become true, patriotic citizens
of this country, we must begin by having
thc-e girls born In homes where fire, true
living and obedience aie taught and lived.
In the degree that the llttlo sons nnd daugh
ters tne guai tied, led and Hustnlncd in clean,
blniple, high vvnya of living will they find
themselves, ns they grow up, with tho
Hticngtb, virility and braeness, the clour
brnln and clean muscles that such living de
velops and fosters. Must we not teach them
also that only fo arc such qualities attained?
Slnco "exnmplo Is better than precept" or
pleaching, and since motheis and motherly
women nre the first nnd most really powerful
ti-achers of mankind, must not wo ourselves
lead true, clean lives of high endeavor? If
we wish our husbands to bo bravo und true,
our sons to be clean and affectionate, ready
and able to meet life's demands bravely,' gal
lantly, steadfastly, must we not establish nnd
maintain ourselves In a home, be It but a
room, with those Ideals nnd the endeavor to
attain and maintain them there with us
part of the home?
Our men havo learned that today they
cannot even defend this great, beautiful na
tion, of which they are a glad part, or even
protect the beloved wife and blooming daugh
ters without training to learn how. Also, that
training may not be had In a. day, a month
or many of them. Nor can It bo obtained
then unless a man gives heed and obedience,
abandons all Idle, demoralizing ways of living
nnd strives for cleanliness and health in
thought and deed.
One thing we womon will do well to nppro
hend Is to make and maintain a clear distinc
tion in our minds and practice between home
keeping with the woman strong, tender and
faithful, making nnd cherishing it, and
housekeeping with the Inevitable absorption
In material things.
There are doubtless in our grand, big coun
try thousands of us women whose husbands
are at their places of business all day and
whose children havo outgrown our arms and
apron strings. Some there are with sons old
enough to wish to leave homo, or daughters
who wish to take the mother's place in order
ing the homo affairs and adjusting it to this
age and the manner of these times
Some of these women see that the position
in the home they have been living and work
ing in Is needed for the young to learn and
develop In. Then they begin to wish and
search for good, needed, patriotic work to do
to employ their strong, vigorous energies.
Why not assemble such women at a Platts
burg teach and train us, make us think?
Clad In khaki and close caps, our attention
might be more easily commanded, ,
Try us and see
RIGHT KIND OF TALK
EVIDENCE is accumulating that Phila
delphia Is awake to Its great opportuni
ties. The address which was made by Howard
II. French yesterday, after he had been
elected lo the presidency of tho Chamber
of Commerce, is the latest proof of the alert
ness of the business men. Mr French sees
a great future for the city, and in behalf of
his associates he pledged to the local gov
ernment the support of the Chamber In se
curing an art gallery, a convention hall, a
library and the completion of tho boulevards
and parkways. Hut he did not stop with
these projects intended to enlarge the facili
ties for education and pleasure. He Indorsed
most heartily the program for port develop
ment, without which the foreign trade of the
large dlstrUt for which this city la the
natural shipping point, will Buffer.
Tom Daly's Column
TIM, AN IHISII TEIttllF.R
It's wonderful dogs they're breeding now!
Small ns a flea or large ns n cow,
But my old lad Tim he'll never be bet
By nny dog that ever ho mot.
"Como on," Rays he, "for I'm not kilt yet."
No matter tho sbo of tho dog he'll meet,
Tim trails his coat tho length o' tho street.
D'ye mind his scats nn' hla ragged ear,
The like of a Dublin Fusilier?
He's a mnssacrco dog that knows no fear.
But ho'd Btlck to mo till his latest breath;
An' he'd go with mo to the gntcs of death,
Ho'd wait for n thousand years, maybe,
Scratching the door an' whining for mo
If myself wcro inside In Purgatory,
So I laugh when I hear thim make It plain
That dogs and men never meet ngaln.
For all their talk who'd listen to thlm.
With the soul In the shining eyes of him?
Would God bo wasting a dog like Tim?
W. SI. LETTS.
NOTHING NEW UNllEll Till: HUN
In Cicero's "Do Oratore," written B. C. BR,
wo rend: "In the case of Cuollus, that Joke of
yours, AntonltiH, was assuredly of advantage
to your causo; when, appearing as n witness,
he hnd admitted thnt a great deal of money
had gone from him, and tin he lrul a son who
was ti man of pleasure, you, ns ho was going
away said: "See you tho old man, touch'd
for 30 mlnao?"
Tho Dancer's Alphabet
Ily 8AU!i:i, Mif'OV.
(f'ontlnucil From Ycstenlij.)
T If for Nothing which Is some folkses' notion
Of the fo..tiot and all Us attendant com
motion
r Is tho Orchestra, led by an an?-
el; also the One-step, Just for a change.
"P 's the Professional, malting vou sigh
x As you watch him do sups ou don't
umc it y,
QIs the Queen thnt you hold In jnur nnis;
And thu Qulnco who Insists upon showing
hrr charms
T 'a the Hhlnoceios, foitunate boost!
xv Of all of his troubles, tho fot-tiot
Is lenat.
Q !s the .Sanity people onto hnd,
Ilefoiu the new dances hnd driven them nvl.
rp Is the the; unliss d.insHiit, 't Is stupid;
x Whence the Tnti Is driven by joung Mr.
Cupid.
TT is tho Undci grail, elegant child,
- Whoso darning drives debutantes utterly
ulld.
yis the V that ou'd give If ou anew
v The nntno of the blonde who Is Iliitlng with'
ou.
TXrstimds for jour Wife, ubo declares
' Kilo will fo;
fo.-tiot till d iwn In spite of jour
prnj erH
"V" is the X thnt ou pay over gludly
To loam a netv step that is being iln
ng linnced
mntlly.
"yis the Yawn that ou hide when you seo
x Thnt the dnneo hns kept on until loi
long
nfter 3.
V in tho Zeal with which tho whole nation
" Whirls in tho m.izo of tho dance's gyiatlonl
THI3 old gentleman's eyes twinkled behind
his glasses He wus perhaps the only
one In that particularly congested Chestnut
street car who didn't complain of tho crowd
ing. "Wlion I was 14 or 15 years old," said
ho to tho man beside him, "I saw worse,
much woiso than this, many n time In tho
busses thnt ran down Chestnut stieet. I
lomember oneo a fish woman got on nnd,
with her basket and all, snt herself down In
my lap. She must havo weighed 200 pounds,
and I wasn't particularly sturdy, either.
My! my! oven now when I think of It my
legs ache and that was 05 years ago."
Which reminds us of a footbnll btoiy Sev
eral years ago Notio Damn University had a
massive fallback named Elchenlaub, ns rend
eis of tho sporting page will lemembcr Klchen
laub Individually was responsible) for unity vic
tories, ono of which wait tho sinnshlng of
Wabash to the tuuo of 47 to 0. After that game
the batter"!! Wabash team, tho subs'tltutes and
attendant, climbed painfully aboard the trolley
car at the university gate to go Into South
nend. They very nearly filled tho car, but nt
the last moment a fat country woman with
a basket nnd nn umbrella got aboard, and, not
satisfied with the sent offered her nenr tho
door, plowed her way through the weary ath
letes and finally planted heiself 'way up front.
Thereupon a weary Wabasher callod to his
mntes: "Sny, fellows, that must be Klchen
laub's mother."
MV! HOW WE'VE GItOVVNI
CHICSTICIt
(From Gordon's Pennsylvania Gazetteer, pub. 1831 )
Crater, p-t borough anil t. of Jus of Delaware
co. 121 m N, of W C i on a 13 of Uarrlsburr.
on the r. Delaware, IS m 8. V.V. of Phlla ThlN le
the mot undent t of pa There wero eovernl
duellings nnd a Quaker meetlne here before the
grunt to Wm Penu of 11181. The tlret advonturora
under Penn landed here on the 11th of Dee 1IIS2.
and ere compelled to remuln the winter, the r.
bavin? been frozen over on tho night of their ar
rival There are etlll standing In thli undent town
ome old houeee among which la tho church Per
luipe few places In tho country have Improved lew.
Thero Is a water power near ft, hut It Is nor ureot.
and thB bualneee of the tiurroundlng country Ilea In
Phlla. It may contain at present about 130 dwell.
Inge, chiefly of stone and hrlck, a prison, a taverns,
4 etoreu, an athenoum, the Delaware co. bunk, a
church and Quaker meeting house, A manufactory
of (traw paper haa lately heen established near the
town. Pop In 1830, 848 There are here 0 practic
ing attornejs, and 2 physicians.
F, P. A., In the New York Trlhune, recently
dug up the Interesting information that Victor
record No. 3170S was for sale at Macy'e
"greatly reduced, slightly damaged." The title
of the record Is: "The republican Party
Stands by Koosevelt An Address by Hon. Will
iam H. Taft." At Heppe's there aro several
records almost as old ond nearly ns Inter
esting. For Instance, there Is No. 35218, "Pres
Ident Taffs Lost Opportunity," by Champ
Clark, and 35232, "Champ Clark's Speech of
Acceptance." This last looked Interesting until
we discovered that It was hla speech of ac
ceptance as Speaker of the House and not for
the higher office.
TOET ANH PEASANT."
Here I'm making verses,
On philosophies of life
Passing n hla motor
Is the plumber and his wife.
Naught he knows of rhythm.
Less of muses on the wing.
More he cares for bathtuba
Than for lyrics poets sing.
Yet the lowly plumber
Is a man to whom I bow:
Owns the houso I live In,
And I owe three months'
rent now.
Kendler,
I'ltKSS AGENT STUl'r".
Miss James Is described by her friends here as being
a remarkably beautiful girl She came to New York
a year ugo to complete her muolcal education, after
being encouraged to do so by Joseph Ilofmann, the
violinist, who pronounced her talent exceptional.
N X. Tribune
Look through the rosters of all the violin
leagues and ou won't find this guy Hofmann
mentioned .at all.
Well, Child, That's Better Than 50.50
This came from a member of Farmer
Smith's Kalnbow Club in answer to the ques
tion, "What do you like about your home?"
"I like my home because I have a kind
mother and a house two (2) cows about
tuilved (12) hens and 3 cats 3 dogs and a
nice soft bed. I dislike my home because
our tin barn Is cold and our house Is damp
and the mice are thick."
"IP YOU CAN GET ME OUT AS EASY AS YOU GOT
SOUTH'S CHAMPION
AGAINST ENGLAND
Most Conspicuous Figure in South
ern Politics, Hoke Smith Has
Been Through Some Big Fights
as Lawyer, Governor, Senator.
Ws!
HUNKVLin. anybody by tho nnmo of
Smith comes Into tho public eye thero
immediately rises a chorus of quotation,
'Tate tried to conceal him ," etc. Hut In
the case of the Georgia man the well-known
lino of Mr. O. W. Holmes hn a peculiar
fltnehs. Ills patents
you see, balked fate by
giving the boy a front
nnmo ns easy to grasp
ns tho handlo of nn
electric shocking ma
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chine. It sort of Btlcks
In tho mind. "Hoko"
was a happy thought,
but also It Is tho nama
of his mother's family,
w h I c h is a distin
guished family and has
been for many genera
tions. No, "Hoke" Is
not a nickname. And
what's more, it's not "okb smith
Innpproprlato for purposes of description It
was adapted originally from the Get man
"Hoch," meaning tall, and npplled to tho far
Gnrmnn ancestors of the Senator, who hlmi
self Is six feet two or threo inches tall nnd
weighs 18 stone, that Is to say, about 250
pounds. Hoke Smith entries his weight well,
as tho phrase goes; he's not at all Indolent,
npd in his younger days he was the champion
Just-for-fun wrestler of Atlanta.
But It's neither his name nor his phvslque
that has won him fame, but bis mentnl and
moral force. Just now ho Is figuring befoto
iho country an the chief proponent of an em
bargo as a teply to England's course In hold
ing up neutral commerce, and particularly
her Interference with cotton shipments.
Studied Law Evenings
Smith is half a Yankee. His father was
II. H. Smith, LU D., a New Hampshiro man
who went South nnd beenmo president of a
small college In North Carolina, afterward
taking a professorship in tho University of
North Carolina, Hoko was born In Newton,
N, C, nearly 61 years ago. Most of his early
education he received from his father. Ho
taugnt school, studying law In tho evenings,
and at the ago of 16 ho was admitted to tho
bar of Atlanta, Ga. From that tlmo on, what
with politics, law, journalism nnd educational
interests, ho has had a busy career. Tor a
tlmo ho was' editor and owner of tho Atlanta
Journal. In 1883 he married Miss Birdie Cobb,
daughter of Thomas It. It. Cobb, and they havo
reared a family of threo daughters and ono
son.
When Grovor Cleveland chose him for his
Secretary of the Interior In his second Cabi
net, Smith had never held public office In his
life, That was In 1892. When he was tho suc
cessful candidate for Governor of Georgia In
1305 he had novor before "run" for office. But
ho hod been In politics. Ho had Joined with
Henjy W. Grady he of the famous "Now
South" speech In keeping Patrick Calhoun
out of tho United States Senate nnd electing
General Gordon. Calhoun was afterward
heard of by the nation at the tlmo of tho great
civic fight In San Francisco, only Calhoun
was on tho wrong side, aa might havo been
expected. Smith had also succeeded In send
ing a Cleveland delegation to tho Democratic
convention In 1892, after the friends of David
H, Hill wero certain they wero going to havo
things their own way.
Smith won his legal reputation as an nntl
corporatlon lawyer, and when he was Gov
ernor he was given two terms with a defeat
In between he was known aa having no peera
among State officials, except possibly La Fol
lette, as a trust buster. Previous to that time
the State of Georgia, politics and all, was
controlled by special Interests. 'There were
some few Georgians who looked forward to
deliverance. Jame3 It. Gray, who was then
managing the Atlanta Journal, described the
Kind of man Georgia ought tp have for Gov
ernor. The description fitted Hoke Smith to a
T, though Gray did not have him in mind
and Smith had no thought of becoming a
candidate. Letters and petitions, however,
begun to pour Into the lawyer's office, calling
on him to take up the people's case agatnst
the railroad domination of the government
and politics of the State. And so It was that
Smith entered the race more than a year be
fore the primaries, y
A Strenuous Campaign
In the critical period of the campaign he
delivered 189 speeches In $0 days. He went
to bed at I o'clock and was up again and at
work at 5 in the morning When the returns
wro In it was found that Smith had won
12? counties out of a possible 115 13ut two
ism
lii5lll)
J MHJV &S &A? S.A
' ' JIX
ycais later thcmachlno returned to power by
a narrow nnd some say a suspicious margin.
The now Governor, at tho end of his term,
assailed Smith's policies hammer and tongs,
and Smith thereupon took up tho challenge
nnd won his second victory. As Governor,
Smith won tho tltlo of "Progressive Demo
ciat," and divided his party Into two camps,
progressives and leactlonnries, with aa sharp
a distinction ns existed between tho Demo
cratic nnd tho Kepuhllrnn party in any North
ern State. Ho wrote a convention plntfoim as
radical ns nny that hnd been known In tho
country up to date, and referred on ono occa
sion to "those splendid Republicans called in
.sutgents, like Senator La Folletto and Sena
tor Cummins." His measures need not bo
discussed hero, but It mav be .said that he was
often railed "tho Ln Follette of Georgia" and
"the Hughes of Georgia." That was when
the Wisconsin reformer was wielding Immense
Influence.
Still, Smith hns always been known ns a
regular. In 189G, when Bryan was nominated
for tho Presidency, he gave tho Nebraskan
his support, though ho had no faith In free
silver. Ho teslgned at thnt tlmo from Cleve
land's Cabinet to avoid embarrassing his
chief.
Smith was serving the second year of his
last term ns Governor whon Senator Alex
ander Stephens Clay died. He mado a suc
cessful campaign for tho Senntorship, being
elected In tlmo to attend tho extra session of
1911 but did he go to Washington then? Oh,
no, not till December for Hoke Smith Is a
fighting man and ho chose to stay in tho gu
bernatorial chair till ho had finished a low
nntl-machlno jobs still needing attention.
KEEPING THE STREETS CLEAN
'Jo the Editor of Vvenina Ledger:
Sir-Mrs Oakley blames tho citizens for the
dirty streets beciuhp, as she says, tho Council
men nro Kelectcfl on nccnmit of their political
complexion nnd not for what thoy know about
street denning. She thinks the .streets uro llt-
uii-u wiwi phijitn ny politicians, and thnt the
big politicians bienk a policeman when be
makes an nirest for such an offtmwe. She says
that there Is no Ilcpiib'lcan wnv of cleaning
the streets nor a Dc-mocintlc way of illanoalnu
of gnibage
Mrs. Oakley Is writing at random In tho
nrst placo, street clo-inlmr Is in ehnrse of the
liurenu of Stieet Cleaning. Department of
Public Works, where high-salaried cnglneets
direct tho work. This dep.-irtmont calls upon
Councils for tho money lequlred to do such
work, and It Is appropriated without delay. It
Is then up to tho ofllclnls of this bureau to seo
that the work Is dono nccording to specifica
tions. The methods pursued now are the same
as those of the past four years, because the
engineers and Inspectors In chargo of this work
have not been chnnged.
As for the streets being littered with papers,
this Is not due to one person or set of peradns,
hut to a general state of affairs. Nearly every
storekeeper distributes circulars, postcatda or
newspapers to advertise his watcs. Among the
prominent offenders aro tho million-dollar cor
porations conducting chains of grocery stores
These stores distribute so-called newspapers
twice a week, and It Is incumbent upon certain
of tholr employes to perform this task.
It would be an Injustice to arrest these young
men who do this work nmong their other duties
when the corporations by whom thoy are em
ployed aio Immuno fiom the law. Neither
should It fall to the housekeeper to assume io
spouslblllty for these papers and postern ds lit
tering the streets. If the big firms that cause
the distribution of these papers could be ntado
to Btop such practice by a process at law, then
the Individual storekeeper would take the hint
and follow suit.
As for the Republican way of cleaning the
streets and the Democratic way of disposing of
garbage no criticism should be made because the
former has been out of power for tho post four
years; while It's 10 years since the Democrats
were In power, and that was before the city
cleaned Its streets or even thought of disposing
of garbage
Mrs. Oakley would cause wholesale arrests
and blight the future of many an honest and
law abiding young cltlsen; when a campaign of
education should be Inaugurated Instead
Philadelphia, January 21. CITIZEN,
AMERICAN CITIZENS
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir Kindly advlso me If a person comes over
from Europe and Is single and marries In
United States of America and his wife gives
blith to chlldten In United States of America
and the father does not have his naturaliza
tion papers, are the children Americans or not?
Kindly advise mo .on this subject at onceV
A READER OF YOUR PAPER.
Camden, N. J., January 21.
Note. The Fourteenth Amendment to tho
Federal Constitution declares that "all persons
born or naturalized In the Unltod States, and
subject to the Jurisdiction thereof, are citi
zens of the United States and of the State
wherein they reside." It has been decided by
tho courts that this provision obligates the
United States to rccognUe as one of its citi
zens one born within its borders of alien par
ents. Children born of diplomatic representa
tives, however, aro not considered citizens. In
such a case as that described by the writer of
the foregoing letter the children are Americans.
Editor of the KVENINQ LuoqBit.
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TED SHAWM
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Co. ot Sols
Dancers t
nml Thumlny nt
Prices COo to $1
I Ensembla
NEXT MONDAY
SEATS
THUnSDAT
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ORIGINAL CAST INTACT
KLAW & ERLANGER'S
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MC8IC HY IIKHMAN HNCK
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VVUHK or .MONDAY, JANtAltY 31
Lu Lu Temple Mystic Shriners
I'resentB I11ANK I S TOLLMAN'S
WINTER CIRCUS
a "ma ror" miow indoors
SUA'IS ON SALE AT GIMBELS
ADELPHI
NEXT MONDAY
EVENING
Jan. 31
DAVID HULASCO
Presents
FRANCES STARR'
In the Beiiitlful 1'lny ' MAniC-ODILE"
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lluouflhout All rhiladrliihla
Dest Seats $1 SO ut Popular Mai 'tomorrow.
CHESTNUT ST. Opera Houses
MatlneeB. 1,10 to 0 P M 10c, ISc
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HY H A WALSH
With Speilnl Muslml AiLoimnnlirunt on
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CHESTNUT AND TWBI.ITH bTHECTS
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Co . Scotch Lads nnd Lassies
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