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Men must xoork and tcotnen must weep.
Charles Klngsley.
Tho German sailors seem to know some
thing1 about tho sea.
It Is about tlmo wo had a storm to keep up
tho average weather for tho winter.
1 OI Tho new steel merger may bo perfected bo
foro tho formal Progressive-Republican consolidation.
j " Now that tho K-5 isn't going to turn Into a
tragedy, will some ono pleaso explain why
there nro always six gunner's mates on board
""' a submarine and no gunner?
" Colonol House has been told that American
diplomacy might accomplish moro If It wcro
' not hampered by publicity. It Is so hard for
JQermany to understand democratic govern
ment.
v
, Fifty per cent. Increase In tho cost of build
ing work authorized this January, over tho
first month of 191G, Is a slight measure of tho
prosperity In Philadelphia. Tho total this
year is nearly $2,000,000.
Two cents moro for gasoline. Price now
v-the fatal figure of 23. Will tho producers ex-
plain Just how much is duo to increase of dc-
"mand, how much to scarcity of supply and
nohow much to pure cussedness?
J", Commissioner Jackson, of tho Stato De-
, partment of Labor and Industry, has Issued
Mon ultimatum to bakers. Bread must be
clean. It recalls tho famous musical comedy
order of four eggs and one of them must bo
,-,'. good.
V The Quartermaster General reports to tho
House that tho Government could equip
800,000 men within flO days. Pompey was
going to stnmp his foot and bring lnvinclblo
K .armies Into the field, but tho moro ho
stamped tho closer to Borne Caesar got.
The first definite figures about tho use of
... cotton in tho manufacture of munitions have
Jbeen given to Congress by an expert from
,,uthn Bureau of Census, who said that
American manufacturers havo u-Pd 1,000,000
. bales In the last year and that 2,000,000 bales
have been used abroad.
When it Is nnnounced that 220 midshipmen
are to bo asked to resign from Annapolis be--causo
they failed to pass certain examina
tions, tho country would like to know whether
tho questions they could not answer related
JJo matters which it is imporativo that a good
naval officer should know.
A further step In tho distribution of educa
tional centres was made yesterday when tho
new South Philadelphia High School for Girls
and the Frankford High School for Boys nnd
Girls were opened. A high school education
Is gradually becoming as customary and
necessary a thing as tho grammar school
education of three decades ago.
Tho Reading has lifted Its embargo in or
der to avoid a coal famine In Now England.
Do the Pennsylvania pacifists doubt that
somowhere, In the secret files of Jealous na
tions, there lies a map of tho coal mines of
this State, with Information as accurato as
that possessed by the Department of tho In
terior? Do tho pacifists of the Ozarks feel
secure?
Tho colors of the "books" issued by the
various Governments have ranged from
"white to red, but none Is more sinister than
the "Black Book," which details the atro
cious persecutions of Jews In tho war re
gions. It has not been recorded that the
'.-Jews have been "slackers," nor that they
-''nave lacked in valor. But persecution and
prejudice can, apparently, continue oven in
he midat of war.
Internal wrangllngs in an Institution de
voted to any form of public service Invariably
damage the good name of that institution,
sometimes unreasonably The dispute at the
Frankford Hospital, which bears the mark3
of sectionalism and should never have become
public, will certainly not enlarge the confl-
'denes held by men and women In the charac
ter of the hospital." The affair should be set
tled quietly and swiftly.
r ' The workings of the police department aro
Jnscrutable and mysterious to the lay mind.
Undoubtedly there are "reasons" for the
shifting of policemen's homes. Yet the samo
,&y mind does understand human nature a
"bit, and it knows that the order to return
.to undesirable surroundings Is bound to work
hardship not only on the members of the
force,, but on their wives and children. As
w. S. Gilbert wrote, "Take one considera
tion with another, a policeman's lot Is not a
jjP on8'"
" "g3ioNatloial Cash Register Company has
w anally admitted that It has violated the Fed
eral anti-trust act by combining to restrain
fcaA attemptipe to monopolize interstate
iJmds and commerce. In cash registers. The
tso against It Was so strong that It was
kalfw for it to resist the courts any further,
rattr ends the civil action. There wero
jgwuy aggrieved competitors, who thought
ffcftt tho criminal prosecution of the officers
-was Ui taoat righteous aet of the Govern
tpt. But, although the officers admit thr
gutt to Uu civil eauv the criminal aetiw is to
fwa Tw otttmm had &m PviA
i ttatenfr emsia, but tftyapa,fil jr.
EVENING L&pqER-PBILADELiPHIA,
verdict of tho Jury was sel aside and two of
this counts In tho Indictment wero quashed.
The remaining count was construed In such
a way that the attornoys decided that a new
conviction would bo Impossible. Somo other
way than through tho anti-trust laws ovl
dontly must bo found for getting at the men
guilty of unfair competition.
LICENSE COURTS AND LOCAL OPTION
The license court l tint Imtinil 40 re
spect the tnllilllr of the protest of n run-Jorltj-
nf the residents of n nelclihorhooil
nenlnst n snloon, for tlie Inir docs tint
iirM lilc for the exercise nf lnenl option.
It In n rettiiliitlnir nnd reslrnlnlnpr, not n
prohibitory, stntute, iNilillc opinion) lioiv
ccr, Is ft Rood Riililc to the court.
IF THE pcoplo who aro trying to convtneo
the Judges that no liquor licenses should
bo granted In Germnntown and that tho num
ber of saloons In West Phllndolphla should
not bo Increased do not succeed they ought
to refrain from casing their Toolings by damn
ing tho Court.
Tho powers nnd duties of tho licensing
Judges hnvo been protty well established by
a long scries of decisions. For example, It Is
established that an overwhelming preponder
ance of signatures to a remonstrating Vetl
tlon need not compel tho Judges to rcfuso a
license. In an appeal taken by a saloon
keeper from tho decision of tho Common
Pleas Judges, who had refused a llccnso un
der such clrcumstnnccs, tho higher Court
said:
In the caso In hand there appears to havo
been nn unusual eltoit, both for nnd ngainnt
the application. Tho number of remon
strants considerably exceeds that of tho pe
titioners. Tlila is nil ery well, so far ns It
Is addressed to tho discretion of tlio court.
Tho result Is not conclusive) upon him.
Otherwise we would havo local option with
out tho sanction of nn net of Assembly,
jot enforced by tiio Judiciary.
So long ns thoro It no law directing tho
licensing authority to be guided exclusively
by a formal or Informal referendum tho
Judges must cxorclso tho discretion with
which they nro clothed. It nny ono Is to ho
damned by tho Gcrmantoun nntl West Phila
delphia people for a possible fuiluio to limit
tho number of saloons according to their
wishes, It Is tho General Assembly, which
failed to pass tho local option bill last winter.
Tho remonstrating petition, or Informal
referendum, Is not a safe guldo to tho Court
for obvious reasons. Tho way It works Is
well illustrated by tho proceedings In the
Common Pleas Court in Crawford County
last year. A petition signed by forty-ono
nnmos nsked for a license for tho Lufuyotto
Hotel, In Mondvlllc, ono of the largest nnd
best known hotels in western Pennsylvania.
It was accompanied by a remonstrnnco
signed by Ji'7 names, whtlo 191 persons
remonstrated ngalnst granting n, license to a
restaurant across tho street from the hotel
and 232 favored It. Tho Court granted both
licenses, because of Its own knowledge It bo
Hoved that public comenienco would be
served.
The title of tho law itself is Instructive. It
reads: "An act to regulate and restiain the
sale of vinous, malt or brewed liquors." It
has been decided that It is not a prohibitory
law, but that tho restraining purpose Is def
inite and clear Therefore, when the Judges
have to find out whether thcro Is a demand
for n saloon llccnso they must consider other
matters than would bo prevailing In tho caso
of a business which was not to be restrained.
Tltero Is a demand for a grocery htoro in a
district where enough groceries can be sold
to make the business prolltnble. Tho fact
that a saloon would make money In a given
location Is not sufllcicnt to Justify granting
a license.
Tho point for tho local remonstrants to re
member is that the License Court has a wide
discretion, nnd that there Is nothing In tho
statutes which Justifies it In accepting the
verdict of an Informal referendum by peti
tion as binding upon It. The referendum must
bo supplemented by other evidence. In tho
Crawford County case already referred to
the Judge disregarded tho petitions In grant
ing the hotel and rcstuurant licenses, but
when only 1628 persons asked for tho granting
of a wholesale license and nearly 12,000 op
posed It tho Court decided that public senti
ment had been so clearly indicated that It
would be Justified In refusing tho llccnso to
tho wholesaler.
Thero Is no doubt that so wide an expres
sion ns possible of tho sentiment of Germnn
town and West Philadelphia would bo helpful
to tho License Court. Thero Is no doubt,
either, that woman havo as much right as
men to sign tho remonstrating petitions. Tho
views of tho Supremo Court on this quostion
may bo used to strengthen the purpose of
those circulating tho petitions. The Court
said:'
Tho act does not require that cither peti
tioners or remonstrants should be voters;
it is enough that they nro citizens, whether
male or female, hence It is a mlatal.o to
pass over women nnd count only otors.
Public opinion, however, Is a power with
which even tho Courts must reckon. A closo
voto on a license cannot bo conclusive nnd
should not bo considered to Inhibit tho grant
ing of it. But whoro tho remonstrants are
in so great a majority as clearly to repre
sent tho wishes of the people, their protest
Is In itself nn evidence that public conveni
ence would not bo served by granting tho
license and that no necessity for a saloon
exists. A community vote, therefore, while
recommendatory only, should Influenco tho
Court, although it cannot direct a verdict.
Tho process Is a stop toward local option,
even prellmtnary to It, but citizens should
recollect that it Is not local option, which
can be brought about only by the action of
tho Legislature.
ANOTHER EMDEN!
WHILE tho State Department is brushing
down tho bristling questions of Inter
national law aroused by the arrival of the
British liner Appam, In chargo of a German
prize crew, the world will take a moment to
applaud the hardihood and tho vigor of the
captors alone. After the Emden's traglo end,
and after a few other raiders had been swept
from the sea, In tho boastful phroso of the
officials, tho oceans wero clear. Every port
was guarded, every harbor blocked. And
suddenly the Moewel
The history of the Jloewo Is not yet known,
She started from tho Kiel Canal, When Bho
shot across the Appam's bows she was dis
guised by falsa colors. Her men fought in
blood on tho decks of the Appam, took her,
and apparently transferred to. her prisoners
from seven or eight other prizes. The Appam
was taken to Hampton Roads. The Moewe Is
still roaming the seas.
And what must stick more than anything
elso In the throats of the Allies is the ex
traordinary voyage of 4200 miles, from Uie
Canary Islands to the shores of the United
States, through, waters policed by Allied
ships, without adequate sources of provision,
secret, dauntless and successful! it is an ad
venture and an ochiavameHt which redeem;
a welter of unhappy and tragic episodes on
And.
TomDaly's Column
YOU might think wo wero a barber, so
llttlo do wo cnthuso over safety rnzors.
Wo llko tho old-fashioned straight blado and
wo feel wo "ould shavo In tho dark with It.
Yet wo notlco that whenover wo shavo on a
train It makes tho Innocent bystander
nervous. Tho other day, traveling to tho
West, wo noticed an old gentleman Hi tho
corner, who had Just settled down nnd
lighted a long black cigar for a comfortablo
smoko nnd who was watching us with ap
prehension. Wo felt nono of It oilrsolf, al
though tho train was swinging over a rough
part of the road, hut nil of a sudden tho old
gentleman jumped up, slammed his freshly
lighted cigar into tho cuspidor nnd said:
"Heck! I can't stand this," and stumped
nwny.
ON THE way homo, n fow days later, wo
told tho story to Alexander S. Grelg, vlco
president of tho Frisco Railroad, who wns
our traveling companion, and wo asked him
If It bothered him to sco n man shaving on
tho train. "No," ho said, "I ntn rather skill
ful with tho razor myself. I used to shavo
my head." Wo looked our surprise. "I ad
mit It sottnda strange," ho conceded, "but It
rnmo nbottt In this way: When I was a
youngster In Scotland a fellow townsman
of mine In Aberdeenshire, who hntl a bent
for exploration, took mo with him to tho
top of Ben MncDhul to determine tho exact
source of tho River Dec. On tho wny homo
I undertook to cut ncross ti glacier nnd beat
my companion to tho trail below. I paw my
friend dlsnppear in tho mist ahead of mo,
and tho next Instant I dropped through tho
crust of tho glacier. I wns nearly scared
to death. I couldn't mnko my friend hear
me, I knew, and It was lmposslblo to climb
up from tho holo into which I had dropped.
Thcro wns a stream, however, running
through tho bottom of the glncler and It had
mndo a tunnel for Itself and I decided that
my best chnnco was to follow It. Which I
did. It brought mo out on tho sldo of the
mountain, on tho edge of a sheer drop of
somo .100 feet nnd I had to do some scram
bling to get lo solid ground. A week or no
after that my hair began to como out In
patches, nnd It looked as If I would bo ab
solutely bald within n short tlmo. Thero
wns n French barber In our village, nnd I
consulted him. Ho was nn unusually wlso
man. 'Tho shock,' he said, 'has done this
for you. I'll shavo your head for you, nnd
after a whllo you'll bo ablo to do it for
yourself.' Ho showed mo how to arrango
mirrors so that I could shavo my own scalp;
and this, every morning for n period of two
ears, I did. It was tedious work, but I
got my hair back."
rnnnuARV second
So. Groundhog Day is heio again,
Quito rutin, lirlRlit and clear.
On Groundhog D.iv can you toll when
'Twos cloudv, dull nnd drear?
The woodchuck alwajs sees himself
And fcoots hack to bW den.
lie needs a. mirror on his shelf
Perhaps he'd stay In then!
Th. Atsall.
Hal I1.1l Another busted prophot.
THE Christmas cigars havo all been
smoked or given away, tho suspenders
and such like aro hidden, but somo things
are still In evidence. Tho mall brought us
this the other day:
RING W. LARDNER
RIVERSIDE.ILLINOIS
If tho engraving at tho top wero a llttlo
larger, I would never havo to sign my
name at tho bottom; people would know
almost by Instinct tho Identity of tho
author. But tho stationery Is a gift hor3o,
so I suppose I should not complain.
For the Promotion of Picturesque Profanity
THIS contest closed at midnight and tho
bouncer put everybody out. You never
heard such bedlam. Hero aro somo of tho
things they wero saying:
"Bs" tlio warp In tho tlhll'H wnlklnc stick, " ami
"by tho hlnses that hold up tho Gates of Ciohonna,"
If ou don't award tho prljo to me I'll Wsli tho
1 111 so upon sou that "wm may neor Ulo until you
know tho woes of wealth."
Thraneon.
"By tho tumbling tin tied to tho tan tllto's tall I
By tho wildly weird wows wound with wondrous
wall!"
Th. Atsall.
Somo oaths jou did not not aro Matwlncer's "May
the prcat fiend, hooted and spurred, with a scytha
at his Birdie, rldo headlong down her throat."
"By tho loo sou bear tho soveu deadly sins."
"May ou bplnil all eternity pushlu' hutthcr Into
a keyholo wld a hot nail."
Yellumo.
"By th wound In tho tendon that never would
mend on tho hoql of Achilles."
c. 11. a.
Above tho roaring rises tho protesting
vole of A. Fireman. "It seems to me," says
ho, "that every ono'a got too far away from
Shan's Idea of picturesque profanity, Somo
of these blood-curdling maledictions aro cor
talnly a long way from Shan's tunoful oath."
Ho's right nnd so wo declaro Shan tho
winner of tho thing he started. Tho book
goes to him. Silenco! Clear out now, tho
rest of ye! Move on, now, movo on I
fl.viQUK rnorEssioNs on ounrcn. jobs
This ono apponla strongly to tho Imagination;
J. RAYMOND SMITH
Assisting l'all Bearing
I'all Bearers Furnished
S102 BBANDVWIND STBEBT
THIS, from "Pnxton's Philadelphia Di
rectory for 1818" is tho equivalent of our
inllroad tlmo-tablo today. Thirty hours to
IlaJtlmoro!
Hew Tout Chaise anil I'llot OlUca
between Chestnut and nlnm In Fourth St, No, 48,
Winter Establishment or New York and
Ualtimore,
FIHST LINE FOH NDW YORK.
Tho Post Chalao will leave Philadelphia every
morning at fi o'clock and arrive InNaw York
tho same evening at 6 o'clock. Fare IS,
SECOND LINE
The Mall Coach Pilot will leave Philadelphia
every afternoon at half-past 2 (half an hour
before the mall), run through and arrive Jn
New York the next morning. The publla ore
Informed (hut In this lino no detention will be
mat with on the road, it not carrying the mall,
and of course not subject to the Inconvenience
of stopping at the numerous 1'ost Offices on
the road. It has one more seat than the Mali,
and will carry but eight passengers. Fare $10.
The coaches both of the first and second lino on
the new construction, 'baggage on springs, and
protected from the weather by leather boots.
Fare $12.
BALTIMORE PILOT
Will leave Philadelphia every morning at 6
o'clock, lodge at Havre de Grace, and arrive
In Baltimore the next morning by 13 o'clock.
Fare $12-
Easiest Sort of Work v.
"Voi reafl me like a took," said Fred.
That made Ms sweetheart laugh,
"OK Prd" she tald. "J really read
you Hlca a paragraph."
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, lOlg:
"HIMPOSSIBLE.il" lmi
MM (ia.ii mmmm (liiiiil .
THE KOMANCE OF
THE PORK BARREL
Gentle Art of Raising tho Wind
Praised by More or Less Success
ful Practictioners The Pas
time of Patriotism
ONCE upon a tlmo you regarded n Con
gressman, every Congressman, ns tho
personification of goodness nnd wisdom. It
might have been in your salad days. No,
we won't say that tho phraso has other con
notations. But It was when you wero young
nnd trustful. You believed that away off in
Washington thcro existed a wonderful,
always right, lircproachablc, altogether ad
mirable, perfectly perfect "Government."
You pictured "tlio Government" In some such
vnguo way as many peoplo think of tho
Ruler of tho Universe, Disillusionment came,
but you wero too busy with other things to
care. You talked nnd knocked, perhaps, but
that's all tho good It did. You figured It out
that Congressmen aro no better and no wiser
thnn their constituents, nnd thus camo pretty
closo to tho truth, for a Congressman rep
resents his district ethically and morally ns
well as politically but you lot It go nt that.
Pcoplo talk of tho scandal of the Federal
appropriation bills and of log rolling, but
after nil It's only a species of romance. Awo
Is mightily mixed with romance. Wo speak
awfully of our Imperial Valleys, our miracles
of science, our maityrs of scienco, our cap
tains of lndustty, our seers of social Justice;
of Galileo and Booker T. Washington, of
Socrates and tho sweet girl graduate. It's a
beautiful and9blesscd thing to dlo for one's
country, a lino and splendid thing to start
out from tho llttlo red schoolhouso and carve
ono's way up tho steep and dizzy cliffs of suc
cess, a gratifying und honorablo thing to bo
elected to Congress, But a Congressman's
career is not ended with election to Congress.
After getting on so well ho must still keep
going If not for himself, then for others.
Success Is crowned with altruism for con
stituents. What modern mlrnclo surpasses
tho sudden blossoming of n $200,000 public
building in tho midst of sagebrush nnd
cactus? Moro romantic and awe-inspiring
than tho return of Ulysses or tho homecom
ing of tho Prodigal Son Is tho spectnelo of a
Congressman bringing homo tho pork.
When the Band Plays "Pork"
How does It happen? When nnd why?
What aro tho results?
Preparedness: Four sopnrato committees
appropriating for military expenditures. Mo
bile nrmy of tho United States scattered
among 40 or CO posts. Why posts aro con
sidered an asset to a community: purchase
of supplies, Interesting drills, nttracttvo
parks, band concorts. Navy yards present
tho same needless multiplicity. Thero 13 not
a navy yard whoro a wholo squadron or fleet
could bo properly accommodated under condi
tions that might nrlso.
Sandy Bay, Massachusetts: Five million
dollars called for by plans for Improvement of
rofugo harbor. Jl.500,000 spent up to 1013.
Engineers could uso $500,000 a year. At pres
ent rato of annual appropriation, work will
bo completed about 1060.
Texnrknnn, Texas: Monumental court
house built flvo years ago at cost of $110,000.
Postofllco has separate building. Courthouse
open for business throe or four days every
year. Unused during tho 360 other days.
Now York City: Busy court forced to hold
sessions In Woolworth Building. Compare
Toxarkana.
Park City, Utah! Growing so fast that In
tho next ten years four postoffleos employes
will bq required. Government Is putting up a
$23,000 building for them. Whllo Chicago,
suffering from mall congestion, can't get
money enough to buy a site for a much
neoded building.
Scores of expensive postofllco buildings are
oreoted In towns having postal receipts of
less than $10,000 a year, TownB of 760 to 2600
Inhabitants got buildings costing from $50,000
to olose on $200,000. Court In some instances
1b held In these buildings two or three days
a year. Sometimes a publla building Is
totally unused except for a few days an
nually. Seattle wanted a new postofllco, Through
tho Instrumentality of Representative Hum
phrey, of Washington, $300,000 was appro
priated for this purpose. Then a site was
acquired at a cost of $175,000. Then the Post
office Department learned that the site was
seven feet under water. So the Government
has tho site, but Seattle won't get the post
office. Mr. Hendrlck then points out the ar
guments used by the politicians.
"There aro two factions down In this dis
trict," says the Senator, "Ojte sido has the
postmaster, I want tho other to havo this
site. It will make better feeling In my dis
trict." The foregoing are only examples, speci
mens. Instances of whlan there are bun
dreds.
Appropriations Klne appropriating com
mittees, fifteen npproprfntlon bills. Admiral
Flsko explained to commlttco our lack of tor
pedoes nnd submarines, and was followed by
a delegation of business men from Vallejo,
Cal., asking that moro millions bo spent on
tho Maro Island Navy Yard.
Economy Senator Aldrlch dcclnred tho
financial methods of Congress caused a waste
of $300,000,000 a year. Two-hour debate as
to whether Jnnltots In chargo of commlttco
rooms should bo retained during summer
months.
Geography River and harbor bill of 1910
contained Items favorablo to 29G out of 331
Congressmen. Similar distribution of pork In
other years.
What do Congressmen nnd Senators say
about pork? Somo aro quoted below:
Remarkable Remarks
South Carolina Senator "It comes with
bad grace from men on that side, who havo
been getting their sharo of chicks and eggs
from tho National Government, to get up
and captiously criticise tho rest of us who
are only doing tho samo thing."
Member of Congress "Mr. Speaker, "thero
aro six men In my district after my seat, and
I must do something to raise tho wind."
Rcpresentatlvo Austin, of Tennessee "I
bcllovo In putting money In circulation In
stead of hoarding It up In tho Treasury. At
tho samo tlmo. these buildings glvo employ
ment to thousands of American working
men." Representative Burnett, of Alabama "If
you want to economize, why don't you stop
building battleships?"
Senator Clark, of Florida "Wo can unlto
tho affections of tho peoplo all over this glo
rious land in a closer bond of union by rear
ing In their midst nn edifice for tho transac
tion of the public business, which, whllo be
ing useful, will at tho same tlmo remind them
of tho glory, tho majesty and tho power of
this great Republic."
Senator Sutherland, of Utah, with refer
enco to postofllco costing $107,000 at Jasper,
Ala., population 2509: "I think It Is a. llttlo
bit Important to tho Federal Government in
a town llko this, where It Is holding Its courts,
to bo represented by n building with a flag
flying at tho top of it."
Representative Garner, of Texas "Thero
nro a half dozen places In my district where
Federal buildings nro being erected or havo
recently been constructed nt a cost to tho
Government far in excess of tho actual needs
of tho communities whero they nro located,
Tnko Uvdalo, my homo town, for Instance
Wo aro putting up a postofllco down thero nt
a cost of $60,000, when a $5000 building would
bo entirely adequate for our needs. This Is
mighty bad business for Undo Sam, and I'll
ndmlt It; but tho other fellows In Congress
havo been doing It for a long timo and I
can't make them quit. Now wo Democrats
aro In chargo of the House, nnd I'll tell you
right now, ovcry tlmo ono of these Yankees
gets a ham I'm going to do my best to got a
hog."
ANCESTOR, OF THE BANK
One ancestor we have always with us, nnd
that Is tho pawnshop. Only we're reforming
him.
The pawnshop Is tho ancestor of thn bank.
It has existed In somo form In all ages and
among all pooples, Tho Greeks, tho Hebrews
and the Chinese, In ancient times, borrowed on
--the security of personal effects. In medieval
Europo, when princes and kings and such llko
personages needed money, tliey went to the
pawnbroker. The pawnbroker was the banker.
Pawnbroking was synonymous with usury.
Germany led the way In the establishment
of governmental pawnshops, In that country
royal, municipal and private shops may bo found.
They are usually run In connection With savings
banks. St. Louis established a municipal
pawnshop one or two years ago, In general the
American way of dealing with the evils which
havo boon associated with pawnbroking has
been to regulate the business' by law and to form
loan societies to combat the "sharks."
Tho Imperial pawnshop of Vienna was founded
by Josoph I in 1707. That miTRes It older than
nny in Germany, though the latter country was
the first to make governmental Institutions
general, Tho Bank of England may be consid
ered a pawnshop in that It lends money on plate.
Pawnbroking Is everywhere regarded as a le
gitimate business In Itself. It Is criticised only
because of abuses sometimes connected with it.
WILL WELCOME IT
America will not begrudge Europe an Indus
trial boom Immediately after the war If It en
ables the prompt payment of the enormoui
sums that will be due neutral countries. Wash
ingtbn Star.
MY CREED
(Shortly after the death of her brother, Rich
ard .Watson Gilder, six years ago, Jeannette &,
Glider wrote the following verses, which she
called "My Creed." So far as Is known, this Is
the only poem Miss Glider ever wrote, In halt a
century of literary and journalistic activity.)
I do not fear to tread the path that those I love
have long since trod;
I do not fear to pass the gates and stand before
the living God.
Jn this world's fight I've done my partj If God
be God. Heknows it well;
He wilt not turn His back on me, and send me
down to blackest bell
Because I have not prayed; aloud and shouted
Jn the marKet plaeu.
T4 hat we 49 not what we ss y, that tnakea
in wPi thy of Hm e.
What Dp You Know?
Queries of general Interest will be answercil
In thh column. Ten qurvlloni, the answers
to which everv wcll-lnfoi mcil person shoulA1?
knoio, arc asked datly.
QUIZ
1. Is Vnlpiinilsn further cnit nr esl than ITilU.
ilclnlilnv
2. Nninp lUe thiltrcl Mntcs ScmitnrH from States
west or the mimhipih.
3. tMin nre "The Allies"?
I. What Is mount hy a paper lilorliiulp?
G. Is "ilrrnilnouglit" or "ilrrndnnughl" the eorrV
spelling'
0. Wlint Is meant when n ship Is snld to lie "In-
terned"?
?. Mlin Is tho Prime, Minister of Austria?
S. Wlint Is mennt hy rnnserlptlon? linn It tia'y
lieen tried In the United Stntes?
IV
Where In liillmlelphln Is the hest collection ol ,
meninrlils of American hlRtory? 1
Mho Is the llol cnior of Massachusetts? 1
If Might Wore Right j
lUlttor of "What Do You Know" When I wu;
a boy I used to rcclto a poem, entitled "Th
World Would Be the Bettor For It." All I can
icmombcr of It now aro these lines, which ended.
ono stanza: J
If might wero right a
In every fight, 1
Tho world would bo better for it a
Can nny of your readers help mo to find thij
whole poem? JOHN LUSt"!
Lansdowne, February 1. a
VhI
Wordsworth Said It
Editor of "What Do Yon Knoo" credited
tho saying about "plain living nnd high think- W"
Ins" to nmcrson in tho course of a discussion, '
but was told that IJmcrson did not originate it
Can you tell who did say It
IRVINE ENGLEWOOD. '
Havcrford. February 1. !
Tho sajlng comes from Wordsworth's "Wrlt.jl
ten In London." Following Is tho way It stanMii
In Its context:
Plain living and high thinking are no more:.
Tlio homely beauty of the good old cause
Is cone, our pence.- our fra'rful Innocence,
And pure religion bteathlng household lawi
Epictctua
Editor of "What Do You Know" What W
flirt nntnrt nf thn nhllnsnnhpr whnm the l&tj
Mayor Gnynor, of Now York, used to read? Ij
remember that ho was rather ridiculed at the.
tlmo for it. R. M. i
Germantown, January 31.
Mayor Gaynor Is reported as saying that he
read a llttlo of Eplctetus every day He irss)
not exactly ridiculed, but tho remark afforded
great deal of nmuscment, apparently because Itj
was considered unusual for a Mayor of Ne;
York to read an ancient philosopher. Majofj
Gaynor himself asserted that ho knew EplctctM
only slightly.
The Feather in His Hat
Editor of "What Do You Knoto" What wui
tlio llttlo feather on tlio cartoon pictures ctj
Dald Jayno Hill? G. V.
Philadelphia, February 1. 1
You nro probably thinking of David B. Hill!
Tlio llttlo feather boro the legend, "I am a Derootj
crat," which wns tho llrst sentenco of a speedy
niado by Mr. Hill In tho Academy of Mttfla
Brooklyn, nt the opening of a campaign. Tin
Democratic party hud been much abused at the
tlmo. Dald Jayno Hill was recently our Am
bassador to Germany, succeeding Charlemagn
Tower. J
Tho Virginlus
Cditor of "What Do You Know" I read m
cently that a survivor of tho Virginlus had Just
died. Can you tell mo an thing about tho ehlPfc
CARD W.
Philadelphia, February 1. j
Tho Virginlus, nn American-built steamship
under Amorlcnn registry, was used by CubaM
to ship arms and material to the Insurgents j
that Island. In 1873 she was carrying a aWL
and a number of Cuban passengers from KInRJ
ton, Jamaica, under the American flag, her at
tlnatlon being a secluded spot on the coast c
Cuba, She was pursued and captured by a SPi
lh fnmhnnt nnd nn Mnvnmhnr 7 Cantaln r
and 37 of the crew wcro shot at Santiago, Wj
order of the Spanish general In commane.
Salaries of Presidents
Editor of "What Do You Know" Is the s9
ary of the President of France greater tnan i
or the President of this country t
WALTER SHOTTER
Camden. 'Fnhriinrv 1.
The President of France recedes 00.
francs, with a further allowance of 'u'?j
francs for expenses. The President of 5S
United States has a salary of $75,000. m
traveling allowance Is $35,000. As a frano a
normal times Is worth about 20 cents, M, r
care Is at present a much better salaried mJj
Mian Mr, Wilson.
Peace. Troubled Soul
K..11, - ..... . n r-.. ir..!f T?ne!CS
suitor o "iricu o iim ?uw ---.-a
please find the words of tho hymn asked m
by R, p, H. Mrs. M. U Clair,
Vital Spark of Heavenly flame
Quit, oh quit, this mortal frame,
Trembling, hoping, lingering, tlylnsi
O, this pain the bliss of dying.
Cease fond nature, cease thy strife,
Arid let me languish Into life.
Hark! they whisper, angels say,
Bister spirit come away.
What is this absorbs ma quits.
Steals ray senses, steals my sight,
Drowns my spirit, drowns my bre.w
Tell me soul can this be death?
m
The world recedes. It disappears,
Heaven opens on my eyes, my ears
With CA.Iwwle, antMnhlr vlpitf
Lend, lend your wings, I mount, I Mm
ua, grave, where is ray yujj
Oh, death, -wJtwe 1 ftjf etiJW
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