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"' ' rillLADEI-PHI , SATURDAY. ItMlUAItY S. 1916
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Guilty consciences mnkc people cowards,
From the Sanskrit of l'llpay.
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India's cotton crop Is low this year. No
ni. luck llko American luck.
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"" Tho city spent $2,000,000 more tlian It re
ceived last car, but no ono seems tj bo wor
ried about It.
u A truco has been declared In the Get man
Mi town srliool war. Havo the pupils dlscov-
I crcd that peace hath her victories no less
"1" lasting than war?
t Jess Wlllnrd is to set ?47,r00 for a ten
iiJiround, no-dceislon bout In New York. Tho
'public will put up tho money.
Tho Woody Tiger has emerged from tho
rJunglcs of toyland to light .tho Teddy Bear.
tlBut the Great Fnunal Naturalist Is convinced
"'that tho Woody Tiger Is no more like a real
1 -ono than Woody himself Is like Washington.
They havo decided In Iowa, where there Is
.j. an antt-tlpplng law, that a tip is not a tip
""'when It can be regarded as a souvenir. So
Jnjtho maids to whom Mrs. Wilson gavo some
money may bo allowed to keep It, If of a
saving disposition.
r Some twenty millions havo been asked, by
no less an authority than General Goethals
himself for completion of the Panama Canal.
- 'This does not include $8,000,000 for further
"'.defenses. The requests come at a time when
the Colombian treaty. Involving fifteen to
twenty millions more. Is under consideration,
and indicate just how big a Job tho canal
still Is. Not to mention slides.
As the company Is earning large profits,
"" the management thought that It was no
more than Just that tho employes should
" nlso share In tho prosperity of the company.
News Report from the William Cramp &
Sons Co.
" Tho tlmo Is not beyond human memory
when such a sentiment would hnvo been
c called anarchistic, or socialistic, or something
equally disagreeable. Tho world do move!
, Tomorrow tho annual art exhibit of the
Academy Is open to the public. For many
years tho free days of this Institution havo
been days of crowded halls and of deep np-
7' preclatlon of art. But what is thero which
an makes It possible for people to pay for music,
" to pay for theatres and moving pictures, to
pay to see dancing, and which forbids them
to pay for seeing paintings? Tho exhibit Is
worth many times the small amount charged,
and many persons know this. But com-
paratlvcly few are willing to tako the time
,r or to spend the money to go. Tho exhibit
' ,1s a quiet place, to bo enjoyed In comparative
solitude, such as tho pay days afford.
One sometimes doubts that there Is a Provl-
All.ence that takes care of fools, drunkards and
children. It was not working In Camden this
-t week, anyway; for ono boy who "'anted to
have somo fireworks filled his mouth with
gasoline and blew the fumes Into a lighted
match. He is now in a hospital, seriously
u,., burned. Another boy, arranging to explode a
"'dynamite cap by a current from an electric
- battery, put tho cap between his teeth while
ha was adjusting tho Ires. Ono end of a
i-.wlre touched the cap and pre ed that his
theory that electricity would set it off was
,., correct. Tho boy is now near death, with
. little hope of his recovery. It would be easier
" -for Providence to take caro of children If
their parents would prevent them from play-
lng with dynamite and gasoline.
The Chamber of Commerce has issued
,, a clrcu'ar letter to every charitable lnstl
" -tutlo- m this city, earnestly suggesting that
"no appeal for funds be mude by them through'
children soliciting on tho streets. The gen
eral feeling will be that the Chamber Is
rlsht, for nothing is more distressing than
this method of gaining funds. Whether n
.. person gives or refuses he is certain to suffer
r from a sense of wanton Infringement of his
ttf privacy. Solicitation for a personal gift,
olujnade necessary by obvious poverty, Is bad
' enough. But charitable organizations have
pother, more dignified and more pleasant
methods of recruiting. And this apart from
n. the major consideration that the street is not
- the best place for the activity of young boys
Jand girls.
? President -Kvans, of the Crozer Seminary,
no reminded tho Colgate alumni at their dinner
. at tho Hotel Walton last night that the
'i"young men of America ure preparing them
tisiSelves to conquer the world, while the
iiyoung men of Europo are being killed in
battle. The expansion of the American col-
leges in recent years impressed r'n. as one
of the mofct remarkable modern phenomena.
t Uupknell, when he was graduated, had only
' iOO students, now it has E00. Colgate, which
"j?ft years ago was only a little larger than
mi JJueftnell. now has more students than were
t. attending Harvard in 1870. Columbia has
'"lSjOQO and the University of Pennsylvania Is
touching 000. Doctor Evans did not say
anything about the growth of the high
schools, but the number of students in the
- colleges could not Jfave increased If the
, number getting preparation had not also
grewn. The School Board is finding It dlftl-
JcH to build high nfhoote fast enough to
t Supply the demand for them lisre In Phito-
ilphla A large number of the boys and
- girls who Uttvo baeri BWldUted this week
wUi er cojiege and stv the ela,sis pro
EVENING- LBDGEK--PIIILADELPIIIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5. 1916.
posing to fill a largo place In tho business
nnd professional life of tho counlry. Tho
collego grndunto Is no longer looked down
upon by practical men. They have dis
covered that tho man with his mind trained
can do better service than tho man without It.
UIKKGTOR TWINING
ASIDKTrom Mr. Taylor, tho treatment of
whom by tho politicians was n public
scandal and disgrace, thero Is Vio ,nnn '"
Philadelphia better equipped to perforrii
good service for tho people In transit mat
ters than .Mr. Twining. Ho brings to tho
ofllco a thorough knowledge of tho Taylor
plaits, ns n wholo and In detail. He has
tho confldeneo not only of tho recent Direc
tor, but nlso of tho public nt large.
Tho Department of City Transit Is well
served In tho subordinate ofllcci, Mr. Tay
lor's most valuable astlstants having been
retained. Its rtllclpncv has not been cut out
by n political ax. It Is capable of the finest
sort cf work, of tho sort of work, In inct,
which has distinguished It since the de
partment was organized.
Tho Mayor, wo take It, grasps tho Im
portance of giving Mr. Twining a frco hand.
Thero hns been somo talk of n scheme to
let Mr. Twining do tho engineering work,
while others would handle tho negotiations
with the Philadelphia Hapld Transit Com
pany. It has not been the habit of Mr.
Twining to bo a pawn, rind If nnj' cotcrlo
has nn Idea It can make him one, It is shoot
ing dice with ti hurricane.
Tho appointment merits and will receive
general commendation.
THIS APPKAL. TO CAKSAK
VTO HMIIKGHNCY has over
found tho
J. A met
erlcan people larking in the will to
meet It. If they enn ho persuaded In advance
of tho necessity of pteparntlon they will bo
toady for It when the emergency arlsts. Hut
they want to be shown.
Six or eight months ago tho West was In
different to the subject of mitlonul prepiited
noss. Vnti could travel all day without heav
ing a single remark which Indicated that any
onu suspected that the United States was In
tho slightest danger of being drawn into the
Ktiropeaii war. People living a thousand
miles from tho sea were not particularly in
terested In the problems of defense of Ameri
can rights on salt watct.
.Something has happened Io ch.tngo thoir
point of lew. Jt maj hac been the Presi
dent's address to the railway men in New
York In advance of his speechmaklng tour,
or it may have been that tho people huvo
been doing .some thinking on their own ac
count. At any into, the President found his
audiences In hearty sympathy with him. In
the States which have been supposed to bo
the most indifferent he was welcomed with
the greatest enthusiasm, and his demand tha;
pressure be brought to bear upon Congress
In order that it he compelled to provide for
tho most powerful navy In the world was In
dorsed enthusiastically.
People who were lukewarm before were
converted Into ardent prcparatlonlsts. They
would not have bctn worthy of their citizen
ship If they had remained lukewarm. They
knew that no President with any sense of
his responsibility would have left Washing
ton at a time when international negotiations
were at an acute stngo unless he felt It was
important that tho people should be informed
of the state of the nationnl defenses and of
our inability to maintain national honor it
tho worse should come to tho worst.
No man with a just cause has ever appealed
to tho people in vain, whether to the people
of the Middle West or of the Kast or of tho
South or of tho Far West. This is n great
and united nation with upright purposes. It
objects to being stampeded, but It can bo
led when it hus confidence In the honesty ot
tho purposes of Its leaders. When Mr. Wil
son speaks for preparedness he speaks for tho
wholo nation, regardless of partisan divisions.
Tho sooner Congress understands this the
better it will be for the political fortunes of
the Congressmen.
SLEIGH BELLS
PERHAPS another generation will bo im
muno to tho fascination of sleighing; but
It is doubtful. The automobile is not likely
to supersede the horse, especially In the dis
tricts where there are deep snows In winter.
As the cities are recruited from the coun
try thero will always be In town a largo
number of men to whom the music of tho
sleigh bells Is a reminder of the Joys of
youth. They can see tho white fields with
the snow up to the top of the fences.
They can see the bare trunks, around
which tho winds havo swirled, leaving each
tree In a snowy well of its own. They
can hear the crunch of tho runners on the
frosty road, and above all, ringing clear, is
the Jingle of tho string of bells around tho
horse's belly. Sometimes they-wero silver
bells, especially if the boy's father was a rich
farmer. Sometimes the bolls were ot brass
or nickel; but whatexer tho metal In them
they wcro always musical, with a fairy like
melody that sings In tho memory like some
far oft enchanting dream.
Who shull say what thoughts were 1n the
minds of tho men who sat behind their fast
horses on tho river drives In Falrmount Park
yesterday as they spun over tho snow In
light cutters and dodged the packed cakes of
lea that wero thrown up by the heels of the
animals. Tho chance had come for n sleigh
ride and they embraced
HUMILIATION
CONFLICTING accounts of tho context of
Germany's latest note on the Lusltanla
havo been sent out. ami it is still a matter
of conjecture whether the gloomy dlBpatches
sent from Berlin were not meant more as a
solace for prido which Is bound to bo
wounded than as a threat to America, But
one phrase which has been repeated again
and again stands out. It Is that "you must
not humiliate Germany!"
Ono sees that, at once. Fighting perhaps
in the last trench, Germany cannot afford to
sacrifice any Item of he moral strength at
home. Humiliation in diplomacy might be
followed by disaster on the Held. Further,
it is an element In Germany's strength to
pluy the part of strength even In weaknww;
oven if she be wrong she will be greatly
wrong. But she is reckoning without ner
host.
It Is precisely to humiliate Germany that
this counlry Js bonding her Jast efforts. Not
to disgrace her, but to teach her what human
blngs call humility. It Is to rwtora to the
German consciousness, oaten through by
arrogance ana power, me numuuy or thoM
who know that there Is a higher power thonn
that of force, which U the power of Justice.
We do mi -"."k Germany to abase herself
before the United States as a superior Power.
We ask her to bumble herself before the
rights and altars of humanity. If that be
humlUatkin, Germany must make the beat
of it.
Tom Daly's Column
TO ADD TO TIW APPAMt
Have tho Vrttlsh a ship named "A'ttox"t
for jusl tico syllables more
To add to the Hcot that the Germans drew
It'otiW sound like the end of the tear.
WHAT'S VOUIl FAVOIHTE S1M1LD?
Let this be a sort of consolation contest
for tho defeated fight, or sixteen, In tho
recent profanity nffulr. If you know a strik
ing slmllo (not moro than twenty words)
we'll listen to It.
We'll stand somo latitude, as for Instance,
this sott of thing:
"Sim had nn elbow on her would pick the
py a snail."
j opy ot Don Marquis' now book of verso
goes to somebody for this contest which
closes February 15.
Sir: If old.Sco Yotif Irst hasn't a monop
oly upon this sort of thing, I'd like to say a
word or two upon
inmiiDiTY.
Oh, tehu docs the strccl'Clcancr sweep 'oaliisl
the irtndT
Im! irhy doci the traffic cop let himf
ll'ij dociu't that lonu'halrctl freak hurry
helilnd
.S'lroiry bars, tchcrc the chipmunks can't pet
Mm? j
And tchy does the pitcher heave iclW In a
pinch?
And why doci the umpire miscall 'cm?
And why does the mob the luonn criminal
lynch?
And boxers talk back ichen fatti batrt 'am?
Their slownesi of wit from their ancestor
came '
The truth you'll dhcern. In a second;
11 hat's bred In the )Sone itlll vumc out in the
same
IIY'rc more like our dad than we rcikonrd,
JOSH,
Dr. AlcMiudcr Hamilton in Philadelphia
Thursday, June T, 1711. I remarked ono
Instance of Industry as t-oon ns 1 got up nnd
lool(etl oiu at my chamber whitlow, ntul that
iu tho shops open at live In the inoiulng. 1
liirakf.isti'd with Mrs. Oniric, ami (lined by In
vitation with Dr. Thomas Horn), where after
funic talk upon physical matters he showed rue
some pretty good nnatotulcnl preparations of
the rnubclrs ami bloodvessels Injected with wn..
In the eM'iihig at the coffee-house, I met Mr.
II 1, nnd Inquiring how ho did and how ho
had f.irtd on his way, he replied as to health
he wa-J prettv well, hut he had almost been
devoured with hugs and other vermin, and had
met with mean, low company, which had mado
him very uneasy. I parted with him,
and went to the tavern with "Mr. Currio and
some Scots gentlemen, where wc spent tho
night agreeably, and went homo sober at eleven
o'clock.
Friday, June S, 17H I rend Montaigne's Es
says in the forenoon, which Is a strnngc medley
of subjects, nnd particularly entertaining.
I dined at a tavern with a cry mixed com
pany nf different nations and religions. There
were Scots, English, Dutch. Germans, and Irish;
there were Roman Cnthollcks, Churchmen,
Presbyterians, Quakers, Newllghtmcn, Method
ists, Scventlulnymeri, Moravians, Anabaptists,
and one Jew. The whole company consisted
of twerity-rlc, planted round an oblong table,
In a great hall well stocked with flics.
The company divided Into committees In con
versation; the prevailing toplck was politicks,
and conjectures of a French war. A knot of
Quakers there talked only about selling of flour
nnd the low price it bore; they touched a little
upon religion, nnd high words arose among
borne of the sectaries, but their blood was not
hot enough tc quarrel, or, to spenk In canting
phrase, their zeal wanted fervency.
(To be continued.)
WE know what tho National Anthem Is
although, being an average American, wo
forget tho words but this line in the tele
phone directory moved us strangely when wo
first saw It:
NATIONAL STOMACH HOhPITAlV-ISlt N. I5T1I.
Wo wonder If ours Is that bort and if It
needs attention.
flMIM5yJEY0Ifte
On
Toiverlnc Things In .only
1'lnccH.
Tho Waterman who from the
river liuuls
Ills ilrlpplne ftnatnklns to IiIh
patrons, tdinus
A keener vnU than some nn
w horn ho calls.
A wider range of circum
stances knows.
So. many u ruKned shepherd
plajH n pnrt
Less suited to his talents than
his clothes.
Gifted beyond his role In mind
and licurt.
The mountain sprlns obscure Is
purer far
Than muddy Tlsrls strutting
to the Sea;
And worth, not pomp or fame,
makiH fair the star
That o'er th date-palm sum
mers patiently.
In lowly placo be not amazed to
llnil
A towerlnc Soul. By Fortunes
trickery
Luck makes the Princeling,
want ot It the Hind
A. A.
Start now and. without stopping nt gram
matical errors, read this Jeremiad from the
"Searchlight" of Florin (Pa.) all In one breath:
On last Fourth of Jul '. "Pastor" It preached
a sermon In New York, on liberty, and which has
boon published In many of tho l.-adlnrj newspapers
ull over thin country and In Kurope as welt, at very
heavy advertlslnc rates. In which he accused, very
stront'ls, the majority of the ministers of ull de
nominations, by calllntr them all kinds of names,
and some of the Invectives that he lined acalnst
the ministers wus by calllne them cowards and
hlrellnes, and we have been wondering what "Pas
tor" It really meant by calling them cowards;
did lie mean to apply that they ure afraid to take
htm to task about his underhanded, non-scriptural
propaganda for the fear that "Pastor" R
puld tttfenm wilt buiiraiB active In every way pos
sible to undermind and misrepresent the characters
and activities of those ministers who might be
tnuraKeous enough to take him to task, and thcre
f.iro we -will leave to "Pastor" R -r to cipUIn
what ha meant by culling tho ministers towards.
A sign in Falrmount Park:
GASOLINE AND ICE CBEAM
Taking exception to Fra Alesslo's gibe at
the writer who ribed "novitiate" as a syno
nym for "novice," C. H. H. cites Webster's
Imperial Dictionary: "Novitiate One 'who
Is going through a period of probation ; a
novice,"
Well, Webster's Imperial Dictionary is
wrong, that's all there is about it. All
ecclesiastical writers today strongly object
to the use of the word in that way,
Ssjy
III Inl'
Here are some answers to examination ques
tions by High School students of a Pennsylva
nia city,, and though the McKeesport News
doesn't tell us so we believo the city is New
Castle:
What la a gubernatorial candidate?
A gubernatorial candidate j Is a citizen
who has been recently naturalized.
A gubernatorial candidate Is one who
preys upon the emotions of the "dear
public."
A gubernatorial candidate -s one who s
exceedingly garrulous. ..."
A gubernatorial candidate Is one who
trie to bribe hltf way Into office. ,
WlVt are news editorials?
Newr editorials are comlo sayings of
other people.
FINANCIAL OR SlTKGIC.W.T
FOB BALE A piano Tepod from wealthy
wamui. baa operation. Income cut off.
Want Ad Io lui! Peper.
"EF YOU DAST TRY TO LIGHT UP 'ROUND HERE-"
Saif 'j
UP FROM POVERTY
TO LADDER'S TOP
Successful Men Who "Got On" With
out Other Help Than Their
Necessities, Their Initiative
and Their Ambition
Sue
N
CHSS frowns tint on humble heir'-
or on the dilllcullies Hint follow. Hvcry
rrow untl then a controvetsy arises as to tho
scrvlco rendered by poverty and hardship
to tho makers of literature, past nnd present.
Tho proposal of a great endowment fund for
literary genius rouses opposition among
writers themselves. They may strive to se
cure a period of leisure, but they don't want
patronage. It Isn't wholly pride; It's partly
good souse.
Success Invites tho farm boys, tho ofTlco
boys, tho messenger boys all who accept tho
Invitation and act accordingly henceforward.
Tho farm boy doesn't have to leave tho farm
In order to get on. A Carolina lad, who has
performed "miracles" of scientllc agriculture,
has been described us tho most valuable citi
zen ot this State.
All From the Ranks
Tho directors of a great metropolitan de
partment sloro aro all men who have risen
from tho ranks. KI"ven mot tho other day
to chooso the twelfth. At this meeting tho
president of the company, who had started
as a messenger boy In that store, said: "Gen
tlemen, no driftwood. We havo our own fuel
here. Tho vacant chair Iras got to bo filled
from Altmnn material. Go down to the base
ment for It if you want to. hut don't go out
side theso four walls." They elected a man
who had started with tho llrm as a cash
boy. IIo received nt first $2 a week. At
that time ho was mostly red hair and
freckles. Today he Is mostly elllelcncy. His
election ns a director represents a policy ot
tho company tho policy of promoting local
talent but It also shows that a one-tlmo cash
boy was ready for tho big job.
Thero was Frederick I. Morris, who died
recently. Sixty years ago ho landed In Amer
ica penniless. Ho got on. His boyhood quali
ties suggest those of Klectricity I'dlson.
Tho story was told on this page a few
weeks ago of tho kind of newsboy Udlson was
when ho was selling papers on a Michigan
railroad. Tho samo kind of initiative and
courago which mado It possible for him to
seo tho posslbllty of selling 1500 copies ot a
paper with startling news in It, whero he
usually sold only two or thrco hundred
copies, has carried him to tho position ho now
occupies.
Kdlson went out of tho newspaper delivery
business, in which ho could havo commanded
a great fortune. A man of tho samo kind
remained In tho business, nnd his will showed
that he had accumulated nn estato worth
$1,000,000. IIo was Frederick P. Morris, pres
ident of tho Long Island News Company. Ho
began at J6 a week. In tho course of a short
tlmo ho had charge of a route running from
Jamaica to nay Shore, on Long Island. Ho
mndo his deliveries by horse. His competi
tor on tho same route went him one better
and got permission to run a hand-car on tho
railroad. Morris met this sort of competition
bv chartering an old freight englno and Jtad
tho right of way on the track and outstripped
tho hand-car. It was this kind of enterprise
that made him president of tho news com
pany that covers Long Island and gave him
a largo block of the shares of the Amerlcap i
News Company.
Knew How, ami Did It
Tho difference between him and tho other
boys who were selling papers In the seventies
of the last century was that lie did not .look
for soma ono else to tell him what to do. He
knew how to get on, and ho got there.
In ono city thero is a school for office hoys,
Tho boys learn many things In this school
besides faithfulness, industry and other ab
stract virtues, more to bo desired in ofllce
boys than much fine gold. Here Is young
Flnkelsteln's record attached to his letter of
recommendation from the principal:
How to operate an adding machine, how
to operate a telephone switchboard, how to
typewrite by touch system, how to operate
an addreesoKraph, h,ow to speak properly
over a telephone.
Then the boy had added four mottoes that
the principal had originated for his students
as "Orttcegrams":
Do things without being told.
Always be willing to help others.
Don't leave off before ou are finished.
Always bo neat In appearance and always
be polite.
Every olllce boy knows that self-education
In, office boy work Is within his power. Those
"ofllcegrams," for instance, are lrno wise
mysterious and they are very effective. But,
simple as they are? they are learned by prac
tice, but not otherwise.
Not even a hobo is barred from oppor
tunity, "flie career of John A Kingsbury
Is a story of amassing adventure, of
conquest of difficulties. Kingsbury is tho
llvo-wlro Commissioner of Charities of
Now York city. IIo Is making tiro whole
country sit up nnd tuko notice. He was once
a hobo, though not from choice.
A Youthful Hobo
At the age of 11, without friends or rela
tives, ho had to hustle thiough the streets of
Yaklmu, Wash., for his own bread and but
ter, finding shelter wheru ho could. Finally
he went to work for n blacksmith, who owned
a few lucinf horses. Johnnie became a jock
ey. After that he worked as a hotel porter.
At ono (line ho operated n bootblack stand.
At another he owned a strength-testing ma
chine, and took It about from ono county fair
to another. It was a roving life, without pur
pose. But when ho was approaching 20 ho deter
mined to got nn education. He went through
Seattle High School p three years, supporting
himself by selling newspapers and blacking
boots before and after school hours. Finally
ho secured a license as schoolteacher. After
a while ho camo East and worked his way
through college. Still later he accepted nn
appointment ns professor. Much of his
thought ho devoted to the condition of tho
poor not only hla thought, but his activity.
He Is still a young mnn, First it was pur
pose, then It was perseverance nnd with
that combination ho won out.
RECONSTRUCTION FUND
To thr JUlltor of Kvcnlnr; Ledger:
Sir I wish to lav before jott a suggestion that
a campaign should be opened Immediately for
establishing a huge icconstiuctlon fund, to be
available the day peace Is declared, for tho
building up of nil the wat-totn countries abroad,
also tho enlistment of people' to servo two years
from the timo pence Is declared In any way
they ate called upon to help.
At present gold Is pouring Into Am'erlcn at
the price of great loss to other people Our lurid
e"s becoming more nnd moro hated by other
countries, and our ; oung people, hcieflting by
tho war, nio likely to grow harder ami moro
selfish. Our own country is being divided by
hatred between neighbors Such a move ns I
suggest would show our good tulth, neutralize
fear, mako our work for efficiency In defense
a mutter of common sense, not fenr, and draw
together pro-Germans and pro-Allies.
Wo havo helped In their war because our
ncle'iuors thought tho war right nnd necessary;
Lilt to us tho declination of peace at an early
d tie Is right nnd necessary, and wc must show
that wo only desire to net for tho good of all,
as the friend of both parties.
Tho munition makers could do no better tiling
to prove that they nro not promoting ill-feeling
to serve their own ends. Tho pro-Germans and
pro-Allies could do no better thing to reassure
each other, and heal our own country.,, The
Jews. Socialists and Quakers could conscien
tiously Join in such a work, with all other "pa
cifists." Business men will find their interests
better served by obtaining the friendship of
the countries at war by great generosity now.
In fact, there aro many reasons why such a
movement on a colossal scale now would be not
only right and Christian, but practical.
LYDIA ELLICOTT MORRIS.
Olney, February 2.
WAR ON THE HYPHEN
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir Having read In today's KVENrjjo LEooen
about the war on the hyphen, I may say thot
from my point of view the scheme of the A ni
and Packard companies Is going to creato more
hyphens than wp havo at the present time.
Coerce a man to become a citizen so us to
gain a living, what kind ot a citizen Is he going
to make? Not a good one, that's certain. As
fn tliA nlAtninpnl tltnt tbn nllan lu nftH !.
IT almighty dollar, why we are all after that,
citizen or no citizen. The scheme of the Vim
and Packard companies Js evidently the easiest
vvuy to get It. It a man wishes to become a
citizen force Is not necessary use force and
you get the hyphen.
THOMAS B. HAnRISON.
Fox Chase, February 3.
VIRTUES OP BUTTERNUT
Finding It Impossible to get Oermap dyes for
blue overalls, one manufacturer asks If work
men prefer pink. Why not try tho Confederate
butternut If they cannot wait till we gather a
crop of Indigo Our plants will provide enough
dyes for all purposes of utility or ornament
when backed by knowledge. Jacksonville Times
Union. FISHING VS. SINGING
Hamlin Garland thinks the Pilgrim Fathers
should have devoted more time to fishing and
less to hymn singing. What docs he think the
lla flower brought over a chowder party?
Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
Public service corporations have been slow
to learn that publicity of the right sort-and
courtesy are necessary to financial prosperity,
Indianapolis News.
Tho war In Europe haB shown how easily and
unexpectedly great wars can come. As Presi
dent 'Wilson has recently said, no man knows
what a day may bring forth. Nashville Banner,
The Government, in the continental army bill
has given us p. plan which would furnish us
with an ample force, for defense without In
flicting any strain on our institutions or our
tempers. Richmond Times-DUpatch.
When these busy advocates and critics have
done their work we shall be left with a clearer
popular understanding of the merits of univer
sal military service, and we shall adopt it
beeavie u is essentially democratic and Amer.
Itan-Boston Record. w
fiiMlf!13lWJ4iii 1 1
What Do You Know!
Queries of iwncral interest will be antxttn-
,ln thlt column. Ten questions, tlic antifl,.
to which every well-informed person j
knoiv, arc ashed dally.
1. Is the President of the Lulled htnten nolherlnB
to ilruare wiirv
". More tnnuiiKC tmsc through n canal ob (vj
American Continent limn through the Em
(.mini. .Mime the cniiii,
;t. Hoes the stcam'-hlp route from I'lilliiltlplW
I'liiiiitnii puss nisi or wci ot lunar
1. Nuinc three members of (lie Intel-Male Ctt
merie toninui-toii.
.1. Hid the recent Imposition nt Sun rra&cbctr
l,pellse'.,
0. If the President nnd Mcc Pre-ldent shoolltn
ille, wlittt miner wtiuiu suiieeu to (tie rm
ilencj V
7. At ho N in foimiuiud of the Allies nt Sslonla'
8. Niimr the utlkcr In comiuaiid of the mala Id
ihii rreet.
9. Vtho Is (iovcrnnr nf Delaware?
1(1. In thp London limes u Liberal or a Torinv
paper-. r
Pilpay
Editor of "ItVmt Do You Knoio" You art
to "Pilpay" the quotation about every rosehrin
a thorn which appeared nt tho head of tier;
torlal pago ot the EviiNiNO I,i:Dnr:it on FrtJi;
Who In the name of curious cognomens is
gentleman? Or is he a lady?
IGNOUAMU
Pilpay, or as ho Is sometimes called Blip.
was a Brahman gyrnnosophist who lived ectk
renturies lieforo Christ. Tho exact year of b
birth is not known. lie was a writer of fW
tho curliest extant versions of which appear
tho P.ineha-tuntra and Illtopadesa of the S.
skrit. They were first translated Into EnslS
in luTO.
Nobel Prize Winners
Editor of "What Do Yon Know" Has W
American besides Colonel Roosevelt received
Nobel prize.' PKNN CHARTER
Yes. Prof. Albert A. Mlcbel.son. of the IV
vcrslty of Chlcaco. received tho nrlze forphnl-
iu 1U07, tho year after the peace prize vvaatta
to Mr. Roosevelt. Two prizes "lime to Amain
In 1912, that for inediclno to Dr. Alexis Cut
of tho Rockefeller Research Institute la .n
York, and that for pcuco to lllilur Root, for hi
efforts hi pacifying Cuba nnd tho Phlllppte
aim tor run bcrviccs in preservniK wniwii ,
tlons between tho United States and japan,
Dale of Easter
Editor of "What Do You Know" l&M
comes on April 23 this year. Can ou telle
If It will ever occur on a date later a-w
month? HPISCOPAL ACADEMI
Haster will fall on April 23 In tho jearl
The Perfect Baby
Editor of "What "Do You Know"llY W
girl Is 2 years old and to me sho seems jua i;
feet. T would llhn tn linnvv whether there 111-"'
standard by which I can measuro her to find ij
whether sho Is really as perfect as she seenj.
me. Can you help mo? awti"
Perhaps tho measurements ot Johanna Tlj
gers, pronounced a perfect child at a conw
New Vorlf flurlner tho week endlmr June 27,1"
mrv lintrt vnn Inhnnnn Tvnc, then 28 monthjfc
llt atS4 J - t irsMss iihm aai ---- T-ic
She weighed S3 pounds It ounces; her '
wau 35',-i Inches; circumferenco or ner neau,
inches; of her chest, 20 Inches, and of her M"
men, 20 Inches; her chest was 6 inches brotai
IV4 Inches deep from front to uacs, u
wcro 1 IVs Inches long and her legs 10V5.
First Savintrs Bank s
Editor of "What Vo Yon Know"Y
the first savings bank established? JS
rni.r. ! l.nnl fnr. civtnin WfiH PRtabllShei'
Tl t 1 J 4 OI I nM.A nat an 1 .1 Q hjinlkCt1
J.IIKIUI1U HI lOUt. 4 IIS lfc 0.tw LI,lfl
tered In America opened Its doors In FB
phia In 1810. Its centenary is to oe cck"j-
this year.
Pnlntifln. iF Flnvvorta
Editor of "What Do You Know" The 3
endar of Flowers," for which "Anxious
jorr. cun be found In "Flowers and "
by W. A. Barrett, of St. Paul's Cathedral w
don. I Inclose a copy of it. J,m
AN EARLY CALENDAR OF ENGLlSi
FLOWERS, 1
The Snowdrop, in purest white arraie.
First rears his heddo on Candehnaa dale. '
While the Crocus hastens to the shrine
Of Primrose love on Saint Valentine. ;
Then comes the paffodll, beside
Our Ladye's Smock at our Ladye-tlde, i
Aboute Saint George, when blue Is worn.
The blue Harebells tho fields adorn;
Against the day of Holle Cross, i
ine crowfoot gnus tne uovvene Br."-. k(R
When Saint Barnable bright smlle3 nigM'J
dale,
Poor Ragged Bobln blooms In the hay.
The Scarlet Lychnis, the garden's pride,
Flames at Saint John the Baptist's tide.
From Visitation to Saint Swlthln's shower?.
Ti, T.uta wtiitA rAliFnH Oneen of the Mores,
And Popples, a sanguine mantle snrea,1,r,r.a
l.nr llio Ttlnrwl nf tllPi Drauon Saint ill!Lm
shed.
Then under tho wanton, Rose, agen,
mi--.. ,., . m -n ,.-. Ifnvilntan
4ii-i uiu&nen lor reiuiwii a6..-.M .
Till Lammass Dale, called August's Vffitth
When the long corn stinks of Camomire.
When Mary left us here belowe.
The Virgin's Bower is full in blow.
And yet, anon, the full Sunflowre blew.
And became a starre for Bartholomew,
rrt, nnaulAnJlAiir-A Inntr has blowcd.
To betoken us sings of the Holy Roode.
The Mlchaelsmas Dalsle. among deds J"
Blooms for Saint Michael's valorous deeas,
... -.- i . in..HAd tl.at atade.
Ana seems mo iu-41 ui w"w ,..- " , , j
Till the teste of Saint Simon and Saint
Save Mushrooms, and the fungus n i
That grow till All Hallow tide) takes P'aj
Iha .virnrnn I IlirCl alOe 13 6"
When Catherine .rowns alt learned xen-
mi. t..i, mm A iiaIIu Ylariiit tire FCCD
And Yule Iir and Wassails. too round