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Shall I ask the brave soldier who finhts by
my side
In the cause of mankind, if our creeds agrrcT
Thomas Moore.
Has Thcodoro Roosevelt been mentioned
for Secretary of War?
There are moro victories In the nows
papors than thero are In tho trenches.
The. latest lynching news Indicates that tho
United States should tntorveno in Georgia.
Mr. Wilson will go down In history as tho
man who put tho Houso In tho White House.
A fow moro resignations llko Mr. Garri
son's -will not do tho Republican party any
harm.
"Nothing to say," was Mr. Tnft's comment
on tho Garrison resignation. Oh most rare,
most unappreciated ex-President!
Austria has called to arms the classes of
1865 and 1866, according to an Incredible re
port. But If Austria Is bound to have an Old
Guard, why not?
t Prof. Jess Wlllard refused to fight 30 min
utes for a paltry J32.J00, whllo Flanders Is
full of husky young fellows who nro lighting
all day for a shilling.
The situation of the city on the loan ques
tion comes down to this: What's the use
owning an automobile If you ore too eco
nomical to supply It with gasollno?
Mr. Garrison says that he Is out of politics
as well as out of the Cabinet. Ho begs leave
to hopo that he Is still a patriotic American
citizen, willing to go to tho polls nnd vote.
Every one interested In tho preservation of
tho ancient landmarks will be delighted if
Mayor Smith will bring about a restoration
'of tho old City Hall, In Independence Square.
Tho Kaiser has been censored out of ex
istence by tho movlng-plcture board of au
thorities on what is right for tho public to
eee and what Is wrong. Now when the presi
dential campaign begins !
If General Hugh L. Scott believes what he
eays he believes his continuance In olilco 13
a mere courtesy to tho President, because
the General agrees with and even goes
further than tho very principles which mado
Mr. Garrison resign. Or is it possible that
some one else has had a chango of heart?
It Is evidently tho intention of Principal
Keller, of tho new Germanto'wn High School,
to make that part of the city appreciate
what tho Institution can do for it. At tho
formal opening last night ho had represen
tatives present from all tho Important busi
ness men's associations, and had a com
mittee of pupils on hand to show the visitors
through tho splendid new building.
National defense requires a national army,
not 48 separate armies. Mr. Hay and his
associates seem ta aim at some sort of a
compromise force, half national and half
State. It does not matter whether tho
reserve is a continental army or some other
kind of an army, so long as it Is a national
army. States' rights can do no more to a
program of national defense than ruin It.
Mr. Roosevelt's position in the matter of
our duty against Germany is appreciated by
many persons who still ilnd this distinguished
litterateur at fault in his comparisons. A
abort time ago he compared Belgium to the
man who had fallen among thieves, but
prosecution of the analogy seemed to con
demn rather than approve tho good Samari
tan in the eyes of Mr. Roosevelt. Yesterday
he said that if a man's wife is slapped by
some other man and he does nothing about
it for three-quarters of a year then it Is of
no consequence what ho does after that. It
might be offered that if a man's wife is
slapped and the man immediately throws
his children in the face of the other man's
revolver it matters a great deal how he Is go
ing to explain himself at the bar of eternal
justice.
The first Important step in preparedness
was taken when the Senate followed the
House In adopting the resolution Increasing
the number of midshipmen at Annapolis and
appropriating J600.000 for enlarging the ship
ways, at the Mare Island and the New York
Navy Yards. Congress authorized the build
ing of two new battleships last year, They
are to be built in the navy yards, but neither
Mare Island nor New York Is lu shape to
begin work, and work cannot begin until the
money just appropriated Is spent. It will be
September or October before work starts, 18
months after the ships were authorized. As
It takes three years to build a battleship, the
new vessels cannot be put In commission in
l$ss than four and a half years from the date
Wiien Congress ordered them. No one knows
vrtien the battleships that the present Con
frees is expected to make appropriations for
can be started The League Island Navy
yard could be put in shape to build one of
tbm If Congress would appropriate as much
lor new sblpways and shops as It has Just
given to tha Mare Island yard. The Qovern
ni, wiut do part of tee Mitl of the
fetgact Pr. for the private rtf HftJfiNidy
so crowded with work that it Is said they
could not lay down the keel for another largo
ship In less than 18 months.
NATIONALISM VERSUS
THE GOLDEN RULE
Pure roM rnnnot Tie vised In commerff,
It onimhles, So tinea pure nltriilam
when It Ik prnctlccil, not hy Inillvlilunl,
lint liy Stale. If tho United otnten mnkrs
the nllrnlatlc rule tho hnsl of It Intrrnn
liannl relations, II will lie nnrrlflrlnif the
Intercut of Amerlrnns to the InlrreMn
of foreigner. It tlml ihity In aolf
preservntlnn. tin sreomt iluly In protec
tion nf .Americans. If either nf thooo lie
neglected, tho vvhnlr fnlirlc of American
lm will fnll to piece,
IT WAS a Brent day for tho United States
when John Hay declared that its diplo
macy wan controlled by but two maxims,
tho Golden Hulo and the Open Door. Those
were times of peace, when Idealists tnlltcd
about tho brotherhood of man nnd theorists
Invented "the International mind." And
under the polished, pullto crust of diplomatic
courtesy there was browing the most slgnlfl
cant outbreak of nationalism since tho Mid
dle Ages.
Today, looking on tho strugglo and begin
ning to doubt tho practical value of tho
altruistic rule, men say, with Major General
Leonard Wood, thnt you must put Iron Into
gold before you can forgo nrmor out of It.
Tho United States is still a couutty of high
Ideals. It must tlcrltla whether the Ideal of
linselllsh devotion to the interests of nil tho
world docs not ncttuilly destroy whatever op
portunity wo have of being n lesson nnd an
example to tho rest of the world.
By modern business standittds the Golden
Rule l.t what Is culled u fnlr proposition. It
Is an oven give and take. In private life.
When It Is applied to nations It begins to
mean something else. It mentis that this
country shall regard every other country us
a co-operating equal and a friendly one In
the work of spreading civilization. It means,
according to Homo pacifists, that the
country recognizes tho very highest prin
ciples of right and wrong, and no matter
what tho outrage against Its citizens, will
not strike a blow In behalf of the wrong to
avenge those Insults. It means t hut the
right of every other national Is held equal
to tho right of American nationals; that If
u Mexican rebel kills Americans there Is to
bo no rcdresr, becnuso the sacred cause of
liberty may be compromised. Carried to
extremes, It means abdication of ull national
rights.
Theso extremes are not putely Imaginary.
Until this war began the talk of tho French
socialists and of tho English pacifists was
In precisely the words used above. In this
country tho moro fantastic opponents of a
protective tariff havo urged the equul right
of Germans nnd Swiss to thrive on American
markets. Napoleon III of Prance, with his
high-minded, generous-spirited Ideas of tho
concord of nntlons, prepnred for the disas
ters of Sedan, nnd were It not for the sclllsh
directions given to French thought by Its
leaders since then, the second Invasion of
France would have been more crushing than
tho first. Napoleon III was tho forerunner
of anti-defense policies, and his face should
bo on the ballot of any American party
which will dare to go before the people with
nntl-preparedness as n platform pledge.
"It seems to be an Idiosyncrasy of 'tho
International mind,' " says William Morton
Kullerton, who studied that phenomenon as
Paris correspondent of the London Times,
"to tako an altruistic pleusure in sacrlllclng
Its own patriotic impulses to tho prejudices
of its nolghb"rs." Thero aro frequent occa
sions when an Individual, who seeks the light
of the Golden Rule, cannot condone tho
policy of his country. In time of peace, In a
democracy, he criticises, as many men criti
cised tho Mexican policy of 1848 and as many
men criticise the Mexican policy of 1910. But
in time of peril tho right to criticise lapses;
there Is only one right, and that is a duty.
What is wrong for a citizen Is often most
right for a state. No man has the right to
kill. No Stato can bo denied that right.
Tho highest virtue of n state, said Spinoza,
who lived beforo the time of William Jen
nings Bryan, Is security. Tno cry against
preparedness in tho United States is a cry
for national weakness. Every appeal to
kindness In International relations Is, in some
way, an appeal against American citizens.
Because if this country weakens itself by
pacifism, it will not persist.
The evil Is not that Japan may tako the
Philippines or snatch San Francisco from
ub. By applying the Golden Rule wo might
persuado ourselves that Japan needs them
moro than we do. Tho disaster would bo
that this country, dedicated to freedom and
to democracy, offering not only a haven of
rest for the persecuted, but a harbor of hope
for those sickened by bureaucracy and
tyranny abroad, would crumble and fall to
the ground. If tho United States Is to remain
a country in which the Golden Rule can bo
practiced by individuals without fear of the
encroachments of power. It must give up the
altruistic rule in Its relations with other coun
tries. It need not become militaristic; it need
not cease to strive for peace among nations.
It need only forgo a breastplate of gold and
Iron to protect its heart. Because onco tho
heart is pierced the most golden of golden
rules will avail nothing.
A FLOOD OF HUMAN KINDNESS
ABRAHAM LINCOLN was a flood of
Xx human kindness that swept across the
earth in the hours of Its agony and left on
it imperishable memorials to bo a light and
inspiration to all men.
He came from the common folk whom he
loved. Ife was flesh of their llesh, but
Providence put into htm above the shoulders
a capacity for leadership and guidance com
mensurate with the mighty task for which
he was ordained. He passed through the
sloughs of despond, Ordeals almost beyond
the power of human souls to endure only
hardened the iron of his purpose. The pen
alty of greatness is to be a target. He did
not object. There stretched into his vision
the glory of the goal. He saw something
worth working for, something he could not
fail to work for, worthy of the blood poured
out for its attainment. Sympathy flowed
from him, but In that soft heart there was
no coward beat, no looseness of decision.
Again the world is on fire. Again the flood
of some great human's goodness must swell
against It. Somewhere a mighty soul Is
throbbing toward the task. Not in the mighty
Iron tubes which deal out destruction and
death, not in bomb, or mine, or airplane, does
peace slumber, but in the great brain of
some gentle human bains who Is waiting to
point the way out Somewhere In the world
there Is a Lincoln Great oris bread great
men. The Weeding world waits for itlm.
Tom Daly's Column
OUR VILLAGE POET
Whenever It's a Saturday and nil my work Is
through
I llko to walk on Chestnut streot to sec what
hows is new.
And so this evcnln' here 1 nm nwnlkln' up nn'
down ,
A rubbor-ncckln' rotm' at what's niloln' In this
town.
First olT, I tee 1,1ml. Gnnlson, his gripsack irt
his hand,
Hound Jerscywnrd from Wnsliln'toti; 1 see him
slop an' slntid
Uy Schtvnrtz's toy shop window nn' stidly shake
his liciitl.
I sntlck up close to listen, alul this I.S W'al lie
sulci:
"Oh, look nt nil them soldiers! Gee, don't they
bent the Dutch I
An' who snld tliej'ro expensive? Why. they
don't cost so much.
Oh, look nt nil them fiddlers; oh, look tit tlielii!"
ho snlil.
An' then ho turned mi' walked awny nn' sadlv
shook his head.
1 see 1M Vnro this nvctitn' an' brother William,
too,
t bet they're up to mischief; but what? 1 wish
1 knew.
An' then thnt other youngster he never makes
iniicli noise
I bet he's up to somcthlu'; oh well, Holes will
bo Doles!
Ilemlials hie of MoNlchols; they've got another
"hint";
Tho stork Just biting the youngster. Cigars
uie 011 you, Jim'
Oli. say. It's fun on Saturdays when all my
work Is through,
To walk about on Chestnut stiect nnd fico what
news Is new.
Gee! Ht Knew Thomas E. Hill
An Afterthought
I'. K A few months after "Hill's Manual of
Koelnl and HiihIiicsh Foims" came out n .voting
woman up at Ulgln sued 11 joting innti for ioO.CiO".
alleslng breach of promise of mnirlage nnd of
foiliig some of Ills Invn letters as evidence. The
voting man swoio that ho had .copied thu letters
from Hill's .Uiimm, and his ntturncv, by wnv
of ridiculing the opposition, culd Hie action
should have been brought tigainst the real
author of the lottcis
With this tip, a lot of us young savages,
nlded bj an Ingenious lawyer of our town, con
vinced Thomas 11. that lu all such canes dam
ages could be collected tiom hlnii anil the poor
man won led himself pale contemplating the
countless suits that might be brought against
I1I111 for breach of ptomlt,e. V. it II,
Sir! Is This Not Treason?
It has become the pievalllng fashion to desig
nate nuy one with a mission us squlrrtl diet;
yet the I.lbctty Hell Is toted hither and you
by overzialnus pet sons. Can we tako the hell's
condition as 11 warrant of thelra?
Joo Baker.
Classifying Your Countrymen
III.
You can tell by just oac paper
You may hear him asking for
"Lemnio liavu today1!) Sun-paper"
That his homo Is Baltimore.
IV.
If. when In a dlnlug-hall.
You should hour a waitress s-ay,
"Sorry, but tho beefsteak's till"
She's from Al lento wn, P-a.
EDGAR LEE MASTERS, author of the
"Spoon River Anthology," has written
nn ode In praise of William Marlon Reedy,
of the St. Louis Minor, which comes nearer
to real poetry than any 0110 of thu sharp
etched Spoon River sketches which have
mado him famous. So It should, for grati
tude Is a splendid spur for Pegasus. Hero
aro homo of the best lines:
He sits beforo you silent as Buddha
And then you sav
This man Is HitbelalR.
And while you wonder what his stock Is,
English or Irish, u behold his ejes
As big and brown as thowe desirable crockles
With which ns bojs we used to play.
And then you see tho spherical light that lies
Just under the Iris coloring,
Hcforo which everything
Becomes as plain as day.
It's not wo hard a thing to bo wise
In tho lore of books.
It's a different thing to be all eyes.
Like a lighthouse which revolves and looks
Over the land and out to sea;
And n lighthouse Is what ho seems to me;
Sitting like Buddha spiritually cool.
Young as the light of tho nun Is young,
And taking the even with tho odd
As a matter of course, and the path he's trod
As a path that was good enough.
JIM MAI
girl we
MALFATTO stole tho best servant
p ever had. Her name was Lulsa.
It still is Lulsa, for it was only her last
name she changed to Malfntto. All this was
half a dozen years ago, and we have long
since forgiven Jim. We oven gave him odd
jobs occasionally, and ho always did them
well. He calls himself 11 plumber, but last
summer we discovered that he's much moro
than that. It came about In this fashion: Wo
decided last August whllo tho folks wero
away In the country to build an addition
to our small house, which was to bo a sur
prise to them upon their return. No ordi
nary builder could bo trusted with such n
job for several reasons. We had to know In
advance how much it was to cost, how to
tlnanco It nnd Just what day the Job would
be finished. Jim told us to tho penny and
the hour. So we told him to go uhend. "All
right, leave It to me; it's a cinch!" said he,
for Jim got his education, school and street,
In this country, though ho hasn't forgotten
Ills Italian. Ho called in to help him Tony,
the stonemason; Louie, a whale of a
laborer ("that guy could pick your houso up
and Iny It down ugaln," said Jim) and the
three of them did most of tho work. Jim
started his day at 3 a. m. and knocked off
nt 10 p. 111.. until, for the sako of the slum
bering neighbors, wo mndo him be reason
able. The neighbors, though, got their fun
out of It. It wus interesting to hear Jim
giving his orders to Louie in tills fashion:
"Ascolta. Lulgi, fa II placere til lasclare
quel mattoni sul muro orlentalo prima and
then we're gona pull down the .dog-gone
scarfoldin's, get me?"
Jim encountered unforeseen difficulties
every day and overcame them, kept books
with exact records of the least expenditure,
coaxed and bullied his helpers, fought with
Bupply men for discounts, finished his Job
(including the Inevitable extras) on the day
promised and charged less than was right
for his services. The neighbors have been
talking about "Italian efficiency" ever Blnce,
Jim's fame has gone abroad. Some day he'll
be a mighty big figure in the community, and
that's why we're recording here our boast
that we started him in the right direction.
Casey at the Bat
(It T. A. Daly did It In a McAront Ballad.)
Casey, he wan granda man.
Fans all holla rom da stan':
"Who oan heet Ilk' Casey can?"
Then he com.
No heet ball wit" battln' eteek,
Mudvllla fans all getta seek.
Holla; "O, you punka Meek,
Blgga Bum!"
J. V. McBvpy in Chicago Trbun.
No, eet es not truth you speak.
Eef dat story had been mine,
I would pralso dat othra Meck
Petehtn for da weenin' nine!
THE FRONTIER OF
LINCOLN'S TIME
Its Spirit Was Embodied in the First
American Democracy Born in
a Cabin The West in
the East
THE first American, ns Lowell called
Abraham Lincoln, wus born lu a cabin.
And In tt cabin, wrote Birkbcck, America
itself was hied. Tho historian Turner has
written: "American domoctacy Is funda
mentally tho outcome of tho experiences of
tho American pioneer In dealing with the
West." Further: "I-et us see to It that the
Ideals of the pioneer In his log cabin shall
enlarge Into tho spiritual life of a democracy
whero civic power shall dominate and
utilize Individual achievement for tho com
mon good."
Theto was a West oven In tho early Colo
nial days, hut then It lay closo to tho Atlan
tic coast. A new West was developed In tho
years Immediately following the close of tho
War of 1S1L'. Tho Far West Is a still later
development. Andrew Jackson was tho very
embodiment of tho pioneer period of the old
Southwest. Abraham Lincoln was tho very
embodiment of tho pioneer period of tho old
Northwest. When James Itrycc wroto his
American Commonwealth he declared, "The
West Is the most American part of America.
What Europe Is to Asia, vvhnt England Is to
tho rest of Eutope, what America Is to Eng
land, that tho Western Stutes nnd Territories
nro to the Atlantic States."
Symbolism of the West
Always the West has Inllucnced tho older
part of the country. Hy Its competition and
its attraction to settle! s it has reacted on
the East nnd given nn added Impulso to the
democratic movement on tho Atlantic sea
hoard. But tho West has been moto than
geographical; it has also been symbolic. It
hns exemplllicd and symbolized a reaching
out, an emancipation, a strugglo for freedom
from ancient forms nnd usages. It has meant
tho frontier nnd tho pioneer, physically and
spiritually. Tho very winds havo blown tho
West back to tho East. Tho geographical
limits of the West havo been reached, but
tho Inexhaustible faplrit of tho West Is with
us yet, here, theto and everywhere.
Even Thomas Jefferson was a Westerner,
with his Declaration of Independence, his
.statute for religious freedom, his purchaso of
Louisiana. Martin Van Bureu was hied In
an Eastern log cabin under Western condi
tions. Harrison was tho hero of tho North
west. Polk wus a typical Tonnesseean, eager
to ujtpand tho nation. Wobster culled
Zachary Taylor a "frontier colonel." Andrew
Jackson, with his tierce spirit, broke down
the traditions of conservative rule. He began
tho era of tho popular hero. And then cutno
Lincoln, whoso grasp of tho ax handle of
tho pioneer was no tinner than his grasp of
the helm of tho ship of stato.
For him her Old World molds aside she threw,
And, choosing sweet clay ftom tho breast
Of the unexhausted West,
With stuff untainted shaped a hero new.
Wide, steadfast In tho sttength of Uod, and true.
Ills was no lonely mountain peak of mind,
Thrusting to thin air o'er our cloudy bars,
A seamark now, now lost In vapois blind;
Broad prairie rather, genial, level-lined,
Fruitful and friendly for all human kind,
Vet also nigh to heaven and loved of loftiest
stars.
Nothing of Europe here
New birth of our new boII, the first American.
Paths in the Wilderness
Abraham Lincoln was born In Kentucky
in 1809. When the boy was seven years old
his father took the family across tho Ohio
on a raft, with a capital consisting of a kit
of carpenter's tools and several hundred gal
lons of whisky. It was the custom of tho
immigrant of the old Northwest, on arrival
ut the nearest point to his destination on
the Ohio, either to cut out a road to his new
home or to push up some tributary of that
river In a keel boat. In Indiana Abo Lin
coln's father hewed a path Into the fotest to
a new home in the southern part of tho
State. For a year the family lived in a
"half-faced" camp, or open shed of poles.
Illinois, when Lincoln came to Sangamon
County, was Just emerging from its pioneer
stage, or rather tho conquest of tho forest
was giving way rapidly to business and polit
ical enterprise. There wero still, however,
such log houses in Illinois as that described
by an Englishman in 1831 two rooms, with
an open lire in one of them that served In
winter both tor heat and light. But cities
were growing up Chicago, Springfield and
others.
It was a country of plain people farmers
and Judges, circuit riders and land specu
lators. The plainest of them all was Lincoln.
In him they recognized themselves. They
belpwl elect their rail-splitter President of
the United States.
Thay wero commonwealth bulldejr, The- ex
Unstve trlod. of pioneering hM-jjassed, tho
AND HE LEFT THE DOOR OPEN AS
Intensive period Is hero and now. As Lin
coln embodies tho spirit of the former period,
so also ho stands today tho groat exemplar of
Americanism. Wc havo 1 cached the
geographical limits of America. Tho spit It of
America goes marching on,
GOING TO SCHOOL BY MOONLIGHT
Illiteracy has been gieatly decreased In Ken
tucky In the last decade, but the campaign
against It goes merrily on. The movement was
started by a woman, Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart,
then u county superintendent of schools. Tho
"moonlight schools" for persons over the school
age are tho chief menus employed In the cru
sade. Mrs. Stewnrt put Into operation a system of
ivcnlng schools, open during the autumn when
tho weather was pleasant and the roads wero
passable. They were called "moonlight rchools."
At the opening session over 1200 persons almost
one-third of the population of the county
em oiled. The students learned with almost In
cicdible lapldlty. The, Congressman from tho
district ropoitcd that after the closing of tho
first school year ho received moio than ten
times as many requests from the county for
agricultural pamphlets, etc , as he had received
before. In 1913 Mis. Stewatt and her teachers
personally visited and gave instruction to every
Illiterate In tho county who. because of timidity
or other reason, would not go to the regular
schools. A supplementary movement In which
everv lltetntc person wus urged to pass along
his knowledge to at least one Illiterate was
stat ted. At the closo of 1913 It was found that
Mrs. Stewart's ambition to wipo Illiteracy from
tho county had virtually been achloved. A
comparison of tencheis' reports with population
census showed thnt there teninlncd In tho
county only 23 lllltcintes. Of these. 17 woto In
capacitated by Imbecility or Invalidism, four
had stubbornly resisted instiuctlon nnd two had
moved Into tho county after tho closing of tho
"moonlight schools "
Mrs. Stewart has now broadened her activi
ties to include the wholo Stute. The Legislature
hns passed a bill ci eating a Stute Illiteracy
Commission for tho purpose of studying nnd
benefiting tho condition of adult Illiterates. One
hundred pcisons volunteered to malto speeches
tluoughout the State in fuithciance of tho
campaign. The Governor Issued a proclamation
calling nttcntion to the problem of Illiteracy.
During 1011 2000 teachers. Instead of tho 1000
asked for, volunteered, and moonlight schools
wcie conducted in CO counties In the State. One
hundred thoithuud pupll3, ranging in age ftom
IB to 93, wero taught in the schools. In 19111 tho
work was conducted with oven gtcatcr energy.
About 120 speakers conducted a publicity cam
paign. Three salaried agents were employed to
organize moonlight schools nnd new schools
were organized In less accessible neighborhoods.
Thousands of "stickers" aio being placed on
packages anil mall and posted In public places.
They bear such slogans as "Eveijbody IteadJ
and Wtltcs In Kentucky by 1920," and "No Il
literacy lu Kentucky After 1920."
DRAKES AND WILD GEESE
Perhaps the most famous of the mythical "un
claimed estates" In England Is that of Sir
Francis Drake, who, accoidlng to tho stoiy.
left property which has now giown to the value
of JJ30O.OOO.0OO. The Drako belts, of whom thoro
are, said to bo some In a number of States of
tho Union, will probably continue to piovido
"easy marks" for bogus claim agents, but the
latest declaration of a United Stute3 postal In
spector that tho Drako story Is puto romance
may keep borne people from a wild goose chase.
Springfield Republican.
THE VOICE OP AMERICA
I who tho daughter am of Fate,
Horn of tho gods' sweet rage,
Havo I gtown so degonerato
That my sons' heritage
Is tho soft flesh of babies or the brittle bones of
age?
Through sloth of power have I grown
Llko one who lazy lies.
Till spiders spin about my thronq
A wob to blind my eyes?
And uro the stars upon my crown the wings of
rotting tiles?
Mine was tho soft conceit of one
fjood men called mother blest,
Why should I fear when every son
Drank lovo upon my breast?
And so 1 ate the popples that lulled to flaccid
rest
My heud was safe In Northern snow,
My feet In tropic sands,
My giant sea guards loved me so
They washed and kissed my hands,
Yet, sea by Bea, there leaps the green hate
tire of alien lands!
And shall I sit with fingers laced
An Idol on a mat
Ana shall the girdle at my waist
Burst with a century's fat?
The slattern mistress of a weak arlsto-demo.
crat!
Did not the weak come gathering
Like babies at my knees?
And did I not my torchtlame fling
O'er spume of souls and seas?
Now shall my breath blow out the lamp so I
may He at ease?
Nay! nay! I spring from out my night
Of luxury and sloth.
And from my lips there flames the white
Fire of a virgin's oathl
Men pray, "O Light!" Men beg, "O Truth!"
I answer, "I am both!"
Sons of my soul! My sky-flung call
Rings with the rise of sun!
Hark ye! For one! Hark ye! For all!
And I am All and One I
And I hall be so to the world until all worlds
be done.
Hither, my young, who face the East-
My old, who watch the West!
Shall Ease be made tht land's talgh Priest,
To whom kneel all the rest?
we 01'ai uw York Wort
HE WENT OUT
What Do You Know?
Queries of general interest till be antntrii
in thit column. Ten questions, the otinctri
to which every well-informed person thnU
knoic, are asked daily.
QUIZ
1. Hmr Innu Is ISrmul Street?
3. What constitutes the Hill of ttluhti, n ufo.
Mnod In America?
:i. What Is the npprnilmnte coot of 11 moden
ilrentlnniiKht?
1. In one of Ills letters tn the I'reiihlent Mr. Cirri-
kiii refprred tn the t'lnrlie nmentlmrnt. nji
lines the CInrke amendment provide?
,1. What Is the chief Vnrlllc port of Canada?
C. Name the two United fttntes Senator! Iras
New Ynrk.
7. About how much nnnunllr linn the GoTtraant
recently heeu spending for national dtfmMl
8. VU1UI1 Is nearer to the l'nimnm Canal, Itilldt
or S.111 l'ranclhco?
0. Wnlt Whltiirin wrote "Oh, Cnptntn! Mr Cu.
tnln!" With what fit)' near Philadelphia a
tho name or Wult Whitman atiaclattdr
10, In what forclirii iiuvr did John I'aulJoati itm
after the Revolution?
Answers to Yesterday's Queries
1. Itiisscll A. AlRrr.
S. Thirty-one dnju.
.'t. Hiram Johnson.
I. Two, Itnrleson and Gregory. '
S. Hy treaty with Great llrltaln In 1890 IlelcoUd
(or Heligoland) came into the domlnloo if
Germany.
0. Lliurli-H W. Hllot, Andrew 11. White, Wooditf
W lSon.
7. the J uro virtually the hunic dltance from tbi
open sen. Philadelphia Is a few mllti nam.
8. The llcht against landlordism, or the holdlnrtf
enormous estates hy single Individual. 1
J. Tucnt) millions.
10. retrogrud.
Stevenson's Prayer
r.dilor of What Do You Know" I set a tr
quest for Stevenson's morning prayer In your
column. I tun gladly Inclosing It
FB.ANK a BEALE.
Haddonfleld, N. J., February 10,
"The day returns and brings us the petty rovni
t .., .. n...l .lull.. Vfaln 111 It
play tho man, help us to perform them JFB;
laughter and kind faces; let cheerfulness aMMlJfl
Willi IllUU&ira. VJlU UV IU H" MUM.v. .. v
business all this day, and bring us to our ri
lug beds weary nnd content nnd undlshonortl J
and grant us In tho end tho gift of sleep. Amti
The Title Pnsses by Will
Kdltor of "What Do You inoto" Ples ttl
me what should bo done hi tho following ciw,
A i.i ln,'Au In tilu will n hnllse In PhllUQH
phla and some ground in N'ew Jersey to h,5'i
What steps are necessary so that the wife W
have title bo that she can sell the prcpen
necessary? Will It alter matters any If tnert
should be a mortgage on the house?
tt a TVUITIT
Moore, la February 9.
The tltlo to the real estate passes to the vtldof,
...!... .1.. ...Ill .lA..tBln l n h,T Vin hltXl Dt f
.viici, lliu Hill iicwaiiici ifc i" - -- -
bated If the pioperty Is mortgaged she 1 Uiiei
It subject to tho mortgage as though ihe Ml,
hmtrriit If i,t,,lft. flin inm, ,nndlttonS. COIlSUIl I
lawyer.
.3
Date of Subway Opening .3
Editor of "What Do You A'noto" When I j
the Subway was opened as far as Uth street w
190G my statement was ulepuica i "J1"" ,'
wnu .... XTnTAh J hAKniKn T rndft In town ty ",
of the Klevated and Subway that day and wi
transfeircd to a car on tho suriace ouu
dowu Market street. Can you tell "" w"j
year It was? " '
Philadelphia, February 11.
According to the fifth annua! report of fit
Hapld Transit Company for ma w '"r-;
June 30, 1007, the Elevated and Subway U
'., 1 , tnr. USA fOnl V"
Delaware county line to 15th street on larcn t
tnn? I
I.T.I II . "rTJ
..... -. ..- ... i.u T hava 14'
the nnswer to Mr. Balph Schelrer's Wl M
tlift ivnnla In "Hfntlinr." Am Sending IM W,,M
words of both choruses as given In the W -t
that name: ""
FIRST CHORUS.
M Is for tho million things she gave me. (
O means only that she's growing old,
T is for the tears were shed to save me,
H Is for her heart of purest gold,
K Is for her eyes with love-light shining,
U means right and right she'll alwy .
Put them all together they spell motner.
A word that means the world to me.
SECOND CHORUS,
M Is for the mercy she possesses,
O means that I owe her all I own,
T is for her tender sweet caresses,
H is for her hands that made a home,
E means everything she's done to neiP p
li means real and regular you see--
Put them all together they spell Motner.
A word that meana the worW to g
Philadelphia, February .
The uean of the House ,
Editor of "What Do You ;"-." tW
G. Cannon the senior In point of nervrc? j
House of neP-'esentaUves0RTj,BAST WOtf
Mr. Cannon la now serving his tw"''t3
uui mere wus uu imw vi -,"" vjij BPB
Vila ninth . A TAnl. Taenia nnd DetWVCU . 7
teenth and twentieth. William A. ??' ffl
1st Virginia District, holds the "',,t, A
longest period of continuous ,', W
now entering on nts mirieemu w
e
SSfiritfit,&a nf Wnr
p,l;, iimi.i n Vnu. Know" H !
Secretaries of War did Lincoln tQ
Two Siroon Caraero. of Penjylv!'
fciiwin M Staatou. of Ohio.