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"Honor thy father and thy mother" standi
written among the three laws of the most
revered righteousness. Aeschylus.
It Is safer to mako money by earning It
than by counterfeiting.
If thero Is a million dollars lying looso
around town. Doctor Conwcll should surely
?i . set it ror His university.
I nm not in tlio field for new pitching
talent Connlo Mack.
Ho usually gets It out of tho bushes.
Tho remarkablo thing Is not so much tho
capturo of Erzcnim as tho fact that tho Rus
' lan announcement of It was tho truth.
"TnhJvJVares aro going to mnko n presidential
'candldaftvmt of Doctor drumbaugh If they
have to keep ovvpersuadlng him all spring.
Tho fact that ther-aJs moro than nlno mil
lions In tho city trcasuryshould not bo an
nounced. It simply causes hands to Itch
down tho line.
la It tho friends or tho enemies of former
Governor Walsh, of Massachusetts, who aro
circulating tho story that Archlo Roosevelt
mistook him for a butler?
It la not enough to say that tho stadium is
- a good thing. A subscription toward tho fund
to build It would talk louder In approval of
tho plan than'many thousand word3.
Lord Kitchener says that thero Is no way
to prevent Germnn air raids. Tho moro
America sees of tho war tho moro gratltudo
most of us liavo that thero Is an Atlantic
Ocean.
Representative Connelly, of Kansas, ap
parently thinks that thero is no need of a
navy, because If tho country wero attacked
tne people could tako tofugo in a holo and
pull tho holo In after them.
Councils has authorized tho Mayor to let
contracts for tho Convention Hall. This was
h one thing about which tho Mayor as a
'-uuuldate was most emphatic. So plcdgo
nu.noer ono is In a fair way to bo mada good.
Congratulations!
I'hij British censors aro permitting tho pub
licatlun of roports that plots against tho
Gcer.intent nro making In Ireland. Perhaps
the think that tho Irish aro so loyal that
when they know what Is going on they will
hunt down tho plotters.
i'ho suggestion that modified bowl lights,
actually taking tho form of athletic contests,
con.inuo at Pennsylvania, nnd that tho bowl
be named after the unfortunnto victim of
last year's fight, William Llfson, may bo
entertained. But ono demands assurances
tnm tho spirit of humility In which tho sug
tjextlon is mado will continue ten years
from now, when tho accident 13 forgotten.
As tho deepening of tho Delaware must bo
considered as part of any comprehensive
plans for national defense. Congress 13 ex
pected to ngrco with tho Itivor nnd Harbor
Committee of tho House that J2.700.000 must
bo appropriated this year for work on tho
channel. The commercial reasons nlono nro
sufficient to Justify tho expenditure of this
amount, but when thoro Is added to them tho
argument based on the necessity of creating
and keeping a deep nnd safe channel for tho
biggest warships from tho sea to Ienguo
Island, tho combined argument becomes oer
whelming. Fuller details of tho movements by which
the Grand Duke Nicholas took Erzcrum
Justify the conclusion that ho Is a commander
of skill and Ingenuity. When attacking the
trenches which the Turks had dug under
German directions, ho cut off supplies to the
enemy from tho rear by a curtan of shells.
This curtain also cut off the retreat of tho
Turks, and they fought till their ammuni
tion was exhausted, when they had to sur
render. Tho capturo of the city In a winter
campaign is an achievement which had beon
regarded as Impossible. With Erzorum In
tho possession uf Bussla, the way Is opened
to Join the British, who hopo to move on
Bagdad from tho south. And it puts all of
eastern Turkey at the mercy of the Itusso
Engllah army. It is also within the bounds
of the possible that the Russians can fight
their wuy to the eastern shore of the Bos
phorus', from which they can attack Constan
tinople. Within six weeks of his entrance Into office
the Mayor has secured authority from Coun
cils to enter Into contracts for both the Con
vention Hall and the Fre Library. The city
la expecting him to secure similar extysditlon
In tho awarding- of the contracts and in the
construction of the buildings. Money for the
Convention Hall is available, and as 'tjie site
for it at tho Parkway and 21st street, be
longs to the oity. the whole of the Jl, 118,000
can ba used for the structure Itself. A much
more adequate hall can be erected under the
Uu of building it on city land than If a
sit? h4 been purchased. The Free Library
will tml $3,560,000. with about 1 1,000,000 in
JWJj'i. There its general approval of the pur
pose to m thla cum a far aa it will go, with
U In tectum of scwjkleUiis the balding when
another appropriation can bo made. Tho two
structures will set tho pattern for those other
buildings that nro to bo erected on tho Park
way, nnd will glvo to tho city two great In
stitutions, for tho lack of which It has
suffered in Its pocket and In Its reputation for
many years.
THE MAN'S THE THING!
While tlip world in cmtuM tip In n flood
of IndiistrlnllMii nml clllcloncj- nnd mi
rliniilrs, flip Irnilrrfl of mcrlen nrr err
Iiik nut for Krrttter l lU'lilni'K nor for bet
ter mrlhoiN, lint for men, I'crnonnllty
rountn for more In Anirrlrn flinn prrfrc
Hon of method. In ocry InilttMrj, eien
tlir niimt mrohnnlcnl. thorp In room for
ImllWilmil tiourr. The nuiti li Mill mus
ter of the mnchlne.
IT DAS brcn shouted In tho mnrkct-placo
that this Is tho ago of the mnchlne. Tho
horse has yielded to tho motorcar. Tho elec
tric cnglno is discharging tho stoker. Tho
trnctor throws men's hnnds from the plow.
Meantime, systems nro being built, systems
so cunningly devised that men becomo almost
equal to machines. At tho end of cortalrt
Greek plays a god used to descend from a
machine. Today tho mnchlno has been ele
vated to tho dignity of a god.
Not that this would bo so tenlble, even If
It were true. After nil, men aro needed to
Invent machines and men nru needed to oper
ate them. If worse camo to worst. It would
still bo possible that man ruled, nnd was not
ruled by, machinery. Tho facts nro better
still. This Is not an ago of machinery.
Within tho past eight months thero havo
appeared on tho market nt least five, pcrhnps
ttvo times live, now talking machines. Their
merits need not bo considered, but compari
son of tho prlco of theso talking machines
nnd tho prlco of records Is illuminating. It
Is posslblo to buy a machine for ilvo dollnrs.
And a slnglo record may still cost as high as
eight dollars. Why?
Simply becnuao tho American pcoplo nro
willing to give nil tho plunder of earth to a
personality, to an Individual, to n clear
human volco which will tako It away from
tho machine. It Is truo that In our amuse
ment tho mnchlno plays n part the phono
graph, tho moving picture, tho player-piano.
But tho greater truth Ib that even In theso
mechanical contributions to our life, tho thing
wo valuo nbovo everything clso Is tho redeem
ing touch of a personality. That is why, in
cidentally, It would bo so hard to Prussianlzo
America.
Charles M. Schwab told tho Aldlno Club
that ho had tucked away In tho Bethlchcms
a plant at least half again as great as that
of the Krupps, in Essen, Germany. If thero
Is a machine or i. method which will produco
profits that machine or method will bo In
stalled nt Bethlehem as soon as Mr. Schwab
hears of It. Yet tho point of Mr. Schwab's
address was not that his methods nnd his
machinery were valuable, but that ho had
cheerfully and of his own accord given tho
sum of JCOO.OOO to tho vlco president of tho
company as a bonus for work done. Another
assistant had received $1,000,000, In addition
to an enormous pnlary, becauso his work, his
personal endeuvor and accomplishment had
been worth that much. Tho machinery had
dono Its work. The method had been without
fault. Yet tho driving forco of one man was
worth J1.000.000.
Within tho last two months two moving
picture manufacturers have changed their
organizations In order to place In control tho
featured actresses of their 111ms. Tho film
Is a mechanical product. It Is Impossible to
pay moro than twcnty-flvo cents for the priv
ilege of sceipg tho best film In this city.
And tho very facts that thousands of films
arc mado and that thousands of copies aro
mechanically .cprodttccd from c.ich negative,
havo contributed to the valuo of tho few In
dividuals who could stamp their personality
on tho revolting film nnd project their indi
viduality to tho spectators.
it Is not hard to heo just how this emphasis
on personality affects the economic and po
litical life of the nation. For us tho mnn is
still tho thing. Every scheme for economic
improvement or for political change has to
come up squarely against tho unshakable
prejudice which tho pcoplo of tho United
States havo in favor of human beings, both
exceptional nnd ordinary. Our Intense ad
miration for tho exceptional man nnd woman
is a bar to socialistic propaganda, becauso
we worship, sometimes extravagantly, tho
success they win. On tho other hand, tho
trust in average human beings is a successful
bar against tho less desirable forms of our
new mania for elilclency.
Efflcloncy, It has been pointed out, Is no
moro to ho reverenced than abracadabra un
less thero Is something very definite, some
thing much moro Important than money
making, toward whkh elilclency tends. It
may bo added that elilclency, unless It is the
product of Individual purpose, Is futile. Tho
charge has been denied that certain methods
of elilclency wear men out In a brief time;
but tho denial Is not enough. Before any
system roots Itself In American soli It will
havo to provo that it releases tho forces of
tho workers for higher and better things, it
will bo of very little profit to the nation that
It can mako three times as many turning
lathes in a Given time ns any other country
can mako if tho prlco has to be paid with tho
freedom of the worker's soul.
So far this country has kept hold of itself.
It baa manufactured things nnd lias kept
things In their proper proportion to persons.
In a great Industrial age tho leaders have
called only for moro men of power, of brain
nnd of personality. That attitude must con
tinue. In the midst of our prosaio preoccu
pation with objects wa cun afford to be
poetical, when human lives aro at stake, nnd
still say: "Glory to Man, for Man is tho
master of all things!"
MEXICO'SpEATII TKAP
THE Administration has, apparently, mado
n virtue of necossljy jn presenting a ro
port on Mexican affairs to tho Senate. That
report la tardy and Incomplete, for It is, ac
cording to Secretary, Lansing, "Jncompatlblo
with the public interest" to tell under what
circumstances some of the 129 Americana
sacritlced in Mexico, met their deaths. Sen
ator Fall has Insisted that the orders Issued
to Unltod States marlnos, landing at Vera
Cruz, were lu effect orders which doomed
them to die.
Secretary Lansing's attempt to minimize
the Importance of Mexican conditions is nul
lified by the facts which ho is compelled to
admit. That 4T American lives were lost
before tho present Administration took
charge of foreign affairs is no Justification,
for the Uvea Ipst since President Wilson has
made, the mistake of Inaction, In conditions
infinitely worse, and he cannot condone his
own errors by pointing to those of others.
The plea made by the Secretary of State
for time la which Carranza can Justify his
recognition la fair enough. Meanwhile, what
ban U-en done to prevent another 139 Ameri
cana from being added to those who have
already been killed on the altar of Inoom-petencfl?
Tom Daly's Column
vnzv-nuM
And so the Slav has captured lit
We fcjieto It had io come.
tt'lfi vodka banished from his kit
He fought for llrzc-rum.
IN" a pome of hers tho other day Llttlo Polly
spoke of "Bridget, tho cook," and now
hero comes 13. J, N. with a mild protest, Ho
doesn't llko tho Implication that Bridget is
never anything clso. Polly didn't mean that
nt all, nnd we'ro suns eho'll ngrco with us
that Bridget Is often a very delightful llttlo
patrician. For lnstnnco .
.?ioh71 nlno of "Mary"
Don't think that that's her name.
My colleen lawn's conthrary
And doesn't care for fame.
She scz 'licould mako tier fidget
To .ice her name in print,
So I can't sing of Murthcrt
I nearly gcv a hlntl
Hhc likes to watch ic u'rlflu'
A sonnet to her eyes,
In pocthry rccllln'
The love that tn me lies,
But liolds one tosy digit,
Itcsthralnln'- of mc pen,
For fear I'll mlntlonMushal
I almost terote It then.
So whin the names of Xora,
An' Xcll an' Kate, betimes,
Or Mary, lioie or Dora
Aro mlntloncd In mc rhymes,
They mean hat modest midget.
That charmln' little elf,
Whose name Is Ot I'll lave ye '
To guess her name ycrsclf.
Dr. George M. Dorranco has been traveling
again. Ono dny In a rllnlng car ho happened
to havo for his vis-a-vis a fat man who felt
It neccitsnry to say: "t bellove every mnn
ought to eat good nnd plenty always. It never
pays to work on an empty stomach."
"I disagree with you." said a. M. D. "I know
a man who has found that It often pays fairly
well."
"That so? What lino o' work la ho In?"
"llo's a suigcon."
THAT flag of tho "Pennsylvania Lumber
man's Association" is still waving. W. C.
I., of Drlstnl, takes up n cudgel In defense of
tho "mnn" in It. Ho says:
Though not a "Lumberman" ot Its birth.
You can tnko thli hle.i for lint It'a uorths
In Benerk' scnr tho uso of niou
Is entirely proper ileny who cnn.
Slnrmlar or phuill. ladu or cut,
Twill tnko them oil In tilth no further comment.
From what we know uv lumbermln
Wan lumberman could tako us in,
As ye havo said; an' so, bcgobl
The lasht word's yours. That ends tho Job!
Dr. Alex. Hamilton in Philadelphia
TUESDAY, .Tune 12, 17411 must mako a few
remarks liefoio 1 lcac th's plnce. The peo
ple In gcneial aro Inquisitive concerning
strangers. If thoy find one roincs thero upon tho
account of trade or trnlllc. they ate fond of deal
ing with him and cheating him, if they can. If
he come for pleasure or curiosity, they take llttlo
or no notice of him, utiles ho bo a person of
moro than ordlnniy rank; then thoy know as
well ns others how to faun and ciliigo.
Somo poisons thoro wi-ip Inquisitive about
tho state of lell'-.liin In Mntylanil. My common
reply to such questions uh that I studied their
constitutions more than their consciences, so
know somethl.ig of the first, but nothing of tho
latter. Thoy havo In genet al a bud notion of
the neighbouring Province, Maryland, esteeming
tho people a set of cunning shaipers: but my
notion of the affair Is that tho I'cnnsylvanlans
ato not a whit Inferior to them In tho scleneo of
chicane, only their method of ttlcltlng Is dlf
fcient. A Pi'imslvnnlnn will toll a lie with a
sanctified, solemn face; n Mm kinder perhaps
will convoy his Mb III a volley of oaths; but
tho effect and point In view mo tho same, tho"
tho manner of opointing bo diffeient.
Ill this city one ni.iy live tolerably cheap, ns
to tho at tides of eating and drinking, but
European goods bcio aro c.stiavngaiitly dear.
Even goods of ttnlr own mumifnctmo such us
linen, oolen and leather benr a high price.
Their government Is a Mud of nnarchy (or no
government), thete being perpetual Jars botwlxt
tho two paits of tho l.cglshituic, but this Is no
str.ingo thing, the ambition and avarice of a
few men In both paities being tho nt-tlvo springs
In these dissensions ami nltei cations, though a
specious story about tho. good and Interest of tho
country Is trumped up by both: yet I would not
bo so sovctc as to sny so of all In general.
to hi: conti.nuud.
Child's Winter Garden of Verses
(nowinc to jt. i.. a.)
1. WINTEIt.
I'm always glad when winter comes
And blows the snow about
And freezes whlto the window-pane,
So that I can't see out.
For when tho windows rattle loud
And there's a dreadful storm,
I llko tho cold so much, becauee
Inside It feels so warm. Will Lou.
Pome weeks ago K. O., one of our contrlbs,
graduated Into tho Job of chief clerk to the
Iio.ird of City Magistrates (New York), and
In a loccnt Issue of the Fordhum Alumni News,
of which bo Is editor, ho had tho nerve to say:
"We noto with pain that a number of our men
havo ncccpted political Jobs. It has always
beon our thought that our alumni should bo
uelf-siipportlng."
In thlH morning's mall there Is a note from
hint. "Can you," ho asks, "think up a short
note for mjr columns somo time? It need not
bo respectful." Hut In tho latest Issue of his
paper we find this:
Somo fellows have written u letters telllnB
uhai they think of us. Hut tha best about
Iftteru la nohoily luinwa ou Bet them. So If
ion mi lie ua n, roast In tho mall we will nay
jou pralud us. That's the best of a newa
juper. Ominous
OVEBHEABD and reported by an enemy
friend of tho bride:
"Her fourth venturo?"
"Yes, and aho's Just as superstitious about
It ns sho can be. She Just knows It jvon't turn
out well. Her husband gavo the minister $10,"
"Well, why not?"
"Well, It seems her three,fnrmer husbands
each gavo $!, and that makes 13."
COKbBUVATIVUIA' M'UAUING, IT WOULD
HVA'M bO
vAitnlAlY Pa.. Ken, IS. Tho Yardley public
hl wit destroyed by lire early this mornlnir.
The destruction 'of the schoolhouso will result
It 1. believed. In the solution of a controversy ex
!L iin aier several years. It had been proposed
that Londs to ie valuo of ISO.000 bo Issued. In
lSrtr that a tiew school butldlne mleht bo erected.
Th Tua was oppd by the conseryat ve element,
bit It li believed that now thero will be no bUcb.
la the proposal. An Even,ne Paper.
promiE
On Good thlni; and Day Think
ing Ca lus belonged to the sharp
witted sehool
Seldom tha sparo diner turns out
a fool:
still, Ilk his sword, be as
forelsu to mirth.
If you'd unbend, you must seete
men of girth;
Lean men aad lean btadeu are
Lean aaa all that,
But ta your banquet call men
who are fat.
Grant that thay dla young, they
live wb4 they live.
Giving good shaer wliiti they've
nought to give.
Karly aud efUn to bread and to
Makes goSTrasu wterant,-suave
and obese. A. 4.
wm
Mr
jrVfli STtrr rbMlYiiiMiil lAltifi I i I W3iiSrf r g.o,pi
LuJa ' Li- -- '!ei' -i. Krr" !
WHEN CANADA
WAS INVADED
Rumors of Raids Across the Lino
Suggest a Neglected Chapter of
History American Home
Guards
THE alarm over tho "threatened" invasion
of 'Canada by a force of German-Americans
seems to havo subsided over hero. On
this sldo of tho border tho rumored attack
has hardly been taken seriously, but In tho
Dominion thero has been unmlstnkablo ex
citement In certain governmental quarters,
and In towns near tho lino tho Inhabitants
havo been stirred up over roports. Tho very
vagueness of the reports that havo circu
lated among tho pcoplo of Cnnndlnn border
towns has added to their npprobonslvcncss.
In official circles It has been thought wiso to
nnnounco that elaborate steps havo been
taken by tho Dominion Government to guard
the frontier.
Somo of tho newspapers of Montreal,
Ottawa and Toronto, howover, refuse to bo
comforted by official assurances of prepared
ness and of tho small likelihood of an In
vasion. "It is nonsense for pcoplo to pooh
pooh such an Idea," declares ono of them,
"nnd say that no Invasion In forco would ever
bo attempted." Thoy recall tho Fenian raids
of tho late sixties and early seventies, and
ask If Gorman raids aro to bo considered out
of tho question in the faco of such a lesson.
Thoy continue: "The papers found on Von
Papon, tho military attache to tho German
Embussy at Washington, and tho disclosures
nt tho ttinl of tho German Consul Bopp,
provo beyond all possibility of doubt that
tho Germans: nro hatching plots against
Canada. It Is known that thero aro several
millions of German reservists in tho United
States; somo havo placed tho number at ns
high as twelvo millions. It would bo quite
in lino with tho German Idea to uso neutral
territory for tho mobilization of a forco that
might raid somo of tho Canadian border
towns.
Raids and Humors or Raids
"Wo aro not afraid of these, but wo hopo
that If such n thing should hnppon tho
Ottawa authorities will not ho taken by sur
prise. Wo presumes that tho military au
thorities aro fully allvo to this, and aro see
ing to It that wo not only havo tho men, but
tho rilles, machine guns, artillery and ammu
nition in instant readiness for annihilating
any German-American forco that would havo
tho hardihood to attempt such a raid."
All this seems unnecessary alarm, but It
represents fulrly enough tho feeling of a
grent many people in tho great Dominion to
tho north of us. On tills sldo ot tho border
wo pooh-pooh tho Idea, of an attack, and It
may bo taken for granted that tho American
as well as tho Canadian authorities aro using
every means to frustrate any movement of
raiders across tho lino. Tho situation, ap
parently, is moro interesting than serious.
Tho neutral observer, ns well ns tho Cana
dian himself, recalls tho invasion by tho
Fenians, which projected Itself Into an In
ternational situation itlrcady somowhnt
strained, but foil flat after a fovv ill-organized
and unsuccessful raids. Thero was great
excitement In tho border towns, both In
Canada and tho United States, however,
rising and subsiding with raids and rumors
of raids through a period of several years.
The Fenian Society was a political associa
tion of Irish nnd Irish-Americans, tho object
of which was tho overthrow of English au
thorlty In Ireland and tho establishment of n
ropublio thero. The plans for both tho Irish
and American organizations wero drawn In
Paris in 1818 by a band of revolutionary
exiles. Tho society, as a whole, bore tho
name of the Irish Revolutionary Brother
hood "I. It. B." for short and tho name
Fenian applied at first only to the American
organization, though the title was'afterward
popularly applied to tho European groups.
The American organizer, John O'Mahoney,
was a student of old Irish lore, and gave
the name Fenian to tho society. Ho derived
It from Flonna Eirlnn, an ancient military
organization which existed In Ireland, taking
Its name from Finn, tho celebrated hero .of
Irish legend.
"Safety First" on the Border
Tho American Society 'was headed by
O'Mahoney at first, but afterwards by James
Stephens, who escaped to this country when
tho British Government suddenly suspended
the habeas corpus uet In an effort to round
up the leaders of tho brotherhood. The or
ganization here consisted of the head centre,
or general manager, who commissioned State
centres, who In their turn commissioned dls
tuct centres, by whom local societies, called
ctpcles, were organized. Tha members, many
of them, saw service in the Civil war, and tl
"AW, COME ON, WE CAN'T LOSE
leaders felt at tho conclusion of tho con
flict that their men wero prepared to fight
for Ireland, Tho first attack on Canada was
mado In 1800. Ten thousand men wero moved
townrd tho border In northern Now York
and Now England, but, owing to lack of
deflnlto plans nnd to poor organization, only
liOO men crossed tho lino. Theso wero re
pulsed by tho Canadian militia. A fow other
raids followed, 'but each ended In early
failure.
It was an opera bouffo war, so to speak,
but it created consternation and a long-lasting
stato of apprchcnslvoness nmong tho
people who lived on tho farms and In tho
villages in tho northern part of Vermont
and New York. Many communities formed
companies of "Homo Guards" on tho
prlnclplo of "safety first." At ono village,
at the height of tho excitement, sentinels
wero stationed nil about tho outskirts. Tho
captain of tho guards, thinking to test tho
tncttlo of his men, onco went outsldo tho
village, returning In disguiso. In a covered
bridge two sentinels had been placed, both of
them about eighteen or nineteen years old.
Tho captain approached as suspiciously ns
posslblo. Ho was challenged, and gavo an
evnslvo reply. One of tho boys took to cover.
Tho other stuck his rillo in tho captain's faco
nnd told him to move on. Tho captain tried
to explain. Not a word was permitted to
pass his lips. Finally ho was marched Into
tho company's headquarters tho old town
hall whero ho collapsed In a chair, tho
perspiration running down his face, and his
body shaking from tho fright tho boy hnd
given him all the way up from tho bridge.
This was tho chief event In that town during
tho period of tho Fenian raids, and it hasn't
been forgotten yet.
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One of the Casualties
At another tlmo a company of Canadian
militia was oncamped near tho border. A
small scouting pnrty was returning to camp
Just ns tho night was falling. A dark, indis
tinct figure was moving slowly and furtively
across a field. Tho soldiers called out a chal
lenge, but thero was no response, Thoy fired
into tho air, but tho only effect was to ai
colorato tho speed of tho moving figure.
Another shot, and tho runaway halted and
crumpled to tho ground. Tho soldiers ran
up nnd found that they had killed an old deaf
woman, whoso homo was on a nearby farm.
That -was ono of tho few casualties of tho
"war."
GOING AFTER THE MAIL
Watch China growl Tho return to monarchy
needn't alatm us so long ns industrial and
social progress Is still lu evidence Postal setv
Ico is ono Indication of advancement. It min
isters to that great forco In civilization which
wo call "communication." China Is thought of
by many as a backward land with eyes only
on tho dim past, but statistics llko those Just
Issued regarding the activities of tho Chinese
postal system show that such ideas aro becom
ing distinctly out of dato. In 1011 tho Chinese
postal servko handled over 602,000,000 articles,
as compared with 629,000,000 Jn 1313. Tho number
of parcels handled was over 7,000,000, a gain of
moro thnn n million over the previous year.
Last year China had 21 head postofllces, 1102
first, second and third-class olllcea and sub
offices and 6S10 postal agencies. Tho number of
postal employes was 21,353.
livery tort of conveyance, up-to-date and anti
quated, is pressed into service by tho Chinese
postal authorities for transporting mall, Includ
ing steam and motor launches, Junks, hong
boats and footboats on the Inland waterways,
mounted and foot couriers, mules,, carts and
wheelbarrows. At tho end ot 19H tho length
of postal lines served by courier was 136,000
miles, an Increase pf Sj.OCO miles over 1913.
Tho Chlncso postolllco authorities are making
plans to tako more advantage of the many
creeks, canals, lakes, etc., of the Interior
provinces.
A NEGATIVE ANSWER
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir I enjoy much entertainment and much
Information reading the Quiz and the replies
thereto, but I desire to call attention to one
grave tifaccuracy. On the 15th Inst. Quiz asks
who Is "Secretary of the Navy?" On the 16th
the answer Is given. This answer Is in error.
The correct answer Is, "We ain't got none." '
Philadelphia, February 16. JUNIOB.
SYMPATHY
O sympathy Is such a little thing,
But how It helps the heart of life to sing,
And bow It smooths tho wrinkled brow of care
And lifts tho heart ot sorrow from despair
So email, so wee, so little cost to give It,
But conquering worlds are In It when we live Itl
A word of love, a gentle touch of hand
And eyes look up across the level land
To gee the sunshine once more glowing bright,
And all the day a coronet of light,
With tears forgotten and the future gleaming
Jn all the laughter of love's golden dreaming.
All need It here, the mighty s.nd the low,
Its tender cheer, Its soft and gentle glow,
Its sweetness of the heart that tries to feel
For those who've felt the hard and bitter bteel
Of fate upon them, and the wrath that sunders
Joy and life's peace and all Its splendid wonders,
So tiny and so easy to be brought
Tq those who need It In a word, a thought,
A sons, a comfort, sweet act of love
That nakes the heavens, seem more bright above.
And all tho way of daily toll and trouble
lljllibt as a morn with dew and sunshine bubble.
Baltimore Sun.
NOTHING"
What Do You Know?
Queries of general Interest will le antucrei
In this column. Ten questions, the amtcert '
to which every well-informed person thouli
knoio, arc asked dally.
QUIZ
1. tVltnt vni tho Alhnmlirn, nnd who tnsdn Hi
ruins turnout) In lllrriitiirr?
S. IVIio wero tho Arfrnnnuli?
3. About wlifn wni the Mrnt prrmnnrnt Atlantis
nhlik Iniil, nnd hctitrrn uhnt point?
4. I'rom whom tin' month of Attirust nnmtdt
C. Vt'hnt fntnotis Invtchcr trcntcu cclllmcr at a
rrlmc'.'
0. About wlirn wns tho Hunk of Kngland Incor-"
Iiorntctl?
7. Jfow tlo 3011 pronounro 7'rzcnim? ,
8. In wlmt rcnttiry vim tlin tint I!nisllli trantl.
Hon of tho rntlro lllhlc pulilUhttl?
0. Who nifil tlm ttoin do plnnio of "Josh WUInnf
10. lVhcn was tho term "lllnrlc l'rlilnj" llrpt nd
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. ClmrlrKtoii.
5. I'rrslillnir oMlcrr of the New Xork Craitlh
tlomil Comrntlnn. '
3. I'ntirli, or the London Chnrlrnrl.
i. To Justify thr inlrnilnr, tho ctrn ilnr btlcn
the hum nf four quarter dnys not counted U
tho :tf,5 nf a normal j cur.
r. 'riico(Iur V.. Hurton.
0. 17CD-183I).
7. Ilrothrrly love,
H. lunula.
0. Chump Clark. ,
10. .Matthias Ilalihvhl.
The Dog Show
Vdllorf "tt'int Do You Know" Pleas Biol
whcio and when tho next Philadelphia doj
bhoiv Is to be held. Also state who I am to set
for entering dogs In this same show and how
long before tlipy closo the books for entering
dogs. WOODBURY.
Woodbury, N. J., February II.
Tho show of tho Kennel Club of Philadelphia
is to bo held nt 23d nnd Chestnut streets be
ginning on February 23. Tho entries closed list
Saturday.
Order of Orioles
Editor of "What Do You iOioio" I have met J
a man who Bays that ho is a member of the J
Order or Orioles. Is there any such socieiyi
MICHAEL.
Will somo reader assist "Michael" to the In,
formation ho seeks?
Anniversaries
Editor of "What Do Yon Know" Can yM
tell me whether any anniversaries of great dart
In this war havo already been celebrated? DU
Germany eclenrato tho beginning? Jt. "
"Intercession Day" was celebrated by the Eng
lish on August 4, 1015, tho anniversary ot top
land's entrance Into tho war. Tha services wer
chiefly religious. September G was celebrated la,
Paris, aH, In spite of certain military straUtl
who Insist that no such thing took place, th
French bellcvo that the battle ot the Marne,
which began on that day, saved France. Con
gratulatory messages wero widely distribute
on the first anniversary of tho war by Wi
personages In Germany.
A Market Street Monument
j;((or of "M'hnt Do You Know" Can you tell
me what tho monument At the corner of Mij"
and 23d streets Is In commemoration ofr "
Inscriptions with which it Is covered nre meg "
I should llko to know the date of Its erjctloa
and Its object. Numerous well-informed Tma
dolphlans whom I have asked could "''il
Philadelphia. February 17.
Perhaps some reader can answer this Q,k ,
tlon.
AlnniTn7n fl,A .Tnw
iMHor of "What Do You Know ""??! Mj
Mendozn the Jew? 9LY?tF.Tini
A champion prize fighter who flour'egJ?K
England In the last part ot the th ntttirj
In 1731 he opened the Lyceum In the Strano wj
teach "the nowe art oi uoxint,.
JJrfHor of "What Do You Knoif-it I It trwl
that soap played an Important part la tne iw
union? .
You probably refer to tne j.reii, " Vuahell
In February. 1793, Insurgent women , rMJJ
about the-streeia crying, -uu i'' ",h. afs
(Bread and soap). Carlyle says that tno
came cnieny from wasiiwv"
r xr 11 MXTntMnn fo Dfl"
Dome 'more nuuui 4.i. a -j- - s
Editor of "What Do You Knof -Z "S
"Nothing to Do," was written W Ben W&M
Chicago reporter, who died about . i ya J
He was a crony of the late Eugene FUW J
the late Stanley Waterloo. ,u.pp""
Philadelphia, February io. , nodyil
George E. Schilling also answers ''""Afcal
lotion. -?!- K"JSX m&
poec A ueuuer tn iyuuv..
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