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PHILADELPHIA. SATtlllllAY, rhIIIIUARY 19, 1916
Learning is ever in the fre.ihuc.li of Its
Vouth, even for the. old. Aeschylus.
It's nil over with Germany. "V'orn" Castle
has gone to -war.
William Barnes denies that lie Is going
West to kill the Roosevelt boom. Ho has
not yet admitted that there In any.
Senator Fall, who speaks of the Adminis
tration's "cuttlellsh dlplomncy" In Mexico,
forgets that the cuttlefish knows what It Is
about.
An eminent musician says that the Ger
i mans are unfamlllur with American music.
J They shouldn't be they' vo heard enough of
, our notes.
Do the Roosevelt peoplo think they can
catch Ellhu Root by angling for him with a
hook baited with the Secretary ot State's
portfolio?
Former Senator William I-orlmer, now on
trial In Chicago as a uank wrecker. Is a line
example of what bipartisan political man
agement can produce.
Probably the man who tried to tub the
house of the Ditcctor of Public Safety knew
that the safest hiding place for a thief Is
next door to the police headquarters.
Scene: St. l.ouls, Convention Hull. The
delegation from Alabama yields to the dele
gation from New Jersey. Cheers. Then whut
will they do with the other three days?
Oscar Underwood was Thomas V. Ryan's
guest at a pilvate dinner the other night.
I. V. McGlone, Mr. Ryan's secretary, an
nounced that the dinner was a purely per
sonal and social uifalr. How about Gary
dinners now ?
King George, who was too ill to open Par
liament, is feollng well enough to congratu
late the Czar on the victory at Krzerum. The
j Czar is said to be waiting for an opportunity
' to congratulate the British on a victory
somewhere.
The students of Wesleynn ' who were de
feated while upholding the affirmative In a
debate on preparedness may lake what
consolation they can from the fact that
, Llndley M. Garrison seems to hnvo been In
the same predicament.
Tho police raids on gambling Joints In
Chinatown are useful, no doubt, but they
will be ineffective if the men who had prom
ised immunity are not apprehended. The
change of administration In Philadelphia
gave rise to various reports that the city
would be wide open. How Justifiable these
reports were Is being demonstrated by clo.s
Ing raids week after week. Hut the credulous
breakers of the law are not more to be prose
cuted than those who slandered the city and
preyed on weakness at the same time.
Whatever else happens, after today no man
In Congress will be able to say that ho was
not aware that a deep sentiment against
further military organization Is to be found
In this country. News dispatch In the New
York Evening Post.
Congress, aware of tho deep sontimont
against further organization against Impuru
drugs, passed the pure food and. drugs act.
Singularly obtuse. Congress bus passed
vnrlous conservation acts and anti-trust acts
and, please Heaven, It may pass an net for
further military organization. Whatever
else happens, the JCew York Kveiiing Post
seems to have gone In for lobbying on quite
a grand scale.
Governor Brumbaugh is right when he
says that the people of a community who
know enough to elect their own officers also
know enough to decide whether they want
any saloons. The, present system, under
which the Judges have to decide whether
licenses shall be granted, has been unsatis
factory for years, The Judges have no sure
way of ascertaining the sentiment of a com
munity, They have been trying to learn It
here by an Informal referendum, but they
have refused to regard uny such referendum
as binding upon them. And the higher courts
h ;ve Justified such a course of action. It
would Involve the creation of a local option
statute, when the General Assembly has re
fused to pass any such law. The Governor
Is expected to persist In his demand for a
local option law, and to press It upon the
Legislature. He should have the support of
alt who believe In home rule.
Granted that the general method pursued
by the State Department in regard to rela
tions with Germany la the proper method
an assumption by no means closed to argu
ment It must be admitted that the difficul
ties have been enqrinous, and each day
brings more. Clearly the British had some
thing to do with the complaisant attitude
taken by GeVmany several months ago, for
certain spheres of at tion had been cleared of
submarines through their Ingenuity. Just
as surely the fact that Germany has 100 new
submarines, or thereabouts, of a superior
type, ready foi action, has dictated the prea
Mt WHoose attitude Again! these changes
ttf tide attd tuna tlw Stfite pediment has
om compelled to bolii a na d3rmina,Uuii.
ineaujt tn yield wiw ehcej by th atti
tude, of tho Entente Allies, Surrender would
not bo tolerated by America. Bo, nt tho end
of long negotiations, tho question roverta to
Its original status. Will Germany safeguard
tho rights of noncombatnnts, nt least of neu
trals? Tho United States has gained nothing
sinco the middle of May, 1915. It has only
made Its position somewhat clear.
THE CITY'S SPLENDID VISION
'I Mr ell lino Kirn the nerd of protlillnK
for the Ht-nllllcn(lnri nnil cultivation nf
the tnatr nt Its Itihnliltnntx nnil la plim-
nltiK ciilnrKC ll nrtlslle nail ruuen
tlimiil equipment, us well n In roster
the pliij Instinct. The Nlmlliim la needed
ns Imiicrntllrl.v ns the rt Museum unit
the Free l.llirnrj.
NO CITV Is greater than the men who
live In It, ntid no limn is greater limn his
islon. It Is as true now as when It was
first said, that "Whuto there Is no vision
the people perish."
The greatness of n city Is dependent on
tho greatness of tho Imagination of Its lead
ers. It Is not dependent tin the number of
people who live In II, nor on Its material
wealth. The fact that Philadelphia Is the
thlid largest city In the country In popula
tion and the second wealthiest does not
Justify pride. A man may ho rich and con
temptible. As Gilbert Chesterton said the
other day, a man may be n money hag nntl
a gas bag. He may bo Ignorant, with no
haw els of compassion and with eontempl for
all the higher things Hint distinguish man
from tho brutes. Such a man when meas
ured by the standards by which we measure
Socrates and St. Paul and Kmerson Is so
little that tho gradations on the scale can
lake no account of his exlstenre. And his
material weulth. when compared with tho
sum of all matter, Ih but a grain of sand
on Hie seashore. "Tho glory that was
Greeco" did not consist In gold and silver,
but In Ideas nml Ideals, even If "the grandeur
that was Rome" was made up in pnrt of its
mnteilal things.
In these days when wo ate planning to
Increaso the material wealth of Philadel
phia by a concerted effort to develop nil Its
resources, those of us who know that "a
man's life conslsteth not In the abundance
of tho things that ho possesseth" may well
congratulate ourselves that consideration Is
being given to other things. The site has
been selected for u municipal Art Museum
and plans bae been drawn for a structure
which will in itself be a work of nrt. The
refining influence of painting and sculpture
will be supplemented by the charm of archi
tecture. It may not be possible to compute
In dollars and cents the benefit which will
accrue to the people from tho erection of
the new museum and the filling of it with
worthy works of art any more than you can
compute Hie money value of a father's love
for Ills child. Hut life would be a barren
thing without children.
Tho Free Public Library will serve the
higher inteiests of the people In only a
lesser degree than the Art Museum. It has
Its commercial utilitarian value because
through It the people can equip themselves
to Increase their earning power. Unt It has
a greater use through making accessible to
tho poorest the best that hns been said and
thought by the great spirits of all time.
Splendid preparations are-making to gratify
and foster the Intellectual and artistic sido
of the people In a fuller degree than ever be
fore. They have not been wholly neglected
In the past, for we have a great University
and great commercial and art museums, as
well as wot thy libraries. But these insti
tutions have not been sufficient to supply
the needs of the growing population. Tho
material interests of the city are to be fos
tered In greater measure by the enlarged
Chamber of Commerce and by the new Con
vention Hall, though the hall will have Its
Intellectual us well as Its money value.
The city Is not propeily equipped, how
ever, for the all-round development of Its
citizens until It has made provision for lilay.
Tho need for a stadium is ns Imperative ns
the need for an Art Museum or u Kreo Li
brary building. Life Is not all money-making,
nor nil study, nor nil looking at beautiful
things. The sound body is as impoitaut as
the sound mind. Playgrounds for tho
schools are being established, but not with
that speed that the conditions demand. Hut
they are fostering the wholesome Interest
of the children In sports. The stadium is
needed for great athletic contests, Just as
the post-grnduate schools nre needed to carry
on tho educntlon of the graduates fiom tho
academic department of a university. Kvcry
social worker undeistands the moral value
of sports, n Is possible to break up u gang
of murderous thugs by getting the young
men into a boxing club, where their surplus
physical energy can find an outlet. The
crowds who seo a football or n baseball
game are better citizens afterward because
they have been thrilled by the joys of n clean
contest. Philadelphia must have the stadium
along with its other great public and semi
public Institutions.
Then we can be proud of ourselves. In
deed, we ean bo proud already, for the need
of all these tilings was long ago recognized
and plans for getting them were made.
There has been delay In their execution, but
that delay is about ended. Philadelphia has
had Its great vision and it Is now In process
of bringing It to pass.
THERE MUST BE FOREIGN MISSIONS
AN educator whose services have been
ii dedicated to the work In Japan reporta;
The cases of suicide among students are
so many that the great falls of Keiion,
t'huzenjl, and the crater of Mount Aso,
Kyushu, have to be under police guard nix
months In the year to pi event these unfor
tunate Incidents.
The reason Is that Japan has won the
body of Western civilization without Its soul.
It lacks "a spiritual dnamlc, and recogni
tion of this fact Is Keenest among scholars
themselves."
To Marquis Okuma has been accredited
the remark that "Japan must have the Ideals
which can come only from Christianity."
Japan, made elastic by an Inrush of modern
materialism, is dressed In the religious garb
of a civilization that no longer exists. Chris
tianity leaps forward with, the years, a re
ligion of no time but of all times, whereas
the religions ot Japan, suited though they
ware to the simple life of a few years ago,
are fixed in olume, They cannot stretch
and they cannot be adapted to conditions.
That disappointment and pessimism, even
resentment, make themselves felt among
students who glimpse the splendpr of the
West without Its soul Impulses Is not re
markable. If suicides were the sole result
it would be unfortunate enough, but the
other danger, that to the rest or the world,
is far more Important- For the basic stone
of civilization Is Christianity.
Police guards at the crater of Mount Aso,
to drive off those Intent on suicide, is, tha
answer to whether or not there muat bo
"foreign mlsaUins."
Tom Daly's Column
OVlt Vll.r.AGl) POET
Whenever it's a Kalutilaif and all mil icorfc
tlaoupli
1 Ufcn to u-alk on Cir.sOitit slvccl ami SCO
tWirti tirtcs Is urtu.
Today 1 ace Ihe tiovernor; an' tfulfcln' ho his
stile,
As proud as any 1 could 1! tcu.s Mrs, II. hid
bride.
"An' to'en iuit oil ' IhJritshurg, Iftnl hlg
house on the tldye,"
I set, "i s')wii you'll inm rlyhl in io learn
the natives 'lirldye.' "
"'w feminine of dovcrnof,'" scs slid, "yon
let io it r life,
Hut l am not tt 'yuvcrnrss' I'm simply
Martin's ivlfc."
Jim llrck eome by. I sti, "llelto, 1 hcur ymit
speech uent bly."
"What speech t" he set. "O, shucks!" set i,
"Ion know, the Union Ucayue.
And. by the iray (you'll pardon me If I should
think U slntnye)
Hut what an ardent Democrat you wcrr.leforo
the ehnnyc."
Jim halei me to remind him of that Job lolly
mm
That Urorcr Cleveland a fit Mm, upstairs In
our P. u.
dosh! Jim trui so durued anxious In heal It
nut o' town
lie humped 'rlyhl Into Charlie. Schtcub an'
nearly knocked him down.
"Why, Chailes! ft took my pencil out an'
Jotted down a mem.)
What's bruiiy you to thli vlllnye here fiom
old Souse Hesilehcmf"
"U ntilhlii' much," he scz to me, "but Jusl a
Utile deal
lly irhleh I cop thli what's this nolo thli
I'ennsylrnny Steel,"
Whenever It's a Saturday and all my work
Is throuyh
I like In walk on Chestnut street tin' .see.
what iicic? It new!
WK would welcome the views of our Intel
ligent readers upon this question: "What,
If any, dirfetence Is there between tight and
water-tight V" Is not one tight usunlly be
cause one Is water-tight'.' We pause for a
reply.
Hero's That Hanshce Hack Again!
The Ilanslieo In thn fulk tore rr the lllchlnnder.-t
nf Snitlnml Is a fomulp riir who mills linfore n
lentil In n famllv This notion Is nmen Into mini v
folK-tnlfN of rale tnthos an, I henutv The niimo l
n phonetic spelling f the ilnrlli hen slillie "Woman
of the fairies "
1 iiomt met n Siiiti h-lrlshman In Ireland
person Imin In Sentlainl Is a s, nt " or "rv ottlsh" ;
the torni "Sinteh" l i nnshleieil vuli:nr In lMln
liurRli. If jou will refei to pai;e L'S nf 'Tho I'rlcnil
Iv Sous nf Hi. Pntrlik" nii will ,llsmer hn the
Scotch-Irish of I'hllnileiphla iwre In Ihe enr uf
our I.onl SeenlLeit Iluihlrcil ami Seentv-nne.
I inn nn Irishman and a Krent mlmlrei nf Scnts
nien, their luKplpm. fiee Kirks nml Itnhert Dnrns.
In the nrinlH nf ihe nlil sijiik: "My fntlier ami
nuithfii neie Irish ami I am lilsh. tun. I bniinhl
H e Ililillc fnr nine peine ami Unit Is Irish, tnn."
W W. II.
Child's Winter Card en or Verses
!HouliiK tu 11. I.. S.
II. MLOWI.VG.
When we have foui at illiiiier-tlinr.
1 nulckly climb my slool
And stir mv howl and lift my spoon
And blow to make it cool.
Hut when pnp.i goes out t5vwiuU,
(Vou can't Imagine what!)
He rubs his hands and blows Into
(lis lists fn make them hot!
Will Lou.
Dr. Alex. Hamilton in Philadelphia
Tuesday. June 12, 17-11.
Mr. Thomas, the present Gavcrnuur, I believe
Is nn uptight mini ami has the Interest of the
piovince leallv at heart, havhm ilone more for
the good of that obstinate geneiation. thn Qquk
eis, than any of his piffilucessois have done.
Neither aie tliev so blind ns not to M-e It, for he
shaies more of their respect than any of their
former Oovemours weio wont to do.
Theie Is pollto couvoisallon heie among the
better sort, amour, whom theie Is no scarcltj
of men "f leitriiln,; ami good sense. The Indies,
tor the mii-l pait. Keep at home anil seldom ap
pear In the t i-ejj. never In ptilillek assemblies,
except at the t-iiuithes or mefillmjs: theiefoie I
cannot with ieilnint cnl.ui;e upon their charms,
having hud little ji no oppoitunltv to see them
either congiegaled or .separate, but to bo sine
the Philadelphia dumes nie as hanilsoiiie as
their nelghbouiH.
The staple of this Province Is blend, Hour and
pork. They make no tobacco but a little for
their own use. Tho country Is generally plain
and level, fiultful In grain ami fruits, ptetty
well watered, ami abounding in woods back
watd; it is upon thn gi owing hand, mom than
any of the Piovini.es of America. The Germans
and High Dutch are of late become very nu
tneiotls heie.
Not Mates
"It's funny," bald the little pig,
"They didn't build mo right,
And make my stomach Just as big
As Is my appetite."
"fV' ''0"sp t,,e lliulORo Is rather racy."
Wsald the author of tho "Frcnchy" comedy,
"and perhaps it's too long. Hut I could boil
It down."
"Yes," replied the critic, with his noso in
tho air, "if you intend this for publio consump
tion by all means boll it."
Doggerel of a Donegal Dog
Old Neddy File! had a rare rabbit hound.
It caught a dozen rabbits every day;
Search Ireland o'er, no greater could be found,
It seldom h-t a rabbit get away.
Not long ago old Neddy lost his hound
It stopped a leaden bullet ami it died;
Tha whole countiy mourned that dog so
tenowued,
And Neddy set to work and tanned its hide.
KM,1. tl.a, .1a,.u ,nnn ..1.1 ',!.- 1 , . .
unit turn "! ittiuirM own nut) luiuier 0 WOrKf-
wiis eooil) v
And with some bomile buttons from a bone.
He had the tailor make as "nately as he could"
The quarest vest fiom Kerry to Tyrone.
One day last fall while Ned came down the
lane,
With the snug-fitting waistcoat on his chest,
A bold, wee rabbit showed himself too plain.
And r-r-rlp! popped the buttons off the vest!
Now, whoever ou may be, you surely will
agree
That old Neddy Friel had a rare rabbit hound.
Hares In Ireland.
SHAN,
His Ultimatum Didn't Ultimat
"My wife has been talking a good deal
about plans for the winter, bo I decided to
have a plain, straightforward talk with her
today. 1 Just delivered my ultimatum, and
the result Is we go to Palm Beach."
"Spunky pf you, old man; but where did she
want to go?"
"Why, Palm Beach j haven't I Just told
you?"
Hard Work
" 'What's In a name? " the typo quotes,
"Well, gee whiz! if you get
A Russian name you'll think It is
The whole blanwt alphabet."
jLZt-? .- :. .c.--v;--- 1
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SPEAKING THE
PUBLIC MIND
Profanity and Profits, Politics and
Progress, Among the Topics of
Local and General Interest in
Letters From Readers
To the Kdllur nf Hreiilim I.nliir) :
Sh In jour edition of the Eith tilt, j oil pub
lished an atlUie entitled "GT fonts Per Cuss
Wind .Might Net the City $9TJ.073." This esti
mate Is linked on the law of IT'.i and has been
called as one of the blue laws, hut the law
of 1S60, which cannot he so classified, piovldcs
lor a penally of not mole than $100 per oath,
which Is a maximum amount that can be im
posed and which could piniluce startling fig
ui pi. The law of 170-J Is u ftveil amount anil Is
not subject to the varying Judgment of any
lepiesenttitlvo of the courts, but paramount
to man's law is God's law. with an assutcd or
it revocable penalty tlxed by Olvlno Justice, The
laws tend as follows:
"God spake these words:
'Phou shalt not take the name oT the I.onl
thy God In vain; for the I.oid will not hold
him guiltless that taketh Ills name in vain.
n.Nodus x, 7.
Laws of Pennsylvania:
PKOKANK SWKAftlNG.
If any person or the age of 10 years or
tipwnid shall piofnnely cuiso or swear by
tho name of God, Olulst Jesus or tho Holy
Ghost, every peison so offending, being
thereof convicted, shall forfeit andpay the
Slim of 07 cerits for tV'er.v such piof.ine curse
or oath. Act of Apill ij, 1791.
Iir.ASPHK.MY.
If any peison shall wilfully, piemedllatedl.v
and despllefully blaspheme or speak lousely
ami piofanely of Almighty God, Chi 1st
Jesus, tho Holy Spit It, or the Scilptmes of
Truth, such peison, on conviction theioof,
shall he sentenced to pav a line not exceed
ing $U and undergo an Impilsonmcnt not
exceeding thiee months, or either, at tho
dlscietlon of tho court. Act of .March 31,
I SCO.
Superintendent Iloblnson, of the police,
Issued an utder on the subject of profanity to
tho depattment, calling attention to tho laws
and slating thai any infraction on the part of
an officer would subject tho offender to ttlal
befoio tho police couit.
You have done a good wotk In your publica
tion, but a larger one can be done in editing
an article on both the laws of 171l and 1SC0.
It is jour opportunity as Journalist to continue,
to help to make this our cltv not only a beau
tiful one, attlstleally and physically, but also
standing for tho best Ideals as a moial centre
of Influence for" Its citizens and an attraction
to others to come and bo welcome,
THOMAS J. IIOAK,
Superintendent Waj'slde Gospel Mission.
Philadelphia, February 16.
MOTHERS AND CHILDREN
To the Killtor of nrentnn I.cdijer:
Sir The most outrageous law ever enacted Is
the imiS law of Pennsylvania that lequlies chil
dren to bo taken away from their mother and
kept at least "one block away" when the
mother Is loo pour to suppott them.
This law sajs money out of the county Treas
ury (about $12 a month a child! can b paid to
"any person." but not the child's own mothei i
and under this, the most ciucl law ever known,
thousands of children have been taken away
tioiu their own mothers.
When Charlie lios.s was kidnapped In Phila
delphia ubout 40 jeurs ago front ilch parents
a great howl went up, but none howls while
thousands of children nto kidnapped by law
in Philadelphia Mate tills infamous law was
enacted in JSH3. Tile Institutions see to It that
theie Is no limit to the number of chlldien the
county Treasury can pay them for keeping,
but when it cornea to helping mothers
keep the companionship of their own children,
then the amount Is restricted by law to a paltry
$35,0uu a year by oiganUed chaitty, so that there
will be Innocent children suffering on whose
distress "charity" can collect money to pay
their own salaries. I hope the Kvenino
l.EuatMi will have this law changed so that the
mothers may keep their own chlldien In this
City of Brothetly I.ove. I1KNUY NKI1..
Philadelphia, February IK
KEEPING THE STREETS LITTERED
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir If there is cny one thing more than an
other in which tire average housekeeper displays
shipshod methods It Is hi the neglect to provide
proper receptacles for ashes and rubbish. Every
day In the jear we can seo along airy street
the evidence that not one housekeeper hi SO
pays much or any attention to thU very im
portant civic duty; and it Is an evident fact
that those who are the most able to provide
these proper receptacles are the most negligent.
In all sections of the city alike we see the
evidences of this neglect. Go along any street
on ush or rubbish day am you will see the
ashes put out on the sidewalk In scores of
makeshifts of all kinds. Some of these house
keepers produce a very incongruous spectacle
of $100 lace curtains on the windows and the
weekly output of ashes put In old wrecks of
boxes from the' comer grocer, tin cans, paper
bags, the discarded stewpau and coffee pot and
divers other makeshifts, When the ashman
goes to empty these cutiosltles of their con
tents Into his cart he cannot help but spill
much of It Into the street.
As an illustration of the carelessness of the
average housekeeper, a few weeks ago all house
keepers were furnished a notice on stiff card
board, S by 12 Inches, and printed In large type
was the Information of the changes of days for
collection ot ashes and rubbish. In this section
the change was from Thursday to Saturday,
but 80 per cent- of them put the ashes out on
Thursday morning Just the same Some of the
-women put them out for spits, because they
did not like Saturday for collection daj, B-ad
thy meant to teacq the Highway Department
tbat they oldtj't understand their business. Am
bote was another logical argument for woui'a
"WAKE UPSKI !'
votes. See! lint the great majotlty of them
never lead the instructions.
Councils should pass an oidinnuce compelling
till housekeepers to provide substantial boxes
oi cans suitable for that puipose, nnd tho oidl
tiance should be rigidly etifotrcd ami a line Im
posed upon all delinquents. At the same lime,
tho dilvcts should he Insti acted not to slam
them around so vlgoiously as some of them do.
Many of tho vegetable nnd fruit dealers, after
they have closed at night, throw considerable
of the day's accumulation of garbage Into tho
street. This is a dellmiucncy that tho depart
ment should give special attention to and tho
law tightly enforced, ns this Is a dally menace
to tho health of the community. Most of these
'veudcis are forelgtieis and mo not very par
ticular as to sanitary methods. Most of these
f I tilt nnd vegetable dealers conduct their trailo
on the sidewalk, which Is a. dangerous as well
as an Intolerable nuisance. W. H. V.
Philadelphia, February IS.
TAXPAYER SAYS "ENOUGH"
Tn the Editor of Evening T.cdycr:
Sir The peoplo who purchase newspapers In
Philadelphia and read them arc not the paupers
and drunks or tho out-of-town rich ones, but
the great middle working class, who own their
homes, pay rent and are In building societies
and who through thrift, honesty and hard
work are not a clinrge on the communit.v. Why
do not the newspapers In letuin say a wotd
for their interests?
Mayor Smith, living In Glcnslde, says that
tho contractors must have Jobs, arrd so wants
as nrr excuse a $i, 000,000 pntace in the country
for tho dr links nnd bums, to be paid for In in
creased taxes and rents by the honest folk of
Philadelphia. Tho Intel est on this amount
would support them all as pensioners and savo
tho principal, the Jobs nnd the expense.
Again, tho $100,000,000 required to build a sub
woy rrnder Broad street to ijigan Is only for con
'tractors and bondsmen. Tho Interest on tho
principal would pay for free rides for all riders
in Philadelphia for a year. Tell Smith to ad
vertise tho franchise for sale, protect the pur
chaser and let the latter charge what ho Illtes;
It will regulate itself. Particularly tell him to
let tho honest, thrifty people of Philadelphia
alone. Wo aro taxed enough and are not In
terested In I-ogan or the almshouse.
KHNIiST UNKKL.
Philadelphia, February 18.
LIQUOR CONTRIBUTIONS
To the Editor of i:vcning Ledger:
Sir Wliy nil this hullabaloo about brewery
owners contributing to campaign funds to help
elect Judges to the bench nnd other olllclals
v ho will be iMiprcJudtceci nsainst their bnalusi
In cases that may come befoio them or in the
granting of licenses?
Do not thoso opposed to the liquor business do
the same thing? Do they not also use -ill pos
sible means to coerce such asplimg olllcials as
may be opposed to the refusal to siant . Iconics
or the passage of laws designed to help the
liquor business In everj" way?
The United States Government and the State
of Pennsylvania both legalized tho manufacture
ami sale of malt and spltltuous liquors, an J lire
not the men engaged therein to be perirvttfd to
protect their business when It Is assailed?
Fair play would Indicate that If Investigations
are to be conducted Into the contributions of
liquor dealers to campaign funds they should
also include the sources of the campaign cent li
bations of their opponents. FAUt PLAY.
Philadelphia, February 14, 1911!.
FIXING THE RESPONSIBILITY
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir In refeience to taking the kej-s from the
lire, nlaim boxes, why irot do away with the
kej-.s and use n wrist clamp that will hold the
person who scrrds In the alarm until the tlrenierr
arrive at the fire? This carr be constructed so
tlio clump will closo on the wrist when the hand
Is inseiled In the opening to take hold of the
knob to sound the alann for fire.
BHNJAM IN ItOHKuTS.
Philadelphia. February 15.
A WORD OP APPRECIATION
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Hlr Tho Woman's Benellt Association of Mac
cabees desires to express to you their high ap
preciation for the notice and space given in
your paper to their public alfalr of January 26.
MltS. ItUHY A. TAYLOH,
Corresponding Secretary,
Philadelphia, February 18.
IT'S GREEK TO HIM
The new direotor in sports at Yale Is to re
ceive $10,000 a year. How the professor in
Greek must like that! Detroit Free Press.
HONEY AND THE HONEYCOMB
Honey and the honeycomb are well known to
literature. From Solomon down to Joseph Ad
Ulson, nnd from Joseph Addison down to the
market leports of the day, the praises or honey
have been sung. Who has not heard of the
honey of Hymettus? Or of Will Honeycomb?
nuucy, nn uii urvicie or loou, nus a value that
is well established and unquestionable. Apart
from Its pleasing taBte and odor, It has spe
cific qualities that entitle It to a high place In
the list of natural food products. After it has
been collected it does not need to be subjected
to any additional treatment to be made tit for
use; it Is In reality a "natural" product. Its
use as such has been known from the earliest
times, and its popularity will undoubtedly te
maln unimpaired while the need for human
food endures.
The quality of honey Is greatly affected by
the source from which the bee collects it, for
It takes easily the peculiar flavor of the plant
that produces It. So far as taste is concerned
according to orre writer, the basswood tree
btands easily first, and buckwheat Just as Indls,
putably last in the order of merit as producers.
Honey has the great recommendation that most
of the work Is done by the bees, care being
taken to give them flowering plants from whlcb
to collect the honey and convenient places in
whlCLb. to store It industrious as the bees are,
they prefer to operate without having to pro
vide themselves with receptacles, and one of
the Incenloua nractices In beekcunino- u ...
VtEv. -u. "7. ' 7 . T-r. i u-
n -wnn ooxes or ironies that are easrly
, iuui wiien wo jvu ooxes are replaced
elSDtv enu tha tut. wnri, i . ..!, ka..
J all sua or top miws mu to an mi
WhatDoYouKnol
l,,,.fni tt r,,.......! Ju,m..mA ....,, a .
V"wt-.i vj tL-iiiu, ,mi(;i;3. will Off QflflMM
in this column. Ten question, th ttuM
to which every well-informed perion ul
know, are asked dallu. ml
. 3
m , l
ljict
1, Which Is further north, Erzerura or tVUM
pniav ill
!. II cm- ninny yenrs illil Theodore RoowiU'il
us rrcptlilent? JI
3. Did the .Marquis, of Aberdeen frtr lltnfj
American t'oniriient, nnd ir io nhenU
1. Mho Is MlnMmi .Spencer Churchill? 'a
r, What is nn nnnrrhlst? Si
Ih there n linttleihln In the nary tuatiiJ
rum HtnteV" -"t
41
Under what President wits the Niry ml
uent cslahlMied? .vj
din women vote for Governor In ItlbDUM
What is tivNertlnn? -4
inw- m nriiiijiKiu pronounced?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
I. Palace nf the Monrlxh Kings in Granidi ITlel
iiirioii Irvine.
;. 1 1 ernes of Greek iintlqiiltT, no called float
ship, Arirn, in which they sailed to tut
tiolilcn l ieece. "3
j. ,iiu.v, initu, neiwren tniemia usr, ircuu
Trinity Uny, N. K.
1. Itoinnu Empcrnr Ausutii. '
I,. Snlnn.
II .1,,W- ? mo) 4
7. ISrzrnnm, with the accent on Ihe UJUjIIllJl
8. 1535. hv Mile Torerilnle. " l! I
0. Jlenry M Shaw, American hum&rljt.
111. Curly In the. I'th eenturr. when the H
reached l-ondim that the fitolrt Tttlam
Cluirles i:luunl, Unit landed it llfrtr,-"
Words '
Killtor of "What Do You Know' Hot
words are theie In tho English lacfuillf
how many does tiro average child useT '.i,t
JIOTHEll
The Standard Dictionary contaltu 'llli
woids. A man Interested in the devetopnxil
the vocabularies ot children has miMM
haustive Invpstiirntlnii Into the number 01 1
useil hv inr.fl eliilriYeii tn illfferent Stlteiki
the different 'grades of the public schooli
found that tho average number of worlij
by the children in the different graded vcu?
Student In -d grade, not over 8 -ear,.,.,ji
Student In 3d grade, not over 9 years. ,.tt
Student In 4th grade, not over 10 jeari,,,..!-
Ktllflent In Kth f?r:tfte. tint over 11 VearS,,te
Stlliilnitt In C.Hi i-i-iwle tint m-er M veaTS...,
Student In 7th grade, not over 13 yeari..9
Student in 8th grade, not over H yearie..
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Order of Orioles if
Editor of "What Do You iCnow"-!!'
n-rofttlir uitenelun,! Iliti't vnil nre not failUUlf
the fact that tho Order of Orioles, reftmJ
your column today, not only exists, out
iiieniliel-hlilli nf ino.ooo (males). It u
lodges, and Fled .1. Sentnes. of BuT'1"-'
1.. .1.- - ... n..i.in.. sPejcyi
m inn 111 rnrm niL-niiiciii
-Phllnilelnlila. Velil-lllll-v 18
The reahon the editor appealed to ftj
for an answer to mo question " j;
.11.1 n,. l-..n... 1, ':
II1U ItWh niiun ...
Shakespearean Actors in costume 4v
Editor of "What Vo You Xnotf'-m
please tell me If I can find in ?hOT
collection of photographs or pictures r &
In enKtmnes nf ShllkcSliearean WMwl4.
would like Booth as Hamlet, A JW
port or any of the more modern "3
actorH. I wish merely to exammo wwjg?
not to oasej33 tliem. m
ni.nl.,inlMn THf tin rv 17
There Is arr edition of Shakespeare ig
with, pictures of tho distinguished ( J JJ
played the leuuing roies. i "--;,
' S...1 1. I.. h lll.enrlns nr in 000 Of Uti2
book stores.
uanoaiai.s own n,mi
Editor of "What Do You Knou, -5p.
led bhlrt happen to become tne 'f
maiK or tne uuriuuim"""
A reader may be able to answer
dor of "What Do ToggR
I.. o,lllnrln leCPIltK' that WTO VWTJ
Kngllshmen feared I the nation' ..
bankruptcy, altnougn u "'"""TV, lew
millions. What do you mean uy jj
The national debt or Ore at BrK Jj
of William ill was "' 'V 1. n,t
close of the American War of the t
amounted to more tnan - deM rf
marry cities is greater ,'-" J
Britain was two cemunc
Fighting Epithets vnu-.u$
Editor o 'What Do You Km -'" j
, ,,!.. tn .iii . man a liari
" Itde enas a geat jgVL
, :... ,..,- Tn keeo ones " M
Human ,im,v, -
safe rule. , -.
.1 ii ti.a shnrn Lamb
more nuum ,o --- -- u.
day's Kvbnino bSDaa"rM wlslj j
first used "The Lord temper . $
shorn lamb," and y - ",tttMfJ
cordance In vain. It Is "J&tuM
one of those roY!hlal,Ver "G
Scriptures. Here Is the answe r ,
he wind to the m t
'senuraenuu '"'" ",,,tion of Pv 3
iraint. xxvil. 8. In a collection w
lUhed in Kii PPyKXt hi i m
brebls tondue " and 5gM9m
Pruaentum, - r' !'
wind by measure .
Philadelphia, "' " i
Trail Hitter's,-' tio .