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miLADELrUIA, TIIUnSDVY. IEDMAhY U. lilt
Pint say to yourself what you would be,
and then do what you have to do. Eplctetus.
What's the uso owning a coal mlno unless
you have stock in tho railroad, too?
Mr. Kipling continues to roast tho Germans;
but ho has not eaten any yet.
No wonder tho men of Chicago aro mad If
It is true that women have been getting their
share of tho graft!
Wreck on Now Haven may bo blamed on
dead engineer. Headline.
Tho usual procedure.
There is no reason to be nervous. This
country Is not going to war until It has some
thing to go to war with.
This projected fight between tho Vares and
Penrose seems to resolvo itself Into this:
Who'll get tho whisky slush fund?
There aro a good many people who would
rather see tho piggeries annexed to Delawaro
County than Delawaro County annexed to
Philadelphia. ,
There are a couplo of hundred Congressmen
who could learn a whole lot at Annapolis, as
suming that they could pass tho entrance
examinations.
As to dual ofllceholdlng. it Is only fair to
say that tho man who is really holding down
one Job never has timo to hold down another.
Thoso who have two fill the ono about as well
as they do tho other.
Fake auctions for the purpose of separating
tho Innocent from their coin seem to flourish.
There aro still peoplo who Imagine that they
can buy a gold watch for $2.50 If an irrespon
sible firm is tho seller.
A correspondent has pointed out that tho
cost of the war already amounts to moro than
a dollar for overy second since the Christian
era began. Maybe posterity 2000 years from
now will still bo paying.
Representative Hensley. of Missouri, trying
to badgor Badger, admiral and naval expert,
furnished moro humor for the nation. Tho
only dogs of war they have any use for in
Missouri aro noun' dawgs.
There are plenty of garages in the city, but
thero aro more cars blocking streets than
there ever are Indoors. The pollco make
pedestrians "movo on," but a motorcar seems
to enjoy superior privileges.
Philadelphia has survived politicians and
politics and is ono of the great cities of tho
world. Tho native vigor of a peoplo asserts
Itself in splto of all hindrances. Everybody
wants a stadium. Let's go nhcad and get it.
They can't fool Mr. Bryan about prepared
ness. Ho knows that a soldier can be made
over night. Didn't he himself become a colo
nel and get a uniform and a sword in that
time? And no Spanish force ever licked him.
Tho E.VE.NJNO Ledger has received general
commendation for the work of the Punch
Bowl editors who conducted tho Tom Daly
column on Tuesday. The University is pro
ducing not only statesmen, engineers, orators,
etc., but humorists as well.
Information concerning tho liquor slush
fund continues to seep through from Pitts
burgh, The Evkninq Ledoeu published a
fuir exposure of the whole business beforo the
Voting took place in 1014. A great many cltl
lens, it seems, got both tho Information and
the cash.
living men and women are merely trustees
for posterity. To dissipate the resources of
life and money for years to come, to pauperize
the children of tomorrow and leave them noth
ing more than, a legacy of hate and suffering,
is to violate the trusteeship. Oppressive
taxes can depopulate a territory and work
more devastation than flood, lire pr sword.
There is nothing to indicate that national
debts will later be repudiated, but tho last
wprd on this war will not have been bald until
posterity has done some voting on Us own
Recount.
If tbora is to be an Ambassador to Mexico,
there la, no American better fitted for the of.
flee than the staunch Pennsylvania!!, Henry
P. Fletcher, whose confirmation was recom
mended yesterday by the Foreign Relations
Committee of the Senate. Mr. Fletcher's
sturdy Americanism practically saved Ameri
can Interests In China when he demanded the
Tight o? participation In the do-caled Four
Power loan. Ills service in Chill has b?en
dlstl mulshed. Mr. Fletcher entered the dip
lomt.o servjee under Republican direction.
H s not a "deserving. Democrat." Hla ap
poti.tnwnt to tho difficult post in Mexico la In
recognition of service rendered, and Is hiada
iii spue of his polities'.
A tattisioii ouce maintained does not lose
It t , t v in . n ars. A fapt once eatab
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litt &m a, ' ami private libraries in the city
ttoM the hv be putting put ami qjrou
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EVENING kEBGEK PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1916
true some ten years ago, but tho day of the
"sex-best-sellers" is long past and the quality
of flotion now In greatest demand hardly con
corns itself with the indecent. There have
been printed recently a number of trnnsla
tlons, notably from the Russian, which deal
with sex moro frankly than Americans do.
But they aro very dull books generally, which
tho light-minded renders will not bo through
merely for tho sako of their indecency. As
for tho sorlous minded, they, too, havo their
rights. If thoso who protest will only con
sult tho lists, cosily available, of books in
popular'domand they will sed at once how un
founded their commonts havo been.
GERMANY'S NEW ATTACK
Since lVbrnnrjr 0 Oermnny lma executed
nn overpowering aerlen nf nttticlca on tlie
western front. The record of Idem shown
thnt Oermnny'a resources nrc nt high wnter
mnrk. The reasons for the uttnrk nlsn
Indlrnto thnt (lermnny Is helng forced to n
decision. Wio hns been wonderfully aitccesa
ful, hut with etery success it weakness lma
been exposed.
ON THE western front tho Allies lost
tho offensive February 8. Slnco that tlmo
Germany hns been striking with a deadly pre
cision, never twice In the same placo, always
whero her enemy's resistance) was nt low ebb,
until now n tremendous battlo li being waged
In which tho whole line, from tho Ysor to
Alsace, is engaged. Thero arc reasons for be
lieving that this series of nttnrks Is of moro
significance than tho spasmodic efforts made
by both armies slnco last September. Tho na
turo of tho attack and tho underlying forces
which caused It to bo mado at this tlmo both
must bo considered.
From tho suddon and successful concentra
tion of forcei nt points which nro served fiom
dlfferont sources of supply It must bo assumed
that Germany has acquired an extraordinary
mobile strength In both mon and munitions.
To understand tho record of attacks In tho
past fortnight It Is necessary to remember only
that tho western lino begins at tho North Sen,
south of Ostend, Belgium, and continues In a
low Inward curvo through France, bending
outward again along tho River Alsne to its
most easterly point In Alsace. Tho entire
length of line, following the contours of the
entrenchments, Is over fiOO miles. Yet along
this fiont tho Germans havo attacked as
follows:
February n rapture ot first lino French
, position at Vlmy (ArtoK south ot tho Flan
ders position).
February 10. Further gains In the same
region.
February 11. Attacks in the Somme dis
trict (south of previous points).
February 13. Fierce attacks In Flanders
(the furthest sector north) accompanied by
violent thrusts In Artols, south of the
Somme, on tho Alsne, In Champagne and In
the Vosgcs. (The entlro front Is now en
gaged.) February H. Terrlflo struggle about Hill
140, Artols. Paris admits loss of ground In
Alsace and gains at tho Butte T.ihuro (scene
of tho fighting In September, when tho Allies
almost carried this important position)
February 1G. Germans carry 800 yards
of trenches near Yprcs. (Belgium again tho
scene, tho British now being defeated.)
February 17. (This Is the date of the fall
of Erzerum and with It tho defeat of many
Teutonic plans In tho East nnd South.)
February 21, Further offensive against
the British along the Yser.
February 22. Development In battle
around Verdun. German successes. First
and second lines of defense, pierced. Further
thrusts In the Artols.
February 23. French line breaks under
German artillery nnd six miles of trenches
falls Into their hands.
That Is the record. It indicates the convic
tion, In tho German High Command, that tho
deadlock on land can bo broken, a belief hold
by few slnco tho Allied attacks last fall proved
ho expensive and so inconclusive. It was said
that the enemy lino must bo pierced so deep
that tho attacking force could roll up both
sides of tho opposing forces. Tho German at
tack Is frontal. Its object up to this time has
been to push back, not to vol! away, the
enemy. In effect the entire operation Is tho
delayed climax to tho work undertaken In
Soptember, 1914, the attempt to destroy one
enemy before turning to the other.
That is why tho date February 17 Is the
most Important In tho chronicle above. Tho
fall of Erzerum was a triple blow at Germany.
It weakened her mornl position with her allies,
Bulgaria and Turkey, and with tho neutrals,
Rumania and Greece. It broke the back of
her threat against Egypt. It exposed her to
actual danger in the field, slnco It left Russia
free to continue her nibbling offensive In the
East. Meantime tho same harrying tactics
hud been going on In tho west. Their con
tinuance without a setback for tho French
meant ovontual success for Joffro'a mordant
policy. The forward sweep of her troops, ever
dependable as an answer to every question, Is
Germany's triple warning. To her allies she
commands steadfast loyalty, to her enemies
she announces that her strength is not yet
gone, to neutrals she sends a terrible warning.
In the first year and a half of war Germany
beat the dog to scare the Hon. Now she must
face tho lion, the three lions which crouch
In her path. A defent for Russia at this tlmo
would he as meaningless as the defeat of last
August. In tho Balkans political considera
tions and the great defenses about Salonlca
make action Inadvisable. To strike at France
by land and at England by sea, to strike
swiftly because tho end is coming, Is Ger
many's only way out. And nothing could bo
more absurd than to consider the new sub
marine warfare of Germany apart from this
movement on land.
It Is Germany's grievous misfortune that
her very successes Indicate her fundamental
weakness. In her opening drive she failed and
taught her enemies how to meet her. In the
Russian campaign she won magnificently her
meed of Dead Sea fruit. Conquering Serbia,
she lengthened her Hue Intolerably. Now,
breaking through the French line, twisting
this way and that to find points of attack,
summoning men and methods and munitions
ot unequaled numbers and calibre, she con
fesses that her war Is reaching Its climax.
Confined by England's soaa, gyved by Russia,
hampered by the Balkans, with no new sources,
she stands crushed against the wall of the
western defenses of France. Jusf now the wall
is giving. But If Germany is not ye- done,
neither Is France.
PROPAGANDISTS FOR PAY
WENDELL PHILLIPS was a distingulsheo,
lecturer In the days before the Chatitau
qua circuit offered a platform and ducats to
propagandists. He had several lectuies from
Which the committees might phpose. When
they asked his terms he replied;
If I lecture on antlnlayafy, nothing. If
on any other subject, ory hundred dollars.
If Phillips were alivo today lie would doubt
less be a member of "the peace party, and, with
a change from untlalavery to antiwar, he
would have made his famous reply about hla
terms foe talking, ffhe man who likes to be
known as his successor as the most popular
lecturer on the continent believe that the
laborer, even Ip a righteous cause, in worthy
ml all that he can get, so greatly have tlmaa
cnaujed in twlf a. century.
Tom Daly's Column
Not Their Own
"I say Just what I think," a lot
Of men will boast. Wo wink;
Because wo know It's merely what
They seem to think they think.
Gems From "Luck In Disguise"
(A novel written In Rood faith by William 3.
Yeiter. retlscd nnd punctuated by h. V. Culter and
published by John W. Lovell and Co., N, Y., 18J9.)
rn HIS thing of early rising Is not what it Is
JL cracked up to be," said John Means, who waB
about to sojourn upon his Journey, "I feel so
terribly dormant nnd dull. I havo no relish for
food after you hao gone to tho troublo to pre
pare It for me, but I will partake to prevent
hunger after a while," continued he.
"For my part," said she, "I enjoy early rising,
as I was raised that way when a girl at home.
,As you say, so I think, this Is too much of a
good thing by an hour or so. If I had my way,
I would nrrlso nt 6 o'clock the year arround."
Mr& Means was very much surprised, on her
return home, to find such a sad gloom hovering
over her household. Tho children were alt mum
nnd as still as denth, nnd seemed qulto heart
broken, which only had a tendency to deepen
tho solemnity of their mother she felt, on en
tering tho house, like her limbs would no longer
support her frame, and could scarcely keep from
shedding tears of sorrow. She had hoped to
find the children as she had left them, cheerful
nnd full of mischief, thinking It would assist
her In bearing up under tho prosent circum
stances, nnd, In a meaBuro, to forget her Boro
trial. Sho and Mr. Means wore united as ono,
twenty years ago and nee before, since tholr
union had they bocn separated more than two
nights In succession, but this tlmo ho expected
a thrco or four weeks' visit. Ho hnd occasionally
been called away, on business to Cincinnati and
elsewhere ct never remained away over two
nights. All that night nature's morphia had not
quieted her shifting restless thoughts. She would
view tho bright nnd then the dark side of tho pic
ture, occnnlonally rehearsing their conversation
of yesterday, nt unlimited intervals heavy moans
and sorrowful slgln protruded from her lips,
showing Inward grief, tho sequel ot which has
not been divulged.
(To be continued)
A THICK HOrtSi: AM) A QUILT.
V. J Kresgc, of Gilberts, the gentlemnti whoso
horse fell dead for lihn near the postofflco sev
eral days ago, was a borough visitor on Frldny
afternoon. Ho was accompanied by his sister,
Salllo Kresgc, also ot Gilberts.
A pleasant Burprlso quilting party was had by
the Keokeo Ladles' Aid at tho parsonaga on
Monday last. Tho ladles brought tho quilt,
quilted It and then presented It to Mrs. Berg
streamer. The ladles' names appear on tho
"blocks" of tho quilt Ladles' Aid, wo shall
think of you when wo sleep under tho quilt.
Stroudsburg Times.
Classifying Your Countrymen
VII.
When farmors, gazing skyward, say
"Tomorrow It gives rain!"
I know that I have spent tho day
In Lebanon again. Will Lou.
VIII.
Whero folks say, "eas'," "wes"," "souse and
"norse"
And speak of "Allen Street by Fourse,"
You may as well Just sot it down
That you've arrived In Allentown.
Pitcher l'ortune, the new Phil, lias a sister. Miss
Fortune Is said to lie nulto pretty. Sporllnir Note.
You'ro late, no she's married to a Daso and
her name's May Fortune Taorus.
A Tale of Fractions
Young Harduppe won the love of ono
Of Milyun's pretty daughters;
And now that she's his bettor half
Ho's moved to hotter quarters,
Conundrum No 1 Which has the most l;aes. tho
Olrarrtus deciduous maple, Kncjilopedla llrltannlra,
or the i:ns!lsh breakfast tea tree of central China?
Conundrum No. 2 Which has the most paces
the Plaza Hotel In New York, the Uelleiue-Stratford
In rhlladelphla or Ilucklncham Palace? H. H. II.
Now if He Were a Tenor
IlimitlNO IIASS SINGRR DINES VJMMANUEI,
CHOIR
E. II. B. Mackilch, presented with silver lov
ing cup, turns hostess.
Headline In Pottstown News.
Sir: This from the Perkasle News of tills
week:
roil SALE l)y Win. K. Kramer, new deliv
ery or vxprrss waeon. made to order to
tarry one ton. May be seen at I. O. Rosen
berger'a Store. Sllverdale. Will sell reason
able to right party.
I supposo the "right party" will have to
agree to treat tho wagon kindly. When It
comes to sentiment you can't beat tho Penn
sylvania Dutch. One of 'Em.
Songs "Every One Should Know
(From the Irish.)
1 A. 21.
hULLABV
Strep, Baby, sleep.
Angels dancing In a rlno
Bicectest dreams to you will bring;
Riceetest pageantry xolll show
If to Slcepu-Byc you'll go.
Baby mine. Shohccn, Bholo
Sleep, Baby, sleep.
U2S A. 31.
Sleep, Baby, sleep.
Xought can threaten you, nor harm,
Cuddled on your doddle's arm.
Fairy trumps xolll gently Mote,
If to Bleepy-Bye you'll go,
Baby wine, Bhoheen, Bho-lo
Bleep, Baby, sleep.
2 A. 31. '
Bleep, Baby, sleep.
Bee, the night is growing chill.
Would you, tnafco your daddy Hit
Qee, the mercury is lowl (
Bo to sleep now, baby, go; '
Jiang it oil Bhoheen, Bho-lo,
Bleep, darn you, sleep, VIX.
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Conversational Classics
(Overheard In elevator ' in Crozer liulldlnr on
8It,,lsii,t so cold as what It is windy."
T. W,
Don't Be An Owl
Who goes upon a lark at night
Should heed this note of warning:
A lark at night won't prompt a wight
To rUe with It next morning.
iUF
Concerning a Certain Flift
Inspiration's a Jade
And an uncertain mala;
She will prove when you
spring to cArens her.
Do not count on her aid,
She dissolves like ft shade
When lover with wnlles
would address her,
She's like seablrds that dip
In the wake of ft ship,
Scarcely Mn for the foam,
flecks that blow there;
Oh, there's many a kIId
Twixt the iulp and the Ujh-
Wfeea jroq need tb, jid
moM Hhe la ftowMra.
A, A,
r "SH-H-H !" " T
MISSOURIAN TAKES
SUCCESS FOR TONIC
David R. Francis Has Performed
Herculean Tasks Through Force
of Habit New Ambassador
a Good "Mixer"
MISSOURI used to seem such nn out of tho
way placo that wo thought anybody that
camo from that State needed to bo shown.
But that llctlon has been destroyed slnco wo
havo become familiar with the national promi
nence of men like Clark,
Hadley and Francis.
David R. Francis shines.
He shines ns a business
man and millionaire, but
also in many other capaci
ties. He will shine. It Is
hoped, as Ambassador to
Russia, an appointment
which ho has Just ac
cepted. A man of proven
good Judgment, he pos
ses hob social qualities
which In addition to wealth
" tj Q y '
D. It FHANflS
should contribute to his success In Pctrograd.
In personnl nppenranco and manner Francis
Is somewhat like this, namely: a tall, broad
shouldered, athletic and well-dressed man,
with a strong, flno faco ot regular features,
keen, merry blue eyes, reddish brown mus
tache, llko the reddish brown hair on tho top
of his well-shaped head. Ho shakes hands
as If ho were glad to see you and talks Inter
estingly. Ho Is a very good speaker, espe
cially after dinner, and is fond of giving and
attending dinners. Ho never forgets a namo
or a face, and can usually remember some
thing moro oven about a chance acquaintance.
Ono other fact should bo noted In this con
nection. Ho doesn't put on airs over his
ancestors or his business nnd political
successes.
According to Napoleon, the secrot of con
quest Is to havo a larger forco than your
opponent nt tho point of conflict. Men with
largo Intellectual forces may be slow in btlng
Ing them Into action. Not so with Francis.
His mental equipment, which Is of no mean
order, Is nlways In shape for exercise and
always on tho spot when It Is wanted. Beforo
he organized and presided over tho Louisiana
Purchase Exposition ho was a distinguished
man, a chief among chiefs, a master of af
fairs, a savant in tho greatest of all sciences,
knowledgo of folks.
Created a World's Fair
St. Louis turned Immediately to Francis
when It was decided to hold a world's fair.
Upon him was laid the task of creating and
guiding the great exposition. So prodigious
was his expenditure of energy In the three
years of his work on this mighty nnd magnifi
cent enterprise that his friends feared at first
that it would kill him, But every morning he
turned up with bright eye and ruddy cheek
and ready smile, as eager for the day's run as
a Kentucky colt. Consulting with heads of
departments, dictating letters on every Imag
inable subject, determining questions of policy
and deciding-problems of financial magnitude,
receiving distinguished ofllclals and deputa
tions, dedicating sites, opening buildings, wel
coming conventions and congresses he led a
busy life. But as always, he went at his work
with that spontaneity of spirit which defies
fatigue. His purpose in tho undertaking was
not to be measured by a foot rule. He saw in
the enterprise the promotion of a taste in art
and of higher clvlo Ideals throughout a vast
section of the country! the promotion also oi
mutual respect and fraternal feeling among
the nations of the earth. This conception of
a world's fair Is the true one, desplto the mis
behavior of men and nations in the years that
come and go.
He is as pleasant and persuasive as he is
able and firm, Admirable is Francis as n host
in his own home, but he shone as brilliantly
aa host of the many distinguished guests of
the exposition, After the fair he went to
Europe, and there he was entertained In re
turn. IJts welcome was such as few Ameri
cana havo ever received in their travels on the
other eide of the water. Years of practice
have made him one of the most accomplished
after-dinner speakers in the country. A man
of striking figure, magnetic manner and com
pelling personality, he la vell Informed, ready,
graceful and forceful at the banquet board as
everywhere else. There's more than that to
an ambassador's Job, but there's, more than
that to David R. Francis.
Like many either MlssQurians, Francis is a
son pf Kentucky ana ft grandson of Virginia.
HLs ancestors on both sides were among the
ploneeis- from Virginia, who cleared the for
ests of JCaptuofcy, Farther baok tber was.
Sir PlsJUp Fnuwi and sevtml otter tataatm
s J
Irishmen of stirring periods of English his
tory, but tho present Francis takes moro
pildo In tho memory of his farmer father
than In tho glittering decorations of his family
tree.
Made Himself n Millionaire
Francis made his own millions. His wife
Inherited n good big lot of money and prop
erty, but that was after her husband had
already mado a fortune Thero Is a story to
tho effect that as a small boy ho left his
poor but honest homo In tho village of Rich
mond, Ky., and mado his way to St. Louts,
arriving llko other boys who have become
merchant princes, without a dollar and with
out a friend, and began by sweeping out tho
establishment of which he afterwards becamo
tho head, and It was also intimated that ho
owed much of his success to tho fact that
ho married an holrcss. But tho prosaic,
though perhaps equally Interesting fact, Is
that when ho loft his old Kentucky home,
after ho had gotten all tho education ho could
get there, ho was sent by hl3 parents to his
I uncle, David Rowland, a rich man in St. Louis,
for whom ho was named and who took suf
ficient Interest In his nephew and namesake to
1 givo him a .thorough courso at tho University
ot St. Louis and then tako him into tho em
ployment of his firm aa a clerk and to give
him overy opportunity and encouragement
to mako money nnd a placo for himself in tho
business world. Shryock & Rowland wero
grain brokers on tho St. Louis Exchange, and
young Francis began his business career as
their ropresentativo In tho "pit," whero ho soon
won by his engaging qualities that popularity
which ho has steadily increased, and it is
notoworthy that tho centre of tho St. Louis
enthusiasm over hlg appointment to tho Cabi
net was on the oxchange, whero leading men
of all parties Joined In the most cordial con
gratulations to the man they had known so
long and so well.
Francis was Secretary of the Interior during
the last half year of Cleveland's second term,
but ho had been the bulwark of the Cleveland
strength In Missouri for a long tlmo. About
tho time that ho organized tho D. R. Francis
& Brother Commission Company, thus going
into business for himself, ho took his Initial
step In political life. Ho ran for a seat In City
Councils, was elected and made a record which
landed him tho Mayoralty. As Mayor ho
gained a reputation over the State for reform
methods of administration, nnd especially for
economy and efllclency. Ho served four years
as Governor of Missouri and then roturned to
business life. One thing Francis always docs
before ho accepts an Important ofllce. Ho Is
now occupied In turning his varied business
Interests over to the care of others, so as to
leave his time and thought free for his duties
ns ambassador. Before ho bogan his term as
Mayor, beforo he entered the Governor's of
fice, before he assumed the presidency of ttio
Louisiana Purchase Exposition, he arranged
his affairs In each Instance so that they would
demand little or no attention from him while
ho was devoting himself whole-heartedly to
the official tasks in hand.
WHENCE THE DOLLAR?
Most of us have asked the question, "Whence
the dollar?" The circumstances vary. Some
times, too, tho question Is, "Why the dollar?"
European statesmen and newspapers, all the
way from Dublin to Petrograd, have from time
to tlmo, nnd never so much as In this war
stirred present, made discourteous remarks
about the American dollar and of the Yankee
pursuit of this, as some of us have found, fuga
cious piece of currency! The land of the dol
lar! We should be proud to have this land ot
the free and home of the brave called so. There
is more than a mere Jingle In the term. There Is
a solidity about this coin, a weight that makes
Itself felt when It falls Into the contribution box
to be sent to the famishing people of war-rent
Belgium, Poland, Serbia and Armenia.
Whence came the name dollar? The big dic
tionary tells us It was first called "thaler," be
cause the silver from which the German coin'
"thaler" Is made came from a "thale," that Is, a
dale or valley, In Bohemia Joachim's thai, the
valley of St. Joachim. But the United States
was the only country big enough) for a dollar of
100 cents. While other countries have been able
to measure their resources and their debts in
marks, lire, francs, florins, kopecks., yens, escu
dos and shillings, this republic has been big
enough to measure Its assets n dollars and its
liabilities In dimes. Hanged alongside our do),
lar, the "dollar of the daddies." how pitifully
small seem the silver representatives of the old
world! Big as It may try to look, the Russian
kopeck Is only two-thirds of a dollar, while the
Spanish escudo la valued at only SO cents In our
currency, and the Japanese yen at 49.8 cents.
The other coinage may be placed on the bargain
counter; the German mark at 23.8 Cents, the
Italian lira and the French franc, each at 19 3
cents and the British shilling at 24 ceqts.
An American recently abroad visited Eng
land, where he found patriotism bubbling over
In London he attended a great meeting, where
X00O people sang the chorus "Britons Never.
Never Will B Slaves." "And then," he said "i
went out Into the street, where I found croWtnff
sweeperp tolling for a shilling a day I"
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WhatDoYouKnbw?!
Owcrici of general interest will lie aniimiijj
in this column. Ten questions, the anitfr
tn 1 nil t nit Mtf iiI7-if fsivMrf utf .1 ....'
w vB(wfv kuvi ivni-in;uiiin,i fibfouri tUVUli
know, are asked daily.
QUIZ
Who wns Mnllle 1'nnchcr?
What Is tho mllltln?
What Chief .luMlce of the United Main niii
promoted from the ofllce nf Secret jrj 'i1
Ktnte to tho Supreme Court?
Who wrote "Tho ltrcinl Winners"?
Whnt Is n ImnRor?
Whore was JriTcnion lltlnir when lie wrote tfi
Declaration of Independence?
Where li tho centre of population ef ly
United Mutes?
Who wis DulKht T.. Moody?
At whnt hotel wan Lincoln entertained nhnj
he wag 111 Philadelphia, on lilt way to WllW
Ini:ton for hla llrat Inauguration?
Where nre l'nnnma hnta made?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
Duo east of Charleston.
1
About E0 when Yorktown fell.
When Solon United Itopt. the nrlrU told Ua ilf
n loat continent, where civilization had rtstM
it zenith, the whole continent liaTlng tn ioD
merced In u flood. It It xuuDOird to ttl
ntretcheil from the Mediterranean to Ibe Wert.
Indies.
Incllsh capital liullt a railroad throtuh the Ilh
luuit of Tcliuantenec. In Houtliern JUilco. Cr-
toes nt us racnic tcrraiuiiH ere crmo
,h. Alldnllrt l.rmlnuii a.t.t fttNFA trflnflfthlDOefl.
nnd vice lersa. It thus offered a short traffU
routo between Eat und West before ms nfc
limn Cnnal nan completed, and a lirct lu
ncH9 ueveiupcu,
A htnr twinkles, n planet does not,
Sir feet between low tide and liltli tide.
s.
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7.
8.
0.
10.
The total coined money of the uorld (roll nJiU;
ter) amounts to u little oier half a biniti
dollars.
Arabian Xlchts.
Cadurnn.
Kumanlu, BI.IOO sanaro milesi reaaiilriiily
45,310 square roues.
No Answer
The question of "Fortuny" being a nutttfl
of conjecture rather than of Informiwjl
cannot be answered In this column.
Party Lines
V.tlln nt IllVhnt Tin Vnn Knnw" Has ttttlT
over been a breaking down of party lines etoj;
lnr to that which Is now so noticeable KJ
gress? I mean, of course, apart from the ravu
War Congresses. " ",
The 45th Congress (IS70) Is one example
The attempt to repeal the Resumption act ww
supported and nttacked by Democrats and Kj
publicans, the Sliver Bill pa&sed with nujWK
ties In both parties, tho Chinese Bill """y
Fisheries Award were treated by many w?
gressmen without referenco to party affillatlona
Not Dead Yet M
Editor of "What Do You Know" Who "JU
called the Republican party dead about a W
cratlon ago? I want to know, in "'"pSSl
liveliness nt the present time, O. u, r,im
Perliaps you ure alluding to tho m,rlcl,,lj-l
Senator ' Hoar, who stated In the early ??
when the Forco Bill (proposing that tho V
Government should assume control o(
gresslonal elections on the States) failed to vvm
"That means the death ot the IUpuMKj
party." ,Jl
Ambassador to Mexico Jmk
Editor of "What Do You Know" "
an ambassador to Mexico, and, if eo, "",31
he be addressed? B-r; JM
The United States has no ambaaaadofaj
Mexico. Henry P. Fletcher has been W"J
nated by President Wilson for that pol i g
the Senate Foreign Relations Committ" M
elded, about the time you were wrltinj i m
letter, to recommend the confirmation "fig
appointment.
T1 ft f..ll-llf
nussia s uuuci .it3
Editor of "What Do You Kn?J$7t
days Evsnino Lbdobb the Prime Mlobttrj
Russia was quoted as saying m .T5niil
no designs on Sweden. Ho eald W "JaJ
... j ... nnil.f tn ft free 6C In px-hugA
direction. What did he hiean? Q
By an outlet to a free sea the FP"'?,, (rti
Ister (whom you must have conrusey ..w'Bnfl
Premier! meant a Bea wnim u - --- wtJM
in winter u does the Dv na Bay of tun ,
Sea around Archangel. M. SaJ?f "& p
statement, quoted in another part; X,Vuffll
v illuminate the. hidden meaning of tMt
ment He said simply that Cauumm
essential to Russia. That Is the W HSt
tlon." t r
Trousers . h .41
Bdlfor of "What Do You Know"
alter-uinner speaaer quuw p -
"'"untrousered we enter the world
TTntMiieAr! and rede
I should like to get hold pr StrrfV
The rhymes were nrst printed gi JH
about a year ago. IIre they are- t
. - -.-- ,kA world-
Untrouserca we enwr "---Untrousered
and red, worlJ-
Untrousered wa go out of this v"
Untrousered and dead.
Ruoh la the tale Of man's ! M
The naked epitome.
Therefore man cries to the go" rg
"rrouser mei Fy me. .-wf J
But the gods go unirousre4WjP
4mJ thy law tn nemm " "?
"Wtoo are suss-