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rniLADELrniA. Friday, fediumry is. ni6
Eelf-revcrence, self-knowledge, self-control
These three alone lead life to sovereign power.
Tennyson.
Kltchln, Kltclilnetto, Kltchln-out!
Millions for improvoments, but not one cent
for graft!
If American rights nro not respected on
the high seas they will not be respected
anywhere.
TVe assume that those Zeppelins which are
going to croBS the Atlantic for food will go
to Canada to get it.
Memphis has broken the record with four
Mayors in one day. There is more than one
way of advertising a town.
This talk of brewers going to Jail is all
wrong. Brewers do not go to Jail their
agents go to the Legislature.
Another reason why the feeble-minded
should be segregated is that so many of
. them go into politics and are sent to Congress.
The city pays Its employes to work, not
to drink booze. The largo corporations,
private and public, aro tho greatest anti
liquor agents known.
Ellhu Root Is the strong Iron man to
roprescnt America as its President In dic
tating upon what final lines world peace
shall forever be maintained. Dr. Nicholas
Murray Butler.
' Our admiration for Mr. Root is great
enough to withstand tho eulogies, of his
friends.
I summon alt honest men, all patriotic, all
forward-looking men, to my side. God
helping me, I will not fail them, If they
will but counsel and sustain mo. Closing
words of President Woodrow Wilson's In
augural address. March I, 1913.
Respectfully referred to the Congress which
he did not summon. '
Students of Central High School had some
thing of u shock yesterday when President
Robert Ellis Thompson failed to greet tiiem
In tho assembly room before hours began. For
the first time in 20 years Dr. Thompson was
late and tho graduates in thoso 20 years will
be inclined to absolve him, without keeping
him In after school. They will hope also, that
the slight discomfort he has experienced in
dicates no break in the vigor and hatdlhood of
his health.
The point of the "Philadelphia Today and
Tomorrow" exposition, which is being sup
ported by the city and by various public organ
izations, can be made in two ways. By black
ening the present, the prospect may be made
to seem brighter. That is not the better way,
for by showing how far advanced tho city is
already, tho Exposition will be nil the better
able to indicate where we shall be "in tho fu
ture." As Is proper for a good family Phila
delphia washes much linen privately. Before
our fellow-cities we present a fair front, not
false, but united.
Whatever else tho "small navy" men may
be neglecting they are reading the war news.
One of their spokesmen, Representative Cal
laway, of TexaB (how could an eastern inva
sion hurt Texas, anyhow?), asked In commit
tee whether It was merely a coincidence that
' an appropriation for aeroplanes was asked for
immediately after the report of tho fall of
Erzerum. In that battle the Turks were blind
mice because of their lack of aeroplanes, with
no knowledge of their enemies' positions or
points of attack. If It wasn't a coincidence
It was shrewd planning, and the lesson Is as
Vital in either case.
To profit by the misfortunes of rivals is one
of the first rules of good business, nor Is It
necessarily unfair play. Baltimore will learn
this if the business men of Philadelphia real
ize quickly enough the chance which opens
before them In the discontinuance of six great
water routes from the port of Baltimore.
These routes, operated by railroads, were
banned by the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion, acting under the authority of the "steam
boat rider" to the Panama Canal act, and it
seems likely that no Immediate attempts will
be made to sell the lines to Independent oper
ators. Meanwhile the Eastern Shore of Mary
land and Virginia will be cut off from water
communication with Baltimore and the Im
mense traffic from these points will be diverted
to New York and Philadelphia. It is hardly
likely that this condition will obtain for very
long, but those who have watched the course
of shipping know how" Important "getting1 the
habit" can be. Simply because the habit is
strong, a great deal of merchandise goes
through New York which4 could Just as well,
or better, go through this port. In the same
way the temporary diversion of traffic to this
city might result In a net permanent gain.
ECONOMIC PROHIBITION
THE Mayor's order that no employe of the
city shall drink intoxicants while on duty
is as uncompromising as liquor Itself. The
issue which lias been made by thousands! of
on) plovers in now made by a municipality. It
is between drink and the Job.
First it must be understood that the order
is no trfrlngeiuent of personal liberty. The
right of an employer to the unimpaired ser
vices of the employe Is primary aayd f
mental. In the complexity of modern li
the bleary eye aud th .HaklnK Jtasd taif go
liiace. They are the ejus that caijnot see
signal lights and the hands which cannot
control the switch. Tho railroads long ago
refused lo Imperil tho lives of their passen
gers at tho hands of drunken engineers. Tho
city cannot continue to waste its substance
on half-workers, nor to Jeopardize tho safety
of Its citizens by entrusting them to servants
and protectors who cannot work without
drink.
The effect of Mayor Smith's order may bo
that city employes will stop drinking even
when they nro off duty. It may, If tho ex
ample bo followed frequently enough by com
mercial and Industrial organizations, forestall
prohibition. But it Is certain to work, which
cannot bo said with assurance of any other
than economic prohibition.
"GOD SAVE THE STATE"
There run bf no pence) with dishonor.
Attnrlt in Congress nn Amerlrin policy
strengthen our ndversnry's IipiikN anil In
vite nBdresslon. IVe musj alnml fnst for
our rights nml vlmllcntp mr principles.
M0RI3 than once tho Incredlblo stupidity
of tho Democracy has brought tho na
tion to tho brihk of disaster.
At least onco the national Integrity has been
preserved only through tho sacrlflco of a
lender greater than his party, who swept
partisanship nsldc In tho great crisis, re
pudiated tho rank and file nml steered
straight.
But never In its long history of blunders
has-Democratic statesmanship so vindicated
Its reputation for erring ns In tho lamentablo
exhibition of itself which It has made In the
last few days at Washington.
There nie solemn duties which an organized
Government cannot escape. The most sacred
of them Is tho protection of Its citizens In
their rights and privileges. If in the exer
cise of such protection It becomes necessary
to Invoke force, to have recourse finally to the
sword, bo the reluctance what It may, there
is nothing for a self-respecting nation to do
but to assume its responsibility. Nature
abhors a quitter.
But It Is not war toward which the Presi
dent has been leading. He, on the contrary,
In seeking to vindicate our national rights,
has had his eyes fixed securely on peace,
confident that finally it could be kept with
honor. Yet, in the most crucial hour of
negotiations, at the very moment when it
was Imperative that this nation should pre
sent a united front, unyielding and unafraid,
there come forward a group of men crying
for a compromise, struggling to give our
acquiescence to contemplated murder on tho
high seas, and seeking by legislation to
strengthen the hands of our diplomatic
adversary and sanction aforetime his prom
ised aggressions.
Wo say to these gentlemen that It Is tho
mercy of God If they have not already
brought us to the brink of war. They have
fulfilled the prophecy of Berlin that the
President did not have tho nation behind
him; that tho politicians, vote-hungry, would
checkmate our national foreign policy. They
have fulfilled It, that Is, as best they could, but
not yet hnvo they succeeded In their plans.
If by any chance they should, If tills nation,
broken and humiliated, should retire from tho
lofty position It has assumed, the one aggres
sion would lead to nnother, and yet to an
other, until that war which these gentlemen
so earnestly seek to avoid would be thun
dering In their cars. If they shake at tho
whisper of It, what would they do under the
shadow of Its reality?
Tho President Is standing firm. Ho has
been gi eater than his party ever slnco ho
undertook to lend It. Tho difference between
them now Is Immeasurable. For him there
can bo no turning back. If his party will not
follow let It stand still. There Is enough
patriotism in the White House, backed by
some Democrats and many Republicans In
the Capitol, to assure a continuity of policy
which will countenance no humiliation of this
nation and no Impairment of Its prestige and
responsibilities.
It Is no timo to discuss the correctness of
tho national view. A year uro our policy was
stated, definitely and' without equivocation.
It has since been adhered to in principle. No
concession on a vital point has been made.
We stand, ns we have stood for generations,
for the law as It exists, for the safety of non
combatants on the high seas, against pirat
ical malpractice on the oceans. To recede
from that attitude, long acquiesced in and
established, Is so unthinkable a thing that, did
It occur, ourselves, our children and our chil
dren's children would blush in memory of It.
The hysteria which has seized the Demo
cratic Congress will, we believe, pass. It
cannot persist. In the meantime let all good
citizens lemaln steadfast in support of the
President, In whose hands the national honor
haB been placed. Above all. let them remem
ber that there Is no war in the President's
program. It Is his opponents who march
straight to Mars, At the moat, all the Presl
dent contemplates Is a severance of diplo
matic relations. He does not even contem
plate that, for unless this Government "quits"
It Is reasonably certain that the Central Pow
ers will lecede from their position and launch
no thunderbolts against American citizens.
Peace is what the President alms for. There
can be peace with honor; there can never be
peace with dishonor.
We have no quarrel with the pacificists.
Their motives, we doubt not, are good. But
their method of achieving the result at which
they aim is, we are convinced, utterly and
damnably bad. They know what they want,
but they do not know how to get It. They are
playing with dynamite as if it were a Fourth
of July spitter. The point has been reached
when tlpey must be curbed at Washington, lest
they bring about the very thing they seek to
avoid.
We are the sole great foree for pease and
charity and eivillzation left In the world. Our
fearlessness must be beyond suspicion if we
are not to Ue dragged Into the whirpool of
blood and slaughter.
Tom Daly's Column
IOUIS AGASSIZ FUERTES, Uio famous
J naturalist, Is hard at work upon a group
of paintings of North American mammals for
the National Geographic Magazine. Some of
his ft lends have been trying to help him. One
recently sent to him a bunch of Illustrated
wall-cards, which seem to havo been used for
kindergarten work many, many years ago.
They bear no date, but they soem to bo of tho
period of 1S40 or thereabouts. The pictures
arc not half bad, nil things considered, but
tho letter-press Is pnrtlculaily cholco In spots.
Thus:
YBL..LO W-BUIUST-Kr) MAIl-Tl N
Is a pret-ty llt-tlc nn-l-innl. It lives In the
woods, ntid makes his house In the hol-low of
old trees, and lins six young ones at a time.
(Notlco the plentiful genders.) llun-ters catch
them In great qunn-tl-tlos In Can-n-da, and sell
their skins which hns a bcau-tl-ful fur on It.
THE nill-NOC-lMlOS
Is, next to the El-e-phnnt, ve-ry strong. (Note
by I A. F.: query and If next to Mephitis
Mephltlca?) Ho tnkeB his food Into his mouth
with his up-per lip. He can drink
16 palls of wa-ter, and eat 28 pounds of grass,
28 pounds of bls-cult, and a groat par-eel of
greens ev-c-ry riny.
Statistics do not usunlly cxclto us, but those
given above will surely Interest any render
who contemplates employing a rhinoceros
with board.
Child's Winter Gnrden of Verses
lit.
(Ilowlnir lo R. I,. S and notlnst belatedly that he
took (?) moro lines for the same thought.)
When my mamma says, "Sleepy-head,
I guess It's time to go to bed;
Now hurry, put away your toys;"
.lust then the Chinese girls and boys
Aro roused by their mammas, who Bay,
"Wako up, my dears, another dayl"
Will Lou.
Apologia Pro Vita Sua?
THE following passages re taken from Presi
dent Wilson's "History of tho Amorican Peo
ple," written when ho was President of Prince
ton I'nivcrslty. It Is possible that unconsciously,
at that early date, ho was dreaming of becoming
President nml describing his future line oi
action? Ho Is writing of one of our Presidents
Like himself, this President was much nbused,
but maturcr, thought has Justified him com
pletely. The passages follow: "Ho had the In
stinct of the student In the midst of affairs
and had made himself the master of Ideas and
of languages, as an Instrument of mastery. Ho
had devised for himself straight thrusts of
speech and a use of words that acted always
like the application of light."
Again "Ho took pains to get to the heart of
what others about him but half understood; ho
used his wits for argument and observation ns
another might have used them for play, and
mndo the use of words, tho exact speech which
hit his meaning always at the centre, his
method of analysis."
Lastly "Ho sought to combine conciliation
with clean purpose; but while those about him
swung from this measure to that and were
weak In their excitement, he was only patient
and watchful, waiting for opinion nnd the right
day of action "
This man whom he describes was Abraham
Lincoln, numbered among our greatest Presi
dents. Isn't it Just possible that some of his
own critics but half understand tho things which
he has painfully thought out? They aro tho ones
who nre "weak In their excitement"
J. II Maury.
What Arc the First Signs of Spring?
The ashman whistling merrily as he drives
up and down the street with a Jonquil In his
buttonhole, looking for work and not finding any.
M.
The man of all work painfully taking down
the storm doors of Brennan's drug store, on the
corner. II.
Tin old crah In the ofuce across the area from
ours throwing up a window to make a face at
Nature. Blackstone.
LINES FORMING A RONDEAU
A cough? Drop soft between your lips
A dark brown lozenge ere It Mips
Into a dreadful cold, and mark
The quick relief, as when an are
Light clears the path for errant ships.
What time you search for sure things, tips
Agaliiht Hip cntigh which racks and whips
Your chest, peek reftigo In this Ark:
A cough drop.
Fear not my scorn, which often stilps
Romance from tusHls, and my quips
Which leave medicaments all stark
Of poesy. In Life's dread dnrk
List closely. You can hear 'tween sips,
A cough drop.
Old Eietallan word for "cough." Gus.
A Will IT FROM TIIK KITT1IF..V
Cabbage la composed of tuo-thlrds of cellulose and
one-third of all oth-r substances.-Saturday Evening
Post.
"Sir Personally, I have long suspected this."
wiltes Ambroslus, "and believe that further
Investigation will prove that when cabbage Is
boiled the cellulose evaporates. At any rate,
the portion that remains 'smells like every
thing. "
Early to bed and
Early to rise
Made three-fingered Brown
A pitching prize.
E. L. Sporting Page.
By this good rule
To fame he slid,
In two-8core"years,
Like Kelly did. H. D. K.
When Abstractions Make Us Tee-Hee
i.
FREEDOM
Asserting- her husband Prince Nicholas Engallt
cheff, wss warmer toward MrB. Jano Hathanay, of
Cleveland, than he was toward her. Princess l;vnln
Partridge EngalltchefT (formerly wife of Samuel Clay,
ton. whom she divorcer), has won her divorce aull
and la today enjojlng her freedom. News Note
FIRST n' the year we resolved to refrain
from knocking the Intelligent, moro or leas,
compositor. Nevertheless, one had the Impu
dence to attempt to sneak this in during our
absence the other day:
Ode to T. D.
(And hereby tendered In iMiment.)
Whenever th printer takes a day
He must put on a "sub"!
And oft the worried foreman thlnka
The latter I a "dub."
When YOU go on a merry lark.
Or lack material funny,
You send the Punch Bowlers to bat
And commandeer the monay.
The Pennsylvania boys made good:
Some morn they'll bring their lunch
And bowl Tom Daly off hla Job
Because they have the punch.
INTELLIGENT (?) fOMPOStTOR,
The Mixed .Metaphor
Sir: May I enter this? It's from soma contempo
rary: "This wa the only vacant drop In her cup
of happiness " o.
Sir I had a fine mixed metaphor in my high
school valedictory and that was some' lustrums
ago. It went like this- "But, come comrades; we
enter upon life's sea, our hand is on the tiller;
beyond the Alps lies Italy." Prexy.
Once we thought we knew the greatest indoor
sport1 but since we Joined the newspaper busi
ness in Fhllly, we find we're mistaken. It's say
ing unkind things about New York which re
minds us, of the Western gent who saw a cun
ning pearl handled revolver end told the owner
If he shot him with It and he found it out, he'd
everlastingly spank him.
Which reminds us again, though we don't
know why It should, of the Jady from New York
who married a Philadelphia!!, raised a large brood
of children and is many times a grandmother
of Phlladelphlans, and who described her 43
years here as "one of th most pjeasant visits
she ever made."
..A..ptJiT " mM ,n Nw York recently for
illSO, Nw what In tba world would any New Yorker
do with s I1M0 -prayer rug. New note.
IJasy, friend To pray that he may never Jlvej
elsewhere than In New York not to be too
definite. H, H. H.
22
SPEAKING THE
PUBLIC MIND
Cowardice of Congress in the Face
of a Possible Break With
Germany Other Views
of Readers
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir Every red-blooded American must sup
port tho President In tho present crisis. Tho
Issues Involved in It arc not new. They
have beon before tho country since February
12 of last year, when tho Stato Department's
protest against tho German submarine policy
was published.
Tho President said then, through his
Secrotnry of Stato:
If tho commanders of German vessels of
war should net upon the presumption that
tho flag of the United States was not being
used In good faith and should destroy on tho
high seas an American vessel or the lives
of American citizens, It would bo difficult
for the Government of tho United States
to view tho act in any other 'light than as
an Indefensible violation of neutral rights,
which It would be very hard. Indeed, to
reconcllo with tho friendly relations now so
happily subsisting between tho two Gov
ernments. There Is no mistaking tho meaning of those
words. Congress was In session at the tlmo
and It was under the control of tho samo
leaders who are now directing Its policy. Tho
wholo nation Indorsed tho direct nnd straight
forward statement of tho position of tho Gov
ernment. Germany insisted on Its right to attack
neutral shipping, and on March 28, she tor
pedoed the Falaba with American citizens on
board. On May 7 sho sank tho Lusitanla
after giving notice of her intention through
advertisements in the newspapers, given out
from her Embassy In Washington, Moro
than 100 Americans lost their lives In this
most outragoous violation of tho rights of
noncombatants in the history of civilized
warfare. The position of this Government,
set forth In tho note published on February
12, was restated In a note of May 13, In which
It was further said:
Expressions of regret and offers of repara
tion In caso of tho destruction of neutral
bhlps sunk by mistake, while they may sat
isfy international obligations, If no Iofs of
life results, cannot Justify or excuso a prac
tice, tho natural and necessary effect of
which Is to subject neutral nations and
neutral persons to new nnd Immeasurable
risks. The Imperial German Government
will not expect the Government of the
United States to omit any word or act nec
essary to the performance of Its sacred
duty of maintaining the rights of tho United
States and its citizens and of safeguarding
their free exerciso and enjoyment.
Nearly 10 months have passed since this
warning. The time has been consumed In tho
exchange of notes with Germany nnd In con
versations between tho German Ambassador
and the Secretary of State In Washington
and similar conversations between tho Amer
ican Ambassador and tho German Foreign
Office in Berlin. The President has beon
subjected to severe criticism for what has
been described as a weak and vacillating
policy. Ho hns been trying to settle the ques
tion without war. He has thus far succeeded
In preventing war, though no one but himself
nnd thoso In his confidence know hovv near
the verge tho nation has been. The gravity
of tho situation was so great that he left
Washington In January to tell the country
of the Imperative necessity of Immediate
preparation for national defense.
if Congress has been Ignorant of what has
been going on and has been unaware of the
grave issues at stake, It Is tho only body which
has failed to understand the situation.
Germany's announcement that she was to
resume her submarine warfare upon merohant
ships on March 1 has served merely to throw
the negotiations back to where they were
on February 12, 1915, when we made our
first protest.
Many persons believe that If we had given
Ambassador Bernstorff his passports wher! he
warned Americans against sailing on the LubI
tanla and had accompanied them with a vigor
ous denunciation of the barbarity of making
war uport passenger steamers loaded with non
combatants the Lusitanla would have been
afloat today and Its passengers would have
been still alive. But when there is a possi
bility that the firmness of the President may
result In a diplomatic break with Germany at
this late date Congress is afraid.
The loglo of events demands that Germany
respect the wishes of the United States If
she desires to continue on friendly terms with
us. But when it begins to look as'tf we should
have tq abide by the consequences of our de
termination to demand respect for the old
International agreements regarding the con
duct of war on the sea, or back down, the
brave men in Congress are demanding that
we back down.
Fortunately for the honor and self-respect
of the country, the President's obstinacy is
serving him in good stead. lie has refused
to see the chairman of the Foreign Relations
Comfnlttee of the House of Representatives
again, and he has let Congress understand
"I WUZ JEST SAVIN' THE COUNTRY !"
that tho conduct of our foreign affairs In tlmo
of peaco Is In his hands, It Is not necessary
to remind him that ho cannot declaro war.
Ho knows that as well ns tho oldest Congress
man. His dcslro for peaco is as strong as that
of the most unrensonlng pacifist.
But war is not tho unavoldablo outcome of
the determination of tho President to preservo
tho honor and self-respect of America. Tho
wny to peaco shines more clearly through .a
policy of firmness than through truckling
cowardice. If Germany can bluff tho United
States Into admitting hor right to mako war
upon merchant shipping by sinking vessels
at sight, she will do It. Aro wc such cowards
as to fear tho consequences at the call for
a show-down? AMERICAN.
Philadelphia, February 24.
ROOSEVELT AND "ROT"
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir As a subscriber to your paper in a dis
tant city, I request some enlightenment on your
editorial entitled "Rot," In your Issue of Feb
ruary 15, 1916. If the eminent men you havo
mtnfrtrl o ir (inrinViln nntu rt tlvmirrVitti in Via triiin
I ia,uui.u in ii v.upuuiu uiiij J L inuufjiiio tu uu uiun
' designated, why don't you glvo to a hungry
world some words of wisdom that will bo ac
cepted as an antithesis of "Rot"?
With special reference to Mr. Roosevelt's
statement concerning our duty In respect to
Belgium, If such sentiment Is "Rot," God save
the country. It Is tho first time the writer
has ever observed any editor claiming it Is
"rot" for this country to recognize Its treaty
obligations.
Do you consider It an act of neutrality for
a nation or nn individual to remain silent, when
a promlso or treaty is broken that they wero
a subscriber to? Or regardless of treaty,
would It not have been proper for this nation
to protest against tho wrong inflicted on inno
cent Belgium?
Perhaps after Mr. Root's speech you won't
consider Mr. Roosevelt's contention quite so
"Rot" (-ten). You could well substitute the
nnmo of Mr. Roosevelt for that of Mr. Root, as
the author of tho latter's so-called "Keynote"
speech.
Also for tho benefit of a distant reader, ad
vise whether you consider It "Rot" for Mr.
Wilson to advocate preparedness along the lines
long previously advocated by Mr. Roosevelt, as
well aH the President's recent advocacy of tho
tariff commission, long contended for by Mr.
Roosevelt
Also please advise how you classify the
phrase "Too proud to fight," "Watchful wait
ing" nnd "Pitiless publicity."
Regarding Mr. Roosevelt's "Rot" concerning
tho Administration's attitude respecting tho
outrage on Belgium. Mr. Roosevelt's stand has
been Indorsed by the spokesmen of the big In
terests as they are coming to realize that he is
practically the only man they can elect, as the
masses believe In him and havo confidence that
all nations will render us the respect due, be
cause ihey well now he says what ho means
and means what ho says. It is going to hurt
some of our standpat G. O. P. friends to ac
cept him, but they will be compelled to do t,o
for the sake of the party, In which cbbo I have
no doubt, your editorial columns will Join In the
chorus In Blnglng his praises'. W, B. S.
Oak Park, 111.. February 18.
What was characterized a3 "Rot" was not
Mr. Roosevelt's declaration of this rountry's
moral obligation, but his assertion that this
country was boui.d by the terms of the Hague
conventions to intervene. Mr. Root was Sec
retary of State when the specific convention
was framed and both he and Mr. Roosevelt
must know that Article 20 of the same Instru
ment provides that:
The provisions of the present convention do
not apply except as between contracting parties,
and then only If all the belligerents are. parties
to the convention.
Serbia and Great Britain never ratified the
convention. Furthermore, it Is familiar knowl
edge that In ratifying the Hague convention
the United States reserved to itself the right
of refusing to Intervene or to entangle Itself
In foreign relations. That Is why Mr. Roose
velt's claim Is specious. The Evening Ledger's
attitude on the other questions asked by W. B.
S. has been frequently stated and must be
known to him. Editor of Evening Ledger.
ONE-TENTH TO INSURANCE
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir The reply given to "Anxious" in the
"What Do You Know" column is entirely cor
rect, although one seldom finds $1200 men
spending one-tenth for life insurance.
THOMAS N. WALKER
Philadelphia, October 23.
NATIONAL POINT OP VIEW
On the whole, India haB done so well by Brit
ain that when the war Is over she may demand
with assurance that larger measure of respect
and honor which Is the dream of intelligent and
educated Indians of all creeds and tongues.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
If the parents of children that are permitted
to play In the streets were to be told that they
are morally responsible for as many accidents as
the reckless motorcar " driver they probably
would make an Indignant denial. But this Is the
Indictment Indianapolis News.
One thing else the discussions In the commit
tees ot Congress, so far as they have been per.
mltted to become public, do not appear to have
considered. That Is the practical restriction of
the National Guard, as now constituted, to urban
population. Richmond Times-Dispatch.
But If, when made, the ticket and platform
are truly representative of majority party sentl
ment regularly expressed, the support in No
vember of every man who calls himself a Repub
Hcan will be properly expected. Another bolt
will mean another Democratic victory. Wash
ington Star,
The spectacle of hard-headed bankers and
practical farmers peering side by side Into the
secrets of scUntlflo agriculture ought to Inspire
other professions. The bankers may indirectly
help themselves by aiding the farmers, but the
general benefits of greater yields and attendant
farm comforts are essentially . gmt help to
the whole community. Milwaukee Journal.
What Do You Know?
Oucrlc of general Interest will be amwerei
In this column. Ten Questions, the aniwtn
to which every well-informed peron thuuM
know, are asked dally.
QUIZ
1. About how long hns the linotype been In praitlcil
mo?
2. What United Stnteri Senator la blind?
3. Which Is further north, Denver or Clnclnnstl?
4. Who Is In command of the Italian fleets?
C. Do our Ambassadors to forelsn countries nut
sent the United States or the President of tbi
United Stntes?
6. Are the Trench possessions In Asia larier
smaller In area than Pennsylvania?
7. About what nnrt of the national revenue comti
normnlly from Import taxes?
8. Approximately, how fur Is It from Verdun U
Tnrls?
0. If the President and Vice President should belt
die, what officer would automatically become
President?
10. About what Is the age of Theodore Roosetellt
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. A crippled girl, who was bedridden for B0 yesrt,
jet maintained n perfectly happy spirit. Shi
was said to have uncommon poners of seronl
slsht, etc.. nnd became famous. She died s
short time ago.
3. All male citizens of military nice.
3. John Marshall.
4. John Iluy.
S An neroplane glied.
(I. Seventh and Market directs. Philadelphia.
7. In nionmlnuton, Indiana.
8. A revivalist known for his work with Irs D.
Sankey.
0. The Continental.
10. Colombia, chiefly.
"Erminie"
Editor of "What Do You Know" Will you
please tell me when the comic opera "Ermlnle"
was last played In Philadelphia? Are Francll
Wilson and Paulino Hall still on the stage?
CONSTANT READER
"Ermlnle" was last presented In this city
about nine years? ago at the Chestnut Street
Theatre. Francis Wilson is now lecturing-. Ht
has not opted for some time. Ills last appear
ance was in comedy and not In comic opera.
Pauline Hall is dead.
Jack and the Bean Stalk
Editor o "Want Do You Know" I have heard
that the nursery story about "Jack and the
Bean Stalk" Is a Bort of parable. Can oo
tell me Its significance? BRYN MAWK.
The giant Is commonly supposed to stand for
the All-father, whoso throe treasures are a harp,
a bag full of precious things and a red hen that
lays gplden eggs. The harp Is the wind, tin
precious things In the bag nre tho gracious ralni
and the hen is the sUn. The boy rcpresenti
man, who makes use of the treasures and be
comes rich.
Mandarin
Editor of "What Do You Know" What doei
tho word mandarin mean in Chinese,
STUDENT.
It is not a Chinese word, but Is a title given
by the Portuguese colonists at Macao to tM
Chinese officials whom the natives call hniou
ping. The word comes from the Portuguese
mandar, meaning to command.
Fox in the Pulpit
Editor of "What Do You Know" I have aj
inquiry from a friend asking whether w como
tell him the significance of "Fox In the PuiP".
which are sold as souvenirs In London ana
represent a fox occupying a church P"'P"; ,y"
you give me any Information concerning tm
Can some reader answer this question?
Asiatics ns Citizens ;
Editor ofWhat Do You Knoviw' ';
answers to the question of "Asiatics as CltlU'
can you tell me when the' law denying the ni
of citizenship to Asiatics went Into ee",
how many Asiatics (Japanese, Chinese) bw
citizens of the United States of America r
The admission of Chinese to J'""1"",,1!
expressly forbidden by Section 14 of Chapter
of the laws of 1882. The exclusion o ! all A J
rests upon the act of 1870 as amended Wf
act of 1876. limiting Its Provisions to , gj
being free white persons and to a liens ,.
nativity and to persons of African oe
You can doubtless get the InformatI on JO
about the numDer oi ""-,? , " campbw. .
uommisaiouer ui t'.i" -
Labor, Washington. D. C.
Storks' Law . . wM
Editor of "What Do You Aiiow -"""?cB
the BtorkB' law of the Romans? "nv
Can a reader answer this?
Cable RateB mUtB
Editor of "What Do You - by
would it cost to send a tn-word "
telegraph to Peking? U an!
The rates are t.33 a word. Th , . cj
the signature are Included in the t
words for which a charge is ma de.
sage m ww micv
11.75 a word, .
The Polish Franklin who'w4
Editor of "What Do You "r&t. .
the Polish Franwinr 7, Tim
Thaddeus Czacki; born 175; died ' M
The Vowel ' v .,T p,
Editor OI "ivm ", ' ,Lija (, hlf we,
friend in Vienna who a8 " vb.t do
ters the vowels, thus, A. L. J u-T,lYSitiA' !
he mean? fit
Austrlae est Imperare orbl unv -I f.
translation is: Austria's Empire "" vls
.ri Another version in the l" .!.,
UUd- Austria's empire is obvlouwy ""