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, drf It. Ivadtfirtorf, Vice President: John O, Martin.
to6fHrf"tiA Treasurer! Philip S. Colllnt, John p.
fnitUBw, Dlrwtori.
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Cries U. K. Cmttk. Chairman.
P. H. WMAtET.
.Editor
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MIlLADELrillA. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 1, 1914
Who gives himself with his alms feeds three
Himself, his hungering neighbor ami Me.
J. 11. Lowell.
March comes in. ltko a U-boat. Here's hop
Ins it goes out ltko n disavowal.
Wost Philadelphia wants another high
school, and it will probably get it.
Ijet us bo thankful that La Provence was
an auxiliary cruiser and not a passenger ship
With Americans on board.
Napoleon's dictum that victory is with the
side that has the heaviest guns seems likely
to be established by tho facts.
Whether electric light costs too mucli or
not may ba a debatablo question, but every
ono knows that a 25 per cent, tax on gas is
too much.
Mr. Felix Diaz seems to liavo about as much
confidenco In the Administration's lnflucnco
In Mexico as tho President's dearest enemies
want him to have.
It Incoming freight could be stored moro
cheaply in warehouses than In freight cars
porhaps the consignees would release tho cars
more quickly and prevent the congestion of
the local freight yards.
The Russians will soon be repeating tho
remarks of Xonophon when ho reached the
sea at Treblzond, but it will bo in a different
language The Turks are evacuating tho city
to set out of tho way of tho victorious troops
which took Erzerum.
It seems to have escaped tho attention of the
British that the German U-boat campaign is
directed 'against them, not against us. Wo say
"it Booms." But the British had ample, tlmo
to prepare, and there is a chance that they
took .advantage of it.
Mr. Wilson the candidate is positively at a
disadvantage, being the same corporeal per
aon as Mr. Wilson tho President. He can't
go away to some distant and pleasant spot
And como back to a big meeting at Madison
Square Garden six columns wide.
When Admiral Knight said that tho United
States was supporting more foreign policies
Irritating to other nations than any other
country he forgot the irritation caused by the
policies which Germany is trying to force
down the throats of the allied nations and the
United States.
Ten free Sunday concerts are good enough
ftjr a start; but they will be found insufficient
If the crowds at this year's concerts aro to bo
taken aa a criterion. Still, if 40,000 persons
hear those ten concerts, at the rate of 4000
different persons for each one, the city will
core a positive advantage.
New York is "unquestionably" the centre
et "the money power" after two years' opera
tion of tho Federal reserve law, according to
Congressman Ragsdale, of South Carolina,
who helped frame the law. Could tho Demo
cratic assault on the "monoy trust" have been
nothing more than a mask behind which Wall
street was hiding?
Congressman J. II. (Cyclone) Davis, of
Texas, advocate of unpreparedness, objected
to tho consideration of a bill to incorporate
the Boy Scouts of America because he per
sonally had not had the time to study "tho
contingent results" of tho bill, and because
bis oath as a Congressman would not permit
him to let It pass without his careful perusal.
A Texas conscience is 'a peculiar thing.
When Doctor Garber accused Professor
aTt ''Win of being socialistic: in regard to his
Bhuddfeiuof school management he did not say
scenes,; a terrifying nor such a mouth-filling
"As '.tan our grandfathers did when they said
iThBhe4"8 Intenrtat0 Commerce Commission
and Ut socialistic, lector Garber disposed ot
Jery lnor Zueblln far more aptly when he in
the gibt4 the superiority of 'present methods
"J1 ihose proposed. If a-good 'thing happens
wra V socialistic. It Is a good thing none the
tha$ In.
US, Igr- 7. .
-jruBt as the, series of frontal attacks on the
whole French, line were explained by the drive
gainst Verdun, so that drlve'piay Be explained,
&j- the renewed attacks "on the line, Ger
many's policy of doubly "foxing" her enemies
j5eeras to be, coming out -By engaging forces
elsewhere she could make her thrust at Ver
dun vital. Aa soon as forces were transferred
to the defense rif thd new object of attack, the
lines irt Champagne were broken for a consid
.yible gain.' Already the German advances
toV I more than the Allied gains in September.
TheVonly comment that seems necessary is
that Germany has lost, according to Dutch
reports, l$Q,Q0O men, killed, wounded and
taken prisoner.
Occasionally a pacifist says something. The
Key. Dr. Jenkln Lloyd Jones, the well-known
I'ordltti and leapfrogger, says: "We want an
International police force to keep one country
roT, striking at the qjher." Bight! That's
what wo want; but we inow that we can't get
ifc ,tlit if we do get It we will not be able
t raty upon it; that- m$n are only human;
that wnye there ian'; adequate protection
m " to ip With, ft revolver handy,
JbpM St jt f the hand of children an
pe8s&fc iM ttt so far Ira man. ias Jben
att&ttfafri Mt a dark. ($& simply fccaua ft
Mr..-.si5B-?:v
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iiiillSHHilika.
BVBNIKO LEPGtiK-PHlLAPELPHlA, VyfepNESDAY, MABCH 1 1016;,
. .. 1 . . 1 , . , J . .t. MHi .. .. f -
wa6 known that ho wan ft dead shot and car
rted his Irohs handy, These things wo know,
and we Will not bo "leapfrogged" Into forget
ting them by blasts In tho public prints nor
by the assertions of returned pilgrims that wo
aro crazy.
TRANSIT AND THE LOAN
Of (lie rllr'a liorrnwlna- cnpnclty, JflO.000,
000, miilrr tho CnntHntlon, la nrnllnblA for
itrnnftlt anil port development only, rifly
mllllnna nre required to complete the entire)
Tnylnr plnn. Tho money ahnnld 1 prn
tertpd njrnlnt nny acltemo to nmke It nvnfl
nhlo for oilier purpose inter, nnd the com
plete trnntlt program ahould promptly he
rntllled.
THE Mayor and his advisers are consider
ing tho items to bo Incorporated in the
May loan. Thoy have nlready succeeded In
arriving at a derinlto conclusion as to tho
borrowing capacity of the city. By far tho
greater part of that cnpaclty, 60 millions out
of 85 millions, Is avnllablo only for transit
and port Improvement, under tho Constitu
tion. Improvements nlready authorized, but for
which no loans have been provided, amount
to 30 millions, which Is not Included in tho
borrowing capacity of 85 millions, for tho
reason that, under a recent decision of tho
courts, tho said SO millions must bo consid
ered ns outstanding obligations. Slnco theso
30 millions aro nliondy charged ngalnst tho
city, It It obvious that It will bo wise to pro
vino the actual funds ns tapidly ns monoy
can economically bo used on tho piojects. Any
other course would bo a mere waste of time.
Theso ptojects to which tho city Is already
dedicated include tho Parkway, the Kieo
Library, removal of grade crossings, sewngo
disposal, park extension, street openings and
condemnation of land for squares and play
grounds and tho construction of the city's
belt lino along the two rivers to meet tho de
mands of commcrco In the dovelopment of
the port. Every ono of them is urgent nnd
should be pressed to completion nt tho earliest
possible moinont.
There remains tho borrowing capacity of
C9 millions for transit and port Improvement.
With this capacity tho city was endowed at
tho election In November, by voto of tho peo
plo of tho whole State, at tho request ot Phil
adelphia. Is the grant of power to be used
or not7
Tho sum of 50 millions additional Is re
quired to put the entire Taylor program Into
effect. To provldo tho monoy for that very
purpose was tho chief object of tho constitu
tional amendment. Yet a year ago thero was
a movement on foot to amend tho amend
ment, making tho money borrowed avallablo
for any purpose, thus depriving tho transit
program of the strategic advantage which It
holds and removing the preferential In its
favor. Thero is no reason to suppose that
tho opponents of transit have ever abandoned
tholr scheme. Thero aro whisperings of a
plan whereby tho 09 millions will bo opened
for general use.
Tho work under City Hall has been tem
porarily abandonod. Director Twining re
ports that somo structural changes are neces
sary. That Is quite likely. Mr. Taylor antici
pated such a contingency nnd would doubt
less have been guided by the actual experi
ence in construction. But there are also
rumors to tho effect that some change of
route Is contemplated that will enable the
city to mako a far moro advantageous con
tract with tho P. R. T. than the tentative
agreement entered into between Mr. Taylor,
representing the city, nnd the company.
Wo have no disposition to bo querulous. If
a contract more favorable to the city can ba
got, this newspaper will Bupport it loyally
and energetically. But any proposal to vacate
the understanding already arrived at would
naturally bo viewed with suspicion, and the
burden of proof as to Its excellence would
rest on the proposers.
It is Imperative that the city dedicate itself
to tho whole rapid transit scheme, and thus
tie to it tho funds already within reach for
this specific purpose. Otherwise there is tho
constant danger of some changes in the situa
tion which would expose this sacred treasury
to other uses and postpono to the distant
futuro the relief which Fhlladelphians have
fought for and to which they aro entitled.
It is proper to point out to the Mayor that
thero Is no subject in which the masses are
more vitally Interested than transit, and no
project on which they have so earnestly
rested their hopes. Tho opportunity for serv
ice to Philadelphia In providing the public
with a comprehensive and thoroughly ade
quate system of transit Is a great one. To
puah the undertaking to a successful con
clusion will redound more to the honor and
lasting praise of the Administration than nny
other single thing it could do. We believe
that the Mayor realizes this.
There has been a great deal of talk about
co-operation In the upbuilding of Philadel
phia. There is a real get-together spirit In
the air. Captious criticism has been conspic
uously absent In the last few months. There
has been little questioning of motives. Tho
press and private citizens have been prone to
pull together instead ot to pull down. We are
exceedingly hopeful, in view of these condi
tions, that the Mayor will take a stand on
transit which will win the cordial support of
all worth-while element?. But it is Just as
well to recognize that the city has suffered
so much from infamous franchises for the
use of Its streets that people are wary of any
new leases. They want to be shown and they
must be shown. They are satisfied with the
kind of transit Mr. Taylor proposed to give
them and any substitute would have to stand
tho acid test.
nAlTI GOES UNDER
THE "Black Republic." Haiti, island of
Toussalnt L'Ouverture, is now under the
protection of the United States, h'lnce the
marines landed by Admiral Caperton last'year
put down the"rebell!on which overthrew Presi
dent Gulllaume the United States has been in
actual charge. Yesterday Congress ratified
the convention previously accepted, by the
Haitian Congress.
It is now 112 years since Haiti has had
"self-government." The word is a gross exag
geration, for in all that time government has
been known more In the breach than the ob
servance. Presidents have followed emperors
and been succeeded by kings, and murder has
been over all of them. With resources of
hemp, tobacco and coffee the Republic has not
prospered. There has been little Intelligence
in economic or social development. Now the
attempt lias been surrendered. It is up to the
United Statas.
The responsibilities of overlordship on this
continent could not be more opportunely dis
played. The lesson of Haiti is a cruel one,
but one which Cuba has learned and Mexico
Will have to learn. Nor will' the Senate, which
agreed to conduct the affairs of a nation after
more than a century of experiment, think
lightly of giving Independence to the Philip
pines, the citUens of which are not necessarily
superior ta the? of Haiti in natural ability or"
in experience op jwverowg,
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Tom DaVs Column
To March nt the Door
You do appear to bo n lamb,
But you may bo a lion.
I seo yotir noso around tho Jamb;
You do nppear t6 bo a lamb;
No surer, though, of that I am
Than oneo I was of Brynn.
You do appear to bo a lamb,
But you may bo n-lyln'.
IOUIS fUNTEUMEYEtt has broken tooso
J with a now book. It's called " nnd
Other Poets" nnd It's being introduced to so
ciety by Henry Holt & Co. of New York.
Tho book, llko nil Gaul (or spell it with a
doublo 1, If you wish) Is divided In partes Ires
and tho greatest third Is In tho thirty parodies
comprising "Tho -Banquet of tho Bards,"
parodies upon "almost all tho contemporary
poetlo figures of distinction." Good thing ho
put In that word "almost," or wo wouldn't
notice tho silly old book at nil. Wo'ro not
nnmlng any names, hut lots of tho thirty nrc
not nearly tho c. p. f. of d. that wo think we
nro. Oh, well, wo don't llko to seo Louis doing
that sort of thing, nnyuny. It's clover, but
ho's too big for that kind of play. The
sncond section Is n new Idea In light verso.
"Attempted Aftlnltles," ho calls It, and ho
shows, for Instance, what would result If
Hornco and Hcrrlclc were to collaborate; or
how In
"THE KISS IN THE CUP"
13en Jonson and Ilnrry It. Smith Concoct the
Annual Drinking Song for the Annual
Casino 'Comic' Opcia.
I
Oh somo may quaff tholr tankards nnd laugh
Vlth many n. lion cry toast.
They will slug of pnle or nut-brown nlo
Or tho draught they lovo tho most.
But I despise such mirth, for I prize
A sweeter and headier wine
So drink to mo only with thine eyes.
And 1 will pledge with mine.
When you drink (Clink-clink)
Then 1 think (CHiifc-cHitfc;
That I might of Jove's nectar sup;
Don't deny (ITl-hl)
When I sigh (Fill high!)
Won't you leave Just n kiss In the cup!
Neighborly Amenities
"That's an auction plnno your daughter's
got, Isn't It?" nsked tho sarcastic woman next
door.
"No, Indeed," replied tho proud mother, in
dignantly. "What mado you think that?"
"Oh, probably because It's 'going, going, go
ing' all tho time."
THE GREAT MYSTERY.
The while for Hoiru James we mourn,
We are Impelled to note
That thing?, to Mm, in that far bourn
Are clearer than he wrote.
ONE morning a colored woman, carrying a
packago wrapped in newspaper, entered
tho offlco of a trust company not far from
tho city's centre. Sho approached tho desk
ot one of tho clerks nnd asked:
"Is dls do trus' department?"
"Yes, madam."
"Well, I'se got a truss hyar whut's got to
bo repalhed." H. M.
George Washington
BEING NOT ONLY A RHYMED STORY OP HIS
LIFE. HUT ALSO ALMOST A CO.MPLETC
HISTORY Of THESE tJ. S.
ononaE morris.
(Synopsis of prevloun chapter; Oeorito bad Just fin
ished doing what he had done nnd Pa had patted
hts head for not telling n lie.)
And Georgo grew up to bo a man
Ho put away hts hatchet grand
lfe took a gun to a soldier's mako
To light right hard for his country's sake
The army learned him many things
Ho worked ao hard tho victory brings
Ho Ttorked so hard ho got command
And there he stood a soldier grand.
Now George got In to lots of fights
He did not stop to look nt sights
His soldiers knew that ho was right
They fought with might and mane
They fought so hard they split their blood
That out the victory came.
The Rod Coats they were rushing him
They tried to capture all of them
itut Georgo did not get In their trap
He was not taking a quiet nap.
Ho moved his army around so -well
He made the Red Coats houl and yell.
Now nt the Cattle at Hunker Hill
He saed Old lloston with his will
His soldi? they fell thick and fast
They would not let tho Red Coats past
A monument there Is Btandlng still
Tp remember tho light at Hunker Hill.
ITo be Continued.)
Not Hard to Locate
"Don't you go to bed yet. We'll have some
lunch first. I brought homo a tidbit today and
left it In the back kltchon." he said.
"It's dark out there," began friend wife.
"You'll find a candle "
"Oh, I can find It in tho dark. It's Hmburger
cheese."
Wilson's Troubles
Now the flayers will hao their Hare;
Wilson's troubles llo before him.
Campaign's on and eorywhcre
Countless scores begin to score him.
T. D in Evening Ledger,
Truly Wilson's lot Is hard;
People sniff, he falls to thrill 'em.
In every bar you hear him barred,
In every grill you hear them grill '1m.
i). L. T la Chicago Tribune.
And here aro further facts, milord,
That In my first I should have stated:
He Is by many a Board abhorred.
By many a bum abominated.
FEW membeis of the Poor Richard Club
seo T. P.'h Weekly, so wo copy this for
them:
The advertising folk gave a banquet on
Wednesday to Sir Hedley I.e lias for his
work in raising their profession to Govern
ment work. But nd-wrltlng had already been
one king's profession, for in the ilercurius
Polltious at June 28th, 1660, Charles II had
written and Inserted this: "A smooth black
dog, less than a greyhound, with white under
hip breast, belonging to the King's Majesty,
was taken from Whitehall, tho eighteenth of
this Instant June, or thereabouts. If any
one can give notice to John Klles, one of his
Majesty's servants, or to his Majesty's Hack
Stairs, shall be well rewarded for their la
bour.1' When this had not the desired effect
hts Majehty tried again, and with practice
reached nearer to perfection. The appeal
was more Intimate and personal. It ran:
"We must call upon ypu again for a black
dog, between a greyhound and a spaniel, no
white about him, only a streak on his breast,
and tall a little hpbbed. It is his Majesty's
own dog.and doubtless was stolen, for the
dog was not born nor bred in England,, and
would never forsake his muster. Whoever
finds him may acquaint any at Whitehall,
for the dog was better known at Court than
those who stole him. Will they pever
leave robbing Mtt Majesty? Must he not keep
a dog? This dog's place (though better than
some Imagine) is the only place which no
body offers to beg."
A cartful statistician went through last year's rec
ords to find the kind u pitching that Uwnle Kauff
hit. The table Is Interesting, la that It shows that
Dannie coppd most ot his hits off tho weaker fllngera
In tha circuit Local Contemporary.
Wadyer 'mean Interesting? Widyer expect?
How interesting would It be to discover that
the outfielder who caught the most Hies had the
greatest number of, pu touts? II. II. H.
Extremes
For girls who know their feet are small
We do not care a, fig;
They're Hl-pspjMMrtlonedj aftw
it maxes VUW neaqs too
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THE TRUTH ABOUT
THE MONTH OF MARS
It Isn't the War God's Month at All.
It's the Month of Eats Supernal.
Sugar Time in the Days of
Real Sport
SPEAKING of oats. There's tho beverage,
for Instance for on tho authority of
Dumns beverages come Into tho category of
cats there's tho beverage, ns wo started to
say, that gnve Alice such a curious feeling.
Very nice It was, with a sort of mixed flavor,
wo nto Sold, of cherry tart, custard, pineapple,
roast tm key, toffee and hot buttered toast.
Very nice, Indeed.
But now It's March. Lots of people think
that March Is merely n matter of weather.
Tho old almanac has it, "About this tlmo look
out for tain," rind tho commentators add, "for
robins." Tho mlddle-nged Inhabitant recalls
that on March 11, 1888, Philadelphia was in
tho grip of tho worst storm In Its history.
Tho military export remarks that tho English
won at Crccy beoauso rnln wetted tho ''bow
strings of tho Genoese archers, and that Rus
sian snows mado Napoleon's campaign a
what d'ye call it? oh, yes, a debacle. ' Now
Is tho tlmo when quoters quote tho line of
Shakespeare about the daffodils "that come
beforo tho swallow dares and tako tho winds
of March with beauty," or something like
that. And that quotation is Its own excuse
for being quoted. It's all right. But March
isn't wholly a matter of weather and birds
and flowers and battles.
Sweeter Than Roost Pig
It's eats we're thinking of. And, Incident
ally, of weather, because tho eats we're think
ing of aren't avallablo without sugar weather.
Maple sugar! Oh, merry, marvelous month
of March!
Most maple sugar isn't maple sugar at all.
That Is, It's Just like politicians who masquer
ade as Republicans or Democrats, ns the case
may be. Not the genuine article. Commer
cialized, so to speak.
'TIs true, 'tis pity,
And pity 'tis, 'tis true.
Tho pity is that to many of my fellow men
maple sugar must remain forever a sealed
book.
Maplo sugar, like poetry nnd painting, has
suffered the tragic fate of commercialization.
In these decadent times a baser stuff circu
lates botli in city and country, and men call
It maple sugar, but they know not whereof
they speak. So glibly they pronounce tho
name, so dispassionately, though respectfully
nnd volubly, that qulto unwitting they dis
play their ignorance and misfortune. No
wonder the English language has fallen Into
disrepute, when tongues woggle foolishly over
royal words.
Charles Dudley Warner, lamenting the van
ishment of tho true fireplace, was moved to
say, "A cynic might (Suggest as the motto of
modern life this simple legend 'Just ns good
as the real.' " Tho essayist's sentiment ap
peals with tho force and effect of comprehen
sion to the man who remembers maple sugar.
I havo myself watched tho windows of gro
eery stores at about tills time of yeur for the
nnnual display of sugar cakes, and against my
better Judgment have never failed to yield to
temptation. I do not. advise others to pass
by: I am not bo bigoted as that. Let who
will purchase and partake, but let them not
lay tho flattering unction to their souls that
they have learned thereby th Immortal taste
of maple sugar. The grocer offered the cakes
llko veritable wares of trade,
And thought, us usual, men would say
They were exceeding good.
Pure maple auger Is undeilled by any taint of
commercialism.
I'm not blaming the storekeepers. I'm only
pitying tho poor blokes who never tasted
maple sugar in a sugar camp in a sugar
orchard in u sugar country in the good old
days of real sport. I am not contemptuous.
I am merely a Martian. One cannot under
stand a Martian until one has been to Mars.
Incidentally nobody ever heard of a Martian
who wanted to come down, to earth. Maple
sugar, In short, does not mean In my Ian.
guage what it means In the ordinary jargon
of the world. As an Interpreter I can merely
suggest that amontlllado, Mrs. Thrale's tea,
the honey of Hymettus, the ambrosia of the
gods these are as nothing, these are bitter
and stale, compared with the incomparable
nectar of the sugar maple. All that the poets
and prosemen have sung and said in praise
of the aforementioned delights of the palate,
if it were gathered together, heaped, up,
pressed down and running -over, would be
damning with faint praise. Even Lamb's dis
sertation would be like sounding brass and a
tinkling cymbal. Sweeter than roost pig,
sweeter far than honey and the honeycomb
is the fruit of the sugar maple. Indeed, here
Is the one and only Instance in which there
can rightly be no disputing ot tastes.
' There's beauiy, tpo. in sugar weather, bsaujty
Jh"tl8 ttU&F SSMSE. taoAiy what ft iutu-
rwDW AT?n MA"R.f!H!" V J-.-di
snow Is I wouldn't try to toll, but there hns to
bo ono every few days It Is Indispensable to
a good run of sap. I know how It looks
against the background of Austin's woods and
how It feels on tho face. Thero can bo no
nppieclatlon of maplo sugar without a per
sonal acquaintance with a sugur snow.
Bringing in Ihc Sap
Forth Into the woods wo went I and
Tommy Wells and Kied French, nlwnys somo
of us together. AVo watched tho tapping of
tho ttecs. AVo watched the men boring holes
through the bark, driving In the metal spouts,
hanging up tho tin buckets. Sometimes we
essayed to help. AVhcn wo helped wo helped
spasmodically. Thcic wete many things to
do. Tho depth of tho snow In tho hollows had
to bo measured, which didn't help tho sugar
makers much. It was also necessary to go
about from treo to tree, wheic tho buckets had
been hung, to taste tho sap. Sometimes we
drank from the bucket, sometimes from tho
spout, It didn't matter which. The red squir
rels nnd the chlckndees furnished Intermittent
diversion.
In a few days the olllclnl gatherers weie
ready to sugar off. From that tlmo on for
several weeks thero was just ono sugaring off
after another. Barton Landing was sur
rounded by sugar places, a happy Island in a
soa of delight; but, looking back, I think that
Mr. Austin issued tho most frequent Invita
tions to tho community at largo. Not tlat wo
boys paid much attention to Invitations. AVo
mado tho rounds. Austin's sugarhouso was
tho favorlto place of resort. Maybo wo were
moro welcome there than elsewhere, but in
tlioso days no1)ody was stingy. Stinginess
certainly wasn't in the metnal and moral con
stitution of a sugar maker.
i Those sugar parties! but It's quitting tlmo
I now. I say but this: On tho edge of Barton
Landing, that wonderful old vlllago of eternal
youth. Is Austin's woods, and I would rather
be In Barton Landing In tho sugar season
20 years ago than In Normandy in apple
blossom time (beforo tho war). B. If.
ODDS AND ENDS OP WEALTH
Every year we throw away a vast quantity ot
valuable wasto, so to speak. Some of us do.
Others save It.
In the copper Industry it lias been pointed out
that tho salvage upon the copper fcaved from ex
ploded shells and cartridges of tho belligerents
would greatly affect the market after tho war.
Perhaps It has never occurred to the layman
what it would mean to tho rubber maiket, not
after the war, but while the war lasts, and crude
rubber Is limited as to supply. If nil the wasto
lubbers throughout tho United States wero saved.
What Is known as "scrap rubber" la becoming
more valuable every day ns ports of supply for
crude rubber are closed and the price soars.
Scrap rubber Is now being reclaimed by tho rub
ber men from tho shoe Btores, and If tho cus
tomer would tnkc tho pains to follow tho course
that tho pair of rubbers he leaves In tho storo
when ho buys a new pair takes he would trace
them first to somo place ot storago, where they
would have the company of hundreds of other
pairs until they accumulato to 100 or more
pounds, when the shoe dealer would sell them for
from $9 to J9.G0.
From this It will be. seen that every year there
nro hundreds of dollars worth of old rubbers
wasted In the United States unless they are re
claimed from ash barrels and junk heaps.
Tho Pennsylvania Railroad doesn't 'throw
away anything that has any alue to man or
beast. It sells everything the company has no
further uso for if thero is any market for it.
In 1914 the scran material sold brought In to
the company JS.157,:4I.2i, nnd this was $1,000,
000 less than In 1913.
Waste paper alone sold for $19,211, oil barrels
for J22.439 and old rubber for $15,222.
Locomotives and wooden passenger cars sold
tor $114,320.
Other odds and ends brought In $121,997.
Old wheels, metals and wrought Iron yielded
more than $780,000.
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
The nrgument for a State police force cer
tainly is strong from both tho viewpoints of
military preparedness and security for the
rural population. Buffalo Courier.
Our Congressmen who are so afraid ot mili
tarism never reflect that by the tlmo 25 capital
ships of modern typo can be constructed we shall
have 25 old ships ready for the Junk pile.
Houston Tost. i
It would have, been wcrth the price of admis
sion to see the faces of the Senators and Con
gressmen when Mr. AVilson brought out the
threat to abandon them to their fate and tried '
to frighten them with It. Detroit Free Press.
The success of Pan-Americanism depends
upon the defensive strength of Us Integral parts.
Since the Monroe Doctrine Is to become a Pan
American doctrine the responsibility of the
United States is greatly Increased Des Moines
Capital.
If a man happens to think that It is quite Im
possible for the nation to put forts all along the
coast, where the peril and the clamor rage side
by side, he is set down as or traitor and an In
grate by the pork-barrel crowd Ohio State
Journal
Since thtt failure of the Ford peace ship the
pacifists have been notably long on opposition
and equally short on construction. They have
told us precisely what they do not want, but
they have been quiet about what they want.
Chicago Tribune.
England desires no German, newspapers, and
will receive none. Germany, on the olher hand
makes nq movement to exclude French end Eng
Jlsh periodical Th people with The, moat
paternal government Is given the grtatMt free
4m ti tWK npet Wlyshncl Plata Dealer.
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What Do You Know?
Queries of general Interest will bo aniwercAi
in this column. Ten questions, the ansiccrti
to which every well-informed person ihoulil
know, arc asked dally. 'ft
QUIZ
Who bus luiil charge of Austrian Interests In ihjj
United Htntes since Amlmsimlor Dumlm re-1
turned lo Vlcnnii?
How- does n ilmtilnougttt today compare In site
with it Imttleslilp of tho period of the SnanliM
American Wnr?
Venlim liernme famous uhoiit ten centuries an
on iiceount nf n fnmou ccnt which took plflril
thrre. What was It?
4.
a.
a.
7.
8.
0.
10.
Xnmo lite Ilc)reseiitntHc In Congress fronTI
States rt of the Mississippi.
Is Ithoilo Island nti Island?
Is Ailmlnl Donry In rctl'.c sertlce?
Which Is nearer tlio Kumitor, ll.iuum or HutnoiJ
Aires?
Which Is longer, it metre or u juril?
Approximately Iiow many members are there ul
the House of i:cprcsent.itiics ut itsmngionij
VUio Is Chief Justice cf tho Supreme Court oil
I'cnnsylrnnln?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
II) train-ferry from Iliivnn.i to Key West, thenu
h.r rnll to Philadelphia.
Harriet Ileecher btone.
Tuttilla. Samoa.
South.
I'rofesslonallv pnd successfully by Jenner In YIW
Grower Cleicland.
Kusbo-.!iiinncbo War.
Yes. Krlc.
Dlsnttnry of tho Catholic Church In Uclclum,
Susquehanna.
Entente and Alliance
J7dHor of "What Do You Know" .AVIU you
nlcaso print tho names of tho countries in mi
Triple Alliance nnd those In tho Triple Entente
(By Teiepnone.r
Tho Trlnlo Alliance was composed of Austria!
Germany and Italy, and can hardly bo said tn
exist now, as the first and Inst of theso are at
war. Tho Trlnlo Entente, consists of nusslaf
England and France. Slnco Italy entered on
their side there has been frequent rofcrence to
a Quadruplo, Entente, but it docs not exist oRl
daily.
"United Wc Stand"
Editor of "What Do You Know" "United wJJ
stand, divided we fall" was first said by Georgjl
P. Morris in ins poem, "rne i'iag oi uur w
tlon," of which I Inclose one verso:
! A song for our banner! Tho watchword recall
I Avhlch gave tho llcpuoilc lier station.
'United we stand, divided wo rail,
It made and preserves us a nation.
MBS. AV. F. HAINES.
Insurance
Editor of "What Do You Know" Can a man!
Insure his lire ror n given perioa only, say nyjj
years? MAIUUED.-
llo can. This is called term Insurance, ana
under certain conditions can bo converted Into
regular llfo Insurance.
Dudes
J7f(or of "What Do You Know" AVhat Is the
origin of the term "dude," commonly used a few
years ago to describe a fop or dandy?
HABERDASHER
Tim wnnl. which was first usod In this wav In
Loudon in 1881 and then transferred to AmerlcajJ
Is n revival of tho old word "duds," meaning
. .m
Protection of Working Women
Kifllor of "What Do You Know" To wlia'
nubile welfare board can I apply for'relief for
large number of working women whose treats
inent Is disgraceful and .full of danger? ', H.fl
Probably the bebt way to Improve tho condl-.
tlons of which you write is uy consistent ana
persistent agitation In tho town where tlieyj
nrovnll. If the fnctorv Inspectors nro not dolus
their duty a complaint lodged with the head pfl
mo Department or. factory inspection in jiurri
burg might spur tnem to action.
"If I Should Die Tonight"
Editor of "H'hnt Do You Know" I Inclose th1
poem asked' for by G. K. I It Is called "IC
Should Die Tonight." MRS. J. F, M.
A. E. S has also been kind enough to send hu
m
the poem. Here It Is:
If I should die tonight,
My friends would look upon my quiet face
Before they laid it In Its resting place,
And deem that death had left It almost fair:
And laying snow-white flowers, against my halrH
Would smooiu it aown wun tcariui tenaernesan
And fold my hands with lingering caress.
Poor hands, so empty and so cold tonight)
If I should die tonight
My friends would call to mind with lovlnl
thought
Somo kindly deeds the Icy hands had wrought;
some gentle wora tne rroten lips tmd said,
Errands on which the willing feet had sped.
The memory of my selfishness and pride,
Mv hasty words, would all bis nut aside.
And so I should be loved and mourned tonlgh
If I should die tonight
E'en hearts estranged would turn once more
me, (
Recalling other days remorsefully
The eyes that chill me with averted glance
Would look upon me as of yore, perchance,
And soften In the old familiar way.
For who could war with dumb, unconscious clay)
so j, migni reai torgiven tonight.
Oh. friends. I pray tonleht.
Keep pot your kisses for my dead, cold brow.r
The way is loneiy, let me feel them now.
Think gently of me; I am travel-worn:
My faltering feet are pierced with many a thor
Forgive, ah hearts estranged, fonrlvd. I oleadf
AVhen dreamless rest is mine I shall not need '
The tenaerness for which I long tonight
Thl poem Is variously ascribed to the B
A. J.. It van. Alice Carv a.ud Ban Klmr. fs,n an
reader ten.whether 1U authorship has been 4lSJ
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