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PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 4. 1916.
For blessings ever watt on virtuous deeds,
tind though a late, a sure rctcard succeeds,
William Congrcvc.
There Is no looser any doubt that Philadel
phia Is tho musical capital of America.
Now, we surmise, Mr. Bryan 1H offer tho
bore, resolution as a plank for tho Demo
cratic platform.
Tho courtesy of tho Senate gets short shrift
when a majority of the Senators are agreed on
any course of action.
Tho report that the President Intended to
resign dltl not do tho Inventor Justice. Ho
ought to have made It Secretary Daniels.
A. Mitchell Palmer, it seems, cannot name
his successor as Democratic National Com
mitteeman. Tho Democratic voters must elect
him at the primaries on May 16.
Can a woman do a man's work? Maybo
not, but City Solicitor Canm lly appointed ono
yesterday, at a salary of $1200, to hold down
a Job formerly filled by one of the male
persuasion at tho same wage, and nobody
seems to have any doubt of her ability to
make good.
It is not good financiering to pay current
expenses out of permanent loan funds. But
lhe Mayor, In common with other econ
omists. Is waiting for tho suggestion of
some other way out When the income is
too small, where is tho money to pay tho de
ficit to come oiti'1
The loan bill .3 not In Its final form bj any
6ttns- That Is why the Mayor called for a
10
ijM.rJhference, In order that every Item might
bo discussed fully. There Is plenty of time
Ift hnfni J PLi.Tnj.nn n.l -Limit., n , l! ...Ml ... ,..
iLHuiQuiitiviiD hi... .U.U.I..3 auu ,kii. .muu Liuiu
or the voters to make up their minds. We
ko It that what every one is after is tho bet
terment of tho city, without oxtravagai.ee and
without parsimony. j
The National City Bank, of New York, knew
Where to come to get young men trained in
the arts of finance when it promised positions
on .graduation to thtee Wharton School sopho
mores and arranged to hiie them at J50 a
month during their next two college vacations.
?The college man in business Is at last winning
the recognition which every one knew would
come when collego training was so arrangod
as to give men an understanding of the prin
ciples of business.
No Philadelphlan and no other patriotic
American will begrudga the uDm-orjriatlnn of
' , S2,Q0p,000 for the improvement of the Puget
oaunu navy yara ar. uremerion. It Is as im
portant that there should be well equipped
navy yards on the Pacific as that tho yards
on the Atlantic should be equipped for build
ing and repairing battleships. This is a big
nation, and Jt must mako preparations com
mensurate with lt3 size If it Is to be prepared
to defend itself on tho sea.
History records tho fanaticism of tho
Moslem in the days when the world waited
on him, a fanaticism which expressed itself
In a wild, unreasoning bravery which no
Christian might seemed able to withstand.
But it may be doubted if ever In the his
tory of the world there has been an exhibi
tion of pure courago greater than that of
the German Infantrymen operating against
Verdun. Men may question the righteous
ness of their cause, but none can question
the valor and heroism with which they have
upheld it.
If the city has" to decide between a mod
ernized Biockley and an art muueum the
museum must wait, for the duty to take
liuman and decent care of tho denenrint
.poor and insane Is greater than the duty to
provide nouse room ror paintings and statues.
There Is no constitutional limitation, how.
over, on tho size of gifts which Philadelphia
millionaires may make for artistic and edu
cational purposes as there Is on, the borrow
ng capacity of the city. Tho site is ready
tor the art museum, and when the money Is
ready,, however It may be provided, the
museum will Be built,
Individualism has progressed so far that
It is no longer generally held that a man and
his wife are one. Under the old theory of the
low the legal Identity of the wife was merged
in )ha( ot her husband. She could not testify
against him In court and she .had no right
to nmUq a contract with him after she fiad
made, the flrut contract by which he became
hi wife. The man was the soIq repreaenta
tlv ot the family In all transactions In which
It or any ot 1U members were involved. In
patriarchal tlmea the man had the powor of
Jlf and death over the members of his family,
Including his wife as well ag his children.
Jattca Sheann of the New York Suprem
'Ov'iirt, has taken occasion. In a case In which
i Ii4 vvfta callej upon q enforce the conditions
gf TteparaUon ae eeraent between a man and
! Jif wifa. tQ exp.eoa the opinion that no ew
-iitunwl .court would 8uhcrie to the state-
tiae.-it timt th$ legu existence of & Wife was
tn.iiiwtil';l (.Sunn -j fnairiage. .She Is entltlijtl to
rtiw In the paiatQdy of her children, even
iriMBt fiit. re ta iw.b.'..wr..MU to that effect with
r TmlllItl fathai xifati m&v Ira livirter strtnrt t mm
f& Th ! fawns herd the contrary
I .il i'sWlg mf&: "l iwy tost tha
Vtt.. . n (h tfht t x-t mti$ Mi eurtody
,.j4b a t hu-sjfiaW 'njfmmum
EVENING
view still prevails In the laws of some of the
States. It cannot survive the assertion of tho
natural rights of the mother; The taws will
bt changed before this century Is much older.
'PORK BARREL' PREPAREDNESS
Congress Is not, (is a rule, overburdened
with dlslntercited patriotism and the pres
ent Cohgress Is. to put It mildly, no oxcep
tlon to tho rule In this respect.
The country has becomo thoroughly
aroused to the necessity that we should
make Immediate preparation for adequate
defense against possible nggreslonj bo
much so that Congress probably feels that
It must take sime action.
It Is Impossible however, to escape tho
conclusion that tlicro Is a ory decided In
tention to combine the creation of a new
"pork barrel" with nny action looking
toward preparedness
The absurdity of confining our prepara
tions to defend ourselves to building up tho
State mllltla of tho various States must bo
manifest to nny one who glcs the question
thoughtful nnd disinterested consideration:
and to those who have not given It such
consideration, wn recommend a careful
study of tho correspondence between former
Secretary Garrison ami tne i-rcsiuoni
We feci, and feel strongly, that nny Con
gressman .who participates In a deliberate
attempt to delude tho people by substituting
a "pork barrel" preparedness for a real and
efficient preparedness, by providing a mcro
subsidized local mllltla Instead of a real
national armed force, Is morally, although
not technically, and probably not con
sciously, a traitor, and while such a Con
gressman cannot be dealt with according
to his real merits, It Is to be hoped that
lin enlightened public sentiment will nt the
earliest opportunity put Mini wncre ne
properly belongs In tho rear rank of
private life
If local "pork barrel" Interests bo per
mitted to merrlile national Interests In this
vital matter of preparedness, the time will
come when membership In tho present Con
gress will be considered a stigma rather
than an hondr, a badge of disgrace rather
than an Insignia of worth Bench and Bar.
A SPADE la a spade, and a spade It must
bo called. We reproduce the foregoing edi
torial from Bench and Bar because It Is ns
clear-cut n stati-mcnt of tho true situation
as has yet appeared.
It Is time for citizens to consider calmly
the entire situation as it has presented itself
in the Mouse of rtcpresentntlvcs It has
played with picparedncss from tho beginning.
This leader and that has talked about pre
paredness ns n port of prize package or grab
bag, a new kind of "pork" suddenly brought
within icoch and to bo capitalized to tho
limit.
Tho plans for a real national army, proposed
by men who know that thorc can bo no such
thing s.0 lonq: a the command Is divided
among tho Clove .iojs of IS States. Wfro re
jected by the congressional leaders The
reasons thoy ga.o for their opposition were
vaitouB, but no 'one was so bold as to say
that a national reserve force, lnlscd by spe
cific direction of fVmirxess. and under the im
mediate command of ofllcers of the National
Government, would not be the most etllcient
force conceivable It would conflict with and
ilval the Rational Guard, we wore told, as
though the National Guard were anything
but a State force, dependent on State authority
and under absolute State control eavo in
time of actunl war. Uven thou it cannot be
drafted into the national forces.' It has to
volunteer.
In place of a national reserve army the
pork-barrel Concrrsamen- havo substituted a
plan for an enlurged organized State mllltla,
with 800 paid militiamen In ench congressional
district a beautiful schemo for dividing the
spoils and entrenching unscrupulous leaders
In power. They would have SOO salaried
workers, who would have to do nothing for
thotr pay savo drill occasionally under tho
supervision of Stnte officers.
That such a forco would be a broken rccd
is evident on the slightest consideration. The
Congressmen who are proposing It know that
It would provide for no real defense. They
know that the nation Is unprepared now
and that ull plans are in such a chaotic con
dition thit Immediate preparation would be
oxtrcmcly difficult. Therofore, they are In the
mood to back d6wn In ovcry controversy with
a foreign Power.
It is these pork-barrel scuttlers in tho
House who are behind the proposition to de
clare by 'formal vote that Americana have no
rights which Germany is bound to consider,
and that national honor Is a thing of such
trivial consequence that It should not be re
garded for a moment if thero it to be any
trouble In forcing tho world to respect It.
They ure ready to turn tall and run In every
crisis.
When they have established to their sat
isfaction that there Is no danger of war:
when they1 have proved to the world that it
can treat tho United States with contempt
without running any danger; when thoy have
demonstrated that tho way to peace Is the
way of ignominious poltroonery, then thoy
can say: "Behold, thero Is no danger of
war. You havo seen tho nation pass through
crisis after crisis without tho Urine of a
gun or the utterance of an angry word.
"Therefore a great national army is not
needed; but give us this enlarged mllltla for
the good which it will do the nation. It is a
fine thing to give military training to the
citizens in the States. It will encourage
patriotism If tho organized mllltla Is appor
tioned among the congressional districts uni
formly bo that there can be no favoritism."
But we do not believe that this nation will
submit to any such betrayal of its honor.
Nor do we believe that It will tolerate much
longer the kind of pork-barrel patriotism,
which Is nothing but greed for spoils. We
have not yet sunk so low as to be willing
to sell our birthright of freedom and our
proud heritage of honor for a mere mess of
filthy political pottage.
THREE YEARS OF WILSON
WOODROW WILSON tools the oath of of
flee three" years ago today. No one Imag
ined qn March 4, 1913, that within a year and
a half the world would be lrf the throea of
the most terrible war since chaos took form
and shape and this planet went circling around
the aun. No man can tell what will happen
during the next ttwelve months of his term.
But he Is the official head of the nation, the
President of the Republicans as well as. of the
Democrats, He is the nation's spokesman In
International affairs, and as Buch It Is im
perative he Bhould feel that he has the back
ins of every patriotic citizen In, his efforts to
protect the national honor and to safeguard
American citizen? In their rights on the sea.
The action of the Senate yesterday in defin
itely and unequivocally killing the Gore reso
lution Is what was to be expected from men
with a proper sense of the responsibilities of
their position and a proper appreciation of
the gravity of the Issues Involved. The pro
portion ot feather brains in the House Is much
greater Shan In the Senate, yet when there
is a showdown It Is expected that the House
majority! In support of the President on the
U-boat controversy wtlj be 90 large) as to
leave OerAiany Hi no doubt of the MaUment
9l toe napB.
LEDGEB - PHILAPELPH1A, SATURDAY MARCH A, 1916
Tom Daly's Column
OUR VILLAOl! lOET
Whenever W a BatUrdaU dnf oil vV work
is through
1 like io walk on Chestnut street an' see
what news Is new.
Todau 1 seen a sign 0' spring, as surc's an
egg's an egg
stepped upon a loose brick, an' U squirted
up my leg.
An' round the 8. E. corner of old Independ
ence Itall
1 seen a wasp a-sunnln' of himself upon the
wall;
An' tell mc I'm a liar, but tho sparrers in 1
Me street
They made a Kind o' racket that was purtv
close to sweet.
Thinks l: "There's music in this air that
simplu will not down;
It's spring, or else it's Jest because John
Masefleld's come to tou.11."
An' out there where his lecture was you
oughtcr saw the crowd;
It certainly surprised mc, but it made mc
mighty proud,
Ilcmembcrln' how mad I tern ofcout this time
last year
Because of all our cillxcm who used to flock
to hear
A certain rough evangelist, Whose name I
needn't state
He wasn't no Josh Hillings, but ho went at
Billings' gait.
Thlnki I: "This silly town of ours is gittln'
sense at last";
An' then I seen young Leopold Stokotcskl
trottin' past.
"Itol what's your bloomln' hurry, sirf" I scz
to him, an' he
Sex: "OccI I'm busier 'n 'ell with Mister
Mahler's Symphony."
An' there's another cause for prldet for,
goihl I'll cat my hat
If other ooicds 0' people wasn't Jlockin' in to
that!
Ohl folks, I'm so blame proud o' you I'll just
stop here an' crow;
This brats a month o' Sundays- an' the finest
fun I Know
Is when it comes a Saturday an' all my work
Is through
So I can walk on Chestnut street an' sec what
news Is new.
OVERHEARD at the Philadelphia Orchestra
concert csterday afternoon:
"You usually como to tho Saturday even
ing concert, don't you?" he nsked.
"Yes," said she, "and the men in tho orches
tra look so funny in their day clothes, after
seeing them in their night thut Is or In the
evening."
Bet There'll Be an "S" in the Name
This day next year
Whom shall be cheer,
Inaugurate
And celebrate
As "Prexy dear"?
Some mornlnp. a day or two after the
millennium, paragraphers and other com
mentators on the manifestations of life will
docldethat the garrulousness of the barber
Is a Busted Tradition The barbr, our
experience has been, Is the most taciturn
of men; the customer Is far more loquacious.
P. P. A. In New York Tribune.
And yt listen to old Doc Hamilton nnd
mark what ho said nearly 200 years ago.
Dr. Hamilton Back in Philadelphia
SATURDAY. SEPTHMBKR IB. 1741. This
morning proving rainy, I stayed at homo till
11 o'clock, at which time my barber camo to
shave me, and gave mo a harangue of politics and
news I paid a visit to Dr. Thomas Bond, nnd
went nnd dined at Cockburn's In company with
two staunch Quakers, who sat at a table with
their broad hats upon their heads. They eat n
great deal more than spoke, and their conversa
tion was only yea and nay. In the afternoon I
had a visit from Mr Rhea, who had er-pellcd his
ague by the force of a vemlt.
At six o'clock I went to the coffee-house and-,
thence with Mr Alexander to the Governour's
club, where the Governour himself was present,
and several other gentlemen of note In the place.
Tho conversation was agreeable and Instructing,
only now and then some persons there showed
a particular fondness for Introducing gross,
smutty expressions, which I thousht did not alto
gether become a company of philosophers and
men of sense.
On Reading About a "Chnffinir-dish"
"Why, Mrs. RoLlnaon says oho would no moro
be without her chuirins-Ulsh than without lur
piano "
"ll'ml If her friends could have their way,
she'd be relieved of both " Puclt.
Oh. would I had a "chadlng-dlsh"
To make me gay converse;
To mix me wit and repartee
Of things to th'nk and things to sayl
Indeed, It is nty dearest wish
To buy myself a chafllng-dlsh
To make mo gay converse!
For I could cook up things to say
When Aunt Mnrla comes to Btay;
And harmless Jokes, when we Invite
The pastor round to have a bite;
And brilliant things to shout at club
(Lest people say that I'm a dub);
And bits to whisper at a dance.
Whene'er the lady gives a chance;
And bright things, when one spills the broth
Across the gleaming table-cloth;
And epigrams abdut the play,
And Maupassant and Paul Bourget;
And all about the latest books,
And Kaiser Bill and cosmic crooks;
And many quick retort I'd wish,
Instead of "Tut!" or merely "Plshl"
Oh. would I had a chaffing -dish
To make me gay converse!
No more for compliments I'd flh,
And never more I'd curse.
Ah! It Is my one great amblsh
To buy myself a chaffing-dlsh
To make mo gay converse!
Will Lou.
H. H. H, announces that In his prize, con
test (In what direction Is Havana from the most
southern! point of the mainland of Florida?),
17,728 answers were received: 17,791 said south
east, 88 said east and one said northeast. "In
asmuch as the answer Is southwest," says he,
"we win and get the prise, a beautiful hand
painted heart,protector for leap year." We think
he's lying, but what can we do about it7 He's
one ot our best contribs. Which reminds us:
Snfetv First. But Heln! TTi!n!
Ttria -om n .. i, tu k . . j,
HIS came to us last night by special de,
livery; "I have heard the Macedonian cry
of D. S., who aska how he can collect the
dollar his boss owes him. If hla boss la
a bald-headed guy with two lamps like a drug
store window or a B. and O. train passing
Darby and a mouth like a porringer of oat
meal left out In the rata, tell him he can't.
That guy's trot ten o' mine" MARK.
But come, lads, this Isn't helping anyt
Over and Over
"Just one," she said, "but don't you teW
And as their Ups wers meeting,
swear I won't," he sighed, "but ,NU,
ItV really worth repeating."
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GENERAL SCOTT A
SCHOLAR-SOLDIER
Acting1 Secretary of War a Man of
Versatility and Varied Experi
ence A Diplomat as Well
as a Fighter
HUGH L. SCOTT possesses bo many ac
complishments of different kinds, with
a record to match, that the old adage about
one's sticking to his last loses nil Its force
and effect In tho caso of this doughty soldier.
To tho public at large, Just
(mF" 3 now, ho Is tho acting Secte
W ; .'" tnrv rlf War: tn the armv.
he Is, by official title, chief
of staff; to his military
friends, ho la tho "Indian
Medicine Mnn," and to tho
world of scholarship he Is
Doctor of Humanities. By
his career ho has proved
himself a diplomat ns well
as a tactician, Undo Sam's
star pacifier, as well as a
glorious fighter. The author
of standard works on ethnology, his contri
butions to knowledge of tho Indian mind,
Indian ways nnd Indian languages havo won
recognition in the halls of learning. In 1910
Princeton conferred on him the L. H. D. de
gree. General Scott's grandfather, by the
way was that great theologian, Dr. Charles
Hodge, who helped make Princeton famous,
and his brother had been a prominent mem
ber of the faculty for years. It so happened
thnt Woodrow Wilson was piesldent of the
university at tho time. Honco It Is that tho
signature at tho bottom of the diploma and
tho ono at tho bottom of Scott's commission
as chief of staff are Identical.
One of Goneral Scott's minor accomplish
ments is swimming, nnd there aie several
stories to go with this simple statement. At
West Point, which he entered in 1871, Scott
and a clussmato named King undertook to
swim across the Hudson River. On tho way
back King's sticngth gave out. Scott took
him on his back and brought him safely
ashore, with great difficulty, and nt tho risk
of his own life. General Wagner commended
tho young man in the presence of his fellows,
describing tiro incident as "ono which will
always live In the memory and the applaud
ing lecollection of your classmates and
ft lends." Another good story with Scott as
Its principal actor Is told In the army by tho
older officers. A band of Crows, In the spring
or 1883, wero performing in southeastern
Montana stealing live stock, shooting their
ilfles promiscuously and painting themselves
hideously. Klrst Lieutenant Scott, stationed
at Fort Mead. Dakota, two Junior officers,
ninety men and fifty pack mules wero or
dered to round up the savages. The scout
ing party found the Little Missouri River
bank full from the April freshets. It was
twenty feet deep and 450 feet wide, and con
tained logs and other driftwood. Scott asked
for volunteers to tako a line across the liver.
Two men undressed, but, finding the water
Ice cold, Immediately returned to the bank and
put on their clothing. Scott thon ripped oft
his uniform, tied a pieced rope around his
naked waist and swam tho river. An old
wagon bed was used as a float, and thus tho
whole party crossed In safety. The Indians
wore located. Scott talked with them In tho
sign language, ,nnd they meekly agreed to
return to their reservation.
Scott Gets Acquainted
Born In Kentucky tn 1853, he was grad
uated from West Point In the class of,1876.
That summer Custer had gone out with his
regiment, the famous Seventh Cavalry, as
part of General Terry's column, in the expedi
tion against tho Sioux, Custer and five com
panies of his command were cut off and wiped
out to the last man on the Little Big Horn
River In Montana. Scott and a number of
other graduates of his class were hurried
West to take the places In the regiment of
those killed. He Joined his regiment at Fort
Abraham Lincoln, on the Missouri River, in
Dakota Territory, and he. with five other
officers, ulept their first night In the room
formerly occupied by Custer, Then to the
field. Through all the Nprthwest country
the Indians were In arms. The Seventh was
sent down the Missouri to disarm and pacify
the Indians. It was bitter, trying work, a mix-
t,ure of pacific and warlike measures; here a
tribe to be won to peace by palaver; there to
.. vWpped into docility. As his fellow officers
.D ' ' .,n nnt heBn )n thfi fleM tWAn.
tell It, Scott had not been In the field twenty
four hours when he became fascinated by a
study of tho Indian, and particularly of the
Indian sign language. He was forever talk--tng
with the Indian prisoners, learning from
them, gaining an Insight into their mental
processes. ..
His early campaigning days were spent
among the Indians. Sometimes he was fight
ing them, but most of the time he was gov
ernlng them. Ho was successful at both. A
hard, rider, a good shot. Indefatigable and un
swerving In his ways, the Indians came first
o fear him und then to reaptct him- Some
how or other they learned If this straight,
OENEBAIi SCOTT
THE INTERESTED SPECTATOR
smooth-shaven young officer said ho would
capture a certain man and turn him over to
the Provost Marshal he would keep his prom
ise to the diacritical mark. If ho made a
promise that promlso would bo kept un
swervingly. Tho savage mind docs not run
to nlco distinctions; savago languages havo fow
adjectives. Scott had this much in common
with tho Indians a thing was so or It was
not so, it was good or It was bad, without
qualifying shades of meaning. Peihaps this
moro than nnythlng else, explains why ho was
beloved by tho Indians and why Spanish
speaking peoples called him "slmpatlco." Ho
understood them and they understood him, be
cause. In common, their thought went ns
straight to Its mark ns a rifle bullet.
Away back In 1891, when occurred through
all tho West tho last scilous Indian outbreak,
when, in some mysterious manner tho Indians
from the Canadian line to tho Mexican border
suddenly fell victims to tho Messiah craze,
went to ghost dancing and left their reser
vations for tho wnr path, the grim Jest that
WILN UUUU1UU UUUUl llllUUgll U.U UiUly glials
ran:
"Tho United Stntcs army Is holding down tho
Indians in the Northwest; Scott Is holding
them down in the Southwest."
It was generally admitted that Scott did tho
better Job of tho two. Ever since then, when
over tho Indians nnywhero got restless and
trouble starts, both the Interior Dopaitment,
which has Jurisdiction over tho Indians, and
tho War Department sot up tho cry, "Send
for Scott!"
What tho Moros Learned
When, in 1903, he became a governor of
tho Sulu'archlpelago ho determined that this
was no time and no place to "brother" tho
belllgeront natives. Tho Malay mind ho mas
tered as ho had mastered tho Indian mind.
A licking flnt and brotherlng afterward plain
ly was the course marked out for him. And
such a licking ho gave them!
The story Is anemic In the Philippines. Ho
smote as with tho sword of tho Lord and of
Gideon, which, being Interpreted, means tho
Krag. He swept through the land like a de
stroying angel. Wounded, he refused to quit.
Both hands wero torn by Moro bullets, but ho
had them bandaged and remained In the sad
dle. And the country was pacified. A lesson
had been taught thnt Impressed Itself upon
tho Moro mind. Then camo tho task of break
Ing up the slave trade In the Islands of the
archipelago. Alternately "brotherlng" and
punishing, Scott achieved his purpose. He
wiped out slavery absolutely. And when, in
1006, ho came to leave, the peoplo wept. Hero
was a rqan they could understand; a man
whose word alwnys was kept. They askey
through their chiefs, that he remain to rulo
over them, but his tour of duty was ended,
Back he came to tho States as superintendent
of the Military Academy at West Point.
Observe him at his desk In tho War Depart
ment, his bullet-torn hands, shy several fin
gers, busy with the multitude of p.ipers pre
sented to him, giving his orders In gentle,
conversational tones, his appearance, his man
ner, his attitude precisely tho same as when ho
was a major of the line those few years ago,
modest, democratic, kindly. Tho erect head,
the keen, searching eyes, the strong Jaw pro
claim the man who is master of himself, fit
for command.
NATIONAL POINT OP VIEW
Literature suffers more from overpayment of
authors than from underpayment. Spokane
Spokesman-Review.
President Wilson Is evidently committed to
the theory that there Is room for only one Presl
dent at a time in Washington. Chicago Herald.
The President will win In his controversy
with Congress because he ought to win, because
It would be calamitous for him not to win and
because the nation as a whole knows these
things. Washington Times.
President Wilson puts the Issue squarely up
to Congress. He wants to know, and 'the coun
try wants to know, whether Senators and Repre
sentatives are for America or against America
In the present crisis. Cleveland Plain Dealer,
On comparing American provisions with those
of other nations, it will be seen how greatly
hampered American shipowners are. The lan
guage test of the seamen's act. which required
"Interpretation" by the Department of Com
merce, finds no counterpart In other statutes.
Indianapolis News.
WAR'S OFFSPRING
War looked with bloodshot eyes upon her brood,
Begat by Hate, unlovely )n the sight '
Of even their mother, eachxrepul8(ve rude
By men caled Famine, Misery, Pain and
Blight- ,
And as she watched them, each waxed stronger,
grew.
Till she grew helpless, moved to weep
From very loathing, as her spawn she knew,
With horror of them, violent and deep.
But as she turne'd from these wth sickening
heart.
Her burning eyes fell on ber latest born.
Twin daughters, pf her life become a part
Mild, sweet, each radiant as the soft spring
dawn.
Compassion, Earth-wide, Charity, their names.
Who minister to their smitten, brotherji4 needs.
Quoth War. remorseful, "Hats and $u each
Shsmesl
But ehl the sloxy of our cW14p dmfap
Nw Yfc "Pbm
What Do You Know?
t:
Queries of general interest will be antwtnii
In this column. Ten questions, the onitctrii
to i which every well-informed person shosUjS
know, are asked daily.
QUIZ
1. What possessions, If nny, linve the Brltlia. '
In Central America?
2. Nnmo some Krent J? rencli writer.
3. Who Is In command ot the American Atlantis ,
fleet?
1. Name the provost of the University of rttn.
sylvanln.
5. Under tho proposed plan the new subtrtri
would run from Tlrle nvenue to n short J
dlntniico south of City Hall. About hows
far is It from Erie nvenue to City HsllT,
fl. Is Montreal east or west of Fhlladelphla?'
7. Up to what amount are 1-ccnt pieces Ufin
tender?
ft. About how lone; has the decimal system btttl
In use?
Who Is I'rlmo Minister of Italy?
- 10
Which Is the larger city, San Francisco M
1.0s Angeles? 1
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Count Macchl ill Cellore.
2. Mujor General Hugh I. Scott.
3. Wheat.
I. rorty-llvo miles,
fi. Julia Ward Howe.
0. .Sixty years.
7. Thomas Nnst.
8. Bear Admiral Alfred T. Milium.
0. Arizona nnd Delaware.
10. Francis Hurtnn Harrison.
Naval Comparisons
editor of "What Do You Know" Will yoili
bo so kind ns to answor tho following queries,!
which have been a source of dispute between mj
and others for some time:
1 Whli-l. nf tVin nnvlAR tit thn world nnssessss-'
the fastest nnd most powerful battle crufers3i
and whnt Is the maximum speed7
2 In the Oklahoma the blcirest and most J
powerful fighting craft afloat? If not, what tstM
3 What is a battleship's, armament, in thtS
strictest sense?
4 What is the present wage per month otsa
approntlco seamen ana ursi-ctass seamen in iuj
United States Navy, and what was It In thl
J9
ncriod between 1898 and 1901?
A READER, 'S
1 England possesses the fastest and mot
powerful battle cruisers. The maximum speed!
of this class of vessel In tho English navy 111
33 knots The United Statos navy has no vessels!
of tho samo class. The fastest boats In our navy
aro the torpedoboat destroyers. Their speea am
nlinlit 33 lcnntR &&
r Th, nkl.ihnmn. Is not the blBKest andS
most nowcrful fljrhtliic craft afloat, nor doell
she carry the highest calibre guns. The Queer,!
r!llTnhj.th. nf thn Tlncllsr. nnvv. carries 15-lncla
guns. Tho largest on tho Oklahoma are Hi
inches.
3 Tho "armament" of a vessel is tne numocrm
r,t r-ima It nnrrlps Thn "mnln hatterv" (tUltet
guns) are tho heaviest. The secondary batteryl
Is for tho repelling of torpedoboat attacks. i
4 The wage of apprentice seamen Is Jfl7,6JJ
a month, with food free. Thoy are given firsts
outfit nt r.lntliHs (1601 free. AThese are supposed?
to last them four years. After the first outflta
they pay for their own clothing. Flrst-clissj
seamen receive Ji6.40 per month, with food 'W
Tietwpen 18D8 nnd 1901 annrentlcQS received III
ncr month, landsmen $16 per month. During!
this period the classification was changed anal
a 10 per cent. Increase given them in pay,
Width of the Delaware
Editor of "What Do You Know" Will you
trlnHlv.toll tyin thn .ll.stnnnA from Market Street
ferry slip to Camden ferry slip, or how wWM
the Delaware Illver is at Maritet street. rn
Hnlnliln? CONSTANT READER. I
Measured from pier head 'to pier head strallM
Q,mnii thrt rtnlnnrfirA In hnlf a mflo wide at M&r-J
k'et street. From ferry slip to ferry slip It HJ
five-eighths of a mile wide.
The Richest Man
Editor of "What Do You Know" Please sUtalB
in your dally Quiz who Is the richest man
the world? Q- K-
The Czar of Russia, whose Income Is put ntfl
1550,000 a day, is usually called the richest jbm
in the world.
Historical Information
Editor of "What Do You Know" What "
eral defended Port Arthur during the JaM":a
Russian War? 'I, What nationality Is peneWM
Kuropatkln? 3. Did W. J. Bryan Become.
nfmrltftntn TlrAQMant nftAi- 1,1b RnrnnAan tOUTl,
4. Did Congress ever declare a legal holiday JjU
0, Have we a national holiday? Denne tne sm,
ference. Pardon the number of questions; tliey,
have been bothering me tor a few aays.
P. C.
1 nn.Ml fitA,D,l 9 TTMaaffin 3. Ml,
PpVnti mji). n tn.tw. rt tlna u.lpI1 In lflOB Sltd
was nominated for the Presidency for the third,
time by the Denver convention in 1908, 4.
5, These questions can best be answered to
gether. There is no natlonar holiday, not, ;
th, 1711, .ti nt Ttllv fltntr-ABC. hfl, ftt V&flOV?
times appointed special holidays and the PretW
aent has designated by proclamation ceny.
ria.vn frtf- ThnnUsirlvIni?. hut thft r,rni-lnmatlOn Wj
binding only In the District of Columbia and Is
tne territories where the day becomes ,
holiday. The. onlv holldnv nrfc imaged by COS"
gress was that making' Labor Day a hoUdaTj
In the District of Columbia. This was aun
th. annnrl B.a-fnn nf ,1... CJ ,,.,..1. 1 rVinflTfiSSL
The National Government, however, recognllB
certain of the state holidays as legs,! no.'",.
and susnends the transaction of business.
legal holiday is a holiday established by P5
clal act of the .lawmaking body or by proewt"
tlon of the Executive. A national holiday -wpuw
Ktrictlv hn n Hnv Rft nnnr' hv nnttnnnl fLUtSOritj
for observance throughout the nation, but &(
jurisdiction of the National Government In -UH
,.ui-,co uuc9 nub vAivim ucjruuu ww ,-- w!?mm
unoer its immeatate control
Sumpter Mules
Editor of "What Da You Hnoa What
sumpttr-mule? T J
HjlTmnr.- fa art si-nhaln Ktn.4 mmn-nln(T & IllM
antal or Its trvr. A uoipJviaul la a S
ww ivr jrry" army uuypusa.
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