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"RED HERRING" TRANSIT
There la bnt one kind of transit the peo
ple want, and that Is real rapid transit. The
Taylor plana nro feasible, safe and sane.
They have been Indorsed by the people and
they must be translated into fact.
"POPULAR revolt ngalnat the "red herring"
transit plan is not a circumstance to tho
Indignation that will arise when the Inade
quacy of. tho substitute Is fully revealed and
comprehended.
Tho people of this city have never pro
posed to! tax themselves for the purposo of
providing additional capital for the P. R. T.
and handing over to it, free of cost, fat sub
way and elevated lines, which, while of inci
dental servlco to the people, would work in
particular for the greater profit of tho com
pany and tho transmutation of old water Into
itjmX!
-mff twiioiitiu ttiiui. ia fjitiiiuvu.
rNnxTornnn ...i.n i i......i
W s I- The immediate and Independent con
struction of the Frankford T,, as step num
ber one.
II. The construction, step number two,
ot two subways from Erie avenue to Spruce
street. i
Tho Frankford I is the cream of possible
new subway development. There is not now
and never has been any reason for the con
struction of it with city money, unless It was
to bo used as a whip to compel operation of
a complete new system on favorable terms
by tho P. R. T.
$ 'Step number two is cut off at both ends in
such a way as to boost tho surface lines and
compel tho kind of strap-hanging which now
exists on the crosstown cars at 52d street dur
ing the rush hours. Its chief function would
be to relievo the P. R. T. of long-haul fares
from the northern section of tho city, at no"
construction cost whatever to the company.
The Broad street subway Is tho "noxt-to-best"
cream ot possible transit lines. A private
operator could be got to equip and operate
It and guarantee $1,000,000 a year for the
right.
The only two steps, therefore, which are
offered as anything moro than a dream are
of such a character that, considered by them
selves, the city would not be justified in spend
ing one cent for the construction of tho one,
and the other should be an immediate profit
maker. IT SHOULD be recollected that tho neces
sity for a four-track subway on North
Broad street was based entirely on tho feeder
lines. "With those feeders eliminated. It would
be criminal waste to build in effect two sub
way systems between the same two points,
while depriving outlying sections of any relief
whatever.
Moreover, the "red herring" plan Is In
direct violation of two of the salient prin
ciples of subway construction laid down by
Director Twining himself.
gays principle 3 of the Director's platform:
Plan the system as a comprehensive whole
and with the underlying Idea of operating
the lines on the principle of through routing
jthe trains. Avoid the Bo-called looping
'method ot operating wherever possible.
Yet the "red herring" plan proposes two
virtually parallel dead-end lines, each one of
Which violates the principle stated and would
continue to violate It until the
'dream" ex-
tensions were made,
Instead of one through-
routed line, two dead-end lines are offered.
Principle 4 of the Director's platform says:
Build the minimum amount of subway
line, as this Is the most expensive form of
construction, and hence carries the highest
interest charge per mile.
Then, In Answer to that declaration, he pro
poses to construct, as step number two, the
most costly part of the subways contemplated
in tbe Taylor plan and puts the ax to every
one of the elevated projects but one,
THJSRE Is little use to discuss engineering
phases. To swing the proposed Arch street
uMa of the loop out alone Ridge avenue Is
not objectionable. The routing through to
Ulanayunk, as an ultimate plan, via the loop,
s, contemplated also by Mr. Taylor. The
r Value ol tnrous" routing is not in dispute.
ljder th,e, "red herring" plan, however, It la
IjUdtatant vision.
fjpL regard: to changing the station under
CSEf ttai'i prooauiy wo ow sumon wouia
?SxiBtost as well- Nevertheless, It Is preper
fck point out that the McNlchol company was
MBf bonds of fl.OOO.OOO to turn the work
ny completed, that the task had not been
hgiM until some of the best engineers! In the
msUoA b4 passed on It, the McNlchol com,
lny Itself bavin; brought over from New
task tim jwtajf authority an underpinning
! jkwMW 1 W. rt ttrit olBundr
EVENING
City HAH la feasible, as la shown by tho fact
that oven under tho "red herring" plan It
factually proposed tho tube shall so run. If
tho station under City Hall was to bo far moro
expensive than supposed, It was the McNlchol
company and not tho city that was caught,
for tho company was tied up by aa tight a
contract as was ovor wiltten and tho surety
companies had given their1 guarantees thnt
the work would bo done. Tho only excuse
for tho change will bo a saving, estimated, of
many thousands of dollars over tho original
station.'
MR. TAYLOR asked for $50,000,000 where
with to flnlBh his ontlre program, Includ
ing a high-speed surface line, on private right
of way, to Byberry. That his estimates wero
fair Is abundantly proved by tho fact that
every contract awarded has been at less than
his figures. Yet the "red herring" plan calls
for $85,000,000, and would not give a Com
prehensive system at all. "It ain't reasonable,
Blrsky."
THIS talk about being careful, taking plenty
of time for deliberation and going slow, Is
very humorous. The only people who are
acting in haste ate the Mayor and his Direc
tor. They suddenly come nlong nnd announce
tho emasculation of a program which 1ms
been under public discussion for years, which
hns been approved of by virtually every bust
lie organization in tho city, and which had
been tentatively accepted by the P. R. T
yet they sagely say go slow. There has been
too much slowness already.
THE "dream" lines might be taken seriously
wero It proposed to protect tho sacred
funds necessary for their construction. It
will be noted, however, that thoro is no pio
posal to have Councils Indorse tho system as
a whole, providing for a loan sufficient to
begin all projects, said loan to be issued as
needed, which, undor recent decisions of tho
courts, would protect tho funds for transit.
The Legislature has already onco acted favor
ably on a proposal to amend tho constitu
tional amendment of last Novombor, and tho
funds which bo laboriously wero made avail
able for transit are actually menaced. Onco
let tho transit fund bo dissipated, and thoro
will be no real rapid transit in Philadelphia
for B0 years.
UNDERLYING the whole situation is a
condition of the utmost peril. In Mr.
Twining as an engineer we have tho fullest
and most complete confidence. Wo have
never heard of any ono who has not. But wo
regard It as lamentablo that it Is only as an
engineer that Mr. Twining Is interested in
transit. He conceives it to bo his solo func
tion to carry out such projects as the proper
legal organisms order. The previous Director,,
on the contrary, made it his business to con
sider transit as a whole, in its infinite com
plications. It was hi3 duty, he felt, not only
to seo that the lines were properly built, but'
also to assure a Just agreement for their
operation; to see to It that the Legislature
assisted In tho financing of tho problem ami
to bring it nbout that tho maximum servlco
for tho whole people should bo got from tho
expenditures authorized. Tho plan In which
Mr. Twining has acquiesced would seem to
bo devised primarily to fill tho suifaco cars
nnd not to serve the people.
AGAIN, tho idea that it Is economy to wreck
the Taylor plans Is somewhat awkward
in view of Mr. Twlning's statement that it
will cost 10 per cent, more to build tho lines
now than it would have cost could the con
tracts have been let earlier. That is allowed
for in tho Taylor estimates, but tho way prices
aro Increasing, before long It will cost double.
Dvon so, however. Mr. Twlning's belief that
the entire system under his plan would cost
from $3,000,000 to $4,000,000 less than tho
complete Taylor plan means that the entire
system, in effect, would cost but $11,000,000
or $12,000,000 more thnn the piece system
proposed.
Let It be icmembered, too, that not until a
year after the operation would there be any
Interest charge on the Investment for the
city to meet, and Interest and sinking fund
together, under a 50-year amortization, would
aggregate only G per cent. This means that
the additional shnre of the gas returns, which
the city is to get after 1017, would actually
meet the cost of virtually nil the additional
money, over and above what the Mayor pro
poses to spend, needed to build the Taylor
system in full. Let the average citizen think
that over.
MOREOVER, so soon as a public utility
begins to earn dividends. It Is no longer
charged against the borrowing capacity of
the city. It Is certain that the Fiankford L
would come under this head at once; and
assuredly. If the volume of business between
Erie avenue and Spruce street Is going to be
so great as to require two distinct sets of
double tracks, it will be great enough to earn
dividends. The work contemplated by Direc
tor Twining, therefore, would probably not
be charged against the taxpayer at all. It
'is on this account that these two projects
were always the city's aces in dealing with
the traction company.
Nor has the public yet been enlightened as
to whether the Mayor plans an operating
agreement at this time which will embrace
all the lines, pot only the Broad street sub
ways and the Frankford L, but the "dream"
lines as well. The city, it Is very obvious,
cannot afford to turn over any part of the
new system to the operating company until
It has made Its arrangements for the opera
tion of all parts. Any other procedure would
wreck beyond recovery the citjj's case.
THE Issue I simply this:
I35.0QO.OOO for "red herring" rapid transit,
or
$50,000,004 (pojiaiMy less) for the complete
Taylor system. f
T,TCDttfflT?,PmT.ADBLPHlA, HONPAY, MABOH 6 1918.
Tom Daly's Column
BO BPBAKA DA MADRB
Wen ccs com' Marcha (dees tima da vear)
You be tu'prlsa da ihecngs I can hear
Be) I can seel tcliere nobody ccs near.
I can hear thecngs cen da groun',
Water, dal's maka no soun'
Itowvou-call "sap" for da trees-'
t can hear honey for bees
.Starttn' to climb for da flower.
1 can sect here by da hour,
ttcai in' da ioo of da grass
Sccng to da breezes dat pass;
ltearln' thecngi movin' aroun'
Wan tccila grave ccn da groun'.
Wen res com' sprecng over hollow an' heclt,
You be su'pilsa da thecngs I can feel
Beettln' alone w'en da house ccsa stccll.
I can feci thecngs ccn da groun',
Lcctla thecngs touln' nrow'.
Hoots ftom da flower an' da tice
Seem to be protein' in me.
Yes, 1 can feel ccn my side
Uccm dat teas born an' dat died;
Aht he res part of me stcell,
Bo ca no iconrtra feet
All dat ccs movin' aroun'
Wan teetla grave cm da gioun'.
The Worst That Ever Happened
"TTTiiAT'P your most vivid recollection?"
VVnsksA. A. "This it minor Sneaking Into
the house by the back way, with tho Intention
of getting off my clothes nnd hopping Into
bed to sidetrack a licking, nnd being sur
prised In tho net by n violent parent nt the
preciso moment I was about to slide my
nightgown over my head."
XEVER BATISrWI)
Man hopes for the best
77ic perpetual frcttcr
When it corner he won't rrvt
Till he gelt something brttri.
The Town's I'et Wheeze
WHEELING, W. VA.
Pome load for n barrow.
X. Q. Smeo.
TROY (N. Y.)
Glowing a Helen.
L.
Standnrds of Pleasure
Standards of measure I have noticed:
Th.it throats nre always cut from ear to ear.
That a desperado I") always armed to the
teeth. C K.S.
What Would You Like lo Ho?
A lively, sympathetic, thoughtful and the
lt'bsly iiftlve nur.se. a graduate of tho U. of P.
Training School, offers this:
I wish I wcic a tuitle
A slow, lethargic turtle.
With nothing in tills world to do
But live and dream tho wholo day through;
Or He upon a grassy log.
Or sit and gossip with a frog,
And know no mattor what befell
I'd but to draw within my shell
And let tho whole world go to glass.
Sailor Song
(By our own John llnsefleld)
Oh. there's some men lovo a lady and a quiet
nook that's shady
And a cozy little cottngc on tho lea;
Let them have their darling misses, but for me
tho smacking kisses
Of the wind on tho open sen.
And they're some that lovo the city and expend
somo useless pity
On a "poor, forlorn and homeless" chap like me.
And they've got tho queerest notion of a life
upon the ocean.
In a ship on the open sea
And them's some that llko to travel through the
dust nnd mud and gravel
And they're pleased to think they llvo a life
that's free;
But a place that's moro my lilting Is the king
dom of the Viking,
A bhlp on tho open sea.
So when through this life I've drifted, and at
last tho anchor's lifted
For my oyago to the great Eternity,
Then I wnnt to cud my loamlng, then I want
to go a-homlng.
In a ship on the open sea.
P. Villain.
Dr. Alexander Hamilton in Philadelphia
Sunday, .September 18, 1711. This morning
proved vciy sharp, and It heerned to freeze a
little. I lncnkfaBtcd nt Ncllson's with Messrs.
Home and Watts and went to the Preshyterlan
meeting In the morning with Mr. Wallace. There
I heard a ery Cnlvliilstlcal sermon preached by
an old holderforth, whoso olce was somewhat
rusty and his countenance a little upon the four
square Tho pulpit appeared to me somewhat
In shape like n tub, and at each side of it aloft
was hung nn old-fashioned brass sconce.
In thlB assembly was a collection of tho most
curious old-fashioned screwed-up faces, both of
men and women, that ever I saw. There were
a great many men In tho meeting with linen
nightcaps, an Indecent and unbecoming dress,
which Is too much wore in all the churches and
meetings in America that I have been In, un
less It bo those of Uoston, where they are moro
decent and pollto in their dress, tho more
fantastical in their doctrines, and much alike
In their honesty and morals.
1 dined with Collector Alexander, and in tho
afternoon went with Mr. Weemse to the Roman
Chapel, where I heard some fine muslck and saw
dome pretty ladles. The priest, after saying
mass, catechized somo children In English, and
InslBted much upon our submitting our reason
to religion and believing of everything that God
said (or properly speaking everything that the
priest says, who often lias the Impudence to
quote the divine authority to support his absurd
ities), hqwever contradictory or repugnant It
seemed to our natural reason. I was taken
with a sick qualm in this chapel, which I at
tributed to the gross nonsense, proceeding from
the mouth of the priest, which, I suppose, being
indigestible bred crudities in my intellectual
stomach, and confused my animal spirits. I
fcpent the evening at the tavern with some
Scotsmen.
Denizens of this metropolis who are In the
habit of reserving tables for election night
bhould anticipate their celebration by four
months The large time for tumult and
Bhoutlng will bo the night the Republican
nominee is chosen at Chicago. Election
night, 1916, won't be worth staying up until
9 o'clock on account of-F. P. A. In New
York Tribune
Oh, Frank, using a preposition to end a
sentence with ! And as to your proposition,
wait till Bailey, of the Houston Post, sees
that!
miiisyjEiYourfe
On Ye Harvest
EJv'ry man, be he wise or
a fool,
Finer clay, or a creature
of dross,
Knows that millionaires
gather no wpol
And a rolling-chair gath
ers no moss.
A,
AN AMERICAN WHO
CAN'T BE PRESIDENT
Franklin K. Lane a Lover of the
Stars and Stripes Like All Good
Patriots Throughout Our
Glorious Land
THERE'S a saying about good Indians. Lot
there be ono about good Democrats. A
good Democrat is a Democrat who can never
be President. It's a facetious remark, at least
Intentionally such. Anyway, Franklin K. Lano
Is a good Democrat who
can never he Piesldent.
Secretary Lano enn be a
Supremo Court Justice, or
a Senator or an Interstate
Commerce Commissioner,
or a Cabinet member (ns
he la at present), but ho
can't bo President. The
Constitution provents that.
But it can't prevent his
being a patriot. If you
read his speech on tho
Stars nnd Stripes two or
SECRETARY LANE
three yeais ago you know something of tho
waimth of his affection for tho American
flag, it wns a splendid conception of patriotic
duty nnd servlco which ho expressed In thnt
memprablo address so flno a thing that It Is
read In many American schools on every
patriotic occasion (as If, by the way, any ono
dny rathor thnn another can bo proporly set
aside for patriotism),
Franklin Knight Lane, of San Francisco,
was born near Charlottotown, Prince Edward
Island, Canada, July 15, 1864. His parents
moved to California when ho was about G
years old. And tho Constitution, provides that
the President must ho a natural-born citizen
of tho United States, or that ho must have
been a citizen when tho Constitution wns
adopted. And the Constitution was adopted
a long, long time ago.
Mixes With Politics
Lnno Is half Scotch, thrcc-elghths North
Irish and one-eighth Froncli. The Scotch at
mosphere was In tho Lano home. That means,
principally, that tho Bible was tho foundation
of that homo, and learning was Its light.
Frank's parents, like truo Scotch people,
wanted to dedicate ono son to tho ministry,
and Frank was tho ono solected. Ho himself
fell in with tho Idea, but gave it up when ho
finished high school and started into news
paper work. Ho began as printer's devil and
item hunter. Then ho became a full-fledged
teporter. That was in Oakland, Berkeley
was nearby and In Berkeley wns the Uni
versity of California. Nothing would do but
he must have a college education. So ho
worked his way through tho four years of
college by roportlng for Oakland and San
Francisco papers. And In San Francisco was
Hastings Law School. So ho worked his way
through tho three years of law school by the
same methods. Then ho embaiked on Journal
Ism as a profession, establishing himself In
New York city and later In Tacoma, where he
was part owner of a newspaper in the boom
days of the Washington city. And after that
came the practice of law in San Francisco.
In his college days he mixed with reform
politics. California politics was In consider
able need of reform. He helpeh form a young
men's lengue, the object of which was, to
purify the Democratic party, which didn't
need any more purifying than the Repub
lican party, nor as much, and that's saying a
great deal. James D. Phelan, tho new Senator
from California, was another member of the
league. After a while Lane got still busier as
a reformer. A young lawyer and active citi
zen, he helped draft a new charter for San
Francisco, and everybody thought It was a
pretty radical document when the Job was
done. And then somebody was needed In the
office of city and county attorney to get the
charter honestly Interpreted, The bosses ac
quiesced in Lane's nomination, thinking he
couldn't be elected. True, he had no money
and the bosses furnished him none, but ho
adopted what was then the novel expedient
of waiting at factory gates for the noon
whistle and talking to tho men when they
came out of the shops. The scheme worked.
Lane was already a good campaigner. He
was elected. lie was elected again and'yet
again, each time by a larger majority than
before. Then he ran for Governor, without
money and without price, and was nosed out
on the final returps by 3000 votes. Those 3000
votes still smell unfragrantly enough said,
without making any charges.
After that the Democrats gave him the party
vote for United States Senator, and In 1903
Roosevelt appointed him a member of the
Interstate Commerce Commission, "T. R." had
faith In, this good Democrat Lane held the
Job till he became Secretary of the Interior in
Wilson's Cabinet. Be it said, candidly, that bis
prosresslvlaro hasn't yet sUmpfd progressing.
Lano has aiva;w ttesmed to fit bis Job, though. J
i . , i
uTsxrw i?np MTNTC I" 'm
sometimes his Job hasn't seemed quite big
onough for Lane. Which Is an awkward way
of saying that Lano scorns to measure larger
than any Job ho has over hold. Ho can't be
President, so a good boost can do no harm.
(Facetiously speaking again.) Short, thlcksot,
well-knit, a llttlo portly; his dome-llko head
bald except In back and on top before tho oar
lino; his mouth firm, his eyes gray-bluo and
friendly, his voice as cordial as his coun
tenance. What the Flag Snid
Lano heard tho flag say this:
"Lot mo tell you who I am, Tho work that
wo do Is tho making of tho real flag. I am not
the flag not at all. ,1am but Its shadow. I
am whatever you make me, nothing more. I
am your belief in yourself, your dream of what
a people may become. I livo a changing Ufo,
a life of moods and passions, of heart breaks
and tired muscles. Sometimes I am strong
with pride, when men do an honest work, fit
ting tho rails togethor truly. Sometimes I
droop, for then purposo has gono from me,
and cynically I play tho coward. Sometimes
I am loud, garish and full of that ego that
blasts Judgment. But always I nm all that
you hope to be and havo tho courage to try
for.
"I nm song and fear, struggle and panto,
nnd ennobling hopo. I nm tho day's work of
tho weakest man, and tho largest dream of
tho most daring. I am tho Constitution and
tho courts, statutes and statute makers, sol
dier and dreadnought, drayman and street
sweep, cook, counselor and cleric. I nm tho
battlo of yesterday and tho mistake of tomor
row. I am the mystory of the men who do
without knowing why. I am tho clutch of nn
Idea and tho reasoned purposo of resolution.
I am no more than what you believe me to be,
and I am all that you believe I can be. I nm
what you mako mo, nothing moro. I swing
before your eyes as a brlghtygleam of color,
a symbol of yourself, tho pldturo suggestion
of that big thing which makes this nation.
My staia nnd my stripes aro your dreams and
your labors. Thoy aro bright with cheer,
brilliant with courage, firm with faith, be
causo you have mado them so out ot your
hearts, for you nro tho makers of the flag, nnd
it is well that you glory in tho making."
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
Our neighbor, Maryland, is ndoptlng tho
budget, nnd Virginia will come to it also. And
It will bo a good day when she docs. Richmond
Times-Dispatch.
Have we developed any strong national senti
ment against waste and in favor of the Just
application of public funds to public needs as
distinguished from the "poik barrel"? If so,
we may bo forgiven our orgy. Hut have we?
Albany Knickerbocker Press,
We havo been talking about conquering the
markets of the world while the Powers of Eu
rope wero at ono another's tin outs; but after
the war we shall have to fight harder than ever
to stay In European markets which we have
regarded as our own for generations. "Wash
ington Times. '
Tho United States navy needs a complete
military organization, a general staff composed
of the very best officers In the service, charged
with tho maintenance of tho navy nt the high
est state of efficiency, a staff that cannot be
reached by meddling politicians in Congress.
Kansas City Journal.
If the end of the war should catch us In a
doodtlde of prosperity and with our' markets
wide open to European competition, which our
Inflated wago scales would prevent our meet
ing, tho event will bo as disastrous as If we
had felt the blow of sudden peace. The United
States needs above all elpe practical and wise
tariff protection Detroit Free Press.
Primarily tho Haitian-American agreement is
Intended to assure the maintenance of order In
a little neighboring country. But, like the re
cently ratified Nlcaraguan treaty, it may also
be Interpreted as a step toward preparedness.
Both documents have been drawn with the
thought that an ounce of prevention Is worth a
pound of cure. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
ON THE DEATH OP A FRIEND
Thou art gone to the grave; but wo will not de
plore thee,
Though sorrows and darkness encompass tha
tomb;
Thy Saviour has passed through its portals
before thee,
And the lamp of Ills love Is thy guide through
the gloom!
Thou art gone to the grave; we no longer behold
thee.
Nor tread, the rough paths of the world bs
thy side;
But the wide arms of Mercy are spread to enfold
thee.
And shiners may die, for the. Sinless have
died!
Thou art gqne to the grave; and, its mansion
forsaking,
Perhaps thy weak spirit In fear lingered long;
But the mild rays of Paradise beamed on thy
waking.
And the sound which thou beardst was the
Seraphim's song!
Thou art gone to the grave; but we will not
deplore thee:
Whose God was thy ransom, thy Guardian,
thy Guide'
He gave the, He took thee, and He will restora
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What Do You Know?
Queries of general Interest will be aniwurijl
in this column. Ten questions, the aniiwril
10 waxen every well-informed person iXnU
Know, are asked daily.
QUIZ j
1. Wns the system of longitude and UtltsJ,'
understood in tho time ot Oohusbmt J
9. Ie It legal to pay United States taxet win
n check? '
3. What la meant by "salient" in wr &.'
patches?
4. Who Is tUo Itusslan Ambassador t tin
united mmes'.'
6. About how deep In the water does a'ub.
marlno trnTPl In genernl?
0. About what Is tho difference In tlm t..
. twoen Philadelphia nnd San rranclnit'j
j. iv nat in me average pay ox a pollcmtn tl
Fhlladolphln?
8. lias New Hampshire any its eaaitf
. .,.. . ..'. t.
u. ..uiuq u uuiij iianpyuiicr iiuuusaea la Big
Irnnclscov
10, What Is the speed of b Zoppelln?
Answers to Saturday's Quiz
1. British Jlondnrai.
3. I'ollerc.
3. Frank IT. Fletcher, rear admiral.
4. Kdicar Falls Smith.
C. Four miles.
0. KnBt.
7. Twenty-fire cents, under the oolnsfi.ttt
of 1873.
8. Conntlne by tens Is prehistoric. Th did
mat fraction system came in with Ion
rlthms, durlnjr the seventeenth centarr,
I
0. Antonio Halandra.
10, In area, T.os Angeles. Estimated poptU
tlons, January 1, 1010, Elves T.oi Artll
a slight ndvantage.
Wheat Production
Hdttor of "What Do You Know" KindIyrB&U
what tho latest statistics of Russia and 'III
United States are in the production of wheat
c. w. a
The United States produced 891,017,00(1 buihv
els of wheat In 1914, anp Ituisla produced 71v,
9G0.000 bushels. This Is the last year for whB
complete figures from both countries are vK
able.
Noblesse Oblige
Kriltor of "What Do You Know" 1 Can jrM
tell mo tho origin of tho famous motto, "Noblest
oblige f Am i ngnc in uiuming n km m "
Wily v;uuuu-i.ui. .. ..." ... ...- ;:
2. Also, Macaulay, in ono of his essays, I
II... n. nr,nf,lliAo n irrant MHtllhftr fif tlllnfTfl Id Ul
schoolboy's learning. Tho passage begins, Everj&
schoolboy Knows " I am told, and 1
would very inucii iiko 10 neu wiim ju.".j,
credits him with knowing Could you place 111
quotation? SCHOOLi umu
1. The saying, "Noblesso oblige," has no ;
.1 . ...1,1. !. ftLnilnllnn nt tl.A ftrltlsh OftW.
IICUllUll Willi 111U iunuuwv w ...w ..-."- ,
of the Garter It embodies tho social pnllosopw,:
of the old nobility ot France uno odihw
of tho nobility toward those dependent on io
wore regnrileu as ot tue raw umiiv.i;
obligation of a -father toward his child. It www
be Impossible to determine when the phrase w
first used, for it was doubtless frequently In ui
mouths of men fwfore It was written down ln
book. 2. At 9K ut the end of tho fourth psp
In Macaulay's essay on Milton this passage pj,
pears: "Every girl who has read Mrs. M""
little dialogues on political economy could W
Montague and Walpole many lessons in flnan
Any Intelligent man may now, by w5
applying himself for a few years to roathWJ
i,,,. ,o,- thnn th creat Novvton kieW WjW
half a century of study nnd meditation." ,
is not the passage which you f seeldBg. TO
haps somo reader may be able to tell you wa"
to find it. .
Posthumous I' amo ,,!, ffil
Editor of "What Do Vo K'""''-, ."ufj
author and from wnat poem u. ... m
quoted:
Their noonday never knows
The height to which they rise,
TIs night alone which shows '
How star surpasses star.
. Mn nnt ft
It is a poem written on urcai. ...---,
it;i ir. ihl.. lifetime. J- WH
Will some reader answer this question!
rion TCopknninf
-. - ... rr.., i have It
JSattor Of "vna ua iu " - -. jvj,
read of a ship that was sailed by dead recw
i -W1.0 .inoQ this mean?
Dead reckoning is a calculation of a W
position without any ouservaiion " - -i
enly bodies. The captain manes a. ""-,: m
consulting his chronometer, his compass, nuy
and after observing the wtnu.
ITnntf'B Pronhecv
Editor of "What Do Yon K"Z'it
the prophecy of josepn iioas. w- --: qj
found? This propnecy was i'"u"",v7h: .Aa
18th century and was remarkable for tns ijj
racy with wmen it loreiom comma - j
Can any reader assist K. M. O. to the Infon
tion he seeks?
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Editor of "What Do You K"""''-'
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1. l n nnmnn.UInn nf DHndlril. SUiPUU? l
naphtha, first made by Calllnicos of Hwg?
in 688 A. D. Tow soaked in the compound vj
hurled in a lighted state through tunes - -j
tu arrows. '
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Editor of "What Do You ffowtfW i
ta a. dealt?- In iinn' fiti-nfchlniT-a?
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