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The rimej Building JlintiN Bessie. .. ....,.,,. , . . . ,00 Frledr Ichstrasae J.O!mW lK'nnic... ....... ....Marconi House, Strand ritl Ucanu.. ..82 nue Loula It Grand suBscnimoN tkiims By carrier, el cent per week. By mall, postpaid filtald of Philadelphia, except where foreign postage required, one month, tTrenty-nro cental one tear, three) dollars. All mall aubacrlptlona payable In Hdtance. Notic-Bubserlbera wishing address changed mutt give old ai well aa new address, )3EtX. 1000 WALNUT KEYSTONE. MAIN MOD g AAdrt&fi alt communication to Evening Lxdgtr, Independence Square, Philadelphia. imibid at ttii rnlt.iDFit.nil raSTornca is ancoMD CLASS Mill. MATTCll. TltB AVKltAOB NET PAID DAILY ClP.CUt.A TTON Or THE EVENING LEDCIEtt Fon FEnnuAiiv was 101,11s PlIILADELFltIA, TIIUrtSDAY, MAI1CH . 1916. It is tho mind that makes the man, and our Vtoor is in our immortal soul Ovid. "Corn on the hoof" Is Rolling at high again In Chicago. Pork has become familiar to the commissaries of Europe. There is such a thins as a city's being so economical that prospective citizens pass on to another town "what ain't." The President writes shorthand, but recent events In Washington prove that ho has a long reach when he gots aftor Congress. As wo understand It, the German U-boats Veservo the right to flro on any merchantman which makes a motion toward Its hip pockot. Astronomers report that Taylor's comet has been split into two parts. Somo Mayor Smith of the heavens must have been monkeying with it. It Is a singular coincidence which shows In the dry goods news a story of scarcity In garters, followed by a report of a falling off in hosiery. Those Democrats who opposed the Presi dent in Congress may now preparo to do penance, not for forty days, but for the rest ot Mr. Wilson's term. The Ten Commandments are to be edited by the Episcopal Commission on Revision and Enrichment of tho Prayerbook, and a lot of people nro wondering whether they will leave out any of tho nots. p There are a lot of Congressmen who never heard of International law until a few years ago who now want to Interpret It. Lot 'em, but the interpretation should bo for tho folks at homo and not for foreign Governments. There nro moro than 10,000 public school teachers in Now York. Fifty-four of them went to a meeting at which Samuel Gompors urged the formation of a teachers' union to be affiliated with-the American Federation of Labor. When the Falrmount Park Commissioners got busy they showed Councils' Finance Com mltteo how the money could bo securod for building the Art Museum. What Is lacking Is not money, but a disposition to use It in tho right way. More than (2,000,000,000 a year are spont for drink In the United States. If this sum were diverted to paying for a bigger army and navy the nation would be better pre pared to hold its own In tho world, both ceo nomically and otherwise. There Is something decidedly humorous in the Mayor's statement that so far as transit Is concerned he is willing to let the people decide. It seems not to occur to him that the peoplo did decide last May. How many decisions does ho want? The feeble-minded exhibit in the Widcner Building closed last night, but tho exhibition of feeble-mlndedness will continue in other parts of the city, participated In by men who ought to know bettor than to make public spectacles of their incompetence. Must the upstairs or downstairs tenant In a two-family house shovel the snow from the sidewalk? When this question was put to the Brooklyn police, they dodged It by saying that the tenants must Bettle the matter them selves. In West Philadelphia they sometimes settle, it by leaving the snow where it fell. When the rest of Pennsylvania is made to understand that the port of Philadelphia Is not a local institution, but one of the most valuable assets of the Commonwealth, there Will fie no difficulty in persuading the General Assembly to da Us share In appropriating money for its development. The traveling commission of the Chamber of Commerce which Is now touring the State is planting the right kind of seed. The head of a lighted match flew off and fell in the lap of a young woman dressed la fllmy draperies. Her gown caught Are and shs 14s now lying in a hospital terribly burned. Jl would be easy to say that the responsi bility for this accident rests upon the person who lighted ther match, but responsibility rests farther back than that. The man who makes and sells matches which are apt to act that way Is the real culprit. There are too many such matches on the market. They cause disastrous fires. Matches which Ignite when Stepped on are about as unsafe as those the heads of which will fly off when lighted. In somo cities there are prohibitions on the sale of dangerous matches. The Inspectors of combustibles seize alt which do not come up to thn standard of safety fixed by the fire department If there are such regulations tun they have apparently been Ignored. "GOING SOME" 6RJ3AT was the Intellect that devised the scheme to recall Mayors, city commis nlpjicrs and other executive officers of govern ment. Greater still was the talent of the gniuf who went ong better and yelped for tha recall not ooly fit Judges but also of jttdtoM decisions, Btrt Uwy wer pikers. For Jn, Philadelphia alectv www a few worthy genUenjsn, some iBrteir and soma nor, who dep to re mj-aiasfgaBiitiatBMatiaMa uflHAIi-- .jJLlHTOHBaBBHt''SJiS . , . . . r. EVENING LEDCxER-PHlLADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MAttOH 0 100' call not a Judicial decision but a decision ot tho whole eteclorate, nnd they decide to do It without asking or caring what tho elec torate thinks. Tho recall of- tho verdict of the people! Ah, now wo nro getting down to tho nth refinement of government. Tho peoplo were to recall tho officers, now tho officers are to apply tho recall to tho peoplo. It Is a scream. Tho people voted money, millions, for a certain kind of subway botweon particular points, but along coma a few men who calmly announce that this "particular kind" does not suit them nnd they Intend to change tho "par ticular points." Homo recall, others nro called. PATRIOTISM DAY! It la time for n great cnmlng-together of American, to exproas In n monster nnd olemn celebration their (tetnllon to Amer IcnnUm nnd the principles of Roterninciit which hate been developed on tlila lietnt apliere. t.et till 1)0 held In Philadelphia, Hip birthplace of Amerlrnn Ilhcrtj, during (lie week of the contention of the Associated Ailtrrtlslng Clubs or the World. THIS nation, conceived In llbeity nnd brought forth In tho throes of n mighty revolution, nurtured by men nnd women who olTorcd their lives gladly nt tho altars of patriotic devotion, has In tho last few months been humiliated by tho uprising of men who havo taught that nationalism Is a vicious and deploinblo thing, to bo icptobated rather than applauded, nnd in the very penetralia of our Government thoto havo nppcaicd evidences of a purposo to abandon American pilnclplcn and American rights rather than face tho vindication of them In any nnd nil circum stances. Tho time Is ripe for n demonstration of patriotism such as has never been witnessed In time of peace within the holders of tho nation. In June the Associated Advertising Clubs of tho World will hold their convention In Phila delphia. Tho publicity experts of America will assemble within tho ancient sound of the Liberty Bell. Theic will be gathered hero tho makers ot public opinion, leaders of commerce, of thought and enterprise, from nil over this vast country. They will como to light again tho battle for truth, for honesty, for principle as opposed to expediency, in the conduct of their own business, from which It is but a .step to the bioad and com prehensive patriotism which must Inspire any man who Is worth whllo in this gie-at He public. It is peculiarly fitting, therefore, that this body of patilots should set nsido a paitlculnr day of their Convention Week for a truly magnificent demonstiatlon of p.ttilotlsm, that they should bring hero to Join with them tho leaders in other great lines of industry, of art, of statesmanship, for all alike to par ticipate In n splendid exhibition of the one ness ot this peoplo and the enduring quality ot their lovo of country. Patriotism Day! A Day ot Days for tho soul of America to express Itself in tho his totle shrine of tho nation, a new Decimation of Devotion from tho spot whence Issued tho Great Declaration generations ngo! Let It bo a demonstiatlon thoroughly non political In character, in which will Join men and women of all patties, united by tho ono controlling thought of love for the nation and for the flag, a grand and Inspiring re dedication of citizenship to tho system of gov ernment which has been cultivated and nour ished on this side ot the Atlantic. It Is exceedingly proper that the Associated Advertising Clubs of tho World should un dertake this splendid enterprise. With be coming humility wo suggest it to the Poor Hlchard Club, that organization of doers and thinkers. It can assemble here gieat cohoits of inspired Americans, who will give their answer In teims not mlstakublo to the chal lenge that this Is a "mass meeting," not a nation. There Is ample timo to arrange for the un dertaking. Aheady the suggestion has met with hearty applause ftom far paits of the country. Already eminent men havo seen tho possibilities of so unique and spectacular a coming-together of citizens. It Is an oppor tunity for a lesson In patriotism which will reach down Into history, Inspiring not only the youth of this generation, but their sons and sons after them. Patriotism Day! Wo must have it. Club give It to us? Will tho Poor Richard THE VOTE ANALYZED AN ANALYSIS of the vote on the Mc .Lemore resolution shows that the Presi dent was supported by a majority of tho Itep re&entatives from a majority of the States. The fact that tho delegations from Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota and Wisconsin voted solidly against Mr. Wilson regardless of party does not weaken the force of the In dorsement. Indeed, it Is counteracted by th.t almost solid vote of New England Jn favor of permitting the President to conduct tho for eign affairs of the nation without congres sional meddling. Pennsylvania, which cast 24 votes in support of the President nnd 12 against him, ought to have made a better showing, because the Pennsylvania Congress men ought to be able to understand the grav ity of the Issues and tq remember that where salt water begins partisanship ends. After all, many of those who voted against (he President thought they were expressing their opposition to war, They did not want American citizens to run needless risks which might produce complications that could bo unraveled only by resort to force. It Is unfortunate that the issue of support of the President was raised In this shape, bo cause the indorsement of him was less em phatic than it might have been if it had not been complicated with the armed merchant ship question, The President himself, doubt less, believes that it would be unwise for any American to embark on a merchant ship which Germany has threatened to sink If pos sible. But he knqws that there Is a wide difference between thinking that such a coursa would be imprudent and agreeing with Gar many that an armed merchant ship Is a war vessel. Tom Daly's Column TTAnnY V. TABEIt, cosmopollto nnd poet, XX now living In Wilmington, blesses our morning mall with this! My dear Tom Wo were speaking the other day of the good ship Mttowo, more recently r rived nt Wllhelmnlmven an sallh tho news dis patches "after raiding the seven seas for months." Many times the question has been asked as to tho allusion "the seven sens." A correspondent of tho New York Sun a few weeks ngo made the lint footed statement thnt tho phrase was biblical, but he quoted no verse and chapter for tho simple reason, doubtless, that no such nllualcli occurs In the llllile. Whan I nm In doubt as to any question what soever I refer tho matter to my friend nnd co worker In tho vineyard, Col William Churchill, eminent geographer nnd linguist. (A volco: "You said something") Col Churchill quotes from "Hecollcctlons of Travel In tho Hast," by John do Slarlgnolll. l'npnl Legato to the Court of the Great Khan, nnd nflerward lllshop of Illslgnano, thus: "In 1838 howeter there arrived at Avlcnon an em baaajr from the Oreat Klinn of Cnthay, consisting of Andrew, a Trank nnd tlfleen other persona. They brouaht two letters to tho I'opo. The letter la meri toriously short: "In tho strenKth of tho Omnipotent tlod "Tho Emperor of Emperors commandetht "tVo send our emoy, Andrew tho Prank, with fifteen others. Io tho Pope, tho Lord of tho Christiana, In l-'ranklnnd hejoiid tho set en seas (nots I.) where the sun Roes down, to open tho way for tho frequent exchange of meeaeneera between us nnd the Pono. and to reouest the Popo himself to send ua blessing nnd nhvaja to remcnuVr ua In his holy prajers, Hnd to com mend to him tho Alan, our servants nnd his 'hrlstlnn sons Also wo deslro that our mos pengora brlnr back to us horaeH and other rarl lbs from tho sun-setting. Written In Cnmboloc In tho jcar of the Hat. In tho sltth month, on the third day of tho Moon.' (About July. 13.111 ) (Note t Melnert supposes these seven s-as to bo the Ainl, Caspian, 8ea of Arov, lllack Sea, Sea of Marmora, Archipelago and the Mediterranean. It m iv bo noted that Edrlsl also reckons sntm seas bo sldes the Oreat Ocean, viz Sea of China. Ited Sea, Oreen Sea (Persian Oult), Sea of liamaacus (Mediter ranean). Sea of Venice, Sea. of Pontus nnd Sea of Jorjon (Casplnn). Tho Arabian nnMiralors of tho ninth renlury also reckoned soten sens between Ilasra and China, but any such scientific precision hero Is highly Improbable. The referenco Is moro likely to be the seten annular sens of tho lluddhlst cosmogony, nnd done Into vulgar English moans that tho Popo Ilted at tho Back of llejond.) Our Uplift Scries T.ITTf.ll I.KKMJNS PIMM CLASSIC I.IVE9. Prom tho Verses of Mnllz. the Persian. "rpAKU this," said the leech, pushing a JL pill into tho mouth of his patient. (Oh, Paten, lioslny daintily!) "Tako this," snapped tho Business Mnn, pouring a mess of fronled, unintelligible gib berish Into the oar of his stenographer. (Oh, Sea, thou art tl !7ic lloodl) "Take this," murmured the burglar, handing n swift. Juicy punch to the bewildered house holder. (Oh, Star, beaming dlilantlyl) "Tnlte this," whispered the veiled lady, slip ping an Infant to the benevolent looking man during tho rush' hour at tho ferry. (Oh, Stianocr, thy name in Mud!) Jlellcctloti Some (tie horn hahlcs, some achieve babies and some have babies thrust won them. A. A. In its report of Mis. Brumbaugh's llrst "at home," ns mistress of tho Governor's mansion, n local morning contemporary said: She "rlriKS true,M and she did tho honors gra ciously nnd with farm cordiality. Wo havo only a vague whatcher-mlght-call a bti-collcky notion of what's meant by "farm cordiality," but with M. A., who calls tho mat ter to our attention, wc share tho "hope that Mrs. Brumbaugh's new-found Joy will make her forgiveness divine." And speaking of "divlno foiglvoness" re minds us: When Pat De Ine kissed Kate Magee Hho was a" mad as she could bo; But when ho whispered: "Kate, be mlno" To 'er 'tiv.ia human to forglte Devlne. "Wouldn't Senator Penrose have been serving bettor the citizens of Philadelphia and the State of I'ennsjltanla hnd he occupied his empty seat In tho United States Senate the latter part of last week?" Senator Varc. Whudycr mean, "occupying an empty Beat"? THE woman waved a frantic umbrella if you know what wo mean and tho con ductor experienced an unwonted spell of loving-kindness. At any rate, he yanked tho boll-rope, the car stopped and tho woman pres ently clambered aboaid. She handed her fare to the conductor and ho held it in his hand whllo a look of disgust spread over his coun tenance: "Dog-gone it!" said ho, "I never know it to fall. Whenever I do a kindness like that to a woman she ulways gives mo pennies!" Sir Lines In last night's column prompt me to submit to you the following: Why all this "guff" about "New Yawk?" It makes mo slek to hear such tulk. You who In "slow" old Phllly Hop . Can't understand thnt Just to stop In dear Manhattan's genial isle Is bread of life to "dls yere chile." Why simply to walk up and down, And In and out around the town; And breathe the ozone from the Hay, And seo the folks on Old Broadway; Walk 4.'d back and forth, Then up Sixth Avenue going No(r)th Thru Hnrlein thence to Blverslde; Across the Lurdly Hudson ride; The Palisades; West Point, nnd then The Hudson Day Lino back again. Ah, that's the life few understand, Unless they've lived In that good land! An KUIe. WE DON'T ltnow whether tho typewriter of Dr. Maurice Francis Egan, Minister to Denmark, slipped, but this Is what he writes from Copenhagen: "Fisher Unwln is thinking of bringing out a book of my lighter essays, the 'Infernal Feminine,' etc." Also, incidentally, ho tells us of his love for old Philadelphia. Says he: "I have the old brass knocker from my father's whlte-palnted door, to which three marble steps led. There was a nno garden behind the house, full of larkspur and bergamot und pansles." SOMEHOW this postscript to Harry Tabes letter slipped 'way down here: Col. Churchill continues: "You see this car ries the Septem Maria back a century and a half before Columbus, so far as dates go Indef. Inltely more remote In Note I, which we owe to Henri Cordler, editor of the (Jhronicle. "I mustn't omit such of the names ct the other fifteen blessed Christians as have been preserved in this record "We, Futlm Joena, Chutlcea Tungll, Oemboga Evcml. Joannes Iuchey and Itubeua Flnunu with our heads In tha dust salute our holy Father tho Popo " Thus wo see how Futlm Joans goes to prove the measureless respectability of the Jones fam ily. Having traced to its sourca the earliest ref erence to tha seven seas, and realizing the in deflnltenesa of the collocation, the question is still Inspissated and more or less befLKged Yet one may conclude that the phrase 1b become gen. erlo for the vast expanses of ocean of whatever time and place. The Wise Men of Oothain sailed the seven Beas In a bowl of Blessed mem ory, and Mr Kipling In the most wonderful of all nea poems in the Enjlish language has sunir gloriously of the Seven: Then atooMd tha Lord Bad ha called tha dood Sea And 'tMIfct lt border onto all eternity: Ai ' ! li ahull ko abroad to ibo arlory of lb lard Who beard lb. uiy Uor naii t5 (wot ulr 6a. " "" TO ADVERTISE OUR FAITH, OUR PRIDE, OUR LOVE I h jlaiOT5fiHaTOU5lr S ' SmMfjXtJW W tVvW isH$il ilillP WHERE MASEFIELD HAS MANY RIVALS It's in the Field of Epitaphic Liter ature Examples of a Passing Art Cited in Pseudo-serious Mood, With Charity for All Sc IOMEBODY exhumed the other day u mock epitaph that John Maseflold onco wioto on the back of his own photogiaph. It may add nothing to tho poet's fame, but it adds some thing to popular nppreciatlon of the man. For tho ability to uiito tin epltnph in Jest commends Its author to tho liking of tho win Id. Other men havo written their own epitaphs, ns did old Tom Chattel ton, hoso uppcal to charity was quite serious and pathetic. And many a llteinry peibonnge, as such, has writ ten epitaphs. Epitaph writing, Indeed, was onco a. favorite llteiary dlvciMon. Not long ago wo presented home exhibits from the rival pens of Aleck Pope nnd Lady Montagu. From tho tlmo of the ancient Egyptians epitaphs have engaged tho Interest of mankind, nnd choice oxamples may bo found today In any churchyard. Should you happon to bo strolling about tho llttlo town of Itockville, Mass., don't miss this bilef Inscription on an nnclont tombstone: In memory of Jano Ilent, Who kicked up her IiccIb nnd nway she went. The Parson Speaks Out Presumably It wasn't Jane's pastor who wroto the Inscription, but If you wonder what a minister might wrlto for his own epitaph, conhlder the following lines by n Boston cler gyman: Bencnth this nlono lies tho body of ono Rhtmefully treated In llfo lly his wlfe'a son nnd Dr. Thorn And Daniel Seatej's wife. Such confession Is good for tho soul. But borne epitaph wi Iters are of llttlo faith, as you may seo fiom this pessimistic bievlty: The chlBel can't help her any. On the other hand, you'll sometimes nnd real cheerfulness carved In stone: Cold la my bed, but nh, I late It: Tor colder are my friends nbote It. "Let's talk of graves nnd worms and epi taphs." That's from Shakespeare, and a poor excuso is better than none. And besides, wo think an expose of grave yard lltctaturo Is a beneficial thing. Take, for example, the matter of grammar. Over In Tom Daly's column tho other day aspor?!oi:s were cast on a dyeing advertisement no ;iu Intended, thank henven; Wo d0 To please lioth you and I, Or something llko that. But listen here It's an epitaph; Here lies I, Killed by a sky Rocket In my e)e, But speaking of advertisements, here's one; Sacred to the memory of Jonathan Thomson. A pious Chi lull in and affectionate husband. Ilia dlhcnriMtilnie widow continues to carry on the Tripe and Trotter business at tho same place ua bcioii lit lrt.iu.ttnii nt Too flluch Politics While we're In ctltlcal mood let us remark, apropos our general subject, that politics can bo carried much too far. In Texas, anyway, for there you may lead on a tombstone: "He ie malncd to the last a deckled friend and sup porter of Democratic principles and measures. Blessed aio tho dead who die in tho Lord." According to an Inscription In Baton Rouge, the last words of David Jones were: "I die a Christian and a Democtat." The nmes bestowed on children havo in previous articles come In for our serious cen sure Our feeling in the matter is not dimin ished by reading this: Farewell thou llttlo charmlns son: We neter shall hear Ihy tolco again: Farewell little K Plurlbus Unumi Muy wo. together In Hoaveii. rich blessings share. So it goes. If you want to criticise there's always something to criticise. Epitaph writers are critical, too. We don't much mind what they bay about the doctors, but why they bhould pick on such good friends we don't know. Anyway, the epitaph on little Johnny Smith appeals to us: Four doctors tackled Johnny Smith: They blistered and they bled hlnn With squills and antl-blllous ullla And Ipecac they fed htm. They stirred him up with calomel And tried to move hla liter; Hut all In vain hla little aoul Wa wafted o'er tho river. Then there's this, on the doctor himself; This dapper doctor waa ao small So email his ausar pills. ' That all his patrons looked aghast To aeo hla monstrous bills. Of a dentist it is written that "he is tilling his last cavity," and of a coroner that "ha lived and died by suicide." The manner of death, or causa thereof, is often the subject matter of an epitaph. In Oxford, N. H., this strikes the eye; To all my friends I bid adieu: v Ji. more sudden death you never knew A I waa leadlnir tho old maro to drink b& kicked and killed hint quIckeVn aWlnk. Somebody in Schenectady: J! a hbone Uj hla throat And then ho aanir u aottl iwjts. A colored lady who was burnad a the Hr that destroyed her .house is rejneniWsd tuis WU doiv-ihou iwJ nd fhlul aervaijl, Whether tho following Is a knock or a boost for Cincinnati let tho leader decide: Hero lies , Who cum" to this city nnd died For the benefit of Ills health. If lio'd gono farther west, even to n Califor nia gold-digging, this might havo been his fate: In memory of John bmlth, who met ttlerlcnt death neir this spot 18 hundred nnd 411 too lln wns shot by his own pistil! : It wan not ono of tho new kind: .but n n old fashioned brass bnrrel, nnd of hucIi la tho Kingdom of Heat en. PATRIARCHAL SOCIAL SYSTEM Perhaps tho most distinguished characteristic of tho Kurds Is great devotion among the mem bers of families. This Is exemplified In the fol lowing Incident: A chief fiom tho mountains of Kurdistan descended Into the plains of Uru lnlah and thoic engaged In plundering tho prop erty of tho citizens of tho State of Azerbaijan. Tho inllitln ttns ordered to trap tho culprits. Tha chief ttns subdued They wore brought Intc tho city, and all ttcio sentenced to death excep; tho chief, who was tpated for his gray hairs. Among them ttns a youth .f 20, Rtrong and healthy; his rugged nppear.inco rnndo an instant appeal to every spectator, and tho cry rose, "Savo him, save him!" Immediately tho old chieftain, whom tho Governor had forgiven on account of his age, rushed forward and de manded, before they proceeded with tho execu tion, to speak to the Governor. After tho poor old man had experienced much rough treatment at tho hands of the crowd tho permission was gt anted In trim Oriental fashion ho thus ad dressed tho Governor: "O, eye of my home and of my family. Wo did como from tho mountains to carry somo food to our families and to our herds. We admit that wo havo done harm to your law-abiding citizens. You have sworn that the guilty men should die, and It Is Just, but I, who nm par doned on account of my ago, como hero to de mand a favor of my lord, The youngest of my family Is ttith mo; he camo hero because I asked him. This Is his first offense. Ho Is young, and has hardly tasted the sweets of life; Is Just betrothed I am here to dlo In his stead, In bhallah, lnshnllah (in tho name of God) let a worn-out old man perish nnd spare a youth, who may long bo useful to his family, to feed the Hocks and tend tho sheep. Let him llvo to drink of the waters flowing from the fountains and silvery streams of Kurdlstnn and to till tho ground of his ancestors." The Governor was greatly moved by tho old man's appeal. He granted the chief's wishes, and the old man went to meet his fate, whllo tho youth cried wildly and became distracted ttlth grief becausi the Governor reversed his decree nnd took the moro valuablo llfo of the aged chief. This Is characteristic of a system which bears today more clearly than any other traces of tho patriarchal government. Youel B. Mlrza In the Review of Reviews. NATIONAL POINT OP VIEW Renewal of discussion of tho tariff supplies testimony that removing protection from articles of general consumption falls to lower their cost to consumers or to reduce the expense t ! living. Spokane Spokesman-Review. Not slnco the tlmo when tho fathers of men now carrying the obligations of American citi zenship found determination In patriotism to Bave the Union has the United States asked so much of Its people. Chicago Trlbuno. What the world needs is not huge mouthfuls of hard words and scintillating philippics, but restrained bpeech, coupled with actual, prodi gious and unremitting efforts to set wrongs right. Albany Knickerbocker Press. Wo talk nbout preparedness with great sea power and great land power yet to be acquired. We don't know what preparedness Is, even with the puny navy and the negligible army already In existence. Washington Times. But for protection we should not now bo en Joying our great and prosperous foreign trade. We built our Industries In face of tho protests of the free traders and we made them success ful, and with them the country. Dayton Jour nal. OH, MAY I JOIN THE CHOIR INVISIBLE Oh, may I Join tho choir Invisible Of those Immortal dead who live again In minds made better by tholr presence: live In pulses stirred to gonorosity, In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable alms that live with self. In thoughts sublime that pierce tho night like stars, And wth their mild persistence urge man's search To vaster Issues. So to live Is heaven: To mako undying muslo In the world, ' Breathing as beauteous order that controls With growing sway the growing life of man. So we Inherit that sweet purity For which we struggled, failed and agonized. With widening retrospect that bred despair. Rebellious Mesh that would not be subdued, A vicious parent shaming still its child. Poor anxious penitence. Is quick dissolved; Its discords, quenched by melting harmonies. Die In the large and charitable air. And all our rarer, better, truer self, That Bobbed religiously In yearning song, That watched to ease the burning of the world, Laboriously tracing what must be, And what may yet be better saw within A worthier Image for the sanctuary, And shaped it forth before the multitude, Divinely human, raising worship so To higher reverence more mixed wIUj love That better self Bhall live till human Time 6hall fold ,ta eyelids, and the human sky Be gathered, like a scroll within the tomb Unread forever. Which martyred men haye made"- glortoiui For us who strlva to folio' r. May I reach That purest heaven, be to other louls Th oup of strength in -soma great aKonv Enklndla generous ardor, feed pure lova Beget tha sroilas that havu no cruelty ?," A" -waat pwsemet) a good dtffusad Akd talffwirtQn em mora InterwiT m' So staalt I tela tha choir lnvllbl assi EMl& t the tadMW nf the world. Gacrfta Eliot. i . a What Do You Know? Queries of general interest icill be atijircrcd in this column. Ten questions, tho an-iccri to which every well-informed person should knoiv, arc asked daily. QUIZ 1. Where is tho old City Unit? S, Vtlio una ton youngest man elected to tha Presidency? S. How much did Jefferson pay for the Louisiana territory nnd from whom did he buy it? 4. How much larger Is Tcxns tlinn FrnmylTantaf B. Ilotv many Hccretnrles of Stnto lins Mr. WUloo had? 0, Wns any President of the United States bora In Pennsylvania? 1. Hon- ninny counties nre there In New Terk ' city? 8. Mhat la the meaning of the name of the Schuylkill Idler? 0. AMicrc is the Fennsyltnnln State College lo cated? 10. How many Itomnn Catholic Cardinals are then In tho United Slates? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. Roncrnl retain. S. Queen Victoria, 1837-1000. 3. Kiel liny, Northern Germany. Oermta l navnl base. 4. Conr-resn wishes to warn Amorlcans off t belligerent nrmeit ships. President ITU.1'' son la opnosed to the measure. ?S R. Charltnhle. 0. Detroit, Mich. 7. Ireland lins no Premier. 8. Alsace nnd Lorraine. 0. Famous Trench military academy. 10. From the god Mors. First month ot tha j ear until the chance In the Entllia calendar, 1753. "The Face Upon the Floor" Editor of "What Do You Know Would you please be so kind as to advise me where I can get the poems entitled "The Face In (or on) Uw Barroom Floor" and "Woman"? N. J. S. "Tho Face Upon tho Floor" was written ty H. Antolno D'Arcy in 1887. Its popularity led tho publisher of a Bowery song sheet to Issue a song of similar character, which he called "Tho Face on tho Barroom Floor." Mr D'Arcys poem appears In a small book priv .ely printed with, others of his poems a few years ago. It Is too long to reprint here, but If you will sen! a stamped and nddressed envelope we will tell you where you may obtain the book containing It, There nro so many poems called "Woman" that it Is Imposslblo to Identify tho ono which you Beek without further particulars. The Name Jonc3 Editor of "What Do You Know" Will you kindly give mo through your column a history of tho name "Jones." In what country It orig inated, Its meaning and whether, If It is Welsh or Irish, it has any other way of spelling thin that commonly used? C. SL Jones Is a variant spelling of John, which iJ derived from tho Hebrew through the Latin Johannes. It has different forms in different languages, as Jans, Jahns, Johans, Johns, Jones, Joannes. In the foj-m Jones It Is a common Welsh name. Charlie Chaplin Ft..!,.- ., ,fT,ft., nA Vf rttflln"l. Will you please give me a blographlo outline ot m Charlie Chaplin and tell ne to what nationamy bo ViMnnrta? ". What causes half-moons ana quarter-moons? H. U- m 1 Phnrlxi Phnnlln mug horn of Jewish PM cnts In a BUburb of London in 1890. His parent , jj IU..A thontvlr-nl opnnle. TTa heiran his Stage Ca- reer at the age of 7 as a clog dancer In London. T.n,. La nttatitlnri TTrn TlnVH College for two years. Then he appeared as Billy In Gillette M "Sherlock Holmes" for three years. He cams j , -t ...I.V. nn irnrnn'n "tflffht In RU 9- English Muslo Hall." Mack Sennett engaged him to pose for the "movies." 2. The moon i iio-ht nn r.niv ibnt fsldn which Is turned toward the sun. When the earth Is between the ua ,M . . . a a 1 aMadi mfWlnL and the moon we see me wnoie iato " " "i and It is then called full. When tno moon " W between the sun and the earth the moon H r visible because Its dark Bide Is turned eartn ward, As the moon moves out of Una between the sun and the earth we begin to see the cres cent of the new moon. When the moon na covered a quarter of Its monthly circuit arouna the earth half of its illuminated surface is t1- it... -., I, nn,lni,Aa n ranv till It la hallWar around. Then it begins to wane until Dr' comes dark again. McLemore Editor ot "What Do You Know' Who U IB Representative McLemore, the Conre"w whosa resolution about armed merchant enn was laid on the table? J. J- His name Is Jeff McLemore and ho represent the 1st Congressional District of Texas. r cording to his autobiography In the Congre slnnal Directory he "was born on a farm i- ..... , t ttiii tr,tiM, fnnntv. Tena. nines weai ui oj'iiut, m, u,j -- ';- .t on Friday. March IJ. In a storm." 8.d0,M,5?:. ,.. .!... e 1,1a ht-th Tin had but ll'1" schooling because the did not llxe th terJ 9 and left school for good at the ago of 1. " m to Texas In 187S and became a cowuuj, -, four years In Colorado and New Mexico, worM ing as a miner or printer or reporter ortv prospector. He was elected to the Texas Lj lature In 1893, has been a member of the o" of Aldermen of Austin and secretary ot w State Democratic Executive Committee, ana 19H was elected Congressman-at-large. " lived In Houston for the last four years, ; he has been working on newspapers. Encore . .Editor of "What Do You Knot?" What l the meaning of the word "encore" In tha Vo, "She Bang an English ballad for an encorer G. M Y- ' Custom permits the use of the word la thj wav. but the meanlnir of the word does not Iri i tlfy It. Encore means primarily "up to ' l or "again." When an American or BnK:jlB! audlenca ories "Pnoorel" It wishes a wM.SaMll reeltauon or what not repeated. JJ1 uu oi use it. in mis way as auv nm meaning twice. . W 'rz3$&&iia&sBmHS VmmBBmHBmKBKBmKKKmKKBHKKKtBSlKBUBIBKBmlBKtKBBHSBS HaHHal &mmSEuBSSBBBKMHtBKtKKMtSBMm
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