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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
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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.
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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. .
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