EVENING LEDGER-PHILADEIPHIA, MONDAY, MARCH 13, 191C
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PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, MAItCIl 11. 1.
As men, tea are all equal in the presence
of death, 1'ublius Syrus.
Portugal admits that Great Britain asked
c her to do It.
Jess Wlllard knows that preparedness Is
necessary unless ho wants to lose tho cham
" jilonshlp.
r- General Pershing's experience In chasing
Filipino bandits will servo him In good stead
In Mexico.
"Tony" Blddlo is ready to catch Villa
Ingle-handed If the President will only say
' tho word.
Bryan Is at last on tho right side. Ho
indorsed tho action of tho President In going
after Villa.
Now that tho Nevada has been placed In
..commission, Undo Sam's navy Is Just a llttlo
bit better prepared.
Judge Parker Is moro than half right when
, the says that the man who can talk nothing
but "shop" Is a super-boro.
When tho airships get after him, Villa is
likely to And that it is not quite bo easy to
hldo in tho mountains ns It used to be.
If Carranza got $300,000,000 for northern
Mexico ho could rotlro from business and Hvo
in luxury In Paris for tho rest of his life.
" One of tho lessons of baby week seems
'to bo that tho father's caro of hli wlfo Is as
Important as the mother's caro of her child.
When tho University gets that proposed
new auditorium It will bo In lino shape to
accommodate "Billy" Sunday tho next tlmo
ho comes' hero.
t No ono begrudges tho President his week
end outings on tho Mayflower. It Is enough
'" to rrmko nny man tired to have such a Con
' ' grcss on his hands.
, Every automobile ownr Is awaiting the
,Vfuln!ment of Doctor Rlttmon's prediction that
tho price of gasoline Is going to drop after
".the middle of July.
As applications for twice as much spaco
as there is have been made, that exposition
of tho Philadelphia of today and tomorrow
Is bound to bo a brilliant success.
- Now that tho munition factories novo been
working a year for Europe, they aro in shape
' to supply the army with all that it may need
unless their European contracts forbid.
Governor Cole Bleaso's statement that it
we have war he will bo among tho first
to go to the front -will cause a lot of other
Wise peaceful citizens to favor hostilities.
When Colonel House talks ho is able to
make his meaning clear. IIo announces that
he said nothing to the European Powers
- .about the American purchasa of Mexico.
Those who llo near the city dumps are
hoping that Director Datesman's plans for
public Incinerating plants where tho rub
blah can be burned will bo carried out.
If a boy who receives a scholarship
'enabling him to get a college education cannot
pay the money back within 12 years of grad
uation It is wasted on him. Therefore,
the conditions under which tho Tale Alumni
Association, of this city, pays a boy's expenses
through college make It important that tho
right sort of a beneficiary be selected. It la
much better for the boya that all benefits
;ot tills kind be considered as a loan.
And now a Chicago court Is about to at
'Jempt to settle the dispute concerning the au-
thai-ship of the plays ascribed to Shakespeare.
"'An Illinois banker, who has been subsidizing
two or three cryptogram decipherers for sev
, eral years, Is persuaded that he has discov
ered the key to the authorship in a long and
. connected narrative hidden In a series of plays
by a cipher which Bacon himself Invented
and used. Some theatrical men, who allege
that they will be injured In their property
rights If Shakespeare's honors are taken from
riilm, have sought to enjoin the banker from
publishing his. discovery. They are needlessly
jlglftrmed. for the Baconian theory Is not new.
-Most ofjia. are persuaded that if Shakespeare
did not write" the plays, they were -written
uJpy another man of the same name. And the
theatregoers do not care who wrote, them,
"e-nyYvaf, for1 they would much rather see a
rollicking farce-comedy with plenty of slap
''. stick work than the best tragedy that the
Bard of Avon wrote.
It ts Just as well to suspend judgment on
the Stilus case until all the facts have been
.jjecured. According to the first report from
the American Consul at Havre, the vessel,
frying the Norwegian flag and carrying a
rcargo of grain from New "JTork to Havre, was
"torpedoed without warning" In the Havre
roads on the night of March 9. The pre
sumption m that ma torpedo -was fired by a
German submarine. It is possible that the
sljlp may have bit a roine or there may h.ave
boeR an internal exfeloslon. There were
mva American sailors aboard. As the shjp
t towged to a neutral aation, the was not
armed for defense, Udr the rules of Inter-
7 XUw.al law $ ntsmwy to oH her
iksA putt MMe tfor wra eanu ami tnen, if
jjfe 4Nf fttrybW moC w' aa eneaao, to
allow the crew time to escape before sinking
her. As to mines, the rulo of International
taw is that floating mines must become
harmless within an hour after they have
been put In the water and fixed mines must
become harmless the instant thoy are de
tached. It Is posslblo that tho Slllus may
have run upon a fixed mlno set to protect
Havre. But If sho were torpedoed, Germany
has one moro act of frlghtfulncss to explain.
PORK AND PREPAREDNESS
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Slr-As n. constnnt render of tho Kvemino
IjEDqer, I was very sorry to see tho stand
taken In your editorial columns of March 4
In reference to preparedness. You quote
the Bench and Ilnr In Its knocking edi
torial against the National Gunrd, and add
soma abuse of your own, without ono word
or suggestion of any better plan of han
dling tho defense problem.
Surely you do not advocate the Impos
sible schemo of a continental army. Or do
you propose universal sorvlco? Your read
ers, I believe, would like to hear an edi
torial on this subject
If you havo no suggestion, don't knock.
Any BChemn for preparedness will Involvo
the expenditure of money. It Is disappoint
ing that the Evening X,edobr should havo
been heard In this silly cry of "pork."
CHAULBS BLCOCIC
THE Evknino I,r.DOF.n favors a national
army under tho direct command and con
trol of tho National Government at all
times, both In penco and In war. If wo nro
to bo prepared for emergencies, this Is funda
mental. How that army Is to bo obtained Is
a matter of detail which can bo worked out
easily after It Is agreed that a national army
Is what wo need.
Tho organized Stato militia Is not a na
tional force, and cannot bo mado such without
an amendment to tho Constitution. Thoso
who nro ndvocatlng "federalizing tho National
Guard" know this, and they admit It In pri
vate conversation, if not in public discussion.
A distinguished army officer confessed it in
tho prcsonco of a company of nowspapcr men
in this city not long ago. It Is not posslblo
for Congress to socuro tho organization of a
forco of mllltla, ns that word Is commonly
understood. In any Stato without tho consent
of tho Stato authorities. Tho Governor of
ono Stato recently disbanded the National
Guard rather than havo Federal officers med
dling with It. Stato troops aro Stato troops
under tho command of Stato officers. Tho
President, It Is true, can call them Into tho
national servlco in tlmo of war, ns Glen
dower snld ho could "call spirits from tho
vasty deep." When Hotspur Jeered, "Why,
so can I, or so can any man, but will thoy
como when you do call them7" he was direct
ing attention to an Impotenco no moro ob
vious than that of tho President. Everything
depends on tho willingness of tho States to
respond and nothing on tho power of tho
President to compel obedience.
Tho Evening lxnai:n called tho congres
sional plan for enlarging tho organized mllltla
of tho States "pork barrel preparedness" be
causo no other form of words adequately
describes It. Tho objection to It Is not that
It Involves tho expondlturo of public money,
but that It Involves tho expenditure of
money primarily for tho profit of tho poli
ticians and secondarily for tho creation of a
larger rescrvo force. It is objectionable,
further, for tho reason that tho reservo forco
which It creates will bo trained and dis
ciplined by forty-eight different authorities and
will como under national command and direc
tion only In tho event of war. It will then havo
to bo trained over again, oven If It responds
to tho summons of tho President. But, at
best, a lot of red tape will havo to bo un
wound beforo tho State forces can bo trans
ferred to national command In an emergency.
As to universal service, It the nation has
to chooso between universal military training
In tlmo of pcaco and compulsory service of
reluctant and untrnlncd citizens In time of
wnr, wo should most emphatically prefer
universal scrvlco in time of peace. The call
for volunteers In wartlmo has never been
filled. Lincoln had to resort to tho draft, and
In the Spanish War tho number who volun
teered fell far short of tho number called for.
If tho war had lasted longer and If more men
had been needed wo should onco more havo
seen that the volunteer system Is fatully de
fective. What the nation needs Is a new birth of
patriotism In order that citizens may under
stand and appreciate the obligations of their
citizenship. Thero aro men who say that tho
right to vote and tho obligation of military
service should bo Inseparable; that If a man
Is not willing to train himself to take up arms
to defend tho nation he should have no sharo
In Its government. As a general proposition
this is sound, but it can nover bo applied In
the United States. Somo way must bo found,
however, to Impress upon tho men of mllltnry
ago nnd upon their employers tho duty of
assisting In tho formation of a large reserve
force of trained men. The regular army Is
the proper first lino of defense. A second
lino composed of trained reserves ready for
Instant service on the call of the President
will find us ready for quick action when any
action Is needed. Then the Stato troops would
very well form a third line of defense, which
could havo ample time for preparation after
tho first alarm. And the fourth reservo body
would be the great mass of untrained cltlzenB
who would bo called upon to volunteer after
the other reserves had taken the field. In
tho event of falluro to volunteer they would
be drafted. These are mere suggestions. The
duty of framing a plan rests on Congress.
It Is Imperative that it take tho advice of
military men and not of politicians and that
Us purpose ba real preparedness and not
pork.
FOR WHOSE BENEFIT?
THE suggestion that the United States buy
the northern part of Mexico comes with
out doubt from the men who would like the
protection of the Washington Government
for their enterprises across tho border.
Northern Mexico is rich in mineral and oil
lands. So long as disorder prevails it Is Im
possible to get either tho oil or the minerals
under profitable conditions.
Purchase of part of Mexico would benefit
the holders of concessions and it would put
many millions into the treasury of the Car
ranza Government, The sum suggested as
the purchase price is $300,000,000, or more
than six times the annual revenue of the
country in peaceful years. It is enough to
teiupt any Mexican leader, especially as the
pa-t of the country which it is proposed that
we buy is the least populous and the least
developed in the whole republic. Of the
total 12,000,000 population, only 3,000,000 is in
the district in question.
It is doubtful whether tho purchase would
benefit the United States, for we should get,
along with a largo arid und barren territory, a
discontented and turbulent population. Most
of th? Insurrection of recent years have
started in northern Mexico, where it Is diffi
cult to catsli tbe bandits in tho mountains
.nd where the ion popuUUou is as ready
to IAV9 bl. loo( aa by honest work.
Tom Daly's Column
McAronl Ballads
JiPll
FOJt aOODNESS' SAK'I
"For goodnes' aak'l" She say to me
Dees girl, dees Angela Marl'
Oat soon my tclc ee iiona he
"Hatfore 1 go for leeve xeeeth jom,
Voit gotta Habit, jott mus' brack
Dres stccarin' talk crt tccctl not do,
For goodness' aak'l"
"For goodness' sak't ect'e mak' me sad."
Sho say, "for hear vou ipeak so bad."
An' I sav, "Wal, toen am mad,
I feel ccf I no swear a few
Dot tom'theeng sure ecs gotta brack!
So w'at da deuce I gona do,
For goodness' sak'f"
i
"'For goodness' sak'l' dat's Joosta tflf
you oughta say to'en vou are hot!"
She say; "So promise pott iccell not
Mak' Aircnr words noxo for sccxa -week.
Or vou can tak' your presents backl
Here's strongest tangwadgc vou must
speak:
'For goodness' sak'l'"
For goodness' sak' I'm tonga-ttei,
So dat she wccll ba satisfied,
Decs girl dat gonna, be my bride,'
But you, you guys dat know me Wall
1 hope dat vou wccll not mccstak'
What I am thcenkln' w'en I vol:
"For goodness' sak'l"
Declaration of war by Germany irnlnt Tor
tuiral wan looked upon aa h foregone conclusion
anil foil n dat ni tha Mexican uprllnn on
'Chance. Tho closing tono was atrons. Evcnlna
contemnorary.
Mc
'OBILJ3 bunch thoso Mexlcnns. "And;" says
W. A. M who first yelled to us from tho
street about It, "I am for preparedness every
where, all over, up nnd down Chestnut strcot
and even In tho financial district."
Where Hlntory Fails
History tells tha erudite
7oio 7fcro Ilsfciicrf, one icitd night,
And how Francesco's heart, elate,
With honor trifled, and with Fate
An errant fancy's troth to plight.
How Bcatrtca, upon tho height
Spurred Dante to poctle flight
Of chaste conception, and ornate,
History tells.
9
Of all such antenuptial, Ughfc
Enraptured bursts the penmen write,
Tint altogether fail to state
How husband rolling homeward late
Poor fooll too fuddled to recite
His story tells.
T.I. E. II.
Tho American Catholic Quarterly Review
recently received this order: "Plcnso send us
tho Quarterly for January, February nnd
March."
UP IN tho right-hand comer of Its very
front page tho Townnda (Pa.) Dally Ite
vlow makes this sweeping brag:
LAKOEST CIRCULATION IN THE WORLD
IN TOWN OR CITY WITH LESS
THAN 0000 POPULATION.
Which causes us to lay aside our modesty
long enough to remark that wo nro tho finest
golf player In tho world with n mole midway
between tho eyes, employed in this city and
present at this writing.
Our Uplift Scries
Anecdote at Ulf, Chief of the fiaions.
IMAGINE a Saturday night on tho east coast
of Anglla. Ulf, tho Saxon, staggered homo
ward, In tho small hours. In bellicose fettle,
having repeatedly drained tho horn bo fiercely
that Its rim had bitten Into his lip, and Its con
tents Into his vitals. Ulf was a two-handed
drinking man.
As he swaggered Into his hut clinking, lusty
barbarian that ho was, his ornnments, leaping
up and down, and puffing up hla great beard
terrifically, ho bellowed In mocking fashion:
"A llttlo bit of spinach, and they call it
Ire-land."
Whereupon hla wife, a beautiful daughter
of a King of the West Menth country, nnd
whoso maiden namo was Mng Noonan nl
Droghda, promptly let him havo tho family
flatlron In the middle of his face, which so
discomposed him that for many phases of the
moon he was too enfeebled to hunt the Plcts
or tako an active interest In tho affairs of
tho ward.
Itcjlcction: If you can't boost, don't knock.
A. A.
The Full-Page-Ad Young- Man
(Wilt Bhakspur and Tammss Carlyla collude with
A Co.'s Advertising Dept. JIualo by tha com
poser of "Down on Biscay Hay Say!" or by him ot
"We'll Hans a Festoon on the Moon" fame,)
In the Bat. Eve. Post,
Which is read by most
Of the backbone of this nation that is free,
There's a bobbish Hobby,
Hatty, nifty, nobby.
Dashing in his haberdasheree.
He has a flare for the rags that are glad;
Ho wears a waistcoat and makes it the fad,
Bartor resartus, indeedl
Nothing like it in yungfelo's creedl
no's the varsity and doggy.
He's the ultra-ertra toggy;
lie's the Jiosencrantz and Qutldcnstern
young man I
Oh, his clothes are built,
And they're builded to the hilt
You can buy them for a Jilt, vou can.
He's the hatted,
He's the spatted;
He's the meerschaumed and cravatted;
And, sartorially, the rest are "also-fan."
He's the last "my word";
Ear-closlngly tumultuous his togs are;
You can bet they're heard;
You could use him as a xoarnlna where the
fogs arc;
But he ought to wear a muffler, in or out of
pop'tar pages
That fulUpage-ad. young man.
Want the next verseT I C. G.
No, that should bo sufficient, thank you!
Blr Speaking of epitaphs. Bill Tubbs was a
soak, but never bought, so:
When U1U dle4 bU friend alt chipped la
To buy Uim a tombstone It was little and thin.
Still large enough (or all to see
Tha simile Inscription, "Thla 1 on m "
V. A. II. B.
'' TREPABKD PEOPLK I IIAYB NOT MET.
1. Tbe sentleman who clway prepares for a sudden
bower by removlor my umbrella from the stand.
2, Anybod) that owi m money.
W1U Lou.
The haughty saleslady finally condescended
to notice the shopping person. '-'Is an,y one
waMBiT on you?" she asked,
J'I'm afraid not. My husband, Vas I left
bira outside, ypu knowbut Prrj -frald he's
jone bosM." L
'AND IF ANYBODY'S WATCHING, WELL AND GOOD !
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missiiskssasz.
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TO
MEXICO
HOT TRAILS OVER
BOUNDARY LINES
Punitive Expeditions From One
Countiy Into Another Andrew
Jackson's Famous Excursion
in Florida
LITTLE punitive expeditions mnko big his
I tory. "Little," relatively speaking. Thero
was tho march of tho 18,000 troop3 Japanese,
Russian, British, French nnd American to
Tientsin and on to Pekln In 189S. Tho
Boxers had created a reign of terror. Tho
Chancellor of tho .Tnpanc.se Legation had
been murdered. Tho German Ambassador
had been murdered. Tho members ot tho
diplomatic corps nt Pekln, with other resi
dents, had fortified themselves in tho British
Legation. Tho first expedition was prin
cipally an expedition for tho rescuo and pro
tection of tho foreigners, but during tho
progress of pcaco negotiations tho Powers
dispatched punitive expeditions In various
directions, theso operations continuing Into
tho spring of 1901. Theso events, of course,
produced a great and lasting effect on Orlen
tnl and world history.
Amelia Island, now a part of tho Stato
of Georgia, but formerly Included In tho
Spanish territory of Florida, has been tho
destination of soveral punltlvo expeditions.
Aftor tho abolition of tho slavo trado within
American borders In 1808 It became a placo
of resort for pirates, smugglers and Blavo
traders. It had, Indeed, borno that character
slnco tho Involution, but early in the 19th
century It becamo moro than over a nulsanco.
In March, 1812, it was' captured by rebols
against Spain, and American soldiers then
occupied the island, holding It until 1S13.
A llttlo later n band of filibustered seized
It and thon a forco took possession In tho
namo of Mexico. Our first actual step Into
Florida took placo In 1817. Conditions re
specting Amelia Island woro quite as Intol
erable to Spain as to tho United States.
Gaines, nn American general, was directed
to seize and occupy tho place until further
orders. Ho went thero and American sol
diers held tho Island until tho Florldas were
acquired by tho United States through the
treaty of 1819.
Jackson Speaks Ilia Mind
In the period preceding that date our real
tlons with Spain were considerably strained,
English and hostllo Indians, during tho War
of 1812, and oven afterward, mado Florida
a monaco to tho American settlers In Geor
gia, Alabama and Indeed tho whole South
west of that time. Andrew Jackson, In a
passionate address to his ldlo Tennessee sol
diers In July of 1812, expressed his feelings
thus: "You burn with anxiety to learn on
what theatro your arms will find employ
ment. Then turn your eyes to the South!
Behold, In tho provlnco of West Florida, a
territory whose rivers and harbors nro In
dispensable to tho prosperity of tho western,
and still more so to the eastern division of
our State. Behold thero likewise the asylum
from which an Insidious hand Incites to
rapine and bloodshed tho ferocious savages,
who have Just stained our frontier with blood
and who will renew their outrages the mo
ment an English force shall appear in the
Bay of Fensacola." For years Jackson
looked forward to the seizure of the Florldas
by force of arms.
Difficulties with the Indians of the Gulf
States continued a long time after the closo
of the Revolution, when they had been allies
of the English. The whites and tho Indians
made land treaties, establishing boundary
lines; and border outrages, not only on the
part of Indians, but on that of the whites
themselves, were common. It was commonly
believed by Americans that English emis
saries among the Creeks were continually
stirring up the redskins and trying to make
as much trouble as possible for our Gov
ernment. It was felt that Spain had amply proven
her inability to fulfill the duties which de
volved upon her as owner of Florida. Slaves
found an easy' refuge there and hostile In
dians and bands of freebooters were other
causes of annoyance. Spain, however, lnt
slated that her sovereignty should be re
spected. Jefferson, was the first President
to try to buy Florida and negotiations were
carried on intermittently for a score of years.
In 1817 there were frequent collisions be
tween whites and Indians on the frontier.
Gaines attacked Fowltown, ou, the American
side of the border, and defeated the chief of
the Creeks. Immediately the Indians in the
whole sectipn went on tbe warpath and the,
Seminole War begab. Jackson, who super
seded Gaines aa commander In the South
west, advanced through Georgia. In great
baste and in March, 1818, was on the Florida
froaUex. His orders allowed him to follow
o ,". ri-i a n:iM
m- TO Jlpsf
As
fcj&ff i
tho enemy Into Spanish territory, but for
bado him to attack n Spanish post. Ho
marched straight Into Florida and took tho
Spanish forts at St. Mark's nnd Pcnsacola,
claiming that tho Spanish authorities had
aided and abetted tho Indians, as well as
certain Englishmen whom ho accused of
fomenting trouble Ho captured tho English
men, Arbuthnot and Ambrlstcr, and hanged
them forthwith, In splto of their British citi
zenship. Two Indian chiefs wero ' hanged
without tho formality of a trial. In nil this
ho exceeded his authority from Washington,
but popular sentiment throughout tho United
States was In his favor. Tho Washington
Govornmcnt feared foreign complications
through Jackson's energetic and self-sufllcicnt
action, but England allowed tho matter to
pass, ns Arbuthnot and Ambrlstcr had ob
viously been whero thoy had no business to
bo. Spain demanded tho punishment of Jack
son nnd tho surrender of tho provlnco, over
which tho goneral had raised tho American
flag. Secretary of Stato Adams, howover,
was equal to tho occasion. In bold and ublo
dispatches ho Justified tho lnvnslon on tho
ground that Spain ovldontly had not prop
erly preserved tho neutrality of her territory.
Negotiations for tho purchaso of Florida,
wero resumed and In 1819 a treaty of cession
was concluded. Tho Florida cplsodo differs
from tho Mexican In tho fact that on Jack
son's part, though not on that of tho Admin
istration, a ileslrp for territorial conquest
entered Into tho matter. Tho present pur
poso, of course, is purely punltlvo.
Republic of Navy Island
Another occasion on which foreign territory
was Invaded In pursuit of enemies was that
of 1837, when tho Carollno Incident oc
curred. In 1836-37 a strong republican spirit
rlfo In parts of Lower Canada culminated In
an Insurrection. Tho leadors fled to the
United States and ono of them, Mackenzie,
with 25 men, Including somo citizens of Buf
falo, solzed Navy Island, In tho Niagara
Itiver. It belonged to Canada. Hero the
rebels set up a provisional government and
Issued paper money. They got their sup
plies from tho American side of tho rlvor,
using a small steamboat named the Caro
line. A Canadian expedition crossed tho
rlvor at night and seized tho Carollno as
sho lay at her dock on the American shore.
They fired her and sent her adrift, to be
carricd over tho falls. In effecting tho cap
turo tho Canadians wero met with resistance.
Soveral men wero killed, Including nn Ameri
can citizen. Tho British Government avowed
tho invasion to havo been a public act and
necessary to self-defenso. After diplomatic
negotiations the matter was smoothed out
to the satisfaction of both tho British and
the American Government.
At tho time of the Fenian raids United
States troops followed General O'Neill over
the Canadian border and arrested him on
Canadian boII. It Is an interesting fact that
tho Fonlan raids against Canada resulted
in tho training and establishment of a useful
forco of citizen soldiery In he Dominion.
TO SUPPLANT BAEDEKER
One of the curious byproducts of the war's
animosity ts a plan In England to publish a
series ot guide books "to take the place." as
the London Times explains, "of the rcnoWned
Baedekers, which, after the war, are not likely
to be popular In the countries of the Allies or
of sympathetic neutrals." The managing dlrec
tor and editor of the now enterprise was for
30 years one of Baedeker's English co-editors.
The Times says that the Idea of Issuing the
books has its patriotic as well as it mrr,,.i,i
I side, and that the guides are to be printed and
mo iimpa imm cuureiy n England, Baedekers
were printed In English, French and German,
but these books are to be printed In English
and French only.
THE HOMESTEAD
Here ye came when love was younc:
Nowhat love Is old,
Shall we leave the floor unswept
And tha hearth acold?
Here tho chill wind. In tho dusk.
Wandering to and fro.
Moves the moonHowers, Ufa a ghost
Of tbe long ago.
Here from every doorway looks
A remembered face,
Every sill and panel wenrs
A familiar grace.
Let the windows smile again
To the morning light,
And the door stand open wide I
When tha moon is bright.
Let the breeze of twlllgnt blow
Through the silent hah.
And the dreaming rafters hear
How tha thrushes call,
O, ba merciful and feed
To the house that gav
All Its beat to Bhalter love.
Built when love was bravej
Here we came when love was youu:
Now that love is old f'
Never Jet Its oy ba lone
Nor its heart (.cold!
-bum carman, la Caatvrr Umim.
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What Do You Know?
Queries of general interest will be aniiwreajf
in this column. Ten questions, the atutceril
u iuu!i.i vvtrv u;L-ii-iiior7nca person ino
know, arc asked daily.
1
QUIZ
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2.
Wan Oeneral Tunston educated at Weil
l'oint."
Wlint wns the Inst adjacent nddltlon te tk
territory of the United States which mil
secured by uurclmse? a
It.
4.
B.
Who wus Professor ."Muylirlilee?
Is i;l I'aso north or south of Neir Orltml
Who inn l'reslilent of the United States it
the tlmo of the eruption of Mt. I'elee, U"
.iiurtiniiiuer
Who Is President of Fortucal?
Did Ileneillct Arnold ever live In r-hlliiei
Phln?
How many rooms nre there In the City
iiuir:
How far Is It from Philadelphia to Tiln
Uracil? li
Who Is the Junior Senntor from I'snoiil.
10.
vanln'f
Answers to Saturday's Quiz
Andretr Jackson.
The capture of Aitulnnldo In the l'lilllpplnei.
Iteturneil It to China, nftrr deducting the
expenses of the expedition.
Henry P. Fletcher.
About 53,000 olllccrs nnd men.
About 2311,000 mllei.
New Mexico.
A little more than 10 years.
A ship's chronometer carries London, oil
ruiucr iircciiwicii, iimn ill iHcuiimo si
rertalnlnir Its position, ns lonsltuda ll
reckoned from the meridian of dieis-
wlcli.
10.
Tho estimated population ot Cleveland ll
720,000.
Qualifications for the Oflice of President :
JJdlfor of "What Do You Know" la tli
KvBNiNa Ledqeu of March 6, under the headier
of "An American Who Cannot Be president," 1
read with Interest an article on Secretary LaiuV
who Is not eligible to become President of, tils
country, since he Is a Canadian by birth. LeM
than two years ago, In answer to the question;
"Can nn American citizen who' Is not a natlM
become the President of the United StitejQ
one of the most prominent of New otk damu
answered, "YC3, If he gets enough votes." I fed
thnt tho paper did not make the above statemett
without a reason, and I would like you to give
full discussion of the subject, with reasons tot
your answer. P- & W
The fifth paragraph In the first section of ttO"
second article of the Constitution settles JM1
question beyond dispute. The pertinent part of it
reads, "No person except a natural oorn cujwm..
or a citizen of the Unlfed States at me ,
the adoption of this Constitution, shall ba ellflM
to the office of President."
Citizenship
KVHfn.. .. nwhnf rin Vou Knnw" 1. Will T0B
please tell ma If a child born to a foreign , dlplw
mat in this country is a citizen or me u",
States?. I heard he Is not. If so, why? 2. CM
tho American Ambassador's son born In a W
elgn country bo elected President of the W1!
States? M- !
1. The child of an Ambassador of a forelR
n.r.w hum In tha TInllfll KtnteS IS a CltlK
of his father's country because, among otiinj
reasons, the residence of the foreign dlplomMH
An to va, .?- na fnrotirn Roll. 2. Tha 03
of an American Ambassador born abroad It
American citizen for tho same reason w -j
son of a foreign Ambassador born here 1J m
nn American. Ills eligibility to me 'r;
hna nous,- hoonmn n nrn.'tlcal nuestlon, DM JI
Is not likely that any one would dlspuU Wl
qualifications it he were regaraea ua in -j.
Presidency m otner respects.
Jloney for Luxuries
i'dlfor of "What Do You Know" I hate i Wtt
It stated that Americans spepd more I Or enssj
Ing gum than for foreign missions, can jj
give lia uo ,&-
Ex-President Eliot, of Harvard, has Vt'PS,
a table showing tha annual American
lures tor wnm ura hui ira"" r r,nnooo (P
necessities of Ufa. -It Bhows that J.00.,
year Is spent for chewing gum and l',"Jj
for foreign missions. Tne otner s"7;
the expenditure for other "nneeeaaxl v
nil
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nterest you. Here tney are. .'""., 0W
liquors. 2,100,000,000: tobacco. .t''lK!a
i'1" ,: ..i .,it 1800.000.000: autotaoWiew
J500.000.000; church work at home, t0.'i
000: confectionery. 100.000.000: soft du
tl20.000.000i tea and " V.wo- .'Jo'mmS
llnery, ,90.000,000; patent medicines, ,80,nv.5
Funnv Ttnnn
Bdilor of "What Do You Know" W I S
end of the elbow caueo. tne jum.j """-B p.:
T,nv bona Is a Dun on the word humerus.
the name for tho bona I the arm at "
of which the ulnar nerve is exposed.
A Playwright Seeks Advice
Editor of "What Do You Knou"-Da y g
-..i. .. J i- renders advlS me a t
.Uom o7 pVeinting to a Snakespeare
,.,v. o t,m thnt I have written? n
absolutely Shakespearean In "jf'c' ,5,
i.l In a merrv mood. ThiS U r"3
first play," and I should not like tej mS
SiT.,.oM in -, vndlimlfled manier M
foo-year celebration is Intended to coromfl
-?;.IT .,h n?h Hard of AVOO WM Woe0,
merW fellow, but all the club entertausaJ
far as I have been aWa to find navb
funereal in character Jrt )Tfc $?,
Jt U eoma tover or acasespea oimrf.
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