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SUBSCIUPTION TEIMS
W carrier, six cents per week. By mall, postpaid
jmtaids of Philadelphia, except where foreign pottage
WiTsovitred One month, t ent--fl cents! one ear.
threa dollar. All mall inscriptions parable In
Advance.
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THILAbELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MAItCIi IS, 191.
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Anyone eon hold the helm when tha sea is
calm. PuMltfs Eyrus.
t "Wouldn't It bo a characteristically Mexican
" trick for thb Carranzlstas to capture Villa
( Vor6 tho Americans got a lick?
. 'I am disgusted with our party leadership,"
ir says Representative Worron Worth Hallcy, of
Johnstown. Ho Is not talking about Mexico,
RR but only about repeal of tho frco sugar bill.
Tlio President must bear up under a now
shock. "William Howard Taft nnd Ellhtt noot
opposo the Brnndels confirmation. Still, this
may brlntf several more recalcitrant Senators
to the favorablo voting point.
ifr. MarBhan's hat Is still in tho ring. Ho
answered presidential felicitations on his
M Blxty-second birthday by Issuing a rcnssurinn
statement that ho '"felt sure" tho Administra
tion would bo re-elected next November,
British Cabinet Undecided on Polish Kc
' Hef. War new s.
Tho British war command may bo undecided
on tho relief of tho British at Kut, but, for
tunately, tho Russians know their own minds.
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jj Mexico again Is safo for Americans. First
fa Chief Carfnnza has issued n general military
.1 order directing complete protection for cltt
oa zens of tho United States. Their lives nro as
safo as thoso of American passengers on armed
!. -liners,. Theoretically, of course.
Wo sincerely" hope that when Portugal reads
Cour proclamation of neutrality sho will not
feel that It Is aimed against her and that we
. have some occult purpose behind. Tho proc
lamation is probably kept In typo at "Wash
ington, ready for any emergency.
,t Kaco. Arizona, may be Pancho Villa's next
' objective point. Reports from this front indi-
. -cata. a salient there. At any rato, two guns
were found in a cellar at Nogalcs, Mexico, and
a man was seen carrying "what appeared to
bo ammunition." Ho was a stout man and
had the salient.
Five of tho Inspectors of tho Highway
Bureau have been lopped from tho payroll
"because. In the view of tho powers at City
. HalL there was,no work for them to do. Why
' dorrt the powers transfer their view to some
. of tho central streets? Then they might take
jfafook at thoroughfares In tho outlying sec
tions, Tho Southland Is cntertalnlnr Mayor Smith,
Senator Varo and their fellow political tourists
handsomely. They aro having a good time
end balmy weather, a dispatch Informs anx
ious citizens in wind-ridden Philadelphia. But
their Interviews, wired back home, have been
giving Senators Penrose and McNIchol far
frcm balmy quarter hours.
Tho Mayor's butler has been appointed as
jm .elevator Inspector. From experience with
e English plays, society novels and such like
. jno would Judge that a butler was qualified
v particularly to Inspect the municipal wine
,t pellars and tho community cigar boxes, If
tjierfc are such things. "Battling" Is. howe er.
tho profession of discreet men, and the Mayor
seems to appreciate a good one.
Chief Thunder Cloud has gone to Mitche
Manltou. He was more notable as a plctur-
U esque personality, than as a warrior. Visitors
to Dlngman's Ferry knew ho was a chief, for
1f he jvpre a chief's eagle plume In his back hair.
Hto resemblance to fierce old Red Cloud got
him a Job as model for such artists as Abbey
Vnd Remington, and his typical Indian features
are familiar, In tho decorations of various
8 Stat cp.pltols and similar buildings'.
Ppsslbly some of the school children will
wondorwhat national hero Is being commemo-
rrted, during the progress of "Shakespeare
Week." proposed as the local educational con-
tribution" ta the tercentenary celebration. The
8' Works of Avon's pdet have become more and
jnpra Infrequent In, production In our theatres
fr during the post decade. Famous passages aro
' not found In the new stylo school readers, and
recit4t.lpns," Which were largely drawn from
- Shakespeare, have passed with the Friday
v f$.wno6rt elocution, of the little red school-
hous. Maybe the efforts of Sunerlntemlonr
Gurber and Professor Lacv will result in n
iisSltH hfrth Shakespearean Interest among
V5 juh- f-ujwimy, iuo, tne cnarming ana
Itarpativa tales by Charles and Mary .Lamb
cjin ha, placed on tho list of supplementary
fnwipg jur witj BBvenin ana eigntn grades.
Hgorn, the moment thq Mexican situation
Jp?Vjerious a, j;?nsorjlp was established
& f? ajnza, and yesterday the sama move
wa inadSJy Major General Punston. The
)e4esalty and ho w'sdoio of a censorship are
apparent in this case, and the Kvb.nino
' Ieoopa. Intends tp pbserve both tho spirit and
th isttor of th ofnelai order. The news serv
laf which la reporting Mexican affairs for the
yrmr of America Is energetic and alert, and
tftrt. of iu work is the. communication of
iwHcJat. ne,. Tne Evesinq lepoeb, rec
M0tis$& lUt duty to glvo its readers the news,
UAlga conscious of the superior claim of the
UJtia States, which has, through the censor-
rfn jt-cuittAstAd that nnthlna- ivhlrh nln ha nt
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apDTfr s lap cwiiaiun twifm o yuunsnea
r. TIM two obligations do not come into
MoAic at uuuiy pcjnt, ad it la not Uk&ly
tjtirt th em atmfcatto of tm Brttteh eeo
ut,iSMj' wUi he luuUtKl ta thla country Vut
Mil fpt urm mm mm ( nawwper 1
office Infoi'mallori which the authorities desire
to suppress. Unquestionably there will bo
protest In certain quarters, nnd much will bo
said of the "freedom of the press." The
Eveninci IiKDOEn believes that a supremo In
stance of that freedom Is In the voluntary
service, not In tho embarrassment, of the
United States Government.
COURTS AND THE SALOON
The nermnnlonn protest acalnst the renewal
of llrenfs Ims illarloeil the powrrlesne of n
neUhborhood to keep aaloona out of It. This ton
illllon trill prevail until the lanr Is nmendeil.
THK no-llcense pcopio of tho Twenty-second
Ward nro In a fair way to lenrn that nn in
formal referendum la powerless to close the
saloons.
When tho License Court yesterday refused
to hear the remonstrances of tho No-I,lconso
League of Clormantown, on the ground thnt
they were not necessary, It nctcd within Its
rights. It is easy to argue that the court
ought to hae listened to the protests of tho
cltl7cns nnd to have respected tho wishes of the
remonstrants There It no doubt thnt tho
court ought to take Into consideration tho
stale of public sentiment in a community
when It 1b considering the renewal of n license
to soli liquor Hut there Is no machinery pro
vided for ascertaining with any degree of accu
racy what tho state of public sentiment Is.
The law nssumes thnt licenses are to bo
granted When n man hits conducted his
saloon In an oulorly manner It has been tho
practice of tho courts In thin county to renew
tho Uconse. Tho burden of proof rests upon
tho opponents If tho license is to be canceled.
It Is not enough to assert thnt tho snle of
liquor Is an evil nnd Its ttso a moral offense.
The law docs not admit cither of theso propo
sitions. Pi oof must be offered In each case
that the specific saloon ptutcsted ngnlnst vio
lated public decency or tho law or Is ohjec
tlonablo for other reasons than that It Is a
saloon.
If It can be ptoved by nlld testimony that
tho saloon Is not a public convenience for the
accommodation of those In the habit of using
stimulants, tho Judges nie Justified In refusing
to renew n license They may be justified for
other icasons. But thcie Is no doubt what
ever of their duty to keep saloons fiom dls
ttlcta where theio Is not a demand from those
who pntronlro them.
Tho Judges have a wide discretion nnd dif
ferent Judges tnlec different views of tho ex
tent of their discretion, evidence which in
one county will convince a Judge thnt no
licenses should be granted will be rejected by n
Judgo In another county. There Is no uniform
ity of action throughout tho Commonwealth
Tho appeals to the higher courts have left the
matter In a very unsatisfactory state, because
theso courts have usually refused to Interfere
with tho exercise of tho discretion of tho lower
tribunals.
The Gcrmnntown referendum, like that In
West Philadelphia was nn attempt to enforce
local option without tho bounds of tho law.
In Germantown 3770 signatures were obtained
to protests against tho lenewnl of licenses. Tho
Protestants were opposed to saloons on general
principles. They would doubtless have signed
tho protest if there had been only one saloon
In the whole district But they did not consti
tute a majority of the 10.000 voters In the
Twenty-second Ward. If mere had been n
local option law In force they would not havo
carried tho ward against license
We aro not arguing In favor of saloons or
against them, but are merely exhibiting tho
difficulties which the tempeianco people meet
when they attempt to secure a reduction In
the number of drinking places
It Is not necessary to dnmn the court. If
thero Is to be any criticism It should bo
directed against the law Itself. Tho General
Assembly was asked last winter to pass a local
option law which would permit tho citizens
of the counties to decide for themselves
whether liquor should be sold or not. The
bill failed of passage for reasons not neces
sary to go Into. With all Its defects It would
have been nn improement on tho present
statute, for it would hae taken from the
Judges part of tho burden of performing
non-Judicial functions. In counties which hnd
decided against the saloon there would hae
been no licenses and In counties which de
cided In faor of the sale of llquur tho Judges
would have been left to exercise the same
kind of discretion which now rests In them.
Germantown, howeer, would not have been
helped by the county option bill, which tho
last Legislature killed, for It Is part of u.
county. If Philadelphia County had oted
for license, the courts would doubtless have
acted as they beem disposed to act now.
The whole llcenso controversy In Philadel
phia this winter should bo educative. People
who never knew It before must now Icnow
that there Is no statute prohibiting the sale
of liquor whero it Is a public convenience and
that the courts are to bo the Judges of the
law and the facts. People know thut thero Is
no local option rule which compels tho
Judges to deny a license whero a considerable
protest Is made. And it has been discovered
that Jthey do not think It necessary to give
the protests of a neighborhood respectful con
sideration. It Is evident that If there is to be any
change In the license policy of tho State the
General Assembly must first change the law.
Unless all signs fall, the license question will
be one of the live Issues in the campaign this
year.
NO 3IEN TO SEND
MAJOR OENERAL FUNSTON acquired
some notoriety many jears ago in the
grim Incidents accompanying the capture of
Agulnaldo, but ho Is not a humorist and his
reported call for 50,000 troops on and near
the Moxlcan border before Invasion begins
must not be taken as the work of a wit.
It Is, however, an Ironio circumstance that
tho figure set Is almost exactly the numerical
strength of both the mobile and fixed troops
of tha United States. The forces of the regu.
lar army stationed in the United States In
April, 191S, were composed of 2577 officers
and 60,455 men, and there has been vir
tually no change since.
It will be recalled that In December, 1914,
after the return of (he expedition to Vera
qrui, Mr. Garrison recommended an Increase
of 25,000 men in the mobile forces. That
recommendation was not followed and the
long period of stress which ensued has made
It peculiarly Inadequate. The military com
rtfljtu&s of the House and Senate have now
under consideration bills which look forward
not only to such an emergency as the present
one, but to a,ny sudden, crisis, and there Is a
general feeling In the country a feeling
shared by the Presidentthat these bills can
be perfected and passed In time to provide
n.A m .tin nrautnt omaron,... at l.ou, rnvA
action of the llousu yesterday In authorizing
the addition or ju.vw men to tno regular array
M bJutd. but It Indicates that the Congress
men nave wm8 pndet standing of the gravity
of tiieVtumUKNO,
Tom Daly's Column
NIGHT beforo lAst we wo and three of
ours were tho guests of Mr. Harry Ed
wards at tho Olympla A. A., at Broad and
Bninbrldgo streets. Also we were, nnd still
are, tho debtors of Mr. T. Maxwell, of our
own denr paper. Ho not only secured our
scats for us, but literally carried us to them.
You never saw such a mobi "Gracious!" wo
exclaimed to our three eidest, whom we were
Introducing to the gnmo, "they never had
crowds llko (Jtls 2fi years ago," We started
lo toll how wo helped to bring Corbctt andV
Sullivan together In 1892, but tho story wa4
old to the nudlcnco of three nnd tho experi
ence beforo them was new If they were
over to have It. Fortunately, at this mo
ment enter T. Maxwell -Whadjersay? It. W.7
Oh, that's his pen nnmo; but wo call him
"Tiny" In the office J'ever seo Mm7 Gosh!
Well, nil wo had to do was follow our In
terference. Ho plowed a holo through the
crowd nt tho door big enough for lhofour
of us, nnd presently wo were nt the ringside.
We (getting back to the cdltorlnl pronoun
now) settled oursclf solidly In our Beat and
looked calmly over the stirring scene. Two
of tho youngsters wero sotno distance away,
but the third who happened to bo the sec
ond In point of seniority was directly under
our wing. To him we addressed ourselft
A'oto, John, mv son,
This festive scene you took upon
Has all the glamour of romance;
The savage panoply of might,
The leaping left, the rigid right,
Like -levin in the lamp's light dance,
And stir u-lthln your veins the blood
That youth Ii calling to its flood,
To mantle siyooth bare check and brow.
But, oh, let not thli specious Soy
Becloud your mlnd'i horizon, boy,
A'or orcrtoicftn your reason now.
Sect hen the gladiators cornel
They both have car-marks of the bum;
At any rate their ftrotui arc low,
And in their beady eye-balls "Shine
The cunning of that tt-olflsh line
Which only brutes unthinking show.
Bcholdt the cauliflower ear
And flattened nose, whcicln appear
The sermon I am fain to preach;
If you ttill read the lesson right
I need not speak to you tonight
(Qcc lUilzl that big guy's got the rcachl)
Of course, these boys arc Icapuid-Ukc,
And lightning arc the blows they strike;
But they aic only brutes at best.
And just to make this one point clear
I took the pains to bring you here
(Oosht how he slammed him in the chest I)
One point must be quite plain to you:
Pugnacity wilt never do
(do get him, llcnny, turn it looscl
You, bonc-hcadl if you'd only slam
A left-hook to hh diaphragm
Hal there's the belli Oh, what's the usct)
It una saying, John, my son,
This fcsilic scene you look upon
Is a delusion and a snare
(But John had panel and mercy met
Across the aisle I saio the three
Comparing notes and chuckling there.)
And afterwards, In tho turmoil over tho
decision of tho reforee, u youth of about his
own ago ventured to Jostle John a bit, and
ho said: "Hey! What nro you tryln' to pull
off?" And the other, after looking him in
the eyo said: "Nuthln"' And John said,
"You better not."
nd ns wo walked homo with the three o'
them, we said to ourself: "What's the use?"
Child's Winter Garden of Verse
(Bowing to R, L. S.)
Mary bakes our pies and cakes, '
And many sugaied cookies makes,
And sho can cook tho nicest bread;
But Mur 's dear mamma Is dead!
So every day the p'llceman comes around
To see that she's still with us, safe and sound.
WILL LOU.
YOU may not believe it, but this is from
tho Literary Digest:
In the meantime, ltnlsh Is one more
eBoterlo word to add to the culinary vocabu
lary along with chop suoy, goulash and za
luKllone. Unlsh Is nn Invention
of whom any delicatessen merchant might
ba proud.
TUU VILLLAKELLE
I will a tale in metre tell,
Oh, Just a simple liltle lay
J tell compose that Villanclle.
A. change from sonnet and rd)del
Is pleaianf; so, in accents gay
1 will a tale in metre tell.
I'm sure I'll do the thing quite well;
If Baby Helen keeps axiay
I ulll compose that Villanelle.
Bo, Baby, while I rhyme and spell
Just occupy yourself at play,
1 will a tale in metre tell.
Xow hear that infant's fretful yellt
J will complete nxy task today,
I will a tale in metre tell;
I will compose that villain, yell.
M. E. H.
INFOfUlATlON WANTED
ADDRESS of Edward Lonersani died Feb. S3.
Kindly writ A. Lontrsan, etc.
BPiniTUAMBTS
CHWSTENSE.S. 1'henoraenal P.ychlit. llallot
Demotratlon Sunday a. 8 Monday, Thurs
day 8, etc Claulfled Ada In N, Y, World.
"PLEASE tell me," L. E. W. begs, "Is there
JTany connection between the first ad and
the other?" We can't bay, but If we were asked
what Christensen would offer as his guess'
at the present address we'd write "He"
or "He ."
Oirla 17 to 24. with brown or black eita.
weight 119 ta Ui Iba , rtepecubl. alncera. plena
write. Am a retired farmer, eon. age 38, 6-9.
160. blue ey brown batr. good dlapoaltlon. will
marry only. for love. Can furnish references.
Acll Alexander. Saratoga. lad Classified Ad
"mina ad Is from a matrimonial paper that
J. found ta way Into the home of a happy
married man." writes W. A. R. "I would cer
tainly like to know what be means by
references'?"
WJiafll We Call It?
ARTHUR GUITBRMAN' twfsttrhymea
XX stirred some of our contribs;
TWIBTBD LADIES.
A. Amelia is a clever nurse;
Tho often peeved, she'll never curse.
D. Bedelta's beat of canny misses '
Who've let me, gh&ra their many, kisses.
C CccellaV worst of daring buds,
For. gosh l eha wears such barlogr dudsl
P. Villain
Hlr lu the erly youth of "Jugend," y!s.
1 somewhere) around 1900. they ran thla sort
of poetics,! m effusion under tha heading-,
"jfrtuettelRelintf iShultie-Rbyraea. "
Some were almost as baA us QiMermin'ii.
BmOQVU ji YOUSitid.
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WEATHER SINCE
THE TIME OP ADAM
The Collection Made for the Centen
nial Was Left in Philadelphia.
A New Plan for Doing
Something
HERE'S soma more weather. March Is all
weather. Thero has been weather over
since tho time of Adam, but thete wasn't nny
beforo his time. That Is tho difference between
weather and climate.
CI I run to Is a matter of largo conceptions, Is
theoretical; weather Is a matter of dally expe
rience, is piaaical. Climate Is general,
weather Is particular. Climate Is Independent
of man, weather Is relative. Weather, In short,
Is personal Weather Is humanly Interesting.
People do not talk about cllmato, they talk
about weather. People do hot go to California
or Florida for the cllmato, though they may
think they do. They go thero for tho w cat hen
Peoplo do not llko or dlsllko abstractions.
They llko pleasant, sunshiny days, nnd kick
when the storm comes. It Is weather, not cli
mate, that governs their ordinary, everyday
actions nnd moods. It Is weather that favors
all their llttlo plans or spoils them. It is
weather that spoils tho Sunday school picnic
or tho nice new dress and hat. Blessed bo
weather when the weather's right. Otherwise,
otherwise.
There Is lots of weather in tho wot Id today,
nnd when we think of all tho weather thero
has b.een since Adam's day tho amount and
variety thereof aro staggering. Emerson ap
preciated the importance of weather, saying:
All sort ot thlnes and weather
Must be taken In together
To maKa up a yenr and a sphere.
Especially weather.
Mark Twain Waxes Poetical
As for variety, you'll discover by statistical
analysis. If you're patient enough, that tho
vnrletles of weather nre far more numerous
than tho varieties of reflglon. One spring In
New England Mark Twain counted 13G differ
ent kinds of weather inside of four-and twenty
hours. Ho wrote, "It was I that mado the
fame and fortune of that man who had that
marvelous collection of weather on exhibition
at the Centennial that so astounded the for
elgners Ho was going all over the world and
got specimens from all climes. I said, 'Don't
do it; ou come to Now England on a favor
able spring day.' I. told him what wo could do
In tho way of style, variety nnd quantity.
Well, ho came and ho made his collection In
four das." And at that, we aro told, "ho had
not only weather enough, but weather to
spare; weather to hire out; we"ather to sell;
weather to deposit; weather to Invest; weather
to give to tho poor."
I don't know what tho weather In Phlladel
phla was beforo the Centennial, but I am
n.u!to sure that thoso who havo authoritative
Information to give on tho Bubject will bear
me out in tho statement that the aforemen
tioned collector never took thq trouble to take
his weathor back to New England, I was
more than ever convinced of this fact at the
tlmo of the recent ice storm. Mark said there
is one feature of New England weather that
compensates for nil Its bullying agurles, and
that'B an Ice storm "when a leafless tree Is
clothed with ice from the bottom to the top,
Ice that Is as clear and bright as crystal; every
bow and twig Is strung with Ice beads, frozen
iiewdrops and the whole tree sparkles, cold
and white, like the Shah of Persia's diamond
plume," That Isn't all of Mark's description
of "he bewildering, Intoxicating,, intolerable
magnificence," but if there's a Phlladelphlan
who doesn't Know the beauties of an Ice storm
he doesn't deserve any more of. it: and the
other Phlladelphlans do know, and further de
scription isn't necessary,
Some Effects of Long'Spells"
Variety of weather and variable weather
are two different things. A spell of weather
produces effects quite as Important to indi
vidual and social economy as the changeable
kind. The last time I rode in a country stage
the driver remarked that they had been having
quite a spell. I learned In the course of the
journey up Into the mountains that the
weather had been fine. It taught me, a new
meaning of the word "spell." and I suppose
that it may have several meanings.
Everybody knows that a spell of hot and
humid weather causes Irritability. Wives
henpeck their husbands and the weather Is
really to blame. Husbands are unbearable
and the weather Is really to blame. But
there'll no charty under the sun at such a
time. Only a person of the utmost good
nature, which Is only another name for good
humor, should be subjected to the spell of
hot and humid weather, yet the Influences of
weather are Inescapable. Oh, for a world of
humorists! '
It Is reallv a serious matter, as you would
Jearn by comparing the records of the. Cor
oner. an4 th United States Weather Bureau
Between Juaa g9 and July 17, last suauwr.
tha temperature drop P4 eawic below 1
-.iuui va- ijj--hj'' -.,ir Kti tm'i. .ju.jtmam ivi,tvt r-.i uii i nn in n hiium i i in i i t t'h'.atni iu: -;.,. ---., . jn in i':i t ir - -nr
fstBismsm&smsmmmMsrsiKm-'
DAWN
degroes. In that poriod thero wero seven
murders In this city, seven murders nnd 21
suicides. To go Into tho statistics with
greater detail would bo too grueoomo nn
Investigation, but tho I coords show thnt tho
murder nnd suicide rato goes up and down
with tho weather. Woathor makes peoplo
cross. A misplaced pencil becomes a calam
ity, a Jest becomes nn Insult- Typhoid and
appendicitis aro not moro sorlous diseases
than nggravnted Irritability. But, aftor all,
tho weathor Is not wholly to blame. Pcopio
aro to blame.
Rcdistrictin? the Weather
Too much fault Is found with tho weathorl
Much too much. But there's this Interesting
view, ns expressed tho other day In tho Bos
ton Record: "Nothing Is so futile ns com
plaint of tho weathor, but nothing Is so sat
isfying. It has tho very essence of satis
faction because It Is inward. Tho joy of
finding fault with tho weathor is everlasting,
and Is in no way hampered by tho thought
that wo cannot change conditions." A
learned professor nnmod Ward has lately,
however, laid beforo n body of savants n
plan for redlstrlcting tho weather. Ho seems
to think that present conditions nro wrong.
Ho divides tho country into eight provinces.
The Eastern province Includes all tho eastern
United States except for tho Gulf province
a strip along tho Southern coasts extending
inland about 200 miles from the Gulf of
Mexico. Tho two plains provinces havo their
eastern boundary roughly sot at tho 100th
meridian moro exactly on tho 2000-foot con
tour. Tho two platoau provinces begin at
tho main crest of tho Rockies nnd tho two
Pacific provinces occupy tho region west
of tho crests of tho Sierra Novadas and Cas
cades. Tho lino dividing tho northern from
tho southern Pacific plateau and plains prov
inces follows In general tho southern boun
daries of Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming and Ne
braska. As Science remarks, "Thes,o service
able subdivisions not only follow Professor'
Ward's specifications but also can do easily
remembored." Master Mark Twain would bo
Interested. Ho used to complain that In
splto of all tho talk about tho weather noth
ing had over been done about it.
Personally, we behove that tho weather
ought not to bo changed. If wo can't ge
along with it, It's our own fault. Git is tho
measuro of ourselves. It Is tho measure of
civilization.- A .certain famous geographer
draws maps to lllustrato tho distribution of
civilization, nnd how docs ho entitle his
article? "Weather nnd Civilization," Not
"climate." That man"knows what he's talk
ing nbout. It's weather. R. H.
THE CZAR'S GREAT WEALTH
No, not John D Rockefeller. Ho Isn't tho
richest man In the world. The distinction
undoubtedly belongs to the Czar or RussU, of
whom It has been said that he has so much
money that nobody can count It, And it Is a
fact that the wealth that Is his as controller
of the Russian church, nnd as ruler of all the
Busslas, Including that of the members of his
extremely wealthy family, would certainly be
too great to count. Including as It does all the
wealth ot Russia, which Is estimated at 7,000,
000.000. i
The Czar's personal wealth, according to one
statistical genius, works out at 110,000 a day,
and should Russia get down to its last cent
or rather kopeck In .the royal exchequer.
Most of tho Czar's wealth Is derived .from
landed possessions, of which he has nearly ISO,
000,000 acres, three-quarters of which Is rich
timber and yielding big rentals. The other
quarter is mining land.v Siberia's mines are
owned by tha Czar, while his jewelry and art
works are of fabulous worth. The Czar's state
Income Is about 2,000,000, out of which, how
ever, he has to provide for the expenses of his
household, which Include the upkeep, of more
than a hundred palaces, to say nothing of the
Russian court, with ItsSO.OOO servants, 230 auto
mobiles, 5000 thoroughbred horses and art army
of several thousand soldiers and detectives.
I POLITICS, PORK, PREPAREDNESS
To tne isauar o tsvemng meager;
Blr I am not a regular reader of your paper,
but happened to buy u copy of this evening's
Issue and, according to my habit, looked at the
editorial page.
As an ex-guardsman, honorably discharged
25 yeais ago at expiration of enlistment, and
consequently more or less Interested In that
body fpr many years, I want to congratulate
you on your thorough reply to Mr, Charles El
cock's letter, under the heading "Pork and
Preparedness" Add "politics" to this tills and
It would be complete.
History repeatedly confirms all your state
ments and personal Interest Is the only thing
that can blind any one to these facta.
With best whthes for the successful establish
ment of a really competent, uniformly trained
and olHcered reserve, EX-QUARDSMAN.
Reading, Pa , March IS,
11 " .
HONEY OP HYMETTUS
O honey ot Ryjnettus Hill, V
dold brown and cloying sweet to taste,
Wert here for the soft amorous bill
Of Aphrodite's courser placed?
Thy musky (cent what virginal chaste
ltosora was ravished to distil,
Q honey of Hymettua Hill.
Gold brown and cloying sweet to taste?
What upturned calyx drank Its fill
When ran the draught divine to waaf
Ttot her whlta banns were doomed tr "T
awes neoe rauen ana atsgracea A I
O howy of Ryraeuus UUi, J in fal
Gold browu an4 cloying sweet to tstsil VZ
ZZ
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What Do You Know?
QitcrfM of general Interest will be answerfi'
in this column. Ten questions, the anjifrri
fo toifci every well-informed person should
fctioto, arc asked daily.
QUIZ
1. AVImt in n round of nmmunltlon?
2. tVhnt Is the population of Columbus, New"
Mexico?
3. How ninny ncres of floor space are there la1!
tlin City Hall?
4. What HtatcH border on Mexico?
S. Who una President during- the Mexican!
War?
G. There ne.ro no cities In the United Stales la
1010 with a population of 100,000 or mole, if
How ninny aro there now?
7. What la the )Iargent number of Immlrranti i
who entered tho United States In a single ;
jenr7
8. In tho Ilrltlsh Empire larger than the Roi-
alnn Umpire? -
0. Who Is the Hccretnry of Labor In the rreil-
dent's Cabinet?
10. What Is tho population of Mexico?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Cnrmnzn la not Tresldent of Mexico. lie ',
describes himself officially as "First Chief
of the Constitutional Army anil Depository
of the Kxecutlve l'ower of Mexico."
2. Unst.
3. No he was born In Cracow, Gallcls.
4. An Inventor and grand opera Impresari.
o. In Lower California, ii part of Mexico.
6. He was an Indian fighter and was in com
munil ot the United States troops which
finally subjugated the Moras.
7. The bouiKlarlea of I'lillailelplda prior ta tilt
Consolidation act of 1831 were the Dels-
I ware nnd Schujlklll Ttlvers. the strath
sliln of Vine street and the north tide et
South street.
8. About four miles.
0. Dr. Itobert Kills Thompson Is 1'resldeot if" :
the Central High School.
10. Major I'Knfant.
Movable Feasts
Cdlfor 0 "What Do Yon Know" U) Just ai
T had convinced my family that, shortly after
Texas secured her Independence, It was Gen
eral Znchury Taylor who Invaded foreign soil
without orders to capture border bandits and
who subsequently becamo President, you come
out und lower my average by "springing (An
drew Jackson (2) What makes Easter a
mm lnn fanot? I ITnon ma n m stttiar? fit
Tn ti a In ntr1 aw tVta aemTc a An i in 1 4iemt Ml !
officers Iti the American army FRANCIS.
I. You nre both rlcht. Taylor Invaded Sle
Ico and Jackson Invaded Florida, then under
Spanish bovorclgnty 2. Kaster is n movawt
feast because, according to a decree of the
Council of Nice, its nosltlon in the calendar
varies. It comes on the first Sunday after the.
full moon that fulls on or next after Marcn ;i,
w s ..tm m as.. r.... .1 - At. . 1 1 Anrln 0V1
ii tne iuu moan lima on ouuuay ma iuuun jsa
Sunday is observed. 3. All the feasts and fastis
thnt rlnnniul nn Paster nro movable. Palm Sun
day, the Sunday Immediately preceding Easter; "1
ARronstnn Dav. 40 davs"" nfter Easter. Whitsun- !
day, 50 days after raster, nnd Trinity. B7 days
after Waster, are movaoie rensia. , 4ijv.
general, brigadier general, colonel, lieutenant
colonelk major, captain, first lieutenant, secona
lieutenant. '
Sbrlclla
i'dffor ot "What Do You Know" I red U M
other day that Shrlglla, the teacher of singing.
died In Paris. Can you tell me anything about
him? Gconan mason.
ninvannl Khrlcrtln was born in Naples l ;
1810 and was known as a tenor In this country m
tu support of Pattl. In T-rls ho was fi"""
m a teacher, among his pupils Deing nom..
Pol Plancon, Sibyl Sanderson and the two D
Reszkes. Jean went to Sbrlglla as a baritone
and left as a tenoiv
Picture Rights to Short Story
iMKor o "What flo you Know" I wish to)
.hi.ln tha mnvlne nldture richts to a SnOTti
story. Please tell me what steps ta L J"jN j
If the author has reserved all rignis "rs
that of first periodical publication you w ,
have to make an arrangement with him. ow,
erwlse the moving picture rights are the prop
erty of the publisher, with whom you muso
negotiate.
TAn Qlinnla
Jfdlfor of "What Do You Know" By m"n I
In one place for 11 long years, to my IMerj
W?- ,Ms -!".. lz i ri ;i'
comtmj rrom v. - ?--.oH ,or
work, but everywhere one must know oml J
trada or to have experience for certain Ki
of work. (1) Would you kindly inform "",
"What Do JOU now .--- ,.-;f'i
-Vi1" .i .. t 4n.n,t to learn somethUuTid
(2) My part icular ambition 'would be to W
W.'??!!r-u,rSiT!i:
adUoT l Know Bvc.a. -- --- --
1. The city maintains a twUtvUm
12th and locust Binieia. y" 07 ,h. SorUK '
!2.KS kTs&nV
sir 'Jwr B7eT InFtltyte. 32d CWggM
streets.' and Frank!! Institute. 7 h streHI
above Chestnut street. '",;, stoat i
now as when It was 84ld. that "a romng o-,
fathers no moss." If you wish iotew"
t. do so thoroughly w-W preclude travij
from place to place.
0S-t1ouo1&
mo now iu v .- --. -Tin j
iV, Rvmnhouv tha first concert was "' M
Philadelphia T by It? Also how many -
Ki the pblladeluhH Orchestra been mw
M"f "' h. 3Sth of the V
tne v.-. :r-v.;i.ini o w
Byraulxmy ana tne sim in vrr"'T,
answir to your auetaUw ftO"M - ul-
ha urejMsnt U tho HUt &eaoa
Th present 1 tho 15th
' Ore w'vtra.
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