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Let thy speech be better than silence, or
ha silent. Dlonyslus.
It was push and not the push pin that made
tho late Edwin Monro successful.
Undor tho circumstances It's a safe bet that
Follx Dlaa will decide to postpone his rovolu.
tlon.
Mr. Stokowskl was learned In music beforo
the trustees of tho University decided to label
him ad such.
Russia and Hnglnnd Flirt With Sweden.
Headline
Those blondes do catch the eye of a military
man.
Ts Lillian Russell right when. she says that
Women want to read about something besides
how to cook and how to keep tho hair from
falling' out?
Tho affection of tho Irish for tho old sod
Is bo great that one day Is not enough for them
to show It in. They simply boll over In honor
of St. Patrick.
Tho Mayor rides only ono horse at a time
on his vacation In Georgia. lie cuts a much
better figure there than when trying to rldo
twovhorses at home.
Tho English dukedoms are not the only ones
to undergo partition. Tho estate of tho onco
celebrated Now Jersey character, "tho Duko
of Gloucester," Is bolng divided.
Universal military training Is advocated by
Colonel Glenn, chief of staff of tho Department
of the East, U. S. A. Ho would "Prussianize"
American youth at tho tender ago of 12. This
seems to go beyond the demands of reasonable
preparedness.
Mr, Garrison has arranged to practice law
In Now York. He will find It easier than per.
1 ouadlng a pork-barrel Congress to practice
the precepts of the fathers of tho country,
who said that In tlmo of peace wo should pre-
' pare for war.
It'a a belligerent era. "War, or at least the
rumor of war, has invaded tho peaceful ranks
of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. If
tho historians cannot maintain an Impartial
Attitude, thn vociferations of tho average war
debaters have some semblance of an excuse.
General Soukhomllnoff, former War Minister
of Russia, faces cashiering for "Illegal prac
tices." Possibly ono of them was the volu
bility with which ho gavo interviews to cer
tain American newspaper men at Petrograd.
Another victim claimed by yellow journalism.
They are exhibiting a machine at the busi
ness show which automatically fills thirty pay
envelopes a minute. If some one would Invent
a machine for Increasing automatically tho
amount In the pay envelope, tho employes of
every large company would buy one as a
present for the boss.
While the verdict at Verdun Is still In proc
ess of writing, tho Orand Duke Nicholas and
General Aylmer are rushing the campaign in
the Orient. Junction between the Slavs operating-
In Persia and the British In Mesopotamia
la a matter of traversing a small terrain of
comparatively practicable ground.
It la hardly credible that Germany purposes
pressing Into garrison and supplementary mili
tary service neutrals who have lived In the
country for five years or more. Persistent
dispatches to this effect come from Dutch and
Swiss sources. With settlement of the subma
line crisis still In abeyance, It Is hardly likely
that the Imperial Government will court fur
ther International controversies, which, more
over, would Involve It with all the neutral
nations and alienate favor In such sympathetic
countries as Sweden. v
It was Napoleon who told one of his generals
that he could equip him with as much of
everything as he wanted except time. One
cannot visit the Business Show in the First
Iteglment Armory without being Impressed
with the inefficiency of the great soldier. In
ventors have devised ways of equipping busl
ness men of the present generation with much
njore time than their fathers had at their
disposal, The time-saving devices are so nu-
.jneroua that the flippant youth was not far
wrong when he said that a properly equipped
office could do all Its business for next week
oday. Filing cabinets, calculating machines,
high-speed typewriters that will automatically
add, subtract, multiply and divide; machines
that will make up the payroll and till the en
velopes! and many other like devices have made,
It possible to do more business In an hour than
It used to be possible to do In half a day.
Civil Service Commissioner Krelder appar
t nUy wishes the. public to- believe that, he did
not know until after the young man had been
Working for a. month that the new chief of in-stuUgMic-o
and research was the Mayor's eon
inhvr. -Perhaps ho was unaware of It, but
a aba wMl helievo that the Mayor djd not
Idim-p t The duties of the new chief of inves-
att&u are so Intimate and confidential that
F Mt Government la to be a family affair It Is
: 4rtsrta.ot; that a member of the family should
Mr chajsje. with them. Ther is nothing- like
, jw9UfttMie-. xnswore, va mty expect that
the tfUetttonK iwt by the Civil Service- Com.-
MiMiOA va tue ajufiranw jor wnee ww soon
fc tmm ? semmuttt maa wp of
iMMt. se pspbew w itf'a au sit sl
Coming
son-in-law's near relations. Then nobody
could get an appointment who was not In
some way connected with tho clan. If the city
liken this soil of thing, then, fin Lincoln wild,
It Is tho sort of thing the city likes,
VON TIRPITZISM
The resignation of Von Tlrpltr, father of
llic suhmarlne pnllry o,f (lerrnnny, Is 1nkrn
In some quarters to menu the end , of en
frlglitf illness. on Tlrpltz Flioived to lint
end diet submarine, ns n commerce raider,
must nlwms lend, on ncrniint of the con
ditions under ulilcli It nprriilrs, tlermnnr,
In losing; his seMlecs, loses none nf the re
spect of the world,
AFTUK 24 hours of persistent rumor, offlolnl
JLjLtinnounccmcntMtns made yestetday thnt
Alfiod von Tlrpltz, Grand Admiral nnd Mln
Ister of Marino for tho Gciinnn Empire, has
resigned. Tho diplomatic kindliness which
cloaks his) tlepnrturn Undor tho cover of 111
nesi, and Insists that his resignation did not
forestnll dismissal, will be accepted by many
persons with a smile flavored with Attic halt.
The departure of Von Tirpllz Is as significant
as the Btibsldcnco of Von Kluck, ns the disap
pearance of Von Hlmlenburff, almost as symp
tomatic as tho breaks In Cabinet which havo
affected C'eimnny's enemies, nnd, so far, havo
left her uninjured.
Hopeful English commentators take tho
ovont to bo a confession that Gorman "mili
tarism" Is, after nil, to bo crushed, and tiro
happy to lccall that tertltorlnl differences can
bo settled ns soon ns tho downfall of Prussian
Ism Is complete. They arc delightfully uncon
scious of tho Ironic circumstances that Von
Tlrpltz was tho head of Gorman tiavallstn,
nnd their very optlmlim Indicates what a sur
prising power ho wielded.
It ts said, on tho other hand, that tho policy
of "frlghtfulncss" will continue, and It is tl.-tik-ly
hinted that tho t canon for Von TlrplUVi
full was his Insistence that tho Gorman fleet
remain snfo tit Kiel.
In thoso conjectures tho United States takes
a. secondary Interest. Primarily, Von Tlrpltz
Is known here as tho father of tho submailno
policy, which, avowedly designed as nn nnswor
to British blockades, enmu Into murderous
conlllct with this country on Mnv 7, 1915, nnd
has slnco brought ui frequently to the porllous
edge of war. It Is not neeessuty now to detail
nirain the achievements of this mibtnnrluo pol
icy, but It Is deslrablo to restnto the conditions
under which those achievements took place.
Tho undersea boat, In Its capacity of com-mcreo-desttojei
Is designed to take tho place
of cruisers which, thiough some unhappy cir
cumstances, cannot keep tho hen. Unlike
cruisers, the submailno cannot with safety
approach Its enemy In the open, oven if tho
enemy bo a merchantman armed with hut ono
gun. and tho difficulties of Identification, tho
dangers of mistake nnd tho Impossibility of
tho practice of visit nnd search are obvious.
Except in most unusual chcumstauccs, tho
submarine cannot capture; It must dcstioy.
It cannot give aid to passengers or crow.
It cannot distinguish between enemy and
neutral. It Is, except hh a weapon against
enemy warships, Inhcicntly nnd Inevitably
tin Inhuman device.
So It is not to bo wondered that the namo
of Von Tlrpltz Is to sympathizers with tho
Allies a byword and n hissing. If ho was not
directly responsible for, ho did at least ap
prove tho transfer of the submarine from Its
destined purpose to tho work of destroying
merchantmen. Flushed with early successes
and girded by tho cltclo of floating steel which
England throw about his country, ho ptose
cuted his now advantage until It became
bloody and wild. Because ho fought his su
periors In mad defense of his work, because
his talk became, at tho end, looso and un
controlled, ho became a mennco to tho world's
humanity. Nono the less, he did thn world
n service, for ho showed thnt either tho laws
of warfare must bo chunged in favor of tho
undersea raider, or the submarine, us a men
ace to commerce, must go.
So much was admitted by the German Gov
ernment In the memorandum of September 1,
191B, in which Ambassador von Hernstorff
assured this Government thnt liners would ho
granted tho ordinary rights of tho sen. In tho
more recent controersy concerning armed
merchantmen, Germany has Implied nn admis
sion that tho Kubmarino Is Illegal. It has only
Insisted that the law bo discarded, and, slnco
that wus refused, has not pushed Its subma
rine policy to its violent end. For Get many
that is sufficient to rendpr futllo nil the work
of Von Tlrpltz.
Nor has the submarlno been a conspicuous
success In any other way. So long ns the
German fleet tefuses to give battle, the sub
marine Is responsible for German commerce,
for tho destruction of enemy commerco and
for tho maintenance of blockade. In two very
Important scenes, the Black Sea and the Bal
tic Sea, Germany has held Russia fast, but
In neither ca&o has she depended upon tho
submarine alone. The blockade of England
has resulted In a negligible loss of commer
cial tonnage. The transport of troops has
gone on with conspicuous but unimportant
losses. Britain's fleet, lesitlmUe prey of tho
submarine. Is virtually Intact. And Germany,
blockaded or not, can receive neither com
fort nor sustenance except through neutral
ports.
It is not hard to understand why Von Beth-mann-Hollweg,
who Is dedicated to no policy
except success, should have opposed exten
sion of the submarine's activities to the point
where friendship of neutral nations might be
the price.
THE DAY
A'
"GKEEN ST. PATRICK'S DAY" Is as
seasonable as a "white Christmas' and
as Irregular In occurrence. Spring sometimes
succeeds In making the 17th of March as
comely hereabouts as It Is on the "Ould Bod"
by Its garniture of the shamrock's color. But
It Is not always successful in our latitude;
this year the crocusus and daffodils give a
hint, and In eastern exposures the grass Is
springing up.
The green symbolizes the perennial hope
fulness and faith of the Celtic character; it
is the one vivid phase on the ensanguined
pages that narrate "Dark Ttosaleen's" tale.
That hope has fairer prospect of achievement
now than ever beforo In imminent home rule,
though the war has prevented immediate re
alization. The line applied by Byron to
Greece: "Art, Freedom, Glory fail, but Nature
still is fair," once transferred to Erin, now
fits only by contrast. Nature always has
been fair in the atltleted isle; Art is aotUe
through the Celtic Reuaissance; and Free
dom to the limit of local autonomy is well
in view. Glory Ireland never has lacked.
"An exile from Erin went down to the
shore" in Campbell's poem, and he has been
multiplied manifold, us the immigration sta
tistics of this country ehpw. Here they have
found a haven of hope and prosperity; they
have quickly been amalgamated in the Amer
ican nationality; and while, no others have
been more loyal to the foster land, they have
preserved fealty to the "old country.
Tht
better tbs Irishman the better the American.
Tom Daly Column
AS WE announced yesterday, nothing gets
-O. Into this column todny that hasn't n bit o'
green about It. Now for the morning mall I
Hero's a green envelope that looks promising:
T. I3 live. Ledger, Sir In ro.
Your favor 10th, where you sny
You don't want nothing here today
But what It's green, I nsk you may
I Introduco these ft lends uf inlno!
Green mycr, batitn, berg, blnlt, wait, stclni
" gross, fold, helmer, burger, Icln?
With thanks for all past favors, I'm
Respectably, M. GREENAHEIM.
OH, come on In Mr. Grcennhelm first namo
Moses or Michael? Mtilco yourself nt homo.
Wo were Just about to Blng an old Irish song
of ours. It's not such nn old song nt that,
but wo'vo revamped It lately and we're dedi
cating tho new version to our friend, Oscnr
I.oob, who didn't llko our opening notes when
wo first warbled tho thing soven or eight
jears ago. Hero's tho way It goes:
run hay wi: ci:u:hhati:
love the irlfoto pold to thone
That rue watehful vhem it noes,
L'avo the balance o' icorld potter to the Haxon;
Though they scarce roitW tin it worse,
Inve thrm run this universe,
'Tti for tittle thai thev have that tee'd be axin'.
Horra wan of us that care?
J'or their hlah nn' mighty airs.
Or the rotic? o' r'yal purple an' the linen stiff
u'rf starch;
lint there's wan flay in the year
It'ieii they mustn't interdie
.S'lrc, the whole world is Itlsh on tho nth
of arch.
Oh. It's little that we hold
Of domtn
Here enters a page (In n grren uniform, of rourse)
nnd tries:
"Mr. T. D., please! Mr. T. D., please!"
W'tt lire nncr.v, quite properly, mid r demand!
"Why do you Interrupt In this fashion?
Thero'a another verso to II.
Yes, wo'ro tho
guy. What do you want?"
The youth presents the run! of .1. Mrt'Iurc. hut lit
tho Mime time he leans nier nnd whisper!
"Beforo you let him In, I think you ought to
know that tho color of tho nccktlo he's wcnrln
Is a deop or "
The IiiI'h mouth Is large, hut so is our bund. We
enter the one tilth the uthrr.
"You mustn't mention that word heie. You
menn a reddish yellow color, don't you? Yes;
well, toll him wo'ro btit,y."
"Very well, sir; but he told mo to ask you
what's the difference between St. Patrick's
Day and tho 12th of July."
"Run nlong now, and don't disturb us."
We nddress ourselies to the t.erond terse of our
song:
Oh, It's little that nc hold
Of dominion or of yold
In the blessed istc that sao us first a nation,
nut we make all land our own,
As wc spread ft am xone or zone
Here enters the lad In the green uniform nguln,
followed hy u red. white and green Hag. In the hands
of a short, stwirth) man. tthu will not hu denied and
tthu blngs:
TO A-V IRISH ailth
Xotc, ecu Xanoll, Kathleen,
llvtathrcng ces fresh an' green;
Grass an' cvta bush an' tree
Vet you Jus' could walk or ride
Up tin toitni da countryside
Green so like you say dcy be
Vcn d'i land from where you came,
You xcoulil flntla justa same
Xow, ecu 2'apoll.
Xow cen Xapoll, da sky
Vet ces blue, so like your eye;
Also blue ces bay an' sea.
Yes, Kathleen, da Lama blue,
Hut cct ces more warm dan you,
Ol so mooch mote warm to inc.'
Here ces laughter cen your eye,
Ah! but warma smiles da sky
Xow, ecu Xapoli.
Xow een Xapoli, Kathleen,
Vvrathccng's so softa preen
I am sure dot you would be
Vcrra moocha softer, too;
An' your eye would vtatch da blue
Smllln' from dot sky an' sea
.li.' you soon xiould ondrastand
Vcf I Jus' could hold your hana,
Xow, ecu Xapolll
The truiihudnur pasum nut. nnd a moment later 11
grr.11, mechanic from the lloor abote pokea hid head
In the door and saist
'Hey! if you're so strong for tho emerald,
why don't jou give a line to Tom Green, of
our own paper? He'B ono of the best make
up men In tho country except a few!"
In through 11 wlndun, letting upon an urruwuy,
flouts u ruurau talret
"Up with your glasses, lads! I give ye the
harp of Tara, the harp of ould Ireland! May
It never lack a string while there's a g "
"Cut the rough stuff! Bo u gent! The
polite name for that word Is 'Intestine',"
" 'Zat so? Oh. very well. The harp of ould
Ireland! May It never lack a string while
there's wan q' them polite things left in an
A. P. A.!"
1'ntrra the lad In the green uniform, who atks:
"If Mr. McClure changes his necktie, can
he come in? Ho told me to ask you."
"This Is not Mr. McClure's day. Ask him
If he knows why St. Andrew was chosen by
the Scotch for their patron; and before he can
ring the bell on you tell him it's because An
drew was the apostle who discovered tho boy,
in the multitude, with the loaves and fishes.
Shut the door after you, and stay out till I
finish my song."
Oh, ifs little that ue hold
Of dominion or of gold
In the blessed isle that saw us first a nation.
Hut we made all lands our own,
While we spread from zone to zone;
Bo, come all o 'yel an' share our Jubilation.
Oh, the iMusfc in the alrt
An' the Joy that's everywhere
Sure, the whole blue iau.lt o' heaven Is wan
grand triumphal arch, '
4 11' the earth below ts gay
YVid its tender green th'-day.
Far the whole world ($ Irish on the nth of
ii arch I
The door file opeo
bay he:
nd j.
Jlct'lure burtta la.
"I ask you again, what's the difference be
tween St. Patrick's Day and the 12th of July?"
'We pick Ul a, green book one of our own (a be
ready to resent the luult ut expect hha la burl at lu
ll le t u sail : '""'
"The difference between St. Patrick's Day
and the lth of July in just 1$ weeks and g
daye,1
S1 ,jMS0'i0l
THREE MILLIONS
SICK IN AMERICA
Wage Loss Is $500,000,000 a Year,
With Other Costs Piled On 11
States Considering Compul
sory Health Insurance
By RAYMOND G. FULLER
ELEVEN States of tho American Union
nro now considering tho adoption of com
pulsory health Insurance laws. Tho term
"health Insurance" follows tho Gorman usage
It puts tho emphasis on the main object of
this kind of legislation, namely, tho conserva
tion of health.
Insuranco Is a commonplace. Nobody denies
that it Is nn excellent thing. Nobody asks
anybody If ho believes In Insurance. In
dividuals Insure ngulnst loss of goods nt sea,
against fire, against accident, against sick
ness, ngntnst death Itself. It Is simply a prac
tical application of tho theory of tho distribu
tion of losses and tho subsequent elimina
tion of risk. Somo of tho economic hazards
against which individuals insure nre tho same
hazards against which tho community may In
sure itself. Tho losses aro community losses.
Tho risks nro community risks. Social, or
community, insuranco is rapidly coming into
favor. It signifies not merely governmental
notion, but governmental action in behalf
of Its sourco of power, the state. Tho stato
Is tho public behind the government, which
Is tho Instrument created for tho promotion
of tho general wclfnre.
Preventive Power of Insurance
Individual Insuranco cannot cover com
munity needs. It cannot cover e-en tho needs
of all Individuals. It leaves unprotected tho
classes that most need protection. The cojt
of accidents and Illness falls chiefly on thoso
who can least afford to bear It. Is that fair?
Society Is a party to tho conditions under
which they llo nnd work. Society is the
beneficiary of their daily labor. Society is
responsible to all groups within society.
Merely ns a method of social self-protection,
insuranco Is tho most effective means avail
able against tho pressure of incapacitated In
dividuals who otherwise would be thrown
upon tho community for support. Ab a
means of prevention it Is equally effective.
Out of workmen's compensation has come the
sufety first movement and tho rapid decline
of industrial accidents in this country, , Mean
while tho amount of Illness Is increasing.
Tho effect of compulsory health insurance, in
tespect to prevention, willjJLio the effect
already produced by workmen's compensation.
Insuranco is tho greatest preventive force
- known. Individual insurance puts a premium
on prevention.
But Individual Insurance falls as social
Insurance. Why don't the wage-workers
voluntarily Jusuro themselves against the
rlbks of accident and Illness, invalidity and
old age, early death and unemployment. There
are several reasons, but ono of them la simply
this: they can't afford to. Can't afford to In
this country of prosperity, free labor and high
wages? It shocks the American conscience,
perhaps, this further fact that the average
wage-earner with u. family Is not receiving
pay for his labor sufficient to secure the
elements of a normal standard of living. The
Russell Sage Foundation has estimated that
an Income under $800 Is not sufficient to
permit the maintenance of a normal standard
for a family consisting of man, wife and three
children. The average Income of the In
dustrial worker Is ?600. In the manufactur
ing industries 75 per cent, of the workers
earn less than $520. What constitutes a
normal standard of living? From the stand
point of the physician, this; Plenty of good
food; abundance of fresh air; physical ex
erclse in tho open air; a substantial annual
vacation; peace of mind; Intellectual work;
proper dlstilbutlon between city and country
life; congenial occupation; normal sexual
life; good medical care. Not a single one
of these conditions can be realized by the
average workingman or workingwoman. Shall
any of us thank God we are not as other
men and women are?
Five Years Back, Five Years Ahead
In a little more than five years the prin
ciple of workmen's compensation has been in
corporated in legislation in thirty-three, of
the American States. The fact that eleven
Legislatures are now considering health In
surance laws is a fair promise for thn novt
five years. In its economic effects illness is r
much more destructive than industrial acci
dents. The Webbs have written in one of
their books, "We are apt to forget that in
all countries, at all ages. It Is sickness to
which the greatest bulk of destitution U
Immediately due." la the United States S.OJIO,
000 persons art! sick at any one time. Each.
"QH, YOU'LL BE REMEMBERED, ADMIRAL!"
of our thirty million wage earners loses on
nn nvorago approximately nlno days from
this cause rvcry year. Tho resultant wngo
loss totals $500,000,000. Sickness is directly
or Indirectly responsible for 7f per cent, of
tho applications for aid received by tho New
York Charity Organization Society. Illustra
tions of the Individual and social cost of illness
might be continued indefinitely. Distribution
of the dollnrs-and-conts cost among workmen,
employors and tho state would secure econo
mies Impossible for tho individual.
Ono ardent ndvocato of compulsory health
lnsurunco is John B. Andrews, Ph. D.. secre
tary of tho American Association for Labor
Legislation. "This does not roprosent a now
nnd costly luxury," ho says, "for sickness Is
a nuisance which everybody Is paying for nnd
nobody profiting from, excepting a fow special
interests llko tho undertakers. Society can
not bo run successfully In tho Interest of tho
undertakers, or n few profit-making insuranco
companies. Wo want to bo nllvo and well.
Tho real purpose of this kind of nul&anco Is
to keep us so; to prevent sickness, not merely
to relievo It or to bury tho victims. Employ
ers can't afford to havo 30,000,000 working
men In America laid up nine days a year by
sickness. Tho workers surely cannot afford
It. It means n loss of $500,000,000 to them In
wages and $180,000,000 moro in doctors' bills,
Millions go without proper medical treatment
because they cannot afford It Individually.
Socially wo cannot afford to let them go
without it. If wo will not Interest ourselves
in the problem of individual Buffering, wo
will nil havo to pay extravagantly. Wo wore
paying extravagantly here, as in tho caso of
Injured worklngmen, beforo wo Introduced
workmen's compensation."
Germany the Fatherland
Workmen's compensation nnd health In
suranco nre two among several divisions of
social Insuranco. Tito comprehensive scheme
of social insuranco established In Germany
by William I and tho Irfn Chancellor has
markedly increased the national vitality and
efficiency. Germany is tho fatherland of
social insurance. Every country In Europo
except Turkey has workmen's compensation.
Ton havo compulsory henlth Insurance. A
fow years ago tho Idea of social Insurance
in this country was a novelty. It was almost
n Joko. Tho public attitude has radically
changed. As Professor Lindsay of Columbia
says: "Tho psychology of America Is dis
tinctly Individualistic. For reasons growing
out of American conditions we havo been
generally Blow to take up social legislation.
'Each man for himself was tho slogan to bo
expected In a new country of boundless re
sources and opportunities. Tho greater pros
perity of our wage-earners, and the bounti
ful way In which the social surplus has
been shared with tho less fortunate through
private charity, havo helped to maintain this
Individualistic point of view. But when this
country has once perceived that a given
problem Is not merely individual, but social,
It has moved with astonishing rapidity,"
Social insuranco has its basis in good
economics, ns individual Insurance has its
basis in good business. Economics is no
longer "the dismal Bclence." It is actively
engaged in the work of human conservation.
ON THE JOB
Now comes a lady discussing a man's place In
the home. No two persons are likely to agree
about It, but we fancy that the man who builds
the fires, milks the cow In the morning, washes
the dishes, works 10 hours a day downtown and
then comes home to put In three hours nursing
the baby while mother takes In the movle3 is on
the job, all right. Houston Post.
HOUSE OF TOO MUCH TROUBLE
In the House of Too Much Trouble
Lived a lonely little boy:
Be was eager for a playmate.
He was. hungry for a toy,
But 'twas always too much bother.
Too much dirt and too much noise.
For the House of Too Much Trouble
Wasn't meant for little boys.
And sometimes the little fellow
Left a book upon the floor,
Or forgot and laughed too loudly,
Or ho failed to close the door;
In a House of Too Much Trouble
Things must be precise and trim
In a House of Too Much Trouble
There was little room for him.
Ho must never scatter playthings. .
He must ner romp and play:
Hv'ry room must be In order
And keep quiet all the. day;
He had neter had companions.
He had never owned a pet
Iji the House of Too Much Trouble
It is trim and quiet yet.
J3vry room is set In order
Every book is in its place. .
And the lonely little fellow
Wears a smile upon his face.
In the IIouw of Too Much Trouble
He is silent and at ret
Jn the House of Too Much Trouble.
With lily on bU breast '
Albert Bhjelow Paine.
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What Do You Know?
Queries of general interest will be ansuerei
in this column. Ten Questions, the answers
to which every tccll-informcd person should
knoto, arc asked dally.
QUIZ
Wlint Is nn ohm?
Jfntv ts the nnmo nf the conductor of tht
riillnilelphlu Orchestra pronounced?
What Is the nfllclnl ilrslnnntlan of the Na
tional (luaril of Delntvnre?
lloiv ninny hlshops nre there In the Meth
odist Uplscopnt Church?
Who Is the president of the I'lilladelphlt
nnd Heading Itnllnnr Company?
Jlmv far Is It from Philadelphia to Fltti
burgh? Is Portland, Ore., north or south at Iorl
land, Me.
What Is the dllTerenro hetween an heir ,
apparent and nn heir presumptive?
Who Is the Human Catholic arclihlshop of
Philadelphia?
Who Is In command nf the American troepi
on the Mexican liorder?
3.
4.
10.
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. S. Weir Mitchell.
2. A corporation sole Is n corporation consisting of,
one person. The King or j-.ngiana is a corpora
tion sole, so Is each i:ngllh Illshop.
3. Allan I Itrnson, of New York.
4. The tirreh Church,
ft. Ahoiit 15 miles.
0, Andrew J.ichsoii carried I'ennsjlranl.i every tint
he ran for the Presidency
7. At Iluena Vlstn.
8. Khaki Is nn ndjerttir, meaning dust colored. Al
a noun It Is the name of a tttltled fabric ef
cotton or tvool the color of dust.
0. The City Hull. In Philadelphia.
10. Ooternor llruniliuugh till! be fit years old 01
April 14.
"Good Indian" Poem Wanted
I.'d'ior of "ll'Aaf Do You Know" I wish to
know the author of a poem entitled "Lines on the
Grave of a Good Indian." This Is composed of
five stanzas, of which the first Is as follows;
"In a summer land, where tho honey bees be.
And tho birds and (lowers abound ;
Where tho woodchucks chuck and the wild duck
duck
In tho lakes and rivers around."
I don't remember tho rest, but I recollect much
poetry In them. Will you give tho rest nnd tell
mo who wrote It? 13IW CHANG YAO.
Possibly a reader will be ablo to furnish the
author's name and the .remainder of the verses.
"The Scourge of Damascus"
Editor of "UViol Do You Know" I know of t
story entitled the "Scourge of Damascus," which
appeared in the New York Ledger In the years
of 1882 or 1863 In serial form. It has since ap
peared In 10-cent novel form, but I do not know
the publishers. Pleaso kindly give the Informa
tion. A. K,
The book Is not lUted In the United States
Catalogue. Possibly It can bo obtained at oris
of the second-hand book stores.
LogginK Measures
Kdilor o "Whiif Do You Know" Will you
pleaso give through your column "Doyle's Itule
for calculating feet, board measure. In logs, with
solution of tame? Think It is sometimes also
called "Scribner's Bule." J H. K-
Q.r.U.nA.-1.! T.nii'lntr Tlmilc elves the followlnf
rula for ascertaining the number of cubic feet in
round timber: Find the average circumference
by adding tho circumferences of the large and
Bmall ends and dividing by 2; multiply tht
square of one-fourth of this average circum
ference by the length in feet; 'he result gives
four-fifths of the real contents in cubic feet,
one-fifth being customarily allowed to the pur
chaser for waste In sawing. To measure con
tents of square timber, multiply the width ur
tho thickness In Inches, multiply this result
l-y the length In feet and divide by 12 to ascer
tain contents (n feet.
Naval and MilUnrStrengths
Editor of "What Do You Know" Kindly
publish In your columns (1) the comparative
strength of the armies and navies of the lour
largest Powers, Including the United States, ii
it does not happen to rank among the large"
four. (2) Also state the estimated number ot
men killed or wounded In this war. (3) the esti
mated cost, and (O approximate number or
ships lost.
First It is Impossible to answer your ques
tion on the basis of absolute comparison unless
the total war strength (theoretical) Is taken bj
the standard. On that basis the nylons rani.
Jtussla. 5,100,000; Germany, ff.400,000; Franee.
5,300.000; Austria. 3.600.000; Italy, '.'".OM.
Great Britain, 3,000,000. The military """
of the four nations with the largest establish
ments, quoting figures published In works oi
"ference Issued the first of this year, Js; nu
siaf 1 384,000; Germany. 870,000; France, J.'
000: Austria. 436,000. The standing army ot
the United States numbers 80,000. By a W
passed act of Congress this is Increased t
iTTTn tl.ioiua r.iii strength, measured op
the basis of total number of ships of
vil a aaau I M
ureal jjruaui, ?, "r-,' .,'
Germany. 355; United States. 28!
rXRQ
,V" "Sr kot allow for losses in land or .naval
naval
battles, as authentic statistics are not a-va""'
Beconi No complete official lists of dsualUes
have been issued Widely vary in, claims j
deaths, wounueu ana gjuim us. v '.
by the belligerent war offices. At the ead i of
the first year of the war Prussia iiJoneata'U
I casualty list of 1.500.000. Last October W
Britain aoknowledged land losses alone of !.
0Q0 Third. Great Britain has If"1
crwlits of more than ten billion dollar. 5
SaTy has spent at least halt that
figures for France are v.-aMe. JteJ.
Fourth- Approximately 500 merchant w
hi vels end 50 warcraft
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