EVENTS LEP&ER-PHILASELPBIA, TXBUftgPAY, MABCH 23, 1910.
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rniLADELrniA. THURSDAY, MAttCII 23. nn.
The ruling passion, be it what it will,
The ruling passion conquers reason still.
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Henry Ford Is to fight high cost of gasoline
No Ford Joko ,oca with this.
Tho final attack on Verdun Is nbout to
begin. War News.
And tho final defense.
Liquor costs tho Amorlcan pcoplo three
times as much as meat. And offers abso
lutely no equivalent In calorlos of energy.
Borah Does Not Seek the Presidency.
Headline.
At tho latest writing tho rcverso Is also
true.
Bituminous operators and miners In con
ferenco ore deadlocked over wngos nnil hours.
They prefer to bo conferees rather than con
freres. 10 Cent Sugar Walts In the Ofllnp Headline.
Bo long as It stays In tho oiling It can wait
there as long as It wants to without disturb
ing any one.
The dlfllcultles which Maryland Is oxporl
enclng In legislation for the rnca tracks of
that Sta'T point the lessen that tho only way
to rcgulute tho race truck Is to legislate it out
of existence.
The press Is powerful In Sofia. Tho Bui
'garlan newspapers have nssumed "a hostile
attitude" toward Rumania. And so wo hear,
from Swiss sources, that another Balkan na
tion Is to bo plunged Into tho war.
Mayor Smith won't stand for nepotism
outsido of his own family by blood or mar
riage. But really It doesn't seem clubby for
him to crowd tho nophew of City Treasurer
McCoach out of a place on tho city payroll.
Washington might havo been saved too fre
quent recourse to the diplomatic Ready Letter
Wrltrr If Berlin had been as prompt with
tiUfit'im.i und Arabic disavowals as that
quickly dispatched to The Ilnguo over the
sinking of tho Tubnntla.
A steer In a rum shop can create as much
damage a3 a bull In a china shop, as a down
town saloonkeeper whose swinging doors
were entered by ono has learned. Imbibing
customers had a momentary hallucination as
to the identity of the owner of tho horns.
Floods in tho western and central parts of
tho State are simply Nature's penalty for
man's temerity in deforesting the wooded
hillsides which gavo tho Commonwealth Its
name. And they are a continued warning,
emphasizing the Importance of conservation
of what timber lands wo havo and tho neces
sity of reforestation of denuded areas.
A lot of the old boys will breath a sigh at
tho fugaciousness of tho years when they read
of Cole Younger's death. Ills advontures with
Jesse James gave them many a thrill from
behind the generous covers of the "Joggerfy.
book." His name will call up no visions of
daring to the modern schoolboy, who Is not an
assiduous rt-uent of Beadle & Soule'n light
literature.
Senator Oliver admits that he holds steel
took to tho value of 1117.000, not 500,000, as
charged. He says that this has not Influenced
him In any way, and that personal considera
tions have no strength with him In his duty
as a Senator. The Senator will be pleased to
know that his constituents elected him with
that understanding. It Is hardly necessary
for him to protest.
Elimination of grade crossings Is Its own
reward to the railroads In augmenting de
mand for passenger and freight transporta
tion. In the ten years that it has taken to
elevate the Camden tracks for shore trains
the section once menaced by traffic at grade
has grown both as a residence and factory
district. The $3,000,000 cost will return with
a manifold usufruct.
First Lord of the Admiralty A. J. Balfour
announced quite casually that the tonnage of
the British Navy had Increased 1,000.000 tons
since the war broke out. The maximum ton
nage of the superdreadnought is still below
80 000. By u simple division it can be seen
that England has added the equivalent of
some thiity of the most powerful battleships
atioat. Is it any wonder that a certain
enemy flotHia Is seeking the seclusion that a
harbor jpvanta?
"Tn the 'schools should be taught not only
that the murder of Archduke Fran? Ferdinand
of Au-trta wan an tncident tuat should inspire
horr-r but that there we wide circles in
Germany and Austria in which this murder
wag iiirded as a veritable god.rul." So
said Of Karl LUbkneafat at a recent meet
ing t- tht Reu-'listajr. His w rd would not
be- mrni rvhei'-bie, hare ware it not, for on
km ' - ii niog4 and IntercaUsg story
print (i n i. r, jputabia English review re
f cent1' The stoi Kuan nut the Kaiser had
pw, .s 1 1 archduke succession for his
isoj s I. i ij.x.ued Austrian Umpire, whereas
tk ur o- hi j. Ion Has explicitly re
HOU -sU w!ii. tliv i.ch4uke toarrle.l against
&0 .! t. i i I i J'umrh Tvi pre.ent
UK."!'' n ' - uate a uottmti ,m . -r iiergelt
uii- r i r ' .i -ft! ttut aoaaMJl1 aliun ao
weal u w'- r-.ry- w$ H kauwa ( ,
out. "Now 1 must bgln all over again 1" Tho
event was unpropltlous enough for tho world
In the first place. Dr. Llebknecht seems to
Justify the belief that It was diabolically and
Inhumanly monstrous In Itself, regardless ot
Its consequences.
TIME TO GET BUSY
The floternment nrmor plate plant,
which the Administration seems deter
mined tn lilllld, should lia located at I eiiKiie
Tslnml. Its. purpose must be, not to drive
the other nrmor plants nut ot business, lint
to strengthen the equipment of the nation
for kcenlns; Its nny In flftlitlns; trim.
THE equipment of a navy yard for the
manufacture of armor plato can bo Justi
fied by tho same arguments which havo been
used In support of tho policy of building battle
ships In Government-owned shipyards. When
tho Government engineers In Government
plants havo built a warship they havo becomo
familiar with tho details of its construction
and cost, and arc able to chock up tho esti
mates of private contractors. Tho possibility
of Government competition theoretically In
duces tho prlvitto shipbuilders to scnlo down
their bids to n reasonablo llguro. Further, tho
equipment of tho navy yards for shipbuilding
Is a mcasuro of preparedness for unforeseen
emergencies. In time of war thero cannot bo
too ninny shipyards equipped to keep tho ships
of tho navy In lighting condition. It would
bo a grievous mistake, however, for tho Gov
ernment to engage In tho business of ship
building on such a largo scale ns to compol
tho private plants to scrap their machinery
used in making war vessels.
A Government armor plato plant built for
tho purpose of driving tho private plants
out of business would weaken tho defenses
ot tho nation. At best tho proposed Govern
ment plant, tho bill providing for which has
already passed tho Senate, should bo Intended
merely to supplement tho plants already In
oporntlon. Unfortunately, tho most enthusi
astic ndvocatcs of tho plan hope that th now
plant can mako all tho armor plato that
will bo needed by tho navy. The naval pro
gram for tho next flvo years calls for about
120,000 ton3 of plate. Tho Government plant
Is to make 20,000 tons a yoar, leaving only
about 5000 tons to bo bought. Tho threo
prtvnto plants can make 32,000 tons. It re
quires no argument to convlnco any experi
enced buslncus man that If tho demand Is to
bo cut down to Btich an extent, one or more of
tho private plants will be dlHmantlcd,
It will take nt least threo years after tho
passage of the bill to get tho proposed armor
foundry In operation. In the interval tho
Government must buy armor from the Beth
lehem, tho Mldvalo or tho Carnegie steel com
panies. But as tho sum ot $11,000,000 called
for In tho bill Is not enough to build a mill
big enough to make 20.000 tons a year, even
If It Is run 24 hours a day for 305 days n
year, we aro likely to he dependent for somo
years to come on tho existing plants. This
Is fortunate for the development of tho navy.
Greater v.lsdom Is likely to prevail In tho
management of the Navy Department In
the near future than has ruled thero for tho
last threo years. Therefore, It Is not at all
likely that when It Is completed tho armor
plato plant will bo Intended to do more than
supplement tho existing plants in providing
armor for tho new ships that must bo built
beforo tho navy has been raised to tho first
rank among the navies of tho world. Tho
Republican party, which may soon bo In
power, has never set out on a policy intended
to destroy any legitimate business, and It is
not likely to do anything which will mako It
imposslblo for American shipyards to build
warships for tho South American countries
any moro than It will cripple the national
defenses by curtailing the facilities of tho
homo manufacturers for keeping tho homo
navy in proper condition.
Assuming that the armor plate factory Is to
bo built, thero Is evidently only ono place for
It to bo. Every consideration of economy,
convenience and expediency points to the
League Island Navy Yard. There Is room
for it. Tho raw materials can be easily ob
tained there. The other armor plate factories
aro In this State becauso tho facilities for the
manufacture of steel here are better than
In any other part of the Union. The reasons
which havo led private business men to locate
here run with equal force when the Govern
ment plans going into the same kind of busi
ness. The Chamber of Commerce, which numbers
In -is membership tho leading business men
of tho city. Is doubtless alert tn tho possibilities
tn tho (.Ituatlon. They understand tho advan
tages which will accrue to tho city from the
development ot tho Navy Yard through tho
increaso in tho number of men employed, the
demand for houses, clothing and food to sup
port their families and in the added tonnago
of freight on tho rnllroads over which tho
supplies for tho yard must be hauled. Thero
can be but one opinion In tho Chamber on tho
subject. Its leaders aro expected to prepare
to present to the proper authorities the over
whelming arguments in favor of League Island
as soon as the bill becomes a law, if they
havo not already begun to formulate those
arguments. Even If they aro opposed in
theory to Government manufacture, they can
still insist that if there is to bo a Government
plant It should be here, in the interests ot
economy and efficiency, whero men (skilled In
steel working can be secured with ease. The
Chamber is the proper body to speak for the
city, and the city expects that It will let its
voice be heard In no uncertain tones.
A MILLION-DOLLAR GIFT
NOT many collections of art valued at more
than a million dollars are In this city, and
when one of them is offered to the city the
obligation to accept Is Imperative. This Is
exactly what has happened, and the only con
dition attached to tho offer Is the eminently
sensible ono that propor provision for Its re
ceptlou be made. Simply this means that the
city will be richer by a million dollars and
Immeasurably richer In opportunity If the art
museum is promptly begun. Conversely the
city will in all probability lo&e this collection,
as it lost the Darley collection, if the delays In
the building program continue, If politics Inter
fere with municipal necessities and private
interests balk the public good. The string to
the offer must be out by the city. It would
seem that In such a matter at least there
oould be no two opinions, especially when
Philadelphia is prosperous and ' is entering
upon a period of exceptional development.
That this growth should not be one-sided and
that the oity must not live by high-speed lines
and wharves alone is to be taken for granted.
Even the most "practical" of our business men
can relish the unusual "boost" given to Phila
delphia by such an "impractical" thing as the
production of the Mahler symphony and by
sueh "useless" expellttoiw as the Orchestra
makea through the State. The art exhibits at
the Pennsylvania Acauuiy are not without
their effect in keeping Philadelphia tn a place
of familiarity, and the University Is In Itself
a worthy example of a cultural Institution
Which, is a business asst,
Tom Daly's Column
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Fears
1 do not like to see the rain
Around this time of year
Just why I cannot quite explain
Hut I am full of fear
For like a great hlg orange when
It Is too full of juice
This tcorld grows much too liquid then
And Floods you knoio get loose.
Oh If a flood you've never saw
You can't Imagine quite
The very large amount of nice
That fills you at the sight.
If you could be with me today
And look out on our street
You'd knoio the feelings of dismay
With which I am replete
For If one little street like this
Gets full of ieatcr so
How can the city hope to mtsi
A Flood I'd like to know.
Sir I recently purchased a Ford car. A
good many of my frlcndt guyed mo nbout
it, calling It n "tin Lizzie" and other names.
So I had a new hood put on It nn'd mnde
other changes which wero Intended to con
cent Its renl character. Hut. unfortunntoly,
my business requires mo to drive It tin nnd
down North Broad street a good deal, nnd
every tlmo 1 try to pnss tho Ford Building,
nt llroad street mid Lehigh avenue, my nu
tomotdlc frlRks Its hind wheels and whin
nies. This is very embarrassing to mo. Can
you tell mo what to do to cure It of this
habit? Learner.
Wo suggest that you purchase blinders.
Musical Triolets
(Most of Them Knock-turns)
I
The symphony season '
Draws me to its close.
Hake the most of my trcasonl
The symphony season
For me has one reason:
The symphony season
Dratcs me to Its clothes. GUS.
AND right hero wo hasten to get front
Xj under. Wo wish It understood that we
are not responsible for tho opinions expressed
In these musical triolets. Somo of them aro
going to bo terribly waspish.
Lieutenant Willis Is 2 yenrs old, nnd was
appointed to the army from South Carolina,
while Lieutenant Gorrell Is 21 years old,
nnd was appointed from Maryland. A
cherished contemporary.
All right. Woodrow; but you're going to
find out that this Mexico thing is a man's job.
Am I Wrong?
Ione's Ingenuous tho dear!
In cabaret or kirk.
I own I stato that on a mere.
Shoer show of open-work.
L. C. G.
YOU'RE wrong, friend, if you think (us
from your metre apparently you do) that
"I-on-e" is a word of two syllables only. Other
wise perhaps you're as right as you aro enter
taining. The Little Pits
J fear the pits, tho little pits,
IVTicre neither God nor devil sits,
But those alone whose timid sin
Missed hell, but hcav'n could not quite win
The man toho paced, on earth, his round
Of stilted praise, and doctrine sound,
Whose knees grew hard from prayer, there
learns
Hoio harder grew his heart and burns.
The sober sexton's cosy wife
Flung Satan small largesse In life;
While winks her funeral candle's flare
Her well-oiled tongue is resting there.
The strong, kind souls In high heav'n dwell.
The wrong, blind wastrels limp In hell;
But, oh, I dread the little pits
Where neither God nor devil sits.
A. A.
A Night of It
"TS YOU husband up yet?" asked the early
JL morning caller.
"I guess he Is," replied the stern-looking
womnn.
"I'd llko to say a few words to him."
"I'd like to say more than a few. He hasn't
come home yet."
Sir: I want to make you a present of one
word and ask you nbout another. "Skuldug
gery" Is a common word In Scotland for any
action particularly devilish! It's like the Phlla.
Jingus. A Jlngus Is home little thing or In
strument that you can't readily come at a name
for. I never heard It until I came to Phllly,
and In thoso days, 30 years ago, I was eager
for anything new that sounded funny and
Jlngus early became a part of me. Now, what
I want to know is why is It peculiar to Phila
delphia and what's its origin? JIoTavlsh.
J 'EVER hear Newt. Newkirk'a story of the
guy who went into a restaurant to eat his
home-made sandwich? Eli, McTavish? No,
you never did, so we'll tell It to you. He took
his seat at a table and asked the waiter for a
plate, knife and fork and gloss of water. Then
he drew his sandwich from his pocket an1
fell to work. The waiter fainted. When he
came to the nervy ono demanded a napkin.
The waiter crawled to the manager and re
ported. The manager stood over the diner and
said: "Look here! we won't stand for that sort
of thing" "Who are you?" demanded the
other. "I'm the manager here, that's what!"
"Oh! you're the guy I want to see. Why
don't you have music in here?"
You're the man we want to see, McTavish.
We know you! You pass for an expert on
flowers and grains, and ever since we read In
Morse's "American Geography" (published in
1789) glowing accounts of a grain common In
Pennsylvania at that time, called "spelts," or
"spletz" (for It's given In both ways) we've
been curious to know what's become of It
What was It, anyway? Answer that question
now, and maybe we'll answer yours.
If II. H. II. doesn't quit asking us, "Why
the Etude?'' we'll begin to start to take
steps to tell him.
WB GOT a letter recently from a man who
claims to be Just a plain dabbler In words.
He says he can't write and among other things
he says: ,
I wasn't much past 12 when I saw the
last of Ireland, a fading light on a Sunday
night. I've no aeslre to see It again.
There's so much worth while to discover in
these United States. Maybe, when I grow
world-weary. I shall hark back to the gaunt
breasts o( the hills, the babbling- brown
shoutfhs. the rowan berries, the corncrake,
the laburnums, hawthorns and daffodils,
and to the dreams and voyages on the fly
ing clwud ships dashing through tho blue
spray overhead Youth is a lovely time."
We may not know what good English Jj. i
but this U pretty close to it, say wo.
Vfoluf.
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THE RfcAL
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-Shu .4?s5 ft wBBP J' -:
SPEAKING THE
PUBLIC MIND
Views of Readers on Liquor License
Remonstrances, Political and Leg
islative Matters and Other
Topics of Timely Interest
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir Ono statement In your ndmlrablo cdl
torlnl on the rejection by tho License. Court of
tho 22d Ward liquor Hcenso remonstrances
prompts tho following comment:
Tho right of citizens living In tho neighbor
hood of a licensed saloon to remon'Urnto ngalnst
tho renewal of tho llconso, solely upon tho
ground of lack of necessity, received the sanc
tion of tho Supreme Court of tho Stato In ono
of the earliest of Its decisions, rendered nfter
the Brooks law went Into effect. This was tho
rase of Raudenbusch's Petition, Vol. 120, Penna.
State Reports, page 328.
In this case, tho Philadelphia County Llconso
Court refused to rcnow Raudenbusch's license,
although no remonstrances of any kind, either
ns to character, conduct or necessity, had been
filed In opposition to his application. In sustain
ing the action of the County Court the Supreme
Court said In nn opinion by Mr. Justlco Paxson,
lator Chief Justlco:
"Tho petitioner assumes that he Is entitled as
. matter of right to a license, upon complying
with the provisions of tho act of 1SS7, In tho
absence of any allegation that he is an improper
porson to bo bo licensed. This Is tho fallacy
which underlies his case, as well as the ablo
argument of his learned counsel. Ho has no
such nbsoluto right, nor has any other man In
this Commonwealth.
"It Is an error to suppose thnt tho solo duty
of tho court Is confined to the Inquiry whether
tho applicant Is a citizen of the United States
and a man of good moral character, etc. Back
of all this lies tho question whether tho peti
tioner's house Is 'necessary for tho accommoda
tion of tho public and entertainment of strang
ers and travelers,' and the plain duty of the
Court of Quarter Sessions, under the act of
Assembly, is to so exercise Its discretion as to
'restrain' rather than increaso tho sale of liquor.
"Wo do not know how many public houses
there nre In the 9th Ward, It Is not material that
we should. We are bound to presume that the
Judges below have ascertained tho number In a
Judicial manner; that they have In like manner
decided how many nre necessary for tho publlo
accommodation.
"It thus may happen that licenses aro refused
to persons against whom thero Is no posslbfc
objection on personal grounds. Thus, It a ward
has 100 public houses where only CO aro re
quired by the public want. It Is plain that GO
houses must be denied licenses, although every
one of tho applicants Is a worthy man nnd keeps
a resectable house.
"In order to perform this duty properly the
act of Assembly has provided means by which
the conscience of the court may bo Informed as
to the facts; it may hear petitions, remon
strances or witnesses, and we have no doubt
the court may In some instances net of Its own
knowledge."
If the ruling of tho present License Court in
refusing to consider tho remonstrances filed by
citizens of the 22d Ward against the renewals
of any or all existing licenses, on the ground
that tho question of necessity was res adjudlcata
(settled) at the tlmo ot tho original grant, can
be reconciled with tho above quoted authority,
at least the ruling Is not so free from reason
ablo debate as the comment In your editorial
might lead tho reader to believe.
WALTER L. SHEPPARD.
Philadelphia. March 22.
SCHOOL VACATIONS
To the Editor of Evening Ledger;
Sir I would like to enter this protest against
the teachers. As a parent I enter a strong pro
test against the petition Bent to the Board ot
Education by the Teachers' Association asking
that the Easter vacation be extended to one
week and that three days bo added to the Bchool
term In June. All mothers will agree with me
that the children are better able to work In
March or April than in June, when they are
exhausted not only from the hot weather, but
from the work of the year, and would not then
be able to pass examinations. I certainly hope
the Board of Education will agree with me, and
all others who so think and will let the school
term as it is. A PARENT.
Philadelphia, March 18.
BALLOTS AND BULLETS AGAIN
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir In the Evening Ledoeh. under date of
the 18th, in reply to the Inquiry of a corre
spondent and under the caption "Ballots and
Bullets." the Kvenino Ledger makes the state
ment that "Public sentiment is against the
adoption of universal compulsory, military
training." May a constant reader venture to
Inquire how the Evening Ledoeb knows this
to be a fact? lln the Evening Ledger taken
a vote of the American people on this matter
or U it just gueaslnel It is so natural to mis
take our own view for that of the general
public.
As to this matter of universal military train
ing, let us put It in the form ot a syllogism,
thus:
The Constitution of the United ' States (Art
1, Sec 8) requires military service from alt able
bodied citizens between the ages of 18 and 4S.
It is impossible for the citizen (and more so
now than ever before) to render military service
without military training.
Therefore the Constitution ot (he United
States requires military training for all able
bodied citizens of the ages named.
Further, the Evening Ledoeh declare that
our American popular sentiment is against uni
versal military (raining. ,
Therefore (according to the Evemisjq LemebI
our American popular sentiment Is opposed to
the Constitution of the United States.
The writer ventures to dubelleve the, state-men"-
of the Evbjunq UsnqKB, He prefer to
believe the Constitution of the United States.
UcSvsrsal wlittary tralajna is comJCK sad will
AUTHORITY ON MEXICAN MATTERS
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nrrlvo after wo havo got done with our foolish
experimenting with Boy Scouts, summer camps
and the rest of It. and hava again lenrned that
volunteering Is a broken reed, affording no suffi
cient defense, ns all our wars havo shown. Wo
may not learn our lesson till wo get a Jolt
nnd somo of us nro of tho opinion that the Jolt
Is coming. Only It Is a pity wo shnll again
havo to pay for our folly by tho needless sacrl
flco of thousands of livu3 that could have been
saved had wo been wine In t me,
CIVIL WAR VETERAN.
Atlantic City. March 22.
HONESTY AND HUMAN NATURE
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir Your editorial In yesterday's Evening)
Ledger headed, "Honesty Is a Product That
Cannot be Manufactured by Machinery," is
chockfull of truth and wisdom.
Tho men at tho head of tho Traction Com
pany (or any other company, for that matter)
could save themselves a lot of worry and ex
ponso If they would realize that all the brains
do not exist In tho heads of pcoplo who uro
building machinery.
Human naturo today Is no different from what
It always was, I. e., people aro prone to give
out the sort of treatment they receive. Cor
porations show hardly any appreciation for a
man who Is faithful nnd honest bank clerks
and watchmen get about enough to keep them
nllve and a man who has been a conductor
for tho Traction Company and been nearly killed
In an accident on tho car, for which pain and
suffering ho received nothing, Is going to have
llttlo love for tho company, nnd even things
up, I Imagine, if a way presents Itself.
Wo must look nt this question of honesty
from nil sides. A man need not be a thief to
be dishonest. Ho can simply pretend to bo what
he lnows In his own heart ho Is not.
JOHN J FLEMING.
Philadelphia, March 22,
WHO PAYS THE FREIGHT NOW?
To tho Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir It might bo well to remember that not
yet are wo la Germany nnd that the Penn
sylvania Railroad tried and failed to mako
compulsory Insurance. It Is not plain who Mr.
Fuller e.-ipccts to pay tho premium on this en
forced sick Insurance.
As proprietor In part of somo number of cor
porations. I should not complain were the di
rectors to pay CO per cent, of a man's wages ttf
a widow while n widow of deceased, but can't
imaglno why I should bo ambitious to go fur
ther and might feol punished If coerced to pay
becauso a man or his family wero sick. It
might be well enough to not go mad on this
insurance gamo and bankrupt the State.
John Prlco Jackson tells us Pennsylvania In
1910 wilt mako S000 widows. Under tho belied
ule they get $5000, don't they? Then 300.000
accidents will cost tho Statu $100 each, won't
they? And care for children until 1932 for
1916 crop will require $5,000,000 moro, won't
it? making $60,000,000 for $6,000,000 of wnges
lost by accident tn 191G. It looks moro llko
a pencil and paper problem than a political
task for the State Treasurer. Two hundred
thousand employers must pay what Is paid.
The State has no other source of Income. Tho
$300,000 appropriated to start must be all gone.
Who Is going to pay tho freight?
Atlantlo City, March 22. EMPLOYER.
WHEN THE ARABS MELT AWAY
Ono thinks of Scott's Talisman, nnd Its con
trasts between tho Arabs and the heavier fight
ers ot the West, as he reads a letter from
Tommy Atkins In the London Standard about
the Arab raiders in Mesopotamia. The Arabs
aro described as "riding light," In contrast with
their clumsier opponents, as being unsparing
of their horses and wonderfully swift fn swoop
ing down for a fight or In evading attack. The
writer is careful to point out that It is Arab
and not Turkish cavalry that he refers to. In
deed, he says that while nominally these Arabs
are fighting for- the Turk, their Islamic sym
pathies are only skin deep and they turn on
their friends and murder and loot them, too. If
opportunity deliver i them into their hands.
"The Arabs, of course, melt away whenever
our cavalry chaigo. We can never get in
among them. They are light and carry little
kit, and seem to be independent of supplies.
Their horses look thin and poor, but are hard
and well fed, nnd they do not mind using them
up. Our chargers are handicapped with their
six stone of accoutiement, rifle and sword and
ammunition, water bottle, clonk, two blankets,
emergency rations, a day's grain for the horse
and generally a heavier man to carry. The
Arab horseman has ihls bag of dates, a small
ration ot grain for his horse and nothing else
pave his arms and ammunition, These aro of
no regular pattern a rllle always. Martini
Henri or Mauser, a dagger or sword, or both,
waist-belt and bandolier of ammunition; and
occasionally, especially among tho Muntaflks, a
lance, broad-headed, formidable spear, like an
assegai."
The Arabs Are from the baddle. Their tactics
are always to surround a smaller force, shoot
the horses and close in or to lead the British
cavalry on to an Infantry ambu&cade. They are
more formidable in retirement, when they wait
until the British cavalry is mounting and they
get In their fire before taking up another post
tlon. They attack only small bodies when the
odds aro five or six to one. Superior numbers
are discounted by the British guns.
FOR A CHILD
I hold you cloba; and I could cry
Because you seem so new and dear;
And such a helpless warder I
To keep your candle burning clear:
The curious candle of your breath.
Body's and spirit's throbbing light. r
1 hold you close, while Life and Death
Already blow across you. White
And soft, and warm against myt cheek
Oh, I could cry! But some)W, you
With hands and feet and face bespeak
Laughter no tears can quiver through I
A changeling mother I must be,
To laugh, and not to cry, at you,
Dust of the starry worlds! to me
The quaintest Jolje 1 ver knew I
FaijuUe Steams Gtfford, la the Atlantlo.
WKat Do You Know?
Ottcrfc? o gchoal Interest will le answered
In this column. Ten questions, the aniicett
to which every well-Informed person should
know, aro asked daily.
I
QUIZ
Who rommunileil the American troops In tht
Mexlemi War?
Who win Vlee President when Ifnyti nn
PreililFiiS?
Wlnit N the relntlonilitp hetuern the Itlnf
nf fireerc nnil the Kin,? of IIiirIuiiiI?
Is ( nliu nenrer to the mnlnlnml of the
United States tluin to MotIco?
Ih tliero un established church In Mexico?
Wlni Ih the chairman of the ltcpubllcsi
National Coinniltlen'.'
About how loiifr ago did Henry Wsrd
Ileccher die?
Name a dlrillngnlshcd man of letters of N'iw
Jersey?
What U the most lnlnnhln crop raised la
tint United States
How in any colleges nre there In Oxford Vnl-
lcrslt) '.
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
lledloc'n Island, on wlili-li the Slntue nf Lib
erty stands. Is In New Jersey wnterf, lint
It 1'i-lonss to the I lilted Stntei.
A wnlt Is the unit for mcnhiirlnir elerirlcsl
potter. It Is named for James Watt, thi
llncllsli oiiKlncer, dlstlnEiiUhfd for Ml
liuprot einents In the steam engine,
Jess Wlllnrd Is tin- hetirytvelcht priglllftli
rlinniiIoii of tho world.
Nntlinnlel Hawthorne.
Tim ccocrntihlral centre of the VMti
StatcH Is In northern Kansas, 10 mllel
north or Smith Centre, countj et sf
Hnillh County.
Tho population of I'etroirrnil Is nbout 550,00
greater than thnt of Philadelphia.
Andrew O. Curtln. -1
Portugal Is u republic.
No.
Henry Oiibnt Lodge.
"Our Own"
Cilftor of "What Do You Know" Will yott
please let me havo tho nnmo of the author nJ
the remainder of a poem in which occur Abut
lines:
Wo havo careful thoughts for the stranger,
And smiles for the sometime guest.
But oft for "our own"
Tho bitter tono.
Though wo lovo "our own" tho best.
M. L .K
Will some reader please help M. L. K. to'fial
the poem?
City's Motto
Editor of "What Ho You Knoio" What li.UtJ
the motto of the city? Also, what Is the dcrlTJ- a
!ai nil tVirt Ktfflfnv' v C X I W
rrl.A -I..!.. srnWn la t ss.l 11 d 1 t Aft "t,ft PhllidCI 9
plila endure." or "Slay Philadelphia endure,,
"pniiauoipnia is ine iiuniiim .7,1 ".
-. l .... H...I, ,nnla mpflnlne CltY Dl
i nnvL-u iruiu i in ...-. .......- - -
.. .... .... ,.. .1... .rA nrson.
tiroine'iy love. -vuaneiu is mo r --: j
singular number, active imperative. Present m &
the Latin verb "ma'neo," meaning to last of jj
endure" or "llourlsh" or "stand." uccoruins i;
various shades of signification. j
Morning Prayer
..,,, .j ,,,,..., ,i- '., t,-n,n"l hone Ul
hymn Is the ono asked for by "J. Roy" in ttffl
gvksiko Ledqeh for March 20: f M
MORNING PRAYER.
When the quiet morning breaketh,
And thy soul from sleep awaketh.
Rise, and kneeling, humbly pray
vS
For u blessing througn mo uay.
Thank the Lord for peaceful rest
Which thy sleeping hours have bleat j
Thank Him If thou rise again
Free from weariness or pain. (
Pray that He thy steps will guide,
LeBt thou wander from His sl",
That when evening hours shall com
He may nnd thee "nearer home. i
t.,.. ih.i tin hi, strength will give.
Strength to help thee so to live
That thou may'st His glory show
Through thy weakness here beiott,
Strength to fight against the sin.
And he tempter's power within.
Strength to cpnquer In the strll.
And to live a holy life
Ask for patience from .
Grace to fill thy heart with love,
So 'midst daily cares to find
Thou canst keep a quiet rolufl.
God will all thy need supply,
He will hear the earnest cry.
Each petition thou dost make.
If thou ast, lor jtM a
I have haa It about 50 years, also tiw i wpj
"Evening Prayer,"
Samuel McCoy
Kditor ot "What Do you Kwif-I ttyjjgj
uel McCoy "ho wrote tnenov.-.Ji(ia
-b'cha.beenJustplUh.dbyb
M'c'chVis ediTor of the pew vffi
Contemporary verts i
He is.
Pea Patch Island
Editor of "What Do You KoW -Wp
Pea Patch Island? tii
According to a tradition obtaining -u
Jersey and lower New CasU ' "' of
Fort Delaware was built on " 3,rr, - jftf
Same you mutton- The W&?Jt3t
laden with dr,td pea , wjgff sSttitW
bar. and la time produced luxuriant -
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