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PIlILADEtPIUA. TUESDAY. AI'IIIL I, 1916.
When a man Is out of sight, quickly alto ho
t out of mind. Thomas a Kcmpls.
Would that tho Mayor litul boon a tenuis
pinyor!
"Kissing Pastor Quits." Headline.
Quits what? Kissing?
The man who la worrying In Mexico Just
new Is Villa and not his pursuers.
Get your clubs ready. Tho Cobbs Creek
Park golC links will bo ready for use early In
May.
There's one thing ccrtnln about our soldiers
in Mexico they can't bo said to bo lacking in
Band.
Official reports of Villa's broken arm will
probably speak of having "pierced the enemy's
left wing."
"Dodd's Dash" will make a fine chapter
heading for children's histories of the future,
speaking of alliteration.
Bala nnd Cynwyd havo decided to banish
tho fly and the mosquito. Now let South
Philadelphia follow their example.
Amazing discovery In Atlantic City! Tho
commission form of government has not
abolished "politics" In municipal affairs!
Thoy ought to dye that white feather In tho
tall of the American eagle, caught In New
Jersey, beforo thoy present him to the Pres
ident. The evldenco seems to show that whllo tho
Mayor may be able to handle a situation with
out gloves ho cannt handle transit without
Mittens.
"Gerard to stay in Berlin until tho war
ends," say tho headline. Evidently ho has
forgotten that thcro will bo an election In
November.
The denial of the Entente Allies of any
Intention of taking Holland was unnecessary.
They need all their strength to keep tho Ger
mans at buy.
If tho price of gasollno was tho only ono
that was learning aviation thoso of us who
do not run automobiles would, not bo worry
ing so much.
Forty movie actors jumping from windows
to get away from that real flro In German
town, and no ono thero to take moving pic
tures of them!
Tho French Government has Just placed an
order for 14,000,000 cans of salmon for its
soldiers. This ought to put the army in tho
pink of condition.
In his appearance beforo the House Naval
Affairs Commltteo yesterday Secretary Daniels
resembled a second-class cruiser engaged with
a fleet of dreadnoughts.
Since the women of New York have
abandoned long skirts, the young girls have
organized themselves into brigades to keep
the sldewalkH clear of banana skins and
paper.
Schwab has taken over a large tin plant
In Baltimore. It had been the popular though
scientific opinion that "tin" has been ex-
tictad, In large Quantities from steel at Beth-
Ehem.
Emma Goldman waved her arms frantically
li a vain attempt to keep order at a meeting
ver which she presided. Strange that the
apostle of anarchy has not more success as
parliamentarian.
Assistant Director Baldwin, of the Public
"Works Department, deserves commendation
for .his frankness, If for nothing else. Ho
has, ousted one newsdeuler whom ho did not
Lnow from a stand at a City Hall entrance,
and granted the privilege to another man
whom he did know because, as h.e said, "Kiss
ing goes by favor,"
Tou ought not to have so many rich men
in one locality, but spread them around over
the country Itepresentatlve Booher to a
Witness before a congressional committee.
This is the point of view of the man who
reports in his autobiography that he has been
mayor of Savannah, Mo., and a Democratic
presidential elector. Savannah has 1500 popu
lation, it
tth a presidential primary gvery few days
this" monthnine In all this Aprjl thebellef
IB general mai inese ejections: win prjng us
no nearer to the choice of 'a Republican
nominee- Yet the one great and certain ac
complishment of Colonel Roosevelt's activities
Jtt 1912 was supposed to be the direct choice
of nominees by the people and the scrapping of
he, "convention system" forever. The two
leading candidates for the Republican nomina
tion, Hughes and Roosevelt, are not to
be voted for; the "favorite sons" will have a
Jean sweep of the States. It would bo a most
kfrlotlo feat to put a ballot In a box, turn a
land pull out a President If the. odda
the Colonel. But when the primary
.against him the Colonel calls for a
i and a change in the rules.
J.OOO combine to control moving
Lyndlcato them and to work, them
r o worth In America and abroaii.
" a shocker even to sUel mag
EVENING
nates and traction promoters. Yet it was
inevitable and It will probably bo profitable.
Particularly bright will bo lti chance If It
sets its face resolutely against a few of the
things within tho motion picture Industry
which hamper It now. Thero Is not too great
Intelligence In most directions nnd a vast
quantity of good material is spoilt In handling.
Thero are still far loo many dull Alms in
serted for fillers, nnd oven tho most Intelli
gently dlrocted companies nro giving them
selves over with far too much energy to tho
"feature film" which runs to five nnd six
reels while the one nnd two real film Is com
paratively neglected. Tho "movlo" should
never, probably will never, become the play
thing of a few. It will resist upllft.and will
profit, even artistically, from Us universal ap
peal. But that Is no reason why any part of
It should nt any timo bo an offeiiso to ordinary
Intelligence.
PROGUESSJN SANITATION
Conservation of lienllli Is n debt owed
Hie community by Its (tnvernincnt. Phila
delphia Is nlinut In pay pnrt of tills debt by
the establishment of mi ndeiiuiitc nnd
modern sewerage sjstcm. Pollution of tins
two rlter by waste, ilomestlr nnil Inilnslrlnl,
hits lireil preientnble disease. This dancer
will lie reduced, IIiiiiirIi the processes will
he complicated nnd Hie cost enormous.
rpitE sanitary disposal of municipal sewage
JLls so closely connected with public health
that moro thnn casual Interest nnd Itnpoi tnrtco
attaches to the Investigation Into the subject
which has been under way by tho city slnco
1912. Tho Investigation 1ms advanced far
enough to Justify tho Director of Public
Works In asking Councils to make practical
tho theories dovclopcd In the pctiod of experi
mentation. Councils 1ms beforo It n bill providing for
tho condemnation of land In Port Richmond
for tho first unit In the now plant. This repre
sents the first call on an Item of $5,200,000 lit
tho proposed loan of $8(1,000,000 for public Im
provements. After a decade tho sclentlllo ex
periments conducted by Dh color Dalesman,
ns assistant chief of tho Ilureau of Surveys,
will safeguard tho citizens of Philadelphia
from Impurities In their drinking water. Even
wltli filtration plants for clftrlllcutlnn water
cannot be purer thnn Its source, ntnl It Is n
cause for congratulation that nt last the city
Is to have Intakes of absolutely potable water
for Its filters and pumps to distribute to house
holds. Tho sewago problem hits been urgent for
many years. Twenty years ago, before tho
Installation of modern tutors, Philadelphia
drank, literally, mud, and suffeieil from mi
nimi epidemics of typhoid with nn awful
mortality. It Is no wonder tho State took
cognizance of tho situation by nn uct of As
sembly of April 2, 1S95, providing that after
1912 no wastago should lio run Into tho
streams of tho Commonwealth, nnd Insisted
o . other methods of sewago disposition, to
bo approved by n commission, Incluslvo of
tho Governor, Attorney General and Ilenlth
Commissioner. The time 1ms been extended
from yenr to year for the completion of
plans, and those now formulated havo re
ceived final approval. Representing the tests
of years In temporary plants, nnd Investiga
tions into tho methods of cities line and
abroad, theso reasonably can bo conceived
ns the ultimate word In sanitary disposal of
sewago, and henco adequato municipal in
surance against disease. It has been dem
onstrated, too, at the Holmesburg laboratory,
that the sewage plants need not bo noisome.
Nolsomo or not, tho plants had to corao In
tho Interest of safety-first nnd hygienic pre
paredness. A revolting condition has existed
for years In tho polluted wators of the two
rivers. Raw water taken from various parts
was found to be full of noxious germs, cul
tured In household sewago am: wastage from
Industrial plants. Classification literally ter
rified city medical officers. Inspection of tho
fluid at Catharlno street dock revealed such
Impurity that oven tho catfish scavengers had
succumbed to tho poison-laden elements. Pol
lution has almost destroyed tho shad fisheries
on tho Delaware, onco a great industry.
Sturgeon also havo virtually abandoned tho
stream.
Tho new sewerngo system Is a permanent
Improvement susceptlblo of extension with
the expansion of tho city. Therefore,' It Qual
ifies for legitimate appropriation from loan
funds. Thero can bp no cnvll nt tho provision
for the expenditure of millions for tljo pur
pose if tho Administration's desire is slncero
to bring to fulfilment a needed improvement
that essentially involves tho health of tho
citizens.
Possibly It lias been wise to hasten slowly.
In tho Reyburn Administration other publlo
Improvements were under way so far as lim
ited funds could further their undertaking.
Tho Blankcnburg Administration could do lit
tlo moro than push preliminary research and
experiment with tho small means at its com
mand owing to the financial feud with Coun
cils. Tho construction of tho sewerngo system
has been delayed up to tho limit of public
patience. It should now go forward, with
money provided by a loan negotiated In abso
lute good faith. There must, however, be no
repetition of the scandals of filtration con
struction and contracts which marked the
Ashbrldge regime. The public Is too testy
for that.
The people havo come to realize tho vast
Importance to their health and thnt of their
children of an ndeQuate system of sownge
disposal. Nothing else or less will satisfy
them.
TIIE SCARLET WAGE
I'm not Insane. That's nil bosh, you
know. I wanted to lve luxuriously. I
wanted money lots of it. I wanted it so
much that I took thiB chance. Dr. Arthur
W. Walte.
THE chance which this man took was risk
of execution as a murderer. He has con
fessed to poisoning his father-in-law and his
mother-in-law and he has said that ha had
planned to kill his wife. He thought tho Quick
way to riches was the easy way.
He Is not the only man to make the mis
take. The prisons are full of men llku him.
Some of them balked at murder, but they
balked at little eUe. Forgery seems easy nnd
may succeed for a time. Plain theft Is not
difficult. The money Has at your hand and
you take it, thinking no one will be the wiser.
But forgery, theft and murder all lead to dis
aster, sooner or later. There is something In
crime which forces its own revelation. It Is
like a scarlet stain spilled on a white fabric.
You may pile enough folds over It to conceal
the stain for a while, but it blots through
when you are least expecting it. And some
times when you are saying, "Behold my life,
how white It is" a careless gesture will lift
the folds and disclose the telltale color.
The moral of all this is so evident that it
does not need to be drawn. One of the teach
ers in Charlemagne's court knew all about It
when he wrote a little dialogue in whleh oc
curred the Question, "What Is the liberty of
man?"
The answer which he set down was "Innocence!"
LEDGER - PHILADKLPIIIA, TUESDAY APRIL 4, 1916.
Tom Daly's Column
BALLADE OF BOMLLDR THE PIRATE
When Ernest Schiller rose with oun In hand
Prom out the ship Mntoppo's mezzanine,
And veiled In broken English his command:
"Make qulclnessl You net me vat 1 meant"
And cotcnl that coteard crew of seventeen,
(Or una It more?) icho knocked their knees
In prayer
The comlcalcst hold-up ever seen)'-
1 hope the movlnp-ptclure men lecid Iherd,
When Schiller pulled this thrlltct thai leas
planned
liU all those buttlntt Khcch icilhln Ms
bean,
And In his cabin kepi Urn rdnttitn vanned
And chased the slllu crew Ihc decks between,
Tho While thev shOV6 U:llh coMpcHHOH
keen
To beat each other tumbling down Ihc slalf
To burrow Into regions aiiiuieirlnc
hope tho movlno'plelute men icefc there
When Schiller, tn Ms turn, ran out of sonrf,
llfoiml the constabules to Oifrrurno
.lml fdArc Mm In their sllli; boat to land,
And strip him of Ms yiin cimJ biurets green
And nil tho glarg sluff that might haw
been
It's hard to think this vomrdg of ran
Eoievcr lost, it thing of gcslcrr'cn
J hope the movlng-ptclurv men tccre therc
EXVOV
0 Muse of Igrlc comrdgl O Queen t
Wc must not low this jest beyond compares
1 feel we'll sec U get upon the screen
1 hopo tho movlng'plclure men xecro them.
The Anagram Contest
SAKES nllvo! they're coining In now pretty
fast. Ono man enters nearly a dozen
nunRritms. He seems lo bo a. business mnn:
nt any rate ho enters 'em nil In his wife's
nnmo. Hero are the best of thorn:
(1) MAN. I WIM.. BRAY!
(2) THE DOVE, TOO!,, OR SEER?
(3) WIM., HE MASK IRE?
Mrs. Numovns.
THEN I DECLARE I CAN'T DEPEND
ON l'OE.
YoIspw.
AY! ANN SPEAKS HIS RARE VERSE.
Shan.
REST IN PRAYER.
A. D. Render.
Wilson, Roosevelt, Root nnd Bryan
And many u would-be civic Hon,
(Tls strnngo, nnd yet I toll tho truth,)
Aio dreaming OK THE CHARM OF Rl'TlI.
Anna Ginliam.
WE THREATENED some time ago tn dis
play something hero from "Her Majesty
the King" (a Romanco of tho Hnrom. dnnn ,
into American from tho Arabic) by .fames
Jeffrey llocho.
ciiAPTint vi
Thi man who can Invent a cood worklnc substi
tute for lioni'Hly has ct to bo Invent d himself.
lastern Proverb.
Great weie tho rrjolclngs In Ublkwl when the
news was announced that Hie young I'rluco
Muley was about to wed tho daughter of tho
mighty King of Nhulpar, becoming thuroby pros
pective heir not only to the Pnelmllk of I'blkwl,
but also to a grcnt Sultnnshlp anil a vastly
greater Kingdom. The people rejoiced with groat
Jny. not reflecting thnt perchance tho cost of
sustaining tho triple dignities might fall heavy
on their own shoulders. But It hath over been
tho way of tho populace to tako delight in In
creased burdens, provided tho packages only bo
gaudily decorated, wherein they differ from the
camel nnd the ass and other bruto beasts, which
have no appreciation of esthetics.
The merchants especially, who everywhere
boast of being a conservntlvo class, thnt would
rather pay tpn piastres of tribute than one for
the suppression of brigandage, hastened to lay
their loyal congratulations beforo tho Pasha.
Slmcabiic received them affably, nnd In reply to
their address delivered a discourse fraught with
practical wisdom, of which unhappily only a few
fragments hive been preserved to this day; but
these are not without their value to trailers of
another and a foreign generation. Ho bald:
"Ho diligent In Keeping your accounts. It Is
bettor to charge an item twlco than to forget to
charge It once. That Is tho trim principle of
Double Entry.
"Pny as you go, but not If you Intend going
for good.
"Hoast not of your wealth; but let humility
curb your tongues when tho Assessor Cometh
around.
"Do not put nil the best figs nt tho top of tho
crate. Havo Just as good a layer on tho bottom
also, for there nro sometimes ovll-mlnded per
sons who open tho packago at that end.
"It Is a great mlstako to suppose, that all men
are rogues. If thero were not a larEo majority of
fools In tho woild who would buy slocks?
"Tlmo is money. Every second saved at your
midday lunch means so many scquluu by nnd by
for your family physician.
"He not angry with your creditors If they
Importuno you. It Is nobler to forgive nnd forget
them."
A young man who had listened with attention
to this dlfcourso came at tho close, to Shaeabao
and asked, "How shall I become rich without too
much trouble?"
"List to me," replied tho wise man, "and I
will tench thee In ulx easy cousecutlvo lessons, at
one scquIu per lesson."
Tho young man, Joyfully complying, paid the
money nnd sat at the feet of thu Sage. Rut,
when tho course was over, ho cried out, "His
niillnh! Thou hast tatieht me naught."
"Nay," returned tho Sage, "I havo taught thee
how to make six scQuhia. Go to, ungrateful
one!"
And tho ungrateful one, abashed at tho re
proof. Immediately opened a Commercial College
where every branch of Justness could be learned
"while you wait,"
A Try to Let
My summer home
I try to lot
That J may roam.
My summer homo
Js where seas foam
'And llfd Is ono mosquito net I
Mg summer home
I try to let h,U.E.
WG, TORCHIANA has a colored porter
. who Is high Influenced In grammar.
Every morning when Mr. WlH'am says good
morning lo him and adds, according to his
Invariable custom, "How are you this morn
ing?" the pojter gentleman comes right back
with. "Nicely, finely, sir."
Sign on saloon" 20th Mreet, oast side, north
of Spring Garden;
"Aug. O. Hunt,
Bar,"
STRAYED BLACK BOAR AT EBENKZER.
Owner can have same by paying all costs and
applying at NEWS OFFICE, All In Lebanon
News.
S. P. Altch, of Lebanon, sends the above
mystery and asks us what we'd "make of It."
Sausage. Is that the answer? Or are wa
merely adding to the confusion?
WIIV. YOU OWE THE I'UINTEU A CIG.Vtt
Sir: I wrote this paragraph:
"Below him on either wall of the dark canyon
wild ivy and vines of various kinds clinging to
its precipitous sides; while the stream below
rushed on. ever on, its sparkling waters leaping
like diamonds Into the air, and trickling like
millions of gm drops into the mossy bed be
low." The printer made It read "gum drops."
Can you beat it?" Nqyellst
' r" " " 1 ' '
CRET, ARCHITECT, AS
A WAR-MAP MAKER
A University of Pennsylvania Pro
fessor, Who Did His Bit in
the Trenches and Lived
to Tell of It
" AND- ll(
x"Jl Gem
now, wrote Professor ".ret, ns a
man shell tore a hole In tho roof of
the dark Irani where he was writing n letter
to a Philadelphia!), back of tho trenches, "I
have more light to write by."
--t r Only a Frenchman could
have written that, yet
Philadelphia had come tn
think of Paul Crot, dis
tinguished architect and
tf.ni'her, ns having become
thoroughly Americanized
In the cloven years ho had
been a member of tho
University of Pennsyl
vania nichltoPture faculty.
He was visiting Franco
when the war started and
l'AlTl, ciir.T PhlludcIphlniiH spoke of
his hnWng been caught there, as having to
fight. It looked like nothing but "hard luck"
for a born artist who In his youth (ho was 37
at tho outbreak of hostilities) had won fame
from ono end of America to tho other.
But to their surprise tills authority on
Gothic cathedrals, medieval stained glass
and other recondlto subjects associated with
tho softer sldo of Ufo took to tho trenches
with tho utmost cheerfulness.
Then, nfter only two months, enmo tho
report of his death. His friends hero looked
sadly ut tho fountain In Rlttenhouso Square,
which ho designed, and added their tears to
tho rippling pool, whero tho children hailed
their toy yachts In tho sun, tn happy
Ignorance of fnr-off tragedies. Having sur
vived this report, Sergeant Crot began to
weary of it nil not thnt ho objected to doing
his bit, but because of tho "awful bore." Ills
letters show that ninny thousands of educated
men, whoso llfo has been tho Ufo of mind,
tho easy chair nnd tho book, tho cultured con
versation, aio suffering today. "I am bored
to denth," ho was writing. In tho first mid
winter of tho wnr, after a slight Illness.
"Cut nlT from everything which was my In
terest In llfo relntlves and friends, archi
tecture nnd art matters Is It going to bo
for much longer?"
Adventure With n Pre
Several times ho was of thoso whoso
perilous duty It was to carry ammunition by
daylight from tho first to tho second lino of
entronchmonts. That meant running across
open country, exposed to tho marksmanship
of German snipers. Men fell about him no
bullet found him. A lit tlo pig ran about be
tween tho trenches, squealing. Crot and ills
companions cornered that pis; it was an oc
cupation slightly different in character fiom
that of lecturing on medloval stained glass.
But buch Incidents were better than no inci
dents In that loutlno of boredom broken only
by sudden death. "Needless to say," ho wroto,
"tho pig was a welcomo variation of our tiro
some rations of beef and bouillon."
Ono of tho big problems of modern war,
when nearly all of the male population takes
tip arms. Is to find homo way of keeping
enough of tho brains far enough away from
tho bullet zone to do "tho fine work." Of
course, Germany know enough to keep a lot
of chemists and Inventors and surveyors out
of range of tho "70s"; but tho others appar
ently didn't. England especially is sending
out a wall for thinkers, and in the indis
criminate rushing of men to the front both
England and Franco have undoubtedly
wasted a great many men of genius who
could well have been kept at home. Cret
understood this, and saw a dozen lines of
activity in which through his special educa
tion ho could better servo his country than
by, appearing as a target at strategic points.
He couldn't see why ho should be a track
walker as guaid on a railway line, when he
could do so much more valuable work as an
interpretoj- between French and English
forces. Night and day the savant pressed
with weary feet the tracks about his native
Lyons. "I had every opportunity to get ac
quainted with the several degrees of hardness
of the tracks and the aspects of the suburbs
at various times of night and day." Then,
further on, in thp same letter, come these line
lines;
"Personally, I have no hate for our ad
versaries, but I feel the necessity of this war,
and I will try to do well what I am asked
to do."
Decomes a Mapmaker
Fortunately, French efficiency woke up
and Cret and men like him got better Jobs.
An injury to his hand helped in taking him
from the trenches. He became a maker of
maps. This was reported with enthusiasm
here at first, because as it was said the archi
tect was at "headquarters" that teemed to
insure his safety and make certain his return
"SPEAKING OF GOLFERS, YOUR
In duo courso of tlmo to his students In West
Philadelphia. Rut map-making in this war
can't bo done nt long range, and "head
quarters," unhappily, is probably In his caso
not beyond the reach of bursting shells. For
tho making ot maps, of course, tho skilled
designer Is eminently fitted tho manual
execution on wnr charts must bo child's play
for him. But tho essential dlffcrcnco between
them and tho olementnry work of laying out
architectural plans Is that In tho latter tho
designs nro made up of permanent factors,
whereas thero Is nothing permanent about a
modern war chart.
Every round of heavy firing tends to chnngo
thoso war charts. A mine Is exploded, a
crater formed and occupied by a force of
German or Kronen troops and tho map Is
changed. Tho crater has to bo located and
drawn In. A line of trenches Is lost or won
nnd the mnp Is changed. Howitzers turn a
fort and a village Into a lovel and barren place
or drill off the shoulder of a hill and tho
map Is changed. Such maps arc not only of
uso to the generals supervising movements
of bodies of troops, but help guide tho ac
tivities of tho gunners. Then thoy show now
fortifications and tho positions of troops.
Aviators swoop down to headquarters, re
turning from reconnolterlng flights, nnd re
port the position of new earthworks far In
tho rear of tho enemy's ndvanced lines and
tho redistribution of his reserves. Down on
Cret's map must go the new conditions.
Refuses to Leave Post
It Is said that Cret's maps of tho German
trenches in tho Alsatian sector havo boon of
lnflnlto valuo to tho Fronch sklimlshcrs.
And so, whllo It is "In his line," this past
master of tho draughtsman's craft Is learning
new angles of his art. In this strange war
llfo tho very land, reliable old Mother Earth,
goes through strango antics, wearing a now
fnco every day, as subject to mutation as tho
changing mounds of ocean.
Perhaps this form of art has begun to
weary tho Professor; but tho latest news of
him shows that in any caso ho is become
entirely u Frenchman again. Ho had the
chance to bo sent to Philadelphia, ns an In
spector ot work on trench locomotives at
Baldwin's. Here he could havo lived among
tlio peoplo with whom ho has done his great
est work and whero ho is most appreciated.
It must have been a great temptation to him.
But ho replied to this offer:
"Would It bo difficult to find another man
to do this inspection work in Philadelphia?"
No, ho was told, It would not be difficult to
find Inspectors.
"Would It bo difficult to find another man
to do tho maps?"
"Yes, It would bo difficult to find ns good a
mapmaker," thoy said.
"Then I will stay In Franco," said Cret.
REMEMBERING NAMES
How many peoplo are there In the world who
alwnys can remember names? That Is, remem
ber tho names that nro Important to remember
at somo particular moment? The chances nro
thut tho peoplo who have this happy gift might
bo corralled In a comparatively small hall. Poli
ticians havo to bo good nt remembering names;
It is a part of their Btoek In trade, but It has
been whispered that some of them have a com
pichenslve card fllo that serves to remind them
about the names of leading men In cities they
havo to visit.
Of course, ministers know lots of people by
name. Thoy train themselves carefully in Just
this kind of remembering. Each must remem
ber every one of his parishioners, as a matter
of course, and there are many people outside
a minister's flock who expect always to be re
membered by the good man who has so many
faces and names on ids mental list. There is a
tnle that Is told about one able minister who
had a pulpit within 100 miles of Hartford, who
is said to have mentioned his belief that no
minister should be compelled to remember the
name of any parishioner who didn't attend
church four Sundays out of five, but If this
talo were true the minister's list of acquaint,
ance doubtless dwlnaled, for an 89 per cent,
churchgoer Is rather a rare bird.
Now one's own name Is one of the easiest
things in the world to remember. There seems
to bo no possible excuse for Its being forgotten.
We cannot understand why any one who once
has had the priceless boon of conversation with
us can possibly fall to remember our name
and all the details ot our life. It Is simply
shocking the way some men who are otherwlso
all right will forget the name one has toted
around all these years. Of course, we forget
names ourselves, sometimes, but why on earth
should nny one forget ours? That's what we
want to know. It's a perfectly simple, human
question. Hartford Courant.
UNMAPPED
Whose hand shall limn the final chart,
Complete with every stream that flows.
With pathways which the bold of heart
Have trampled through the Polar tnowa?
Perchance tomorrow's sun will shine
On outposts of some desolate shore
Where man's advancing picket line
Must pause and camp forevermore.
E'en now the wide-strewn Island host
Within the map's net has been drawn.
And soon no more adventurous boast
Shall ,lure the troplo traveler on.
But when the maps are finished quite,
And all the stranger world la known,
Still shall abide the elusive light
On coasts where Fancy's winds are blown.
And fearless eyes for long may strain,
And steady hands may guide the helm;
But none may ever hope to gain
The farthest snore or -ancys reaim.
Meredith Nlchojj
HONOR"
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What Do You Know?
Queries of general Interest will be answered
In this column. Ten questions, tho anstccrs
to which every well-informed person should
know, arc asked daily.
QUIZ
AVIml Is (he method of finding Ihc circum
ference of n circle?
About how miiny acres nre there In I.rncne
island?
Where inn Wllllnm l'enn'n first home In
I'lillndrlphla?
Wlmt dlHtlngulsliFH the United States Mint
In I'hlbideliililii from other mints In this
ci'iintrj?
Wlmt srluml In farthest north In thn world?
About when wiih the l'rcc Library of I'hlln-
delphln established?
Wlmt municipal office bus Tlieodoro llonse-
felt held?
Wlmt Im the nvernge depth of Ibe Ilchurnre
ItUer rhnnnel from the liny to the Nnvy
Ynrd nt high nnd low water?
Tor whom nre Ilartard and Yale named?
Wlmt lending spurt docs the world owe to
.Scotland?
Answers to Yestcrdny's Quiz
Thirty-two.
Tho Klnir'H dniiclitcr, Hie Trlncess Jlnry.
St. I.nuls, with 087,029.
Imprisonment for life. In tho federal courts.
Curtis, of Kniisas, nnd Owefi, of Oklahonin.
Thn tnx nn real estate, $1 per 100,
President of the United Mine Workers of
America.
In Neiadii and Utnh, where thn murderer can
tnlio his chnlcn of being lianRrd or shot.
Two parts hydrogen nnd one part oxygen.
, With Franco nnd Spain; with the former
from yuly 9, 1708, to September HO, 1800,
and with tho latter from April 21, 1898, to
December 10, 181)8,
Cost of the Great War
.Editor of "What Do You Know" What Is tho
cost In money of tho war In Europo? H. L.
Tho nunual approximate cost of tho war has
been estimated nt $25,000,000,000. Estimates
based on recent reports make tho annual coat to
Great Britain about $5,000,000,000. to Germany
and Russia about $0,000,000,000 each and to
Franco $4,400,000,000. These countries' expendi
tures nre the greatest, but tho sums required by
the other bolligercnts probably bring the total up
to $25,000,000,000. .
Irving Berlin's Career
Editor of "What Do You Know" I would llko
you to glvo me somo particulars respecting
Irving Berlin, who Is a rngtlmo composer his
nationality, age, and if ho wns formerly known
as Ivan Berlin, resident of London, England.
L. P. G.
Mr. Berlin came to New York city direct from
Russia, his native land, and nfter years of pov
erty on tho East Sldo made his first hit with
"Alexander's Ragtimo Band" when ho was 22
years of age. Ho Is now about 28. It Is not
recorded that he was known ns "Ivan" In Eng
land, but he has spent somo tlmo In London.
Real Rapid Transit Issue
Editor of "What Do You Know" I nm a tax
payer, and note tho Taylor-Twining controversy.
I will npprocfato very much your reference to
nny law or redson why tnx producers or rent
payers should be called upon to capitallzo or
build any subway or elevated or trolley lines, in
stead of using prlvato capital, as has been used
In tho past to build our subway, elevated trolley
lines and steam railroads.
JOS. A. CONROY.
Tho question nt Issue In the present contro
versy Is not tho academic one of whether It Is
wlso for the city to lend Its credit for tho build
ing of rapid transit lines. Thnt has been settled
In tho affirmative by tho people, apparently to
their satisfaction. There are no eggs in last
year's bird nests. The vital question today Is
whether tho people are to get the kind of rapid
transit which they want and which thoy have
voted for.
When "Verdun" Began
Editor of "What Do You Know." How long
has the battle of Verdun been going on?
A. C. D.
The German bombardment of the Verdun forts
began on the night of February 20-21.
Nonrefillable Prescriptions
Editor of "What Do You Know" Last evening
our regular physician called at my house to at
tend my wife. After writing a prescription ho
advised her "that she would have to have the
prescription filled that same evening, for If It
was left over until the next day he would have
to give her a duplicate." On the receipt of the
prescription from the druggist I found a label
on the bottle reading. "This prescription cannot
be refilled, or a copy given, except upon a written
order from the physician." The doctor said it
was a national law. Is this a new dodge for the
doctors to Increase their practico and income?
If there Is such a law, will you kindly quote the
eame? Is not the druggist compelled by law to
put a copy of the prescription on the bottle con
taining the same. If requestedby the person pur
chasing It? Patent medicine manufacturers are
compelled to do It, and I do not understand why
the rule should not apply to doctors and drug.
glsta; UOBT. FRANCIS.
There was probably a hablt-formlng drug in
the medicine which the physician prescribed for
your wife, Under the provisions of the Harrison
law for the regulation of the sale ot such drugs
the druggists are forbidden to refill such, a pre
scription without an order from the physician
who wrote It. The regulations at first required
that the prescription should be filled on the day
U was written, but these have been modified so
as to permit the tilling of the prescription within
a reasonable time. The druggists are forbidden
to deliver to the purchaser a copy of such a
prescription unless he presents an order for
from his physician. The purpose of tho ;a'u's
is pot to increase the .profits of any one, but lo
protect people from BSiSiatS possession of dan
gerous drugs, thertTeHect of which they do not
r..,uin,.,i fzr. .uv,ioi, nhnuid never be usea
aaSSer tho direct orders ot a physician and
In tb.e quantities wnicn ue jiica-wuv
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