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l-mLADELriltA. IHUBSDAY. APRIL 13. 191.
It is a maxim with me that no man was
Itver written out of reputation out by Mm
v MA lllcliard Bentley.
thejfro off onco more: us Ave, them four.
Why; doesn't tho President hold T. K. to
doto strict accountability?
tt Is tho dcslro for academic freedom In a
teew form that I3 creating ructions at Bryn
, Mawrv
Ono thing Atlantic City should abolish to
Trako Itself an oven greater placo to mako
holiday In than It Is now politics!
Delaware would havo beon ungrateful If,
after all that Ocnoral du Pont has dono for
the State, It had declined to namo him as Us
favor! to son.
More- curious things are being dono In tho
namo of harmony In Pennsylvania this year
han tho French woman said were dono In
tho namo of liberty.
Jtfpro mon will envy tho Prosldent his season
pass to tho Washington games of tho Ameri
can Leaguo than envy him any other per
quisite of, his great office.
Carranza, if It is true that ho "has his capi-
yn Mik u HAJuumi 11.1111, ib u. ruut uoui oetier
off than threo European monarchs, who can't
net a sight of their old capitals oven by tho
$1 excursion route.
brldgo, Instead of a tunnel, Is urged as
1 connecting link between Camden and Phil-
Rclphla. Perhaps tho Camdenites, llko tho
Srltons who protested against a tunnel under
ftho Channel, do not llko tho idea of Phlla-
delphlans popping suddenly Into their quiet
I midst.
lhe men who are doing their country's
J work in Mexico haven't much of the glamour
Of, war about them. They are In an uncom
fortable and not too well disposed land, they
are subject to disease and to accident and to
stray bullets from "friendly" hands. These
things aro all in tho day's work. But that
these Bamo men should bo bereft of the con
solations of tobacco la an unnecessary mis-
t., fortune. Whatever one thinks of tobacco in
. ''the home, whatever reservations ono may
make about tho habit of smoking cigarettes,
one must fsel that the soldiers engaged on un
pleasant business are entitled to this indui
genco. It may become possible, after many at
tempts, to get up a good self-respecting friend
ship for Carranza. He has at last yielded the
Mexican Central Railway to United States
troops for transport of supplies, and General
Punston, for reasons of his own, has expressed
more confidence in the co-operation of Car
ranza than heretofore. On the whole there is
nothing to bo gained, even politically, by a
long stay in Mexico. Certainly anything ap
proaching an occupation of even a State of
Mexico would do this country incalculable
harm. A. successful venture and quick return
will re-establish tho sincerity and honesty of
our motives.
Wars will not be the same for a great many
people, now that Richard Harding Davis is
110 more. He had tho fnntiltv nf tntamMtim.
h battles and maneuvers in a strangely pic
turesque way, and before the days when ho
iegon to write more about himself than about
r Tils subject his work was exceedingly con
vincing. Ho was never indifferent to fact In
his stories of New York society, nor ever con
t temptuous of Action in his work as a war
, correspondent. He was no De Blowttr. to be
sure, but tho conditions under which he
'Worked demanded no other capacities than
those he possessed a certain grace, a quick
lng eye, a taste for1 romance and sound
scamonoease.
gomethtne in the story of Ralph Albert
akelock ought to give- the average American
business jnan pause. A few days ago Blake,
loclc went hacjc to New York from an asylum
for the insane to look at pictures he had
t painted and sold" more than sixteen years ago.
He-painted many, and their total value now la
over half a million dollars. He sold them for
a few hundred and used that money to pay
.rent overdue. At last his mind gave way
..image wo uuuuiu uinun 01 naving his art un
appreciated and, his life hampered by poverty.
m piteous awry, oai mere, la something
b idb ena, uut wnere there Is one
elock, there are thousands who u- ww.
rOX themselves to the outer trails nf v.
luaia only to amass money, driven by an ln
i Wtact no less powerful but certainly less noble
Man the artlstlo Impulse.
Thq relief of General, Townshend's forces,
jkW In the fifth month of siege at Kut-El-.Amara,
uffere4 a severe blow when General
Aylraer'a troops were thrown back by the
Turks, with reported losses of 3000 men.
"Warnings of Tbwnshend's desperate straits
nave oeen jrequeni lately, ana no- .British, no
Jlusalan activity seems Able to withdraw Tur
y from her obstinate siege. Yet British
koMtera have a tradition to uphold, both within
1 tk wHs and, in the relieving force. In 1857,
jtorinp the Indian mutiny, Lucknow held out
wWi J7M men agamst 10,000 for twelve weeks.
Blpfoi-cv4 then by troops under Havelock and
&t0tr$m the garrison held for two further
lAJWitha, W it was orly when the famous
tMf it kutfoajw. iar 0oUa CamjtfwU,
mtaa Ml tfeaf ! were uU to U$m- H13
city. Mesopotamia has been a sore trial to
England since tho first dash toward Bagdad,
but tho siege at Kut Is part of a program
which she very well understands.
BACKGROUNDS OP PROGRESS
Th separation of tlia teneral loan from
the transit ami port loan, professedly "to
sare the latter from the trreeW," has also
the efTect of throwing (treat and neetlet!
rlrle Improvement Into the cockpit of fac
tional strife. The pettiness of the skirmish
ing orer minor fealnres of tho $47,000,000
loan Is a slanal to rltlaens to nam them
of possible jiiKRllnsr ami Jocheylmr with the
larger details of the city's plan for perma
nent Improvements.
rpilE final passngo of tho city loan bills in
- Councils clears tho way for a closer ex
amination of tho Implications contained In
Mr. Trainer's graphic language describing tho
reasons for making tho $67,000,000 transit and
port loan and the $47,000,000 general loan
separate Issues beforo tho voters. Thero was
a somewhat phatlcal flavor about his phrase,
"If tho bill comes to smash, wo should try to
save something from tho wreck."
In other words, If tho Jockeying and Juggling
between tho warring political factions should
como to a "showdown" at tho polls on May 16,
thoro could bo a truco as far as tho transit
loan was concerned both factions could sup
port it. But that truco will leavo them tho
moro free for skirmishing over whatever fea
tures of tho grab-bag order tho general loan
may Involve. It Is surmised that tho Ponrose
McNIchol faction, represented by Mr. Soger
and Mr. Trainer In Councils, has threatened
to work for tho defeat of this loan If tho
Smlth-Varo faction, nominally In control of
both tho Administration and CouncllB, docs not
mako concessions. This faction has succeeded
to a certain extent already perhaps within
hailing dlstanco of "peace" notably In tho
eliminating of tho $210,000 Varo claim for
boulevard work and of the provision for E00
extra policemen.
Theso would havo been "Varo policemen."
Tho cltt7cns of outlying wards, where bur
glaries have been too frequont becauso of
Insufficient policing, havo novor said they
would prefer "McNIchol policemen." What
they havo wanted Is men in bluo coats who
would glvo a reasonable amount of protection
to endungered residences while doing their
moro important political work. But this Is
only ono oxamplo of tho spirit in which both
factions havo taken up the greatest con
structive work In tho city's history. Is It nny
wonder that thoy nro to bo feared "even when
they offer gifts"? For thero Is still tho dark
scheming over contract awards to threaten
tho best interests of tho city.
This Is tho sordid background for what on
paper" and it has been too long merely on
paper Is the city's long evolving plan for
great civic Improvements. Thero is tho Free
Library provided for, tho Art Musoum, the
Convention Hall, advances along tho path of
modern enlightenment which tho importance
of this city not only deserves but demands,
which it has striven toward in the dark,
though blinded by the tricks and shackled by
the indifference of self-centred politicians.
Moro needed than even such improvements
nro tho items for sewago disposal and tho in
stallation of tho sewerage system. Health and
tafety depend upon such works and upon the
recreation centres. The appropriation for
Blockley Is a long-delayed net of Justice that
tho city could no longer defer.
' South Philadelphia is the recipient of the
lion's share, but tho needs In that section loom
larger than the question of tho Vares and
their fortunes to those who seo that the de
velopment of that section has been delayed
by the railroad grade crossings that havo held
up building operations. And tho installation
of crosstown sewers will make habitable a dis
trict too long surrendered to the mosquitoes.
On the face of it the need of tho desolate
southern half of this section is greater than
West Philadelphia's, but this did not warrant
the meagrcness of the allowance for the sec
tion across the Schuylkill.
No matter what their underlying motives
may be thought to be, tho tendency shown by
the 22 West Philadelphia Councllmen to be
moderate in their sectional demands should
receive full face value praise for an attempt to
think for the benefit of tho city as a whole.
But the curse upon the financing of city proj
ects Is not sectionalism, as a matter of fact;
sectionalism Is the tool of contractors, and
through sectional needs contractors misrep
resent the people mako them seem provin
daily in behalf of "our street."
No one ever suspected South Philadelphia of
greed) or North Philadelphia; or West Phila
delphia. But contractors, who "work for"
their sections they have been and are sus
pected. TIIE ASQUITH PROGRAM
THE relation of wish to thought, a relation
of close and adoring parenthood, could not
be extended further than It is now in Ger
many. To find a hint of peace in Asqulth's
reply to Bethmann-Hollweg is Bimply to in
dulge in auto-lntoxlcatlon, What was signifi
cant fn Asqulth's words was the new defini
tion of "crushing German militarism." The
Premier felt the necessity of explaining with
all precision what the Allies held as their goal
in the war, and he acquitted himself well:
The Allies have Intended as a result of
the war to establish the principle that In
ternational problems shall be handled by
free- negotiations sn equal terms between
free peoples, unhampered or swayed by the
overmastering dictation of government con
trolled hy military caste. That la what I
mean by the destruction of the military
domination of Prussia nothing more, but
nothing less.
Lacking the loud noises of defiant phrase
ology, this statement may make little impres
sion. It la not a feeler fpr peace. It is the
program of England's Holy War, Jf it la not
In fact the reason for her fighting ct all. The
German reply Is easy to formulate, but, un
fortunately. It Is not entirely credible. We
do not know whether Sir Edward Grey meant
this when he went Into the war; we do not
know whether England and France and Rus
sia mean it now For the good of humanity
it U to be hoped that in spite of monarchs and
diplomats this result will obtain -when the
warlaoyet.
Tom Daly's Column
BALLADS OP A KNOT-nOLO
The box-scat, In tho stand, my dollar buys
Commands a tctdc and unobstructed vlexq..
I tcatch tho slruoollno teams iiAlh lahoutd
eves;
For mo tho "thrills" are far between and
few. -Betimes,
like clouds that sail the summer
blue, l
itU thoughts drift back to bottles long forgot.
Ol strange the ptace that Fancy leads me to
The knot-hole in a fence that now is notl
Here in the stand the ready dime supplies
My every need, for hero the motley crew
Of venders threads the crowd, uHth raucous
cries
Of sundry "cats" and "drinks" and "gum to
chew,"
While victory the strlilng teams pursue.
Tct, oft, athirst and hungry, 'twnt my tot
Thrice happy lot! to watch great heroes,
through
Tho knot-hole tn a fence that now is notl
And here where fair and ulda the prospect
tics,
Where one may follow everything they do
The strikes, the fouls, the bunts, the highest
flics
IIoxo odd that eyes should sometimes look
askew
And miss a point! Ahl that was never truot
Of one young eye, forever on the spot;
One watchful optic fitting tight as glue
The knot-hole in a fence that now is not.
ENVOY.
Ol Yellow rinc; My bald spot's bared to you!
Fond memory will never let you roll
I saw the best of life when first I knew
The knot-hole In a fence that now Is not!
THAT "Battling Birdseed" person wo men
tioned some time ago probably Is not guilty
In this case, but wo Imaglno that only a per
son as tiny as ho could bo so cowardly as to
write this:
I AM SVORETLY AGAINST WOMAN
SUFFRAGE.
On Saturday eve last did I perforce enter
tho sacred precincts of our woman's college
nnd there behold even with mlno own eyes
divers and pevcrnl of tho fair maids to pre
sent the "Jllknilo" an opera of merit. And
there, surrounded by beauty, silks, sntlnt,
bright eyes, kimonos, red checks nnd lovely
skins, came to mo the great truth: even that
lovely woman maketh aweet mnldp, divine
Yum Yums, beloved nnd respected matrons
and rapturous Plttl Sings, but maketh punk
Lord High Executioners, rotten Chancellors
of tho Exchequer, absurd Presidents of tho
er well Board of Aldermen; nnd. In fact,
you can't mako a sow's ear out of a silk
purse
Therefore I say unto you "Knowcat thou
tho feminine of Scott Nearlng?"
The Reckless Guy
Play ball! Both leagues begin tho gamel
Hoy! want to bet with me?
I say tho pennant-winner's namo
Contains an "o" or "e."
Sez He, an the Fight Begun!
"DARNE1' SHAW'S real Irish," says Shon
-D Rea. "George Bernard Shaw has no use
for tho 'long-dci.'d-pn8t Irishman.' Has
nny
ono?
"A llvo Irishman proving to all tho world
that ho makes tho best American Isn't going
about collecting subscriptions for tho re
habilitation of thatched cottages and the clat
ter of handlooms. Ho's building a mansion
out York road for his family, and if any
kernes show around he'll put tho bloody con
stabulary on them.
"G. B. S. himself is running the Great War,
from tho Inside, by George! Isn't tho Kaiser
himself aching to havo tho Irish with him?
Do you know, that namo 'Mackcnsen' is sus
picious! 'But, oh!' says he, 'If I could only,
back him with a few O'Flynns!
"Wiso Uln o' the OTlynns there's more
money in trench digging under City Halls
than In all Flanders! They havo both senso
and tho dollars."
NOT FOR KEEPS
We're told these Days of FaBt are meant
For us to keep religiously,
But how can that be the Intent?
If we're to keep them, why should we
Be told that they are merely Lent?
DITIITnEniAIi.
NOT TO SAY
MILDNESS
URTKGITAI,.
My Dear Columnlator In looking over the
Atlantic Monthly Almanac last night to learn
what sort of weather we are to have this month
I found set down over against April 18-10 these
o'ertrue lines:
Come, gentle spring!
Diphtherial mildness I when
We shed our winter underclothes
And put tbem on again.
I pass them on In the hope that they may stir
others as they stirred me. JOHN LUM.
Domestic Distlchs
The season of the shad approaches.
Why does it also bring cock-roaches?
H. PECK.
General Shore is with
Mesopotamia.
General Lake in
News Note,
NOT wishing to take the Joy out of any
body's day, It is nevertheless difficult for
us to refrain from remarking that the name
of that combination is sometimes Mud.
The apex of unnecessary Information may
be this upon a sign over a nlckel-ln-the-slot
machine in the washroom of the West Phila
delphia station (P. R. R.) :
CONTENTS OF PACKAGE IS PROPERTY
OF PURCHASER.
The Anagram Contest
GOING to seed? Only a few more days
left. Do your anagrammlng early, The
hat blows on to somebody's head on April 20,
DARE TO GIVE A DEVIL ALL.
Q. D. P.
DEFIANT THEN IN
DECREE.
Yesterday's answers:
William Howard Tatt.
Tom, my hat, pleas!"
COLD, OPEN
M. S.
ODORLESS HEN WANTED. ClaiaUUdAd.
Overheard by S. B. in a street cart
'Say, Lena, y'know, I been going out with you
for IS months already? I'm Bona ask your pop
if I can marry you."
"Don't ask my father ask me."
Silence. And then:
"Say, Lena, y'know, I don't believe In big en
gagement parties,"
"And I, Jake, don't believe in long engage
ments." THE UKEATHXESS SOLICITOR
(Letter received by a local buauieaa hoiua)
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taalneaa. (fe . for many years. I m,w, after
tha death of my father uul the wtndlne ub of
4 . bava coo lata the cams bualnasa and solicit
your patronage, which will receive my personal atten
tion aa previously furoiahad you la tbo past by the
old company, . daaUra. in mosaic, tllaa.
mantel, sratea. Sxeplacea and lurlshlnca pertaining;
thereto. Including- anJlrooJ, EnflUh. back toaaiare and
ttWvt Oxeplac screen, porcelain enamel mtdlclcj
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SHAKESPEARE DEAD?
DID HE EVER LIVE?
The Shade of Delm Bacon Wants to
Know Mark Twain Has a Word
to Say The Great
Puzzlegram
ONE of tho oldest jokes in tho woild deals
with tho interesting fact that Caesar
lsdcad. This Is tho way of It:
Locust: Did j ou know thnt Caesar Is dead.
Spruce: I didn't oven know ho was sick.
It's familiar, but try it on Shakespeare and
you got tho reverso English. Just at present
"they" aro colebtntlng tho 300th anniversary
of Shnkcspearo's death. And a great number
of peoplo not only didn't know he was sick,
but aro strongly inclined to believe that ho
novcr lived.
Funny, Isn't It? Hero is tho greatest genius
of nil tlmo, tho man about whom Swlnlmrno
wrote, "It is not only the crowning glory of
England, It Is tho crowning glory of mankind
that such a man should over have been born
as William Shakespeare." And In sober, se
rious earnestness a great number of perfectly
Intelligent peoplo Insist that William Shake
speare, tho author of the plays, simply ditl
not exist. Thero was a play-actor named
Shnko-speare, or Shixpur, or something ot that
sort, thoy admit, who played tho Ghost in
"Hamlet." But that play was written by an
entirely different person, who used the namo
Shakespeare as a psuetlonym.
Delia Bacon Started It
It started with an American woman, Delia
Bacon. In 1857 sho published a book, and
what put it into her head, except possibly her
last name, no man can say. Sho expounded
tho philosophy of tho Slmkespearo plays to
provo that Francis Bacon wrote them. Thirty
years later Ignatius Donnelly, a Phlladclphian
who went West and believed that Atlantis
actually oxlsted and was nominated for Vlco
President with Peter Cooper on tho People's
ticket, published "Tho Great Cryptogtam,"
With a miraculous system of flgutes, such as
taking tho first letter and dividing by six,
multiplying tho number of tho last word but
sixteen on tho 240th pagb of tho First Folio,
he arrived at the same conclusion that Bacon
wrote all the plays. It is Bald that by cm
ploying the same cipher some ono else worked
out the astonishing prophecy, "Donnelly will
find It!"
Cryptograms aside, thero is something to
bo said for tho absolute logic of tho tintl
Shakespeare argument. Mark Twain said a
great deal In his delightful book, "Is Shake
spearo Dead?" In tho first place, while we
know much about nil of Shakespeare's con
temporaries, wo know virtually nothing about
him about the greatest genius of them all.
What wo know about tho Shakespeare play
actor is little enough, but it is about ten times
as much as we know about the playwrlter.
His only creative work we are sure about is
this, from his gravestone:
Good friend for Iesus sake forbeare
To digg the dust encloased heare:
Blessed be ye man-yt spares thes stones
And curst be he yt moves my bones.
Not a very poetlo specimen, is it, for the man
who wrote "Prospero's Invocation""
If Shakespeare Didn't, Who Did?
Everything we know about Shakespeare is
"unquestionably" and "presumably" and
"wlthout-a-doubtedly," Nothing is certainly.
The plays were written by a man who knew
the law, who knew the stage, who knew some
thing of Greek and Latin, who knew the cus
toms ot the nobility and the habits of the
common people, who knew France nnd the
realms of the imagination. The ardent Strat
fordolaters, as Mark Twain calls them, say
that without a doubt Shakespeare "hung
around the law courts" and picked up the
slang. They do not doubt that he studied
when he wasn't hanging around. They ex
plain everything by a beautiful procoss of
conjecture which all sounds reasonable enough,
but which proves nothing,
When It's nil over they cry out, "Well, if
Shakespeare didn't write them, who did?"
"X wish I knew," says Twain.
Since the days of Delia Bacon and Ignatius
Donnelly and Mrs, Gallup and a host of others J
.. - -n lnM 1,..,. U.lrnJ nnHnl..1.,.. n.. !
me XJawujliaiio ip w.vvvm vutiaiuej uuty, xney
find it easier to question than to assert. They
have stopped backing Bacon, but they are
decidedly raising the odds against the man
from Stratford. They Bay that there was only
one man living at the end of the sixteenth
century who had taken all knowledge to be his
province, and who was a Jawyer and a wit and
a philosopher, and who knew human nature
and had been abroad and knew the classics
and was. in general, the most versatile and
most brilliant man of all time. That man
was Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam, Viscount
St. Albans. They say It is a fair chance that
this man wrote the plays, and, since play,
writing: and everything connected with, the
stage was distinctively below stain at the
time, puWfched thfica, under another name,
HOEING HIS ROW
.
Any number of other works, not ascribed now
to Shakespcutc, woro printed over that namo,
Theio Isn't on the face of It anything to dis
prove tho possibility that Bacon did write the
plas. Nor is thero anything to prove it.
Why the Problem Is Interesting
Is it all much ndo about very little? Does It
mattcr7 Not to tho gallery god and not to tho
woishlpcr of poetry. But the question is in
teresting enough to the student of human na
ture. Wo know a vast amount about Francis
Bacon his wonderful mind, his legal abilities,
his political adventures, his trenchant stylo in
tho essays, tho revolution in thought ho
brought about by his Novum Organum. We
know that Finncis Bacon Is mentioned with
Arlstotlo and Goethe as ono of the very few
who in their llmo know nil thero was to bo
known. So wouldn't It bo a wonderful thing
for humanity If tho samo man who knew
everything nctually guessed tho rest? Ho dom
inated tho outsido world. It would bo nice to
feel that ho extended his realm to tho Inner
world, know the human heart nnd all Its se
crets and could display nil tho passions of nil
mankind In tcims of tho highest beauty in
Imperlshablo poetry.
If It wasn't Bacon, If It wnsn't Shakespeare
(that Is tho Stratford player about whom wo
know nothing) wo really are at sea. Thoro
wasn't any ono at tho tlmo who could havo
dono It. Not that tho nnfl-Stratfordlans ad
mit this. Some of tho wildest havo picked
out Sir Walter Raleigh; some havo gono far
ther and fared wolsc. No extravagance has
been too mad, and thero have been diverting
stories about tho filial relation of Bacon to
Queen Elizabeth nnd such scandals. You can
ptovo nearly everything by ciphers, and the
Baconians took their cue from Francis him
self, for ho was Interested in cryptograms
and wrote about them.
Mark Twain was nn out-and-outer for Bacon,
although ho wouldn't confess It, and ho hated
tho Slmkespearo cult well enough to write
this:
I feel that our fetish (the Stratford
Shakespeare Idea) Is safe for three centuries
et. The bust, too, there In the Stratford
Lhurch, The precious bust, the priceless
bust, the calm bust, the serene bust, the
emotionless bust, with the dandy moustache
and the putty face, unseamed of care that
face which has looked passionlessly down
upon the nwed pilgrim for 150 years nnd
will still look down upon the awed pilgrim
300 more, with the deep, deep, deep, subtle,
subtle, Rubtle expression of a bladder.
Tlneo hundred years, Oh, well, ho was not
of tin ngo, but for all tlmo.
USB FOR A MILLION DOLLARS
In a social group, when some one propounded
the question. "What would you do with a mil
lion dollars?" this answer, a subscriber reports,
received general approval: "I would found a
mothers' Institute In every city. Mothers and
prospective mothers would obtain here, through
lectures and individual talks by experts, the
latest Information as to 'twilight Bleep,' prenatal
Influences, physical care and moral training for
babies, with demonstration work as to clothing,
sanitation, etc. Rich and poor alike should find
help and knowledge here, and those most un
happy mothers, unmarried women and penniless
widows, would be heartened and encouraged in
these mothers' Institutes." Outlook.
AN EASIER WAY
European belligerent nations that are urging
economy might practice a little themselves by
employing New Yqrk gunmen to aid In the work
of wiping each other off the face of the earth.
According to a confession by one of the New
York thugs, murder prices have dropped to J60.
They used to be (100. Statisticians have figured
It out that It coats $3000 to kill a man In war.
We hope that there will be an immediate demand
by Europe for all the gunmen In this country.
Hartford Post.
NATIONAL POINT OP VIEW
Impregnable forts seem to be a good deal like
fireproof buildings alt hunkldorl until the right
sort of fire starts. Columbus (O.) Citizen,
Although the Senate has held up the gasoline
measure, the original owners of the stuff seem
to have got there first. Washington Post.
Kansas will feel a little better now. Although
thn State's entire delegation in the House voted
for a make-believe army, New York has a Con
gressman who voted not to chase Villa. Kansas
City Times.
If we put up with Germany's atrocious breach
of International faith In violating her pledge, if
we let the perjuries of her sea murderers over
ride the testimony of civil and military officers
of our Government and continue our laborious
endeavors to hide with ink the stains made by
the blood of our citizens she has slain, why
should she put herself to further trouble about
us? Do what she may, Bhe will be quite certain
that we shall do nothing. New York Times.
THE BOOK
The gunB had ceased, the new sun blest the
earth.
Into ray heart thete 'ole a s.ense of ease
Soft as the summer wind through summer
trees
That brings a thousand airy scents to birth.
I 00k my Book that tells of pure Love's worth,
SL John, historian of mysteries.
And read that tale Illumined by degrees
Written in tears ot men for angels' m)rth;
Of sisters twain who mourned a brother dead;
Of Martha grave, who went her Lord to meet.
Of Htm who wept, then raised Ilia friend from
tomb;
Of Him a gueat at a white table spread.
And Mary s tears propneuc at xiia leer,
1 pi of hr Incense fliliDg all tha room.
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What Do You Know?
Queries of general interest will be answered
In tills column. Ten questions, tha answers
to which every well-informed person should
know, arc asked dally.
QUIZ
Who Is Karl I.lelikneclit?
What Is n pruno?
WHo wrote "Tho Vlcnr of Wnkellelil"?
What city Is nt this time the cnpltnl of
IlelRlum?
Which Is the greater distance, n mile or
kilometer?
What Is the j-cnrly pay of seamen In tha
United Mates N'nTy?
Wlint Is mennt by "nnlllnc one's colors to
the mnsl"?
About when wns Mohammed horn nnd when
did he die? '
What Is tho area nf Philadelphia in ulnar
miles? .
How does New York city usually "no," He-
pulillcon or Ilemorrntlr?
3.
4.
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7.
8.
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10.
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
A "dark horse" Is an expression licsrrlhlne;
n candidate for pnlltknl odlce brought for-
ward nt the Inst moment.
Anthrax Is nn Infectious disease nffectlngr
lierlihorous anlmnls, such ns horses and
cattle. It Is nlso communicable to man.
The Hutch first snlutetl the American llnjr
In ma.
Peonage Is a form of contract labor which
results In what amounts to slavery.
The Archduke wns assasslnnted on June 28,
1014, a month before the outbreak of hos
tilities. The Itallnns were victorious, annexing Trip
oli. In I'arnpe nnd America In the Inst 100 years
the average length of life has Increased
from nhout 30 to 40 years.
A "split lnflnlthe" Is one In which the ad
verb Is placed between the "to" and the
Terb. For example, "to firmly Insist."
After the Ilattle of Marathon, between
firecks ami Persians, 400 11. C, n runner
carried the news of the Oreek ilctory to
Athens, The dlstnnre between the two
places sets the course for tho modern
race. '
Corfu Is nn Island 80 miles east of the "heel"
10,
of Italy.
Who Knows "Kitty Murphy"?
Editor of "What Do You Know" Kindly pro
cure the poem, "Kitty Jiurphj's Graduation
Gown." INTERESTED.
Perhaps some reader may be able to provide
the stanzas of this poem.
The Smithsonian's Founder
.Editor of "What Do You Know" Will you
kindly tell me the origin of the word "Smith
sonian," and1, how the institution came to be
founded? G II D
The Smithsonian Institution, at Washington,
D, C, was ustabllshed by statute In 1846, under
the 'terms of the will of James Smlthson, who
bequeathed hist fortune In 18.16 to the United
States "for tie Increase and diffusion of knowl
edge among men." From the Income of the
fund "a. building, known as the Smithsonian
Building, was erected on land given by the
United States. It is named for Smlthson. '
Principle of X Rays
fidlfor of "What Do You Know" Will you
please print In your valuable column the answers
to the following questions: (1) How does the X
ray work? Does it need an electrlo batter?
(3) Can one buy one, and If bo, where, and for
how much? READER.
The rays are formed by the passage of an
electrlo current through a vacuum tube, gen
erally known as a Crookes tube. The apparatus
for producing Roentgen rays consists of an It
regular globular tube, Into each end of which a
platinum wire Is passed, to serve as a conductor,
and from which the air has been exhausted as
completely as possible. A concave disa of alumi
num Is attached to the negative, or cathode, pole,
and a flat dlso of platinum to the positive, or
anode, pole. The platinum disc Is bo placed aa
to form an angle of 45 degrees wtth the plane or
the aluminum disc, and is located at such a dis
tance that the rays reflected by the aluminum
disc will fall upon it In a point. When a strong
current of electricity Is made to pass through
the tuhe the cathode rays pass from the concave,
disc and strike upon the flat disc with such fores
as to raise the platinum to a red heat. It Is
upon" this platinum dlso that the Roentgen rays
are produced, and they are reflected through tha
sides of the tube. The agency of electricity Is
required, (2) Details about the purchasing of
X-ray apparatus can be had at the offices of
establishments dealing in medical supplies.
Length of Soldiers' Strides
Bdlfor of "What Do You Know" Can you tell
me what the British army regulations have to
Bay about the infantryman's pace in marching?
I have heard it said that the Roman soldier
covered a mile in 1000 paces. How was this
possible? . N. T. TENNANT.
According to army regulations, the British in
fantryman's pace is 30 inches In slow apd quick
time. 33 inches in stepping out and 40 inches
in double time. In ordinary marching 3112
paces thus go to the mile. The Roman rolls
was slightly shorter than the English mile 5000
Roman feet, which equal 1618 English yards.
But even then it would need a veritable son of
Anak to keep up a pace ot five feet mile after
mile. The explanation seems to be that the
Romans did not measure their step, as we do,
by the distance from heel to heel, but by tha
distance from the point the heel leaves to that
in which it Is set down. So that really a Roman
pace consists of two paces and Is slightly shorter
than tbeiEnglish, being a little more than 2
laches,
First Piano Made in America
Editor of "What Do You Know" Can you tell
me if any piano; were made In this country In
the lth century, and In what city the first
American piano was made? R. F HARPER.
The flrtt piano made in this country was made
ijuUoeljla, to WS,
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