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Heaven is not always angry token he strikes,
But most chastises those whom he likes.
John Pomfrct.
When tho Gormans get through with Ver
dun, there won't bo any Germans left.
Speaking of Roosovelt, Ills cnemlca may yet
lovo him for tho friends he hnss made.
The British Grand Fleet of over 100 ships
has been located. But not by tho Germans.
It might not be such a bad Job If tho nrmy
that wont after Villa finally landed Carranza.
A Gorman submarlno did not torpedo tho
Sussex, It appears. Maybo tho Bulgarians
did it.
"Ab silent ns a Brumbaugh on checks." New
slmtlo to replaco outworn figure about tho
Bphlnx.
Apparently It never occurred to tho Kaiser
to glvo up war during Lent. Nor to tho
French to glvo up Verdun.
Transit Work Stands Still. Headline.
Tho limit of n column's width unquestion
ably prevented tho prefix of "Rapid."
Tho more men act. like monkeys, tho better
health they have," says Dr. Ira "Walton Drew.
Maybo that accounts for tho excellent health
of soma of our statesmen.
Henry Wntterson says that within 100 years
Europe wilt bo "all republican." But that
won't alarm Undo Henry, If tho grand old
Commonwealth of Kentucky can bo held In tlto
Democratic fold.
Tho refusal of City Hall to topplo down Is
ft positive insult to obstructionists and others
who want the kind of rapid transit that would
"cbrnpel patrons to uso tho surface cars.
Strange, isn't It, that even tho Twining plan
called for a subwny under tho building?
What a great many people want to know
Is why the Governor decided to withdraw as
a result of the Oliver "blackmail." He changed
his mind after much arguing on tho part of
hta advisors; but why did ho ever get himself
into a position where it was necessary to
change it?
A talking machine company In Camden has
announced nn extra dividend of 25 per cent.,
which Is very puzzling. Arguing on tho
grounds that all prosperity Is duo to tho war,
we must assume that the talking machine has
bep n supplying most of the labors of Congress
these past few months.
Something Is painfully wrong with tho sys
tem, of education which permits buildings used
for schools to fall into unsightly and Insani
tary decay. It may be a question of finance
and It may be a question of business manage
ment, but however tho situation occurs it Is
ft disgrace. In the case of the Thomas Jef
fersqn Building, In Fifth near Poplar street,
the protest of parents and children Is indorsed
by, -the testimony of tho principal. Crowded
and ill-lighted rooms, half time, shifting of
cooking school and mechanical workshop
classes to other buildings nnd downright dan
sera from insufficient plumbing, make up a
bill of condemnation which is intolerable The
Board of Education struggles against many
difficulties and seems unable to cope, using
tho resources available, with the growing
numbers of school children. But no apprecia
tion of its difficulties, no feelings of tender
ness for Its evident good will, should Induce
those who suffer to be silent. If It is simply
a question of money the community should be
quick to realize that at any cost to minor Im
provements the schoolhouse must be consid
ered first. The proposition that the health
and lives or young children, especially in their
schooling hours, should be protected Is so self,
evident that It would be stupid to repeat It,
were It not for the equally self-evident fact
that It Is not observed.
For the first time since February, 1914, the
British nation has shown Itself terrified by the
German submarine campaigns. It Is easy to
recall the derisive taunts about "The Day"
Which followed the first feeble attempts
jiralnst British shipping. "We remember with
pane: how derision turned to horror when
the Lusltanla tank- The next reaction came
after March 1, this year, when the pew cam-
aisn began, apparently without serious re
sults, Since then the amount of tonnage lost
to Britain and to neutrals has been enormous.
About seventy-five vessels have been sunk In
six weeks, and some discretion la being used
by the submarine commanders, for the ton
nose of those sunk la very large. England
has taken her medicine bravely, but an end
has coma to her patience, and two Indications
of hen growing terror at the prospect of
Isolation were made In the last week. One Is
tho proposal that neutrals buy Interned Ger
man vessel and use them, with a guarantee
that they will not be attacked. This comes
from Lord Robert Cecil, minister of war
trade, and Is England's belated acceptance of
ttt offer made almost as soon as the war be
y&n, At that time Germany was willing to
$t, Smce then the German Government has
forbidden a sate, and. the early refusal of
Rnstond has worked against her with almost
pjtlc pmbm, (or it is dear that her object
nfmn xiot ? bum $$ srsvMit money from gotog
. ta 'jtdBtMsy mm ttt q.uaa psoiide saar 1
vtijutf. mmmg mmtmi. tiw mmm ri
torn of famine-fright comes from n member
of Parliament from Liverpool, which corre
sponds to Hamburg oven In tho Violence of
language used by Its Deputies. A Mr. Hous
ton threatens thai If neutrals do not buy or
take over Gorman ships England will boycott
lhelr ports. Obviously tho reason for tho
threat Is fear of loss of shipping. If neutrals
rofuso England may not have tho wherewithal
for a successful boycott. Mcnnwhllo It Is good
to note that American shipyards nto very busy.
MEXICO BREEDS VILLAS
Order must bei restored In Mexico by some
one. Cnrrama's request for the withdrawn!
of our troops niust not lie welcomed ns a
pretext for shirking Amerlrnn responsibilities
to the civilisation of the world.
CARRANZA'S noto saying that tho tlmo has
como "to treat with tho United State?
Government for tho withdrawal of Its forces,"
whether It bo Intended merely for Mexican
consumption or Is tho preliminary to a formal
demand that wo withdraw, Is tho least Im
portant thing to bo considered In tho Mexican
situation.
Tho lssuo which overtops nil others In Im
portant Is whether 7G5.000 square miles of
this continent, rich In tosources, Is to remain
undeveloped because tho peoplo who happen
to occupy It aro unablo to prescrvo ordor
among themselves nnd spend their tlmo light
ing ono another, Instead of in thq peaceful
pursuits of a civilized nation.
The wholo world Is Interested In tho pacifi
cation of Mexico, becauso It needs tho things
that Mexico has In abundance.
A secondary Is&uc, which affects tho United
States more deeply than other nations, grows
out of our proximity to tho state of nnnrchy
across tho Rio Grande. It has been neces
sary to keep troops on tho border for threo
or four years to prevent tho uso of American
territory for tho organization of tho Insurgent
bands which llvo by loot. "When tho Cuban
Insurgonts exhausted tho patlenco of tho
United States, after forcing It for n number
of years to spend several million dollars a year
In policing tho coast to provent tho departure
of filibustering expeditions, wo sent nn nrmed
forco to Cuba, kicked tho Spaniards out of tho
Islands nnd held tho Cubans themselves up
by tho scruff of tho nock until they promised
to bchavo themselves. Then wo camo home.
Tho rights of civilization In Mexico, ns well
as In Cuba, aro greater than tho rights of tho
Cubans or of the Mexicans.
Tho question beforo tho country Is, How
long nro wo going to tolcrato Mexican
anarchy? How Congress nnd tho President
nnswer this question nffects them much more
than It docs tho country. If they palter and
postpono and Mlcawberlzc, other men will be
found who havo tho courngo to sweep nsldo all
quibbles and nil academic sentimentalities
about tho sovereign rights of nn Independent
nation, and the will to assert the rights of
tho world to tho uso of that part of It which
tho Mexicans happen to occupy.
Civilization hns reached Its present state
becauso from tho beginning strong men havo
Insisted that tho world belongs to tlio-io who
will uso it, nnd becauso they havo used that
part of It which lay nt their hand. America
Itself Is tho most shining example of a con
tinent hclzcd from batbarous tribes by men
with n genius for commorco nnd Industry ns
well ns a genius for government. They havo
made of It a granary nnd workshop to supply
tho peoples who, crowded out of tho old world,
camo hero to llvo, nnd they pioducod a sur
plus big enough to enablo them to glvo of Its
nbundanco to those who remained on tho
other slilo of tho two oceans. Tiiey set tho
great precedent which their successors will
Ignoro nt their peril and nt tho peril of tho
civilization w hlcli they set up.
If tho Mexicans cannot mako Mexico n safe
placo In which to llvo nnd do business, some
ono else must undertake tho task. How It Is
performed Is of little consequenco so long as
it Is done.
The expedition to. enpturo Villa Is all very
good In Its way. But tho captuto of Villa will
not end tho troubles. Mexico breeds Villas.
Insurrection Is a means of livelihood. Armies
are rnlsed by promlso of loot. It Is easier
to live on the accumulations of planteis nnd
miners thnn to work. Tho demand that Gen
eral Pershing removo his troops is merely
a demand that Mexico be nllowcd to continue
In a stato of anarchy. The assembling of
Carranzista troops In tho rear of tho American
expedition to cut It off in the event of n re
fusal of the Administration nt Washington to
nbandon the pursuit of Villa merely puts our
troops between two sets of bandits, both fight
ing for tho samo put pose, namely, the right to
be unmolested In their career of sucking the
blood from the few Industries that have sur
vived the years of outlaw government.
The Issue cannot bo dodged much longer.
The President has played with It for three
years, and every time ho hns tried to do any
thing his efforts have tesulted In n ridiculous
fiasco. It remains to bo seen whether he has
learned anything and whether his advisers
have discovered that the country la growing
more disgusted every day with tho policy of
timidity. If ho consents to bo bluffed by Car
ranza and if his Villa expedition shall be ns
fruitless as his occupation of Vera Cruz, the
vigorous men of his own party are likely to
And their patience tried beyond endurance.
BOMB PLOTS
THERE Is a great difference between the
bomb scares of several months ago and the
revelations made yesterday by the police of
New York city. No one doubted that there
was truth In some, or the accounts of German
activity looking to the destruction of Allied
ships, American munition factories and to the
disruption of work by threat and Interference.
Indictments based on those earlier reports
were made and cases are pending. They
lacked, however, the quantity of circumstan
tial detail which has now been nssembled.
A confession from Captain Charles von
Klelst Is reported. Three other men were ar
rested at the same time, and the trail leads
almost directly to tho departed Von Papen
and Boy-Ed, to the indicted Von Rlntelen. a
precious company which has never relieved
Itself of the suspicion of imperial direction.
It Is, frankly, impossible to be quite open
minded about these new suspects. They are
tied hand and foot by the rope given to their
more exalted associates.
In the outrages directed from Germany and
successfully carried out against this Govern
ment the balked destruction of a merchant
ship does not stand out conspicuously. It
serves as another reminder only that Ger
many has not since the war broke out recog
nized the sovereign right of the United States
03 a, nation on sea or within our own bor
ders. On the sea Germany has held us an
enemy, doing unto us as she would have
enemies do unto. her. At home Germany has
held us a vassal, corrupting our laws. Inter
fering with our domestic life, making our soil
A base of attack against nations with whom
we are nt paee. But an enemy may strike
back and a vassal amy revolt.
Tom Daly's Column
WCnfWj trlittbtiy
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Tim nABY'S NAMES.
Wc have a hahy lit ottr 7ionc
Her proper name is Vranccs
But she has other mimes besides
To fit the circumstances
These circumstances In our house
Perhaps aro not like others
ror then arc due to Pa and Ma
One slilcr and a brothers.
Mv eldest brother calls her "Bum"
My youngest calls her "Klddo"
And still another "Bqualllolck,"
"Splzilckcl" and "Hcvdiddal"
My mother has the oddest name
She calls her "Izzttwaszlt"
Which doesn't sound like anything
To call a baby docs ttf
But father Is tho worst of all
Ho calls her "h'podgc" and "Oanglcr"
And "Hoitynostcr" "SptllyoMpc"
"Skcczooklcs" and "Bpcczanglcr."
And when I asked him why he used
Surh silly names to greet her
"Why If 1 didn't dear" he said
"I'd simply have to cat her."
And so ihii baby In our house
Although her name Is Prances
Has got to wear the names that fit
Peculiar circumstances.
,S
Panhandler's Patter
(Being novel songs anil dnnces, designed to raise
n nickel or two.)
!!
Say, Sport, you know how It Is yourself.
I was drlnkln' too much Inst night, nn'
now wnlt a minute, If I was to nt
youso fur ten cents to git n drink you might
think I wanted to buy soup with it
but I wouldn't Ilo to yoifo, boss; If you got n
liendncho powder about youse I'll-tako It or I
know whoro I can git ono fur a dime.
Reported by J. W. S.
TIM POV.T IN 1118 OAHltVT
1 sing of sprlngl I know it's here
And that grim winter's o'er,
Because my Ink-well has been clear
Of Ice this week or more.
Our Correspondent in Flanders
THE most curious souvenir of tho great war
that has como under the observation of your
correspondent Is a slxteen-lnch shell that,
failing to explode, fell Into a farmhouso with
just sufficient velocity to penctrato n dainty
Dresden china saucer, one of the thrifty
housewife's treasuios. Most remarkably tho
terrible cnglno of destruction lodged in tho
saucer, protruding on cither side, and mak
ing n clean, round hole, without otherwise
splitting or defacing tho fragile pleco of bric-n-brnc.
Tlie description of this striking occurrenco
was-given to your correspondent by nn Eng
lish Tommlc, who actually witnessed it. His
truthfulness is beyond question.
Beforo his enlistment ho was In chargo of
tho bureau of adjustment in n largo depart
ment Btore. A. A.
Following this "key," M. C. K. at length works
out tho following startling result:
"I, Elizabeth. Hex, wrote these plays.
Queen. Lawyer,
' Doctor, root, I
Hid In Hhalccspearo's namo
Do llo."
N. Y. Telegraph.
Ingenious, Isn't It? Especially tho veiled
leferenco to tho putative boyhood of "Rex"
Elizabeth.
Domestic Distichs
Why, when they whitewash walls nnd shelves
Do coons put to much on themselves?
T. Thumb.
To n Lady-Friend in Athens, Ga.
(Ry our own lOlll-model Byron.)
Dame from Athons, ere I go
Glvo mo back my wad of dough!
By your lashes long as thoso
From which Anna Held's fame grows;
Never shall I whisper more:
Ah, ma cherlc, jo t'adorct
By your cranium full of tricks,
By your perfect thirty-six;
By every powder puff and paint
That makes young ladles what they ain't;
Girlie, you have mado me sore!
Ah, ma cherle, Je t'adorct
Datno from Athens, au revolr,
I must go, or miss my car
What Is that you whisper low?
Do you not want mo to go?
Did you call mo as of yore?
Otf Beg paidonl"Shut t' door I"
Will Lou.
At Adjacent Desks
The Shrimp Havo you got u. long envelope?
The Honey Bee No, but I've got two short
ones.
A long drive of 570 yards is required for
the Hth hole. After dropping his ball In the
15th hole, a distance of 360 yards, the player
will drive 315 yards to the 16th hole, 610
yards to the 17th and 350 yards to the final
hole.
From morning contemporary.
GIVE me where to stand and I will move the
earth; give me length of nrm and I will
steal the stars; give me thirst enough and I
will drain the rivers of the world; but what
enn you give me with which I enn drive a golf
ball 570 yards? H. H. II,
Sir Across a table in the palmroom of the
Bellevue-Stratford the bronzed man was saying:
"I asked for a Bin rlckey in Bermuda and had
to explain what I wanted. They had no limes.
I ordered a consignment of them, and when
they arrived I became popular at once. I was
the hero of thq hour."
"Ah!" exclaimed my wife bless her! "you
were in the limelight as it were." W,
The Ogontz
Optimist
' Says:
I brought home a
new servant-girl last
night. Her name's
Theodosla, I'm almost
certain she'll be still
with us when I get
home this evening, be
cause her name's the
longest we ever had In
our kitchen.
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The day's mall brought this one eligible
entry,
A THUNDER GOD.
W. L. Sacrey.
And these are the answers to yesterday's;
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SOME CURIOUS
NEW LANGUAGES
From Best-Sellers' Language to
Selling Talk There's Much in
Argot, Slang and Dialect to
Make Dictionaries Useless
1ANGUAGES change, but somo survive. Un
J dor tho tltlo "In Shakespcaro'n America"
W. A. Bradley tells In Harper's Magazine
about tho curious survlvnls of Elizabethan
English thnt ho found In tho Kentucky moun
tains "holp" for helped, "whup" for whipped,
"wrop" for wrapped, "clomb" for climbed.
"He's tuk a franzy spell," n phrnso used to
describe n mountain man suddenly bereft of
his senses, harks back, says tho writer, to Sir
Philip Sidney. "To smother" In tho moun
tains means to roast, "ambitious" Is to bo
nngry, "worrited" means tired and molasses
Is nlways used in tho plural ns "these mo
lasses." Then thero'fl tho best-sellor language. From
a magazine story comes this delightful pas
sage: "When Casey camo to himself again
ho was lying on n bed where, ho know not.
Ho was conscious only thnt Marion, her faco
tcnr-statned and very near his own, was
kneeling beside It, 'Well?' ho husked."
Husked! One would like to hear Dr. Samuel
Johnson's comments on such n word It ho
had had to deal with It as n dictionary mnker.
Nn-Poohed Somewhere in France
Next on tho program of languages Is tho
slangungo of tho trenches, to which exto 'led
references havo been mado on previous occa
sions. Just now we'll hear n cockney sergeant
talking French, na reported by Inn Hay In
Blackwood's:
"Bong Jooer, Mrs. Pankhurst!" ho observes
breezily to the plump cplclere. This Is his
Invariable greeting to French ladles who dis
play any tendency to volubility nnd they nro
many. "Bon Jour, M'sleu le Caporal!" replies
tho eplclero, smiling. "M'sleu lo Caporal de
sire?" The sergeant allows his reduction In
rank to pass unnoticed. He does not under
stand the French tongue, though ho speaks It
with great fluency nnd Incredible success. He
holds up a warning hand. "Now keep your 'and
off the tap of the gas meter for one minute, If
you please," Iie'rejolns, "nnd let mo get n wonl
In edgewnys. I wnnt" with great emphasis
"vlnblank ono, vlnrooge two, bogeys six, Dom
one. Compree'" By some miracle the smiling
lady does "compree" and produces white wine,
red wine, candles and a bottle of Benedic
tine! (Sergeant Goffln nlways names wines
nfter tho most boldly printed word upon the
label. He once handed round some cham
pagne, which ho insisted on calling "n bottle
of brute.") "Combine?" Is the next observa
tion. The eplclero utters the series of shott,
sharp sibilants of which nil French numerals
appear to be composed. It sounds like "song-song-song."
The resourceful Goflln lays down
a 20-fiano note, "Take It out of that," he
says, grandly. He receives his chango and
counts It with a great air of wisdom. The
epiclere breaks Into a rapid recital It sounds
rather like our curate at home getting to work
on when the wicked man of the beauty and
succulence of her other wares. Up goes Gof
fin's hand again. "Na pooh!" he exclaims.
"Bong jooer!" And he stumps out to the
messcart. "Na pooh!" is a mysterious but In
valuable expression. Possibly It Is derived
from "II n'y a plus." It means "All over!"
You say "Na pooh!" when you push your plate
away after dinner. It nlso means "Not llkelyl"
or "Nothing doing!" By a further development
It has come to mean "done for," "finished" and,
In extreme cases, "dead." "Poor Bill got nn
poohed by a rifle grenade yesterday," says one
mourner to another.
According to New Dictionary
From slang we turn to dialect. Judge Rup
penthal, of Kansas, has just published a dic
tionary of Kansas language. Sure there's a
Kansas language. We quote proof from the
dictionary;
Armstrong, adj., operated by the arm as
opposed to machinery; used Jocosely of
scythes, sickles, saws, etc.
Chow, n.( food, eating. "It's about time for
chow."
Cogilate, v, I., variant of calculate, sup
pose, "reckon,"
Compushenoy, n., necessity; compulsion.
"It was a case of compushency, so I went."
Dead In the shell, adj. phr., utterly worn
out "If I have to go without sleep I'll be
just dead In the shell."
Dlangllng, p. a., contamination of diagonal
and angle. "He went diangllng across the
block."
Fleas in one's nose, n. phr., chimerical no
tions. Goback land, n. phr.," land once cultivated,
but long since neglected, "The grass gener
ally is ranker on goback land than on prairie
sod."
Hucklo-jee bread. Children ilttins- with
bands clasped over the knees rock forward
HELP MORE AND TALK LESS, I'D SOON GO HOME!"
m4 ivVww i
nnd backward nt the buckles or hips, saying
in singsong:
My father nnd mother
Aro sick In bod
And I must learn how
To make huckle-jeo bread.
Then up with your feet
And down with your head,
And thnt Is tho,way
To mako hucklo-Jeo bread.
.Tuberous, ndj.,. dubious, doubtful. Also
jubersomo.
Mo, n., my property. "Ho moved his fenco
sovcinl feet over on mo."
Open ono's heart, v. phr.. to bo generous,
usually In Irony. "Ho opened his heart and
gave n nickel to the cause."
Slanguage, n., humorous contamination of
slang and language.
Sound on tho goose, ndj. phr., reliable; de
pendable. 10 Kansas Supremo Court Rec
ords, p. 591.
Topsy-stove, n n heater with two holes on
top for cooking.
White horse or mule, n. phr., diluted nlco
hoi used as n boverago.
En Houtc
War talk Is one of tho new languages. Wo
don't mean tho slang of tho trenches. Wo
moan but let's retell tho story:
Tho commercial traveler seated himself In
tho corner seat and carefully adjusted his
portmanteau on tho floor.
Then he handed a newspaper to a passen
ger opposite and remarked: "Another of thoso
dispatch riders captuicd, you see! they don't
know tho A, B, C of their business."
"I suppose you could tench them?" remarked
tho man opposite," with nn attempt nt sar
casm. "Well, I think so. You don't know Jones, I
suppose Jones, of Birmingham? Smart man
he Is! Well, ho wont out to tho Transvaal
with tho Yeomanry. Ho was given somo dls
patches to carry, but ho didn't get caught.
No, sir. Ho had his head shaved and then had
tho message tnttoocd on his scalp. Then ho ap
plied his hair restorer nnd ho felt safe. Ho
was stopped thteo times and searched, but
of course nothing was found. Finally ho
reached his destination, had his head shnved
ngaln nnd went to show hit head to tho gen
eral. Oh, ho was smart, I tell you. And now,
gentlemen, If any of you would lllto to try a
bottle of our 'Grow-up Hair Restoior, prico
three shillings nnd sixpence, I will glvo a
written guarantee that Thank you, sir.
Three-nnd-slxpenrp from ten shillings leaves
Blx-nnd-slx. Good day; I get out here."
WORTHY OF DAVIS HIMSELF
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir Slay I say a few words In praise of your
news article on the death of Richard Harding
Davis in Wednesday's Issue?
For 15 years my work has made It necessary
for ma to read mnny newspapers dally, and I
recall few stories, special nrtlcles or editorials
that po.ssens.ed such Renulne literary merit as
your account of the death nnd the lifo of this
noted author.
As I read down the first column nnd turned to
the Inside page to continue the article I felt as
though I were actually going through life with
Mr. Dals. Not with him exactly, but a little
off to one side of him. I saw him as a young
reporter around the corner at the Press, winning
his first triumph with "Qallegher." I saw him
in New York dining with Van Uibber. I saw
him "In the fog" of London; In the turmoil of a
South American revolution; on a Turko-Greclan
battlefield; in Cuba. I saw "the West from a
car window" with him. I saw him at St. Peters
burg of old, at the coronation of the Czar, and,
finally, I looked down with him from that hotel
window In Belgium and saw the oncoming,
never-ending, gray-green army of the German
empire.
And all the while, as we Journeyed along, I
heard tho praise and admiration of his friends
and the jealousies and criticisms of his acquaint
ances and rivals.
Your story was neither praise nor blame; It
was a picture, a vivid, moving picture. It was
Just such a story as Davis himself might have
written graphic and full of human Interest.
Narberth, April 13, NARBROOK.
WHAT MEXICO ONCE WAS
There was a time when the United States
was not bo large in area as Mexico. The empire
that Spain claimed included Texas, California,
Arizona and New Mexico and other Western
lands, even before Louisiana was bought.
In the days before this country acquired
Texas and before other areas had been bought
Mexico and the United States were of about the
same size. The Mexican boundaries have
shrunk, those of the United States have ex
panded. Now Mexico has only about one-fourth
the area of the United States.
Mexico today contains about 765,000 square
miles. It is as large as Great Britain, France.
Qermany, Austria and Ireland. But the five
largest States of this country, Texas, California,
Montana, New Mexico and Arizona, exceed all
Mexico In area. The border between this coun
try and Mexico Is about 1800 miles long and for
1400 miles is easily crossed at most seasons.
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
A descendant of William Penn wanted exemp
tion from military service in England because of
his ancestor's peace principles. But the sword
proved mightier. Cleveland Plain Dealer,
Georgia Is beginning to show some interest In
uplift and reform. Atlanta has adopted an ordi
nance prohibiting the saa of peanuts in the
theatres of the city Some day we may expect
ths State to get around to the problem of lynch
ing, Providence Journal.
SmWm
Mty
What Do You Know?
Oiicrlcji of general Interest will be answered
in this column. Ten questions, the answers
to which every well-informed person should
know, are asked dally.
QUIZ
Xnmo fire nrtlcles Hint nrn now Rrnerall
ncknowleilRcil to be contrnlmnd nmong
nnrrlnir nntlons.
Does tlio modern world unilerstnnil tho nrt
of tempering copper?
IVhnt rnto nf Interest Is nllowed on United
Hfntes pnstnl sating tmnk deposits?
How Innc does It tnke n lien's eprg to hntchT
Who wns Wendell Phillips?
Wlint Is thn lnrRpit rlty In Cnnniln?
Wlint nre tlio three primary colors, of com
binations of which nil the other colors
consist?
What Is meant by "droning a red herring
across the pnth"?
Intn ulint four Kcnern) groups enn musical
Instruments lie divided?
Wlint Is meersehniim?
8.
10.
Answers lo Yesterday's Quiz
1. Karl I.loliknecht Is the most prominent Ger
mnn Socialist.
2. A prune Is n dried plum
3. OlUer Goldsmith wrote "The Vlcnr of Wake
field."
4. Urn re, France, Is tlio temporary cnpltal of
llrljzltim.
5. A kilometer Is nlinnt three-fifths of n mile,
n. I'lrst-clnsH seamnn, S388 to $4S0 second
class, S22H to 300j tlilril class, S103 to
S204.
7. Making It Impossible- tn surrender.
8. Mfllminmeil Is supposed to hnvo been born
about S70 nnil to Imio died nbout 032. '
9. The nrea of Philadelphia Is 120V& squar
miles,
10, Democratic.
Enster Monday Dances
Editor of "What Do You Know" How can I
know what good balls are scheduled for BAster
Monday night In Philadelphia? READBR.
Information nbout entertainments to which
tho public Is admitted will bo found In tho ad
vertising columns.
Names Suitable for Clubs
Editor of "What Do Von A'noto" Kindly pub
lish in your valuable column some names suit
able for a social rlub just about to organize.
The members nro from 18 to 21 years. S. B.
Many names might be suggested. But the
best name would hardly bo chosen at random
without knowledge nf tho locality nnd nature
of the organization or of the vnrlous activities
of the members. Clubs nro sometimes named
after famous men anil women of tho city or
district or after memorable events connected
with their organization. Perhaps It would be
best to consider what leading purpose holds you
together nnd namo your club accordingly.
Wnsn't It "Kitty Casey"?
Editor of "What Do Yon Know" I read "In
terested's" request for Information nbout "Kitty
Murphy's Graduation Gown" and think he must
refer to "Kitty Cnsey'B Graduation Gown," a
poem which will bo found In "Cnnzonl." by T.
A. Daly. Poeticus.
Uniled Wc Stand, Divided We Fall
Editor of "What Do You Know" You said a
few weeks, ago thnt the Baying, "United we
stand, divided we fall," Is by G corse p. Morris
and appears In his poem, "The Flag of Our
Union." You were right bo far as that form of
the baying Is concerned, but Morris quoted the
line when he used It. He was undoubtedly re
ferring to "The Patriot's Appeal," a poem by
John Dickinson, which was first published on
July 4, 1776, In the Pennsylvania Chronicle.
Dickinson wrote:
Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all .
By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall;
In so righteous a cause we may hope to succeed.
For Heaven approves every generous deed.
Of course, the Idea Is much older than Dickin
son and probably older than Aesop's fable of
the bundle of sticks. LITTERATEUR.
"Absent, Yet Present"
Editor of "What Do You Know" Did Bulwer
Lytton write the lines,
"A twofold existence,
I am where thou art"?
Will you-please print at least a few stamas
of the poem? T. B. DILLON.
"Absent, Yet Present," a poem by Lord Lytton,
is, in part, as follows:
As the Might of a river
That flows to the sea.
My soul rushes ever
In tumult to thee.
A twofold existence, "
I am where thou art; A
My heart In the distance )
Beats close to thy heart.
Look up, I am near thee,
I gaze on thy face;
I see thee, I hear thee,
I feel thine embrace.
As a magnet's cpntrol on
The steel it draws to It
Is the charm of thy soul on
The thoughts that pursue It
And absence but brightens
The eyes that I miss.
And custom but heightens
The spell of thy kiss. '
It Is not from duty,
Though that may be owed
It Is not from beauty.
Though that be bestowed. -
But all that I care for.
And all that I ki.ow,
Is that, without wherefore,
I worship thee so.
A twofold existence,
I am. where thou art;
Hark, hear In the distance
The beat ot my heart!
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