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Tho reason why o few marriages arc happy
U because young ladles spend their time in
making nets, not in making cages. Swift.
Bryan Is euro to bo elected Tuesday, wires
Omuha, bUt It's all right. Only as a delegate.
A "tried Republican" 18 wanted for President-
Mr. Roosevelt has tried a numbor and
found them wanting.
Possibly Mayor Smith will celebrate tho
Bhnkcspcaro tercontenary by memorizing tho
quotation, "Is it so nominated In tho bond?"
Tho right of a mule to kick a man has been
uphold by a Kentucky court. But no ono has
upheld tho right of tho mulo to say "God bless
you" when ho does it.
Something about the Bryn Mawr song hit,
"Heigh-ho for a Husband!" strikes us as In
aflcquato; Is that all tho college-bred girl can
offer for a real live man?
Wilson Appeals to Young Voters. Head
line. Those aged 17, for example, might becomo
useful when Mr. "Wilson runs for tho third
time.
Neutral Envoys Watching U. S. Head
line. Ifa bad enough to havo belligerent envoys
'watching, but this Is too much. "What have
wo dono to tho neutrals?
On the face of It, olty employes who aro not
supposed to handle city moneys would not
eem to require, bonding. "Was tho business
of getting soma of them bonded a promise or
a confession?
School and collego students nover dreamed
of attending the meeting of the Classical Asso
ciation, but If they had they would havo had a
chance to give Professor Elmer a "yell." lie
said tho Latin grammars ought to be simpli
fied. Harding may be "tho dark horse for Vice
President or even President," -according to
some prophets. In view of tho relative im
portance of the two jobs, why not "the dark
pony for Vice President"? Or even "the dark
whlppus"?
"What with his experience In the 7th Ward,
Where ho was accused of ballot-box stufllng,
and his two and a half years Jn Mexico, where
elections are carried with machine guns, Sam
Salter ought to havo learnod enough to be
able to break Into tho Legislature.
"Isolate all persons who have colds," orders
Joctor Foster. Judging from tho amount of
oughlng that disturbs the orchestra on Satur-
iy nights. It would bo supposed that this
r Isolation had already takon placo and that the
Academy was tho retreat . for tho convales
cents.
Aviators who are planning to drop upon the
heads of unprepared Phlladelphlans cards tn
eoribed, "If this were a bomb, you would be
dead," had better look out. Some one may
shoot at them from a popgun pellets Inscribed,
"If vthls were a shell, you would bo blown to
kingdom come."
"Major General Goethals did not witness the
reopening, as ho was too busy with omce
work." So runs tho account of that modest
nterprlse. the reopening of the Panama Canal,
Sixteen ships passed through without a hitch
and the big chief sat at his desk, busy with
office work. Is It any wonder that Goethals re
mains a name to conjuro with In these United
States?
Steel workers In Youngstown, O.; cotton mill
operatives In Blddeford, Me.; wool workers in
Pittsfleld, Mass.; brewery employes In St.
XauIs, and locomotive makers in Faterson, N.
2T,, have all received voluntary increases in
wages during tho last week. The way some
manufacturers inslstupon corrupting the hon-
et laborer la absolutely criminal. As for
perlty 1
Germany, the cables Inform us. Is experienc
ing ''conslderable'perturbatlon" at the news
that the latest note on the Sussex et al. is
unsatisfactory to this country. Obviously the
nation la perturbed at the lack of artlstlq
appreciation of the submarine commander's
effort. So far the sketch submitted has not
boen reprinted, but evidently Mr. Wilson is
Eg, olng to cable Berlin that "he doesn't know
Mmch about art, but he knows what he likes."
The report comes that general compulsion
will not be used In England, possibly because
the enlisted men aro already more, than ex
hausting' the capacities for their reception.
Slurried men will, therefore, receive .tho re-
ward promised them for attestation, and the
Derby recruiting will be labeled a success.
It that result does como to pass, the trick
played on England by her leaders and a
clever publicist will bo more than Justified.
Those Vih9 know England beat Insist that
without the device of playing the married
Ma off against the single men. even limited
conscription could never have been enforced.
leader the Lloyd George system Indorsed and
pewibjy conceived by Lord Northcliffe, the
carried men who attested were .promised Im
maaity until all single men had been called.
.Ajp a. result tho married men attested and
ut)d th '!'s mn to do likewise, and when
lfce j!fcte,c ya uH the authorities began to
ctt to tb eisa. It wwBMd tor ft t4so m
it the immkm "? to vy
a.-aat. ijmi && W W
filling the raiiks, and unmarried men working
at the preferred trades will be summoned,
while their places will be filled by women and
married men. In the whole business tho dis
asters of voluntary fiervlco havo only been
matched by the miseries of compulsion, and
tho English experlonco furnishes a lesson to
America which Is still too vaguo to be of prac
tical uso.
SILENT STATESMEN
Itrumbnuirir rlmrgo of blackmail anil (lie
Ollters' clinrjce of corrupt practices liae
barelr acrntrhrtl the snrfnee of campaign
mysteries. Both stiles know more than ther
tell aliont tliemsettea nml each other. They
hare chosen silence. The more that silence
continues the closer will be lieanl the thun
der of the "slush fund" scandal nml Its
threat to all the victors In the election of
1014.
DAILY tho Governor Is regaled and tho
newspapers of Pennsylvania enlivened
by stimulating and loyal lottors breezily and
"punchlty" urging Mr. Brumbaugh "to fight
fearlessly to a finish," "clean up tho bunch."
"go nhead," "don't back down ono Inch," "wo
will stay with you all tho way."
Dally tho Pcnrose-Ollver senatorial set Is
Issuing to nil good citizens who havo cars
to hear resounding exhortations. Tho trumpet
calls to battle. Mr. Penroso Is using tho
words "America" and "Americans" so often
In tho snmo sentence that his hcarcis can
hardly cheer for tho big lumps of sobby
patriotism In their throats. "Not since tho
Civil Wnr threatened with disintegration, etc.,"
and "Now, In tho midst of tho worldwldo
conflagration of war, etc.," nro put through
their paces to provo that Brumbaugh ought
to bo defeated and delegates unlnstructed
by any ono but Penrose elected. But both
sides, after playing medium-sized trumps,
have suddenly "quit cold." Tho other cards
nro hidden.
It Is tho situation of the timid policemen In
Gilbert's "Pirates of Penzance." "Wo'ro
going, wo'ro going, we're going," they sang;
"going" to right to a finish with the pirates,
"going" to carry their duty to fulfilment, yet
each one trying to hldo behind his follow and
never budging. "But you don't got" cried tho
disgusted Major General. And that's tho way
with tho Governor and the Senators. They'ro
going, going to tight to a finish, tell tho whole
horrlblo truth. But they don't go.
Penroso and Brumbaugh aro both big men
physically. Big men have alwnys excited
tho ndmirntlon of this vlrilo America. They
look well on platforms. Thd swift down
beat of their fists and muscular nrms, their
deep chests, brond shoulders these things
thrill; they seem to bo the earnest of power
and hard-hitting honesty. Tho man wo won't
stand for Is tho man who "hits soft." That
was the most American thing tho Colonel
over said.
Penroso and Brumbaugh aro hitting soft.
And It Is no time to hit soft. Tho Repub
licans aro coming back Into the Republican
fold. Tho wholo truth coming out about In
dividual members of a party never hurt an
American party. Telling tho wholo truth Is
tho thing that makes an American party. Wo
thrive on hard blows. What nominated and
elected Wilson was tho smashing blovta at
tho Democratic bosses In Jersey, at Baltimore.
When a party has been split mid Is not heal
ing In a healthy manner, It Is best to split It
wide open to tho truth-hungry public to let
tho Independent voters rush Into tho gap
ns tho best kind of gluo to keep It together.
Tho voice of Pennsylvania at the National
Convention need not como from either Pen
rose or Brumbaugh dclegntcs. It can como
from the people. It Is tho people who nom
inate Presidents by tho force of public opin
ion, anyhow, and not puppet delegates.
Penrose and Brumbaugh were on ono ticket.
Thoy were both elected. Brumbaugh ran loss
than 15,000 ahead of Penroso. Tho votes
were about 534,000 and 510,000. That means
that tho same organized party that elected
Penrose elected Brumbaugh. Thero va3 a
proud "None" at tho bottom of the Governor's
affidavit to his campaign receipts. But tho
Brumbaugh campaign certainly Indirectly,
at least camo In on the good things that the
Penroso machine had back of It. Thero was
the liquor "slush fund." The Governor was
clean and clear of that personally, all citizens
have believed. There Is only one way for tho
Governor to continue to keep clear of It
that way Is to attack It, telf what ho knows
about It. Otherwise no local option tour will
help local option.
That J1000 from Oliver was really a smaller
sum than tho $2.78 day's pay which tho pro-fessor-clerk
gave back to the State Treasury
a whllo ago because he had distributed
Brumbaugh petitions all ono day Instead of
working for tho State. One thousand dollars
Is a drop In the bucket in the Ponrose-Ollver
scheme of things political. But the Governor
of Pennsylvania is still officially "before the
country as a 'pfesldential candidate. Every
arrow of venom and honest Inquiry searches
out the weak Joints In the armor of presi
dential candidates. Brumbaugh and Penrose
and Oliver will tell all they know about each
other now, about all gifts and funds and un
derstandings, or else bear the full brunt of
tho disgrace of graver charges and suspicions
that will have not only Pennsylvania as the
witness against Itself, but the whole coun
try. This Is a game that cannot be played
card by card. .
NO TEMPORIZING
PRESIDENT WILSON'S reported response
to Carranza's lll-tlmed request for with,
drawal from Mexico expresses. In a diplomatic
way, what others have said more simply. "Wo
will not get out," Is the meaning, "unless you
get Villa without us."
The troops are to stay In Mexico and to go
some way farther south. Why a limit should
be fixed, as a concession' to Carranza, Is not
very clear. There Is a limit beyond which It
would be unwise for purely selfish reasons for
our troops to go, and that limit may soon be
reached. Obviously the President and his
Cabinet were willing to have It appear tha
we stood ready to agree with the First Chief.
It is equally plain that they do not propose
to go to war unless they are forced to by
Carranza.
The Important thing is that our troops will
be removed from Mexico as soon as It appears
that the Carranza Government can deal better
with Villa alone. The Carranza Government
has not shown itself particularly capable in
tho past weeks. It has managed to convey the
imyn -slon that Villa Is a lesser evil than the
ex pa "It Ion under Pershing, and in that frame
of mind Carranza U not likely to succeed very
well with a capable and resourceful adversary.
Even If the Incident at Parral was, as Secre
tary Baker hopes, "local and accidental," Jt
calls for- vigorous action from the authorities,
and the, pursuit of VlUa the report that he
1 dejtd lacks confirmation calls for more
thaar massing of forces somewhere behind the
irican column, The Administration knows
his. and it U to be hoped that Carranza finds
it out peedily. There Is a threat Jo our reply
elm -which s .sao'jia not overlook
Tom Daly's Column
Our Correspondent in Ningpo
(Seine another mouthful from the letter we received
the other day from China,)
SOstC ONE eald, somewhere, that there are two
compensations for every 111 In life. viz.. name
ly, Id est, to wit: blondes; brunettes. They're
not the compensations out here, but there are
some. (Compensations; not b.; u.) Not the least
of them Is the language. I'll not venture nn
exposition of It, but It might prove ah Item of
cotumnulnr Interest to know that whnt wo call
"chickens" and "squabs" back homo nra known
as "pheasants" hero by tho Chinese.
Among other characteristics In common with
the girls nt home well, hero's ono from the
Hook of Odes, compiled by Confucius;
2
AS,
s
m
m
iTn
Aft
Trnnslntlng, that reads literally and (Chinese)
grammatically:
1 n -' 1
Scratch !.oxe. wait Quiet
head. et 1 Mlrl
undecided; not al ,. Jlcr
halt. uoo i-ltywall beauty
corner.
It hns been glon a "poetic" translation thus:
"How lovely Is thn retiring Rlrl. ..
Sho waa to unit mo nl a corner of the wall.
Loving and not seeing her. ,,
1 scratch my hend; nml am In perplcxiij.
DeKplte (or Is It becauaet) of Its vers (very)
Ubre. It appeals to mo ns a rcmarkoblo picture
and cxqulsltp bit of humor. Anyhow, It appears
from this tlint oven uh far back afl tho sixth cen
tury 11. C. they "stood 'em u,r!
OCT NO I'LHASANT THOUGHT
When your cupboard Is bare
Of tho Inst food you've bought.
Though tbcrn's nothing else there,
It supplies food for thought.
SOMEHODY out nt Merlon Cricket Club
wo'vo mislaid his name Is tfilllng this
story on himself:
"One dny. playing a holo of some 460 yards,
I drovo mo a mighty tlrlvo, and then, not
knowing tho course, I said to my enddy: 'Can
I get thero with nn Iron?' Said he, 'Suro you
can, If you hit it often enough.' "
Engineer to run sm.ill englno and to do his own
llrlng. Clamlllcd Want Ail.
His own boss, eh?
A. N.
Ritin', Itoosevelt and Ructions!
To absolutely lnsuro success, etc. rrom Roosevelt's
"Tho Wlnnlne of tho West."
Such Is tho turn of phrase wo find
In one bold, writing "smnrty."
in books ho split Infinitives;
In politics, tho party.
Wo may correct a slipshod lino
No matter how wo wrlto It;
But wherfa party's cleft In twain
How can we, pray, unlto It?
When men like Tnft and Teddy fight
To pay, of course, the deuce Is;
Whose will tho nomination bo
The Elephant's or Moose's?
M. C. Donovan.
Anagram Contest
PICTURE a black-browed bravo, with a
Simon Lcgreo mustache and a whip that's
uh. "Wako up, there, wake up!" This con
test closes April 20.
T.n.iiii.irr
T. R. EATS WELL.
Do you know the reason?
T. R. EATS WELL
Ho Is not loath to tell;
Has ho something to sell?
(O this is high trenson)
T. R. EATS WELL.
Do you know the reason?
G. S.
Answers to Saturday's;
Twas In rare Hamlet I spake alncercl VMIIlam
Shakespeare's Tricentenary.
A date I do cry on Decoration Day.
My hotel nap ncnt budl Now let the band play.
THE postmark on tho envelope which
brought this was Wyncote, which Is really
qulto a distance from Bryn Mawr; thereforo
it may not refer at all to tho case wo think
It does:
Oh, I was the Grand High Executioner
A woman of power and strength
With a sword of remarkable length
And to me a teacher was simply a creature
Whose head was In qulto tho wrong place
Whoso head was In quite tho wrong place
Thus I had n lengthy list
Of thoso I wouldn't have missed.
So when the fancy flitted across
My really fertile brain
Their heads were not my loss
And neither was their pain.
But now that they nre missed
'Twere better to desist
And throw up the Job for I don't need the pay
And toddle away, at the break of day
Before they cut my head off,
Before they cut my head off.
Absolutely Anon.
THE HAPPY EXIIINC! OR WHERE 3IAETER.
I.l.NCK FOOZLED
"In the preliminary negotiations (re
Samoa) the agents of America and Ger
many were Mr. Tripp and Baron Stern
burg. No dlfllculty can ever arise between
Germany and the United States which will
not be settled with satisfaction to both, if
the negotiations are conducted by such rep
resentatives of the two powers as these two
men." T. R., in the Independent, before the
Dark Agea
"I know how this ends," said Henry the
Boob, as he heard Maeterlinck's "The Blind."
"A little dog comes in at last and leads them
back to the asylum." W. L.
BLIP BY. BLIPPERY! BLIP BY.
The gingham slip's on Harv,
The cowslip's on the lea,
The man slips on banana peels
Pray, let this slip past thee,
P. Villain.
-ttte WERE inspecting an fnsane asylum
YV In New Jersey," said the gray-eyed man
In the corner of the smoking compartment of
the Pullman. "The attendant took us to a
room In the basement. This here's the place,
said he, "where we try out the guys we think
are ready to be sent home. First we turn the
water on at that spigot; then we bring the
guy in an give 'Im a broom to sweep the wa
ter out' Yes, but how do you determine who
are cured and who are not? Them that ain't
nuta goes over an turns off the spigot "
International Joke
Claud I see that the French trained their
guns on the heights.
Lorraine Yes, but the Germans are so
efficient that they had t?ieai trained before
tha war benn,
II I I W( 1 ' pHI ir l TTTrTjTTjTi -JYJY 'Tm " i
1 liM W! ' '
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MORAL MAXIMS OF A
DEPOSED GOVERNOR
He Has Much to Say of Vocational
Training, Gifts to Public Officers
and the Beauties of
Friendship
ONE of the most distinguished Governors
of Pennsylvania was removed from ofllco
because of conduct displeasing to tho powers
that mndo him. Ho devoted his enforced
retirement to tho composition of a lot of
moral nml religious maxims on government
and tho conduct of life, In which he formu
lated his social, ethical nml polltlcat phi
losophy. Ho had much to say about honor In public
officers, nnd ho grouped ono set of maxims
under the subheading "Clean Hands." Hero
Is what ho had to say on this subject:
Covctousncss In such men (public officers)
prompts thorn to prostltuto tho public for
gain.
Tho taking of a bribe or gratuity should
bo punished with as severe penalties ns tho
defrauding of the State.
Let men have sufficient salaries and ex
ceed them nt their peril.
It Is a dishonor to Government that Its
officers should live of benevolence: ns it
ought to be Infamous for officers to dishonor
tho public by being twice pnld for tho same
business.
Theso remarks could not have been moro
npposlto If they had been written yesterday.
Yot they wero written by William Penn In
1C92, after nn Order In Council had deprived
him of tho Governorship of Pennsylvania and
put Colonel Benjamin Fletcher, Governor of
New York, In his place.
Penn's maxims, published under tho title of
"Some Fruits of Solitude," wero popular In
tho eighteenth century, but they wero nlmost
forgotten In tho nineteenth. When a London
publisher sought to reprint them In the latter
part of that century he scoured the city for
a long ttmo In vain for a copy of any edition.
Yet odd copleH wero thero on the book stalls,
nnd now nnd then n copy was found In
America by thoso who delight to browso over
tho forgotten literaturo that stops for a whllo
In the second hand shop on Its way to tho
Junk pile.
Stevenson Prized the Maxims
Robert Louis Stevenson regarded himself
ns fortunate, indeed, whon ho discovered in
San Francisco in December, 1879, a copy of
Penn's book. Two years later ho sent the
book to a particular friend with a letter In
which ho said: "If ever In all my 'human
conduct' I have done a better thing to any
fellow-creature than handing on to you this
sweet, dignified and wholesomo book, I know
I shall hear of It on tho last day. To write
a book like this wero Impossible; at least
ono can hand It on, with a wrench, one to
another. My wife cries out nnd my own
heart misgives me, but still here It Is."
And In a later letter ho said:
"I hope, If you get thus far, you will
know what an lnvaluablo present I have
made you. Even tho copy was dear to
me. printed in the colony tlint Penn estab
lished, and carried In my pocket all about
San Francisco streets, read in street cars
and ferryboats, whon I was sick unto death,
and found In all times and places a peaceful
and sweet companion."
Joys of Private Life
Penn'a views on the character of publlo
men, already quoted, are but a small part of
those which he expressed. These other
maxims bearing on the same subject aro not
without Interest at, this time:
A private life Is to be preferred, the honor
and gain of public postB bearing no propor
tion with the comfot of It. The one Is free
and quiet, me omen servile ana noisy.
Private men. in
own. that paying
sovereigns of all thl
Yet the public n
and they that do
marks of honor anl
To do so, men nufl
well as salaries; oitj
ends at the publlo
Governments can
tered but where thl
science of well plscJ
But this deposed
his moral maxims
and tho qualification!
first maxims were
tion. He formulate!
years before Froebii
vocated vocational
education waa classll
to him:
We are in pain I
scholars, but not cj
to know, wnicn is j
The first thing!
what Is sensible, a 1
of their rudiments
We press ineirj
ourzle. strain and"
and rules, to knot!
and a, strange tonti
to one may never J
lng their natural
- nhysical. or ntun
and neglected, whil
FOULS
up nnd pleasure to them through tho wholo
course of their life.
To bo sure, languages aro not to bo de
spised or neglected. But things nro still
to be preferred.
Children had rather be mnklng of tools
ami Instruments' of play; shaping, drawing,
flaming and building, etc., than getting
nunc rules of propriety of speech by heart:
Anil thoso also would follow with moro
judgment nnd less trouble nnd time.
It were happy if we studied nature moro
In natural things, and acted according to
nature, whoso rules are few, plain and most
reasonable.
Let us begin where sho begins, go her
pace, and close always where she ends, and
wo cannot miss of being good nnturatists.
Between Two "Worlds
SIovciimoh's delight in theso maxims was
doubtless due ns much to such sound senso ns
Is hero displayed as to tho beautiful spirit ex
posed to vlow in tho group that nppears untlor
tho heading "Union of Kiionds." Stevenson,
who wns for years on tho threshold of tho
two worlds, never knowing in which ho would
wako In tho morning, wns always fond lof
sentiments liko these:
Death cannot kill what never die,
Nor can uplrlts ever bo divided that love
nml live in tho same divine principle; tho
root and record of their friendship.
Death Is but eios-slng tho world, as friends
do tho seas; they live In ono nnothcr still.
For they must needs bo present that lovo
and llvo In that which Is omnipresent.
This Is tho comfort of friends, tbnt though
they may bo said to die. yet their friendship
nnd society arc. In the best sense, ever
ptoscnt. because Immortal.
Toor Richard's maxims of thrift nro famous,
hut tho maxims of tho first great Pennsylva
nliui for Penn was ns much a Pennsylvnnlan
ns Franklin havo not had that modern vogue,
which they deserve,' perhaps for tho renson
that this generation is moro interested in
money getting than in other matters.
G. W. D.
FIRST VICTIM OF THE WAR
A school teacher, not quite 21 years of age,
was tho first French soldier killed In thd great
war. Ho was Andre Peugeot, a corporal. On
tho nfternoon of Saturday, August 1, 1914, mo
bilization of tho French army was decreed. To
avoid giving Germany pretext for declaring war,
all troops along the frontier were ordered to re
tire to a distance of 10 kilometers from the line.
Next day Peugeot, with four men, was at tho
vlllngo of Joneherez. At 10 o'clock In the morn
ing he heard n girl's volco cry out, "The Prus
sians!" Tho corporal saw four German cavalry
men riding through a lane between two whent
fields. As Corporal Peugeot stepped forward
to halt the trespassers the German officer In
command of the cavalrymen fired three shots
with his revolver. Mortally wounded, Peugeot
raised his riflo and fired at the officer, who fell
dying from his horse. A moment later reugeot
plunged forward dead. He was mentloped in
a dispatch as "having stopped nnd dispersed the
first German patrol that had violated French
territory."
HOMES OF THE BIRDS
Children who watch each spring for the first
robin to return from the South to build a nest
fancifully greet tho new arrival as an old ac
quaintance. But they are probably right In as
suming that it Is the same robin and are not
merely romancing. Says T. Gilbert Pearson,
secretary of the National Association of Audubon
Societies:
"There Is not the slightest doubt that migra
tory birds return to the Immediate region year'
after year for the purpose of nesting. Hut tha
ordinary, common fn fin laiul birds, or the birds
about our villages nnd towns, do not use Inst
year's nests. Uagles. ospreyj nnd only a few
other birds make use of last year's nests. The
pest Is not the home of the birds. It Is only the
cradle for tho young, and after the young have
once left it it is exceedingly rare that cither
they or their parents ever return to the old
nest." ,
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
No opposition to the Invasion of Mexico has bh
yet been reported from the pension attorneys.
Centralla (Wash.) Chronicle-Examiner.
The United States Senate wants to know the
truth about gasoline prices. It has called for a
report on the supposed dissolution of the Stand
ard Oil Trust. Buffalo Courier.
"Verdun In Europe and Villa in Mexico are
vorld s objective points," says the Mil-
Is. With the difference that Verdun
land Villa is running Buffalo Eve-
Land merchant vessels have already
u out oy ine war, ana at tins rate
long till the merchant marine of the
leral will be down to about our size.
is Newa
J) pressure of the military censorship
be added a party censorship which
le equal of and really surpasses it in
one or tne disgusting experiences
irlatively bitter time. Berlin Vor-
IE DREAM.MENDER
so who dwell in ceaseless rest.
h a crocus and a stone,
ch not for the coming guest.
ar to be alone;
hborcd In a distant field.
I tawny grasses dimly Blow,
li their suence newiy sealed,
art has yearned to know,
fire-dances of the spring.
learthwlnes riot la the rose.
LUpera from a hidden thing,
inhere the crocus, blows.
furrow freshly turned
It strange gardener of men.
i a dreamer nag Inurned.
to UU peace again?
Schwartz, la "Roses ot Shadow."
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What Do You Know?
Queries of general interest ivlll So answered;
in this column. Ten questions, the answers'
to which every well-informed person should
know, arc asked dally.
QUIZ
1. Willi Is credited with ImvlnR Introduced to- ,,
bneen Into Knglnml?
2. IV I hi It ClmrlPFi S. Mellrn?
3. Wluit lime charcoal nnd diamonds In com
mon?
4. On whnt rlier li llerlln situated?
5. Tn wbnt Frrncli Institution Is the American
Armlriiiy of Arti nnd Letters parallel?
0. IVtnit htritmiblp Uno operated tho l.unltunlii?
7. Who wns dm great Spimlsb novelist Who
tiled nn thn oiimn dny uh Shnkeapcnre?
8. About bnw mnny jenrn nco wns tbe statue
u f Wllllnm l'cnn put on the top of Olty
Hull?
9. Tbe United States expects to build a nam!
htutlun on Ponnrrn liny. Where la It?
10. Who U postmaster of IMilladelpbla?
Answers to Saturday's Quiz
1. Vera Cruz mill Tiunptcii.
2. Tbe MIIbbIii1 leees uro embankincnti to
restrain tho waters within tho natural
tbunnel during Moods.
3. Tbero In about :i,70n,.)00,000 In circulation
In the United States.
4. Tho Koran Is tbe acrcil bunk of tho Mobnin-
mrtlans.
(I. Chief Justice lMwnril 11. Wblte.
. Industrial Workers of tho World.
7. An 1:mkIIs1i portrait nml landscape painter
nf tbo elcbtrentli century.
8. Tbo luUiiiiwlcilccil loader nf tbo majtirlt In,
Ibo House or Commons Is appointed l're-"
mler by tbo King.
0. A public park of -IK ucros In tbo central sec
tlon of Boston.
10. Tho capture f tbe forces nf Lord Cornwall! .
nt YorlitnxMi.
Gallons in a Barrel
Editor of "What Do You Know." What con
stitutes n barrel of beer, or, rather, how many
gallons in a barrel? Also, how mnny fluid
ounces per gallon? ' S. D. G.
What constitutes a barrel of beer varies not
only in regard to countries, but nltj the size of
the gnllon used. I x this country a barrel meas
ure Is SIM gallons and as there are about 16
ounces In tho pint, tnere nro 12S ounces In the
gallon.
The Fourth Dimension
lUHlcir of "ll'ftnt Do You. Know." Please ex
plain the "fourth dimension." Also, please givo
a detailed definition of "mollycoddle."
li M. MOORE. ,
We llvo in three-dimensional space that Is,
In popular language, in ''length," "width" and
"height," or length n three general directions.
We comprehend a distance between two points,
like two points nt corners of a book cover. That
is one dimension. Joining those points to the
points at the other corners of the book cover, wa
comprehend the lint surface bounded by the four
lines as a plane. That Is two dimensions. Erect,
ed upon the plane of tho book cover Is tho body
of the book Its thickness a third dimension.
Beyond this, for practical purposes of every
day life, tho nverago Intellect haH not strayed.
Hoyever, In mathematics, generalization has led
thinkers to speculate upon spaces other than
those in which wo live, though reasoning In this
Held Is possible only by the use of symbols.
Take a lino two inches long; compose a square
figure with other lines 8f tho same length, We
can express the area by multiplying two by Itself,
getting four, or the "square of two." Compose
a cube, with edges two inches long, and we
express the contents by multiplying tho "square
of two" by two. getting eight, or the "cube of
two " Then, bald the mathematicians, why not
multiply the cube by two again, nnd get tha
fourth power of two, which, in geometry, woud
correspond to a body w(th one more dimension
than we can conceive? As a matter of fact,
correct results can be obtained In algebra by the
use of this fourth power, and of an indefinite
number of powers, or multiplications by the -original
number, which, In the case cited, was
two. In this way tbo Idea of a fourth (or higher)
power, or "dimension," Is no less tangible than
minus quantities; that Is, quantities that are
"less than nothing." (3) "Molly" Is the name
given for centuries in Kngland and in this coun'
try to a man or big boy who is overlntercsfed
In women's work, buch ns dressmaking or per.
bonal decoration, To "coddle" Is to treat as pn
Invalid, A "mollycoddle" Is thus an effeminate '
male who treats himself or wants others to treat
him with undue indulgence.
Events of 100 Years Ago
Editor of "What Do You ffuoie'V-tWill you.
kindly print in your column some " nf the Im
portant and Interesting events In the United
States 100 years ago, In the year 1S1C?
DONNi:i.LY
On April 10 of that jkr Congress chartered a
second national bank forniO year?, with a capital
of $35,000. On April 27, Congress Imposed a
protective tariff of about 25 per cent on Im
ported cotton and woolen goods and specific
duties on Iron. An appeal was started at St.
ClairsvUie, O., to champion the antlslarery
cause. Abraham Lincoln was S years old at the
time. The following February his parents re.
moved from Kentucky to Indiana. Oq May S
"ie American Bible Society was organized in
the Reformed Dutch Church. Garden street. New
York. On November 8. in the presidential elec
tion, the pemocrat-Republicans defeated the Fed
eralists and elected James Monroe. In Decern;
ber Congress admitted Indiana into (he Unloi)
as the 19th State.
Kindness to Animals
Editor of "What Do You Know" Can you tell
me when tbe first Society for tha Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals was organized? K L. F.
The first society In America was founded by
Henry Bergh In New Yojk oa April 11. 18M, 80
years ago The scond society w founded ia
Philadelphia on April 4. 1883. It will cclebraU
Its semicentennial la two years.
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