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TO bujincs tot ice lote ice Wjc Icttme,""
Aha -o fo ' with' delight.
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Shafccspcord.
Problem How to look as much llko a
fatllon model as possible ori tho Boardwalk
Without looking like one.
Tho oil gushor which sprang up In tho yard
MiCa hotel at Smethnort was probably planted
WKH tliu silver employed In oiling unwilling. I
pmms ocpB
re the event.
.AustrlaIungary, It Is said, Is protesting
gainst a break with tho United States. Is
It possible that good can come out of the coun
try which sank tho Persia?
Nebraska voters showed tho results oC
Bryan's pence preachings In their primary.
They voted tfor Ford. Ingrates, thoy voted
ag&Inst Bryan because they rtro tired of him.
And now, with the passing- Of April 23, 191G,
the greatest "hyphen" of tljem all, that re
markable pecles of playwright, the Shakes
Bacon, will become extinct for another 'BO or
100 years. -
Mask and Wiggers are the only students at
Penn who nro not taking Easter holidays this
week. Six night performances and two mat
Incea must be qulto ns hard work as nn equiv
alent amount of energy put Intp study.
President Wilson's offer of tho New York
city postmastershlp to a Tammany man who
was also born In Germany Is like trying to
catch two birds with ono kind of salt, so to
speak. Tammany was not so easy; tho Job
was turned down.
Director lCruaen "Interprets" tho court's
order banishing plgserles from tho city limits
as- referring only to residential sections. It
will evidently be legal, then, to conduct a pig
Eery, say, at 12th and Chestnut streets, or
ven Broad and Market, where there are no
Biaenccs.
A long as every other country Is pre
pared, we must bo prepared. Henry Ford,
The richest pacifist Is . evidently learning
something, but what will those advocates of
welcoming nn Invader with open arms do now
tftat their presidential candidate has gone
back on them?
When the McFadden collection is on view
at Iho Academy of the Fine Arts It should
koimand tho attention of every person who
ta even distantly Interested in paintings, for
It 'is a fine collection, and one which is not
always accessible. But tho exhibit should also
command the attention of those who are in
clined to be skeptical concerning the need for
hastening the construction of an nrt gallery
tgt the city.
Perhaps, if tho worse comes to the worst
for the military oligarchy In Germany, they
vtftt say that Maximilian Hardin and S. S.
'MeClure are right after all, that there Is no
bprtage ot milk for German babies, that Ger
wawy can never be starved out, that Eng
ift&'a blockade is a failure, and that the sub
marine campaign can, therefore, be abolished.
Tfce only thing left to worry about, then, will
be why It took the same oligarchic rulers 12
months to make their discoveries.
I-t will take five or six days to determine
whether a Harvard physician is right in
thinking that he has isolated scarlet fever
bavUUI and will bo able to prepare a vaccine.
Ttw success of his experiment would be a
atjhal victory in the war on disease, and the
nitre valuable Jn that it would cut down the
ckOd mortality. These are the patient and
obacgre victories that do not receive gnjat at
tention from tho public. But they willrank
with the "Waterloos and Gettyaburgs when
the future counts tho gain.
The. faith of Teutonic citlr.ens of tills coun.
flfln the Justice of their adopted ia"nd Is a
pMHous thine and should be liberally re
wirtted. While conditions are terribly strained
Ta.S-ast baraar opens for the relief of war
MkCarers In the Central Empires and for
farther support of the Bed Cross. As usual
(n aairs of this sort, especially when they
are arranged by the muslc-Joving German
Americans, an elaborate series of concerts la
to be given. Convention Hal! has seldom
housed a more praiseworthy fair.
file House of Representatives, whose duty
. to originate revenue bills, has insisted
sfully (hat the Senate agree to an in-
ia continuance of the tariff on sugar,
Senate, wanted tq remain loyal to the
itlc program of free sugar, but was
aT t postpone carrying It out for four
wars longer. It hu yielded to the wishes of
41 House. Tills Is Just as well, for the
JW,M0,000 sugar revenue Is needed by the
turnout Administration, and it will be needed
by ts successor. It U Just as well, also, for
t)M Democracy to confess in such a practical
ngff that Its trr theories break down when
tMUo tua test.
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, TM& Pfonaylyanla coal situation can only be
to the product or the minea. It is a
Jin.', ashed over pa top. but with redhot
underneath, a & per cent. Increase has
UH,rrid. ad, with H an eight-hour day.
wyH. which makes the actual in-
ifiyt.hing like. It per cent But rec
ti ol the rulna workera. In unions. la
gggr(tbfe4d, and the mMaro iuslat that with.-
tluUr wofK in fmitl.. it la
U BOlW MM if M 4
still
ETEHiy
t-ecognSte Iho union, V based vpon tho im
possibility of preventing: sectlonat strike If no
organittifon 8 gtven tho privilege of speaking
for the men The argument la Hot altogether
conclusive, but It Is an indication of tho trend
of 4iie times when the good of the community
Is placed before the good ot the few, employers
or employes, in the demand for economic re
adjustment. NOT FORK, HUT PREPAREDNESS
If lha nation la to pnt the nn-fy In proper
ahape without ilelnj-, It mml eom to tf
alilpbnllitlnc cnle of the country on the
Ilelanrare, ,
THE possibility of war la bringing the lead
ers In Congress to their senses. Naval
strategists liavo agreed for n long time that
the League Island Navy Yard Is tho most
- suitable alto for the proposed large, new naval
adrydock. Political Influence has been brought
to bear in favor of 6hcr sites, nnd no decision
has been reached. There was no great press
ing emergency to force action and to com
pel tho leaders to consider tho question on
its merits.
That emergency has now arisen, and tho
Committee on Naval Affairs of tho House has
decided to recommend that two drydocks be
built. One is to be recommended for Newport
Kows-tliat piojcct has n vitality greater than
its desetts'-and a larger one Is to be proposed
for Lengue Island. The Philadelphia dock is
tobe 1700 feet long, divided by gates so that
two battlasbfora can bo accommodated at once.
Tho cornm(j?ro ls .n,so Bn'd t0 ha favorab'y
Inclined ..("iPhlladolphla as the site for the
proposed ' experimental laboratory recom
mended, by the Naval Advisory Board. It ls
expected to repoit in favor of thla city.
., What tho nation wants at this time is naval
prepdrodness, and it wants It without delay,
fliq'tfay to get It ls to go where the best
equipment exists for building ships and mak
ing ammunition nnd casting guns. That place
Is the Delaware Biver nnd tho country tribu
tary to It. Every Congressman wlm has given
any attention to the subject knows that tho
Delaware Is. tho greatest shipbuilding centre
Jn the United States. In the fiscal year end
ing with June 30 of last year 19 ships of
1000 gross tons and over were built In the
United States, with a total tonnage of 113,027.
Nino of these ships were built on the
Delaware, of which two were constructed in
Wilmington, four in Camden and three in
Philadelphia; hut they were all built within
metropolitan Philadelphia. Since the report
of the Commissioner of Navigation was Issued
two new shipyards have been projected and
will soon be in operation. Seven million dol
lars is to bo invested in a ship plant at Chester,
In tho outskirts of this city, and a largo sum
la to bo spent in building another plant at
Gloucester, on tho New Jersey Bhorc, within
sight of the League Island Navy Yard. Those
new plants will doubtless bo in shape to bid
for making warships of ono kind or another
as soon as the plans have been drawn by the
Navy Department.
But If the Government Is planning to build
some ot tho new ships Itself, It cannot fall
to develop the Lcaguo Island Navy Yard into
a shipyard without neglecting the most ad
vantageous opportunity that confronts It any
where. The United States owns land enough
for nil posslbla need3, not only for shlpwnys
and machine shops, but for tho experimental
laboratory ns well. Tho Congressmen know
this, but men more anxious for "pork" than
for the protection of their country have
Ignored It In tho past, while they have voted
for appioprlatlons for their particular neigh
borhoods. National preparedness is an issue
of greater Importance than tho filling of tho
congressional pork barrel. Philadelphia un
derstands this nnd the Philadelphia Congress
men realize It. This city offers to the nation
Its shipbuilding facilities. It offers to it tho
advantages of Its location on a great tidal
estuary, ninety miles from the sea, with a deep
channel for tho largest ships. It offers its
thousands of trained and skilled shipbuild
ers. It offers its proximity to the great Btel
mills and ammunition factories nnd gun found
ries. And it demands in the name of business
efficiency, national economy and expeditious
preparation for future contingencies that
Congress havo the wisdom to do the obvious
thing and make the League Island Navy
Yard tho great central ship construction and
repair base on the Atlantic coast.
Congress will do this if it allows consldera-
vlion ot puunc spirit, iu Kuverii jt. h ia nut
necessary to dismantle any other serviceable
navy yard for tho sake of developing League
Island. The other yards nro necessary, nt
least some of them. They havo served a use
ful purpose and nre still serving it. What Is
needed now Is not paring down appropriations
for Brooklyn, or Boston, or Newport News,
but an expansion of appropriations for League
Island to meet the needs of a growing navy.
There is no time for delay, for it was true
when Itenr Admiral FIske said it in November,
1914, that "if this country avoids a war .dur
ing the next five years it will be accomplished
only by n happy combination of high diplo
matic skill nnd rare good fortune." It Is
truer today. The crisis which became acute
last week with the President's address to
Congress shows how close we are to- the
brink. It put upon the defensive every Con
gressman who has been delaying action on
national preparation, and, let us hope. It con
verted the lukewarm and the laggards Into
ardent supporters of a policy of immediate and
effective work to put us in condition to meet
any events that tho future may unfold.
CO-OPERATION FOR EMERGENCY
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THE "Philadelphia Plan" for the co-opeia-tlon
of Bed Cross nnd local hospitals is so
complete and so acceptable that the city may
congratulate itself on having Its name in the
title, Essentially It is a method whereby the
hospitals of every city in the country may
benefit from the work of the Bed Cross In
times of peace and the Bed Cross benefit from
their work In time of war.
By the "Philadelphia Plan" Dr. Alfred
Stengel purposes to have a Bupply of perish
able commodities which the Bed Cross could
not store given to hospitals, to be used and
replenished, so that an amount will always be
ready for the emergency or the lied Cross.
jt (s also proposed that ambulances and order
lies and all the attributes of a Bed Cross divi
sion be put In the service pi hospitals ready
to answer to the call of the central organiza
tion. The advantages afe obvious. They
Wputd be more so if the. difficulties under
which the hospital corps"of Europe are work
ing were known to vs.
In connection with this plan t ia of 'espe
cial Interest to watch the work, of the Bed
Cross, as it will )j displayed and explained
this week at the exhibit In the videner
Building. The customay routine of, an ex
hibit will taka on remarkable fascination from
the immediacy of our present danger. But
even if there "were no danger ofwir for
America, and even If peace reigned lb. E14.
rope, there would still be ample jreaaon for
supporting the Red Cross. Jit "is afl apitj ot
piqr wnen piy pas. ueen Droicea on the wheel
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LEB6BR - PHItAI)IyyHlA MONDAY, ,&ffBIL , 1616
I Tbm Daly's Column!
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TVTt TVTt TVTUIhhl
Francis Baron wad dtelared In n dMialon rendered
In an Injunction lult by Judge Menard B. Tuthlll, In
the Htnte Circuit Court (Chicago), to be the author
ot the trortiot William Shakespeare. News Item.
Evtriibogberrv his day!
Striving in iour punt tcay,
Shakespeare's authorship to scuttle,
fcri,onnet, song and play
Francis Bacon icrote, you sail.
Tut t Jilt t' TutMUt
There tvas one thing Bacon knew
Practtoc of the law 6ut iok
.Even Portia, in rebuttal,
Surciu could not hope to budge
Such a self-sufficient Judge.
Tutt tutt Tuthlttl
&
FosslbliJ your little gane
Is to xrol3n cfcitnfc 0' fame.
XonScnse! think you Jeff and Mutt'll
Step outjrom the limelight, while
You atiempt to make us smile?
Tutl Jutl Tuthllll
SOME time ngo our tall cartoonist. Mr.
Sykca, Informed us that he could beat us
nt golf. Wo have mot on three separate nnd
distinct occasions and the net result (although
no net ls used by tho best golfers) reminds us
of a Btory. According to Iarry Sharkey, who
first told tho tale to us many years ngo, a Celt
nt a picnic a wet picnic announced that ho
could "lick nnny man in tho park." No ono
noticed him,. So he picked out a little red
headed Corkonlan and, poking n finger In his
face, said: "I can lick ou'" "I don't think
you can," said the little man, and they went
at It. A few minutes later the big fellow
picked hlmnclf up, wiped a weeping eye, nnd
putting hla arm about tho neck of tho red
headed runt, announced: "Me an' this llttlo
man can lick anny man In tho park," Mr,
Sykes bogs us to say that we and ho now
formally challcnga any pair of our ngo nnd
weight In captivity, to a match of 18 or 38
holes. (For further details see sporting pages,
dally papers,)
Our Side
We like to sco tho right prcvuil,
Whatever may botldo:
The reason Is that all of us
Arc nlways on that aide.
A Grouch,
Efficiency
(A Knct Tnlilc)
THBIIM was once a smart young ninti lately pro
moted to he a buyer for a largo Chlcngo de
partment store. On Ills first trip nbrond Sam
blew Into a SwIsm village to ln In 11 stock of
embroidery manufactured by a gentleman we'll
call Ilcrr Schnorr. Sclinorr's father had manu
factured those goods on tho premises, ns had
I1I1 grandfather. As Sam was busily selecting
his Btock the 12 o'clock whistle blew, whereupon
the salesman, turning to Sam, politely said:
"We shall now go to dinner If you will honor
1110 I shall be glad to tnkc you to my house."
Now, Sam's ambition was to get thlngt done.
His fetich wns EFFICIKNCV spelled In capital
lettrrR. preferably In red Over his desk hi the
store hung a card, on which una printed tho
legend:
"DO IT NOW"
Sam stared nt the Swiss nnd said, excitedly:
"Say, looka here: I gotta get my buying done
nild get out. Show me the rest of the stuff
and let me get away."
The salesman called the manufacturer, who
explained that the plant had been manufactur
ing embroidery for DG jears nnd had evolved
a certain system, which Included certain periods
of leisure for all hands nt certain Intervals
during the day. "Klther Mr. Brunner here or
I will bo glad to entertain you at dinner, but
you will excuse us it we refuse to admit the
necessity for earning a business transaction
on over Its proper time."
Sam "then got mad lla turned on his heel,
left tho place nnd bought no goods of Schnorr,
but patronized a rival establishment
Months passed. One morning Sam was called
to the front to explain to the general malinger
of the store why the lace department had no
goods lot certain patterns It seemed those pat
terns were handled only by Herr Schnorr In the
little Swiss village
Sam, rather pluming himself on his behavior,
recited the incident that had taken place nt
the factory. The general manager said, wear
ily, "All right, con. Leave New York on Wed
nesday's boat, proceed to Herr Schnorr's and
buy the stun you were sent there to buy last
summer. The expense of this extra and entirely
unnecessary voyage will bo deducted from your
salary. And tho net time remember that you
are still just a trifle raw, and that buying em
broidery from a European house a century old.
with a reputation like the Bank of England, is
a transaction differing wholly from purchasing
bales of alfalfa In the Middle West of tho
United States by telegram "
Jpral Some kinds of efficiency nre as effi
cient as starting a kitchen fire with gasoline.
A. A.
Cinema Songs
I
Lijfeii my children and hear mc yap
NTAe daily ride of Charlie Chap.
JH'afceiied from a park bench nap,
lie gives the hulking brute a slap,
And giving his little cane a rap
He lands right in a woman's lap.
This U the sort of mental pap
'.' The movie Houses keep on tap:
The dally ride of Charlie Chap.
WILL LOU.
The
Ogontz
Optimist Says!
It certainly la a
curious thing, but the
thicker a man's
tongue tho thinner
the excuses it gives
his wife.
ASSUMING that we are Interested In curious
xx callings, avocations or explorations, how
ever humble, Snllloc submits this business
card;
Irs. Kate Canner
BP1?CIAI,T.ST OP
IlKMOVINO NITS 1T505I HEADS
89 HESTER STREET
NEW TOHK
- Perhaps a prettier presentation would put
this pleasant person as "professional preventer
of'pedlcutosity,"
BOW D'YK MEAN 1TOWKRS? AIN'T II03IKB
IIKTTEBT
'April ahowera raalta Mar Aowera." wo were told
vvben a child. We had juat auch weather-laat week.
Homer Ka.lp waa -very 111 taat week.
Jonea MUla Correspondent in Mt. P-Icaaant (Pa.)
Journal.
TUESDAV A. 31, AND P, 31. IN MEXICO (PA.)
Albert Jleckea waa out for a drive Tucaday.
lira. Cbarlea IfuSamltb. called on Mra. John HoKner
Tueaday moroln.
Cbarlea Culahaw took a trip, on Tueaday mornlns.
Tba moving- of Aaron lloflner paaaed throusb thla
place Tueeduy. Mr, liofrer expecta to make hla
hotna In Neola. ...
3Ira Steward MoatcIUr and Cora llouck called on
Mra. Calvin Kreage Tueaday morning.
Mra Walter Krcac and daughter .Inula called on
Mra. Calvin Kreago Tueaday afternoon.
Correspondent In troudiburg-Tln lea.
Wilful "Wastes
The best of life is often wasted
By epicures beore 'tis tasted;
But of displays of toasted bliss
Tfta worst f tfheu two ucmen kits.
J
HAIN'T HlGHT,
IS 'JOE' CANNON ONE
OP THE IMMORTALS?
His Speech Defending American
Men of Arts and Letters Ranks
With Mark Antony's Ora
tion Over Caesar
W
HO nro the American ImmoitnN? Franco
French Academy, who nro the men most dis
tinguished in nrts nnd lotters, Zola sought
olectlon for years, but for reasons which
seemed good to tho poweis in control ho
was denied the honor.
American men of letters nnd of aits or
ganised a society n few years ngo from tho
members of which were elected fifty of tho
most distinguished Americans. Mail: Tvvnln,
William Dean Howells, Augustus St, Cnudenfl,
Theodore Roosevelt, AVoodrow AVilson nnd
Henry Cabot Lodge ueto among tho early
members, and those of them still allvo are
still members. Congress lias been nsked to
Incorporate tho American Academy of Arts
and Letters, n body consisting of tho great
est fifty men who have won distinction in
either letters or nrts, nnd with its usual
Philistinism Congress has made fun of the
whole enterprise.
Mr. Dies, of Tcxus, during tho debate on
tho incorporating bill In tho House of Repre
sentatives the other day, opposed the plan be
cause It was exclusive and not Inclusive. Ho
romarked tlint If he were to make up a list of
great Americans ho would Include not only M,r.
Wilson and Mr. Roosevelt, but tho cntiro
Cabinet of each of them, for, as he asked,
"What can n President do without his
Cabinet?"
"I would llko to havo tho Speaker on it,"
he continued. "And I regard tho ex-Speaker
of tills House (Mr. Cannon) as one of the
keenest intellectual blades I have ever known
In my life. Why not put him In there?"
What Congress Does Not Know
Mr. Dies concluded by lematklng, that to
ask Congress to set Its approval on the
creators of literature and nit would bo as
foolish us to select a comrnitteo of poik
packers to pass on the works of art of ancient
Greece and Rome. Congress had never heard
of half of the fifty men in tho list of Incor-poratoi-3.
Thereupon "Uncle Joe" Cannon nrose In
his place and talked and Congiess listened.
What he said is printed in the Congressional
Record, a publication which, In spite of all
tho ridicule that hus been heaped upon it,
deserves tho study of every man of leisure
who Is willing to skim over dreary pages for
the sake of the delight which he gets from
the wit, humor and philosophy that he come
upon when least expecting it. The ex-Spcakei
said, with a fine touch of Irony:
"There Is no world but this In the vast
universe. Men may talk about suns and
planets and comets and all that kind of
thing, but there Is no world but this."
"How do you know?"
"I hae jiever oeen on any of them."
Gentlemen have ridiculed the names of
men hern. Well, there are many of them
whom I have never met. I have had much
pleasure, however. In reading the produc
tions of William Dean Howells. I have had
much pleasure In reading the graphic and
virile descriptions In the "Winning of the
West," by our late President. I have had
much pleasure in reading the works of Mark
Twain. Kow you go along fur
ther. Hamilton Mable, of New Jersey;
Thomas Kelson Page, of the District of Co
lumbia, now our diplomatic representative
abroad. I like Thomas Nelson Page, and 1
believe I have read everything he has ever
written to my entertainment. Henry Cabot
Lodge, Senator Lodge, one of the most virile
writers of biography of great men and of
history that has lived upon this con
tinent. So. after all, there ts here and there
a grain of wheat I might read further.
Andrew Dickson White Doctor White, of
Cornell, eminent In diplomacy and scientific
attainments, eminent from every standpoint.
Most of these people, if they do pot trot
in that class and I cannot say how many"
do have the right to trot In that class shall
they be ridiculed because, as I took through
my gimlet hole at the universe, whether It
be of literature or art, the size of it is ac
cording to the range of my vision?
Trusting in Professor Langley
Now I have the highest respect for these
gentlemen; but, gentlemen, take the Na
tional Academy of Science. Great Heaven,
I can appreciate It, although) what I do not
know about science and literature would
make a book. Let us be honeaU and square.
My primary education was got before I
was 13 In. a little log schoolhouse. If I am
educated at all, it ls by virtue of my reading
since I arrived at the' age of 21. I am not
educated greatly. I. can prove that by these
reporters here who revise my remarks, or,
If not." by the typesetters at the Government
Printing Office, foii I cannot correctly punc
tuate a half dozen sentences (0 save my life.
Gentlemen, we have got to take
something on trust; we have got to admit
that somcbpd.y In, the wide world Is wise be
sides, ourselves. We would not get along
very well If we did not
,Lt me give you soma of my experiences
with these men. pid gentlemen here ever
know Professor Langley, late head 'of the
Smithsonian Institution? He was an old
bachelor and college professor, although I do
not know what college ha was connected
with. I had the honor at that time to be M
thq head of the- Committee on Appropria
tions, and.vhen the estimates would corns up
(tt
SUCH GOIN'S ON IN BUSINESS HOURS!"
I'rofcssor Lnnglcy would come In to explain
them, He hnd gone through the estimates
nnd then I snltl, "I'rofcssor, Is thero any
thing else you want to say?" I had learned
to have n very high respect for his scien
tific attainments, his Industry nnd his abil
ity. Ho snld, "Vcs, Mr. Cnnnon, I would llko
,$10,000." I Bald, "What for?" Ho said,
'"To experiment In Inventing a flying ma
chine." "Great heavens," t snld, "a flying
machine to ride up in tho air." Ho said,
"Now, Mr. Cannon, look here. I don't won
der at that, because you have not given tho
subject any Investigation. Is not a bird
heavier than air? Is not the eagle who soars
abovo tho sunlight heavier than air?"
"Yes." I said. "Don't you think we can
devise a innclilhd by which a human bolng
can navigate tho air?" He did not havo to
mnko nny more speeches, but tho sub
committee agreed to it and the full com
mittee ngrecd to It. Then lie said further,
"I unnt $5000 to found nn nstrophyslcni
laboratory." I said, "What Is that?" Ho
said, "You know what physical Is?" I snld,
"Yes." You know what astral Is?" I said,
"Somebody told mo once that It was some
thing about the stars " Ho said, "Mr. Can
non, through all tho ages wo have studied
the heavens, and wo want to study the influ
ence of tho sun on tho earth's atmosphere
and upon the earth." I said. "Five thou
sand dollars Isn't much. You want to make
a llttlo laboratory?" He said, "Yes" I said,
"Is that all?" He said, "No, there Is nn
other very Important thing, nnd that Is tho
study of tho rays, of light beoud the red."
I knew about orange nnd green and blue and
the other colors of tho spectrum "We'll,"
he said, "there arc. I do not know how
many, but In the future I may not live to
Bee It but It may revolutionize tho world."
Well, that went In. Well, you
1 now that man did construct n machine,
put It on a scow and went down the Po
tomac River. It did fly for a minute; It did
My, but tho englno was imperfect. He was
tho discoverer. Gentlemen, nfter
all, It we are to legislnte upon whnt we
know absolutely Vo would not
have much legislation
The Moving Power of Art
Now, then take art. I do not know how
many of you gentlemen have gone out to
tho western end of tho Capitol nnd Been on
tho wall that picture entitled "Westward the
Star of Kmplro Takes Its Wny." A great
artist painted that picture on
the wall. There It Is. It represents the
plonepr from the Atlantic coast on his wny
westward. There aro the steer and the
mulo hitched up together; there is tho
womnn with tho babo In her arms, sitting
In the wagon ; there Is tho little grave by
the sde of the road, and there Is the pioneer
with coonskln cap and the little boy with
his coonskln cap, tho grandson or the son
carryln a rifle, followed by tho faithful
dog; a..othcr stands on the mountain nnd'
looks to the westward. Ah, Mr. Speaker,
, I was part of that picture In n way, and by
that I mean that I experienced most that It
represented In the pioneer days, nnd ns I
looked upon that picture the first time,
though I am not much given to tears. I
caught myself cring, and during all the
yoars since I have never glanced toward It
without saying to myself, "God bless the
man who painted that picture."
If the Houso of Representatives had been
called upon to add any names to. the list of
members of the American Academy of Arts
and Letters, It would have unanimously
voted to put Mr. Cannon's name thero when
he sat down, for It was admitted that his
speech rivaled Mark Antony's oration over
the dead Caesar.
UNEMPLOYED IN GERMANY
Of till the unexpectednesses resulting from the
war. none Is more remarl.able than the fact
that Germany, with "every man" supposedly
employed directly or Indirectly in the arts of
war. has more unemployment today than Great
Britain. The unemployment figures of British
trade unions show six-tenths of 1 per cent.,
while the corresponding German percentage is
2.6, The presumption was that every member
of a trade union not employed in war service
in Germany should have been quite able to find
work In an occupation depleted by the drainage
of -war on the labor market. Yet with Ger
many supposedly straining every 'resource to
maintain her military and economic efficiency
one finds a slack and unutilized residue of .6
per cent, of trade unionists out of work. This
means, roughly, that 21,500 skilled laborers are
doing absolutely nothing. What effect the Brit
ish blockade, with cotton on the contraband
list, has exerted upon German textile manufac
tories may be clearly seen from the increasing
percentage of unemployment In the German tex.
tile Industries, 1 per cent. In June, mi, and
10,9 per cent, In January, 1916,
In June, 1914, a month before the war was
declared, Germany's trade unions numbered
2,104,410 workers. At the end of January, 1916,
this figure for 37 unions had dwindled to 838,845.
Just prior to the war unemployment in Ger
many and Great Britain was almost equal,
Germany having-2.5 per cent, and Great Britain
2,4 per cent. In January, J9I5, Germany'.
unemployment In trade unions was 6,5 per cent,,
but after various fluctuations it stands today
almost at, the precise figure which prevailed
just before the war,
- A SICILIAN NIGHT
O for that deep vSlclllan night,
Wben all the stars were burning bright,
And ocean, n a slumber bound,
Gave but a sleepless, gentle sound.
There, by that heavy, glimmering tide,
We were together, side by side,
And I held you to me so fast;
There was no future and - past:
' We were a part of consciousness.
That, suffering, makes to life no less.
Only a quivering moment then
And an Immortal, boundless ken;
Until I knew you for my own
.Beside the faint, eternal moon.
And you were I, and I was you.
In brief transparency of view.
A world all silent and al aneen,
All possible that might have" been.
We spoke no more than a tno dead.
But we were mute with Life Instead.
O- for that deep Sicilian night.
When for an Instant all was Light
Stephen PhllHrx
What Do You Know?
Queries of gcnctal Into est t,ll be answered
in this column. Ten questions, tho answers
to which every well-informed person should
know, aro asked dally.
QUIZ
I. Who In "the melnnrlioly llnnn"?
'-.'. Has the limine of I.orila Iho mime privilege
In Ipglalntton that the United Stntea Sen-
nto lion?
.1. Whnt Is the mollii nf the United Htnte?
I. M'lio nre Ainerlrn'n two brut customer the
henvlet buyer nf gnnil mmle In tho
United Ktnte In lime of pence?
fl. Whnt was the an-rnllrd "Unrighteous lllhlo?"
0. Identify "TI10 City of the Seven Hill."
". About linu ninny mil separate Philadelphia
nnd Clilcngo?
H. How many ynrtln nre there In n furlong?
I). Whnt I the Vlrtnrla croxi?
10. In 11 wlinle n dill?
Answers to Saturday's Quiz
I. VlNcount Chimin I the .Inpnneie Ambn-na-
ilnr to the United Sntr.
3. (inlgutlin li the hill ntitnltle Jrruinlem, which
nan the nrene of the C'riirlllxlon.
3. I'orly jean of ge. Outer xuhl, "The nm of
liuinnn iiclilrvenient In ncrnmiillnlieil by
men under 40 jenr old."
4. Hlrrllns nllver In .0.1 pure HlHer.
5. I'pn-ler I nn nllny nf tlft nnd lend.
0. King Arthur, I.nnrelot anil Guinevere.
7. The sponge In nn nquutlc unlmnl uf n low
onlrr.
8. Cluerrllln Hrf11re In nn Irrrctiliir wnrfnra
waged by nmall hoiliei of men nitlng in-
depemlenlly.
0. Xelnnn's lgnal to tlir men of hit Ileet before
the linttlo of TriifulKiir.
0. Yellow unit blue n lien mixed produce green.
Chnrlcs Frohmnn's Last Words ,
Editor of "What Do You Know" Can you ",
tell mo who it wns that Bald as ho went down , '
on tho Titanic. "Why fear death It Is a won
derful adventure?' Perluips these were not the
exact words, but ft was something similar to
this Please also publish the correct quotation
if mlno ls not such. t A. A. J.
It was reported that Charles Frohman made
this remark. ns tho Lusltanla, on which ho was
,a passenger, was sinking.
Great Fire of Baltimore $
Editor of "What Do You Knoxo" When was
Baltimore's great Are and what was tho extent ,
ot It and the loss? H.' R. -
On LVhrllnrv 7. 1904. 11m fl I o In Baltlmora L
nlnrlBil. ilnqtrn villi- 70 lilni'K-M nnd 2500 build "'1
iligs. The loss was about $50,000,000.
Where Divorces Are Frequent
Krfltor o "What 'Vu l'oii ytiiotu" In what
nation Is divorce most fietiuent and what coun
try Is second In this respect? Where are they
least? T H.
In Japan there are more divorces than In
any other country. There are more than 200
annually per 100,000 of the population. The
United States comes next, with about 70. In
Austria ami Kugland there are fewest, one and
two, respectively, per 100,000.
Cost of Disabling One Soldier
Editor of "What Do Vuti Ciioio" Is there
any way of estimating what It costs the bellig
erent nations of Ruropo tu disable one man?
How much has the war cost to date?
H. E. K.
Up to January 1 this year It has been esti
mated that about $40,000,000,000 had been spent
on the war by thu various nations engaged.
Hstlmates of the casualties vary greatly, but It
Is generally believed that between 3,000,000 and
4,000,000 men have been disabled ThU would
put the cost of disabling ono man at about
JU',000.
Production of Diamonds
Editor of "tWmf. lo You Know" Can you
give me borne estimate ot the amount ot the
production of diamonds from early times and
some Information about the present source of
the world's supply? READKR.
Da Launay, the metallurgist, has published
an estimate of the diamond production of the
World from the earliest times. Ho gives It as
28 2-5 tons, which would fill a space of 10 ',-j
cubic yards, and have a value of about S 1,000,
000,000. These figures, however, only concern
the stones before cutting, which reduces their
weight volume by one-half, but multiplies their
Value by five. A box three feet high, six feet
wide and eight feet long would thus hold the
total output of these gems in their finished con
dition and would have a value of $4,700,000,000,
according to present prices. Of this quantity,
10,000.000 carats, of the value of (85,000,000.
have been contributed by India, the source of
all diamonds from ancient- times up to tho
eighteenth century, and 12,000,000 carats, of the
value of (100,000,000, by Brazil between 1723 and
1910. These fields are now virtually exhausted.
A diamond production representing 142,000,000
carats, of the value of (700,000,000, ts the esti
mate for South Africa, which Is now almost
the sole source of the world's supply,
Campbell's Oft-quoted Lines
.Editor of "Wfcat Do You Know" Please tell
me who It was that wrote the lines,
' 'TU distance lends enchantment to the view,
And robes the mountain in its azure hue,
and about when the poet UvedT D. S. R,
The lines are Thomas Campbell's, occurring
In "Pleasures of Hope." He was born In 177T
and died in 1844.
Russia's Crops i
Editor of "What Do You Know" Will you
kindly tell me how Russia and the United States
compared In the. size of their crops In times of
peace? J- II. M,
In 1915. the year before the war started, the
production ot wheat in Russia was 955.980,000
bushels; oats, 1.222.875.000; barley. 563 800.000;
rye. 999.614.285; whjle the production of wheat
In the United States was 7J.3Rf.000. bushels;
oat. 1.13MM.00O. barley. 1-" H9.000. rye,
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