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PniLADELrillA, TUESDAY, AritlL 55, 1916.
Ttvengo Is a ktnd of wild justice, which the
more man's nature runs to the more ought
tio to tcecd It outi Francis Bacon.
Tork" Is tho other man's preparedness.
Villa "Just as Good on Dend" Vow tho
Apaches at Front. Headline.
But dead ho would bo bo very, very good.
"Wo wondor whether tho Czar wna qulto
'pleased with tho report that tho ontlro Russian
army cheerfully volunteered for servlco "some
whore In Franco."
Tho "Gorman Humanity League" has broken
Into print, theroby surprising tho world with
ihe romlndor that tho first two words In tho
name ara not totally Incompatible.
I think we'll crawl on tho submarine
question. "Billy" Sunday.
Many persona whoso uso of tho vernacular
Is? more elegant hold tho samo view.
Mr. Iloosovelt now explains that ho sup
ported Prosldont Wilson in tho opening days
it tho war because ho trusted lilm too much.
Tho Kaiser has also been disillusioned.
May thoso fifty couples who ended tho
penanco of Lent by taking out marriage
licenses yesterday never havo occasion to do
penance for what thoy havo decided to do.
The report that Field Marshal von dor
Goltz was assassinated by tho Turks is aa
credible as that he died of typhus, for the
ungrateful Turk is as dangerous as any
malignant disease.
Tho railroads against which Dr. Anna How
ard Shaw has entered suit aro respectfully ad
vised to pay up and say nothing. Doctor
Shaw is a suffrage pioneer, who knows no
such word as failure.
What enemy of Georgo B. McClellan la sug
gesting that he la planning to unlto with Henry
-3Pord and Mr. Bryan In forming a now
political party? Professor McClellan usually
goes about with his feet on the earth.
Thomas Nolson Pago, on his arrival from
Borne for a vacation, told tho New York ro-'
porters that he had not seen tho President's
latest noto to Germany. "But," said he, "I
am suro It's right." Such devotion Is sur
passed, no, not even among tho Roosevcltlans.
William F. McCombs, who disputes with
Colonel Harvey tho claim to tho title of be
ing the original Wilson man, tlnds that his
business engagements will make it impossible
for him to remain chairman of the National
Democratic Committee after tho convention,
and tho President says that he cannot urge
him to retain the position, and hopes that ills
business will bo successful. It has been an
open secret for many months that McCombs
has Joined the Harvey class of one-tlmo friends
pt tho former Princeton president.
Maximilian Harden has led so many lost
pauses In Germany Jhat one wonders what
JKr Wilson's emotions wore when he heard
jthat Harden was for him. For hard-htttlng,
fruth-telllng honesty no man in Germany has
JB. higher repute than Harden, so that It Is a
atouble pleasuro to And him on tho side of the
right and uninterrupted in his expression of
opinion. Like Bernard Shaw, Harden is often
perverse, but like Shaw he Is frequently right,
and ho has such a passion for a free Germany
M to make him a menace to the German Gov
ernment. Mayor Smith will have the good wishes of
those of his predecessors who tried and
failed In his efforts to loosen the hold on the
city of Phlilp H. Johnson, archltect-tn-per-JM;tulty
to the Department of Health and
Charities. The courts have held that John
iron's contract Is valid. The reformers were
unable to And legal arguments which would
Mvall with the Judges. Mayor Smith may
tot more skilful. Let us hope that he is. En
tirely apart from the merits of Johnson as art
architect, It Is contrary to public policy that
any man should have a life tenure of such a
position as he occupies. The city Is about to
build a great hospital. It should be the best
that can be designed by the most skilful hos
pital designers In the country. No one would
object to Johnson's entering a competition,
liut there Is serious objection to turning the
Work over to Wm alone without first getting
!ans from men who are admittedly better
"Jpislifled than he to draft the plans.
In Pittsburgh 75 manufacturers have com-
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taani
:Zftm4 resources. In a fight against the eight-
MW cay, and aireaay several strtKes are re
ported. On the separate merits of these
jrtrikes It Is as yet Impossible to pass judg
rnent, and such Judgment Is not wholly necessary-
But It 14 again in order to inquire how
much longer the criminal economic waste of
strikes and lockouts is to continue. The strik
mn in Pittsburgh are taking advantage of an
Wwrtunlty almost without parallel, when.
proUtB are very large in many industries and
f$M am hard to get They are using the
stnrtagA of workers aa a lever to move reluc
tant employers in the direction of what they
fcaU to bo fundamental decency in labor re
Jatkwus. The employers insist that the mini,
inuiM demanded, by the workers, is an impos
jtfMfr maximum fop them. But there extsta i
thm Sitete a Department of Labor which has,
fn Mia nset filftjul In tha settlement. OmiHmMi
to J sj4ii8, at strike, and it the moral
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duty i employer and employes to accept th
mtvtem of this department. Tho reckless In
dividualism of tho past has cost us very dear.
How much more will it cqjt us beforo wo real
ize that In all these disputes, wherever tho
decision falls, tho country is tho real sufferer?
WAKE UP!
Th next Administration will Knldo tha
nation dnrlnir the period of reconstruction
In Europe. l'rntectlon of Pennsylvania
Interests Is possible on) through the Bepnb
llcnn party anil bnslnesa men nre permitting
leadership In thnt party to o by default.
WAKE up!
The business Interests of Philadelphia
and Pennsylvania seom to be asleep at tho
switch. There Is need now, an Imperative
need, for business statesmanship of tho highest
type. Thero is need for active Interference by
business men in political direction. They can
not be laggards; they must get busy,
Thero will bo peace in Europo during tho
noxt national Administration. Tho mills of
tho Contlnont Will begin to hum onco more.
Tho soldiers will bo back from tho trenches.
The work of reconstruction will bo under way.
Tho Joint competition of tho several European
nations will again bo vigorous. It Will bo more
than vigorous, for men who have bcon engaged
In a llfetind-ilcath strugglo under arms will
not bo timid in their battlo to win back pros
perity. They will fight in tho marts of tho
world as thoy have never fought boforo. Thoy
will make up for a shortago of capital by
cheap production cost, tho most Important fac
tor in which will bo cheap labor. Not only
will this competition confront us In foreign
fields, but It will bo at Its height in our homo
market unless tho sovereign power of tho na
tion Is invoked to protect American Industry.
Of all tho States of tho Union there Is nono
so Interested in tho nssuranco of constructive
government during tho next four years as
Pennsylvania, nnd thero Is no city whoso pros
perity Is moro surely dependent on wise leg
islation in Washington than Philadelphia.
Tho Republican party Is tho only vehicle
through which the ktnd of laws and tho kind
of statesmanship wanted can bo secured. Tho
Republican party cannot win without virile
leadership, and It cannot get that ktnd of lead
ership unless business men, who constitute tho
rank and file, tako vf their coats nnd get to
work. It cannot get that ktnd of leadership It
tho great Republican States, out of which
should come leadership, are tied hand and foot
to tho band wngons of noisy factional leaders,
so-called, who have no vision and no soul and
no ambition other than to fcathcty their own
nests and get their fingers into tho pto.
It is tho tlmo of times when Pennsylvania
Republicanism should bo on Its toes, vigilant,
alert, clothed In fighting raiment, sounding
the challengo nnd trumpeting tho slogan of a
great campaign. It is a tlmo when a really
great Pennsylvania delegation should go to
Chicago, t a delegation of men sturdy in
tho faith, of men who speak with authority,
whoso ndvlco is worth whllo becauso it has
been tested In tho flro of largo experience nnd
thoroughly tried; a delegation of men repre
senting tlio enormous interests which aro im
periled by weak and theoretical government; a
delegation cnpablo of speaking for Pennsylva
nia In tones commensurnto with tho dignity,
tho Importances and tho authority of so great
a Commonwealth.
Instead we aro confronted with asinine fac
tionalism. Has a temporary war prosperity
deadened tho perception of industrial leaders
that thoy aro blind to tho situation? What do
thoy mean by their inactivity in a period of
such enormous Importance? They aro silent
when, mopt of all. their voices should bo heard.
They may well lose by default not only their
own prosperity, but tho very bread and butter
of tho thousands of employes who aro depend
ent on their foresight. These, employes expect,
as they havo a right to expect, that tho effi
ciency with which giant manufacturing enter
prises are conducted should manifest Itself also
in a wise, scnslblo and patriotic attention to
tho kind of government which is to prevail.
Wo say, in all humility, that neither the
Va're3 nor tho Penroses can represent Penn
sylvania efficiently or properly at Chicago. Wo
wrlto It down as a self-evident truth that the
party's chances of success aro being trifled
with nnd even betrayed by Incompetence and
neglect. We say that an era of freo trade and
soup houses is actually being invited by tho
brnin and intelligence of Pennsylvania, and
particularly of Philadelphia, because neither
tho brain nor the Intelligence is being ac
tively employed In political preparednoss.
All tho labor-saving machinery In tho world
will do no good If tho laws of the nation expose
our products to pauper competition. All the
caustla criticism In the world will do no good
If a Democratic Congress again sits during the
period of rehabilitation and adaptation to new
conditions.
Business men cannot now nominate candi
dates of their own. They have been caught
In a trap. Their neglect of preparedness is
no whit less criminal than the neglect of the
Administration, which has permitted months
to pass without doing any practical thing for
national defense. But business men can, if
they will, put a definite purpose behind the
delegation which goes to Chicago. There are
some candidates for places on the delegation,
few though they be, who oan worthily rep
resent the Commonwealth. And those men, It
selected, can dominate the delegation and give '
to the voice of Pennsylvania the meaning
which It ought to have in the national conven
tion. Let business men wake up. Let them get
busy. Let them protect industry by putting
efficiency behind the party. They can bring
it about even yet that the solid interests of the
State shall speak at Chicago, Instead of its
politicians; and that is what they must do
unless they aro content to risk their Interests
on the throw of the dice and trust to blind for
tune to take care of them.
A MONUMENT TO SHAKESPEAUE
THE best monument to Shakespeare is that
which he built himself; that is the easiest
thing to say about any project to erect a per
manent memorial to the chief ornament of
English letters. But, somehow, we are not
content with that sort of a commemoration.
Philadelphia appreciates Shakespeare. Yet
there is no visible and external sign of ap
preciation of him. The committee in charge
pf the tercentenary celebration of his death
is planning to raise $10,000 toward a fund
with which to erect a permanent memorial
somewhere In the city. If that sum is raised
the Fairmount Park Commission has agreed
to contribute a similar amount; so that 120,000
will bo available for the purpose of embodying
In marble or bronze Philadelphia's appreciation
of the fact that it speaks the aania language
as Shakespeare and can think his thoughts
after him and-can And itself pictured in tha
microcosm of his plays, not only its life as a
city, but the life of the humblest and the
greatest citizen There is no doubt that the
sum will be raised necessary to make the ap
propriation of the Park Commission available.
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Tom Daly's Column
THE XEWB FROM DUBLIN.
Ol musha, soon ice'd have teen free,
Wld guns here In the basement,
But now we sec our Liberty
Escapln' through this Casement,
Strnngo Isn't it, thnt when tho Fenian np
penra upon this Rtngo where all men nro
players he novor rises nbovo tho dignity of
green whiskers, clay plpo and ahlllelagh7
EDWIN H. VARH Is about fivo fcot seven
Inches In height. We've known that for
somo years; and yet tho humor In this Blgn
near tho Rending Terminal although wo'vo
passed It morning and evening for months
never, struck us until a fellow-worker turned
It into us this morning:
EDWIN H. VARE, LARGEST STREET
CLEANING CONTRACTOR IN THE
WORLD. UNDERGROUND CONDUIT
DEPARTMENT. 3
Ballade of tho TRcnchnnt TRuth
I'm the fighting soul of Truth t
Militant, Insatiate.
Oloru of perpetual youth
' Aureoles mv loftu pate.
Watch me fill my destined dale,
lilslng higher, hlghcrl
Who says I'm a "busted skate"?
Tell him ho's a Hart
I'm the fighting soul of Truthl
Though the word that emanate .
From my lips may sound uncouth,
All the crooks whom I berate
Xccd such language hot and straight,
IfVien they rouse my ire
IV'fto says I ain't good and gicatt
Tell htm he's a llarl
I'm the fighting soul of Truthl
For tho Nation and the Male
I'll be battling, nail and tooth,
Till each foe invertebrate
I have driven, soon or late,
To eternal fire
Who sayt I will "pull my freight"?
Tell him he's a llarl
ENVOY:
1'ctcr, ope the Pearly Gate;
Lead me to the choir
Who says I'm "a reprobate"?
Tell him he's a llarl
ACCORDING to the "Philadelphia Directory
Xifor 1818" thero were In this town, at that
time, rival dealers in lottery tickets who boro
tho euphonious titles of Kortuno and Hopo.
Wo spoko of Fortuno In this column soma
time ago, but at that time wo overlooked tho
announcement of Hopo nnd Company. Hero
It Is:
THH TOWN IN AN UPROAR!
What nolso and bustlo tho New State
Lottery creates. Tho rich purchnso tickets
by tho quantity those in middling circum
stances Slnslo Tickets whllo others buy
oiinrcs. reopie wlio never had a ticket In
their lives before, aro now cautious in
squandering money In extravagance, nnd aro
laying it out In fortunes for llfo. What a
rich Scheme says ono 7 What charming
chances say another, a hundred prizes worth
n hundred tncusand dollars, to bo divided?
Why tho odls, If v,c havo any luck, Is two
to one In our favour for besides tlio Fifty,
Twenty, nnd Ten Thousand Dollars seo tho
number of Flvo Thousands Well says a
fourth. I wonder who made tho schemo?
why Hopo to ho sure and ho Imagined the
former ones, wo Bhould have been fortunate
It will certainly take nnd wo shall purchase
Tickets from him nnd no ono else for
Honour Invites us to sanction tho man
Whose genius produced eucIi an excellent
plan.
Who knows femalo hearts havo n penchant
tor cash
For what li mere beauty without tomo
little- dash.
Not flaunting, but modish. In dcllcato style.
On my honour I'd walk to Hope's otnee
a mile
And If I am lucky nnd nnd him not vain.
Will go to his office again and again.
Then as ladles lovo union, and union wants
gold.
Apply only to HOPE, where the prizes nro
sold.
For thoio who como will gain In fame and
purse.
While such ns leave us chango hut for the
worse. HOPE & CO.
A CHANDELIER IIANOER IlKFORi: THH FACT!
Burt DaM-y, a chandelier hanger, of Detroit, haa
flled a oluntary petition In liankruptiy In the Unltnl
States District Court, achcdullnir his aanets at MO
and bis liabilities at 118.11. News Item.
Songs Every One Should Know
Sir I send you a qunlnt song which I cer.
talnly think every ono should know. I refrain
from comment on Its manifest beauties. It is a
genuine song, not made up by any one for this
occasion. It was translated from the Italian by
a Dr. Theo. Baker, and Is to bo found In "Songs
Every Child Should Know" (copyright, 1300,
Grosaet & Dunlap, N. Y.). I do not know who
wrote It. but It I had written It I would havo
dedicated It to that dainty artist, Jtlss Eva
Tanguay. Here It Is:
TitirroLE, TRArroi.E.
nutterfly white would light here,
Oter my heart would bite here;
Ah! what a pain 'twas! Nay, Mamma darllngl
Ah! what a pain 'twas, nay. Ahl what a pain 'twas!
Ah. what a pain 'twas! Nay. Mamma darllncl
Ahl what a pain 'twas! Nayl
Trlppole. trappole. trlppole, trappole, trlppole, trap
pole, trlvpols tre.
Now I have taken thy heart,
And I will give theo my heart:
Ahi 'twill bo Joyful, eh. Mamma darling?
Ahl 'twill bo Joyful, eh? Ahl 'twill ba Joyful!
Ahl 'twill be Joyful, eh. Mamma darling?
Ah! 'twill ba Joyful, eh? t t cs
Trlppole, trappole, etc., eto. " .
"TTICTOR department under the personnel
V of Mr. Edward Martin," bays the an
nouncement of Todd & Mlchener, of 1306 Arch
street. .
What a plurally complex proposition Mr.
Martin must be!
Domestic Dlstichs
With hands In dough, out in the kitchen,
What is it starts my nose to Jtchin'7
Two notices, one immediately following the
other, in the "deaths" column of an evening
contemporary, Inform us of the passing, on
April 21st, of Stonewall Jackson and Jesse
James.
A dentist, advertising in the Mt. Pleasant
(Pa,) Journal, announces;
PREPAREDNESS.
The most prominent word of today refers to
your teeth as much as to national defense. Have
your teeth prepared to withstand the stress of
mastlncatlon.
Philadelphia may be said to approve
strongly Judge Tuthill's Judgment in the mat
ter of the so-called works of Shakespeare. A
poll of our telephone directory shows this curi
ous cipher:
Bacon ; Shakespeare :: 10 : 1
REV. DR. J. GRAY BOLTON wouldn't men
tion the other minister's name, but it
was a young man Just out of the seminary,
who unwisely remarked at table; "Really, I
never knew what profanity was until I met
Mr. So-and-So." "Yes," said his nearest neigh
bor who happened to be a friend of Mr. So
and, So'b, "he Is aggravating. Your language
was excusable; he'd make a saint swear."
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SPEAKING THE '
PUBLIC MIND
Views of Readers on President Wil
son, Concentration Camps for
Germans, the Movie Censorship
and Other Matters
To the I'dltor of Evening Ledger:
Sir I am only a voter belonging to that
largo class styled tho rank and file, nothing more.
Jly first voto on ago was only cast n fow jears
ngo, namely, for ono of the best Picsldcnts wo
havo ever hail, but who was no politician (and
that Is ono of tho reasons lu mado a good
President), William Howard Tuft Jly convic
tions nro unalterably for 'our representative
form of government as against tho so called
progressive nostrums (look at tho Presidential
primaries, for Instance tho pcopla lllto to pay
these nice big bills), flovernment ownership
makes mo almost iih wrathy as Is my hatred of
that over-ambitious opportunist nnd War Lord
of America (and then somo not fit to print).
Am nlso unalterably for a protective tnrirf that
protects; and am for ndequato defenses for the
United StatcH of America, but If it Is going to
bo as tho Democratic party wants tho Issue to
ho In tho coming campaign, namoly, "Wllon
nnd I'cnco and Roosevelt and War" (tho wish
Is father to the thought, as they know thoy
can "win with Wilson" on thoso lines), why then
If It should happen that I was to late In going
to the polls next November that thero was a
chnnco of missing my llttlo voto, you wouldn't
ho ahlo to see mo for dust beating It at 2-10
on tho level for that booth to cast my first
Democratic voto for AVoodrow Wilson, That's
nil. "I HOPU NOT 1"
Philadelphia, April 17.
HENRY TIMROD WROTE IT
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Kir Tho Bonnet printed on page 10 of your
Issuo of April 14, 1010, which you entitle "Qua
torzaln" nnd credit to tho lato Dr. S. "Wolr
Mitchell, Is both wrongly titled nnd mlscrcdlted.
Tho sonnetwas written by Henry Tlmrod, South
Carolina's 'greatest poet, nnd appears In tho
collected "Poems of Henry Tlmrod" without a
title. A. D. OLIP1IANT.
Columbia, S. C, April 1G.
Tho poem was Inadvertently credited to Doc
tor .Mitchell. As to tho title, It appears In Stcd
man's American Anthology under tho caption
"Quatorzain." Bdltor of Uvenino Lcnaun.
CONCENTRATION CAMPS
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir Referring to your editorial of April 19,
I nm and havo been n great admirer of tho
Germans, among whom I number many of my
friends, but my estimate of them Is that, while
they nro brilliant, hard working nnd most esti
mable citizens In every way under ordinary cir
cumstances, thero is an undercurrent in this
war which thoy evince on occasions an under
current which puts tho Fatherland ahead of the
country which is giving them freedom from their
despotic militarism and a living such ns they
could never hopo for In Germany.
Perhaps this Is logical If not excusable, but
when I Beo one of them that Is prospering In
and enjoying the advantages of this country
who In his heart would turn on his new friends
simply to satisfy his nationalistic views I can't
help but feel that if tho break should como we
ought to start Immediately tho finest little con
centratlon camp tho world ever saw. The pla
teau of Arizona and New Mexico would be a
good segregation place for every Teuton, native
or naturalized, who doesn't como right up on
tho carpet voluntarily and swear absolute alle
giance to his adopted country. Then put a
serial number on him ho that a record may be
kept as to whether or not the oath Is broken,
as his former Government Is so prone to do.
Darby, Pa., April 19. J. C. WILLIAMS.
AN EXPLANATION
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir Please tell me what the Evening
I.EDtjEn editorial writer meant when In a leader
the other night (Introduction) he asserted that
Germany had dishonored America by breaking
her pledges to us? L. U. W.
Philadelphia, April 23.
(The dishonor consisted In the assumption on
Germany's part that the United States was
either too stupid to reccgnize a lie or too cow
ardly to resent It. The assumption. It turns
out, was wrong. But Germany's Intention re
mains the same. Editor of Kvenino LEDacn.)
"A PARCEL OP BLOCKHEADS"
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir If you will allow me a little space In
your very valuable paper to express my opinion
of the Pennsylvania Board of Censorship, I shall
be grateful To commence with, I haven't any
opinion of them at all. They are simply a need,
less expense and an outrage to Intelligence. Any
person with average "gumption" and Informed
at all knows that the greatest masterpieces of
literature treat on Just such bubjects as the
censors Hay. But who dare say we shall not
read what we choose? Nearly all George
Eliot's and Charles Dickens' novels contain cer
tain characters with whom we would not asso
ciate In real life. Nevertheless, such characters
make the story of life. They are needed In lit
erature and photoplays. They teach their les
son. It Is outrageous to go to the "movies"
and on almost every reel have the abominable
censors ','Bhoved" at you and a good picture
utterally ruined. I attended a picture show not
long ago and there was the "fallen woman."
She had elope4 with the rich "deceiver" and re
turns home a year later with a child; is shunned
by all her former acquaintances, etc But, lo
and behold! The pious censors made the sub
title read: "Deserted by her husband." The
whole thing had about as much sense as though
Dickens had returned Little Emily home as
Steerforth's wife, after all the time consumed
in telling about her downfall.
Every "movie" fan should enter a protest and
every paper start a crusade against this evil.
The Idea of informing decent people from sub
titles, etc., what Is proper and what Is not here
in free America, where people are granted their
freedom of thought and actions, as long as it
does not Interfere with others. Is criminal and
unconstitutional. I have attended many operas;
M ; f, T .. . n--r -
HONK! HOJSTKIf
In fact, T havo seen nearly nil the grand operas
that havo been produced In America, and tho
majority of them treat on tho subject of which
I havo written. That's nil right becnuso It's
opera and from $5 clown a seat! Very beautiful
when sung! Why grant tho opera what you
deny tho photoplay? Now, ovcry one cannot
afford grand opera prices for his amusement,
and most nro content with good "movies." I
havo seen somo that wero mighty well worth
while. But to havo ovcry earthly ono of them
"slashed" by n parcel of blockheads who don't
seem to havo cither sentiment or Imagination
enough to carry them abovo tho "vulgar motive"
Is enough to mako ono cry:
"Down with them!"
JOHN W. COOPER.
Philadelphia, April 12.
BITTER RELIEF FROM WORK
They moved In from tho farm this spring, ho
and his wife. Ito did not want to lcavo tho
farm, ho said, but tho children "Just run him
ott." Then ho guessed that his wife's health
would bo better when sho got off the farm. They
nro living on tho enst sido of tho town, with
city vvnter In the house, a furnnco In the cellar
and nil tho conveniences of a comfortablo town
home.
Tho spring Is coming, nnd dad Is 'beginning
to realize that for tho first time ho will havo
no par. In tho actlvo farm llfo of tho spilng.
For years, a llttlo at n time, tho children havo
lifted tho load from his shoulders, hut ho has
seen tilings planted nnd ho has seen things
grow nnd ho did not renllzo his slip from an
active llfo to retirement as long as he lived on
tho farm. Now ho gets up In tho morning, looks
around, nnd thoro Is no calf to feed, no wood to
bring in. not oven n pall of water to bo brought.
So ho drifts downtown and over on Mechanic
street, whero tho hay from tho farms such as
his comes fc town.
It will ba i lonely spring, cooped up In town,
with the activities of a llfetlmo behind him, but
tho saddest part of tho story Is that tho children
really beliove that father will bo happier nnd
havo a plcasanter time In his declining years,
now that ho has moved to town and docs not
h-vo tho worry of things on tho farm,
So ho stands around tho hay market snlfllng
other men's hay and trying to "tako It easy."
13ut it's a blttor dose this taking It easy.
Emporia Gazette
RISING PRICES
Whero will It end? Will prices go on rising
and rising until pcoplo nro simply unabla to
pay them and forco them downwnrd by their
sheer cessation from spending money? Or will
somo sudden climax come to tho upward ten
dency from a now unforeseen event? It Is Im
possible to answer tho questions. Human ex
perience Is tho only guide to tho futuro and hu.
man experlcnco does not Include a parallel to the
stupendous forces of this unprecedented war.
Tho best ono may hopo Is that when tho chango
comes It may como gradually so that humanity
may adapt Itself In tlmo. If tho end of tho
rlso should bo a sudden drop, tho consequences
would bo incalculable. Tho effect upon bust,
ncss would bo catastrophlcal. Detroit Preo
Press.
THE NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
Mules havo rights as well as temperaments.
Loulsvlllo Courier-Journal.
What Illogical folly it Is to charge a Govern
ment with the responsibility for defending the
country and withhold from It the power to
compel the preparation of BUfliclent forces for
defenso and to give It complete control of these
forces. SL Louis Post-Dispatch.
If America has advanced a hundred years In
tho brief space of the war, Is it not possible
that other members of tho family of nations
not a very happy family Just now may also
take a leap ahead to a clearer understanding
of the futility of war and to a realization of
the necessity for an International compact to
suppress troublemakers? Buffalo Commercial.
Though amended and passed under pressure
of serious emergency, the Chamberlain bill does
not represent haste. On the contrary, It is tho
result of long study and deliberation. It Is u
great pity it must now faco tho process of
compromise which takes place In conference
'committees. It ought to be passed by the House
as it stands, and perhaps in this crisis this may
be accomplished. Chicago Tribune.
Efforts to "smoke out" Mr. Justice Hughes
having ended In a deserved fiasco, supporters
of some other Republicans regarded as presi
dential possibilities are now Joining In the
Democratic shedding of tears over the assumed
lack of knowledge of Mr. Hughes' position on
political Issues. It is a crocodile chorus of
weeping. No man In this broad land doubts
Mr. Hughes' Republicanism. Are there any who
doubt his stalwart Americanism? New York
Herald.
CLARION
God send a prophet tongued with flame
To sear the Nation's self-content;
Lest writ In words of vivid shame
Ye read, eternal banishment.
Dread banishment from those High Hall
Your fathers bullded wide and deep.
Once, twice and thrice the trumpet calls
How long shall ye lie bound in Bleep?
The skies are dark with homing ghosts,
With Belgian blood the world Is red.
Through the salt sea In piteous hosts
Still troop the phantoms of your dead!
Ehrlll-volced your chosen leaders cry
Tha need of freedom for your gold.
Thank God the men at Concord lie
Too deep to know what ye have sold.
Was It for this ancient hand
Carved out the riches of your soil?
Then let the sea blot out the land.
The storm blot out the wasted toll!
Blot out the dream of Washington,
Blot out the vision Lincoln knew,
Blot out the hope of air and sun.
Bring back the night they overthrewl
Once, twice and thrice the trumpet calls,
The sword Is nigh, the sword Is cornel
Awake, O watchmen on the walls,
And lift your dead hands to the drum!
s Harold Trowbridge Pulsifer in the Outlook,
WhatDo You Know?
Queries of general interest tell! be onstocrcd
in this column. Ten questions, the answers
to which every well-informed person should
know, are asked dally.
QUIZ
A V lint Ik thn uniirco nf the Ideii thnt It was
nil npple thnt Ktn gave Adnm?
What Ik the mennlnir of "esprit do corps"?
VV'hiit In Nirvana?
How Ioiik would It (alio n Mim nf money nt
R per cent, compound tntrrmt to clouhlo
Itself.
Where Is (he moil fainnui Irunlne tower?
lVhnt In mount by n 1. nnd O. Iiout?
Whnt wniild he the diameter In Inches nf.
a 42-rentlmeter Kim?
VVImt Im meant by the "Third Kcpubllc" In
I'rnnrr?
What Inmcuiige Is spoken hy thn larcer num
ber of persons, llngllsh or German?
Who Is Jnmes It, Mnnn?
Answers to Yesterday's Qui.
Hamlet In the "nielanehiily Inne."
The Hon nf I.nrds linn nnt thn Htimn rlRht
ns the Senate. If It rrjerts n hill passed
hy the Cnmmnns, nnd the C'nnininnH pns
thn snmn hilt twlcn mnrn In the snmo 1'nr
llnmrnt, It becomes n law without thn Lords'
sanction.
"II I'liirllius Unum" Is I lip mnttn of the
United Slates.
KiiKlnnd nnd Germany nre Amrrlrn'n best
customers.
Thn sn-cnlled "Unrighteous lllble" hail thn
printer's error, "Knnw yr not that thn un
rlEhteoiis shall Inherit thn Kingdom of
God"?
llomn Is thn "City of the Seven Hills."
The dlstnncn to Clilrimo Is 823 miles.
Two hundred nnd twenty yards Is n furlong.
Thn Victoria Cross Is thn most lilchly prized
decoration S)f the llrttlsh military nnd navnl
services. It Is n Maltese cross Inscribed
"Tor Valor."
Tho whale Is n ninmninl nnd not h fish.
British Cabinet Members
J.VIIor of "What Do You Know" Kindly pub.
llsh tho names of tho members of tho Cabinet
of England, viz , Lord High Chancellor, Prime
Minister, etc. H. G. 11.
Tho list, as furnished by tho Hrltlsh Em
bassy at Washington, Is ns follows:
Premier and. First Lord of tho Treasury, Her
bert T. Afcqulth; Minister without Portfolio,
Marqioss of Lnnsdowno; Lord High Chancellor,
Sir Stanley O. Buekmastcr; Lord President of
the Council, Marquess of Crewe; Lord Privy
Seal, Earl Curzon of Kcdleston; Chancellor of
tho Exchequer, Itegluald AIcKenna; Home Sec
retary, Herbert Samuel; Foreign Kecietury, Sir
Edward Grey; Colonial Secretary, A. llonar
Law; Secretary for India, J. Austen Chamber
lain; War Secretary, Earl Kitchener; Minister
of Munitions, David Lloyd-George; First Lord of
tho Admiralty, A. J. Ilalfour; President of the
Board of Trade, Walter nuncimnn; President
of tho Local Government Board, Walter H,
Long; Chancellor of tho Duchy of Lancaster,
Mr, Montagu; Chief Secrotary for Ireland, Au
gustine Blrrell; Secretary for Scotland, Mr.
Wood; President of tho Bonrd of Agriculture,
Earl of Selborn; First Commissioner of Works,
Lewis Harcourt; President of the Board of Edu
cation, Arthur Henderson; Attorney General,
Sir F. E. Smith; Under Secretary for Foreign
Affairs In charge of the Blockade, Lord Robert
Cecil.
Lowestoft China
Kditor o "What Do You Know" Will you
kindly give mo (1) the hlsloiy of "Lowestoft
china" nnd If it is of great worth to collectors of
antiques? Could you describe this china, also
decoration and if it has any particular mark on
It? Can you tell me (2) to whom the following
motto belonged, "Vraye Foy" or "Vrave Foy"?
I have an Idea that it is old French. The crest
Is a bird. Could tho descendants be traced?
L. P. O,
(1) William Burton, F. G. S , chairman of the
Joint Committee of Pottery Manufacturers of
Great Britain, writing In the Encyclopedia
Brltannlca, says of Lowestoft: "A little factory
at work at Lowestoft in the last quarter of the
18th century has attracted more attention than
It deserves, because certain writers foolishly at
tributed to It large quantities of 'armorial" por
celain which had undoubtedly been made In
China. Recent excavations have established the
fact that this factory was only of minor Im
portance and was mainly occupied in producing
cheap wares In rivalry with, and even In Imita
tion of, thoso of the more Important English
factories." (2) Perhaps some reader can identify
the motto asked for.
A Dance and a Dansant
JJdffor of "What Do You Know" Will you
kindly Inform me as to the difference between a
dance and a "daiwant"? FOItTUNA.
By a dance one usually means an entertain,
ment In which dancing is the chief diversion ot
the guests. A "dansant" has come to me,an an
entertainment In which the dancing Is an Inci
dent among other pleasures, such as conversa
tion, tea-drinking, etc
The Evil Eye
lidltor of "What Do You Know" What is the
evil eye? Was there any way by which Its pos
sessor, assuming that there was such a person,
could be distinguished from those not so malefic
ally endowed? B.EBEW.
There have been various theories on the sub
ject Dr, N. Bishop Harman, a contributor to
the British Journal of Children's Diseases, la of
the opinion that the evil eye was a squint or
cast in the organ, to which Ignorant people gave
an importance unwarranted by the facts.
What "O. K." Stands For
.Editor of "What Do You Know" Kindly tell
me In your column what the letters "O. K."
signify. M J-
The letters were some one's abbreviation for
"Ojl Korrect," but authorities differ as to who
thli illiterate was who thus spelled "all correct
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