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PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, ArTM, 26, 191.
prosperity is not cUhout many fears and
distastes; and adversity la not without com
forts and hopes. Franc' Bacon.
Sir Roger Cnscincnt apparently was caught
trying to get In by tlio back window. '
Doctor White's brain kept a lot of people In
terested while the distinguished surgeon was
alive, anil It Is Ukoly to contlnuo In tlio same
Uno now that ho Is dead.
A slangy editor says that the Republicans
can cosily beat Wilson It they send the right
man to the bat. But It socms likely that
they'll keep tholr star batter, Hughes, on
tho bench.
Seventy-eight thousand telegrams have been
sent, to tho President urging him to do every
thing possible to prevent war, but they do not
urgo him to strengthen the army and navy
as tho surest preventive.
Tho poltco wero taken out of politics under
Director Porter, and Director Wilson prom
ised to keep them out. But what Is a man to
do when opposing political factions nro call
ing for recruits In a fight to a finish?
Began as ofllce boy ; now thlovlng teller.
Headline.
This Is a reversal of tho usual process In
hero talcs, for tho office boy commonly onds
as tho bank president unless he gets switched
oft on the wrong track too early.
True German-Americans love tho Vater
land as a man loves his mother, but they .
love. America, tho land of their adoption, as
a man loves his wife. Visitor at the German
war sufferers' bazaar.
This Is tho sentiment to which 99 per cent.
of the Americans of German descent will most
heartily subscribe. Their activity in raising
funds for tho relief of tho war, sufferers docs
credit to their humanity. They deserve tho
asslstanco of all kindly disposed porsons of
whatoveV descent.
Tho Houso of Representatives is, .laboring
tinder no excitement comparable to that which
pushed tho Chamberlain bill through tho
Senate, and as a result timidity and self-satisfaction
aro again determining tho military
policy ot the country. Tho House committee
has been ordered to dlsagreo with the main
provisions of the Senate bill, particularly with
that calling for a forco ot 250,000 men. Tho
Hay bill provided for a llttlo more than half
that number and, although tho House has had
ample time to discover the temper of tho
country and" moro than opportunity enough to
understand the grave dangers of inadequate
measures, it insists upon its ownplan. It is
evident that, Quite apart from a little real sen
tlmont against even so moderate a measure
as the Chamberlain biu there Is a distinct lot
o politics In tho plans for army reorganiza
tion. It may bo only playing for position In
the presidential and congressional race of tho
coming summer. It may be something worse.
It Is, in any case, a crime for Congress to play
with the destinies of tho country In such a
time.
A course In logic would be a very desirable
thing for Mr. Roosevelt If he is to carry out
his program for tho Republican nomination.
It would be worse than folly to Imagine that
the campaign this year will be an easy one for
the party, and every weakness must give way
to strength 'before the conventions are over.
Mr. Roosevelt is vehement and energetic, but
his logto is still faulty, and it he Is not
checked by Republicans of saner minds he
will befog tho Issues of the campaign so that
Mr, Wilson, and Mr. Wilson alone, will be
responsible for the outcome. Mr. Roosevelt
should not be permitted to assail the incom
petence of the Administration for bringing us
unprepared to the brink of war so soon after
Insisting that the Administration should have
taken us over the brink a year ago. That
eems to bo the sum ot Mr. Roosevelt's rea
soning, and It is bad. It Is not the sentiment
of the country, nor Is it the sentiment of the
Republican party. The country probably
fela that Mr, Roosevelt's emotions are mixed.
The Republican party can see that his logio
is mixed. Were any other man under con
sideration, we should say that he. needs, a
rest. What Mr, Roosevelt needs Is a steady
Job,
No sooner was the naval battle In the
Jfprth Sea reported than Jt was crowded out
uF publio attention by the more striking news
of 'rioting, If nothing worse, in the streets of
.luJr!ln- Yet the battle was not an Isolated
: Tpfcenomenon, It came after a Zeppelin raid
Jn which 70 bombs were dropped and one man
yna killed a proportion so extravagant that
the main purpose ot-the "raid" must be taken
as strategic. It probably secured, the way of
tho flotilla of battle cruisers. At tho same
tma the debarkation of arms was stopped on
the Irish coast. In that pusy time the marvel
k that Britain has done so well, for riot one
at? the four attempts was successful to any do.
Te, unless the situation in Dublin be mora
cfieu than it seems. England has done well,
Hit one wonders how It cama about that a
(farman fleet of swift cruisers should have
jMKAtratad tho British patrol and actually have
taqibarded the coast before a superior squad
rou. appeared to drive them oft As for the
battle. th British official report says It lasted
M minute and It U obvious that the main
(o.eas tit neither countiy wera Involved. The
Wi ffai wuuld (asm unimportant, but Its
i is hfsittly Impeitti't Was It a feeler
tetn &u;kfc ln m4? Ofttfajjwy im to- I
fei
IT BE
kaa
portant "jattle could have resulted from the
meeting of cruisers. Or was It another chap
ter th the history of frlghtfutness a reminder
to England that Germany stilt has a fleet?
BEWARE!
In spile of their public promises, factional
leader! nrn considering plans to Knife the
translt'loan. Let eltltens beware of them,
and let. them beware of popular fury It titer
Attempt to pot their mad program Into
effect,
ON -THE eve of tho election last November
iho KveniK-o liEDQF.n solemnly warned the
people of Philadelphia that tho comprehensive
transit plans would bo Imperiled by tho elec
tion of Mr. Smith as Mayor. What that warn
ing was worth was amply demonstrated ft
few weeks ago, when the Smith Administra
tion seriously proposed to slice tho wholo pro
gram nnd givo tho peoplo a make-belloVe sys
tem Instead of tlio grcnt system for which
thoy had voted and to which the clty was al
ready dedicated.
We deem it to bo our duty at this time once
moro to warn tho peoplo of Philadelphia that
the success of their splendid undertaking Is
ngaln threatened, nnd that It will requlro tho
utmost vigilance on their part to prevent tho
defeat of tho transit loan bill by Interests
which nro Intent on preventing tho achieve
ment of rapid transit.
It Is truo that both factions, through their
leaders, aro dedicated and pledged absolutely
to tho support of tho loan. There Is ap
parently no organized opposition to It. It Is
backed, In tho open, by all Important political
interests. Yet tho fact remains that factional
leaders aro conspiring nnd planning together,
endeavoring to discover If they can find somo
plnuslble excuso for opposition, something to
soften popular indignation In tho event that
Philadelphia woko the morning after election
to find that she had been betrayed and cheated
of her future.
Tho public has been lured Into a fnlso senso
of security. It has been led to bellovo that a
majority In favor of tho loan Is abso
lutely assured. We bellovo that a ma
jority will bo registered, but only It
tho peoplo bestir thcmsolves. For If
they sleep this great facility will surely ho
U.ken from thorn by default. But gentlemen
who nro planning to voto their gangs ngalnst
the cnterprlso need not tmaglno that they can
do so In the dark. Whatever tho faction, If
any, that decides finally to Instruct Its voters
to oppose rapid transit, it need expect no
hiding of Its purpose. This newspaper and
others, too, which nro Intent on serving tho
public need nnd assuring Philadelphia her
proper place among the great cities of tho
earth will expose any conspiracy and give
pitiless publicity to the duplicity of any men
who In splto of their public promises under
take to knlfo tho transit plan.
Wo tnke no stock in the argument that tho
Smith Administration-Is so discredited that It
would bo folly to Intrust It with the expendi
ture of transit loan money. Wo hold no brief
for the city government, which Is about as
spinoless, puny nnd second-fiddle a tiling as
has over dawdled with city affairs, but we do
hold a brief for rapid transit. It would bo a
sensible thing, would It not, for the peoplo of
thl3 city, when they have real rapid transit at
last actually in their own hands, to spurn It
nnd turn it down because the Mayor hap
pens to bo a weakling and a politician In
stead of a constructive oxecuttve. Tho plans
prepared by Mr. Taylor aro too elaborate and
detailed to permit of any oxtcnslvo Juggling
in the award of contracts. As to the Inspection
of tho work, If need be, a citizens' commit
tee could glvo nssuranco of honest per
formance. Not only so, but there will be n
councilmanlc election a year from November,
when the city will have It In Its power to
select sure guardians of tho publio funds. It
would bo the very ncme of folly for tho peoplo
of Philadelphia to deny themselves tho ono
great facility for which they have yearned
and fought because, forsooth, the city Adminis
tration does not command their confidence. It
might be worth tho whllo of an Administration
to get Itself discredited If by so doing It could
ruin the chance for rapid transit. No, that
plea Is but another of tho subterfuges devised
to prevent the accomplishment of the great
plan. Anything, In fact, that would tend to
prevent a favorable verdict on tho loan In
May Is a subterfuge, and must be so regarded.
The bogey of higher taxes has been many
times exposed. Rapid transit will cost the loan
of the city's credit, and that Is all it will cost.
The situation has been admirably stated by
Director Taylor:
I want to remind every one that no part
of the Interest or sinking fund payments
accruing on city bonds Issued to- transit
development will be payable out of current
revenues by the city until one year after
the facilities are actually In operation and
earning revenue. Therefore the transit loan
could have no effect whatever on the tax
rate for four or five years In any event,
no matter what any one says.
Men who advance the bogey of higher taxes
are doing so not because they fear higher
taxes, but because they do not want rapid
transit.
The transit loan la not going to fall by de
fault. The public Is already beginning to take
notice, and will be thoroughly aroused by
voting time. Meanwhile, it behooves the lead,
era who aro considering a plan to knife the
loan to recollect that they will bo held re
sponsible to the lost degree for any under
handed work in this affair. What they pro
pose to do will be explained to the people be
fore, not after, the act. They have before them
the recollection of what happened when an
attempt to betray transit was made a few
weeks ago. They would do well to take that
lesson to heart-and abandon now the program
of scuttle which they hava under considera
tion. GERMANY'S OUTPOST IN IRELAND
IF ANY doubt remains that Germany has
had a submarine base somewhere on or
near the Irish coast, the doubters must be
credulous, indeed.
Sir Roger Casement's attempt to land arms
and ammunition from Germany was frus
trated, but there Is np knowing how many
other attempts have succeeded. Germany was
counting on Irish discontent at the beginning
of the war to prevent British participation in,
the conflict. But the Irish as a mass re
mained loyal to the Empire, and forgot their
grievances for the time. There are enough
(rreconcilables, however, to tempt the Ger
mans, in their thoroughness, to attempt to
stir the fires of revolution with Iho promise
of help.
The censors have allowed few details to be
published,' but the probabilities aro that the
trouble In Dublin la due primarily to German
incitement It will not be, surprising Jf the
presence of German officers In Ireland Is soon
reported, and If plana aro not discovered for
a more extectdva uprising than has already
occurred. The objection of the Irish to con
scription can tailly be used by skilful agita
tors to serve the German purposesand to
forge the diversion of part of the troops drtij.
Ing In England, from the armies aeree the
Channel to the pacification of, Ireland.
Tom Daly's Column
J. WILLW WHITE.
J. trilllc WTilic ((he message read
"J. mMam WMte, it. D.") is dcadt
Each fellow, sitting in the room
Who heard, icith me, these words of gloom,
For one long moment bowed Ms head.
Then one tad lightly laughed and said:
"This man, in life, Ood's sunshine spread';
Shall Ood, through death, to darkness doom
J. Willie Whiter
"Why plfe Mm tears? Let us, Instead,
Who knoiv the paths that once ho led,
Stand joyfully beside his tomb,
And let Ms college slogan loom .
Xinc salvos to our deathless dead
J, Willie While!" A- D.
THERE'S a lot of comment on B. Franklin's
remark that "there never was a good war
or a bad pqace." Wo admit our ignoranco of
good wars, but ns to tho other end of the
proposition, wo might mention Cleopatra and
Lucrezla Uorgln and Sapphlra nnd Xantlppc,
and such like.
Tho Weather Bore
A bore who asked, "Isn't it cold?"
Was finally shot;
And now he's exclaiming, wo'ro told:
"Whowl Isn't It hot?"
A LI, our brother colyumblnes F. P. A. of
i tho N. Y. Trlbuno, at any rato, and n. fow
others hayo ventured to predict tho outcomo
of -tho b. b. pennant race. Wo nro not pro
parod to be very violent, but wo aro willing
to wager with nil comers a mild segar upon
this our prediction:
Nnllonal beamio Amerlrnn beauue
1. 1'hlllles fl. 1. n.
2. O. ' 2. 1. '
3. 7. 3. T. '
4. g. 4. 8. Athletics
Wheat?
Congressman Price has recently sent to the
editor of the News a largo batch of flour seed
for distribution.
Wicomico (Md.) News.
"milE nco-Celtlc singers seem not to plcaso
JLyou," writes Fergus. "What, then, is
your notion of a real Irish poem?"
Well, Samuel Ferguson's "Burial of Cor
mac" Is ono. Lionel Johnson has written
many; so has Ethna Cnrbcrry. Nor Is that
all. Wo could nnmo moro, but better than
seven-eighths of tho palo gray stuff of tho
puny followers of Yeats is this slmplo llttlo
song of Antrim.
"FORGETTIN" "
Tlio night when last I saw my lad
His pyes wcro bright and wot.
He took my two hands In his own,
" 'TIs well," says ho, "wo'ro met.
lsf?iorc machrccl tho likes o mo
I bid yo now forget."
Ah, sure tho same's a thrlflln' thing,
'TIs moro I'd do for him!
I mind the night I promised well,
Away on Bnlllndim.
An' every llttlu whllo or so
I thry forgettln' Jim.
It shouldn't take that long to do,
An' him not very tall:
"TIs quuro tho way I'll hear his voice,
A boy that's out o' call,
An' whiles I'll seo him stand ns plain
As o'er a slx-fut wall.
Och, never fear, my Jewel! .
I'd forget yo now this minute,
If I only had a notion
O' tho way I should begin It:
But first on' last It Isn't known
Tho heap o' throuble's In It.
Mesolf began tho night yo weni
An' hasn't done It yet;
I'm nearly fit to give It up,
For whero's tho use to fret?
An tho memory's fairly spoilt on mo
Wld mlndln' to forgot.
The Job's Yours, If You Want It
Sir Why have I of nil persons been chosen
to utter tho cosmic thought that Carlylo's
"Sartor Resartus" Is at best, as ono might say,
garbled philosophy?
Or haven't I?
WILL LOU.
The Only Chance
Sir You fell for that wheeze about the en
gagement ring being engraved "G. O. to H. L.,"
but this may be too mild. However, ono of my
customers who bought n Bllvor-mnunted hand
glass the other day ordered It engraved "George
to Mary." "We'll put It In this medallion on
the back." said the salesman. "No," fald lie,
"put It around the edge on tho front; I want her
to see It." Another Jeweler.
The Old Reporter:
"TO YOU got that peculiar tang In the
XJ air; sort of pungent and aromatic?
Spring? Not at all! Peanuts nnd sawdust!
This Is circus time. Always, on a day like
this, I get to musing upon tho old times and
the old press agents. They were plcturesquo
parties, those fellows. One of them gave mo
the worst half hour I can remember, I was
a cub reporter and It was my first circus
assignment. Georgo Starr, the press agent,
rofinded us reporters up at the Continental
Hotel and took us out to the circus ground
In barouches. We occupied several boxes at
the show. I remember that 'Judge' Peter
Hughes, who died only a few weeks ago, sat
beside me. He was a veteran newspaper man
and I rather looked up to him. One of the
performers, a very fat and fussy and not
particularly clever tightrope performer (who
was billed as Madame Zaza or some such
thing) particularly exasperated the 'Judge.
He expressed the opinion that she was either
'drunk or crazy, I was too young and inex
perienced to hayo an opinion of my own, eo,
on our way li&me after the show, when George
Starr asked me among other things what
I thought of Madame Zaza's performance, I
could think of nothing better to say than what
the 'Judge' had said to me: 'Oh, her,' I
sneered, 'I think she was either drunk or
crazy.' 'Oh, no, Bald Mr, Starr, 'that's my
wife.' I had Btill to ride about half an hour
with this man and you can Imagine how I
felt. He, said nothing more, and what I said
didn't help masters any. By the time I
reached our office I was prepared to hand In
my resignation. I told, my troubles to the
city editor. 'Oh, he said, 'I forgot to warn
you about Starr, He doesn't like his wife
any more than you did, and ko he gets a dou
ble pleasure in hearing her knocked and
watching the squirming of the knocker after
he has announced her Identity.' Since then,
always on an aromatic morning like this, I
inhale a fuwty tightrope danseuse and It
makes my heart go pit-a-pat."
To Her
You say, when I button your glove
And take half an houV or so,
Pm slow. Were I quicker, my love,
I'd really be frightfully glow.
AVIATION'S DEBT
TO THE BIG WAR
Development of Flying Apparatus,
Forced by Military Needs of
Powers, Already Promises Aid -to
Arts of Peace
WHEN "Langloy's Folly" fell Into tho Poto
mac America laughed. Long after tho In
ventor died of a broken heart another man
fitted up tho old frame with a modern englno
nnd made a successful flight. Tho "Folly"
wits a perfectly good aeroplane, and the world
that mocked the Inventor to his gravo had to
(wait years boforo It could learn how to fly.
Howover, It wis only ton years after Langlcy
was called a charlatan on tho floor of Congress
that neroplancs had so fat revolutionized tho
art of war as to confine tho tremendously Im
portant factor of surprise attacks In forco to
tho most limited areas of action.
Swarms of ueroplnne.s hover over tho front,
nnd few ot them aro shot down relatively to
the number engaged. No great body of tioops
can bo transported from one point to another
behind enomy lines without duo observation
being mndo from tho clouds and tho fncts
promptly reported. Never hi tho history of
war has spying been so easy, so efficient and
so safe. It Is said that tho casualties of tho
nlr corpn of the various armies nro fewer than
those of nny other Bcrvlce.
Capitalized by Wnr
Of course, Langley "went" broke" for his
pains for blazing 'the trail. Indeed, tho manu
facture of air craft was a prlvato or semi
private rather than a public cnterprlso until
qillto recently. Even Germany mado Zeppe
lin beg for funds. And even after the military
value of aeroplanes was demonstrable, Indi
viduals and towns In Franco nnd England
were donntlng flying machines to their Gov
ernments very much as prlvato organizations
In Amerjcu. aro now offering to find Uncle Sam
an army and military equipment.
In this country aviation was then, and still
Is, held In esteem chiefly as n sport, and sug
gestions of Us usefulness and inventions and
undertakings to develop It came almost en
tirely from prlvato citizens and prlvato funds.
Only the other day tho Aero Club of America
offered to sell for $1 apiece to the United
States Government two high-powered aero
planes Jar use In Mexico, for the law provents
tho Government from accepting such gifts.
With tho Great War came tho enormous
capitalizing of every scientific invention that
gave tho faintest promlso of military ad
vantage to the Inventing Powers. The poor In
ventor camo Into- his own at last. Langley
was born twenty years too soon.
Millions were lavished over night by treas
uries that had begrudged thousands for the de
velopment of flying before the war. Just how
far this development has proceeded Blnco the 4
war began Is In detail largoly a matter of
Government secrets. But we do know that
there are thousands of men trained to flight
whero there were scores before; that hundreds
of Inventors nre at work where there wore
half-dozens; that tho size of machines Is larger;
that their carrying capacity for practical pur
poses and for long Journeys has become Im
mensely greater. And all of this has come
about because the armies had to have the
flying machines and did not stop to count the
cost.
Will the impetus given by the war last over
into times xif peace and make tho aeroplane a
real factor In spreading and enhancing civiliza
tion? Air Mail Service
The indications are that it will. The air mall
service Is no new thing. The French have
realized the Idea in Algeria; and In other parts
of the world where communities aro not easily
to be served profitably by railroads or steam
ships, such as tho vast districts in Canada and
Alaska, the plans are going forward for mail
and parcel air service. For rapid 'transporta
tion over deserts and such bodies of water as
the Great Lakes or the Caribbean, for ferry
ing over wide rlvjirs, the aeroplane and the
'Zeppelin are now in line as the next new
thing.
With the sanction of the United States
Treasury Department, a bill is to be Introduced
in Congress to provide for a Coast Guard aero
corps. In time of peace this corps would be
used to facilitate the work of saving lives and
property at sea.
"The use of the aeroplane in this work, while
new and novel," says Henry Woodhouse. gov
ernor of the Aerp Club, "is thorpughly prac
tical, and It would prove especially efficient
In patrol work and the keeping up-pf communi
cation between isolated lighthouses and the
main base of supplies."
Sfany other places are as much, cut off as
lighthouses are from the dally newspapers,
weekly magazines and the vitalizing inter
course with the big stream of life that the
prompt receipt of letters, supplies and gifts
"HOUCH!"
facilitates. Tho activities which Mr. Wood
houso calls novel will lead to tho Improvement
of tho Isolated and dismal state of all tltoso
remote communities such ns tho people of the
Arran Islands, or, nearer homo, of Mnlno
coast villages which tlio lack of railroad und
telegraph has loft cut off from tho world of
action and thought for days and weeks at a
time.
Tho mere sight of tho bird men and their
marvelous machines will In Itself bo a source
of Inspiration to tho youth of hamlets that
have been so stagnant that even sewing ma
chines nro rarities there. And tho many un
reported trascdlea resulting from tho frequent
situation "nearest doctor ten miles away
and his horse has gono lame" will be no
more.
WHEN VERDUN WAS ENGLISH
A century ago Verdun, now the pivot of tho
struggle on tho western front, was virtually
an Knixllsh town. It was thero that Napoleon,
la 1S03, Interned most of tlio English tourists
In France. They were arrested on tho rupture
of tho treaty of Amiens ns a reprisal for tho
seizure of French ships in British ports. From
1803 until 1814. when the Allies entered Paris,
thousands ot British tourists lived in compul
sory exllo In France. Many wero men and
women of wealth and title. They' had taken
their families, their carriages and servants with
them to Franco and wcro following the "grand
tour" when they wore caught by the resump
tion of hostilities. Verdun became for tho time
thoroughly English thero were English s-hup.s
In every street. English clubs. Including a Jockey
club, nnd thero wero regular nice meetings.
Tho Interned Englishmen had their own church,
nnd It was ono ot tho pastlm-s of the French
to watch tho exiles leaving tho cdillco after
services on Sunday mornings. '
PORK IN ENGLAND
About two centuries ago England solved tho
"pork barrel" question by providing that thence
forth no appropriations should be passed by
Parliament that did not have tho recommenda
tion of the Cabinet officer under whoso super
vision tho money should he expended. Tho result
was the budget system anil a right good result
It vn3. AVo in this country have been conducting
our most Important business, that of operating
our Government, In a manner which. If applied
to any prlvato business, would drive It Into
bankruptcy before the owner knew what had
happened. York (Pa.) Gazette.
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
Henry Ford says that his candidacy for tlio
Presidency Is a Joke. Why dispute such an
eminent nuthorlty? Doston Globe.
In whatever direction some of the leaders may
be searching, the rank and fllo of the Republican
party are not looking for n'self-advertlscd super
man or a candidate from the OlyVrfdnn clouds
to accent the Republican nomination for Presi
dent Brooklyn Standard-Union.
Our navy Is and always will be our first lino of
defense. There Is small likelihood that 'the
United States will ever undertnke a war of ag
gression abroad. There Is scant possibility that
we will over undertake war. for anything save
national defense. Hartford Post.
If this war shall last two years longer, can
America llvo through that period and not be In
volved? It can bo accomplished only by a marvel
of either good management or national forbear
ance. Looking about the world as It stands to
day. It must bo said that If there shall be 'two
or three more years of this struggle. America
will have a poor chance to escape Involvement.
Washington Vrimes.
The Hon. Lemuel Ely Qulgg earnestly, almost
tearfully, asserts that It Is a reflection 011 Justice
Hughes' Integrity to urge his nomination for
President, in view of the fact that Mr. Hughes
has said that lie Is not a candidate. But in
urging the nomination of Colonel Hoosevelt Isn't
the Hon. Qulgg reflecting on the Integrity of an
other man who has said that he Is not a candi
date? Or Is the Integrity of Colonel Roosevelt of
a different brand from that ot Justice Hughes?
Springfield Union.
The difficulties and bickerings attending oil
the calling ot married men in Britain to the col
ors, and the political crisis over the oxtenslon of
compulsion, seem to the French who long ago
gave all men physically fit to the army or aux
iliary services as trifling with the fate of the'
great cause upon which t)iey are staking their
all. At Verdun the French are breaking the
backbone of Germany's military might, but their
own weakening In that process makes them scan,
the more anxiously the way Britain is preparing
to finish up. Toronto Mall and Empire.
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What Do You Know?
Qncrica 0 general interest will be answered
In this column. Ten questions, the answers
to which every well-informed person should
know, arc asked dally.
QUIZ
Who.1 the American Amlinssnifur to Italy?
In Mlmt pnrt nf Ireland Is Dublin?
a.
Wlilrli Is the crruter illslnnce, from Phila
delphia to ClitcnKO or from Houston to
i:i l'nn.
Who Is Illrhnri! Olner?
I.
(I. In nlint Mute Is the percentage of Illiteracy
n in unc residents 10 yenrs old nnd over
the lowest?
0. What I'hllndelplilan Ik n member of the
Amerlrnn Academy of ArN nnd Letters?
7. About how many jnrils of mrfiet ore woven
In IMillndrlphln nnntinlly?
B. In what year wns the Hpnnlsh-Amerlcan
wnr?
" 9. Is Orvllle VfrUM. the mlntlonlst, alive?
10. About when did I'rnncls Huron tile?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
It N 11 leccnil iIhIIiib from ery early times
Unit the fruit of the forbidden tree was an
tipple, but It N tint t-o Minified In the Illble,
at many suppose.
Ilsprtt de corns! l'ellow feeling for the so-t-lely
wllli which you are ossoclof-d.
.NlrviiMii, the liraren of the Iluildlilsts. They
1.
.1.
belief r that only by loslnic one's Inillviuuai
lly In the unliersnl lift- cim one attain Nir
vana, or (lie bentlfle extinction of self,
4. A sum of money nt ft per cent, compound In
terest would double Itself In 14 years and
1ft ilny,
B. Tho most famous leaning tower- Is nt Pisa,
In Italy.
(I. 1'. ami . bouts that Is, vessels In the Pe
ninsular mid Orlentul service.
7. The diameter of 11 42 centimeter gun 10H
inches. '
8. The present l'rcncb Iteptibllc Is the "Third
Ilrpnblli-."
II. Kinillsli Is the language spol.en by Ibe Inrger
number of persons; 110,000,000 penklnr
Kngllsh und 120.0(10,000 (lermnn.
10. James It. Mann. Itepiibllcun leader In the.
House of ltepresentntlves.
Executor's Fees
Editor of "H'inf Pa Vim Knmr"- -What pen
cent, can executors of a J 1000 estate legally
claim for uMiuutuis feus; " U-
There Is no feo fixed by law in Pennsylvania-.
In practice, however, S per cent, la usually re
garded as a reasonable' fee, to charge In the case
nf nt, Atirn nt nw.rl.riitft filzi. lti tho settlement
of which thero aro no complications. If there ''ii
Is litigation the fee would depend on the amount
of labor involved.
Foreign Exchange
Editor of "H'inf Do You Know" Exchange
on fnielgn countries Is very cheap n't present. If
an Investor buys a bill of exchange and remits
to n foreign country, wi'o will lose? Or, Jn
other words, a marl; In normal times Is worth
about 2.1 cents; nt present It Is worth about 18
cents. Who loses this depreciation? W. E. C.
The German loses by tho depreciation In the
value of the mark In foreign exchange, ns tha
Englishman loses by the depreciation In tha
value of the pound sterling and the. Frenchman
In tho depreciation In the value of the franc In
all International financial transactions.
Pennant Manufacturers
Editor of "What Do You A'noto" Kindly give
mo the names of three or-four firms In Phila
delphia that make pennants. P, G. C.
Business- addresses are not given In this col
umn. If you will consult a Philadelphia tele
phone or business directory you will find the
names ot companies which manufacture flags
and pennants.
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Pharmacy College Tuition
Editor of "IVhat Do You Knout" Do you
know how high the tuition Is at the Pharmacy-'
College for a year's course? Kindly give th
address of the mentioned institution, I). W.
The rates ot tuition at the Philadelphia Col
lege of Pharmacy, 145 North 10th street, are
J12II for the first year and f 100 a year for tha
next two years of the course.
Civil Service Promotions
Editor of "What Do You Know" I under-. .
stand that notices have been bent to those hav
ing passed clerk examination for bridge division,
at J1000, within the last day or so.- I 'ani (ntei'.
ested In this, and I understand you can procure
the Information. ,..- ,
EVENING LEDGER HEADER.
Five persons took this -promotion examination
for a Survey Bureau place, and all five (fuahrUd
on an eligible list, made public April Hi "by the
Cvll Service Commission. Vincent V- Pecalore,.
11 3 K South 8 th street, received the highest aver. '
age and was appointed provisionally q the
place- Director. Datesman. of the Department of
Public Works, hail until May 4 to make a per
mahent appointment-
Flibbertigibbet
-Edlfor 0 "What Do You Know" When I was
about 4 years old the pet name my aunt used
for me was Flibbertigibbet I thought that It
was a word which she invented, but I was told
recently that It comes from Shakespeare"" Can
you tell me whsre I can llud (t? P. V. G.
The name appears in the fourth scene of tilt
third act of "King Lear." It Is -the scene on the
heath during lie storm. Edgar, 'the son of
Gloucester, enters disguised as a madman, and
says-
This Is the foul fiend Flibbertigibbet He
begins at curfew and walks till tha first
.cock. He gives the web and the pin, squints
the eye and makes the harelip, mildews the.
white wheat and hurts the poor Creature pf '
earth,
Flibbertigibbet" as a pet name for a child
is to be classed along with "Rascal" and "Ska
t ilcks" and such like terms.
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