EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, MAY 1 , 1916.
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to be torn so. Izaak Walton.
STAND TOGETHER!
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, Let the sections stand together nnd no
f scheming- of tho politicians can beat the
.transit loan,
A FEW weeks ago Mayor Smith ordered
certain changes In tho comprehensive
transit plan, tho effect of which would havo
been to waste millions of the taxpayers' money
and deprive them of real rapid transit. At that
tlmo the Mayor was eloquent in his declara
tions that ho was a true friend of transit,
and that tho wholo purposo of his remarkable
proposal was really to benefit rather than
harm tho city. It was a regular Bryan "God
Bless You1' sort of situation, with tho Mayor
and his friends ready to "bless" rapid transit
out of existence.
But tho people were not dumb enough to
want that kind of blessing, having been prom-,
lsed tho real thing, and they protested with
such vigor that tho Mayor backtracked faster
than ho ever progressed forward and straight
way got into line.
For that ho deserved praise and gladly wo
accord It to him. Tho next best thing to a
good Mayor Is a poor Mayor who can bo made
to do a good thing provided ho Is pressed hard
enough by tho public.
But now tho epoch-making, comprehensive
transit plan, the key to tho futuro greatness
of tho city and tho supreme test of the com
munity's fitness for intelligent progress, 13
before the people themselves. At last they
have the affair In their own hands. Yet,
wonderful to relate, they suddenly discover
that among the factlonallsts the achievement
of a rapid-transit system for Philadelphia is
not half so Important as the temporary politi
cal success of this or that ephemeral pigmy,
who happens, goodness knows why, to be
clothed in the raiment of office, or has hopes
In that direction. And the reason, we are
' told, why factionalism must fight the loan is
that the Mayor, who was to be Mayor of all
the people. Is in fact nothing but one of the
,Vare office- boys, obsessed with the Idea that
Philadelphia and all of Its' revenues are tho
personal property of the Vares, to be used
according to their direction for the greater
glory and aggrandizement of pig-protectors
end political voluptuaries.
The Public Ledger charges and the Rec
ord charges and the Inquirer charges and the
Bulletin charges that the Mayor himself is
the greatest menace to the success of the
loans that exists. In fact, every newspa
per in the city which speaks with any au
thority, Including the North American, be
lieves and has said that Philadelphia must
have rapid transit as planned, and every news
paper in the city, which has an opinion of its
own and refuses to bootllck, not including the
North American believes and has. said that
while the 'Mayor pleads for the loans with
the voice of Jacob, his actions reveal the
hands of Esau, with a couple of knives In
them. A political Mayor is a heavy burden
for any cause to carry.
We hold no brief for Mr, Smith, whose
shameless conduct of his office in the inter
ests of the Vara gang is an injection of
malaria into government. But, on the other,
hand, not less contemptible would be any
other man or set of men who used the collar
on the Mayor's neck as an excuse for them
eelves to knife rapid transit and deliver the
city in a stroltjacket to this selfsame Mayor
and the traction Interests.
lThe loan bill was drawn In such a way as to
ti up the Smith Administration, The routes
nre specifically designated, in their compre
hensive relationship. Given the money,
which he can spend but a part during his term
of office, and the Mayor must stand by the
Taylor -plan and by no other plan. He cannot
deviate from It essentially. A favorable vote
means a contractual obligation which neither
Mayor nor Councils can vitally change. But
let the transit loan bill be, defeated and the
Mayor will at pace claim that the people are
opposed to It, wherefore he will dump over
board all of the magnificent work done by Mr
Taylor, call for a new deal and expose the city
ta the mercy of the traction Interests. " The
way to put strength Into the Mayor's hands
is to beat the loan.
There is no reason to believe that McNlchol
favors rapid, transit, in spite of Senator Pen
rose, and Mr, Lane is, by Intimation, too
strong an advocate of len-cen,t fares and
VrbrfdV traction, dividends to be anything
lgjLstreJghi enMBjf f public improvement
.ilka, ,is. 'Uavu am bj jgff trt3m & csfe -
'tafia nit itiittUmt-
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faction, each keenly alivo to the chanco of
strangling transit. Mr. Lane mobilized his
voters against the small loan last year nnd
It was only In his stamping ground that any
opposition of Importance do eloped. Ho will
bo more activo this year.
But wd nre going to have rapid transit no
matter how tho Lilliputians rave and consplto.
Thoy cannot block tho growth of this grent
metropolis nnd deprive tho masses of a splen
did, self-supporting public facility. They cannot
do It, becauso they vllt In daylight nnd nro
strong only In tho dark. This tlmo da) light
bathes tho wholo trnnslt question, and that
means popular approval.
"VVo say, therefore, to tho pcoplo of Trank
ford, and to tho people of South Philadelphia,
and to thoso who live In Darby anil West
Philadelphia, and to thoso along North Bro.id
street, in Ocrmantown and Chestnut Hill, in
Roxborough, Manayunk and tho Northwest,
to tho people in tho great central sections,
and to all othet citizens who have the wel
fare of themselves and Philadelphia at heart:
Transit li not a political question. Leaders
who nth ho j oil to vote against transit seek
to betray ou for selfish purposes. Tlic.v
mlcjit better rlflo jour pockets. Avoid and
Ignoro them. Orgnnlzo ourselves without
political or factional tlhislon for this one
fight, for this ono -vote, for this ono project.
It is jours nnd jours only. Let no men,
tiso jou as tools to client j ourselves. Or
ganize, plcdgo ono another, in public Hirelings
sontl jour messages of support, each section
to tho other. Trumpet jour purpose. Bo
enthusiastic, and tho llttlo fellows who nro
whispering In secret of schemes to defeat tho
loan will run to cover bo fast that jou will
Imnglno an epidemic of jack rabbits has ar
rived In town. Stand together and jou will
win.
If Congress woro determined to prevent the
adoption of nny preparedness plans it could
not bo going about it in a better way.
Whoover planned tho caves that are to bo
built on tho municipal playgrounds was a boy
onco himself and has not forgotten It.
Tho circus at Hunting Park avenue nnd
10th street will interest pcoplo who have been
Indifferent to the ono that has been exhibiting
in Penn Square slnco tho first Wednesday In
January.
Tho summer headquarters of tho Austro
Hungarian Embassy will bo at Patchoguo,
N. Y this summer. Tho German Ambassador,
however, is dolaylng his summer plans till ho
knows whether tho American climate will
agree with him.
"Profit sharing" is enjoyed by tho employes
of 200 Ametlcan enterprises, but what does the
National Civic Federation call it when the
employes of 200,000 American enterprises get
their weekly wages whether there is nny profit
in the business or not?
Harmony reigns again. Sweet concord
purrs its blessing over Brumbaugh and Pen
rose. Both are now morally certain that
one, at least, is not a candidate for the Presi
dency. And yet, strango paradox, sovcral
Pennsylvanlans rather suspected as much bo
foro either gentlemen spoke.
Senator Lodgo and John Bassctt Mooro have
been elected vice presidents of tho American
Society of International Law, succeeding Mr.
Brj'an and James B. Angell. Mr. Angell Is
dead and Mr. Bryan well, when ho went to
Washington to tell Congress what to do In tho
German crisis ho discovered that he was not
so live as he thought he was.
That Germany can bo humble when it suits
her purpose, and when several hundred thou
sand men are under arms to compel her, can
be learned from the official statement that
Switzerland has received an abject apology
for tho flight of a Geiman aviator over her
soil. As yet It has not been discovered
whether the aviator who has" been dismissed
killed 115 Swiss men, women and children.
Those German submarine commanders who
had such difficulty in communicating with
headquarters several months ago when "mis
takes" were occurring seem to hae developed
a new system of wigwagging their chiefs.
Since tho ultimatum was sent by President
Wilson not one doubtful ship has been sunk.
Or perhaps the British have cleared the seas
again, Just as they did last year?
It is all right for the Joint Committee of the
Bourse to urge the city to co-operate with it
in attracting attention to the advantages of
this port, but while the business men are
waiting for the city to act they can do a great
deal themselves by demanding that all water
borne freight for them be shipped direct to
Philadelphia and by doing all their water ship
ping themselves from the piers on the Dela
ware, They will have to do it anyway if the
port is to grow.
When the battleship Idaho is launched In
Camden in June the ways will be clear for
another big ship. Congress has not authorized
the construction of any vessels to take its
place In the shipyard. If the customary prac
tice la followed, It will' take months to draw
the plans for the new ships which it is hoped
this Congress will authorize and more months
to get bids and award the contracts. The
navy will be stronger when the Idaho is fin
ished; but this will not be until the middle of
next year. The Mississippi and the California,
vessels of the same type as the Idaho, are still
on the ways, and there is no prospect of their
completion till late in 1917.
Nof the pressure of other news, but the lack
of action at Verdun, has kept that name from
the prat page o(,Amerlcan newspapers. The
suspicion la growing that Verdun may soon
be spoken of In the pat tense, Germany haa
shot her thunderbolt and missed, the mark as
surely as she missed t at the Marne. it is
Jlkely that another wild attempt may be made
on the impregnable heights which stand as
faithful as Frenchmen. In the wide circle
around the city. But after the first assault
nothing but the utmost confidence 'in victory
could Justify further slaughter. If the Crown
Prince's precious prestige could still be won,
Germany might spate another hundred thou
sand men. Merely to take another chance
would be criminal. It Is to be noted that the
offensive at Verdun is no longer exclusively
German, and an offensive from a beleaguered
post, when not the result of desperation. Is d.
j nptom fit strength, which no invading; array
lan jlesplse. It remains Jo ba seen whether
either France or Germany has been $o 41a
repwtfantJy M5tnpcI by VenUm a tn
Tom Daly's Columji
BERRY V. OF P.
Oh, hear our 'rah-'rah-'rah, Bcrryl
Wc dd not care a strawberry,
As long as tee have you, Berry,
To icear the lied and Blueberry.
Our skies will not ba blackberry
With you upon the track, Berry,
Because tie cannot lose, Berry.
Old Venn would be a gooseberry
If you should cease to be
Tho joy that makes her chucklei
"lie's my tittle h-u-huckle
Itucklcberrv, V. of PI"
Looking Ahead
"TTAVENT you decided yet where you're
-Li to spend tho summer?"
"Oh, yc3 mother Insists upon Newport, but
she nnd father aro hopelessly divided about
where wo'll spend the fall."
"Indeed?"
"Yes, mother says tho Catskllts and father
says the almshouse."
Ireland was Irclnml
When England wasn't much
And Irelnml will be Ireland
When England's talking Dutch.
L
'Zat bo? An' what'll Ireland bo talkin' In
them days 7
The Dubuque College quintet, which Is com
posed of two former West Philadelphia High
School runners, arrived In town nnd took a few
spins up nnd down the track CHtorday.
Morning Contemporary,
"Some quintet," comments B. V. B., "and
haven't ft lends Barnum & Bailey missed a
bet hero?"
Sir Here aro an ad. and a sport noto
clipped from tho same papci:
LOST frlday, .1 artificial cjes, In small box.
Will finder please send to Wnit & Oths, 1710
Chestnut st.
Trunk UiUer found ills bnttlng fie esterdnv
Rnd poled out two singles and a doublo against
tho Red Sox, who were shut out by tho Yankees.
Who lost the other two?
H. M. Wiener.
THIS, from our own denr paper, would lead
one to suppose that tho Frankford Theatre,
which Is being described, is the home of com
edy solely:
Tho approach to tho er Is down a, gently Inclined
slope, flanked on either sldo by ornafo funwas which
extend up to an overhanglnc gallery from which you
enter tho b.ilconj.
Dean Boundaries
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JUDGE SULZBERGER
' They put a helmet on your head.
' A dainty thing as light as lead,
I Which hugs your dome s circumference,
They press a lever (no. too hard) -
I And pins record upon a card s
This curious sort of dotted fence
I In this, that holds these rhymes, you see
A brainy legal boundary,
For here the highest thoughts Intrench.
Within these little dots we find -t
The measure of a mighty mind,
for long a glory to the Ucnch. s'
AN ESTEEMED fellow citizen, who has Just
Xi returned from a Western trip, reports
various signs of the times:
In St. Louis a wight yclept Grubbconducts
a restaurant, which, certes, is known as
"Grubb's Gtubbery." In Chicago he becamo
awaro of "Baer, Gowns."
Arriving here, with all this upon his mind,
ho noticed that ono Manger conducts a res
taurant on Market near 19th street, and re
called that "manger," in French, means "to
eat."
In addition to this, several stay-at-homes have
called our attention to this sign at 11th and
Columbia avenue:
BONELESS PEANUTS.
THEATRICAL managers (with the loud
pedal on the musical comedy promoters)
aro notoriously a bunch of sheep. If a play or
a song gets by big, there'll bo a dozen more
like it on tho market right off the bat but we
never believed this of the book publishers until
wo noticed a local firm's ad. of "Our Miss
York," patterned upon Edna Feiber's "Our
Mlhs McChesney."
Notice
To tho ladles of Allentown and my old cus
tomers, the ragman that drove the two black
horses from Bethlehem now drives two gray
ones and Instead of blowing a whistle will toot
an automobile horn and will drive over his route
same as before on Tuesdays and Fridays 2I.t.'t
Allentown (Pa ) Call.
The Canny Fisherman
I met an ancient fisherman
All In the misty twilight gray
He had two wee ones. In a can.
'Tvvas without hope, or conscious plan
I hastened aB, upon the way,
I met an ancient fisherman.
And Fortune chanced to cast a wan
Pale smile on me that chilly day
He had two wee ones, In a can.
"What luck?" I chattered, as I ran
When, fortunately, as I say,
I met an ancient fisherman.
Ho poured for me, with rare phllan
Thropy a wee nip, without pay.
I met an ancient fisherman.
He had two wee ones, in a can. A. A.
The Versatile Mr. Robinson
(Culled from an article in a local evening con
temporary). Manager Wilburt Robinson said this after
noon: "Coombs is one of the biggest finds in
years for me. He s himself; the last season
proved that. He Is more; he helps every way
he can, and that sort of a player is past all
mere monetary value, I expect to work him
tomorrow, though I reserve the option to change
my mind at the last moment.
(Key changes to minor)
"Pat" Moran and Robinson strode out to the
diamond this afternoon, went ankle deep into
the mire and yelled back, "Game oft!"
The pair left the Phillies' bench. Suddenly
Robinson spoke- "Well, I'll be slammed. I only
bought these kicks yesterday, Pat."
"It's sort of soft, I'll admit." replied Manager
Moran.
"Sort of soft Where do you get that7 It's
quicksand. I ain't goln' to kill no players in
this stuff Say, Jake Daubert would
sink at first base I would have to pull him out
with a derrick. Maybe you would like to have
him go down In the mud and stay there all
winter Next spring you'd dig him up and have
a real first baseman."
Grave Diggers Strike
The grave-dlMlni force In the Holy Cross Ceinsterv
at Yeadon struck toUr tut mora par Fuael cor
teges droVs through, dues of jrsta. but lh setjon of
tts$ strikers uUf4Ja placUur (ha bodtea Jj, u,. vault.
F. T. M., jvho discovered the above In the
Score eard, remark that one trll Isn't much,
to bras aheat for Rudolph.
WHEN COMPROMISE
FAILS IN ENGLAND
Duties of the Opposition in Parlia
ment and the Enigmas of Gov
ernment by Coalition in
Wartime
IMAGINE an ndmlnlstiatlon at Washington
with Wilson as President; Taft, Secretaiy
of State; Roosovelt, Secretary of War, and
Eugeno V. Debs, Secretary of the Interior.
Put Bryan In as Secretary of Agriculture
(perhaps tho nearest thing to a padded cell In
tho Cabinet), Undo Joo Cannon as head of the
Postofflco Department, and find other places
for such differing types as Henry Ford and
Senator Lodge and you would have .some
thing not unllko tho present British Cabinet.
Such a notion of Government by coalition
is an English nnd not an American Idea. In
this country crises do not make the lion nnd
tho lamb Ho down together. Crises hero tend
to differentiate tho political parties more than
over. Hero In time of stress the ciy is " r t
us have nothing but out-and-out RepubJ .ans
or Democrats In office." Our Government Is
not operated in tho spirit of compromise. The
American mind looks for victory at tho polls
and expects to reap all tho fruits of that vic
tory. Tho genius of tho Englishman in gov
ernment is tho bpirt of compromise. Ho, too,
looks for a victory at the polls, but after his
victory he is not sure of all tho fruits. If tho
opposition puts up a stiong fight his compio
mlsing nature may make him satisfied to get
only hnff of the fruits. Therein is tho undei
lying reason for tho present Cabinet.
Kitchener and Lloyd-George
Who would have dreamed that the lengthy
legs of Lord Kitchener, imperialist and mili
tarist, would ever havo stretched in council
beneath tho same mahogany as those of
Llovd-George, near Socialist ojid pacifist.
While Kitchener was fighting the Boers in
South Africa Llojd-George was voting in Par
liament not to send supplies to Kitcheners and
Roberts' armies. When Kitchener was a na
tional hero Lloyd George, disguised as a police
man, was escaping from mobs. His pro-Boer
speechifying made him the most hated man In
England for a time. Now he Is strong enough
to control a faction of his own which would
make him Premier instead of Asquith. while
Kitchener's glory has dimmed.
It is not eaBy for men of such differing
antecedents as Lloyd George and Kitchener to
become reconciled. It was only tho fact that
Britain faced the greatest of crises that pro
duced the crowning achievement of British
compromise the coalition Cabinet. In the past
it has not been the custom for the Opposition,
or minority party, to be friendly to the Gov
ernment in time of war. "The duty of an
Opposition is to oppose." This is a maxim of
tiritlsn pontics. In the good old days, when
compromising was not so much in evidence,
the Opposition regarded a war merely as a
glorious and extended opportunity of ham
mering away at the men In power. The idea
that the Opposition Bhould support the Gov
ernment In a war would have drawn an In
dignant denial from a Whig of George Ill's
time. Throughout the American Revolution
the war waB bitterly opposed by the Whigs,
And, in view of the fact that a majority of
Englishmen thought at the time that the
union and integrity of the Empire was at
stake, these attacks looked very much like
disloyalty.
"Wellington Ought to Be Hanged"
But far more disloyal did the Opposition be
come in the Napoleonic period, Between the
war which Pitt opened against France then
and the present war against Germany the
points of resemblance are many and strong,
England's future was at stake. And yet the
minority persistently did everything" that was
in their power to encourage the enemy and to
overthrow the Government that wan fir-htinr.
for the national life. Fox, Sheridan and Grey
used all their wit In. defending the French
revolutionists and maligning Pitt. Fox went
so far as to express openly his Joy at the
success of the French arms at the expense of
his own country. It Is difficult to read wltht
out disgust of the tactics of the Opposition
against the Duke of Wellington, who was
destined finally to destroy the menace of
Europe at the Battle of Waterloo. Lora
Hutchinson, a Whig lord, expressed the opin
ion that "Wellington ought to be hanged."
Creevey told everybody In 1810, five years be
fore Waterloo, that Wellington's career was
finished. Jeffrey, the famous editor, was In
favor of peace at any price, and only a year
before Napoleon surrendered said Napoleon
couldn't be beaten.
If Lord Kitchener dips into history he must
find much to encourage him in the fate of
much-abused heroes In the past and their ulti
mate, vindication,
Disraeli was the flrt British statesman
who refused o take advantage of the rwluoas
blunders of Government In. th mny&mk$st. ml
war, and who enuselated th ptrtotle Ajo.
trine that pa altw taw a war ws mm"
-v' - i-t-.'i, ,xre -':,." -? ,'S.
ducted it was tho duty of nil parties to support
the Government. But his doctrine was not
followed in tho next gicat test after tho Cil
mean war. In tho South Afiican war tho
Liberal party denounced tho campaign ngalnst
tho Boers ns wicked and Impolitic. While tho
Government wbh feeding, clothing and housing
the women and children of the Boors, tho
wholo Llbeial party was bi entiling vengeanco
ngulnst It for "cruelty and barbarism." This
conduct on tho pai t of tho opposition un
doubtedly encouraged tho Boeis and piolonged
tho var.
Learning to Compromise
It was thiough n hlstoiy of such bitter les
sons that England learned her art of political
comptomise. After 700 years of pat Hamentury
life a nation leains that tho Government is
often wrong and tho Opposition often right
and vice versa, and that both sets of heads nt o
better than either set alone. For this tea&on
tliero has grown up a system of what In this
country would bo called "pussyfooting" be
tween tho Premier nnd tho leader of tho Oppo
sition. If the latter can stir up enough public
wrath against the former's Intentions In some
proposed plcco of legislation tho Premier will
usually consent to delay or amendment, so
that all parties will be pleased. In this way
homo rule for Ireland has been vhtually com
promised out of existence.
That compromise Is not always a good thing
Is shown by tho shaklness of tho present coal
ition Cabinet masterpiece of compromise that
It is. Tho trouble with ' a coalition is that
It Is mado up of too m't equally Important
pet sons. It Is composed - "leaders" and gets
along ns badly as an "all sar" theatrical cast
In a Cabinet, as in a board of directors, the
pesnonnel should taper from a strong execu
tive to various subordinates content to co
operate and take orders and administer. At
least that has been tho opinion in this country,
wheie Democints are raiely desired In Repub
lican cabinets. And, by the samo token, the
last man Democratic President would np
point as hi adviser in casa of war would be a
Roosevelt or a Taft.
EXIT THE QUILL PEN
A curious result of tho "Jacking up" which
all departments of tho British Government have
experienced as a result of tho war bas been
the flnnl abolition of the quill pen In Government
service An English correspondent of Office
Appliances says that these relics of medievalism
had hung on In certain leisutely places, but at
last they have had to go, to make place for the
more businesslike metal pen Outlook.
RENAMING BERLIN
New names suggested for the town of Berlin,
Ont , are leported In Cnnadlun papers A
woman sends in Vermilion, Elyrla, Doraln
Somebody else suggests Woodrow Then there
are a lot of war names, like Cavell, Verdun,
Allies, Marne and Belgium New names arrive
dally, and there Is a faint possibility that the
war will end before Berlin's committee on selac
lion can make a choice. Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
THE COUNTRY NEWSPAPER
"The Sweet, Intimate Story of Life" Makes
Its Columns Glorious
But the beauty and the Joy of our papers and
their little orlds is that wo who livo In the
country towns know our own heroes. Who knows
Muri'hy in New York? Only a few. Yet In Km
porja we all know Tom O'Connor and love him.
Who knows Morgan In New York? One man In
a hundred thousand, Yet In Emporia who does
not Jtnow George Newman, our banker and mer
chant prince, Boston people pick up their morn
ing papers and redd with shuddering horrors of
the crimes of their dally villain, et read with
out that fine thrill that we have when we hear
that Al Ludorph Is In Jail again in Emporia,
For we all know Alj we've ridden in his hack
a score of times. And we take up our paper
with the story of his frailties as readers who
begin the narrative of an old friends' adven
tures. Our papers, rrar little country papers, seem
drab and miserably provincial to strangers; yet
we who read them find in their lines the sweet,
intimate story of life. And all these touches of
nature makes us wondrous kind. It is the coun
try newspaper, bringing together dally the
threads of the town's life, weaving them into
something rich and strange, and setting the pat
tern as it weaves, directing the loom, and giving
the cloth its color by mlxiig the lives of all the
people In its-color-pot it is this country news
paper that reveals us to ourselves, that keeps
our country hearts quick, and our country minds
open and and our country faith strong.
When the girl at the glove-counter marries
the boy in the wholesale house, the news of their
wedding is good for r. forty-line wedding notice,
and the forty lines in the country paper give
them self-respect When in due course we know
that their baby is a twelve pounder, named
Grqyer or Theodore pr Woodrow, we have that
neighborly feeling that breeds the real democ
racy When we read of death In that home we
can mourn with them that mourn. When we see
them moving upward in the world into a firm
and out toward the country club neighborhood,
we rejoice with them that rejoice Therefore, men
and brethren, when you are riding through this
vate of tears upon the California Limited, and
by chance pick up the little country newspaper
with its meagre telegraph service of three or
four thousand words or, at best, fifteen or
twenty thousand; when you see Its array of
countryside items, Its Interminable local storlea;
Its tiresome editorials on the waterworks, the
schools, the street railroad the crops and the
city printing don't throw dpwn the contemptible
Utile rag with, the- verdict that there is nothing
In it But know this, and know It well; if y0U
Imm swM to It. aw4 what vou saw wwu m.tr-
aggteits Jtttfcitpapfr with rvernt hands, .
tratty -utere sunt. t timmhumSmT
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What Do You Knowl
Queries of general Interest will be antwent
In this column. Ten Questions, the antmj
to which cveiy well-Informed person thStU
know, are asked dally. jM
QUIZ
What Is the correct pronunciation of "Sin i
rein"? ml
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reive uniarietr
VVhn U Patrick Ifcnrr IVnritfl?
What wns the pigtail an emblem ofMj J
Clilna? Jl
Why lini the criming of May 1 becin
nnurco of anxiety to 'lie nutliorltlti li
vnrlnun countries In recent yenrs?
Of what Ik hIIIc muile?
What distinction nhotild be made iMti
tine oi me noriiN -runner" anu "tartuerM
W hat French statesman was assassinate! 1
at the opening of the present war?
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10.
From what Hource I rubber obtained!?
Who wrote the uroina "laust"?
Answers to Saturday's Quiz
Lord Wlmborno In Lord Lieutenant of It j
land.
The Ilrltlfth have not reached nagdad tut
their surrender at Kut-el-Amara marbl
the abandonment of their efforts.
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10.
Victor Herbert 1h an American orebeitrill
conductor and musical composer.
Oilier Wendell Holmes wrote "The On. I
IIoss Shay." ,3gl
Julian lloue Invented tun sewing raacMMl
In lRfS.
SlialiCHprnro acted old men's parts.
Mtka Ih south nf Pctrograd.
The next Comrrefutlnnal election is on Nt. 11
vemher 7. 1
tiio Jung or npatn wan a King as soon ii
lie wnn born. Jf
The Government nf the United States mrsr
a cable line to Alaska.
New Jersey Corporation
Editor of "What Do Yon Know" In fornbl
a corporation under tho New Jersey" law iJ'B
formed under general statute or special charter
how many Incorporators nro lequlred ancHhM
ch stock must bo subscribed? T. Hj
If you wish to form a corporation you wl
havo to employ a Invvyer. anyway. It wlllj
wiser, therefore, to put your question to IdriJ
Comparison of Sieges
Editor of "Whnt Do You Knoio" Canjt
tell mo how tho siege of Kut-el-Amara compart)
In point of tlmo with tho siegei of Port Arthur,
Richmond, Vlcksburg, Plevna, Mctz, Ladyroiftl
Lucknow, Adrlanople and other modern slegej'
II. T. UJ
General Townshend's force In Kut-eljAjwi
withstood the onslaughts of tho Turks arid l
vatlon for 143 days The Busslans shutjl
Tort Arthur in 1905 hold tho record In reces
warfare In this, regard, having fought off U
Japanese 211 days before surrendering. Jl?
ever. Sebastopol held out 334 days, and flw
then the defenders did not surrender, but with
drew from the city after destroying the shlsi
In the harbor. Again at Plevna the Russlax
besieged the city 114 days, losing 18,500 met
during the first day of fighting, while the Turji
lost 30,000 during the entire Blcge. The W
Russian los'j was 40,000. Richmond heldi
310 days. Vlcksburg fell after being beslep
by tho Union force 213 days. During the FrW
Prussian War Paris was besieged 131 dais ft4
starvation caused Its fall. Metz withstood tt
onslaught of the enemy for 134 days, and U
commander. Marshal Bazalne, was, court-mir-tlaled
for surrendering. Przemysl surrender
after 200 days of fighting. Antwerp held ort
only nine days. In the Boer War Ladysralft
was besieged 118 days and KImberly 12S d
Sir Robert Baden-Powell was besieged at Matt
king by General Cronje from October 11, 18'
to May 18, 1900. In Lucknow, during the Spo
revolt, 1700 men held off a force of 30,0504
dlans for 12 weeks, and then held the city W
two months after reinforcements arrived befw
peace was restored. Adrlanople was deferuM
by the Tjirks for 118 days before the atta
of the Bulgars, who advanced on the city
October, 1913.
"Little 'Act of Kindness"
Editor of "What Do You Knou"rJUr Is tS
poem requested by Dllzabelh Jn the BvewmI
Ledoer for April 27;
LITTLE ACTS OF KJNDNESS
It Isn't the thing you do, dear,
It's the thing you leave undone
That gives you a bit of heartache
At setting of the sun.
The tender word forgotten;
The letter you did not write:
The flower you did not send, dear
Are your haunting nosts tonignt.
The stone you might have lifted
Out of a brother's vvayj
The bit of heartsome counsel
you were hurried too much to say.
The loving touch of the band, dear,
The irentle winning tone
Which you had no time or thought forj
With trouoie enousn ot your own,
Th6se little acts of kindness,
So easily out of mind,
Those chances to be angels
Which we poor mortals find
They come in night and silence,
Each sad. reproachful wraith,
When hope is faint and flagging
And a chill has fallen on fajth.
For life la all too short, dear. '
And sorrow Is all too great.
To suffer our slow compassion
That tarries until too late.
It Isn't the thing you do, dear,
It's the thing you leave undone
Which gives you a bit of hartach
At the setting of the sua
It Is by Margaret 13. gangster
READS
The poem has also been seat In by Mf-
dAtlon Koms, LavrenceviUe, W J . Af
yftlladeipWa, others.