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PHILADELPHIA, TIIUP.9IMY. MAY 4, 1916.
Words are wise men's counters they do
not reckon by them; tut thcu are tho money
of foots. Thomas llobbes.
Checkmate. Governor?
Augustlno Birrcll has added another Item
to his "Obiter Dicta." It Is said to bo "I
pais."
For the amount of scandal It Is causing, tho
high-speed lines ought to extend from hero to
Wilmington.
Irish rebels who aro complaining that their
leaders mlslod them are pathetic figures. Why
didn't they "do a Berlitz" on German boforo
they started?
Now tho people who drink llvo nnd six
cocktails at a sitting know what It was that
disagreed vlth them! It was tho maraschino
cherries that woro artificially colorod. Sure!
An immedlato return to tho days of chivalry
Is now to bo expected. A gentleman who fought
a crowd of rowdlos to protect a lady will re
ceive for that act $200,000 from her estate.
A nonalcoholic Monday and a meatless
Thursday aro" urgod upon tho English by a
committee of London economists. Can it bo
thai tho roast beef of Old England is gottlng
rare 7
Those who are pleased with tho pacifist
manifestation In tho primary voto for Henry
Ford should ;iot forget tho fight that is mak
ing to prevent tho renomlnatlon of Congress
man Kltchln.
Dr. C. E. Page, after years of comparative
obscurity, now announces that It was ho who
conducted tho campaign against tho men who
were trying to have kissing stopped as an
Insanitary practice. Little did wo dream to
whom wo owed our bliss!
It is not so much tho task of reuniting a
party at Chicago In Juno that Mr. Fairbanks
Is undertaking; ho evidently thinks of it as
giving a party. Ho wants 1000 of tho 10,000
seats for spectators at tho convontlon to bo
reserved for tho "Fairbanks Reception Com
mittee." Silver mine stock is tho latest to bo counted
among tho "war babies." Silver was 41 cents
an ounco In December, following the outbreak
of the war. It Is now nearly 72 cents. Before
we?" know It Mr. Bryan will be saying "I told
you so."
Shakespeare, who was a Jingo, and liked to
count on his fingers how many Frenchmen ono
Englishman could defeat in battle, would bo
puzzled to hear of President Polncaro's effusive
praise of "tha voice from tho past which mado
Franco familiar with tho eternal soul of a
friendly people."
The Boston man who is oxcltcd over tho
discovery -that Colonel Roosevelt was In favor
of preparedness In 1S99 must have forgotten
the fight which the Assistant Secretary of
Hje Navy made for getting the gunners In the
navy" trained to shoot in 1897 and 1898 before
he organized tho regiment of Rough Riders.
Glrard, of the Public Ledger, has asked
some delightfully pertinent questions. Here
Ja another, not so delightful, but pertinent:
Why can you take a car on 16th street and
get an exchange ticket good In tho subway
whereas you cannot take a subway tr'ln and
get an exchange ticket good on the 15th
jstreet car? In fact, why Is an exchango
ticket?
The summary execution of leaders In tho
Irish rebellion will bq hurriedly Interpreted
by some as an indication that the troubles In
Dublin will prove a setback to the cause of
home rule. There Is Just as much reason to
believe that, on the contrary, these executions
aro rather an earnest of a policy which will
leave home rule In as good a position, at least,
as It was before the Insurrection. If the
British Government had considered the rebel
lion as tha expression of the general attitude
of the Irish, it would have hesitated before
permitting the firing squads to go ahead with
their work of yesterday. It is evidently In
the belief that Ireland as a whole Is behind
Mr. Redmond rather than Mr. Pearse that the
Government is dealing with tha rebels aa riot,
ers rather than politicians.
Tha Braddock strike Is following with alck.
enlns fidelity tha traditional course of labor
disputes in the Pittsburgh district. This time
there seems to be more unanimity among the
employers, who have banded together against
the demand of tho striking men. Their de
fense la the old one, that the demands are un
reasonable; and even If they weren't, a con
cession now would mean outrageous inroads
ia the future. Yet there la nothing to prove
that tha men in the Braddock mills are over
paid or underworked, and the experience) of
many employers, of labor has been that steady
satisfaction among the employes is at least a
bulwark against aggression. Whatever tha
.riShta, In this case, a new element is empha
sized. Many, perhaps most, of the workers
now on strike are of the kind which the Ameri
can Federation of Labor once found unavall
Ablj for organization. They have been, welded
jflto powerful. If poverty-stricken, unions by
groups aMOoiaUd in spirit or in letter with the
Industrial Workers o, Hj World, It Jj use
taw U oaU them "hunklta asd to Insist that
afeejy mo srtciftsd or UtrrMd or ceetged
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treated, their organization will prosper, and
Us basic principle Is that there can be lib
Just, normal or righteous agreement botween
employer and worker; that tho whole rela
tion Is lnhumnn nnd criminal. The Ameri
can Federntlon of Labor holds that the laborer
Is worthy of his hire, and Insists that his hire
bo generously paid. Tho I. W. W. nplts on
the word "htro" and may be tempted to shoot
down tho employer. There Is a portent in Ihe
Braddock strike. Will It bo seen?
THE FIGHT IS ON
MR. TAYLOR, has leaped into tho breach.
The fight Is on. It is a fight for the
peoplo of Philadelphia, a fight ngnlnst sylflsh
Interests, a fight against obstructionists, a
fight against llttlo politicians, blind fellows
who have bonded thnt they will boat tho
loan,
Will they bcit It?
Wa guess not. They havo a battle on thcli
hands this time, tho battle of a determined
peoplo who will" not bo betrayed.
Mr. Taylor's warning to voters Is all true.
Years of patient study on his part, supple
mented by tho advice of some of tho most
eminent pnglneers in tho world, mako him a
competent leader to follow now, a rent cham
pion of tho peoplo In nn issuo which should
not Involro politics nnd hns beon pulled Into
factionalism only because leaders of neither
faction want a people's transit system. Mr.
Taylor knows tho selfish Interests which are
behind tho knifing plan. Ho 1ms mot them
more than once in his long fight, llo recog
nizes their cunning hand now. So, loo, do thu
people.
Puny leaders think they have the voters
of this city hog-tled. Wo shall see.
HAS DEMOCRACY FAILED
IN' ENGLAND?
Knclmul linn ennt ulinilon- on ilcmocriiij-.
Blio muni illupcl It by uurclnc her iloimic
rncy uf II nulls.
E;
NGLAND hns comn to tho nanow plnco
In her perilous Journey. Haul beset with
sins nnd ftalltlos, she i3 struggling to endure
in a gallant and pitiable agony. Should sho
fall, democracy will suffer. Should sho achieve,
democracy will have purged Itself.
Tho Government has doclded to force con
scription on the country. Tho Iiish re
bellion has been put down with a cool and
qlllot hand. Tho disaster of Kut-cl-Annra nnd
tho dlsgrnco of Galllpull havo passed Into his
tory. Still ftom SoIbmhih to tho boa standi
England's army, tho greatest voluntoer host
of history. The glories of Yprcs and Mons, tho
strategy of Suvla Bay, tho grim patchings of
the sea. nio things which no Englishman
will forgot. And yet, out of tho hot furnaco
of tho war, England docs not ilso unbcutluif.
She 1ms walked on tho red plowshares of faith
and has failed In tho ordeal.
History will pass with equal indlffcienco
tho heroism of Townshend at Kut nnd of
Bcntty at tho Falklands. Sho will turn to
tho heroics nt home, will iccord tho slow dis
integration of British feeling, tho panic and
the despair. Battles ato won by n few hrnvo
men, but nations aro made by multitudes ac
customed to ndvcrslty. In the night ofdospalr,
when hand groped in the dark for comforting
hand, England wns torn with dissension and
crippled with lack of faith. France, dis
membered by an alien foo, was moro nearly
ono in spirit than England -safe behind tho
barrier of her ships.
The cattloguo of England's misfortunes Is
long and familiar, but before it begins there
stand3 ono magnificent act. Since tho Boer
War England has lost in prestige and in power.
Her politics in 1914 wero tho prey of tho
suffragettes, her diplomacy blocked by tho
Irish Intranslgennts. Yet at tho moment of
peril, when Count Llcltnowsky told his Gov
ernment nt Berlin that England was too
riddled with factionalism to light. England
"did closo every broach, did heal every wound
with the medicine of patriotism. In Franco
tho cement held; In England it crumbled.
It was deplorable that while England's hands
weie, tied tho Welsh miners should stab her
In tho back. It wa3 disgraceful that they
should have been so oppressed for ycais that
they were compelled to take this opportunity.
Tho "vulgarity of volunteerism" appalled tho
British, but they did not realize that volun
teerism can only be shameful when It Is not
supported by a universal public opinion. Tho
fall of ono Cabinet and tho threatened disso
lution of another, the bitter attacks of par
tisan Journals, the miserable compromises on
conscription involving an unblushing trick
which Bet tho married men against the single
men. tho failure of the Government to make
adequate provision for tho wives of soldleTs
a tho front, the black Ignoranco of English
men concerning Germany, their refusal to rec
ognize their new boundary on the battle lino
of Franco, the spiritual dulness and the greed
for gain, tho sneaking attacks on neutrals, tho
failures of diplomacy in the Balkans these
and not the failures In the field are what Eng.
land must redeem. And her atonement must
be in her own heart.
It has been said that the failure of England
means tho failure of democracy, and since this
has been said in America, tho "failure" re
ferred to Kut and to Dublin, rather than to
the heart of England herself. Already the
nnswer has been made that If democracy hns
failed with England at Kut then militarism
has failed with Germany at Verdun and tho
Marne, autocracy with Russia at Novo
Georglevsk. The difference Is that Germany Is
a militarist nation and Russia, with all her in
ternaPdomocracy, Is shackled with an au
tocracy, while England Is, at very best, an Im
perfect democracy. It la true that In her the
faults of democracy have come to the surface
when the cauldron of her state boiled over.
But democracy has pot failed.
"What has, failed in England Is blind com
mercialism, unenlightened by any sense of
Empire, unredeemed by patriotism. The best
minds of England before the war broke out
were sick with Internationalism. The meaner
minds were so bent on gain that the future
and all lta wonders were written in a cipher
which they made no effort to understand. A
Government of tradesmen for a "nation of
.shopkeepers" has been called to be a Govern
ment of statesmen for a nation of heroes.
Democracy may account for the unco-ordlnate,
wasteful condition of British Industry and
British arms when the war began, but de
mocracy Is innocent of the crimes of greed and
pride for which England must make expiation.
The atonement hemust make, and prob
ably will make in full, will lie in purgiqB her
self of her weakness, while sha preserves tho
strength and the goodness of democracy Sha
roust stand as the exemplar of fr8 govern
ment which Is capable and uaterrlfled. She
, with thia Bountry in tht trinity of free sattesa
T;EpqBtl - IHIIAD1SLPHIA' THURSDAY JJjlJi91-
Tom Dalys Column
IX A shvernn, 10 a, m,
Laev 1aii, languid loiterer,
Lying Ma in Lower 0,
You are like to curse icltljoltre, or
Something worse, this neck of mine,
' Rubbering, rubrerlng, as 1 do,
Here across ihe aisle from you.
We, tovr curious fclloiii-travclers,
Left our berths long hours ago,
And wc sit here, caustic cavllars,
Wond'rlng why yotl arc so slow.
Now and then tho porter, too,
Casts an ebon frotvn at you.
y
What on rath, indeed, can mako you latet
That's your business, ma'am, no doubt.
Whereas ours-is just to speculate,
figuring your figure out,
Trying to cnvltaoc you
from that dainty little shoe.
One thing veiy, very certain is
Aycl as plain us any pike,
That b'chlnd that dark green curtain is
Soinc one very UidyUke.
Stilt J'm prophesying through
Nothing but that dainty shoe.
Laxy ladyl Won't you hurry noiot
Tempus funit on to noun.
It is time for ma to tcorry now;
We'll be at my station soon
And before my journey's through
1 would havo a glimpse nt you.
Btlrrlng now Too tatel Torcuer, tnn'am,
Faceless, formless unto met
llcitcr so, perhaps; for Hdt'cr, wa'nw,
Could you mcaauio up to bo
Half so lovely, half so true,
Half the queen I fancy yout
Any Further Nominations?
Sir: 1 hereby rlso to plnco In nomination for
the exalted olllce of National Screw Driver
Champion tho carpenter who built and put up
our Btorm door last full. Tlicro Isn't another
Screw Drlxer In his class anywhere! I know
'causo I took the Etoim door down last Satur
day. Thank you, I'm rotlng tanlcr today.
E A. M.
TWO lines from "Tho Pirates of Pcnrnncc,"
that Is to say, from the cist as It 13 to be pre
sented by tlic Wakefield Young Men's Club In
Association Hall, Gcrmnntoun, on Saturday
flight:
TredMlr (a plrai" npprrntlr). . Sir. lluhort P. noylo
Mijor General Stanley (of tho Hrltluli Army)
Mr. llrncut T. Troaa
Bonn Hnundnrics
IV
E. H VARE
Around this .place,
from brink to brink.
Like roller-skaters in a rink,
Co thoughts (too hot for us
to think)
And hopes and dreams
And plans and schemes
For pulling Penrose on
the blink. . .
0
HOUCKIXG n hole at Holy Cross for those
gone to rest as compared with hnucklng a
hole nt Hopewell, Virginia, for those BtlU
allvo differs by about ono dollar n day; so the
gravcdlggcis at Holy Cross had some reason In
their strlko for hlKliur pay. But there is nuother
'sldo to thnt onc-dollar-a-day increafo. Among the
many questions asked thu applicant at llopewoll
tho last Is:
"And where do you wlBh your body sent?"
It Is told of ono of tho gravedlgging appli
cants that when that question was usked ho
said, with hand at ear: "What's that?" Tho
question was lepented (after a pause) "By
gar," says the canny Holy Cross lud, "you
won't send it anywhere. I'll tnko It right back
with me. I get out now!" McNAU.
ONE of tho missions of this mcsoblastlo
minaret, as wo senso it, is to capturo a
wild word wherever wo moy nnd tamo It for
our readers' dally use. Such a wild nnd
woolly word is tho ono thnt growls nt you
whrn you approach McNab's contribution
abovo. "Houcklng." This hairy, howling
thing is probably a native of Ben Nevis and
has never boforo appeared in civilized society.
At any rate, wo can't Hnd it in Webster's
lexicogtnphical menagerie. It may bo related
to tho seml-bnrbarous "hough" and thus, in
directly, to tho domestic "hack." Lot's houck
a grave for it here and now!
His Going Out
Chnrlea W. Uarknees dead. Waa third larseit
bolder ot Standard Oil ttock. N'ewa head.
We rlso to mention, at this time,
We never heard of Mr. Hnrkness;
And yet, It seems u sort of crlmo.
Though he had oil, theie is no rhyme
To match his honored name but "darkness."
"There are few penances eaBler than early
rising on board ship. There are no Induce
ments to stay in tho hot square cuba that Is
your cabin " From Stella Banson's "I
Pose."
A square cube bolng my idea of tho fourth
dimension. P. V.
Pity tb,e Poor Poetess
I tried to write a sonnet
That would purchase me a bonnet,
'at It tuined Into a Joke,
So it only bought a toque,
M. R. F.
Agony Ahead
SCTTELL. Winter's over, but I suppose
VV you'll begin to kick nbout the summer
da'ys pretty 6oon."
"Oh! I don't mind the summer days as
much as tho summer nights. As soon as the
nights get warm that neighbor of mine will
havo his phonograph out on the porch."
DOLEFUL BALLAD OF TUB BERRY
GOOD TRUNKS
To all poor mortals here below
Is given onejchance for lasting fame.
One moment after which they go
Book to the bush from which they came.
Bo I rose once and, b'lleve me, bays,
J never yet forgot the day
When dathlng up with fearful noise
"Nig" Berry oped my door to say;
"Well, Bill, have you by any chance
A pair of extra trunks to sparef
(A blind man eould tell at a glance
That as an athlete J'm right there.)
1 loaned the lad a goodly pair
And, as, that spring he fralpsed the track,
X watehed, and wondered when and where
I'd ever get the clawed things 6acA
yeo, most poor nforfal here below
One hunk of goodly fortune get.
But mine tjndures Fqr all I Jtnota
Ua wins his face in them yet I
WXLL LOU.
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PUBLIC OPINION ON
PUBLIC QUESTIONS
What Itenders Think of Roosevelt.
J. Hartley Manners Writes on
the Drug Habit Other
Current Matters
To the Editor of Vicnlng Ledger:
Sir It Is very Interesting to read of all tho
commotion that is caused by tho talk of nomi
nating T. K. Why should a mnn like this causo
so much commotion? Thu fact Is, tho American
People nro Just bolng awakened to tho fnct of
what rtoosovelt and liln pollclos mean to us.
If his policies nro so uu-Aincilcan ns somo
would havo tin liellcvc, why do Ihcy causo and
command so much attention? Tho Republican
party Is trying to and will do. if possible, cactly
tho snmo thing for which it so loudly condemned
T. It., nnd that Is to nominate a man that Is
not rtrong enough for tho times lather than
give in to tho people's choice nnd stpp down
from their proud perch and favc tho nation
from again going through another four years
under a Democratic administration which has
mado every patriotic American lower his head
when ho comes to consider how highly wo were
rospectcd and to think wo had allowed ourselves
to fall so low In tho eyes of tho world.
Wo must nil tnko off our hats to Roosovelt,
even If wo do tiot fully agree with him, bocauso
ho Is a mnn that has tho courage of his con
victions and is not afraid to stand by what Is
right. There am numerous men who fully be
llovo in his policies, but they lack tho courage
to uso thi'lr eloqiumco for what Is tight.
Roosevelt is hailed by tho pcacc-at-any-prico
faction us tho war loid of America, but when
ha was President it Is an understood and undls
putnble fact that these United States wero never
further away fiom war. Ho not only kept tho
nation at peace, but commanded respect.
Vo aro lacing a crisis, and tho only man
whom tho American peoplo nro confident can
carry them successfully through Is Roosevelt.
Philadelphia, May 1. S. V. S.
PEACE THROUGH PREPAREDNESS
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sh I am with President Wilson's watchful
nailing policy, ntid also his preparedness bill.
Tho question of today is. How fnr can tho
bnltcd States have peace when It is mixed up
in so many foreign affairs? And tho nnswer Is
easy. To havo peaco v.'u must prepare against
war. SAMUEL SEGALOFF.
Philadelphia, May I.
STATE'S DUTY TO DRUG USERS
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir My attention has been .drawn to an edi
torial that appeared in our paper of April 22,
referring to the death of a boy of IB from an
overdose of heroin. I am moro than glad that a
paper wielding tho power of the Evenino
LunnEit should draw attention to tho terrible
effects of the drug evil But could you not,
tbrough that rower, Influence the Legislature of
the State of Pennsylvania to do something prac
tical along intelligent lines to cure the unfor
tunate peoplo who have fallen Into the habit,
instead of leaving them, as they are today, a
llublllty on the commnnlty? While the Harrison
law. through the very drastic nature of Its
powers, will prevent future addicts, It Is the duty
of every State to take caro of and give proper
help to those who havo become In so many
cases through no fault of their own addicts.
Because boys, knowing nothing of its conse
quences, havo been induced Innocently to take
heroin. It appeals to ma as being a travesty on
ju.-Hlco to send them to prison as criminals.
Their proper plnco Is in a hospital.
The recent revolutions show that n large sec
tion of quite ouug boys have fallen Into the
drug habit In Philadelphia, and It would be a
genuine aet of humanity on your part to draw
the attention of public-spirited men In your city
to the urgent need of bringing help to those un
fortunate youthB and giving them tho assistance
that will prevent their becoming criminals, in
stead of treating them as such.
air. Charles B Towns has gone before Repre
sentatlves of tho l'ennsjlvanla Legislature, I
understand, and shown them how the evil may
not only be eliminated, but Its consequences
ameliorated in the enses of those who have
heeome addicts. In addition, ho has given the
United States the formulae of his successiui
treatment. Why can it not be Introduced hiu,
the various hospitals of Philadelphia, so that
those who cannot procure the drug can get Im
mediate and permanent relief? It Is a notorious
fact that heroin addicts will commit any crime
to obtain their favorite drug. Clean them ot
the poison and the Incentive to crime will natur
ally diminish Too little is known of the effects
of the 'drug habit In the various big cities until
some such scandal as the death of a boy of 15
from an overdose ot heroin arouses the public
conscience tq the evil In Its midsj,
Anything that you can do by publicity to
help the unfortunate sufferers should earn for
you the sincere gratitude of humanity.
J. HARTLEY MANNERa
Lotos Club. New York city, May I,
LOYALTY TO THE EMPLOYE
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir -We read so much of the necessary loy.
alty of the employe to the employer, but I won
der If tle average employer has any conception
of the real amount of genuine loyalty to his
business on the part of his clerks, particularly
when they bring to It the eager enthusiasm of
youth and the strong desire to "make good."
Thousands of young men and women, boys
and girls, start out In the business world with
only this In view (I speak from experience, hav
ing served long in secretarial work, coming in
contact with manyX To them the store, the
oftlce, the business becomes the all-Important
thing, and the chiefs and officers above them
stand for all that Is trustworthy and honorable.
They are proud of their position, proud of the
firm and give gladly nd unatlutlngly of their
labor.
Let every employer whose corps of workeri
ioslude this class and they represent a, large
number b ilka the good housewifa of the
Bible who "lookith -wU io, the ways of her
household." m them consiaar well befoie. any
NO TIME JOR SLEEPING
net of theirs In their dealings with those with
out, with whom they transact business, or their
dealings with thoso within, without whom they
would not bo nblo to transact this business, dim
this ardor or lessen this esteem. To keep the
vnQiri nf vour emnloycs, no matter In what
lino of work, is one of tho most valuable nssots
n firm can uavo. o nave vun uiiuviuuui in
your employ know for a. certainty that when
ho or she takes up the dally work it is with
tho nbsoluto knowledge that nil Is "fair and
abovo board," that ench Is expected to render
true nnd faithful service, and In turn is to re
eclvo ttuo and Just treatment, Is to Insure tho
lasting allegiance of each and build up a strong
bulwark of mutual respect and admiration.
Who can gauge tho shock nnd sui prise and
consequent loss of faith when there Is a letting
down ot tho supposed standard-' Who so keen
an observer or fo quick to discern as those in
the dally employ of others? I tepcat. having been
an omployo myself many years, that where a firm
raises its standatd high and keeps it high there
you will Hnd service rendered for which dollars
and cents nlono can never pay; there you will
find tho Interests of the business really taken
caro of without thought of reward for extra
labor. Employes, bo all that you ought to bo
under nil circumstances, but employers, remem
ber ns ou, too, take up your work edch day
in another form, that you represent to your
clerks their chief, and thnt as tholr chief you
stand for that best of nil men, a stralghtfor
wnid, honest, courteous, fair and above-board
American business man; and may you have tho
courago to eliminate from your ranks any nnd
all who do not come up to the standard you set
dally by jour personal conduct, no matter how
valuablo that ono may bo to your business, for
you hold In your hands a powerful Influence
over lives, sometimes for a lifetime almost; and
tho office, tho workroom, the shop, whatever It
may be. Is today an Immenso field for tho spread
of good, not otdy by speech, but by that most
potent of all Influence, personality and example.
Philadelphia, May 3 E. L. W. -
IRELAND A BELLIGERENT
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir Tho newspapers in general seem to miss
tho truo significance of tho Irish uprising
agnlnst English rule. But this fact docs not
deter them from telling us nil about it, fhc
mistakes mado and tho probable net result. It
Is just another sublime instanco of peoplo tulk
Ing through their hat.
I told tho newspapers somo time ngo that the
end of the war would see Ireland a belligerent,
becnuso In order to havo tho International Peace
Council pass upon tho Irish question Ireland
would then need to bo a belligerent and hnvo a
representative present Ireland Is now a bellig
erent. Tho Central Powers have recognized or
will recognize the Irish republic, and as a result
Ireland will havo her representation as well as
Italy, Belgium. Serbia and England. With tha
Irish question settled in this manner, England
and Sir Ed. Carson cannot deceive tho Irish
again unless they want another world wnr.
ALEXANDER CHARLES THOMPSON.
Philadelphia. May 1.
' NO "LORD BACON"
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir Perhaps this Is an appropriate time to
draw attention to the fa,ct that there was no
such personage In the days of Queen Elizabeth
a3 Lord Bacon. The great statesman and
philosopher wns Sir Francis Bacon, afterward
created Baron Verulam and then Viscount St.
Albans.
Even If he were Lord Bacon, the use of his
Christian name In tho title "Lord Francis Ba
con" would bo entirely wrong, as the use of
the Christian name In such connection means
that tho man referred to is the younger son of
a duke or a maiquls. For Instance, a younger
eon of, say. the Duke ot Leicester is Lord Robert
or Lord Henry Fitzgerald, while a younger eon
of the Marquis of Waterford Is Lord Charles
or Lord Marcu3 or Lord William Beresford.
This question of title, by right or by courtesy,
Is one of the intricacies of the British peerage
which few Americans understand or are sup
posed to understand. E, J. COY.
Philadelphia, April 2!?.
HONORIFICABILITUDINITATIBUS
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir The word honoriflcabllltudlnltatlbus Is
quoted by Dante .(about 1310 A D.). As Mr.
Paget Toynbee has shown. It yields the perfect
anagram: Ubl Itallcus bl Dantl honor lit
("Wherever there Is an Italian there honor Is
done to Dante"). ' Anagrams are not always
sure as evidence of the authorship of the book
In which they are quoted. R. T. H.
Arduiore, April 26.
BEGIN AT HOME
If thou would'st right the world.
And banish all Its evils and Us woes,
Make Its wild places bloom,
And Its drear deserts blossom aa tha rose
Then right thyself.
If thou would'st turn the world.
From its long, lone captivity In sin,
Restore all broken hearts,
Slay grief, and let sweet' consolation in
Turn thou thyself
If thou would'st cure the world
Ot Its long sickness, end Its grief and pain;
Bring In all-healing Joy, and give to the afflicted
rest again
Then cute thyself.
If (hou would'st wake the world
Out of its dream of death and dark'ntng strife,
Bring it love and peace.
And light and brightness of Immortal life
Wake thou thyself.
James Allen, In New York Mall
NATIONAL POINT OP VIEW
Tha New York World again insists that the
Republican party nominate Wilson. It must bo
admitted that It might be possible to reelect
him that way Boston Transcript,
There still Is an element In tha House pf Rep
resentatives which seeks to make a. farce of the
attempt to supply the. country with an adequate
army reorganisation nactment Milwaukee
Sentinel.
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What Do You Know?
Queries of general interest will be answercii
in this column. Ten Questions, the aniteerij
to which every well-informed person shcvtil
knoiv, are asked dally.
QUIZ
1.
IVItat Is the origin of the word "turnplltf.
IVny were the scotch- onre lorliluden by U
lo wrnr the tnrlnn7 M
Australia Is lu process of building. Wlii
Is ltn name nnd where Is It? fK'
vv mil is ine uiiierrncp uciwccn a gaio B34
n hurricane?
What la meant by the "open door" li
China?
n.
Who wroto "Tho Lady or the Tiger"?
7. Wlitit l nmber?
8. What Ik tho "elicclt-olT" syatem?
V. ,,,,. (., .. tun ,., .,,v.'..a ,. vu.nu.a v VVVyin
10. How many bono are thera In the liamuK
,, H.l.n, nwi. ,,.. n.l nfllnn 1 Inv.ailt.n,. ..
body? '(i
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Trenches are dug In ilc-mc llnei, Cora-
iminliotlns trenches connect the mils
trenches nnd protect trnnpa coin? to and
from the most ndvnncrd lines.
S. In the "closed shop" only union worker! aiaV
aiinwen; in in -open anop- ootn tnuoa
and non-union workers.
8. Wmlilnuton fmiRht with tho Brltlih Colonial
nrmy In Ihe Trench nnd Indian war, At
the ilrfent nf Hniililock lie was ahot at 11
times hy one Indian, hut wns not wounded.
4. It Is n Eenernl principle thnt clTlllana Bel
under strict illaelpllne nnr forming- part
of an nrmy may lie put io death If cauiat'
enffiialnK In lioatllltlea.
O. The prefix ".Me" means "son of" nnd the
prefix "XI" means Vdnushter of.1
0. Ink Is n decoction of suhstunces contatalnr;
tnnnln, such iih nuttrnlls added to a soli;
tlon nf ferrous auhihnte.
7. When the Supremo Court declares an at
uncoiiMItiilloniil, the President may If t
chooses continue to enforce the ntt
redress may only lie hnd In Individual agj
penis to the eonrl.
8. Communism la the theory that labor and
Income slinuld he distributed enuallr asi
nrlrnte property -ib llshrtl. 5
0, The principal Ingredients nf bone are nelttto
nnd nlinsnliute of lime. It alio contain!
cnrlmnnto of lime, phosphate of magntela
nnd cnrlionnte nnd chloride of aodlani,
10. New- Zealand la about 1100 miles onthuil
of Australia.
Hughes as Governor
Editor of "li hat Do You Know" Will TO'
please toll mo If Justice Hughes was twea
alerted HovArn-,, rtf Jw Vnrlr? It fto. In What
years, and win. Democrats ran against him?,
(2) Who were tho Republican nnd Democr&tl
candidates for Governor of Ohio In 1008, when;
Taft was elected President? (3) Is Senator,
Lodire. nf !MnKs.iehiiKettB. n. candidate for rC
election? () Who is Mayor of Providence, B.IIM
ANXIOUS.
(1) He was twice elected Governor of N
York, serving from January 1. 1007, to Decern-,
ber 31, 1008, and from January J, 1009, to Octo
ber 6, 1910, when ho resigned to become a Justice
of the Supreme Court. His Democratic opponent
were, first. Hearst, and second. Chanler. (1)
Harmon was tho Democratic and succesiwl
candidate and Harris the Republican. 0) It U.
eererallv iimlerRtnnrt that Senator Lodee. whOM
term expires next March, will be a candidate for,
re-election. CO Joseph H. Gainer is Maor
Providence.
"Twilight nt Sea"
BrHIor o "What Do You Know" To the quts-l
tlon of Emma E. Applebacb regarding me sum
which you published in the Evenino Ledobr ot
May 2, 1 would reply that It Is entitled "Twllltbt
nl Cn I Tft wna written hv Amelia. B. WelDT,
and is as follows: QH
The twilight hours flew swiftly by,
As lightly and as free;
Ten thousand stars were In the sky
Ten thousand In the seaj
And every wave with dimpled cheek
' That danced upon the sir
Had caught a star In Its embrace
And held It trembling there.
t S. BERNO?B u
"Workman's Compensation Board
Editor of "What Do You Know" Kindly .13
fnrm wi tii.AitcrVi villi f-nllimn where, I C&n tN-fi
a full copy of the workman's compensation la
of Pennsylvania. M. It J
Copies of the law can be obtained free ell
charge by applying to the wornmans v-"'v
nation Tto.irrt. Room Ml 5 North American EUIKK
Ing, Broad street, Philadelphia.
V'
Safety Appliance Inspector
xt, j il. nn vn.t Vm rt uv" What arf.
the requirements to get a position as !"
appliance inspector for the Government v'm
the railway department? H. E. HIQLAW. m
t The chief of the Division of Safety of tMl
Interstate Commerce Commission gives tne
formation that appointment to the Pl0'vl
subject to competitive examinations conowTf
by the National Civil Service Commission
Applicants must be 35 and not more than vm
years of age on data of examination, n ,"
be physically qualified to perform "'y.XjjJJ
subjects: (1) Spellwg, (?) arithmetic, JS) rP
writing, (4) practical questions, (5) tfln'nVr2'
experience. Application blanks wu"d W
the Civil Service Commission,- WasH'i'ira
D. C Applicants for position of lxvpecirja
..... .-I,, .... !..., k.j least elfv
years' experience In steam -railroad MtVfS
conductor, engineer, trainman, yardman, "f3m
or yardraaster. or at least five year 'jSH
perUnco aa manager, general or om ZUjp
Inlepdent, Uatnnuwter. master jnechanift "Sl
oar builder, general car foreman, road wr
of englaea or alr-brtOte supervisor.
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