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Obregon camo north like a lion and went
south llko a lamb.
Tho wages earned In Philadelphia In one
month would pay for tho transit Bystem com
plete. 'Tin tired of being made the goat for
these political factions." Mayor Smith.
So are tho people of Philadelphia.
William Lorlmer'a moving and tearful story
of his llfo was more effcctlvo boforo a Jury
than before the United States Senate Tho
Jury acquitted him.
Forward-looking men of Philadelphia cry
the slogan, "Ship via Philadelphia," but It
eeems to bo tho policy of tho railroads to
ponallzo wlien possible tho ono who does.
Tho Governor of Massachusetts and tho
Mayor of Boston may not bo so well known
In Philadelphia as "Hank" Gowdy and "Lefty"
Lewis, but they aro Just as good fighters.
"Damn tho people! Lot "em walkl" is a sen
timent which no opponent of tho transit locn
haa had tho nerve as yet to advance as a
public argument, however often tho expres
sion has been used In private
Spain may back tho United States
U-boat stand. Headline.
In
Yet there aro some people who Imagine that
England and Germany will never again bo
friends.
So far as we can gather, thero Is now but
ono newspaper in tho city which is in any
doubt whatever as to the wisdom of voting for
tho transit loan, and it argues only for a post
ponement, having no fault whatever to find
with tho plan Itself.
It will surprlso a great many people to
learn that tho "awful" foundations under City
Hall can probably bo attended to with tho
extra $300,000 available, under the McNIchol
contract, but that is a fact. "Wo are getting
down to brass tacks now.
Pogroms against tho Jews occurring In
Moscow and football matches In prospect In
England indicate how confident the Allies are
of winning tho war. Nothing short of abso
lute assurance could bring about tho resump
tion of tho national sport In either place.
Fifty thousand dollars Is not a largo sum of
money for a convention of so great Impor
tance as that of tho Associated Advertising
Clubs of tho World, to bo held here In June.
Tho sum should have been raised long ago.
and It Is a reflection on the business sense
and Judgment of tho community that thero
should bo any further delay. .
Coming events never cast their shadows
before them more surely than In tho Lloyd
Insurance rates. They are the surest measure
that we have of tho future. That they reflect
-an Increasing belief in tho termination of tho
war before the end of tho year Is not remark
able. Peace la a long way off, as days go, but
there comes a point beyond which humanity
refuses to go In Its frightful and general
sacrifice. That point Is being steadily reached.
In virtually withdrawing from ita position
that the Oliver check was doctored for ulte
rior purposes, tha North American says that
"a photograph of tho check which Senator
Oliver allowed the Eveninq Leoqeh to print
yesterday shows that tha face of tho check
does contain the perforation holes of tho can
cellation stamp." Of course It was perfectly
obvious from tho beginning to anybody who
knows anything about the mechanics of news
papers that the North American was making
a mountain out of a mole hill. In order that
the publla might bo correctly Informed and
not misled, tha Evening Ledoeu sent to
Washington and had a photograph of the
check taken. Any other newspaper, including
the North American, could have dona the
same thing by tha use of similar enterprise
and Initiative.
Certain Pittsburgh newspapers are carrying
large advertisements, unsigned, which bear in
on the consciousness of the reader the fact
that "yesterday 11,000,000" was the loss In
wages at tha Westinghouse plants, on account
of the strike. It la unlikely that the strikers
published the fact or could afford to publish it,
so one is led to the conclusion that the com
panics which combined to refuse an eight-hour
day to the workers are not at all happy. For
every million in wages a certain amount In
profits la also lost, and while the million is
divided, among many, the profit is lost by a
few1. Perhaps that Is why a settlement seems
in prospect at Pittsburgh a little sooner than
waa expected. The street car men, at least,
have set an example, with reservations. A
wage increase amounting- to half a minion
dollars a year has been granted, and the Pitts
burgh, Hallways Company Is appealing to the
pnU to pay the freight almost literally, a
new schedule, of rates Is being demanded of
thu Pittsburgh Councils.
NF from, Verdun in the last three day
1 hma only a little more discouraging- than
tbm. Mmpttie lack sf news In the weeks before,
rJti Ynah admnea S-i simply a more
dfamatio Tray, a costly but necessary way.
of driving homo Ihe truth that Germany has
faiJed. Of all her gains In a battle which has
lasted 75 days only Fort Douauraont, taken
In the first onslaught, remains unchallenged
In her hands. The facts about t Mort Homme
Dead Man's Hill) were never clearly given In
tho official reports, probably because the Ger
man gains were great but Indecisive. Even
now there is some dispute, but it seems clear
that the French are Attacking on the north
side of tho hill which lies north and west of,
Verdun. It Is, therefore, unlikely that the
hill was ever actually In German hands, and
It was certainly never out of French flro.
There and elsewhore the French are pushing
a slow but uniformly successful offensive, and
German resistance Is unavailing. It Is re
ported from Amsterdam that 700,000 permans
are In tho Mouse Valley, but It Is also re
ported that civilians are deserting Mctz, which
Is covered by tho French guns. It Is beginning
to look as if Verdun Is, as General Delacroix
maintains, Germany's Gettysburg: not tho
end of the war, but the beginning of tho end.
THE ENEMY IS AWAKE
The peopln of Philadelphia nre up nsnlnst
positive, thoroughly organised and rrattlly
calculated conspiracy In the transit alius
tlon nnd not n mere nrrntlrn anil Miiml,,.
In regime of pulllmrks and standpatters.
NO OnEATEH mistake could be made by
the people now than to slzo up the opposi
tion to tho transit loan and the big enterprise
It makes posslblo as the expression of con
servative thoughtfulneBS, or even as stupid
standpatlsm. It Is not to be dignified by such
a description. Thoy are up against a con
spiracy that Is now thoroughly organized, with
tho machinery of wntd and division politics
as well oiled as over it was In the days of
Ashbrldgo.
It Is truo that thero was a tlmo when the
people had to cry "Wake upl" to tho political
leaders of all parties and factions. But let no
man think that those leaders havo not been
awako from tho first moment thoy realized
that tho pcoplo wero In earnest about transit.
They havo been wide awake, and they kept
awake after tho people had begun to doze
again.
Tho political leaders and tho corporate and
private Interests with whom wo havo to deal
did not turn a Blecpy and Indifferent eye upon
the plan for a straight 5-cent faro. They wero
wldo awako to tho people's Interests In this
matter wldo awako to betray those Interests
and servo their own. This is not a matter of
policy with them It is a matter of monoy
It is monoy in tho pockets of tho privileged
few and tho little politicians who servo them
that is tho motive back of tho preservation of
tho 8-cent exchange tickets nnd of tho Jam
ming of the aisles in slow surface cars. They
see a loss for themselves not a loss of any
thing to be dignified by such a phraso as their
political prestige a loss of nothing more com
plex than dollars and conts In tho prompt put
ting through of tho subway and elevated sys
tem with Its Immeasurable gain for tho people
who would have this swift, clean and nerve
saving method of transportation to and from
their work.
Tho tlmo has come to count noses. Tho
arguments have all been made, and tho enemy
has admitted tho truth of all tho arguments
for tho loan and tho Taylor plan. Ho has ad
mitted them indirectly by drawing ono red
herring after another across tho path tho red
herring of a higher tax rate bugaboo, the red
horrlng of a City Hall that might fall down,
and tho rest of them.
Now that the time approaches for a Bhow
down, for a count of tho votes, thero Is t6 be
no discouragement becauso ono faction is
against tho loan and tho other lying low.
What If both factions wero against tho loan
tho pcoplo could beat them both. Tho Influence
of the political leaders Is strong tho mistake
must not bo mado of belittling tho power; of
the trained heelers to get out the vote. But
tho bosses do not control tho majority of the
moro than 300,000 voters. They come In con
tact with and directly control a remarkably
small number of persons. It Is never by
assured numerical support that the bosses win;
it Is alwnys by superior organization. There
were Just as many Independents In Philadel
phia in 1901, when tho independent cause
looked hopeless, as there wero la 1911, when
tho Independents won. The only dlfferenco
was that in the decade they had learned
something of organization.
From this hour nnd continually for the next
ten days the cry In the wards and divisions
must bo "Organize fight the devil with Are
wrestle with organized obstructionists for a
majority of tho vote In each voting precinct
with an organization which will make up In
vigor and enthusiasm for what it lacks In
mechanical facility and guile.
IT IS A CRIME
CONGRESS stumbles along like a sick
horse. The word "Immediate" has come
to havo a new meaning In recent days, and
preparedness, too, has lost Its old definition.
To prepare used to mean to prepare. Now
It seems to mean to postpone, to put off
until tomorrow, to talk, to bluster, to hesi
tate, to do nothing.
If the country is In danger from foreign
aggression it Is In danger now, not ten years
from now. To prepare for something that
may happen In 1925 Is not In the present world
crisis to prepare at all. It is a fact that tha
kind of preparedness which is being discussed
at Washington Is actually not preparedness.
It Is a wretched, unnamed thing, for which no
responsible statesman in any other country
of the world would dare to stand. It Is as a
result of the conflict in Europe tliat wo are
going to have war, if we have war at all, and
half the reason for defense depends abso
lutely on arranging for it in a hurry, It is
a shame and a humiliation that private citi
zens should be compelled to organize brigades
of their own and collect money by popular
subscription In order that some sort of mili
tary power may be born in the nation. This
country is the wealthiest on earth, the richest
that has ever existed on the earth, yet men
must beg tor an army. Their Government
will not give It to them, .
No wonder that, men with blood in their
velnp thrill when Mr. Roosevelt talks, for
whatever bis faults and they are many he
can at least tell a danger when he sees one,
and he can damn In the way it ought to be
damned the stupid and criminal Inaction that
characterizes Washington, There should have
been 200,000 men under training for military
service before this, under the beat of training,
and instead of talk about building ships they
ought to be nearing, completion at the yards.
Mr. Hay and others may fight to prevent pre
paredness, for that la what their activity
means, but there U a day of reckoning corning.
The people of this country are too sensible, too
keenly alive to their responsibilities, to sanc
tion the persistent unpreparedness which goes
under the name of preparedness in Washington.
Tom Daly's Column
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BAP.
Bap which is tho old earth's blood,
Ouddlea up in field and wood
Through the old Earth's tefnfer nap I
But in Bpring again Us teen
In the leave of vcrbutn grcen
Jlenco we speak of "verbum sap."
When tho tcarm Bpring sun comes round,
Printing-kisses on tho ground
Bap starts Jumping like your blood
And its buds begin to blush
On each happy tree and bush
tn the meadow and the wood.
Bap is sometimes like a Juke
And it has commercial use
When they draw it from the tiood i
For if it is from the maple
It comes on your breakfast table
"Where it makes your hot cakes good.
But although I like to eat
Qrlddle cakes of corn or wheat
I am glad when winter's o'er
Though tho sap tastes good to me
It is sweeter far to see
In the flowers and leaves once more.
Judges xv, 15, 1G
DEAR T. D. Hero's somethlngyou ought to
know. In tho latest lssuo of tho Metropol
itan thoro is a review of Boosovelt's book,
"Fear God and Take Your Own Part." Tho
concluding paragraph reads: "Tho Israelites
left Samson to kill tho Philistines unaided; aro
you leaving Eoosovolt to fight today's battles
alone?"
Suro, says wo, and with tha same weapon.
BUZZFUZZ.
Hero's Truo Pathos
Sign In two-cent coffco house, on flth street
near Cherry:
POSITIVELY NO TIPPING ALLOWED
Hidc-and-Sccking Round tho Town
I
CAnPENTEHS' HALL.
As I did, so no doubt will you,
When you're, say maybe ninety-three,
Come unexpectedly in view
Of this quaint hall whero nono should bo.
G. L.
Note? Lots O Notes!
Sir Is it not worthy of note that ono vol
umo of that Encyclopedia Brltannlca (1 t &
2 n's, please) Is "Ode to Pay"7 Gus.
Imitation Bean Boundary
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Two dotted lines above you seo .
Showing my cranium's boundary
Beforo and after friend T..D.
Helped mo attain publicity
By printing a Uttlo drool for me
In tho Evening Ledger recently.
Tho Inside lino Is for my knob
Beforo I got upon the Job:
Tho larger boundary outside
Shows how my bean swelled up with pride.
If StetBon's build a largo "nough lid
I'll send you another wheeze, old kid.
BVR. '
Had the President of the United Statei
resigned yesterday forenoon at 11:45 o'clock
scores of persons would have been less af
fected than they were when all the elevator
men In a skyscraper at Broad and Chestnut
quit work.
We do have a Vice President, but we
have no wings to carry ua to our eighteenth
floor offices.
Glrard In yesterday's P. L.
But, gosbollhemlockl can't you marshal a
notion how far down a V. P. might carry us?
Up In Rochester the other day we noticed a
sign, advertising a hotel whose namo we've
forgotten which announced:
450 ROOMS WITH BATS.
And one of tho towns up In that section,
possibly Rochester Itself, recently soliciting
suggestions for a "clean-up week" slogan, re
ceived this, among others;
SCOOT HOSIB AND SCRUB
Tho Unexpected Always Happens
milB new pastor of the 29th Street M. v.
JL Church dwelt for years In Deal's IsJand,
Chesapeake Bay, and he has a fund of charm
ing remlnlscencesof that lowly region and Its
inhabitants.
One of his stories Is to the effect that one
day as he was about to ascend the pulpit
steps an usher came hurriedly to whisper that
there was a couple outside who.wanted to get
married at once. Mr. Hanna said that he
could Rot delay his sermon, but he would
suggest that the pair take the front seat, and
that when he remarked casually at the close
of his discourse, "If there are any present who
would like to be united iij the bonds of matri
mony let them come forward," the gentleman
'and his fiancee could stand up ind be united.
Everything went all right until the clergy,
mai closed with the words as arranged, when
one man and eight ladles came forward.
SHON REA.
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WHEN THEY STOPPED, OF COURSE!
LOST Rlxbt front wheel off For4 roaditar, on Wut
Cbnter pike. Reward. Colonial Rubber Company,
1503 Sprier Garden itret,-.Bvenloa- contemporary.
When do you suppose they discovered their
loss? F. L. L.
WITHOUT naming any names, there Is a
golf club in our immediate midst, noted
alike for the spottiness of Its course and its
members. A stranger who had been enter
tained there by a member on a recent after,
noon was asked by a bug; "Did you have any
trouble approaching the 18th?" "I think I
did," replied the stranger, passlnsr a recollec
tive hand over his browj "I remember I was
a bit mixed. J believe I ald, 'Hotch akyball,
aan Manual."
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SOME EVANGELISTS,
PAST AND PRESENT
The Passing of B. Fay Mills.
Jonathan Edwards, Moody and
Sunday Psychology of Sug
gestion and Revivals
WHY Is an evangelist Is a question tho
nnswor to which depends on the point of
view of the person making It. Of courso, every
preachor of tho Gospel Is In a way an evan
gelist, but tho word has como to havo a moro
restricted meaning. Whltefleld, who camo
to Philadelphia and preached in tho open to
excited crowds and shouted his denunciation
of sin in a volco so loud that It was heard a
qunrter of a mllo away, wns of tho tvno renrn.
sonted In theso later years by "Billy" Sunday"
and His Imitators. Charles Grandlson Finnoy,
who stirred Ohio nnd then tho rest of tho
country In the middle of tho last contury, was
nlso an evangelist. Marvelous stories nro told
of tho lnfluenco of his preaching upon his
hearers, but not qulto so marvelous as those
told of the preaching of Jonathan Edwards in
a much earlier day. But Edwards preached
In a community of only 1000 peoplo. Ho
created what tho psychologists call an epi
demic of religious emotion, followed by nn
epidemic of suicides. Tho whole community
was mado peculiarly susceptible to mental sug
gestion. When one man confessed his sins
another followed his example. Then whon
ono man killed himself In an excess of emotion
others found It impossible to resist tho samo
Impulse
Mob Psychology
Rationalists discount tho value of all reli
gious revivals such ns those brought about
under tho lead of tho Edwardses, tho White
fields, the Flnnoys, the Moodys and tho Sun
days, for tho reason that they discount tho
moral value of tho emotion which produces a
panic In a theatre at the cry of fire. They
havo written an interesting literature on tho
subject of mob psychology, which throws a
bright light on the peculiar nature of tho
human mind. Thoy find that men llko tho lato
Dwlght Lr Moody and the living "Gypsy"
Smith, whose oratory Ik simple and whoso
methods are unsensatlonal, havo to gather a
vast company, which hangs on their words
and Is willing to respond to their suggestions
before they can accomplish their work. The
apologists for these and the other evangelists,
however, Insist that It Is God working through
them who touches tho hearts of men, melts
them and runs them into a. new mold. It Is
Impossible for any one to decide which Is cor
rect, and it is Impossible to affirm or to deny
that what the psychologists call suggestion is
not tho way in which God works.
All the evangelists have been an uncommon
sort of men. Moody was unimaginative and
stolid, but was filled with a burning faith.
"Billy" Sunday has the Imagination of a soph
omore and the vocabulary of a prize-fighter,
and he accepts the Bible with the llteralness
of those who believe that Its punctuation and
division Into verses and chapters Is Inspired.
B, Fay Mills, who has Just died, was a man
of a different type. Even In the height of his
fame as an evangelist, between 1886 and 1896,
It was whispered about that he was unortho-
ought to be on the stage as an actor Instead of
preaching the gospel. He looked like an actor.
He had the rich, full, melodious voice of an
orator. He charmed by his 'eloquence and per
suaded by his pleading, but those who were
not moved by him found it Impossible to'
escape the conclusion that he was acting a
part. And he was, In a way, an actor, for
Bacon or Shakespeare, or whoever It was who
wrote the plays, remarked that the world's a
stage and that we are all aoUng our part on
It. Some of us are a little more theatric than
others. There may be greater differences, but
it must be admitted that some of us' are open
to the charge of play-acting.
Wildnesa of a Minister's "Son
The career of Mills was theatric from the
beginning. He was born In Rahway, N, J.,
the son of a preacher, and he Justified the
old saying that ministers' sons and deacons'
daughters are pretty wild. He was dissolute
and a wastrel. He set out for Australia to 1
escape' the restraints of a more civilized
community. He ot as far as Callfornlaxand
while be was waiting for his ship in, San
Francisco he lost his money In a gambling
place. He decided to end It all by killing
himself, hut before he drank the poison or
Jumped into the bay or fired the shot he read
a Bible verse which Mlted hlms as suddenly
as the voice in the thunder halted Paul on his
way to Damasous. He came back to the East
and fitted himself for the work of a preacher.
He becsWpastor of a Congregational church
in Rutland, Vt, and then of a Presbyterian
I church In Albany, N. Y, and befora tea set
THAT HIRED MAN
pStPARfPSS
PROOR
out on tho career of an evangelist. Crowds
flocked to hear him. In tho ten years of his
greatest activity it Is said that 500,000 persons
were convorted under his preaching. Then
thero wero roports that ho had not entirely
abandoned tho dissolute habits of his youth.
Thoy may havo sprung from envy or they
may havo been duo to his retirement during
periods of exhaustion from his labors. But
they persisted.
An Excursion Into Liberalism
Those who had been nkeptlcnl of his ortho
doxy wero not surprised whon about seven
teen or eighteen years ngohegavouphls evan
gelistic work, abandoned tho orthodox com
munion and accepted tho pastorate of a Uni
tarian church. His own explanation, however,
was Blmplo enough. Ho said:
I left my evangelistic work, first, because
I despaired of the possibility of a genuine,
widespread awakening and inspiration of
the Church; second, because of a social
vision, by which I camo to conceive of
Christ as the saviour of the social organi
zation rather than of individuals: third, be
cause of tho universal lewpolnt which cams
to me through my study of t!ie great books
of all ages nnd nations, through which the
Bible ceased to bo to me tho exclusively
Inspired word of God.
Last year ho abandoned his heterodoxy, to
uso tho term which tho orthodox apply to tho
belief of thoso who disagree with them, and
returned to the Congregatlonalist Church and
was welcomed back. Why ho returned ho
explained as clearly as why ho left:
I got behind tho scenes In business and
politics and I found out that neither of
theso was purely idealistic. There wero
views and practlc-i that I couldn't con
done but yet they jclated. Then it grad
ually came oter mt that here I was toler
ating practices that I didn't bellevo In out
sldo of tho Church, while with respect to
the Church I had been utterly Intolerant
I couldn't Justify that stand, so I came
back Into tho Church.
Ho was In Philadelphia In 1888, whon he
conducted a series of meetings that aroused
the city. During tho period of his liberal
thinking ho organized what ho called "Greater
Fellowship" organizations In various cities,
and had a following among thoso who seek
ror the newest tiling In cthlbal teaching.
When ho returned to orthodoxy he carried his
own "Greater Fellowship" society with him
that is, tho one which ho was leading In
Battle Creek, Mich. Last summer ho gave
a series of theological addresses at Urslnus
College, at Collegevlllo, Pa., which were scho
lastic rather than emotional, and appealed to
the Intellect rather than to the heart.
G. W. D.
A GERMAN CONFESSION
The provisioning of Germany Is safe and
secure. Our enemies do not believe It, but It Is a
fact that the German talent for organization has
surmounted this difficulty, too. We
produce so n 'ch food In our own country that we
need experle -a no anxiety. A new consus is
about to be ti ,n of our available stooks of corn,
flour and oats, ind it will probably allow an In
creased ration ,jer head The breeding of cattle
Is progressing. In spite of tho lack of foreign fod
der, because we have harvested bo much potatoes
that a large quantity of It can be used for animal
food. A further import of fodder is to be ex
pected shortly from the Balkans by the Danube
route. Muenchner Neuste Nachrlchten.
WHY THEY HUSTLE
Leaders at Washington are straining every ef
fort to bring Congress to an early close. Con
gressmen and Senators are ruBhlng bills through
and spending sleepless nights In an attempt to
'clean up" all unfinished business. Speaker
Clark suggests an early end. His followers are
legion. It Is easy to understand all this. The
truth Is that it will take alt the Democratic
leaders, administrative .and legislative, working
every day, without exception, from now until No
vember 7, to prove to skeptical voters why they
should be re-elected St. Louis Times.
NATIONAL POINT OP VIEW
Count von Bernstorff's smile Is now r,vi...t
"J!"6. ?' h frreat achievements of diplomacy.
Washington Star, tmacy.
,Lhl8l1 ? lk aa ,f throughout the country
William Shakespeare had carried the primaries
Y k S re rna,'Uy over Fra"011" Bacon New
,'"'.Vtn,Ur.'8 t0 -freest to the leather men that
the high price of paper should encourage the
TlmetDlBgaU" '" Bh9 Us-K"'"
Congress should also remember that It can
help along an early adjournment a whole lot
by leaving most of the unnecessary things un.
done. Indianapolis News.
The New York Evening Post Is Inclined to
despair over the Colonel's veracity. Borne folks
have such a profound respect for the truth that
they never approach near to It Buffalo Courier,
The Supreme Court has spoken and "the wolf
of Wall street" can now do his wolfing In the
Atlanta Penitentiary. There, no doubt, it will
be somewhat different from the well known and
well established New York varlety.-lndlanapoHs
Russia has earned TrebUond. Her capture
of It has an important bearing on u,, XJ," !
as weU as on the present, meaning the repres
ton of the Turt at one of tie moot ImporUnt
of his trade centres. Turkey will not setback
TrebUond any wore than & will gt back Er.
rum, and the rest of the world "will have few
regrets oyer that Hpw Haven RsUir,
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Queries of general interest will to annfereil-''
in this column. Ten questions, the chtfutt
to which every well-informed person Jouli'
know, aro asked dally.
QUIZ
Where did Roosevelt get Ills phrsit 7e
Ood and take your aim nnrt"f
Who It Roland O. Usher?
Wlio destined the White Homo and Umi
iTimi Duiming: was it copied? jggffi
As the musical note ascend In the seaU.fcl
the number of Tlbrotlons of the ittlnj tr
reeu increase or decrease? m
Why Is It Incorrect to say "Retntts rJg
Wlinf ! m.nf liv "II, lit..!. ...,,
What Us "Lloyd's"?
What Is the origin of the word "Jlnto" !
used to describe a man eager to ft tJ
warr
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10.
What Is the rilmioll mark on the sMttfii!
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How should yon pronounce "Consols" toil
nnat la the origin or the word?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
The turnpike takes Its name from the tc
Ins poles or pikes used to halt tratclf?
to compel the payment of toll.
After the rebellion of 174S tho Scotch lUcltl
landers were forbidden to bear urrai ofli
wear the tartan, which waa retarded aikll
military uniform. ' ft
Canberra Is the new capital of AnitrtHajfl
It lies between Sydney and Melbourne,
i. A Eals Is a wind blowing at the rsta rf
from 40 t 00 mUea nn hour, and a feuH
rlcane 60 miles and over. n
5. The "open door" In China, la the wller
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araimng- mo nations equal xraae lacuit:
In that country.
0. Frank R. Stockton wrote "The lady or
Tiger?
7. 'Amber Is a fossil resin of vesetable edits;
B. lly the "check-off" system the employer eK
lects union dues from union men ra,
nloTed and turns th,m nrr in tha Init
unions. 5'
v. soap is produced by a combination of fsHj
oils and fats with alkalis.
10. There ore S00 bones In the human boty,
Measuring Shelled Corn
Editor of "What Do You Know Klndlr CiW
in your column how many bushels of shtfisi!
corn there are In 625 pounds on the ear. ji
I. K. R I
The equivalent In bulk of a given quaUlM
of corn on the ear Is, as a general rule. lw
thirds of that amount In shelled corn. In Ptnci
sylvanla a bushel of corn In the ear wsttm
70 pounds and when shelled BS pounds. Till,,
allows 13 pounds a bushel for the weight
the cobs. There would bo about 1 2-1 bnshtlfj
of shelled corn In 525 pounds of corn In ttfl
Mark Twain's Daughter
Editor of "What Do You Know" I noil
that a correspondent of yours says that tt
stanza
Warm summer sun, shine kindly here:
Warm southern wind, blowly softly here;
Green sod above. He lleht. 11a lltrht:
Good-night, dear heart, good-night, gopdn'rbfl
is the inscription on the gravestone of Ifark
Twain's wife. As aN matter of fact. It 1 W
tne gravestone of his daughter. H. S.
The superintendent of Woodlawn CemeterV
Elmlra, N. Y provides th Information ttt
the Inscription referred to Is on the gravejtw
oi unvia susan Clemens, daughter of Man
Twain.
Pronunciation of Arbutus
Editor of "What TlA Ynu. Wilniol'Will W
pleaso give me the correct pronunciation oi.
arbutus and gladiolus? H. K. O.
"Arbutus" Is pronounced as If It were pMl!
are-oyu-tus," and the accent la either on u
first or second syllable: but tn the best usafi
It Is on tha first svllahla. "Gladiolus" la M
nounced as if It were spelled "glad eye-o-Jsri
ana the accent Is on the second syllable.
Air. noyes' Lecture i
Editor of What Do You Know" a am
ing this post-haste and I would consider ttj
great favor if you would publish it ImmedHUW
H. C. Wilier says In your column thatAIfrt
Noyes will lecture before tho Ethical Culhttl
Society at the Broad Street Theatre BubmJ
morning, at 11 o'clock. Will he or some wK
else positively Inform me whether the mettaf
will be open to outsiders, and on what ternu'-
ANXIOUS. !
At the offices of the Ethical Culture SodtW
It was said today that the meeting wouw r
open to the put no and that no admission
would be charged.
If I Knew You
Editor at "What Ita Ynu. Know' Can
print for me tha poem from which these l!nl
are taken: s
If I knew you and you knew me.
As each one knows his own sJf, we
Could look each other Jn the face
And see therein a truer grace.
I know there is more of it, but I bavejffl
been able tc find tha rest. LOKELTt
The poem is by Nixon Waterman and Is eM4j
ro Know All la to Forgive Alt" iouuw.
If I knew you as you know me
lt both of ua could clearly see.
And with an Inner sight divine
The meaning of your heart and mine,
I'm sure that we would differ less
And clasp our hands In friendliness;
Our thoughts would pUasantly agrte
If I knew you and you knew me
lt I knew you and you knew me.
As each one knows his own self, wt
Could look each other in the face
And see therein a truer grace.
life has, so many hidden woes,
So many thorns for every rose:
Th "why1 of thins our heart would, t
a sbxw you ana you Knew tso.
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