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PHILADELPHIA, FniDAY, MAY 11, 1316.
ildmo people are so fond of til-luck that
they run half way to meet it. Douolaa
Jcrrold. i
An honest politician la the rarest work of
tho boss system.
President Wilson must bo congratulating
himself that China Is not across tho Rio
Grande.
Gormapy is pleased with the President's
brief noto. Is It possible that there is some
thing wrong with It?
It In stated on rollablo authority that whisk
ors. are coming back Into stylo. Is this to
apply to tho presidential race?
Thank heaven, ono can Bleep with his
consclenco when he's honest Don't forget
that Governor Brumbaugh, at Reading.
Wo hopo the Governor fs not troubled by
a restless bedfellow.
An English man of science has exhibited a
soap bubble that lasted a month beforo It
burst "Wo can do better than thl3 in'Amertca.
Mr. Bryan lasted 20 years.
Less than a third of the 20,000 increase to
thf regular army which Congress authorized
In March has been securod. And thoro are
poor, deluded mortals who think that wo aro
In danger of becoming a military nation!
Tho Initials "T. It," according to tho Louls
vlllo Courier-Journal, stand for "Try Regular
ity." They also stand for "Terrible Revolu
tionist," "Tommy Rot." "Tried Rationalist,"
"Third Rotation," as well as several other
things.
It was Secretary Bryan who began calling
on the Americans to lcavo Mexico at once.
Secretary Lansing with his call yesterday is
only confessing that tho Government Is still
unable to protect the lives of Americans across
tho border.
JJIne floors of a liotol In Chicago have been
rented by George W. Perkins for convention
week. In view of tho ceremony over which
the Colonol hopes to officiate there, It would
be Interesting to know whether tho "bridal
suite" was Included.
They have plugged tho leak through which
Information of what was going on In the City
Hall has escaped. Now will Bomo one open
wide a gate through which knowledge of
What ought to be done and courago to do It"
cat be got into the building?
Speculators in "war brides" havn been blow
ing themselves so lavishly that ono of tho
biggest Jewelry firms in New York has an
nounced that It will glvo to its employes a
bonus of 10 per cent of their annual salaries.
And now Henry Ford will charge the jewelry
salesmen with opposition to peace plans.
Tho best teller In England this year has
been "HIndenburg's March Into London," of
Which the British have bought 4,000,000 copies
to learn what was In store for them If they
did not fight If the book had really terrified
them It would not liave been necessary for tho
Government to resort to conscription.
Rudyard Kipling once called the sane, clear
love of life "the guerdon of the Gaul." Lieu
tenant Jean Navarre, the aeronaut who has
challenged Lieutenant Immelman, German
aviator In extraordinary, to mortal combat,
would give us tho Impression that the love
of death waa -playing Its part In saving France
ana purifying It
The first woman delegate to the Chicago
conventions has arrived there a month ahead
of time to start a campaign of her own. But
this la not all that the Republicans and Pro
gressives will be In for. Thirty thousand suf
fragists that Is, at least 10,000 more persons
than the two convention hallavcomblned will
accommodate, are going to express their opin
ion of How one plank In the platforms should
read.
Very few Fblladelphlans would excite them
selves passionately over a writ of alterna
tive mandamus which might be' filed aralnst
the Mayor, ordering him to take tho police
out of politics. ObYjousiy a political trick,
worked by clever men, who know all the
Iniquities of the business as one knows the
tricks by which one lives. It Is only an
other item in .the long account of sickness
and disgust which politics Inspire. It la a
good thing for the leaders to fall out. If they
stayed "out" Jong enough Philadelphia might
enjoy clean government long enough to get
used to It, Citizens to whom the decency and
the honesty of Philadelphia mean anything
should not hesitate to take advantage of the
opportunities offered by both sides. They
may profit by every accusation made by the
Vares and every rebuttal of the McNlchols and
Penrose. 9ut they should not be misled.
The dagger held by each against the other
will cheerfully be turned Into the city's heart
if el the. gets the chance.
Some day a resolution directing the Presl.
-Jent to call a peace conference may be in
troduced In Congress with the prior know J.
edge and consent of the belligerents. It Is
of likely that Representative Green's: resolu
tion is such n, one. But the President does
not Re1 the authority of Congress to qualify
tm ta act a a Intermediary If it ready
num. jU fcar Ixwi ready trttw & Uin.
Ming, to use the good offices of the United
Blatoaj for tha settlement of tho war. Every
month that posses brings tho time nearer
when the peace talk In the nlr will coma to
earth and lead to definite negotiations. Such
rumors ns tht the Pope has asked the Presi
dent to Btart a peace movement and that
France Is ready fot peace are likely to be
come more frequent. In spite of till the boast
ful statements from Germany that she is as
strong ns ever, tho Impression is gaining
ground that she is rapidly approaohtng ox
haUstlon. She has been ready to talk peaoe
for two months or more, but her terms have
been unsatisfactory. The significant point for
all observers to note la that tho number of
persons who are thinking peaco is Increas
ing perceptibly.
Tom Daly's Column
PENROSE ON TRANSIT
Sennlor FanroM la on reeord n foTorlnir
both the Taylor plan and a loan to put It
tlirona.li In Ma entirety. lie lina promltett
to aland by Ilia people In thla matter and
lie moat malte.iroed.
TS SENATOR PENROSE opposed to tho Tay-
lor plan of rapid transit?
He is not.
Does ho think that it would be unwise for
Philadelphia to authorize a loan for tho con
struction of the entire system?
He does not.
Tho Senator has seon fit to speak out
straightforwardly on both these points.
On April 24, 1015, Senator Penrose said:
The forthcoming apeelnl election It an nil
Important etep In eMftbllnlilng much-needed
nnil nilerfiinte rnpld trnnalt faollltlea In
I'lillmleliihln. t Khali rote for the proposed
$0,000,000 Increase In the clty'a Indebted
net. When the construction of the
Initial linen la once well under tray tho city
will lie committed In n practical manner to
'' the completion of n ayntcm which will prop
erly nerve the necessities of the city In Its
entirety.
On March 7, 1916, ho Issued a formal state
ment to the public, in which he said:
I renmrm my unqualified Indorsement of
the Tnjlor pinna for trnnslt development.
Again, on March 7, Senator Penroso said:
I hope the loan Mil wilt prnvlde the necea
aary amount to put through the Taylor plan
In He entirely In order that every section
of the city may be cared for without dis
crimination. The people ore going
to demand and protect their rlghta In this
mntter nnd I shall aland by them.
It will bo understood that tho latest of those
declarations came from the Senator, not beforo
factional differences had developed, but when
they woro In full swing. Thoro has boon no
happening since of such a character as to
change conditions materially.
Tho Sonatpr said on Wednesday that ho
recognized the Interest in the transit loan,
"but the way the police department has been
handed over to the Vare contracting firm has
gravely complicated conditions in Philadel
phia, and many of my friends aro greatly
Incensed at tho outrages that are being perpe
trated against them."
No doubt So are thousands of Phlladel
phlans, who are not friends of tho Senator,
greatly Incensed. But they aro not so incensed
as to bo "dead crazy." Thoy are not so in
censed that they will show their anger by
voting to make themselves koep on paying 8
cents for exchange tickets. They are not so
incensed that they will show their resentment
by stabbing themselves In the back and hand
ing over the city to tho transit company. They
aro not so incensed that thoy intend to penal
ize tho city of Philadelphia and prevent its
growth for years to come. No, indeed!
Neither, wo take It, will Senator Penrose
after mature consideration attempt to use
Philadelphia's Interests as a club to crush
factional opposition. There are other ways
of curbing the Mayor. There is the strong
antl-Vare section of Councils, for Instance,
to see that no money is improperly expended.
So far as wo can gather, Senator Penrose
can find no fault in the Taylor plan or In tho
proposed loan. The only thing ho is against
Is the Mayor and the Mayor's gang. That
being the cane, ho is too shrewd a politician to
try to sacrifice Philadelphia, especially since
it seems altogether probable that neither he
nor anybody eleo can beat tho transit loan,
to Judge from the enthusiasm of tho people in
its support.
Senator Penrose or anybody else who trifles
with this transit Issue is monkeying with a
buzz saw. No man ever did that and got by
without the aid of a physician.
Senator Penroso said, "The people are going
to demand and protect their Tights in this
matter and I shall stand by them."
Now Is the time to make good.
DISCARD THE BULK POULTICE
It tho Republican convention Is respon
sive to the patrlotlo spirit that brought the
Republican party into being and made it
dominant for half a century, It will meet
this crisis in a spirit of broad patriotism
that rises above partisanship. From the
statement of the Progressive Executive
Committee. .
TUB demand for patriotism and statesman
ship is certainly aa great in this crisis aa it
was when the Republican party was born.
There was more truth than beauty In tho
stmtli of the campaign orators who a gen
eration ago said that Buchanan sat on the
rebellion like a milk poultice and brought t
to a head. The inability of the present-Ad-ministration
to act in the great military and
commercial emergency caused by the Euro
pean war Is as complete as was Buchanan's
cowardice when confronted with the threat
of secession. It has wabbjed as Buchanan
wabbled. And It has done nothing but talk
and write notes. '
The duty before the delegates who are to
meet in Chicago Is clear, Factional flgbta
within national Republicanism mean treason
to the national Interests. It la within the
power of those who call themselves Pro
gressives to keep alive In some small degree
the bolt of ISIS. It la within the power of
the Republicans to make It difficult for those
who have not yet come back into the party
to return.
The delegates are expected, as patrlotlo
Americans, to nominate a candidate who be
lieves in the dignity and greatness of Amer
ica and to adopt a platform, ringing with cour
age and national self-respect 4 clearly that
tha Democracy's, "clarion call" Trill tfaunrl like
the tinkling of a brass bell on the neck of a
arsW cat.
McAronl Ballads
DA. hJETtA DOOTOR
"M'en I am Iceg," tava he
Dat lietta. k'eed of mine
Gran' doctor 1 vxell be
An' 01 so tmart an fine)
You iccell ba proud of tne; '
Wen J an beog," ays he. , ,
, To becg endugh," ihc tav
Itecs madre; dat'a mv tcife
"t ltke iou decta way;
He) ontt) all your life,
Ltke dead, you could atayt
You bceg enough," the say,
"You are too bccgl" 1 cry,
"You crotorf your madro'a heart,
He you grow more, oh mvl
You butt cet all apart!
No roomdcrc noto hai-e I,
You are too beegl" 1 cry,
"Wen 1 am been," sayt he,
"I fecx all dat for yo.
Vet hearts can bust, you tec, ,
DCy can be menda, tool
Gran' doetor T wcell be
Wen I am bceg," says he.
Our Guide to the Theatres
Silt I nm anxious to entertain, amuse and
please n tired business man who la my guest
and of whom you have doubtless heard Mr.
A Mcrrltt Taylor. He has few Idle moments and
cannot afford to waste time upon a poor show,
rcrhnps you could rccommond to us a suitable
performance. w. PENN.
Wo would BUggest:
1. "A Loan at Last" at tho Lyric.
2. "Patience," South Broad, May 18, 19
and 20. '
SOME VACATION I
A certain corporation In town employs n largo
number of stenographers nnd typists. One of
tho typists, who, for want of n better name, we
shall refer to us MIsh Krausmeyor. IInch In
Poltstown, Pa , commuting back nnd forth each
day.
For Miss Krausmoyer to reach her plnce of
employment on time she must arleo at 4.30 a,
"In to make the 5.45 "milk train" for Philadel
phia. Each evening fine rcnchen homo about
7 p. m . oats and Immediately "lilts the hay"
'I sho Is to securo tha required eight hours.
One day lns.t week ue returned early from
lunch and found several of the typists drnped
becomingly (?) over various chairs and desks,
discussing vacation plans Occasionally wo are
nmlablo, so we said, "Miss Kiausmoyer, wo sup
pose you are going to have an enjoyable vaca
tion this summot 1" '
"Oooh I Ote I" sho exclaimed, her eyes spark
ling, "I'm gona have a Bwell time I'm gona
stay up every night till 1 o'clock I" Vf. S B.
What d'yemean "oata nnd hlta"T Ed.
Cinema Songs
FAIimVULIj TO C1ILOE
I've come to say goad-by to you,
Chloo, my dear,
My love xcould prove no longer true,
Ohloe, I fear;
Though once, indeed, I loved you truly,
I fear me now I pined unduly,
For there's a swell dame come here newly,
Ohloc, I hear.
Our Theda wears a shlmm'rlng gown,
That's leally class,
And, one might say, she dresses down,
(Yet censors pass);
Sly stiff dress shirt is growing damp.
With weeping, whan the lass doth vamp,
And so I fear you must decamp,
Chloe, alast
I do not fall for all the stuff.
That Horace did,
Of coquetry I've had enough,
8o clamp the lid.
You've got to blight strong men's careers,
And hasten brave men to their biers;
Aht then I'll kiss away your tears,
Ohloe, ol' kldl
WILL LOU.
Bean Boundaries
VII
EDWARD J. CATTELL
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City Statistician's dome!
Here you'll always find at home .
Quite a million things or so,, ,
Just the things you want to know.
But look outl be careful, folks I
Half those million things arc joke-
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Our Own Movies
(Passed by the Natural Senses.)
By SHON REA.
REEL IV
A book agent Is used to Jiard knocks, like
hitting his head against the bottom of a boat
when he catches a crab, but he doesn't mind
that, as rowing with a skin as red as a lob
ster's he flees from an Infected lighthouse keeper
with a message for help from shore, four miles
out.of his way.
So the book agent, opening himself like a
Jackkntfe blade, stumbled over the side of the
skiff which had borne him over the deep waters.
He cursed the shingles of the beach as he
climbed to the cottage door, and while he held
his skinned knuckles In his mouth, the door
opened. A deaf woman appeared to peer at
him. He gave her the note. She obened it.
She shook her head, and said "I can't read.
Tou read It for me."
He read It to her "Bill If you don't re
port before 3 o'clock I'll have you fired. Any
way, when you come here for your watch you're
going to catch something. I've been itching all
day to get at your hide, and I've had that Itch
so bad It must have got to shore somehow,
for the fellow What glve you this Itched to
come to see me. Itched to sell me his books.
Itched to know what I did with myself,, and
itched to get away off the Island, Yours, .Capt.
Smith."
(The Rope's End.)
Uide-and-Seeking Round the Town
III.
THE BARTRAM HOUSE.
This Is a mansion house of old
Where divers 'strapgo trees grow,
But Just exactly where it Is
I'm sure I do not know,
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Overheard at a Corner Shoeshinery
TIME, 7 A. M.
"Go easy on that corn, Kid. I'm the softest
thing you know, but I can't only Just stand so
much. , Dpn't I look like I know how
to brtave? Yh, well I betcher It'll Juat xst
that bartender his Job. What! Why down here
at Jack's planed He bawled me out. I guess
he's been up drlnkln' all night What?
Don't they? Wall, what time Is It now?
I guess he's a new guy; he'll be gone tomorrow
and only hired yesterday no, Monday. What
day Is this? Why, I been a regular
customer o' Jack's for 25 years, Walt till I
talk to Jack about that fresh new bartender.
He waa going to Jump the bar an' lick me.
What? Yen. a dark-complected feller You
don't say? Been there that long, has he? Got
a family, too, eh? Too bad; I dpn't want the
poor guy to lose his Job. But be
oughtn't to drink an' get Ugly ' Either
he was drunk or I was aa1 you can see me
Yep j I guess 111 haveter tell Jack;
to fire him. Kp the chang."
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PUBLICITY, THE NEW
ART, AND ITS EFFECT
Tho Evolution of Creative News.
How Ideals Have Learned to
Pay Their Own Way in the
World of Print
CIVILIZATION has tapped n reservoir of
unnuspoctod energy. It is dazzled by the
first pickings in a mlno that makes the gold
of 121 Dorado look cheap and vain. It has
discovered tho bonanza. Publicity.
When somebody discovered America, other
people stood about and said, "Now you've
got it, what aro you going to do with It?" For
a long tlmo the best tho discoverers could do
was to grab all tho gold In sight and tako a
few Indians back to Europe to show them off
as Barnum showed his wild man. When the
East discovered California tho best It could
do was to grab all tho gold. Now, California
suggests gold to no one, but Its far moie
valuable ciops. When tho orld Invented
printing It mado It a private matter for a
couple of centuries.
News That Creates
Every new art that civilization gets in Its
hands is liko a mechanical toy put in tho
hands of a baby. It thinks it Is only a rattle
until, probably after it has broken tho spring,
It discovers the hidden possibility of complex
antics calculated to lnspiro a delirium of
mirth. Tho bear tho baby tried to break
statts to walk all around on Its hind legs.
It Is beginning to dawn on us that for a long
time wo used tho telegraph, newspapers, even
railroads, pretty much as tho baby used tho
toy. Go baok over tho old flics of news
papers. What did they really got out of tholr
telegraphed dispatches? Amazingly little. Tho
same old accidents and crimos wcro solemnly
sont across the country to tho exclusion of
other news. It is a comparatively recont in
novation for newspapers to select tho vital,
creative news from far-off sections and "cut
down" tho gruesome, tho personal and tho
trivial.
Creative news a now thing. Tho reporters
have gradually been schooled to a new idea
of selection. When the correspondent In
Seattlo must choose between putting on the
wire a local 'political scandal or a new use for
radium, he no longer chooses tho scandal ho
wires tho "radium story" and drops the scan
dal. What Is the socrot reason for tho change
that has come over him, over tho system in
general? The discovery of tho art of pub
licity -the hidden spring In tho rattle.
The discovery has bound together two arts.
Publications had thought separately of ad
vertisements and tho mattor in tho "regular"
columns. But when the national community
evolved tho need for publicity, that Is to say,
when invention, needs of distant and locally
unprocurable commodities, quick reactions to
distant Ideas, movements, methods, forced
themselves into print, tho newspaperman and
the writer of "ads" looked each other over
In a new way, "You've got the makings of
a good reporter In you, my boy," said the re
porter. And, "You're not half bad as an 'ad'
writer er, I mean, Publicity Man," returned
the other.
Evolution of "Ada"
It Is tills new spirit which makes the title,
given to the Juno convention of the Asso
ciated Advertising Clubs of the World not
completely descriptive, because so many ad
vertlsements are real news. The money
making phase of selling to a man In Arizona
u, device made, say, In Buffalo has been
swamped by the public Importance of the
community of Interest 'between the two dis
tant factors brought Into being by the trans,
action. The, Arlzonan wants to know more
about Buffalo, and the Buffalo people wunt to
know more about Arizona. Presto) The news,
the fiction, the descriptive articles of news
papers and magazines must respond to that
want. The 'ad" thus has spilled over Into
the news columns; the news tells about new
needs in Arizona, new enterprises In Buffalo,
And so the news spUls over Into the "ad"
columns again. '
What is coming Is thla that nine-tenths
of the "ads" of the future will be vital "news."
J"hb news won't become "ads," as the cynical
would say. But a great thinfe- will be done
for It, Is being done for it now; it is being
made to reflect the, definite needs, detires,
thoughts, of the people. Take a concrete ex.
ample. Ten years ago, even in honest news
papers, such Issues as preparedness would be
treated primarily as political weapons. Now
they are discussed rather from the standpoint
of the actual public need. The paid "ad," It
you please, la sounding the bugle call on the
note of high Ideals, calling tho citizens of the
country to action, and if he ta only half awake
the newspaperman is reduced to the humilia
tion of getting the news of the day out of the
advertisements in W own paper.
Tho fuloa of vvba.t has beJ known as uovva
and what has been known ns ndvortlslng is
n bigger thing than both of thorn; it la pub.
Hetty.
Publicity la changing tho narrower private
purso notions of tho old school of advertlsots
into public ideals nnd projects.
Publicity is changing tho flashy and yellow
phnso of Journalism Into public ideals and
projects.
It 1b this perspective of publicity that tho
city must sclzo now, six weeks In advance, In
its understanding nnd gieetlng of tho adver
tising men. It must read Into and demand
of Its newspapers an appreciation of a now
kind of news which Is not merely tho news
which Is, but also tho news which creates.
COST OF RED TAPE
The Bureau of Municipal Research Con
demns the Petty Bonding System
During 1915 tho Bond nnd Contract Branch
of tho Department of Law collected ?4S,7C0 In
fees; $40,28.; In 1014; m.Sli In 1913. The bulk
of this monoy Is derived fromthe preparation
of proposal bonds in connection with offers to
soil the city supplies or to perform constiuction
work, and from tho preparation of bonds and
contracts after contracts have been awarded.
Now what la tho reason for all those safe
guards or red tape, as they may seem to thn
official looking out or the citlzpr& looking Into
City Hall? Doubtless tho city Is trying to protect
Itself against the nonperformance of contracts.
In addition to business responsibility, it wants
to have the full legal mcasuro of protection in
any transaction.
Assuming that all thesn precautions are neces
sary and worth while, who really pays for tho
preparation of bonds and contracts, and who
should pay for them in nil fairness? On tho
surfaco it would appear that tho bidder or con
ti actor does Ho pays a fee for tho contract
or bond to tho Department of Law. It conts him
i'i for a proposal bond, $1 for all other bonds,
$3 for a contract under $1000, $5 for a contract
from $1000 to $5000, nnd so on up to 120, tin
provided for in the ordlnanco of March 2S, 18S1
What is tho effect of making the contractor
pay for protecting tho city against him? What
Is thoro so desirable about a contract with tho
city of Philadelphia. Tho State of Pennsylvania
and the Government of the United States make
no such charges.
It Is safe to say that In all contracts for
construction, and in most contracts for supplies,
except where the bidding Is closo and on a unit
cost basis, the cost for fees is estimated before
hand, and. If possible, transferred to tlie city
Just as many taxes are transferred to some one
clso by tho ono who Is supposed to pay them.
Tho man about to do business with tho city
Is not going to bo much extra trouble simply
because tho city Is a more deslrablo customer.
Dither the transactlonjn his opinion will pay
him or he will not bid nt all.
Tho Department of Supplies as tho purchasing
agent for the city Is nnxious to get bidders Any
thing that keeps them away Is, frorii Its point of
view, undesirable. Any delay In preparing con
tracts and gottlng the goods Interferes with ItH
efficiency and with that of the other depart
ments dependent upon It.
Everything to make dealing with tho city
simple and Inexpensive Bhould bo done If the
most benefit is to be derived from central pur
chasing. It might be well for a re-examlnatlqn
of this wholo proceduro, and If nev lnwa and
ordinances aro necessary, let us have them Lost
mouon snouiu oe cue out wnereter possible
waste is the bane ot our cities, and, in fact of
uur waoie nauuiiai iito.
"
IN GREECE
King Constantino of Greece professes to bo
hontstly convinced that a policy of continued
Inaction Is approved .by the great mass, of the
Oreek people. He persists In regarding the re
cent uprisings In favor of Venlzelos, iSx-Pre-mler,
as a political maneuver. The weakness
of tho opponents of Venlzelos lies In the dis
content among the rank and file of the army,
who largely attend tho meetings of the fol
lower of Venlzelos and who declare that a
purposeless mobilization of the Greek army Is
depriving their families of needed support
Olurllngton Free Press.
NATIONAL POINT OP VIEW
In the difficult art of being an ex.presldent.
Prof. William H. Taft still shines by compart'
son. New York World.
Iowa stands by Jlr. Cummins on a light vote;
but Mr, Cummins seems to be a light candidate
Springfield Republican.
Henry Ford has voted but six times in his life,
and then only under protest A man who thinks
so little of his right of suffrage makes a better
pacifist than he would a public ofllclal, Cin
cinnati Times-Star,
Michigan Republicans In a direct primary
some days ago decided upon Henry Ford for
the Presidency, Michigan Republicans In the
resultant State convention a few days later de
cided upon Justice Hughes for the Presidency.
Salt Lake City Herald-Republican.
THE WAY TO MAKE A HIT
With argument
We should be done r
And now speak to "
Them with a gun.
The men who live
In cactus land
A friendly act
Can't understand.
It I a waste
Of paper to
Write notes to uch '
A savage crew.
Diplomacy '
Avalleth nit
With them 'tis guns
That make a hit
r-Sr&oklyn taundwd Unlpn,
What Do You Know?
Queries of general intetcst will bo antictfei'
in mis column. Ten questions, the aniwtr)'
to which every well-informed person shfalii
Know, aro asKca aauy.
10,
QUIZ
I. lVIiy Is Texns called the "r.one Star 8Utyfl
;. i? jnii in n punitive expedition?
3. Wliut Is tho purpose nf the lines of roes.
ends nun sees dnnsllnc In the, air tyti
rnnronu rrncKH.
I. Illnmnmls nro harder tlinn any other knew
sulistnncD, Then how are they cut?
fi. Is It possible tn piny n, tnno nn drums?
0. M lint Is sen cnnl, and how Ionic lias co!n
IIOIMl in HURT
7. Why Is It Incorrect tn sny, "Divide It W!
tween John, CI corse nmt Henry"?
8. Whnt Is n "innnilnmiis," anil what U lit
nrlKln of the v. orilf
0. Is there any connection between the TitTXv
i.lHscoiini" nnil tho worn "uiahop"T
Can American Indians become citizens el -
,1. Tlt..l .... f
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Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Steam Is not -visible; uhnt we see Is itesa
condensed Intn water npor by encUtU
wuu inn comer nir. ,ifj
.. ,Mne inner wniermiis in me united pimhs
- lire hlRher tlinn Nlngnrn. i
3. Tho mlllthi l coiiiihinciI nf every mule oil
military nee; tho organized militia Is Ibi
Xiittonal nuartl.
4. "lJuylntr a pic In a poke" not knowing nTiHi
you are Inula.
R. Copper Is used to convoy electricity pecsuM
of Its low .resistance.
CniiKressmnii must ho n resident ofj IU)
State hut not neccsvnrll) of his district '
'Oh, ilenr me," Is it corruption of the Itallia
"O. din mlu." nn Invocation to the neliTA
8. Bailors' trousers are made wide ot the lot
torn so they can roll them up for ctrtsil
alntlH of work.
0. A rod Is flW, jurds.
10. A bj -election U n special election to All
vacancy In a leclslatlte hod)-. . 1
l
Lord Wlmborne's American Kin
ErfHor o "What Do You Know" Can you ttUH
me if Lord Wlmuome, tho Lord Idautepant ojj
Ireland, has relatives in this country 7 J'. H'
Lord Wlmborne's brother, the Hon. Fredericks
Guest married a daughter of Honry Phlpps, CjJ
INch York, and another brother, tho Hon. Ilonel '
flu est, married JIlss Flora Blgelow, a daushtefJ
of tho lato John Ulgolow.
0.
7.
The Flan With Sixteen Stripes
Editor of "What Do You Know" I under.!
stand that ono of tho Hags used In one of tila
Government services has 16 stripes. Can yoaj
explain for me tho reason of thls7 J. S.
The Revenue Mnrlno Service Hag, author! J
br act of Congress, March 2, 1789, was oriel. S
nally prescribed to "consist of 16 rjeroendlcuurt
ntrlpes, alternate red and white, the union of WJ
ensign bearing the arms of tho United States lii
dark blue-on a white field.," Tho 16 s.trlp rep-J
roHnntort tlm number of States which had been J
admitted to the Union at that time, and Mdi
change has been made since.
The "Loud" Peddl
Kdlf or of "What Do You Know" to tor PX i
tlon No. in Tucsaayu quiz, ana mo ow-" .
"the loud pedal does not make tha notes UM
louder" of course? because a note la a 7intJJi
and how can a symbol be made loud or soi '
T... t, ,lnAD InnAnBA lh. IflllN wllM It ll USCO, S
because t allows the other strings, or.wlrej. w
vibrate In sympathy with the one that l5:j
and Increases the tone in tnat way. a"""'"'"!
t. ii i ,u . Mnn.A n It nnd not pI
Loud Pedal, as one uses It even whon $ TJ
&oiuy.
When Whisky Was Introduced 44
7,', III r.1 "IVhnl nn YOU JftlOU)" P!e60 Ml1
In your column when atid where whisky wMj
first introduced in tne umiea oiaioo-
It, li. o v
The answer to the question depends very n3 1
..- j.u..i .1 ..hi.in, k tinuor known'
on mo uDiiniiiuii v t..j. -- - ":,.; i-
as usquebaugh, from which word wil7 j
probably derived, was made In the vKeeu
and eighteenth centuries in the British iwej. lu
r. -. .... ... .i,..i.. nn the whisky01 .
J. .!.. kl 1. I. nnes htft. that Wht ,-
- know as whisky nnd usquebaugh were used Z4
currently, it is certain, nowever, m -;; m
..-,- ,,.. ...... -,.M n.ni. tins heen ynr l
nunc unuur ueriveu num , -- -".i.(tta
pared for centuries. In both Ireland n8'?n7wa
opinta or some mna were orounv i "";"
..' i..i... . .1,. -. jnHa nf the sevea-ji
eenth century the "Are-water" of the Ind !rj
nut it in fniriv rjriin that the Indians ",
some sort of Intoxicant or stimulant, PWPJJ2 -1
used medicinally, before the arrival oi un -t-
Whether this waa "wrneny ta noi wwwh.
Ppenminiv M rSHrin
Editor of "What Do You Knoto-KinWj
an.wer the following questions. What 1J w-
zen nanora? Where do I Bet them? flumpe
of room In City Hall? j
An alien denlrin-r to become a el.Uenli-.WJj
file a declaration of Intention of .bc0,mi?ftJ,iJ
citizen In the clerk's omw of the United Sta
District Court Not less than two year '?
niJpg this declaration, wait after not .Jew vM
five yeara' continuous residence in yn "J"','
States, he may file a petition for cltlMWn ,
the court, provided M has lived at .e .
v. -nnllnilnmlv Immediately OfSaT to f -"; 4
ot the petition. In the State or Territory J
petition may be heard for at least 0 oaJKS M
ii i. iaj ...1,1,1.. in rf.v. hafore a cen1'" -13
election. A fee of H U charged for ..? (J
of the declaration of intention, and one of -ft S
the petition. (Jo to Room 29S City JIU f
Postofuce BuUcUng.