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AVERAGE NET PAID DAlLT C1R-
COTiATION OP THE EVENING LEPOEn
SXJR APntli WAS 117,310.
(nflidllphla, TnMdar, Mtr K, 191.
Wht constitute! a State?
Men who their duties know,
Jtt know their rgif, and knowing,
' r dare maintain,
Sir William Jones,
Something was landed, but It was
Casement and not his expeditions.
Malto tho majority a big" one. Some
Abstractionist might misunderstand It
otherwise.
Tho verdict on tho transit loan
'rill not "bo anonymous. Tho pcoplo ot
Philadelphia aro not afraid to sign.
Now the Dutch, Bancs and Swedes
isrve- advanced their clocks an hour. At
this ra'to tho first thing wo know It will
fee yesterday.
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Philadelphia today Is a good thing,
but Philadelphia tomorrow will bo a far
better one. The exposition Is merely a
straw to show which way the wind blows.
U
It they ask Teddy to write the
Apfenks oh Americanism and prepared
ness in tho Bcpubllcan platform, ho may
be tempted to tell them that If they will
nominate him they will not need any
ether platform.
Nine Philadelphia boys had no
trouble passing- the entrance examina
tions to Annapolis, although they will
doubtless be severely criticised by Con
gressmen for thus offering themselves
to tho defense of tho country.
Probably whon tho Senate wants to
feulld a dreadnought or two tho House
will Insist that It compromise on a couple
et motorboats. Preparedness to the
fSbuso la Just ono pussy-footed measure
after another and mora taxes.
'?
"While tho textllo makers of America
re meeting In this city, the voters aro
deciding whether Philadelphia shall be
woven Into a solid fabrics by tho transit
system on which tho trains will move as
Shuttles from ono outermost boundary
to another.
No leniency, from politico-homo-
made Judges for election crooks this
time! Tho Federal authorities have
their eye on the polls, and the United
States courts aro not Interested In tho
private and personal virtues of ballot-
,,fccx stutters. '
Six thousand dollars spent on
postage alono to circulate anonymous
lies about the transit loan on expensive
paper! And yet some people still be
lieve Phlladelphlans can't afford to
finance a big enterprise.
From the number of Philadelphia
women who aro going to Chevy Chase It
JcoKs as If Bome mothers had brought
up their daughters, if not to be soldiers,
at least to encourage men to get ready
to flght by preparing to take care of them
if they are hurt.
Almost every Frenchman wore a
ecoratton of some kind before tho war
fean. Two hundred thousand more
decorations have been distributed since
August, 1914, and now tho man without
k ribbon In his buttonhole or a medal
n his breast will be as rare a3 a man
3(thout a military title in Kentucky.
Unless the National Association of
Jlanufacturers, now In session In New
'York, deliberately neglects its duty it will
adopt vigorous resolutions In favor of
preparedness for the certain consequences
ef peace in Europe. When the nations
top fighting they will haye to begin to
recover what they have lost during the
"war. This is the one rich market In the
"?orid toward which they will look. Wo
eon let them unload their goods on us at
ruinous prices, or we can protect our own
manufacturers and workmen. The Ad
ministration apparently thinks that we
can take our chances under the present
laws, but the manufacturers know that
the chances are such as no levelheaded
business man would risk.
The sailing vessel Marie of Trpense,
launched Jn 1778, was yesterday re
ported again in service. She began her
", extraordinary existence when piracy still
-1 terrorized the seas, and re-enters as an
Xker kind of piracy, of the submarine,
J-Tfoea-out, Two things are of interest in
this peculiar circumstance. First, one
jaarvel at the honesty and the 'brain
rhch must have gone into the building
of th Marie of Troense. Second it may
be recalled that for many years after she
was built the American shipbuilder was
' known as the most skilful In the craft and
&' American merchant marine led the
teerld. Skill and energy have pot died
f the American character, but they
been diverted into otqer channels.
- wbn Benaiark- la tempted to put a
I lie f eara 014 into servlca because
,,thtb HM justify a4 slwaw It th
THE Houso of Representatives, Hay
lzed and bulldozed, no sooner succeeds
In forcing tho Senate into a compromlso
which blights the hope of adequate mili
tary preparedness than it Is calmly an
nounced from Washington that now
sources of revenue must bo found, where
fore a heavy tax on munition makers will
bo levied and the Government will confis
cate for Its own uso a part of Inherit
ances. We havo no sympathy with wreckers.
Wo cannot applaud a decision to keep in
military training a pollco guard nnd call
It an army. Wo aro not of those who can
pat themselves on the back becauso they
carry no flro insurance Imagining that
thereby they havo saved some tnonoy.
School children nro bolus fed with pap
and told, In tho words of Mr. Bryan, how
at the approach of danger a citizenry
rushes to nrms, lnvlnctbto on account ot
Its enthusiasm. But some of us in thl3
country nro reasonable human beings,
nnd tho rhetoric of "mouth" patriots does
not dotudo us. Wo know that a bunch of
untrained farmers can't spike a 14-lrtch
gun. England heard tho kind of talk Hay
gets off heard and believed nnd If It
had not been for tho French guns that
thundered along tho Mnrne nnd In the de
fense of Nancy there would not bo enough
of England left to grease a flivver. Yet
tho same kind of hot air passes for states
manship In America.
Tho damage Is done. Two years of the
bloodiest period In tho history of civiliza
tion havo passed and this wealthy nation
Is Just as unprepared for eventualities as
It was whon tho war started. Moreover,
It will bo Just ns unprepared another year,
for tho blind men now In AVashlngton
can never bo made to see. Not until wo
get another Congress can wo get tho kind
df lnsuranco that wo must have. Not
until tho pcoplo sweep thl3 whole crowd
of puny, lnch-vlsloncd, nntl-dcfense legis
lators out ot oftlco will thero be nny hope
for preparedness. Our citizens may never
bo massed alone a battle front of hun
dreds of miles, untrained and linarmed,
without artillery nnd munitions; but If
they arc, a spy glass will bo necessary to
find the Hays and other gentlemen of tho
typo who would rcduco defense to tho
common denominator of political profit.
What nro tho new taxes for? Thoy
havo stuck stamps on telegraph blanks
and everything elso In sight. They havo
put the Federal collecting hand on some
Incomes nnd propose to put It on more of
them. They Intend to tax Inheritances
and lovy on tho pioflts of manufacturers.
Yet with the enormous resulting Increase
In revenue they begrudge nny part of It
for national defense. They would pour
our gold out for railways in Alaska, for
good roads in Fodunk, for postofllces In
Sqyare Creek, for open ditches In Yellow
Gutter and for congressional seed orgies;
but they are adamant when money is
wanted to construct a fleet capable of
protecting this rich nation or to build
guns and buy powder wherewith to ropel
Invasion.
It Is no wonder that Theodore Roose
velt raves and fbams at the mouth. It
Is no wonder that men who havo been
abroad and know a thing or two are
disgusted at tho Ignorance which under
lies our legislation. It Is no wonder that
private citizens, Influenced by real pa
triotism, solicit funds from private
sources wherewith to train independent
military units.
Today it is Villa laughing at us or Car
ranza mocking our strength. Tomorrow It
may bo a real Power snorting a challenge
at our very gates. But wo are told that
this can never happen. No, wo aro a
people apart None will ever attack us,
becauso our motives aro too good. But
the torch of tho enemy beforo this has
made a bonfire of the national capital.
There Is no peace except the peace that
our might can compel. Thero Is no Jus
tice among the nations except the justice
that respect for might engenders. There
Is no sure safety except the safety for
which we ourselves provide.
Mr. Garrison has been abundantly vin
dicated. He, at least, sounded tho warn
ing and sacrificed himself In a vain at
tempt to bring our legislators to a real
Izatton of the situation confronting them.
It remains now for the Republican Na
tional Convention In Chicago to find a
real American, neither a mouther nor a
procrastlnator, who will stand for national
defense and inspire all others who appear
on the party ticket for Congress to gird
their loins, thrust aside tho Insidious In
fluence of sincere but gullible pacifists
and correct In record time the grievous
error that leaves, us unprotected, a lamb
ready for the wolves.
Slogan for Today
Don't, don't, don't be afraldt
Let the High Tax Ohott he laldl
Nothinp tike thai to 6d paldl
Let the Tranilt Loan be model
RECENTLY' a young Lochlnvar bo
tho name o' P. Joseph Lynch -came
out of the West, but It seems he wen
galumphing back again almost Imme
diately with his tall not qui to so high In
the nlr as It was whon he camo. He was
trying to start a boom for Charles War
ren Fairbanks. Huh! Talk about putting
warm blood Into a cake of lcel And how
Petor Flnley Dunne always did love C,
W. F.l It will bo remembered that Fair
banks was v. p. of Uicso here U. 8. some
years ago, whon a trial of tho Holland
submarlno boat wns mado at Oyster Bay
and tho President went down In the sub'
marine. Many people were shocked at
the President's recklessness, nnd one a
gushing young lady of the early 20s
waxed quite warm ovor It In conversa
tion with Pete Dunne. "Wasn't It terri
bly risky of the dear President?" she
bleated. "Yes," said Pete, "It certainly
wns foolhardy of tho President to go
down in that boat and not take Fair
banks with him."
Ghoulish GIcc
Thero Is seldom an item of news
That moro pleases tho common plug's
views,
Than that gnsolino
Is a prlco unforeseen
It relieves tho pedestrian's blues. 1
G. G.
OUR own dear paper, in a news item,
recently spoko of a "girl of 34 years."
This suggests an interesting question.
When docs a girl ceaso to bo n girl? Some
years ago, when v,o were a very young
clerk in a publication office, an elderly
woman approached our counter nnd In
quired tho way to tho managing editor's
ofllce. Wo said: "Through that door to
your right, Into tho hall, clovntor to tho
fifth floor." She thanked us, and going
to tho front door, called: "Come on,
girls!" Four camo at her call and trooped
after her. Their ages appeared to bo 80,
75, 60 and 70.
And while we'ro on this subject, It
would nppear that American womanhood
won't come Into Its or her own until
along about the first week In August, at
which time "The Stampedo" will fill
"Eight count 'em, 8 Epochal days" at
Shcepshend Bay, N. Y. We've Just had
tho privilege of reading in a dodger of
tho "adorable cowgirls, whoso youth and
beauty seem to cry out against their
hazardous exploits" "daring
debutantes, who ride for tho supremacy
of their sex, drawing their mounts from
tho bucking list of 300 outlaw demons
and riding slick, stralght-up, scratching,
screaming, fanning to a. yelling, deafen
ing championship finish." "Em
presses of tho Interminable prairie whoso
saddles nro their thrones, mavericks on
tho rango of unconventlonallty," are
these "girls who detest slgh3 and marsh
mallowy nonsense, who 'keep company'
on horseback, who can ride the most
obstreperous outlaw horses, swing a
lariat with certain aim and fondle a gun
artlessly; but not ono of whom who could
not nnd does not cut a dainty figure on
a ballroom floor."
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SPEAKING THE PUBLIC MIND
Loan Bills Should Be Indorsed, as There Can Be No Public
Improvements "Without Money Sarcasm About
Mr. Ford Other Matters
What Do You Know?
Queries of general Interest will bo an
swered tn this column. Ten Questions, the
answers to which every wcU-lnformcd
person should know, are asked dally.
Tho Situation in Ireland
Arson.
Carson.
Croppy.
PASSING through the town of Morrow,
Ohio, wo noticed the sign "T. O'Day,
Plasterer," and wo couldn't help won
dering what could have brought T. O'Day
to Morrow.
7V the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir I havo Just received a circular, with
out any name whatovcr signed to It, advis
ing me, with other citizens, to vote against
tho two loan bills. As a plain business
man, having not tho slightest interest in
political factions, but the welfare of Phila
delphia at heart, I cannot seo why any
Phlladclphlan would advlso voting against
said loans. Philadelphia can no more pro
gress and become n great city without the
legitimate use of money than can any in
dividual run a successful business without
It. The reasons for otlng for tho loans
are so numerous that It Is difficult to And
a reason why they should be defeated.
Without tho passage of the loans. Phila
delphia will be In a most deplorable con
dition as I see It. There are seven Irons
continental lines across the United States
today, I bellee. Had they never been
pushed across from ocean to ocean tho
whole Western country would have been
nnything else than what it is. No more
can a great city grow without transit facili
ties than tho Western States could have
grown without them.
I hope all oters in Philadelphia will
think seriously over this matter and regis
ter their votes in favor of both.
,,. B. W. MELVIN.
Philadelphia, May IE.
S'
PREPARING FOR PEACE
PEACE and the rumors of peace will
figure in the news so continuously
from now pn that before the. war's end
readers may grow as weary of them as
many now are of war reports. Each one
seems sensible and plausible. In each
there Is reason for hope. At least we
know that the mind of Europe Is being
turned away from destruction.
Tn Germany the censor has fully re
laxed his vigilance. The theme Is how
that Germany Is ready for an abiding
peace on the most reasonable terms, and
that the Entente Allies are guilty of
lAurderf the war continues. Noticeably
at the same time the President of France
and the Foreign Minister of Great B;Haln
insist that peace is not yet desirable,
because the objects of the war can come
only If Germany begs on her knees. Neu
tral reports, not based on military achieve
ments, reiterate the Impossibility of a
German victory because Oermany cannot
Bland the economla strain. The German
Minister of the Interior, responsible for
food distribution, retires Just at the time
when the Jingo Reventlow begins to write
of the "will" to conquer rather than the
certainty of conquest.
The war may be hideous and dreadful
and wrong, but by intent or accident it
assumed the proportions of a war in
which some of the most precious human
rights were at stake. It would rob the
twar ot it last excuse if the end were
BiiAHlngless and maecutve. As a trag
dy H ma sviuU. As a blunder it
iqpl be too drMbtuL i kr.
IR The milkman's daughter out our
way covers society for a Philadelphia
paper. She has a big advantage because
when some one stops tho milk for awhile
she has a clue going away somewhere
Item. If somo one orders an extra pint
of cream giving a dinner tonight "Who
are your guests, pleaso?" Item.
H. H. H.
A "Nee-Missus" for Our Village Poot
We enjoyed your Saturday poem very
much today, particularly the following
lines:
Ills Tiorie mi fat, good natured, atrong an'
patient like his master;
No Ahti nor een dynamite, could make him
travel faster.
An' Fete he neer tried at all, but let him have
his way.
An' ao we three would plod along without a
word to say.
Except to roll "oood mornln' " to a aleepy cop
or two
But, say, that must have been SOME
horse. Compared to that talkative equine,
Jim Key was a piker. Which reminds us:
wasn't there some comment In your column
recently about a Mrs. Peel, who was re
ported In the Speedometer as having been-Anna-l'eel
since she was born? Seems to
us you queried, "So? Nee Mrs," Well,
we have been lying In wait But. really, we
didn't expect to find so soon In your careful
ly written column, especially In your poetry,
a-Noe Mrs. like the above. Wherefore, peo
ple who live In glass houses Bhould be putty
particular. Sincerely yours,
THE SPEEDOMETER,
By D. B. O'L.
Opposite Elements
AFIREHOUSB at Pleasant Ridge, O.,
occupies a remodeled building, over
whose door, on a marble slab, is the
legend;
BAPTIST CHURCH
BUILT IN 1859.
Sir Since I started reading your column
I'e been looking for signs. Yesterday I
saw this one:
PLEASE
KNOCK THIS DOOR BELL OUT
OF ORDER-
May I.
BUM WEATHER RETARDS FARMERS
Headline In morning contemporary.
I protest! Bum weather Is warm, hot,
sizzling weather. No bums like "abnormal
cold weather." LEW.
Objection sustained!
A Job for the Sheriff
THEY'RE telllnR a story about a poor
politician who suffers from a bulging
corporation an4 a swollen purse. A less
successful politician was arguing with a
citizen about the whale.
"I tell you. he's no good! Whera'd he
get U? You. know, and I know he used to
gather slop- Now he has so much money he
baa the gout And he doesn't know it, he's
that ignorant Why. he know nuthlnV
absolutely nuthln'i Just think It think
of it 1 after trying to, be alive as long aa
he has, it ""a? on,y UbI 'aH be wok up
and iound he couldn't talk. And it was his
poor wife "t had. to tell hJM what to do.
Shi t.w him that what ho vaadad wu a.
Mm ta fctt,1WiJr jfg.
HYPNOTISM AND REAL SICKNESS
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Slr Your reply to "D. T." In the "What
Do You Know" column of today's Evening
Ledqeh was a splendid answer to his query
as to tho value of hypnotism In relation to
sickness, a subject of timely interest. Your
references to "surrendering the will" to an
"operator," for suggestion," tho "adminis
tering of hypnotism," eta, should make It
clear to many that the change It can pro
duce In relation to sickness, Is a change
of mental Impressions. What previously
appeared in tho mind as sickness may be
made by the will of the "operator" to "ap
pear to disappear," and If the root of the
trouble Is inl the mind that particular
"slckneBs" will be removed for as long as
the newly received mental Impressions con
tinue. Some sects make It a religion to
maintain a continuous self-hypnosis in order
to keep "sickness" out ot consciousness, but
the will of these, In common with the will
ot other mortals, sooner or later succumbs
to real physical Illness, and the experience
of many people Indicates that the psycho
logical side of a case of sickness Is prob
ably looked after by the medical doctors
as fully as Is warranted by Its relation to
the sickness itself. EXPERIENCE.
Atlantic City, N. J., May 13.
What can then bn tho use of hot air to
Impress" our Congressmen?
An drmy of trained men will Impress
them moro than all the form postals that
would mako up the Atlantic Ocean. Is It Il
legal for us as citizens to organlzo among
the married men, the ones too old for other
service, a body to protect our homes, our
city, who could have some legal status In
case of war and train us at night? Wo
could not then be called snipers, nnd wc
might be ablo to dig trenches lnJerscy
or below the city In case of Invasion. If
our teeth are bad, as the British Tommy
said, we could shoot Instead of biting tho
enemy, and the enemy could not raze our
public buildings becauso snipers killed their
officers
The Plattsburg camp, tho National Guaro
are good for millionaires. Tho Drexel
Blddle army Is a splendid move among the
young men. There arc hundreds when we
need millions.
But Is It not posslblo to organlzo all our
householders In any army who could be
guaranteed that unless they wished It they
would only bo used In protecting their own
homo town.
Who should begin this? Everybody Is In
favor, but no one seems to have a volco
loutt enough to stand up and ask for such
an nrmy. Why cannot the newspapers
do it? F- C.
Philadelphia, May 13.
3
QUIZ
Can members of Comrresa be compelled
to attend sessions?
Can a bird nllrht on a "live wire" and
live?
What was the fashion of cnttlni the
lialr and beard In Washington's
time?
4. For what purpose were "dos;a of war"
used In-battle by the ancients?
B. Why la paper a uood thing In which
to wrap a cake of Ice?
0. Which of these trees la declduoua and
which evergreen: Chestnut, walnut,
spruce, pine?
7. What country owns the Islands of Saint
Pierre and Mlquelon, off the coast of
Newfoundland?
8. What la a tinker's dam?
0. Why are legislators sometimes called
"aolone"T
What Is a non-commlssloned officer?
10.
PLEA FOR A HOME GUARD
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir It Is most difficult to put on paper
any words to express In Intensity the hor
rible feeling of helplessness which tho
individual feels as he views the inaction
of our Government officials, who after two
years of the worst and most widespread
war In the world's history have done noth
ing, are doing nothing; worse, and to my
mind almost traitorous, are preventing by
mandate and suggestion our army officers
from doing what they would have done
long ago. You discussed the situation ad
mirably on Friday.,
Is there no remedy?
When the National Security League sent
out Us plea for money, I wrote saying I
had money for arming and equipping my
self to be an Individual unit tn a home
protection army, and would they not or
ganize such an army rather than spend
their money on hot air, I heard one of
their speakers last night. He told us notli
Ing we were not aware of. Among the
men assembled and among any sensible
men In the last two years that I have
spoken to I have yet to find one opposed
to preparedness.
WHY FORD IS NOT WANTED
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir Henry Ford Is a nut. This state
ment Is proved conclusively by the fact that
he talks of a six-hour day at fl per hour.
It was bad enough when he Inaugurated
his minimum salary of ?5 dally. It was
still worse when, instead of turning his
automobile factory Into n munition plant, he
started a peace pilgrimage to Europe,
thereby concentrating public attention upon
tho fact that he believed profits of war
were Iniquitous profits. He aggravated his
already most untenable position when he In
sanely paid good money for full-page ad
vertisements directing sentiment against
preparedness. Now we know that this De
troit radical has gone clean oft his base
when, rather than clinch all the profits of
his legitimate business, he prefers to divide
ago In with the men who work In his fac
tories! We cannot havo such a man as that
fot President ! He Is Impractical, an ass, a
nut. lie Is not grasping enough, not
crooked enough, not malicious enough, to
be a safe and sane statesman. Nebraska
and Michigan, because of the results of
tttelr Republican primaries, are disgraces
to a progressively freebootlng America.
Now this Ford bug invades Pennsylvania,
stronghold of the most actively putrid poll
tics ever devised, except by Nero and
Charles F. Murphy. Down with Ford!
Down with all nuts! Give us check-klters,
check-hlders. garbage contractors, rapid
transit dodgers. State road looters and
standpat rascalsf Give us these, for they
ate statesmen constructive, forward-looking,
undying In their loyalty to the al
mighty selfish dollar.
What do we want with Ford? He's hon
est, therefore impractical. He's nn advo
cate of economic Justice, therefore danger
ous. He's oposed to war, therefore a
mollycoddle.
We want a crook, an economic exploiter,
a braggart and a bully. We'll get him, too.
We never get anything else.
CECIL MONTAGUE.
Philadelphia, May 15.
A HELPFUL COLUMN
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir I haye to thank you for the courtesy
In answering my query with reference to
"The President and the Supreme Court"
(In the "What Do You Know" column). I
have derived much help from your column.
HARRY I. ABRAHAMS?
Germantown, May 11,
1 VANISH THE FINGERBOTVL
On what authority we do not know, but
the word ha,a SO" out that the flngerbowl
Is passing, or, as the real right people
might say, s "passay." It will be a great
disappointment to the writers of rube
Jokes who have worked under the Impres
sion, these many years, that all country
folk drank from the flngerbowl with sat
isfaction and wonder
It will be no less of a disappointment to
those whp after many weary years of
scaling the social Jacob's ladder (If It ex.
lata), have finally learned to view the glass
bow) and fragrant water with some equa
nimity U they now find that their train
ing ha been In vain. For them the ex
planation is given that with "really nice
people'V-yoq know, the phrase and the per
sons who use the phrase the assumption
is always that they can do without- What
if the, grapefruit grow violent or the egg
yolk spreads? True refinement can over
cornn these, with a stony stare or a cold
shoulder. It U wonderful what reflne
meat n do,
Sttllr there was, a time, in the HaUs of
Fti5-.Bo. wbtn a willing- and, shaggy
4e nLid Ws way dawn be taW kngth,
art? tw at aw u Juj, 4 tsa
hardy warriors passed their hands over
his back. Dreadfully insanitary we should
say, but Satisfying to a hardier race. After
all, did Cleopatra use a table-napkin when
she toyed with the princes of Rome? What
do we know ot the manners at eating time
of Seralranili?
THE HOME PATH
The dusk is falling,
The evening lamps of heaven burns
Into the home paths then my footsteps
turn
Toward where the spft love-note la calling.
The load Is lighter,
As, lifted by an unseen arm
Supported ; yonder In the fire-glow warm
There burn the love-lights, clearer, brighter,
And night's soft curtain
Drops down to shut the world of sin
Out, and to seal all peace and faith
wlfhln.
For love there reigns, and love 1 certain.
My heart is singing .
The notes no dther hearts may har
Eavs on, and words known only unto
IIr
AUMT th heme oath Joy U zinzisg.
t 3-D, Q. Klekirff, ha K4ign Tf r.
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
. A mllklna; stool Is made with three legs
so that It can stand firmly on uneven
ground. -
2. A tower down which molten lead la
poured to form shot.
3. The kinds of cloud cirrus, stratus,
nimbus and cumulus.
4. "Kiln" la pronounced aa If It were
apelled "kill."
B. It la safer to fly hlsh because. If any
thlnr happena to the engine, the avia
tor can choose a good landing place.
6. The piano woe originally called "plnno-
forto") that Is, the "aoft-loud" In
atrument. 7. Smoke ascends more readily In dry
weather because damp air la lighter
. than dry air and does not buoy up
tho smoke.
8. Leonardo da Vinci Invented the wheel
barrow far use In Europe.
0. Dom redro, of Hraill, and Maximilian,
of Mexico, were American Emperors
of tho 10th century,
10. The Venus fly-trap la a plant that feeda
on flies.
Career of Juarez
Editor 0 "What Do You Know" Am I
right in thinking that tho Mexican town of
Juarez Is named after a former President
of that country? If so, cun you tell me
when he lived and something of his life?
How Is Juarez pronounced? ' SELLERS.
It Is pronounced as If it were spelled
"Hwah-res." with the accent on the first
syllable. The town Is named for Benito
Pablo Juarez, who was born In 18DB and
died In 1873, After a number of revolu
tions Juarez and two other men, In 1846
got control of the State of Oajaca. He was
chosen Governor of the State In 1817, Ho
put the finances on a sound basis and
Btarted necessary public works and many
other reforms. He was exiled by Santa Anna
but returned for the revolution of 1855
On the overthrow of Comonfort In 1858
Juarez became President. He was driven
out when Maximilian proclaimed himself
Emperor.
Mean Solar Time
Editor of "What Do You Know" Will
you 'kindly explain the expression "mean
solar, tlme'i? Also what is meant by a mean
solar day and apparent solar time? What
is the astronomical day? r. j, j
A mean solar day Is the average or mean
of all the apparent solar days (n the year
Mean solar time is that shown by a well,
constructed clock or watch, while apparent
solar time Is that shown bv ...n '
Btructed sun 3lal; the difference between
the two at any time Ib the equation of
time and may amount to If minutes and
21 seconds. The astronomical d v,.i.
at noon and the civil day at the preceding
vtlinlorit.
Abram t Tfr
DIPLOMATS
Career of tho New York UwJ
Who Is L knit, TSWrS
ceed Morgenthau Jn
Turkey
EVER since the Jew bet-a .
courted W t,. VL. ?Kan o
we have been representedT
nopie oy a man of that race jl, !
you aton to think 1. .... " . AW Wrtil
ssrj" 8e"mn?. i' Mouiil
-..v.j, u israento than a rtjTJ
There Is pootic Justice In It VnVS
Sultan rules over th. hoijftg
;r,andytho City of David aeknVj
rereroatriir4i
ocratic campaign funds In ImZ.
warded" by beln sent !?!? '&
Turkey and tho preceden Wn?tJ
regarded. Ho served his coun ZZ
won as he served the ambition , 5
Wilson at home, because be 4
h s work in Constantinople 'h, ,r
klnd of cmcioncy which brought W. 3
cess here When he returned
stantinoplo on lcavo of absence 7
weeks ago. ho said that ho bhhJL. 5
return iinlefln Mr wn ?
Ho discovorml !, ,u MW hWH
him to do this summer, nhrt ,..?.!!''!
- "gnea.
A Partner in Eight Y
AVtmrn T Ttl... '''M
...... .. emus, a Jewish laww, i
New York, was immediately mm3
as his successor. The word ha, gone 3
that tho Turkish Foreign Ofllce hu kSf
asked If Mr. Elkus would bo Z3&
grata. Mr. Wilson Is awaiting the
before sending tho namo ot Mr. Elku, Sfi
mo senate. , ',
This new Ambassador in prospect ff
ono of tho most consnlfimn. 1,,, T
his rnco in New York. His father ,M
Gorman, who came to this country Wmf
mi. n,muu wuo corn ana settled in Slobtfi'
Ala. with his wife. He later moved B1
jew ion?, wncro nis children wcreWf
Tho son wan edurjitH In ..u. -,..
. ... ,wi0 puoifl
schools nnd in tho College of the Cltj cf
ixew xorK, wnicn nas a larger perccntm'
of Jews among Its nlumnl than inr
other free collego In the country. xbigfJ
no stuaiea law in Columbia Unlvenlt;!
jnd was admitted to the bar In 1888,itlia
ho was 21 years old. Ho was emplofd
as a clerk In the firm of James, SchdmS
Elkus, of which Colonel Edward C Jaaff
was the head. Within eight yeanlm)?
admitted as a junior partner, and in tb?
course of time became the head ot tii'
firm. &
He devoted himself to commercial 1tw,1
and became an expert In bankru titer pro-'
ccedlngs, and was employed as an asal:
ant United States District Attomtr tr
prosecute fraudulent bankrupt.. He fat
been counsel for tho New York Merchants
Association, and has been active In
curing legislation for the protection U
merchants against fraud. Out .ot ill $
perienco ho has Vrlttcn a treatise on
'"Secret Liens and Reputed Ownership,",
which has a wldo recognition among Iw.
yors. Ho is a member of the New Tori'
City, the New York Stnto and the Aesm
lean Bar Associations. He Is chalrasa
of the Committee on Calendar and pJ
ttce of tho New York AssoclatlonT
wns appointed some time ngo br Iks
United States Circuit Court as a memte
of tho committee which prepared n
vision of tho Federal equity rules.
Missouri Compromise
Editor of "What Do You Know" Will
you please state for me a definition of the
Missouri Compromlss? B w
It was an arrangement between the free
and slave States In 1820. which .-ij..j
for the admission of the State of Missouri;
...III. a .nn.Hlllilnn .11. 1 .
mm u. wu.uuvu uiiumiiK slavery, but
which forever prohibited slavery In all the
rest of the Louisiana Territory lying north
of latitude 86 degrees 3D minutes, that
being the southern boundary line of Mis
souri. Maine was admitted as a free Statu
at the same time.
Reduction of Trotting Record
Editor of "What Do You KnowCan
you tell me what trotting records were
mado by horses about a century ago? I
understand the record has been Bteadllv
lowered. What is the reason V this? y
In 1818 the record for the mile was" S
minutes. This was reduced In 1824 to 2 10
and in to la.!.. Since thin the
record has been layered at Intervals of
from one to four or five years, a most
notable reduction occurring In 1903. when
Lou DIHon lowered tho record from tiosii
to 1-.58H. and another In J913. whr Uhlan
J?rr??. J "wn eori " t l'S4H
The chief rtason far tka innmv.it -,.,,
&&&&! fa m i!
H OfW.
Drafted Thirty Laws
He Is Interested In social and Industrial
reform. As counsel of the New $r
atate factory .investigating v.oraauurao
drafted thirty bills for the Improves
of conditions In factories. Every iontJ
them was enactea into law, Dca?
Legislature recognized their fairness uA
Justice.
Rlnno igil hn has been a Recent cftij
TTnlvBrsltv of tho State of New Twiil
university which, aB President. FlnleyttW
tho Phi Beta Kappa Chapter ot the V
verslty of Pennsylvania a few evenlnfl
ago, Is like tho University of France,
i,f it hn noifhpr fncultv nor studea
It Is the body which charters colleges
.v.Pr.b n lnnA HOrt of SUDervWon OW.
.,.. ..,.. . . -,
the public school system of tne owe 8
Lawrence University made, him artlw
orary doctor of civil laws in int. mi
nirnition of his attainments.
He is closely Identified with virtual
every philanthropic institution ot WJ
race. Among them are the Baron
Hlrsch fund, of which he Is a trustee, w.
, . . -. ........... cl.lir nt WlllCfl (
dewisn umuiauiiuu, .juv.v.,, ,,
is president, and the Hebrew1 TecnnRM
oi.i i t i-i nt iirhh ha is vice prfa
acuuui iui vjiiio, wi ...-.. ,
j . iki.i. i.nhnimi arhnol Is eneagJ
training girls from the slum ?$
so that they may become '"Si
mothers. He attends the Free Brni
.v,o, -nnhhi Stephen wi
preaches a religion that appeals to J
and Gentile alike, and his Interest U
Is so great that he consents u "5
Us vice president.
c.... , il. i,in nt tnnn that Mr- Ty
son has chosen to be American AwS
sador to the country whose capital vj
at the crossroads where the jew rg.
of migration passes, and wiiere .
peratlve that a man should be itiuag
:...-- t i-. Mnhnmrnedan (BJS
WHO GJi ioow u . - -.Jffagi
Germany, and as the Germans haVe w
on friendly terms with tne ,,-
cent years, ne win ''- -- fa
than It would be If he had P
Instance, from Russlan-Jewisn w
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
. . . .i- a neoubllc-n
contemplate, the timber for g gJgJSft
candidates, my son. St. Louis w
French newspaper, are P"" ".
deqt Wilson's last Oerman not
terplece of diplomacy. Too Xwja
did not have the benefit oft: ha W
criticisms on this side of the w"
falo courier,
If Justice Hughes' twW",!Jg
date for presidential nomination 1 1 1
the result of his Jlu?'Ju, "k bf tr1
to find a candidate whose oc j
may be attributed !n,P.i?
volubility Kansas t-lWf j""
... .... In thd 1
We are dealing win " ;r "Jai,
of European emigration after the w
art. dealing wltn ktow ;SBrrp,.g
ter of a great depletion ot Europ fr
ing forces from the war su ZTy,kr,i
V" ""-.rr.HX; of emigration. H
S& tuVnauVon the question. Wm
try to rtcover, or wlU " ,n Sf "J
and rslapw lata a IWnt JJyjl
awl fcopJj. a did M fsSJjl
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