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past week the German attack has grown
more furious, especially in tho region
west of the first attack, at the bead Man
and kilt 864. Possibly to relieve the de
fenders of Uiono (positions, a fierce French
attack was 'made and the greater part of
Douaumbnt was recaptured, a victory
which, it consolidated, may nullify the
entire German effort of mdro than ninety
days. Tho possession bf this one fort has
been of Incalculable value In permitting
freedom of action to tho Germans far.
t'tcr west. If It falls, they must start
all over ngaln, and this time tho French
nro prepared.
Tom Daly's Column
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KtTxafco it tin rniLiCKLriitA nmorrtca as
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CUUATION OF THE EVnNINO LEBOEn
FOB. APBIL WAS 117.310.
Philadelphia, U'fJneiJir, May 21, 1916.
To bear it to conquer our fate.-
Thomas Campbell.
Reports Indlcato that a seat In tho
Chicago convention will cost almost as
much as a Lorlmcr usually pays to go to
the Senate.
Mr. Wilson turned a shado paler
yesterday when ho heard that, contrary
to imtversal expectations, Mr. Roosevelt
was a candidate.
Are those responslblo for the Hay
Chamberlain army bill also responsible
for the showing of the National Guard In
Texas, Arizona and New Mexico?
Tho headline, "Big Noise at Chicago
Convention," seemed a rather undignified
way of alluding to Mr. Roosevelt. Ac
tually It referred to 100 bands, but what
Will they bo In comparison?
Indications are that the Republican
National Convention of 1916 will be
the noisiest In tho history of the party.
News Item.
Vote3, however, will determine tho
nominee.
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If tho business men who ought to
faavo but havo not contributed to the fund
being raised by tho Poor Richard Club for
the convention of advertising men should
parade. Broad street could not hold them.
Air battles are the most chivalrous
and tho most daring of all the many en
counters of tho war In any element. If
It keeps on the United States will havo
a responsible flock of airmen, "trained In
France."
The S00O Americans who are going
to fight for the Allies are exercising the
rights of free-born citizens. But ono of
those rights is not to carry tho American
flag against a country not at war with
their own.
In tho old days reporters greeted
flrst-tlmo visitors to these shores with the
query, "What do you think of America?"
Now they ask at the dock. "When do you
think tho war will end?" thus showing
that people are always questioned on the
things they know least about.
John Pacifist, candidate for Presi
dent, denounces Are as a menace to human
life and property, and makes his flrst
plank the abolition of all Are companies,
destruction of hose and a penalty for
employing home extinguishers. His vote
will be heavy, according to report.
We trust that the proposed plans
for the defense of the Panama Canal will
not be discarded in favor of the scheme
to build another Statue of Liberty at the
Entrance, with a perpetual talking ma
chine on top delivering an address enti
tled "Tho Prints of Peace."
Within a few months after the pub
lication of tho life and letters of John Hay
there appears the flrst issue qf "The
Breadwinners" which acknowledges his
authorship. He was a man as modest as
he was cultivated, as honest as he was
masterful. "How well could we have
Spared for him !"
Senator Penrose can make a repu
tation for himself by exposing conditions
In South Philadelphia. The Vares can
make reputations for themselves by ex
posing the methods used by Senator Pen
rose to get back to the Senate. The State
can make a reputation for itself by throw
ing the whole bunch of Penroses and
Vares Into the gutter and putting some
really representative citizens in charge
of affairs.
The Mexican situation jias not
been anything but serious for months,
t Carranza tiolda subject to h(s orders large
organized armies of veterans, fully sup
jUed with artillery and all the imple
nients of war, most of which were pur
chased In the United States. We have
confidence in the ability pf American
troops to extricate themselves from any
difficulty in which they may be ensnared,
but It would be idle to deny the peril to
widen they and the prestige of this nation
have, beep and aro exposed by the un
preparedness" attitude which charac
terizes Washington,
If this be the Great War, Verdun
fa certainly the' grwUest battle of history.
Spiritually It Is the rock of Gallic faith
against which all the powers of Germany
are thrown. Put Jts mere physical dimen
sions are overwhelming. Now In its
fourth month, the battle has gone through
nearly every phase of modern warfare,
Jtaa enlisted the ultimate powers of de
fndra and invaders and has consumed
89 .much, energy that only in a few widely
80ttred areas, Is any other action pos
y, After feint moves lasting twelve
Vs the battle began pn February 31.
Jit.Ww flrst sweep the fort at Douaumont
.Sett, ami that has been the only definite
Vtetry ot U Germans. Since then poai.
B to wurfar, with shifting' offensives and
KjSfeMi tt lie jwe; )Ut rtij, In, fj
. UNFAIR TO HUGHES
There most be no hitting; beneath the
belt In the fight for the Republican
nomination. Justice Hughes Is not ,
getting the aquare ileal to which he Is
entitled.
JUSTICE HUGHES Is not getting ft
O square deal.
Monday Theodore Roosevelt delivered
himself of tho following:
Any man at this time of crisis who Is
not aggressively, openly nnd Bpcfclflcally
for these principles Is against them, and
every patriotic American should truat
our public servants on this basis.
Tho object of this attack was under
stood to bo Justices Hughes. It was so In
terpreted by tho men who heard Mr.
Roosevelt speak, and that Is tho meaning
tho press of tho country has given it.
The statement, nevertheless, Is palpa
bly untruo. A Justice of tho United
States Supremo Coutt Is not against any
principles merely because ho Is not
"aggressively, openly and spcclllcally"
for them. A pretty plcturo Justlco
Hughes would make gadding about tho
country to toll tho people that ho Is an
American. They know It, even If ho does
not boast about It, and they see no oc
casion for him to demean his high ofllco
by partisan or other political declara
tions. Tho truth Is that Justice Hughes Is
gagged by his ofllco and Mr. Roosevelt Is
capitalizing that fact. Monday morning
wldo publicity was given to a statement
purporting to como from Hughes, to the
effect that tho Justlco believed that Roose
velt would bo tho nominee, so what was
the uso of people talking about anybody
else. That Ho was nailed during the day.
Mr. Roosevelt In his Monday talk went
on to say that It was of no use to havo
anything to do with a man "unless In
every crisis, whether ho bo in or out of
ofllco, ho frankly and fully takes a posi
tion on '.he concrete facts which aro up
for decision, and applies tho abstract
statement directly to these concrete
facts."
' That is simply "hot air," and nobody
knows It bettor than Mr. Roosevelt. If
any Justice, when Mr. Roosevelt was
President, had undertaken to junket
about tho country expressing his views
on tho seizure of Panama, or tho coal
strike, or other matters of Intense inter
est at the time, that Justice would doubt
less have heard from the White House.
Mr. Roosevelt knows, as every other
American knows, that- there are some
things a Justice cannot do. When, there
fore, he undertakes to damn Hughes for
paying attention to the proprieties, when
he attempts to further the Interests of
his own candidacy by striving to give
the impression that Hughes Is silent be
cause he is a mollycoddle, although he
knows that Hughes Is silent only because
his ofllce requires him to be silent, then
Theodore Roosevelt Is guilty of the kind
of fighting which has never yet been
denominated fair nnd square.
Wo hold no brief for Mr. Hughes. The
availability of no particular candidate at
Chicago has yet been made apparent. We
take It for granted that no man will bo
nominated whoso views are not known.
We assume, too, that an authoritative
statement from Mr. Hughes could readily
bo got If his selection became imminent,
for In that caso ho would have a right to
speak, in splto of hJ3 office. But we object,
as thousands of other good American
citizens object, to Ms enemies man
handling him when he Is tied. He 'cannot
hit back now, but If ho could wo have a
feeling that his voice would bo heard
above all the din and noise which s6 far
havo passed for statesmanship.
Mr. Roosevelt Is not the flrst American,
he Is not the last American, and ho is
not the only American. There are other
men whose patriotism can match his, and
there are other men, more silent, Indeed,
but no whit less Intelligent In their con
ception of tho needs of this nation, Sir.
Hughes Is one of them, and his record,
we dare assert, is not that of a molly
coddle, even If his great triumphs have
been won without the blare of trumpets.
The American people, we believe, are
going to see to It that he gets a Bquare
deal.
A NEW ALL-WATER SERVICE
A DAILY freight service by barge be
tween Philadelphia and New York by
way of the Delaware and Raritan Canal
to relieve the temporary railroad con
gestion has greater possibilities. The
barges are to make the run between the
piers on the Delaware and on the Hudson
In fourteen hours. Arrangements are to
be made -for the delivery of the freight
to the consignee by dray on the day of
its arrival. At present the charges are
to be the same as those by rail. Every
one knows, however, that freight can be
carried by water for less than by land. If
the new line gets the patronage which it
deserves, we shall soon have an effective
competition with the railroads. This
Bhould be followed by an Increase in busi
ness between the two cities.
The canal Is only 66 miles long from its
start at Bordentown to Its end at New
Brunswick. It is deep enough to float
barges drawing seven feet of water. The
channel of the Delaware and the Raritan
fs deep enough to make Bpeed possible on
both ends of the route. So that there Is
no doubt that the promised running time
can be maintained. The canal can accom
modate much more traffic than now
passes through It, but its development has
been neglected for various reasons. , It Is
one of the Inland waterways, the deepen
ing of which Is urged by those who think
that for military as well as for commer
cial reasons there should be a water route
between New York harbor and Chesa
peake Bay open to war vessels in time
of national peril. As soon as the bust
peas men of Philadelphia demonstrate to
Congress that there is a large commercial
demand for the canal the arguments In
favor of Its enlargement for the accommo
dation of the smaller war vessels will be.
some to stron that tt wiH be dlffleult tp
raWfet taW. !.,.,,
The Nature Lover ,
I tove the grass that in tho spring
Grows tall and thick as anything. '
Some silly people call it "rough"' i (
Bcpnuso they do not know enough. J
And such a fellow is the dub - '
Who beats It with an lrdn club,
But ah I to mo it is so dear
I would have nothing Interfere
To chcok tho lush grass in its growth
And that explains my purple oath
To find my nasty golf-ball there
Just makes me snort and dance and
swear. ,
I love tho line and yielding sand
That makes tho ocean's level strand.
It brings me memories of the Joy
I knew when I was but a boy1.
Some men there be who do not care
For sandy bunkers anywhere,
l3ut nh! to mo 'tis Joy to see
Tho sand in all Its purity.
I do not mind a bit of shell
Or seaweed In tho sand, but well,
To find my silly golf-ball there
Just makes me snort and dance and
swear.
I lovo tho Ilttlo purling brook
That winds through many a ferny nook
And sparkles over sands of gold,
As Tennyson so sweetly told.
But some who can't a brook abide
Declare it far too deep or tido.
But ah I It Is so dear to mo
I do not over caro to see
Among Its ripples things that seem
Far from becoming In a stream
To find my golf-ball floating there
Just makes me snort and dance and
swear.
THIS Is our notion of tho Republican
convention, looking at It from this dis
tance. The chairman will arise and say,
"All in favor of Charlie Hughes will
pleaso ralso their right hands."
mtm
"All In favor of Teddy Roosevelt will
pleaso raise their right hands."
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In the excitement tho chairman may
forget to count tho hands.
"Hey!" yells A. J. W. from Olean (N. T.).
"get this from 'Naming the Noblo Boys' In
tho Saturday Denlns Post of May 13:
"So when the babies came llenree promised
to drop them."
What says S. E. P.'s copsln, the L. H. J.,
to such behavior?
The Worst Yet
Although It makes mo mad when me,n
Talk shop. It makes mo hopping
To be among the women when
They start In talking shopping.
A. Grouch.
A funny telegraphic "mix-up" Is re
ported frtm a leading Dublin hostelry.
A well-known Irish politician, breaking
his journey from the House of Com
mons In the Irish capital, wired, "Re
servo prlvato sitting room three days."
Much to his Indignation he receled the
reply, "No room for dogs." Subsequent
Inquiry elicited from tho postofllce the
explanation that the word "days" had
been misread for "dogs" by the oper
ator. But G. M., who discovered the above in
"The Caterer," suspects that the "mis
take" may have been intentional, if the
operator knew the politician.
Here's Room Now
Sir There's an Iceman out our way
named Kuhler. Will you give him room
when the weather gets warmer?
OUR CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
A Manufacturer Agrees That the Tariff Is the Issue Henri Leon
Dubois on Impossible Talk of Peace Dr. Charlotte
Abbey Praises "The Star of Ethiopia"
This Department is free to oil readers
ivho wish to CTprcsa their op'nfoiM on ib
Sects of current interests It is an open
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responsibility for the views of its con o
spondents
THE TARIFF IS THE ISSUE
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir Your bold, outspoken editorial, "The
Tariff Is the Issue," of this evening, I have
Just read, nnd It brings to me tho greatest
encouragement that I have had for many
a long day. Being Interested in n largo
manufacturing plant, employing In normal
conditions 500 or 600 hands, I am natur
ally anxious about tho future, for, except
the last six or eight months, our plnnt has
scarcely ran one-half Its machinery for a
period of three years. If it had not been
for tho war we would hao been entirely
closed down being impossible to meet tho
competition from abroad. How long will
the American people be fooled by the Demo
cratic party? Do keep on with your con
vincing articles; they will assist in bringing
about the return of permanent prosperity.
WILLIAM HENRY.
Atlantic City, May 22.
AMOS AUSTIN, of Germantown, built
Xx with hlson n hands and with lovlngcare
attached to a pear troe In his yard a tiny
btrdhouse, with a "To
Rent" sign upon it.
He thought of adding
"a splendid home for
the right party," his
notion of the right
party being one ,of
those motherly little
brown Jenny Wrens it is such a Joy to
watch fussing about
the house. To his
great Joy, In a day or
so the right party
came along, anyway.
Now the little house
in the pear tree has a
new sign
g I TO -RENT
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Bull's Eye Couplets
I.
THE WHOLE TRUTH ABOUT GOLF,
Golf faults are many, but the substance
Of all the trouble Is the dub-stance.
Kute Kid Stuff
Tommy, aged 8, has a full-sized appe
tite. His father said to him: "Tommy,
you mustn't behave that way. Every
body will be calling you a little glutton.
Do you know what that is?" "I sup
pose," said Tommy, "it's a big glutton's
little boy." ALEX.
"T NEVER like to go to funerals any
1 way," writes S, S. "I've been afraid
something like this would happen sooner
or later. Responding, against my will, to
the undertaker's 'last call,' I stood look
ing down upon the marble face In the
casket. The man next to me Bald,
'Doesn't he look natural layln' there?'
Yes,1 Usaid, 'he does. He always was a
dead one. If that's what you mean.' "
Song:
Her cheeks are like a red, red rose.
Her hands are like the Illy,
And every time she smiles at me
It makes my head feel silly,
Her eyes are blue as sunny skies.
Her hair like golden money,
And every time she smiles at me
It makes my heart feel funny.
Her feet are like two silver doves,
per mouth a flash of scarlet.
And every time she amtlea at me
I feel a feckless varlet
But It she'll love me till I die. I
With firm, warm arms around roe,
I'll feel a sense of peace so high
'Tla Heaven alone shall bound me.
--G. McN-
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NO ONE would suspect George W
Huver of this sort of thing-, an4 so
all the neighbors are talking about It. A
friend aaid to him yesterday morning:
"You look rather weary, oldl man. "Yea,
I've had a' trying time this past wwlc"
m& "No, ea fc Jury,?
VAIN TALK ON PEACE
To the Editor Evening Ledger:
Sir In today's Evenino Leooer, as well
as other cqntemporary newspapers, appears
a news article unaer tho head or "Peace pos
sible now, if United States acts, Germans
believe."
This Is another deception Germany Is
trying to hypnotize Its people with and
making It appear as though England and
France are ready to negotiate terms, as
their resources nro nearly exhausted. Of
course, this Is Very diplomatic on Germnny's
part, but the Germans have not counted on
Russia, and expect to retire from the
field honorably and apparentlyvictorious
This, however. Is absolutely nor acceptable
to France or Russia.
If England Is satisfied that German com
merce and industries have been destroyed
so that England's commerce would regain
Its hold again with peace being restored, as
her object, this Is not the object with which
Franco and Russia entered the war. When
Franco called her boms to arms on August
1. 1914, she did not do It for the "flutter
of tho splendid show," but with the grim
determination to wipe out the existing con
dition of military slavery and arise from
the humiliation of her downfall In 1871.
Nor has she forgotten the siege of Pnrls,
when the German tried to starve Its In
habitants nnd then destroyed the best part
of It by their bombardment. She has not
forgotten the terms dictated by Bismarck at
Versailles. This time France and Russia
will dictate the terms of peace.
It Is a surprising fact how easily the
American people are hoodwinked by smiles
and flattery. They go off at half-cock and
hair triggers when anybody says nice things
about or to them In order to use them ad
vantageously. For this reason diplomacy
should be a science taught to the rising
generation, as we have very little here.
Just because Sir Edward Grey and Presi
dent Polncare happen to mention peace In a
speech, that does not mean France or Eng
land wants peace; far from It. Now England
may turn tall In this case. She has done It
before, and France and Russia are on the
lookout. There will be no peace until the
French and Russian armies enter Berlin
triumphant, and English capital will not
prevent It. '
In 19H, when Germany declared war,
JoRre's plans were to reduce the German
armies by attrition and to keep these armies
at ono place continually, so that too much
territory would not bo ruined, nnd at the
same time continually grind down the
enemy When Germany realized she was
not gaining ground nfter the battle of the
Marne nnd nil was In deadlock, she knew
she had failed.
If Germany made n mlstako through the
fault of her ministers, then she should suffer
for it nnd not shirk; that docs not seem to
he the German character.
How oor, don't allow the American public
to bo misled that pence Is in sight, as the
contracts were for two or threo years nnd
they nro going to be completed.
HENRI LEON TUBOIS.
Philadelphia, May 22.
What Do You Know?
Queries of general interest will be an
swered in this column. Ten questions, the
answers t.to which every well-informed
person should know, are asked dally.
"THE STAR OF ETHIOPIA"
To the Editor of Public Ledger:
Sir It is to bo regretted that more white
people did not witness tho Pageant of "Tho
Star of Ethopla" given by the colored race
on the 16th, 18th nnd 20th of this month.
Apart from the knowledge and psychologi
cal Insight which the author. Dr. Du Bols,
showed In relation to the history of tho
Ethloptnn rnce, the Intelligent Interpreta
tion which the 1000 actors in the pageant
gave of the author's thought was proof In
Itself that tho negro Is not the mentally
torpid individual that prejudiced white folks
persist In considering him.
Another thing Is also certain that so long
nB tho negro or any other race can claim
kinship with men nnd women of tho stamp
of Doctor Du Bols, they who aro able to
bring before people in graphic form tho
evolutionary purpose of life and "tho Iston
eerlastlng" to be attained through faith
In a Divine Power, such a race need not
hae any fear of prejudice felt toward It.
"The Star of Ethiopia," which repre
sented the star of fnlth showing Its light
even through tho darkness of fetishism,
takes on now radiance as nations learn
to substitute "tho love of God" for "the
fear of God." The "fear of God" Is a fetish
ghost that still shadows the conception of
Christianity, causing us to apply knowledge,
labor, science and art to evil purpose.
Through tho law of love fear will be Blatn
and the pathway of everlasting life found.
This Ideal was beautifully Illustrated In
the last scene of the pageant, when the
freedom of the world Is ushered In by
children carrying the star of love sur
mounted by the cross of Christ, which cross
Is now tho symbol of the sacrifice of
selfish deslro for tho good of the race. Pa
tience Worth writes. "Yea the earth Is
wrapped within the body of Its ghost. All
things that have been proved false reveal
unto the earth truth. The truth revealed
clings like petal mold and sweets the earth."
CHARLOTTE ABBEY, M. D.
Philadelphia, May 22, 1916.
QUIZ
1. Wlint did "Red Hose" and "White Rose"
signify In the "Wars of (he Roses"?
2. What Is the origin of the word "bunk,"
meaning foolishness?
3. Who are the Yaqule?
4. What Is shoddy?
5. What Is the tallest of the grosses?
6. About how old was Washington when
lie took command of the Continental
Army n't Boston?
7. What Institution occupied the site of the
Fostofflce Building?
8. Where Is Fort Sajd?
0. About how many offenses were punish
able with death In England at the
time of our Revolution?
What Is the reason for the frequency
of the occurrence of the name
"Smith"?
10,
A GOOD WORD FOR PALMER
To the Editor of Evening Ledger: .
Sir I was surprised and saddened to
read In your paper of the 18th the piece
about Charles Palmer. It seems to me your
staff correspondent must be a trifling writ
er to mention such trifling things, but they
cannot hurt the good, honest character of
Charles Palmer. I would that our country
had more of such men. I am no relative of
Palmer's, only I know the man and I like
justice. A SUBSCRIBER,
Cheyney, Pa., May 21.
(There was no Intention to do Injustice
to Mr. Palmer, but-an attempt was made
to give such a picture of the mari that
those who had never before heard of him
might know what heflls like. Apparently
trifling things serve that end very well.
Editor of Evbnjnq Ledqer.)
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. The Italian, names for Rome and Naples
nro Roma nnd Nnpoll.
2. "Priest" Is derlred from nnd Is a con
traction of the word "presbyter."
3. Stormy petrels are seablrds which run
nlonr the water, particularly when
' the sen Is stormy. "Petrel" la de
rived from "Feter," In allusion to the
Apostle's walking on the sea.
4. Sherwood Forest was In the vicinity
of Baltimore nrcnuo and Christian
street. West Philadelphia.
5. The telegraph was first used to report
the proceedings of a convention in
1844.
0. Snuff is powdered tobacco,
7. Ice nnd salt are mixed to produce a
lower temperature, caused by the con
version of sensible Into latent heat
In the melting of the Ice nnd by the
nbsorptlon of heat durlne the solu
tion of the salt.
8. The Gulf Stream flows out of the Gulf
of Mexico, between Florida and the
Ilahamas, nnd northeastwardly nlonir
the coast.
0. The Confederacy Introduced armor-clad
ships and developed the floating torpedo.
The Fltlars of Hercules are tho opposite
rocks at the entrance of tho Medi
terranean, one In Spain, one In Africa.
10
BIRDS OF PASSAGE
Who remembers the Yellow Kid? A gay,
rafflsh. rakish little body with a one-piece
dress and a seraphic, Impudent smile, he
was. And years ago there were Yellow
Kid candles, three for a cent and sticky,
which you used to eat with tho rest of
us. There were Yellow Kid cigars, called
"aegars," If we remember, and Yellow Kid
dresses and" such. Gone, faded out of the
picture I
Not alone by any means has the Yellow
Kid gone to his eternal resting place.
There was something changeless and
grand, something superior to the muta
tions of mere human life to htm, and, we
may guees 'In what heaven his days are
spent. With what company I Mr, Verdant
Green and Little Rollo alt at, the same
board. Alphonee and Gaston, In that dim
Nirvana, still bow and Implore each other
to precede, and the ancient rustic, SI Corn
taasle, cannot get over his earthly habit
'of blowing out the eaa.
A charmed existence these people, led on
earth. They never grew old, nor were
forced to use tonics for baldness. They
never needed to change their clothes, They
never grew stout Administrations came
and went, but tho supermen and super
women and uperchlldren of tha comic
supplement nev' had to make out an In
come tax return. And what incomes they
Imdl To day we saw thera In Paris, to
morrow lunching with the King of Blatn,
A week later back home. Perpetual optim
ists, they made tha beat an4 greatest cjut
of life, Ad then suddenly good-Bight I
Where are utt in u. coous supplement
Americas, neutrality cannot b. ium .-
ha of the Dure and undafllad lrsr,r tj-A I
I . -. l. tnrtlflrtV AUh B, kla fl.4 rfll. TnDMi.l .... WEf...- 1'
JU MB.Ttn W9flhWmt V(ii ., mm ww J- 1H),M AflttUtta
laughing because we thought that they
wereythe funnies, They know now that
the real comlo supplement Is ourselyes
PRAISING THE CHAMBER
The Chamber of Commerce of Philadel
phia is preparing to attack those merchants
and manufacturers who are unfair in busi
ness affairs. For Instance, when a firm
advertises a marked all-wool suit for 120
when the fact is there Is 70 to 80 per cent!
cotton In the fabric, all business Is Injured
because It sits by and sees a fraud going on
without a protest. The prosperity of every
man largely depends upon the integrity of
every man. A city that will allow a dealer
to defraud people by false representations
Injures Itself. It cannot do much toward
taking care of jts trad unless It takes cara
of Its character as well. A characterless
town drives away trade. A man who will
cheat a customer by defective goods, short
weight or false change hurts the town ha
does business In. He drives trade awav
He should be driven off himself. A Cham
ber of Commerce should keep an eye nil'
for such fellows and chase them out o?
town. Ohio State Journal. out ot
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
Old Man Mars evidently (a Jmmuna m
that spring tired feeling yracuwHeral?
What slows up the Roosevelt boom (1 th.
fact that most of the Progressive; -?
back last year Buffalo Enquirer.
N. G. P. Requirements
Editor of "What Do You Know Kindly
let me know (1) If a person has to be a
member of the National Guard of Pennsyl
vania to practice at Its rifle range, (2) how
old does .one have to be to become a mem
ber, and (3) If the N. G. P. has a reserve
force. READER.
(1 Only members can practice at the rifle
range. (2) Eighteen, with parents' con
sent. (3) No.
The Flight of Years
Editor of "What Da you Know" Will
you kindly publish the poem, "The Flood
of Years." by George Dennlson Prentice?
C. K.
In Prentice's collected poems there Is no
poem of that title. There Is one called "The
Flight of Years," which Is about 125 lines
In length, and is too long to be published
here.
Origin of the Friends
Editor of "What Do You Know" Will
you kindly let me know something of tho
founder of the Society of Friends? Were
they ever persecuted? T, E. E.
The founder of the Friends was George
Fox, who was born In England In 1624, The
society dates from about 1647. Neither Fox
nor his adherents at first had any intention
of establishing a new branch of "the church.
But the doctrines they preached were so In
compatible with the practices of the sects
then existing that a break was Inevitable.
During the 25 years of the reign or Charles
II 18,662 were imprisoned, 198 transported
as slaves and 338 were killed or died. In
prison. It was not until 1688 that they were
free In England. Here they, were perse
cuted by the Massachusetts Puritans,
"Rather Right Than President"
' Editor of "What Do You Know" Who
said "I'd rather Ije right than President"
and on what occasion? s. D.
Henry Clay, though he favored a high
tariff, in 1833 Introduced a bill reducing the
then existing duties, its main object was
to pacify the agricultural States, which had
objected vehemently. In South Carolina the
opposition had taken a very serious form.
Ills friends told Clay that his chances for
the Presidency would be -injured, when his
reply was: "I'd rather be right than PresU
dent of the United States."
Aeroplane Record
Editor of "What Do Ypu Know" Can
you tell mo the record for a tOQ-mlle aero
plane flight? I think the record was broken
recently. T. E. F.
Victor Carlstrom on May 20 flew 460
miles In four hours and one minute. This is
a record for the distance.
Attempt to Kill Victoria
Bdltor of "What Do You KnowCa.n
you, tell me It an attempt was v$r made
to a ataisate Quaoa Vtabwia? if, j
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AKEWHOUGHT
""'i university rr
a utuiui vend
siclans nml tl in
v. jUD(
Into Lawyers
Temple University (i eno i M
ltng an ,otomn "f V
tl.000,000 In ordr tlV. "" M H
oe carried on when VJ' i
power of Dr. Jlussfti rr ""
turning over to & j
kEDOEn he has written L . 1
ing article shoulno tlTJ ' 4
results from taking 'Z 2 I
those who could not Ttl 11
wise. " ' " "'W'i-J
r?" H. CONWEU.
rra7brnT
thrilling. Books couM Sefe
tho oxperlonccs of students ni . ,b
attractive If the student
havo their experience were Wllic, t.
published. Itsoemsto
bo a. loss to tho rest
of tho human family
that those whoso lives
havo been tho most
startllngly changed
nnd uplifted aro too
proud or too modest
to havo their names
In print In connection
with tholr Interesting
History.
Tho university ton. conwbh
reaches tho very best human material ..1
under tho most favorable circum.f.JZ ,1
to mako strong, successful men urf f
..u.,,1:... iiicj ure rearett in economy
used to hard work and have suW
bodies and clear brains with which, to
begin a life's Brent work. All ths mi.
class of our Industrious people neM J.
an opportunity for Instruction. Th ,
cannot nfford to Icavo their work, to ' i
nwnv in nollnrrn ?. nAt.nt., , . f
..,, . wU..Du u. ivviiiuitui scnool, m j
the common schools cannot go far enomh '
W1LI1 II1UII1.
Tho university, therefore, muit u
takon to them or be placed at ljf J
within their reach. This Temple Umw I
slty has dono for many years and wl v
meagre means, out It Is permanently-established
and does Its work thoronjhhv
It needs buildings to meet the necessities
of all tho ambitious youths 6f PhUadel
phla, or must havo the lncomo to hlr
the buildings, and then It will be self,
sustaining for all time. It Is safelr uit.
supporting now. But It cannot acconr . j
juuuuLu uvit iuur inousuna now, ana mom
than twenty thousand wish to" attend It
now. , t
Raised a Cash Girl's Income to $3(5(1
The romances of Its strange develop
ment out of nothing and 'haying so,
money or Income Is In itself a strudng
truth. But a few facts will hint it it!
marvelous experience. A boy had & pea
nut stand on Broad street, and one eve
ning was told by a stranger thil fe
could get an education at Tcmpk E5
expected to sell peanuts tor jaa, anf
thought an education a mere dreiafct
Tilm. Ho Is now a successful phj&lw.
In a fine community. A gfrl getting
threo dollars a week in a millinery (ion
as a cash girl decided to "learn ecnt
thing" at Temple, and only five yean)
later her income from her own mllHiwi
store Is three thousand six hundred ini .;
fifty dollars above all expenses for each IB
year.
A wife, whose husband was etrlcim
with a paralytic disease In the pulpit. MJ s
.-. . mi JJ ...-. '
one son ana no income, iney ihom"' 4
vatlon. She managed to get rough milk fj
enougn 10 noia ino mrce luseiuci iv.
year and had half time at Temple. No
her Income Is ample for all their com
forts and partly for a home, and M
has maintained her son n collegs to
graduation.
m 1 lil.n n tli Avar ti
large factory determined to study at
Temple together In their noon ana tpi m
ning hours. They are at tne neao "' "" ,
dye works there now. One factory W I
sent fifty-three students through tbt f
n - At.- !..... H...hv farm Caja i
Ullu Ul uiu uuya uu u, ,." ,
In to the evening classes and Is no 1
judge in our courts. Eight other Julg
of the State were students at Temple. w? &a
of our most honorable and 8UCcej tj
hnnknrs. who elves cenerously to all P M
causes, is a graduate of Temple, andfoW
. -- .l,t.Mi,h tht
are presidents or DanKs, """ -7
short life of the university (twty-MJJ
I
n
years) has not created, of course, W
alumni of old men. K
Makes Cashiers of Office Boj
One German boy, who washed th
n o honv nt nicht and UeW
Temple by day, Is now the cashier of J -n,D
,nt, n has a full A, B. CflU -
education. One boy who worked andB?
Tv. - .1... oh lien sister gr" J
uated from Temple Law Department w j
. .-.. -. onarnilS COl fge 0"
girl who came from a district :!
work in a department store he d her pJ
in the store, was promoted twice.
the A. B. course at Temple and l
principal of a high school In th BW
New York, Over Ave hundred M
students are preachers, rectors, jw
or rabbis, Fourteen thousan w P"J
ably teacning nv. ", Via nj
-.. .-.i.,a in PhlladelphPt
many while teaching carried g jMf
. th eollece course at Tempi?, ?
all the requirement of WW;
ot Penn. Workmen earniu- -.
wages of common
, v-",-- jl.ii.'l
laborers Vfhen W $
Tei
rdevoUdthelrarehoutoTe
courses are now "". i. m
directors in large concerns. ' )
u.i. or nrofesslon is now led by w t-M
pie students in vigorous U S
are editors, engineers. "J1J J
...vwerers. large farmers, artists. rw j
e.ans.merchaadce.j
bers or m --' .. 0. m ,
nn8 consuls. to BCi-
ninety thousand who have tt
Temple are ?f m , .
ana Wiaer, . - - . tlyul tMUa
per homes and t ' I
dreamed was ppsit ""
Temple's doors forhe Awf
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