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VERDUN AND THE WAR . a i Verdun In only a terrible Item In the Recount of the war. The balance mnat be truck elsewhere. J2ja Outside of Philadelphia, wcept where cents; on year, three dollars. All mall aorlptiona payable In advance. Nne Sabscrlbers wlihln address changed auwt give old -as well as new address. WSU.. W0 VALNUT KEYSTONF. MAIN 3000 VjT Addre alt communleoHom fo Evening edgir. Independence Square, Philadelphia. TKTatza at tha rntLintrruu rosTorrica as UCOHD-CUSS MltL HATTKR. T1ID AVEnAQH NET PAID DAIIA cm CULATION OF THE EVENlNd J.EPOER ron APML was 117,810. PhllidilpWi. Frldsr. Ms? 24, 19U. Oh. for a tongue to curie the elave Whose traaion, like a deadly blight, Cor o' the founctU of the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might I Moore. When they have a hard job In Eng land they have jot in tho habit of saying, fcet Georgo do it." Tho open season for vegetarianism is upon us, and Just in tho nick of time, with meat purchases only possible to Aviators. Now they say a poll of tho Senate Indicates that Brandels will be confirmed. And the Senate, Incidentally, will bo vindicated. Observers at tho artists' ball com plained that the costumes lacked art. It tnlght help If artists. Instead of observers, attended the affair. Tho Colonel is threatening to beard the hyphen In his lair at St Louis. What if the hyphen turns and outhyphenates the Colonel as a Progressive-Republican? Berlin newspapers are Intensely In terested In President Wilson's remarks about American mediation to end the war. This Is more significant than tho booming ef cannon at Verdun. All this talk about Increasing the tax rate because of tho loans refers to the loans to pay deficits in current rev enues and not to the transit loan. Don't kt-any one.be fooled into thinking other wise. When the courts get through with thogo 116 Texas national guardsmen who refused to respond when the President called them out, we shall know more about the power of Washington over tho Btate troops. The Governor, unlike most golfers, has more than one interest in life. But he must have had some, misgivings, in nwlngl g a pick for good roads In half a dozen counties, lest the new sport should Impair his stroke. The city is reaping the reward of the. virtue of yesteryear. Having cleared away the bulky attic furniture which tilled the "Clean-Up wagons last May, tho workers can give more attention to the mailer rubbish now. ' The rift in the lute on which Pen tose) la trying to play harmonies of anti Brumbaugh county leaders Is that the Governor has two and a half years to serve, can -fill all vacancies that may oc cur and holds the veto bludgeon over the next Legislature. That lute was not meant for national airs. Just what reason there la for a Government armor plant, when one of the greatest manufacturers In the country effers "for art indefinite period to make armor at a price which the Government JtaeUT shall fix," is a mystery. It Is true that there are plenty of precedents for throwing away Government money, but why follow precedent? If it were not for a certain barom eter, there would be a million varying and vague opinions floating around about the Significance of Sir Edward Grey's definite refusal to talk peace with the German Chancellor. Money is that barometer. It aid briskly, "Sir Edward means what he aya." Lloyd's switched from, even money en peace this year to 3 to l" against It. Jloney which is another word for food, tlothlng, guna and powder Is not ret! ent about giving out interviews. It 'talks." And this time it has demon strated Its confidence that peace talk comes from Germany and from no other fcalligerent country. IT Is hard to realize, white the wholo mad fury of the battle rages, that Vcr' dun Is not tho war. For three months tho name has burned Itself Into tho human mind. Since the week began It has bo come the symbol of Inconceivable fright- fulness. A million shells have hollowed It Into a cup of death end It Is brimming over with blood. , It Is almost Indecent to indulge in par tisan hopes whllo the appalling slaughter goes on, It smacks of the frivolous to restoro Verdun to a placo In tho two strat egies of tho war. Unlike tho belligerents, the neutral nations have not looked stead fastly Into tho eyes of death for twenty months. To understand tho meaning of Verdun wo are Compelled to see It as they see It who aro determining Us fate. Then wo can acqutro perspective and Judgment. For Germany Verdun Is crucial. It Is hor challenge, her bold and bloody reply to the spring drive which tt frustrated. Its political and dynaHttc slgnlflcanco has dwindled, but Its moral effect has boen added to tho purely military Importance of consummating tho victory. Tho offi cial explanation that Verdun Is a struggle of wills only half tells tho truth. Not so much tho will of the German army as the will of tho German people meetB at Verdun the will of the Allies. Tho civil authorities of Berlin deliberately encour age those critics who Insist that the Bword has failed Germany. The only way to quiet them, the only way to atono for tho surrender of submarine warfare, tho only way to check the rising spirit of dis satisfaction with tho domestic situation, Is to win at Verdun. Tho degreo of positive necessity for Germany exactly measures tho negative Importance of Verdun to the Alllns. Stra tegically, Verdun has always been Impor tant, nover vital. Taking It tho Germans. could straighten, and shorten, their line, a purely defonslvo movement They would relievo themselves of a menace, but tho threat on Paris Is negligible. If Parl3 wero the direct objective, many closer points could havo been choson for tho at tack. Staggering as tho preparations for defense were, tho dispositions in caso of defeat were even moro detailed. The French, moreover, can give up Verdun without more than a sentimental loss, be cause tho length of the defense, compared with the crushing Impact erf the attack, has nlready glorified tho Fiench array, Tho only reasons for holding VeriJtfn, In the large scale of the war. Is that Ger-' many Is so desperately Intent upon tak ing It Undaunted by mllltniy critics, the Ger man High Comm- nd still holds to the Idea that a decisive victory In the Held Is pos sible, and Verdun seems chosen as the proof. Tho Irony of tho matter Is that Just there tho other theory, of victory through exhaustion, Is having Its terrible Justification. The morale of the Ger mans, the clan of the French, remain. But there aro fewer and fewer Germans and Frenchmen to go forward under them. The battery Is not exhausted, but tho wires are burning out. In tho other fields tho conditions are different. The activity In Italy and In Asiatic Turkey Is to bj taken in connec tion with the stagnation in Russia and on the western front apart from Verdun. In Italy the tactics of Verdun nro re peated: an Austrian offensive to antici pate a costly defense Its success de pends on another factor, tho resumption .of Russian nctlvlty on tho eastern front. 'That, in turn, depends on the success of tho Russian movements In Turkey-In-Asia. Finally, to make the circle com plete, the Russians cannot move until they are more fully munitioned, and for that they must await the aid of the Allies, now resting on the western front. M. Andre Tardleu recently pointed out that the Allies, already superior in men, were still lagglpg behind in materials. But the deficiency cannot last long. Tho fatality of Verdun for Germany has been that It was a concentrated at tack. The French were continually able to bring up reserves. England, taking over the French line, released thousands of troops for the Meuse sector. Again Germany points out the lesson to her ene mies. The Allied attack, If Verdun has not proved the point of entire exhaustion for France, will be on every front. It will call on every item of energy. The Indica tions are that It may be decisive. It would seem that there is a pit deeper than that at Verdun, and the fires must, burn EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, 5FKAX MAY .26, 1916. Tom Daly's Column U&nt&Jt? 'hristfesrv n VERDUN ML THE HUCKSTER The huckster who cometdoxcn our street IHs name is Duscnterrv And he has alt podd things to eat And he l ahcays mcrij. 2fo matter if the sun ts hot Or it Is dark and ralnlnp He docs not care for he ts not Unhappy or complaining But ahcats as he goes along He sings a funnu little song. N "Ho, ladles here's the huckster man What docs the ucrry best he can To please von veil and bring you luck Come buy your fruit and garden truck From Eutchy Duscnbcrry." He doci not talk correct or nice This Mr Euscnterry He aluayi says "two vice" for "ttolce" And "wcrry fine" for "very." But even if his Goods were high And others sold them cheaper I'm sure it would be his I'd buy If I was our Jiousckccpcr I like to hear him come along And sing his funny little song. "Ho, ladles here's the huckster man What does the wcrry best ho can To please you veil and bring you luck Come buy your fruit and garden truck From Eutchy Eusenbcrry." - I A j? t L 1, faJ- TfcuHOJ XSffi''. M-L ...J:-""' &t i ,tr ?? ArV l'-'V ? N.V J I ' . l'J v v.:vrt L V-' Get copy In SPECIAL early for tha Number Decoration Day E- V. W. In reporting this sign on 20th street below Diamond, "MISS B. GRUBER 2nd FLOOR MEDICAL MASSAGE AND ELEC TROLYSIS" remarks that It may bo Interesting only to nn electrician. Look It up In jour dictionary. Bean Boundaries XIV JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY ' - Within thlr p;ace thero dwells a x:!nd, A peasant place, where you will And No harbor for a bitter thought. Small wonder then "that here ts brought The fervent love of all mankind. NEARLY every one, In his time, has solved puzzles, but mighty few havo followed the thing as a fine art. It Is only one wb has burned tho midnight oil fruitlessly, night after night, who can appreciate tho joy that comes to the artist upon completing a fifteen-letter diamond, composed of real, sure-enough words, like thoso used In this form, which, you will seo, reads tho &ame across and down: T TUP BURAL 0ARPIAL 0ARPENTUM BARKENTINE S T U R P E N T I N E G U M TURPENT INE SHRUB PAINTING STONE LATINE SAILS LUNE STI CE MEGH0LE SURNS MUE B YS.jifirtFie!m i, 'Mia TaW- "wJS, BI , .-&'-'', ? t - lf. Kr.. , Js frOsi Nv ill , p" "-Pv i iv 'ww vauivusmwi ismm m es .OPPORTUNITIES OPEN TO W0MH3N Demand for Trained Secretari, Ib Greater Than the bupply.Tho.Pay J Is Good ky RAYJIOND O.ULLER ' OOMEBODT once asked a bK w O it was that he camo to chootihew cunatlon. After a momeril r , U knitting his brows an? Jr? memory he replied. "Wail t Zl" .h" I gueai It muar,,, u''wnno .!-. . ----- , co OOCaU, uiwnya iona or animals." Vocatlonnt nhnln. I. -. i. ...... - ;l . :rr . . "llHn iuub at -ion. uIlrM derf ul oa that. Nothing la aurer thTn uS tho determination la froouentlv . ". Tl --., u juauer OUR CONTRIBUTING EDITORS j- Outline of Plans for a New Girard Alumni Clubhouse Roose velt Admirer Takes Issue on the Question of Fairness to Hughes even there before Europe is purged THE foregoing Is reproduced here not only to give an idea of the painstaking patience of tho professional puzzler but to furnish an excuse for a slam at the village of Manhattan. Quoting from a puzzler's letter, which Is addressed, by the way, to- E. J. Rodden, proofreader of our own dear paper, here is a commentary upon New York's slowness: TiLt nrrflrtmmf im tm tn nil rpndera Who wiah fo crprrj their opinions on subject of current interest. It is an open forum and the Kvcnino Ledger assumes no responsibility for the views of its correspondents. AN ALUMNI CLUBHOUSE To the Editor of Evcnino Ledger: Sir At the annual banquet of the Girard College Alumni, the toastmaster, Robert Radford, president of tho Alumni Associa tion, Indorsed tho action of tho board of goernors of tho alumni In deciding to pro ceed with a plan to finance the erection of a sultablo clubhouse for tho great body of tho alumni, to contain adequate club facili ties and with an auditorium which will bo revenue producing The Idea was received with enthusiasm and with repeated expres sions from those present to erect a build ing which would bo a fitting memorial and a worthy addition to tho Interesting sights of Philadelphia, to be pointed out to na tlses and lsltors in conjunction with Qlrard College. prldo in all the years to come and a club '""tany one should bo proud to be Identi fied Vlth. The very fact that It Is necessary to be an alumnus of Olrard Collego renders it exclusive, and would prcUdo a body of men having congenial tastes and all having great admiration for their alma mater GIRARD ALUMNUS. Philadelphia, May 25. What Do You Know? Queries of general interest wtll be an swered in this column. Ten questions, tho answers to which every well-informed person should know, aro asked dally. ABATE THE DIVORCE SCANDAL The evolution of that "dangerous amagogue,M Lloyd-George, into the deft -aSJastsr or England's first eerloua war amplications the munitions-labor and oivscriptlon deadlocks and now of the wUy ticklish Irish situation, ts an ex lknt example of the power of responsl sKty to steady a man. Lloyd-George was ,fcwle4 dangerous fifteen years ago, not, M &w?rs, in spite of being in opposition, 1mum of being in opposition That inattention can b diverted from his rou fclttens portfolio to Ireland Is evidence 1at Bngiand's arms problem Is clearing HH, Btst his new "dictatorship" is more Urtotljf svidence that Lloyd-George has I rrtroiarsiUD within hia grasp. The Ut or dtebiUty of the aging Asqulth MI14. Jv htra without a coraputor in f 1SWar, jiow that Churchill's Inability t, amwnomisfl has disqualified him. it p-tahwmlng' apparent that tha clever ;HiiMlJ jhas gos far toward aligning Iwfui KortbolMfe on his slda Am&th. Witfe tfas twiporsry. I it tb to betwMB Ce&ierv. tUkly t bit Nc&t RESPONSIBILITY for the rapid In crease In the number of divorces in this city rests upon the law-making body of the State. It has made divorce easy. The courts are required to grant a divorce for offenses committed outside of the State by persons who may never have lived within the Jurisdiction, of its courts. Residence of only one year is sufficient to' give the aggrieved party a standing in the Pennsylvania courts, and divorces may be granted on proof of "desertion" ,for two years or for conduct rendering life burdensome or for cruel treatment. No more hearty and enticing invitation to persons weary of their marital contract could well be given than is contained in these provisions of the law. And when there is added the facility with which the cases can be tried in private, nothing is lacking to raise this city to the unenvi able distinction of Reno as the resort of those who wish, to practice progressive polygamy with the sanction of the civil authorities. ', So long aa the law remains unchanged the number pf divorces here will con tinually increase, not necessarily through the misdeeds of Pennsylvanlans, but for the reason that Philadelphia, is within easy reach of the offenders of fqur other States, and especially of New York city. The Stats Is a party to the marriage contract It is Important for the preser vation of orderly society that that con tract should be voided for only the gravest causes. The family is the foundation of society. It cannot bo destroyed wlthqut producing social and moral anarchy When ths General Assembly perceives thU l will amend the tows and tha a- wm scasprt wffl to aJMOta, This Is a punk town for puzzle work Recently I Malted the great central branch of the public library system Mr Wright's Dialectal Dlctlonary,.was not on the shelves In the reference department, but after going through a lot of waste motions I learned that It was somewhere In the building and filled out a slip containing full particulars about my ancestry, habitat, etc, which was whlskd dopwn a pneumatic tube Into the subcellar, and I was told to wait and the books would be forthcoming I waited 40 minutes by the clock and th'en tny number was hoisted on a sort of semaphore system and on applying at a delivery desk I was solemnly presented with Wright's Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English words Can you beat It? On further Inquiry I was told that they did have tho Dialectal, but as the Library would Close for the day In half an hour 1 had better come In some iime again to get it I naven't been back. Some different from our alow old Locust and Juniper street concern, eh? Our Ridiculous Language Again "Dead beat" we call the scurvy wight Who cheats us. 'Twould be great If he were really dead. We might Collect from his estate. Peace Is Near Unless Signs Fall "T THINK," writes Earley Morne, "that X you should footnote In Philadelphia history this remarkable thing. It's a poker story, Oh. wait, It's not what you think! We didn't have remarkable hands and we didn't quit when we sold we would and we didn't do anything remarkable but "Jes" only one thing." There were seven of us who satin and at the wlnd UP, at S:S0 in the morning, the amount the losers claimed to have Jost tallied exactly wim me amount the winners admitted they had won!" Sir It may interest you to know that to the College Association for Woman Suffrage Helen Moore Fogg represents simply the name of the association's secre tary and not a contributor to the cause w. a Quite an Invention "Who's, the fat fellowr "Sh! the 'fat fellow' Is quite an Inven tor." "Well, he doesn't lool if "Nevertheless, he Is. Hs Invented the Patent Elastic Dinner Vast te& nt,rn , ', Ba45stW8l, Tho present alumni house Is situated at 1S02 Poplar street, and is the only house which directly represents the former stu dents of Girard College. It Is pitifully small and inadequate to represent such a large group of red-blooded men Tha or ganization Is upon a self-sustaining basis and Its Income Is sufficient to meet all Its expenses, but It Is recognized that Its pres ent quarters da not present an attractive proposition to any new members and that It Is not such as the large number of men belonging to tho alumni wnrrants. There Is little prospect that the organization with Its present facilities can accomplish any thing worth while. It does, however, offer a foundation for a real organization, and the present membership Is only too anxious to have It used for that purpose. Un doubtedly, with a large and well appointed clubhouse, affording all the reasonable club facilities, the organization would attract a large membership and become an organiza tion to which Girard men could point with pride. Even with such a building and or ganization there remains the fact that no organization has found it possible to main tain a club with proper facilities with no source of Income other than nominal mem bership dues It Is also conceded that In order to build up a large organization which shall be really representative, the mem bership dues must be nominal A plan has been formulated for the construction of a really worthy building, offering all the de sired advantages and which shall at the same time be of subh character that It shall offer a source of Income through rental of tu hall for social functions, athletic events and through renting meeting rooms and bed rooms to unattached members. It Is be lieved by the board of governors of the alumni that a building Buoh as proposed. In the hands of a competent manager de voting his entire time to the proposition, would prpvide a return upon the amount Invested so that only nominal dues from the members would be necessary. It Is believed that a minimum fund of 510,000. while not being sufficient to finance the construction of the desired building, would make a solid foundation which will ultimately enable them to realize the de sired result. It Is intended therefore that life membership shall be extended to 100 or more menat iioo eacn, payable either In a lump sum or upon the Instalment plan, with the provision that no Instalment shall be less than IS a month, this body of 100 men to constitute a central committee who can persuade other men to loin in the protect and become members of the organization. It ts hoped that in this manner the mem bership may be swelled to between 1000 and 4000, whlch.wtll provide sufficient reason for the additional financing required. The money received from the life membership Is to be placed Jn a fund entirely separate from the funds of the present organization and is to be known as the life membership fund. The control of the fund I to be vested In the hands of the contributors thereto and shall be Invested entirely at their direction. At the expiration of 10 years the life membership fund is to be come a part of the assets of the general or ganization, AH lite members are to share in the management of the organization. If it Is impossible to carry the plan through a? conceived and it becomes neces sary to declare it Inoperative the money paid in this special fund will bo refunded. It is hoped to place the, name of every successful alumnus on the membership roll to participate in the effort to erect and dedicate this splendid memorial to their college and Its founder- There atmuM h no hesitancy on tha part f any .alumnus feeble minority J. ij. l.iidij4 In ttttft tafdpii- T i nr.T... -., , , l?i&T&&r&fcwZ?Sk RMwiiSirir1Ii8Mlm PRIMACY OF ROOSEVELT To the Editor of Evening Ledger: Sir I have been reading for some time your editorials in sermonette form, and the freedom wl h which you Improvise texts and preach upon them frequently gives ovldenco of lack of tasto-and logic at the same time. Particularly offensive Is jour editorial of this evening, entitled "Unfair to Hughes." No man has dono more than Mr. Roosevelt In coming out unequivocally for tho cam paign of preparedness, and every fair minded man Is perfectly willing to concede to him a largo share In the preponderance of Bentlmont which has been created In Its ravor. A greater teacher than Roosevelt has said, "He who Is not for me, is against me." There la no particular reason why this truth should remain unspoken because you seem to think Mr 'Hughes comes under this class; and your editorial, like many another, seems to have been deliberately fashioned to create an erroneous impression. There la a vast difference between Justice Hughes "gadding about the country" and telling tho people that he Is an American, and any Juitlco undertaking a "Junket about the country" to express his personal Ideas on topics of the day, and a presiden tial candidate giving plain, frank state ments of his views on tho great Issues of the Impending campaign. That Justice Hughes stands In this relationship of candi date Is due to tho fact that he has not stated In clear, unequivocal language that he is not. This plain fact places him In an. al together different category from the aver age Justice of the Supreme Court. In a situation of this nature, largely of his own creation, the nation, to act with any degree of Intelligence, must know exactly what ho thinks now on the great questions which must be settled in November. To Imply In uncouth sporting language that the con demnation or a class for Its failure to re veal Its attitude is unfair to an individual of that class Is both unreasonable and Il logical. It Is a poor sort of preaching which eliminates the denunciation of a wrong spirit because an Individual Is sup posed to be Included therein. In the vote opposed to Mr. Wilson at the last presidential election four years ago numbering 7.604,463, a decided majority, 4,119,507 to be exact, broke their party ties and voted for Mr. Roosevelt, and 1 have not been able to find a single individual to day whose first choice Is not still Roose velt, whether they are classified as Re publicans or Progressives. To ei LPresldent In opposition to Mr. Wilson this jiinrs i,uuu,uuu muai ue utilized, The 4,000 000 and more of four years ago have been largely augmented by many of Mr. Taft'a supporters, who have now declared them selves for Roosevelt, Where, then, la the reason or common sense of attempting to distort an isolated instance of an insig nificant primary vote into an Insistent de- iimiiu tor r, nugnes wnen the great fact confronts every man of Intelligence that more than 4,000.000 have expressed In un mistakable terms, at great sacrifice to themselves, their absolute preference for Roosevelt? Further, Mr. Hughes has been tested as a vote getter in his own State, and in the presidential election In which Mr. Taft se cured a majority of about 200,000 Mr Hughes secured about one-fourth 'as manv' or 60.000. In New York! y The New York Olobe says editorially? "It Is difficult to see how Mr Hughes can longer Justify silence. The people have a right to know what they are getting In the presidential office. , Respect for the traditions of the Supreme Court, under some circumstances, can take on the color of something akin to contempt for thlnirs more important than the Supreme Court If it is permissible for a member of the Su preme Court to be a candidate Its lncum. bent on hlra to take the public' into hi confidence." " m If this temperate expression constitutes a case of "manhandling" Mr Hughes by hi enemies "when he is tied," to which you . well ' as thousands of other good American citizens object," I venture to plead forth. ?A r.n.iTr "" "" "-"" WW Of a 10, QUIZ 1. What was the charge against Alfred Dreyfus In the famous French politi cal and legal casef , 2. What la the plural of "conrt-martlal? 3. Was the lute a wind or stringed Instru ment? t. In what European country are execu tions still performed by beheadlna with the ox? S. What Is orientation? 8. What la "roooco architecture"? 7. Wlmt three Important European capitals are In about the same latitude as i-n:iacieipjiiay 8. What Is the significance of the .saying "liavliiK to take Hobson's choice"? 0. What street in Philadelphia was for merly unown as Illrrh street? What constitutes a nominating vote In Itcpiibllcan and in Democratic conventions? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. "Daao" is a corruption of "Diego," the Spanish form of "James." It was applied to Spaniards In Elizabethan England and later to other Latins. Z. One roes southwest fro.-j the southern most point of Florid to Havana. 0. Kelson. In command of tec British fleet, defeated the allied French and Span ish at Trafalgar. 4. St. Oeorce's Hall stood at the southwest corner of 18th and Arch streets. T. ,Tb'"'"d 'P'"8 t turmeric, an East Indian condiment used chiefly ,,toeoson d'shes of meat and rice. 0. The fauna is the animal life, the flora the vegetable life of a country. 7. Mercury Is the nearest. Venus the next nearest planet to the sun. The earth 1. farthest of the three. 8. Iasodas are temples of Eastern Asia. or part, of temples, aenerally tower like masses of manv- -.. 0 JuZ u m'"0? ,leav"y on cI "'Shis. 0. Jute Is a fibre from the bark of tropical Plants, and la used for the maklng of baas, cordaise, etc. Confederate Torpe'does Editor of "What Do You Xnoioi tlcod recently Information to wfumn about Confederate torpedoes. Can you Sn me If tlnre was any objection to their use on humai.e grounds In our Civil War? J. L. On both aides there was at first renuir. ?sBT nnHnnlnV0 ,orP"loes, but by ZV, 1861, floating mines constructed by Conl federates had been found In tha p... and at Hampton Roads Inthe North thl news that the Confederates were usin them brought forth a storm nfYf".8.1."?. As one writer has put it. tomedn.. -h.i hardly yet come to baP looked uPon IWW spectable mode of warfare, especially by seamen, and the officer who laid the tor pedoes and was looking on when the cX JEil BUnk .y them descrlbea hlmsePfaas feeling much as "a schoolboy might at see! Ing serious results follow from something begun as sport." As late as March 1884 Farragut wrote that since torpedoed Tnot so agreeable when used on botli Vm -Wl? ITha.Ve "'"$ brought my! self to It. I have always deemed it n worthy of a chivalrous nation? but id not do to give your enemy such a decided superiority over you." aeciaed na ttM.la.ja 1 . us. iiiuiLiti irnininM n - i.il 8 w mucn aa t la nf waiting1 opportunities. Th M.. '. '" ot tlonal advancement Is almllar. The h3'' maid of. ambition la preparation T J nrat test of qualifications la summed t,n n that rnmlliw ..... .."" raea "P . " Z... . 7 MUUU,uon' what can i you ui dui a second is Inevitably h. posed on tho young man or woman seetT lnir to mnUn cnn,1 it.., . " --- , ,ar pjj,, you Tho answer to this laat question dental. ' In part on natural abllltv. w i. ". Is also on education. v'u A now vocation for women has be. opened up In secretarial work. To Z euro, shorthand, typewriting and book keeping nro not now attractions, w ... retnrlal work, with tho responsibility and pay which it offers today, requires mu! thing moro than thoochnlcal training of atrade. This elementary training, ww,, "mo, m miormana, is an essen tial part of tho preparation of secretarial but It does not represent an adequate' preparation for tho moro responsible poiiw tlons. In many Instances It may b, lmposslblo to draw a lino between the stenographer and tho, secretary, but there' Is a distinction. Tho stenographer, merely aa such, is engaged in routino work; tha secretary has risen above tho perform, anco of mechanical tasks and la engaged In work that calls for Initiative, oxecutlva ability, outlook and personality. Then is also a dlfferenco In salary. Until recently tho occupation of teach ing . was thd almost tinanlmpus ana 6omowhat passlvel selection of college women. Secretarial work Is fast catch ing up with It In favor, perhaps really surpassing It In attractiveness. In rap idly increasing numbers college women are entering business schools. Women's colleges aro introducing into their own curricula such subjects aa office methods, commercial law, bookkeeping and ac counting. ' -S Be "That woman Is In the market place," t said Margaret Deland the other day, "will ' J probably boadmttted without discussion, i i nai Bomo or us aon i into to see her there does not alter tho fact: she la there!" ; But by no means do tho opportunities V i of secretarial work exist only In the V iiiuiivgt (jiuuu. A i iau uiuuu 11U1U atlu luu 1, mately touches many occupations. 'ii Its extent, and 'some of its attractive- ; ncss on tho scpre of congeniality, an suggested by tho report of the Interpol- 4 leglato Bureau of Occupations In Its I capacity as an employment agency: "Th, 1 large number o stenographla and seen- -"v. tarlal positions," says tho report, ''Infi."- cates both tho Insist on t demand of em- ployers for Intelligent and broad educv tlon In this type of work and tho grow 't lng recognition on the part of the college , woman that stenography Is the key which S unlocks numerous doors of opportunity "S In tho business, professional, educational, - i literary, social and scientific fields. How - ', significant it is that tho only positions recorded In offices of lawyers, physicians, -architects and engineers were for secre taries!" " ,Good Secretaries Always in Demand But in no branch of secretarial work is thero an oversupply of qualified candi dates. "When we use tho word ''candi dates" we remember that In business a vory largo percentage of secretarial posi tions havo been created by their In cumbents Individuals who have had the' capacity to make themselves Increasingly valuable to their employers. Reporting an Investigation of tho employment of women, the Misses Eaton and Stevens ' say: "There is a hordo of improperly trained and otherwise undesirable candi dates who create an apparent oversupply. but who bear no relation to real de mand." Certainly one of the essential j features of vocational training Is to fur nish not only a purely technical prepara- tlon. but to provide also such a general all-round education as will develop those qualities which to employers are th most highly considered qualifications, Thoso qualities, of course, are of measur able value at the start. Apparently they , are fostered by collegiate education. Th f department of research of tho Women's FH.intlnngl and Industrial Union, Of Boston, recentlmade a careful survey ol opportunities In secretarial service, concludes "that the college-trained woman begins- at a uniformly higher salary and advances more rapidly than the woraw without such training." wnw nil this exnanslon of vocational opportunity for women In thfl mora r- - sponsible and hlgher-paia seCr0i.- r- sltlons has produced far-reaching ewff" In the educational world. It has rtult4 , not only in changes In the courses ; study In the collegea for women, but In W development of the vocational coB . Uttl tt Mr rach ( ...,. ir,at rniieere la Simmons, Boston, and such la the new fajtu to be opened at Troy. N. " through the.generous rf!5 jgj of Mra. Russell Sage. In phJ there Is also a manifestation f " P conditions and demapds In the provWoa of a four-year secretarial program. to .?.. 7. . .-...,., and excel ent two- dltion 10 an a"o -- . . . jo- 1 1 year program at Pf"'!"" JJa al Boston umywww , in Its school of eorcnwee ' ....-, ,.a These events. four-year secretary "..- -- - j- i m II Franklin's Third Arctic Trip ,JlX K' D-a,r JohJ Franklin sailed on his third Arctic expedition In 1845. Dick's Hatband -v..w, , lrui uo rou Know" .win you kindly tell me the origin of the nhraLi "As queer as Dick's hatband" ? jJq ' rZh" rli, M 5!0w.ll.7in; of' hatband, made of sand." the Idea 'that hU regal honors were "a rope of sand" Thi phrase you quote was also used to darida the younger Cromwell, few thing, having been more ridiculous ! English hlalo than ths exaltation and.abdit!on o ttJ protector's son. Ty Cobb's Batting Averages Editor of "What Do You Know"-Xvm you kindly publish tha batting average? of Ty Cobb year by ye ar since h has been wlthPetrolt? ' CLA.8. to WJ. -UH mt, . 1W, Mai 1801, .111 1S09. ITT! 1110, .381a 'iaiiaVI iMs, M9', mt, ,mn$umt injiC WaW-JwH srSi. iu -- rrr, . .. .-rtarial course. n- v- .,. iT ir-imante are sufficient to snow -srrHJ335 aTdTey a, JFflft'SS training with a &" eau mr. TiFFETE WES1' ",iT i man unfsrtttiMMl araws-j. araa LSSratiSSii,s-SaIt i Wen r'tot on! tit her if., del via mc planted $ erne. i f Pounce f Atom "NeT I Mr. 1 toflnf. 5 tttnlnt 4 I-MIb Mr. ai Cwklni 1 .. fc,wr" .' tonnil r itr mf " Hwemt lllu 1 Dalles, v- ttea turnM 'lTb J Mrs.E Mr. JPertled a ral Mr ar y"ra eooert M1 Mr .te 'Wi 0 . m 1 oa, -WW fa&Sor, JWsni
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