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The path of sorrow, and that path atone,
Lead to the land where sorrow it un
known. Cowper.
Losing lour games' in ,ono day Is
ono record that tho Phillies and Athlotlcs
need nol try to surpass.
Tho recapturo of Cumlcres by the
i French was not an Important gain
'strategically; but thousands of German
Uvea had been given to capture It.
Wo do not supposo It will do It, but'
what a flno thing it would bo if the
Democratic Convention would also nomi
nate a Secretary of tho Navy!
"Toung Kid McCoy" is to leavo tho
prize-ring for tho pulpit. If ho follows
"Billy" Sunday's example, ho can get as
touch oxcrclso in his new profession as
In his old ono.
The Instruction given to 300 "Httlo
mothers" will doubtless bo a great boon
this summer for the babies they will
tend. Equally Important would bo tho
Instruction, so far overlooked, which
would prove a great boon to tho "Httlo
mothers."
rnany's difficult terms; whereas the
British Government has just categor
ically denied that it is prepared to con
sider what Gerard calls "the wise and
moderate words of tho German Chancellor
regarding Germany's readiness to make
peace." The President did not play into
Germany's hands as his Ambassador did,
but that will not make his position any
better if London abruptly asks Gerard
what his great confldehco Is based on. If
thero Is no sUch abrupt demand, there
will be good ground for tho belief that
London, in splto of its professed refusal
to parley, sees in tho American Em-i
bassy at Berlin the most important cen
tre for mediation in all Europe. Gerard's
exprcssod confldonco that peaco is not
distant is moro significant than anything
Mr. WHson'a ofllco will permit him td
say publicly.
A POOR LITTLE RICH CITY
"I'm puro Gorman on both sides,
Colonel." "Fine! You're tho kind of
American wo want." Nearly every one
of the 2500 persons (by actual count) who
shook the muscular hand at the latest
Oyster Bay leveo was for somo reason or
other peculiarly American.
A lecturer attached to the Child
j. -Federation announces that if you tlck'le
a crying baby under the chin and say
"copseedalsy" ho will stop. Now thero la
no longer any excuse for tho father walk
ing tho floor half tho night with his vocif
erous offspring who refuses to permit
any eno to sleep.
If 3000 of tho Colonel's admirers
should make a pilgrimage to Oyster Bay
every day until June 7, it would take less
than 30.000 of them. He certainly has
that many. And, ho has friends able to
organize such demonstrations of popular
demand. But it is not likely that the
cheering on the shores of Long Island
Sound will make or lose him any dele
gate in Chicago.
There is no excuse for further delay
In passing the Kern-McGlllicuddy bill ex
tending to Injured Federal employes the
protection similar to that guaranteed to
privato employes by tho workmen's com
pensation act of this State. As the secre
tary 'of tho American Association for
Labor Legislation points out In a letter
in another column, a poll of the House of
Representatives has shown that a major
ity of the members aro In favor of It. If
they aro allowed to voto on it Wednesday
when it is on the calendar for the day,
they will pass .It. The party leaders are
expected 'to redeem the pledges In their
party platforms and allow tho bill to
come to j Vote. '
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Before coming out with their peace
terms, which they gave McNlchol a
chance to reject, the Vares, Martin and
the Mayor should have considered the
course of those less important allies who
have studiously allowed all peace talk
to originate east of the Rhine. It la
not a alun of strength to be the first to
seek a parley. And tho curt and half-
amused tone of McNlchol'a rerusal to
compromise puts the veteran Martin In a
peculiarly shabby position, for it was
partly to prevent hla own defeat for tho
State Senate at tho hands of Penrose
McNlchol "knlfera" that he raised the
flag of truce. That a coalition with
Democrats should be resorted to la not
a new or surprising thing in the Organ
ization. . The denunciation of the time
honored practice aa inimical to party
unity reflects no splendor of patriotism
eh tho would-be peacemakers. Their
offer to fet the Mayor assume an un
qualified leadership over both factions is
a piece of unconscious humor, for the
Mayor would have bossed, every one in
sight long: ago If ho had had the mak.
tags) of a boss or a leader In him. There
a too hope, of permanent party unity in
any arrangement the two factions may
aiili .tn "Dariir tmltv fa n hnnn wMoH Tin
S JWVW Ml -rf -.rf f w..,, ......... ....
jfi'S leader In the Varo or the Penrose camp
hg. kaa to Drams or magnanimity io Desiow.'
- r wwa uiiuuflii vm .aoua j.u.
(tip to the people, for in national affairs
these pettx factionlsta count as zeros.
President Wilson's much-heralded
speech on pacification was not marked by
the significant candor of Ambassador
ard'a statement. There is a worid of
rente between, Gerard's words.
HUiSS CUfl BJIA&P Wf HJMIWWilD UUli
' "jrj-i M'on its' wayr ana tne resident's,
Smi 6C the war lasta the more
do wo be corns concerned that it
b brought to an end." For the
:' Inference from Gerard's optimism
& tfcaX ttkk AUfcW, within Certain "weka
sl(nsu&tli ww const, is accept Geo
Tlie city is rich enough to meet nil
demanda on Its trennurj-.' The time tins
come to stop talking; nbont deficit"
and to Increase the muntclnnl Income
IT MAY bo that Goorgo W. B. Hicks
has obtained Information about
sources of revenue in other cities that
was, not secured by the Advisory Com
mittee on Municipal Finance, appointed
by Councils in October, 1912, Other
cities may havo modified their taxing cus
tom's in tho last four years. If so, it Is
important that tho Mayor nnd his ad
visors should have tho facts beforo them.
But what tho city Is suffering from at
present Is really not lack of Information,
but lack of political courngo to grapplo
with tho Issuo beforo it. There seems to
bo uncertainty about tho wisdom of In
creasing tho tax rato, ns If thoro wcro
something sacred about tho prevailing
rato of $1 on every $100 of assessed
valuation. In overy other great city the
tax rato is llexlblo nnd changes with the
changing costs of government. In New
York the Board of Estlmato makes up the
annual budget. Then its total is divided
by tho nsBessed value of tho property In
tho city and tho quotient Is tho tax rate
for tho year. Of course, tho revenue
from special sources, lIconse fees nnd cer
tain special taxes Is deducted from tho
amount to bo raised by a gonoral tax be
foro tho sum to bo divided by the as
sessed value of tho city Is obtained. Hero
wo fix tho rato arbitrarily and then strug
glo along with accumulating deficits. It
has Just been decided to wlpo out tho
accumulated deficits of more than $4,000,-
000 by a bond Issue. This Is simply post
poning the day of final reckoning, for
tho bonds must bo paid out of sources
of revenue or by an lncreaso In
tho tax rato. Money must bo found to
meet tho current expenses also, which, as
overy ono knows, aro still greater than
the current receipts.
The Commonwealth takes from tho
business of the city about $1,250,000 every
year by special taxes that In other States
are turned over to tho cities In which tho
business la done. Wo cannot get posses
sion of this revenue without a change in
tho laws. New York city, for example,
receives between $3,600,000 nnd $4,000,000
a year from the proceeds of a tax of
ono per cent, on tho book value of tho
shares of tho banks doing business thero.
The tax Is uniform throughout the State
and tho city treasuries rather than tho
State treasury profit by it.
Objection has boon raised to an increase
In tho special tax on various forms of
business. Forty-two forms of business
aro already taxed, or licensed by tho city
or the State, but in other States more
than 150 forms of business have to pay
special taxes. They aro Justified by two
valid reasons. One Is that when a barber,
for Instance, Is required to take out a
license for which $5 is charged, tho police
department has control over him, and
that If ho does not observe the rules laid
down by the Board of Health his shop can
be closed summarily by revoking his
license. The other reason is that tho
small fees charged, while, not oppressive,
produce In the aggregate a largo amount
of revenue.
New York and Chicago tax a largo num
ber of businesses which are exempt here,
Somo of them are bakers and confection
ers, special bar permits, bill-posters,
bowling alleys, tho sale of cigarettes,
cleaners of clothes, dancing schools, deal
ers in second-hand goods, delicatessen
stores, druggists, dealers In fireworks, gas
oline launches, shooting galleries, hand
carts, Ice dealers, lumber yards, medical
dispensaries, slaughter houses, roofers,
skating rinks, common shows, boarding
stables and undertakers. Pittsburgh has
a tax of $200 a month on transient mer
chants, who open a store and sell goods
In ruinous competition with tho estab
lished houses. Louisville taxes tho small
loan brokers $1000 a year. Amusement
places in Chicago are taxed from $25 to
$1000.
Wo aro not advocating levying any of
these special taxes. We aro merely call
ing attention to the ability of the author
ities in other cities to raise revenue for
current expenses. Phlladelphlans have
Just as much ability as New Yorkers. It
H about time that they exercised It and
put an end to the extravagant practice
of piling up deficits each year and pay
ing interes't on loans because they fear
the consequences of raising money enough
to meet the bills as they fall due.
A GOOD CAMPAIGNER
The Republican party makes appeal
to public confidence as the most Import
ant political agency for consenatium
and progress. By virtue" of Its achieve
ments, Its leadership and its aims. It
standi forth as an efficient instrument
for strong and capable administration,
as a safeguard of stability and of the
prosperity which depends on stability,
and as an unrivaled power for the cor
rection of abuses. It stands In strong
contrast to the record of vacillation and
ineptitude presented by the chief oppos
ing party.
THESE sentences are from the address
of a Republican leader, delivered
at Youngstown, Ohio, on September 6,
1908, at the beginning of the Taft cam
palgn. At the close of the address every
frjend of Taft present demanded that the
speaker stump the West. Ten days later,
Republican headquarters in Chicago was
flooded with telegrams demanding his
services, and the chairman of the Kansas
State Committee said that the Youngs
town speech had had more influence on
the Kansas voters than anything that had
happened, to date in the campaign. Who
was the speaker? Oh, it waa only Charles
Evans Hughes, who, we are now told, la
cold and nonmagnetic and Incapable of
etlrrta? up eothujlaam.
Tom Daly's Column
u WELL, WELL, HUSTLE IT ALONG ! 1 "
TO BECOME tho Peristyle of Popular
ity Wo should bo we will do, at least
onco, anything not downright dishonor
able to achieve circulation. Wo have
never yet made a deliberate play for read
ers in Berks, Lancaster, Lebanon and
auch-llko counties. Here goes. One of
tho prominent poets of eastern Pennayl
anla during tho last century was Henry
Harbaugh (1817-07). Among other things
he wrote!
BUSCH UN SCHTBDTBL.
Dheel Duschlelt hen keen Luscht dehecrrf,
Bio hankere' hooch der Schtadti
Vor rnel' Dheel, lch hab Immer noch
Kee' Noschen so gehatt.
S mng gut genung 1m Schtedtel eel' '
Gcb mlr das grlene Land;
Do Is net alles Ilaus Un Daeli,
Net nllcs Schtroos un Wand.
Die Buwo Riifio matt Un bleechi
Die Mad sin weiss un dlnn!
Sle hen wol schceno Klecdar a',
'S Is awar nix rechts drln.
Mlr Is zu wenlg Qrlones do,
Kco' Blumme un keo' Beem;
Wnnn lch 'n Schtund In Schtedtel bin,
Dann will lch wlddcr heem.
This lltoral translation Is for tho benefit
of dwellers In Philadelphia, Bucks, Dola
waro nnd other auch-llko counties:
COUXTIIY AXD TOWJf (OR CITY).
Somo coit(j2-oIA; havo no pleasure at'
homo,
They hanker tor the citv;
For my part, I have never (ever not)
Xo notion of-thte-sort had.
It may good cnuf In-the city be
Glwc mc tho nrcen land (country);
There Is not all housa and roof,
Not everything street and wall,
i
(Hero) Tho young-fellows look feeble and
palo;
Tho girls arc white and thin;
They have lntruth pretty clothes on,
There IS, however, nothing right Inside.
Vor-mc (there) is tod little green "here,
Xo flowers and no trees;
When I one hour in-thc city have-bcen
Then I want (to go) home again,
THE Decoration Day contributions aro
coming in finely. Tho winner of tho
bunch of roses will tako the place of
honor at tho top of tho column tomorrow.
No other announcement will be necessary.
HERE, upon tho brink of tho com
mencement season, lot us tako a
peep at tho busy young high school pro
fessor. Ono writes:
Wo finish the term on the 8th of Juno,
nnd there )s a constant bustle about ora
tions, honors, amateur dramatics and
tho other ornaments of a complete edu
cation. My part consists in tho bUBlness
of coaching the class prophet and of drill
ing tho class in a 20-mlnute march that
will Insure every member of tho class
being seen by overy member of the audi
onco. They parade. In circles and squares,
by twos and fours, at tho sound of my
whistle, and to the eminent satisfaction
of their parents.
So, In this profession one must bo an
artist, somo Whistler.
f!A . Mftt
Wc Have Yet to See
A politician who Isn't a patriot first,
last nnd all tho tlmo. I. McKldden.
A whlto llo. L. R. T.
(SossiipY
luse
&) Gj9 j$r
vswm
1 v'l-TifljBviii wLF
You no can baylleva da nowsapaper. Dey
say da gran Italian army ecsa gona back.
Dat'sa lie. You know w'at I theenk? Da"
boss for da newspaper ees go to da
movies Ees com' peecture dat show dat
gran" Italian army 'chasin' dose porco
porco Austrian Ilka Ual but da fallow dat
run da machine he ea'aleepy an' he put da
peecture een oppaside down. So den da
newsapaper boss ho go to hees otfeeco an'
say: "Da gran' Italian army cesa gona
back!" Alia rltshtl dat'sa baycause you
don't nanta know som'theeng!
Archbishop Ryan will go to Buffalo
next week to take part In the Installation
of Bishop Dougherty aa head of the Buf
falo diocese, which will be held in St.
JoEepha Cathedral on June -7. A Morn
ing Contemporary.
Those wbo'ajtendjjci the ooquent Arch
bishop's , funeral BQme Ave years "ago'un
dorstand that Hits Journey will' be' made
only in spirit.
Show Him to Us
Well lift our hats, we all agree,
,To'nriy man more bright than wo.
Bpt nota soul of us you see,
Belleycs that Buch a man can be.
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'When 18 years old. on the right a)da I had
a wisdom tooth pulled, and when 55 years old
on the left slda I had another pulled. Now the
dentist warttB nie to bellevo I am cutting still a
third la that possible?
from O, O. dear paper.
Can you tell me when the writer -was 18
years old on the right side, what age he
waa on' the left side and when 25 on lb4
left whjU'plfe on the right side? A. L. A.
We can,'t'Vut some of our bright read
ers may.t , - '
a X ' i
A P. L. calls our attention to the am-
blgulty of this head from a recent
Issue in our own dear paper:
CAN WOMEN JUDGE
DOGS AS WELL AS MRN?
i
And, for no particular reason at all, It
reminds us of Edwin Austin Oliver, of the.
Yonkers Statesman, who la the dean of
Jokesmlths and who waa the first to popu
larize the so-called conversational Joke
A good many years ago Oliver confessed
to having perpetrated up to that time no
fewer than. 75,000 gibes and Japes. We are
under the impression that one of the first
of the 76,000 was this;
Ho (enviously watching her caressing
her poodle) I wish I waa a dog.
She Oh, you'll grow,
The Man for the Job
T SENT for you," Bald the man of the
JL house, "to fix a key in my daughter's
piano."
"But," protested the man, "I don't
know anything about pianos; I'm a lock
smith." "Exactly. I want you to makertriwa
Bible for me to lock the blamed thing up."
The Seat Qounsel
Sow shall we reach- perfectiont List,
My poor mis guided brother;
Juit follow tha advice pou oiva
8a Jreely unto athert.
OUR CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
An Eyewitness Describes the Meteoric Shower of 1833 Passage
of the Kern-McGillicuddy Bill Demanded Silence
of Justice Hughes Other Matters
This Department U tree to all readcri who
wish to express their opinions oit suWrcta o
current lnW. It ts an open forum and the
Evening Ledger assumes no rcsponsibliltu for tha
ileus of its correspondents.
THE METEORIC SHOWER OP 1833
To tho Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir Your recent mention of 'shooting
stars," under "Quiz," brings to my m nd a
view I had In my youth of the remarkable
meteoric shower which occurred in ie fall
I was then at the age of 4 years, and
was awakened by my parents to behold I tno
most wonderful Bight which has ever been
presented to my eyes
This, termed by ordinary observers 'fall
ing Btars." was what appeared a veritable
rain of fire on all sides of the house. We
. ... t ... nifri,tirrRtp.s from one point
of outlook to another, finding tho same ap
pearance in every direction. ,,..,,.
My own vivid recollection and what oth-
i.. o.,f is hnt the horizontal den-
era lltt.O .,..- " -.- - -- --
sltv of the "shower" was much tho samo as
that of a denso tan 01 iiuiisiunca, "" "
.jjin i .niiip. nf thn nnnenranco of lonfT
streams of fire passing down In an incited
direction.
These long lines were, apparently, seen to
reach the snow then-lying on tho ground,
between our point of observation and a
building perhaps a hundred feet away, but
nothing wan seen on the snow next day to
indicate that an thing had fallen on its
surface. ,.
I was top young to reason as to why tno
sparks were elongated and why they seemed
to pass to the ground,.but I havo since re
flected that this appearance was the result
of "persistence of vision," as In tho case of
the sparks from a wood file, which, as they
pass up the chimney, appear like long
streaks
In the accounts of meteoric showers In the
Bncyclopaedia Brltannlca, the text states
that the shower of 1833 was exceptionally
brilliant and that it occurred on November
12. A tabular statement of such bhowers,
lntho samo work. gles tho date ns the
13th. It might havo been both dates If its
occurrence was about midnight. The record
gives one of lesser brilliancy as occurring
on a corresponding date In 1832. Of this
I have no recollection, and do not recall
that It received special attention In the
place of my residence. My own recollection
of tho shower I saw waB confirmed In after
years by statements by my parents.
Lesser exhibitions of meteors are fre
quent Single ones may be seen upon al
most any night when the conditions are fa
vorable. I recall one which was observed
by a neighbor of mine who was Interested
In inspecting the heavens by means of a
telescope of his own construction, or with
out such aid He was accustomed to rise
very early, and on the occasion In question
was sitting at his doorstep before daylight
at a time when some business call required
me to rise also. Lighting a lamp with a
match, I threw the burning stump out of
the window. Shortly after Borne ope
passed, and wv Informed by my neighbor
that he had Just seen a most wonderful me
teor. His description seemed to tally with
the fall of my match. I never compared
notes with him on the subject of the "me
teor." J. A- ANDERSON.
Larabertvllle, N. J., May 24-
MQRE. ABQUT THE McC'S.
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir Don't, you Jhlnk the fellow who signs
himself "One Who Bears the Mc" Is to be
warmly congratulated?
Not because he gets historical facts, well
attested, in a scramble, but because the
scramble indicates that perhaps he knows
more about American history than the his
tory of Scotland or Ireland. It is pathetic
for a fellow to learn at this late date that
"the real Scotch-Irish, you know, are the
descendants of those unfortunate Scots who
left their beloved Highlands In the reign of
Bloody Mary." It Is doubly pathetic to
learn at this late date also that there was
ever a Scot who thought himself "unfor
tunate." It has always seemed to me that
the Scot thinks all other nationals are the
unfortunate.
If the accepted histories on both sides of
a certain controversy are to be believed,
and they both have hitherto agreed upon
this1 one point, it was the daughter or a
Highland chieftain who was the bitterest
foe of the Protestants of the north of Ir
land.
Further, the settlers in the north of Ire
land were not from the Highlands, nor even
from the coast fringe of the. Lowlands.
They were from the interior of the borders
of Scotland. It is not even certain that
they could be called "Scotch." They, with
sure certainty. loathed the Highland robber.
t)cua of corapetlMQn,moat likely, though,
nowadays, they do not rob, behig, by prefer
ence, steel mngnntes, publishers, promoters,
statesmen, politicians and candidates for
tho presidential chair. Quito often they
have been ministers, and they have even
established Princeton College, but, on the
other hand, they have done many worthier"
things. Sometimes they produce men who
get history scrambled.
Yet, after nil. why should any one care
what his name means; except that meaning
his own character gives to It? I remember
onco that an Insurance agency wondered
why It got so many reports of a fire from
a client named Connor. A special Investi
gation .produced the fact that the client
had been refused an Insurance policy again
and again because of his name, so he
choso a good Irish one significant of honesty.
What was his real name? I don't know,
but I do know that the termination of tho
name ho used when he was refused a policy
was "kle." Names are Just what you make
"'?? J SHON RBA.
Philadelphia, May 20.
SILENCE OP JUSTICE. HUGHES
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir The conditions that seem to compel
silence on the part of Mr. Justice Hughes,
with reference to the greater Issues of the
day. In no way or degree alter the fact of
such silence. Whether Mr. Hughes will not
or can not declare himself "aggressively,
openly and specifically," has really nothing
whatever to do with the fact that he does
not.
In this tlmo of crisis the Republican
party should not for a moment consider a
candidate whose position on the practically
now and unusually momentous problems
that now confront us Is not made perfectly
clear by the candidate himself, no matter
at all what may fortunately or unfortu
nately hinder such a definite and specific
declaration of principles.
The writer Is not surprised that you
should make the publlo statement of Mr,
Roosevelt, from which the above quotation
Is made, the basis of another bitter attack
upon him; but we aro somewhat surprised
that pure prejudice should so far dominate
the Eveninq Ledqeh as to permit the pub
llcatlon of a leading editorial, like yours of
today, that Is so manifestly stupid.
t,,... ., , ... HCN"Y A. BOMBERCIER.
Philadelphia, May 24.
A BILL TO DO JUSTICE
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir I heg to call your attention to the
critical situation of the Kern-McGlllicuddy
workmen's compensation bill for injured
Federal employes, now before Congress, and
to ask you that you will point to the urgent
duty of the floor leaders, Congressmen
Kitchen and Mann, to bring this bill to a
vote In the I(pusq on May 31,
When report on May 11 It was under
stood that the bill would be called on May
24 or May 31, which were to be calendar
days for tho Judiciary Committee. Already
May 24 has been absorbed under special
rules and Jt Is now hinted that tha leaders
In the House may further delay the op
portunity for a vote on this measure In
order that members of Congress may attend
their national political conventions.
Pledges given by nfembers of the House
show that when a vote Is taken the bill Is
Bure to pass. If there Is further delay too
little time will be left to make sure of Us
passage through its final stages this session.
There is general agreement on the need
for passing this measure. Doth the Re
publican and Democratic platforms con
tained a plank pledging adequate compen
sation for Injured civilian employes In their
platforms In 1912. It would be of great
assistance to the passage of thU Just and
necessary measure If your paper demanded
that It be brought to a vote on May 31.
JOHN B, ANDREWS,
Secretary American Association for Labor
Legislation.
New York, May 25, 1916.
A CORRECTION
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir Permit the writer to call your atten
tion to an error In the letter he sent to you
dated May 22 and published In this even
ing's edition entitled "Vain Talk of Peace."
On the sixth line from the bottom on tha
first column It atate.8 the "French and Rus
Blast armies will enter Berlin." This should
have been Paris, as there is to be a coali
tion! of the Allies' armies in Paris when
peace la declared. Preparations have al
ready begun for thU purpose.
HENRI LEON DUBOia
Philadelphia, May 24.
IT CANT BE DONE!
Penrose' threat tq shock Philadelphia la
Idle. H Quay couldn't do it aflfcody cav
nnr Mwtt,w
fct
What Do You Know?
Queries of general interest will bo an
swered In this column. Toi questions, the
answers to which every well-Informed
person should know, arc asked dally.
QUIZ
What American came within one elec
toral voto of being elected President
and wns later tried for irennon?
What la meant by "lias relief"?
A deleitntfl was called the "Warwlok"
of tlie Prcalijterlan General Assem
bly. What Is meant by "Warwick"?
What Is "a ajborlte"?
About "liow far from Philadelphia are
the Illue Mountains and where do
they cross Pennsylvania?
What Is alirnlfleil when It la said an
engine has an 80 per cent, efficiency?
How many amendments to tho Consti
tution of tho United States have been
udapted and to what do tho last two
refer?
Who Is IHlalre Delloo?
Who wroto "Paradise Lost"?
Name tho seren points In the compass
between North nnd East In their
proper order.
Answers to Saturday's Quiz
There are 48 States In the Union.
A "pourparler" Is an' Informal discus
sion preliminary to negotiation.
The "General Sherman Tree," Sequoia
' National Park, California, Is the
largest tree In the world) 270.0 feet
lilsh, with u base circumference of
103.8 feet.
The apparent absence of atmosphere is
tbe basis for the belief that the moon
la not inhabited.
About three-lltths of the world's copper
Is produced In the United htntes.
Silas IVrlrlit, who waa nominated for the
Vice Presidency with Polk, refused
to run.
The referendum Is the submission of
measures passed by a JeclxIatUe
body to a vote of ratification hy-AUe
people.
The brldre of a ulilp Is a platform
raised some distance nbove the deck
for the officer directing nmlcutlon.
Alexander Selkirk, marooned four years
on a. desert Island, was the original
of "Hoblnson Crusoe."
Cobb's Creek formsvpart of the western
boundary of Philadelphia.
m
Metropolitan Philadelphia
JJdfor of "What Do You Know" What
Is meant by the metropolitan district of
Philadelphia? What has been the .growth
of population In that district In recent
years, and what Is the estimated Increase
In population In the next fev years?
H. K.
The United States census recognizes
zones comprising areas within 10 miles of
the legal limits of large cities as their
metropolitan districts. From 1900 to 1910
the 10-mlle zone around Philadelphia com
prised within Its metropolitan area grew In
population at the rate of 28,7 per cent:,
from 367,826 to 468,652. Metropolitan Phlla
delphla,"includlng both the city proper and
this suburban zone, grow from 1,661,663 to
2,016,560, If the same percentage, viz.
21.3 per cent.. Is maintained the actual ad
dition to this entire metropolitan area
during the decade that will end with the
last year of the present municipal 'adminis
tration will be 430,000, qf which nearly one
halt will be added during the next four
years.
Sir Roger Casement's Capture
.Editor of "What Do You Know" Kindly
state whether Sir Roger Casement waa
captured on land or water, L. J, C.
The official report of Sir Roger's ar
rest said that h had been captured "from
a German ship" which attempted to lapd
arms In Ireland, and was sunk. Two days
later It was stated that Casement waa taken
from a collapsible? boat, and another ac
count on the same day had It that he and
two companions had rowed to shore, where
they walked Into the arms of Secret Service
men.
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Army Recruits
Editor of "What Da You Know" Can
you tell me how many men have enlisted In
the United States army since the passing
of the bill to increase the regular army to
120.000? W L. M.
Figures to noon May 12 show that up to
that date, slnco the passage of the Joint
resolution of March 17. 1916, authorizing (he
President of the United States to Increase
the strength of line organizations of the
United States army to 'their statutory
maximum strength without regard to tha
limitation of 100.000 enlisted men provided
by the act of March 2, 19Q1, the total num
ber of accepted applicants, for enlistment in
the army waa 6718. This does not Include
re-enlistments or enlistments, at military
post: The actual number of enlistment
during th& entire period it not yet known,
aa th rtturoa melted are net complete.
VISUALIZING
THE WHOLE CITY
Tho Purpose of the Today ,
Tomorrow Exposition Is to
Develop Greater Civic
Patriotism
By GEORGE W. NORRlg
TN MR. FREDERICK C. !$, ,
1 terestlrig book on the affi.8 5
European cities, he refer sJIiV"
tho rapid and orderly growth oi -clt.es,
and uses these exprZ0;,QerSM- ,
The German cities are thlnklo i
morr.ow ns well as of today of th. i'0" I
u...u..o km tuiiow, as well aa hi iC
generation that Is now upon the Lt
Germany, ntmost alone, Is bulMim. if
cities to make them con rlbu " '"f fe
happiness health and well-being of !
people. The business men who ,l!
them seem to think in social ?'
than individual terms. Tney haAh!f
sense bf team play, of co-operatly, t
fort, of being willing to saerlficl tnti.
Imm.edlate, ndWIdunl Intere U to th.
welfare of the community., n
Tho existence of this spirit in aermillj
cities and in Bomo English cities, and ths
absence of it in most American cities lm.
presses him aa tho most striking tf ii
tho contrasts between American and toil
clgn cities. Thinking men must atr..
with Mr. Howo. If he were to writ.
review of tho activities of American
cities, it is to bo feared that ho might clU
Rhlladelphla ns a conspicuous illustra
tion of tho American method of hap
hazard and unregulated growth, of th
subordination of community Interests to
privato interests, nnd-of tho lack of "team
play" or co-operativo spirit. These de.
fects underllo and 'aro responsible for
much of tho failuro to provide for com
munity needs, lack of co-ordination In
charltablo effort and failure to take ad
vantage of natural opportunities for coitf.
merclal growth and development.
Visualizing the City
It was with a vlow to visualize thes
conditions that tho Civic Exposition was
planned. It is appropriately called a
"Today and Tomorrow" Exposition. 'To
day" is not represented In a spirit of muck
raking or fault-finding, nor Is it Illus
trated by any "Chamber of Horrori!"
"Tomorrow" Is not pictured as a millen
nium. Tho exposition Is designed to shotr
tho defects and omissions of today only
so far as a clear understanding of present
conditions Is necessary as a basts for Im
provement. Tho future" conditions which
are represented aro only such conditions
as may reasonably be expected In the near
future. ,
, No branch of civic activities Is mors
fully or lntorcsttngly exhibited than those
pertaining to the municipal administra
tion, and this exhibit is particularly time
ly, In view of tho fact that an over
whelming voto of tho pcoplo has au
thorized tho oxpendlturo In the next few
years of moro than $100,000,000 In munici
pal Improvements. If this money should.
be Injudiciously expended, It would be a
calamity. If Judiciously expended. It
should be productive of untold good to
every citizen.
Tho city Is a big collective enterprise.
Its officials must have something of thj
,nvn lllnlnH net tt-A .MlllcnArl A-TOS-lltlvft
who abolishes curves, reduces grades and Hi
builds cut-offs with an eye to economy,"
the elimination of waste and greater and
bettor service to tho shipper and tha
traveling public.
Wo propose to spend $57,000,000 in pro
viding rapid transit facilities for the pub
lic. Plans for tho expenditure have beta
made after careful and elaborate study,,
but the approval of these plans and ad
herence to them should be founfied not'
upon tho fact that they were devised uy ah
any one man or set of men, or that tney
aro approved by any political party or fao
tion, but because Intelligent citizens,
having tho Interests of the city at heart,
and willing, if necessary, to "sacrlfic
their Immediate Individual interests to
the welfare of tho community," under
stand them and are prepared, to Insist
upon their adoption. The same Is trus
of tho $10,000,000. to bo expended Hi ths
Improvement of our port facilities. Other
largo items includo (In round fleurts)
$9,000,000 for the Parkway and the sam
amount for the great piece of work in
South Philadelphia which will abolish
twn nrnsstnwn surface railroads, provld
adequate river frontage for municipal
port development, construct an open belt
line railroad and create out of what are
now waste lands within a few miles of the
centra of the city an enormous aea for
Industrial and residential development
along approved lines of modern city pla
nlng. ,
Every intelligent citizen, and particu
larly every taxpayer, should have per
i i,.inrt,r, nnd a nersopal convlo
tlon as to tho propriety of these expend!-
tures.
Peril in Sectional Politics
More than 35.760,000 is provided f
sewers. This expenditure should not w
controlled by the Influence or actlv'',
sectional pollticIa,ns. The publlo should
thoroughly understand where the sev
ers are to be built and why, There V
an authorization of nearly 3.500, ON W
new municipal buildings, in addition w
S3.000.000 for the new General Hoepiuw
City officials. I bellevel are anxious u
the publlo should understand the j RJ
of these buildings, and there should
talnly bo-a corresponding d,wJ?Jl
part of citizens to have this know!W
,.. ., xirnnnnn xvlll become RX
xuure inn f-,uuu,vv ..... . .
able for streets, -bridges and roads. .
expenditure, properly made, win nr
ably earn Its carrying charges In l"
' ;. - ...mnlR resulting if""
converting what are now farm land Wo A
building lots, but Inqnitely greater wy.
be the return in the saving oi u ', ,,,
money by providing smooth and cpnw
ent highways upon which haullpg tM
ba done more expeditiously and at iw
coat.
t ......, e ..niinpllmanic ordinance
or department reports will beg n to .give
the average citizen anything llko the i
formation on 'all these aubjects that w
can get by viewing the pictures, mo
and other exhibits of the various cUH
partment In the Today anJ Tomorrmf
Exposition. He can get more uforma
tlon there in an hour than he MW
any other way Jn a wee, and the JbW
roatlon will be given hltn HW
In a vivid and easily understandable
No citizen having the Interests ol :
city At heart, or interested in even
srnall degree Jn the way to WJ
money I to b jpwt, nhouW w tw"
wcMMtton,
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