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" cents; one year. lhre dollara. All mill
In this Arsenal! are nil for devout adher
once to the principle nnd to the fact of
preparedness. Tho slmplo fact Is that
Philadelphia and a (treat part of the
Country realize that preparedness In
some form will bo In both party plat
forms, will bo much spokon of and bene
Mod during the campaign, nnd can bo
taken for granted In some mcasiire. Con
gross was hot much affectod by the great
turn-out In New York, although that did
something to counterbalance the apathy
of certain other sections of the country.
If the time came for a test tho nation
would find that Philadelphia, wherever
her feet may and may not parade, has her
heart in tho right place.
Tom Daly's Column
ACCORDING TO THE NEWS
UNITE AND BE STRONG
nfur la required, on month, twentr-
ubacriptlone payable In adranco.
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-. r"'iarr' 'dependemoe Square, Philadelphia.
sittemd at ens pnn.iDEi.mii postotfios as
SBC0SD-CLASS UJM. MATTO.
TUB AVnnAQD NET PAID DAILT CIH-
culation or Tim eveninq ledoeh
FOIl WAT WA8 m.Otl
Philadelphia, Taeidar, Jtue t, 1916.
The upright judge condemns the
trlme, but doe$ not hate the criminal.
Seneca.
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Hughes seems to bo ablo to be silent
in all tho languages there aro and then
somo.
Tho men who aro planning to mako
Philadelphia tho first city of tho country
In 1930, as It was In 1830, havo tho right
spirit
Much to tho disappointment of cer
tain patriots Mr. Justice Brandols did
not graco tho proceedings of his inaugu
ration by throwing a bomb.
Tho Government says wo ore all
eight cents rlcer than wo wero a month
ago. Most of us feel that wo desorvo a
little more for our 20 somo days work.
Tho question Is whotnor Mr. Roose
velt's ax Is for tho candidate or for hew
ing; tho platform planks clear and
straight. No ono doubts that ho has an
ax In hand.
By "recessing" from Saturday un
til Thursday tho Sonato violated the Con
stitution nnd In tho Houso Representa
tive Mann demanded an explanation. Tho
merry Jest Is that outsldo of Mr. Mann
no ono knew and no ono cared.
Tho strategy of, tho naval battlo
last Wednesday shows that the Germans
won, If they won, by not taking a place
in tho sun. The British did that and
wore fair marks for tho Invisible Ger
mans. It begins to look as If all Ger
many wants Is a place In tho headlines.
Tonight, weather permitting, tho
University of Pennsylvania assumes tho
role of impresario with an open-air per
formance of "Aida." The work chosen
has often been called an Ideal opera and
tho circumstances undor which tho Penn
production will bo given aro faultless.
Tho progress of pageantry In recent years
has been extraordinary and Philadelphia
has had and has dono less than her
share. Tho work at Franklin Field par
takes of the nature of a pagoant,but Is,
In addition, a tried and tested work of
art. It is doubly acceptable. It deserves
unlimited recognition.
The non-Bemocratla rote U aa much
greater than the Jlrmocrntlc rote In
1010 aa It tt In 1012. The Demo
crat won by n fluke, anil they will win
attain by a fluke unlet patty unit
triumphs at Clilcnco.
TUB drum, with Its terrlblo and glori
ous thunder, Is n very excellent In
strument Like Kipling's "drumming
guns that havo no doubts," it has no
uncertainties. But the drum is dead with
out tho right tuho. Tho Republicans In
1912 had tho votes to win; they had tho
drum. But thoy did not know which tune
to play to it
In a fow days wo shall know what
tunes tho Republican and Democratic
bands want to play, nnd then will como
the drums. The finer and subtler argu
ments will all havo been made. Loglo
has already had Its day in court. Wo'll
all bo Mlssourlans, and It will bo a case
of "Show mo!" Shojv mo tho votes not
So much who could, should or might win,
but who will win. That Is tho terrible
logic of tho drum.
Tho Republicans nre going to havo n
fight, but If It results in unity It will
no moro hurt tho Republican chances
than tho fight In tho convention which
nominated "Wilson, which nearly camo to
blows, hurt Wilson's chances. Indica
tions now point strongly to a united Re
publican party with a Blnglo candidate,
Of, acceptablo to Progressives as to old
fashioned Republicans. In that event
thoro will still bo doubtful States, as
there always aro, half a dozen or so,
Including Now York, which with tho
Solid South would givo tho Democrats
victory. Theso half dozen doubtfuls wont
Republican with cheerful steadiness in
election after election, and even in 1912
tho combined Republican and Progressive
voto In those so-called doubtful States
was greator than tho Democratic vote.
But In 1912 thero arose tho Btrango
phenomenon of 27 Republican and "doubt
ful" States which went Democratic, al
though tho divided Republicans had a
majority over tho Democrats. Those 27
Republican States will not bo doubtful
in November, If the Republicans split
they will be certainly Democratic, and
this table Is printed to glvo that truth
tho keen edge of facts and figures:
BALLADE 0F.TBE BE A.
Mark and chart mv midmost foam;
Oafch and hold mv spindrift's show.
Is there under Odd's wide dome
Anything doth freer oo
Than mv pulsing to and frot
Save for tho eternal One,
Unto Whom mv all otpi?,
Lord or mistress have I none. ,
Alt the grandeur that teas Rome
BarclU set mv face aolowl
Earth U icon and made lis home;
Hut mv uiaves, unbridled so.
Over buried cities low.
Save for the eternal One
Unto tvhom mv alt I ouie ,
Lord or mistress have I none.
A
Bpantsh Philip's vaunt the gloom. ' V-
Of mv coral dcptlis below
Holds In aocforgottcn doom, ,
Me mav other braggarts know
Their most sine and potent foe.
Bave for tho eternal One
Unto whom mv all 1 owe
Lord or mistress have I none.
L'ENVOI
Prince, thv pride mav get theo tooet
Bave for the eternal One
Unto whom mv all 1 oice
Lord or mistress have I none.
Within ono minute' It Is possible to
print, cut, fold nnd Btnck In neat piles
ono thousand big newepaporBl To do
that Is putting "pep" in printing, and
Honry A. WIbo Wood Is tho man who
did It. Sunday Magazine
PEP-PEP.PEP-PARDON our stammor
lng, but pop-pop-putting "pep" in pep-pop-printing
sounds to us llko Impcp-pop-pedlmonts
In tho pep-pep-presses.
Whatever happens there, Chicago
has the grand show. Probably nothing
so spectacular aa tho convention of four,
years ago -will happen," but thero is oil-
.yeady tenseness In the air. Tho corre
spondence which the Evening Ledo'eh
printed yesterday and which will con
tinue through the convention tingles
With, political and with human Interest.
The suspicion that the Republican con
vention Is really democratic and repre
sents the faith as well as the doubts of
the people is beginning to prevail. That
is why tho individual delegates are as
suming some Importance. It may turn
out a fond, foolish dream, but It Is worth
dreaming. Eventually the bosses will
ivake up to the fact that, the dream pf
popular control is a reality.
Mado by wura and ruined by the
greatest of them, Horatio Herbert
Kitchener came to a strange and terri
ble end -which bids fair to immortalize
him. The war did not spare him to see
his work duly appreciated. His "mob,"
the greatest volunteer army, of history,
has not yet proved itself, and in the,
struggle against sloth and indifference
lie, who fought most valiantly, suffered
the deepest reproaches. The clamorlngs
for his dismissal were loud a week ago.
He was dismissed by a higher agency
In an element not his own. He should
haye died In battle, or as Lord Roberts
died, -with his last act a victory and his
last "words ft warning to his country.
England suffers a terrible loss, of which
she must be conscious whether one Is
found to fill tho place 'of K.- of K, or not
Every triba In the British Empire
knows the name of Kitchener, most of
them from experience with th,e ruthless
.J-.il Audacious leader who saw England
ad ief imperial destiny at the end of
tmstq places devastated by cruelty and
eross rivers flqwlns with blood. He
is without heart in war because his
lieart -was always JSngland's, By traglo
Incidence, he Joins, after a, brief time,
tk vllm of 'his famous march to
yVioda, General Marchand, another type
t seMler and of man. Ha is the first
" wm of predominant influence to go In
tu war and his passing, lllogiclly but
IjSawitaWy, fcrings the terrible futility of
ifratosar to every heart.
There has been no irresistible de-
MM ?r a preparedness parade In this
.'JMr ami tho example of New York; fot-
Cal. .
Col. .,
Conn.
Del. .
Idaho
III. ..
Ind. .,
Iowa ,
Kan. ,
Me. .,
Ma. . ,
Mnes.
Mo. .
Mont.
Wil
son. ....283,4311
...,114,223
.... 74.1101
.... 22.(131
.... 33.021
. . . .40.-), (H8
. ...281,S00
....185.325
....143,070
.... 51,113
....112,074
....173.408
....330,740
2T.H41
Neb loo.noH
Nov 7.080
N. II 34,724
N. J 178.280
N. M 20.437
N. Y 055,475
N. D 20,355
Ohio 423.152
Ore 47,004
R. I 30.142
W. Va 113,107
Wla 104,409
Wyo 15,310
Taft
and
T. II.
287,524
130.002
102.453
24,884
58.337
040.001
813.274
281,024
104,007
75.038
112,742
208.178
832.102
40.008
120,005
8.810
50,721
234,245
20,080
843,440
48.810
S00.303
72.273
44,581
135,800
180,530
23.702
Ilooae-
velt.
283,010
72,800
34,120
8.880
25.527
380,478
10J.007
101,810
120.123
48,403
57,780
142,228
124,371
22.450
72,1180
5,020
1T.7I14
145,410
8,347
800.021
23,720
220,327
87,000
10,878
70,112
58,001
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Tart.
8.014
38,380
08,824
15,098
82.810
253,013
151,207
110.80.1
74.844
20,545
64,050
155.048
207.821
18,312
54,210
3.100
32,027
88.835
17,733
465,428
21.090
277,000
34,073
27,703
50,764
130.878
14.500
Is that
"Whnt Is It?" blurbed tho New York
Trlbuno on Its Vcryllrat Pago yester
day, "Last Monday Ileywood Ilroun
wrote about consciences and postage
stamps. Wo haven't tho slightest Idcn
what ho is snylng this morning and
wo wouldn't toll you hero If wo did. It
is tho delightful unusualnoss of his
theme that carries a lot of the charm
of his Monday morning 'Sport or
Thereabouts.' So let's turn the paper
over together nnd nco what wo draw.
Pago 4."
SO WE turned tho paper over, but all we
drew was something wo know before,
which Is this: "When a feller's got a plcco
to speak you gotter watch 'Im all tho
tlmo or ho'll sneak off tho stage alto
gether. Anyhow that's what Hoywood
done yesterday mornln'. Ain't ho tho bad
boy?
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that somebody will
put ncross the one
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THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
A Demand for More Improvements in South Philadelphia Chair
man Paul Tells Why Woman's Party Is Needed Unkempt
Condition of Glenwood Cemetery
The first fact that stands out
the combined Republican and Progrcsslvo
vote In these States was in each case
greator than tho Democratic voto. Their
283 electoral votes, If taken from Wilson,
would have mado tho final result read:
Wilson, 152; Republican compromise
candidate, 379 (California is tho only one
of the above States which was not solidly
Democratic; it gave Wilson two electoral
votes and Roosevelt 11. It Is listed here
because of the extremely narrow margin
by which "Wilson lost tho 11 other votes.)
The second fact Is that "Wilson's vote
fell below Bryan's In twice the number
of States in which Wilson's voto went
abovo Bryan's. It is fair to assume that
he got a purely Democratic vote, and
that tho Republican split did not turn any
considerable number of Republicans or
Independents into Democratic voters.
Tho third fact is that thero was no
Republican landslide from Taft to Roose
velt or from Roosevelt to Taft, for Roose
velt's vote was greater than Taft's In IB
of these States, and Taft's vote was
greater than Roosevelt's In 12 of them.
There Is every reason to believe from this
that the great mass of Republican voters
were put In the position of gamblers at
the polls. They voted for the non-Dem-ocratlo
candidate who they thought had
the better chance to win; in Colorado they
"bet" on Roosevelt, whereas In Connec
ticut they "bet" on Taft.
That a number of Democrats voted for
the Progressive candidate Is a distinct
gain for the Republican party (If united
now), because it Is certain that the Re
publican party has adopted the best of
the Progressive ideas. A Republican
party, aggressively and progressively led
by the progressive Hughes or Rooseyelt,
could count on keeping those Democratic
Voters who voted for Bryan, but refused
to vote for "Wilson.
On the other hand, the progressive
ness of Hughes would nake another
split, with "Wilson, Hughes and Roose
velt leading the three corners of the
triangle, even more disastrous for the
Republicans than was the split of 1912,
For Hughes Is a far more progressive
and popular figure than Taft was; he
wbTfld strike so even a balance Jn the Re
publican mind against Roosevelt that the
Republican and Progressive vote in some
of those States which went for Taft or
Roosevelt would be so( divided that they,
too, would be lost under the united Dem
ocratic wave.
But the most Important th,lng of all is
the tremendously serious jfact that It
takes a very small split to wreck a party.
It took the small split caused by the de
aertlon of the goI4 Democrats In 1898 to
wreck tho Democratic party. It was an
absurd fluke for JlUpois to go for "Wilson
In 1912; he won it by omy a narrow mar
gin. In spite of the divided vote against
him. It was absurd for a score of other
Republican States to bo listed in his
column.
V,fr0 -m- HMMr He or Bftrt tht afcqy Is as certain as
t .. a th sy mtk VWKSIWJWtft iia
uasjFM mvw 90 jmm mr wm lanmims ; vmngo.
7lMl iu Chicago and Boston, calls un
f'.'jiB violent detro here. Obviously the
llHtiC mu M arraiwed, 179 have Broad
tl'r, Ilw men and U;o latent enthusl.
fb rasstMi no parads 1 in sight
tit vmtmm. U indifferent to
mm wm m am um ex-
F THE careless merchant who has this
sign In his window doesn't correct It by
Wednesday wo'll denounce him by namo
from this Pulpit of Polymathy:
Send us your Bummer odor nnd we
will glvo it our prompt nnd careful at
tention and It will bo on your break
fast table if within 50 mites.
A Libel
Tho Pilgrims wore holes In their breeches
Collecting gro-t barrels of riches;
But the boys blow the wealth
And rotted their health,
And
tho grandsons
ditches.
aro back
digging
G. O.
S"
IR Throughout Philadelphia and its
immediate environs wo wish It to be
known generally that we are a woman
hater. Thoroughly to establish this fact,
wo say this:
Inquisitive Man "Who supplied tho ma
terial for tho first talking machlne7"
Silly Man "Adam." "W. S. B.
THE good ship Aeres sailed for South
America last Friday and among her
passengers was Louis Louvau, ono-tlmo
chief engineer for the United States Gov
ernment in the Philippines. He'd be that
yet, In fact as he told his cousin, Mrs.
Julletto Thoma, of Gcrmantown If he
hadn't happened to meet a Hindu
soothsayer about a year ago aboard a
ship plying between Manila and Hong
kong. This Hindu told Mr. Louvau's
fortune, told him that he had been one
of those on tho shipwrecked Minnesota
nnd spoke of many other more Intimate
things In his past. Among other things,
he said: "You have rejected a good offer
from a certain firm; they will make you
another, and It you don't accept you'll
be sorry." A few months later he was
asked to take charge of the building of a
railroad across Brazil. He had rejected
this firm's oyertures before, but remem
bering the Hindu's warning, he accepted
this time. That's whore tho Aeres Is
taking him.
Sir: This decorates the front wall of tho
Painters' Union at 410 Christian street
WI WANTA STnONO PAINTERS
UNION 8 hours WORK DAY Is
OUR PRESENT DEMAND painters
union of phlla.
M. B. J,
AND at this Juncture, our fellow-worker,
ii B. F. S., steps in to'present:
The typical .New York thing, abso
lutely. It Is the voice of tlys Metropolis.
On Fifth avenue I saw a most ornate
and "swell-looking" sign, -which read;
THE IMPROVEMENT ON THIS,
BUILDING IS BEEN PONE, BY, ETC.
WE COULD not expect you to believe,
Bear reader, that Democrats have
crept Into the, employ of our own dear
paper, so we would fain conceal that from
you, but we cannot pass over In silence
the fact, brought tp pur attention by K.
M., that the "Wilson Voting Machine Co.
is entrenched In Room 706 of this very
building! . '
The first Sunday In June was a master
piece. Whatever he did, tb PhlladelphJan,
as a New Englander raid about the coun
tries at wir, had a fine day for it
o. o. dear paper.
TAS, suh it sho" wuss one ob us.NoaN
X ingianaers, pis hyara de -way Marse
Irv. Cobb done tole de story fust;
Noo Inglander Morom't Colonel.
Colonel -Good morning. Uncle Tom. Of
Lnnrafl. vou know that Russia and .Tanun
thava 4eclarei war.
WW, suh, ,Uy Im fcab got ftne day
This Department it rea to alt reader who
wish to express their opinions on subjects of
current Interest. It is on ojicn Jorum: nnd the
Evening Ledger assumes no responsibility Jor
the views oj its correspondents.
A PLEA FROM VAREVILLE
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir As plnln citizens nnd voters wo hall
with Joy whatever tends toward tho de
velopment and beautifying of this city, and
whatever Is calculated to make times proi
perous by way of general employment ana
circulation of money among tho people.
Therefore, wo voted for tho $11.4,025.000
loan. But in a study of tho loan bill,
nnd reflecting thereon, wo cannot but won
der what tho two branches of Councils, Wio
represent the citizens, property holdcrB nna
voters of South Philadelphia aro doing,
while North, East and West Philadelphia
grab almost everything In sight by way
of developments and Improvements Tho
ramshackle, raggedy appenrance of nil Phil
adelphia Bouth of Pine street compares
poorly with all other parts of the city,
nnd yet tho population in this section
is large, and the people, as citizens ana
voters, stand equal in tho eyes of the
law with tho people in any other pan
of the city; though many of tnem may
not individually enjoy the favored prestige
of wealth as some north of Lombard Btreei
and northwest of tho Schuylkill, yet tho
burdens of taxation, directly and Indirectly,
fall as heavily upon the citizens of tho
south as upon thoao of North nnd West
Philadelphia. To argue that tho tax rate
rlBes with improvements exposes tho gross
injustice suffered by the people In tho
southern part of this city, where rentals
aro away out of proportion to those in
the most up-to-dato improved sections ot
tho city, where houses with porch front, all
modern conveniences nnd largo yards, amid
attractively Improved environment, rent for
a third, a half and even less than that or
old-time, ramshackle, barn-like structures
In the southern section of tho city.
Tho resolution adopted by Councils on
May 21 and referring to that part of tho
loan apportioning 107,100.000 for nine
groups of Items ought to bo interesting
reading for all South Phlladclphlans, or
course, the United States plant, of valor
and animated uniforms nt League Island
will bo coupled up by social link with
North and West Philadelphia's beautlnca.
tlon, and South Philadelphia will, along
with tho rest of tha city, share to somo
extent in tho apportionment of tho entire
authorized $114,625,000. Yes. some sewer
work, gradowork, docks, ferries and bridge
work will be undertaken In South Phila
delphia. It Is hoped that tho bridge crossing tho
Schuylkill and known as tho Bouth Street
Bridge fllll be replaced with a modern, up-to-date
structure, which will bo substantial,
durable and at once a credit to tho entire
city. As an added charm to the contem
plated city beautiful we would suggest that
tho new bridge be made wider, with ap
proaches leading directly to It out of botn
Lombard and South streets to tho centre
of tho bridge for wheeled traffic, una eacn
side for foot passage.
CAESAR A. A. P. TAYLOR. M. D.. D, O,
Philadelphia, June 2.
THE WOMAN'S PARTY
To the Editor of Evening Ledger;
Sir Because certain points in tho policy
of tho Woman's party about to be formed
here have been misunderstood I am ventur
ing tq send you a statement of our exact
position.
In forming a Woman's party there Is no
thought of "segre6at,n women politically."
nor Is there any expectation of "uniting
4,000,000 women voters." We do not need
to unite 4,000,000. The -wpmen Voters are
organizing for one purpose, only, to Becure
the passage of the national suffrage amend
ment. They havo been appealed to because
they aro naturally tho group of voters most
sympathetic with tho struggle of Eastern
women for freedom Their help Is needed
because tho party In power Is blocking tho
amendment in Congress.
Women otors aro In a position to give
this help and to dofeat tho party which per
sists In opposing national -woman suffrage
becauso of theso facts: Tho 12 States in
uhich women voto are "doubtful" States; in
tho last five presidential elections not one
of them has gone steadily for any ono party;
in ui.j ui mem a cnange or 9 per cent, of
the total lote cast In any presidential elec
tion since 1890 would have thrown the elec
tion tonho other party; in 223 out of 301
conurostlonal elections during this same
period a change of 10 per cent, would have
chanced tho result in tho same way.
It is obvious why wo do not need tho en
tlro 4,000,000. A Bmall group of them united
can hold the balance of power in tho comlnc
elections
Tho Congressional Union, the organiza
tion which has called tho women voters to
Bether, is accused of being antl-Democratlc.
The fundamental principles of the union is
to put tho Issue of national woman suffrage
nbovo alt parties to oppose any party in
power which refuses to further this cause.
The Democrats happen to bo the party in
i1""" "r mo winning or tno last suf
frage States women secured enough power
to make themselves felt In national politics
and the Democrats have chosen so far to
oppose the suffrage amendment.
Our hope Is that before this session ot
Congress is completed tho Democratio
ijunj win iiuvH recoenizea tho Justice and
wisdom of putting tho amendment throueh
nnd the Woman's party will havo no need to
enter the fall elections, .
ALICE PAUL, National Chairman.
Chicago, June 3.
STATE OP GLENWOOD CEMETERY
To tha Editor of Evening Ledger'
,i,iiir"1 bes,1?nvo ? cal your attention to
the disgraceful condlton of Olenwood Com
etery, on Rldge'avonue near 27th street I
had occasion to go there on Memorial Dav
and was shocked at the condition of affairs
which I was told had existed for some time
past. I saw a number of lots from which
persons had removed their dead, as thev
were ashamed to let them lie in such a
place. The old mansion Is In a dilapidated
condition and looks like an old I ndn- the
windows are broken and the houso falling
into decay, I was" told that somo of thf
other cemeteries in Philadelphia were
neglectful of some locations In tho grounds
but most of them take pride In keeping the
grounds In good condition.
WILLIAM WAnn
Philadelphia. Juno 3. wahd.
What Do You Know?
Queries of oeneral Interest will be answered
In this column. Ten Questions, the answers to
uhlch evert; uell'infortned person should know,
are asked dallv.
1.
2.
3.
4.
B.
6.
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'TWAS A FAMOUS VICTORY
To the Editor of Evening Ledger'
Sir Your Inimitable cartooner Svkes tn.
day depicts the British lion as balny sed
UP. Why? Poos Mr. Sykes read the news
papers? If he does ho must know that
the flght off Jutland was a glorious 'vie.
tory for England, a victory surpassing- that
Msg srswss
Qermans In this sea fight Nothing of She
sort Neither is It true that the Prussians
won at Sedan, and what Is popularly knowS
as the surrender at Yorktown was but a
CornwallisMmP " Pald ""'"'"on by
The British were Victors In this sea fight;
bo were the panes In the battle of Conen!
hagen and the Confederates at Gettysburg
Philadelphia, June 5". NBRAL.
BATTLES WWII TWO NAMES
The campaign about Verdun wll doubt
less always be described as the Verdun cam
paign both by the French and tha Germans,
But the Battle of fit Marne is already
known by two or three other naroea. This
la not a new historical phenomenon, for as
long ago aa B. C 881, when Alexander de
feated, ParJus, the historians spoke of It as
the Battle of Ar1 or ,the Battle of pan
garaela. Whether the. Wstyrlan describes
the fight in which William Jth Conqueror
defeated King Harold aa the Battle ?f Has,
tings or pf tn MHr l Senlao depends" pa
his pqtot of view- .The Battle, of Bunker
Hill is also known aa the Battle of Breed'B
Jtllt and In the Bouth every hlstorlajj refers
to the Battle, of Manassas, whU the North
ern historians call It ,he Battle pf Bull Run,
Likewise the Battle of Antletam U known
In the South as the Battle of Sharpshurg
So many different names wers irppUed, to
the sea flght between the Russians and
Japanese that to settle all controversy
Japan omclally named it the Battu of the
In th North Sea fe called the battle of
have the best right o name Jt but th
SecTd" r h V,Ct0"' not W
PLAYING WAGNER BACKWARD
flown a PJgnateWg, where they toss the
grated cheese on the spaghetti with a lavi.h
ladleonly that isn't fh" mTXsTu
Is hard to remember the mmL 0f really
ter1Ps.r"ta1urani8""tha crowd asked
for a Wt ot muslo, atfd, old QJuseppa nutrr
roll into the automatic planq and lit her-xo
He said it was "a plede written by Lohfi?;
grin." We a wondered whs? tVos. ft
itralna that start the overture were comin
but thf y never came. He bad evidently Dut
in the wrpng roll, but it was a mighty In
terestlng selection, full of strange melody
and Intense harmony Jt ended presently
with some weird poundings on the lowest
bass notea Some new composer, we thought
and looked at the roll, "Lohsnsrln'' ws
printed on It sure enough. But tbs mystery
wsj? soon explained. Gtnsepne had. put the
roll to not ooly backwards, but also upside
down. And. yet it made seine, titat bit of
tmuw-turrv Waaaar. ThM w jrtr nt
(Ktsserrak. the, battle of Jutland, or tha I Lisa all tha rolls la backward miJ tLd&
fcatU. of ha North ar Th YleBusrm tUwiand zwarly went cra-jyv
QUIZ
Who ia rrtildcnt or Select Council?
What I'raldont of tho United State nan a
renrnjhnnlan?
Tn wlint doea Armasrdilon refer In the
Illlilr?
Wlint It tic normal pulae bent per mlnuto
ot an niliilt?
Wlint Ih the second Inrcrst cltr In New
Knslund?
Who uera the Drulcls?
Whnt la n antelllte?
Whnt li tho object of a "lecul nld bureau"?
What precious atones nro net In tnlue to
diamond? ,
Hnw did the term "null Stnote." na ap
plied to the rrottreaalves, orlslnnte?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
The nenrrit equivalent of our Secretary of
State In Knelaml In the Secretary of State
for l'orelun AiTnlra.
The Lafajrettr Unlet stood on ISrnucl atrert
directly north of the Union League.
Lincoln. In 1SCJ t MeKlnley, In 1000, and
Jtnoxevelt, In 1001, were nomlniitril by nc-
clamntlvn.
Tho HI ii ft: Trlnce was the nnrrlor aon of
Kiliviml III.
"Liberty, TCqnnlltr, Fraternity," la the
motto of tho l'rrnch Itenubllc.
The Anile rnnrr nlontr the uhole Pacific
count of South America.
In TIorliln. the temperature occasionally
falln for n abort time below freezing
point. The Slmnlon Tnnnel, thronch the Alps, la
on the Sivlaa-Itallnn frontier.
The Topes for a time resided nt Atlgnon,
in Trance.
Saprrdreadnouichta; dreadnoughts, battle
Crullers, armomi rruincra, ,uriruuuuill
destroyers, anbmutlnes.
Why a "Guy" Is n "Guy"
Editor ot "What Do You Knoio" Kindly
toll me the origin of tho word "guy."
B. S.
Guy is ,a good old English name dating
from very early times. It became n con
temptuous epithet after the gunpowder plot
of November 6, 1605, when Guy ITawke-) all
but succeeded In blowing up King James I
and the assembled Lords and Commons.
The 6th of November was for a long time
a day of rejoicing because ot the discovery
of the plot In time nnd the execution of
Guv. The popular form of this rcjolclnc
was the burning of Guy Fawkes In efHgyv
and It is aone to xnis aay ui r.iigiana. "ine
figure that Is burned Is, called a Guy and,
like all such effigies, Ib fashion d to appear
as rldlculouB as possible.
Robespierre nnd the Terror
Bdifor of "What Do You JOioto" I have
read an old history of the French Revolution
In wltich the author Bays that Hobespierre
was chiefly responsible for the unnecessary
butchery on the guillotine during the Ter
ror. Is this the view of all historians?
O'C,
In the last soven weeks of the Terror,
when that system had passed Into frenzy,
Robespierre was regarded universally as Its
author. As a matter of fact, the documents
of the last seven weeks show that he would
not sign the lists of the condemned, that
he protested against nearly all th? prosecu
tions, and that the Committee of Public
Safety regarded him as a danger In "attempting-
to put a curb on the Revolution."
lie gained the reputation ot being the arch
murderer of the Terror because he happened
to be the, most prominent man at the time
when. U existed.
Conrad
The latest novel by Joseph Conrad Is
"Victory." "Chance" preceded It
Hupert BrookVB Sonnet
.Editor of "What Da You Know."Y?l
you kindly publish the famous sonnet of
P.upert Brooke, the English poet who died
In the Dardanelles campaign, in which
'occurs the line, ''Gives somewhere back the
thoughts by England given." H, o. A,
If I should die think only this of me:
That there's some corner of a foreign
eld
That U forever England, There shall be
In that rich earth a richer dust con
cealed. A. dust whom England bore, shaped, mad
aware.
Gave ones her flowers to love, her ways
to roam,
A body of England's, breathing English air
Washed by her rlversr West by suns of
home. '
And think this heart, all evil washed away
A, pulse, Jq the eternal mind, no leas.
Give omeia(here back the thoughts by
England given, , '
Her sights and sound, dreams happy
as her day, '
And laughter learnt ot friends, aida geotle.
ness
Xn be&rta at pcaao uadsr an Jiswiich
Mavtfl.
TJOW T.iaWTiTH
WAS FOUnSeI
Asa Packer Made His Own fm
ana xnen smoothed thsli
ivimu iur vjmers to -
Follow '
i
TN SPITE of nil the cynics' prattle U.m1
- .o Dv,;..l.....u ..u .,, iiuman natural
Thero is bo much good in tho worth of 1
ua that tho best pf (us in our rare JudicMI
moments must admit that the g6od butl
It Is sometimes dif
ficult for tho man
In tho Btreot, who
has to walk whllo
his rich neighbor
rides in his automo
bile, to reallzo that
tho man of millions
is still human and
moved by like emo
tions with himself.
Tho popularity of aba packer
tho legend of King Cophotua and ,,,
beggar maid, however, suggests that,H
auer an, wo uo Know inai numan nattira
Is tho Bamo In alt ranks, and that no acvl
dents ot birth or fortune can change It
fTltiai AnUlilnilnH mvm l . 'Taj?
" wiiuuiauuu nuw in progress atn
Xohlgli University sorves to remind u?
'that ono of the richest PonnBjlvs.'l
nlans of his tlmo was something mori"
than a moro accumulator of mllllonil
Thoro would have been no Lehigh UnV3
vorsity it Asa Packer hn.d not once beeiu
n poor boy suffering from the lmndlcaniR
that coma from Jack of education. Tiieril
wns a time when men did not think that
Packer had any sentiment, He tm H
closc-flstccl, hard-hoaded, successful minj'
of business; but thiougli alt the years oil
his rise from poverty to tho control oil
millions ho did not forget his own youth.
Sought Fortune on Foot
Ho was born In Connoctlcut In iSOJ,'
Ills father wns so poor that the boy harp
to Icavo school early In his teens. H!
worked for a whllo In a tannery, and whea's
ills employer died ho was hired by
farmer, for whom lie did tho chores andv'
bucIi other work s his strongth fittedfi
him for. He hold tho plow and hoed th
corn and milked the cows.
.t-S
But ho was not content with farmlnsvirf
When ho wns 17 years old he decided to a,
como to Pennsylvania, whero he had ,A
relatives. Ho walkod all tho way flora x,
North Stonlngton, Conn., to Brooklyn, .
Susquehanna County, where an uncle;
lived. This uncle taught him tho trade ot-B
a carpenter, nt which ho workod for a ;
few years. Ho savci his money and In- ,js
vested It In land. For 10 or 11 years..
ho tried to make money cultivating his-i
new possession?, living during that time 1
in a nut wnlcr. he bunt on tne land. (
It occurred to him after a time that
thero was moro money to be mado lifi
carrying tho coal from that region to
Philadelphia, He and his brothor built &'
cnnalboat and began to haul conl. They
operated tho boat themselves from Maucfti
Chunk to this citv. Ha built more cnnaM
boats on contract for other shippers, atid.Kj j
soon became Interested tn mlnl-ic coat a?
well as In transporting It. The canal v''
not fast enough, and ho projected uwf-j
T.nhlVi Vnllov -nnflrnnri VVilnh Hi atffetet '
ceoded In eomnlotlncr with tho holDfo'v J
capitalists. He was Its first president.
Its success mado his fortune.
A Startling Gift of Hnlf a Million
But vhllo he wns busy with tils busl-
ness he Interested himself In the govern
ment of tho community In which he llvecL
Ho waB sent to the State Legislature, sn
succeeded in sccuiing tho passage of a:$j
bill creating Carbon County, with Mauch"
Chunk as tho county seat. .Although he.
wdB not a lawyer, ho was elected as the
first county judge. He served two terms
In Congress, was the candi'jata ot tlj6
Pennsylvania Demdcrnts for the preslnoii-i
tlal nomination In 1868 and was nom
inated for Governor In 1869. Joht. W.
Geary defeated him by only 4500 votes.
It was In 1865 that he surprised and as-.
tonlshed the country by giving 1600 OBI
for founding a free technical college lof
boys In South Bethlehem. This was thr
beginning of Lehigh University. Tho gHtj
was said to be the largest single beh-;
faction that any American college haj
received at that time, .Tho college wav
opened In September of the following
year. About 12 years later, nt Mr. Packer"
direction, n classical department w
opened so that boys who desired to enter
tno professions, ns well as those wn
wished to engago In scientific or mechani
cal work, might receive an educates.
During his life ho gao the university.
$1,600,000, and by his will a similar
sum was left to it. making $3,000,000
which the Connecticut tanner's appren-
tice set aside to ease the struggle upwaruj
of other boys whom lie did not know.j
but with whoso ambitions he syrops-'
thized.
If any man ever applied the motto of
tho old French aristocracy, namely,;
noblesse oblige, Asa Packer did". The
world had been good to him and he fell1
under obligations to reciprocate, U
made ills wealth in the Lehigh Valley,
and he arranged that ths Lehigh Vail"
should get the benefit of it. The coKi1
.LI.l. . .!,!. -- i..J . .1 r. Illf
wmuii gpeiieu )Vu. .d tuuueiii: aim --
dozen professors iiow has more tnw rj
threescore and ten teachers and about
800 students. If the irroun of capitalists
who wrecked the Lehigh Valley Itallroadj
had felt the same moral obligation th,t
moved Packer, the unlvfislty would oj
much richer today and much Urger. Un
planned well, but unscrupulous men did
their best to frustrate his purposes,
Yet. after all, the selfish Breed of a
group of looters does not invalidate th ,
fine purposes of o. man with ft conscienco
and a sense of moral responsibility- So
this article must conclude as Jt began.5
with the remark that in Spite of p
cynics prattle, there is something fine IB
human nature. Q Vf-Vt
ALL HOLD ACES
? TirltnnH la olrlno miifh nil DfO
AIT. TI siBVl . a.f-w.. t". -a r- -
parednes It ia the only really etrpPf
to the fact in mahy things he says S
r1nWaiih1nirtan Rtnr. ,?
4vai4H( a"eB--f - r
NQW'S THE TIME
--.5-ts a. flno tradition tit tha IteDUbllC
. .. . . 77 --.-- w t - iil
Fartv that in tha faea o a. trrear. ieaiwf
can always doss -up its ranks an pros
a united battlo front Chicago Even.
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