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Philadelphia, Situritijr, June 10, 1)16,
Under all speech that is good for
anything there lite a tilence that t
better. Carlylm.
Ho will not get the nomination,
but It seems to havo been Fairbanks
weathor all week.
As Connla Mack says, the fewer
'games before July 1 tho higher tho per
centage In October.
Not oven tho nominating speeches
were dry enough to absorb the moisture
In which Chicago was enveloped yesterday.
Tho chances are that In a poker
frame the Colonel wouldn't need more
titan a pair of deuces to beat a royal
straight.
Hereafter, It might be Just as well
toot to announce that Jorfro Is attending
a war council In London until ho Is
safely back In France.
Tho great mass of American citi
zens are right alongsldo Carranza in his
deslro to learn what tho President In
tends to do with the troops in Mexico.
"Hughes and Whiskers will beat
Wilson and Watchful Waiting," shouted
a delegate. That's the point to get
somebody to beard the Jackass in his den.
, What difference docs It make
where a man lives? Well, there la Borah,
of Idaho. Had fato put him in Illinois,
for instance, he might have been Presi
They seem to have Binothered tho
'chance for a stampede by the very simple
device of not permitting a State to
change its vote during a particular bal
lot Onco having voted a State must I
wait for the next ballot to make a
change.' Four years ago such a ruling
would have caused a riot, but things are
different now.
There Is but one fact in the wilder
ness ot fancy. That one fact Is that
Charles Evans Hughes la the leading
candidate as the spellbinders beg.n to
snatch mighty pines from the forested
sides of the eternal hills and, dipping
them In the liquid Are ot the everlasting
stars, write the names of their favorite
ones across whatever In the way of
empyrean has been provided by the
local committee at the Coliseum on
Wabash avenue. Sam Blythe.
A gentle satire on buncombe and
hot air,
When a couplo of weeks ago the
Eveninq Ledger dug up Mr. Hughes'
1908 speech. In which he dealt smashing
blows for Republicanism and American-
w.jSrrr, tho effect was virtually to give the
Justice a platform. The speech has since
been copied from the Evening: Ledger
In most newspapers of importance in the
United States and an . extract frpm It
was Used by Governor Whitman in his
nominating speech. Three or four dayB
after it was published in these columns
It appeared as a special dispatch on the
front page of one of the great Phlladel
phla. morning newspapers.
A Boston paper, commenting on the
Philadelphia Orchestra endowment, re
marks, without malice, that Philadelphia
has no Major Hlgglnson, The beneficence
of Major Hlgglnson has done so much
for Boston's finest artistic organization
and so much pleasure comes to this city
from the Symphony visits, that crit
icism is impossible. But It Is worth point
ins; out that, lacking such a benefactor
tor the particular purposes of music, the
city has a splendid opportunity for a
more, striking phenomenon a devotion of
many individuals, a democratic gener
osity. On that the Orchestra endowment
counts and may count with assurance.
Tho political emancipation of
""woman throughout the length and
readth of the United States is now
Merely a matter of time. In the evolu
tion of public opinion there Is not now
jwyjwlitlcal party of importance opposed
.tit rf. The opposition Is concentrated In
vd bosses and professional politicians
jfit the typo that defeated the. suffrage
imfjidtnent In this Btate, This vlll bf
tha last presidential election lu which
i female, vote wjll not be an Important
-fifitor, TWf doss not mean that it wilt
fe 4, solid vote, for it never' will be, but
iht in merm numbers )t will approach
bi iJWSTiltudB the vgte cast by men.
, For many years Maine eommand-
td !m tDfUmnc in national affair put
-! a& prowr!ton ta the relative Ira-
IjjIBteaWt ' tat Commonwealth, B.0t
iitAM mm ajble enough to keep men
. 4 niBsw, A noj1iy pi tea counts more
ayajp -Tgajpjr $h mwjim. J'iwum naa
. m nw JrtepJw.ntauve
i aJrwi1 -ervl of S years. Mr,
U, m&- oMSn&aa of the now
Sivt Muii fforfeom MBmlttee,
..Ji,y mU.romrfc viil tfcin. frte aaat. St Is I
ifgM-HiyM.WjBiI UK,- "S f-'se lpfjolp if& gfrm4Mt
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FIRST LINE OP DEFENSE
imliil i i mi
The I'lillailelphla of the future nd
th America of the net generation will
b no better llian lliey ran be made lr
the babe In nrma today. It la the duty
of the preaent to do Ita utmoat to pre
vent the waste of human life end
atrenictli.hy neglect,
DUIIING tho Boer war the British dis
covered that hundreds of thousands
of their young men wero physical weak
lings. Thoy volunteered for Bcrvlce In
South Africa, and were rejected becauso
they wero too short, or becauso their teeth
wore too poor to eat army food, or be
cause their sight was defective, or be
cause they could not hear, '
The nation had been so busy manu.
facturlng raw wool and cotton and steel
Into a finished product to bo sold In the
markets of the world that It had neg
lected to glvo proper attention to tho pro
duction of strong, vigorous and well
developed adults.
After the war the people who realized
tho gravity of the situation In which tho
nation found Itself began to advocate
athletlo training for the young. They
succeeded In persuading largo numbers
to take physical exorcise. It was not long
before they discovered that no number of
flexions of the leg and arm muscles could
produce teeth In a Jaw from which they
had disappeared through early neglect,
and that a man might stand with his
kneoa stiff and touch tho floor with his
hands innumerable times without rcstor
lug hearing to cars which had become
deaf from an attack of tho measles In
Infancy.
They discovered that If they wero to
have the flnlshod product that they
wished they must start earlier.
So they went Into the schools and had
tho children exnmtned by expert physi
cians. They detocted many cases of con
tasloua diseases, and they cured many In
cipient ailments which If allowed to run
on would have resulted In permanent In
jury. But they had not been In tho
schools very long before they decided that
they hud not yet gone far enough back.
They started baby clinics. They caught
the udult while it was young, and set out
teaching the mothera how to care for
their children. They showed them how
to feed their babies; they told them of
the permanent disabilities that were
likely to follow careless nursing of
measles and scnrlet fever; they established
dlspenRnrlcs where free treatment was
supplied for children whose parents wero
too poor to call a physician.
They acted on the theory of the .Spar
tans, that It Is the business of the State
to develop citizens able to maintain
themselves and nblo also to defend the
nation In time of peril. The strength of
a nation Is no greater than the strength
of the men who constitute It. Tho pros
perity of n. nation depends on the physical
ability of Its workers to hold their own
In the fierce competition of modern busi
ness. The production of adults Is more
Important, If the nation Is to survive, than
tho production of cotton cloths or woolen
fnbrics or steel machines.
Philadelphia Is engaged In the samo
kind of work that the Boer war taught
the British wns essential. We havo medi
cal Inspectors In the schools. They have
within three years decreased the number
of caHe3 of diphtheria by 1000 and other
diseases in proportion. But it has been
possible to examine not more than one
fourth of the pupils. Health Director
Krusen has asked for the appropriation
of J30.000 for the employment of addi
tional Inspectors, In order that the work
which has been undertaken may be
thoroughly done. No argument Is needed
to prove that the money should be ap
propriated. The Philadelphia that Is to
bo will remain a vision of a few optimists,
unless the Phlladclphlans that are to be
tho masters of transportation and tho cap
tains of Industry in the next generation,
and the Phlladelphlans who are to fill
the ranks of the workers, are protected
as carefully In their youth as the raw
material that feeds the machines In the
factories. ,
f We are not neglecting the babies, either.
A demand has been made for money for
emergency hospitals in the poorer sec
tions of the city, where the babies can
bo taken for treatment during the hot
and trying months of summer. And
money Is needed also for nurses to visit
the homes where the sick babies are. A
little timely advice will save a life, and a
little attention at the right time will pre
vent deafness and defective sight.
We have discovered that there can be
no adults unless there are babies first, and
that self-sustalnlnc adults cannot be pro
duped from material that has beon allowed
to spoil at the beginning, We are headed
in the right direction, but we are not mov
ing that way quite fast enough.
CIVILIZATION'S RECRUITS
THIS Is the month when thousands of
young men and, women enter upon a
new phase of their life. They complete
their formal education, during which the
greater number of them have been de
pendent on others for their support,
and they begin to become self-sustalnlpg.
The youth who will go-the farthest and
rise the highest Is the one who lays out
for himself the most ambitions program.
No young man who decided at the be
ginning that he would be content with
anything but the highest prizes In his
bustpess or profession ever got those
prizes. The man who getsthere la the
one who does what he thinks ought to
be done, Instead of wasting his time and
energy wondering why some one else
does not da It. He takes responsibility
upon himself. He plans for the future.
When the emergency arlsea-ha le, ready
for It,
His college has not taught him, to do
this, It cannot put In him qualities
which he does not possess... AH it can
do is to train him In the exercise of
his native faculties. The one' thing es
sential ts the will to do and the determi
nation to overcome all obstacles, A
small will can, be developed Into a great
one If a man only thinks It worth while,
land the young graduates Just beginning
their Ww Ma4 af work, can, become as
great ft? they UJnk they can. if only
they think hard enough and remember
fftt tiMC , BO fcW if Kl
Tom Daly's Column
OVR VlLtAdE VOtiT
Whenever It's a Saturday, ichcn fuicu
Junciii here
An' plums tin" things arc octtln' ripe (th
prctUtcnU'at year),
Chicago dYalc from Chestnut street our
statesmen tried, an' true
An' so iec get a chance to see some faces
that arc new.
It's great to get a )lttc rest from those
important gentry
H'io yearn to bleed "Atnurricat our great
an' glorious kcnlrv"
(Excuse met Head "tor" after "bleed";
I' couldn't make it fit,
For rhythm's the Important thing! so Just
Imagine It.)
It's great, I say, to gel away from faces
keen an' foxy
UViose oieners count us all as "votes"
(and tvtsh they were our proxy);
It's seldom that ted ever get so fine a
chance to rest,
An' that Is why, today, I feel particularly
blest
To )ualk abroad on Chestnut street and
other public places
An' only meet with simple folk an' look
Into their faces.
Right off the bat, first thing you know, 1
met iiHth lillly Thunder;
At tickling of piano keys, or organ,'hc's
a wonder.
It's quite a joy to meet a man so 'soulful
und artistic
Who has no thought for anything not
musical or mystic;
I was prepared to talk io him of scherzo,
fugue or largo
nut he waved that aside an' said, "What's
latest from Chicago?"
Jostah Jlarmar I'cnnlman, vice provost
out at Pcnnsy,
You'd tcrltc down In your memo, book as
"ultra common-sensy,"
And yet (perhaps he suffered from a hun
gry tndtgestton)
When I met him on Chestnut street lie
asked tha self-same Question.
Indeed (and I may just as well get wise
to this at once,
Instead of chastn' 'round the streets be-
havtn' like a dunce)
When national convention news usurps
the prtmal page
An' hot-air bunk an' gas an' guff an' bull
arc all the rage,
Why, even decent citizens we know as
"simple mugs"
Oct bitten by some microbe Into Hughes
or Teddy bugs.
An' so upon thli Saturday, when juicy
June is here,
An' plums an' things arc gcttln' ripe (this
presidential year) '
Although wo intss on Chestnut street our
statesmen tried an' true
ll'c find In them that's left behind blamed
little news that's newt
A MARRIAGE license was Issued yes
terday to Walter S. Pickup and
Gladys B. Giggle.
Come, this Is the "children's hour." Lot
each little boy or girl make his or her
own merry Jest.
Our own Bill Itocap got-this letter from
the U. G, I. yesterday:
rvnr Sir:
On hVhruary nth we Installed a light at 80S
Orecn Htrvt for Nathan Adelann, on an-lnntal-menl
rontrnct. Mr. .Adelann haa vncated leav
ing the light on thp nromtaca unpaid for.
We hnp ro-en Informed you art- the owner
of thla pronerts- and would aak that you kindly
give us permlaalon to remove the light, and
oblige,
Very truly youra, etc.
To which Dill replied:
Sir If you will secure for mo a clear
deed and tltlo to tho property I will give
you permission to remove tho light.
"I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE THE WEATHERMAN FOR SOMETHING!"
t,sM
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THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
Albert Kelsey Writes That the Architects Would Be Glad to Assist
in the Production of a New Scenic Background for
the Orchestra Other Matters
O HELL
S-s-h-h! Calm yourselves, brethren! I
also thought It was a cuss word when I saw
It on a 17th street billboard. But It Inn't
only a damaged advertisement of "Othello"
by a colored troupe lately at the Wnlnut
Street Thentre. It may have expressed the
manager's sentiments, at that. J. F. T.
The Fine Art of Punctuation
Perhaps your soul Is often stirred
To dreams ot fond Utopian. dells
By talcs, that soar swift as a bird,
From H. G. Wells
Perhaps you lose your Self In All
And earthly pleasures from you slough;
Perhaps you like to dream and drawl
Will Comfort's muff
Perhaps you like the Death that's Life.
The Silence that Is speech, and shrink
Not from the mystic stuff that's rife
In Maeterlinck
I, too, oft hanker for a style ;
When thoughts run out or go amiss,
I'd like to write on nil the while
With stuff like this
WILL LOU.
McNICHOt. HAS NEW OnANDSON
State Senator Jamea P. MrNlchol haa another
fr".'!?lon. V I ,h on ot 'r. nd Mre. Harry
MeNlcnol, the boVa rather being the vice preal.
dent of the McNIchol Paving and Conatructlon
Company. Although the bgby waa born a week
ago In Atlantic City, It did not become generally
known until today.
o. o. dear paper.
It doeB Indeed seem somewhat strange
that In these days of expert publicity,
baby parades and Infant prodigies it
should take the baby an entire week to
achieve notoriety. Particularly the child
of such a well-known pa. F, L, W.
U ti
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, in
the course of his travels through
the colonies in the month of June, 1744,
met a famous character of the time, Dr.
Thomas Cadwallader, who lived In Tren
ton, but practiced medicine In Philadel
phia and waa a trustee of the University
of Pennsylvania. It wU be noted that
Doctor Hamilton misspells the distin
guished gentleman's name, but that
seems to have been a habit with him:
I took horse about 6 In the afternoon,
crossed the 'ferry of Delaware atanut 7
o'clock and a little after arrived at Tren
ton, in East Jersey, i
I waa treated at my entry into 'the
tpwn with a dlah pf staring and gaping;
from h shop doors and windows, and I
observed two or three people laying hold
of Promo's stirrups, inquiring, I suppose,
who I was and whence I came.
I put up at one Kllah Bond's, at the
sign of the Wheat Sheaf. Two gentlemen
of the town, came there and Invited me
Into their compapi. One was named
Cadwaller, a doctor 'of the piece, and, aa
I underatood, a fallen-off Quaker.
We suppsd upon cold gammon and, a
salad. Our discourse was mixed and
rambling; at first H was political; then
Cadwalier gave me the character of the
constitution and government. The Haute
of Assembly here he told me was chiefly
composed ot mechanics and ignorant
wretches, obstinate to the last degree;
that there were a number of proprietors
Io the government and a multitude of
Quakers. He enlarged a little la $hp
praise, ot qovewour Morris, who Is mw a
yiy old man, Vtam polSUea the U&
eoiftM tumid is tfllfioit and mm to
jpnrsKs. HtHw iiu or uu
Thi.i Department (j free to all rradrrs who
wLih to fj),rca.t their ovliifoua on subject o
current Interest. It It an oven forum and the
livening l.rdarr asKumcs ho rwpoiialldim or
the rltuu ot Us correnvordents.
BACKGROUND FOR ARCHITECTS
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir Learning that money Is available for
a new and much-needed scenic background
for the Philadelphia Orchestra, I write to
ask If throuch your courtesy something
ennnot be done to Insure the best possible
results. In Hhort. may I throuch your col
umns supgest that this matter be made the
subject of an enlightened competition among
a limited number of associated painters and
architects?
It Is my belief that the subject Is essen
tially architectural, and that thcreforo each
painter should collaborate with an architect
In evolving this scheme. By Inviting team
work of this ltlnd better results would bo
assured than If each submission were the
work of a painter or architect only working
Independently.
It will be remembered the first back
ground the Philadelphia Orchestra could call
Its own hnd to ie modified, and it Is to pre
vent another fiasco that I make this sugges
tlon. Moreover, I confidently believe the
Philadelphia chnpter of the American Insti
tute of Architects would be glad If ap
proached to assist in conducting such a
competition ' ALBERT KELSEV,
President of the Pennsylvania State Asso
ciation of the American Institute of Ar
chitects. Philadelphia, June 8,
BRUMBAUGH'S OPPORTUNITY
To the Editqr of Evenlnprdaer:
Sir "Opportunity" has been knocking
loud and loni at the door of Martin O.
Brumbaugh, r.nd Its last and loudect knock
was mnde on Tuesday. June 6, 1016. In the
city of Chicago, when It demanded his pres
ence at the meeting of the Pennnylvnnla del
egation to the Republican National Conven
tion to second the timely nnd forceful plea
of John Wanamaker for a reunited Repub
Mean party; a plea that In the absence of
Oavernor Brumbaugh and the silence of
Congressman Vare was seconded promptly
and ably by Senators Penrose, Oliver nnd
Sproul and by Congressman Grelst and Alba
B. Johnfon, which seems to attest that
neither Clovernor Brumbaugh nor Congress,
man Vare was able to rise above the dense
fog of the lowlands nnd to soar to tho Al
pine heights of American statesmanship.
Within Fix weeks of his election as Gov
ernor of Pennsylvania Congressman Vare
requested Doctor Brumbaugh, the Governor
elect, to come to Washington for the pur
pose of meeting a number of Congressmen
from Pennsylvania and from other States
at the banquet board. As the menu was
perfection and the wines exhilarating, those
congressional guests vociferously seconded
the presentation by Congressman Yare of
the name of Dr. Martin Gt Brumbaugh for
President ot the United States,
That banquet, that .presence nnd those
speeches made a marked impression on the
mind of Qovernor-elect Brumbaugh, He
aeemed to have become obsessed with the be
lief that he would be the Republican can
didate for Presldentln 1316. and that belief,
that miasma, appears to have been the con
trolling Influence that actuated, all his of
ficial courso as Governor, from the appoint
ment of an Attorney General, with his sal
ary of $10,000 ,i year; of public service com
missioners, $10,000 a year, down to referees
under the compensation board, with their
modest salaries of $2noo, all made with a
view of forcing tho nomination of Brum
baugh for President.
From the day tho campaign of tho Gov
ernor opened for the presidency down to Its
dismal failure Governor Brumbaugh
preached aloud at all tlmea'nnd places for a
"reunited Republican party," and Just as
zealously tried officially to defeat tho alms
he publicly proclaimed by doing everything
It was posslblo for him to do to break down
and to utterly destroy that part of. tho Re
publican party represented by Senator Pen
rose. Having failed to establish himself the "reunited-Republican
party" leader of Penn
sylvania, that leadership will now pass from
Governor Brumbaugh to Senator Boles Pen
rose, and with the sagacious advice and as
sistance of Senator Knox the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania will move forward
to a greater and grander glory than she has
ever known. JOHN W. FRAZIER.
Philadelphia, June 9.
AMERICANISM
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir In 1870 when everybody was talk
ing about the great Centennial Exposition
then being held In your city, somo one
humorously inclined composed a song the
chorus of which ended In these words: "Yes,
we are mad; have got it bad Centennial
on the brain."
Substituting "Preparedness" and "Amer
icanism", for "Centennial," these words, It
nppears to me, would be exprosslvo of the
condition of a large portion of the American-
people today. For, although, taking
Into consideration the aid we have been
giving the enemies of Germany In tho great
European war In furnishing them with
munitions nnd money, we may readily un
derstand why In our dreams wo should
behold the Kaiser pointing a lG-lnch gun at
us, yet there Is no occasion for becoming
hysterical In the-matter; for by tho time
the European nations aro through fight
ing among themselves we need not fear any
aggression on the part of them for many
years to come.
And as for our Americanism: truly
America should occupy first place In the
hearts of o,ll Americans. But If we want
to be so emphatically Intensively and ex
cluslvely American aft to have no concern
at all about our fellow men In other coun
tries and pther climes, then why should we
be m eager. for thMr trade? For are we
not hipping our munitions of war and
the products of our fields and farms to
tho warring nations of Europe because p'f
the price thsy are paying us for then?
I.ct.us be consistent In this matter. If we
aroto cut loose and withhold all our sym
pathies from the rest of the world, then let
us cease .all Intercourse with foreign na
tions, be '? world to ourselves, , and nsk
nothing more than to be let alone, Our
safety and ouf duty He n the golden mean
between the extremes.
. ' ' . E- H. WHITNER
AUentown, Pa., June 7.
lllfc'St&Ji-ifc,., -
QUICK-LUNCH LINGO
The other day In a downtown restaurant,
after I had polished off a platter of beans,
I tarried to converse with one of the wait,
ere. who Is a friend of mine. He was very
busy, of course, yet. while waiting on cus
tomers, he found time to converse with me.
"qimme an order of pea soup," said one
customer. .
"One splash of split peas," cried the
"Couple of elnkers and a cup of coffee
without cream," said a gink, climbing on
a stool.
Two submarines and a mug of murk
no cow!" bawled the waiter.
"I ain't seen'Jtm for two weeks," he went
on, addressing me. "He always used to
pome In here noons, but"
"An order ff hara aPa S" Interrupted
a customer.
"Roaet two on a slice of. squeal I" the
waiter shouted Into the tube.
"Beef stew and a cup of tea for me," a
pew arrival said.
"Bosay In a bawl boiled leaves on the
side I" san? the waiter. Then to me:
"I've been thinking Jim muet have the
grip or something. beause-r"
"A, don raw oysters," said a busy bust.
Rtes man.
"Twelve alive Jn the sbeU!" ehouted the
waiter-
"Where's my ess? on toastf complained
a man in walUn.
Rush the bWdles on ft raftf? yelie fte
wiUtw,
. - i
...
Another. m?,T. asked for hash.
VSlab pf moo let him chew it!" the
waiter called.
"If you Bee Jim." he went on, "tell him
I was askln' about him, wl vouj"
I told him I would and slid oft my stool.
"I want a. bqwj of tomato soup." began
the man who grabbed my stool, "a plate
of beans, bread, and butter, a piece of apple
pie pnd a glass of water."
I figured that the translation of this or
der intp lunch IlngQ would be worth lis
tening to, so I lingered. The waiter seemed
to be puzzled, then he shouted.1
"One splash of red noise, platter of Sat
urday nights, dough well done with a cow
to cover, 'Eve wiyi the lid on and a chaser
of Adam's ale I" Boston, Poet
DISASTERS OF PEACE
It Is officially estimated at Washington
that 1,0Qi persons are accidentally killed
In the United States every year. In four
years of Civil War 67.058 Union soldiers
were BjHed In battle and 43.018 died of
wounds. Jt Is further estimated that pot
fewer titan 2,OQQ,q0O people are accidentally
Injured In thle country each year.
In the belief that this trajie record is
unnecessarily gruesome, Secretary of the
Interior Lane has equipped a, specla. tram
9f 1? ears 1,9 visit every Btate with exhibits
showiosT w We t lost or pfenaced and
hflw. if may be preserved. Hardly anything
attempted in the way f coaferyalloni
eo,uaJf in tapjMiane the end hera-eouaTht,
alew.Teik. WpiM.
What Do You Know?
"Mra." Btand
Ouerlcs 0 oeneral Interest will be answered
In this column. Ten aufatlona. tne. amiuera (o
which even wcll-tnlonned veraon should know,
are asked dally.
QUIZ
1. When wn January 1 ndonted na the begin
ning of the civil eur?
". Who una lllrnm I'oucrn'.'
3. Wltnt doe the abbreviation
ror-;
4. About olien did the Middle Agea end?
5. Who were tile Cjnlca nnd why wero they ao
railed?
C. When ivn I lie flrat Atlantic cnble aucceaa
fully laid?
7. Wlui t nart of rhllndelphlu hiin been known
I iih Five 1'olntH?
I 8. Who N In ranimnnd of the flermnn nnd of
the Allied forces tit Verdun?
0. What N the correct apetllng of "Welsh rab
bit"?
10, Where N I.ntak? Connect It with an Im
portant event.
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. ltentty and Hood commanded the llritlali
fleet.
2. A decree nUI la nno that la vnlld unleaa
rutins Is ahnwti for rescinding It before It
U mitdo absolute.
3. rhiiliui wn the nnclent Cireek name for
heavy Infantry corns.
4. Two negroes have become United State
rJenntora.
5. The Old Guard was n hndy of nicked men
from eiery nrm of the ken Ire In Ka
liolfon'H nrniy.
0. fiertre pictures nre those which hhnw tho In
timate nnd etrrjd.ty life of a people.
.7. "Illuo Hell Hill" wns comprised In what la
now the 21t Ward.
8. Scotland und Norway nre about 300 mllea
apart.
9. The bull flcht la the chief national sport of
Npaln.
10. The (iiicluh and the (ililbelllnes were two
Brent political parties whose contentions
and nr instructed Italy In the late .Mid
dle Aces.
Some English Pronunciations
10.- G. S. The following is tho English
pronunciation of the names you mention In
your letter: Abergavenny is pronounced as
If spelled Abergeriny; Beauchamp, as If
snelled Beecbam: Bollngbroke, Balllngbrook;
Brougham, Broom; Buhver, Buller; Cltol
mondelcy, Chtunley: Cirencester. Slsslster;
Cocltburn, Cobun; Colquhoun, Cohon; Cow
per. Cooper; Urosvenor, Orovenor; Haw
nrden, Harden; Holborn, Hobun; Knollys,
Knowles; Leicester. Lester; Majorlbank,
Marchbank; Murylebone, Marrabun; Salis
bury, Sawlsbry; St. Leger, Sllllger; Wemysa,
Weems; Taliaferro, Tolllver; Norwich, Nor
ridge; Talbot, Torbut.
Earlier Site of U. of P.
E. R, T. The University was situated
on the site of the Postomce at 9th and
Cheitnut streets.
May, Fateful Month
.Editor of t'What Do You Know" Is It
not true that a number of fateful events
have occurred In Ireland In the month of
Jilayl , HIBKRNIAN,
$ta.y has been a fateful month In Irish
history. The great Irish rebellion of 1708
began May 4, Daniel O'Connell, the so
called' Irish liberator, died May IB, 1847,
and the) historic Phoenix Park assassina
tions in Dublin occurred May. 6, 1882,
The Cruiser Alabama
T. R. S. The Confederate cruiser Ala.
bama. was launched nt Birkenhead, England
In 1882,
Colorado's Statehood
V. T, Bt 1864 and 1868 unsuccessful at
te.npts to organize a State Government in
Colorado were made, In 1866 President
JohtuMjn vetoed a bill for Its admission to
Statehood, The ftnal enabling act wa-i
pushed by Congress on March 3, 1876, and
on August, 1, 1876, Colorado, the "Cen
tennial State." was admitted to the Union.
Power of Women Voters
Editor of "What Do Yau Knoto" Is there
any reason to believe that women voters
will unite upon that candidate for the
presidency or that party which is more fa.
vorable to woman suffrage? About how
many women voters are there and what
would be their chance of deciding the elec
U0"7 O. C, B.
There are between 3,QOO,QO0 and 4 000 -000
women voters. There have been a num.
ber of statements made by suffragists to
the effect that women voters would con.
centrate In favor of that party which gave
the most convincing promise of supnort
for woman euKrage w Its platform, but it is
not likely that the "Women's Party" win
enter the fall elections or that It will unit,
in favor of any candidate. The 13 Stat. i
in which women vote are considered by
marry to be doubtful States, as In tha lr
nve presidential elections not one of thtm
has 0 steadily for any one party In
apy of them a change of a per cent, pf the
iota vote cast in aey election bJw im
would hate thrown tha election to th,
pther party to that state, In a close elS
UOA the women vc,tsr jrguW thttTeLtatt
WEIRD WAYS OF
KEEPING SECREfta
The "Lemon Rub"" Given to p.
Leaving Germany Suggests
Many Curiosities of Code
and Cipher
THE latest from Germany a .t
"lemon rub." According to dlarw.M,...
folk who aro leaving that country these '4?
uays unaer a. ciuuu oi suspicion are not
only required to disrobe) tho surface u
their skin Is Inspected for traces ef'
delicately etched designs of fortresses tad
maps of defenses and all marks suggjj.
tlvo of theso are carefully rubbed "with
a bit of lemon. If this Is so, any one -who
has used tho sllco of lemon that floats In
somo finger-bowls, nnd who rememberl
tho sharp sting of pain It caused In eoirij '? I
aurasion in me siuii, win sympainUe.
Latest reports do not otato whether
tho German agents havo begun to ahavt
the' heads of thclr departing guests, t".
though there would bo good precedent,
for so doing. Herodotus, n fairly rellabfs
war correspondent, relates this story)
Hlstlneus, when he was anxious
glvo Arlstngoras orders (o revolt, coulj j
find only ono sore way to make hli
wishes known, as tho roads wero guard.
ed. This wa3 by taking tho trustiest ot J
ins slaves, snaving nu tno nair from Ms
head and then pricking letters upori tha
skin. Then ho waited till the hair gr Jjj
again. When tho hair was grown hs J,
dispatched the slavo to Miletus, 'giving '$1
him this simple message: "When thoa a
art come to Mllotus bid Arlstagoras shave' '
thy head and look thereon." Tho mei-
sago on tho head was a command to
revolt,
Caesar's Simple Code '
History Is full of curious codes anj '
methods of sending secrot message '-il
Julius Caesar and Augustus had a coda &
,,1.ln1, mm,, mntnrn C-Hnfvlhnv Tvtin ln.n. ?
his Edgar Allan Poo can read thai ),.
If ho knows his Caesar, too. Thoy writs,
n for A. E for B. and so on. But even
simple codes need time to unravel,, II !
they aro short, for tho shorter they art
tho moro difficult It Is to detcrrrllno how:
tho letters aro redistributed. "Whon thi
Chevalier do Rohan was In prison awaft
ln ,lnl l,fc frlnnria Kant nlm Hia tnX.
nib umi, ...o ....uu .. v..w .vt-
lowing, written on a shirt: "Mg dulhxc- fi
1.. l. I ..v,, I. In, f iiltr- nil" In wl. 'e
ho worried over tho muddle, tossing about
on his cot In the feeblo light, and at
last gave It up. Ho pleaded guilty. ,:
Tho message read: "Le prlsonnler est
mort: 11 n'a rien dlt" that is, "Tho nrU.
oner Is dead; he has said nothing." De-is
Rohan's accomplice had died without con-G
fesslng; lie himself need not have coit
fessed,
In 1680 Do Louvols, French Minister of,.
War, summoned ono day a gentleman
namea unamiuy, nnu sum. j.
Go to Basel, in owiizenana; you wm
be there In three days; on the fourth, at'
2 o'clock, station yourself on the brldgs
over the Rhine with pen, ink and paper.
Write down everything that happens for
two hours. At 4, mount and return to
Paris." t
Chamllly obeyed, although he thought
he was being made a fool of. On thlj
brldgo this Is all ho saw that seemed
worth writing down: "A market cart,
drives by. An old woman with a basket ; 4
ot fruit passes. A noy goes Dy irunumjj- j
a hoop. An old gentleman In a blue top- f
coat Jogs past on a marc. A tall fella
in a yellow waistcoat and breeches saw- '
ters up, goes o mo miuuio ui mo u..uS. T..
looks nt tho water, then takes a Btep bad
nnrl sti-ikpsi three blows on the footway
with his staff." Chamllly took these jot.
tings to the War Minister, who readttiem y
in n delirium of excitement. When h i
came to the yellow-walstconted manl'ij
Jumped for Joy and rushed off to io
King. Eight days later Strasbourg waa
surrounded by French troops and suf- :j
rendered. Evidently the three stroKes ot -q
the stick given by the man in yellow J
wero the signal of somo Intrigue oy wm m
tho magistrates of the town were to &jjjM
liver it Into M. do Louvols' nanqs.
Pnmnlnvifv nf QlmntlfHv
Poe came to believe that he could rcsi JJ
BfE
31 0(
fm
any cipher based on a principle thatau j
not change In the course of the message.' 1
His mind delighted in complexities, but fie A
had the acumen to observe that lh jjl
simplest situations often seemed mat S
complex to those who expected to run
complexity. For example, in ht8 'W 3
lolned Letter" he has the detectives ie a
ing up the planks ot a room to And tn
stolen letter, which nil the while was In
plain view in a receptacle on the wa'!-j
Tl,a hoat m.llllldl nf spr.rfiCV are tllB TOOI? g
homely and simple. Take a ribbon of a
paper and wrap It evenly arpund a wU 1
Ing stick. Then write the mes3age:stnv a
along tho length of the stick. Remove
tho paper and the message will be abso
lutely unintelligible to any ono who do
not know that the ribbon should bt
wrnnnprt nhnltt n. stink.
Annthot- remnrltnhlv easv method M
sending a secret message is to write H IP M
milk on a piece of white paper, ." i
pearH to be a blank sheet of paper until J
held before a reddish light, which unw
out the milk writings several snaa"
darker than the paper,
PLAYINfi SAFE
Hughes will positively not take It. unliW 1
he can get It. Indianapolis star.
IT CANT BE DfJNE
world get started, sonT ';i
ne said, "It cn't be donal
How did the
Why, some one
That settled It, The troglodyte
Came out ot darkness Into light
"It can't be done I" somebody said.
And Jo 1 the green fields gave us breso-
Wlth that limit rlnrlrn, In Ills CSTS
lias man gone upward through' the yttn -
You should have seen the mill wheels rUf jj
When Bpme one Bald, "It can't be done! &.
"It can't be done 1" they said before
A sail put out to eea from shore.
Since world's remote and dismal dawn
Those magic words have spurred Us on.
It drove Columbus where the sun
- Went redly down, "It can't be done!
"It can't be done!" the weaklings said. ji
And io ! the Wright flew overhead
"It can't be done!" was what they crW
When Fyltoa offered them a rid?.
They said It, and Marconi sent
His messages through the Armament
That la the way it happened, son,
1'rn.lan ftiut fnr Ht "I, r-n .1 I,.-, da&"
-rflark HcAdamJHn the fc Ift Fo
-m.iua.