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KEYSTONE. MAIN JOOO
tT Address on comntuntcattait fo ErrnlUff
Ledger, Independence Square, Philadelphia.
. wriBiEO At tna rniLADiLPuu rosTornci in
I KCOHB-CLiSB Mill. lliTTEJ.
TH AVERAGE NBr TAID DAILY Cltt-
CULATION OP THE EVENINTJ LEDGER
FOR MAT WAS 12,011
fhlUdelpliU, TFedneiilsy, Juns II, 1916.
ff" rfffe tabor, littla art our saint;
Men' fortune arm according1 to hitt
pain. i Harrich
Yes, Senator Olllo James' first namo
realty is Olllo.
The Increase) in Juno weddings la
astonishing and is exceeded by nothing
Except tlio Increase In Juno 'divorces.
The newspapers will llavo to get
ut' many extra editions If they would
keep up with Russia's mounting total of
prisoners."
Rumania has occupied the "verge"
so lon,g that tho sensation ceases to cxclto
her. gome day she'll break Into the war
Just for variety.
Tho cry that Mr. Hughes Is Just
another Alison lacks conviction. Nobody
has oven suggested that Fairbanks Is just
another Marshall.
i v
Tho West Point graduates will for
give the President for telling them the
civil power is abovo tho military, but not
o easily .hla persistent reference to them
as '"youngsters.''
Henry Cabot Lodge took tho conso
lation singles at Princeton yesterday. His
nomination at Chicago fell through, but
he came up smiling for the degree of
Doctor of Laws. .
Bryan has a back seat at the oon-
Tentton. But a certain former professor
may remember that the boys who were
: up to the worst mischief during class
. hours always ,prefcrrod the back row.
Mr. Hughes was progressiva before
thero was any Progressive party. Ho is
progress) vo now and 1st entitled to the
support of all citizens who believe In con
structive social legislation as well as the
protection of American chores and Industries.
"Tho world- ls going to know that
when Ajncrlca speaks sho means what
sua says," President JWllson told the
graduating class at "West Point The
President merely forgot to put the date
n his statement. Sheer inadvertence, or
perhaps a well-founded disinclination to
look toward November 7. .
Tho campaign will resolve itself
into a matter of diction very shortly. Tho
candidate with tho more rhythmic
cadence in his words will win out, and the
lectors will have nothing to do but con
sult their Hill's Rhetoric (or Llndley
Murray to guide their choice. Consider
th vast difference between "undiluted
Americanism" (Hughes) and "untainted
Americanism" (Wilson). One means so
much more than the other. One falls so
much more trippingly from tho tongue.
But which one?
The quaint and short-lived story of
..British fleet in the Baltio may be one of
these Actions in the war which turn out
Mere true than fact. If Germany could
ow afford a diversion against Russia, by
way ofSFinland. thero might bo some
reason for supplementing the Russian
fleet with Allied cruisers or battleships.
It 'is far more likely that Hlndenburg
wilt centre hla attack, Intended to relieve
the Austrian, at Plnsk, The story, how
ever, "will point the moral of the Kiel
Canal, and of many other such water
ways. For effective aid to' Russia Eng
land would have to send into the Baltio
a eet so large that the combined force
would. equal the whole German High Seas
yieet At the same time, England would
have to keep in the North Sea another
f(t as large as the combined forces in
tfe, Baltic, The logic of the canal Is
rystal clear. It unites those who possess
and divides those who do not. It has, al
ptMt literally, cut Qermany's Oordlan
knot of commerce, for by Its aid her
sritfa tho Scandinavian countries
pons on uninterrupted.
EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE H 1910.
, "i1" ' '"
resldtt-um," our residuum began to look
Ilka a lightweight Bo It came about that
one bf the greatest at tho great Powers
had no place In their' councils. Europo
thought the Influence ot America stopped
at a llnethreo miles out from our shores.
It 'has' Only been by a tremendous agtta
tloYit whloH brought every one of Us to
the point ot asking himself If heJndsed
was art American, that a sense of national
solidarity and Uniform sentiment was ap
proximated. That sense still lacks com
pleteness. It IS ilot enough that we begin
to realize that our flag Is "still there."
We must see that.lt Is kept "there," and
that the world must respect as woll as
mlmlro it It Is a mossage as well as a
rofufre.
It wan mora than a pretty senti-
to arrange that, while at Independ-
i Hall on tba stroke of noon today the
Vrero singing "Tho Star-Spangled
' JfcjBRr," the children of tho American
.J"tui'fri sehool at Pyene, Korea, should be
Amm it, oo, though they had to get up
at I 'ekwk in the morning to make the
mwinnrliin simultaneous. It was giving
'v,tk wrk a symbol, on this Flag Pay, of
i ; ttja trna.tltial role that America, (a now
Wen lot puy W country "
vmtV frequently called the melting
I M nations, and it -was ea long1 concent
lis awrely the melting pot that there
KfUMWt a Sa.ar that the pot would, prema.
.tytmfr feoil over, we wero only toa wui-
: to mm tb ncrgls on id top o ma
lall. JiwrsairiBts without giv-
90t ft. o silrrlag, or, n fact.
I mtr tht tbr shouM only ono
Cm wm Rft we
. V Kwu teMi r oonotcEinB
xdjvi jMtMk-Hiiaaiittw mMlny
m yjf mmpv w wJ
m?xri "
BBBSaBfcsrfe'
THE ENEMIES IN OUR OWN
HOUSEHOLD
American economic unprcmacy U
llirentencd with Ixtrarnl ly Hi Drm
ocratlo tnrlfffor-rnue-onlj- 1to
rnlea. Hiihc atanil for iounit
American policy.'
rpHB Democracy Is preparing to tie
J. Itself up to a losing lesuo this year, as
it did In 1898 and the succeeding cam
paigns. Tho froo silver Issuo, with Us
depreciated dollar; was fundamentally
dishonest Tho people of the United
States aro fundamentally honest They
rojected frco Bllver so emphatically and
so many times that no politician today Is
so foolish us to suggest frco colnago of
silver.
Tho issue this year, whloh is forcing
Itself into promlnenco by the ovents In
both hemispheres and by the pronounce
ments ot both parties, Is that of pro
tection for our Industries. Tho Dem
ocrats aro committed to a tariff for rev
enue only. They said In their platform of
1913:
Wo declare 'It to bo a fundamental
prlnclplo of the Democratic party that
the Federal Government, under tho
Constitution, has no right or power to
Impose, or collect tariff duties except
for purposes ot revenue.
They will again Insist this year that a
protective tariff Js unconstitutional -and
that tho only oxcuso for a tariff Is
revenue.
A protective tariff Is fundamentally
American. A revenue tariff Is tin-American.
Its purposo Is to open the homo
markets to tho competition of every
nation In tho world, regardless of the In
terests of American workers.
Thero was no Justification for tho as
sumption of tho Democracy that In tho
election of 1012 It received a mandate to
revise protection out of tho tariff law. Tho
party camo Into powor bocauso of a split
in the ranks of tho protectionists. Tho
popular majority against Wilson was
moro than a million. Yet, In spite of tho
fact that It was dominant through an
accident, the Administration began tho
work of destroying the protective sys
tem. It succeeded in producing stagnation
In Industry. It succeeded also In produc
ing a deficit in American revenues. Its
tariff was neither revenue-producing nor
protective. '
As tho party Is in control through an
accident, tho country has been prevented
by the accident of the European war from
reaping the harvest of disaster that the
Democracy sowed.
But tho destructive work ot the
Democracy is not yet completed. A party
committed to a tariff for revenue only
cannot stop with such changes as it has
already made in the protective system.
Every vestlgo of protection must bo re
moved from tho tariff rate3. Tho party Is
committed to this destructive policy. The
announcement Is mado that experts aro
to study conditions li Europe for tho pur
pose of discovering what changes must
be made In the tariff to meet the changed
conditions. As those changes are to be
made solely for the purposo of raising
revenue and not for what the Democrats
call the unconstitutional purposo ot pro
tecting American Industry, tho new duties
will bo fixed without regard to their
effect on American Industry. Unless the
party In power plans to stultify Itself and
to disregard its platform promises It can
follow no other course.
With a theorist In the White Houbo
and bungling amateurs In tho Capitol,
American Industry would receive a stag
gering blow it the Democrats should be
continued In power.
The sound Americanism of tho Chicago
platform and the clarion call In Mr.
Hughes' telegram of acceptance are more
in keeping with the spirit of this country
than the plans of the Democracy to
destroy American enterprise for the sake
of a tariff fad.
Mr, Hughes declares that "we must
make a fair' and wise readjustment ot
tho tariff, In accordance with sound pro
tective prlnclplo, to Insure our economlo
independence and to maintain American
standards of living." Ho insists that in
dustrial and economlo preparedness are
as Important aa military and naval
preparation, and in doing It expresses the
opinion ot a large majority of Americans.
American Industrial supremacy Is not
threatened abroad so much as at home.
Our enemies are those of our own house
hold, well-meaning but Ignorant and In
competent, who would break down the
fortifications which have protected us
while we have built up great enterprises,
and would sptke the guns which have
kept off the ships loaded with merchan
dise Intended to take the place ot that
produced by our workers. They are talk,
ing glibly about the wall ot Bea which
separates us from Europe and Asia, while
they are planning to build ships at Gov
ernment expense to destroy the sea and
bring the goods of the Qld World to us
as cheaply as though they had to cross
an Invisible geographical boundary.
They aro assuming that Europe will be
exhausted at the close of the war and
that we need fear nothing, when, as a
matter ot fact, history, proves that every
great war has been followed by a period
of commercial activity forced upon the
nations in order to recoup their losses.
There will be a period of feverish indus
trial activity In France, Germapy and
England aa soon as peace is declared.
Plana are already making in those coun
tries tor getting back all the trade they
have lost and for flooding the markets
of he worW with their products.
Under the lead of Mr. Hughes, and a
Republican Congress our markets can be
protected from this flood. Mr. Wilson
and his associates are deliberately lay
ing plana to open the gates, and to wel
come the commercial Inundation. They
ra simply inviting1 political destruction;
for theflw)vt feeaauta America will pot
Und lor ay Mfc keteay&i of 1U later-
Tom Daly's Column
AS LONa ago as JanuaryV 1907, James
Jtx Whltcomb Riley wrote in tho fore
front of n copy of "Home-Folks"t
Arrahl had tho most thoughtless, unruly,
but highly
Inspired heart-singer of "Kelly and Burko
and Shea.''
But 'ave sung In nlongst of the gtorlous
names of them
Daly an' Foley an' Itlley, what a master
. piece It'tl be..
At that time James W. Foley had
already mado himself famous with Behool
day Rhymes and with the prose poem,
slnco ndopted by Walt Mason. Last woek
wo bought Jim a lunch, a good lunch,
and he paysfor it with this:
THE HETVIUt OF THE DREAMER
t heard, half-nodding In mV chair,
A rap upon mv door,
And bade come In who might bo there,
Ashamed that tii floor
BhouUl be to Uttered and llt-kept;
And then he opened wide
Mil study door, as I half-slept,
And softly stepped intde.
sun,
Jits face was freckled with tho
His legs bare from theKn;
His trousers rested vW',c
Support 'ccrfaiiilIf;!JB
He lifted off a worn tlraiofnatk
From tangled, unbomticdiftalrn
combed if ti
But ho had eyes to tell f me that
His soul was fine and fair.
t closed and laid astde the book
That rested on my knee;
His face had a familiar look
That interested nic:
The turncd-up nose, the bare, brown knee,
The strata hat he had thrown
Aside; the smile, the voice yes, he
Wa3 some one I had known.
Then in my lap he sat htm down
In a familiar way,
Nor seemed to fear that I would frown
At him, or say him nay:
"We made it with the dew at morn,
A. promise and a prayer,
As long ago as Memory,
Do you remember wherct
"Wo made It with the dew at morn,
And when noon's splendors gleamed;
When wearied with our play and worn
Beneath some bough we dreamed;
Where brooks by pebbled shallows purled,
Abreast the hill tops, too;
A pledge of service to the world.
Of steadfast faith and true.
"Wo pledged It when, with pillowed head
And wearied from much play
We bothslay fast asleep in bed.
But dreamed of that Someday
When we should falter not or weep,
But count life's gloril fair
If we the pledge might always keep.
The promise and the prayer.
"I feared somehow our faith might be
Less steadfast with the years;
That sorrow might cloud memory
And hope grow faint with tears;
So I am come again to you
From Sometime and Somewhere,
To bid you say the pledge anew.
The promise and the prayer."
He smiled and slipped down frommy knee
And then I knew his name.
And bade him. stay and dream with ma.
But quickly as he came
He went out by my study door,
The soul of htm so fair.
And left me quite alone once more.
Alone, and dreaming there.
JAMES W. FOLEY.
What Is Your Sword of Damocles?
Mine is that on
our wooden wedding
next month my wlfo
will discover ' I
haven't been able to
buy her a present
because nil m y
money has Just gone for tho last instal
ment on the engagement ring. PIKER.
NEXT to the "femininity" of BUlie
Durke the thing that would make
an eyeful of belladonna most welcome
to us Is the pictured "manliness" of Dus
tin Farnum. Yet we got something out
of his "David Garrlck" the other night
It was this, thrown on the screen be
tween pictures:
"As Romeo didst lovo Juliet, so I love
her."
THEY were peering in at Franklin's
grave through tho Iron grating in the
wall. It was a Sunday and they were
decked out In summer's gayest garbage:
"The say this here's a Quaker grave
yard, Mag,"
"Is It, Mame?"
"Yehl Alnt Quakers crazy guys, the'
men I mean?"
"Are the7" ,
"Sure I v the wear their hats in cholch!"
"The do?"
"Yehl J'ever see Quaker men's hats?"
"Naw."
"Y'alnt missed much. The ain't pretty
to look at."
"The ain't no pretty gravestones here
neither. Cm on!"
THE UNlNSTEUCTED DELEGATE
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THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
Tipping From the Point of View of the Tippee Campaign Tommy
rot About Supreme Court Justices Broad Street
Loafers Other Matters
SIR At a restaurant the other day I was
being served by a man named JCellner,
which in German means waiter, In the
plentiful time allowed me, while watting
for my food, I picked up a Directory and
found that
Henry Schneider la. a tailor.
Charles Kaufmann la a merchant
Charles Maeher is a, gardener,.
Fritz Mueller la a miller,
Fred Itelter la a horseman
William Gelger.br a violinist. .,
Fred Schmled li.an Ironworker -Joseph
Schrelber la a clerk. "
Daniel Zimmermann la a carpenter '
Harry Weber la a weaver. ' W .L. S.
Card of Thanks
We wish to thank all who assisted us In
our recent barn-storming- at the qlty of
Erie, particularly the young reporter who
Interviewed ua, without our knowledge, and
made us say In hla paper that 'the .Italian
has the maklnga of good citizens and U is
aaceawry tor we in this country to recog
jUze It"
May we lacert here a line of regret?
A highly iceuttd note came (a .us in the
oiorolat mill, iavltlng- ua to attend "a fete
ehaaqtette oa the lawn' Sorry, but we
bsve arranged lor that day a family Umch
w twrty (a otr Uimct- room, el fresiw en
This Department is free to all readers tWio
wish to -express their opinions on tubjects ot
current Interest. It Is an oic torum. and the.
Evening Ledaer assumes no responsibility lor
the vleics ot its correspondents.
LOAFERS ON BROAD STREET
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir Ot nil parts of this city. I think
Broad street between Billnbrldgo and Fltz
wnter, Is policed tho worRt Hardly a day
passes but some flitht or disturbance occurs.
White and colored loafers are always on
hand In the evenings In bunches, nnd tho
way they carry on with passershy and In
places of business Is something quite
straiiRo to see on Broad street a tew blocks
from tho City Hall. You can watch the
loafers run amuck anil not see one police
man pass. Has it really come to this that
the management of the city streets is left
entirely to disorderly loafers?
, WONDERING.
Philadelphia, June 13,
IN DEFENSE OF TIPPING
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir I read In your news section about
the meeting of the United Commercial
Travelers' Association, which Is holding Its
annual convention nt tho Hotel Wnlton,
also one paragraph that I have reasons to
differ with. It Is that ono relative to tip
ping. Joseph Evans, candidate for Mayor
of Wllkes-Barro on the Democratic ticket,
rertalnly did employ extreme means In
tolling why the salesmen should not tip
any one and that the manasement of va
rious establishments should make those re
ceiving tips liable to a fine and Imprison
ment. Two of my brothers are traveling
salesmen and one of my relatives Is In tho
employ of a restaurant, bo I happen to
know whereof I speak.
It has been claimed that the salesmen
are robbed by railway conductors and In
solent baggage masters'. Let me answer
that by saying that the tips they distribute
are well worked for. One traveling In the
style of tbo salesmen needs more extra care
and courtesies than a whole, family travel.
Ing. He is always wanting this and that,
and usually asks favors dbne that are not
of the conductor's line. Surely you should
slightly compensate your helper as a means
of showing your appreciation.
You are never asked for tips by any one.
Your own common sense tells you that a
tip wilt bring to you that much better
service and attention, yet the conductors
aro said to have robbed the salesmen of
their loose chance. -
It is true that many waiters make a
maior nart of their living from the tip
collected. How could they exist otherwise,
with the firms expecting them to get the
"elided coin" and making allowance for II
In weekly pay envelopes?
Enter one of our better restaurants, ano
you are waited upon by folks who treal
you well. All courtesies are extended to
you. You are not left wanting. It la the
duty of the employed to enact strlot cour.
tesy. Soma argue In defense of non-tip-ping,
but Imagine that extra attention glvei
What Do You Know?
you when you hand your servant, for the
tlmo being, a email coin. You are surely
better off than If you had only thanked the
wnller, nnd cut from htm his means of
gaining his hread nnd butter.
Fnter n barber Bhop nnd get waited upon.
Imagine the better haircut and shave you
got, let alono n well-meant slip of tonlo
nnd an accidental (?) overdue amount of
massage cream, when you pass to your
employe, as It wore, a bright coin. There
are many such Instances I could cite Ir
favor of tipping your workers. So It It Is
due tlmo that you traveling men wake up
nnd be a little moro lenient with your
nickels and dimes nnd It will ho you who
profit. ABE MEYERS.
1 Philadelphia, Juno 12.
HOW TO GET RECRUITS
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir With all the talk about preparedness
and Amsrlcnnlsm, It appears to me thnt the
recruiting authorities aro forced to use
rather stringent methods to secure men for
our army and navy. With America today
stnndlng as tho foremost country of the
world, while all the great nations of Europe
are nt war striving for supremacy nnd Inci
dentally showing us our greatest weakness,
we find It necessary to resort to elusive ad
vertisements, alluring pictures and fnecl
nntlng llteraturo to secure men to flu the
rnnks of our army and navy.
Is It becauBe we aro losing tho greatest
Inheritance of our forefathers, that soul
Insnlrlne spirit of patriotism, upon which
our countrywas founded and which brought
urt through the dark days and trying hours,
or Is It because the advantages and oppor
tunities offered to the enlisted men are not
suggestive ot a promising future?
Whatever the cause, tho self-evident fact
that wo are below the standard' Is tho pre
dominating force which should Inspire ua to
action. I should sny put a future "In front
of the enlisted man, give him social advan
tages nnd educational opportunity of such
a nature as to promote refinement and pro
gresstvenessj and tho problem ot enlisting
would be on a fair way to success and will
make unnecessary euch'drantlo methods to
secure recruits as are now being used and
will no doubt exercise ah Influence over the
people by helping them to realize the duty
they owe their country, If only a wholesome
Interest In their army and navy.
ROOK.
Philadelphia, June 13.
CAMPAIGN TOMMYROT "
To the Bditqr of Evening Ledger:
Sir A I understand It, the presidency
ot the United States Is the highest office
In the United States. Why, therefore, ex,
elude a Federal Judge from It?
No sane man ot legal age can be disqual
ified from holding office In the United
States without undermining the fundamen
tal and essential principles of Its constitu
tion, so that the proposed plank in the
Democratic platform Is but the quintes
sence of tommyrot NEMO.
Philadelphia. June 13,
Queries o oenrral infereat loll! tie answered
In this column. Ten questions, the answers to
which even tuell-iiiormed person should know,
are asked daltu, t
QUIZ
1. Name trie members of the President' Cab:
inet In the picture on the lntt page or
tofJuy'a Kvenlnc tedder.
2. Who were the SInccabeen?
3. Who l president of the remnjlranla Itrtll-
roari?
i. The "-"It .eul hod leen nilnnted hv tli Penn
sylvania delegation at St. Louis. What M
the unit rule?
R. Under uhnf clrctip'wtancen did Tord Ncl
eon meet hit death?
0, Whnt nntlnn In the nnclent world need
"liquid lire" in battle?
7. What In meant by "n Roland for an Oliver"?
8. What 1 meant by "star chamber" proeeed-
lns?
0. Why wiih Achilles dipped In the illver Styx?
10. Where Is the Conco?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. In nn nbeoltit monarchy the klnc can enact
nnd veto ull Ircltlutlom In u limited mon
archy the legislature has power equal to
or crenter limn the kins;,
2. Mr. Hushes flr-ht came Into national prom
inence mm nttorney for the Insurance In
vestigating Committee.
S. Enater Is the Hunday following the full
moon vthleh occur on or after Murch 21.
4. Race street was Sassafras street.
5. Contributory negligence, reiponsllilllty shared
. by an emploje In accidents by which lie
suffers.
0, Ilukowlmt la u province of Auslrli-Ilun-
Sarr, rust of Hungary and southeast of
ullclo.
7. In 1804 tho United Stales nnval forces rnt
tured the town of Derne, In Tripoli, In the
war on the pirates.
Longfellow wrote "lllawutha.1
THE SHIPPING BILL
The country needs a. gTeatly Increased
merchant marine. Wo one will deny that
But we are getting It Just? as fast aa the
shipyards ot the, country can execute build
ing contract Every yard la crowded to
capacity and there la work ahead for years.
The administration shipping bill then haa
what utility? It is essentially a campaign
document, nothing more. It proposea to
add ships by purchase. Dirt nere nr8 no
Idle ships to buy. It would build ships.
But every yard la crowded to capacity.
What is the advantage tq the country of
themeaaure'T Nothing. Leavenworth Tiroes.
"I AM OUT OF POLITICS"
No, Colonel Uoosevelt. you are not out
of politics. You have not quitted the unique
position your abundant vitality and Intel
ligent ambition have created for you. Nor
do you want to' quit It; and If you ser
iously harbored a desire so to do, your
neighbors la- 48 States, two Territories and
the taland possessions pt this Union would
not permit It ....
You wW continue to participate la the
domestic and International attalrs or yuur
oountry with UBdJmmu force & vigor
Your Uvciy LiUrvit la Ute problems that
A PROPHET
OF OPTIMISM .
Jean Webster Made Her Readers
Happy, Found Happiness '
Herself and Then
Died ,
0. Thft Mom Llna la a portrait of a uaman by
Leonardo da Vinci,
10, The Kremlin 1 the ancient citadel of Mod
cow, t
West Point, Etc.
Editor of "HViat Do You Know" Would
you kindly tell mo of the entrance require
ments of (1) West Point. (2) Annapolis, (3)
the means of support ot a student In either
of these Institutions? C. W. II.
Regulations regarding places, times and
subjects of examination for Annapolis can
be obtained by addressing the Chief of the
jiuroau oi navigation, wavy Department,
Washington, D. C. The pay of a midship
man, beginning with his admission to the
Academy, is $00 a year.. Candidates must
be unmarried and not manifestly underslze
for their years, physically sound and robust.
Appointment Is through Senators, Repre
sentatives and Delegates, with a certain
number appointed by the President and the
Secretary of the Navy. Appointees to West
Point must be able to pass a careful ex
amination In English grammar, composition
and literature, algebra through quadratia
equations, plane geometry, descriptive
geography. United States history nnd the
outlines ot general history, A satisfactory
certificate may take the place of examina
tions. The pay of a cadet Is J708.50 a year,
and with proper economy that la sufficient
for his support Write to the War Depart
ment or to the superintendent of West
Point. Colonel Clarence Page Townslev.
Coast Artillery Corps. If you are thinking'
ui cfuvrwit. aimer iiiamuiign, wruej to your
llepreuentatlve in Congress. It 'is "vr.
tually absolutely necessary."
perplex your fellow citizens will exercise an
Irresistible fascination for you, to "which
you will yield without false .pretense and
witnout reiuuiance. tour inspiring curios
ity and philosophic disposition will compel
you to activities Involving the considera
tion of political matters, the condition of
the nation, (he policies ot parties and the
Idiosyncrasies of individuals; and .you will
not be permitted to withhold the fruits of
your observations and cogltatlqn from a
publlo that .since your tint appearance
among Its counselors find leaders has shown
no sign ot wearying of you.New York
Sun.
SHQOI
The Italian army is said to be handi
capped by a shortage of shoes. Maybe this
accounts" for the bootless campaign against
Austria- Nashville Southern Lumberman.
CALLING HUGHES j
In hla "acceptance" speech Mr- Hughes
launched an Informal attack upon the Ad
ministration' Mexican policy, declaring
that the court followed by Preeidtat WII
soj. was. 'lamentably wrong." Mr. Hughe
t few Id hve goat farther and, told w what
wa gmmtiJWf HfHt-Karttwr. wt,
Earthquakes in Calabria
It M, There have been many earth
quakes in Calabria. In 1835 1000 lives
were tost In an earthquake there.
"Welsh Names
Editor of "What Do Yon Know" .What Is
the meaning ot l) Bryn Mawr, of (?) Duf
fryn Mawr, of (3) Bryn Athyn? W. H. B.
Bryn means hill, Duftryn means valley
Athyn does not occur In the glossaries and
la probably a proper name. The place
names would mean (1) High jjul (!) neen
Valley and (J) Ahyn Hill p
Addition V. y
Editor of "What Do You Knout" U there
any way ot adding up a column of ngures
say from 10 to 10 no pjus ji, ji pm. ,.'
etc) other than bytaddlng up each number
separately. B. A-P.
If the numbers are in succession, add the
fU-at and !. divide by two and multiply
by the number of units. Tea plus loJii.
yiaea oy equal is, The number of wilt
ir U equals nt, "t"
Mna. GLENN FORD McKlNNBY, ,
known to thousands of readers by
her maiden name of Jean, Webster, died
tho other, day In Nfew. York sdon after
giving birth to ,n daughter. Two notices
sent to newspapers gavo the first new of
her death, Ono told of tho birth Ot n
daughter; tho other related tho death of a
mother. Sho was born In Fredonla, N, Y.,
July 24, 1876. Her mother was a sitter
of Mark Twain. Sho was graduated from
tho Lady Jaho Grey School, at Bingham
ton, N. , In 180d, and from Vassar as
n bachelor of arts In 196l. She was mar
ried to Mr. McKinney, a tfow York law.
yer, lit Juno of last year, when she was
38 yearn old.
Even whllo nt Vnesar Miss Webster
wrote several short stories which maga.
zincs accepted. Hor first book, "Whdn
Paddy Went to College," appeared two
years after her graduation. In succes
sion then followed "Tho Wheat Princess," '
''Jerry Junior," "Tho Four-Pool Mystery,'"
"Much Ado About Peter," "Daddy Long
Legs" and "Dear Enemy." Probably the
widest known of her books was "Daddy
Long Legs," published In 1912 and con '
verted later Into a play. She traveled
extensively. Sho lived some tlmo In Italy
and In 1006 made a tour of tho world with
her uncle, Mark Twain, whoso Influence Is
said to havo been vital In hor writing and
whoso stylo sho greatly admired.
The Delights of Imagination
Many of Jean Webster's magazine
stories nnd all of her "best sellers" were
built about girls nndthelr colleges. She
was not a dovotco of tho "modern school,"
with Its problems of sox and Its charac
ters, who aro mado bo extremely nervous
simply becnuso they nro alive. In fact
Miss Webster's heroines' belonged to that
typo of girl which Is natural, novcr mor
bid and groping for a something It knows
not what , Yet Jerushn Abbott, horolno of
"Daddy Long Logs,1; had ovory right to
be morbid. Mlsa WcHstcr, however, gifted
Jerusha with nn Imagination, and In one
of hor letters to her unknown benefactor
tho foundling girl from tho John drier
Orphan Asylum told of hor dreams In
this spontaneous fashion:
You know. Daddy, think that the
most' necessary quality for any person
to have is Imagination. It makes pco
plo able to put thcmSelvesJn other peo
ple's places. It makes thorn kind and
sympathetic and understanding. It
ought to bo cultivated In children. But
tho John Orier Homo Instantly stamped
out the' slightest flicker that appeared,
Duty waB tho ono quality that was en- .
couraged. ,,
When Judy first went to collogo and
contrasted It with tho John Grler Home
slin wrote to tho "Dear Kmd-Trustee-Who-
Sends-Orphans-to-Collego" her observation '''.
that "colleso gets nicer and nicer. I like ' '',
tho. girls and the teachers nnd tho classes '
... ..., . ..4 .
and tho campus ana ma' ininKB iu caw
Wo havo lco cream twice a week. And '
we never havo cornmeal mush."
Jcnn Webster took a girl from an or
phan asylum nnd made a "lady" ,of her,
but n "lady" that go-vo thought to some
thing elso than, tea dansants, fox trots
nnd what-goes-on-ln-conservatorles. "I
didn't know tHat Henry tho Eighth was
married moro than onco or that Shelley
was a -poet," Jerushn laments. "I didn't
know tliat people used to be monkoys and
that tho Garden of Edon was n, beautiful
myth, ' I And thnt I am tho only .
clrl in college who wasn't brought, up
on 'Littlo Women.' I haven't told anyvJ.
body, though (that would stamp me as,
queer)."
In another letter Jorusha tens ner iae
of a "good time." . "I nm going to have
a beautiful tlmo on vacation," sho wrote
"There's another freshmnn who lives In,
Texas 'staying behind, and we are plan,
r.ing to take long wnlks and if there's .
any Ice learn to skato. Then there (I
still tho whole library to bo read and
throe empty weeks to do It in."
Jcrusha's Great Adventure
Getting educated was tho adventure
for tho Imaginative Jerusha. Every day
there was something now. Witness this!
"Sir I hnvq tho honor to report fresh
explorations In the Hold of geometry. On
Friday Inst w.o abandoned our former
Svorks ln.parnllelopipcds and proceeded to
truncated prisms. Wo aro finding the
road rough- and uphill." Whoever has
fought with this tiort of a foe knows full
well that tho participants In the European
tracas aro comparatively only mollycod?
dies. Anybody can stnnd up to get shot
at, and If anything happens It's nil over
in an instant; but It takos a real heroine f
to march on to truncated prisms. There
aren't many such heroines.
Again tho InNifllclency of education IS
shown by this; "I am having sublingual
gland swelling. And I'vo been studying
physiology all the year without ever hear
ing of sublingual glands. How futile a
thing Is education!"
The trustee who sept Jorusha to college
was' a strange man, who did not want his
right hand to know wha his left hand.
did. Besides, stf Jerusha was told, he
hated women, and for that reason he was
never to know who' her benefactor was.
However, she was instructed to report by
correspondence to his private, secretary
once a month and alwaysHo bo respectful
Tho latter instruction was most Impres
sively given by Mrs. Llppett. In charge of
the John. Orier Home. Therefore Jerusha
reported In Iter very first letter as tol
ow3: 1. You are tall.
2. You are rich, ,
3. You hate girls. "
, , I suppose I might call you Mr. Girl
hater. But that would be Insulting tq
mo. I might call you Dear Mr. Rich
Man. Only that's sort of Insulting to
. you, as though money were the only
Important thing abqut you. Besides,
being rich Is such a very, external .ua'
lty. Maybe you won't stay Tlch all
your life I Bo. I've decided to all you
"Dear Daddy Long Legs. I hope you
won't mlud. It's lust a private pet
name. We won't tell Mrs. Llppett
Jerusha was absolutely the girl summed
up In these lines:
' It's awfully hard for me not to tell
everything 1 know.
It's much more entettalnlng to live
books than to write them.
I feel like a made-up heroine In a
etory -book.
And It was because hosts of people still
dematui hewUnea of the Jerusha. typ thttt
Jeo. Weht wfte aJUa to aOKtei a ww