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fciust giva old aa well a nvr address.
Democratic efforts to win the Pro
gresslte vote nre iloomeil to failure be
enttse the Progressives are committed
to n tariff for protection, Hie mn nte
rmnee of which Is the grent Isshe of
Americanism In this cnmpalitn.
Tom Daly's Coliimn
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God did not exist, it would be
necessary to invent him. Voltaire.
Greece Irritates Allles.
Also vice versa.
-Headllno.
The Colonel probably realizes that
at such a time as this no American has
the right to bo sick. The country wishes
him well.
Perhaps the proposed automobile
ordinances are urifalr to tho motoilsts,
but tho motorists' disregard of the public
eafety Is certainly unfair to the pedes,
trlans.
America has been stretched to mean
o many things of late that a word of
wider significance was trotted out by Mr.
Wescott. It wns Civilization, ho said, that
was nominating Mr. "Wilson. Why not
the Cosmos?
. Former Director Cooke, who with
others financed the fight for lower elec
tric rates, deserves to get the $40,000"
Councils voted him even more than Doc
tor Trlnkle and Mr,, Sowers deserved to
be "sat upon," ns they most effec
tively were, for suggesting that ho be
"Lexowed" for his services to tho city.
It needs no argument to prove
that. If tho city can afford the land on
which to build them, one-story school
houses are better than schoolhouses of
two and three stories. Every physician
knows of young girls who have had to
leave school because they were unable
to climb the stairs several times a day
In going; from classroom to classroom.
, The gifts to Haverford College dur
ing the year more than half a million in
all rank with those that are tho portion
of somo largo universities and servo to
emphasizo certain truths which those who
.flock to tho institutions which count their
students by tho thousand rather than by
tne hundred often forget. There aro two
strong points In favor of tho small col
lege tho closer Intimacy between In
Btructors and the Individuals of small
classes and the predominance of the
study of the "humanities" over the pro
fessional courses. The strength of Amer
ican scholarship lies In tho many small
colleges. They are drawing the picked
men, one evidence of which Is the num
ber of athletic victories they have been
winning from the "Big Four" in recent
years; for, as a rule, the sound mind Is
in the sound body.
TIID eagerness of the Democrats to nt
tract to Wlliion tho oto of the Pro
gressives Is a confessldn of weakness.
It Involves an admission that this Is not
a Democratic country, and that the party
can win only with the stlpport of the
votes of those who belong to another pollt
leal group. Tho Democrats won four
years ngo because tho opposition was
divided. No person who wants to under
stand political conditions should forgot,
however, that ,tho division wns nmong
thoso who are fundamentally opposed to
tho principles nnd pi notices of the party
now In power.
No fraction of tho opposition of four
years ago can bo won over to tho bup
port pf Wilson unless Its Individuals turn
their backs on tho principles which they
profess to believe. The quarrel which
split tho Republican party has been set
tled. The grievances of tho Progressives
have been removed- Thoro remains no
provocation to bolt the Republican ticket
or to voto for a Democratic candidate In
order to punish the men who misruled
the Republican organization. The Chi
cago convention was nH open nnd free a
political gathering as over nsscmblcd
The nominee was the undoubted cholco
of the party as a whole tho choice of
the voters beforo that choice was ratified
by the delegates. The Progressive lead
ers, who aro Interested In the defent of
the Democratic party, know in soon ns
Mr. Hughes was named that If they
should run n ticket of their own they
would piny Into tho hands of tho oppo
sition without gaining anything for tho
country. They aro arranging now to
co-operate with the Republican Nutlonal
Committee. Scores of them have al
ready lined up for Hughes nnd tho rest
of them aro saying with truth that they
aio seeking the course which will benefit
the country tho most. They nre ngrecd
that the defeat of Wilson Is necessaty.
Befoic tho month Is out nil pretense of
nn Independent Progiesslve ticket and
organization Is likely to dlsnppe.tr.
Thero aro likely to lemaln a few dis
gruntled Progressives. Tho hope of
Winning them over to Wilson was tho
compelling lenson for tho selection of
Vnnco McCoimick ns the Democratic
national chairman. If that hope extends
so far ns to Include the expectation thnt
enough Pennsylvania Progressives can bo
persuaded to vote for Wilson to affect the
lesult It will be unrealized. The Pro
gressive party believes In n protective
tariff. It declared so In cxpiess terms In
Us platform four years a-;o, nnd the pro
tective plank has not been rescinded. In
tho platform this year the party declares
for a tariff that would build up rather
than destroy American Industry.
The Demociacy is committed Iirevo
cably to a revenue tariff with all pro
tection cut out. All thieo platforms favor
a tariff commission But no Progiesslve
and no Republican who believes In a
Secretary Lansing Is a candidate for
no office, and seems to lecognlze as first
allegiance his duty to the United States.
He speaks, therefore, without reserve
concerning tho gravity of our Mexican
Situation. On Monday the conditions
were, dangerous.',' Tuesday they were
"worse or unchanged." They have not
grown better since. The Administration
seems at last to recognize that there Is
no honesty In Carranza, nnd, what la
worse, no authority. It.Is not merely Car
ranza's failure to capture Villa. One bandit
In a na.ion of banditry Is of small Im
portance. Inefficient ut the start. Car
ranza has; passed through various stages
of apathy. Indifference, lack of co-opera-Uon,
until now he, Is at the point of down
right hostility to this country. He haa
failed to grasp an opt ntunlty which most
people believe should never ha. e been put
Into Ma hands, He has spoiled a plan
which was always de&-ute, but which
might have worked out tvo salvation pf
bis country (and of the Administration
Which proposed It). There Is precious
Httla good In continuing negotiations with
him. There is no other leader now In
Mexico who gives promise o. better
things It Is man; moons since the Pres
ident asked, "Are you ready to go In?"
I here; any policy at hand which would
make "going In' unnecessary?
In the railroad Btrlke situation the
only hopeful vfeature Js the evident dis
inclination to strike on the part of the
Brotherhood representatives. Failles to
come tq any acceptable compromise, the
representatives of the' trainmen are about
to submtt a strike ballot to every worker,
regardless qf his affiliation, and It will be
nld.-Au$ust before'the result p the ballpt
IsScn&Wjn, In tha. time some fuller rea)l.
zatlon. pf what thu strike 'woujd mean
hould ppme to both parties,' and should
come, If t can, to the mhida of those
Administration officials on whom the teg
ulatlon of our railroads, most depends.
?rhere Is very little sense In the present
yoliey of opportunism, of hounding or
threatening railroads, of waiting, until the
test moment fo intervene between striker
BA OToployer- The amount of business
4b$m by many railroad, in the country
slunnjr th.e last year has, fceen enormous,
wul U;a roads- are entitled to a profitable
Mto. U they are not getting H MR&
$ nfford to jy ihIr men a fair
u, U4i the InUrsLite Commerce Com
miaWn few ovta-atepjitil its. bounds Jn
i awkiitm The alternative, sufficient
! Mat -fmml fart of enthusiasm
tV yiaff. imm oe considered.
tariff to build up American Industry be
lieves that a commission appointed by
President Wilson would recommend tho
sort of a tnrlff which American protec
tlonlsts favor. And no Democratic pro
tectionist and theie nre many such
will have any confidence In a commission
composed of advocates of tariff fcfr reve
nue only.
In the twenty weeks remaining before
election there is time enough for every
protective tariff Amei lean, whether he be
Progressive or Demociat, to think tho
matter over and decide to voto with the
Pepubllcans for the kind of a tariff In
vhlch ho believes.
Vance McCormick may be a shrewd
political campaigner, but It will require
more skill than either he or Mr. Wilson
possesses to entice any piotectlonlsts to
support tho party responsible for the
Underwood-Simmons law. The donkey's
bray Is a poor moose call. There Is a
much better prospect for the Republicans
to win tho suppoit of the Democratic
protectionists. There are so many of them
that whenever their party has tried Its
hand at a tariff law the Republicans hav
been returned to power by a large major
ity. The Democrats are tat Iff bunglers,
Their theories compel them to ignore the
facts, and the more damning the facts
that can be assembled In condemnation of
their theoiles the more persistently they
demand a revenue tariff. The whole
world Is committed to protection with
the exception of Great Britain, and the
British statesmen who aro able to fqre
Bee the commercial destruction of Eng
land If Its free trade policy Is continued
have long been demanding a law which
would enable the Government to control
foreign competition with British pro
ducers. Before the war began that com
petition was becoming ruinous. When
oeace Is declared England is likely to
turn Its back on Cobdenlsm and adopt
the policy which has made America great
and which developed German Industry to
a point where British commercial suprem
acy was threatened with destruction.
Protection has been the American pol.
Icy ever since Henry Clay so character
ized it. It Is the great issue of Ameri
canism In tills campaign,
OVIt VILLAGE POET
Borne day iohen U'a a Saturday here'
ichai we're' pOlnp to dot
A lot 6 us old married men, each leadtno
forth a crew
Of children of assorted makes, will go out
to the Zoo
To hobnob with the animals an' sea what
gnus Is gnu.
Or If thoic funny animal should all be
too sedate
liecausc thct'te had no visits from the
blessed stork of late
We'll icalk 'round to the monkey house
that's full as It can hold
Of frolic comicality that never will grow
old.
.Voto, teicn this notion came to me at
first, It was my plan
To pick out on my tailing list each gay
young married man
Whose brood Is of an age tc get most
pleasure from the trip
An' call on htm to come along and Join
our fellowship.
An' so I thought of Malcolm Moore, Jim
Fogarty, Tom llaby,
An' half a dozen other guys that have at
least one baby
(An' planned to let one bachelor In the
musical Art Samuels
Whose melodies might smooth the humps
of all the savage camucls)
But then thinks I : "Why should I scheme
for entertaining you folk?
"Twcrc better to reverse the thing an'
entertain the Zoo folkl"
An' so, I thought, 1011 not the joy that
such a paity gives
To let these folk in cages see their hu-
ntrtri relatives?
.1 grand Ideal With telephone directory
In hand,
In search of proper candidates, page after
page 1 scanned.
1'trst off, among the animals, I came
upon A. Deer,
A. Lion, (.Tames) A. Hull, 1. Moos, A,
Vox, an' (John) A. Steer,
Then follottcd several Hears and Minks,
Lambs, Beavers an' C. Whales.
(The Whalen are mammals an' not classed
with little fish with scalci.)
Hut while we're on that subject, come, let's
make our little song
Include a few more finny folk that ought
to go along:
Veils, Hcrtng, Sturgeon, Flounders,
lioach, Perch, Salmon, Pike an'
Trout
ll'crc all upon thoic pages there for me
to single out.
An' birds that wing the wide blue air
ucie gathered there in plenty.
I looked for all the different sorts an'
stopped when I had twenty.
A. Chick, A. Crow, A. Peacock, llaicks,
A. Stork, Swans an' A. Crane.
Pour Sicallows, Hoblns, Finches, Swtfts
an' many mote again,
All eminently fit to join our little family
party;
So, to them all we here extend an In
vitation hearty.
To fix upon a Saturday when we may
seek the Zoo
An' hobnob with the other folk an' sec
ichat gnus Is gnu.
"N0BOD5T LOVES ME!"
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novelties on 11th street; and one asks If
we can match It. We never gamble, but
we'll be Inclined to toss tho next one
who bothers us about It.
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THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
Tipping From the Point of View of the Tipper Why the Secretary
of State Is in the Presidential Succession Other
Matters
77i( deportment ft free to all readers uJio
lusft to rrpress (heir opinions on subret 0
ciirrenf infrrrst It (s an open Jorum anil the
Kveninp Ledger assumes no responsibility for
the lieiva of its correspondents.
Dear, but the days are drear and dunt
What hai become of our favorite sunf
AT LUNCHEON in the Players' Club,
l Now York, the other day, Bert
Boyden told of a Smith College graduate
who had never heard of Francis Wilson.
To some of us who remember Wilson In
his Ermlnle glory this sounds unbeliev
able, but wait a minute. Francis Wilson
has been off the boards virtually ten
years. The young woman we're dis
cussing Is 21 years of age, so she was
only 10 or 11 when the press agents
ceased to Interest themselves in the fa
mous comedian. Similarly It might sur
prise us to discover how few know who
or what were Coin Harvey, Coxey, Dowle,
Mary Ellen Lease and Mary MacLane
and what has become of them.
The announcement of Dr. M. T. Cunning
ham, Dentist, In his ad In a certain the
atrical program, "Teeth extracted with great
pains," doesn't greatly surprise us. but
"dental nurse in attendance" does. What
Is a "dental" nurse? Anything to do with
milk teeth?
In the N. V. Eve.
A RECENT blurb
u World says:
The Evening World's nt circulation In New
York and environs consumes in a 3 ear approx
imately JOS 000 0()0 In wearing apparel They
read The World from choice.
They do, does It?
Qossirjvr
IUSEfegfe
TIPS BUY AUTOMOBILES
To the Editor of Evening Ledger-
Sir I note with Interest the letter In your
columns, signed Abe Myers, In defense, of
the tipping evil I think his argument is
like a bucket that has holes In the bottom
It won't hold water. I nnalzo money se
cured by tips us wages paid the employe by
the public which should be paid by the
employer. He says that he has two broth
ers who nre traellng men Let mo ask
him, Does any one tip them for their hard
and well-earned services? Not at all They
have to hustlo for oery dollar they get.
Does the mill employe who by his or her
skill produces goods for the public get tips?
Can a manufacturer, like the restaurant or
hotel proprietor, hire skilled help for a few
paltry dollars per week and tell them that
"what I will not pay ou you can make up
on tips"? No. He Is compelled to pay a
decent living wage. It must be a poor rule
that won't work both ways When you go
Into n barber shop or restaurant where they
hae fixed prices and you are poslthely en
titled to the best service, for which you pay
In full, you don't get It tho second time un
less you come up with jour little tip. You
are dubbed a cheap guy because In many
cases you did not give because ou could
not afford It I know of a light lunch cafo
on Market street where tho tipping evil
thrives splendidly. The poor devils who
patronize It are well trained by tho wait
ers. Very few of these fellows who dine
there, I venture to say, have any more
money than they know what to do with, and
I'll bet my life that many times the baby
or wife at home Is In need of new shoes or
stockings. Yet I know It to be a positive
fact that at least three of the waiters in
this establishment have their runabout
automobiles, while those in many cases who
tip them couldn't buy a tire for a car Is
it good and sound business to gia to those
who have more than you have and who Lun
run nil around you In nn automobile when
you rouldn't afford to hang on to the rear
end of one with your eyebrows? I'll bet my
life that many men who lavish their tips
freely squeal like a stuck pig when their
wives ask them for a little extra money.
ONE OF THE SUCKERS.
Philadelphia, June 18
gress may by law provide for the case
of removal, death, resignation or In
ability, both of the President nnd Vice
President, declaring what officer shall
then act as President, and such ofllcer
shall net nccordlngly until the disabil
ity be removed or a President shall be
elected
It Is by virtue of tho authority conferred
on Congress by tho nbovo-nuoted clause
that It has beon provided by act of Con
gress of tho 19th of January, 188C, C 4,
24 Stat, at L. 1. that In case of the death
or disability of both President and Vlco
President, the following officers, In tho
order named, shall net as President or Vice
President until the disability of tho Presi
dent or Vice President Is removed or a
President shall be elected: Secretary of
State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary
of War, Attorney Genornl, Postmaster Gen
eral, Secretary of the Navy, Secretary of
iiib imenor.
This letter Is not written ns nn un
gracious correction Its purpose Is to point
out what was undoubtedly an oversight.
D. ARTHUR MAGAZINER.
Philadelphia, June 14, 1916.
The word "constitutional," of course,
ought to have been "statutory." The point
on which we were laying stress was not
tho original provisions of tho fundamental
law, but the recognition by the nation of
the Importance of the offlco of Secretary of
State. Editor of Evening Ledoeh.
What Do You Know?
Queries 0 ocneral Interest will 60 asu.ercd
in this column. Ten questions, the misu'crs to
which even loell-fnormed ncrioil should know,
are' asked daily.
QUIZ
1. What Is the menntnir nnd orleln of the
phrase "to lexow nn oflichil"?
S. Who Is John GnIsnorth7
3. Mho wrote "Ilynntln"?
4. What Is an orntorlo?
B. What lire ejetreth?
0. Can w liter be boiled without applying heat?
7. Who was "Old Tippecanoe"?
8. Wlmt does It mean "to lie quixotic"?
0. What was the Illark rieiith?
10. Who are the "Little Knslanilers"?
THE DISAPPEARING HYPHEN
ISNT It entirely possible that the
campaign issue which revolves around
the mystic word "hyphenlsm" will sud
denly drop out of sight one of these days
and never be heard of again? Following
the equally satisfying demands for Amer
icanism which all candidates and parties
Which have eo far appeared (and disap
peared) have made, it should bo high time
for the average citizen to look about him
and fry to visualize soma tangible "hy
phen who. if the descriptions of him by
extreme hyphenophobes are correct,
should now eee no place for him In any
party and bo prepared to stay home on
election day. But interviews with Ger
manAjnerlais reveal no such, thing, u
appearSr-on the contrary, that the Repub
lican German-Americans are going to vote
for Jlughea and that the Democratic Ger-ruan-Amerlcana
are going to vote tor1
Wilson And "both wilt be very glad to
get their votes. So why should there be
any more si-atultous 'nsults to mea and
kWfiMr. mmm 4Mftoyiw and au- J women whp happen to to of German an-
-4fcr jstlfls ofietryt
:a,- Tk? "
No, I was no here yestaday, I was to
da basaballa game. Sure! an' eet maka
ma seeck. Too moocha politics. Eh?
Alia right, w'at you gona say for 'dees?
Ees com' to da plate blgga steeff dat's
call Mollwltr. Easy he could keella da
ball. But waltl Ees com' leetla, dark,
skeenny man an' wheesper heem een da
ear, Mollwltz he looka round like he ees
scare'. t)en he go wan, two, three strike,
out! Wat you su'pose ees da fallow dat
wheesper heem een da ear? Blacka
Hand! Sure!
ONCE we had a dear old cousin who
used to .boast that we were the scions
of royalty, but none of us quite believed It
One of -the family, however, seems to have
achieved the purple. The Journal of the
Southern California Retail Grocers' Assor
elation prints hU picture, with this cap
tion "Richard Paly, otherwise known as
Dick' paly, the Corn King." who Is "get
ting numerous write-ppa in papers through
out the country," Here's another, O, royal
brother !
BURIED on our desk, somewhere is a
note sent In by an observant contrfb
announcing that
YB MOPRRN T4RUG SKOfc
haa its sign out somewhere in this olde
fahyntd towns.
THE PRESIDENTIAL SUCESSION
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir I read with much Interest your edi
torial entitled "Vlco President Should He
Secretary of State," which appeared in tho
Evening: LEnaen of Juno 13.
Although I am heartily In sympathy with
the substance of the editorial, I feel con
strained to call to your attention the fol
lowing statements:
The most Important officer of the
Government, aside from the Chief
Magistrate himself, Is the Secretary
. of State. This ja recognized by the con
stitutional provision that In the event
of the Incapacity of the President and
the Vice President the Secretary of
State succeeds to the presidency.
It was my Impression, which I have con
firmed by Investigation, that there Is no
Buch provision In the Federal Constitution.
Article II, Section 1. In case of the
removal of the President from office,
or of hla death, resignation or Inability
to discharge the powers and duties of
the said pfflce. the same shall devolve
en the Vice President, and tho Con-
OPPOSED TO PROTECTION
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir I read the editorial headed, 'The
Enemies In Our Own Household," and, as I
have always voted In presidential elections
the Democratic ticket, I take very much ex
ception to your statement. It would take
too much spaoe here to prove conclusively
and clearly that the Democratic Idea Is
right. However, if you will permit a few
lines I would like to say that whatever rool
helpful and humanitarian legislation we
have been able to secure has come mainly
from Democratic sources, as, for Instance,
the Income tax.
The condition Inherited by the Wilson
Administration, and which came through
Republican Incompetency and neglect, or
both, was something calculated to test the
patience and the thinking capacity of any
man. The tariff for protection which you
and every other person who argues for It
seem to think so vital to our prosperity
has never benefited the worklngman. It
has been used to make millionaires nnd
multimillionaires. The majority of work
ing people who come to the United States
do so under a mistaken notion that they can
get rich quickly But they soon find out
how badly they have been fooled They find
out that Individual effort Is balked In al
most every line of business. They find
that the big companies "freeze out" the
smaller merchants and call (t "business"
Between speculators In railroads, real es
tate and food products one can never tell
what the price will be tomorrow1. We find
that the protection we need most of all Is
not from foreign "cheap labor," but from
our own "get-rlch-qulck" Wallingfords.
And this Is the reahon the party of Jackson
Is so cordially hated by the people who
talk about "urotectlon to Am.,imn i,,.,
'tries." Roosevelt Is a good samnle of a
product of the great Republican party. He
tried to make the people believe he was
working for tpelr Interests, but "my dear
Harrlman" fixed him for keeps, jf the cap-,
tains of Industry who constitute the Repub
lican party think the people don't know
what they want or can't get It they have
another think coming,
X.U.. , u. . J?!lN J- FLEMING.
Philadelphia, June l.
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Iceland helons to Denmnrk,
2. MrCnrmlrk, who run for (ioiernor of Penn
sylvania on the Ilemocratlc ticl.et. It the
President's choice for imtlotml chnlrman.
3. Credentials nre letters of Introduction that
xlve the heirer hU stnndlnj: as nn ac
credited representative, messenKer or del
egate. 4. The courts Imve power to disbar lanjrrs.
5. The wife of nn earl lias tho title of Count
ess,
0. (01d Illrkor" vrns the nickname of Andrew
Jackson,
7. Shelley was born In 1792 and died In 1832.
8. The first German Emhrrnr un. proclaimed
nt Versailles, nenr Paris, during tho ler-
m-vn occupation In the Frunro-I'russlun
Mar.
0. A mnndarln Is any Chinese official, civil or
mllltur), who Is entitled to wear n "but
ton" on his official hat,
10. Ilarrhtis. the rod of nine.
Tom Paine 1
Editor of "What Do You Know" Will
you kindly tell me why Thomas Paine, the
great American patriot nnd author of the
Revolution, was not accorded a more prom
inent place In Amcrlcnn history? D. G.
Pnlne lost his popularity chiefly on ac
count of his virulent attacks on the deeds
and character of Washington. It was gen
erally accepted that he was subsidized by
a foreign Power, eager to Involve this
country In its dlsputea His religious
opinions differed very little 'from those of
several other patriots of that time It 1st
barely possible that his lack of restraint In
expressing those opinions had something to
do with his present place In American his
tory. He Is not generally considered the
author of the Revolution,
FOOTBALL HERn
PLAYS Pfaj-Nrjj
Vance McCormick. WII....I
.-.1 . ... . . ' "u 1
unoice tor Manager in Chief i
Is a Pennsylvania Pt-nr,. ' 1
sive Democrat
-t.'t4
"ved j
"TTD PLAYS politics ilko ho
-. loownii." hio a reporter who v.i
trailed Vnnco McCormick In hi, cZJ
for the rmvprnnrahln cu .... 'npalfa
estcd observer of tho Democrats 2S'
'I
THE BROMIDIOM
There is a type of mind which cannot
express itself except 4n stale and threadbare
words and phrases. The more ancient and
outworn the language the better It pleases
puch folks. To them all brides, are blushing.
all banknotes crisp, all citizens prominent.
To them the by-and-by Is ever sweet ; their
tombs are musty, their decorations tasty
and every fire Is a conflagration If not a
holocaust J. Pluvius makes rain for them,
their sun Is Old Sol. their future dim and
distant and heir tomb silent. They are be
pleased, too, when they can clap quotation
marks around, a word or phrase, to set It
off with the unctton that makes a born gos
fclp's inflections, a torture to manly jnj.
Bromide wa the nam? Gelett Burgess
gave to these unhappy fragments of lan
guage, overworked ""til their savor has
gona from them. But Burgess' clever notion
has become Itself bromide, since the
bromfdlots have taken It up and made a
bromldlom of It
Barrle, In the days when his style was
forming, dreaded this falling Artistic sen
sibilities as keen as his shrank from the
trite. In his room he kept only a few books.
One of them was Partlett's "Quotations."
When, In hla writing, a phrase or line came
tripping off his pen that seemed tp him to
have been said or beard before he turned
to Partlett If ha found It listed there
among the "familiar." out It went He was
- writer. Albany Knickerbocker Press.
A RIGHT IDEA
Now and again Mayor Curley. of Boston,
Is seize I wr. the right Idea. A. for ex
ample, on Monlay. wheji he sent a, telegram
to pretdent Wilson ursine the aonolntmane
of WUiiam Howard Taft to the Sunnm I
bench to succeed Mr Hughes Springfield i aueror, 101
Valon. 1 0r orange, )l.
War Dates
Bdltor of "What Do You Know" Kindly
state (1) the order In which all the bel
ligerent nations have entered the war; (2)
hpw many republics there are In Europe,
and (3) whether any of the Balkan States
are' still neutral and why? M. If.
July 28, 1914, Austria declared war on
Serbia, August 1 Germany declared war
on Russia. August 2 German troops en
tered Luxemburg, virtually a declaration of
war on France, The next day the French
announced a "state of war" with Germany,
August 4 German troops entered Belgium,
Involving that State, The next day Eng
land announced a Btatp of war with Ger
many. August 15 Japan Bent an ultimatum
to Germany, Twelve days later the coun
tries were at war, October 29 Turkey de
clared war on Russia. May 23, 1915, Italy
declared war on Austria, San Marino fol
lowed,. October 4, 1915, Russia presented an
Ultimatum to Bulgaria) which was rejected
two days later and on October 7 the two
countries wire at war. October 14 Bulgaria-
declared wqr on Serbia, October 19
Italy declared war on Bulgaria. Monte.
negro has stood beside Serbia from the
first Portugal and Germany have been at
war since March. (2) France, Switzerland
and Portugal are the great republics of Eu
ropf. Andorra, In the Pyrenees, Is also a
republic So Is San Marino, the oldest State
In Europe. , The free States of Germany
might be called republics by a stretch of
(he Imagination. Albania has a presi
dential claimant. (3) Greece and Rumania
alone of the Balkan States are still neutral.
The reason Is that they have not found jt
to their advantage to go in or, possibly, they
haven't picked the winner, and-do not care
to fight on tho losing side.
Five Historic Landings
Editor of "What Do vYai Xioj."WI!1
you. kindly name the "five great landings"
In England, to which I have heard frequent
reference, a B.C.
(1) The landing of Julius Caesar, 55 B.
C , which revealed the Britons to the civil
ized world, and a civilized people to the
Britons, (t) The landing of HengUt -and
Horsa, traditional leaders of the first suc
cessful Teutonic invasion of England, 4)9
A D (3) The landing of St Auzustlne.
59? (4) The landing of William the Con-
m The landing of William
Palgn consulted
the records and
found that Vance
Crlswell McCor
mick, who was
born' In Harris,
burg m 187Z, wns
fullback and cap
tain of his foot-
ball team, nt Yale
when ho was 21
years old, that be
ing his third year
of play, Appar
ently ho played
footballwoll, In his
laBt year Yalo beat
Harvard 0 to 0.
VANCU M'COmtldlCii
But as little children are fond nt ... K
lng, "that doesn't prove." Neither rf.. d
tho fact that Mr, McCormick Is sunnn.'
to know moro about and possess mora He."
examples or mo .ferciieron breed of horsss
provo- mat no is ntted to engineer the?
iremenaous upnm task of tho Democratism
party for tho ro-electlon of President Wfl-1
son. nut Mr. Mccormick Is not withour
other qualifications. Tho greatest of
them Is hla disposition. When he vrai1
running for Mayor of Harrlsburg, and
wnen no was running for Governor of
l'onnsyivanla In 1014 (ns a Proitresso.?
i.cmocrai ntier wiuiam Draper Lewli
dropped out), ho made many enemies,
He mauo many moro friends. The in.
thuslasm with which his political adver-
snrles speak of Vartco McCormlck's per-j
sonniuy is truly remarkable. He Ijffl
..... ... ... -a
always "ono or mo most" ngreeable, affa
ble, pleasing, courteous, thoughtful what-
ever tho ndjcctlvo Is, Vnnco McCormick
stands In tho superlatlvo or pluperfect
class.
Of course ho has had advantages. Ukn
never was emuiuereu oy poverty nor a
mado suspicious of tho world by a hardlS
struggle. Ho vvus born with the McCor-3
mick millions ready for him. He dldsi
what not enough wealthy mon do, for-vi
sworo a mo oi nisgracerui ease and Indo-
lenco for a llfo of energetic devotion tet
what ho considered tho oubllc good. HU' '
enemies tay ho Is but perhnps'a quota-,
tlon from a campaign speech will prove It j
better: "As'a corruptlonlsf his equal has
never been bornj hs a hypoctlte his peer
does not exist," said an opponent In 1514
Without question somo people believe
thoso words aro true. They aro quoted
hero because, after nil, they can't hurt
Mr. McCormick if they are not true.
A Wilkcs-Barre Event
Tho group of teporters that happened
to bo nt Wllkes-Barre In the 1914 cam
paign tell a pretty story. A "loverfeast"
was given one night at tho hotel In which
Mr. McCormick was staying. He was a
candidate on a platform which IncluM,
local option, and either by intent or accl
dent the "entertainment" nt this ttiAipi
Included an Injudicious nmount of liquor,"
Mr. McCormick wns not tesnonslble. buffi
when the bill was piesonted he was asikfll
to pay some $90 for "entertainment." HM
manager made Inquiries and discovery
tho nigger In the woodpile. McCormlc
had tq choose between being called j
"cheap spot t," "a piker," and being mliell
up with tho liquor Interests In a parties
larly disagreeable way. Neither was easffl
but he choso the harder one and refused!
to pay the bill. Thoso who had enjoyelj
tho "entertainment" with possibly an Idea
of Its after-effect were forced to dig deep
and pay tho fiddler. t.m
The McCormicks aro what is knowrt .
a good family, and the Camerons, vyftirj
whom thoy are connected, have supplied
two members to tho United States Senate
The family Is probably the largest holder '
of agricultural lands In tho State, enda
Mr, McCormick owns besides one of thM
best coal mines in Dauphin County, elwr
trie companies nnd other property, H
Is unmarried and has devoted himself for j
many years to his mother and his sister, J
with whom he lives. In Harrlsburg aUf
home Is on tho Susquehanna, about fourj
doors away from the Executive Mansion;
but he owns a large estate not far away.,;
which ha calls Rosegarden, and on whlcif
he raises puro stock, pure plants an4J
pure policies. At least, that Is his pur-. ,
pose."
Other Interests
Mr. McCormick has a vast number ofa
interests besides politics, but that always
comes first. He has long been a memoer
of tho Young Men's Christian Assocli.-
tion's Executive Committee at Jiarrw
hnrcr nnd is now on the reorganization.
committee of tho Yale athletic governing
board. In the latter position It may W,
hla rtntv in tnr-kla a lob at least as nam.
as the one he has just accepted that Ii
how to turn last year's 41-0 defeat at thr.
hands of Harvard Into one Of his ow
time victories. At Yale he holds another
nncltlnn. thnt of trustee. If the DnW
erats nre looklnr for a good omen thejn
maynoto that he won that position ovft
the dead (administrative) body ot j
lam Howard Taft. He Is the own' i
the Harrlsburg Patriot, a morning papw i
and the men who work for him n ,M"
n,i urn vnrv fnnrl Of him he COBU ,
aroupd bo seldom that they never 8" M
auhieet to his bad days. If he pas Bi-J
In 1900 Mr, McCormick became a met
ljer of the Common Council of HarrUbur
nnd Visfnra Ma form was OVer hO WM
elected Mayor ot the clty.e According
one enthusiastic report. Mr McCormw
found Harrlsburg mud and left it Mg
adam. Sewers, clean water, parks, pa
streets are all credited to him a
famous Ideal, ''taking the police out o
..,.... ,i. ..nt. Hva you tr.
Imnreanlnn that If hs took thW PU ?
their polities he quickly put theni toe
Intr. hla nwn Ha ia one of the prUKSf1
bankers Jn the capital and haa pf
director of the Federal Reserve K
tho Thllr1elnl,ln rion. That JOlT-A8 '
have to jrive ud as soon as heAM?
Job of being Wilson's pilot
nprnnNiTiON
SSIp Tlmr.r fajmrnsilt has. SUntnWMJt
Philadelphia lawyer to his asauttw ( j
would eem to meet the. rrtulrensf nU j-jj
case Toromo sjuwj ran, jmum.