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The policy of patience has leon bo long
pursued that It must Justify Itself heavily.
Miscalculation, falluro now In a drive,
would be fatal to thiAllies' hopes. Russia
had reasons othflr than military. Tho
Allies will weigh IV.elr chances With eyes
flxort on tho strtttcglo possibilities of a
tremendous victory. If they decide that
tho chances aro against them, they will
have to meet a populace at home violently
unwilling to wait. Difficulties aro on
either sldo. Tho only solution Is victory.
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1'hlliJtlphlt, Monday, Jnn. 19, 1916.
To tucceed, tha candidate must
hm a sntl"nan by nature and a scholar
"by education. Colt on.
lfrtdl.
Mr. Hughes is also following a hot
And now tho Prohibitionists are try-
ns to mako a n.olso llko a mooso call.
Tho Pennsylvania division of tho
' iNavy Leaguo will continue to work for
'i larger navy.
Vanco McCormlclc is likely to find
j that kickers in politics send tho football
totho wrong direction.
"Wo haven't hoard yet what has
fcecomo of tho Progressive party in Utah
and Vermont.
Tho now law prohibiting tho uso of
Jflro balloons is stringent enough to dis
courage tho most reckless lawbreaker.
Tho Democrats will hot bo pleased
to learn that it is only Toddy's pleura
that Is Inflamed. Thoy thought it was his
spleen.
Shipbuilders ars llko iron manu
facturers, cither kings or paupers. They
Beem, to bo kings Just now, with orders
ahead to keep them busy for two years.
"Whatever tho School Board may
think about It, mothers and physicians
"Will agreo with Mr. Wolf that threo hours
a day in school is enough for children six
and seven yoars old.
If Councils wants to learn what tho
peopla in tho outlying districts think of
the proper speed for automobiles it will
havo only to call tho residents in tha
neighborhood of the Walnut street hill, in
West Philadelphia.
If the delegates to tho nd-men'a
convention aro not moved by the ro
mlndersfof Franklin's Philadelphia, to be
Been in Camao street and tho Poor Rich
ard Club, they aro not mado of tho stuff
Which wo think they are.
Navy Day in this city was really
Leaguo Island Day, for It demonstrated to
t many who did not know It before tho
yosslbllltles of this great naval station
for "building ships as well as for the
rendezvous of naval fleets.
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Criticism of tho President for call
ins out the organized militia Instead of
arranging to raise a volunteer army Is
based on mlsundorstandlng of his pow-
r ers. By tho 1908 amendments of tho
Dick law he is expressly ordered to call
out tho militia "In advance of any volun
teer force which it may be determined to
raise." Tho law authorizes him also to
specify tho terra for which tho service
of tho mllltla is required and further era
powers him to uso tho force either within
or without the territory of tho United
States. But no militiaman may bo held
to service for a period longer than tho
term of his enlistment.
The gravity of the railroad situa
tion is emphasized by the' appeal sent out
from the offices of tho Pennsylvania Rallf
road. The unfortunate feature of this
appeal, from the point of view of the
public is that it is not directed to the
tnen who are to vote on the strike. It
seems to assume that the strike will be
called, and, in anticipation, asks employes
other than trainmen to volunteer their
Bet-vices. As a threat the appeal may be
effective, for the argument is striking
and the lesson clear. What the Pennsyl.
vanla has done, other roads will do. There
Is no disposition to-compromise, and in the
midst of an era of unusual, if accidental,
prosperity, the country will face an eco
nomic disaster, The trainmen who may
go on strike represent about 16 per cent.
of the employed force In this road, and
the proportion is average. But their
action Involves more than the security of
the other 8 per cent. It involves the
good pf the country, usually the last thing
to be considered in such a connection.
Against It Carranza has boon concentrat
ing, at strategic points, his eteran
troops. They are far superior In num
ber to the Amorlcan command and not
vltaify Inferior to It in arms and equip
ment. American ammunition nntl Amer
ican guns havo been pourlrig Into Mexico
over slnco President Wilson recalled tho
Toft embargo. General Funston has re
peatedly called for moro troops. Only two
or threo weeks ago Secretary Bakor
stated that It did not matter what Fun
ston asked for; that It was what ho gavo
him that counted. And apparently ho
had nothing to give. Virtually tho en
tiro avallablo army lii already In Mexico
or along tho border. Thcro has been no
reservo at hand.
No military force In a generation, under
similar conditions, has been placed In so
hazardous a position by a great Govern
ment as that which Pershing's column
has occupied. Miles within a hostile
country, with long lines of communica
tion to be safeguarded, veteran enemy
forces being stationed, without protest
from this Government, whorevor Car
ranza wlshod to place them, tho expedi
tionary forco has had llttlo moro than
a fighting chance. Too much has been
expected of It. Indcod, the recklessness
of tho Administration in exposing It to
such peril has been unparalleled.
But we havo no army reservo. Al
though tho drumming of tho guns has
been thundering across tho Atlantic for
almost two years, our army Is as weak
as it was beforo chaos began in Europe.
Wo aro at last brought to the humiliating
point whero at tho challenge of a fourth
rato nation, a nation enfeebled by revolu
tions and now scarcely moro than a namo
under which a bandit can operate, wo
havo no regular military establishment
capable of handling tho situation.
In the dilemma nothing has remained
but to order out tho National Guard. So
at least wo can provide somo sort of re
servo force which can bo used if tho posi
tion of General Pershing becomes acutely
critical, or If an actual armed invasion
of our territory Is attempted. Wo have
nq doubt that tho National Guard will
glvo a good account of Itself. But if war
comes and tho boys from our shops and
industries are' sent, in their half-trained
condition, against veteran soldiers in the
Mexican hills, what answer will Congress
men make to mothers who Bhout that
their sons have been murdered? The
"pork barrel" metamorphosed Into a gi
gantic coffin Is not a pleasing sight, yet
It Is a metamorphosis which Congress
has invited and for which It would be
directly and Inexcusably responsible.
That tho fruits of Bryan diplomacy
were about ripe' has been apparent for
a long time. The truculent bandit v-ho
goes by tho name of the First Chief has
capitalized our diplomatic weakness. He
has actually considered waging war upon
us, being convinced that pacifism has
melted our eplne and corrupted our reso
lution. But atast, abandoning vacilla
tion, the Administration orders the con
centration of 100,000 or more mllltla along
the Mexican border. That is the only
kind of message or ultimatum a Mexican
of the Carranza type can understand.
That he will understand it all Americans
earnestly hope. If ho does not, the sooner
an .energetic and comprehensive cam
paign to clean up Mexico is begun the
better it will be.
It is a source of great satisfaction that
Pennsylvania, which has believed stead
fastly in protection both of our indus
tries and of our honor, Is able to provide
a quota of mllltla at least tne equal in
training and capacity of any of the State
divisions which will go to tho front.
riStWHMAN'B LV.CK
From tho dtp camo tit apgfcr vHih edstl'u
split tamSoo v
AH& fortV'(vcn different kindi :bf Qlci;
lie. had rcatfatt tOdrka tm aripflrwcthtt
knew a thing or icot '&
JIo used a line 0 braided tilk ana muU
Uplyino tec!,' v
With dcrman slher trioihtftoaal; tb
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He had a patent lartdlrig net and gaff of
polished steel ' t'
And scales to uclgh the flsh ho wtcanf
to catch. ,
4. freckled country lad ho cut'ajod from.
1 ttrctc bough, , C-, '
JIo had no lore from modern angling
books,
lie tied a bit of tulne to It as well as. he
knew how.
And tc.1ti a nickel bought a dozen
hoafis.
lie had 110 silken line or' reel or deadly
pointed gaff,
Or fancy tempting files xolth tinsel
bright,
But naught cared he; "I'll catch some
flsli," lie chuckled tcfli 0 laugh,
And dug a can of garden worms that
night.
Tho city man and country boy fished up
a babbling brook,
Where schools of speckled beauties
frolicked by;
Tho boy impaled his Juicy worms upon
his little hook.
The expert whipped the ripples with a
fly.
The man a gleaming trout yanked out at
almost cicry cast;
lie kept it up from early mdrn to night.
But when that boy, disgusted, quit the
biooklct's banks at last,
JIo hadn't had a solitary bite. r
xoiuiAX jEFrcitwa.
War Rumors
Extra II
RECRUITING ofllces throughout tho
country, It Is said, were almost
wrecked this morning by tho rush of
Intervention 'JMVocates clamoring to bo
accepted for service In Mexico.
THERE Is a kindly old woman in Brls
tol England, who will grow sorrowful
at nows of tho death of Professor Ernest
Lacy If sha herself has not passed out
of this world. Wo met her sK years ago
when sho wda.occupnnt of tho old house
In which Chattorton's mother kept n
"dame's school." The old place stood
close to tho church of St. Mary Redcllffe,
and It probably etlll Is a shrlno much
sought by literary tourists. Lacy haunted
the house for months, while ho was gath
ering data for his play In which Julia
Marlowo took tho part of Chatterton.
"Ho gavo mo no peaco at all," tho caro
takcr told us; with a Bmllo, "until I had
put him In tho way of getting' every bit
of Information "there was to bo had In
and about tho house There never was
another American like him, and because
of him America moans Philadelphia to
me."
What's Your Sword of Dampcles?
Mine Is that when
I tako dinner at
our country club
some ., day. tho ad
Joining tablo will
not be occupied by
golfers who havo
holes and talking
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THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
Wilson Described as the Commander of tho American Verdun
Attacked by Vested Interests What the Nation Needs
Most Other Matters
WhatDoYouKnow?
just completed
about It.
POOR RICHARD'S ALMANAC Is so
full of official Information about the
approaching convention of the A. A. C.
of W. that this small chunk sort o' lifted
Itself out of its llttlo corner on the first
page and hit us In the eyo:
Valley ForBe -vraa evacuated by 'aeneral Wash
Irtffton'a army on June IS. 1878.
TIME FOR A NEW TOOL
Sir Advise through your column the
gender of tho stork. Should I address the
stork as Jlr. or Mra.? L W T.
TO BE qulto safe use tho subterfugltlve
"Pear Friend." A more Important thing
Is tho proper advertising of your own
address. It might be well to arrange
with your favorite clectr'c company to
lay It out upon ynur roof in Incandescent
globes of high power.
When a contrlb sent word to ua the
other day that Freeze Quick was u delegate
to the St. Louis comcntlon we didn't be
l!oo It, so R L. T, In the Chicago Tribune,
beat us to It. He also pays his respects
to Mr. Kelly Pool, who la a candidate for
something or other.
The war situation at the beginning
ef the fourth week In June Is still as
problematical as It was a year ago
Reiterations from Berlin of the word.
Victorious" do not cancel the simple fact
that Germany has. not and probably can
not definitely win the war. All she can
4a Is Hj weather It. Compared with their
situation a year ago, the s landing of the
AUles at present fs better. lessons, have
Inw learned and mistaken made which
e4 never be made again. Profiting by
mom mUtftkea, Germany has conquered
srbU. and Mbntenegrro and Belgium
Prpfltlng- bx th same mistakes, the AUiea
ha-va hull Francs, Russia and Britain
mw P4 bve made advance In
.Mstta Tttriser which. Oiertnany, Jeaat of
iiil, will ruSufmiw. But It la elli! too early
m. p to wWi mmmigru o4 inn
A POOR worknfan blames his tools, but
a good workman sees to it that his
tools are of the latest and most improved
pattern and are in perfect condition.
Then he uses them .with all the skill that
he can muster. He can do good work
with poor tools, but ha can do better work
with better tools.
The fundamental trouble with the gov
ernment of this city la not Its antiquated
charter. It lies In the indifference of the
voters. But that Is no reason for oppos
ing a revision of the charter. There is
pressing need for modernizing the docu
ment. There is as much difference be
fween the charter we ought to have and
the one under which we are now living
as there is between a, 1817 automobile
and a motorcar of the pattern of 1900.
There is ability enough here to frame
the right kind of o, document which will
simplify the governmental processes,
abolish useless offices, concentrate power
and responsibility and make bungling
and crookedness equally difficult so long
as the majority of the men In power are
honest and have average ability.
What may be lucking Is political sense
enough to ayoid making Charter revision
a factional issue. But let u hope that
thorn JnterMted In the moyement will be
sbj6 to unit all faction Bad both parties
aowwr ttwt Hmrfaji driva. on which
am awtapwiA( Ann ths Mm ra Fto Bajvtf wht mry pst admits 1
THE three oldest "grads" at the U. of
P. alumni reunion last week were of
the class of '66. In this particular
branch of athletics for surely that has
something to do with longevity Fordham
UnUersIty bents Pennsylvania this year.
At Fordham's reunion last, weqk Augus
tine M, O'Neill, of tho class of '49, was
wheeled Into tho gymnasium where the
alumni luncheon was being held. Ills fel
lows Sive him tho long yell and he arose
feebly and waved his hand in acknowledg
ment. He la 92 years old.
A BOY'S FEAIIB
"My father1 got a brandneto set
Of teeth," said Tammy Qoozum,
"They'll cut the old ones down, I let.
An' try to makq me'us& 'em,"
Worth Two t' the'tOid fan
Neighbor -i. I. 'JVa.lUer has tripled his
capacity in paper hahglng.alnce his son-in-law
has become a partnerr-pMt. Pleasant
(Pa.) Journal
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"TTB JIA9 put up concrete; buildings in
Xi. yearly every State In tha Union,"
Bays, i VT)te-up in the Cleveland Press,
J'and with only one Accident, a wind storm
in Illinois "demolishing one, 'strangely
enough"1
Oh, not so strangely, considering that
"It's an I1J, wind that blows nobody good '
WtJ PERPETRATED a. bit of a josh
review ran alleged "Dictionary for
Yqung Mothers" several week ao, and
one ear3jes. founts mother- t,o6kus serl
ouslj;. 6h6 sks Where bHb cait pet this
Imaginary book AWt-we Aa'yen. the heart
to tell her. We know we Jeerve'to have1
something done to us. Somejjme it
scares tts to realize how deadly we cap be
when we try to be funny; which makes
fus envy the more th? effervescent ebulli
ence of Don Marquis" description of
"Hermlpna, galling n, a family Tlth a
baby" (that la to say, tha famlly'slf you
get what I mean Sot Herraiope's oh,
dear, no) If you 31 get hold of B copy
of the Now York mining Sua m Friflav. 1
-! Ki nat-w'u take our tiwnKt for
grotto.
Thti department I free ro all readers who
wish to express their opinions on- subjects 0
cm rent mfereat. It is an open forum, and the
ficnina Ledger assumes no rcapoiurtoflfft for
iic viewa oj us corresponaenis.
THE AMERICAN VERDUN
To tho Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir Tho correspondent can claim him
self as a true type of Americanism when
ho demands that tho American people shall
not bo pussy-footed over and must not let
a real llo Congress bo pussy-footed oor
Why talk of tho rehabilitation of tho Re
publican party, etc 7 why must American
labor be protected ngnlnst the pauper labor
vh.cn American capital has for the last few
decades been un-American enough to em
ploy minions of foreigners In steel mills, In
tha coal mines, etc. Yet this Is what we
must call Americanism I Where Is our pro
tection against colosial prosperity of
American capital employing foreigners In
preference to crowds of jobless Americans
you can come across on our squares any
day?
It Is high time the American people
should memorize the fact that It Is Con
gress alone that can and will sooner or
later undermine the future stability of our
republic The people must make their
olce heeded after November by electing a
real live Congress, Congress must heed
the olce of the American people through
their representatives. "Wo have our own
Verdun fortified by our ancestors of the
Revolutionary times, 1. e., the government
of tho people, for the people, and by the
people. It Is up to their unworthy (?)
descendants of today to decree In Novem
ber next whether It shall fall and the flag
of the government of the "Mexican bandits,
for tho Mexican bandits and by the Mexi
can bandits" shall be hoisted.
In spite of rPJ a ted Investigations, the un
warranted, prohibitive and unconstitu
tional prices of tho necessities of life uro
live-wire proofs of the existence of tho bold
bandltH who during the last few decades
Bneaked into and raided our Verdun until
1913, when kind, non partisan fate ap
pointed WllBon to rout them; but strangely
tho people failed to rally and support him,
for the bandits are still at large, really
boosting higher prices.
Now Hughes has been appointed not as
the standard-bearer of the Republican party
as the case seems to be In reality as the
new blind. The American people have got
to flgtit their own "now or nover" battle
against three formidable armies soon to be
mobilised and led by aeneral Industrial
Ananias, General Political Ananias and
General Journalistic Ananias to attack and
Btorm thplr Verdun fate placed In tho
'charge of 'Wilson. They will, with 67 arle
ties of latest-Invented sheila and machine
guhs, hurl and pour Incessant shots of
campaign oratorical fireworks, denuncia
tions, crltlolams, calumnies, eta, dally until
November next, when you will chooso
whether to surrender your Verdun or noi
Jt la up to yourselves. It Is either for you
own responsibility or fault. You must pay
more attention to candidate for Congress
and must study to find whether candidates,
In event of their el.-ctlon, will represent
the people thamaelves pr represent the
"Mexican" bandits, who will grow bold
enough 'to charge (10 for coal, 10 cents for
sugar or 40 cents for meat, etc Only Is It a
new live preparedness that will mako tho
President of the United States fight for us,
tho peoplo, nt nil costs, not for the bandits.
As to Wilson's diplomacy, etc, he fa doing
tho best that nny man can do In such cir
cumstances as hao surrounded his admin
istration Otherwise he has been tho Amer
ican people's "Uneeda" commander In de
fending their Verdun, considering tho pow
erful opposition from the so-called Interests
He is entitled to four more years of your
confidence, elso let your Verdun fall. Then
tho flag of the government of J10 coal ban
dit, 10-cent sugar bandit, BO-cent meat
bandit, eta. for $10 coal bandit, 10-cent
sugar bandit, BO-cont meat bandit, etc, by
J10 coal bandit, 10-cent sugar bandit, 60
ccnt meat bandit, etc, will bo hoisted. Not
oven a Republican President's ablest states
manship can prevent It, except by a
mlraclo. M. p. I
Philadelphia, June 13.
AN APPRECIATIVE READER
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir I wish to Inform your readers what I
think of your paper. It Is but one of tho many
publications of an honest, rellablo firm. It
contains a part for every member of the
family; amusement for the children, notices
of wanted employment for the elder chil
dren, fashions for the young lady, a full
sheet for the housewife, editorial for the
family head and general newa, such as mov
ing pictures, stocks nnd bonds, and chron
icles of the police court for the young men.
The latter mentioned la a dally article
which Indulgently Eets forth stories of the
dlabollcallty of prisoners or outcasts with
which the police courts are connected.
Yea all Is really "a dream In black and
white," and It la with great eagerness that
I scour every page, every day, of this publlo
entertnlnlng, moral and moral teaching, fine
oplnloned and nobly proprleted dally,
CHAS. D. WEISBERQ,
Philadelphia, June 17,
Queries of general interest lolll to anured
in Sam column. Ten queatfona, the ansuiers to
which event weK-fnorated person should know,
are asked daily.
QUIZ
1. What. Is the difference between an optician
and an ocnllat?
2. Why do member of Tarllament keep their
liat an when that body meets?
3. Who wrote (he opera "Illenxl"?
4. What knight la fold to hare thrown hlsrlonk
upon u muddy apot o that Qaeen Eliza
beth rould paaa dry-ahodr
8. Mhnt Riiaalnn icnrxnl la'ln charxe of the
Czar' treat ofTenalTe?
0. M litre h Dead Man's mil?
7. Did a native of England ever become rope?
8. What la a canyon?
0. What Is a acenarlo? t
10. What I the dlnVredr In meaning between
"Interatate" and "Introetate"?
THE NATION'S NEEDS
To the Editor of Evening Ledger;
Sir The greatest needa before tha Amer
ican people at present are adequate pre
paredness to resist foreign Invasion and
abort possible Insurrection ; the curbing by
Congress of the veto power of our courts;
the enactment at once of the Stevenson bill
to protect the small business man and thn
manufacturers.
Roth Republican and Democratic parties
have declared In favor of preparedness.
Neither has the nerve to tackle the courts,
and. tho Democrats 'and Republicans are
hedging on the Stevenson bill. Tha courts
very recently extracted the sting from the
Harrison act, allowing Indiscriminate sale
of dope by allowing unlimited possession.
Whenever tho United States Supreme Court
declares the Constitution of these United
States unconstitutional then It will have
reached the plnnaple of asinlnlty with Its
own approval, I venture to say that if the
Stevenson bill becomes a law the court will
declare It 'Unconstitutional. I wouldn't be
surprised to hear It declare the increaeed
arniy and navy bill unconstitutional.
ROUT. B. NIXON.
Philadelphia, June 17.
U-BOATS IN 1863
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In November, 1883, tho feeling of the
Union navy was bo, bitter against the use
of torpedoes and submarines that Commo
dore; Jl, H. Bell, commanding the West
ern Oulf blpckadjng squadron, off New Or
leans, officially notified his subordinates
that "persons epjpjoyed on torpedoes de
serve no quarter and pone should be
given- them" an order paralleled March 30,
1864, at Alexandria. I , br Rear Admiral
David D, Porter, commanding the Missis
sippi squadron. This officer Instructed his
crews to shoot "on the spot" any one put
ting Infernal machines. Into navy 90a! piles,
or "aught planting torpedoes, or Heating
them down, or with any of these inventions
In their possession."
This was despite the fact that in the
Crimean. War contact torpedoes bad ben
freely jised by the Russians against the
British. TJtere, U record; of either pffl
cer bavins b?a rbuksd! for these ordfrs,
wWeJt at ne rU 1th MIS BrUirij, ds
maud Ifcat eutain PtMMt submarine ntsi.-
cers be set apart as prisoners to be tried for
plraoy at the close of tha present etrugBle. .
O, O yillard In Harper's Magazine.
TRENCH WARFARE
The Republican convention m Chicago'
has put the Administration on the defen
sive Silt J-ake Ctty Htrald-Republlcan.
JRREVERENqE '
We Imagine the warring nations will have
much taore respect for our defenses after
the see Candidate Fairbanks long neck
arising periscope-like from a sport suirt,-
Grand Rapids Press. r
NEUTRALITY!
The United States has no possible end to
serve by conniving at tin triumph of a
t-tjthless, Oexmany It has every ea to
jt by the ending- of that rutbtesa coun
try' 1Ut ft wiaklns irar upon those wfctt
ihmm JWogi that emmmr'teftm to
Answers to Saturday's Quiz
1. The verb lexow la derived from the name of
Clarenre Leioir. the chairman of a lexla
Intlvf committee which Investigated vice
condition In ew lork. It means to ex
pose acandalona practices.
S. John Galaworthy, an Entllah novelist and
dramatist.
3. Charles Klnraley wrote "Ilrpatla."
4. An oratorio la a composition of sacred
mnale. vocal and Instrumental.
B. The eyeteeth are the pointed teeth In the
upper Jaw,
0. Water can he boiled, without applylnr heat,
by rcduclnc the. air preeaare, thus pro
ducing; Internal heat,
7. "Old Tippecanoe" Frealdent William Henry
llarruon,
8. To be auliotlc Is to have Impractical Ideas
of honor and reform, like Don Qolxote.
0. The niark Death wna n plaarue which swept
OTer .Europe In the 14th century.
lO.The "Idttle Entlondera", aay the Eniliah
ahould concern themaelvea with Eniiand
and onpone the extension, and centraliza
tion ot the Empire.
The Eastern Terminus
JTdltor 0 "What Do rou Know" Please
Inform me what Is the eastern terminus of
the Pennsylvania Railroad? P. s. D,
The eastern terminus of the Pennsyl
vanla laj New York -.city. There are points
farther east, of course, pn the Long Is
land Railroad, which Is a subsidiary of
tho Pennsylvania, but strictly Bpeaklng New
York la the eaatetn terminus of the line.
Woman's Sphere
'Editor of "What Do You Knoto" Can
you tell me, how a verse goes which be
gins, "They talk about a woman's sphere
as though It had a limit"? I, K,
The lines, follow;
They talk about a woman's sphere as
though It had a limit;
There's not a place In Earth or Heaven,
There s not a task to mankind given,
The,ra s not a blessing or a woe.
There's not a whispered yes or no.
There's not a life, or death, or birth
There's not a feather's weight of worth
Without a woman In It.
Gil plan
H. J. M.QH Bias Is the hero of Le
Sagos novel of that name. He Is timid
but audacious; well-dlsposed but easily led
astray; shrewd but easily gulled by prac
tiding on his vanity 1 good-natured but
wlthoqt moral principle.
Parker's Career
Editor of "What Do You iTnowH wH
you please Inform me of some of the lead
ing facts In the life pf Parker, tha Pro
gressive candidate for Vice President.
J B. O,
.on2 VIHiken Parker was born at Bethel
tecx;l.Mill "Sw1"- m8-thB Mn 0(
John Mllllken and Roberta Buckner Park-
?f' 1U Vi ?,dwSUa?.,' the Pub11" wheels.
"a,?"r,leCec'19 Airey. of New Orleans,
In 188 , He has been engaged In the cotton
business in New Orleans since UJO. He is
president of the John M. Parker Company,
l1 m -
German Named America I
Bdltor 0 "WAot Do You Knote.'U it
true that the Germane named America?
K. L,
The first boelc printed fin America, about
a crecade after it dlaoivery, was a well
written account of tho fodr voyages ofAmer
ious Vetpuelus, a Oerman professor ef
geography. Waldamuller, connected with
the College of St, pie France, Bald in thla
JW. tJW JW World ahould be named
for "Its dtecovererd tteted the name
America. Thi in no way euated an In.
Jostle to. Columbus, fte4uta topS ?&
mtvmbm vm mtm mmm bve dEscov
m wly a aJwf mtm Km. m ort
A LOVER OF LTlSr
WAS ERNEST LA(
Poet, Plavwrlght and pj .U
Were Threo Brilliant Mi!S
ynouhoicg'
oniric
TT IB not llko that thosa wh(1 M
- him nnd loved him will ! S
from the shock of r.rZ . ,?
He was not old in years ,?LdSi
still In tho Impassioned urgfnJ0
eplrlt, a lover of llf , i'"8" kSI
mhnr...... I. . . . nOm ,tiMP
:; ::: '..? m'ght m-1 tais
.. uupuiuunaoio insult, Yt i -J
first break of sorrow at his !... &
somo touch of hla quality &
assuage and to lighten grief? Ml
sombro and Bhackled as it . A M
held always a touch of the rl S
humor which was UnrJn,? ?
haps no man who studied wlthCA
long airy room at Central High
gct.hlm standing beforo tho
thrown back, and rocltlmr it. 7.1 "
orenco than usual Wordsworth's
V... . lneEooddl6 first
And) those whosn h.nn. I ""h
dust - TMijaa
Burn to tho socket
And then tho roaring vnle.i
"You will llvo forever, every M
you. I don't know why I wVJal
spared so long. Thcro must b jjgl
Now tho mlstako Is rectified.
Tho brief hlstnrv nt t,i- .... . .. IB
key to tho affections ho arou.J $
vas born In Warren. Pl. ki .. .t
i..r,,,i .;. v::.;." '""! 1
ft
tho affections ho aroused. &J
:n In Warren, Pa.. B3 v..
and his education, technically pewtff
did nnt nrno-rftoa t,nnH , . r-J
r.. v.Julm mo aoori of?
preparatory academy. Tho only d.sn.7
nc item waa given him bv th n. J 1
Education of this city several yean'!1 J
foro ho becamo head ot the Departmfi
of English In tho great Instltuilon 1' i
aroaa ana Green streets. Before S
camo to that school ho had undergo?
l" uumuiuiifc pusaion or his llteruj
career, hla lovo for the poet, Taonai
vjuaiicrton.
Ho had gono from London rfo BrUufl
and there. In tho shadow of 8ti Muyl
Rodcliffe, gained etrength and Insplratfsaf
for his work on tho marvelous tuf tol
committed sulcldo at tho ago of II. l1
1894 Julia Marlowo produced his pliyl
"Chatterton," later expanded to Its foil j
proportions as "Tho Bard of Marr HrA.4
cuiro." a year nrter the first prcducUoai
Joseph Haworth put on "Rlnaldo" ami
sovoral years later Andrew Mack aptl
pearca in jacys one popular success,!
"Tho Ragged Earl." The last aamMl
pleco Is still subject to revivals, but Ujti
others nro rcmombered chiefly by thojiy
to whom a subtlo dramatic sense and
passion of poetry mako plays worth read-'f
ing. xno sonnets, collected and pub-Aj
llshed with tho plays, are "his chief-claim jj.
t j literary famo. Sidney Lee was high I J
in tholr praise, but at home they wer S
llttln known, nnfl thn flmr rltlnn b(!
them Is virtually Inaccessible.
The Teacher Who Taught ltot
Yet It Is not as a poet and not u
teacher, In the narrow senses ot wl
words, that Ernest Lacy is tobeje:
bored. His pupils, oven In thefctrta'
and salad days, complained at tlntttiif
"ho doesn't teach Shakespeare."!!!'
certainly he did not. Ho spent, tot
moment on tha vexed line about drinkSt
up olsel, because ho fancied that Hra!?ft
emotions were a bit moro Important t!
tho forgotten word which Hamlet ts&'
His students left his classes with pcrhijn
no idea of tho chronology of BSjaig.
peare's plays, but they had had i'daty
ot Shakespeare's greatness and hsd tftj
at least a Dart of the secret of creation.
Ho was always willing to take a toSS!
of Shelley and, elaborating Its these,
connecting it with common life, Wji
the hour appointed for biography vponj
tnat lyrio alone.
Vitalizing Literature ym
In the course of a year his. state
grew to know him Intimately, knew.lih
past history and his present enthusjiffli.
usually Including the varieties of ef
perlence with his "boat," The Oseet&j
on which ho spent his summers until t
mlssrulded modernism nersuaded hto tt
buy a motorcar, was part and parcel jj
hla fenr-hlnr- TTa cnllM IllUStraU H
entire first act of "Othello" from It, 4j
his trick of "materializing" the pw
truths of poetry and of life was pi;
foundly Influential. Tho young ja'i
their late teens, who heard him had "1
before understood that in the(r eef&rs
lives lay the entire secret of the www;
that the mystery of the poets fits cm
which they must solve, and that &
written word was written from their m
avnarlannsa Tf to irilX that hfl (Ud P
teach, literature. He vitalized It. &m
it from, the devastators, brushed tat
away from books and made the page"'
art pass before the eyes of his llstesi
He was far from being a suceewfj
man and far from being a 8?.' Pg
But the measure of his genius dew'TH
mnn than If ronofvnri. HiS -Smbl ' l?"' ' .
I 1- !. irrsat IhlOK), V
never satisfied. Tear after year. m
struggled with the "oratorical conw-4
- .- ..i.i v.. .... ViU work frusUwa
He cared not a whit for oratory. aM w.
... !.- ... -Inert In tbStKa
auuucsaois tun puvua a,.. - --- j,a!Bal
were not sweet to hire. HU own SH
was limited, and most of it "" J3
oerore me iron neceaotw" - sg.
fell on him. He fiercely protested wk
his profession, and to those who V"3
promise of being able to wru
but two pieces of advice;
t-.i ..... Tinn't teach.
Ernest Laoy. w
rejoicea at ms suoceoni.o - - 'i
post of popular professor " rTS
himself with the laughter of fZJ
him. was a tremendous, a colQS!aA
mncent egoust. xie " y- ',rou(ail
deny it. But his was not tne 1 -
Which tries tctske all the w0ffZ
...- vi,.w in the whw
Th. ,.-oa nnlhlniT ! thO V"!" .,
wliloh ha could not give WJ0rJj2
ever, if he must condemn. TPJ
nothing he did not love. P3 ', wSii
was all personal, all towarQ ' rf
His death leaves his friends . JP 'J.
for It U hard to mourn for M,n' Jj
who iIaIvb tn wisdom's l"1" rfr
Inspiration end with him to pP
Know all that we- hw ktwwa
Of what taevltaW w
MiUta DttUi bo
tbrf
violwi i ' ail