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l'MIidflpliti. Tlianilij, June 22, 1916.
Unlet above himielf he can
Erect himielf, haw poor a thing i man!
Samuel Daniel.
Every tax Is lnlciultlous except the
ono which tho other follow pays.
Rumania's Queen Is on her way to
Berlin. To escape, trouble, or to make It?
Munich food riots considered as
Joko. Headline.
But not In Munich.
Certain Germans, professing Indif
ference; to American opinion, urgo re
sumption of submarlno activity. It's not
opinion, gentlemen. It's determination.
It Is true that Rudynrd Kipling hai
"written a poem "on a submarlno," but
What tho world Is waiting for Is tho man
Who will write a poem In a .submarine.
Tho Pennsylvania National Guard
is short of machine guns, and unfortu
nately It cannot uso as a substitute tho
machine politics for which tho State Is
famous.
President Wilson says that tho
Democratic planlt on suffrago Is nil right
and perfectly sincere. Most women nro
glad, nevertheless, that there Is a plank to
their liking in tho Republican platform.
Had we had a regular army of tho
kind a country of our wealth ought to
havo thoro would never novo been any
Insolcnco from Ctrranzn or from any
other Mexican bandit. "Wo may have to
pay two or three times for ttouble that
ought never to havo boon any troublo
at all. i
Tho elimination of tho drug evil
can como only through tnu co-operation
of pharmacists with the Government au
thorities, obviously, and with the defects
'discovered in the Harrison law that co
operation must bo closer than before.
Barring tho Inevitable cas.es of sharp
practice, tho druggists of Pennsylvania
have not been slow In helping the Federal
agents, and the sr;gestIon mado by their
organization that local polico bo empow
ered to tako at least tho first stops In
prevention and punishment is highly com-Biendable.
Texas Is Justly proud. Besides,
take a look at that Cabinet. There's
Burleson in it and Gregory In It, and
Houston mostly Texan In It: and
House is deputy President, and House's
brother Is postmaster at Houbton; nnd
Cone Jackson Is In tho State Depart
ment, and Cato Sells is Indian Com
missloner and a whole lot of little
similar knlcknacks in an ofllce way
here and there and roundabout. Ram
Blythe, in the Saturday Uvening Post.
Tut, tut! Tho Cabinet Was but a
way station and Gregory goes to the
Supremo Court, where all good Attorneys
General go theso days. First thing we
know they'll be building a now White
House on tho banks of tlto Pecos River.
The Mexican situation Is clear
Mexicans nro clamoring for Intervention
and Mexicans will repulse Intervention as
trie cost of their lives. Tho position of
General Pershing's ttoops is bald by ex
perts to be desperate and the position of
General Pershing's troops is bald by ex
perts to bo strong. It would be folly to
aend tho National Guard across tho Rio
Grande, nnd tho National Guard, once
across tho Rio Grande, will have an easy
time gaining Mexico City. South America
justifies tho United States and wants tho
United States riot to prosecute Us de
mands on Carranza. Carranza himself is
mad and Is the cleverest diplomat on this
continent. Oh, yes, tho Mexican situation
is clear as clear as waters running with
blood.
The country ia ready to submit to
any taxation necessary to pay tho cost of
tha Mexican adventure, but when It la
asked to pay a lot of direct taxes to make
up the deficit In the Treasury arising
from Democratic revenue legislation
there will be consldetable objection. The
report from Washington that agreement
lias been reached on a plan to double
tha Income, tax and to raise $100,000,000
'by tax on Inheritances and war muni,
tlons and $10,000,000 by special war taxes
states, that the purpose of the new levy
ia to overcome the deficit. The defenders
of; the Administration will have to choose
a different form of words with which to
explain their course if they wish to es
cape the consequences of widespread In
dignation They may argue, however,
that these new taxes will rest on the rich
and; that the poor man will not suffer,
but there is a sense of justice abroad
which is not measured by bank bal
ances.. No political party can outrage
that seinse with impunity.
children crossed tho street midway and
broke Iho spirit of a further regulation
before Councils. There Is no way to stop
children from doing thia except by a
long period of individual training. These
facts aro not urged ngalnst tho proposed
trafrtc laws, but should bo considered as
pointing out tho need of n regulation
beyond tho law. That regulation must be
an Instinctive check on the acceleintor of
every car, nnd it must rest with tho Indi
vidual driver. If tho fear of tho death ho
causes bo not in I1I9 heart, then tho fear
of tho law must tdko Us place. Beyond
that thcro must bo a decided quieting
down of tho speed mania. Not ono motor
car out of a hundred need bo driven nt
tho highest posslblo speed. Thoro Is no
occasion for qulto so much rushing, nnd If
thero were less rushing thoro might be
some ttmo to think of what murder on
the highroad means.
One child was killed and two In
uid yesterday by motorcars, and the
iari accidents occurred far from the
arWiur zone with wtuco the new iraf-
MKnMtiaiu are occupied. Perhaps the
ABSENT-MINDED I1EGGAIIS
Tfin private soldier Is Indeed, as Kip
ling sang In Boer War times, an absent
minded beggar who, when ho goes to tho
front, Is npt to leavo "a lot of llttlo things
behind him." Tho hat was passed in tho
l,ondon music halls, amid cheers for tho
Queen, and Tommy Atkins' wife nnd chil
dren did not go hungry. By a "beggar"
tho poot mennt a "good fellow," but a
number of persons woro unkind enough
to suggest that tho literal meaning of tho
word was moro to the point. Tho piob
lorn of feeding tho wives nnd chlUhcn of
soldiers In tho piosent war was of such
magnitude that the bolllgoient States
could not Icavo It to the casual passing of
tho hat for small change, but had to
tako It In hand themselves.
Today this country Is In much tho
samo phase that Ihiglaud was 17 yearn
ago. Then, as now, a lnrgo country
looked forwnrd to cleaning up jauntily a
small country In about thrco months. It
took Hngland nearly thrco ears, to bcut
tho Boers nnd there followed a period of
reconstruction which kept tho army fur
ther employed. As stiifo with anarchic
Mexico would bo meaningless If not fol
lowed by reconstruction, a teal war with
that country would keep our forces In the
field threo years moro likely than threo
months. Splendid as tho patriotism of
various corporations and business firms
lias been in offering to pay salaries iflid
hold open Jobs for guardsmen suddenly
reduced to tho $lf a month pay of private
soldiers, it Is not ungrateful for young
married men to ask, "How long will you
hold our Jobs open? How long will wo
get our pay? Threo years?"
It Is posslblo that some large establish
ments whoso working forces happen to
Include not too many National Guards
men would reply, "Sure!" But such prom
ises woufd mean great loss or even bank
ruptcy to individual employers or small
firms, and tho employes of theso would
bo deterred from enlisting If provision for
their families were not assured. Prompt
ussuiances from tho -100 wealthy men
whom tho Mayor has called Into confer
ence today to supplement tho generosity
of business houses will mako tho guards
men and thoso who aro considering enlist
ing fool free to do tholr country's work;
but what if wo shall need COO.OOO men to
clean up Mexico? Call-out moro squads
of wealthy men to finance tho volunteers?
Such a solution would mako tho meanest
kind of absent-minded beggar of every
'citizen of ordinary means. Tho self
iespect of a democratic people demands
another solution.
Fortunately for this country thero Is
another solution. Tho professional army,
the need of which has been drilled Into us,
by tho humiliations of recent years, will
not have to bo so largo as to upset Indus
trial llfo or mako demands upon private
benellcenco when It goes into action. In
all countries jecrults aro nattnally young
and unmarried men. A man about to got
married does not seek a $ l-a-wcok job. It
is tho young and unmarried men that tho
nations require for their first lino of fight
ers, for it is the alertness, speed, endur
anco and htrdngth of youth that a nation
relies on for safety in tho first and often
decisive onslaught in tho athletic contest
called war. It Is not economy that calls
out first thoso who havo no families to
support; it is grim necessity. If the
older, married men wero better fighters
than tho youth, the older, married men
would bo called out first.
It Is precisely tho lack of this profes
sional army of young and unmarried men
which puts us into tho present muddlo of
privato beneficence. For many of tho
guardsmen aro married tho National
Guard armory Is for many married men a
club as well as a service It takes so llttlo
of their tlmo that they remain in tho
guard after maniugo without considering
tho advisability of doing bo. But it tlieio
were now a foico of say 200,000 profes
sionals (such as a. wiser Congress will
proylde), their dcpaituro for the border
would not causo a ripple In tho business
life of tho country. Their personnel
would not need such adjustments as pri
vato funds and tho offers of immunity
from action which ate now being made to
married men for whoso military training
tho State has spent good money.
The personnel of the new army that is
to bo will be made up of those who really
want to mako the complete sacrifice that
soldiers havo to make, and who aro freo
to take up a profession that Is necessarily
not remunerative.
GREGORY, TRUST BUSTER
ATTORNEY GENERAL GREGORY, If
Xjl. h,e is appointed and confirmed as Jus
tice of the Supreme Court will como to
it under many of tho same auspices as
those which graced the entrance of Mr,
Justice Brandets. There is little chance
of a light within the Democratic party
and confirmation is certain. Mr, Hughes
has, therefore, made way for one of the
most careful and one of the most con
sistent enemies of monopoly In the coun
try. His early claim to renown was In
the smashing verdict he won against the
Waters-Peirce Oil Company, a part of the
Standard Oil, The case was taken before
the Supreme Court and the State of
Texas upheld, Mr. Gregory fought on
for penalties and won 12,000,000 for the
State, He has a natural objection,
grounded in theory, against monopoly,
and repudiates the idea of the "good
trust" on the ground that the power to
do evil ia In Itself an evil. But political
enemies and corporation counsel aside,
there Is room for wonder whether the
nature of American Industry does not
need a moie indulgent treatment of the
trust so that it can compete with the I
Tom Daly's Column
MARKING TMM
Vailcnce) Borne on ihc soutli icind comes
lilnrc of trnmpct.i and ratttc of drums
And stirring news of tha foe.
Oh) to be held In the barrack yard,
.Irmcd nnrl ready Is hard, how hard
Ontit the ooklcs knotol
Courage Under the brave smooth oott
Many a timorous tempest now
Seethes tn a looklc's brain.
1'atlcnccf Ah, but the young lads crave
Action, action to Keep them biavc
Or to be home again.
AL.I, yes
Jrx It wn
csterday moinlng wo wcro scared.
ns tho first day of summer. Now
wo had been (shall wo say "moro than or
dinarily"?) observant of tho girls' airy
spring clothes during tho last tlueo
months, and wo wcro fearful If you get
us but nothing untoward happened, ns
far as wo could sec.
CHARLES HANSON TOWND, a truo
poet and withnl a merry cut-up when
tho mood Is upon him, come3 now with a
book of his pooms, from tho press of tho
George H. Dornn Company, Now York,
tt Is called "Today nnd Tomorrow," and
this Is ono of tho many lovely things In
Its pages:
win: little stiwut wunitt: sun
MUD.
1 went to the little street,
The little street where she died,
And It seemed to me as t turned the
square
That the very pavements sighed.
And the blinds stated, vacant-cued,
ll'icu I icent to the little street,
The little street where she died.
I thought of the dayi when she leaned
Out of the casement there
lii(l always watched for me
As 1 turned' from the quiet squat c;
And the nights when 1 watched for the
flatc
Of her lamp at the window pane
A beacon through the rain.
Last night T went to the sttcct,
The little street where she died,
Out I could not sec, for my tears,
The houie of love denied.
The winds, like spirits, sighed;
Then a star in. heaven flashed
Over the street where she died.
"GOMES HIGH, BUT WE MUST HAVE IT I"
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WM
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What's Your Sword of Damocles?
Mine7 is that, after
peace Is declared,
the nowspaper space
now filled with war
news will bo turned
over to tho wild
yappings of pro
fessional baseball.
G.L.
11UT WAIT VOll FIRST FAIR DAY!
0. Sykes and I went out to play
The Public Golf Course yesterday.
I'm sure I would have walloped him,
Rut Sykcs's caddie couldn't siclm.
Competent Charlei tho Cartoonist.
And besides nearly all of his clubs were
"sinkers."
POHTKY AND PIOKON ENGLISH.
From Hon Tsuchlja's "Guldo on Ilakone."
13IGIIT SCENERIES. It was already de
scribed that all tho mountain sceneries in
Hnkono aro ery agreeablo to us, but es
pecially thero may be eight sceneries picked
out.
1. Tho snow-crowned view of Koma-ga-dake.
2 The eenlng twilight of Toga-shlma.
3 Tho flowing lanterns on tho waves of
Asl lake
t. The wild geeso flying down near Sanadn
ynina. 5. The moonlight shining upon Kurakakc
ynma. G Tho wild clucks swimming about Kasu-niiga-ura
In light-hearted manner.
7. Tho blossoms of azalea or tHUtsuJi flow
ering upon Uyobu-yama.
S Tho ship putting firewoods Into when tho
wcahiet snows.
UNDER a copy of Robert Bridge'a trib
ute to Kitchener, pasted on our desk,
some one has had the temerity to write;
The "poet's born, not made," we know;
We beg to state
This s not true of England'! Poet-Laureate.
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Just Part of a Letter '
Sorry I have talked too much, but I feel
lit a3 a fiddle this morning. It was
glorious In the bait wind yesterday A
fellow with me said, "Don't you think
the ocean so monotonous?" Good night!
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is lis?? iw i ' cev.vefiim " ii
VALLADi: OF FAMILY XAMF.S
Change is the order in man's estate,
Times liuvc changed and the customs,
too;
Fvcrythlng noto must be up to date,
Things old-fashioned telll never do.
liven the names that our fathers
knciv
Jonas, Xachary, Zcbcdcc
Fashion adjuics mi wc must eschew.
What will the names of Tomorrow be?
Patronymics with frills ornate,
Out of the roots of the old names grew.
"Kathryn" cooed in the arms of "Kate,"
"Hugo" lisped at the knees of "Hugh."
Xursen trails of the wealthy few
Hang with titles of high degree.
All affecting the blood that's blue
What will the namei of Tomorrow bcT
Greater changes have come of late;
Even these eto names fade from view.
Wife and husband no vtore debate
Titles fitting their infant crciv.
Even the infants lie perdue.
TWo," "Rover" and "Tlgc"Ah! me,
These arc tho names that the maid
halloo.
What ivlll the names of Tomorrow be?
h'VXVOI
Man, it's sad, but alasl it'3 true,
Fashion's killing your family tree.
If but a llttlo bark's left to you,
What will the names of Tomorrow bet
Our Milkman Says:
Serln' the bottles o' milk ain't nothin'
to lookin' out for the cranky women. If
you rattle two bottles together when ler
puttln' them on the porch or tha front step,
nrst tning yer Know you'll be reported fer
bustln,' tha peace. Then the Inspector gets
a'ter yer and wants ter know what yer got
to Bay. One of these here women reported
on me last week that I galloped me horses
like a Are engine through Clapler street,
and the Inspector comes around and sez he,
"What about it?" Sez I, "I got 38 cus
tomera In the two squares I serve on Clapler
street," s" I, ''and if you kin gallop yer
horses when yer doln' that." s' I, "I'H live on
buttermilk fur a week."
THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
An Admirer Insists That Roosevelt Has Always Had Greatness
Thrust Upon Him Morion Police Are Not
Appreciated Other Matters
This rfciinilmnil (i tree to all readers ,")'"
tifsh to ruiress tfirfr oidliloin nn xubjrcts pf
current intirtU. It in an oven forum, ana the
Evening I.etlver assumes no responsibility or
the vIcks of its corrrijjomletifs.
GREATNESS OP ROOSEVELT
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir I am n lender of tho Uvi:nino
LEDann. and am a great admirer of Mr.
Roosevelt In Thursday's Hvb.nino Lcdoer
there was a letter entitled "Win With
Whiskers," which was vulgar In tho ex
treme. Tho writer is mistaken when ho
refers to KlngOeorgo as bolng an unclo of
tho Kaiser. Ills father. King Edward, was
a brother of the Knlser's mother, so It Is
cousin George. He Is nlso mistaken when
ho refers to Mr. Roosevelt seeking the ofilco
for tho third term. Ho has always had
greatness thrust upon him.
Mr. Roosevelt Is being pressed for tho
ofilco by tho rarno millions of people who
voted for him In 191". Ho Is beloved by
all good people nnd admired by all classes;
but Taft was not liked and was not wanted
by the people, but they said he was de
termined to thrust himself upon them,
and, according to the writer, ho has done so.
Roosevelt wna defeated by Taft and a
few corrupt politicians In 11)12, and when
the same party went to Chicago this year
tho peoplo knew what to expect.
Ever since tho nomination lhe havo been
boastliiK that Taft has won, and, llko nil of
their 'Hud, after they lmo done somo kind
of trl .'Itery they must crow ocr it nnd say
vengennco Is sweet. To tho wicked It Is;
but "Vengeance Is Mine; I will icpay," bays
the Lord.
After blaming Mr. Roosevelt for every
thing they can think of, now they want to
blamo tho war In Europo on him. Didn't
Mr. Edison say that no other man was so
well equipped to guldo tho ship of State
through the dlfllcultles which beset it?
And nil tho nations In Europo wnnted
htm. Ho Ih tho greatest living American
statesman nnd was the man for tho times.
Then why didn't they nomlnato him? He
caUFo a few politicians hated him and
wanted to havo revenge. Tho heart of their
party Is good, but the tall end is not, with
Taft and bis followers. Now, they have the
audacity to oxpect .Mr. Roosevelt to tako
the stump for Hughes, and tho peoplo to
voto ti keep "I3IU" Barnes nnd Murray
Crane and others In nlllco, to do tho samo
thing tho next time, hut they will not do it.
Tho wilier heard peoplo say four jears ago
that they would not caro If tho Democrats
did win. If they could only get Taft and
somo other men out at Washington. The
Progressive party still lives and will go
on, and all respectable and decent peoplo in
the Republican party bhoiild join It and
let tho Republican party go down in ob
llvlon C. P.
Philadelphia. Juno 18.
THE COPS OP MERION
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir Geographically speaking, Merlon.
Pa. Is the first small stop on the Main Line
outside the big city of Philadelphia. It Is
essentially residential, has no stores or
saloons, la famed chiefly for Its police
men, whose main duty seems to lie In stop
ping people on the road and subjecting them
to a searohing Interrogation such as one
might expect today In the neighborhood of
Brussels or Dublin.
Any person who wishes to bo free to move
about In tho territory along tho Main Lino
between the city lino of Philadelphia and
tho respectnblo borough of Narberth first
must pioceod to the capital city of Ardmoro
and gel a passport from a man named
Donaghy, nftcr which ho will need to get
about 20 photos of himself, ono of which
must bo given to each cop,nnd ono retained
and attached to tho forementioned passport.
If ho falls to tako this necessary precau
tion, ho enters forthwith on tho first course
In martyrdom. He will bo held up at all
times during tho day and night and bo
obliged to glvo a lot of civil answers to a lot
of most uncivil questions. Tho first question
generally put to tho wayfarer is this. "Say,
whero do you think you're going'" If noth
ing Incriminating Is found, said or done, ho
Is generally freo till ho reaches tho next
tollgatc, whero the wholo thing is repeated
under a different director, until at last his
patience gives way and ho Is forced to ex
claim, like Patrick Henry, "Give mo liberty
or glvo mo death!"
Tho cops of Merlon are n wondrous as
sortment all sizes, lengths and breadths.
They wero noer known to catch a crook,
and to report a robbery to them Is tho most
foolish thing In tho world. However, thoy
havo something in their favor they aro to
bo complimented nit their martini splendor.
Tho peaceful state of tho community must
doubtless be attilbutcd to tho terror In
spired in tho heart of tho wrongdoer ns theh
majestic persons pass. Some travel on
tho bare ground, others rldo wheels, both
motored and motorless. but tho majority nro
carried on fiery chaigers. nnd to see a troop
of them In their shining armor swoop down
on a solitary pedestrian Is a sight never to
bo forgotten. Somo peoplo In quest of nd
venturo sail to Europe on battleships, over
looking the fact that greater excitement lies
almost at their own door.
IHNDENBUna.
Narberth, Juno 20.
What Do You Know?
Queries of pcncral interest villi he answered
in this column. Ten questions the answers to
which t'Lcrj wclt-infoimtd tenon should know,
aro asked tiallu. .
QUIZ
TYPOSORIPT
To tho Editor of Evening Lctlgei.
Sir Permit mo through your courtesy
and In your columns to add another word
to tho English language.
That word is 'Typoscrlpt." At present
there Is no slnglo word that signifies type
written matter, and this, to my mind, "fills
tho bill."
Derived from tho Latin "tjpiis," a form,
nnd "scrlptus," written, It Is etymologlcally
correct, nnd besides answers alt tho re
quirements of brevity, distinctness, applica
tion and euphony,
J. ST. GEORGE JOYCE.
Philadelphia, Juno 21.
IT WAS A PLEASURE
To the Editor of Evening Lcdpci:
Sir At a meeting of tho Executive Com
mittee of the Pennsylvania Woman Suf
frage Association on Juno 15 I was directed
to express, our sincere thanks for tho
splendid publicity given by the Evening
Ledoek to the suffrage demonstration In
Chicago, Including tho preliminary send-off
in Philadelphia. We are very grateful for
the generous co-operation extended In every
possible way. HELEN C. CLARK.
State Secretary.
Philadelphia, June 16.
RUSSIA'S LOAN
But what a price Russia has had to offer.
In these, the days of Iter stress, she Is pay
ing in good round rubles the penalty of her
years of oppression and persecution of the
Jews. It must Indeed be a source of keen
satisfaction to Jacob Schirt and those who
have worked with hint to know that while
they can no longer prevent Russian access
to the American money market, their efforts
have resulted in the Slav paying the full
pound of flesh and more. Detroit Fres
Press.
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PRESIDENCY AND THE BENCH
Democrats will spend a great deal of en
ergy during the next few months In de
nouncing the Republican presidential can
didate for net considering the occupation
of a position on the Supreme Court a bar
to the acceptance of a nomination for the
presidency. They are proposing to submit
to the State Legislatures a constitutional
amendment forbidding a repetition of the
offense. In assuming this attitude they are
only behaving Just as the Republicans
would behave under similar provocation;
but all their eloquence will not gain a thou
sand votes for Mr Wilson or lose that
number for Mr Hughes. Political lawyers
(ike te raise questions of this kind because
It Is so much easier for tfrnpty and timid
min.i.i ia effervesce Into verbosity about fac
titious than real Issues. But the ordinary
If he only knew how I herded cowa and
great organizations In furtherance of looked upon those white hpree aa mine, 1 "ourhaa uo much common sense not to
traus avrvdui ' w, nar he.v
pies. The presidency Is Immensely the
most important ollice In the American sys
tem. The ArMrican people should be free
If necessary t?jecrult Its Incumbents from
any and. every source from ex-Presidents
no less than from Supreme Court Justices.
Of course a Justice should not solicit a
nomination unless he resign his position, but
Mr. Hughes did not lift a finger on behalf
of his own nomination. The most effective
way to keep the Supreme Court out of pol
itlcs is not to lug it into politics on factious
or frivolous pretexts. The New Republic.
NOTHING TO SAY!
I,o, the poor newspaperman in Germany)
3000 newspapers out of business since the
war began. Florida Times-Union.
, .
THE BETTER WAY
At least It Is something of a relief If
warships have left off making war on
merchant ships and taken to fighting other
warships. Cleveland Leader.
ANOTHER LEAGUE
Increase in consumption of whisky in
the United States during the last fiscal
ear does not please the Springfield Republican-
"A. whigky-drlnklng people in the
International competitions of the future
could not bg saved by a league to enforce
peace," H say". True But how about a
league to eoaci mui xuorce prooibuionl-
I fctalise u janity. f,41issa4u:teatlous acm Chjfisii?P-afiestnV2
1. Vilmt time Is It nn the Mexlrnn bonier when
it Ih nnnn 111 l'hllililelphlfi?
2. Vihnt N the pny of u prluite In the recular
iirmy?
3. Name tho Mcvlenn nnd Dulled Stntes border
Mate-.
4. Viho N Thomas W. Gregorj?
fi. Hlmt N a llrrthln?
I. What part of Hie world 1ms been known ns
eu 1 ranee?
7. Mh.it U generally meant by "n cable's
leiieth"?
8. What Is meant h the expression "Rood wine
needs no hush'?
0. What Is n "enl de sac"? .
10. tvh.it Is meant by "randllnc eccs .
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Mount Gretna Is In Lebanon Comity, I'n,
2. "H'IebsIiie" Is hlcnullnc by ll.icn.
S. London Is "Lud's Town."
4. The Golden Horn Is the Inlet of the llos
phorus on which Constantinople Is
situated.
ft. Aesrhlus. Sophocles nnd lhirlptdes were
(.reel, drauuitlsts.
fl. I'rrdcrlck the Great, born 1713, died 3780.
7. ICobrrt llrnunlnK wrote "The lied liper o(
Jlnmrltii."
H. Carpenters' Ifnll sinniN In u court oft Chest
nut ktreet between 3d unit Itli. The first
f'oullnrntnl ('microns met there In 177J.
At that tune tho second llnnr was used by
the Philadelphia Library Company.
0. VnslilhUu, Linperor uf Japan,
10. Ls nth lawi named for .lames Limb, n
farmer of Piedmont, Yn., who In 1086
beiamo "Jtidse" of an Informal court, as
there wus no court In the vicinity.
Mexico in 191 1
Editor of "HViof Do Yon Know" Will
jnu pleaso give some account of our diffi
culties with Mexico In 1911? T. 1$.
On April 9 United States navy men from
tho Dolphin wero arrested by a Mexican
ofllcer at Tamplco and mnrche.il into tho
city under an armed guard. Rear Admiral
Mayo demanded formal disavowal and apol
ogy, with a suluto to tho American (lag,
and the Administration supported his de
mand. Hticita icfuscd to salute the Amerl.
can Hag. On receipt of his defiance Presi
dent Wilson ordered the whole of the active
North Atlantic fleet to Tamplco. nuerta
then offered to saluto tho American Hag If
tho Mexican flag bo saluted "reciprocally
and simultaneously " Hut tho rnlted States
demanded unconditional compliance with its
terms, and on Apt II 19 additional naval
vessels wcro ordered to Tamplco. On April
20 Congress p.iHscd a resolution declaring
tins I'ipsident justilled in tlm use of "the
armed forces of the United States" against
Huerta. Hut Just ut this time the occupa
tion of Vera C'nu by American bluejackets
was forced by tho arrival in Mexican wa
ters of tho German ship Yplranga with a
cargo of arms from Hamburg To prevent
tho landing of the arms and to avoid com
plications with Germany tho United States
seized tho custom houso at Vera Cruz on
the morning of April 21, The Mexican com
mandant demanded tho surrender of tho
port; the American officer. Admiral Kletcher,
lefused, and an engagement took place
Eight Americans and U'B Mexicans were
killed and 25 Americans and 195 .Mnxlnanu
"-wounded With tho occupation of v,rn
Crui the Administration halted Its aggres
sive program, but continued to prepare
against eventualities. Geneial Kunston was
sent to Vera Cruz, American authority was
transferred to the army and the marines
were withdrawn to the ships. By that time
however, the "A R C mediation" was al'
ready under way, having been proposed on
April 25 The conference of representatives
of Argentina. Rrazll and Chill, with dele,
gates of the United States and Mexico, held
its first session at Niagara Palls May "O
Funston withdrew from Vera Crua Nbl
ember 23.
Number of States
A Reader. -There are -IS States In the
Union. The last two to be admitted were
Arizona and New Mexico.
First Steam Ferryboat
D, R. T. The first steam ferryboat, the
Nassau, commenced running between Urook.
lyn and New York in 1814.
"Henry (Esmond"
UdKor o "What Do You A'ioto"-wiat
ia the theme of "Henry Esmond" and who
are soma of the characters? o. B. M
"Henry Esmond" is an historical novel
dealing with the career of Esmond, a colonel
in the service of queen Anne. Members of
the Esmond family, who are stanch Catho
lics become involved In Jacobite plots, and
the hero ls one of th actors In a nlanto
perpetuate the reign of the House of stu
art instead of yielding to the establish
inent of the new Hangver.an rule Colonel
Esmond takes part in the Blenheim and
other campaigns, and euch. celebrities aa
the Duke of Marlborough ueneral W.bh
Richard Steele. Joseph Addison and i
HORSE TRADING
IN MIDSTREAM
How Very Near Uncle Sam
Came to Swapping Lincoln
for General McClellan
in.l8G4 ,
i
ii
LINCOLN'S remark that ,t la not
J policy to swap liorfji, while crossing
a stream ls likely to bo repeated from u?
Democratic stump during tho m J. '
months as a reason for tho rr..oiii .
(Wilson. Wc nro likely to bo told alw, "tot
tho country has never changed Presidents
whllo a war was In progress. This prees.
dont is likely to bo recited as a reason
for retaining Mr. Wilson.
But the country has not been so united
or so nearly unanimous in the support of
Us war Presidents ns the special pleaders
for tho present Executive would hava
us believe. Thero was strong opposl.
tlon to tho i e-elcctlon of President Madi.
son, who was conducting the War of lsij"
Tho opposition was in Ills own party'
Do Witt Clinton, of New York, wg-nornl.'
natcd by Democrats dissatisfied with Mad.
lson and was accepted by the Federalists
His campaign manager was Martin Vari
Huron, who later became a Democratlo
President by graco of Andrew Jackson.
Tho campaign was fought vigorously and
Madison was re-elected by an electoral
majority of 39. Tho vote of Pennsylvania,
decided tho issue. If her 25 electors had
voted for Clinton, tho bolting candidate
President Madison would not have suc
ceeded himself.
"The War a Failure"
Lincoln came much nearer defeat than
Madison. If tho election In 1SC4 had been
hold In August, It ls morally certain that
McClellan would have becomo President.
There was widespread dissatisfaction with
the conduct of the war. Tho Union armies
were winning no victories. Thero Is no
uoutit that the Democratic convention
which declared In Us platform that th ''
war was a failure, expressed tho sent!. i
ment of many patriotic men of the North.
Tho convention of opponents of Lincoln,
which met In May and nominated John C. i
Fremont, wcro in favor of the vlgoroui $
prosocutlon of tho war, but did not be- "
lleve that Lincoln was tho man to do tha '
work. For somo time beforo tho Rcpub-
llcan convention met, on Juno 7, Lincoln S
had been afraid that his own party would JJ
repudiate him. The leaders were against '4,
him and woro casting about for a sue- f$
cossor. Fremont had been nominated In t
tho hope that tho party could unite on
him. j
Lincoln was so discouraged that on ,
August 23 ho wrote: "This morning, as - a
for somo days past, it seems exceedingly
probablo that this Administration will , 5
not bo re-elected. Then It will bo my . &
duty to co-operato with the President- .
elect so as to savo tho Union between
tho election and tho Inauguration, as he 5j
will havo secured his election on such . is
ground that ho cannot possibly save It ?t
afterward."
Ho put this memorandum in nn en
velope, sealed It, and when ho met the
members of his Cabinet In the council
toom later In the day ho asked them to
write their names on the envelope. When
they had complied ho put it in his pocket
It was not opened until after the election,
when Lincoln told his advisers that the
envelope they hod Indorsed contained a i
pledge he had mado with himself that he 1
would do everything possible to save the i
Union In tho event of his defeat at tho
polls. i.
When the Tide Turned
, n
It was not until tho Democratic con-t
ventlon, which met on August 29, &sdw'
completed Its work that conditions " 3
changed so as to glvo Lincoln any hops
of success, Whllo tho convention was
still In session tho news came that Sher
man, who had been conducting his cam
paign ngnlnst Atlanta, had taken th ,;
cltv. Soon after Sheridan won some vie-
tni los and tho Democratic platform, which J
had declared tho war to be a failure, wm ' y
rppudlated by General aicuieuuu. u. ""
Democrats had met a week later they
would have adopted a very different plat
form and would have refrained from In- j
suiting the soldiers In the field. McClel
lan then would havo been a much stronger
candidate. Tho changed situation was
followed by tho withdrawal of Fremont
and tho union of tho Democratic opposi
tion on Lincoln.
Rut even then Lincoln was still doubt
ful of the outcome. After tho Democrats
won the congressional election In this
State In October he summoned the Stat?
leaders to Washington to tako counsel
with them. Ho Insisted that they exert
themselves to their utmost to retrieve m
Novembor their failure In October. H
wanted to carry tho State- by the horns
vote exclusive of tho vote of the soldiers
In the field. Arrangements were made to
have 10,000 Pennsylvania soldiers sent
home on furlough in order that their vote
might be counted as cast within the State.
Counting tho soldier vote cast in the fleia.
i, nrrlml tho State by 20.000. McClelln
would have had a majority of the home
vote if the 19,000 had not been sent home
on furlough. As it was, he polled ,W
of the total 39,000 soldier vote In the flew.
.. t.- u j ..,in.j trr,m meddling In HI"
iui e th. stntn In the Curtin-WoQd- ,,
:..-j i-i v.. wnnirt doubtless hav '
come much nearer carrying Pennsy vanB.
Lincoln was so weak In New
he carried the State by only 90 n "
total poll of 725.000. . a
The support which Lincoln receive
because of the timely! victories In the new j
., ,u ..-.- t Mofiellan because of
his political inexperience gave to Wacom
an overwhelming majority lit th. e lectoral
college. McClellan carried only
New Jersey and Kentucky. But the.
toral votes of eleven States were either
not cast or not counted. .nDed
The reason the country has not waPP
horses while crossing a stream p
because of any Inherent objection to iw
proceeding, but because the horse i
have been using has proved hlrnseii 4
to get it safely on the other side.
SERIOUSLY!
in the name of publicity ?
we demand that Mr. :'"'" "g -a
clean shave before he bf'ns & .
paign. The American PP' th7y v
to look In the face of the nn"w?
asked to vote for- Baltimore Sua
WHAT ABOUT MEXICO?
Honestly, in forcing u ?! ,
to .poll Ciernowiu !?
those Russians have -oBe veJL Amu,-
dangerlng our sympatty with ta "
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