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EVE&ING LED&ER-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1916,
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. t.Wi A. Ludtngton, Vlea President; John
C; rtM, Secretary, nnd Treasureri Philip B.
CaitMt, J&n B, Williams, Dtretor.
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Happy the man, of mortal happiest he,
Whose .quiet mind from vain desires
is free.
George Granville.
The new Entcnto movement ought
to bo called the Groat Strive.
Train robbers aro active In Peru.
The Pullman porters will havo to organ
ize In restraint of rado.
Thero Is soma reason to suppose)
that the Allies could get along with fowcr
guns If they just had ono Grant.
There Is a growing suspicion that
n Mexican campaign would not bo half
so Important as tho Hughes campaign,
anyhow.
Tho newspapers of 131 Paso confirm
the impression made here by the Phila
delphia regiments. It Is good news that
tho boys are still looking well.
Tho Mayor admitted that politics
waa tho only thing discussed, but said
tho conferences had no significance.
News Report.
Would that as much could be said
of all political conferences.
By winning two games, from June
1 to July 7, the Athletics lost a fine
chance, of beating tho world's record for
consecutive defeats. It does seem wrong,
when their faithful adherents support
them so loyally, that the A'b cannot be
conslstqnt in anything.
Thero is already a tentative agree
ment with tho P. K. T. for the operation
of the new high-speed transit lines, and
tt lacks only the approval of the Union
Traction Company, The administration
and the P. It. T. should be able to get
together on the basis of this tentative
agreement whether the Union Traction
Company co-operates or not, and the
sooner they do it tho better it will be.
It is to be hoped that those who
ehoose, for reasons of their own, to sneer
at the special training of colleges will
moderate their criticisms when they read
of the work of Doctor Rosenau in seek
ing for a remedy for Infantile paralysis,
and consider also that many of the doc
tors engaged in fighting the epidemic are
college-trained men. These, too, have
their place and their use in our society.
Dr. John Louis Harvey, succeeding
to the post of Dr. Ernest Lacy as head
of the Department of English at the
Central High School, brings to that posi
tion certain qualities which were subor
dinated in his predecessor. In training
and in disposition Doctor Haney ap
proaches more closely to the norma! typo
of teacher of literature, and his great
success at Central must be ascribed to
the fact that he surpasses others at their
own work. Doctor Lacy stood alone,
outside the type. Doctor Haney's super
iority la all within the usual limitations.
Among schoolmen his reputation Is great
and in the school he Is highly popular.
lie will maintain the dignity of the Eng
lish department at Central and add much
to the solidity of ta teaching.
The skirmish and impending battle
between Vllllataa and Carranza, troops con
found utterly the many reports of a rap
prochement between the First Chief and
the First Mischief of Mexico. More than
- "tsx. they may serve to bring Into closer
twA more amicable relations the govern
wst) on either elde of the Rio Grande.
fii Administration seems pledged, to Car
www, and if the latter cannot effectually
jaawmf of bandits and rebels, he has at
Mm disposal the willing arms of the
United States. 8uch cooperation would
" more violate the Integrity of either
KUtry than does the presence of British
tfodpa In rtance. The Villtstas are com
xa fcneuiles, and common cause can be
n.ida against them. Meanwhile, la
Washington, there 13 a disposition to icon-tHf-
tfcw rehabilitation nf Mexico entire.
"tin. SeiHrfirt sin that Ambassador.
4-lajt.tu Flstclrtr has been called Into
tuvititznw, ami if this country could send
tlW at once tt could afford to withdraw
,J It trjoepi nrfto honor A hundred mil
Wm deliare to needed for the beginning
ft rmnmttmUoa period; aid those
ftav fctea jwfatlnp to thf Incredible
faernii C MMtt a a. remon tat soley
rw tt ifuJi vMmmmA jwtet to the jam
IU; JM- tal tak $tmm tefa-lifc
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prise worth undertaking is free from
them, and magnitude of conception Is not
a thin;? to throw back American Interest
What will be needed more than assur
ances of repayment Will be guarantees of
etood faith' and of at least a minimum, of
peace and quiet within Mexico Itself. The
opportunity for a good work there Is momentous.
NO PIED PIPER OP DEATH
IT WAS a wise precaution of Health
Director Krusen to warn against panto
fear of an epidemic on the appearance
of two cases of Infantile paralysis nt the
same timo that he took overy measure to
combat a posstblo epidemic Nothing can
bo accomplished In a blue funk, and to
provent such a state of mind every stnglo
cltlzch can help by Informing himself as
to every detail of authorized advice on
preventive sanitation and enforcing with
tenfold caro all rules for personal and
neighborhood cleanliness.
They are to "bo envied, perhaps, who
can take their children away from cities
today or tomorrow, but thoy are to bo
sharply reminded that unduo haste In
transporting young children on trojns to
a distance Is In Itself a peril, seeing that
food can never bo so safe, surroundings
and clothing never so clean, during lm
properly planned travel as at home.
Again, country or seashore resorts rnrely
havo the effectively organized health de
partments of great cities, and now that
sporadic cases of the malady have ap
peared In all directions there Is no con
vinclng proof that flight is tho wisest
policy.
There Is no cause for alarm In tho fact
that Director Krusfin nnd his chief med
ical Inspoctor, Doctor Cairns, disagree as
to tho danger, slnco virtually nothing Is
known about tho disease and no two
physicians think alike about It. It Is In
fectious, says Doctor Krusen, and thero
is great danger of one child contracting it
from another. It is only mildly conta
gious, If at all, says Doctor Cairns. But
he Is working with his chief and has
studied tho methods of dealing with tho
epidemic in Now Ybrk, whero there have
been 187 deaths and 797 little sufferers.
But there Is certainly no consolation In
the fact that this is a mysterious malady
with no known cause or cure. Tho very
reason that Doctor Calms gives for dis
counting anxiety prompts precaution. Ho
points to tho fact that In 1910, when
Philadelphia had 155 cases of lnfantllo
paralysis, thero wero moro than that
number of children exposed to tho dis
ease and only ono per cent, of thoso
exposed contracted It. That ono por
cent, was, humanly speaking, ono child
In a hundred children; that one child was
anybody's child, and anybody's child is
a precious and actual fact to anybody
that is to say, everybody. The bringing
homo to us of a touch of New York's
terrible scourge, which Is kindest when
It kills and when It spares leaves Insidious
weakness or dangling, Impotent little
limbs this Is enough to unite In keenly
sympathetic nclghborllness all families
who dwell hero, erase distinctions of
wealth and station and fill up over night
the gulfs between class and class.
It Is well for Philadelphia that her con
sciousness Is awakened to the formidable
task of loosening up tho awful pressure
of her congested districts with more play
grounds. A quarter of n million dollars
has just been appropriated for this.
Would that twenty times that sum were
available! It Is these districts that breed
lnfantllo paralysis and all other child dis
eases, which, When they gather momen
tum, go surging up through all strata
of society from hovel to mansion. A med
ical authority declares his belief that
the horse fly carries the germ. A dead
horse lay for days near that congested
district inBrooklyn where New York's
epidemic started. Dead dogs and cats lie
In the street this day In Philadelphia
where children, who must play, must
needs play amid reeking rubbish If, in
deed, that can be called play which is the
kicking about of a tin can from gutter
to car track, where the motorman's heart
is in his mouth as he cleaves swarms of
shrieking Jlttlo citizens who do not know
they are sick. Mysterious as lnfantllo
paralysis may be, there Is one prophecy a
layman can safely make: that if there aro
more cases of it here the great majority
of them will be in such dirt-Infested
neighborhoods as these. For the children
there are already sick, in the sense of tho
word "sick" as it Is used by the well-to-do.
Paleness, poor appetite, listless
nesa, "nerves," morbidness of mind and
body any one of these brings the doc
tor to the nursery of the well-to-do.
They are the "normal" conditions of the
tenement children.
The city cannot Btop with the estab
lishment of the new playgrounds; there
must be still more. Also, It must begin
to think at once of other methods of
abolishing that menace of semi-sickness
which the lack of change of air and scene
keeps hanging over us. Eventually It
must on a grand scale co-operate In or
take over entirely that work which Is
done by the Children's Country Week
Association. It must plan a wholesale
summer exodus to country and shore
to rehabilitate children who suffer not
from hunger, but from something worse,
inability to get hungry.
Stand at the schoolhouse gate and see
800 little boys and girls come trooping
out into the street. They aro Philadel
phiathe Philadelphia that young men
will see In their middle-age, middle-aged
men see In their old age. They are the
future citizenry. And the Pled Piper with
his terrible music Is ever ready to spirit
them away as easily as vermin,
A TIME FOR YOUNG MEN
THE decision of the War Department
to excuse from service those mem
bers of the National Guard who have
families dependent on them Is made in
the Interests of humanity and of econ
omy. It Is likely that the economical
considerations carried the greater weight,
There is a strong sentiment In Congress
that the Government should pay to the
dependent families pf the guardsmen f 60
a month. It would take millions to meet
the Wits, and'the Government has no mil
lions to spare. There are young men In
the country, however, who can serve the
nation at the front without taking money
from the public treasury to support two
or tbiw people at home while they ara
away TJi aj$ expected trf volunteer to
!k jwp tfk&jf- fljada vacant by tbom
m-m$gffcmt--tm fel OMapelled to r.
tajg-fana, to upm lilr famllisa,
Tom Daly's Column
The Village Poet
Whenever it Is Saturday and all my work Is
through I
I say I'll walk down Chestnut street. Just
like Tom Daly do.
I hustle through my sandwich and my piece
of apple pie
And peek Into a looking-glass to straighten
out my tie
I have In mind to look about for fodder for
my muse,
And send It to the t.KDaen just to see If
they can use
It for a little filler, and perhaps In time
they'll see
1 can write as good as Daly and they'll gtvo
hjs Job to me.
I look around for funny signs or p'r'aps a
friend or two J
There's not a btoomln1 soul In sight and not
a thing to do.
I call Up Tom and BUI to ask about that
swlmmln' hole,
And nil I get Is "out of town" to cheer my
loncsomo soul.
I couldn't find a bit of news, not even half a
stickful,
And If I stroll nround much more I'll bo a
mighty sick fool.
I think 1113 faltes most of his stuff and, just
'twlxt you and me.
Some day old Annntns will be chumming
with T. D.
So I'll bent tt to tho eenshoro nnd on tho
sands I'll lay,
And underneath a bumberrclt I'll write some
sonnets gny;
And maybe when tho years have flown nnd
I've practiced up my rlithm,
He'll recognize a pnl nnd let mo wnlk up
Chestnut with 'Iml!
ALEXANDER
IWtcnet'cr It's a Saturday an' I am far
from through,
StUl staving in thts stuffy room, I'm much
obliged to you
For sending In those twenty lines (In
type, you sec, they're double)
To fill mv poem's wonted space an' save
me all that trouble.
To tell the truth that fat old guy is sure
In luck who misses
Tho Chestnut street parade upon a day
as hot as this Is,
The heat Is Just terrific there an' I'm no
salamander,
Bo, from the bottom of mv heart, I thank
you, Alexander, i
An' on some other Saturday, when all our
icork Is through,
I'll gladly lock an arm with you to see
vhat news is new.
That is to say, as soon as we achieve
some cooler weather
We'll take our fountain pens In hand an'
do the street together.
Modern
Inventions
Galvan lzed
spats for use In
the mosquito belt
between June and
September.
T. F. D.
IF, AS some ono has said,
merely words cunningly
a poem Is
fitted to
gether, our own Ed. 'Hodden Is a poet
h
This gem It's a 13-karat diamond, and
you read It down and across Is based
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on the name of the den In which he
labors, at the reading of proofs. We'll
back Ed. at this game against all comers,
say, for a ton of black diamonds.
HARRY B. BECK brings back from
Aiken, S. C, this story:
A colored servant who had Just heard
of the birth of her third granddaughter,
and who was in a quandary as to what
to name the child, heard her mistress
reading an account of the Titanic disas
ter and rather fancied the Carpathla.
So in the old town of Aiken there's a
little pickaninny running around by the
name of "The Carpathla Jackson." The
other two grandchildren are Exlma Jack
son and Mutual Life Insurance Jackeon.'
B
Y THE merest accident we noticed In
the paper the other day the obit, of
Albert Ross. His passing got only a two
or three line notice, and yet he was the
Harold Bell Wright of his day (the early
90s).
WANTED Toung man to drive: must be aober,
boaeat and o( aie. Apply K , this office.
Wilmington paper.
Bounds like a leap-year proposal.
SOMEBODY sent to Bert Taylor's col
yum In the Chicago Tribune that
"Vote loser Roosevelt" combination
which figured in our recent anagram
contest; but, letUng that pass, some, one
else evolved thts bully one which our
anagramlsts missed:
ROOSEVELT .VETO OSLBR.
POSSIBLY you don't know that Irish
town is part of Germantown. Well.lt Is;
and one of the young Denny-zens of the
place, after listening to the gossip of the
neighbors one day, went in to his mother
and asked; 'Mom, are we of the 'quaU
ityT" "No, Denny," said she, "we're the
height of commonality,"
Our Own Quir, Department
We will award a prlza of tlO to any one
anawerias. to our aatUaelfon, any of the quea
liona printed bare from time to Urns.
WHY does the sneering ragamuffin
who looks over the fence and sees
you playing tennis always slap himself
on the wrist and ay4 "Forty-Iovo"?
Tb Brat laaua of the new Oreenaburv Demo
cratic paper, Tb Westmoreland Javelin," ap
peared to nlc. clean. ,i papi form Tbursdar. It
jjHi5Ubed br Bert Uiukh? a snip of tin aturdy
ol'f nattf Br block. . psrwla Aliulck. - Jlouui
f leaaant it1, Jeweal,
Speaking of political organs this shdulf
sauna the- ktytwis-
4JgBu
AS USUAL . a
I 7T iH) SttM-V.S S3T --. ,:. d,
fr A Hh"T TO Tut SHKfcX'SHY VACT.omsr-9 " j VhKl You to cowt iwoz!"
THE VOICE OF
Philadelphia Should Follow New York's Transit Example A
Lesson From the Children Other Matters of
Current Interest
Thla Department (t free to alt readers who
lefffc to express their opiiiiotis on subfrets of
current Interest, It is an open forum, and the
Kvenina Ledger assumes no responsibility for
the views of its correspondents,
GET BUSY QUICK!
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir I was recently in Now Yor!; city
for several days. I bcllevo that no Phlla
dclphlan visits thero without ndmlrlng Its
magic-like transit facilities, tho world's
pcachlest peach. It Is now growing moro
peaches of $330,000,000 extensions and
Improvements. The Illumination of Its
labyrinth of subways out-Aladdlns Aladdin's
wonderful lamp, landless streams of hu
manity rush into and out of subway, sur
face and elevated cars, enjoying for a rea
sonable faro a long ride with liberal trans
fers, particularly to resorts of amusement.
Why thou, Philadelphia! Shamo on
thee! Got busy quick. Bridge or tunnel
tho Delaware Illver. Go at it quick. Gtvo
us moro subway and elevated lines quick.
I must say with much regret that Phila
delphia deserves to be called n slow city.
Yes, Philadelphia Is too slow for n great
city. Collar slow political tools out of City
Hnll nnd get real llvo men who will give
us real, llvo longed-for transit facilities a
la New York. Quick! It Is Philadelphia's
own fault because sho has allowed herself
to be ruled by a EO-year-oWgang. The
same old ganglsm nnd Philadelphia's slow
cltylsm mean the Bame thing.
Make a real live preparedness to get real
llvo men not perpetual gang tools in or
der to get real live results. Because of this
failure Philadelphia has not been getting
what sho has been longing for for a stretch
of 50 years, while New York Is enjoying
her ability of getting what she wants not
such a snail-like transit system ns Is toler
ated here. O, my! thou Philadelphia I
Shame on thee. Get busy quick! New
York-like. Peachy transit facilities will
mean to this city a population of new cheer
ful faces. What I have said Is a live-wire
truth In spite of the fact that comparisons
are odious. It will cost this city a billion
dollars to equal New York's admirable
facilities of transit. Get a quick start I
Quick! Quick!! Quick!!!
MORRIS P. LANG.
Philadelphia, July 7.
HOW TO QUIET THE BABY
To the Editor of Evening Ledger;
Sir The article In the Evening Ledobb
of June 26 may appear to some ns amus
ing and exceptional bb to quieting a crying
baby by the rhythmical sound of an engine.
MAN-EAT.ING SHARKS
Few Authentic Instances of Their At
tack on Human Beings
Since two bathers have been killed by a
shark off the Jersey coast within a week
of each other there Is likely to be less
skepticism about the existence of man
eating sharks. Men of science familiar
with the habits of this big fish have
doubted all reports that they are In the
habit of attacking swimmers In the sea.
Thero was a diving boy at Aden a few
years ago who reaped a rich harvest from
travelers by the story that a shark bit off
one. of his legs while he was diving for
coin. The travelers would throw more
coin In the water and watch with bated
breath to see if another shark would at
tack him. The British authorities forbade
the boys to dive in the shark-Infested wa
ter about 10 years ago. When his occupa
tion was gone the diver confessed to a
traveler that his leg had been cut oft byhe
revolving propeller of a steamer from
which he was not able to get clear. Thus
what was long regarded as an authentic
case of maunlng by a shark lost Us au
thenticity. There is en record, however, the case of
a boy who was badly bitten by a shark In
the harbor of Sydney, Australia, in 1895.
Ills cap had been blown Inu deep water
where the swimmers seldom ventured for
fear pf the sharks. He was attacked and
died the same night from hemorrhage of
the wounds, Sharks appear In English
rwfcttrs, but ther are no autbentig record
of attacks K&an Rttmasi btiaga, although
SPEAKING OF SHARKS
.XZs l " 1
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THE PEOPLE
but I can assure your renders that It Is
not altogether questionable Some 50 years
ago I was disturbed much at night by tho
Illto cause, nnd discovered that tho crying
child was stilled by tho playing of n Jews
harp, In which pleasing occupation I spent
tho large part of mnny n night. I cannot
explain the philosophy of the thing, bpt I
know It worked nnd I am persuaded thnt
almost nny rhythmic sound that will at
tract tho cars of tho Infant will bo equally
effective nnd afford rollef to parents nnd
child. J. A. ANDERSON.
Lnmbertvllle, N. J., July 7.
A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD
THEM
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir Tho Incident described below helped
mo. Perhaps It might help somo of tho
readers of the Evenino Leijoer. I would
bo very glad to hear that you think so,
too. This Is what happened:
It Is the lunch hour tho clock 'Is strik
ing 1. The school yard o'er the way Is
crowded with happy, laughing children.
One llttlo Inss sharing her bag of sweets
catches my eye. In nnd out the ynrd they
romp, Borne playing "tag," others happy
In their game of ball.
I am weary.
I hnve a tnsk before me. I am loath to
begin It.
A gong sounds.
Across the way little voices are lowered,
llttlo feet nre running.
Quietly and quickly the lines of children
enter tho school.
They have tasks before them.
I wonder If they, too, are loath to begin?
Clear upon the soft June breeze comes
tho sound of little voices raised In joyful
song.
Tho children gone from play to work
nnd they are happy singing of the task
before them.
Singing I go to the task that an alts
me. - M. C. C.
Philadelphia, July 6.
DID ITSELF PROUD
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir Now that the convention Is over,
will you please accept the thanks of the
Convention ComJilttee for your Interest
and help toward Its success?
Philadelphia has certainly done Itself
proud at this time, and the Evehino
Ledoer has been a very Important factor
In making our guests happy and satisfied
1RVIN F. PASCHALU
Philadelphia, July 1,
thero Is a prevalent, belief that swimmers
who have disappeared have- been killed by
them- The theory that they suffered from
cramps and were drowned Is rejected for
the moro picturesque theory that they fell
victims to the horrible man eaters. The
fact that sharks appear In the waters Is
undoubted. In the summer .of 1876 a swim
mer off the coast between Hastings and Fair
light on the way to a smack about 400
yards from the shore felt some kind of a
big fish rub against his left leg when about
100 yards from .)he boat. He yelled and
struck out wildly. Immediately his Jeft
arm rubbed against the same fish. He con
tinued to shout and swim as fast as he
could. Ho mana-ed to attract the attention
of some men In a small boat, but before
they could reach, him the fish scraped
against him two or three times more. The
men in the boat saw It and said it was a
large blue shark. It had been pursuing the
usual course of its kind In swimming about
what It thought might be a meal, nosing It
and rubbing against It to discover what tt
waa like. The man was doubtless saved
by his shoutings and splashlngs. The shark
Is a timid creature. 'It seldom gets Into
shadow water. The advice given to Eng
lish bathers is that during the shark sea
sou bf July and August they 'bathe In large
companies aud that no one venture alone
into (the deep water away from the others.
The Wisdom of this advice Is apparent when
it is recalled that both swimmers who were
attacked off the Jersey coast were In deep
wat,er alone.
A NEW SENSATION
it's Foiniir to be worffc while, too eee
J" fcwip Tt falHmf for SLrtrtihrwlv
JtreU Free Pre.
What Do You Know?
Queries of general interest will &a anawr$d
in this column Ten questions, the answers to
ichich every welt-informcd person should enow,
are asked daily.
QUIZ
1. Who li Doclor Kmrn?
2. What Is meant when It N unld that n person
Is of "Knickerbocker Mock"?
3. Wlmt la the mninlnc of the phrase In for-
elm dispatcher that "tho fioernment wne
Interpellated"?
4. What la nn nxloni?
5. Mhnt la meant by "a park of artillery"?
0. Wlmt part of tho body Is called the bleeps?
7. Where la lilxhrat nround In Philadelphia?
8, What la n bunch-llclit?
0. What la mllden?
10,
la the "Knellsh horn" braaa or wood-wind?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. The Man line Is at the extreme northern
end of the. Itusso-Grrman llnea, near the
Ouir of men.
S. Dominicans nre Inhabitants of Santo Do
minxo. 3. Bell-wether! tho sheen which leoda the flock
nnd has a bell nttarned to Ita neck.
4. Spain's Tremleri Count nomanoneo.
5. The camera waa developed from the "camera
obacura " l,ntln for "dark chambrr."
0. Victor Chnnmnn. American nvlntor, waa
killed In tho i.ervlce of ironce.
7. Gilbert nnd Sulllvnn .wrote the worda and
the mimic for the famous operai 'Tina
fore," "1'ntlence," etc.
8. "Lock, stock and barrel'!, the whole of any
thing! theao porta making up n complete
ffun.
0, Sabbatical yean ono year In seven.
10. The lnsurrents In. the l"ren'h Itetolutlon
rhoKe the blue, white and red of the elty of
Tarl to form their tricolor.
Chicago's New Terminal
Bdlfor of "What Do You Know" Pleas
give me some facts nbout the new railway
station In Chicago now In course of erection.
What will It be cnlled? How much ground
does It cover? When will It be completed?
The new termlnat will be called the
Union Station. It wilt cover on area of 39
ncres tn the heart of the city. It Is ex
nocted that the new buildings will be en
tirely completed and ready for occupancy
In the summer of 1919. Ground was first
broken for tho station improvements June
1, 1915. In addition to the tracks and train
eheds, the terminal will consist of two prln
clnal structures the main building and tho
concourse. Each will be surrounded by
four streets. The concourse will be sur
rounded by ample plazas, with Inclined
ramps, stalnvays, special ticket offices and
parcel rooms. The principal feature of the
main building will consist of tho waiting
room. 100 feet wide by 300 feet long and
120 feet high.
When Next President Takes Office
Editor of "What Do You Know" There
Is some dispute about who will be the
"next President" Some Bay that he will
be either Hughes or Wilson, but I am told
by some that the "next President" will be
the Secretary of State, acting for either of
them, for 24 hours, Can you throw light on
this? O. D. C.
Tills question arises from the fact that
March 4, 1917, falls on Sunday, but accord
Ing to a precedent there will be no time be
tween the end of one term and the begin
ning of the other. There Is no reason why
the oath of office of the President must be
taken on March 4. In the previous case,
the oath was taken on March 3 and the
formal Inauguration, occurred on March S,
the new President being technically In office
over Sunday. Presumably that course will
be followed next year, whoever is elected.
Cause of Spanish War
Editor of "What Do You Know" Please
tell me something of the causes leading up
to the Spanish-American War? D. S. B,
The Spanish-American War began with
the declaration by the United States April
25, 1898. the Maine had been sunk In Ha
vana harbor February 15. It was largely
the popular clamor over that event that
brought about the war at that t'me, but
McKlnley and Cleveland had both remon
strated, to no avail, with Spain pver the
situation In Cuba, ever since tho outbreak
of serious rebellion there Jn 189S. In tho
congressional resolution of; April 19, 1898.
preceding the declaration of war. It was
sta'.sd that "The people of Cuba are, and of
rij-ht ought to be, free and independent."
and the demand was mads that Spain with
draw her troops, from the inland , if not, the
I Mted State? wouia help Oje Cubans, tfpou I
ffh fsjl ttt the Stl&nisH r.ovrnmtif in I
do this war waf declared,
SILENT PARTNER
BECOMES VOCAL
After Thirty Years of Study
Mrs. Fels Is Taking Her Dead
Husband's Place in Propa
ganda i
TO MARY FELS, his silent partner,
Joseph Pels bequeathed his Interest
In single tax, his developing understand
ing of tho vnllio of Zionism to tho Jew,
and his appreciation of tho debt of one's
self to humanity.
Probably many
would say that
Mary Fels, ono of
the best known
women of Phila
delphia, both na
tionally and In
ternationally, has
increased her In
heritance. Mary Fels, who
today stands out
as a dominant
figuro in tho sin
gle tax, In suf
frage nnd Zion- ma MArtY fels
1st movements in America, became the
wife of Joseph Fels In tho fall of 1S81 at
Keokuk, la.
Her courtship began when she was 9
years old. Joseph Fols was a youth of
19, traveling in tho West on business.
Ho was always Interested on looking up
nny family with tho samo name as, his.
On hearing that a family named Fels
was living In Kookuk, ho called on them.
A llttlo girl of 9 years welcomed him
to tho hoilso. Ho decided that sho would
bo his wlfo somo day. That llttlo girl
was Mary Fels.
When sho was a student at St. Mary's
Academy nt South Bond, Ind., tho regu
lations prohibited all visits to tho studonts
by young men who wero not relatives.
I3ut Joseph Fein would not lot himself
bo deterred. When told that ho enmo
under tho gonernl regulations for vlsltprs
ho Interviewed tho Mnyor of South Bond
to soo if his influence could bo brought
to bear. Eventually tho Interest of tho
Father General of tho Order was ovokod
and ho secured for Joseph Fels a brief
Interview with Mary Fels. In tho fall of
that year thoy wero married nnd came
to Philadelphia.
Combined Travel With Study
Tho life of Mary Fols for the next 30
years was too closely interwoven with
her husband's to bo related apart from
his. Their only child a son died In
infancy. Together their interests in hu-'
manlty developed year by year. Joseph
Fols enmo moro nnd moro into publla
nffalrs. his wifo always tho silent partner.
During tho first years In Philadelphia,
Mrs. Fels took a courso In biology nt
tho University of Pennsylvania. Her hus
band becamo interested In tho vncant
land movement In other cities nnd In
augurated the movement hero. Business
Interests took him to Europe and Mrs.
Fels nlwnys accompanied him. Whllo he
attended to the Interests of his firm,
Mrs. Fels dovotcd herself to tho study,
of tho history of tho country In which
sho was temporarily located.
Beginning tn 1001, they made England
their homo for six months of every year.
Tho depression following tho Boer War
had caused nn abnormal number of un
employed. A deputation of women, backed
by Mrs. Fels, marched from the Mllo End.
to Westmlnstor to present their protest
to tho Houso qf Commons.
Tho subsequent work dono to mitigate
the troubles of tho poor developed Into
farm colonies, financed by Mr. Fels until
the Government took them over.
This was tho beginning of the publlo
service rendered by tho Folses In Eng
land. Tho Hollesloy Bay and Maylands
experiments followed, along, the earn '
lines ns tho original one.
The Fels homo at 10 Cornwall terrace,
becamo the centre of nil those who wero
working for the good of humanity. The
spasmodic benefit of any land scheme
that hold out only temporary relief was
not sufficient. The road led them t
slnglo tax.
Their interests included more than ths
problem of the land. The suffrage move
ment In England in its struggle for
democracy appealed to the sense of Jus
tice keen in Mary Fels. Both suffrago
parties, the Women's Social and Political
Union and the nonmllltant organization,
knew her as a friend. George lansbury,
h fli-.it man to endure a. hunger strike as
a protest against the brutality of Hollo-
way Jail, went to the nome oi me reisss
to recuperate.
Gives Herself as Well as Her Money
Joseph Fels died on tho 22d of January,
1914. The first question "that came to 'the
minds of the single taxers of the whole
world was whether his wlfo stood rea4S
to keep up hlwork. The answer came
within a few weeks. Not only did she
stand., ready to contribute money as
freely as her husband to the Interest of
-, i. ,.,-w Vint uVia nrfnrffri her services
Bl!lbl9 ,, wm -M" ----- .
as well. Blnce that February, Mary Fels
has toured tha United States and gona
into Canada, speaking In the Interests of
single tax. ' This week her book, ths
biography of her husband, was put on
the book stalls. But the struggle for
economio Justice has not, engrossed all
her time. When the Ford peace party
was enrolled, Mrs. Fels was urged to be
come a member.
"My motive," Mrs. Fels has often said,
"in Joining the expedition was a general
lmnulso to take- part in a movement' to
ward internationalism."
In the conference of delegates of neu
tral nations that followed In Stockholm,
Mrs. Fels was made a member for tho
United States .pf the Permanent Board of
conciliation. The Zionist movement, Ha
aim to establish a centre of Jewish cul
ture in Palestine, Is also able to count
Mrs. Fels as one of its strongest mem
bers. At the convention recently held la
Philadelphia Mrs. Fels stated that she
was ready to contribute to State or coun-'
try to introduce single tax: principles,
"But," said Mrs. Fels, "I will not back
up a single colony in the midst of other
colonies. If a. Jewish nation is at any
timn rendv to carry out the principles of
slnglf tax, I should do everything I cou)d
to help," is- K-
TRUE TALK
Politics In the army is worse thaa
shrapnel from enemy lotteries. Chicago
Tribune.
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