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THE MIRACLE VOYAGE
REGARDLESS of the commercial pos
sibilities In a transatlantic sub
marine, tho exploit of Germany which cul
minated In tha appearance of such a
vessel nt Baltimoro Is a triumph, a mag
nificent demonstration of German re
sourcefulness, Ingenuity and power. An
Incredible Joke has become an astounding
fact. German mastery nnd control of the
elements Is demonstrated again.
There must bo soma Americans to
whom this feat brings a touch of sadness.
They aro glad that tho thing Is done, and
with Germany now confessedly tho under
dog, they are glad that Germany had this
spoctacjitrfr rebuttal. But they remember
that the submarine and all the many In
ventions of earth and sea and air which
have been produced In this war stem
from American Ideas. Consolo themselves
as they will with tho thought that Amor
lea was not driven by necessity to this
dramatic expedient, they will still feel
i egret.
But Germany takes her credit, clean
this tlmo of all Innocent blood. The sub
marine came unarmed, bearing, per
haps, a message to tho President, carrying
goods, a harbinger of peaco In the terrible
,Wttterp,fl war. Tho exploits of the Em
rdch, tHo case of the Appam, tho thousand
Instances of prlvato horolsm and tender
ness aro the things which havo atoned In
part for tho sins which Germany has com
mitted. They wore personal and human.
This achievement Is herolo because It Is
the work of a whole nation. It Is tho
product of a system two generations old.
In a strange way It turns men's thoughts
away from war to tho glowing future
which lies beforo Germany when she for
sakes the March madness of militarism
nnd beguiB to plow again In the calm
acres of peace.
For a moment belligerency and the
prejudice or deep feeling occasioned by
war can be forgotten In the Just pride
of the human race. The thing which
could not be done has been done. The
hoax of last week Is the reality of this
week. No more will men laugh when It
is reported that a trip to America by a
Zeppelin Is contemplated. Wo are pre
pared to believe that almost anything can
bo accomplished when the Incentive Is
great enough.
It Is not probable that submerslbles as
blockade runners can have- any great
effect on tho war. The Confederacy, even
at the very last, was able to bring a ship
In now and then. But In time of war a
nation needs a vaster commerce than in
time of peace. Were there thirty sub
merslbles. or even a hundred, moving
regularly between America and Germany,
they could do no mora than relieve the
cruelest features of tho blockade. They
could not supply Germany with food for
her millions or with the raw materials
which she requires la such enormous
quantities.
FOR us. however, tho voyage is full of
significance. This ship la & Columbus
of navigation. It is a Savannah making
tha first trip across the Atlantic under
power other than sail. It foreshadows
&&. now era. In submerslbles, when voyages
ec great Jength will be as common for
tMMLajg they are now for ordinary ships,
Wst?Hh!a may mean commercially we
cannot prophesy, but no man In hla
ene caAdoubt that it erases a llttlo
more of tberbroad seas between Europe
Mid curKrtveai to that extent weakening
tlie barrier w&icU has been our guaran.
It of teatlng peace and of protection,
lvition b4 wiped put natural defenses,
im the new era, which, began to dawn
wkwt steam vessel came into vogue, ap
yr9feea a second stage, which fore-
' ifcaJfew a necessity for greater vigilance
m wr yart,
' it be remembered, too, that control
nf til wwa by th& enemy made thin spec
toW UjJ nr. The very voyage
'' ia, M fact, vi th entremltlus to
jriucis. nUn $f tt wlww oate iu fret
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commerce IiJm been- Interrupted. Well
may w Uka measures to prevent the
possibility of a similar situation ever confronting-
us.
It la obvious that further reliance on
the baby Submarines which this nation
owns Is ridiculous, As well use spltballs
against a dreadnought. No naval pro
paredness, which does not take Into ac
count the novel power and advantage of
the submarine, wilt be any naval pro
paredhess at all. It Is but a step now
to the submersible dreadnought which
has been prophesied. Progress Is forever
making mummies of modern machines, nnd
the "last word" of today Is the obsolete
of tomorrow. There has been stirred up
In men's minds the romantic enterprise
which Inspired tho Elizabethans, and
thero Is added to It an Inventive Initia
tive and efficiency which combine to
work miracles overnight It Is not
enough for us, In military or other pre
paredness, to keep pace with tho past.
Wo must wring from that past the secret
of tho next step forward. Wo must
anticipate and always bo Just a little
ahead of tho other nation a thing which
wo have not been doing.
rTlHQ status of tho Doutschland Is to be
-'determined by matters of fact. Under
tho rulings of tho Department of State a
merchant vessel Is permitted to carry guns
for defense only. If it can be established
that the Deutschtand is not otherwise
equipped with armament, that she Is en
gaged In tho transportation of malls and
morchandiso only, sho is entitled to nil
tho privileges which tho merchantmen
of other nations enjoy. Sho must get In
and out of harbor as best she can; but
onco within our domain sho Is under our
protection. It seems to bo established
that the boat Is a convertec". warship.
That Is a fact which will have to be taken
Into account; but tho original character
of the vessel will not be concluslvo evi
dence of her character now.
The best way to keep cool and for
got that this Is such a spell Is to
avoid all reforenco to weather.
You havo to hand It to the Elks.
Who olso would havo brought n super
submarlno to Baltimoro for a convention?
Mr. Wilson is to bo Informed, much
to his surprlso, of his nomination at
Shadow Lawn. C. E. Hughes will ca'st
tho shadow.
"Nick" Longworth Is betting hats
on tho outcome of tho election. It would
be Interesting to know whether the hats
aro Bough Rider or beaver.
For a novelty in sensations, so
strange that it stings, we offer tho head
lino (and tho fact) published yesterday,
Price of Ice Not Raised In Philadelphia.
Tho entire available aeroplane fleet
of tho United States fell tho other day
after smashing Us propeller. Another
aeroplane fleet, with ono more propellor,
will probably bo supplied soon.
This exemption of married mon
can't be carried forward fast enough,
with not ono of 071 men of the Sixth N.
G. P. refusing to bo kissed by tho young
lady who saluted the wholo regiment at
Clearfield.
Work under City Hall is progress
ing, but a work of cognato Importance Is
left neglected. The single high-speed line
now in operation is known as tho "L,"
under or over ground. What will tho now
system bo called? Why Isn't a society
actively ongaged In selecting a title?
"Subway" Is lengthy, "tube" is too Eng
lish and sounds Uko a Joke. Will some
one suggest a substitute?
air, Bernard Shaw, who likes to
be Infallible and who has never missed a
chance of reminding' the world that all
his prophecies about tho war are ful
filled, has guessed wrong. He wrote of
"the deadlock on the western front In
which neither aide can shift the other''
before the drive began, and his article Is
printed in a paper that on another page
announces tho capture of two more towns
by tho French.
It seems strange that a violent
campaign should be necessary to Insure
the removnl of Chestnut Hill grade cross
ings. Every grade crossing is a danger.
Those spared accidents so far exist on
tolerance and capitalize good fortune.
These things are known and recognized,
and grade-crossing elimination Is an item
In the expense account of every railroad.
The reason given for maintaining cer
tain of the objectionable crossings Is that
the money for removal is not at hand.
In more senses than one, that should be
the last argument.
The utilization, of green spots in
the gray asphalt-bound expanses of the
city is carried one step, at least, further
by the Playground Association in open
ing the grounds of the Friends' Meeting
House at Fourth and Arch streets to
mothers and their children. Until some
way of wholesale transportation, to Fair
mount Park Is established, the parks In
miniature should be used to every ad
vantage. It is quite Incidental, of course,
that most citizens of Philadelphia were
only vaguely conscious of the existence
of the Friends' UeetlngVHouse grounds.
I consider our voyage uneventful.-
Captain Koenlg, cf the Deutschland.
The perfect and heroic word of one
of the many great ones who go djiwn to
and down under the sea in ships. Un
eventful it must have, been to. tho man
who did the Job which has set the world's
heart and the world's mind aflame with
a. new imagination. -j.na nri words
epoken over tho telephone passed un
eventfully and the first flight In the air
was; uneventful. And the heroes of
eclence and of warfare, almost uncon
iou4 of their prowess, glvo always, un
eventfully, (o the tkorld, Ita great event.
Tom Daly's Column
DEVTBOIILA1W VNTER ALLEBt
Ea macht nchti aut vot vay you fot,
For who vill vln daa Krleg
Jettt muss du tag' dot "VcutacMand" boat
Clcblldet ctwcis big.
Der French und EnglUh Malted der sea,
Und alia dev vatched, 6t OolHej
Bo ichotn, to tchoen at it could be,
Kommt "Deutschland" unter Attest
E wiacTii una krank, dot fight on land
ror "JJcutachland" ueber Alles,
But hler xclrd eticaa achoen und grand,
Vnd safe at ptayln' dollteai
Oam fcrttg vas der enemy
Mlt guna for ahootln' volleys,
Vcn Into Norfolk from der sea,
Kommt "Dcutschtand" unter Allest
Es macht nlchts nun vat vay you vote
For who vlll tin daa Krleg
Jctxt mmm du sag' dot "Dcutschtand" boat
Gcblldct ctwas big.
Dough "ueber Altcs" makes you smile
For von of Wllhclm's follies,
Itler steel und fuerUlg hundert mile
Kommt "Dcutschtand" unter Attest
THE phrase most used this morning nil
over this country and In all tho differ
ent tongues In tho various cheeks that
glvo us our cosmopolitan complexion Is:
"Well, you've got to hand It to 'cm."
AND, anticipating England's explana
A Hon of tho Incident, wo recall a Jest
current some thirty years ngo when tho
yacht Puritan dofeatod tho Gcncsta for
tho America Cup: "Do you know,"
says a ng, "that thoso contempttblo,
sneaky Yankees put somothlng Into the
water that prevented the Goncsta from
winning?" "rtcally?" crlos tho gulllblo
Briton, "What was It?" "Tho Puritan."
Mn
SNOWDEN JIITCHEtit. sent her
ery efficient butler aloft on Fourth
o' July morning to hang Old Glory from
tho topmost window ovor Walnut street.
Ho hung It with tho starry field inward.
Mrs. Mitchell demurred gontly. Ho said
It looked all right to him. She expressed
fear of arrest as a rebel and cxplalnod
tho right and tho wrong of it. Thomas,
as become a butler of whom Bookor
Washington might well havo been proud,
accepted tho Instruction In good part.
"Thero are," said ho, "some things that
I haven't' had tlmo to study up, and
art necdlowork Is ono of them."
OVERHEARD in a department store:
"She does say thoi funniest things."
"Yes, doesn't sho?"
"Yes, and did you hoar about her talk
ing of hor husband's Palm Leaf nult7"
"No; what did sho say?"
"Why, that's all. Why. don't you
laugh?"
"How do you mean?"
"Listen! Sho calls her husband's new
suit a Palm Leaf, sco?"
"Oh, yes; sho moant Fig Ecach, didn't
she?"
AS LONG ago as 1011 Mr. Frank Rich
XJl. ardson, of London, who, strango as
It may seem, not only has never been in
this country, but also knows nothing
whatever of American politics, won $100
in a Missing Word Contest with this,
llttlo lyric lump:
All whisker mon
Are far too prono
To think their whiskers aro their own.
And thoy would doom It
Somowhat odd
To give tho glory unto ()
Missing word.
trtecehed from ono of Tarmer Smlth'a Rain
boweasea )
When I am out of doors I am not aloud
to play on our neighbor hood's pavements.
On our own pavement we play hide nnd
seek, checkers and lotto. I some, times
knlto laco somo tlmeB broadway. I have
been to Falrmount Park. I have a pet dog.
Her name Is Fnnnle. When I put this
stampe on tho envllope I was In a hurry
and put It on upsldo down.
Your respectlcal,
BETTINA ANELLA.
Embroider, no doubt; the closo r-roximtty of
"broadway" to "knlto" slvea a UK to our Im
pression that la not purely Halnbow. How
ever, the "broadwajer" In closlnit admits aha la
"reupectlcal," so wo k'Ucas It'a Just a case ot
equivocate. Ed.
Our Blackmail Department
How much would
it be worth to Miss
Fr-d-Ic Ol-v-a J-nes,
of E-stW-lnut L-ne,
to suppress the story
of how she sat on
the second story window-sill
in her night
gown, pink piggies
dangling over the
street, and alternate
ly turned on and off
the gas In the wall
bracket 15 or 16.
years ago?
SUCCESS to Enrico Pezzettl In his In
vention of the dustless street cleaner!
If he succeeds we may be able to say
good-by to the endless-chain system of
street cleaning that now obtains In Phila
delphia, Each night armies of cleaners,
with powerful hoses, spatter the dirt from
the street up on to the sidewalk. There it
dries overnight and In the morning Phila
delphia's great army of step-scrubbing
housewives sweep it back into the street.
Let Philadelphia start now to save up
the price to rent a "Pezzettl" for next
Clean-up Week. It, 31.
It took 39,000 tons cf dynamite, costing
18000, Just two seconds to blow up this
huge rock at Blrdsboro, which required
two years to drill.
Caption In our favorite Illustrated evenlns
paper.
IT IS very gratifying to note In view of
the exceedingly high prices cf other
commodities that dynamite can be pur
chabed for 21 cents per ton. And, by the
way, Is Blrdsboro still on the map?
E. V. W,
ONE of the regrets of M. A.'s young life
Is that he missed the Fourth of July
display which, according to the Atlantic
City Pros, Mayor Bacharach's proclama
tion promised:
I, therefore, a Mayor ot tha city of Atlantic
City, do ber.by order that jaca t displayed
upon all municipal bulldUm. and Invite our
oltUasa to UUplay the national cetera upon tbelr
bomea or bualneaa bulldlna.
Our Own Quiz Department
(We wUl award 110. miybo mora, to any on
anawerln- to our complete eatlsf&ctloa any of
tha humUobj propound? bar from tun to
tune-) -j.
WHEN some one mention the clean
ing of teeth how can we keep from
instinctively running pur tongues pyr
our tittdL oes?
HUGHES: THE MASTER OF METHOD
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Instances of His Control of Detail in Small and Big Things Give
Glue to His Present Exalted
Position
IF THERE is any young man who Is
ambitious to get on In business in
any of the professions or In politics there
Is no contemporary American whose life
he can study with moro profit than that
of Mr. Hughes.
The one outstanding fact In the career
of this man Is that ho has devoted him
self with his whole strength to whatever
task ho has undertaken. He has tho gift
of concentration. Long beforo the publlo
knew anything about him ho had won
a reputation njnong Now York lawyers
for his ability to master complicated and
technical problems. Ho was onco em
ployed In a sugar case, and after ho had
completed his examination of a sugar
manufacturer tho manufacturer drow a
sigh of relief, and remarked, "That law
yer knows moro about making sugar
than I do."
Whan n legislative commltteo sought
for counsel to assist It In investigating
tho gas situation In Now York, Hughes
was recommended to the chairman. Ho
had never heard of Hughes beforo, but
tho latter proved In hfs conduct of tho
Inquiry that ho know not only as much
ns any gas expert about tho manufacture
of gas, but that ho was also familiar with
all tho peculiarities of tho business
methods of the gas companies.
Since ho had Bhown that ho was nblo
to unravel a tangled mass of facts In the
gas Inquiry, ho was tho man chosen to
let tho light Into tho mothods of tho big
Insurance companies. An attempt was
made during tho Investigation to tempt
him from It by tho ofTer of tho mayoralty
nomination, but ho refused to consider it.
He said that he was seeking to get at the
facts In a nonpolltlcal Inquiry, and that
If ho should run for office tho valuo of tho
Investigation would bo destroyed, becauso
it would bo charged, with some show of
Justice, that It was only a political trick
of tho Republican organization. There
was no moving him from this determina
tion. Other nnd moro sinister efforts
wcro mado to divert him, but it was dis
covered that ho could not even be tempted
to bo unfaithful to tho trust which ho
was oxecutlng ns tho attorney for tho
pcoplo of tho wholo country in an Inquiry
in which every man who carried an In
surance policy wag vitally Interested.
THE VOICE OP
The
Prohibition Convention, Sulzer nnd Pacifism
Defended Again "Barking Up the
Wrong Tree"
Thh Department fa tree to all readers who
lotah to fTpreia thrlr opinions on subject of
current Interest. It ( on open forum, and the
Vventnp LedQtr assumes no responsibility for
the views of Its correspondents.
"BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE"
To tho Edvtor of Evening Ledger:
Sir Mr. II. Bomborger, whoso letter you
printed last Saturday, has voiced tho
thoughts of many readers of tho Evenino
Lcsann. I also hnvo noticed, with disgust
and surprise, your cowardly nnd snoerlng
references to ex-PrcBldent Roosevelt and his
place In American political life. You may
not have called him a "blatherBklte," but
you havo gone pretty near It, nnd your car
toonist, Skes, also. You havo permitted
unknown and unnamed correspondents to
traduce him nnd his great work for tho
American peoplo. Such correspondents can
havo no Idea or knowledge of what consti
tutes an American citizen or patriot. Their
Ideas may be prevalent at tho pothousa
bar, but this class docs not constitute tho
backbone of the thousands who buy tho
LEDacn. ItOBT. E. BRAY.
Philadelphia. July 6.
Colonel Roosevelt's ndmlrcrs are unduly
sensitive If they are grieved by the editorial
comments of the Evenino Ledoek. Corre
spondents have been permitted to express
their opinions freely In praise and blame ;
but, as the Italic paragraph at the head of
this department announces, this newspaper
disclaims all responsibility for the views
expressed by them. The Evenino Lkdodr
regards Mr. Roosevelt ns one of the greatest
living Americans. Editor of Evenino
LEDOEn.
SULZER IS FOR PEACE
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir There is to be nnother national po
litical convention at St. Paul, Minn , July
17-18-10 that of the Prohibition party
and there Is moro than usual significance
attached to their convention, for they have
more than 1,000,000 pledges of support by
men opposed to the booze business.
One of tho prospective candidates for
? resident. Hon. William Sulzer, of New
ork, has been asked by the railroad men
ot Minneapolis to define his position on
peace or war, which he has done as fol
lows: "Your telegram received. I am for peace
not war. The spirit of the age cries
for peace and means brotherhood not war
and hate. I am for tho establishment of
an International court having jurisdiction
of every International question, with power
to enforce its decisions, Just the samo as
our United States Supreme Court has Juris
diction of every Interstate question, with
power to enforce its decisions. The har
mony of the times demands It and the
voice ot humanity writ soon secure It In
this war-mad world. We must prepare for
peace, not war: the peace of international
brotherhood; the peace of world civiliza
tion and not the war of decimation and
devastation. War Is a relic of barbarism
and belongs to the stone age. War Is
SHE WAS A SPY
But No One Knows Whether for the
Czar or His Enemies
By JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS
History always repeats Itself.
The story of that mysterious, chameleon
like creature, the "Chevalier d'Eon," secret
agent of Louis XV, who one day would ap
pear sb a beautiful maid of honor, sitting
at the feet ot the Empress of Russia,
and another day tho gallant, duel-lovlne
French Ambassador to the CAurt of St.
James, Is well known. That such a role
has been successfully enacted In our own
country and within our own generation
Is no less true than It Is astounding;
and the only patent lack of parallel be
tween the chevalier and the equally mys
terious character who, In America, repro
duced bis feats of transformation, is that
d'Eon was more generally supposed to ba
a man with marvelous skill aa a woman
Impersonator, while his modern counter
part was more generally supposed to be a
woman displaying equal genius as a mas
querader in male attire.
This human enigma of our time we will
refer to for convenience sake by the femi
nine pronoun. Answering the appeal ot her
oppressed countrymen, she left her humble
home in the south of Russia, Joined one
of the revolutionary "bunds" and, although
physically a frail creature, assumed the
maacullne role once played by Louise
Mlcbel. tha "Joan of Arc of anarchy."
With only 18 years to her credit and
completely outfitted as a young student, she
hM-ama a clarlc In St Pctersburo- and skit.
ii tnnnitf't t CSvUa J ca rq,wfrnUrft
With tho patient and systematic
thoroughness for which ho had won dis
tinction among his associates at the bar,
ho kept on until the work wns finished. As
a result, the insurance laws of the Stato
wcro revised and the abuses which had
existed were wiped out
Tho reputation which tho gas 'Investiga
tion had mado metropolitan became State
wide as a result of tho Insurance Inquiry.
Here was tho kind of a man the, people
liked. Tho politicians saw his availa
bility, and they nominated him for the
governorship. Ho was elected, and then,
as ho put It, tho whole Stato of New
York became his client. His office did
not change him. He wns loyal to his
client and cared llttlo what tho political
bosses thought or did. When the tlmo
camo to nominate his successor, tho con
vention sat two or three days trying to
got up Its courage to turn him down and
nominate some one elso. Ho wns In
different to tho result. Thero was no
ono In tho convention who had authority
to speak for him In any way. If the people
of tho State wanted him to servo for
another term, he was witling. If they
did not want him, h& would resume his
much moro profitable law practice. The
bosses finally had to renominate him, not
becauso they liked him, but becauso ho
had served tho peoplo so well that they
did not dnro reject him.
And now, becauso ho Is the kind of man
that ho Is tho Republican party has
called him with a grcator unanimity than
It has called any now candidate In Its
history to lead it in tho presidential cam
paign. Ho did all that any public-spirited
man could well do to make It known that
ho would prefer to remain on tho Su
premo Court bench. Ho did not say that
ho would not accept the nomination If It
wcro offered, becauso it Is his theory that
an American citizen owes it to his coun
try to serve it whan summoned. No other
American was , ever nominated to tho
Presidency under similar circumstnnces.
It may be that no other American ever
will bo so nominated, but success will
come to every man who follows tho
Hughes system. It Is tho method of
thoroughness and mnstery without which
there can bo no achievement In any line
of endeavor. G. W. D.
THE PEOPLE
-Tipping Is
wholesalo murder and more Indefensible
thnn retail murder. ,The time Is near
when no king or kaiser, no Prosltlcnt or
potontato can make ono man cut the throat
of another man nnd call It war. The
theory that might makes right Is an ex
ploded fallacy. It belongs on the samo
political scrap henp as the dltlno right of
kings. Tho doctrine of physical forco Is
becoming moro and moro n MImlnlBhIng
fnctor In tho progress of human affairs
and tho onward and dpwnrd march of
civilization. No political party can carry
this country on a war platform If some
other political party has tho courage to
dcSlaro for brotherhood on a peace plat
form. W. LEWIS KANE.
West Chester, Pa., July 6.
TIPPING DEPENDED AGAIN
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir I havo read with Interest a letter
signed by "Ono of tho Suckers," In which ho
most strenuously favors a non-tlpptng sys
tem under nil conditions He Is bo con
trary minded that remarks made by him
are almost to be laughed at. Ho states
that It must bo n poor rule that won't work
both ways, yet he will not allow for ray
side of tho question. He saya that all
restaurant and hotel proprietors aro com
pelled to pay a living wago. Well, I can
Bay he does not know whereof ho speaks,
for If I quoted tho salary, barring tips, of
one with whom I am well acquainted, It
would sound paradoxical in Itself
Lot mo tell him that every business Is
really run on a system of tips, although
It Is not known as such. For Instance, he
says thnt a mill employe who by his or
her skill produces goods for tho public
does not receive any tips In any form. Say
tho owner figures on' manufacturing an
arttclo and after alt expenses are paid
cares to make, say 35 cents on sale of It.
After the skill of the worker produces the
article- In a shape that the owner sees he
can sell It at a profit of 40 cents he sells
It for such and thereby gaining moro than
expected. The result la that the employe
Is either advanced to n higher position or
else given a raise In salary and thereby
receives a tip, as It were, nnd again it Is
one of the suckers that pays the tip by pur
chasing the article at higher price, and the
public Is no wiser.
Now back to my original thought that
tho salesmen, especially those traveling,
should compensate their helpers. A sales
man traveling must do a fair business
In his respective Una of endeavor. He was
In New York yesterday, In Philadelphia
today and will be in Chicago before the
week has ended. He Is usually an annual
visitor at some restaurant or other cafe,
and usually very particular about every
thing. He wishes that table nearest the
street, is wanting this and that, and after
being served In a style most 'becoming I
argue that he is the one to hand over a
loose nickel or dime that won't be missed
and can be well afforded.
ABE MEYERS.
Philadelphia, July S.
with Influential officials, who had her ap
pointed to the consular corps.
She was stationed at first In Mexico, then
In New York; but In the year of our
great World's Fair, at Chicago, we find her
appearing In our Western metropolis as a
young Russian gentleman In the honorable
emjiloy of His Imperial Majesty, the Czar,
For the next 13 years, she was destined to
play a most difficult part with a cleverness
which dazed her superiors when her true
story was finally told to the world.
By day she was the manly, platn-speaklng
"Monsieur Nlcholl de Reylan," confidential
secretary to Baron Schllppenbach, the Rus
sian Consul. By night she was Ihe petite,
glrlUh "Mile. Racznowltz." a fiery '"under
ground worker" In the Russian bunds which,
throughout our country in tho days pre
ceding the late revolutionary movement at
Petrograd, were secretly plotting for a rep
resentative government In the motherland.
But as "Mile. Racznowltz," repository of
the black secrets concerning tha dynamite
fund, she was no more trustworthy than
when, next morning, as "ii. de ReyUn,"
she received the stenographic dictation of
Baron Schleppenbach's confidential letters
to the home government letters outlining
his campaign against (he dreaded under
ground workers.
This remaikable creature would have
continued her difficult role unmasked but
for the ravage of tuberculosis, which drove
her to Arizona, where she died 'In 1906.
Wonderment at the prolonged success of
her masquerade Is heightened by the fact
that nature had given her the poorest pos
sible equipment for her daring role. . Her
weight was not above 100 pounds, her akin
was fair and delicate: her feet and hands
tiny, even for a petite woman.
&jrUli,
BLEEP
O sleep, O gentls sleep.
Nature's softest nurse, how have I frighted
thee,
That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelds
down
And sleep my senses In forgetfulnecs?
Why rather sleep, lleit thou In smoky crlbal
Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee
And hush'd with busting night-flies to thy
slumber,
Than In tho perfumed chambers of the
great,
Under the canopies of costly state,
And lull'd with sound of sweetest melody?
O thou dull god, why llest thoU with tha
vile I
In loathsome beds, and leavest the kingly
couch
A watchcase or a common Marum hell?
Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast
Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his
brains
In cradle of the rude Imperious surge
And In the visitation of the winds,
Who tnka tho ruffian billows by the top,
Curling tholr monstrous heads and hanging
them
With deafening clamor In the slippery
clouds,
That, with the hurly, death Itself awakes?
Canst thou, O partial sleep, give thy repose
To tho wet sea-boy In an hour so rude.
And In tho calmest nnd most stillest night.
With all nppllances and ma&ns to boot,
Deny It to a king? Then happy, tow, lie
downl
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown I
Shakespeare In King Henry IV.
What Do You Know?
Queries ef central tnttrett totll t answered
in this column. Ten quntiont, the aiwutrt (t
wMoh even ictll-infcrmtd ptrian. should knem.
are atked dallu.
QUIZ
1. Vflint In mennt by Zlonlumf
I. Whnt If the Immediate oWettlTe ef the
French drive?
8. Wrnl la the Declaration of Irfindon?
4. Where Ii the ceozrnphlcal centre ot riilla-
delpliln?
5. Whnt country
Ii Immediately south ot
.urxicor
Of. what i Ii the mototbot In coast de-
rener
Who wroto "IckKler Holl'T
Ha tobacco ever been uaed as n disinfec
tant? Haw marly rlrerti mret nt IMttabarih?
What event Is celebrated on July 13?
Answers to Saturday's Quiz
1. Doctor .Krunen, Director
of Health
nd
cnariiie, I'hlladelohin.
2. "Knickerbocker''! renldenti
f fiew. York
Id Dutch eet-
, mawi uencenaeu ironi tm
ndeil from
tler4 lira mt
alii to bo
of Knickerbocker
IOCK.
Intrrpellatlnr the (lovernmenl
rrnellatlnr Inn flnTrrnment U the aues-
tlonlnr. of Cabinet member by menibera
or loreien parliament!.
4, An ns
!om la n nelr-eTldent t nil in a tact
nam
tted and not debatnblo.
S. "A narlf of nrtlllery" l a collection of
sum, In cnnip or bnrrnck.
0, Illcepsl tho mimele which slreo the rounded
oppearanre to the front of the arm.
7. The htguett point In 1'hlladelphla I on Sum
mit nvenuo. east of Cheatmit 11111. -HO
reet.
8. nunch.llchti
H chU
llalita uaed behind aeenea
to llfumlnato the atage,
umlnato the ataze.
0. Mildew) a term npplled to a number of
Plant uiieaeee rnuseu uy iuncoua pnra
Ilea, n well ns to epota caused by micro-
,"
iota
111.
scopio runni on
clot
paper, leather.
Klaftswarr. ate,
10. English horn Is wood-wind, not brasa
Internment
Befffor of "What Do You Know" I un
derstand tho reason why battleships when
thoy come to our ports should be Interned
for the duration of tho war, but It seems
unfair that German merchant ships should
be treated In that way. Why haven't tho
British shlpB been Interned? R. WOLFF.
No merchant ships aro Interned for the
duration of the war. Every ship now In
American harbors which compiles with tha
ordinary duties of sailing, such an clear
ance, will bo permitted to sail. The Gorman
merchant ship Is treated as every othor
ship Is treated. It Is allowed to stay and
allowed to go. It chooses to stay.
ViIhelmlna
Laurena Fry Tho "civil list" or official
Income of the Queen of the Netherlands Is
000,000 guilders, with an Immense addi
tional rcenuo from domains, nn additional
allowance of 60,000 guilders for mainte
nance of tho royal palaces and Income from
a very largo private fortune belonging to
the family. A guilder Is about 40 cents.
Wllholmlna la tho daughter of Wlllem III
of Netherlands and Princess Emma, the
daughter of Prince George Victor of Wal
deck. She is not, therefore, intimately re
lated with any one of the great thrones of
Europo. Her antecedents are of the nobil
ity, as you see.
Louis Napoleon '
T. D. Tho Empress Eugenie was of
Spanish descent. Her only son, Louis Nn
poleon, was killed In Zululand in 1870.
Anarchism
J. F, Thero are many publishers of
books on nnarchlsm In the United States,
too many to list even If this, department
were in the habit ot giving business ad
dresses. Any bookseller will give you the
names and addresses of publishers who have
brought out works on anarchism, and also
the names of those who devote themselves
exclusively to the publication of anarchist
propaganda and literature. There are sev
eral of the latter type. You will find the
answer to your other questions in the list
of books published by the latter firms, for
every author who writes In favor of anar
chic doctrines may be presumed to believe
them. Actors and actresses are not given
to the expression of definite views on so
ciology. We have no recollection of anar
chistic actors and actresses, except, of
course, such as aro anarchistic by profes
sion and also act. Perhaps a reader can
name some.
Naval Pay
H. I. L. The pay of an admiral in the
United States, British and German services
Is. In the order named, 111,500, 8II1,
,87il.
Mexican War
Editor of "What Do You, Know" Can
you tell me about how long the Mexican
War lasted and the dates of some of the
high points In it? Q. ILK. f
March 18, 1846, a Mexican generatilHued
a proclamation of hostility to the United
States. April 25, that year, reconnoitring
troops of. General Zachary Taylor were sur
prised and captured. May 13, after a pre
liminary defeat of the Mexicans, Congress
recognized the war. Five days later the
United States occupied Matamoros. In
September Santa Ana assumed command of
the Mexicans. September 28. Monterey sur
rendered. February 13, 1847, Taylor vic
torious at Huena Vista. March .29, Mexi
cans gave up Vera Cruz to General Scott.
April 18, Hoott defeated Santa Ana at
Cerro Gordo. September IJ, United States
armies took Chapultepeo by assault and
the next day Invested Mexico City. After
the siege of Puebia had been raised, October
12. Banta Ana virtually gave up the war,
but the United States troops remained In
Mexico. February 2, 1848, the treaty of
Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed May 10,
ratification! were exchanged and June 12
12 the Mexican flag flew once more over
the palace in Mexico City.
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Colombia
J. B. The Granadlne (not Grenadine)
Confederation was the foundation ot the
present Republic of Colombia, it was
formed in 18S1. The loose confederation
gave way to a strongly centralized gov
ernment after the revolution of 18(5.
X
Schumann-Helnk
F. S. It Is true jhat the great contralto,
Ernestine SchUmaiin-Heluk appeared In
lla-ht opera. That ivas "Love's Lottery." in
1804-0I- Better ttll. eh i aald to have
exprewed the desire to play the part of
xr-itlsha In Tha Mlkarti."
c
Ufih in "The -Mlkada.'
FRANK B, BLACK
GOOD CITIZEN
The New Highway Commissioner
Accepts Office Because He
Wants to Help Build
Better Roads
THE first thing Frank B. Black", of Rom
ersot County, recently appointed State
Highway Commissioner, did wherj ho be
gan his new work was td convince tho at
taches of tho department thnt he meant
Just what ho said
in declaring thnt
he i n t o n d s to
adopt tho merit
system In the or
ganization to the
exclusion of poll
tics. Ho did It by
confirming the
appointment of
two county super
intendents roc
ommended to him
by Chief Engi
neer TJhler.
"I do not know
these men," lie
said, "but you
do, and that is
sufficient."
13 LACK
Another thing thnt pleased tho mon
who will bo Mr. Black's chief assistant
was tho way ho buckled down to his desk.
"Don't bo nfrald to load mo up," said
ho to a clerk who begged his pardon for
unloading on him first thing n big armful
of correspondence. "I never was afraid
of work, nnd I'm ready for tho busiest
tlmo of my life."
Black is a big, broad-minded business
man, Ho Is rated at about $2,000,000 by
tho peoplo In tho western part of the
State, mado chiefly In coal, but ho him
Belt never talks of wealth nnd nobody
conversing with him would discover that
ho la anything mora than a moderately
successful business man. Ho Is quick to
grasp tho dotalls of any proposition placed
before him, Is of nmlablo disposition, has
great forco when ho desires to uso It, Is
an early riser nnd goes lato to bed, loves
big tasks for tho Joy of accomplishment
and la a "good mixer."
Did Not Seek tho Placo
He Is not a practical road builder, but
ho Is an executive of ability nnd has long
regarded tho Stato Highway Department
as ono of tho moat Important branches of
the Stato government. Ho takes his now
Job so sorlously that he has for tho first
tlmo In his Ufa turned his cxtonstvo prl
vato Interests ovor to others and will give
hla wholo tlmo to highway Improvement,
Black was not nn applicant for tho high
way placo. When tho news reached Som
erset that ho was being considered he
was surprised, but ho did not hesitate to
lot It bo known that ho would tako the
otflco if it came to him. To all those
who express surprlso over tho unexpected
appointment of him Instead of Secretary
of Agriculture Patton, who wns appar.
ently slated for the placo, it is polntod out
that Black has long been a confidential
frlond and adviser of tho Governor,
"The position of Btato Highway Com
missioner is ono ot great Importance,"
Black Is quoted as saying. "It la ono
no man can All to tho satisfaction of
everybody, as tho results to be accom
plished aro naturally limited to the
amount of money available for road
building and maintenance Mr. Cunning
ham realized this when ho took the place,
but ho mado an oxcollent start, and had
he lived thero Is no doubt that the Stato
would havo greatly benefited by his capa
ble and honest administration. Taking
this Job means that I will havo to give
up personal management of my private
business. But when I think of the good
I may be able to do I feel I dare not shirk
tho duty."
Getting an Appetite for Breakfast
Tho new Commissioner llkos to tell A
story. On tho day he took office he out
lined his Ideas to his subordinates at inter
vals and. said he lntonded to pay clos
attention even to minor details.
"I like to know what Is going on about
me," lie said. "One timo when I was
prospecting one of my engineers came to
me with a complaint of the long distance
ho had to walk to work and gave that as
an excuse for a rather lamo report. Next
morning I thought I'd go over before
breakfast and see for myself, and I die
covered a mighty flna vein of coal. It
wan only 10 miles, nnd I not only got
the Information first hand, but I had an
appetlte.for breakfast."
Frank B. Black was born April 17, IS64,
in Somerset County, where lio has re
sided all his life. At an early ago his
family moved to Meyersdale, where he
attended school. His father was engaged
In tho manufactute of bricks and tile
drain. Young Black's first business ven
ture was when lie bought out his father's
business, which he developed and con
tlnued, successfully for 12 years. HU
father was once elected Associate Judge
of Somerset County and was also one
County Treasurer. After disposing of hla
brick business Mr, Black began the de
velopment of his' Somerset County coal
Interests, with which he has been promi
nently Identified for many years. With
two associates he began the prospecting
and opening up of coal mines, which when
developed he sold at a profit. Later, how
ever, with these associates he formed the
Stalantlc Coal Company, with offices In
Somerset and New York, and entered
heavily Into tho producing end of th
business. Two of his brothers and two
df his sons are now associated with him.
Mr. Black served one term as a member
ot the Borough Council of Meyersdale,
and tills, with his service as a member of
the State Agricultural Commission, created
by the last Legiblature, constitutes his
entire experience in public office prior to
hi appointment as State Highway Com
mlssloner,
-RUSSIAN LIVE STOCK
Heretofore Russia's live stock lias fur
nlshed the world with some hides, skins and
a, small amount of butter. After the war
there must be a greater call from Importing
countries for meat and dairy products.
With the land available and a people faml
liar with live stock there is no reason why
Russia, discarding all its primitive method
pf agriculture, shall not become a great
producer of these commodities. The result
Ing Improvement In the people means a
larger purchasing power for them. It also
mean for the Government a source ot
I moro promising vhan. some other war debts
I acured by promises to the taxpayers.-1
Vt.J'.II Hi Innmil
nnancmg me aoc now piling up. tnat la
iJVall Btrtet Journal-
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