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To know
That which before us lice in daily life,
the prime wisdom. Milton,
What this country needs Is pro
paredness against sharks.
The IIouso has passed another dam
bill, though less than a fifth of tho mem
bership bothered to havo anything to do
with It
Tho Scotch havo found prohibition
Impractical without trying It. Many
who havo tried Scotch havo found It also
to bo Impractical.
Fortunately thero Is a remedy for
tho voluntary absenteeism to which Sen
ator Pcnroso Is addicted. It Is compul
sory absenteeism.
That 25 per cent, tax on tho use
of gas Is beginning to hurt. The small
house-owner wants to read at night, but
ho does not want to be penalized for
doing It.
Tho Philadelphia guardsmen earned
the plaudits of tho coldly critical regular
army men when they drilled before them.
This parade of the armory trained citizen
soldiery was a greater ordeal than any
action in Mexico could bo.
According to Senator Swanson, of
Virginia, either wo must have a navy of
tho highest efficiency or adopt a timid
and vacillating foreign policy. Events
have seemed to show that it would be
possible for us to havo both.
Doubling the Income taxes of the
rich is rare sport for Congressmen who
come from districts which bear little or
none of the burden, but as sure a way
as any other of undermining democracy
and fostering autocracy is to produce a
favored class, even a favored class to
pay the national debt.
The success of an Administration,
It may bo well for tho Mayor to under
stand, does not depend on its ability to
keep the factions together. Will Phila
delphia be a better city when Mr. Smith
steps out than when he stepped In? Will
the achievement of rapid transit be ac
companied' by a reduction in the price of
gas?
America, for all its pro-Ally senti
ment, will wish the courageous men of
the submarine Deutschland godspeed
when they make their dash out upon the
dark Atlantic. It will add to the prestige
of the British not one whit if they cap
. ture or sink the craft. A sporting chance
Is the least reward that the brave de
serve. The du Fonts alone have received
in war orders almost $200,000,000, nearly
enough money with which to build an
other Panama Canal. Two years ago
men were saying that war had become
impossible on account of its high cost.
Now debts are reckoned in billions In
stead of millions, yet there seems to be
no end to the loans that can be floated.
r The wireless, debased by the war
Into a device for facilitating maneuvers
of warships in their work of destruc
tion, comes Into its own true function
again. In the saving of 142 men from
the lost naval collier Hector, it reap
pears as the greatest life-saving agency
ever put at the disposal of those who
go down to the sea in ships. It was
of no avail to the scores of ships' com
panies sent to the bottom by mine or
torpedo In the last two years In for
eign waters. "With a dozen , other In
ventions meant for the arts of peace,
tt had become associated in the minds
of men with the business of war. With
pathetic fidelity to its original purpose,
the wireless; now serves, in averting a
grettastrophe, to whet men's hopes
for sj nippier time when all. the great
inventions are changed once more by
that slchtmy which turns the sword
Into the plowshare.
The Spanish have a name for what
Americans call "hot ttu-" which la much
Store polite,. They call it "pure con
versation." . Yesterday Philadelphia was
treated to a conversation between its
termer Mayor and its presenf Mayor, and
Uts of it are of the purest Other
snatches are full of Importance to (ha
city BtUI others, the comments of Air.
Btajikenbtirg. before the actual meeting,
on tUo stint of affair are Illuminating
liayur ftwfck Raised John JE. Key burn
M. & w& jLjgJi$ vIob, and Mg Blartk-
W.; um:wkMic umLiyoe amth that
the latter would probably have to pay far
too much for tho Parkway properties.
Mayor Smith promised to look into tho
matter. He assured Mr. Blankenbtfrg
that the former Mayor wouldn't know
Philadelphia, so much had It been
changed. That was tho purest bit. For
Mr. Btankenburg will recognlro Phlladel
phla all loo easily. Ho will nsk ngnln,
"What Is being done except tho appoint
ment of new ward leaders?" He will
understand tho complex "harmony" be
tween Penroso and Vare. Ho will under
stand It all.
THE GOLDEN WORD
THD word "fall" was expunged from
that supcrdlctlonnry known as tho
lexicon of youth by Edward Bulwer Lyt
ton. It la tlmo for another onymoclast to
tear forever from men's books and from
their minds tho moro sinister word, "op
portunity." A strange thing, It Is never heard on
tho lips of successful men as nn active
force. With them It Is something to bo
made, something merely passive, that Is
to bo created In accordance with the high
necessities of forceful llfo. But It Is
always spoken by those who havo not
made It' with tho sense that opportunity
Itself Is tho creator, makes or breaks man,
directs tho progress of tho world.
Wo-henr It today with nn Ironic touch
when men say that opportunity no longer
exists (forgetting that It never can "ex
ist") because everything has been done.
Tho Irony Is, to bo sure, In the fact that
this Is tho highest tribute to those who
havo mndo their good chance. Men walk
about tho streets today who could have
Invented tho automobile. They nro pos
sessed of tho strango conviction that tho
motorcar was Inevitable and that with
their superior equipment and training
they would have developed It If It hadn't
been dono already. But very few of them
have taken tho great gift of the motorcar
and dono with It what Henry Ford has
done. Not one of tho men who would
have dono great things with tho small
motor did nnythlng with It. Only the
Wright brothers, who probably felt a deep
humility before It, worked It Into aoio
planes. It Is, of course, tho "complexity" of
modern life which leads those who cannot
master It to say that all that the world
needs has been given, all It can do has
been done. But It Is a far simpler matter
to go from hero to Pittsburgh today than
It was when Fort Duqucsno was built. It
Is' easier to Illumine City Hall so that It
stands llko n tower of light than It was
to light nn English nobleman to n Hal
loween party In Shukespearo's time. Tho
llnkboy seem3 poetic now, but ho was
downright prosaic and quite Ineffective
three centuries ago. And this 13 perti
nent because tho. growing simplicity of
modern llfo has created so many neces
sities that men need only open their eyes
to seo what must and can bo done. It is
still necessary to create opportunity, but
tho materials aro closer to hand.
Wo look out on a world today more
varied, moro colorful, moro rich than It
has been for many years, perhaps since
the Renaissance. A century of compara
tive pcaco has developed commerce and
science, and with them a new nttltudo
toward life. The century ends In bloody
warfare, and the world aghast stops to
consider Its hundred years and to won
der whether they have been good. So art
and philosophy return. But the winnings
of the century cannot bo gambled away
on tho battlefield. The restoration of tho
world will call into play every factor, will
make requisition, for every stout heart
and every fine brain, will ask chemistry
and poetry to Join with sociology and
sculpture In making the world whole
again.
There are the materials of opportunity,
but opportunity Itself Is not the golden
word. If there Is an Incantation In words,
an "open sesame," It must bo In some
thing as simple and as Inherent In nature
as sesame Itself, And It Is. The golden
word Is "Will.'' That, too, Is a word dan
gerous to use, but it is safer than oppor
tunity because It Is part of each man's
composition. For many years, since the
worship of tho will has become preva
lent, the Idea has obtained that all men
possess It equally, which Is no moro and
no less true than that men possess legs
equally. Will exists, but It can be de
veloped, and Just as the weaker legs will
lose In a race, the weaker will Is destined
to lose. To dominate the will, to develop
It, to feel it conquering, or at the least to
feel the swift rush of Its strength In battle
with an adversary, that, and not the tak
ing of opportuntles ready made, is the
Joy and the zest of life.
SECOND WEEK OF THE DRIVE
THE end of the second week of the
allied offensive In the West found the
British forces plunging forward to tho
capture of German positions four miles
long and one mile deep not many hours
after Berlin had been telling Itself and
the world at large that the drive was over
and the danger past. The answer to the
German notion that England and France
would soon be asking for peace terms is
made by Lloyd George and Asqulth in
their statements that the initiative has
passed Anally into the hands of Ger
many's foes, and that overwhelming
quantities of ammunition are being
rushed Into France by the workers of
England. The surrender of their holiday
season by these workers to make certain
a continued preponderance of British
shells over German, does not look like
peace parleying on the part of the Eng
lish. The new sysffem of "driving" seems
to allow for lulls in infantry action while
the artillery is leveling defenses. The
burden of the offensive is taken by the
artillery, and not by the infantry, and
this accounts for the fact that the latest
and greatest British advance was at a
point where the Germans had massed
enormous reinforcements. A continuous
hall of shells is to be .hurled dally. The
British War Minister announces that
England is turning out twice as much
ammunition In a. week and three times
as much heavy shell as was fired in the
great offensive of September, which
failed. Yet the new British factories have
pot yet attained one-third their full capac
ity. The war has become one, of re
sources, and the Allies certainly have
moro labor and more material than Ger
many In entering this new industrial con
flict. In thU light it was not fantastic of
Kit) Premier to ay. after a fortnight f
ei-itouelit, (hat "tno offensive la caly be-
muni?.
Tom t)aly's Column
TO T. D.
WHBNEVEIt it's a Saturday and alt
your work Is through,
Just cut out Chestnut street for once! I'll
tell you what to dov.
Please como around to where I llvo and wo
shall have a talk
Less heating In this weather than your cus
tomary walk.
t want to read to you a book I wrote that
book m j self
To elovato Immunity and not for love of
pelf.
I cannot get It published J a conspiracy, I
guess.
Is formed for Its suppression by a merce
nary press.
My book would sound the death-knell of a
profitable trade
I demonstrate how wickedly most poetry
Is mndo I
I tako a hundred poets and I analyze their
rhymes.
And I ronvlct them, one by one, of many
heinous crimes.
I brand ench heartless poet for his cruelty
to von els;
In many a line, with anguish keen, I've
heard their Bttrled honls.
Como 'rotlnd and spend n few sad hours,
the while I wring your heart
With tales of mayhem, felony, dono In the
name of Art
On useful "a," sweet "e." bright "I," good
"o," melodious "u"
Half-strangled, mnlmcd, tho little dears, and
I ebbed of allies tltic.
Tho diphthongs, too, thote tuneful twins, 1
really hate to trouble you
To learn how poets choko them weak, espe
cially "o w."
Then, when our conversation's dono nnd
with my book we're through,
P'r'aps you'll go out on Chestnut street to
seo what nootc Is noo. U. C.
Pronounced as If related to William Dean
Ditto.
Who cat the Village Poet snorts an'
makes ftM citrf reply:
"We'll try that later, but today I've other
fish to fry.
Hut first I've got to catch my fish, an' if
you've got a line
You might come 'round this afternoon an'
pool your luck iclth mine.
You sec, since those blamed sharks ar
rived there have been rumored
traces
Of other fish disporting 'round ii most
unheard-of places.
If you'll come 'round this afternoon w&ll
slyly lift the latch
An' sneak upon the Ledger roof to sec
what we can catch.
Some men in our composing room do
solemnly declare
That they from time to time have heard
some curious splashlngs there,
Around the talik wherein Is stored the
water that xcc drink.
If we should find these roof-top fish as
many seem to think
.Ire so-called human beings, lacking de
cency or soul.
Who've turned that "oaken bucket" Into
Illlcy's "swlmmln' hole,"
We'll shoot 'cm when tec catch 'cm an'
after that is through,
We'll take our thirst up Chestnut street
an' sec icliat booze is new.
AS A clever carioonlst, showing Brltan
li nia opening a neutral post-bag, puts
it, England is still postmistress of tho
seas, anyway.
THEY were evidently from Bridgeport,
Conn., homeward bound on the Elks'
Convention train from Baltimore yester
day morning (nnd yesterday, It's impor
tant to remember, was Friday), Tho Ho
party of the pair was so thirsty he talked
In his sleep nnd a Philadelphia brother,
sitting near, overheard him and -took him
forward to Philadelphia's special car. Ho
came back wiping his mustacho and
carrying a cold bottle for Her. She re
freshed herself, but paused midway to
remark: "Oh, John, I'm terrible hun
gry!" "What?" said he, "why, you've
had two meals and an hour's sleep since
Sunday. What moro do you want?"
Old Stuff
(From the diary of Dr. Alexander Hamilton.)
PHILADELPHIA. July 14, 1744. This
morning thero felt a light rain, which
proved very refreshing, the weather having
been very hot and dry for several days. The
heat In this city Is excessive, the sun's rays
being reflected with Buch power from the
brick houses and from the street pavement,
which Is brick; the people commonly use
awnings of painted cloth or duck over their
shop doors and v''ndows, and at sunset
throw bucketsful of water upon the pave
ment, which gives a sensible cool. They
are stocked with plenty of excellent water
In this city, there being a pump at almost
every B0 paces' distance. There are a great
number of balconies to their houses, where
sometimes the men sit In a cool habit and
smoke.
SOME mute. Inglorious Milton In our won
derful composing room beat this out of
his linotype machine and posted It upqn the
bulletin board for the delectation of his
fellow-triflers:
TELMNCJ IT TO THE JIABINE
"This last exploit of Kalaer Bill's,"
Bays 'Loula of the Daflydllls,
"la one to emulate, I ween.
For ha put on n, sub, marine.
"But what I really want to know
Is how by 'paint' he fooled the foe;
And was It amber, red or blue?
The barkeep cannot tell. CanoeT"
IT ISN'T the heat, A. A. points out, It's
the bromidities. -
AGNES REPPLIEH, who Is, perhaps,
ii our most expert appraiser of humor,
says the best bit of it to come out of the
war is the story of the British lady who
said to her neighbor; "'Ere 'Arrlet! 'ow
comes it you've got a black eye an' your
'usband In the trenches?"
Sign in pawnshop window:
WE are Lower Than
the Lowest
IN THE midst of yesterday's heat this
blew In. Our first ad! Mark how breath
less It Is:
PERSONAL
Will aha who in a satln-llned llmoutlna with
a blx black hat turned constantly from City
Hall on North Broad street to Spring- Oarden
street to the Park to Bala thereby ejpoiinr a
calr of eica and part of ana noae 'twin ald
Eat and the lower rail of the back window at
said s I limousine to the driver of a modest
car amokluar a Pico and with no bat on lata
eater day afternoon please communicate with
Heartache, cars T. D. Object matrimony.
HE WOULD LIKE JT.
(Received In reply to an ad of, th Chalmers
Motor Car Company for a salesman able to
earn I50OO per year.)
DEAR SIR Saw your ad In the paper. I
should like a Job like that I have
never drove a car, but I have taking a
course by mall of selling- cars and receive
my diploma. My age is 39. and would be
glad, to receive a Job If I can make good.
IS1 JOB MILLEIl don't call and pay room rent
trunk will ba aold Ad In Atlantic City jppir
WHATLL y bid, gents? If we tbolght
one of his Joke books waa In it e'd
offer ft jitusy.
J-, r
THE VOICE OF
Wilson's Place in History The Caterpillar Nuisance Popular
Vote on Prohibition Discussed by Model
License League President
T'tla Bcporfiitenf li free to all rrnrfrr icfta
udh (o eivreas their opinions on subject o
current iiifcrrst. ( is nil ojicn forum; nnd the
Kienlna Ledger emumes no responsibility for
the tletcs o lis correspondents.
IN PRAISE OF BERRY
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir That nrtlclo on "Hughes: The Mas
ter of Method" Is ery good and Inspiring
for a man to read and think of; but wo
havo a man here In Pennsylvania quite as
notable for good work, Berry tho man who
stood for the people's rights and put the
searchlight on tho Capitol iniquity.
No one party has a monopoly on good,
honest, fonrless men. I think Hughes Is
unfortunate, though. In his looking to Hoosc
elt to be a hflp to elect him. Roosevelt
wabbles too much. He Is too erratic In
speech, and In trying to disci edit Wilson
ho has made n great mistake.
Wilson's place In history will bo almost
Identical with that of Lincoln, for ho has
done very well In handling a situation
which, wo all know, Mr. Roosevelt would
havo hopelessly bungled. Wilson has provcq,
that "the pen Is mightier than the sword"
and that the "soft answer" is useful for a
purpose and more to be commended than
"the big stick." This ought to bp "the age
of humanity," and America's highest duty
Is to set a good example to the rest of the
world.
True progress does not mean to ride
rouirh-shod over all weaker people. Amer
ica Is unlike any other country, Inasmuch
as our people come from all otner countries
and look to our Government as the one hope
of the future. There are no dukes, or lords,
or counts In our nobility. A man's title to
respect and honor In this glorious land does
not come to him as a gift or an Inheritance.
It makes no difference who his father was
or how much money he had. He must
"make good" himself. This Is the reason
we ara proud of America. Also, this Is the
reason some people (with small Intellect)
don't like us and prefer "to live abroad."
JOHN J. FLEMING.
Philadelphia, July 10.
POPULAR VOTE ON PROHIBITION
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir Great stress Is being placed by anti
saloon orators In certain sections upon the
Importance of letting "the people" vote
upon prohibition One might think from
these speeches that the Anti-Saloon League
was the champion of the down-trodden
people.
Yet at the same time In Missouri the
Rev. W. C. Shupp. State superintendent of
the Aml-Salom League. Is trying to force
prohibition by the legislative route, thus
avoiding submission of the Issue to the'peo
pie under the State's referendum law.
Down In Alabama this same desire to
avoid a vote of those same people who are
now so loudly championed was shown by
the Anti-Saloon League last year, when the
prohibition law was made more drastic.
ARTISTS' LOCAL NO. 1
THE definite action of many actors in
seeking an affiliation with the Ameri
can Federation of Labor has possibilities
of eerlous trouble, but so far no orje has
Been anything but humor in the proposed
affiliation of authors and workers In the
plastic arts. There are already protec
tive organizations of scenario writers,
dramatists and musicians among others,
but these are not directly Joined to the
great labor unions.
If the authors Join the union will they
insist upon a minimum wage or wfll they
ask for piecework? Will Robert W.
Chambers go on a sympathetic strike if
Elinor Glyn is underpaid In itself a
strange' thing to think snout. Or will
the estate of O. Henry get an injunction
against Edna Ferber for 'ack of Jurisdic
tion and compel her to work on material
not quite eo closely related to that of
hner master? '
It is easy to conjure VP the picture or,
Thackeray rising to hi work, punching
the time clock, manfully pushing quill or
pen acrpsa smooth white paper until
noon. Charley pickets, boss of the
gang, would hand him U pay check as
he knocked off work a 5:80 p. m. and
aU the boys wuM so dcr-ru. to Authors
Local No I. the clubhouse, and discuso
those hard taskmasters, thco espjpltws
THAT SENSATION!
w -
THE PEOPLE
But In Alabama prohibition leaders were
moro outspoken as to their reasons. Asked
why the question was not submitted to tho
people H. W. Elchclbcrgcr, State superin
tendent of the AntUSaloon League, gave do
slre to avoid dclay'as tho first reason, and
added:
"Tho second wni that It would have
brought Into tho State a 'slush' fund of enor
mous slzo to corrupt tho voters."
Yet In the face of this distrust of the
people In the different States, the Anti
Saloon Lcaguo now urges submission of tho
nation-wide nmendment to tho people of the
States. Its orators are even trying to make
Congressmen believe thoy have no duty
but to submit the question to tho Stntca;
that the framcrs of the Constitution, though
they required a two-thirds vote by Con
gress, Intended that tho duty of that body
should bo nothing moro than clerical or me
chanical, no matter what Its views upon the
nmendment proposed.
Docs this attitude as to natlon-wldo sub
mission indlcato a trust In majority rule
that Is absent when a State fight is made?
Inasmuch as 36 of the smaller Stntes, with
less than half the country's population, may
rntlfy an amendment to the Constitution,
perhaps the Antt-Saloon League Is not de
parting from Its State attitude. If It can
talk of rule "by the people" and yet get
the nation-wide amendment adopted by a
minority of the people living In the smaller
States, it will be overjoyed.
T. M. GILMORE.
President National Model License League.
CATERPILLARS
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir The temperature Is very high, but
In the effort to escape Its Intensity the visi
tor to any of our city's squares, supposed
to be breathing and rest places, will at
once experience a rise In his mental tem
perature on contemplating the utter lack
of effort to kill off the all-prevalent nuis
ance of caterpillars. They crawl up over
the benches back of the unfortunate visitor
until he finds two or three, or, as I did this
morning, Ave on the collar attempting to
get up Into the hair of my head. This was
In Independence Square, within 20 feet of
the fountain, where a city-paid watchman
sits dozing all day, supposed to be engaged
In preventing the small boy doing any mis
chief with the fountain. Immediately back
of him stands a large maple tree, whose
outer branches are filled with leaves that
have been riddled by the caterpillars In tho
effort to make the cocoon that covers him
when he goes to his winter rest. The par
ticular tree In question lina upon its trunk
thousands of these cocoons that could be
readily removed with a stiff brush or broom
and a man with the aid of a stepladder
could reach to where the limbs branch off
and kill many thousands of the pests. This
being so much easier and less expensive
than spraying Is probably the reason that
it is not done. What say youT
Philadelphia, July 13. C. H. P.
of the common horde, the publishers;
Eventually there would be a strike, de
manding more liberal use of the Muses
Nine, and legislation to prevent undue re
straint of trado would be Introduced by
a new Sherman.
But the most serious danger in the
Authors' Union Is that no one knows
what the attitude of the writers might
be on the question of worklngmen's
compensation. Count tip the number
of perfectly good soldiers spitted by
D'Artagnan and you see that Dumaa has
something to pay for. Also think of the
maiming for life, the broken hearts, the
scars and wounds of the firm of Mc
Cutcheon, MacQrath & Oppenheim.
Would Wilkle Collins have been entitled
to time and half-time because he had to
do night work? Surely t would, be un
reasonable to ask for "The Yellow Mask"
pr "The Moonstone" as creations of the
garish light of day. And whajt would the
union's attitude on child labor do to the
editors of country Journals?
It is a serious matter. The authorities
ought to look Into It.
PSYCHOLOGY
There la always a. thrill in the sight of
a. column of soldiers trudging off on their
own peculiar, deadly business, even if ,V
cannotec only Hoorav for you ! I'm t
going, hocrayf Boston Qlc-be.
What Do You Know?
OuerfM o general Merest ,( is onsiorl
in this column. Ten questions, the answeri to
which eieru tccll-tnormcd rcrsoii sioufd know,
art ashed dallu.
QUIZ
1. Who was Mollere?
2. In vrlint fnmotiH nntcl does the character
Mlrnnlicr nupenr?
3. A neuK ilUpntrh reports the dentil of Hie
crent llluerlier's Krnndnon; Vilio was
Illiirclirr?
4. At wlmt iiite nre 1'lilladelphla children com
pelled to attend hdiool bjr the compulsory
education Inu?
5. 'H'rmt l meant br the expression "salad
days"?
fl. Who Is John Ilessln Clarke?
7. VUint Is mennt br the phrase "to draw the
lonir bon"?
8. Wlmt Is meant br "en mnsse"?
0. AVhnt nre Kiir-ropes?
10. 'HWt nre "jen" nnd "sen"?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. The We Ilend district Is that .pari or the
border here the lllo Ornnde makes Its
Inrsrst bend, nenr the boundary between
Chihuahua nnd Coahulla.
1 2. Thespians t nclors.
3. Tho statue or Jonn or Are, Is at the east end
or the (ilrnrd utcniie bridge.
4. The "rnll crew law" compels the rnllronds to
eml'lo) a certain number of trainmen on
eueh train.
'S. France was proclaimed a republic on Sep
tember 4. 1810.
0. Ilainrta Is In the southern part o Germany,
The majority or Its population Is Catholic.
7, "Futures" nre Koods or crops houslit for de-
lliery nt a future speellleu time.
8. Vnllejs or home hlch mountain
cli mountain ranees are
lliled with he extending from the snntr-
fields aboe to veil below the tree line.
This mass or Ire Is railed a slacler.
0, "Medil or Honor I-eclon" j on American
society composed or etcrnns who hare re
relied the .Medal or Honor.
10. Mortmain t "tho ilend hand." The term Is
applied to the perpetual tenure or laud by
corporations.
Opal of Alfonso
Editor of "What Do You- Know" Can
you tell me why the "Opal of Alfonso" Is
famous? H. J.
The opal of Alfonso XII of Spain seemed
to be fatal. The king on his wedding day
presented an opal ring to his wife (Mer
cedes, daughter of the Duke of Montpen
Bier), and her death occurred soon after
ward. Before thee funeral tho king gave
the ring fb his sister, Maria del Pilar, who
died a few days afterward. The king then
presented the ring to his sister-in-law, the
Princess Christina, youngest daughter of
the Duke of MontpenBler, who died within
three months. Alfonso, astounded by these
fatalities, resolved to wear the ring him
self, and died within a very short time.
The Queen Regent then attached the ring
to a gold chain, which she suspended on the
neck of the Virgin of Almudena of Madrid.
An Astrological Terra
n. d, In astrology a planet distant from
another one-third of the circle la said to be
In trne.
Equivalents of 'William
F, w. The equivalents of the name
William In foreign countries which you
asked for are as follows: French, Gull
laume; Italian, Ougltelmo; German, Wit
helm. Dance of Death
Editor of "What Do You Knoto" Is there
a series of pictures known as "The Dance
of Death"? Who was the artist? H.F.N
A series of woodcuts called the w,Dance
of lieath" was said to be by Uans Holbein
(1538), and represented Death dancing after
all sorts of persons, beginning with Adam
and Eve, He Is beside the Judge on his
bench, the priest In his pulpit, the nun Irt
her cell, the doctor In hi study, the bride
and the beggar, the king and the Infant,
but "Is swallowed up at last." -v
Georgia Money
W. H. 8. tea, the Southern States did
repudiate their debts, usually on the ground
that the contract was not entirely legal.
The money Issued by the State of Georgia
wU not be redeemed by that State, for the
reason that, as you say, the time of pay
ment Is specified as six months after the
ratification of a treaty between the United
States and the Confederate States. No such
treaty was ever concludes, ana there is lit
tle chance that such a treaty ever will be
made.
Panama Neutrality
Editor of "What, Do You Know" la the
Panama. Canal a neutral waterway?
G. von B.
Yes. It is provided by treaties that the
Panama Canal, like the Suez Canal, shall
remain absolutely neutral. It "shall be
free and open to the vessels of commerce
and war of all nations, and shall never be
blockaded, f.or shall any right of war be
exercised nor eny act of hostility commit
ted within It."
THE MYSTERY
OF A CZAR'S SON
Murder of n Prince in Paface
Gardens and Rise of Im
postor to a
Throne
By JOHN ELPRETH WATKINS
TVAN THE TERRIBLE, tho first ruler
X of Russia to assume tho title of Czar,
yielded up his black soul In 1584. His
older son nnd successor, Feodor, was
feeble-minded, nnd the noxt heir to tho
throne was his younger son, Demetrius,
a baby of 2 years. So tho people of Rus
sia all centred their hopes In this child
who ono day was to deliver them from tho
yoko held about tholr necks by nn Idiot.
But Boris Godllnoff, tho Prlmo Minister,
disposed of Feodor nnd proclaimed him
self Czar of Russia. Old Ivan's widow,
the Empress Dowager, was Imprisoned in
a convent and young Demetrius was kept
under guard In tho town of Ugllch.
When Demetrius was n lad of 0 nil of
his nttondantovcro ono day withdrawn
nnd ho won loft nlono to play In tho court
.ynrd. Suddenly n servant returning to
tho sceno uttered a shriek of terror, and
thoso who responded to her Alarm found
lying before them upon tho ground a llttlo
boy with his throat cut from ear to car,
his features mutilated beyond rccognU
tlon. Tho word wns sent abroad through
tho empire that tho sturdy llttlo prince
tho hopo of the Russian populace hat!
been mysteriously murdered. Thero waa
universal mourning among tho masses,
but Boris Godunoff managed to retain
lils sccptro for tho tlmo being,
A Claimant Appears
In thoso days thero dwelt In Poland a
great prince, Adam WIsnIoweckl. Ho
had n young servant who, 15 years after
tho murder of tho child at Ugllch, fell HI,
and fearing death confessed to a Jesuit
priest that ho wns nono other than tho
rightful Czar Demetrius, alleged to havo
been tho victim of that crime. According;
to this youth's story, tho ngent whom
Boris Goduno'ff had sent to Ugllch had
smuggled him off to Poland after muti
lating a peasant lad lcscmbllng him In
a gcnctal way nnd leaving that child's
body In tho court yard to decelvo tho
populace. In Poland ho had been reared
ns n peasant, but his memory of his Iden
tity had not been outgrown. Ho repeated
his confession to WIsnIoweckl and ex
hibited to that prlnco n diamond cross
that had been tho baptismal gift of llttlo
Demetrius, also a Jowelcd seal bearing
tho crest of that royal child.
Behoving his servant's story, WIsnIo
weckl lost no tlmo In repeating it to
Slglsmund, tho King of Poland, nnd,
slnco that monarch was a bitter enemy
of Russia, ho laid plans to upset tho
throno of Boris by furthering tho claims
of tho mysterious youth claiming to bo
tho rightful Czar. So Slglsmund equipped
a Polish army, nnd, placing tho young
pretender at tho head of It, sent him Into
Russia in 1C04. Demetrius was hailed
with delight by soma of tho Russian
populace, who hated tho tyrannical
usurper, Boris. They rallied to tho young
Invader's standard and victory seemed to
bo within his grasp when, In a great
battle on tho plain of Dobrlnlchl, ho 'suf
fered a serious defeat. . In llttlo moro than
a week later, however, Boris fell dead
from poison and tho alleged Demetrius
led his army triumphant Into tho old cap
ital of Moscow, where ho demanded ths
crown.
Peasant Boy is Crowned
Tho nobles nt Moscow wero moro skep
tical than had been tho peasants outside.
Thoy hated Poland, nnd tho story got
abroad that tho pretender was the tool of
King Slglsmund. They proposed that as
a test of tho young man's claim tho
mother of Demotrlus bo brought from her
convent prison and asked to stats
whether the claimant to the throno was
her son. So tho widow of Ivan tho Terrl
bio was produced. Alone In an inclosed
tent she received tho pretender. They
wero together a long tlmo. Then she
emerged and announced to her ono-tlme
subjects that tho young man was Indeed
her supposedly murdered son. Sho Iden
tified him beyond the shadow of a doubt.
So ho was crowned Czar of all the Bus
slas In June, 1605.
At first Demetrius pleased his sub
jects with his wise and Just policies, but
hatred of Poland soon Inflamed tho Itus
slnns. Thoy resented his Introduction of
Polish customs and his leaning toward
tho Poles' religion. His people werti
naturally ambitious for him to marry a
Russian pvlncess, but his peasant rearing
had given him fixed Ideas of his own re
garding affairs of the heart. Before his
invasion of Russia ho haS become be
trothed to Maryna Mplszek, a Polish girl
of noble family, and within tho year fol
lowing his coronation he married her.
This infuriated the Russian aristocrats,
who surrounded his palace May 29, 1605,
the eleventh night after his wedding, and
secretly broke Into the bridal chamber.
Leaping from the window to the -court
yard, 30 feet below, he broke Ills leg, and,
being unable to reach his soldiers? suc
cumbed to the assassins. The leader of
the band of murderers, Vaslll Shulskl,
seized the throne and threatened old
Ivan's widow with torture. In terror sho
admitted that the young man, who for
nearly a year had ruled over Russia, waa
not her son, but that she had Identified
him In the hope of freeing herself from
her convent prison and of enjoying a
fortune which ha had granted her.
In the minds of many Russians thero
Is still a question whether this one-thpt
servant of Prince "Wisntowecki was in
deed the rightful Czar or the impostor
which his enemies declared him to be.
(Copyrighted.)
REBELLION
The nation is about to suffer from tax
tlon with explanation. New York Sun.
LEARNING
The people of Santo Domingo, where a '
number of United States marines have
been killed ana wounaea, are. now aemana--;
ing that the American forces be withdrawn. j
adopt the new fashions in diplomacy!
Washington neruiu.
EXCLAMATIONS
Ko timidity! No protection for Ameri
cans abroad ' No truce to Iluerta , he must
perUb! No interference with Mexicans do
ing absolutely a they please wtth tbele ,
country' Dpwn with tie butters-la' Yes, '
lis weather Is very warm. Albany Knicier. '
boob&i'lfteik
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