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Example is the school of wan'
kind, and they will learn at no other.
Burke.
A shark at Oyster Bayl Tut, tut,
no shark would dare!
No prohibition for Bull Mooso
Parker. Ho halls from Now Orleans.
Better that even ten pollco officers
should bo flrcd than that ono Director
should loso his job.
Sometimes It Is difficult to tell
whether It Is easier to break tho law or
jail In Camdon.
A man or an administration full
of excuses may expect to And that fail
ure is his bedfellow.
The confidence! of tho underworld
district In the stability of its enterprises
Is merely a sidelight on Iho -aluo of a
raid.
If they are not careful tho GermanB
will bo eating Christmas dinner on their
own side of the Rhine Instead of in
Paris.
Poland has been transformed under
German rule, says VIco Chancellor Helf
ferich. Tho same thing can bo said of
Belgium.
Tho tax for tho privilege of using
gas is now 25 per cent. Unless there Is
some chango In policy after 1917 it will
bo 33 1-3 per cent.
For tho $70,000 appropriated to Im
prove the postofllce, Phlladelphlans will
bo very, very grateful. Tho amount ro
neatly hits off tho truth, which is that
the only Improvement is replacement.
President Wilson Is to bo Informed
of his rcnomlnatlon on tho fourth anni
versary of the birth of tho Progressive
party (dee'd). Tho ironies of timo will
weigh heavily on our philosophical Presi
dent on that day.
Postmaster McNeil, of Pittsburgh,
has lost his Job because, It seems, he re
fused to dismiss Republicans who'm he
regarded as efficient, If Mr. McNeil is
just as convinced of tho propriety of re
moving, those who are inefficient we sus
pect Wfl know how he will voto In No
vember, The revival of submarine activity
and promiscuous murder on the high
seas would Indicate beyond contradiction
the desperate straits In which mili
tarism finds Itself. Besides, after tho
glorious victory In the North Sea why
not, let the regular German fleet cut off
British trade?
The provision In the proposed new
chsrter for Philadelphia permitting the
Mayor to "Ore" his whole cabinet should
cause no uneasiness. There have been
Visible (and invisible) certain cabinets
fired only by private greed. The other
lend of firing would at least be in the
public service.
The railroad strike In Spain has
been settled through the sort of govern
mental Interference which Is particularly
obnoxious to Americans. Martial law was
declared. An inclination to learn from
the experience of others should make
itself felt In the Federal Board of Con
ciliation, for a strike of serious propor
tions threatens here, and it can be avoided
t least a little easier than it can be
settled after It is called.
Out of all the talk about Mexico
there comes nothing but futility. There
are plenty of schemes for settling the
matter, but none of them amounts to any
thing. What good can a commission do
when tho authority for the Mexican end
of it will not be recognized by thousands
of Mexicans who happen to be armed
with rifles and machine guns? What Is
needed la not a commission but a Govern
ment in Mexico, that can carry out Its
promises.
The absurdities of the Allied Eco
nomic: Conference in Paris were quickly
perceived by the Parliaments of the Gov
ernments there represented and the en
tire matter of a war after the war was
universally laid on the table, perhaps never
to he revived. But England has returned
to the previous question with a vengeance
tat er published list of American firms
boycotted by English trade. Technically
the Foreign, Offlea will present a clever
dgfsnxe, w doubt not. Actually there are
w etementa of excuse for Great Brit
ain and U ChUf of tbeae la Invalidated
fc.y th emvm et Enitlbjh trade Itself,
it awttM tfaat the fita WekUtt
have supplied Germany and, In the case
of the rubber shipments on the Deutsch
land, In flagrant violation of promises
made to the original purveyors of the
material. But English merchants have
never completely given up trade with
the enemy and the sale of tin to Germany
for a whole year after war broke out
was u moral disgrace. Nor has the stop
page of neutral trade with Holland, pre
cedent to British trade In the confiscated
goods nt enormous profits, Increased
American respect for tho Integrity of
British methods. Arrogance could hardly
go farther than the new methods of
warfare, nor could nnythlng be less cal
culated to encourage confidence In Eng
land's ability to blockade, legitimately, nil
Germany's ports. With tho extension
of tho doctrlno of ultimate destination
already In practice England has sufllclent
power. It Is absurd to threaten the
United States now.
. NO PURCHASE OF LOCAL
OPTION
-
T Til. GIBBONEY, whoso letter appears
J- clsewhero on this page, Is nn advo
cato of tho purchase of liquor establish
ments by the Government. Ho Is op
posed to local option, on tho theory that
It Is equivalent to tho confiscation of
prlvnto property, although that property
has been acquired under license of both
Stato and National Governments. Drive
out tho liquor Industry, argues Mr. Gib-
boney, but drive It out by purchase, not
by edict.
John Jones bad a dog and ho paid a
licenso to keop It. It was not a bad dog
ordinarily, but ono day It went mad. sont
Its venom Into threo or four children,
killed a wlfo or two and otherwlso In
flicted great damage on tho community.
"Don't touch that dog." cried Jones; "It's
licensed." But tho big policeman drow
a bead on tho animal's heart and there
was nothing left but tho carcass.
Tho liquor Industry has a licenso to
cngago In a legitimate business. The
enormity of Its offenses against decency,
lifo and limb has rendered that business
morally Illegitimate In many cases and
legally Illegitimate In others, by tho will
of tho people Whoro It Is a mad dog
tho people must have tho right to voto
it out; whero It is a good dog thero is
no public sentiment In favor of Its ex
tirpation. Thero comes into court, calling on tho
law for protection, nn Industry which
has viciously violated tho law, which has
contributed Its money and Its lniluenco
to corrupt the law, which has degraded
tho very sources of .hc law by crowding
Into tho gutter citizens who mako tho
law. Yet It is an Industry which exists
only by toleration of tho people. Indeed,
tho property value of which It prates Is
almost wholly a franchise valuo and
nothing more. Tho value of a saloon Is
not In Its stock of liquor, but In its au
thorization to sell that liquor.
Tho Industry, obviously needing regu
lation, lias resorted to insidious political
activity to prevent that regulation savo
in such form as it approved. It has In
duced tho demand for its eradication In
such communities as aro opposed to ita
continuance It has constituted ltBelf a
public nuisance. Why, therefore, should
It be recompensed for Its own malfcas
nnco in behavior? There Is no proba
bility of expelling the liquor Industry
from any locality In which that Industry
has conducted Itself properly. Local
option would not closo saloons In Phila
delphia nor anywhere elso whero they
aro only moderately objectionable
Thero Is scarcely a liquor establish
ment in America which has not entered
the business with due warning of tho risk
Involved. The fight to stamp the busi
ness with Illegality has been going on for
years. Tho profits of the business are
in proportion to tho risk Involved. Every
dealer has known that it is within tho
power of government to drive him out.
He is In no very different situation In
this respect from the manufacturer who
builds his plant relying on a protective
tariff, although he knows that the elec
tion returns may ruin him, and the man
ufacturer's business Is not a nuisance or
a peril. He Is not, additionally, greatly
different from the dealer In cocaine who
finds that his property may be confis
cated for tho good of the community.
But local option is not prohibition. It
simply confers on a governmental unit
the right to decide by vote whether the
liquor business within that unit shall be
treated as an outlaw. Local option gives
the liquor business tho Bame chance that
it gives the opposition. A business so
rotten that 'a majority of the citizens
want to strangle It has no particular
claims on the consideration of the public.
The liquor Industry may be a pistol
pointed at the heart of a community to
compel it to buy its freedom, but the
vote is a bullet-proof cloak that Is a sure
defense against such tactics.
The liquor Industry Is not a vested
right; it is in many cases a vested wrong.
Its franchise Is held subject to the
pleasure of the people. It simply must
cease to exist when the people so will,
just as the great racing plants ceased to
exist. Nobody, we believe, ever advo
cated that race-track gamblers should
be reimbursed, although part of their
profits had gone to the State, A busi
ness that becomes repugnant to the
morals of the age, no matter what its
former standing In the law, must go. Just
as slavery went, and the only considera
tion it can expect is the warning' of ap
proaching action, a warning which the
slaveholders bad and a warning' which
the liquor business has been setting- for
i half a century.
EVENING Sf-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JUIY 20, 1916.
Tom Daly's Column
JUST why the British Government's
boycotting of thoso 83 American firms
should recall this Incident to us wo don't
know, but, relevant or irrelevant, hero's
tho Incident:
In tho fall of 1810. a party of us, writers
and artists from jils country and Can
ada, were guests at a luncheon In Bristol,
England. Seven of -us, by actual count,
had been called upon to offer a toast
to tho King, each of which drew from the
natives loud cries of "Klngl King! King!
O-bless Mm! King! King!" Then wo wero
asked to add our little bit. Wo said In
effect:
"It's very nice to be called upon to toast
your King, who seems to bo a rent fellow;
but slnco so many of tho othors have
already dono It I am sure you won't
object If I depart from the schedule to
say a klnJ word for another good fellow,
who seems to havo been mislaid In the
excitement here, although he's by no
means tiny. I give you President Taft."
A week or so later when wo wero In
mldoccan and It was too lato for n hot
headed toaster to go back and havo it out
with his critics, wo learned that tho Eng
lishmen In chargo of tho luncheon had
lot It bo known that we, personally, would
never again bo Invited to a party of that
sort In Bristol,
Almost any mlnuto now wo may find
some port on the Atlantic coast simply
Bremen with news.
Watch Your Step
When not nttendlnir rhureh uprvleen on the
Sabbath one may Indulge In wnlklnr. uhlch In
a healthful exercise Spokesman of Lord's Day
Alllnnco Lcarue.
White you're engaged in walking
You'll probably bo talking,
If some ono else should share your
exercise;
In which case, can the labor
Of knocking at your neighbor,
For such things aro un-Chrlstlan and
unxclse.
Moreover, while you're tramping,
Vc carcfull Don't be stamping
The flowcri of the poor but godless few.
Keep In the straight and nanow
And nothing then shall harroxu
Tho pure and peaceful, perfect soul o)
you. A. P.
Moro sad music from tho old "trlanglo"
down Boston way.
COLONEL BILL LAMPTON, distin
guished freo lance, who doesn't care
how freo ho is with It, dropped In upon
us as wo wero going over tho proofs of
our forthcoming "Songs of Wedlock,"
"Ah!" he drawled, "going over a bunch of
poems, eh? I helped our old family doctor
In Kentucky at that Job once." "Poet as
well as a doctor, eh?" "Oh, no; Coroner,
Ho was examining the poems to seo what
thero was In 'cm to have Induced tho
editor to shoot the author of 'em."
OUR Missus says when she was a little
girl there was a grown-up young
woman who used to visit their houso
every week or so and bring occasion for
a quiet chuckle with her. The only othor
Inmates of this young woman's homo wero
her mother and grandmother, but sure
as sure could bo, every timo sho was
asked how the folks wero at homo she'd
say, "Oh, Mom an' them's fine."
HOW BIIE CARltlCB OX
Miss Carrie Wood would caracolo
And prance around and vow
3 Tic
couldn't
When Ma would bid her carry wood.
Why was it Carrlo wouldn't?
ICIDD.
Out of the Mouths of Babes
THE little girl was returning a cup to
the kind neighbor who had sent one of
her cup custards to her mother.
"Mother told me fo tell you," sho lisped,
"that It was very nice,"
"And what did you think of it, dear?"
"Horrible." I. M. L.
Modern Inventions
DiOSTPiQl. TO
COU. OR VCOU.
This device,
which is a poor
relation of tho
famous elastic
typo, may not
prove popular.
It can only be
used once in the
same place. Here
goes for once,
anyway.
HANDY
LITTLE SPCE.
FlU-ER. fore
COUYUM
CONDUCTORS
GOSU-BLAMED TOVGII
Wen Maud Muller rakes the hay
I jes' hev tcr up an' leave 'er.
Wlsht I could, but I kalnt stay
Drat my dash-binged olo hay feverl
A Flash Out of a Letter
"Funny how we react to some things and
people. The other day I met a man sud
denly. I had often heard of him. I had
heard that he was cruel that he was un
fair that he was selfish, etc., etc. Maybe
he Is, but when I saw him suddenly, for
the, first time. I knew him through and
through, and I had been with him before
It was a thousand years or ro ago, I re
member It well. He was leading, lighting
his way, a chief, and I was close behind,
fighting too, and I remember that I was
chanting some heathen thing, chanting
something unholy, the words coming like
a mountain stream, pouring and leaping.
That fellow's the chief of big chiefs today,
and I'm a nonentity, singing this letter
Ma be, In the next reincarnation, I'll be a
Jew with a hooked nose and he'll come
begging and borrowing guilders Will I
give them to him? Will I? I don't know."
OVERHEAR.D in a department store
elevator;
"And I was so glad It happened that
way, because I was introduced to Miss
as a result,"
"That disagreeable thlngl You always
said you hated her,"
"Of course; and now that I've been in
troduced I can snub her,"
Hell A mystical Philadelphia New
Yotk Evening Sun.
"C'rectl" we exclaim, in the midst of
our humidity. "But why the qualifica
tion?" WERION GOLFER TURNS IN NET SCORE OP
SO ON CLUB LINKS. .
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rary our most respected, morning con
temporary and It drove us wild. We
immediately put on our hst and we
started, instanter. for Btenon golf course
rrow's paper.)
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D. Clarence Gibboney Discusses the Liquor Question The
Melodramatic Raid in the
Tenderloin
This department 1 free to all reader xcho
ul to expreas their opfnlcrtn on subject of
current Ittfcrraf. It tv tin open forum, niul the
Evenina Ledger ns'iimrs no responsibility for
the itews of its correspondents.
LOCAL OPTION VS. PURCHASE
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir I notice In your paper of this dato
an editorial which I quoto In full as fol
lows: Tho British Government, acting through
the Liquor Tralllc Board, has decided to
purchase all the breweries and public
houses In nnd about the city of Carlisle.
Fully a third of tho public houses will be
closed and others will bo equipped nH
model refreshment houses, whero intoxi
cants will not be sold. Yet In the great
Slato of Pennsylvania tho liquor Interests
havo tho nudnclty to opposo a local op
tion law, and actually contribute money to
debauch tho electorate and control tho
Legislature.
This editorial sets forth In plain words
two totally different methods of dealing
with the legalized liquor tralllc one which
has been adopted by tho British Govern
ment, under tho terms of which, as stated
In your editorial, that Government has de
cided to purchaso nil tho breweries and pub
lic houses In and about the city of Carlisle.
By this Just method England Is nblo to
effectively wipe out tho liquor tralllc, nnd
does It without meeting with any opposition
from the liquor people themselves The
other proposition set forth In your editorial
Is the local option proposal advocated in
Pennsylvania and a few other States, nnd
which has been approved by the Kvbninq
Lnnacn, nnd which, should It become a
law, would bo capable of being used to de
stroy tho lawfully acquired property of the
legitimate liquor dealer This method is
naturally opposed by all legitimate liquor
dealers. Very few thinking citizens expect
liquor dealers to do anything else than op
poso a proposed law which would destroy
their property without an reimbursement
or compensation
I am loath to bellevo that tho Evenino
Ledoeu would Intentionally nttompt to de
ceive Its readers, nnd yet the editorial in
question uses the juat plan of tho British
Government In which every liquor dealer
Is given a Bquaro deal as argument In
favor of the local option proposal In Penn
sylvania, which. If It becomes effective,
would rob legitimate liquor dealers of their
lawfully ncqulred property!
I would be pleased to havo you oxplaln
whether your editorial was mistakenly writ
ten because of lack of understanding of the
true facts or whether It Is really an at
tempt to befuddle your readers Into believ
ing that the local option proposal (which
would destroy property) Is as worthy of
tho support of those whose property would
be destroyed as is the plan which elves full
reimbursement. I believe you will agree
with me that an cqul(ablo and honorable
proposition Is always beht supported bj hon
est arguments based on honest statements
of fact If your paper sincerely believes In
the kind of local option advocated In this
State which would carry with It confisca
tion of legitimate Investments do you not
believe you should clearly set forth that
fact and not attempt to make such a propo
sition appear to be as equitable and Just
as one which safeguards and provides for
the rights of others? It surely cannot help
your cause to resort to specious reasoning
and fallacious editorial arguments,
D. CLARENCE aiBBONBY.
Philadelphia, July 18.
THE MELODRAMATIC RAID
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir Your editorial of even date under the
POLITICS
Jow that conventions have finished their
work and campaigning is about to enter the
acute stage, the time for profitable political
apostasy would appear to have arrived.
Any morning now we may expect to read
that the Hon. James W. Squdger, llfelopg
Democrat and ex-collector of Squdgevllie,
has come out flatfootedly and stated that,
though he had always expected to carry
his Jeffersonlan principles to the grave with
him, he can no longer consistently with
self-respect, support the Democratic candi
date for President, because, etc., etc, etc
The whole country will at once be electri
fied, and 'seethe with conjecture, Jubilation or
denial of the significance of the Squdgevllie
straw's flight, until, out of a clear sky, ex
Senator Mudge. of Mudgeville, lifelong- Re
publican, takes an unexpected stand in the
next day's papers and declares, bursting
with fcoba, that, though he once shook Abra
ham Lincoln by the hand, conviction and
. uicmn sense of duty force him to take a
rlacs on the Mudgeville Democratic Execu.
OR LESS ABOUT? MR.
THE PEOPLE
caption "Pollco In tho VIco District" Is
comprehensive, sensible and human.
This city has been "wldo open," both
from a gambling nnd a "red light" stand
point for more than a year, and I for one
refuso to bellevo that even our most Indif
ferent officials havo not been cognlznnt of
Just what was going on. Then they start
a spectacular raid on a Saturday night,
running Into Sunday, which, by tho way.
Is contrary to law. Theso vlrtuou3 officials
knew of and permitted theso conditions for
months and then called tho pollco from
outlying districts to a secret meeting on
tho busiest night of tho week. If they wero
sincere, the evil would havo been gradu
ally nnd sanely stumped out, or nt least
segregated and reduced to a minimum.
It Is to laugh to think that they havo any
slncorlty or honesty of purpose. I happen
to know that the wonderful mentor of our
civic morals and dlsclpUv of Blackstono Is
persona grata with some of the worst char
acters In this or any other city, nnd as for
tho police thoy are all right except that
they are Just part of a system which In
somo respects can put tho politics of dark
est Russia to shame.
When you read the account of this "mag
nificent" raid, did you stop to think that
certain places wero Ignored and In others
absolutely Innocent peoplo wero "sent up,"
to use their parlance?
On an uptown street ono of tho oldest
nnd best known places of the city was
pasted up while the neighbors wero raided.
Tho Pharisees cortalnly had their Inning
on Saturday night to further their beldsh
interests, and, while I am not defending the
habitues of tho Tenderloin, there were quite
a few people dlsgcaccd forever by a lot of
"holler than thou" politicians who have
enough money to bo safo and mako a goat
of others. J. w. ADAMS,
Philadelphia, July 17.
WANTS MORE POLITICS '
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir You aro not paying enough atten
tion to politics, It muBt bo apparent that
unless those who believe In Republicanism
get busy the Democrats will win by de
fault. I havo been through many cam
paigns, but I have never seen the. country
so deluded by phrases nnd wordi as t Is
at present. Look at Mexico! Was thero
ever such a mess beforo? Yet there was
actually somo talk not long ago about
financing a Government down there, as If
we had not sent too many guns and too
much powder to that desolate land already.
Wo all know that with Mr. Hughes as
President there would bo n real protective
tariff and some guarantee that people could
find employment after tho war Is over
Luck has permitted the Democrats to make
a showing along the lines of prosperity this
time, but whenever they had the Govern
ment before they always brought hard
times and soup houses. Pennsylvania is
going Republican, of course, but we must
watch tho other States nearby and educate
the people as to the necessity of prepared
ness against hard times. That Is the only
kind of preparedness that counts, for down
In Washington they seem to think that It
would be a crime to havo an army that
really amounted to something. I guess when
those boys get back from the hot sands
of Texas they will have a story to tell
that will show the nation what ought to
be done. Get busy andlhlt some hard
blows for Mr. Hughes. He ought to be
elected by nn overwhelming major.ty.
SE.NL'X,
Philadelphia, July 18.
tlve Committee, etc., etc. Thereafter follows
a perfect storm of apostasies, of rapidly
decreasing importance, though of Increasing
violence, by the more laggard spirits, till
finally the village blacksmith wjth his 13
sturdy sons is reached, when the cue be.
comes; "Comlo papers please copy." 'ew
Ycrk Evening Post.
WITHOUT DEGREE
Only a year or so ago wo established In
Massachusetts a plan of extension educa
tion, paid for by the. Commonwealth. This
was done upon the assurance that thou
sands of young men and women who could
not afford a college' education desired In
struction of equal standards. R was the
education, we are told, and not degrees
that they wanted. But now it appears that
degrees are desired also, and already the
extension students are making Inquiries
In this direction. By and by the degree
will become tbe main thing If tho colleges,
therefore, desire tc stem this general drift
away from sound traditions of education as
something to be sought for ita own sake.
they will ro alow with these extramural
experiments. Boston Herald.
j
WILSON
Copjrlchl, lltlll by John T .Mcl'utchcon.
What Do You Know?
Ouerlcj o general interest alii It answered
in this column. Ten qucftloni, tht answer
unftn t.eru u.cl(. inoriitu tenon should know,
art asked dally.
QUIZ
1. Uhnt U meint In " blue funk"?
2. Mlmt I "Mrw bull"?
3. tVlmt h nieiinl by "lluatlnn" a loan?
i. ,lmut uhnt wnn the temperature, on tbe
hutlrt cl recorded In thin rlt?
5. About bow ninny KnUann aro tliere In a
ruble tout nf wnlrr?
fl. tho rote "Tbe tVnudrrlnic Jew"?
7. Mlmt la tbe MbiikeMirjre-Iluron rontroTerny7
R. Mlmt Mori; Is done by tetcrlnury nurseons?
V. Mmt In rnllow bind
10. Wbnt lire tbo dullcn of n boutanuln?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1, Tbero U llttls mil dllTrrrnre In the mean-
InrH of m lrldnltt and mrcbinlci but iihii
ully tbo formrr deirrlbci ono who innkri
or rrimlr ni" bluri mid tbe bitter ono
ili( mirriilr Ibrm.
2. Tbe oiint Kurnbi i u llungurlim MutcMit'iit
Mild to be forming n party for an Inde
pendent lluncury, tulili uomii nitikit a
KPiniriiio lira re in once unit uussia
n Annellutfl t'uurt la one tbut hltn li
npoculs taken from loner court
de-
4. V.
O. S. of A.l "Patriotic Order Ann. of
imeririi."
6. Molnt ulr li llibtrr than dry nlr.
(J. l'lt;-lront tbe uord 1m u pun on tbe "how."
n the channel Into uhlcli tbe melted
Iron runi, ofl It culled. The Intern!
bruiirbf of the "now" nro cnlled "pie"!
here tbo Iron rooln.
7. Exrullbur: tba Nuord which Klnc Arthur
dreu out cf the btone, proline hlmftelf to
be tho kins:,
8. The I. Ion NMiibolIrr Ilrltlub nucn.icllj t John
Hull Hmhollzp tbe Hihitiiiitlulity. oolldlty,
obMlnuiy mid prejudice of tho llrltUb,
0. Tbe roarlriB rortlm: li zone of nlronic winds
about latitude 10 drirres oouth.
10. A tlrrrk clfti u treacherous cltt.
Pigeon Dlond '
Editor of "What Do You Know" Why
Is a certain kind of stone In a ring called
"pigeon blood"? I seo ono advertised "syn
thetic bloodhtone ring." Does It havo any
Bpeclal value, being "pigeon blood," nnd
why so culled? (2) What Is a grillroom?
EMMA S.
"Pigeon blood" Is a term used sometimes
to describe a peculiarly brilliant ruby, A
"synthetic" stone Is one that is manufac
tured. To call bucIi a ring a "pigeon blood"
ring would probably be Intended to convev
tho Information that the color resembled
that of a fino ruby. There Is a supersti
tion connected with the idea of pigeon
blood which is also related to Its use In
such descriptions. There Is an old saying,
"He who Is sprinkled with pigeon's blood
will never die a natural death." A sculptor
carrying home a bust of Charles I stopped
to rest on the way; at the moment a pigeon
overhead was struck by a hawk, and the
blood of the bird fell on the neck of tho
bust. Tho bculptor thought it ominous, and
after tho King was beheaded the saying
became current. (2) A grillroom Is, prop
erly speaking, that room In a restaurant
or Inn where chops and steaks for the
table can bo seen grilled at an open fire.
But rarely are these open grills seen now
In clubs and restaurants, and what la called
the grillroom is simply the moro informal
rooms where only men come for meals.
Esperanto and Yolapuk
, A. S. K. Esperanto Is an artificial lan
guage, first advocated In 1890 aa a means
of bringing all nations into closer Inti
macy by constituting a common speech In
which the word roots of nearly all lan
guages wero represented. It differs from
Volapuk In that Its vocabulary is con
structed upon only such words as are com
mon to all European languages. Volapuk
was Invented by Johann Schleyer In 1879.
The aim In the formation of Volaijuk has
been to exclude elements supposed not to be
universal.
The Gorgons
U G, ,F, Anything unusually hideous is
called a gorgon In modern speech. There
were three Gorgons, with serpents on their
heads Instead of hair. Medusa was the
chief of the three, and the only one that
was mortal. So hideous was her face that
whoever set eyes on It was Instantly turned
into stone. She was slain by Perseus and
her head was placed on the shield of
MJnerva.
.
Double pr Quits
W. H. The challenge "double or quits"
means that the winner stakes his stake and
the loser promises to pay twice the stake If
hd loses again ; but It he wins he pays noth
ing and neither loses nor wins anything. The
phrase Is very old and no authority gives
an account of its origin.
Italy's Coal
Amado Malfaro Italy la not a great coal
producing country. In fact, her production
is not considered of sufficient importance to
give her a place In the statistics. The
United States, the United Kingdom, Ger
many. Austria. France, Belgium, Russia and
Canada are the principal sources. The
fields of China are saldUo be very rich, but
are not so. highly developed. Italy probably
gets most of her coal from Germany and the
United Kingdom,
AN ESCAPE FKOM
A RUSSIAN JAIL'
Prince Kropotkln's Thrilling De
livery Recalled by Incident
in News of tho
Day
THD most Interesting feature of ths
Jail delivery In Camden was that on
of tho two men who escaped wna evi
dently versed In the traditions of noted
fugitives. Chief among theso Is this:
"After escape, do not hide in a cellar
or nn attlo or In any other obvious hldlncr
place, for tho pollco look thero first. But
enter a restaurant in tho centre of tho
city, take your time, and then stroll about
like nny other citizen till you havo a
chanct to Icavo tho country,"
This was what ono of tho Camden
fugitives did, and it was what Prlnco
Kropotkln did after ho had escaped from
prison In Potrograd. Tho only difference
was that In tho enso of Kropotkln ltl
wot'ltcd and in tho caso of tho Camden i
man it didn't. Tho famous Hussion'
geographer, sociologist nnd revolutionist!
had been placod In tho prison hospital
and was allowed to cxorclso every da
for nn hour In tho yard.
"When I was taken out," ho writes In
his memoirs, "I saw beforo me a yard
fti'l 300 paces long nnd moro than 200
pn'.cs wldo, all covered with grass. The)
gfto was opon, and through it I could
see tho street and tho peoplo who passed
by. At ono end of tho yard stood the
prison, at each end of which was a
sentry box. Tho two sentries paced up
nnd down, so that I was navcr more than
10 or 15 paces front tho ono or tho
other. Tho open gato fascinated mo. T
must not stnro at it,' I said to mj'Bolf;
nnd yet I looked at It all tho time. A
Boon ns I was taken back to my coll
I wroto to my friends: 'Through tho un
guarded gate I will run out; my sentries
will not catch me. A lady Is to como in
nn open carriage. Sho is to nllght and
tho carriage to wait for her in tho street.
When I nm taken out at 4, I shall walk
for a while with my hat In my hand, nnd
somebody who passes by tho gato will
tnko It as tho signal thnt all Is right. In
the street I slinll spring Into tho carriage
nnd wo shall gallop away.'
"At last tho day of tho escapo was
settled. They had let mo know that In
reply to my slgnnl they would signal 'All
right outsldo by sending up a red toy
balloon. Then the carriage would corns,
and n song would bo sung to lot ms
kjtow when the street wna open. I wont
out on tho 29th, took off my hat (tho
slgnnl) and waited for tho balloon. But
nothing of tho kind was to bo seen. With
a broken heart I returned to my room,
Tho Impossible had happened that day.
Hundreds of children's balloons aro al
ways on salo near tho Gostlnol Dvor.
Thnt morning thero wero none. Ono yraa
discovered at last In tho possession of
n child, but It was old and would not fly.
My friends rushed to nn optician's shop,
bought nn apparatus for making hydro
gen nnd filled tho balloon with It; but It
would not fly nny better. Timo pressed.
Then a lady nttached tho balloon to her
umbrella, and, holding it high over her
head, walked up and down the street
along tho high wall. But I saw nothing
of It, tho wall being too high and tho lady
too short. As It turned out, nothing
could havo been better than that acci
dent. Tho street was blocked with carts
nnd wo should havo been caught.
"Tho attempt was then arranged for
tho next day. Further postponement
would havo been dangerous. Tho carriage
had been taken notice of and I heard tho
patrol ofTlcor ask tho sentry who stood
opposite my window, 'Whero aro your
ball cartridges?' I carrje out at 4 as usual
and gavo my signal. I heard next the)
rumblo of tho carriage Tho violinist
(whoso playing In a nearby house was
now to bo tho outsido signal) began a
wildly exciting mazurka from Kontsky,
a3 if to say, 'Straight on now; this is
your time!" I moved slowly to tho nearer
end of tho footpath. I turned round. Tha
sentry had stopped five or six paces be
hind mo; he was looking the other way.
'Now or never!' I flung off my green
flannel dressing gown nnd began to run.
I began to run rather slowly, to econo
mize my strength. But peasants who
wero piling wood shouted, 'Ho runs! Stop
him!' Then I flew for my lifo.
"Tho sentry was so near ho felt our
of catching me. Several times he flung
his rlfio forward, trying to givo mo a
blow In tho back with tho bayonet. H
was so convinced that ho could stop
mo that he did not fire. But I kept
my distance and he had to give .up at
tho gate, Safe out of tho gate. I per
ceived to my terror that tho carriage was
occupied by a civilian who wore a military
cap. He sat without turning his head to
me. However, as I got nearer to tha
carriage I noticed that the man In it had
sandy whiskers those of a warm friend
of mine. I clapped my hands, while still
running, to attract hl3 attention. 'Jump
in, quick, quick!' he shouted In a terrible
voice, calling me and the coachman all
sorts of names, a revolver in his hand and
ready to shoot. 'Gallop! gallop! I will
kill you!' he cried to the coachman. The
horse, a beautiful racing trotter, which
had been bought on purpose, started a
full gallop. Scores of voices yelllpg,
'Hold theml Get them!' resounded behind
us, my friend meanwhile helping, me to
put on an elegant overcoat and an opera
hat. But the real danger was a soldier
who was posted at the gate, about oppo
site to the Bpotrwhere the carriage ha.d, to
wait, A friend was commissioned to
divert tills soldier by talking. He did.
this mo3t successfully, We entered tho
Nevsky Prospekt. turned jnto a side street
and alighted at a door, I ran up a stair
case and at its top fell into the arms of
my sister-in-law. I put on another suit
and cropped my conspicuous beard. Ten
minutes, later my friend and I left in a
cab.
"It was a fine afternoon. We drove to
the islands, where all the St. Petersburg
aristocracy goes on bright spring days to
see the sunset. To Donon!" my friend
presently called to the cabman, naming
one of the best St. Petersburg restau
rants. 'No one will ever think, of looking
for you at Donon.' So we went to Donon, ,
passed the halls flooded with light and
crowded with' visitors at the dinner hour,
took a separate room and spent the evening-
there. Nobody thought pf making
a search at Donon,"
Later the fugitive was safely a hi? way
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