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EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA FRIDAY, JULY 2i, 1916.
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And Cod fulfil himself in many ways,
List one good custom should corrupt
the world. Tennyson.
Another billion ana a half for Eng
land's war! Tho question Is not so much
Trhen will It ond as In what will It end.
"Immigrants should be shown, says
tho President. Quito so, but there Is
a. movement on foot to make them show
us before they come In.
Tho capturo of Villa Is momentarily
expected. The luck of tho Admlnlatrn
tlon is only equaled by Its difficulties and
Its difficulties only by Us Insufficiency.
It might not be inappropriate to
Change tho "Standing of tho Clubs" in the
American League In order to divide Mr.
Bush from his fellow Athletics. Tho
games lost would go to tho latter. Those
Won should bo credited to Mr. Bush out
right. The most subtlo plea for peace
made In Germany Is the suggested truce
allowing men In the trenches to return
for Reichstag elections. Thoso olcctlons
will determine tho course of the war,
and "Von Bethmann-Hollweg, If ho wants
support In what Is, by comparison, a
pacifist policy, can do worse than offer
ballots to soldiers, especially those now
resident In Plcardy and near Verdun.
If any one desires something to
keep up the humidity during tho ap
proaching cool spell, ho may try to figure
out the precise difference between sinking
the Deutschland without visit and search
and catching her In a dragnet Just out
side the three-mile limit.'1 When that is
settled the meditative intellect may try
to establish the precise degree of differ
ence! between sinking the Deutschland in
any "way and sinking the Lusltanla. The
results should be communicated in trip
licate to London, Washington and Berlin.
Tho little-navy men seem to have
been routed in the Senate, but of what
use Is a building program If there is no
building? No work has been done yet
en the two dreadnoughts ordered last
year. To authorize tho construction ol
1E7 war vessels of different kinds during
the next three years is a fine thing, but
what the nation wants js to see them
afloat, manned with full crews, properly
officered and ready for any emergency.
Dilatorlness In construction is a reflec
tion on the administration of the Navy
Department and it wilt not be tolerated.
It Is extraordinary how careless
people are of themselves. The confer
ence now In session on the city charter
may propose an entirely new system of
government for Philadelphia. By some
chance their new charter may go before
the voters at an election. Yet few take
trouble to acquaint themselves with the
deliberations of the theorists and practical
men now outlining a plan, and few will
know what the offered charter means
when the decision comes. Of those few,
SO per cent, will be politicians, who will
know too well, whether it will favor them
or embarrass them in their efforts to do
the city good,
The mere figures In the report of
the Custom House are stupendous, but
what lies behind has a great meaning for
Philadelphia. In. th,e year ending June
10, 1916, the exports from this city
amounted to some 190,000,000. The ex
ports In the fiscal year just ended were
1197,000.000 and more, a gain of more
than 100 per cent, So much was accom
plished with, facilities which were at one
lime, said to be excessive, but have now
proved really inadequate. Yet there are
those who, for reasons which It would be
kinder not to Investigate, protest against
tho further development of the port, and
-gathers who for lack of vision insist that
aoney spent on such development would
yild no return for half a century. Ex
perts Sow through the port which can
handle them. We cannot bid for business
ttStll we can guarantee efficient service.
The summoning of the Grand Jury
wr investigation of vice In Philadelphia
mi Inevitable, and. the city may as well
HAk up Us mind to weather a sickening
ttaM It the Grand Jury finds that con
tftl&u are a bad. a they seem to be,
th jr9o4 reput et Philadelphia, will sub
rrist tft Urn termer levels. If there rests
fcpy MH of conditions, the status of the
jittUos Hyftrttaeqt "Will furnish sufficient
cn4l. A wrttat;l feature ot the m
YUpAtto t Umi Vt U to bo conducted
tsJaUd tknmi jssrdL InaJtasok, aa Judge
Ml tfc jmhtfe iHataC the
ki teatrwtioaj to tb Jurors, tbe
'Importance of publicity ought to be rec
ogntxed. Contrary to general Impression,
not all newspapers ltve on and rejoice in
publlo scandal. But all, without excep
tion, are abto to do much to uproot the
tree of publlo wrongdoing.
IN BED WITH A RATTLE
SNAKE rnilE Mayor cannot help it and Mr.
Wilson cannot help it They have both
been suckled at the breast of the System
and never weaned, Thoy are tho acci
dents of the System at work. In one
decade It Is Quay, Durham, English and
Ashbrldgo, In another the Vares and
Smith, but nlwnys It la the same System,
pitiless, conscienceless and without re
mors. It picks Its puppets in their youth
nnd molds them to its will. It rewards
them with yellow mctnl, with high office
with power and authority, and it re
quires In payment absolute obedience. It
countenances no betrayal. This man It
elevates and that man It throws down.
Whom tho System dellghteth to honor tho
publlo can with confldenco distrust For
no matter what a man's hopes, no matter
what his dreams and his Ideals, when he
runs countor to tho System ho finds that
thoro Is a collar about his neck nnd n
rnttlcanoko In his bed.
From whatevor eoufce tho System
draws tho financial food on which, it
thrives, its power lies primarily in th,e
votes It can cast. It cannot linrness
enough good clttzons' to assuro It majori
ties. It must depend, thorcforo, on tho
dishonest, on tho loathsome bowels of
tho underworld, for that chicanery nnd
theft which spoils victory on election
days. And tho underworld demands In
turn its pound of flesh. It must bo given
what It pays for; It must havo a return
for tho flood of votes it pours Into the
ballot boxes. Who ever heard of tho dis
orderly district hoping for a reform vic
tory? Others may waver In their alle
giance, but always and forever tho dis
trict Is for tho System and tho System
In for tho district Tho underworld Is
never fooled. It diagnoses a political sit
uation with unorrlng accuracy. It Is Its
bread and butter, its wine and Its shamo,
to do so, and It never falls to know who
Its friends are. It does not parade unless
It has something to celebrate and it never
has anything which It celpbrates so vocif
erously as a machlno victory. Tho soul
of the System Is the underworld, and
nover will tho System bo guilty of such
cannibalism as the devouring of It.
Mayor Smith declares that ho proposes
"to mako Philadelphia tho cleanest city
In the country." It was that a year ago, If
the comparison Is with largo cities only.
Yet we do not doubt that In the deep re
cesses of his heart tho Mayor means
what he says. We do not doubt that ho
would like to do what ho says his police
will do. Wo do not doubt that the
manhood of a man rebels at the iniquity
of political subordination. So when the
Mayor sayB, "We stand ready to be Judged
by results," wo venture an amen to the
sentiment and wish him well. We wish
that h could "rid the city of criminals
and of crime." Surely this newspaper
would exert its energies to the fullest in
the achievement of so desirable a pro
gram. But we are under no delusions. Mayor
Weaver, in revolt, tried to buck the tiger
and the beast hibernated with htm in its
belly. If Mayor Smith is a Hercules,
mightily muscled In his moral stature; If
there Is in htm a purpose no threat or
subtlety can shake, then and then only
wilt the district really bo cleaned. He
says that he has that purpose. But
wherever the rays of publicity turn
they find the sneaking, snarling System.
They find it in the underworld that laughs
at the protestations that come from City
Hall. They find It in the winks with
which the district (.peaks of tho great
raid. They find it in the assurance with
which the section to be cleaned views the
promise of the cleansing. To the district
the Mayor is but a creature of the System
and the System belongs to the district
Therein is the key to the vice situation
in Philadelphia, just as it la the key in
New York, In Chicago, in Cincinnati or in
any other large city of America.
MONUMENTAL STUPIDITY
THE American Government endows Its
own citizens with the right to trade;
they do not derive the right from the
consent of the British Government
The blacklisting of American firms is
a captlqus, Insulting action, more In line
with the England of a century ago than
with the England of today. But the
worst feature of it Is the blundering it
connotes. We have endured much from
Great Britain during this war. We have
been content to await the slow processes
of diplomacy for the rectification ot ob
vious wrongs. We have not pressed our
brother across the sea In the hour of his
dire extremity. We have succored and
helped him. That there has been profit
therein is Incidental; there was back of
t, as a controlling motive, an Intense
sympathy with the purposes of the Allies
In their struggle with militarism. What
this favorable American sentiment has
meant In the conduct ot the war no man
can estimate. The Germans consider it
to have been of enormous Importance.
What rank stupidity t Is, therefore, for
Loni&n to risk the alienation of American
publlo opinion by such a. captious proceed
ing as a blacklist of American firms! The
Germans, we take it, will consider the
wisdom of the Deutschland's trip to have
been amply vindicated by this exhibition
of British intolerance and Impatience.
British jurisdiction cannot be extended
to American ports with impunity. And
what we may ask, could be mora dlsas
troa to Great Britain than, a trade war
with thU nation?
Tom Daly's Column
A BUMMEIt JDTIj
Th scene.' A. pubUo dtv square.
With crowded lenbhe here and there.
Timet Afternoon in mid-July,
Beneath a hot and coppery sky.
Chief actors i Voice, havefs voice, supreme
And harsh idth petty power; and Dream,
A vagrant sprite that stops to play
'llound one old head imfcempt ond gray.
The DresmS
Ahl rest. How far off seem the street
Its heat still tingles in my feet,
But, Lordt how sweet this is, how
iweetl
And Ol the shade, this blessed shade
That all the little leaves have made
The little leaves they're whispering
noto
Whlsperlngt They're singing on the
bought
How clear and stoeet tho whole tree
sings
Trecf It's a golden bird with wlngsl
How soft its back isl Btocet to He
Snug In its feathers here and fly
Where Heaven Is so wide and clear
Tho Voice:
Hey I Bet tip straight; yer can't sleep
herel
Tho Dream:
Tho nursemaid smiled,
But she looked kind: so did tho child.
What dimpled cheeks! so round, so fair,
'Ltka peaches. Peaches every-
where I
Watt, lltac boy, don't climb the trees.
See how (he fruit swings in the breeze.
Lie heie with me until they fall.
Hero where tho grass is thick and tall,
Stretch yourself out and Uo at ease.
Don't shakol don't shake, don't shake the
trees I
Here they come pelting down like rain
Tho Volco:
Here, Bo I I warn yer onct again.
Tho Dream:
His coat is blue,
Yet Heaven has the self-same hue;
How oddl His belt looks tight
In back,
And mine If never tea so slack.
Someiohorc, somewhere, there's bread
and meat;
Somewhere, perhaps, but then the
street
could icet my face and hair
With water from that fountain
there
7oto sparkllngly the ripples break,
And what a pleasant sound they make!
Drip! Drip! the mitl-whccl
turns so slow,
So slow, so sloio Ah! there's a fish!
He's In tho net! Now for a dish
That any royal king might wish!
O! peaceful pipe beside the fire
The moon's up now and rising higher.
Snug Is the camp, crisp-cool the night,
The embers flare up, tcarm and bright!
The tcarc of heat ti at beat, beat, beat,
Upon the weary, way-worn feet
Tho Voice:
warned yer twice an' now yer done,
alt out o' here! Hove on! move on
CITY STATISTICIAN E. J. CATTELL
attended the Salesmanship Conven
tion at Detroit and got his picture In the
paper. Tho caption under It read, "Phil
adelphia's Centenarian Is Youngest Old
Man at Convention," and tho story said,
"Although Mr. Cattell claims to bo 120
or over, he doesn't look to us to be mora
than OB." Yesterday wo got Mr. Cattell
In a cornor and made him confess tho
picture used at Detroit was eight years
old.
THIS editorial from yesterday's Now
York Sun Is tho sort of thing that put
tho "lit era" In Journalistic literature
many years ago:
A False Tropical Wind
Some day the Gulf Stream may smash
back the ley waters of the Labrador drift
and make New York as warm as European
and Aslatto cities of the same latitude. It
may even come to pass, as Father Oden
bach, of Cleveland, suggests, that these
parts will be tropical. True, the Jesuit
scientist reassures us by Baying that a
great swerving of the Gulf Stream Is Im
probable, but even the slim possibility fills
the Imagination with exotlo pictures.
Orange groves In northern New Jersey,
coffee plantations In place of Suffolk County
cabbage patches, rubber forests In Connecti
cut, alligators devouring canalboat cap
tains In Newtown Creek, the anaconda
asleep In Westchester Jungles It would all
be quite worth living to see.
But the time Is not yet. This month's
heat Is only natural. And In August when
a seeming simoon comes upon us, do not
misjudge the Gulf Stream. The hot air
will bs from the great wind stream that
rises in the campaign text books and flows
until a Monday evening In November.
KINKB OF KINO KOMO
King Kamo set, that man has troubles
more than he can bear.
They meet him on the corner and they
meet him on the square;
They meet him- when he loiters and they
meet him when he spurts;
They meet him almost everywhere, and
most of 'em's In skirts.
J. O. D,
A PHOTOGRAPHER on 18th street, be
low Market, has a window full of
various things, and under a picture of
President Wilson this astonishing sign:
WORK FINISHED IN 24 HOURS
ELEGANT BIUPLIOITT
These "simple" gowns we read about
That women think so nice.
Are never half so simple as
The folks who pay the price.
KEEP at least one eye open for the
"Cheshire Cat, Better use two, for
it may change Its name. But whatever Its
title may turn out to be. Its little Inside)
are bound to be Interesting. Oh dear, no.
It's a magazine which Is announced for
September. Its object Is the multiplies
tlon of laughter. Its promoters say "Its
editorial policy may perhaps be best (Jo
scribed by the attitude of the late Edgar
Wilson Ny when he was telling his
friends about a proposed visit to Niagara
Falls. "What are you going to do when
you get there? the asked. I shall look
them over,' he replied, 'and If I find they
need scathing I shall scathe them good
and proper."
We feel about our own native city
theaesJernnie aays as vxann O'Malloy
did. abSut Hartford, when he said, ssig
geatlng a slogan or It, vYou are welcome
to your city,"
PRINCE RUDOLF
A Mystery of tho Austro-Hungarian. Court Conflicting Theories
as to the Cause of the Mcyerling Tragedy May
Have Been Suicide Pact
By JOHN ELPRETII WATKINS t
ALL tho hopes of Franz Josof, tho pres
H. ont Emperor of Austria-Hungary,
woro centred In his only Bon, tho Crown
Prince Rudolf. This promising young
man waB married a generation ago to tho
Princess Stephanie, daughter of Leopold
II, late King of tho Belgians, but tho
union was unhappy. Rudolf was of a
lively disposition, enre-frco, dashing and
fond of adventure, whllo his wlfo was
moody, sullen and Jealous. Thus wero
supplied two points of tho "eternal tri
angle" The woman In tho cnao was tho
beautiful young Baroness Maria Vetsera.
For some tlme'Prlncess Stcphanlo had
wished a divorce, and Rudolf was wllllngi
to supply her with all of tho legal grounds
that sho needed, tint his stern fathor, tho
Emporor, forbade such procedure. Ru
dolf, llko his cousin, tho Grand Duko
Johann Snlvator, offered to relinquish all
of his honors for tho woman ho loved to
give up his rights to the throno If ho
could but wed Mario Vetsera.
Rudolf arranged a gay houso party Into
In January, 1880. Tho scono was tho
castlo ot Moyerllng, 12 miles from Vienna.
His beloved Mario was ono of tlfo guests.
On tho morning of January 30 ono of
Rudolf's servants entered his bed cham
ber and beheld n scone which turned his
blood cold. Before hlrn tho solo heir to
tho throno of Austria-Hungary lay dead.
At first it was given out that the young
Crown Prince during tho night had died
of npoploxy, but ns ho was only 30 and
possessed of a magnificent physique, this
story was not ci edited by medical men,
and the suspicion becamo broadcast that
tho publlo was being deceived by tho court
bulletins. Later there was issued an an
nouncement that Rudolf had committed
sulcldo, nnd great excitement resulted.
But a third shock was In store for the
subjects of Franz Josef. Thore grad
ually leaked out tho fact that the corpso
of Baroness Mario Vetsera had been found
with that of tho Crown Prince.
Then followed a long list of conflicting
theories as to tho cause of tho Moyerllng
trngody. According tp ono story, Rudolf,
during the gny houso party at tho castle,
had told tho Baroness of his father's re
fusal to allow his divorce, and that she,
unwilling to live without him, had killed
herself. Somo say that she left a noto
beseochlng him to follow her Into eter
nity, and that upon finding this he hod
covered her corpso with a pall of flowers,
had lain upon the floor beside her couch
nnd blown out his brains with an army
pistol.
According to n, further theory, the
lovers, as soon as they discovered their
marriage was hopeless, had entered upon
a suicide pact, that Rudolf agreed to
shoot the Baroness between the shoulder
blades and that ho left a noto explaining
that he had placed the bullot where It
"would not mar her beauty."
PROHIBITION AND ETHICS
Indeed, a study of the record of the
Prohibition party as a champion of causes
other than the extinction of the liquor traffic
will surprise persons who look upon the
organization as an aggregation of "cranks."
In 1872 it came out for equal suffrage, for
a civil service based on merit and for di
rect election of publlo officials. In 1S76 It
aligned Itself with te forces making for
arbitration as a mode of settling Interna
tional disputes and for equity In the dis
tribution of publlo lands and punishment of
land monopolists. In 1S96 It stood for In
come and Inheritance taxes. In 1904 It de
manded a tariff commission. In 1308 It
urged restriction of child labor. In 1912
It reiterated many of these demands and
added the Initiative, referendum and re
call. Now, as a matter of fact practically
all these utterances antedate similar for
mal action by either the Progressive or the
older parties. Consequently, should the St
Paul convention be the scene of an amal
gamation of the liberal, progressive ele
ments ot several ot the parties, It will not
be difficult for the Prohibitionists to show
that their advocacy of a broad-gauge, pro
gressive platform is not solely an affair of
opportunism. On some Issues they have
been a full generation ahead of their time,
and are now being appreciated, for 'the
first time, for something like their full
worth as persons viewing government In
the light of ethical standards meant to be
obeyed as well as admired. Christian
Science Monitor.
A LINCOLN ANECDOTE
General Palmer, who records the story,
was talking to President Lincoln at the
White House In ISIS:
T said: "Mr. Lincoln, If I had known at
Chicago that this great rebellion was to
occur, I would not have consented to go
to a one-horse town like Springfield, and
take a one-horse lawyer and make him
President'
"Mr. Lincoln pushed back the barber from
him. turned the chair and said In an excited
manner; "Neither would I, Palmer, It we
had a rrtat man for the presidency, one
who had an Inflexible policy and stuck to
It, this rebellion would have succeeded, and
the Southern Confederacy would have been
established. All that I have done Is that
I have striven to do my duty today, with
the hope that when tomorrow comes I will
be ready for It" New Republic
A REAL SERVICE
The affair with Mexico ha done jha
country the service Of puncturing let us
hope completely and finally the great and
dangerous American tUutisa that mony
HE CAN'T WIN WITHOUT HARMONY
WHO KILLED HIM?
It was asserted In somo quarters that
Marie had a. flanco whom bIio had prom
ised to Jilt for Rudolf; that this noble
man was present at tho house party; that.
Rudolf In a fit of Jealousy over her at
tentions to his rival had shot her; that
her other lover had brained him with a
chnlr, and that tho Crown Prince's serv
ants had lator killed his slayer. Thero
was another story that Mario herself had
shot Rudolf and had then taken poison.
And It was further related that tho Crown
Prince whllo hunting had been shot by a
peasant whom ho had once subjected to
cruelty, wheroupon tho Baroness Mario,
upon seolng his corpse brought back to
tho castle, had committed sulcldo from
grief.
Somo time after tho tragedy a New
York paper published ovldenco purporting
to provo that Rudolf and his beloved
Mario woro living In voluntary exllo In
America under assumed names, nnd other
papers havo from time to time hinted
that the story of tho Moyerllng tragedy
had boon a hoaa; designed to cover up a
scandal and enable htm to loso himself in
foreign lands. Several times In recent
years persons havo asserted that thoy
had seen Rudolf In various parts of Amer
ica. An authorltatlvo encyclopedia re
cords Its skepticism of tho official account
of his death by stating that he was "be
lloved" to have taken his own life.
After Rudolf's mysterious death the
right of succession to tho throno of Austria-Hungary
fell to tho Emperor's
brother, Charles Louis. But, sharing tho
proverbial "Hapsburg luck," so long a
Bynonym for tragedy, the latter died, leav
ing tho succession to his son, Archduke
Francis Ferdinand.
Indeed, throughout his long reign
Franz Josof has been a man of sorrows.
Shortly of tor his coronation had como his'
unhappy marrlago with tho Princess
Elizabeth of Bavaria; their mysterious
quarrel, her flight, and their eight years
of separation; then tho execution of
Franz Josef's brother, tho Emporor Max
imilian, of Mexico; and on top of tho ter
rible Meyerllng tragedy camo tho mys
terious dlBappearanco of Franz Josef's
nephew, Grand Duke Johann Salvator;
tho disgrace and banishment of tho Em
peror's sole surviving brother, Louis Vic
tor; tho murdor of Franz Josef's consort,
the Empress Elizabeth, at Geneva, and
finally tho assassination of tho heir to the
throne, the Archduke Francis Ferdinand,
and tho latter's morganatic wife two
years ago the crime which precipitated
the present European war.
Probably the truth that has lain hidden
behind the Meyorllng tragedy for nearly
80 years will never be uncovered. The
world knows as llttlo about It today as it
did upon the morning of Its ocourrence.
Copyright.
means safety, efficiency or anything else all
by itself in time of war or great emergency.
It has called attention to the simple fact
that money Is chiefly useful for the com'
modifies for which It can be exchanged, rnd
that if, the commodities can't be gotten the
money may prove a snare and a delusion
or an Indemnity. Chicago Herald.
ALONE
I want a little farm to own,
Where I can go and live alone;
Of course, I'd want my wife to go,
And children, half a score or bo.
To live alone, I'd want some friends
That I could use for social ends ;
I'd want to be where neighbors are.
Whom I could visit near and far.
J
I'd have some cattle, sleek and fat,
So I could find where peace was at;
A dog, perhaps, a horse or two,
Their friendship I Bhould find so true.
Old-fashioned posies, gay and rare,
I'd greet from my plaxza chfilr.
To lend sweet muslo to the ear,
I'd have a brooklet babbling near.
My acres should be broad and long.
To give me room to sing my 'song
And not disturb my friend next door.
Who rates the cheerful soul a bore.
In groves and meadows, lush and green,
I'd have a most enchanting scene
But please excuse a lack of words,
I can't describe the singing birds,
Most every day I'd drink my fill
Ot scenery o'er vale and hill;
My friends In town could quit their holes
And come up there to feast their souls,
Where, If they brought a city. cough'
They'd find a place to walk It off.
No drear disease could eat them up;
Good, wholesome cheer would fill their cup.
I grow more weary every day
Of people standing In my way ;
The city crowds make living tough,
A half could go, and leave enough.
One's bliss Is not so much In wealth
As love and joy and booming health;
I'd gladly live on half ray pelf
It I could only boss myself.
I'd then be free to go or stay,
And not a soul could say me nay;
I'd live Just where I want" to be
With only those I want to eta ;
The rest I'd find by telephone.
And that's the way I'd live alone;
Now, don't you think this selfish scheme
Is very Ilk your own pipe dreamt
c-W. StowsU Mills, in Brooklyn Basle.
What Do You Know?
, Ourf o central (nlereil will be aiuur4
In this column. Ten cutlon, li aneuxr
whlclt tvtrv icetMnormerf strton AouM Hnivt,
cr atked dallv.
QUIZ
1. tThat I nhlte. ronlT
2. Who irai Dlckuni' rrtittett con temporary
rlral an a writer of noreluT
S. What Is tho derivation of "dime"?
4. llovr nre Jurors selected?
0. What li thechlef principle adrocated by the
committee comlderlnc chnnces In the cltx
clinrter?
0. YiUnt la the recentlr announced "Drlllth
blarkmt"T
7. Wn there trer n plot In the American
IteToltitlonarr nrmr to remote Washington
ns commnntler-ln-chlefT
R. What l meant br circumstantial evidence?
0. What la meant In political parlance br
"Inme duck'
10.
Who Is roet laureate of Hmlnndf Is the
post oniciai or mereir compumeniarr
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. "Dlue funV'i a ulnni expression for
nervous state of trepidation In retard to a
crisis.
2. "Straw ball"t bond alren on propertr, that
iloea not exist or that does not beloni to
the bondsman.
3. The "floating" of a loan Is the actual
placing of It In the mnrket.
4. The hottest day on record In this cltr was
.lulr 2, 1001, when the temperature rose
to 103.
B. A cublo foot of water contains lb gallons.
0. ICnreno Sua wrote "The Wanderlne Jew."
7. The Rhnkiispenre-naran rontroTersr was
started br persons who declared that
nacon wrote Shakespeare's plars.
8. Teterlnarr enrceons hare chane of the
treatment of animals.
0. fallow landi land plowed, bnt not sownt so
called from Its brown or tawnr color.
10. Doatswnln. pronounced bos'nt peltr officer
who has charce of the boats, anils, rls
slnz, anchors, cordate, cables and colors.
Dreams
T. R. The lines In Vergil's Acneld to
which you refer are In tho sixth book (894
897 In most toxts). Dreams which como
true are those which Issue from tho gate of
horn. Those which delude pass through
tho Ivory gate. According to Brewer, whom
you will find Invaluable In such matters,
this whole fancy depends on two puns.
Ivory In Greek Is "elephas," and the CI reek
word for cheating with empty hopes Is "ele
phalro." The Greek for horn ls'keras,"
nnd tho verb "karanoo" jpeans "to accom
plish," hence, corns to pass. A neat case
might bo mado out for the anticipation of
Freud by Vergil, but wo enn hardly under-
jAko to undermine the great psychologist's
worK at sucn snore notice.
Dry Goods
Y. T. Apparently the name dry goods
was to distinguish cloths and such from
succulent edibles sold In grocery stores.
Hammers
I. II. G. Tho famous hammers of history,
among warriors and saints, are Pierre d'AII
ly, hammor of heretics, who presided over
the council which condemned John Huss
(13E0-142G); Judas Asmonaeus (Maccabeus),
tho Hebrew warrior (B. C. 166-138) J St. Au
gustine, "hammer of heresjes" (396-430) ;
John Faber, who wrote a book, "Hammer of
Heretics" (1470-1641) ; St Hilary (360-307),
the hammer of the Arlans, and, most gener
ally so named, Charles Martel (669-741).
Lansing's Career
O. I S. Robert Lansing, Secretary of
State, was born In 1864 at Watertown, N. Y.
He was graduated from Amherst In 1886.
Admitted to the bar three years later. Since
1892, when he was flrstcalled upon to serve
the Government, he has represented the
United States In a long series ot arbitra
tions and has appeared as associate coun
sel or agent oftener than any man now
living before arbitral tribunals or mixed
commissions, among which were the Bering
Sea tribunal, the Alaskan boundary tribu
nal, The Hague tribunal for the arbitration'
of the North Atlantic fisheries and the
AnglorAmerlcan Commission formed under
the agreement of 1910 to settle outstanding
claims between Great Britain and the United
States. From time to time he has acted as
counsel for the Mexican Legation, later for
the Mexican Embassy and Ihe Chinese
Legation.
Baltimore Trip
L. O. Boats leave the wharf between
Chestnut and Market streets every morn
ing at 8 and every night, except Sunday, at
6 o'clock. On the day boat the fare Is SI,
on the night boat 81.60, with a return trip
for J 3. The trip takes 14 hours..
Merchants' Fund
The appeal of "Merchant" was turned
over to our readers. The followtng.letter
results;
Dear Sir In regard to the Inquiry ot
"Merchant" In your issue of tbe 18 th In
stant I would write that there is a Mer
chants'' Funda society organized for the
relief of aged. Indigent and Infirm ..wholesale
merchants. The office Is room 209, Forrest
Building, 119 South 4th street Should your
correspondent desire further information
he can call during the office hour, 11 to 13
o'clock. '
Yours very truly.
CHARLES J. THOMSON,
' Secretary.
The seal of the fund bears tbe date 1864,
so l( Is probably the one Intended by our
correspondent
BRITISH PIN-PRICKS '
Is It not about time that some one arose
in the House of Common to echo Burke's
words about ''the irresistible operation of
feeble councils"! Or, If It were desirable to.
cite an American authority. In order to em
phasize cordial feeling for the United States,
extracts might be read by some member
from Benjamin Franklin's "Rules fori Re
ducing a Great Empire to a Small One." In
either case, the effort would be to Impress
upon the Government the need of taking
large views and acting in a large way. For,
admirable as has been, on the whole, the at
titude of the British people during the great
war, and whatever praise must be bestowed
upon the Government for courage and reso
lution In dealing with the big things, the
plain fact Is that It has In several minor
matters been shortsighted and unnecessarily
exasperating In its policy. This ha too
often looked like a policy of plq-prlcks. In'
carrying it out, only Inflnlteslmal harm 1
dons to Germany, while neutrals have been.
vexea ana raaae reaenifui.- m aw jorx, Kyat
Tin Pest i
CopyrUht, ISIS, by John T. McCutcbton.
ELKJJS' TASK
IN NEAR EAST
New Ambassador Has Moro
Difficult Work Than
Any of His Pred
ecessors THE successor of Henry Morgonthau
will go to Constantinople with moro
difficult problems boforo him than any,
Amorlcap Ambassador to Turkey has
aver had. Ills predecessors havo had to
do with a de
fiant Turkoy, a
cruel Turkoy, an
Insolvent Tur
koy, but Abram
I. Elkus Is en
voy to a panic
stricken and ex
hausted Turkoy,
which, fearing
dlsmcmbcrm ont
to mako a Rus
sian banquet,
seems destined to
produco not only
violent discord
JSssssWA r iMBBll
AnrtAM i. elkus botweon tho Al
lies, but oven another war to follow tVfo
present ono.
By far tho most serious basis for dis
agreement betweon tho Allied nations
is tho ambition of Russia to nnnox Con
stantlnoplo nnd tho rest of Turkoy in
Europe. It seems that every Russian Is
born Into tho world with tho idea thnt
Turkoy belongs, by dlvlno right, to Rus
sla. Through tho Dardanelles Russia
sees tho necessity for tho passago of hor
wheat ships, and It does not occur to hor
that her trado rights would bo amply,
conserved by making tho strait neutral,
ruled, ns it logically should bo, by n com
mission formed of (representatives of all
tho Powers. This situation Is the Damo
clean sword that hangs ovor'tho Anglo
Russian entente, for England will never
willingly relinquish to tho Czar tho "key
to Europe" Tho rights of tho English
speaking world. In tho ovent of an im
passe between Sir Edward Grey and tho
Czar's Government, will bo to a great
oxtent In tho hands of Mr. Elkus If tho
war is brought to a termination during
his ambassadorship. The United States
may well bo the deciding factor In the
diplomacy to dctermlno tho status of
Turkoy after tho war; in no other field
could our mediation bo more" necessary to
bring about a lasting peace..
Mr. Elkus was Mr. Morgenthau's choice
for this post In many respects tho facta
In tho biographies of tho two men aro
similar. Both aro Jows of foreign parent
ago, bred In the law schools and business
life of Now York, and have attained polit
ical and philanthropic prominence in tho
life of the metropolis. Both nre Intensely,
practical and exponents of horse-sensa
In the Intricate sclenco of diplo
macy. Both havo risen from tho ranks.
Mr. Elkus is 48 years old. He Is tho
son of Isaao and Julia Elkus, who came'
from Germany to Mobile, nnd later to
New Yprk. In' 1888 he was admitted ty
the bar and began practicing as a clerk In
tho firm of which eight years later he
rCecame junior partner James, Schell &
Elkus. When the others passed away he
became th senior partner, the firm namo
changing to Elkus, Gleason & Proskauer. -He
Is counsel for many merchants in New
York city and as such has been constantly,
engaged In Important commercial litiga
tion ot a sort that requires tho keenest
acumen. For that reason, perhaps, his
historical and practical treatise, "Secret
Liens and Reputed Ownership," has ac
quired 'a reputation In a field ot peculiar
difficulty.
For four years he has devoted much of
his personal attention to the position of
counsel for the New York State Factory,
Investigation Commission, and has draft
ed more than 80 model bills for the Im
provement of Industrial conditions. v
Regent ot the University of tho State of
New York since 1911, and honorary recip
ient of the degree of Doctor "Of Civil
Laws from St Lawrence University In
1912, and vice p'resldent of the Free Syna
gogue, where Stephen Wise preaches a
gospel for all religions, and vice president
of the Hebrew Technical School fgr Girls,
where gtrls from the tenements are bred
into useful mothers and' citizens, a trustee
Of the Baron de Hlrsch Fund, and presi
dent of the Jewish Chautauqua Society,
there Is no doubt of the cultural standing;
of the man In the New York community.
He Is Identified as a director of member
wjth .virtually every philanthropic-association
of his race, although his sympa
thies, Jlke those of Mr. Morgenthau, are,
as Is characteristic of his people, very
widespread, tolerant and sincere,
Mr, Elkus is an independent Democrat
and supported Mr, Wilson strongly In the
campaign of 1912. He was one of the
New York delegates at tho .Baltimore con
vention to vote for Wilson from tho start
He had charge ot the tariff exhibits com
mitteo in 1912. vA noteworthy achieve
ment of Mr. Elkus was In connection with'
his work as special United fctates At
torney In tbe prosecution of bankruptcy,
frauds, In'Wblch ho established the prec
edent that perjury In bankruptcy pro
ceedings; is punishable summarily as con-tempt,
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