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Philadelphia, Salertlar. Jnlr It, 1916.
Let thy child's first lesson be
, obedience, and the second will be what
( thou wilt. Benjamin Franhlin.
Now that Sing Sing Inmates are
.getting musto with their meals, thero is
i no advantage! in being a convict
Tho way of tho transgressor is
eatj)-f until it gets into tho courts. Then
the rooky rood to Dublin is a dancing
floor by comparison.
"Bad men must lcavo tho city at
once," says Mayor Smith. Just so; but
wouldn't there bo an enormous number
of vacancies in municipal departments?
Tho Now York Sun wants to know
"If the heat has affected Chairman Mc
Cormlok." Nonsense; thero Is no evi
dence of any flro in tho Democratic cam
paign so far.
Tho Progressives down in Louis
iana aro complaining that the Democrats
have passed such a strlngont and ruth
less primary law that no other party has
a chance. Never mind, Mr. Parker
wouldn't bo elected anyway.
Tho United Statos and Mexico aro
In agreement to let a commission settlo
things. The fly In tho ointment, however,
is that an agreement with Carranza has
no mora force than the Mexican bandits
caro to glvo It. Carranza can negotlato,
but Carranza cannot dellvor.
-There was also another twenty-flvo
millions which wero to bo paid to Colom
bia, togother with an apology for our
presumption in having constructed tho
1 Panama Canal. Aro thoy going to add
1 insult to injury by taking tho coin away
from tho Colombians to givo It to tho
Danes?
Professor Munsterberg, of Harvard,
'la about to publish an article In which
ho claims that tho allies of tho future
will be America, Germany and England.
Anybody who leaves out Franco In figur
ing on what Is going to happen in this
world during tho next hundred years
has another guess coming.
Tears ago to tako a railway Jour
ney was about as clangorous as to go to
war. In recent months, however, tho
Pennsylvania system transported almost
half a billion passengers without the
loss of a slnglo life. Safety first by a
process of evolution soon becomes safety
always.
If there la anything good in tho
new Federal farm loan system it is cer
tain to be brought out under the capable
direction of an executive board on which
i George W. Norrla will serve. The eerv-
Ices of Mr. Norrla in behalf of Fhiladel
. phla havo been conspicuously able, He
has devoted himself and his means with-
out stint for tho benefit of his city. Ho
has been one of the shrewdest advisers
j cf reform movements In Philadel
phia. He has been a consistent advocate
of advanced legislation of the sort that
makes for the betterment not only of
humanity, but of the conditions under
which humanity exists. His capacity for
doing big things has been demonstrated
over and over again. This Is one of the
best appointments yet made by President
Wilson.
The inquiry in regard tp the loss
of the collier Hector, which went down
In a recent storm off the Carolina coast,
indicates that the ship was In no condi
tion to put to sea. There was absolutely
no place aboard for the fifty marines or
their equipment and they spent the first
night of the storm on the poop deck.
Tho third officer testified that the ship
did not appear to be in a seaworthy con
dition. Ho ried twice to resign. Engi
neers testified that fusible plugs in two of
the boilers blew out at 70 and 60 pounds
pressure. Half of the flreroom force was
new and became.eeaslck during the crisis.
It appears that the. Hector offers on ex
cellent example of the sort of unprepared-
ness. which, invites death, but no explana
tion, has yet come from Washington as
to why this crippled ship was ordered
to sea.
The execution of Captain Fry at t
M a franc-tireur of the seas was another
of thoaa stupid acts which have done so
much to alienate neutral sympathy from
the Germans and arouse throughout the
civilized, world a feallng-, amounting al
most to conviction, that the better half
ot. civilization can only be conserved by
Um deci3ive, defeat of the militarism for
pifeleh Germany, through her accepted
-.iV-ars, stands. An interpretation of the
-.im la the case Is not necessary. The
tiiuoif? wpuw still b a blander If the
teataUtjr H tn act were established. It
fat amasiujc av quick tha Germans are
I;. ;;, r to UJiltt UWnd the, technicalities of law.
, ftMHtnm h ttaetr chiaf claim for months
mu. aaasMasSBB aaB& iaaft sufiszairiiui 'var-i
faro they waged was excusable in eplte
of the law because of changed conditions.
There) Is no indication that the military
heel Is less brutal now than It was when
tho rape of Belgium began. Although
the circle shrinks and the band of steel
tightens from tho Baltla to the Carpa
thians and from the sea to Switzerland,
still ICatsertsm evinces Itself In all of its
brutality whenever tho opportunity offers.
Thero is no demand so far In tho London
press for reprisals In kind, and it Is
earnestly to bo hoped that tho horror
of tho great war will not bo crowned by
tho Inauguration of a campaign of ruth
less murder, such ns reprisals would In
fact be. We take It that tho situation Is
too satisfactory for tho Allies for them to
Indulge In excesses, however great tho
provocation. Their real stroke against
German military ruthlossness Is being de
livered along tho Somme.
A GREAT ISSUE
FOIl every skilled workman who has
been killed In tho war another skilled
workman has risen from tho ranks of
tho unskilled to take his place. Indus
try In the warring nations Is not demor
alized, but Is more highly organized and
managed with greater efficiency than ever
boforo. Necessity has bred capacity and
cagornoss whero boforo thoro was Inca
pacity and indifference.
When pence Is declared tho 10,000,000
mon In arms will go back home trans
formed by military discipline. Thoy will
go to work with a now spirit because
thoy will understand the need of driving
their national Industry In order to re
coup tho great financial losses Involved
In war. Tho nklllcd men who havo not
beon fighting and tho men who havo been
inspired by their llfo In tho field nro not
tho only workers who will entor tho mills
and factories. Millions of women have
beon trained to take the places of tho
workers In tho armies. Many of them will
remain at their posts when peaco comes.
Tho present Administration Is acting as
though theso facts did not concern Amer
ica. Its tariff law was passed for tho
express purposa of opontng American
markets to foreigners and for compelling
American producors to compote with tho
producers of tho world. It was willing
that small industries hero should dla If
somo other country had succeeded In per
fecting the processos of manufacture. It
was opposed to any attempt to develop
now lndustrlca whon thoy wore already
prosperous somowhoro else. Tho war has
demonstrated tho folly of such a policy.
Tho nation has suffered becauso wo wero
depondont on foreign countrlos for many
things that we cannot now got, and that
our business men aro now afraid to at
tempt to produce lost when peace comes
the value of their Investment will bo de
stroyed by a flood of Importations. Tho
market quotations for scores of articles
cry out against Democratic lncompotenco
and condomn tho Democratic tariff law.
And those quotations outllno tho changes
that must be mado In tho law when Con
gross Is controlled by men who believe It
Is better to develop America than to make
foreigners rich.
If the threatened disaster to American
trado Is to bo averted when tho nations
stop fighting, the tariff must be revised by
tho friends of the American theory of pro
tection and not by the academic theorists
now in control, who havo for more than
a generation insisted that a protective
tariff is unconstitutional. An old-fashioned
high tariff Is not necessary. Our
manufacturers of staple articles have be
come so efficient that the tariff on tho
products of many of them can bo mod
erate without harm; but tho rates must
be fixed by men who havo not devoted
themselves to denouncing the managers
of every successful protected industry as
thieves. Legislation which takes the
bread from the mouths of American work
men is ten times worse than the moBt
flagrant abuse of the protectlvo tariff.
The tariff is a dominating issue, for on
its intelligent treatment depends our
prosperity for the next decade.
MILLIONS NEEDED
PHOVOST SMITH has repeated in Phil
adelphia this week tho plea for mil
lions for tho University which he made
at the dinner of the New York Alumni
Association In February. He said in New
York that unless the University had a
larger endowment it would be necessary
to throw it upon the shoulders of the
Stats. He said in Philadelphia that
120,000,000 is needed to keep the Univer
sity abreast of the times and enable it
to retain professors who are now tempted
to go to other institutions by the offer of
larger salaries. The University at pres
ent has an Income of only $160,000 from
endowment, according to a statement
made by the Provost. This is ridicu
lously inadequate to maintain an insti
tution of its size and character. Its
character depends on the quality of the
teaching, and the quality of the teaching
depends on the class of men attracted by
the salaries offered. Of course, the teach
ers are not mercenary; but young men of
the first grade -will not be attracted to
the teaching profession unless they feel
assured of a comfortable living. The
salaries that must be paid here are fixed
by the rate of pay in such heavily en
dowed universities as Columbia, Harvard
and Chicago. In Chicago a full professor
receives $7600 a year, a sum not at all in
excess of the deserts of men qualified to
direct the education of the young who
are to be the statesmen and lawyers and
captains of industry of the future. The
University here is entitled by its record
and its merits to the services of the best
trained and most capable teaching force
in America. There is wealth enough here
to provide the necessary endowment. The
men who have made millions out of the
resources of this Commonwealth will fall,
in their obvious duty if they do not re
spond to the summons of the Provost
and provide h endowment which be
ya It needsd.
Tom Daly's Column
THE VlthAOE rOET
Whenever it' a Saturday for oni day
will do,
When all my caret ere UWc ones an' oil
my work is through)
1 yearn to tread a Chestnut street whose
scenes are strange an' nefc.
I Uke tho old famlHar names that speak
to me of home
An' sttr the cockles of my heart wher-
ever I may room.
But I confess tho soul of me gats out o'
Whack an' sick,
Confined In city canyon that aro reared
of stone an' brick.
However much old loves may call across
a foreign clime,
Ifs mighty good to put the same behind
1ou for a time.
Out If around 7ie "Tiomc-rotcn" streets
that mean so much to you
You still may vision tvlde and neiv scenes
ail in glamour new,
It's Uke a bit of fairyland In Nowadays
coma true.
I stood upon a breezy hill above a cobalt
bay,
Yet Chestnut street (so said the sign)
was Just across tho way.
Beneath a great green mountain, too, I
noticed from afar
The sinuous mcandorlngs of a Camden
trolley car,'
Beyond tho foot of Chestnut street I saxo
the sea gulls dip
An' skim about tho outlines of a lovely
pleasure ship.
An' when tho kindly Commodore, tn coat
of gold and blue,
Invited mo to come aboard an' stay a day
or two,
'THcaj swra a bit of fairyland tn Nowa
days come iruel
So hero In gorgeous luxury I sit an' tako
my fill
Of salt sea air an' other things salubrious
an' sttll
May keep an cya on Chestnut street an'
Camden on tho hill,
The while this weekly chronicle Is flow
ing from my quill
Whafs thatf You think mv talk is
wlldf Why, no, It's very plain;
There Is a street called "Chestnut" In tho
town of Camden, Malno.
Why, yes, thafs where I'm writing this.
Dear, dcarl I thought you knew.
Tho big boss has his yacht up here, an'
I'm aboard her, too;
(Not mentioning Collins. Lorlmer, Spurseon, Cat
tell nn' tho crew.)
Tftat's how this bit of fairyland in Nowa
days came true.
Tho Old Reporter's Story
ILIKC to tell this story to my youngsters
because thero's a moral In It. One night
In the spring of 1802 I came In from a
story that hadn't panned out and A. M.
allium, whoso desk was near mine, said to
me: "If you haven't anything clso to do
I'd Ilka you to do me n favor. Did you ever
hear of James J. Corbott?" I told him that
I hnd. "Well," ho Bald, "he's showing up
at the Lyceum Theater and uo'vo Just got
a deft from Joe Choynskl for Corbett and
we want to sea what ho's got to say about
It." I went to the Lyceum and was ushered
Into Mr. Corbott's dressing room. I thought
him a very handsome nnd very gentlemanly
young follow. Whon I told him my mis
sion ho said: "I don't want to fight Choyn
skl. I have fought him twice and I have
nothing to gain and everything to lose by
fighting him again, but I will fight the
winner of the FltzBlmmons-Maher go (then
about to be pulled off at Now Orleans) or
I'll fight John L Sullivan."
e e e
I went back to tho office and wrote my
little story. The Associated Press took it
and spread It over tho country and It at
tracted the attention of Mr. John L Suit!
tan. In thoso days there wasn't so much
talk preliminary to a battle as we have
now Tho result Is history. In the follow
ing September at New Orleans Corbett beat
Sullivan and snatched the championship
from him In the 21st round. I don't think
any one was more delighted than I, and In
tho years that followed when ugly stories
began to be circulated about the pompadour
champion I didn't believe them. I had met
him and knew him to be a gentleman.
In the fall of 1895 on a certain Sunday
morning a telegram came to mo from the
New York Sun calling for an Interview with
FltzsImmonB and Corbett. tho principals tn
a barroom altercation in Philadelphia tha
nlsht before. I hurried down to the hotel
and came upon Corbett surrounded by some
of his satellites who were boarding an 8th
street summer car for Fatrmount Parle I
climbed aboard tho car, took a seat along
side of Mr. Corbett and asked him for his
story,, This Is what he said:
"Well, you see, young feller. It was like
this, see? I was standtn' with me baok up
to the counter of the hotel talkln' to some
of me friends, when I felt somebody pushin'
behind me, I didn't pay no attention at
first, but pushed back. After while some
body said, 'Please give me some room,' and
I looked around and I seen It was the big,
freckled monkey. 'What do you want with
room? I says. 'I want to Blgn me name,'
he said 'G'onl' I said, 'you know you gotta
Bit somebody to sten your name for you '
He didn't have any comeback, so I says:
'I hear you've been up to your old tricks
again.' 'What's that?' he Bays. 'Why,' I
says, 'standtn' with your back up agin the
bar nnd shootln' off your face about me.'
'No,' he says, 'I ain't been doln nothin' of
the sort 'Yes you have, I says, 'and If
you do It again I'll pull your nose for you.
I got a good mind to do It now,' and I
reaches out to grab his nose. But some
of me friends gits In between us and I see
I couldn't reach him, so I hccckl rplt In
his face, see? What does he do? Why, he
wipes off his face and says, 'That's a nice
thing for a gentleman to do.'
"Whad'ya think of the white-livered
blankety blank? Why, you wouldn't let me
spit In your face. Well, young feller (wth
a final gesture), that's my stojrv,"
It wasn't until a year and a half after
that If I remember, upon the 17th of
March, 1897 that Mr, Fltzalmmons proved
to Mr. Corbett that tne Dig, rrecwea monkey
was not so yellow. Mr, Corbett has since
become as well mannered as he was when
I first met him in 1892. But what I want
particularly In this case to point out Is
that the story I sent over to the New York
Sun was the first to appear In the news
papers In which a prize fighter was quoted
In his exact language and not in the talk
of the college professor.
WITHOUT OLOYEB
A bold bad rake reached out his arm
And strove a kiss to take.
But Bae, who worked upon tho farm.
Knew how to use a rake.
IT 3IAKEB A DIFFERENCB
Now, here is a fact that, doubtless.
You've noticed as wed as Is
Borne men may be pleasant to talk to
But not to be talked to by
A. Grouch.
Sir I think you ought to know that
two undertaking firms in this town are
E-o Kay & Butledge and (this should pull
a laugh out of your German readers) A.
Gelst A Co, TROTTER.
Detroit, Mich.
Have you noticed now appropriately
emblcmatlp and all that the cover design
of good: Housekeeping for July is?
THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
The Country Week Association Has Not Suspended Its Work.
What Is a Hackney? Plan for Universal Military
Training Other Current Matters
J7i( iltearlmen' is ree to nil rendfre u'ftn
uilen to erprets their opinions on aublect.i of
current interest. It is an open lorum, nnrt the
F.venino Ledaer assumes no responsibility or
tne vlcu'j o (ts correspondents.
NO LET-UP IN THE WORK
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir Our attention has been called to a
rumor that "on nccount of the epidemic of
Infantllo pnrnlysls" wo liao suspended a
portion of our uork
So far from this being tho case, wo nro
pushing our work for tho children to tho
limit of our resources Last week we Bent
away 600 for a week or two weeks Wo nro
Informed that thero Is no such epidemic In
our city; thnt the deaths from this causo
nro no greater than In any summor for
years past, and our experience of 40 years
has taught us that thoro 1b no better way to
fortify babies and small chlldrcnngalnst dlB
onso than giving them a week or two of nli
senco from tho city In hcnlthy surround
ings. Tho babies and llttlo children who leave
Bcllevuo Cottngo on our Pnrndlio Farm
havo had splendid bracing nlr, good food,
careful, watchful attention, nnd nil go nwny
stronger and better than when they came.
Thcroforo wo shall keep nil our houses open
ns long as tho public, ever cencrous, pro
vides us with tho means to do so. nnd wo
trust this may bo up to tho last of Septem
ber. Mrs i; llOYD WE1TZHL.
Philadelphia, July 27
WHAT IS A HACKNEY?
To the Vdltor'of livening Ledger:
Slr I havo read with Interest your ques
tion column, "Whnt Do You Know," nnd
havo tried to answer them and have taken
for granted that tho answers quoted nro
more ot less correct. On July 21 you asked
the question "What aro hackney horses?"
and on the 25th tho answer wnB, "Not
thoroughbred, but nearly " I do not know
exactly what that answer menns. As far
as I can ascertain a hackney horse is of a
distinct breed known as hackney, which ns
a rule aro heavy harness horsei. A thor
oughbred, and that term corroctly used. Is
always associated with a brocd of horses
most of which aro huntors or race horses.
I would refer you to Halley's Uncyclopedln
of American Agriculture, Vol. Ill, or Gny's
Productive Horse Husbandry. A. S.
Philadelphia. July 27.
A hackney laa typo nnd not n breed of
horses. A thoroughbred In England Is a
horse or mare whoso pedigree is registered
in the studbook of tho ofllclal agents of
tho Jockey Club Tills studbook dates from
1791. Before that tho thoroughbred horso
as such was not known Similar pedigree
books are kept in America, The hncltnoy 1b
usually bred from a thoroughbred slro and n
half-bred dam. This would mako him throo
quarters thoroughbred. Ho Is "a powerfully
built, short-legged, big horse, with an Intel
ligent head, neat neck, strong, level back,
powerful loins and as perfect shoulders ns
can be obtained, good feet, flat-boned legs
and a height of from 14 hands 2 inches to 15
hands 2 Inches" Carriage- horses, hack
ney bred, have been produced more than 17
hands high. The hackney was first pro
duced In the eastern counties of England.
Since 1890 there have beon large Importa
tions Into America, though single anlmali
had been brought here occasionally slnco
1822. Editor of the Evdninq Ledoer.
A PLAN FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir The war now raging In Europe
should be our greatest argument for pre
paredness. I believe compulsory mili
tary training for all citizens to be tho only
manner of solving the nation's defense. It
would be the only system to glvo entire sat
isfaction. There ore plenty of fighting men
In this country and there Is plenty ot Inex
haustible material for this need, but thev
d' not understand the manner In which
modern war Is conducted, so I have con
cluded that a ByBtem of preparedness as I
suggest to be a likely way of solving this
problem.
In the schools of the country training
should begin, drill halls being built and
furnished, and drill masters detailed for the
purpose by the Government An outlined
course In this art should be added to the
WHOSE OX IS GORED?
English Protection of German Traders
at Home
In connection with tha British black
list of American firms, recently pub
lished, the following editorial from
the London Bally Mall will be found of
some Interest. It la under the tltlo "Our
British' Huns Publish Their Names."
The DalrMatl on June 26 printed what
follows. On that day and on many others
communications to that and other papers
referred to a series of articles called "The
Unseen Hand," In which many accusa
tions were made against Germans allow
ed full liberty even in the proscribed
regions of England. Particularly distress
ing to the correspondents of the papers
was the continued presence of German
officials in the Deutsche Bank, which
still does business in London. It will be
seen that England has a rather busy time
of it at home, and that critics are free
to say that when certain Interests are af
fected the Government does nothing. The
editorial says:
We passed a trading with the enemy
act soon after the war began. We
amended It In November, 1914 ; again In
July, It 15; a third time last December,
and yet once more in January of the
present year. And a little more than a
month ago there was issued, a royal
proclamation prohibiting trade with
persons and firms of enemy nationality
or association, whose names were given,
in Morocco, Portuguese East Africa,
Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Chili, Cuba,
Ecuador, Peru, Japan, tho Dutch East
Indies, Persia, Denmark, Greece, Hol
land. Norway, Portugal, Spain and
Sweden.
Bo far so good. If acts and amend
ing acts and blacklist could s$op ane
WHEN THE-DBUTSOHLAND GOES OUT
regular courses of the schoojs. The first
years of training should consist of drills
and exercises to strengthen and develop tho
body, making tho pupil n moro efficient In
dividual, nblo to respond promptly to or
ders At IcaBt an hour ench day to bo
devoted to this work. Parents will soon
see that It Is better to spend this additional
money to keep their children healthy and
strong, rnther thnn caro for them whpn
they nro lit, nnd that training under com
petent Inrtructors would bo vory doslrablo
It should bo compulsory for ovory malo
In this country, according to n regulated
system, to go Into military camps for ono
month ench year, preforably In tho spring
time They should bo fully trained In tho
fundamentals of military requirements, and
also In tho manner of protecting themselves
against disease. The Government should
compensato them for their tlmo and serv
ice, and guarantee thnt their positions In
llfo would ho protected, nnd that no cm
plojcr dismiss nny ono for this causo.
And now, supposing that wo hn$l this
well-trained nnd disciplined nrmy, the ques
tion arises as to how thoy aro armed and
provisioned, nnd what precautions havo been
mado for emergencies. Thero should bo at
the disposal of ovcry man at least two guns
nnd enough ammunition to last a suitable
tlmo So tho Government should build.
equip, opcrnto and mnnufneturo her own
guns nnd ammunition, opening tho way for
their spocdy and hasty manufneturo. Also
devlso and construct nn efficient means of
traniportutlon to carry war materials easily
to whero thoy nto needed
Wo nro located macnlflcontly for de
fense o purposes, and wo Bhould bo nble to
augment this mUnntngo which has been
glen us. Our fleet Bhould bo second to
none Not until tho CIII War had been
fcolng on for two years did tho North appre
ciate tho fact that what had prevented tho
South from winning a decislvo victory was
tho strict blockade proclaimed and control
of tho sen carried on by tho North. Prior
to this tho South had been steadily win
ning, although tho Union States had vastly
superior resources of mon and monoy. Tho
Allies no doubt expect to win the war
on this account.
Thero Is need for urgent hasto. Our navy
should havo plenty of dreadnoughts, prop
erly balanced with submarines, fast cruisers
nnd modern aoroplanes to patrol and guard
our coaBt, making our shores a very un
inviting mark for thoso that would aim to
strike us. A largo merchant marlno should
be encouraged and fostered by tho Govern
ment, so thnt In addition to making u a
great commercial nation wo would also havo
plenty of transports nnd auxiliaries for mili
tary use Seaboard States Bhould bo fur
nished with training Bhlps for tho purpoao
cf training men for tho merchant marlno,
thereby creating n splendid naval reserve
of men fitted for this work. Men should
havo tho prhllego of cither training with
tho nrmy or spending a crulso In tho navy
with good pay.
So long ns human naturo Is what it Is,
and so long ns we need tho protection of tho
police, forco, then so long shall wo need to
ne ready against thoso that think that
might Is right.
SAMUEL LIVINGSTON.
Yeoman, third class, U. S. S. North Dakota
Philadelphia, July 27.
MALE DISCOURTESY
70 the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Slr Am a native of Pennsylvania, but
lived In New York city for 15 years and
found the young men very courteous, espe
cially In crowded cars. They always get up
to accommodate a lady. I havo noticed
thoy wero careful not to give up their seats
to a shopper or theater-goer. They can
Judge fairly well and I don't blame them
Women Bhoppers Bhould not return during
tho time when the tired business man re
turns at 5 p. m. or past. If they do, they
should not expect to get a seat I wouldn't
expect It.
But In Philadelphia a young man never
gles up his seat to any lady I have been
In a car going north of Market street at
5 30 p. m. and a dozen or more ladles
standing and tho men seated They don't
haa a bit of respect here for an elderly
woman, let alone a young one What Is the
matter with your Philadelphia men?
w . . A pE.V.VSYLVANIAN.-
Philadelphia, July 25.
trading there would be no more of It
now. But while the acts are compre
hensive enough there are two countries
omitted altogether from the statutory
blacklist. One is the United States,
from which Germany draws the bulk of
her supplies. The other Is Great Brit
ain, In which Germany Is busily en
trenching herself for the commercial
war that is to follow the military peace.
There Is no blacklist of German
traders who are carrying on business In
Great Britain. The Government has re
fused to publish one, presumably be
cause certain British Interests would be
hurt by It But all British interests
will be something more than hurt If the
present supine policy of officialdom Is al
lowed to continue. We have had nearly
two years of war. Yet even now two.
thirds of the German firms In these
Islands are In active existence. There
were 600 of them in August. 1914 ; there
are 400 still above ground In June, 1918.
But that is only half the tale. These
firms that are thus Inexplicably per
mttted to live are sending out shoots in
all directions. They have a strong hold
over the British oil markets, and there
Is very good reason for thinking that
by reorganizing themselves under nom
inally British ownership or management
and by selling their products under
other and, of course, immaculately Brit
ish names, they are positively increas
ing their British connections.
Not until a clean sweep is made of
these 400 firms, with their depots and
agencies, will British traders be free
from the menace of 400 spies in their
midst
The reply of the Government to this
criticism could hardly have been the
American blacklist, but so far no adequate
other reply has been made. England, a
nation of merchants; to the last, takes care
of her own, even in a struggle for her
life. It can hardly be questioned that
the attitude of England has done much to
weaken American sympathy.
3.V. H.
THE WANDERER
Oh, I havo wandered far and wldo nnd
Baited on oery sen;
On mountnln-top and prnlrlo trait tho four
winds called to me;
I followed to tholr Ice-bound lnkcs nnd
rivers flowing free.
On golden nights In old Japan tho moon
nbovo tho trees
Looked pnlely down on scarlet lanterns
Bwaylng In tho breeze,
And dancing girls whoso tiny feet foil
soft ns lotus leaves.
By many nn English hedgerow sweet, by
woodland green nnd brown,
In Scottish glen nnd Irish alo I'vo seen
tho sun go down,
And glimpsed tho haunts of old romnnco In
castle, cot nnd town.
By crumbling tombs of nnclcnt kings, by
cities of the dead,
Through tropic forests whero tho, flaming
orchid lifts Its head,
O'or deserts baro nnd mountains bleak my
quest of beauty led.
Now I am como by devious ways back to
this little street,
I had forgotten that my lilacs looked and
smellcd so sweet.
And how tho dandelion's gold lay scattered
at my fcett
Tho robins In my mnplo-trce pipe gaily ns
of yore ;
Tho gnarled rid grnim vine twines its curl-
inv '..iidrlla round the door.
Hero, whero tho checkered sunlight falls. Is
beauty ciormorc!
Altco C. Itoso, In Munsey's.
What Do You Know?
QucrUa of general interest will 6 answered
(n tiu column. Ten questions,, the anMwere t
which every xaell-informtU ncreon should knew
are asked daiiu.
QUIZ
1. On how many fronts U Ilusnta now enenred
In ofTcimiirH?
2. Mlmt pnt floe .Tnmr Ilolilnfton hold In
riillaletpliliirilclul lire?
3. In wlmt part of the Turklili poMesstons
liaio CurNIInns eufTrred most persecu
tion? 4. Nlint Is the rule of tho ronil In England
to keep to tho rliclit or It ft?
5. Who wrote "The Itlnc nnd the Hook"?
0. Uhnt la n plebUrlte?
7. mint nro "Mother Onrcr's chickens"?
8. mint Is n horne'H thropple?
0. mint la "il lending queallon"?
10. Nhiit is meant hy "hugglnc the wind"?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. "Snick nnd annn"i a "ante" Is n anlke or
nail, n "upon" Is n chip. A "spick uikI
span new ahlp" la one In which cicry
unit nnd chip Is new,
2. Bclentlata uaeil thiv kite before rrnnklln,
Ilr. Alexander mion. In 174D. ntttiched
thermometers to thrm to determine the
teiuprr.iture uf rlouiN.
8. A nominee la n cnndldnte who has been for
mally nominated. A candidate has not
nereinarily been nominated! ho may he
only n enndldate for nomination.
4. .'Tanner George"; (leorge III.
a. A queen regent la one who temporarily nets
us ruler for another person; it queen ree
mnt rules In her onn right.
0. A nolllrlam: a phntte which smacks of
Ireuch Idiom or wit. ,
7. A Hiirrrndrr with the honors of wan one In
which the defeated army Is allowed to
keep Ita urine.
8. I'olonlna; In ihnkespeare's "Hamlet."
0. "To kill tho failed calf": from the parable
of tho Trodlgul bon.
10. Taaker II. Illlas: nsalstant chief of stair.
United States Army.
Highland Mary
H L D "Highland Mary" Is n namo
Immortalized by Itobcrt Burns, tho Scotch
poet She Is generally thought to liao
boen Mary Campbell, but moro probably
was Mnry Morison In 1792 wo have threo
songs to Mary: "Will yo go to the Indies,
my Mary?" "Highland Mary" ("Ye banks
and braes of bonny Doon") nnd "To Mary
In Heaien" ("Thou lingering star, etc").
Theso were all written somo time nfter his
marriage with Jean Armour (1788), from
the recollection of "one of tho most Inter
esting passages of his youthful days." Four
months nfter the poet had sent to his pub
lisher tho song called "Highland Mary"
ho sent that entitled "Mary Morison,"
which ho calls one of his Juvenile works.
Thus all the Bones refer to somo youthful
passion, and at least threo of them were
sent In letters to the publisher, so that
there Is llttlo doubt that the Mary of all
the four Is one and tho same person, called
by tha author Mary Morison.
Tho Log-Lino
T. B. C. The log-line Is one of the older
devices for measuring the velocity of a
ship Tne log is nat ana js maae so that
It will float perpendicularly. To this a line
Is fastened, called the log-line, The ap
proximate speed of tho ship can be deter
mined by letting the line run off for, say,
half a minute, The length of the line run
oft In that time gives a basis for calcu
lating the speed per hour. The log, during
the experiment, remains stationary on the
Burface of the water, of course. This Is
the older method A modern method lnT
volves the use of a log with a revolving
mechanism which Is dragged along In the
water behind the easel.
Increase in Food Products
EdKor of "Wha,t Do You Know" Has
the Increase in tha supply of food products
In the United States kept pace with the
Increase In population? What Is the reason
for the falling oft tn exports of corn?
I. D. C.
During the last 50 years, while the popu
lation increased about 200 per cent; the
production of wheat Increased 560 per cent-;
corn, 270 per cent; oats, 475 per cent; bar
ley, 2000 per cent; Irish potatoes, 250 per
cent, and rice, more than 300 percent. (2)
The falling off in exports of corn la due
largely to the numerous new uses found
for It at home In ways often not directly
as human food. The last two years show
a large Increase proportionately in im
ports, principally from Argentina.
Adjustment of Rifles
R. B. On the breech of the rifle Is a
graduated scale to measure the proper de
flection ot the gun to allow for the wind.
Another scale, vertically elevated, enables
one to raise or depress the sight.
Police and Fire Schools
T. B M. Schools for training policemen
are now conducted In New York city, Chi
cago, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Portland
(Ore.). Seattle, Oakland (Cal ) and Dayton
(O.) Fire schools are conducted In the
earns cities with the exception of Chicago
and Cincinnati.
Copyright, 1010, by John T. McCutcheonJ
BOOK PRINTING
FOR BAPTISE
The New Secretary of the Put
lication Society Will Direct
a Million-Dollar
Business
TTTHEN tho Rov. Guy C. Lamson, D. ti
V V succeeds tho Rov. A. J. Rowlanl
D. D next Tuesday ns General BecroUui
of tho American Baptist Publication
cloty, ho will tako chnrgo of a buslne.
with nn annual
tyrnovor of more,
than Sl.dOO.Ohi
nnd with asset
of moro tli
$2,000,000. Doq
Lamson had deinl
onstratcd his flL
iicss for tho posP
tlon boforo ha
was elected. Ill
Is still a ypunl
man. Ho wa
graduated fron
Jtlddlebury Coll
lego In 1893 and
from tho Rochesj
tor Theological,
.UIHON
Seminary In 1900.
Immediately thereafter ho was employed
by the Vermont Baptist Stato Convention!
ni a Stato missionary to rovlvo tho fcebld
churches. Ho was so successful In that!
wont that ho was soon sent to MontJ
poller nnd plncctl In charge of tho First
Baptist Church In that city to put it
t -- IT. ....
us iu. no was cancel in a year ol
two to tho pastorato of tho Hydo Pari
Baptist ClAirch, ono of tho most flourishl
lng churches In suburban Boston. After!
seivlng that church for a few years he
becamo district secretary for tho Bap-J
tlst Publication Society In Now England
Tin co years ngo ho was elected to suo-1
cccd tho lato Dr. Robert G. Soymour asi
Missionary Sccrotary of tho Publication
Socloty, with headquarters In this
Whon Doctor Rowland resigned tho gen?
oral secretaryship of the socloty a few!
weeks ngo Doctor Lamson was promoted
to tho post which ho will assumo pex
week.
Began n3 n Tract Society
When Noah K. Davis, a young Baptls
preacher of Salisbury, Md , concolvcd thl
socloty In 1824, ho had no expectation;
that It would over own nnd occupy
building worth half n million dollars, and
If ho had beon told that It would ever?" find J
employment for moro than 0000 mission-'
aries ho would havo laufched at tho Idea.
Davis conceived only n small society to
print religious tracts. When It was or
ganized In Washington Us namo was the
Baptist Genoral Tract Society.
Tho great growth of tho society began
after Its removal from Washington to
this city at tho closo of 1820. Its first
ofllco was In South Front street, where
it occupied a slnglo room for which it
paid J100 a year rent. It now collects
$20,000 a year In rent from the tenants
of Its building at the corner of Chestnut
and Seventeenth streets, for whom It finds
room nfter allowing ample space for its
own activities,
Tho First Colporteur
The society Is probably prouder of ita
colporteur work than of nny of its other
enterprises. This Is under tho direction
of the missionary department. A col
porteur, it may be explained for the bene
fit of tho uninitiated, Is a man who goes
about tho country where thero are nd
cuurcnes. Ho distributes tracts and
other religious literature, holds meeting
and organize Sunday schools. It was ;
1844 that the work ot the colporteurs
gan. It is said that this society waa
first to send out'such religious works
and the first to apply this namo to the!
The earllestlworkers of this kind walk!
Some ot them still walk. But the socle
long ago began to supply wagons to sornd
of them. It now has 60 wagons in conl
stant use, carrying tracts, Bibles, Testa
ments and other matter Into the un
churched regions. In 1890 the Rev. Way.
land Hoyt, long pastor of tha Chestnut
Street Baptist Church, who had returned
from a visit to the northwest, suggested
that a chapel car be built in order that the
people living in regions where there were
no churches and no suitable room for
holding religious services might have
the gospel preached to them. The first
car was put In service the next year.
Now the society owns seven such cars.
There are only threo others in the whole
United States. The society employs in
addition sixteen automobiles In its mission
ary work, and, It has in commission three
cruisers, which ply the rivers.
Moro than 62,000,000 tracts have been
distributed besides about 4,000,000 Bibles
and Testaments and 1,600.000 'other
books. Ae ,la missionaries have organ
ized 19,000 Sunday schools, or nearly one
half of the Baptist Sunday schools Jn tha
country.
Besides its headquarters at Chestnut
and Seventeenth streets, the society owns
a large building at Lombard apd Juniper
streets, which houses ita printing plant.
This is the kind of an enterprise that
the young New Knglander, whp came her
three years ago from Boston, is to direct,
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