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mbtcrtpUon payable In advajice.
KoTcfr-Suf)terlber wUhlntr address chanced
Bintt glvo old a well a new address.
MTLt. 00O WAtWUT KKTSTdNE, MAIM 0X
I CT Address an communication to Rventno
,1 Ledgtr, Independence Square, Philadelphia.
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JsKistcD 1r Tn MiiLinitrnu rostorrtos is
ISCOND-CUSB MAIL UATTU.
THB AVUnAOD NET TAID PAII.T C1K.
CtJLATION OP TJtFI EVKNINO LEDOBn
Fon junb Was us. sou
PillxMphU. Meodir, J0I7 SI. 1MJ.
That man'M the bttt cosmopolite
Who love hi native country best.
Tennyton,
la the Doutschlnnd paying rent?
numanla celebrated tho second an
niversary of tho war by talcing tip an
entirely now position, quaintly known as
on tho brink.
Another municipal employe falls
try tho waysldo "for tho good of tho serv
ice." Tho phroso Is apt, though ironic.
Whoso Borvlce, gentlemen?
That "shark,' in tho Schuylkill was
only a seal. Thoso vvho watch tho Grand
Jury aro'moro likely to learn tho where
abouts of Philadelphia sharks than thoso
who keep their ejfes on tho water.
The Grand Duke Nicholas Is press
ing on beyond Erztngnan toward An
gora. There has been a strong impres
sion that tho Grand Duko had already
captured tho Turkish goat.
Great national manufacturing as
sociations havo already begun to npply
for permission to hold, their annual gath
erings In tho now convention hall, which
proves that tho men vcro right who said
that the building would bo ono of tho
most valuablo publicity assets of tho city.
Now that a few retail coal dealers
havo begun to refund tho 10 cents a ton
tax to their customers tho rest of them
Will find it difficult not to follow suit.
Tho tax was levied illegally. Tho oper
ators liavo returned it to tho retailers,
and fairness demands that tho retailers
glvo it' up.
It may bo doubted whether' tho
Btato Department of Health has legal
power to prevent Pennsylvania parents
from taking their young children to Now
York city; but only thoso parents who
Wish to endanger tho health of their off
spring will resist the actions of the de
partment offlcors whllo tho epidemic pre
vails. It is doubtless true that ninety
Ave per cent of tho householders of tho
city overload tho ashcans. Probably al
most as many never uso tho trashcan at
all. Thot is why wo havo dirty streets.
No municipality on earth can force the
people to keep the streets in tho condi
tion in which they ought to be, unless
it receives tho active and hearty aid and
co-operation of private citizens. It Is not
uncommon to see a man sit calmly In a
trolley car, tear a letter into a thousand
pieces and calmly throw it out of tho
window, either on Chestnut street or
anywhere oIbo. Such a man needs edu
cation, and th way to glvo it to him is
to put him in JalL
There were only 10,954 registered
automobiles in this State In 1906, paying
fees of $42,460, The number registered
thus far this year is 201,307 and tho fees
collected amount to J2.146.597. The
greater part of this enormous sum is -very
properly turned over to tho Highway
Department for improving tho roads. It
fa nearly ten times tho amount which has
been apportioned to Pennsylvania out of
tba congressional appropriation for good
roads. Tha fatal objection to tho Demo
cratla good roads legislation is that it
distributes tho money in accordance with.
political rather than an economic plan.
Its purpose la to'provido petty graft for
the politicians rather than to improve the
national highways. Indeed, there aro no
national highways anyway. And it has
teen only in recent years that there have
been, any State highways to speak of.
Tload-bulldlng has been committed to the
local communities, and they have had no
better roads than they are willing to
yay ior.
The appalling catastrophe in New
JTork resulted 4n a. surprisingly small
toes of life, according to present reports.
"Jfhether Incendiaries were at work or not
in a question which may never be deter
pained. The circumstances surrounding
Km explosions are suspicious. It must
i recollected, however, that munitions
r dangerous to handle and the likelihood
? accident Is great. Baltimore was tha
own ot &n explosion of less magnitude
VWty months ago, but St waa never
pwd that it was maliciously caused by
pfrit n'rii It has been suggested that
UtteMft Jwrta fer tha shipment of ex
jntrr bIhmiW be earned by the Govern
Bliirt. Uf oft frost tha great cities.
WfaHtuM' such a schscae In feasible or pat
- (to t kip CoBsWartng- th vast
MP C yawwr a.s aywuniie wb;cjj
Um ftimpHi oW t wt two.
Mm mmartMitilm Jut is that there-
ptmB btamtM mr MsMdaota. T iu
tt&? jpfrrmiir? fagprfl. snftaG?
) $ji turn btisawdtr m4 th
bsjM tmom i t iwt.iry ef ,
New York catastrophe ocqutreJ nt an
hour when few people were about In
different circumstances, It 'Is altogether
probable that the loss In life would havo
parAlUfed the loss In money. Investlgd
tlons nre under way, ai usual, but It may
be hoped that In this affair they will bo
more productive of constructive results
than Is Usually the case. .
GIVE US A WATCIl DOG THAT
CAN WATCH
TJEFOnB the little navy men In the
ST- House carry their fight against an
adequate Increase in the sea forces of tho
nation to a finish they should give serious
thought to what Is and has been happen
ing in tho North Sea.
In the aummsr of 1914 Winston Church
ill, then First Iord of the Admiralty, had
mobilized thn British navy In the Chan
nel, ostensibly for practlco maneuvers.
Whether ho had a premonition ot coming
trouble, or whether It was ono of those
lucky chances of which the historians
write, does not matter. The fleet was on
hand ready for actfon. As soon as mobili
zation began on tho Continent Churchill
ordored tho fleet to take up a position off
Kiel, and tho ships got In sight of the
German naval station before the Germans
had time to move It is behoved by somo
experts that If it had not been for this
readiness, this prompt action, Grent Brit
ain would havo been Invaded by a Ger
man foico nnd tho country would havo
been laid wasto as northern Franco has
been devastated.
Tho British navy has saved England
and haa kept British soil practically Invio
late. Tho British wcro unprepared on
land, but they wero prepared on sea, for
the reason that It was by tho sea alone
that they anticipated Invasion.
America ta In a similar position. If we
havo nn adequate navy wo can defend
our shores and destroy an enemy before
ho gets In sight of land. If Representa
tive Kltchln and thoso who bollovo with
him havo their way tho enlargement of
tho navy will bo delayed If not prevented
altogether.
Tho little navy men fought In tho House
for a building program that should pro
vide for flvo battle crulsors and no battle
ships. They failed to carry their col
leagues with them, for the naval bill at
It was sent to tho Sonata called for four
battlo cruisers and two battleships. The
Senate, with n better appreciation of the
exigencies of tho situation, amended tho
bill by authorizing tho construction of
four -battleships Instead of two along with
tho four cruisers to which the Houso had
consented. Contracts for theso are to be
awarded this year, and arrangements wero
made for a continuing program of con
struction to extend over three years.
Unless tho House ngroes to tho Senate
program the navy will bo weaker in three
years than It Is now. To keep our sea
force up to Its present strength It is
necessary to put in commission a new
battleship every year to tako tho placo of
the old ships which become obsolete. Tho
navy Is weaker now than it was three
years ago becauso of tho neglect of Con
gress to authorize necessary construction.
None of the new ships to bo votod can be
put In commission in less than two years
and it Is more likely ,to require threo
years, even If work could begin as soon
as tho contracts wore awarded. When
the new ships aro built the navy will bo
no stronger than it ought to bo now. It
Is imperative that construction be con
tinuous, and that enough new ships be
built to tako the place of those which
must- go to the scrap heap, as well as
enough to strengthen us on the sea until
we are able to meet any possible foe and
beat him off.
Such a program Is not dictated by hys
teria, but by ordinary prudence. The
nation demands it and the lower house
will fall In its representative capacity un
less it responds promptly and whole
heartedly to the undoubted' urging of
patriotic America.
The President has put himself behind
the Senate program and is using all his
Influence in its favor. Whatever is dono
with the Senate amendments to the army
appropriation bill, It will be a grievous
blunder to reduce the naval approprla
tlons which the Senate voted.
ON ALL FHONTS
THE third year of tho war begins with
the resurrection of the Serbian army
and with it the completion of the circle
of attack on the Teuton-Turkish allies.
The Russians, choosing the earlier date
for the celebration, have achieved an In
credible victory, literally Incredible be
causo the details are not yet known, and
the mire statement of an advance at this
time on a sixty-mile front passes belief.
Strange and terrible things have hap
pened in this year of war. Jt Is the year
of Kut and Jutland and tho Serbian cam
paign. It began with Russia stumbling
backward and ends with Russia striding
forward again. It marked the end of the
old system of infantry attacks in the west
and it begins with the successes of artil
lery attacks. It began with the blackest
and ugliest day of tha Allies and it ends
with their brightest. Above all, it has
been the year of Verdun and of shells.
Yerdun, Where efficiency failed, and shells,
wherein democracy became efficient, are
the ilgh spots of tha drama's second act
It differs from tha first in this: When the
first qurtaln fell Germany's destiny was
still victory or peace, now her destiny la
between, peace and destruction. She has
virtually announced that she cannot wn.
Hr, appeals rp not (for Victory, but for
the security of the German solL Her
hope lies at last In the very thing ahe
dapiaed the- strength and initiative and
loyalty and siwi(y of the Individual sol
$Utr. Far the puut haa bees mt at last
Uii t tea t vnnMett
Tom Daly's Column
TUEW8 OVJt FEEUN'3
TVhtnevcr idw tlct off a iacht,'
Tour feet plfo you lotfter a dchl
Thev mulUptv so i
Wherever jou go '
You can't tell hoio many jou've pacht.
Our Btory of tho toast to tho President
of tho United States, which Incensed the
host of the Bristol luncheon, prompts J.
H. Carr to call our attention to this bit
of British Indifference to tho right and
wrong In matters American, fi. catalogue
of rare books put out by Reginald Atkln
Bon, 97 Sunderland road, London, an
nounces! Webeler Daniel, 'YesMent of V. 8.) Life
of, by O T. Curtis, ports., 2 vols, 8vo,
if. Y, 1870 8s 6d
Many of ui are wonderfully versatile
folks, but this announcement upon a
Punno LEDOEn poster a few miles be
yond Metuchen (N. J.) on tho way to
Now York rather surprised us:
PEGGY BIIIPPEN'S DAIRY.
THD Caspar Carpenters were getting
ready to desert their Germantown
homo for a few weeks in tho country, nnd
oerybody waq busy and nervous. Just
then tho V, G. I. man nppenred at the
door nnd presented the quarter's gas bill
Caspar, Jr., took It In, and when 9-yrar-o'd
Alfred saw It ho Jumped up excitedly,
nnd yollcd! "Run nftcr him quick and
tell him not to leave any moro gas."
The Dctilschlnnd's Deck Passengers
Und hler 1st Dcutschlnml mlt una somo
moro yetl
Then wo hnvo tlmo for a few nomina
tions wo overlooked. First of nil Jo
septula D. of Our Nnvee! T.et him bo
secured In hla chair ulth red tape. Closo
to him lot there bo room for several earn
est but thick German readers who, not
getting our subtlo wit, Imagino wo nro
trying to commit leso majesto.
C. B. L. sends from Atlantic City tho
names of flvo Commissioners, and
"Kltick." from the snmo town, besides
reminding us of .Tosophus, craves room
for "thnt ubiquitous scrlbo nnd Klarlon
of Kultur, Hcrr J. Fr. Walsh." This will
havo to complete tho "pcrsonao nil gratln."
Dear Tom I placo In nomination Mr.
G. TV. Clieo and brother, who, unconscious
of tho honor to he thrust upon them, now
placidly conduct a rod and white laundry at
437 North Sixtieth street, ns
Tim cunns.
I also claim tlio honor of having discov
ered tho only Chinese specimen of this de
lectable delicacy extant (George says ho'a
a prdUuct of milk ; so there) E. V. W.
WANTED If a Id for ceneral housework, either
with or without laundrvlng. Address Tost
ofllco Uox lis, Drexel Hill, Ta.
Ad In Upper Darby Herald.
LOST Generous reward
for return of rlnc.
platinum mounting. Ret with two dlamom
nds
and two sapphires: served to cust on Hun
day In Ice cream class at Chrysalis dlnlne
room, lji S. I'enn3lnnla ave. Iteturn to
!la risher. 1H 8. I'enn9tvuma ne. and
receho Renerous reword,
Atlantic l'lt "Press," July 21. 1018.
Don't you think this Is carrying tho trading-stamp
Idea to an extreme?
II. TIMS.
James 'Whitcomb Riley
"FOKT of common things," they said,
Didn't they, Jim 7
Why, God bless that dear old hcadl
Their sight was dim.
Things wa'n't common at all to you,
But slilnln' 'Ith glory, thro and thro ! I
Common? To tako tho "Pipes o' Pan"
And sing of this wonderful being, man;
To find tho key of the human heart ;
That ain't common at nil, that's Art.
"Thoro's tho dear old homo once more,
And thero'a mother nt the door."
You Kept Hlnfiln' that-away.
Dear old Jim, to tho end of the day;
So God rest you, Jim but say,
"Tako keer of yourse'f 1"
Hain't got nothln' to Bay tonight,
Hev you. Jim?
Lyln' thoro so still In the light,
Peckld and slim:
Jest ns you wuz before great Death
Took and stopped your gentle breath.
No, you hain't got nothln' to say,
Reckon you won't till the jedgment day
But, dear old Jim, you've said your share;
And when old Time sifts out them 'ere
Poems of yourn on birds nnd bees.
Morning and Bunshlne nnd hills and trees.
Ditties of human hopes nnd fears
All chock full of laughter nnd tears
Fussy old Time I I guess he'll say.
When they're layln' your dust away,
' Good by, Jim ; I think you kin
Take keer of yourse'f!"
M. C. DONOVAN.
Waterbury, Conn., July 25.
Our Etiquette Department
A friend, one Mr. P., did call me up on
the telephone some few nights ago and did
invite Mrs. II. and me to play auction bridge
with him and Mrs. P., Baying, not that the
ladles care for auction, but just to make
conversation.
So we repaired to the house of the P's and
proceeded with the game. Ere long did
Mrs. P. say unto me: "You do not mind, 1
trust. It I talk nearly constantly during the
play?"
To this I replied- "Madame, you remind
me of a tale told mo by a friend who visited
an asylum for the feeble-minded. Entering
the grounds, he beheld an Inmate who was
striking himself violently upon the head
with a hammer. My friend's curiosity being
aroused, he addressed himself to a keeper
nearby, Inquiring the reason for Buch appar
ently peculiar action. The keeper pleaded
ignorance, but suggested that my friend
ask the Inmate for an explanation. This
my friend did, and the inmate replied: "My
dear sir, I strike myself thus upon my
head with this hammer because It feels so
damn good when I etop."
Do you think, sir, that this story was
apropos and in good form under the circum
stances? II. H, II.
Ans. la it the lady's practlco when
talking "nearly constantly" to swing the
hammer ditto? If so, yea.
Valley Forge Park comes in for 200
acres of land, adjoining the reservation,
which would have been split up into
ten or a dozen farms operated by Italian
agriculturists if we had been on the Job
as we should have oeen. Tho property
goes to the Park under the will of the
late William Uhler Hensel, of Lancaster.
On a June Sunday four years ago Mr.
Hensel took Nicola D'Ascenzo and our
self out to Fort Kennedy to sea this
farm,' It was decjded that we should go
about the securing of 10 Italian families
to work the tract. D'Ascenzo took the
matter up with Conte Adolfo Grazlanl,
who was interesting himself in an "away-from-the-city"
movement for his coun
trymen, but the Count went home
shortly after and our scheme died of
inanition. The Hensel property was
lost to the Italians, but strangely enough,
D'Ascenzo Is now In a way to achieve
national fame through the stained glass
windows he has been commissioned to
make for tha Memorial Chapel there.
One, of course, bad nothing to do with
the other: just a. coincidence, that's all
ONB YEAR, 388 DAYS OF WAR
Htat!Uo la eecUi- conlamporwr,
ear to ha or not to b.
yes, we Can guarantee he makes A HIT
THE VOICE OP
Socialism Prescribed as a Cure for the Vices of Society on the
Ground That It Will Make People Less Mercenary Mayor
Smith's Responsibility Other Current Matters
This department i free to all readers who
Utah to express their opinions on subjects of
current interest, Jt is an open forum tintl thn
hventno Ledger assumes no responsibility for
tho views of its correspondents,
NOT QUITE SO SIMPLE AS THIS
To tha Editor of Evening Lcclpcr: .
Sir "Tho root of all evil Is tho want of
money." Tako away tho Incentive to gain
and you do away with evil. Tho owners of
tho Tenderloin properties r?coIvo largo sums
for theso houccs of 111 fame The reason
they rent them to these women nnd men of
vice Is becaueo they rcceho larger rents
than thoy would from respectable people.
Tho reason theso men and women aro
keepers of these dens of Infamy Is becauso
of tho money there Is In It. The reason
the girl of the street piles her trade Is bo
cause she wants money. The euro for nil
this vice Is through economic nclence, or
socialism. When this world nccopts social
ism then want will be banished, nnd tho In-
ccntlve to gain through evil will ho nbol-
Ished simply because every man and woman
will bo able to receive not les3 than $10 per
day for not more than six hours labor. It
Is a proven economic and Bclentlfle fact, not
theory nor a dream. Tho world Is ready
for- It, and not until It Is adopted will we
bo able to accept Christianity and civiliza
tion. Vice Is not a necessity, but a condi
tion. As has been said, Babylon had It
and Philadelphia has It. Babylon had pov
erty and Philadelphia has It.
It Is to tho everlasting shame of human
ity that after 2000 years of churchlnnlty
we hae not Improved, but rather wo excuse
our Immorality and greed by Baying "It al
ways has been nnd always will bo." Wo
have no right to call ourselves Christians
unless we nre fighting to eradicate this
Wee and poverty through the only way that
It can bo abolished by Socialism. All So
cialists nre not Christians, but, nevertheless,
they aro fighting for civilization and Chris
tianity. The world '"III not bo prepared to
receive Christianity until It receives Social
ism. "Every one according to his deeds"
and "Do unto others as you would be done
by" are synonymous. When you pray pray
to God to show you tho way to Christianity
and don't Insult Christ by praying to him
until you are ready to recelvo him by work
ing to prepare the way to relieve the world
of vlco and Immorality. Let us be honest
and be m'en Socialism Is material Christi
anity, and over Its foundation stones you
can see Christ walking with outstretched
arms to receive you. Babylon and Phila
delphia. Ye gods! nnd you prate of civilization-and
Christianity You mock Christ
and Jeer at your Creator.
ROBERT B. NIXON, Jr.
Philadelphia, July 29.
PUTS IT UP TO THE MAYOR
To the Editor of Eventnp Ledger;
Br As to "Anonymous Citizens." Those
who were arrested and who are now suing
tho city are not anonymous. You talk
about candor. And yet you print a letter
from the man who is responsible for the
whole rotten mess and who ought to bo
made to account for it.
JOHN J, FLEMING.
Philadelphia, July 29,
LEADING UP TO HENRY FORD
To the Editor of Evening Ledger;
Sir Man Is getting educated. He no
longer fears the elements : he masters them.
God and the angels and the devils are all
being subjected to a critical analysis. It Is
also a somewhat destructive analysis.
With the disappearance of faith In ortho
dox religion there have been opened again
the old Questions: Where do we come
from? Where do we go? Why do we live?
Once upon a time the savages, the peas
ants and the medicine men had an answer
to all those questions. But the stories, told
In the long-ago centuries do not solve the
problems today satisfactorily.
Now we are cynics. We need, a new faith
that will be as a Gibraltar of inspiration.
Until then those of us whq wish a new faith
will be forced to battle with those who tight
simply to retain the old faith so that they
may proflt In wars, prostitutions, sex grop,
Ings, cant and hypocrisies.
And those of us who want a new faith
to triumph are still a little undecided. We
don't know whether even a, new faith would
be worth while, where, there is any new
faith that can be worth while. All we are
sure of is that the old faith is no good.
We view the centuries past, with their
millions of bodies that have gone to their
graves before us, and Into the future we see
tha million ofcbodUa that are to go to their
graves after us. ke them, we. too, shall
be. Is this worth while?
Is Jt worth while to piaster the elements
whom only a grave U to be our final re-.
wardt Who can prove that It isn't to be?
The holy scrlpturea.'' aoate ot you an
swer, tho wise ones "who have faith tbaf
will Remove mountains." But how an you
demonstrate It to us wht hav't the jtalth?
We are no longer trustful Vo do not be
THE PEOPLE
lieve you Wo Judge vou by your perform
ances, and your performances have been
evil. Your clergy claim to have the faith,
but they bless battleships. Your church
ciders claim to havo the fnlth. but they
Keep a vigilant cyo on the cashier and the
bookkeeper. Your communicants claim to
havo tho faith, but they Ho, Btcal, gossip
nbout tho neighbors and count their coins
ns If they wero rosary bends.
Such a faith ns you profess, brethren
and Bisters, ought to lift you fnr nbovo tho
stars, where corruption Is a thing unknown.
It Is becauso you have no such faith as
you profess, that we, too, have bocn forced
to strive for education ; and now no long6r
do your dummy gods Intimidate us.
We don't caro about, tho other world.
Wo Want to live In this world. If there
Is no faith then wo want tho things thnt
you havo, or we .want a faith that In
fluences you as well as us. Can ou give
it to us? Can you accept It? That la to bo
tho test of the new, tho vital, faith It Is
to bo equally binding upon you nnd us.
la tho new faith to bo given us In the
theory of evolution? Go over that theory,
you who are trying to adjust It to tho old
stories, and see whether there Is nnythlng
nbout It bo vitally a fact, bo far beyond
doubt, that wo can Blng Its glories and fear
not
Is the new fa"h to bo found In politics?
Roses do not grow In sewers of filth.
Is the new faith to be found In lltera
turo? Something moro than sex loVe Is
needed to Inspire men and women to "fear
God and take their own part."
Is the new faith to be found In morality?
Tho conventions of society create hypo
crites. a
Is the new faith to be found In the
churches? Men have had churches over
since thoy were men. and all that the
churches have been ablo to give, after all
these ages, are peanut sermons and unbe
lief. Is the new faith to be found In man?
Why In man? Why not, shouts tho old
school, rather In skunks? Yet In man alone
Is there hope. Man must live. It Is the
burden of life that causes his unbelief. Re
lieve him of those burdens and there shall
again ahlne tho faith that shoots life
through and through with Joy, love and
faith. We cannot solve the mystery of
the other world. Let us rather solve tho
mystery of our ambitions. In ourselves
are tho seeds of the new faith. And he who
glveth to man the opportunity to find him
self Ib greater than he who taketh a city
or Bltteth astride a calf of gold. Here's,
then, to Henry Ford! . '
CECIL MONTAGUE.
Philadelphia, July 29.
A STRANGER IN TOWN
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger;
Sir I have always held the view that
Phlladelphlans are provincial right to their
hearts' core. And this belief has a solid
foundation, for It represents an experience
of years nnd years' dealings with your
townspeople.
It was not more, than 20 hours after I
had arrived In your city when three little
items were furnished for my special benefit.
And the most sincere readers may take
these happenings at face value,
After being served with some refresh
ments I handed the proprietor a dollar bill.
She Informed me that was too large a sum
for her to change. I next gave her a quar
ter. What do you suppose the fair one did?
The dear soul went outside to get change,
leaving me virtually in charge of her place.
Ih a casual way I asked a conductor to
direct me. About a half hour later this
kind fellow reminded me of the street I de
sired. What use taking space for the third In
dictment? Perhaps some of your readers
may not care for this sort of attack on the
cherished customs of Philadelphia. Such
should pardon a wicked soul.
ARTHUR, THOMAS DYSON.
Philadelphia, July 27.
THE BRIDE IN AUGUST
Consider now
The fair June bride.
The man In whom.
She took such prlda
Was late for tea
It seems ho thinks
Of baseball some.
She thought hl thoughts
Were rill of home,
And sad is she.
Cheer up, fair bride I
The bt of men
So think of baseball
Now and then; '
They're all the same.
But you your fata
Need pot deplore,
The chances art
He levea you more
Than any gams.
w Kansas City Journal.
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What Do You Know?
Queries o ooirraj Jiifc rl ill be answered
in this column. Ten questions, fir nnsmrs to
which evtrv well inlonned vcrson iionlil know,
are asked dattu
Quiz
1. What, where or nlio li Illlo?
2. What Is the I.nelnre Muliil?
3. What ! it Joint?
Mho In Cnntnln Tryntt?
5. Whnt U the mtillrnl name
for Infantile
imrtiUMi.'.'
0 Where nre the T-eMrnnl Iilnmli?
7. Wlint ronnertlon linn Hie city-of SnrnJevo
with the creat VMir?
8. Conicrffln U planning to oilionrn nn Septrm-
Ixr 0. line there ever been n lonsrr con
tinuous heRitlon?
0. Itow mnnr Ktntr have rnrmtltuttonnl pro
hibition ot the liquor trnfllc?
10. How far la It from l'lilludeliihln to naltl
more? Answers to Saturday's Quiz
1. Jtinnln lit emrncrit In nffenihrs nKiilnut the1
Cerinunn, the AiiMrlanx anil tho Turlin.
2. Jamei Itoblnton, Superintendent of Police.
3. Scene of greatest TurltUh prrfeecutlonit of
Chrlitlunn, Armenia.
4. In Knclnntl Tehlclri keep to tho left.
li. Itohert Ilronnlne wrote "The Hint and the
llook."
0, A nlcblftcltr li n rote br the people! usually
the term U nnplleu to refcrriiiluni nn to
m hat form of covrrnuient thrr UeMre or
what ruler,
7. Mother ''nrey's ch!clfnt utorinr petrels,
n species of sea blrilM.
8. A horse's thropplr: hU windpipe.
0. A leading; question: one so phrased br the
questioner ns to elicit n desired answer,
10. To hue the wind: to Keep il ship close
hauled.
Standing of Colleges
BiHtor of "What Do You Know" Can
you tell mo the official standing of the fol
low colleges: Colby, Delaware State,
Lafayette, Colgate? Can you tell me
where I could get a bulletin giving the
standing of colleges In the United States?
HEADER.
Thero has never been an offlc'al classifi
cation of American individual colleges. The
Bureau of Education, however, a few years
ago Issued a list of colleges which met a
certain standard. Lafayette and Colgate
were Included In It. A letter addressed to
tho Bureau of Education, Washington, D.
C, would puj you In the way of getting the
list
Aviation Schools
Editor of "What Do You Know" Will
you kindly tell me where thero Is a free
school of aviation? MAX DOBKIN.
We know of no free school of aviation.
How Far a Ship Sinks
Editor of "What Do You Know" Taking
the caBo of the Titanic as nn example,
would you kindly explain to what depth a
Bhlp goes when sunk In water of a great or
unknown depth.7 B. S.
It sinks to the bottom of the sea.
Words of Multitude
Edtor of "What Do You Know" Why do
we speak of a lot of quail as a covey?
Does the word mean anything, or Is It Just
made to fit tho case 7 POCONO.
Covey comes from the French verb
"couver," to hatch, and It has been brought
over Into English, So a covey of quail Is
properly a mother and her brood. The word
Is one ot a large number of terms used to
Indicate numbers, of which brood Is also
an example. We speak of a batch of bread,
a bench of bishops, a bevy ot roses or ladles.
a board of directors, a catch or a take of
fish, when describing the number caught, or
a school of fish or whales when they are In
the water; a clump of trees, a cluster of
grapes, a collection of pictures, a crew of
sailors and a crowd of people, a fell of
hair, a fleet of ships, a flight, a swarm or
a hive ot bees; a galaxy of beauties, a
gang of slaves or thieves, a herd of cattle,
a host of men, a Utter of pigs or puppies, a
mob of rough fellows, a muster of pea.
cocks, a mute ot hounds, a nest of rabbits
or ants or tables, a nursery of trees, a panel
ot Jurymen, a pride of lions, a rookery of
Beats, a shoal of mackerel, a shock of corn,
a sheaf of wheat, a skein ot ducks, a skulk
of foxes, a string of horses, a stud of
mares, a suit ot clothes and a suite of
rooms, a team ot oxen and a tribe of goats.
Meaning of Nowadays
.EdKor of "What Do You Know" A
friend told mo that "nowadays" was not an
Idlomatlo phrase combined by use into a
single word, but was a corruption of some
thing else. Is he right? II IC
Your friend is right, 'Nowadays" is a
corruption of "in our days," which was
spoken as If It were "1" pour days." Then
the' first part of It waa dropped and It be
came ''nour days." The transltloitvto now
adays then became simple.
Poets Laureate
Editor of 'tyvhat Dq You Know" Are all
tho British poets laureate burled In West
minster Abbey! JpHN KEAT8, JR.
No. Robert Bridges, the present laureate,
Is still alive and he t not burled any
where. Flv of the IS dead laureates are
burUd In the Abby They ar Bn Jonson,
Sir William Davenant, John Dryden.
Nicholas Howe, and Alfred Tennyson.
WHAT WE READ
TWO YEARS AGO
And Somo of the Strange Things
Wc Said and Thought and
Did When War Broke
. Out
WHAT wero tha Important events of
the last week in July two years ago?
Wo know now. But two years ago, with
tho temperaturo up In tho nineties arid
Vacations on, wo read lazily and thought
lazily, and tho greatest catastrophe of
our tlmo was on our heads before we
know It.
Tho Important events as disclosed In
tho newspapers wero tho failure of the)
Ulster conferenco and tho death of four
rioters In Dublin, tho preliminary matches
for tho Davis Cup. In tennis nnd tho trial
of Mme. Cnlllaux In Paris. For n week
'theso events had been brewing. To b
sure, on the very day when President
Wilson was compelled to withdraw tha
namo of Thomas D. Jonet for the Federal
Rcservo Board and Colonel Iloosovelt was
sued by William Barnes thero wero two
Items of foreign news which nttracted a
llttlo attention. One was the ultimatum
Bent to tho diplomatic corps at Duraz2o
by the Moslem Albanians and tho other
was tho ultimatum cent by Austria to
Serbia'. Neither on tha. day nor tho nox,t
was there any Indication thnt theso two
cvonts wero not equally Important.
It sectni silly now, but qulto frankly,
what did we Americans Know or card
about Serbia? Wero thero any Serbians
In America? Then they wcro "hunklcs,"
nothing more. Vaguely wo recalled
something about the Balkan wars, but tho
Inst thing most of us remembered nbout
Serbia was that her King" had been assas
sinated years ago. Had Austria sent an
ultimatum? Well, the Sorblani had nn
army of a sort, but they wouldn't daro to
fight tho Dual Monarchy. ,
Localizing the Trouble
Presently It seemed that Serbia had
t ejected tho ultimatum. Just how or
why wai not clear. In fact, It was not
known that In tho ultimatum Austria
had demanded a share In Serbia's Internal
Juilsdlctlon. So wo wont on, watching
tho cxtinordlnary spurt of tho Boston
Ihnvcs, and suddenly a menacing word
nppcnYed In tho public prints. It was
"localization." It seemed that without
any of thoso picllmlnnry declaration
dear to our romantic hearts Austria and
Sorbin wore at war and thero was n dan--ger.
If Germany and Franco nnd Russia
wero trying to localize the conflict, to
keep It down along tho Danubo, then
thcio was a chance but no real danger.
London nnd Berlin and Paris wero bring
ing prcssuro to bear, Russia waa asking
for time, Jusscrnnd bald it would not
spread. But of course they had to bo
prepared (tho word didn't havo the same
significance then) for everything, so
Franco and Russia wero mobilizing
quietly.
Mobilization meant llttlo In our young
lives then. Wo couldn't seo why der
mnny kicked up such n fuss about It,
while sho was doing It herself. We)
trusted Sir Edward Groy, with a passion
nto faith In good Anglo-Saxon honesty,
when ho Invited nil tho Powers to quiet
down nnd come to a council as of friends.
Polncaro had just seen tho Czar and re
port had It that ho was met at Stockholm
by tho Kaiser. Llttlo by llttlo wo got
round to Wllholm. Wo remembered that
ho had been called tho War Lord. Wo
saw pictures of him with the captions
telling us thnt ho could unleash tho dos
of war. And thero wero llttlo "boxes"
with statistics proving that tho war
would cost $54,125,000 a day. Tot ho was ""I
sending his relatives to talk to tho Czar
nnd warning Russia not to, Interfere, and
having the most a'mlcnblo relations with
England. It Is certnln that on the' 30th
of July; 1914, when tho world had hardly,
got used to tho Idea of an "Austro
Serblnn" war, not one man In ten thou
sand foresaw a world In arms. But two
years ago today things had happened.
London Hoped for the Worst
It was a Friday morning and you sat
down to your paper with a llttlo thrill.
Tho wholo first page was about war.
Battles had been fought In Serbia, but
worso yet, and moro thrilling, Germany,
was threatening Russia, .England wras
beginning to bo nervous. Two German
lloutenants had been defeated by An
thony Wilding and Norman Brookes In
tho Internationals. What has happened
to the Germans we do not know, but
Wilding has died since, a aoldler. We,
no moro than he, were disturbed that
day. Then from London came a new
word: Armageddon. We hadn't heard
It since tho campaign, and there were
many who wanted to know what con
nection therp was between the Pro
gressive party and a world war. London
was confident of the worst, but Paris
was hopeful. Russia was still only partly,
mobilized; Germany was dark, but not
openly threatening. The war waa still
between Austria and Serbia.
That is where wo were two years ago
today, In that attitude of mind. W
wonder now that it could be so, that W
could have been so simple-minded and so
careless. We think of the two terrible
years, In which we, also, have had a share,
and we are aghast at our own stupidity.
But It Is not altogether stupidity, not al
together our Isolation, which left us so
blind. What made us careless and un
afraid was not Ignorance, but faith. Two
years ago we wero as children; we had,
not lost our hopes for tho world nor our
trust la human nature. We beljeved,
and clung fiercely to the belief, that men
were true and honest, and, if dull, at least
dependable. We fancied that we wero ,
civilized and that wars were left tqr thai
backward nations of the globe. It Ij
easy now to say that wo were fools. II
Is hard to realize that, misled, baffled
cruelly played false by events, our heart!
were better then. Two years of wai
have taught us much; but their chief
leBson has pot tflen the value of pre
paredneas. It has been that mankind i
not to bo trusted. That faith Is vain.
That hope Is a mockery. And that forc
persists. It has taught us that Napoleoa
was o, true prophet when ho said that
God- was on tba aids of the largest
battalions. But, thank Heaven, (t h Hft
us the hope that thot right may. some
times, hayo those battalions ready
take sides with God.
Tomorrow's article tciii itoJ. with tie
tn
I of Jtsmt J. itti and uHitU4 sMti i
jLwetican enttimtnt at that ttos.
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