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men') law should be repeated. The Gov
ernment has deliberately refrained from
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found to be Impractical. Tho plan of tlio
Marine League will be opposed by those
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If a man does not make new
acquaintances as he advances through
life he will toon find himself left alone.
Samuel Johnson.
Borne Democrats nro not only op.
posod to child labor, but aro opposed to
any labor whatovor.
Mr. Wilson thinks that the Repub
lican party Is only a reminiscence, but
he Is likely to discover that tho country
regards It as so pleasant and agreeable
& memory that It wilt prefer It to the
nightmans which goes under the natno of
Comocracy..
Tho Banos who think they are
being cheatod ought to pair off with the
Americans who know that wo are being
done, Our only comeback Is that tho
Islands aro worth llvo times as much
today as thoy wero when Denmark was
considering five millions for tho batch.
That Allied offensive that Berlin
reported as finished two weeks ago had
a BUdden recovery these last two days.
The fact that a mllo of second-Una
trenchos was taken Is significant chiefly
as an Indication that tho second line had
not been taken before. But tho offensive
goes on, and that Is Germany's worry.
Mr. Raymond Itoblni has seen the
light. In return ho offers Mr. Hughes
a phraso suporlor In many respects to
tho candidate's own "America llrst and
America efficient." Mr. Robins threw off
this, "A self-controlled democracy, tho
goal of our generation In American life."
It Is true, thoughtful and provocative In
Its Implications concerning another De
mocracy which has plenty of speed but
no control.
America has apparently emerged
from tho furniture designing horrors of
the 70s of tho last century. Tho pictures
of chairs, tables, beds, sideboards, bu
reaus and tho like which appear In tho
advertisements of the great stores having
their annual furnlturo sales show that
tho designers have begun to study tho
work of tho great cabinetmakers of tho
past centuries and to profit by what they
learn. Where they cannot invent they
.reproduco, and thoy aro working to such
good effect that the descendants of tho
families who buy tho well-mado furnlturo
of today will be as proud of it as are the
few families who have inherited from the
Colonial period tho mahogany which met
the approval of their ancestors.
Tho slowly growing menace of in
fantile paralysis in this city is having tho
usual effect of danger and sorrow in
bringing mothers of all conditions to
gether. In Brooklyn and New York,
whero tho plague started, Its ravages
have been chiefly among the poor, and
there is no good to come of concealing
tho fact. It has, long since, attacked tho
rich as well and since no specific against
it is lJftbwri, only the stronger physiques
of tho children ?6the wealthy keep them
from an absolute equality in danger. It
Is a scourging exhibit of the danger of
ghettos, and possibly when the danger is
passed the mothers of the city may do
what tho City Fathers nover have been
able to accomplish abolish the ghettos.
Perhaps no city in tho country has
been the victim of so much misrepresen
tation and misunderstanding as Phlladel
phta. Occasionally this misunderstanding
Is put into concrete form. Wo print else
where on this page the first of two arti
cles by an Investigator who was sent by
the Chicago Tribune to "write up" Phila
delphia. These articles are obviously the
result of a very cursory study, but they
ore valuable as Indicating the impressions
& casual visitor may get, The man who
sees only a "corrupt and contented" Phil
adelphia does not see Philadelphia at all.
He is much like the Illinois youth who
was fired with ambition to be a great law
yer. So Into Chicago he went and got a
job aa clerk in a law office. Four days
later he reappeared on the farm, "How'd
you like the lawt" asked his father, "It
ain't what it's cracked up to be," replied
the youth gloomily, "I'm sorry I learned
it." It takes more than two days to
"learn Philadelphia."
The peril tq American shipping has
stirred the National Marine League to
new activity. It is opposed to Government-owned
merchant ships because they
will prevent the very thing which all
Americans aro demanding, namely, an
increase in the number of American bot
toms on the high seas. It has no definite
plan for fostering shipping, but It believes
that shipowners and shipping, men know
mora about the problem than any one
slse. It agrees with the Evening Ledobr
in urging a. shipping' commission com
posed in part of such expert? to study all
tfae laws and recommend such changes as
telr experience has taught them are neo
frtr"T No investigation ts needed to prove
tb folly of the Administration's ship
jmrthaae plan, and-w know already that
nrlii 't actions of ti & FoUetta sev
IF DURING tho season of spring floods
wo should find a man weakening the
foundations of a dam below which was
a large city wo should call him insane
and lock him up. Then v,a would hasten
to repair tho damago ho had done. And
If wo wero wlso wo would strengthen tho
structuro and ralso It In order to prevent
tho Impending disaster.
Tho business of the United States Is at
the present moment In tho perilous sit
uation of a city lying In tho path of tho
flood from a weakoned dam. Tho dam
is the tariff law. Tho impending flood Is
tho export trade of Europe to bo resumed
at tho closo of tho war, and tho man who
has weakened the dam Is Woodrow Wil
son, assisted by tho Democratic party.
Though tho war has been in progress
for two years, thnt party has not lifted a
finger to protect tho nation against the
disaster which Is Impending. It has
talked about nntl-dumplng laws, which
never work except when thoy nro not
needed; but beyond that it has dono
nothing. Tho constitutional Incapacity
for action which has marked this Admin
istration In tho crises which havo con
fronted It prevents It from realizing tho
peril. But It Is Imposslblo for n reason
able man to consider tho statistics of
our European trade without being np
palled at what they disclose.
Take tho case of our trade with Ger
many. In normal times tho Germans
soli us $189,919,000 worth of goods.
These aro tho figures for tho fiscal yenr
ending with Juno 30, 1914. This amount
fell to $91,372,000 for tho year ending
Juno 30, 1915, and for tho eleven months
of the current year tho report for tho
twelve months has not yet been printed
tho German sales hero nmountod to
only 513,1.15,000. This Is a falling off of
527 f ,431,000 In the purchases from ono
country alono since the war began.
Germany's normal annual exports to
nil countries amount to $2,131,000,000.
That Is, this is the surplus that Germany
produces over what she consumes. The
war has virtually destroyed all Ger
many's foreign trado. Her exports to
England have fallen from more than
$230,000,000 a year to absolutely nothing.
Her exports to Franco havo similarly
stopped. And as wo havo already shown,
Vic bought last year only a littlo moro
than thirteen million dollars' worth of
stuff from her.
Tho war has not stopped German pro
duction. Her manufacturing Industries
have not all been diverted to the produc
tion of guns and explosives nnd army
equipment. German statesmen, with tho
efficiency for which they nro noted, aro
planning for a trado war to follow tho
war with arms. German manufacturers
are piling up surplus stocks teady to flood
the neutral markets as soon as tho way
to ship them abroad Is opened. Tho trado
war will be carried on with tho same
thoroughness that has been shown in tho
field.
The United States Is tho great noutral
market which Germany will attempt to
control, because France and England
and Russia havo agreed to unite in what
may bo called a commercial union, or
ganized for the purpose of destroying
Germany commercially as thoy hopo to
destroy her military power.
Nothing but an adequate tariff law can
protect American Industry against the
Impending disaster. That law should bo
passed now, so that it can be ready for
use when the need for it arises. In tho
framing of it all politicians of whatever
party should Join, for tho crisis should
wipe out party lines. Tho Republicans
must lead in tho work, for thoy are sin
cere believers in the protective policy.
Tho Democrats, who happen to be in
power, should follow in the great work
of Industrial preparedness. Patriotism
calls, Loyal Americans should respond
without delay.
Tom Daly's Column
ONE of Bert Leston Taylor's contrlba,
complaining of a neighboring lady
who has been practicing on n mouth
organ tho part of "Home, Sweet Homo"
that every ono knows, opens a long
locked door In our memory. Some twenty
years ago, down on South Fifteenth
street, wo lived next door to a young
woman who, night after night, during a
period of several years, as we recall It
now, played over and over again these
opening notes of "Tho Suwaneo River"
nnd no more.
"THANK GOODNESS, I'M PREPARED I"
'.?f
Wo havo often wondered If sho mas
tered tho balanco of tho melody sec
tlonally, also, nnd If sho eventually put
all tho sections together nnd over played
tho pleco through to tho end.
It does seem to us that tho Sunday pa
per which printed on Its front pago nn
"aeroplane view" of Atlantic City nt tho
bathing hour might at Icnst havo men
tioned tho St. Charles Hotel, on the top
of whoso now building tho noroplnno
nppcarn to havo rested to steady tho
camera.
It has ofton seemed to us In looking
over country exchnnges that folks who
dwell In quiet rural places must llo
nwako nights for months before tho
christening thinking up odd names. Hero
aro a few wo gathered in ono evening
out of six papers published In widely
separated counties:
(Miss) Phlnaph Rlt-
tcr
Hammond Daggs
Hollar Halp
Rev. O. P. Enchcs
(Miss) lona Hus
band Jed Jox
Simp Slpo
(Miss) Lemma
dor
Na-
Speaking of IS'nmcs
F. O. Justlco. a retail coal dealer, of
Glenslrlo, has returned $700 to his cus
tomers Ho Rays this amount represents
tho excess charges ho inado on orders so as
to meet thf coal tat before It was declared
unconstitutional last fall. News Horn.
Even J. Plcrpont r.Iorgnn, Sr., could bo
badly stung. In appraising his citato the
Court found worthless Fccurltles that had
onco upon a tlmo pretended to bo worth
$7,000,000. Cincinnati Times-Star.
Zasso? And did tho appraisers learn
what, If anj thing, J. P. M., Sr., paid for
'cm 7
KAISER TAKES SCYTHE
AND HELPS WITH HARVEST
FOOD PROBLEM NOW SOLVED
Headline.
Ha! tho grim reaper! But why didn't
ho think of it before?
A HUMILIATING EXHIBIT
PHILADELPHIA Is a part of Penn
sylvania. The whole Commonwealth
shares in the prosperity of this city. Its
Interest in the devetop'ment of the water
trade of this port is vital. But the State
docs not yet realize it. But it must
come to the relief of the port as Massa
chusetts has gone to the relief of Boston.
Director Webster, of the Department
of Wharves, Docks and Ferries, cannot
serve the city better than by circulating
as widely as possible his statement, pre
pared for the army engineers, showing
the amount of money that has been ex
pended on the port by the city and the
State. According to that document, a
paltry $1,776,000 has been appropriated
from the State Treasury in the last fifty
years for harbor and channel improve
ments. In the same time the city has
appropriated $28,770,000 and the Girard
Estate lias spent $2,447,000, making a
grand total of $33,000,000 to equip one of
the greatest fresh-water harbors in the
world for accommodating the shipping
trade.
When wo remember that Hamburg,
which is only a little further from the
sea than Philadelphia, has spent $115,
000.000, and thereby raised itself Into the
command of more ocean-borne trade
than any other port in Continental Eu
rope, the slowness of this city and State
to rise to their opportunities becomes, hu
miliating. Fortunately, the city itself
recently woke up, but the State U still
aslnejj.
Chats With Famous Athletes
Mr. J. R. Maxwell, tho well-known
golfer, says:
"After trying thirty-seven distinct types
of putters for several years I nm con
vinced that to bo a good putter Is quite as
Important na to havo a good putter. How
cer, I have heard that thoro Is a thirty
eighth type, and I shall endeavor to obtali
ono of them:"
"Associated Advertising" gives up Its
August Issue entirely to "Some Philadel
phia Comcntlon 'High Lights.'" Fine! but
why Isn't Ilowo Stewart, chairman of the
General Committee, one of tho some.? We
don't find his name or his picture there.
Arrival
ny Hllzabeth Hanly,
The forent, dark and grim, returns
An echo of my wild halloo.
The pebbles slip nnd slide beneath
The gunwale of our green canoe,
And soon our first camp-llro lifts
A thin smoke-spiral, dim and blue.
Across tho lake, ono hermit-thrush
Tours out his soul In promises.
A sudden stir within my heart,
Thnt yesterday could nover guess,
Foretells tho man that I shall be
When I forsake the wilderness.
In Contemporary Vcrao for August.
The Philadelphia Gear Works good
naturedly advises us that a doctor has been
called In to fix thoso signs we pointed our
rude linger at. Meanwhile. J. II. C. writes:
"Vou missed another sign on the uama
wall:
ORDERS CANNOT COME TO FAST.
And now if tho circ. dept. will only
mark this paragtaph and send a copy to
Doc Mellon who, in spite of our mocking
laughter, continues to urgo readers of tho
Mt. Pleasant Journal to havo their "teeth
prepared to withstand the stress of mas
tlflcatlon at the Mt. Pleasant Dental Pur
lers," some good may come of it.
Our Serial Poem
(CONTINUED FROM SATURDAY.)
Fast rushed the train, with all their souls
on board.
Swift and headlong Into the burning
bridge
Which crossed the dangerous gully beyond.
Just hidden from sight by the wooded
ridge.
I had seen the btatlonmaster stop trains
By waving as a Bignal a red Hag;
But there was no one here to stop this train
By even waving a single red rag
Yet the train must be stopped from such a
wreck,
And I thought how such a thing could
be done.
While In my tears I frantically rushed
To sae them from danger, on a dead run.
Then I thought of my bright red petticoat,
Which was hidden from sight beneath
my dress.
And I knew if I could but wave it high,
Tho train full of people my act would
bless.
I tore it oft of my hips In great haste.
As the flaunting of colors swung Into
sight,
And wildly waved It to the engineer,
Whose swiftly rushing train tilled me
with fright.
I ran over the sand and the sleepers.
Halt stupefied In my horror and fear.
Waving and praying for the train to stop.
As the heavily loaded cars drew near.
Soon they saw my danger Bignal flying;
The engineer madly shut oft his steam;
The air-brakes lialted the cars at my feet,
And I was so glad that I had to scream.
The passengers stared out of the windows
To see their bridge burning with lurid
flame;
They saw me laughing wlth'my petticoat,
While the tears of Joy down my red
cheeks came.
Out of tho cars the passengers scrambled
And came front to eee what was the
matter ;
They were happy to avoid such a wreck,
While the narrow escape made them
chatter.
XTo be concluded),
s- .. ..... iT.rir.
CHICAGO DIAGNOSES PHILADELPHIA
Henry M. Hyde, of the Chicago Tribune, Thinks the City Is a Rail
road Siding on the Main Line Other Observations That
Make for Fun in Hot Weather
Reprinted by Courtesy of the Chicago
Tribune.
I WAS told tho othor day to run down
and give Philadelphia tho "onco over."
Tho Idea wa3 to discover If there was nny
thing Chicago enjoyed thnt Philadelphia
lacked a sort of municipal muckraking
expedition. It was an awesome assign
ment. When a provincial petson from
tho Mtddlo West visits tho gieat cities of
tho East he expects to bo overcome with
admiration and envy. Ho knows too well
tho manifold shortcomings of hl3 own
vast village by tho lake. Ho Is aware
that in sophisticated circles it is taken
for granted that Chicago la an Imposslblo
place. He has been amused by tho patron
izing condescension of eastern visitors.
So it was with tho feeling of a small
boy who Is expected to bo Impertinent to
his elders and betters that I took ono of
tho fast trains for tho city of William
Ponn. Now Chicago Is the terminus of
Borno twenty-seven railroad systems. Of
tho scores of through trains which nro
down on Chicago time-tables, one-half
start from this city and tho other half
end their runs hero. Nono goes through.
From tho railroad standpoint Chicago Is
the beginning and tho end of all things.
Not on Schedule
It waa startling, therefore, when tho
first bit of Information I picked up was
that Philadelphia Is not on the railroad at
all. So far as tho fast through trains are
concerned that statement is exact. In
JuHtlce It should be quickly added that
Philadelphia Is by far the most Important
siding on the main line of tho Pennsylva
nia between Chicago and Now York,
It is also to be admitted that tho fast
trains run through a suburb called North
Philadelphia where they can be flagged
to take on or discharge passengers And
North Philadelphia Is connected with. the
city proper by a regular hack line. As
the typical Phlladelphlan rarely leaves
the city limits nnd is quite Indifferent to
the coming of visitors thU arrangement
Is generally satisfactory.
Local trains on the "Pennsy" do run
into the Broad Street Station and that
great railroad, which has something like
a proprietary interest in the city, has
within recent years permitted two or
three other minor railroads to come Into
town, or at least to establish modest sta
tions in adjacent suburbs.
At that, far from being a railroad cen
tre, Philadelphia is hardly a spot on tho
circumference. From the railroad stand
point, calling the city the most Important
siding on the main line of the "Pennsy"
is doing it no injustice.
Saving of Streets
As the visitor drives on into the busi
ness district he is struck, first of all, by
tho narrowness of the streets. All the
land between the two oceans was avail
able when William Penn laid out the city
300 years ago, and it must have been
the earliest manifestation of the prover
bial Philadelphia thrift which made Wil
liam so saving. At any rate, most of
the downtown streets ore so narrow that
street cars and other traffic can only use
them in one direction. When the dlgnl
fled members of tho old Union League
Club come to luncheon it is even neces
sary to park their automobiles half on
the sidewalk and half in the gutter to
leaye room enough for the street car to
get by.
It is largely due to the narrowness of
tho worst records In tho country In the
matter of automobile nccldents. Ten or
twelve people a month aro regularly
killed In tho downtown district. It Is also
truo that as part of tho amazing mix-up
of Stato and city authority in Philadel
phia the city Is not permitted to arrest
automobllists on sight for violating tho
laws. No matter how plain Is tho viola
tion, It Is llrst necessary to swear out a
warrant and servo it on tho offender, who
may bo, by tho time tho warrant Is pro
cured, many miles away.
No Transfers at All
Speaking of street cars, Chicago people
would bo astonished If they got on ono
of tho Philadelphia vehicles and asked
for a transfer. No such thing is known
In tho City of Brotherly Love, though
the presnnt head of the system Is Thomas
E. Mitten, who onco presided over tho
City Railway Company In Chicago.
Falling a transfer, tho Philadelphia
street-car passenger may negotiate with
tho conductor for' tho purchaso of w hat
Is locally known as an exchange Such
a bit of paper costs three cents In addi
tion to tho regular faro of a nickel nnd
onco In possession of It tho passenger
may transfer to certain other lines. Nor
do tho Philadelphia street car companies
pay any percentage of their profits Into
the city treasury. Whero Chicago gets
C5 per cent of tho net profits of all the
surface lines, Philadelphia is lucky to be
allowed to ride for eight cents a head.
The great charm of Philadelphia Is, of
course, its multitude of historic buildings
and other relics. An American can
hardly visit Independence Hall, whero the
Fourth of July was made famous and the
Liberty Bell is enshrined, without a thrill.
But he gets a thrill of another kind when,
driving through some of the narrow
streets near the Delaware River, he sees
banked In the gutters on either side vast
mounds of relics, which as the nose tes
tifies in age, at least, may well be con
sidered historic. If there are anywhere
in tho country streets so filthy nnd odor
iferous as somo of those in Philadelphia
and that close to the business center one
set of fairly observant senses has failed
to find them.
(To be continued tomorrow.)
TIME FOR EVERYTHING
Two Scotch soldiers who steadied the men
at a critical moment by playing mouth
organs have been ghen medals, which does
no( alter the fact .that the average mouth
organ player should be shot without the pre
liminary of a drumhead court-martial.
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
HORSE SENSE, TOO
Official reports show that there are it,
071,000 citizens and 21.16S.000 horses in the
United States subject to draft for military
service. "And in respect to lack of train
ing," remarks the New York Sun, "they
are on an entirely equal footing." Tho
horses, however, have the advantage of the
men. They can be trained quicker. Ta
coma Tribune.
the streets that Phtla4eljUl lias one of
APPREHENSIONS
Many Americans entertain a pronounced
conviction that of all the foreign countries
Japan is the one we have most to fear;
that sooner or later our possession of the
Philippines will bring us into collision with
the greatest of the Asiatic Powers, and
that thy ostracism of Japanese subjects on
our Paclno slope Is always a potential bone
of contention, it has been a sort of anti
dote to this apprehension tht Great Britain,
Japan's present ally, is our friend. But
this consolidation will be to some extent
modified If Russia, forms the close alliance
with Japan now reported. Syracuse Her-
What Do You Know?
3. How mnnj Htntri mutt rntlfr
tionnl nmrndnirnt to inaKn
Queries of central interest will be answered
in this column. Ten Questions, the answers to
which everv well-Informed pcraoit thould knowt
are ashed dally.
QUIZ
1. Who U Dr. nnmon Vatu?
2. Whut U chocolnto muds from?
rntmlltll.
It elfrctUe?
4. What In fullcr'M rnrtli?
5. tVlio Is Frank I., l'olk?
0. Who la tli Librarian of ConcrenH?
7. About lion mnnv fujunre mtlr-t of territory
nro Included In the Nutlon.il I'urkh?
8. What nnd where la the dreornt luke In the
Morld?
0. Which la larcrr In cronnd nreo, tho City
Hall or the Nntlonal Ciipltol?
10. How- many Americana lot (heir Urea In the
Inklnr ot the I.ultanlu?
Answers to Saturday's Quiz
Turaon li pronounced as thouih It nero
anellrd Tuiton.
I'0I!;.('a"'m'n' V ""f O" September 1.
ISO!, and won hnncrd on AinciMt 3. IU1U.
Tlii; llien-.mnniilnn..c rnmnua Colonial real.
denrr nbont hlch the battle of (,rrmun
nn waa roucnt en October -I. 1777, la at
!A rfllTIrT fir firrlii inlnu t ... .....I
1 1 i I nmiiin n utrilUD Ullll
wiMtiirMii. nirrri
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4. Senator Newlanda la from Nevada.
ilralnned the urea In thf. tied inrnt of
the Home win- of the National L'upltol.
0. The Wnahlncton Monument la 830 feet hUli
7. Memorial ltnll. Horticultural Hall, the Hne
Ilah bulldlnc and lie Ohio bulldlnc rented
n,lbf,?nrat..,.i,r.lfa0d,iB,.8 Cen"nn"" '
' "fn "l!Bfl.miS0K? fo.ittK'fcVfn'
" WBndrnpVndnenJrlc. n" "" the ""'"""on of
10, AnhJ!iyi,nC'to0n(,',rrlSt";fr.lal'n':ard ",and" b
Questions on Art
Editor o "What Do You ifnoi(,will
you please state (l) here the "Mona Lisa"
s now, (2) who decorated the Slstlne Chapel
in nome and (3) what dlstlnnulshed Amerl-
can completed the art decorations in the
Pennsylvania State Capitol at Harrlsbure?
V. C. HUSTON.
1. The "Mona Lisa" and all the, other
Si-a?9i,0,a master,s ow"e'l by Franco havo
been taken from the eallerlcs and placed
In subterranean auUs for safe keeping
Just where those vaults are has not been
disclosed. 2 The Slstlne Chapel was dec"
orated by Michelangelo. 3. Violet Oaklev
decorated the Capitol at HarrIsburB
Value of Waste Paper
Editor of "What Do You Cnoio"i
Could you kindly give mo tho cost oa
paper compressor? 2. how many pounds
does a paper bale weigh? 3. What do hev
(bales) sell for? BUSINESS BOY
1. A paper compressor or baler coats
from about J15 up. 2. A bale, as ordinal
Pk . ,e. 3" ?alea waste Paper sells for
about 40 cents per 100 pounds. The prlM
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United States and the Irish Rebellion
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settle a discussion. Did the Unltedstnt..
through the President or any other official'
warn the English Government of the pend:
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AN OLD GARDEN '
IN PHILADELPl
It Was There That Mauric
Egan, Diplomatist and M
of Letters, Began Ht
Dreaming
TUB fame of Maurice Francis
native Phlladelphlan, poet, no,
'isaylst, teacher and diplomatist,
rest on his relation to tho treaty
lenmnrk for tho sale of the hfof
3l. XllUlllilS, Ol
John and St
Croix to the
United Stntos
lie will doubtless
bo remembered
In tho future ns
n man of letters
lather than as n
diplomatist, but
no ono who
knows him, nnd
the court nl
which he lin
rcj resented 'lit
United State
slnco 1007. will
fall to credit J,Al uu l: ' EC
him with tho possession of rare tact
quality without which no man ca,
cecd In diplomacy.
Mr. Egan, perhaps ho should be
Doctor Egan, for ho can write aftr
name tho letters standing for
scholarly degrees, hna proved that
a man of tact. Notre Dame Unlv
made hltn a doctor of laws In 1878,
next year Georgetown Collego mad
t doctor of civil nnd canon law, n
1907 Vlllanovn College decided th
wns worthy to be n doctor of phllor
IIo Is a Catholic nnd ono of tho mc
tlngulihod literary men In that chur
America. y
Denmark, to which ho wns sent a
voy Extraordinary and Minister
potentlary In 1907, is a Protestant
try. Of its 2,600,000 population, 2,C
,tre Prostcstnnt. Tho Cnthollcs nt
less than COOO. Yet this man, th
been closely Identified with tho actl
nf tho Catholic t'huroh nil his life
succeeded In becoming and rema
persona grata to tho powers that
ono of the most Protestant countr
Europe. If this Is not evidence th
possesses urbanity, snvolr fitlre, an
various other qualities deemed csj
to success in diplomacy, then we
give new meanings to words.
Tho appointment of Doctor Egan
diplomatic post was In lino with
can precedent. Bancroft, Lowell
John Hay ate only a few of tho Aim
literary men who havo represented
country nbroad. Wo havo now at
Thomas Nelson Page, and at The I
Henry van Dyke, and nt Brussels 1
Whltlock, who, along with Doctor 1
nro keeping up tho, literary trac
Doctor Egan is a poet, but he dot
take his verso writing too serlousl
"I began to wrlto sonnets year
years ago," ho said onco, "and I
spoken of by tho critics of my
youth ns a promising young poet."
IIo paused and smiled tho Indi
smile of a man within a year of flftj
continued
"I nm still referred to as n pron
young poet. I wrlto n sonnet a year
Yes, ono every year. I am wrltln,
now."
Still Remembered in St. Philip's P
Ho was born In a liouso on the
side of South Sixth street, between i
tian and Carpenter streets, on Ma
1852, nnd is consequently CI year
Ho is still lemembored pleasant!
Mother Laurentla, of tho school att
to St. Philip's Church, In Queen t
above Second. He man led his wi
Philadelphia in 1880. Sho was
Katharine Mullln. A son and two.d
ters have been born to them. E
Egan likes to talk of his Philadi
life. Once, when in a reminiscent )
ho said:
"Our houso is still standing then
the garden, of course, has lona
gone, and tho house Is now a tene
It was a very quaint old place, bu
bricks brought over from England.
Ptched door and two or thiee low rr
steps opened Into the vestibule, and 1
rear was a wonderful garden. That
den was my first recollection. Thee
a great tangle of old-fashioned fl'
running riot all over It sweet vvi
hundred-leaf roses, larkspur, four p'p
mlgnonetto all those delicious oi
gaiden flowers. That gaiden. the
nnd a few of Sir "Walter's books af
first and pleasantest recollections c
childhood. My mother was the
teacher of myself and my sister. Si
longed to one of tho old families of 1
delphla and had been reared with Q,
and old-fashioned simplicity. She t
great lover of Shakespeare, and. of c
of Scott, Addison, Steele and Oliver
smith, Sho would read to us In the
nlng.
Didn't Like the Law
"I never reached the 'adventure i
most boys had. Tho atmosphere 9
home was to quiet, simple and u
tentlous that well, I don't supp
had any chance for fighting Indlai
running away to sea. I went to a
school not far from our home, St, PI
Academy, and did my elementary
there for La Salle College, which
tered at about fifteen. I graduated
La Salle oh, yes, with the A. B-
and then went to Georgetown Co
where I studied law. The lawyer's
tlon I found neither to my talents n
my taste, so I commenced writing as
as I left college. At length I sett
New York, where I edited the Freer
Journal. In 1888 I decided, to 8
Leipslc to reside, but the pwfesso
of English l'terature at Notre Pao
offered me. So I took up the Un1
teacher and lecturer there."
He remained at Notre Pame until
when he went to the Catholic Univt
in Washington to share with Cb
Warren Stoddard the chair of o
literature. He occupied that chair
President Roosevelt, with whom be
on terms of friendly intimacy,
him to Denmark. He has wrltU
books and done considerable tratw1
in addition to hla work as teacher,
was decorated by the King of Bei
Jo 1908 for his work in llteraturf.
has received the Laetare Medal
Notre Dame and has lectured l
Hopkins and HarvarO. O. "W