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Sweets crown common lota their
dear delight. Shakespeare,
Tho organized antl-suffraglsts will
hardly provo tholr caso by going Into poll
tics against Mr. Hughes.
Ty Cobb gavo Mr. Hughes a base
ball In Detroit, suggesting thereby that
be believes tho Republican candidate can
mako a hit.
"When tho Robins Nest Again" will
bp a popular song with tho followers of
tho Chicago Progressive who has Joined
the Hughes forces.
What docs England caro about pro
tection or freo trado so long as she con
trols ocean shipping and can dlctato
what nations may send abroad and what
they may not?
A woman has, by unofficial returns,
won tho nomination for Congress In a
'Kansas district. Tho heavens failed to
fall, tho sanctity of tho homo has not beon
abolished by law and tho war In Europe
joes on nono tho less.
Senator Overman, of North Caro
lina, pleads for child labor because, by
keeping children in tho factories, you
koop them out of jail, with equal humor.
It might bo argued that by keeping them
In Jail you can keep them out of tho fac
tories. Advance sheets of tho "prosperity"
chapter in tho Democratic, campaign text-
irbook and Just how does that chapter
.cui in buuu ijuiujiuii 'i ura muKuiuriy
voluble on American prosperity "under
Wilson." Somo ono ought to wrlto tho
odltor a letter and tell him that there
hu been a war.
Aftor tho war wo've got to look out
for ourselves If wo are to mnlntaln
our supremacy Mr. Hughes to a com
mittee of welfare workers In Detroit.
No truer gospel has been pro
claimed slnco tho war began. Mr.
Hughes apparently senses tho big lssuo
In tho 'campaign, and tho applause which
greeted I1I3 statement Indicates that De
troit at 'least senses It nlso.
Thq Insufficiency of protests against
tho blacklist, which Is now French as well
aa British, Is not wholly tho fault of tho
Administration. It is duo to tho lack of
an effective reply which can only bo a
merchant marlno of our own. Such a
fleet would end British tyranny of tho
seas, although It need not imperil British
prppondcrnnco of trade. It Is needed
Ow largely as a regulator, a safety
valve, not as an englno for" the destruc
tion of rival nations.
Ono of tho things which tho new
traffic regulations cover has long been an
annoyance to pedestrians. Motorcars
have beonn, tho habit of stopping when
a car.ljjlbpped and not starting again
until tfie'ear startwi. But wagons havo
all too frequently claimed immunity, and
passengers alighting from cars have been
compelled to dodge horses and trucks,
while motorcars watted. Tho new regu
lations follow out tho intent of tho old,
rpeclfying all tralllc.
It Is a waste of tlmo to expend
much sympathy on the human wreck
Who picks cigar or cigarette stumps
from the gutter. It ought to be possl
ble, however, to teach tho small boys
that they aro directly courting death
whon they adopt this filthy practice.
Director Krusen has warned parents of
the danger. The need of such a warning
Indicates that the schools havo not been
doing their full duty In Impressing, the
lessons of commonplace hygiene upon' the
children,
Tho fear of alienating votes causes
Mr. Kitchin and his Democratic confreres
evil dreams at night and their speech tho
next morning Is not clear. Vlr. Kitchin
Would emancipate $2000 incomes from the
tax because the possessors would fight in
case of war and so need not contribute to
elf-protection. The argument Is pretty,
but Inconclusive. If willingness to flght
is to bo the basis of tax immunity, we are
all ready to sign pledges. If the income
tax. is Just, its Incidence should be as
nearly universal as possible. Nor will $20
a year break the recipient of $40 a week.
There are 4499 chances out of a
possible 4500 that the child who goes to
bed well tonight will wake up tomorrow
KtornJng without any signs of infantile
juralyala. That is, there is only one
ehanca in 4500 that any child will be
attacked by the disease. There are only
ninety-one cases In the -whole city, Ac-ardjng-
to the census of 1910 there were
423,350 children here under 15 years of
? The present number Is at least
4J,9. Of this number 449,909 have
gtdBTl the disease thua far. The num
m f fcablaa born every day the aver
mtsm I - iihyt evv flf teea minute-
m r J& P "n tjf yF
paialysla cases. Tho strict quarantine
which the health authorities have. Insti
tuted Is likely to prevent tho dlscaso
from becoming epidemic. Tho attention
to sanitation and hygiene which tho
parents aro now Riving In order to pro
toct their families Is likely not only to
safeguard them from the mysterious ail
ment, but Is also likely to provent tho
children from contracting tho other dis
eases to which they aro liable.
THE PRESIDENT ON HIS OWN
RESPONSIBILITY FOR FOR-
EIGN POLICIES
TN 190S Woodrow Wilson, then prest-
dent of 1'rlnceton Unlvorslty, pub
lished "Constitutional Government In tho
United States," and therein ho Included
an analysis of tho historical ovolutlon of
tho presidential ofllce, which has recently
nppeared by Itself under tho title, "Tho
President of tho United States."
Tho work Is almost prophetic In one
particular. Wo quote:
One of the grentest of tho President's
powers I have not ct spoken of nt all :
his control, uhlch Is verv absolute, of
tho foreign relations of the nation The
Inltlntlve In foreign nlTnlrs, which tho
President posi-sscfl without any re
striction whatever, Is vhtually tho
power to control them nlisnlutoly.
Tho President can novur
again bo tho mere domestic figure ho
has been throUKhout so largo a part of
our history. The nntlnn has risen to
tho first rank In power nnd resources.
Tho other nations of tho world look
askanco upon her, half In envy, half
In fear, nnd wonder with n deep
anxiety what who will do with her vast
strength. our President
must always, henceforth, bo onu of tho
gicat Powers of tho world, whether hn
net greatly nnd wlrcly or not, and tho
host fctatcumrn wo enn pioduco will bo
needed to fill tho office of Secretary nf
State. Wo have but begun to mco the
presidential office In this light: but It
It tho light which will more nnd moro
1 oat upon It, and moro nnd more dc
t rmlne Its character nnd Its effect upon
the politics of the nation. Wo enn never
hldo our President aaln as a more do
mcstlo officer. Wo can never again poo
him tho moro oxccutlvo he was In tho
thirties nnd forties. IIo must stand al
ways at tho front of our nffnlrn, nnd tho
olllco will be as big nnd Influential ns
tho man who occupies It.
"Tho best statesmen wo can produco
will bo needed to (III tho office of Secre
tary of State" and ho appointed to that
olllco William J. Bryan, of Nebraska.
But tho prophecy of tho historian lies
In his sharp forowarnlng of tho very sit
uation which now exists In American
politics. It Is tho President's control of
foreign affairs which Is moro and moro to
determine tho clmiacter of tho presiden
tial olllco and its effects upon tho politics
of tho nation. It Is on this great lssuo
that Mr. Hughes ha3 centered his pre
liminary campaign. How ridiculous,
thon, Is tho chnrgo of McCormlck nnd
Lowls that It is treason to criticize tho
President on nccount of his conduct of
foreign affairs Hero wo havo that very
Prosldcnt himself declaring that It is on
an lssuo of this sort that tho politics of
tho nation must Inevitably center, yet tho
first tlmo such a thing happens his fol
lowcto aro tho ones to cry against It.
Without considering whether Mr. Wil
son's conduct of foreign affairs has beon
wlso or unwise, good or bad, strong or
vacillating, tho fact remains that tho
period has como In our history when for
tho first time foreign relations are of as
Intlmato and Immediate Importanco as
domestic affairs. In domestic affairs,
however, ths object of criticism may bo
tho Congress nnd the Administration as
a whole. In foreign affairs it is the PresI
dent nlono who must be held responsi
ble, for ho Is endowed with the power
"to control them absolutely."
Tho present President and every Presi
dent to follow him must a.ssumo this per
sonal responsibility for foreign nffalrs.
It is an issue which must hereafter al
ways be brought forward in every cam
paign. No longer can It bo evaded. It
Is essentially a proper line of attack to
bring before tho Judgment of tho voters
the conduct of pur foreign relations, for
only In a campaign havo tho people tho
privilege of determining what policy
shall dominate in thoso relations, and only
then through the promises and per
sonality of tho candidates.
Treason to the United States Just now
would lto only In supine acceptance of
foreign policy as It exists. It Is truo
patriotism to examine that policy and
insist that the voters record specifically
their opinion of it.
COMMON SENSE
TIIC Philadelphia spirit is opposed to
factious strikes and to any industrial
disturbances which are not grounded
deep in Justice and immediacy. Tho fail
ure of tho strike ordered on tho car lines
yesterday is a striking testimonial to the
good sense of tho men employed and their
confidence in tho measures agreed upon
by themselves for tho Improvement both
of their working conditions and of their
remuneration.
The present management of tho P. It.
T, has demonstrated Its capacity td bring
order out of chaos. It literally grappled
with chaos when It took over tho sys
tem. Its strides forward have been at
least of reasonable length. There is hot
ter service than ever before, and the more
satisfactory tlnanclal condition of the com
pany has been paralleled With correspond
ing increases In the payment of employes.
We cannot see that anything would be
gained by a successful strike that forced,
the company back into the mire of finan
cial difficulties. The attitude of the em
ployee In such circumstances la highly
commendable and meets, we believe, with
the indorsement of citizens generally,
A fair wage for labor of any sort is an
absolute requisite In America, and few,
we are sure. In this modern day are op
posed to the principle, of collective bar
gaining. But the people are opposed al
most unanimously to a strike except aa
last resort under intolerable condl-
EYENIttG LBDaEK-PHILADELIHIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1916.
Tom Daly's Column
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the ;mbi"s hath
You mau have pleasures without end
Rut there Is ono I hath
When Mother Jets mc supcrntend
MU Utile sMcrs bath
Who is a very Utile thlna
Just two years old you know
To which alt kinds of dirt will cltno
From tvddllnp two and fro.
.SVie canjiot bathe herself herself
And so I fill tho tub
And dtsenrobe fib little elf
And then bcpln to scrub.
Although It Is a lot of fun
1 hare my troubtcs too
llccause there's so much to be done
lleforc the Job li through.
Yon sec she Is so full of fat
It terlnkle.; up In folds
And you must take the soap to that
Or Mother always scolds
And then If you're not watching out
She'll make a sudden plunge
licforc ynu knoto what she's about
And iimb and suck the sponge.
And when you take the sponge away
She tries to get the brush
Or manage In some other way
To keep you on the rush.
Hut that's not all and this is what
1 cannot understand
Why is It now that Father's got
To ahvay) be on hand?
Fiom time I start until I'm through
Jtc alwayi seems to stay
With something that he's got to do
Where he Is In my way,
I Jiavc some troubles without end
Hut pleasure too 1 hath
llVicn Mother lets mc supcrntend
My little sister's bath.
Why docs Asqulth hesitate? Ho'a got
to go, and tho sooner tho better, bocauso
W. I,. Sacrey wants an excuse to pub
lish this porfectly good nnngram beforo
somo ono else thinks of It:
ASQUITH
HAS QUIT
Ono novcr realizes how many cold, un
feeling men thoro tiro In tho world until
oiip takes one'i heart and lots tho public
look Into It. On Saturday wo told tho
sad talo of our Airedale, expecting sym
pathy, hut. as tho femalo brought us woo,
tho mall brings us nothing but gibes.
Even Ab Judlce, who offers a poem be
ginning: Wlienmer It's a Saturday and all my work is
thrniiKh,
I like to sit upon tho porch and scan the
"Hmie" from you.
Hut. nli' iihis! this H.itunlay, my dlenppotnt
mont't lilttrr,
UecauHH l' rrutl tho etartllnff news of Lady
Morrj'n litter.
'Tli mill. Inilei-il thpso "lf" nnd "huts," these
"muts." thnso moncrel pups,
Will lirlns no until, nor numbered lie with win
ners of prize cups,M
furnishes no real comfort. Possibly It
were best to abolish benovolently thoso
woolly unfortunates.
Our Own Blackmail Dcpt.
What would It
havo been worth to
a colyuml.it operat
ing In o. o. dear burg
to havo suppressed
this Item In tho
papor:
INF O 11 M A T I O N
wanted of one
ThomuB Daly, a na
tive of Cahlrcnnllsh.
County Limerick. Ire
land, who deserted
lils wife nnd child In
l'nllndelphln. Jan
uary II. lUOil. Height
S ft. 7 In. ; light com
Plexloncd. blue. )rs,
uavy bluck hair.
When last seen was
rmnlntu! nt Ilnldvwn Locomotho Works, lath
nml Sprint,- Qar.len sis. Addnss Mrs. J. Daly,
EJIo Allium st.. San Trnnclsco, CM.
Do your worst, Huron! We havo been
playing golf all summer and are now
dark-complexioned. Ha! Ha! Foiled
again!
Our Serial Poem
This lssuo marks tho conclusion of
tho most successful serial poem wo havo
uver run:
nnrtoiNK ok lkoion- of honor
Copyright. 1007. liy Ouorso U. I-othrop, Jr..
US Ilruuk rniinu,-. Unilr.n. Mass.)
(FUi-I'olmVil Gold Star. Kmblem of French
Lntrlon uf lln.ior. Awarded to Jennie Crrelc,
Mineral.-, Indiana, for llroery. September.
IMi'l. Uuist it Honor at Purls Exposition,
ll'llil )
(coxci.unriD fhom vkstkbday.)
When told that a little girl had saved them
Perhaps from the horrors of such a death,
Tho men carried mo round on their shoul
ders. And hufged nnd kissed mi till I caught
my breath.
Somo of tho people thcro shed tears of Joy
As they thought that my act had saved
their life;
Others prulsed mo In some foreign lan
guage: Men patted me as If I was their wife.
Then all the trainmen extinguished the fire
Which had been burning up the wooden
bridge,
And lifter propping up the railroad track
Tim cars could gu on over vale and ridge.
Twas a mighty narrow escape I know
For all of the people upon that train,
And If they had rushed In that burning
bridge
But few would have come out alive again.
The passengers were all supremely glad,
And many left me with a loving glance.
While In a few weeks I received the cross
Of the Legion of Honor from France.
It seems that the foreigners were French
men Who wero on their way home from the;
World's Fair.
And as they were men of great Influence
They had me awarded the medal there.
Since then, a few years have rolled slowly
by.
And yet tho Frenchmen remembered me
still.
For when Paris had her exposition
Thoy welcomed mo thore to show their
good will."
So Is It In life as we live our days,
Tho detds that we do which shall win us
fame
Are brave, heroic acts done for others..
With no thought of ourself or of our
name.
(THE END.)
But that's not all. Beginning tomorrow
we will offer- In two consecutive numbers
"The Strange Hamlet."
aHIS conversation Altered Into the Morris
. Refuge over the telephone, yesterday:
"Morris Befuge? Well, this Is
George II. Smith Yep. West Phllly.
Say, listen! We had a tadpole in our
aquarium and yesterday it turned right
Into a toad and It scared my wife.
Say, listen, can't you come and take It
away? No? Well, I was think
in' of puttln' it in a can and chuckln" It
Into W. Moriah Cemetery. All right,
I will."
Yesterday we had lunch with young
Charlie Book, Art Samuola also com
plains that when he does It he always has
to pay, too.
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THE VOICE OP
A Jersey Suffragist Frees His Mind About the Attitude of Hughes.
Plea From a Soldier's Mother Faults of
Upper Darby Roads
Tn( department Is free to nil readers who
tvUh to rrprr&s (lielr opinions on subjects 0
current lnttrest. It Is an oven Jorum, tintl the
Kvenina Lcdaer assumes 110 rrapoiMlWllty tor
the tieics 0 its correspondents.
PLEA OF A SOLDIER'S MOTHER
To the Editor of the livening Ledger:
Sir This paying tho holdlcrs, delaying
such, with a n.itlon-llkc crisis, Is rather too
much llko two women upon a stiect car.
"Now. I will pay." "No, let mo pay." All
the time. In tholr hearts, neither desires
to pay. Now, wo mothers and wives, who
nt a great sacrifice Rao up our boys and
husbands proud. Indeed, we nro of them
do not wish charity or nnythlng that comes
to us which Is not Justly due. Wo nro
all willing to do our share. I nm nlono and
can provldo for myself. Uut thcro aro
others. In my own knowledge, who want
same ns I the pay duo our soldier boys,
who have given up good positions for a
very small sum. MBS. JOHN CUBT1S.
Cardington, Pa., August 4.
"STRONG AND VACILLATING"
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir 5Ir. Hughes has the sterling virtue
of taking clearly defined standpoints nnd
Htlcklng to them. In this he Is nearly as
admirable as President Wilson. Ills candid
statement In favor of woman suffrage Is
rivaled only by Mr. Wilton's Journey to
Princeton, where ho announced that he
would vote to give tho women of New Jersey
the ballot and then actually voted for that
unpopular cause, siding with tho minority
In his antlsuffrnge State.
But It Is not so easy to pralso Mr.
Hughes's chief reason for taking so Mrong a
stand. This seems to have been that, as
suffrage has for years been Intruding Itself
Into politics and Interfering with moro Im
portant Issues and must Inevitably bo
granted eventually, anyhow. It might as well
bo grnntcd now by a Federal amendment.
Now, by tho same reasoning, we should have
Prohibition by Federal amendment. It has
for years been Intruding Itself Into politics
and Interfering with more Important Issues,
and many persons bolleve It Is Inevitable.
The liquor question has actually withdrawn
a million or so voters from our electorate
Into a separato and futile party, which suf
frage has not done. The liquor question has
corrupted the courts, which suffrage has not
done. It has forced every Issue into the
shade In many a general election, which
suffrage lias not done. Then why Is It nee.
eBsary to take so strong nnd sweeping a
political gesture over suffrage and not over
prohibition?
You see. It comes to the same thing
whether you aro for a Federal amendment
for suffrage or whether you'are for suffrage
State by State. For a Federal amendment
has to be ratified State by State until three
fourths of the States havo ratified It. Nay,
tho Federal amendment route is more diffi
cult for suffrage, as that goes to the Legis
latures, which kill it more easily than the
STRICT ACCOUNTABILITY
Senator Fall pays tho Democrat'" Ha?
Failed to Hold Anybody to It
Senator Fall I say here and now. and
I defy you to deny It, that the pledge of
the protection of American citizens and
their constitutional rights on the border
and In Mexico was made In 1913 with a
desire to create an Issue for the Adminis
tration. Your returning delegates made
those statements and attempted to secure
votes upon the platform pledge.
sir, the Issue Is the platform
pledge. Here Is your President speaking
to Mexico, a telegram sent by htm August
37, 1913, as furnished me several months ago
by the State Department, In which the
"consul general was instructed to notify all
officials, military or civil, exercising authori
ty that they would be held 'strictly re
sponsible' for any harm done to Americans
or for injury to their property." Further,
the consul general was instructed that,
at he might havo difficulty in reaching the
consuls in the northern States, they would
be reached directly from this department
I have here a copy of the telegram sent to
thoso northern consulates. You would have
enforced or endeavored to follow up the
threat that you proposed, to hold eYery
WHEN IT'S TOO HOT TO
TPIE PEOPLE
people do. All Mr. Hughes wants Is to get
tho matter through Congress and so bo nblo
to send tho women out of Washington nnd
back home to fight out tho matter In their
homo States. IIo chooses, temperamentally,
a courso that looks "strong," but which is
really weak and vacillating. Or, If you llko
to piny with worils, you might say that Mr.
Hughes Is "strong nnd vacillating"; ho vac
illates until something looks "inevitable,"
and then brings his list pounding down on
tho tnlilo nnd rattles the dishes.
Just a word about "strong" nnd "weak"
and the Ideas tho words convey. They can
not bo used to describe everything, nny moro
than "black" and "whlto" can be. If two
men nro debating and continue to debnto for
10 hours they are probably good debaters.
Ono may be strong nnd tho other weak; both
may bo strong. But If Mr Hughes nnd Mr..
Booscvolt, In tholr present temper, were
present one can Imagine them exchanging
Impatlont remarks, "These men hnvo been
arguing for 10 hours nnd have not ex
changed blows. They are both weak and
vacillating, especially tho ono with the
eyeglasses and tho big chin." But the de
baters would object that If one were debat
ing his object would bo to avoid pugilism.
As n dramatic picture It would havo
looked "strong" If Mr. Wilson, ns President,
had ordered our troops from Vera Cruz to
Mexico City. It would have looked "strong"
If ho had pacified tho country and encour
aged American magnates to coalcbco ulth
somo puppet dictator and then had loaned
our armed forces to help out our magnates'
Interests every time tho peons rose. It
looked "weak" to withdraw from Vera Cruz.
It always looks "weak" to excited and ag
gressive men when a man decides upon a
high-minded and peaceful principle and
carries It Into effect without drama. It
looked "wenk" when Mr. Hughes nllowed
himself to be politically shelved In tho Su
preme Court for six years. But It wasn't
either "weak" or "strong." It was simply a
sensible withdrawal from a muddled politi
cal situation.
Neither has Mr. Wilson been particularly
"strong" or "weak" or more than humanly
"vacillating."
I don't know how I shall vote In Novem
ber. I rather fancy I shall follow Mr.
Hughes's policy of vacillation that Is, to
wait until I see who Is "Inevitably" going
to be elected President and then vote for
him. In order to get him out of politics.
JEBSBY SUFFBAQIST.
Camden, August 5.
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Evidently "I.ansdowne," or the one
who signs as such, In your Issue of August
3. does not know what he Is writing about,
as Baltimore avenue. In Upper Darby. Is a
State road and maintained by the State and
not by the upper Darby authorities.
- ,11 , x, UPPEB DABBYITE.
Colllngdale, Pa., August 5.
official throughout the nepubllc of Mexico
civil or military, "strictly responsible" for
any harm aone to an American citizen or
for any injury to his property. You will
be confronted with that promise, with that
statement, by thousands of American fugl
tlves driven from Mexico, their wives out
raged, their children murdered, their com
panions killed by their side, forming an or
ganization now, not political, but to tell
the truth to the American people.
You will be confronted with the fact that
Germany had her consuls In Mexico, that
she had an Ambassador in .the City of
Mexico, that this telegram was posted In
front of the American Embassy and In
front of every consulate in the Republic
Germany knew tho threat which you had
made. You had used, the words "strict ac
countability" or "strictly accountable." Ger
many knew, sir, without the necessity of
an Intimation from your Secretary of State
that when, on February 10, prior to the'
sinking of the Lusltanla. she was told by
you that if she did pursue her unrjereeas
warfare, and thereby an American citizen
was harmed, this Government would hold
her to "strict accountability" She knew
that it was a He. You win later, think,
change your opinion that there 19 no Issue
Involved la this Mexican question. Senator
Fall's reply to. Spatox lwls In the Con
sralon&l Kecord tot August S.
WORK
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Queries 0 oenrra! interest tclll le answered
in this column, 'fen Questions, the answers to
uhich cxeru well-fiiomicii person thould know.
are asked daitv.
QUIZ
1. Is tliero any rrxiilnrlty In the nppearanro of
nu-nuei nnioni; tlio east ami west strirts
of l'lillndelplila?
2. Who Is the ciiplaln of tho Ilruticlilnnil?
3. tVhut Is meant by the Inrhlcnre of nn In
come tax?
4. About what dors It rout llnclanil to shell a
(icrmiii line for one ilai?
5. Has a Mnman rtrr bren nominated by n
mnjor party for 11 he.it In ConcrrsV,'
0. What Is "I'uncb"?
7. What Is n "feature phntoplaj"?
8. To uhnt does "the Wjomlne Idea" refer?
0. Did nny Stale of the I'nlon eirr on 11 terri
tory now In tho routines of the rountr?
10, Are the portraits of John tlnlnry Adams und
of Andrew Jackson h.ied on phutnirraplis
or arc they bused whull) on contemporary
portrults?
AnswerH to Yesterday's Quiz
1. rr. Itnmon Ynldes Is the President-elect of
rnnnmn.
2. Chocolate Is made from the rnrnn bean.
3. An nmendment to the Constitution must be
ratllled by three-fourth nf the States.
4. Tullrr's eirth Is n innterl il rrsembllne
elny, hut larklnc Its plnsllrlty,
5. I'rnnk I,. 1'iilk Is counselor of the State
Department.
0. Herbert l'utnnm Is Librarian of Coiirress.
7. There ore 720 square miles In the National
I'nrks.
8. The deepest lake In the norll Is Crater T.nke
In suuthern Orricon. It U 2000 feet drep.
' H1"1 nr,M ,of ."" ny "ll Is about
40.000. snaiire fc-t err.iter than that of
the nthin.il Capitol.
10. One hundred unjl fnprlrrii Americans Irst
their II. In the sinking uf the l.usllaiila.
What Germany Has Gained
P:l.P- S7;Y.0Ur nuestlon Is best answered
by tho official statement Issued In Berlin
It follows: 'The Central Powers occupy
431,000 square kilometers (172.400 souaro1
m les. against 180.000 (73 noo siuure miles)
a year ago. The enemy occupy In Eurone
22.000 tquare kilometers (ssoo rnuaro mlleil
against 11.000 (1400 square miles) a year
ago. The Central Powers. Bulgaria and
Turkey captured 2.C58.000 enemy soldiers
against 1.696.000. Of those taken prisoners
by the Germans, 5747 officers and 348 000
men were French. 9019 officers and 1 20 000
m,en,were Rus3lans nnd 917 officers "'and
30.000 men were British. Tho , ." ...
brought to Germany, in addition to that
utilized Immediately at the front, comprised
11.036 cannon. 4.700.000 shells. 3150 rmY
chine guns, and 1,556,000 rifles."
Drier Root Pipes
Editor of "What Do You JTn0u,"Where
does the brier root come from that Is 'used
In making pipes? SMOKEB.
Brier pipes are made from the roots nf
the French white heath. The plant nourishes
In all countries bordering upon the Medlter"
nean and grows to a height of 38 to 45
inches. The roots most in damand for
pipe-making a certain aroma and bright
ness of wood being tho test, are those oh
talned from the Tuscan Maremm, M Z
neighborhood of Follonica, Ceclna and Gros.
seto They are preferred by manufactu?.
era to those from any other part of HaYy
or from Algeria or the Orient Most nr
the land in the Tuscan Maremmo growing
these roots is owned by French and DrUUh
concerns, who maintain warehouses and
workshops on or naar their lands, where the
roots are washed, boiled and .,v
shaped, ater which they are .omd byfu'e'
color and quality. y alze
Wineberriea
Editor of "What Do You jrow-Whlla
I was at supper at a hotel In Wesr r-h .
a few evenings ago the waiter h,.Cuf,ter
some berries which ww urt&" ,T
bill of fare as wineberriea! tw h!
like red raspberries from whh h0,1"11
had been removed. bu thVy were he ru"
than the ripe raspberrS ViSto" r'd
you tell me whether they wire ,,,' Can
called wineberriea. 'YnXtfii1
,,. . LOCUST
-ttlneberry, written as one word it
name that is given to a wide vnwla a
berries. Including the grane h tUJY ot
bUd. currant, the slSZ 'inVtt "hi?
berry, whortleberry, blwberrv mVi S bU"
or wineberry In SgtaX aSaMft"
berry, native of China and Jaoa . ra,p
tlvated and U colloqulaUy S ,3 cul"
wlneberry. It la probable th 7h.
Cheater brri. e a cUvVte?' ?t
of raapberriea, : -xo; variety
' n wJsWs
What Do You Know?
DO MOVIES MOVE '
INTHIS CITY?
The Chicago Visitor Impressed
by Our Conservatism He
Learns Many Things
That Are Not So I
ThU Is the second of fioo nrfteb..
on Philadelphia by Henry M. nv;
It is prtmcH oy courtesy of the Gnl'
cn70 Tribune.
"Do the movies really move In Phni
dolphin?" 9
Philadelphia people nro proud of their
reputation for conservatism. They arj
slow to change and' never in a hurr
Consider their City Hall.
That vast and ugly building covert
rcaily five ncron of ground nt BrcaJ
and Market streets. It Is the center of
tho city's activity. On tlio top of n tower
at ono end of the bulldln?, rising 553
feet above tho Ri-otind, stands William
Ponn, looking down over the city which
ho founded. William, In bronze, U jj
feet tall nnd of a coinfortablo plumpneM,
with n waist line of somo 24 feet. But hi
Is too far tip In the nlr for one to tell
by tho expression of his face what hi
thinks about tho situation.
IIo would certainly bo moved to a vnj
and ironic smllo If lie could read tho h
scrlptlon on tho big bronze tablet Inset
ut one side ot tho main entrance:
1870 1 901
The commission, having dlscharirea. "
Its Trust, .Vow Turns Over the Build- '
Ing to Councils.
Nobody In Philadelphia seem3 to think
that Inscription 'funny. What It meant
in that It took thlrty-ono years to build
tho City Ilnll and tho Job doesn't nppcaf
to bo entirely finished now. Is'obodr
knows how much money was spent.
Thcio are many estimates, the most con
servative being $2r.,000,000. Ccrtalnlr
tho commission Is too modest In Its state-'
inont. Its members not only "discharged
their trust; they did nil sorts of thln&i
to It, and whon they got through on;
n man with n stronrt aonso of humor
would havo referred to It as a "trust" at
all.
An outsider wonders whether It was a
further humorous Intention which ltd"1
the commission to equip every ofllce In'
tho City Hull with n great door of hear
Iron bars, so that each floor bears a close
icscmnlanco to the coll room of a penl.
tontlnry. About tho building are indl
catlons that the announcement of Iti
completion In 1601 Is not Intended to be
taken too seriously. Almost always then
are from three to half a dozen largi'
bronsw Philadelphia worthies lying on
their backs In piles of sand and waiting
patiently for tho contractors to complett(
their pedestals. This great political plum
tree, which boro plenty of fruit for thirty.'
one years nnd Is not yet entirely barren,
Is only tho most striking featuro of 1
political situation which long ago won
for Philadelphia tho reputation of beim
"corrupt and contented."
It wan to Philadelphia that Chlrap
was Indebted for Charles T. Yorke3, whosi
sinister domlnanco of the local transpor
tation situation tho peoplo of this city
wero finally able to break. From Phil,
delphia nlso came tho shrowdrst politi
cians of .1 generation ago, who taugtd
Chicago ward workers most of what tbef.
know about how to mnko public offlcij
profitable. That they have not been ablij
to operate so successfully and so cofr?
tlnuously In this city may bo set dowa
to tlio credit of tho public spirit of Chl-
cago citizens a spirit which In tho city
of Penn only flares up at raro interval
But tho real conservatism of Philadel
phia shows Itself In many ways. Soclsl
custom, society Itself, Is almost un
changeable. Kven tho proper placo ot
residence Is absolutely fixed. To llvt.
anywhere, north of Market street
class ono's self as a social pnrlah.
A Chicago man, In Philadelphia for j
day, called up ono of tho old and fashkm-j
able clubs and asked for a friend whodj
ho had not heen for many months. ,
"Mr. Blank is not in tho club," he wafj
told. tfr
"Will you tell mo whero I can reachi
him?" J
"Tho rules of tho club do not permits
us to glvo nny Information aoout men1
bors." j
"But I am anxious to see him, and ij
Tho Chlcaso man was Insistent, It
happened that the governors of the club
wero In session and the clerk Anally
agreed to ask their advice.
"I am told to emphasise the fact that
tho rules of tho club do not permit 1
formation about membors to be given out
Hut In this case I nm allowed to nudw.
an exception. Mr, Blank died a year ar
last month." "
Chicago housewives especially thosi
living In the suburbs would bo amused.
If they wero not enraged, at tho method!
of Philadelphia department stores.
In Chicago ono may buy what
pleases at any of the, big stores, and ft,
will ba delivered at his house in Iki
Forest or Hinsdale the same afternoon
or not later than tho next day. Not
in tho City of Brotherly Love. AH th
stores thero have one day in the weei
for delivering goods of a certain kind-;
If you buy furniture on Saturday, for,
Instance, it will not bo delivered at your
home in the suburbs until Friday of thV
next week. Groceries will all be bent out
on Wednesdays; and so on. j
Once a year most of Philadelphia goes
on a grand spree. It U the Mumroerjj
parade, held to celebrate tho coming ot
the new year. Quite characterlstlcaliyj
this most gorgeous and gay of street
fchowa does not begin until 8 o'clock oa
New Year's morning. After spending
most of the night In revels the descend
ants of the Quakers start in all ovel
again with sunrise.
The parade, in which more thanlB.OW
persona usually take part, passes through
all the downtown streets. There ar
dozens of clubs, bearing such names 81
the Lobsters, the Sauerkrauts and Big
ver Crowns, which seem to exist for n
other purpose than to help make spectactj
lar the anuual celebration. Sometimes
as much as half a million dollars Is spent
on fancy and fantastic costumes, and to
rivalry among the variovii clubs is ,DJ
tense. But few people outside of Phil
delphia have ever even heard of thla aaj
nual function, brilliant and dashin as Ij
to. Philadelphia cares nothing about whjj
the rest of the world thinka of It or
Its various attractions. It U not excvi
self-satlsHed or complacent It Is sbnjgj
rnuaaeiphla. If one happens to be
there, no. moir n4 be said.