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for juir was 121.000.
rhllJ(lphl. Mondsr. Annil li, 1916.
Whoever think a faultiest piece to tee,
Think what ne'er was, nor it, nor e'er
thall be. Pope.
Apparontly tho only thins loft to do
(a to appoint a Grand Jury to Invcstlgato
' tho Grand Jury.
"Too proud to fight," says J. Ham
, Lewis, goes back to tho classics. Mr.
Wilson heartily wishes It had never come
'out of Its place.
President Wilson has ono consola
tion for tho opposition of tho Con
gressional Union: Thcro will bo that
many less babies to kiss.
Ono movlng-plcturo company Is
folng to produco Ibsen. .Another Is going
to epend a million In advertising. Be
tween tho two thero will presently bo not
iv slnglo Joko left at tho movies' expense.
Tho heavens shook yesterday and it
Wan a cold day in August. Normal con
ditions will bo restored when tho Athletics
Moso again. Two In ono day Is not tho sort
of shock to which Philadelphia can be
come callous.
There Is no occasion for tho "White
Bouso to assume an air of injured lnno
cenco In relation to suffrage Tho Presi
dent finds that ha cannot chango his
mind in order to ngrco with tho leaders
of the Congressional Union. Mr. Hughes
did not' have to chango his mind. Thero
Is a clear lssuo, and thcro Is no uso be
fogging It by pretending to resist co
ercion. Thcro aro about 10,000 Progressives
left in Indiana, according to a Democratic
canvass. This would glvo tho Stato to tho
Republicans by moro than CO, 000 plural
ity, based on tho voto of 1914. As Tlldcn
end Cleveland aro tho only Democrats
who havo carried tho Stato In a squaro
light In a national election In the last
forty years, theso figures are not too
largo. Tho Taft-Itoosovelt voto In lflljJ
Was about 32,000 greater than tho Wilson
ote.
Good news Is not monotonous If
the lesson It brings Is appreciated.
Director Webster speaks well of his pet,
the port of Philadelphia, and his figures
epeak louder than words. If tho second
half year Is as good as the first and It
depends on Philadelphia to see that It Is
tho port's Increase In shipping will bo
eighty per cent moro than last year. Tho
city's wharf rental has doubled. Tho les
oon, to be sure, needs only to be learned
by thoso who feel sure that to Improve
the port would bo a waste of money.
After the mad shlftlngs of tem
perature within- tho last weeks nothing
1 aught to surprise us In tho way of ex
tremes. But It may Interest Phlladel
phlans to know that their city was con
( elderably warmer than Atlanta, Georgia,
on Saturday, with respective tempera
tures of 82 and 78 degrees, on a day when
t18 KW.?r0Ua Proportions of the United
States i allowed the temperatures to run
jfrom 56 to OS degrees In various sections
of tho country. It Is a peculiar thing
'that the weather drops out of extended
1 conversation as soon as It becomes
iteadlly agreeable. But if it were ever
(Justified as first aid to the thoughtless,
, It Is In this country, where extremes and
a. complete assortment of means Is avail
able every day.
Intensity is tho word which char
acterizes the war on every front at this
moment. On each side the "pushing" is
being done with a furious haste. Tho
, HuBslana have made the most progress,
but Jt seema that their objective, the
encirclement of Von Bothraer'a army,
haa eluded them, nnd they will have to be
content with huge territorial gains. Italy
burries her armies with the strength of
a newly wakened giant, and the -French
drive column after column along their
road to Peronne, The rush has a meaning-
not too difficult to make out. A Ger
man counter is to be expected, and the
Entente command drives forward so
that, wherever it comes, the threat of
operations everywhere will be too serious
to neglect. So far counter-offensives
have held the British to a comparatively
alow pace and have held off the Russian
danger in the north, Presently, unless
Germany foresees an end sooner than
neutral observers, the offensive must be
come a full sized movement.
The four brotherhoods properly
went to the trouble of a yote on the striko
question and the vote was. overwhelming.
The majority ruled. Set ibe leaders
calmly admit that the action of their 400.
600 will throw ou,t o work at least l,8QCV
tOO, and they Imply what the country
knows, that the result will be disaster to
t soma 190,000,000, So there Is no question
ef majority control, or of the greatest
0kl of the greatest number. Up to this
tima the trainmen and the operators are
mmX In ef respect they have each
fcewK tiMb- b'RAf But the operators are
Ik H Wiwfe r jrtfiUow brcauss ihoy wel-
HtfWtmiUMt, w tfc impartiality
JEtueittmj
Which the country banks, Thllo the train
men reiterate with monotonous .nsiatenco
thai they have nothing to arbitrate. The
clue seems o bo one for both attitudes.
The railroads are convinced that they will
not bo Compelled to grant tho new de
mands becaUso they am not afford to, and
tho trainmen are afraid of precisely the
same result. lJut tho argument of tho
Brotherhoods la prlmaVlly based on tho
nmumptlon thaj the railroads are growing
fat while tho men ire underpaid. Tho
truth of this Is subject to trial. Tho Broth
erhoods will toso their chief hope, public
confidence and support, It Ihey remain
obstinate.
THIS IS THE WAY WALK YE
IN IT
M",;
HUGHES wns right when ho said
that U is ns difficult to got tho
Democrats to consider a protective tariff
in good faith as to drlvo a skittish horse
UP to a brass band. Tho men who write
tho Democratic platforms have Insisted
for years Hint 'a protecllvo tariff Is un
constitutional. They refrained from
making their habitual declaration this
year becauso they wero afraid to chal
longo tho rebuko which was Inevitable.
Tho war hits changed many things, but,
as Mr. Hughes remarked, It hns not
changed tho American fundamental law.
If a tariff for protection wore uncon
stitutional In 1912 It Is unconstitutional
today. Tho Democracy has refrained
from saying so simply becauso it did not
regard It as expedient at a tlmo when
ovcry thinking cltl7.cn knows that eomt
thlng must bo dona to protect American
trndo when tho war ends. Instead of
frankly admitting their error, tho Demo
crats aro talking about ways nnd means
to prevent tho flooding of American
markets with Europe's surplus without
rccourso to tho tried and effective method
of a protective duty.
Wo called attention the othor day to
tho enormous foreign trade of Germany,
which has been virtually ruined by tho
slcgo operations of tho Allies, and re
minded our readers of tho obvious fact
that Gorman production has not stopped.
Goods nro piling up behind tho dam that
has been erected around tho Central
Empires, and they will flood our markets
as soon as tho way is opened.
If Congress does not know what kind
of protection our markets need it has
lt3 own incapacity to blame for its ig
norance. It can get the Information
from tho Monthly Summary of Foreign
Commerce of tho United States, pub
lished by tho Department of Commorco.
That vnluablo periodical, full of figures
from beginning to end, Is a satisfactory
and complete guldo.
Tho party In power has already ad
mitted that something should bo done to
mako us independent of tho rest of tho
world In tho matter of dyestuffs. Tho
last Issue of tho Monthly Summary
shows what tho dyestuff situation Is.
In tho first cloven months "of tho fiscal
year ending Juno 80 wo imported from
Germany, whoro we get virtually all of
our chemical dyes, exactly J819 worth of
tho coloring stuffs. In tho same period
of 1913-14 wo Imported $5,445,000 worth.
If this means that wo should do some
thing to develop our dyo works, then tho
slump in importations from Germany of
laces and earthenware, manufactures of
furs and toys, woolen clothes and dress
goods means that in a lesser degree our
markets should bo protected so that our
manufacturers can supply tho home de
mand nnd give employment to Ameri
can workmen.
Take tho case of woolen clothes and
woolen dress goods which Germany sent
here to tho value of $3,783,000 In eleven
months of 1913-14. Less than $7000
worth camo hero In the first eleven
months of the last fiscal year, and wo
managed to get along pretty well with
out them. Our own producers have had
tho market. The reduction In Imports
of German toys from $0,997,000 to $2.
335,000 hp encouraged American toy
makers to expand theli plants and in
crease the number of their employes and
to make American toys for American
children. Wo can manufacture fur gar
ments here as well as they can be made
anywhere else, and we do not need to
buy German-mado garments. It is better
that Americans should get tho money
paid to tho workers than that it should
be paid to Germans living in Germany.
American earthenware is as good as Ger
man, and about as cheap. We havo the
clay and wo havo the capital to finance
the potteries, and we have the men who
can be trained to do the work. It is not
necessary to cite any more Instances.
The way which Congress should go is
marked out clearly in the statistical re
ports of the Department of Commerce.
But this Congress Is apparently too
blind to see it.
THE MAYOR'S DILEMMA
A STRANGE commentary on the brave
things said by the Mayor Saturday la
the controversy between the head of the
Grand Jury and one of the Jurors. There
is no essential connection between the
two, but the attitude of mind, the muddle,
the Inability to get things done properly,
effectively all these are tho things
which will hamper and binder the Mayor
if he ever sets out to do what he In
tends. Balked by lies, eaya a juror, wo
could (Jo nothing. Shrinking from piti
less truth by official behest U the charge
of another.
What Ihe city knows Is that there
haa been ao clean-up, no uprooting of
the system and there Is little likelihood
that there will be. The Investigation
may bay been conducted without preju
dice, but the machinery was not at the
disposal of the Grand Jury for dredging.
At bet a plsk and above! laanot Six
&sep tor tie foundations of a great bouaa. J
EVENING
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Tom Daly's Column
TJ10 Corncrsoocr
He was tho host And I the guest. 1
To make the evening entertaining,
I must confess, no did his best;
But still ho found my Interest waning.
"Collecting" was his "bug," ho said,
And when I praised Us varied pleasures,
Then, proudly, to his den ho led,
And showed his treasures. '
Ho Rhowed me first n rusty ax
With which John Doe had killed a woman ;
He showed mo bonei in little racks
All neatly ranged nnd nil were human.
Ho laid a chnrrcd bit on my palm
"A victim's thumb-joint from a
lynch-
ingi"
I think ho marked my lack of calm,
Jty nervous flinching.
Then when ho took a bit of ropo
And held It up for my Inspection,
1 stammered out: "I'd nursed tho hope'
You had some books In your collection."
"Here's ono!" ho cried: "a suicide
Onco owned that boOk, and he was read
ing
Thin very pngo before ho died;
You bco his bleeding
I suddenly remembered then
How late It was; I muBt bo going
Ho said: "You'll havo to como ngnln!
I've lots o' things I'm proud o' showing,
I like collecting; In a wny,
You seo, I'm qulto n. cornersooer."
"Yiu never spoke," I paused to say,
"A word that's truer I"
Who's Hcsponsiblc for This?
My Denr Tom You nro not nround tho
square theso days and 1 would just llko to
have a llttlo chin wICli you about how near
"Yours truly" came to being a true prophet.
Washington Square, now under tho Park
Commission, Is Just In tho position that I ex
pected It would bo. Your little Italian
friends nro forbidden tho grass Just what
tho mothers nnd older sisters (llttlo mothers)
did with thono kids during thoso few ter
ribly hot days I don't know, but 1W1II0 Fair
mount Park gives permission for tho Use
of the crnss thero Is no such ncrmloslon
In Washington Square, nnd sitting nt my
window 1 "ce n fow people on the benches,
but no kids around, no decrepit llttlo go
carts, no old shawls on tho ground with
bpbles kicking their heels up nnd getting
fresh nlr. Mm nro around fixing tho bushes
and everything has tho nlr of eminent re
spectability. It Is a terrible thing, but
moro nnd moro It Is forced upon us Hint the
poor aro crlmlnnls or that It Is a crlmo to
bo poor. DAVE.
Justice Hughes began champalgnlng
nmong tho Dakota farmers yesterday and
was voted by nil a "real fellow."
Morning Contomp.
Whoop-co! by cracky I Sharllc, lo'sh
havo 'nozzher tlncupful.
The Old ncportcr
"When that new L,odger building comc3
nlong I suppose It will bo full of all man
ner of modern Improvements, Including de
vices nnd nppllanccs to prevent tho possi
bility of nnybody pulling off tho trick that
wns worked on tho Itecord many years ngo.
W lion I wont with that paper In '89 they
wcro stilt talking nbout tho thing.
Tho Record, In tho early eighties, was
the pioneer one-cent newspaper In tho local
field. It caused much mental anguish to
Homo people, particularly Colonel McClure,
of tho Times, that William M. Slngerly, by
reason of his position as practical boss of
tho Hoard of Education, of which ho was
a member, could get hold of news on edu
cational subjects before anybody else.
Ono day the lato Joseph D. Murphy,
afterward cashier of the Mint, but who
was nt that tlmo on the start of tho Times
and n memuer of tho Third Ward Bec
tlonal school board, got a tip that a b:g
plcco of news was breaking In educ.1tlnn.1l
circles and that tho Record wns planning
a beat on tho other pnpers, Mr. Slngorly
halng used his official connection to got
tho lnsldo facts.
Murphy went to tho Record building, nt
Ninth and Chestnut streets, that paper
having only recently moved Into Its now
home thero from Third and Chestnut, nnd
leav.ng his bat outsldo In the hall walked
Into the composing room nnd said to tho
galley boy: "Glvo mo all tho local proofs."
Ills bare held lulled any suspicion tho
youngster might ordlnnrlly hnvo had, and
Joo got the pi oofs. Ho picked out at his
leisure tho story ho wanted and adding a
few embellishments of his own, printed In
tho Times tho next morning a talo which
surprised even tho members of the Board
of Kducation themselves.
Max Ornft Is a local nttornoy-nt-law,
who advertises "divorces and collections
a specialty."
The Talkative Touring Tailor
I HAVE I3RDX AWAY
for my vacation, three weeks ; Just returned,
happy with full satisfaction. I, could say
I enjoyed my trip nicely, traveling through
Virginia, New York and SInryland. I did
tho best I could In my short time. Have
seen more In these three weeks than I ever
saw before In my life, but In the same time
copied off tho beautiful stvlea In vw
York
Home class to them, In both ladles' and
men's. I came homo with a full equipment
of ladles' and gents' fashions, two lines of
woolens, 1000 In all. all different shades.
I could say, all reasonable prices, too I
nm certainly glad to como back home to
find my family all well, nlso my tailoring
shop, at 5 South High street, where I have
been located since 1907, in the samo place.
Nearly everybody knows me In this town
nnd vicinity.
Don't forget to see me and I will show
you my map of my Journey, Everybody
is welcome. Certnlnly Kind to see Chester,
all right. Tho song, "Home, Sweet Home,"
comes true to me.
YOUR OLD TAILOR
JACOB PBBLMAN.
Ad In West Chester Paptr.
Perhaps and Probably Pie Crust
Sir I see a Blgn on Sixth street:
MOLTEN PAPER CO.
Is this the Bturf they pour around peach
kernels to make these here paper-shell al
monds? LOUIS.
Well, Well, Even in Rural Ohio!
FOR TRADE Property in Fagaly
subdivision for Ford or something val
uable. A. C. Wood. Bethel, Ohio.
Bethel (O.) Journal.
Our little 'ymn of 'ate the other day
made somebody mad.
It's hard to make an Englishman admit
that he waa ever wrong, and eyen some
Irish are that way sometimes when it
would serve them better to acknowledge
the truth, but only a thick-skinned Brit"
lsh poet could be guilty of such flying in
the face of Clio as this, from Andrew
Marvell (1621-1678) In a "Horatian Ode
Upon Cromwell'a Return From Ireland":
And now the Irish are ashamed
To see Jiemselves In one year tamed:
So much one man can do
Tbat does both act and know.
They can affirm his praises best.
And have, though overcome, contest
How good he is, how just
And fit for highest trust
'CromwtU, no lust
I see by the Evenjno Ledger that Dr.
A. A. Cairns Is now chief musical inspec
tor, and sincerely hope that the Philadel
phia Band U not to le quarantined by the
Board of Health for-tho catchy airs they
have been playing oa the plaza.
HEDICUS.
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The Right of Waiters to Tips Discussed by One Who Knows What
Goes on Behind the Scenes in a Philadelphia Hotel.
Other Matters of Current Interest
Thh department M free to all renrtrrs who
uli to express tlwlr Iplnlotti on eublecta 0
current Interest, r M tin open forum, and the
Kienlna Ledger aivmea no responsibility for
the tiewa 0 its correspondents.
DO WAITERS NEED TIPS?
To tho Editor of tho Evening Ledger:
Sir I am a constant reader of your
paper, and havo noticed tho nrtlelo sent In
by Mr. X.,Y. 55. concerning tipping. I de
plore tho gentleman's Ignorance for think
ing that by tipping tho waiter $4 for a ?0
days' stny for himself and I1I3 wlfo he is so
very generous. Probably Mr. X. Y. 7.. did
not rcallzo tho work tho waiter did for him
and tho compensation In money bo gets for
it from tho houso. Ho nnd his wlfo had
threo meals a day during n period of threo
weeks, or rather 20 days. This means 20
times three, or CO meals, divided Into , or
C 2-3 cents per meal for two persons.
Now, I am acquainted with tho condi
tions over at the Marlborough-Hlenhclm,
whero Mr. X. Y. 55. has been staying. As
at most of our big hostclrles, tho kitchen is
down stairs. Now, do you think that man
was well paid, after you consider how many
times ho ran up and down thoso steps to
rerve him?
I hope tho following will glvo Mr. X. Y. 55.
a better view on the whole subject of tip
ping, which Is only to be understood by
people who work In tho hotel business. It
Is hard for people to understand who are not
at nil acquainted with tho following exist
Ins conditions. I rofer to tho kind llko Mr.
X. Y. 55., who presumably spends only his
20-day vacation nt a hotel. As an example,
I will stay right hero In Philadelphia and
describe the conditions In ono of tho best
known hotels in tho city.
This hotel pays the waiters a salary of
$25 per month. The hotel furnishes its so
called uniform, consisting of a coat, for
which It deducts $2 per month from the
wnlter's wages. Every morning the waiters
havo to pay 25 cents for a clean pair of
white trousers; also, they have to buy their
own white shoes. The cheapest to be had
are at the rate of $2 a pair. Now, the fur
ther needs of a waiter are: Dvery day, a
white shirt, 10 cents; a white collar, 2
cents, and a white tie, 5 cents. These are
the Chinaman's laundry rates. Now, let us
flguro this up:
Wages $25.'00
Deducted for uniform coat.. $2.00
Thirty pairs of trousers, at 25
cents 7.50
One pair of white shoes 2.00
Thirty shirts, at 10 cents..,, 3.00
Thirty collars, at 2 cents 60
Thirty ties (white), at 5 cents 1.50
16.60
$8.40
This leaves a balance of $8.40 per month,
or $1.96 for seven days.
Now, how is a waiter going to live on
this humble salary If ho does not get any
good outside help in the form of tips? How
Is he to pay his room rent, his food, his
laundry, clothes. In short, anything that
necessitates a decent living? Or, how Is he
going to keep a family at this inhuman
salary? '
I ask how Is he going to pay for his food?
I might as well add this to It: As a rule, the
hotels supply their employes with food (?).
The ofHcerB' food is fairly good, but In nine
out of 10 cases the food given to the re
mainder of their help Is unfit to eat. Natur
ally, the majority decline to eat It, especially
the waiters, for they have the smell of good
DEMOCRATIC CONTROL
To what extent what has here been said
about European conditions Is also applica
ble to America, American readers can best
judge. To a .foreigner It appears as
though the conditions of popular control
were present there more fully than ln any
other country. The President, It Is true,
has enormous powers ; and although he can
not actually declare war, he can, of course,
conduct negotiations in such a way that
Congress has no choice save to declare t
On the other hand, the fact that he is an
elected officer and ln his first terra con
monly seeks re-election ; the absence of a
trained bureaucracy "vlth a tradition in
the conduct of foreign affairs. Indifferent to
and contemptuous of the will and the judg
ment of the nation; and the apparent de
sire of the President to feel the support
of public opinion, and for that reason to
take it into his confidence these conditions
Mem to offer ood guarantees that the
foreign policy of America, as it comes to be
more and more Important, may not e
Withdrawn Into that night of secrecy In
which the wars of Europe are engendered.
3. Lowea Dickinson, tn the Atlantic
AMMUNITION GALORE
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THE PEOPLE
food that they contlnunlly servo tho
pa-
irons, so they must buy what they cat.
Now. In regard to hours of labor, which
you will And to bo worso than thoso en
Joyed In slavery, and I bcllcvo strongly Is
tho only thing which casts a gloom onthis
glorious country's civilization. Tho wnltcrs
nro divided "Into two shifts, the long and
short watch. Tho long watch begins work
nt 6 a, m. sharp and works straight through
till 3 p. m., tllen goes off duty nnd returns
to work nt 5:30 p. m. sharp, nnd docs not
stop working, or sit down or rest, till clos
ing time, which Is betweon 1 nnd 2 a. m.
Thla is a day's work of 17 V, hours. Tho
next day tho same men start to work at
11:30 a. m. nnd stay on uninterruptedly till
9 p. m., or nlno hours of work. The men
don't get a chanco to rest their tired limbs
for n minute. This will explain why tho
majority of tho waiters aro flat-footed.
They work four long nnd three short
watches per week, Sunday Included, of
course. Thus tho work equals 97 hours per
week for $1.96 wnges, or nbout 2 cents per
hour. Somo salary, Indeed! The moagerest
In tho world, I dare say. Now, the waiters
got two days off per month, which they
usually spond sleeping, or resting, to keep
in shape to stand tho hard strain which Is
upon thorn. This will explain why ono so
very seldom encounters an American
waiter. They aro all foreigners, mostly
French, German and Italian. Tho Amerl
cans aro too Intelligent to stay long or enter
In this lino of business. Most of tho first
class houses inly engage men who are able
to Bpcak French, etc. A, LAMP
Philadelphia, August 10.
A SEEKER AFTER TRUTH
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
, 'rr"Ayh?. ln rlght nnd wno Wflnts to be
rjght? Is It not a fact that we creato oui
own standard of right and wrong, and Is
It safe to rely upon such a standard to
guide us? Aro wo doing Justice to our
selves when we aro not honest In our wish
to Improve. Could ono Improve without a
fair and conscientious consideration of the
Ideas of others, with a view of making a
start in the right direction? If thero Is the
absence of conviction of what Is right, or
a strong Impulse after conviction to resist
It or fight against It. it Is more easy to
deceive yourself Into thinking wrong is right
than It is to fool others. Are we willing
to debate tho statement of one of the fore
most of men. who said be true to yourself
and you could not be untrue to any one?
Should this lead to certain disclosures,
am I willing to use knowledge thus gained
to become more true to self? is It not the
height of folly to openly defy the great
laws laid down for our guidance?
A man cannot justify himself In the use
of profanity, He knows It Is against his
sense of decency and self-respect. Giving
vent to words of vulgarity nnd showing a
lac of self-control Is a weakness we all
admit should be overcome. The taking of
a drink is not to be compared with It.
Not that we don't admire and respect
the stand for temperance on the part of
others, but the good effect Is often lost by
language and conduct that do not harmo
nlze with such a standard. No amount of
wrong In the life of another should In
fluence us to Invite wrong into our own
lives. The sole object of the writer Is
to get truth and put It to use. a knowledge
of right, without a desire to live up to it
becomes a curse rather than a blessing '
o ' . t, . x?TD- aiOmtlSETTE.
Carney's Poln, N. J August 10,
THE W.IND AND THE SEA
The sea Is a jovial comrade.
He laughs wherever he goes;
His merriment shines In the dimpling lines
That wrinkle his haje repose;
He lays himself down at the feet of the sua
And shakes all over with glee
And ,the broad-backed billows fall faint on
the shore, v
In the mirth of the mighty sea.
But the wind Is sad and restless
And cursed with an Inward pain ;
Ypu may hark as you will, by valley or hill
Dut you hear him still complain.
He walls on the barren mountain,
And shrieks on the wintry sea ;
lie soba In the cedar, and moans in the
pine. 1 1
And shudders all over the aspen tree.
Welcome are both their voices.
And I know not which is best
The laughter that slips from the ocean's
lips.
Or the comfortless wlnd'B unrests.
There's a pang in all rejoicing,
A joy tn the heart of pain,
And the wind tbat saddens, ihe sea that
gladdens.
Aye staging the jelfsame .strain I
F-Stliula JPost-Dlspatcb,
1916.
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What Do You Know?
Queries of general interest will he answered
tn this column. Ten Questions, the answers to
which event well-informed person should know,
are asked daily.
QUIZ
1. Whnt Is the illftVrrnro between n sanitarium
nntl n sanntorlum?
2. Who was Rlrhnnl Champion?
3. Whnt I' tho relatlto size of Fennsjfranla nnd
.Mexico'."
4. What State does Senator Underwood repre
sent?
5. Who Is Simon Kleiner?
0. Who Is tho Stnto Commllonrr of Health?
7. Who wrote the first American school book?
R. Where Is the Franklin Institute?
0. Wlint American periodical has the larcest
circulation?
10. What Is the sternnm?
Answers to Saturday's Quiz
1. The net profit tax Is proposed for profits In
the export trade.
2. Dr. Raman Values Is rrrMiient-elert of
I'nnnma. He Is romlne to this rountrr.
II. ZIotn f.lpn Is the name of 11 rler In the
Autrn.ni'lm lleltl of war.
4. Francois Rabelais was the creator of Gnr-
Rnntun.
K, nrnnllectlnn Is nrndlnc the knc.
0. Kittle In the phrase "a prcttr kittle of fish"
Is from "kiddle." 11 wicker basket.
7. llthclbert Nrlu. American composer, wrote
"The ltosarr."
8. The Knlilnoor U n famous diamond.
0. Maine has an election In Henemher, nnd Its
action elves the first deflnltn Information
?iK to the attitude of the otcrs on national
ssues.
10. Judce .Hamnel Rpnburr has been nominated
by an unofficial Democratic convention
as a candidate for Ooicmor of New York,
Strinjr Band
C. It. H. The pay for amateur orches
tras varies so much that It would bo Im
possible to tell you even what you might
expect. You might call tho organization
after the name of any composer of music
especially adapted to string bands.
Infantile PnrnlysiB Cnrriers
Edffor of "What Do You Know" Can In
fantllo paralysis be carried by n person who
Is not suffering from It nnd communlcnted
to a third person? MOTHER.
Very little Is known about the disease,
but Simon Flexner, M. D., director of the
laboratories of the Rockefeller Institute for
Medical Ilesearch, said within a few days:
"The fact has been determined that tho mu
cous membrane of the nose and throat of
healthy persons who have been ln Intimate
contact with acute cases of Infantile paraly
sis may becomo contaminated with the vt
rus. and that such contaminated persons,
without falling 111 themselves, may convey
the Infection to other persons, chiefly chll
dren, who develop tho disease."
Philadelphia Shipping
Cdlfor of "What Do You Know" Can
you tell me whether American ships pre
dominate In the foreign trade of this port
and. If not, to what nation does the greatest
numuer oi eiiips caning Here Delong?
DOCK STREET.
The following figures, compiled by tho Dl-
rector of Wharves. Docks and Ferries, will
answer your question. In the bIx months of
1916 the vessels arriving at this port in-
ciuueu;
111 American
163 Norwegian
2 Russian
20 Spanish
19 Swedish
. 2 Portuguese
3 Argentine
3 Mexican
1 Chilian
1 Brazilian
7 Japanese
262 British
5 Belgian
1 Cuban
44 Danish
18 Dutch
10 Greek
9 French
38 Italian
Roosevelt's Quotation
JJf ftor 0 "What Do You Know" Did
Theo.dore Roosevelt invent the phrase, "Fear
God and Take Your Own Part," or not? I
think I read In your paper that some one
else said It first, -r, l.
In George Sorrow's "The Romany Rye"
waa discovered the following, which bears
on the question; "Fear God and take your
own part. Fear G04, young man, and
never give In. The world can bully and is
fond. If It sees a man In a kind of diffi
culty, of getting about him. calling him
coarse names; but no sooner sees the man
taking off his coat and offering to fight
than it scatters and is always civil to him
afterward." The famous phrase, "DIeu et
mon droit." suggests virtually the same
thing-
Foreign Words
Bdftor 0 "What Do You Know'' Can
you give me the proportions of foreign
derivatives In the English language? r
mean, how many from Anglo-Saxon Ger.
man, etc, ' philo
Skeat has traced the orlrln nf m. 1 , "
. ' -" vvu 44.UUU
vords in common us and'hls table is an-
swell the aver-
age of Greek and Latin:
Anglo-Saxon, about
Vow German
High German.
Dutch. .....'.
Celtic
i
2865
US
131
187
351
i:a
1388
French and Latin
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T. PNRY WALNUTS!
PLAN TO CURE nfl
MAGESTRACY Ejl
Would Have Legislative ill
Pnaoorl Pntffne. All .. W
rnona t T-Tnw1. J . 7J
, c. s iiuiua OI jnunie.g
ijjui uourt
SHEAR THEM OP p0
Former Stato Representative Wm
Pcoplo Havo Been Electing On!
mo itm Kali
How City Could Be Frcti
From Evils of Mvgklnfi
OY PASSAGE of legislate J
j- transferring powers to Munldml
Court Judges. tv
By relieving magistrates of i
thority in cases of moral dclinquearf
By shearing magistrates of lS
power in every way possible, lcaftl
them only with perfunctory perfora.
anco of potty police cases,
By amending tho statute tAW
deals with bail, defining exicS
what bail a magistrate may acctrf
To wipe the magistrates out m
cxistenco would require amondmte
to Constitution, involving w
drawn-out legal fight. H'
An net of tho Legislature taking tntt
hands, of tho magistrates Jurlsdlctloi
mnrn) rnfiflfl nMil nlnMnrr If ln t. .....
tho judges of tho Municipal Court wooiJk
duco greatly the evils resulting tnnZ
magisterial system ln this city, h 2
opinion of former Stnto Represenlntltit
Henry Walnut, who Introduced Into (i
Lcglslnturo tho bill for tho cstablUhaS
of tho Municipal Court. 1
Mr. Walnut believes that tho powiri
tho magistrates should be reduced 'to 1
minimum. To wipe tho ofllce out wilrt'!
would' rcqulro a long legislative proca
for tho Stnto Constitution would havi toll
amended. Hy transferring the powiftk
the Municipal Court tho city would U M
of tho moral burden resulting from thtiaj
administration of tho oiTlce, and woall2
left morety with tho llnanclal burfej tf
paying tho snlarlcs. As matters Ub1
iireneui 11 must curry uoui uuruend.
Not only In cases dealing with vlctfct
In every other phase of what Isfntnrft.
work of tho magistrates would Mr, Wh
shear them of their power. Ho alj ejj
inero is a Roncrni auuao 01 power Mail
tho magistrates of tho city which ibtfl
bo ended. Ho docrled the loose m; i
electing tho minor Judiciary and the puis
Idea that any ono soems to bo good wotd
for tho Job. He said that of lata tribj
fallen Into tho habit of choosing men frn
tho "rlff-raft" of tho city for these pout ,
Tho Legislature will convene neit In
uary and an amendment to tho law la (W
nt present wouiu rcquiro eomparatrrih; a
110 time tor passage
Mr. Walnut's remnrks were ln th urn
of comment on tho Irregularities of ejtj.
irnics as urougnt out in testimony turn
tho Grand Jury ln its probo into vlMteS."
tlons. I
"Tho magisterial system Is not of. cad
account," ho Raid. "If wo elect Mih-clu
men ns magistrates thero need be no eo-
plaint, but wo consider anybody-fti
enough for tho Job. Indorsement by tii
political bosses seems to bo the prkdpl
Qualification tenulrcd,
A specific modification ln the law tW
catod by Mr. Walnut was ono which itaJ,
stato definitely What kind of ball t art
lstrato may nccept, ijK
"Under present condltlom," ha saldSlp
magistrate Is required to accept 'gooddj
sufficient ball.' but tho law Is notltefl
stringent In defining what that itood d
sulllclent bail shall bo. For MamD'iT
ballgoer docs not havo to own real tiuM
Tho exnet character of ball should M
fined by Inw, ln order that the maglstnlti
may bo compelled to refuse ball o:!
furnished by persons of responsibility."??
.air. walnut said that straw ban w
merely an Incident amonu many other tu
phases of tho magisterial system.
-rnero is an nbuso or power geseruj
nmong tho magistrates," ho said. "Prto
era nro released at random excect nM
tho offense Is so severe ns to birsil;
tracteu punuc attention. Men and voosi.
of notorious character nre discharged fun
pollco custody, and persons sentenced p
uiscnnrgca wuen pressure is Drouni(
bear. Political null la tho most laiDorUa
factor in tho administration of mat-bteV
justice."
CONGRESSMEN FOR SUFFRAGE!
Sixteen Out of Nineteen Pennsylraiika
Answer Women Satisfactorily
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14. Sixteen el t!
iu uongresslonal candidates in renw;
vanla who have replied to the Quesusa
submitted hv thn X.itlnnal Anluiol
Woman Suffrage Association have ptt(
to support the Federal amendment to pj
suffrage to women. The three who did m
nlpflfA thomaAli.an nnlA Cm- mOPS Q!3&
Tho questions asked were: 5f
"Are you In favor of woman suffrM'll
"If elected, will you vote in Cornea B
Mlhirrtt tn thn Rltitno n Verieral amenJiMa
to enfranchise the women of this countrf &
"If appointed on a committee In
Jurisdiction such an nmendment should ai
will you do nil in your power to ok
the passago of such a measure!" 9
The association Is withholding tM M
of tho candidates heard from.
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