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Great is truth and it prevailt.
Etdras. They may do it, but It looks ns If It
woro going to take more than half crea
tion to beat tho Germans.
Tho eight-hour day must bo a good
thing1. How about a law compelling office
holders to work that long?
Citizens of Philadelphia pay a 25
per cent tax for tho privilege of using
gas. They do not have to pay It If they
do not want to.
Tho Boston and Maine Railroad
need not get puffed up because It Is placed
In tho hands of a receiver. Thero arc
others in tho samo fix and thero may bo
more.
Tho star gazers gathered at tho
Sproul observatory at Swarthmoro this
week have very different tastes from
those who will soon gather in tho
theaters.
Thero seem to bo ordinances
enough to compel tho street cleaners to
lay tho dust before thoy sweep up the
refuse. But what Is tho uso of a law that
lo not "enforced?
As a relative of the Kaiser the Greek
King need not push the relationship so far
as to share in tho general debacle. There
is such a thing as being too hen
pecked to fight.
Old King Cold is the best doctor for
infantile pdralysls yet discovered, and
thero is not a quarantine inspector in tho
world -who can cornparo with him as a
proventtvo agent.
Tho Mayor announced before hla
ejection that ho was going to have a
business administration, and ho has re
iterated his promise often since; Thero
la nothing tho city needs more. Let's
start things going.
Dictatorial authority for the Presi
dent is the heart of the preventive legis
lation proposed. When It comes to cen
tralized government tho Democrats are
so like Hamilton that Jefferson would
not recognize them If ho met them on tho
street.
Descendants of the Chinese who
invented gunpowder aro now working1
In French munition factories, thereby
getting the training which will be useful
to them when China awakes and begins
to demand her place in tho sun.
"All glrla are ward3 of my court,"
announces Judge JIacNelllc. TVhat a pity
that so many, nevertheless, have to go
before magistrates and bo tossed by them
back Into the gutter! As defenders and
promoters of vice there Is no system of
Justice in the world to compare with the
magistrate system aa it works in this city.
The. Fairmount Park tragedy
makes it imperative that something be
dona to break try the gangs that are
known to Infest this pleasure ground and
prey upon visitors. The same system of
patrolling and lighting that would make
it dangerous for the gangs to attack the
visitors would put a stop to the prac
tices which make tho victims unwilling
to make a complaint. This great Park
ought to be safe for any citizen to visit
In tile evening, so long as he keeps on
tho walks and drives. The identity of
tho gangs which frequent it must be aa
well known to the guards as the names
of the Tenderloin residents art known to
the police. The Park can be made Bafe
If those 'n charge of It set themselves to
the 'task.
The curtain has Just rung up on
another act of the farce entitled "Taklns
the Police Out of Politics." The first act
was distinguished by an order from Direc
tor Wilson, that every policeman who
was a member of a political club should
resign. After the audience was duly im
pressed by pl3 announcement, the second
act was made thrilling by the statement
of the Director that he did not know of
the existence of any political clubs except
tho Union League. The third act opens
with an order from the Mayor that a list
of clubs t(r whteb policemen belong be
prepared, in, order liiat an expert may
inspect it to discover whether the Direc
tor was right when ne said there were no
political clubs in the city. What will the
fourth act be? A report that the police
men never heard of such a thing as poli
tics or a political cJub?
The abandonment of steam aa a
?alroad motive power is nearer than some
pfeas Imagine. A man can be trained
in tyro or three day or & week to operate
Kit Mrig traia. It takes pa much longer
to tmia. A sUa&v engineer at the loco
MoMr $tvgaMera think they can get any
Wh ttW -wtafe W threatening to strike.
9pr sif t imtmmA wages for a time.
uflf feai ttaalr jot altogether; as the
fte Itt MMr MH?iaa4 publishing plant
lost theirs when they pressed their em
ployer too hard. Ho had a sense of social
responsibility and employed girls I fold
his periodical long after tho Invention of
folding machines. Ho wanted to employ
ns many hands ns possible and spread the
benefits of his business into the homes
of the workers. Tho girls demanded more
pay. Ho could afford to give it to them
and yielded. He proved so "easy" that In
a few months tho girls struck and refused
to return to work Until a second Increase
had been promised. ThO publisher gaVo
them what they wanted and forthwith
ordered folding machines which would
automatically do the work. When the
machines wero installed ho told tho girls
that ha had no further need of their
services.
TWO IMMEDIATE REMEDIAL
MEASURES
A MOVEMENT is on foot to Introduce
" at tho next meeting of Councils an
ordinance to provide for tho compulsory
Installation of water meters to prevent
waste. It may bo unwise at this time
to ordor universal meter service, unless
liberal time Is given in which to comply
with tho prder. There ought, however, to
bo no great difficulty In getting through
Councils an ordinance giving tho Water
Bureau immediate nuthorlty to compel
tho use of motors In places whero wasto
Is notorious. Backed by such authority,
tho bureau, wc are convinced, would be
able In a very short time to effect material
'economies In consumption.
But oven a meter service under present
conditions cannot be the efficient remedy
against waste that It ought to be. Tho
meter rntcs ore ludicrously low. Thore
was actually In 1914 "a net reduction of
about $215,000 from metered properties
from what the returns from thosS prop
erties would havo been under schedule
rntcs." Tho established meter rate Is 4
cents por 1000 gallons. In New York It
Is 12 cents, or three times as much; In
Boston and a number of other cities, 10
cents. Tho Water Bureau has recom
mended that fair charges for Philadel
phia would be 12 cents, 8 conts and 4
cents per 1000 gallons, for domestic Inter
mediate and manufacturing rates, respec
tively. Tho minimum rato for minimum
consumers quoted by tho Springfield Con
solidated Wnter Company, operating In
tho suburbs, Is 40 cents per 1000 gallons,
and tho very lowest rato It offers to con
sumers using as much as 8,000,000 an
nually Is 12 cents.
At tho meter rates proposed by the
bureau It Is a fact that most Ycsldcnccs,
and practically all small residences, would
get water actually at a lower cost than at
present.
At present rates the city positively loses
money whenever a meter Is Installed.
Under tho proposed rates there would
bo an Increase of revenue and a saving of
wnter. Thus two birds would be killed,
with one stone, without the placing of
any additional burden whatever on tho
owner of any two-story houso In Philadel
phia, unless that owner carelessly wasted
water.
There are, therefore, two things which
should be attended to promptly by Coun
cils: ,
1. Compulsory change to meters for Ihoso
w properties which do not fully pay
under the schedule rating for the
water they uso or waste.
2. An immediate readjustment of meter
rates.
These steps, both of them, aro remedial
and frankly preliminary to a general ref
ormation in tho management of the water
works and the placing of tho whole utility
on a scientific business basis. They will
relieve, not solve, the situation.
The whole water question intimately
affects every taxpayer, as does the anti
quated system under which certain other
municipal bureaus aro operating. In
view of tho promised heavy increase of
tho tax rate for next year, which will bo
the tribute of citizens to the Inefficiency
which has characterized city government
for a number of years, it la of the very
greatest importance that the campaign
be begun at once for the correction of
outstanding evils and the mobilization of
the municipality's resources in such a
way as to assure economy and a fair
yield from invested sums. It is a busi
ness problem and only incidentally a po
litical problem.
ONE WAY OF SETTLING A STRIKE
THE President is making an earnest
and conscientious attempt to prevent
a great industrial disaster. The Even
ing lzdgeh hopes that he will succeed,
A railroad Btrlke continued for any con
siderable period would produce suffering
in every large city. There Is not In Plilla
delphla a food supply large enough to
last a week. The milk brought here one
day is consumed within the next twenty
four hours. Meat and eggs are kept in
cold storage, but what we have would
be exhausted in a few days, Fresh
vegetables would be worth their yveight
in gold within forty-eight or seventy-two
hours.
The program of legislation that the
President proposed to Congress yester
day afternoon might avert the strike, and
It nigh't not. The railroad brotherhoods
have already rejected the remedies sug
gested and they have Issued the strike
order. The proposed laws are really an
attempt to guarantee to the railroads the
relief which they demand as a condition
.precedent to .granting the eight-hour day.
So, in effect, the President, after appealing-
to the railroad presidents to grant
the demands of the employes, is going to
Congress to ask It to pass such laws (hat
the railroads can feel Justified in giving
to their employes, what they want This
Is one way of trying to settle Industrial
dtspmtJ. It remains to be seen whether
tint country like it.
EVENING LEDGKR-PHILADELPHI WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30,
Tom Daly's Column
lines hastily assembled and
jotted Upon the margin of
the morning paper while
the 7(04 train whisks' dne to
WORK UPON A COOL AND GLO
RIOUS MORNING!
Oh, Jovl Oh, )ou to 6c fiHte
On such a dav as this J A
Enough to knoxo that one man thrive
On bread and cheese and kisses.
If gotd at last may prove but dross.
And every triumph but a cross,
Whv be a hoarding mlscrt
Wc reaC of gain that turns to loss
i'or Instance, there's tho Kaiser.
Oh, better far stau mcanland plain,
Than rise to be a hero,
Then take a sudden fall again
And giavltatc to zero.
I thank the fate that gave to me
Xo blighting taint of lovaltv,
Hut kept me plain and vulgarl
I certainly would hdlc to be
King Ferdinand the llugarl
i-
A I'cep Ilchinil (ho Scenes
Yesterday, you will remember, C. C. S.
wa3 speaking of tho wheezes from "tho
Country Correspondent" that never get
Into print. To resume:
Now anil then tho local clenryman comes
In for some doubtful compliments, well In
tended but hopclcs even for tho country
editor. Here Is one:
"Mr. Wliito is an eloquent orator Ills
wonderful knowledge and versatile descrip
tion of tho vice and Immorality In tho
cities nnd even In the smnll towns was a
credit to tho community"
When "Our Country Correspondent" bo
comos excited over some burning local Is
suo and waxes editorial, then bewaro!
Writing of a number o? irnto parents who
were apparently dissatisfied with tho show
ing their children made under nn lnclll
clent country schoolteacher, he Fays:
"There was some hot air In the Middle
Creek schoolhouso on Monday morning, but
how can tho children pass nn examination If
they don't obey their teacher and don't
learn honor thy teacher as well at thy
father and mother so that thy days may
be long on earth which tho Lord thy God
glveth theo?"
The great amusement event of tho year,
the circus, a parade or a picnic, in many
cases causes "Our Country Correspondent"
to soar to dizzy literary heights. Tho fol
lowing paragraph Is from an unpublished
account of tho llrst nnnual mummers' pa
rade In P :
"The affair was worked up In two months'
tlmo and shone brilliantly on Saturday
morning when the list of mummers, floats
nnd organizations consuming over hnlf a
mllo marched over the streets of P In
a mighty contingent, ablaze with beauty,
splendor, ghosts, goblins and merriment,
augmented by three bands of beautiful
music, of which tho Humane Band of It
stood conspicuous "
"Our Country Correspondent's" only
dramatic criticism of valuo was concluded
as follows:
"Although thero was several scats ab
sent, tho production was no less Inef
fective and showed long nnd careful
preparation under an experienced hand."
An explanation of an incident following
tho drowning of a boy lnmato of a charit
able Institution appeared ns follows:
"The finding of the remains, which wero
forced by the current beneath tho Ice, was
duo mainly to diplomacy on tho part of
the attaches of the institution, who ennctcd
mathemat.es on tho spot as n means of
estimating where tho body lay."
Laugh, If you will, nt "Our Country Cor
respondent," but remember that no Is
usually loved and always respected In his
community. His education is that of the
primary schools; hH knowledge of science
Is gained from passing remarks of a coun
try physician; ho gets his politics from the
tavern keeper and his views of religion
from tho country parson ; tho general store
keeper Is his man of finance and the station
agent links him to tho outside world. But
remember, ho holds tho reputntlons of half
the people In his locality In the hollow of
his hand and, he seldom violates a confi
dence. WE print this blast from Chicago, not
because wo wero dared to do It, but mere
ly to show that It Is possible for a thing
to bo at once bad verso and worse fiction:
To my sanctum ran Tom Daly,
3haed and manicured and ffayly
Fllpplnr on the ashes from hla It. & J. clear,
Glovea and tU and cane real claaay,
Looking nifty, natty, aaasy,
"Dolled up" tike tho husband of a molnff pic
ture star.
"Tom." f aald.
'How do you do It?
Put mo wlae, pal. lead mo to It
eau mo to it;
you alwaiu seem to set
Show me how wltl
in it
away.
You hue autoa, cash and acrea,
I owe butchera, tailors, bakera .
You are fixed for Ufa whila I am In the con
somme." "Sure," sais Tom. "I hae a system.
Not In many moons I've missed 'em,
When I've follaned long- the llnea laid dawn
In '03
Sometimes I have thought of ahlftlne,
Ilut my thoughts ko Idly drifting
Back to my meal ticket back to Sunny Italy."
"First, my hero must be Tony,
'Cause that rhymes with macaroni.
Then this Tony fellow always 'comes' from old
Milan,
And. of course, this Tony's rotta
llUsa main on aweet Carlotta:
Then to set the 'atmosphere' I eat
banan."
a ripe
J. D. DIG.S'AM.
THIS man DIgnam claims to have In
vented the only perfect rhyme for
"Philadelphia." Without knowing what
It Is, we venture to wager a five-spot (to
be paid to tho winner by him or us) that
some one of our readers can furnish a
better rhyme than his. As a mark to
shoot at we set up this, which Is our own
entry;
A hotel gave an order
For towels. On the border
It wished enwoven neatly
Its name and town completely.
When came the finished towels
Of consonants and vowels
The border showed a lack
"Phllad" for "Philadelphia"
And so they sent 'em back
And made the mill add "elphla,"
Dear Tom Oirard hands us a queer one
In this morn ng's P, L He refers to a Boy
Scout, listening for "the echo of a moc
castned foot." N. N,
Oh well, one definition of echo Is "sym
pathetic recognition," so let's give Glrard
a Scotch verdict on that. But if you had
Irish blood In you what would you say to
this In the next morning's issue:
Tha (I.ondon) Times has to Its credit the
moat noted libel ault That was the sequel
to its publication of the forced Ptcott pa-
rra. attacklns tho Irish leader. Charles
l'arnel.
Public opinion, when the Times lost that
case, seemed to coagulate upon the thought
that the whole nasty business was very
much to the discredit of the "Thunderer."
r
KJ chatted for a moment with Dr. James
C. Monaghan, Consul at Kingston, Ja
maica, who is here on vacation. The good
man has been more or less of an invalid
for some years, but he says he's getting
better. Wu hope so, fcr he deserves it: he
came by his illness through overzealous,
unselfish and constant labor in the inter
est of others.
Sir Your Scotch friend. McTavlsh. gays
he never heard a rftblii In this country. 5
this the original guy who met "wl a fearfu
accident" through having his ear muffs on
when somebody was asking what he'd have
to drinkT ROLLO,
Our Scotch friend's right Our robin's a
thrush.
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THE VOICE OF
Sir Roger Casement's Sister Denounces England for "Barbarous"
Treatment of Her Brother Germany's System of Pre
venting the Spread of Disease Germs
Tifa department Is free to all nadirs who
wish to express their opinions on subjects of
current interest. It is an open onim, anil (he
Kvenlna Ledger assumes no responsibility tor
the vines o its correspondents, tetters must
be signed by tha name and address of the
uritcr, not Mcccssnrtli (or publication, out as a
guarantee of good faith.
IN DEFENSE OP CASEMENT
To tho Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir In nn article written on the "Burial
of Emmet," by John E. Watklns. ho re
marks "Tho death penalty suffered by
Emmet was more cruel than that suffered
by Casement." This Is utter falsehood I
Both Robert Emmet and my brother, Sir
Roger Casement, wero hanged. The be
heading of Emmet afterwards mado no
difference to tho man. The fact that Em
met's body was kept for his friends and
relatives who feared to claim It, Is a Very
poor and mean excuse for the cruel and
brutal behavior of tho present British Gov
ernment. In their refusal to gle my
brother's body to my relatives In England,
thero Is over a 'century's difference In the
hanging of Emmet nnd my brother, but
England Is still the same barbarous court
try. She has not ndvanced one lota In
true and real Christianity, notwithstand
ing her pretended cry. "We are fighting for
tho freedom of small nationalities!" Again,
my brother was a porfectly Innocent mam
of tho charges brought against him and
England knew It. Why did the Homo Of-'
flee refuse Mr. Michael F. Doyle permission
to go to Germany to bring over the wit
nesses to provo his Innocence, if they did
lot know this to be the case? The ques
tion is answoVed. AGNES NEWMAN.
Atlantic City. August 28.
GERMANY DOES THESE THINGS
BETTER
To the EdltoTtOf the Evening Ledger:
Sir I noted with Interest the Illustra
tions on tho back page of the Evenino
Leooeh showing the sanitary squad de
stroying the piggeries In Port Richmond,
and also the man sweeping store dust,
which latter picture Is embellished with the
caption, "One reason why germ-laden dust
fills the air."
I have also noted your editorial In which
you suggest that all the streets of the city
ba Bprlnkled by householders under compul
sion. All of which brings to my mind the
following thoughts:
When you printed tho sprinkling editorial
you probably were not aware that tho
sprinkling of grass plots, sidewalks and
streets Is practically under the ban In Phila
delphia owing to water shortage. Besides,
a householder who might attach a hose to a
faucet Inside the nouse ana ieaa me water
to the front would be subject to a penalty
for not paying a Water Bureau fee for a
wash pave. If the sprinkling Is dona In
certain hours, under old existing ordinances,
a householder would also be subject to a
Now, to the dust problem caused by store
sweepings; '"'
Have you eyer given a moment's thought
to the possible fact that probably the great
proportion of pulmonary diseases, such as
pneumonia, tuberculosis, diphtheria, scarlet
fever, etc., can be traced to certain things
that citizens do In Ignorance of an appro
elation of certain sanitary laws?
For lnsbrrwe, carpet beating. Each spring
and fall, and even through the, heat of
summer and the cold of winter, thousands,
in fact the great majority, of housewives
put rugs and carpets out on the Jlne and
there beat them (or have some one do It
for them) and liberate the millions upon
millions of germs that have been ground
Into the floor coverings by the feet of the
household. Clouds of Infected dust are thus
liberated In all the streets and unsuspecting
folks breathe this dust, many of them suc
cumbing to some dread malady.
Shaking of bed clothes out of upper win.
dows. Scientists are agreed that the body
Is continually undergoing desquamation.
Imagine for yourself the millions of germs
that must be liberated In these dust clods!
from the hundreds of thousands of bed wear
that are dally shaken into the air we
breathe. Scarlet fever skin parings, diph
theritic sweat gland excertlons and the.
thousand and one Impurities of bodies are
Impartially strewn into the air. -
Expectoration on sidewalks. Into the
streets ; the dirty habit of clearing the nose
and handkerchief strew many million more
ge.rms tbat are mixed with the dust and dirt
of the streets. '
Why, man alive, it's a wonder that not
more of us get our wooden overcoats sooner.
And I'm no germ crank. Every doctor I
have ever gone to continually preaches to
me tbat we should all seek pure, air
But how are we to get it la this city 7 If
Ignoranco pf these simple rules is permitted
AND BRING AN AXl"
THE PEOPLE
1 to prevail, .small wonder that we have our
cpiucmics aii untold mucnci.
Then there's tho smoko nulsanco. Look
at tho City Hall. What was once a shining
pllo of white marble Is a murky mass of
discolored stone, Our buildings, oven your
beautiful Curtis Building, are quickly made
drab and bleak by tho constnnt shower of
soot nnd grtmo liberated by thousands of
factor and railroad Hues.
There's a man's Job ahead for tho Insti
tution or Individual who will combat these
things.
Much Joshing Is thrown at the Germans
for their .fetrlct sanitary and police regula
tions. Do you realize that tho "Es 1st
Vcrbotcn" regulations of German cities aro
their greatest protection? A quick trip to
the Burgomelster puts a stop to the beating
of carpets, the shaking of bed clothes, the
airing of Interior hangings to the detriment
of tho passerby. Even tho pounding of
player pianos,, or tho screeching of phono
graphs Is ended at certnln hours that Insure
sweet sleep to the stolid German burgher.
Street spitting, or the throwing of refuse,
animal, human, or Just plain sweepings, J
strictly taboo. Streets are kept spotless,
tha air Is sweet and clean, and all because
a militant police system backs up the sani
tarians In their work of protecting the
health of the populace,
Crowding of street cars or trains, keeping
of poultry In back yards, fellno nocturnal
meanderlngs, the nightly yawping of dogs,
with their excretions, are all taboo, thanks
to a wlso and firm administration of wise
regulations. .
Let's overhaul our laws and pass some
real stuff that will make Philadelphia a de
Blrablo and healthy place In which to llvo.
Let's have surcease from the Ills that assail
us, Ills that we propagate by our ignorance
of nature's Inexorable tolls forced on us
where we do not observo hygienic or sani
tary living. EPICTETUS.
Philadelphia, Aug, 2D.
CHAMP CLARK ON THE STUMP
To tha Editor of the Evening Ledger;
Slr The Honorable Champ Clark refers
to Mr. Hughes's speeches aB "querulous
curplngs" It was the Honorable Champ's
"querulous carplngs," delivered at a Chau
tauqua In August, 1904, that led up to his
defeat for the presidential nomination at
Baltimore In 1913.
r The Honorable Champ and little Charlie
Landls (M. C, of Indiana) had a debate.
Subject: "The Tariff." The tent contained
a splendid audience of 3000 ladles and gen
tlemen. An editor of a Kentucky county Repub
lican paper disputed a statistical statement
made by the Honorable Champ, whereupon
the Honorable Champ (garbed In a long
ilnen duster and profusely perspiring) came
to the front of the platform and said (ver
batim): "Do you, mean to call mo a
liar? I will come down from this plat
form and take you by the scruff of the
neck and the seat of your trousers, out
of this tent, behind a tree and cut your
throat from ear to ear."
His "querulous carping" caused hisses
from all parts of the tent. Ladles (bare
headed and white waists) Joined in.
Champ's Democratic friends In the audi
ence were completely knocked out.
The following Saturday William J, Bryan
delivered his lecture, "Ideals of a Man,"
in the same tent. He was given a copy
of the Louisville Sunday Herald, which
contained Champ'a remarks. He kept that
paper until 1912, and his and Wilson's
friends stealthily made known Champ's
"querulous carplngs" to delegates at the
Baltimore convention. That was the cause
cf Champ's defeat, and his friend. Wood
row the first, was nominated. The records
of the Louisville Sunday Herald will sub.
stantlate the above. I was present In tho
tent and saw the Honorable Champ at
Jeffersoavllle, Indiana,
H. A. LADDNER.
Philadelphia, August 29.
SOULS
My Soul goes clad in gorgeous things,
Scarlet and gold and blue ;
And at her shoulder sudden wings
Like long flames flicker through.
And she is swallow-fleet, and free
From mortal bonds and bars.
She laughs, because Eternity
Blossoms for her with stars!
O folk who scorn my stiff gray gown,
My dull and foolish face
Can ye not see my Soul flash, down,
A singing flame through space?
And; folk, whose eartb-i tabled looks I hate,
Why Pay I not divine
Your Souls, that must be passionate.
Shining and swift as mine t
-Fannie Steams Davis-
1916.
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What Do You Know?
Ourriei 0 pmtrol interest toll! e answered
In this column. Ten questions, the answers l
tcMch even ujelMnormed penon should knots.
are asked dally.
QUIZ
Where la Trnnsylinnla
and what Is Ita
present juicvttumci
2. Vi'lint arc coollea?
3. Deflna "Gobelin."
i, W hat are mercerised roods?
S. What la the Sublime Porte, sometimes called
the forte?
0. What color U the sapphire?
7, A Vila t la n thatched roof?
8. Who U Terpsichore?
0. Ktnlnln the proccKH known ns cofferins, or
cotiherlne.
10. What Is ii uknlele?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Rumania Is hounded on the northeast hr
Itussla. on the northnest by llnncnrjr. on
the went hy Merbln. on the south hr Hul
Knrla nnd on the cast ly the llluck Ben.
2. "Illue Monday" orltlnnllr meant the Mon
day before I-ent, spent by many In dissi
pation which gate things a "blue tlnte."
3. Folium the "bearded ones," mennlnc the
.French soldiers but the recent orders to
tho men In the field to shae make the
term now of pust slinlllcaneo.
4. I'arnllaii the angular amount of displace
ment of an object, caused hr actual
rlmnire of the point of observation,
fi. Insecthorohs birds) birds that eat Insects,
0. Aquaphone: used to detect wastefulness In
iinlnir water by betrnylnr tho sound of
runnlnc water to Inspector.
7. Speaking "ex cathedra"! "Peaking from tho
thorlty.
Riunnpotnc
of
one
with undisputed au-
The, legend
thereon.
of
coin: the Inscription
1'ons Aslnornmt. one of the propositions of
Kuclld. that the square of the hypotenuse
of a right-angled triangle Is equal to the
sum of the squares of the other two
sides.
Cnrleton E. Ijavlji Chief of the Dureau of
Muter, 1'hlladelphla.
10.
Pronunciations
Bdlfor of "IVAat Do You Know." I take
the liberty of suggesting other and I think
more correct pronunciations of Spanish
words than those In your column of August
28, "C" In Spanish when written bofore
"e" or "I" is pronounced as "th" In
"thanks." Thus "Vallecltas" Is not pro
nounced "Vah-Iyay-se-tahs," but "Vah-lyay-thee-tahs."
"Las Cruces" should ba
"Lahs Cru-thays." -." in Spanish Is used
to gle the "th" sound to the end of a
word, as they have no "th" combination:
thus "Jim Ines" should be "Heemlnath." It
also gives the 'Ih" sound In the middle of
a word and Is used before vowels "a " ,"o"
and "u" to give the "th" sound as the letter
"o" is pronounced like "k" at all times ex.
cept before "e" and "1." Thus "o" Is like
"th" before "e' and "1." and "z" Is like "th"
tor, and """ "Hermoslllo"
should be pronounced "Alr-mo-seel-yo," as
the "h' Is entirely silent and Is only used
very seldom and then only slightly as
Dlrant A. W, A,
Statistics dr the Port
.iA n.SA.D.En,-l!'or "P1'' t0 yur Ques
tion, "What la the tonnage and ranking
2f J1? ?rtor Philadelphia?" we are In.
debted to Mr. George P. Sproule, secre.
Jary of the Board of. Commissioners of
Navigation, for this statement: "In 1915
the gross tonnage of the arrivals of vessels
;?"2 ?i5? and.co.a.8twlfa rwrts amounted
to 9,315,157. and the clearances for the
same period figured up to 9.S77.901 tons
There can be no dispute as to Philadelphia's
ranking aa second port In the United States!
We cannot help what New Orleans clalra?
but statistics will prove the correcS
of our assertion. Boston and New Orleans
ay great stress upon the, values of their
Imports and exports, but a port's rank can.
not In this way be settled. Bostomp?rt,
very high-grade manufactured products of
Europe, and New Orleans exports veri
irrfc, oiAi
Ph'l &SffiXS 'aanortas,Uthi iowe?
tlons would, for an instant, entertain ih
thought that either BoVton or New rt
Uans( is of the impose &&
Your other questions will be answered
Baderab?e.BPtt ""'" for ""' 2
The Word Photoplay .
A FAN The word "photoplay" cannot
be registered in the Patent OfflcJ, ai iTu
a word of general descrlptloa It could
not be pre-empted any more than the worS
"sugar" or "salt." for example? muW be
thus made to have a private and partteuUr
meaning .for trade purposes. But such an
expression as Photopiar WagMine'. ' 2,uia
be registered for exclusive use by a com.
pany. or any combination of words which
Obviously describe some ,,, enterpriS
and are witbqut general sigulflcance.
SAM HOUSTON'S
INDIAN LlFBi
Texas's Famous Leader NmJ
lvnlnnnd TIM,.. It- I. MBVeJ
V. v lvea With
the Cherokees
By JOHN I3LFRETH WATKlrW
0'
WB 0I u, moi Picturesque ,.$
acters of, our history 1.
Houston. He was Oho of mir J?
barefoot boya who became leadert jmI
men. Ho wnn ilnlttmrf ..., . HvBi
know no fear. His whole life wej, ih"! I
of a normal, forceful character ,,i i
.,..! i.i.i.. . "" saves
uuiiue . u.ub ui several years, durin
which hla behavior baflled tha under.
standing of hla myriad admirers
Ho was born on a Virginia farm' In M
.i,.o .. v......,,, parents. When he
was a small lad his father died and hi
mother removed tho little family f0 j,
nessee, on land adjacent to the Cherokee
territory. Ho saw llttlo schooling,- uy
early teachers wore mostly his imjuj,
neighbors. AVhon twenty, at the tw
of tho War of 1812, he enlisted In is..
regular nrmy, and soon gained promotion
no io.ier bluuicu law at washvllle uii
wna admitted to tho bar. j
Tho atrango conduct which made hf
ono of the enigmas of our history o
curred whon ho was 30 years old, Juit'af
tho tlmo whon ho was In tho midst of a
campaign for re-election to tho ofJce of
Governor of Tonnesseo. In January ot
that year, 1820. he had married a Mlu
Allen, who was of a very Influential fatn
Hy highly respected in tho State, Wlthta'
only a few weeks nfter tho wedding he
astounded his myriad admirers by sud
denly Boparatlng from his bride without",
n. word of oxnlanatlon bnvnnd tlm oti. -
.. - - . .vo.Nt
me nt uiai mo cuusa oi tus act in no man-':
nor reflected upon that excellent lady's?
charncter. '
Though up to that tlmo suro of re! 5
election, ho abdicated tho power that his"
Commonwealth was about to confer upon
him and, disguising, himself, secretly left
Nashvlllo, mnklng his way up tho Arkan
sas Hlvor to tho mouth of tho Illinois, "
whero ho joined tho Chcrokeo tribe, leav-"?
nig nis party ionowcrs in a state of tur
bulence, and thus escaping tho storm of
vituperation that Tcnncssecans were
heaping upon his head. Ho remained In
tho wilderness, adopting tho Indian' cos
tume, and customs. Ho Ictils hair grow
down his back, donned the buckskin hunt
ing shirt and yellow leggings of the red
man, threw a blanket about his shoulders
and crowned hla head with turkey feath
ora. Thus ho lived for threo years and
no one could ever lnduco him to account
for his weird transformation or explain'
why ho had desorted tho paths of clvlltza-'
tlnn. Whon ho rinded his HOlMmnonVii '
oxllo he procooded to Washington In the Jj
garb of his adopted tribesmen.
x His" appeKranco caused a sonsatlon ln
ine capiULl. ll vua jusi unci una visit
that no began his now career of glory in
Texas, and eight years later ho took as a
tpcnml wlfo Marcarct Moffette. of Ala-K
bama, to whom ho gavo credit for having,
exercised ovor him nn ennobling and rt
straining lniluenco which revivified hi- i
ambitions.
(Copyright)
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