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Now that tho rccdblrd season Is open tho mortality among English spar, rows will soon bo very great. Tho Vares domination Is result ing In successes which aro as numerous as they aro vital and vibrant with con otructlvo statesmanship. Their capturo of Harry Trainer's polling places Is diplomacy on lines so broad as to put "Bill" "Varo in lino for tho vlco presidency. Tho great buying of Russian ten. year bonds In this country Is significant of growing belief In tho InoUtablo success of tho Allies. But It Is moro (significant of an inovltablo dcslro for a posslblo 70 por cont profit on BUch Investments aris ing from tho low prlco of rubles In our market. Senator Reed's recont spcoch on the achievements of tho Democratic party was not mado for tho purpose of winning votes In New York, for ho boasted In it that the Democratic party had succeeded in compelling tho New Yorkers to pay moro than forty-four per cent of tho in dividual lncomoN tax. It is understood that Vanco Mc Cormlclc is considering Bonding post hasto for Horaco Fletcher to get him to teach tho people how to chew their food so they can cut their consumption in half and get just as much nourishment out of it and thereby Justify tho platform plcdgo that tho Democracy would reduce tho high cost of living. Tho toppling of thrones in the Near East is usually the result of the 'Juggling of their occupants, but no rulers In that section so richly deserve ejection as Con stantino of Grceco and Ferdinand of Bulgaria. "Greeco" has been Gormany'a answer to "Belgium." But the dictation of the Allies to Greece can hardly bo- com pared with the treading down of Bel gium. Greeco is an experiment in monarchy. Tho Powers have repeatedly been called upon to dictate In tho last half century. Since 1863 England, France and Russia have each contributed $20,000 a year to the Greek King's civil list, so they naturally feel-they have a stake in the country. The Democratic leaders are dlscov. ering that the Republican Senators have Inconveniently long memories. Tho Democrats are now saying that the pros perity which tho country Is enjoying is not due to the war, but when it was pro- .posed to put an embargo on war muni tions they protested against It on the ground that If we were not allowed to cell munitions to Europe the value of all ths products of our farms and factories -would be cut in half, "and this country would be engulfed in a financial and Indus trial catastrophe such as this world has never seen." "Well, there was no embargo and we ore prosperous. Would they ' have us believe what they said several months ago or what they are saying .now? The real owners of the railroads aro the bondholders. The shareholders are entitled to participate In the earnings after the interest on the bonds has been paid. If the Interest cannot be earned the railroad becomes bankrupt. It has to be reorganized, and the reorganization frequently wipes out' all the vajue of the shares. The railroad bonds about f 10,030, 000,000 worth of them are outstanding are held largely by savings banks, insur ance companies and the like. The Insur ance companies of New York hold more than one-tenth of all these bonds. They bave 20,090,000 policy holders. Every holder of a policy is vitally Interested in the solvency of the roads, because on It depends the solvency ot .the Insurance companies, , Every Increase In the cost of operating the railroads which Is not accompanied by a corresponding Increase In Income depreciates the value of the bonds and directly affects every person whose BavlngT), whether invested in In surance or In a bank, depends on the stability of railroad investments. Mr. Roosevelt's drive into Maine is strong move toward diverting the ,4$3 votes be received there into the , Republican column. The Democrats, through Speaker Clark and Secretary Baker, have also appealed to that Isolated ' earner of New England. Great emphasis ' Is placed on the result 9? the E$ate elec tion on September 11 because of Its effect tut the national psychology. Yet Maine is jnueh. more Interested la local affairs than. mUonaL ia the off-year of 1814, 13,00q more ftUctaru appeared at the polls than I Jm 1912, 2a wm two years the bulk of I the) Progressive vote had returned to the old parties, but 1,225 still voted Jn the Progressiva column, retaining the balance of power, for In 1911 tHe Democrats elected a dovcrnor by a small margin. Whether these 18,225 will be reclaimed by Mr. Roosevelt is a great question in practical politics, but what they do on September 11 will bo no conclusive lndl cation o( what they wilt do November 7. Local Issues liquor, for instance aro as fascinating to Maine voters as over. FELLOW WORKERS ALL! It Is one of the choice secrets of this new land that concentration, leadership and subordination produce abundance. David Hilton Wheeler, In "Our Indus trial Utopia." TT I cle T IS nlso onq,of the commonest folia- es of Industrial debate that the man who works for nnother man for wagos Ja a sort of a slave. "Wage slavery" Is the phrase frequently used by writers who Insist that our wholo economic ays- torn is out of Joint. They would not say, howovor, that tho men who worked under the direction of Moses wore slaves. Neither would thoy characterize as helots tho soldiers who helped Alexander conquer tho world. Napoleon's mon laid down tholr lives without feeling nshamed that they had met death In carrying out his commands. "Tho eye cannot say unto tho hand, I havo no need of thoej nor again, the head to the feet, I havo no neod of you." It Is ndmltted that thcro Is nothing servile In obedience to military leaders; that In war, tho least civilized nctlvlty of humanity, leaders aro necessary and sub ordination of tho will to them Is impera tive If thoro Is to bo nny success. Wo pay to an organizing mind tho compli ment of respect for Its ability to find Its way In tho mazo of confusion which sur rounds tho rest of us. Tho prosperity of America has como because wo havo had Industrial leaders, and It will contlnuo only bo long as their leadership Is admitted. To talk about wago slavery Is to lnctto tho Boldlcrs of tho common weal to mutiny. It is to dis organize tho forces engaged In the strug gle for existence and to compel each man to fight his battlo alono as tho early set tlers had to fight tho wilderness and tho savage beasts and tho Indians. To array tho privates In tho ranks against tho offi cers Is to weaken tho army as a whole. It Is to weaken tho nation in its fight to maintain Its Industrial integrity. Concentration, leadership and sub ordination aro tho thrco essentials to suc cess In every great endeavor. Ono of tho trltest sayings and ono tho least respected by the prophets of insubordination Is that no man Is fitted to command who has not first learned-how to obey. Tho most successful armies aro thoso which follow their generals with tho greatest en thusiasm. Tho most successful commer cial enterprises are thoso where tho pri vates and tho generals aro awara that thoy are both working for a common cause, whero it is understood that a. great organizing genius Is taking capital and labor and combining them In such a way that each earns moro than It could get without such a combination, and whero the sophistry of the socialist Is hold in as supreme contempt as the rav ings ot the anarchist. There is no slavery save where thero Is a servile mind. .And there are no great leaders unless there be also great armies. Although the poet of tho commonplace said, "Act well your part, there all tho honor lies," those who talk about Indus trial servitude seem to have forgotten this threadbare truth. Perhaps because it Is so threadbare thoy think it is beneath1 their dignity to recognize It. THE WAY YOU LOOK AT IT ROQSEVELT'8 speech will not havo any effect in Malno, according to Vance McCormlck,' who says, "When I was a candidate for Governor of Penn sylvania Teddy Indorsed me and came through Pennsylvania whooping It up for me, and they made a great fuss about him. I wasn't elected. That shows just how strong his influence with the voters Is." Or how weak a candidate Vance Mc Cormlck was. TOO HIGH A PRICE THERE are worse things than a strike. One of them is legislation changing the basic conditions of a 'great industry when such legislation is enacted under threat. In response to a pistol pointed at the Government. This is not government by Injunction, but it is government by in timidation. We do not believe that the people of the United States Indorse such prostitu tion of the law-making authority. The Evenino Ledoeu Is devoted to the cause of social reform, to fair working condi tions, to the eight-hour law wherever It is feasible. But we can foresee nothing but menace In stretching the Constitu tion to the breaking point for the purpose of legislating special concessions to a spe cial class, when that class demands this legislation not by the accepted methods of argument and logic, but by a physical threat. The proposal of J. Hampton Moore, re citing sympathy with the cause of an eight-hour day, but declaring that Its effect on other railway employes, outside the brotherhoods, and pn the people in genera) should be studied by a commis sion, appointed, by the President, which commission should report to Congress be fore -December 20, seemed eminently fair and just. If the brotherhoods would not have considered such an inquiry satis factory, but would have struck In the face of It, then the safety of American fasti tutlgna would have required that the issue pass from Ccjigrcss ta the court of public opinion, where a verdict that could be enforced would quickly have been rendered. Tom Daly's Column THE TILLAGE ItET Whenever It's o Saturday and tummer months are through J tika to tcalk on Ohettnut ttreet to tee what nexct is new, For autumn brings a lot o things upon Us fresh'ntng breeze 7hat weren't hero tn March or May- let mc mcnflon these: A coat of tan on Pat Moran And one rfcfcrmlncd look, A lack In Mack of comtn' back To bun 0 hook or crook; A latv air about the Manor That ought to be dispelled DV good will still to fill tho bill And have his plans upheld; Bold tight that lies In shameless eves Within the face 0 Vice, That up an doton this misruled town Bhould vanish In a trice; , A look of stress an' watchfulness Upon the decent class, That hold the hope for 'doors to ope Whence things may como to pass Which soon may bring the wish to sing Jlosannahs wild and free for works that crown our dear old town With bays that ought to be. Then, too, ice note the un6Hrn' coat On fair-skinned queens galore Whoso royalty hath held In fee Fields, mountains, sea and shore. An' who, renewed in pulchritude, (As sweetheart or as wife) Take up again tho care 0' men An' give o charm to life. Thero may be mora Important things apparent to tho eye, But these arc what appeal to me an' that's the reason why Whenever It's a Satiirtfai an' summer months are through, I llko to walk on Chestnut street an' sea what news Is new. Unpublished Letters Dear Theodoro: In ro your recent speech would say: As wo told you before, wo aro willing to tako you at your word about being anxious to sco us land that Washington business, and wo havo forgotten nil tho harsh thlng3 you said out loud against ua when you thought you had a look-in. Wo thank you for steering our states manship straight, but permit ua to ro mlnd you that P-U-a-to does not spell "pilot." Enough said. Yours sincerely, C. E. H. DURING our recent chautauquatorlal absenco somo ono said something In this column reflecting upon Wilmington, Del., for which wo wcro reproached. Wo sus pect Tab and wo almost hcsltato to print this communication from him,,. written upon tho stationery of tho City Club of that town: Speaking of the City Club, and me, as a member ot the entertainment commltteo, an omlnent souso approached ma last night speaking, moro or less as follows: "You're a member of tho entertainment committee, ain't you?" "Yea," I replied In my most dlgnlflod manner. "All rl' all rl'," ho said, "I unntn be entertained) now, ge' busy." TAB. Philadelphia Rhyme Contest UNTIL wo hear definitely from J. B. DIgnam, of Chicago, wo can't lay down tho rules to govern tho Rhymo-for-Phlla-dclphla Contest, but wo would say for tho benefit of C. J. B., B. M., EIslo and others that our notion Is that tho rhyme Is to cover all four syllables, as, for Instance: "Mill add 'elphla'." YESTERDAY George E. Lothrop was telling about the wandorful shoes Moll tho cobbler mado for Napoleon, and we left tho wrathy little Corslcan snorting over tho bill. No! Wo'ro ahead of our story; but to resumo: Napoleon's White Boots (Copyright. 1007. by Geo. H. Lothrop, Jr.. OS Urook avenuo, Boston, Mass.) Then Napoleon was ugly and Napoleon was mad; Re raved and tore, he sworo and roared that the cobbler's bill was bad. Napoleon said 'twas "robbery 1" two hun dred dollars a pair Was a swindle on his kingdom when four shoes he would not wear. Ah I the cobbler was a "robber 1 a thief 1 a cheat I Gomorrah I Why should I pay a thousand francs for a pair of boots? Ah. bah I Tho cobbler had the court's fine trade, his wealth was Increasing fast. He cared not for the monarch's rage since he knew It would not last "All right." says Moll, "glvo me tho shoes and you need pay nothing more." For Josephine wore costly boots and stopped at the cobbler's door. Josephine was extravagant with her hand some tiny feet; And where she went the court would go to mimic her on tho street Her shoes and dresses cut the style In many a woman's heart For what she wore and what she did was considered then "quite smart" Napoleon agreed to send the boots back to their maker, For he would show that he was King and the cobbler's dictator. This was in eighteen hundred four; ten years passed, the Bourbons came. The cobbler lost his wealth and trade by a son unknown to fame. Speculation and unsold goods, the birth of the Bourbon rule, Had made the cobbler a beggar and Napo leon a tool. Then when all his trade and savings had cast him In ruin down. The poor broken-hearted cobbler went home to his native town. His boyhood Alsatian village welcomed him home as a man. Because he had under his arms the boots ot Napoleon. The town was bttterly"hoatllo to the reign ing Dourbonlem; They made the cobbler a hero and pen sioned his patriotism. "Here's poor old Moll como back." they said, "ruined by the Bourbon King He made boots for Napoleon; now we'll do the proper thing." (To be Continued) GREATLY as weydlsllke to malign any one, we can't help wondering if L. Bid die Duflleld, of Fifteenth and Locust streets, calls himself EXODONTIST Just so we will notice it and give him a free advertisement, which the ethics of the profession would not entitle him to acquire otherwise. At any rate, such is the description of himself displayed upon his sign. You may all have one guess as to what it means. . Sir There's a name (n the directory you can't print It's , , te baker, ot - Wood street But here's one you can: John W. Boor, who lives at 3403 Olive street. Is a bartender. B, K. B, Mrs. Frances E. Beauchamp, president pf the K.entuvky W. C. T U. and one of tho foremost woman speakers in this coun try, wl" deliver an address Friday evening. Bha la known as the "Phil Sheridan of the Temperance Reform," Jit PUaaant (Pa.) Journal, Twenty miles away? Fill up, FWUp, fill up! I LA - ! fJ , V)v Uimdl j fc-ZF jSj&Zr" THE VOICE OF Alfred Noyes's Criticism of Casement Resented Responsibility of Cats and Dogs for the Spread of Disease Casement's Sister Objects Other Matters This Dcnartmcnt ta free to all readers wfto wtah (0 rxprcaj their opinions on subjects of current interest, tt is an open forum, and the l.vening Ledger assumes no responsibility or it It carTeaaandenta. Letters must its correspondents. 3 T7tU9f of the he nlaned. bu tha noma ana aauress 0 nam ariiis writer, not ncctssarilv lor publication but as a guarantee of good Jaith IN DEFENSE OP CASEMENT To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Blr Tho Evcnino LnDOEn printed an ar tlclo from the pen of Alfred Noyos entitled "Confessions of Casement's Diary" I am sure that very many of your readors will agreo with mo that this literary effusion comes not f-o-n Alfred Noyes, the poej, nor yet froi. -.ifred Noyes, the professor at Princeton University, but Trom Alfred Noyes, the Englishman, who Is ono of tho great nrmy of English writers who are officially engaged In tho patriotic work of lending their pons to tho presentation of England's causo to the neutral world; If tho allotted task should necessitate the vilification of England's enemies, tho patri otic English man of letters will not shirk It, and If ho bo an Alfred Noyes ho will not even hesltato to affix his slgnaturo to a libel ot the dead. Thinking Americans are not dazzled by a name, and their Judgment as to the Truth or falsehood of tho statements contained In this Casement article will not ba affected by the high literary reputation of the writer. Casement's character was singularly no ble and Idealistic; his personality was so engaging that ho capttated his friends, one of whom, John Qulnn, who was his host when Casement was In New York, contributed to the Pudlic Lnnaisn of Sun. day, August 23, a rare tribute to his dead friend. The clergyman who attended Case ment In tho prison and at his death speaks of him as a pure and beautiful character. And surely It Is only reasonable to suppose that a man ot Casement's religious and mystical turn of mind would fully reveal himself to the priest who attended him In tho moments before he was ushered Into eternity. The British Oovernment pursued Case ment with a relentless hatred from the moment when Sir Roger's exertions In be half of the oppressed centered themsches In a struggle for the freedom ot his own countrymen, and he published a circum stantial narrative qf an attempt by the British Minister to Norway, Mr, Findlay, to bribe the valet of Sir Iloger to procure the assassination ot his master tor Ave thou sand pounds. And It seems the samo British fury even now pursues the dead Case ment The bias of this piece of special pleading will not help Sir. Noyes's reputation, and It cannot hurt Casement And. by the way, where is the Casement diary? How camo It Into the possession ot the British Government? When Sir Roger embarked on his desperate Irish mission to endeavor to postpone tho uprising until a more fa vorable time, he made use of every ex pedient to conceal his Identity after his landing In Ireland, even Bhavlng off his beard. Under the circumstances nobody of Intelligence will suppose that Sir noger carried around with him his personal diary. One may be excused for doubting tho assertion that a diary written by Sir Roger Casement la tn the possession of the British Government, and further, having a recollection ot the Plggott forgeries and of the notorious London Times-Parnell libel case, the thought occurs that It Is not impossible that a specially "prepared" Case ment diary may have been presented to Mm No.y,e,? to. ?erve .M Brl8t tor th "terary milt All's fair In love and war. DE MORTUIS. Philadelphia, September 1, u,vlula- BAN CATS, DOGS AND DUST To the Editor of the Evening Ledger- Sir Allow me to add these few remarks t? ."EP'fW about the way gJnTare distributes around your city. J was walk, ing down Walnut street and saw numerous persons sweeping their sidewalks. This la quite a usual habit and to tha ordinary person calls for no remarks. But when "I?, -h,.nJM that thls du3t " old papers which thoy are stirring up must liberate into the air many millions of germs, is It any wonder that epidemics prevail and seem to have no end? There Is only one way In which dirt and filth can be re moved, and that Is to flush the streets and Efi8- ?' dust from the walks into the gutters does not get rid of It The wind blows it right back. The city should every night flush not only thi streets, but tha sidewalks, aid not In a haphazard manner, but in a thorough, palns takhur way. Jt there is a shortage of water. Tiff H !"? aly ca4. don't yeS think tt Is about time that Wthi POST MORTEMB "ww il,v'' 1 4-1 SSiiP1 THE PEOPLE done to overcomo this? Or do wo havo to wait until It causes suffering to our chil dren beforo wo tako hold and do our duty? I havo another question to put beforo your readers. Is It right that hero In the city wo should keep cats and dogs? Cats especially aro germ carriers, and now that wo aro In tho midst of this epidemic all cats, whether stray or otherwise, within tho city limits should be destroyed. Cats as a prevontlvo fori mlco and rats have passed their usefulness. Thero ore traps and poisons on tho market that will do the work of BO cats and spread no germs In doing It Philadelphia should and must havo stricter laws regarding sanitation, nnd thoy must bo moro rigidly enforced. Yours for a moro healthful, cleaner, more beautiful city. MANFRED GARRICIC Philadelphia, August 31. CASEMENT'S SISTER OBJECTS To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir Tho article published In tho Eveniko LEDO-n of August 31 by Alfred Noyes Is so vile that It Is not oven worthy of the "pig's trough" mentioned by this English man I defy this cowardly abuser of a man whoso shoe laces ho was not lit to tie to show mo tho "diary" ho now, with the malice of tho averago Englishman, pretends belonged to my murdered brother I I was warned that England Intended to send her "agents" to try to defile his memory, a memory, thank God, that will live forever and eer among Irishmen and women ns one of the purest types of man. Alfred Noyes Is a very worthy specimen of the "agent." He Is also a truo specimen of the country that gave him birth, England. There Is no creature so cowardly and con temptible as tho defamer of the dead. ... ., ... AGNES NEWMAN. Atlantic City, September 1. WHY NOT HALF FARE? To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir I have been In every city of conse quence In the United States and Mexico and In many cities In Europe. Philadelphia Is the only city In which I read the sign In street cars that children over three must pay full fare. I would like to ask you, Mr. Editor, do you know of any other BUch place? A man of ordinary means with a few children has little chance to take them out at 10 to 16 cents for the round trip. I often wonder how many kiddles are kept from the open spaces In Philadelphia during the hot months through this excessive fare. We talk and write about the barbarians fight ing In Europe. Can you beat the honorable barbarians In the U. S. A.? r.,,1, , w. . J- D. MOOBEHOUSa Philadelphia, August 31, TRAITORS! To the Editor of Evening Ledger; qii mo men who would nliin-. fS!?t7 ln, ""necessary war would prop. this hVn-.V n-I wauors ana should be hanged. The men who needlessly and wan tonly provoke a strike which. If prolonged St. T than war"Karo IPk J" ?,ao. antt d"rve the same fate! SBh0U',d h8VO an empathy with the railroad employes and nobody has. Philadelphia, August 30. FAIU PrY THE WIND AND THE SEA The sea is a Jovial comrade, He laughs wherever he goes: His merriment shines in the dimpling lines That wrinkle his hale repose; He lays himself down at the feet of the And shakes all over with glee. And the broad-backed b Hows fall faint on i no Siioro, In the mirth of the mighty sea. But the wind Is sad and restless. And cursed with an Inward pain 1 You may bark as you will, by valley or hill But you hear him still complain! ' He walls on the barren mountains. And shrieks on the wintry sea s a?.i.!J0 "r' and raoan ,n th Pine. And shudders all over the aspen tree Welcome are both their voices, And I know not which is best Tb Uuuhter tht ""Pa from the ocean's Or the comfortless wind's unrest There's a pang in all rejoicing, A Joy In the heart of pain. And the wind that saddens, the sea that gladdens. V Are singing the selfsame straw I r-Bayard Taylor, What Do You Know? Queries of general (nterret uilll 00 anatocred n this column. Tat Questions, the answers to which every well-lnormeil tenon should know, are asked dally. QUIZ What Is n waiver? What Is the retina? What Is the dlflerenre between cross earn- fnrs and net earnlnss? What Is tho difference between Infection and eontaclon? When does summer end? What Is a Jlsser? What la meant by windward and leeward? What are inoaalcs? What are proa and cons? Who Is Ainew T. Dlco? " Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. "Lalaaer falre" doctrine: that Corernment should keep hands on economic, lnduatrlal and commercial conditions and let them take caro of themselves. 2. Martinet! nn officer who la too strict and petty In enforclne discipline. 3. Trackwalker! n railroad employe whose duty It Is to Inspect tracks. . "W'alklnr the plunk"! pirates compelled doomed men und women to walk off a ylank, from which they would fall or urny Into the tea. 5. Cholmondeleyi prononnced "ehumley." 0. Banshee: spirit whoso wall portends death In u house. 7. Data: the. ascertained, and admitted falts or conditions In an Inquiry, 8. nsral .year: the financial year, n-tially be- slnnlnx July 1 and endlnr June 30. 0. Walloons! the. Celtic population of 'southern llelxlam Urine on tho Ardennes plateau. 10. Oplam Is obtained from the poppy. Postofllce Figures O. R. V. The Philadelphia Postofflce employs 1333 letter carriers, serving an area of 129 -square miles, in which are about 370,000 residences and 61,000 busl nosi places. In the course of the year about 1,000,000,000 pieces of mall matter are delivered, Including nearly 9,000,000 pieces of parcel post matter. In the busi ness sections seven deliveries are made, and to hotels and apartment houses In thoso n.ptlnn. nlnA alli.Awl&c. T .1.. nnM .,-, ....... .v.. ....... uv..,L.,oa. ah ,i,o icamcmim sections from four to six deliveries are maue. anu in me outlying districts two de liveries. There are about 1500 clerks, dis tributing about 6,000,000 pieces of mall mat ter dally. Wedding Anniversaries ' B. a. The names of wedding anniver saries accepted by most persons nre as fol lows; First, cotton; second, paper; third, leather: fourth, fmlr nn,- f-mva,. n.i. wooden: sixth, sugar; seventh, woolen; ciBuui. inma ruoner; nintn. willow; tenth, tin; eleventh, Bteel; twelfth, silk and fine linen; thirteenth, lace; fourteenth, ivory; fifteenth, crystal; twentieth, china; twenty fifth, sliver: thirtieth, pearl; fortieth, ruby; fiftieth, golden, and seventy-fifth, diamond. The New in Art B. II. I. Post-Impressionism, cubism and futurism aro three latter-day art move ments which, to some extent represent the barbaric In artistic expression. The post impressionists regard drawing as secondary to beauty of color and leave the artist to scatter his colors as may beat convey his Impression. The cubists and futurists go Btlll further and aim at realizing by a series of chaotically placed colors the pic torial idea In the mind of tha artist While to the layman all three movements signify little that Is understandable, to their dev otees they Indicate a healthy desire to break away from conventions. Revolutionary Blonths T. T. The f6llowIng are the dates be ginning and ending the French revolution ary months for the year 1801, the last com Plete year of this style of reckoning: Ven demlalre (vintage), September 33 to Octo ber 22; Brumalre (foggy). October 23 to November 23; Frlmalre (sleety), November 22 to December 21; Nivose (snowy), Decem ber 22 to January U; Pluviose (rainy). Jan F ?l February 20; Ventoee. (windy). February 20 to March 22; Germinal (bud ding). March 22 to April 211 Floreal (flow ery) April 21 to May 20; Pralrlal (ras ture). May 21 to June 20 j Messldor (hai ?est),,iu.IV'" .!Q t0 Julr " ' Thermldor (hot) J.u-y ?? ,to. Au8ut 19. and Fructldor (fruit) August 19 to September 18, This left fl-,9 days between September 18 nnd 2.3. and they were dedicated to virtue, geniui abor opinion and rewards, To leap year a Sxth w added? " evolution? Candidates J. R.Goveroor Beeckman is a candidate for reflection aa Governor of Rhode Island! Governor HoUomb's attitude la that hi would, accept ahomlnatlo-- for re-election if his party called upgn huS to run, bur that he will do EatjiAs to obtain t-r-Smtotto: WAR'S EFFECT . ONMARRlAc French Social Reformers SM ins w iuuivc Ai, aaay IOrt!ffl Doweriess .Bride to (Jgt a Husband By HENRY WOOD FTtHE war promises to end in . Xwhat has constituted in tho paiiw createst obstacle to general marrtil namely, tho "dot" that is exacted bt tyg So deeply Is this custom ImplanUjT? French llfo that nny girl whose tr,S nre not able to provldo her with a &jp Iina such a email chanco of effectln1! marriage as to render It unworthy" either consideration or hope. Fr' women who have como from famtliej moaeat nituua uncu iiuve declared tiff tho necessity Imposed on them front ttf earliest moments of childhood to $ ovcry penny in tho hopo of ncqulrintp "dot" by the ttmo thoy reach marrlafj nblo ago really robbed them of all tbj goes to mako up girlhood In the raj' sense of tho word, While it Is generally conceded that ii,L' necessity of having a "dot" has raaV tho French woman tho most efllclent anj economic homo manager In tho world irf1 also relieves her of ''slavedom." -ni has greatly restricted marriage In Fraac. It has entailed also the disadvantage of' limiting ovcry girl's choice to that pj,.! tlcular class In tho social and Intellectual! scale to which her "dot" will admit her; Since the boulnnlnrr nf thn nm..i -" nn nctlvo propaganda has been carrlsj, on In Franco to put marriage on tSp American and English basis a buii purely of lovo, on which tho husbanj' also assumes tho full responsibility of tirovldlnrr for Ills wlfn nntl rrIMrn , Wcro tho hopes of theso people to cst&b Hsh "dotless" marriages In Franco ba ti solely on tho success of tholr propagansi' mother who consented to her son's ma?! rlago to n girl of modest "dot" has Ju( withdrawn her consent, saying: "My boy has since won tho Cross of it Legion of Honor nnd tho Croix do Guentl nnd ho Is thereforo now worth more." ig Fortunately for tho propagandists, theyi havo recently been nblo to establish that 1 thoy can count upon a certain great pht. , nomenon that has been repeatedly notice! In past war3, and that promises to setdt tho question of dots in Franco reirardlna of tho tonaelty of tradition and the ta bltlons of mammas with marrlageabh sons. Statistics havo established that) follow. Ing overy great war thcro cornea marked lncreaso In tho number of nialt blrtha over female. Tho propagandised for "dotless" marriages havo therefoS been doing a llttlo investigating and find -amplo cause for rojolclng. In one ot thei maternity hospitals in Paris In a slntft day in May thero were 23 births, of which' 21 wero boys. In another hospital en tho samo day thero wero 17 births, ofA which 16 wero boys. This has been estatsp Ushed as being about tho average fori Parjs at present. Tho samo Investigation! in tho rural districts Is oven more en couraging. . iy realize that Immediately following tho close of hostilities tho dearth ot tnen, brought about through military and navall losses, will placo tho groom very much atj a premium, yet they figure that by ltiff and 1050 they can count on such an ; abundance of potential grooms and sueh"ftj dearth of potential brides as to place thfl latter at a premium regardless of "dots.1!!! M'GUFFEY'S FIFTH READER ? Wo havo been looking long for a "MoS Guffey's Fifth Reader." the old textbook we used at school In the sunny days oil youth. At last we found one, and now It occupies a prominent placo In our library ' Every page Is filled with culture, wlsdon nnd aspiration. It Is possible that no on book has mado a deeper Impression upoa the men of BO or CO years now living thanJ this old reader. On the trolley the other, day we happened to quote a piece of f paragraph from it to a. friend, when b1 completed tho quotation.. Then wo essayed! a fragment from another paragraph, and bif gave tho rest. We tried nnother, same re-t suit Then wo discovered that fully threeJl fourths of his Intellectual endowment, llxg our own, had been furnished bv that booCT Thon we recounted tho various article,! and nearly all of them had a line or two lajj our memories. There were Halleck. WIHUVJ Dick. Goldsmith Trlnl T sin,. Pamnlurt T j.r,.-"'-r. ".-'" : "' Munuieumv, Bigourney, uenjamin, uryant Cooper, White and that whole sralaxy of glories who furnished the thought and aspW ration of the last century. Thero Is no Bchoolbook among alt the readers granM mars, arithmetics, geographies, histories, rneioncs, sciences mat has done as mucn good ns McGuffey's Fifth Reader. Its les eons are a guiding Influence In the lives of! thousands of prominent men and woraea! today. ' Every article In It Is pure literature andj every poem real poetry. Of nil the booU; we have read in our life we can remember; moro from this old reader than from an; other book. And it has more than a roenvj ory of words and sentences ; it is the flaw, the unction, the soul of thlnirs that make life what it Is. There Is not an article In the whole Index that is not worth reading: over several times. j There are "Pitt's Reply to Walnole. Hayns's und Webster's Debate, Addison's Allegory Discontent; How the Water Comes DqW at Lodore, i Scott's Tournament, The Loaj Indian, Darkness by Byron. The SI Scholar by Dickens, Marco Bozzaris, S ot the Greek Bard. Discontented Penduli Lochlnvar, The Fourteenth Congress, OrUpai of Property by Blackstone. God- In Nature., and so on to the extent of 469 articles, all, of this character unllftlmr. Instructive. Ut Bplrlng. No wonder this book dwells Inj the minds of the receding generation P i beautiful benediction. Ohio State Journal. A WORD TO THE KAISER While weedlns out tha dlsannolnting gen erals, the Kaiser shouldn't overlook tbM Crown Prince. Boston Record, BY WAY OF CONTRAST Would you like just now to be In BuenosJ Aires, , Where, according to the news th CWi carries. Mercury at 35 1 You can hardly keep alive. And a 40 coal rate sadly harries? Bitter comment such a crisis sure arouse! ia All the Janitors have quit on heating i houses ; And, except in big hotels. Even folks who rank as swells Sit and shiver while the idle fireman drowses. This is Nature's way, as thinking folks : mamhflr Argentina, gets he summer In Decemberjjg While New -Yorkers kick a lot When they find their Ausust hot Though costly every winter heartastentij ember. KsJeaa Alloa, is tha "ewkl ul f
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