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On thought Includes all thought,
In the tense that a grain of land in
clude the univerM. Coleridge.
Fairbanks knows that tho tariff Is
tho issue
Shadow Lawn? Is thcro not some
thing prophetlo In that namo?
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."
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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!
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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.
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of the
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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
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