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Wonder is the feeling of a
philosopher and philosophy begins in
wonder. Plato.
Congress has sent out ordors for n
atrlko to begin promptly at 7 a. m. No
vember 7.
No ono is moro delighted at being
compelled to work on this holiday than
tho railroad trainmen who voted to strlko
and were afraid that thoy would bo taken
at their word.
Ho Is a Mnchlavclll, but when It
comes to execution ho lian but a Btraw
mind and hands of clay.
No, this was not said of the man
you are thinking about. It Is Von
Mackonscn's characterization of an Aus
trian geseral.
Tho brotherhoods did not bring this
thing hero. Tho rreildcnt of tho United
Btntea brought It hero. Senator Hoed
In tho debato on tho wnge Increase bill.
Just so. Tho brotherhoods held up
tho 'President and tho President held up
Congress. It Is unusual for Senator Reed
to perceive bo clearly.
What were tho Democrats called Into
power to do? Tho President's speech
of acceptance.
As a matter of fact thoy wero not
called into power at all. The country
simply allowed thorn to slip Into ofllqo
by a fluke, whllo the Republicans did a
little necessary house cleaning. Mr.
Wilson may not llko to admit It, but ho
Is merely a locum tonens.
If any young man thinks ho Is
handicapped by his environment let him
consider the log cabin in which Abraham
Lincoln was born and tako heart Tho
transfer of that cabin to tho nation to
day la a fitting net. It will now bo pre
nerved as a symbol of democracy and
as an inspiration to every youth who
has tho will to rise.
No man ever got rich by taking
money out of ono pocket nnd putting it
In another. The city as a whole will bo
no richer if the Board of Education is
compellod to pay one hundred thousand
dollars for tho water used in tho schools.
Tho water has to bo paid for now by tho
people in Borne form. It would have to
be paid for by a direct increase in tho
school tax if the Water Bureau presented
a bill for it. Tho only valid argument
In Bupport of tho proposed chango Is that
It would clarify municipal accounting.
There is great need for such clarification
nnd nowhere moro than in tho Water
Bureau. But don't let us fool ourselves
Into thinking that wo are going to save
any money merely by a change in .book
keeping methods.
Mr. Wilson's speech of acceptance
Will delight all his admirers. He exhib
ited his usual skill in tho use of words.
Tho suggestion that ho had been con
fronted by most difficult problems and
that ho had earnestly striven to solve
themKVas a gunning appeal for Byni
pathy,.nnd chajjtable Judgment, And
his announcement that the ending of the
war will bring new problems which
"will require for their solution new think
ing, fresh courage and resourcefulness,
nnd In some matters radical reconstruc
tion of policy," was Intended to lead tho
public to bellave that he and h)s party
could bo trusted to meet the new con
ditions. We mistake the temper of the
country if it la In a mood to accept this
declaration nt Its face value. While he
says that there must be a radical re
consideration of policy, he holds out
no hope for American Industry, for
he sneers at the policy of protection,
Which alone can defend American work
men( and praises anew the tariff policy
which admits foreign trade "upon ome.
thing like a footing or equality with our
qwn." If the Republican campaign ora
tors do not tear his beautiful rhetorlo
trjtQ tatters pnd expose the skeleton of
Inefficiency whjch It clothes they will
neglect their duty both to their party and
tothe country.
The lata Judge Pennynacker it
Will be as a Judge rather than as a Gov
ernor that Philadelphia will remember
hloii-was a conservative of the pld
(school of which the present generation
jiaa few examples; the "fighting Tory,"
rellq of an America where conserva
tives were pot tnere standpatters but
wero fundamentally democratic enough
to ' use radical methods to assert their
honest conservative faith. His. finest
trait was a quiet Intellectual courage
whch he followed even when it made htm
H minority of one,' Hla open espousal of
jtre-Qerman Ideas lu a letter to this
newspaper was a recent example of hla
independence and Indifference to the
Jnajority- opinion, Hu Incapacity for
taoaHfylnif hte own very definitely
yiavtytd viewpoints t suit the political
ad sooUl atweuphwc produced more
iuut one tempNit In wUeh publlo opinion
umaly jhBnwt Urn la the wrong.
But mm JPfr him. the srwUt I
of having hfld public and not private
hiotlves. In his "iircw-mi'W-HriR" UgU
lation he wan brave enough to act In a
way that Bccmed at tho time to bo uulded
by personal pique. lint what he lacked
In ability to read tho signs of tho Imme
diate present ho moro than mado up for
by a deep knowledgo nnd respect for tho
traditions and institutions, rooted In his
tory, which make that ImmeJIato present
what It is. Many of his critics made
a greater mistake than he over mado In
falling to see an urxWIying, ancient vlr
tuo In those of his standpoints which
wero unpopular nnd in falling to profit
by tho corrective conservatism of a cul
ture they did hot share.
BOTH ENDS AGAINST THE
MIDDLE
THO fixing of an Increase In wages for
four-tenths of ono per cent of tho pco
plo has brought a mcasuro of satisfac
tion to four-tenths of ono per cent of tho
people. This has often happened. In
tho readjustments of Industries, now this
group, now that, obtains a greater share
of tho national output! now by tho vol
untary action of employers, now through
a. strlko threat, Moro frequently by tho
law of supply and demand havo tho tal
ents of men. llko tho earth they fructify
mid embellish, brought forth their in
crcaso their Inci cased Increase,
But this Labor Day, which finds labor
celebrating n prosperity unequalcd In a
century, brings It n new and strango
and doubtful victory. An Industrial
group, sharply defined ns "employci on
steam railways moro than ono hundred
miles long engaged In Intorstato com
merce," has had Its wagc3 fixed at a
higher love), not by tho accustomed
processes of lnovltablo readjustment, but
by act of Congicsi. Organized labor
about two per cent of tho population Is
supposed to havo gained a firmer senso
of Its power at tho cost of something
vory much llko heart dlscaso. Unorgan
ized labor docs not quite know whether
to giln In patlonco or scream In protest.
Tho employing classes nsk what results
arc to follow If this amazing precedent Is
allowed to stand.
Unorganized labor Is an ambiguous
term. It really means "organlzablo
labor" tho men and women moro or
less skilled withtthclr hands who have
considered but have not accomplished
unionization. But In tho realm of our
labor parlanco there Is no descriptive
phrase for that atrny which might bo
called "unorgnnlrnble labor." This army
contains, clerks, salesmen, journalists,
professional men (o2 tho great and lesser
professions), small shopkeopera, who
rank ns employers only by courtesy
In fact, most of tho people, ono bumps
up ngalnst In tho day's activities. What
does a wage-fixing act mean to them?
It means that tho only tanglblo organ
ization over which they, In their Indis
tinct, "middleman" status, havo any
control Congress has Imposed a tax
upon them which there would be only ono
way of equalizing. It would bo to do
mand that group by group tho unorgan
ized and unorganlzable strata of tho pop
ulaco have their wages Increased by
Congress. Tho man who Is being
"played" "both ends against the mid
dle" knows that way -is barred.
Yet, Indirectly, ho ultimately dominates
our affairs. He It Is who, though ho bo
a clerk, will have a lawyer son. He It Is"
who, through the weakness of his Isola
tion, has learned tho necessity for em
phasizing his Individualism py spurring
on the ambition of himself and his fam
ily. But he who produces the represen
tatives is himself unrepresented.
Ills Congress has Joined the tldo of
economic forces that Impersonally pres3
against his welfare and Independence.
It Is up to him the more forcefully to
recall that Congress to Its former dis
tinction as a Judge above blind economic
forces, to see to It that his Congressman,
or prospective Congressman, Is aware
that Increased fixed wages without rep
resentation is taxation without represen
tation. THE TROUBLE WITH GENIUS
WOODROW WILSON la either a
genius or an Intolerably flighty per
son, say some Democrats, who subtly Im
ply that he must be the former to be
President at all. But they forget to men
tion that these particular extremes often
meet In one personality.
LETS KEEP IT UP
NO SIAN can study the history of the
port of Philadelphia without being
convinced that Director Webster, of the
Department of Wharves, Docks and Fer
ries, Is performing a great service to the
city In urging upon the people the Im
portance of continuing the work of de
velopment both by private and public en
terprise. The following figures show the
foreign trade of the port at ten-year In
tervals since 1860:
Imports Exports Total.
1860
1170
18S0
1390
1900
1919
In
IX2.81B.403 ,91i,9SS JJ2.630.366
14,183,211 16,9:7,610 31.410.t3l
35.944,600 49,643,893 86.594,193
69.936,315 3T.410.683k 97.346,998
51,866.003 71,406,031 130.272.033
88,403,431 78.366,311 161,689,774
the calendar year of 1915 the ex-
ports and Imports amounted, to more than
3200,000.000, and In the first seven months
of 1918 they have reaches the unprece
dented sum of 3218,295,478. If the busi
ness continues at this rate for the year
the foreign, trade will be 3360,000,009, or
nearly 31,009.000 a day. ,
Shippers are using our wharves who
never used them before. If we do not
keep their patronage after the war It
will be our own fault. The future la In
oijr own Jvanda. If we nave grown a
thws fljfureu Indicate without making a
vigorous effort, what can't v. do if wo
really set about it?
EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBEBjg
.Tom Daly's Column
The Old Reporter
Yes, I can eeo you're busy and t'll beat
It In a minute, but 1 Just looked Iri on
Uncls Jim Chambers, over In tho P. I
local room, nnd I can't gel over how fine
ho'fl looking, Can't help thinking nbout the
strike of the copy boys on tho Hccord yeahs
nnd yeahs nnd yeahs ngd, when Jim Nvns
tclcRraph editor there.
Ono night when Uncle Jim came on duty
he found this on his desk!
Undo Jim yelled, "BOY1" lrudcr than
usual ami that had to ho going some.
Ono boy responded, "BOY I" yelled Uncle
Jim, "nnd that means nil of you " One by
one they sliambled In. When ho had them
nil grouped nhout his desk, be B.-ild; "This
thing you'vo dono Is called n 'round robin.'
which letter did yoil make, Tomtny7"
Tommy, taken qulto off his feet, said, "I
nincle the cap J an' tho 'a' an' the "
"That'll do," Interrupted Uncle Jim, "thnt
bench out thcro thnt you fellows sit on
wilt bo called 'Anxious' until ii"xt .Saturday
night. If you can behave In the menntlmo
you can hold your Jobs and keep on
jumping when 1 yell 'Iloyl' Now, then,
rush this copy up stairs "
And every one of those kids lived to
thank Undo Jim.
"Everybody became hysterical as soon
ns the lighter struck us," snld Joseph
Tumen, purser of tho Koyport. "Onh man
wanted to Jump overboard, hut I sat on
him nnd nt the same tlmo I had my nrms
nround nt lcnst n dozen women." New
York Sun.
Might not Mr. P. Mornn find this chap
handy nround first baso with that reach?
H. B. It.
OUR stenographer, having nothing
better to do, noted in tho report of n
pnrty In Houston, Tex., thoso'nmong the
most prominent present: Clarcnco Darl
ing and Leila Mushaway, Jewell Ayars
and Fuller Boylcs, Agnes Sick nnd Bless
Peavy.
IT IS common gossip in Ocean City that
Assistant Cashlor Marshall, of tho
First National Bank, told Assemblyman
Mark Lako that a certain woman thcro
quit nttondlng church because she couldn't
stnnd sitting. REUBCN.
ll1.tu..1M . .... tffnwH.. O n..L.a t. tS.Jt
hard battle, but lidded In strnleht aeta. at 0-4
u-i una u-3.
from o, o. dear paper.
Apparently one of those battles that
aro fiercer than tho casualty list would
seem to Indicate
The editor of tho Mt. Pleasant Journal
sent to his composing room some edi
torial commont upon tho Rev. Harry V.
Foster's suggestion that churches build
roof gardens so that "ministers would
not bo preaching to empty pews on Bum
mer evenings," nnd tho Inspired com
positor put this head on It:
ROOF GARDENS FOR CHURCHES.
ON Market strefct near Thirty-ninth
poetic painter declares:
Llttlo dash of color,
I.lttlo dash of pnlnt.
Make n thing of beauty
Of n thing thnt nln't. '
DESPITE tho Jeers of unappreclatlvo
readers wo aro determined to see those
white boots through to tho end that Is
to say, to tho lower extremities but wo
print tho concluding lines lu agate, thus:
Napoleon's White Roots
(Copyright. 100T. by (Jco. E. Lothrop, Jr.. OS
Jlrook uenuo, Jloalon, Maes,)
Lorn aa Moll lived there In leisure It was hla de-
llaht to show
The white hoot" he'd made for tho King-,
that
Ana then he would chuckle and laugh, his mind
uMvt.i duu iwiiiiru ail,
lion he would chuckle a
U mtlrf It.rnlna mim aria,.
Aa he tola of the thousand franca which mads
,,IU(U KIHU,
Napoleon mad.
He laughed ut the six shoes he mado; ho roared
. . ..at his robbler'a hill-
And then he ould so through the scene as If ha
..... rou'd eo If sun.
"Figure to yourself, my children, the Emperor In
, Ills Bt&lS
A little man. but ah. bright eyes, and a warrior
.hard tn mate."
Here llttlo old sioll would struggle, and upon hla
8how how theRmperor stamped them to reject
the boots' receipt.
Ills story pleased all the people, whether ploua
or carouse:
for when Stall told of the white boota It alwaya
. .brought down the house
The King would siy. "Vour bill. Ehl Ehl Do
vnn Ihlnlt 1A no. ,1,. u .ha -"' u
it,, .i.r.,v"."" -""; "". ;-'
iiiijr mwuiu i puy a mi
I nnv n. fnmiMianil franna nui..i
ftaill 1W iffiSSKi ........ iwunri
One thousand franca for Jwo white boots! Do you
....... ,hlnl I am a foolT
Whllo you sit still and steal your wealth llko a
. , monkey on a stool?"
"Then the me back the boots!" I'd yell. "If you
do not want to payl "
For I may havo a chanca to sell, or else to alva
them away."
Then he would stamp and yell and shout that I
was "a robber bald!
A fraud, a cheat and a swindler, who was hunt-
tng after gold."
One day Moll died, and In hla will tho whlta
,. boots went to tha town;
So thus the romantic footwear had their famous
upa and downs.
Then when Napoleon got caught tn Sedan at
ml . seventy. .
The town of Alsace 'changed Its King for mora
German royalty, '
Then they threw .the white boota away; a vll
. lager, picked them up '
And carried them homo In triumph to boast of
.over his cup.
ne ""iTi.,!1 i.dle.d- "."?.. "te" ,h,J' sold the old
The things which cost a, thousand franca could
only six dollars bring.
So died the cobbler and tha man, and ao pasaed
.... ., 'ho old boots, too; r M
While Napoleon plunged "onward" till ha met
hla Waterloo.
llf1"10 " w llD"r over ,h en(l!cta of
IVt wonder If all our battles are but whlta shoes
In tha strife.
(The bitter end.)
Dear Tom In case the Bremen comes
Into port, I nominate Oeorge E. Lothrop,
Jr., for the best seat on the deck for the
home voyage. JEItZEL.
The O. Henry etorr which telle about a
girl who couldn't take tha easiest way out of
Eoverty because Lord Kitchener waa watching
sr out of the gilt photograph frame on hla
dresser Is called "An unfinished Story." Three
or four correspondents have asked about It.
Chicago Tribune.
And other correspondents might ask
hoTV she came within eye-range of K. of
IC's dresser or was it one of those
"long, long looks"?
Ye Jncompleat Chronicler
What a delicate compliment la .paid to the
readers by the editor of the magazine pub
lishing the following;
"The Frank Story of a Foot, a personal
revelation. Intimate and bitterly true, told
by the fool himself for the benefit of others."
I read this over the shoulder gf one of
the "others," -but could not get the name
of the magaglne, J. B. Sanborn
In Defense of Vera Libre
This gratia stuff contrlbs do write
To make the gentle reader curso
la priceless, pir, and that 13 suite
Excuse enough for our free verse.
, CASA WAPPY.
mi) iiLuiaaji .1 i. ...
ONE of our own sign out on the main
line of the YpnuMy calls H'Uu "a sensible
kind" ot wea&en writer,"
i
SINCE
m-j-'t" ' i'i"wm lU"rt a""
IClLrJtlT UJ' L.AJiUK TU UKUAJNlZ.JiJ
Combinations of Capital Have Made Unions of Workmen Neces
sary Collective Bargaining Is the Result and Employes
and Employers Are on Better Terms
By JOHN PRICE JACKSON
Fcnmylvanla Commissioner of Labor and Industry
THE experiences of tho offlclals of tho
Department of Labor nnd Industry,
especially the mediators, all show that
capltaland labor aro learning how to ad
Just their mutual relatlqns In a friendly
manner, under tho new conditions which
havo arisen by reason of great aggrega
tions of capital and enormous organiza
tions of workmen. It Is now almost uni
versally recognized that ns men with
capital pro by law permitted to pool their
money for tho purpose of obtaining
greater power In getting results, so
laborers havo a right to organize and pool
their Individual Influences In order that
they may havo greater power to obtain
the conditions which they consider right.
The large number of men having their
savings or capital' Joined together In tho
form of a legal corporation employ to
lepresent them as a body the very best
legal, technical and business talent tho
company officers which Is obtainable.
In other words, these men, In doing busi
ness, bargain collectively through these
experts In their employ. Just so the men
who have pooled their influences together
in tho form of a labor organization, or
union, Bhould bo accorded tho same right
to deal collectively as Is accepted now,
without question, for their employers
usually the stockholders of a corporation.
In order to bargain collectively In this
manner tho labor union must havo Its
committees, officers and other represen
tatives through whom it, ns a large body
of men may act. These representatives
should be the most level-headed and skill
ful obtainable for tho purpose, Just as
are the representatives of the stock
holders. Those engaged In the work of media
tion and arbitration for the Department
of Labor and Industry have found that
a goodly proportion ot the employers of
Pennsylvania have come to recognize the
inherent Justice of this argument. They
have also found that where employers
accept this principle, as a rule they have
little dlfllcu'.ty In making fairly perma-
POWER OF THE CONSUMER
The eternal obstruction In the path ot
labor Is not capital; that Is In no sense ever
an obstruction. Capital has no fight In It
and would be easily whipped if It were ag
gressive. The chief of Industry, the other
leader, often outgenerals the labor chief.
It is brain against brain, and the best
brain la apt to be at the head of the manu
facturing company. Labor would gain
points more frequently If, Instead of talking
of capital and capitalism. It employed soma
term descriptive of tha actual force In the
other camp. Neither havo capitalists as
such any fight in them. The fighter Is apt
to be Jijst another workman called a man
ager, sometimes a mere stripling who has
a whole future at stake upon winning hla
fight It is man aga,nst man, strategist
against strategist The real obstacle is not
however, the manager. He may be downed
often he does go under. The real obstacle
is the consumer. HU ways are to
some Utopians past finding out. He is
everybody Monsieur Ttut-le-Monde and
yet everybody a at fault in estlmatcg him
and reckoning with him. Labor leaders
habitually Ignore hla existence at the wtodb
moment and remember It at the wrong;
moment. The wild- dream of a Labor Trust
la shattered against the defensive armor
of the consumer. It Is not strange that
this porson Is a stranger. Ask him for
advice. He will reply: "Ypu are right,
workmen. Strike and I will stand by you'
Down with capital and up with the hoary
band. IJere 3 am at your back, and I am
Mr- Everybody." put Jt jn that way As
sure to a strike the professed sympathy of
the public. Ignore all the, people, who are
auent and thoughtful. In then- eUeace, And
yet, at the critical moment Mr, Consumer
Will do nothing for labor David Hilton
Wheeler la "Our Industrial Utopia,"
IT'S ALL GOLF THIS
-i
nent settlements of differences which
havo arisen between employers and their
labor. On tho other hand, where hero
and thero n representative of a corpora
tion Is found who does not accept tho
principles of collective bargaining, ho
finds, when troublo arises, they can
usually bo settled only by drastic meas
ures, which cause n great loss to hl3
company nnd labor. lie also usually finds
that a settlement made in this manner
results in continued troubles during later
days.
With this acceptance of labor organi
zations as having equal rights to exist
with capital organizations comes tho
corollary that the officials nnd experts of
both tho capital and labor organizations
should bo held equally accountable under
the law for their actions, and likowlse
that both the capital and labor assocla-
tlons should bo subject equally to gov
ernmental regulation and financial lia
bility. I believe, In view of the evidence at
hand, that employers nnd employes are
beginning to look upon each other with
moro confidence and respect, and to con
sider the creation or maintenance of pros
perity as dependent upon their mutual
co-operation and efforts. I therefore be
Heve that wo as a people are going to
work out the great new labor problems
which have arisen in the last couple of
decades In a sensible, friendly" manner
nnd without recourse to serious bitterness
and civil strife.
If this belief is well founded our pros
pects for happiness in the coming years
look bright. These prospects nre further
strengthened when we see workman and
employer lined up shoulder to shoulder
to fight industrial accidents and disease,
and the whole people Insisting on proper
care for those who are hurt, upon sens!
ble Industrial safeguards for women and
children workers and upon their Govern
ment assuming the principle that human
welfare and happiness take precedence
over all other rights. '
NATIONAL POINT OP VIEW
rnnl..01,08.' ucclng I" adjusting dim
cultles that would never have arisen but
for hla magnificent Incapacity Mr Wilson
The railroad business la Jn no real sens
" bU8le. In so far as cover"
went Influence affects railroad manaeel
ment, as it muat In periods of grave crisis
ltttoB lTh?
rTds 8aUa6 !&' L?V.t. owSST "of th1
- ,......, eiiuura aeai. ir
means an Increase of rates an h
Springfield HepuMlcan
that
It
Er PiV E?Pe; ,h 5ner ftWtUn tUt bet.
ter. "has been forgotten, but if it bid
m? aw?,d enetl might hav, protecied
Mr. Wilson, whom we should love to ie
gard affectionately as an ex-PreswJnt
daX, "'""Vh ' "'orced'by'1
uU the States and aecttona ot the countrV
But it U manifest that the Idea of 2a'
South a always to mk the prosperous
Northern wmmoaweaUha ditoSSS
tleable by Ux -which, shall burd.n T
gujas uttl, a. powible. Koehester Post
ywW 'fi j nv,, in,li,,,l,.ii,Jiijini ii iiwrHi m nwair
WEEK
t
What Do You Know?
Oiirrfea ot acntral interest will be answered
In this column. Ten aurstfons, the answers to
icMct every well'inormed person should know,
are asked dallu.
QUIZ
1. When wna the Congressional Itecord first
Issued?
2. What Is tho reedblrd?
3. What Is "Indian tobacco"?
4. Ily what body In Philadelphia la Ihe school
tax levied?
5. What Is meant by "class legislation"?
0. About what was tho length ot Lincoln's
(lettsburg nddrrss?
7. What Is Intenslte ngrlcutture?
8. What was a rlx-dollar?
0. What Ii malt?
10. For what characteristic nre Damon nnd
1'ythlus memorable?
Answers to Saturday's Quiz
1. Walter! legal term! forbearancs to Insist
on rljthtH on claims,
2. Retina: layer at back of eye which Is sensi
tive to light.
8. Grois earnings, total earnings l net earnings,
the rroiis earnings mlnua the cost of con
ducting enterprUe.
4. Contagion Is the transmission of dlnensc
from onr person to unother. Infection
has the ror.re general Im-i'lenti-n r ill
ness caused by a germ originating In an
other person or In n common houriv.
5. Summer ends on Remember S3. )
0. Jlggert n Ternqcnlnr term for any contri
vance for which It U not easy to find a
name! It l urd to describe n certain
type of golf club! also a small tackle
consisting of a ilouhle nnd single block.
7. Wlndnnnl. the direction from .which the
vcina oiovvs! leeMura, tno direction opposite
to wlndnard.
8. Mosalrst works of art In which pictures or
designs nre produced by Joining together
small pieces of glass, stone, etc,
0, Pros and const reasons for nnd against.
10. Agnew T. Dire! president of the Reading
Kallwuy.
Truth Society
I, M. There Is a "truth society," kpown
oh the American Truth Society. It was
organized January 18, 1912, In New York
city. Its object Is "to propagate a spirit ot
pure Americanism: to preserve the tradi
tions of the United States Inviolate; to op
pose and resist by truth all attempts of
corporations, societies and Individuals to
dominate the publlo opinion of the United
States for the purpose of discriminating In
the interests of any one race by means of
leg'slatlon, literature, education or organ
ized propaganda; to propagate the history
of the United States and the States com
prising the United States among the people
of the United Spates, and to combat with
truth all attempts to garble, falsify, mis
represent or suppress the history of the
United States."
Somebody Else
Editor of "What Do you Jfnoiof" Kindly
advise what Is the possessive of "somebody
else." Is It "somebody else's" or "some
body's else"? a. w, M.
"Somebody's else" grates on our ears hor
ribly. Usage is certainly "somebody
else's." though It la not an elegant ex
pression; neither, for that matter, Is "some
body else." though acceptable In colloquial
conversation. In the possessive It would
be better to say "some other person's." The
phrase "somebody's else book," even If pre
scribed by scholars, could not live In the
language. Usage Is the test In such ques
tlons. Language was made for man, not
man for language.
I
Qualifications for Voting
Editor of "What Do you Know f Can
a person getting his citizenship papers out
mnMwtthJnJ,.,y5t'!n tha November elec
(Ion without llvlne- en d... i ,i, .,,..,
where he Uvea now? u he move8 hl 'rJ
dence to another division of the same ward
after registration day. could he vote at the
election In November? c d
A voter must have resided' In the Statn
one year, and In the election dlvUIon where
ho casts his yote two months before thS
election. Naturallied cltus may vote If
they have the qualifications of Vesldenca in
the State and district ar pament of tax.a
and If they have been BMiifSEea one month
before eleptiqn. To move to another dlvls?on
an?' c, STSif D' " election would
voting. ' MUV' or framed. (t
Damage by Lightning
fields, causing aTloaa if Sl'sMX 'tJ"
Su4 by lljfctiUnVftnd iffiUESV.
y W. occ lbMrty "tuWm I
THE VOICE OF
THE PE0M
a)
Wages of the Railroad MGn
Paid by the People Am
Easy Trade
r)
..I
To the Editor of Evening Lcdaer;
Slr--Tno proposeu railroad strike
to me a talk I had a year ZJJ
I'enpsyivania iinuroau telegraph hr.iM
who found fault with the Inequality onEl
IT ... .- nl, ... ."" Wfltaikl
wnges iuu uj "in "u unier railroad Wll
panles. He said' the trainmen were nMski
more pay thnn almost nny other cUsSil
laboring men in tne world, nnd while fiwi
had to bo out Bomellmes In rough ana2
weather and lake somo risks, they did 2'
have to work hard, and It took little thl!
or trnlnlng to fit a man to be a W?'
man, conuucior or nrcmnn. (f
A man who hns never taken any isS
lM .,illt-nfi,1tfifr ran mill lit -i. F33BJ
farm or nnywhero else, get n lantern 2
start out at once as a full-fledged tt3L!
man nt $90 per month, These tralmZ
aro guaranteed 28 days work per ramS
nnd are paid for that many days etca'i
they work ony half or third as mail;."
Itallroad freight brakemen make HJ'
$105 per month, firemen n little more, iJ!
ductors $120 to $140 and engineers liu
nnd up. Here are men with little it Z
training gottlng $1100 to $2000 n vi
nnd ending for 35 to 36 per cent mote, ijji
threatening to wreck the whole nation it
they don't get It ;
Consider their wages In comparison tr!a
the wages or earnings ot others. UrV
formant holdi a very responsible nnfM
ns a telcgrnph operator. It took him fetrj
uiiw J.C..10 i ...... K,.u .luninccn, una nehH'
been working 30 yearn for tho comics.'
He gots nbout $800 per year. The nvertji'l
compensation of physicians and ctercrauM
throughout tho United Stntes does si
amount to nenrly $800 por year, and Um
tniiiat imml fh.nllf.nmlR nf r1nllTa n.. -..- V
of study preparing themselves for th!r
work, and tho physician particularly mutf
go nt all hours of dny or night nnd In 14
kinds of weather, nnd, with his Irremtu
hours and load of responsibility, mutt w'ctt
linrdcr than does any trainman. He geti',
little moro thnn half as much as the brat
man nnd a third as much as the enelm.r-
and tho engineer, who begins as a Ib-enuS'
siiends not n ddllan nrennrlntr hlmMip t.'
his life work, but as n flrcmnn gc!s remit
wages from tho day ho starts on the rtai
Prclcht rates nnd nrobnlilv ni,.
rates will go up, and nfter tho next atrlkal
wiiiii jimj uui uu lull), in luiiiing, iqm
will go up again. When will It all's!..
nnd when will tho limit bo reached? Wr
the people, the ultimate consumers. S!l
that they cannot stand any moro of It. i-j'-l
ccaso to be afraid of politicians nnd ;,f-
labor unions nnd will call n halt on tit"
nholo business. ,:;"-
JOHN SMlTtt i
Philadelphia, September 1. ?
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AMUSEMENTS
Stanley s
MAItKET ADOVn lOTH.
llll.'i to 11:11 '
OWEN MOORE
In Edsar Selwyn'a ti
'Rolling Stones"
Stage Success
ADDED ATTRACTION
Scents and Incidents nt tha Lnunchtnr ..
ot tho Submarine Chaser Nedeva
Thursday, Trlday. Saturday FANNIE WABD
In "EACH PEARL A TEAn"
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T) -. 1 12 MARKET ST.
ralace vivian martin;
"The Stronger Lovs",
ADDED ATTRACTION FIRST 8II0WIKQ!'.'
Charlie Chaplin in "The Count".'
Thuri., Frl., Sat., Blanche Snect. Public Opln'cjil
LYRIC
TONIGHT "ROBINSON
CRUSOE, JR.
WITH AL "JOLgON
MUSIC! GAIETY! GIRLSI
LABOR if
DAY ' 4
ADELPHI
MAT. TODAY, 50c TO $1.50
GREATEST STAGE SUCCESS KNOWN
IN MORE THAN A GENERATION
Tho Most Wonderful Play In America , J
EXPERIENCE?:
Elgs. and Sat. Mat,, SOc to tl.BO. Dargatn Mst
Eery Thursday, Uest Seats $1. - ':
FORREST Little!
$t
MON., SEPT. 11
KLAW & ERLANOER'S
New Musical Comedy
By Emmerich Kalman
Book by Guy Bolton
Seats Thursday, Sfpt. 7,
Miss.
Spring
Timef
GARRICK &
TWICE DAILT3
Vgio anassuj
Matinees, S5c & 3Sc; Evgs.,
ise, aso a u"c- i
LYMAN H. HOWE'S YvW
NEXT WEEK SEATS THURSDAY
"SPORT OF LAW"
A Dramatic Thunderbolt by Stuart Fox.
B. P. KEITH'S THEATER 1
OKil.Vi) OPENING OF NKW 8KASOXI
SPECIAL FOR ONE WEEK ONI.V
THE MEISTERSINGERS
IIavanl nilaslm anrl IVartar Olln rttl ttl
Tji Artrantlnn ftruiiii'i flrPBtat Dttncen VOOlJs
& Salra; "Korty Vlnk': Kerr & llerko, Othr,g
TODAY at 2. TONIGHT at 8, 23c to II- M
G-lobp Theater KW
VJ 1 KJ KJC VA VDBVtLLK Continuous II
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A PREPAREDNESS MUSICAL COMEDY 4
"WAKE UP, AMERICA"-
WILLIS BROS. AND OTHERS .5
THE
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Regent
ROBERT WARWICK K&l
"FRIDAY THE 13TH" $
Thurs.. Frl.. Sat.. Lionel Barrymore, "Upheawl
TT 1 MARKET ABOVE DTH X
Victoria BESSIE LOVE
WILFRED LUCAS to
(HIPI.T'PnTIAVM ATIOTTXT 1
o Charlie Chaplin.a
THURS.. FBI., SAT "THE UPHEAVAI"
Nt. Vk., Return ot Dessaucr Bros." Orchsslrs-,
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piiDcnvtnt ti1ah 1RTII
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la "THE PATRIOT-'
WALNUT Mat- Today, 26c, We
Popular Mats. T". and Thurs S3c, 00c
Madame Spy ",$& ?A
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