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Make inttrumentt to teourge ".
Shaheipeare.
It seems to have been forgotten
that Olllo James also spoke.
Verdun? Ho, tho Crown Prince
has not yot taken tho city, and It begins
to look as If he would never take It.
Thirteen seems to liavo lived up to
Its record. Tho next time tho Germans
raid England with Zeppelins they are
likely to uond twelvo or fourteen.
O
When David slow tho giant ho did
It with a sling. In these days, of course,
that, could not happen, for the giant would
eend David a note ultlmatlng htm out of
his purpose
Congressman Costcllo gave a sliver
cup as a prlie for the best display of
Barred Plymouth Hocks at tho Byberry
fair. What Stato political leader will get
the cup for the best display of barred
Democratic Congressmennext November?
So much attention Is given to tho
manufacturing supremacy of Philadel
phia that wo are likely tD forget that It
enjoys what Is probab'y tho unique dis
tinction among American cities of being
so great an agricultural community that
it supports a county fair every year. Tho
fair closed yesterday In a blaze of glory.
Tho suggestion that Brooklyn Is
better than Us ball team Is not entirely
sportsmanlike. The Brooklyn team played
very good ball for a long tlmo nnd made
the race very Interesting. That It was
Its fata to como to 'Philadelphia Just when
thn Phillies were ready for a hearty meal
should not bo held up against It. But
five out of five Is going some, as tho sport
ing writers say, and then some more.
N If those parents who exposed
cores of unsuspecting persons to Infan
tile paralysis by carrying their Bick child
on a Fox Chaso street car had consulted
a physician in advance some, other way
of moving the child would have been
found. It oSght not to bo necessary to
remind other parents of the Importance
of calling In a doctor us soon as the baby
Bets III. The trouble may not be Infan
tile paralysis, but all the efforts of the
health authorities to protect the well will
bo nullified unless they have tho co-operation
of the people. Thero Is need of an
active social conscience Just now. It Is
a better prophylactic than all the quar
antine regulations.
While It has been asserted that no
young man refrains from entering tho
Christian ministry because It Is not well
paid! the Impression seems to prevail that
When the Episcopal Church succeeds in
raising Its fund of $5,000,000 as tho basis
of a pension system for clergymen the
ministry pf 'that church will be strength
ened. There can be no two opinions
en the duty of every church to take care
of Its preachers. The man who spends
his life in the Borvlce of the nation as an
officer of the army Is cared for ill his old
ago. Certainly those who serve the
Prince of Peace should not be compelled
to face the Infirmities of years with dread
cf want disturbing that sweet perentty
With which they should be enabled to face
the end.
, Mr. Wilson's gifts of expression
qualify him admirably for the per
formance of such functions as that In
which he participated at HodgenvlUe,
Ky., yesterday. His tribute to Lincoln
ryt graceful, genuine and satisfying. It
Js doubtful If any other man In publlo
life could have dona It better. And It
was. especially nttlng that the tribute
should be paid by a man belonging to the
parly which fought Lincoln with bitter
nesa during the years whe.n he was bear
ing the heavy burdens of hla office. We
remember Lincoln now, not as a Repub
lican but as an American, and we are all
yroud that America can produce such a
an and then give him the opportunity
to serve It, Bo it was not as a Dem.
ocrat, but as the official representative of
the nation, that Mr. Wilson topoke, doubt
leas with as much pleasure to himself
as sraHncatlon to all who heard or read
what he eaJd,
By Imperceptible degrees a change
hi taken place in the attitude of the
jwpla of this country toward the out
come pt the, war. About six months ago
there were stl'l many who believed that
tienaany could get something better than
4raw. Now the question of even many
iHFtXlfrmans la, Jlow badly will Germany
h kati7 For the neutral nations It
Jws kn largely a gambling proposJHon,
.aa wtch so. But there Is this difference
ajtmin &t Uad of eaiubilny and the
ynrAHny sa cueh A thing as the prosl
deaksJ Jctin. If a maa bt$ a. mum on
rutxW-itg Mt ft. yrikftU transac
m Uid rtHpH,. tfa wat aa iRMtt (Mf ft
10
lioree. But a bet bn a nation Ik different
Jt takes the form of buying: that nation's
loan, providing? It with the means of
carrying on war. It Is as If a man betting
on Wl'son gavo his money not to a stake
holder, but to tho Wilson campaign fund.
Kvery neutral In the world who thinks
Germany Is beaten, every acre outsldo the
"Iron ring," Is Indltcctly lighting Ger
many. THE FACTS MUST COME TO
LIGHT
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir A a n member of rommltlee of
clttirns who Iihto heen Inrestlgatlne;
tlii narcotic drug linblU In till" ciiy
lmr been nppil'eit br the Increase In
the use of these drug which has "
enrred nre the recent lecllon of tti
United States Supreme Court 'Imltlne;
the efficiency of the Harrison fcnll
nnrcotle law.
The apreari of the drua; habit conall
tntee. In my opln'on, a real national
peril. The Injnr'nna effect rf nareotlo
drugs on the moral and phyalcnl healtli
of the Tlrllma la, I believe, an Important
factor "11 the nmoitnt of crime com
mitted In I'hllndelphln.
Wnnld It not he flttlnar that your
nrirapaprr, n one Intereated In tho
ivelfnre of the community, xliould mnhe
known to the pnhlle tho true atate of
nffatra 'n thla city If tho alttmtluii
waa Kenernlly known, nnd the danger
npprrrlnlrd, t feel auro that audi a
public acntlmrnt nould be nrimaed Hint
ome remedy for the erll would quickly
be protldrd.
Hit. HORATIO C, WOOD, JR.
IAT Saturday Coroner Knight, follow-
Ing an lniUest Into the death of a
drug addict, addressed one of tho pro
prietors of tho notorious "Arsenal" as
follows:
I cannot sco why you continue to run
this Infamous place. It li a menace to
our city. The Influences of your resort
nro corrupting hundreds of our young
men nnd women. These Influences are
sprcndlng the drug curso In Philadel
phia. Thla place Fhould be closed. It
Bhould bo horned down If no other
way can bo found to blot out this
cankerous spot. Js'o time should bo
loot In lialllnir up the doors nnd win
dows, so that no morp young men
and women can bo ruined there.
Many months ago the attention of tho
EvK.vtNfi Lnminn was directed to the
drug evil, nnd earnest citizens requested
this newspaper to undertake a study of
tho situation, with a view to focusing
public attention on the necessity for
remedial community action nnd making
ready tho gtound for such legislation
as might be rcqulslto to provide officers
of tho law with proper working Instru
mentalities. The result of a preliminary
survoy was so startling as to Induce an
elaborate investigation. Since May, there
'foro, tho Evcni.no Leookr, with tho co
operation of District Attorney Kane,
other officers of the Government nnd
members of the tncdlcnl profession, has
been conducting an Inquiry.
An a result of that inquiry, tho Evn.v-
ino LKDann begins today the publication
of a seiies of articles explanatory of tho
situation as It has been lcvealed. The
final article will discuss possible remedies.
It is recognized from tho beginning
that tho remedy for tho evil is medical
as well as legislative. If ,tho duty of
prevention Is clenr, so, too, is it apparent
that some effort must be mado by the
community to rescue tho addicts. They
are not only a peril to society, but they
represent a waste product which enn bo
recovered. The emasculation of tho Har
rison nntl-nnrcotlc net, by Judicial de
cision. Is a hard, but only a temporary,
blow to the ngonts of prevention, Tho
main thing Is to find a legislative substi
tute which will stand the test of consti
tutionality and permit tho police to work
effectively against tho dissemination of
tho disease. This can be done and will
be done, wo trust, by tho next Legisla
ture and the next Congress. Tho second
objective, involving tho rescue of addicts,
Is tho establishment df a frea hospital In
which they can bo treated by experts.
It is tho function of a newspaper to
afford that publicity which will acquaint
citizens generally with conditions that are
a menace to society. It Is a function
which Is often distasteful, particularly In
cases whero tho social disorder Is pro
nounced and gangrenous In character;
but It Is a function, nevertheless, which
must bo performed courageously. To
light for better transit facilities, to urge
tho adoption of modern methods in the
financial and general conduct of the
wnter works, to advanco the cause of
good housing nnd to encourage the beau
ttflcation of the city and other enter
prises which will make this a better as
well as a greater city all these are
functions which command the earnest
attention of the Evening Lb doe it at all
times; but not less deserving of Its sup
port aro enterprises for the social better
ment of tho great public and the hoisting
of the danger signal when the health nnd
morals of that public are endangered.
TWO KINDS OF HIGH WAGES
IT IS significant that the Democratic
Administration Is very much In favor
of high wages. It seems to recognize
that tho American workman, whether In
a mill or on a railroad, wants ogpod wage1
for his labor. So It proceeds to legislate
such a wago Into the pocket of one class.
Doubtless it would like also to legislate'
a higher wago Into the pocket of every
worker. But even Congress knows that
cannot be done. It would not be consti
tutional, and certainly the economics of
tho situation would not permit. Pros
perity cannot be legislated Into a coun
try In that fashion.
But contrast with the Democrat method
of procedure the method of Republicans.
"We shall not try," says the protection
ist, "to" decree a particular wage to any
man. The Industrial fabrlo would soon
break down under such a system. But
we da propose to enact such tariff laws
that American manufacturers can afford
to pay maximum wages. We do propose
to prevent the "competition of American
labor with pauper labor. We do propose
to assure a domestlo market for domestic
products at a fahjt price," And the higher
the wages of the mill worker the higher
the wages of those about him.
In the one case we have high wages
decreed for a special class by special
enactment; In the other case we have
Jawa devised to produce an economic sit
uation, which will Induce fair wsget
automatically and naturally, with the
benefits welt diversified and reaching all
classes of the, people.
It is the difference between Demo.
cratte a&d Iipublkan control of tN
OovsrapHiut. It la the difference b.
twa WitaMi wod Hughe.
EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5,
iom Dajy's Column
GIVE A ItOUSEI
Route thee, ndphborl
nana the tabor
For the oyi that tabor
Day bore,
floutct Anit tet our Joyous manner
Show each ntmbtc patmoranner ,
U'e arc roolinp for that b'anncr,
t .
ACOLOKED man who dreams that he
works, for me, writes T. V was lato
In reporting tho other morning. I de
manded an explanation. Ho Bald!
"A certain party come 'roun' to ouah
house las' night an among othah things
he dono Insulted mah wife."
"Well?" I said, since ho paused.
"Well, suh, I hndtp teck his hat 'roun'
to him dls mohnltrnn' de hospital Is
qulto some distance from mah house."
The Philadelphia Hhymc
Wimn simply beating tlmo waiting
for that fellow Dlgnam to come across;
but we feel sure no rhymes are worth
while unless the wholo name of Phila
delphia Is taken Into consideration. .
If you have pain In the points, rhoulders
or Icks, whether rheumat'c or neuralgic,
npplv hot flannels oer the painful area, etc.
Ad In West Chester paper.
Good morning! How are your points
'a morning?
SOME one has written In to accuse us
of being "pro-Irish." Nonsense!
We're merely nntl-Hypocrlsy nnd nntl
Bunk. For Instance, wo object to this
Princeton professor from Englnnd who
appears to bo In the pay of the British
Govornmont. Several months ago Don
Marquis, of the N. Y. Evcnltn; Sun,
handed him this wallop on the Jaw:
Alfred N'oyes snys It Is tho duty of the
United .States to enter tho war on tho side
of the Allies If the contest should becoino
a deadlock Mr N'oyes Is so clear on tin
duties nf Americans In this particular that
no doubt If he were an American Instead
of nn Kngllshmau he would be at the
front now.
Afterward, Don, being fnt nnd tendor-
hearted, gavo space to one of Noycs's
friends, who pathetically protested that
Koycs wanted "to go for to bo a soldier,'1
but was rejected because of faulty eye
sight. Well, If Hint happened to you,
denr reader, you'd keep your mouth
shut nnd nurse your grief In silence,
wouldn't you? Besides, even sccond-rnto
eyesight shouldn't keep Noycs from not
ing ns stretcher-bearer for somo of those
several hundred thousand skulking Irish
who are In British trenches In the neigh
borhood of the Sommo nnd such llko
places
Finally, In answer to those American
critics whose ancestors came over here
vlong after our forebears forsook Ireland,
wo can't help sympathizing with tho
white-haired, old Munstcr man who said:
"I can't help disliking England, becauso
In 1844, when I was born. In Iroland, I
was ono of nine millions and now I'm ono
of less than Ave millions'
THE R. R. strike was nipped all right
enough, but something occurred to
keep this bud of poesy from budding
when it should. It reached us Just as
Labor Day wns closing Its petals for the
night. However: 4
Labor Day Lines
'TIs Labor Day when ork doth cease
For eight short hours of lleetlng tlmo;
Now flags aro waving In the brcezo
(Which Is a somen lint faulty rhyme).
Today we workers are at ease.
Our dinner palls are laid away.
Our hands are Idle, brains at peace
(Another bad rhyme I should say).
From routine's grind there is surcease,
No whistlo-ulnw to brenk our rest.
Oh! were there many days llko these!
(Like this I mean; bad rhyme at best).
How pleasant to have this release
From talk of shop and scrape of pen.
Ah. work, thou art a troublous cheese!
(Another cross-eyed rhyme, by henD
i-ernaps we an are wont to sneeze
At labor's peace-destroying ways,
But may its days each year Increase!
(Again a rhyme that much dlamays).
O. L.
ANONYMOUS, writing from the St.
Charts Hotel, Atlantic City, inquires:
Do you happen to know a Mr. Reading
who Is freight agent for the Pennsy R. R.
at Trenton?
SUGOnSTIOX rou U. H. recruiting ad.
& sTl
,. gy.
1 rretto
Yesterday we gayly commented upon the
troubles of the Bdltor of the Mount Pleas
ant Journal, over whoso editorial on "the
suggestion for holding summer church serv
ices In roof gardens" the Inspired com
positor put the head, "Roof Qabdens for
Churches." Our little wheeze appeared all
right in the first edition, but then one of
our own super-Inspired compositors came
along and corrected the word "gabdens," so
that it read "gardens" in all late editions.
The dinner will U a la carte and table d'hote
both. One tent haa been reaerved for ludlea
unaccompanied by eacorta and another haa bean
aet aalde for a la carta mtala.
The suffragists, says Tommy, referring
to the above from our own dear paper,
have been askjng; "Ara women people?"
They seem here to be merely table d'hote.
BUT, on the other hand, our own dear
paper extends woman's field of endeavor
to include the b. b. Thus:
DETROIT. Sllch., Sept. 4. Mary
ICavanaugh. utility inflelder of the De
troit American Leaguo Baseball Club,
lias been released to the Cleveland
team.
One of our proofreaders caught this (In
reply to a question as to how newspapers
pay contributor?) before 'It got to the
public:
Newspapers yap by the column.
Two-Faced, and Then Some
Nature has endowed Mr. McClary with
a face ana ngure iiKe tnat of Lincoln and
Emerson and Sol Smith Russell, and the
same power with which to make an audi
ence laugh or cry. From a Chautauqua
program.
MR. WILLIAM McCLURE DIES
IN STOCK BXQjANGE SINCE I?68
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THE MIRACLE OF THE ANGELS
Arthur Machen's Fantastic Story of .the British Retreat From
Mons and How It Was Accepted
as True
T6DAY, tho anniversary of the battlo
of tho Mar no. Is destined to be ono of
tho day's richest In tho world's memory.
Strategists have Insisted from tho start
that the war was lost to Germany at tho
Marno. Gilbert K. Chesterton has
called Mnrno Day tho "greatest moment
In tho secular history of tho world," nnd
both In Germany and In Franco tho day
Is held In revcrenco.
But It remained for an obscuro Lon
don Journalist to give to tho Marno tho
touch of tho supernatural without which
it was not complete. Tho name of
Arthur Mnchcn Is almost unknown In
this country, but it is a fact that from
lato September, 1914, to the following
spring, he shared with Kitchener and
Lloyd Georgo and Joffro nnd French a
place on tho lips of all England. A few
lovers of strange stories had known of
Mr. Machen for the two books ho wrote
In tho lighting nineties, "The House of
Souls" and "Tho Mill of Dreams." They
are books meant for the few. And yet,
within two months after tho war broke
out Mr. Machen's name was In tho
palace of tho King, and ho had started a
legend which became, as ono wrote to
him, "tho worst atrocity of tho war."
Readers of war news a year ago will
recall that colncldentally with the anni
versary of the Marne there came a flood
of stories, told by soldiers to nurses and
orderlies, and all bearing on tho same
thing tho appearanco of a host of
angels between the oncoming German
hosts and the staggering British army
which was retreating from Mons, The
stories differed In detail; they agreed in
thu essential thing. Soldiers, In this
modern ago, had seen angels porform a
miracle.
That a miracle had saved the British
on that awful retreat can be said without
fear. But this story of the angelic host
was a little too circumstantial to be taken
all at once. It wns not until Mr. Machen
told the wholo truth that the world knew
how that story camo to be t6ld.
How "The Bowmen" Was Written
An ardent patriot, a Welsh mystic, a
medievalist by all his inclinations, Mr.
Machen was terribly Impressed by the
story of the retreat from Mons. "I seemed
to see," he writes, "a furnace of torment
and death, and in'tho midst of the burning
was the British army In the midst of
the flame, consumed by it and yetaureoled
In It, scattered like ashes and yet
triumphant, martyred and forever glo
rious. So I saw our men with a shining
about thern, so I took these thoughts with
me to church, and, I am sorry to say,
was making up a story In my head while
the deacon was singing the Gospel." In.
directly out of that story came the tale
ho called "The Bowmen,"
In a letter to the writer Mr, Machen
has confessed that "The Bowmen" Is not
a good storV, For 35 years he had writ
ten masterpieces which no one knew. His
only-padly conceived fantasy won him
universal acclaim. The story Is simply
that on the retreat the operator of a
machine gun found himself right In the
thickest fire of the Germans. He called
upon. St. George to help him. Then: "The
roar of the buttle died down in his ears
to a gentle murmur; instead of It, he says,
he heard a great voice and a shout louder
than a thunder peal crylng.'Arrayl array!
arrayl' And as the soldier beard
these voices he saw before him, beyond
the trench, a long line of shapes with a
shining about them-rhey were like men
who drew the bow. and with another"
shout their cloud of arrows Hew sing,
toff and tingling toward the German
hosts." The bowmen of Englana-had re
turned to the field-
As Mr. Machen says, any one who knew
Medieval p-Utory and the legend of wai,
any one who kaw tory s Castor
and Pollux or had read Kipling's tale of
tho ghostly Indian regiment could havo
written that story. It merely happened
that ho was tho one who thought of It.
Every One Believed It
A few days nfter "Tho Bowmen" was
published tho editor of n'magnzino inter
ested in spiritualism wroto to Mr. Machen
asking whether It had any foundation in
fact. Ho replied that it had none. A
short tlmo after another magazine editor
wrote asking tho samo question and got
a llko reply. The story had appeared In
September. In February a parish maga
zine had reprinted it and tho issue was
sold out. Tho tale was reprinted as a
pamphlot and nil England began to read
It and to believe that It was a narration
of fact. With pathetic eagerness tho
materialistic world of England turned to
tho most outlandish story of spiritualism.
Those Interested wroto to tho author nnd
Insisted, against his given word, that tho
story must bo true. And then the stories
began to como over from France. Of
course, St. Georgo and tho bowmen had
been seen. Somo ono had spoken to a
visitor at a hospital who had It from nn
attendant that a wounded soldier, now
dead, had seen tho angelic shapes. Others
had seen tho celestial army ns a cloud
which hid tho British. "The Bowmen"
furnished a text for sermons, trie church
papers were full of It, the ngnostlc press
took It seriously, tho neutral papers sug
gested scientific explanations for the
hallucination Been by "every ono on tho
retreat." Thousands of letters woro re
ceived by tho editor of tho London Eve
ning News in which the story first ap
peared. "The Occult Review" did not
stop having special articles about it for
nearly a year. It became more of n .fixed
belief than the great hoax of tho Russians
passing through Scotland. Even In
France, whero St. Michael tool: the place
of St. Georgo, the story was told nnd
bolleved.
The fact that "Tho Bowmen" was
made so Important Is far moro interesting
than the slender tale Itself. Julius
Caesar once wrote that peoplo can al
ways bring themselves to bellevo what
It Is to their advantage to believe, and
from Caesar to William James the will to
believo has been given Its Just due. The
odd thing Is that England should have
been so ardent about It.
Mr, Machen Is himself a deeply reli.
glous man nnd believes In miracles. He
eays that so long as he believes that they
happened once In Judea he can believe,
that they will happen In Flanders or In
France. But the Britishers who took up
his story and swore that It was true were
Just the men who scoffed at miracles be
fore. The fact Is that tho story came
at a peculiar moment In England's psy
chology, She not only did not know
whether she was going to win the war;
she actually was not sure In her soul
that she was going to go Into It for all she
was worth.
Since that time England has gone In,
and the things she reads of and believes
are not of spiritual armies, but of shrap
nel and high explosives. The story of
The Bowmen" has gone into a little vol
ume with pther tales by the same author,
many of them far superior. It will re
main a document of the great war, a
peculiar evidence of how a nation can be
moved to Its very depths when once the
natural boundaries of its emotions are
swept away by something greater than
greed for getting and fury In spending.
a. v. a
SPEAKING SARCASTIC T
A couple of wlfe-beaters In Kansas Cty
were handaufftd together end put to work
a h, streets. If eaeh one ha both han
suwaoiad they oujcht to niWa' ldl pg
of snt flitars -CgHtWhws CHlim, '
1916,
What Do You Know?
Queries 0 general Merest will bo answered
n this column. Ten questions, the answers to
ichlch cveru well-inormed terson should know,
are asked dally.
QUIZ
I. Japan hna
demanded of .
China rlchta In
Moneolln nmountlne to domination of that
ilUtrict. Where la Moncolla?
i. When iloea the ciclit-liour law co Into effect
nnd how lonr In It to be In effect?
3. Whnt N a dlnslu?
4. What la a "siren nnme"f
5. 11 hat Is n "faux pas"?
C. How much dors It rot the rltr of Philadel
phia to produce 1000 snllona of littered
uter. nnd uhut does tho city charee for
that amount?
7. mint nre adenoids?
8. What la aoccer?
0. Hon- la hutebnll perrentaso, of tames won
nnd lotit, reckoned?
10. How was the electrical unit "watt"
named?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
' The Cnnrresslonnl Record wna flrst Issued
2. Kejdblrdi the namo In tho Middle States
for the bobolink.
3. Indian tobacco: thU la the "lobelia Inflatn."
in minimi plant about n foot htsh, with
blue HoerH. It Mns used by the Indiana
na h medicine.
4. The Hoard of Education levlr school tnxea.
B. "Claaa legislation"! that which HfTecta cer
tain defined rluaea fiuorablr or ad
versely, and not the people generally.
0. Lincoln' Gettysburg speech Is only about
twenty linen In length.
7. Intensive agriculture: that which aeeki In-
rfiT(irC.lf.riI0f.?t "iot b)r f."""nr the area
t th?i?Li-uI by """'Jim: new methods
lo Ino original area.
8. nit-dollara: allier coins varying In mine
teerithTndn.netnt.,",,ntur.e-? Ue "X-
' ""Ms1?, sr.iA.fv7f. "a,n p"p"ed '"
,0. Damon and y.a.leendary flgurea.f.med
Pons Asinortim
Editor of What Do You Knoiot"! wish
to call your attention to a mistake in your
er th.e nlmn nuestlon In the "Quiz"
?or .hfanyi',AUS,iSt.29- The Pons Aslnorum
(or the Bridge of Asses) proposition proves
that when two sides of a triangle are equal!
the angles opposite these equal sides are
GqreeTna,rSPOBitlon ls attributed to the
Greek philosopher Thales
D. E. OWENS.
Everybody does not agreo with' you. The
average student or graduate In this coun-
try speaks of the square-of-the-hypotenuse
problem as the Pons Atnr.V. ?5.?nu.s!
question seems to hinge more on general
usage than on any dogma. The phrase cer
talrdy Is not the "official" title of any p'robl
Infantile Paralysis
INQUISITIVE. There have been cases
TherS' h."0 hPara,y8lS ln New Engutnd?
There have been cases reported In which
adults contracted the disease, but they are
rff,r3l. ra,;e- (2) New Hampshire has "
direct primary for Governor, H
Belgium's Neutrality
iQT-inT" ,rea, was concluded on April
19, 1839. between the King of the Belelana
"Treaty of 1839." hi ..Tuiii ." ianiis
ftasttfjaKisSsS
forbidden In case of war to tiv. i,V !
of any of the belligerents ht ?Jh.' part
not a laying dovs WneS U V LY "a
specific guarantee of th" neutralftv t n
petulty, of one specific country wiS SK
treaty the United States hid JXl, thls
do. In fclOT, at the nd ilaui nf.tD
ence. the nations drew Un the -r.f n,er'
Respecting the Rights and DutlS ? vin
tral Powers and persons In CaTn w N,u
Land." This conventton omS Jgm .S!B
general provision that pi.. .?!".. ""th ho
tral powers Is Inviolable ' ewhiif. ol neu'
Vlolable only byJhT"1-'-
New York Food Consumption
New SwaWKT,!. We statistics,
of the principal toodsru5?',-Ci,n?utnPtlon
1 as follows;
Btlb )n4 ""r m,aU
Bread (loaves)' '.'.",'. I " '
MllJi (Quarta) ."
Potato (lb.) ;
SffilW..--.v.y-:
Butter (lbs.).... '. .
Sugar (lbs) "
Poultry (tua ). . .
Cottw , Utal ;
Tea Mm )
Dally.
Annual.
S30.000.000
? 000.000
Ul.'.fiOU.U. .
3.000.000
I30.ooo.oao
lit.sio.oOu
S.002.7S9
Ifn.eaa
2.3OO.0U0
JJ7.0J3
, JW.M7
?Mll
j i. ooo. ooo
130.0&3
Oil boo fuw,
14 XSn 'i-iw.uuo
at Vk2 .8.300.0011
(,-fcisM 11.14.)
The succeedUair artin.. ... IT... U-W.00Q
n4.not qiwttlttci Uw& "ot Se yJ,"
euiitei
j
CASEMENT DEPENDED
Alfred Noycs's Attack Resented by BeJ
Itevcrs in Fair Play
To the Editor of the Koenfno iedoar-.
Sir Mr. Alfred Noyes in tho Evrsw-i"
I.F.DtiEit. makes qulto a desperate nn'UT:
to blacken tho reputation of the Iritis
men who lost their lives In the late tin1'
rising In Ireland. Pearse, Plunkett. Thai
O'nahllly, Casement, McDonald, McDonli
ouirh nnd the other leaders of tHa t-l-T S
movement, as even the reports from Knfr.
land admitted, were men of high talent 3
nnd education, an moro or less of pubiu ;
position. Some of them held chairs in J
mll.o. nnd universities ns toMI n. .. :1
friend, Mr. Noyes. Living, not a word couM
he said against their honor! dead. tfc..
arc the' mark for Mr. Noycs, who tries toS
describe them ns "Irishmen of tho veryM
lowest and vicious personal character"1!
Englanu, naving Kineu meir Domes, fti
tna. would now endeavor to dostrov ih.u 3
reputation. It will not, however, changol
thn nnlnlons of thoso who believe In 1
Independent Ireland -and who honor thriS
insn ueau,
WILLIAM J, M. DEV1NH,
Philadelphia, September 4,
UNFAIRNESS OF ALFRED N0YE3
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir I nm surprised that your paper ..
ahniild nrlnt such n libelous statement as :
regards Ireland or her people as appeared -9
on August 31 without first acquainting tm
yourself or mo inci ns 10 us iruuifuiness.fi
This letter of the person who styles himself ,'.
Mr. Noyes and holds a responsible position 'M
In a school of learning, snouut not be al
lowed to pass unanswered. I have lately tH
arrived from tho scenes of which Mr. Noyes Jh
Bpeaks anu cuanengo mm aa 10 any sutft
occurrence ever iiiiviiik uiren nmce. na-
first mentions the tuary or poor Casement
nn flllhv. Will ho tell ua about tho fllthf
No, ho can't. Ho classes tho leaders and
men nf the lata rebellion In Ireland as nf
the lowest nnd most criminal character'
Patrick PcarBO wns a master of arts ar.d
n wnll.bnawn writer. He was the nrealdont 9
of n college, ins urotner iiciu n iiko nosl
tlon. Then tho lenrned McDonough, the
writer of plays; Sktfllngton tho editor, Con.
nolly nn editor, O'Rahllly, nn Irish writer
nnd nn authority on languages, nnd the
Plunkett boys, tho sons or count Plunkett,
who held degrees from Trinity College.
nnd the rest of thoso heroes whom our friend, f
Mr. Noyes, speaua nnout nau moro learn
lug than ho will ever bo able to cram Into
his bigoted, noodle. I supposo ho would
call Washington, Patrick Henry, Sullivan11
and tho rest of our countrymen who fought
for freedom cowards nlso. He speaks of
Castle Bclllncham. I hnnncned to coma
from there a short tlmo ngo, nnd It any.'
thing llko that which our friend epcaks'ij
about occurred I think I would know about
It, aa I had moro chance than he. There
was no such thing as Mr. Noycs speaks ot
about tho carter In Stephen Green. All tha'
carters were too anxious to help their poor
country and countrymen ln arms, tho men ,
wiiu ii.iu uiu LuuruKU ui .YitaiiuiKiun anu
our heroes.
AN AMERICAN GIRL
September 4.
Philadelphia, September
AMUSEMENTS
TiYRTn TONIGHT AT 8:15
MIT1HLU TU.MUIWOW
The Biggest
Show, and
The Biggest
T 1
lUJDmson m
Crusoe, Jr.""
WITH
Al Jolson
Hit Ever!
A NEW YORK WINTEP. OAItDnN MUSICAL
EXTRAVAGANZA TIUUMPIII fa
AHplnhi Evgs., Sat. Mat. COc to $1.50
uul Ha rgaln Matinee Thursday. II.
Hundreds of People Turned Away 'a
At Both Performances Yesterday
The Most Wonderful Play In America.
EXPERIENCE
If You Want Good Seats, Hurry S
Stanley
MARKET AUOVB 10TH
U:1D to Ull3,M'I
OWEN MOOKE
,nc.rsucecrr'8 "Rolling Stones" 3
ADDED ATTRACTION
Scenea and Incidents at the I.aunchlnr
of the Submarine Chaser N'edeva
Thursday. Friday. Saturday FANNIC WARD
in "ISAUII rtiAIIL A TEAR"
T) 1 1214 MARKET ST.
Jralace vivi an martin
"Ti-JU.Stronger Love"
ADDED ATTRACTION i?IR.ST SHOWING
Charlie Chaplin in "The Countf'
Thurs., Frl., Sat., RIancho Sweet, Publlo Opntt,
FORREST Little, rl
MON., SEPT. 11
KLAW & ERLANfJER'S
New Musical Comedy
By Emmerich Knlman
Book by Quy Bolton
Beats Thursday, Sept. 7.
Miss
Sprmj:.
Time
Globe Theater iaw.
U1UW YA VDEVILLB Continuous U
. T.n,.r..Jv- M- 10 n p- M- lo- 13c. Ma
A PREPAREDNESS MUSICAL COMEDY
"WAKE UP, AMERICA
willis1 iS"0173 "KWita
GARRIGK e!
Matinees, So & 33o; 1
TWICE DAILt-
WEEK 2:1.1 and 8:11
Matinees, So & S3o: Evas., :sc, 3So & BOc.
LYMAN H. HOWE'S TSW
NEXT WEEK SEATS THURSDAY
"SPORT OF LAW" ,
A Dramatic Thunderbolt hy Stuart Fox.
T Ti -L ,J MARKET ABOVE OTII
VlCtOna BESSIE LOVE
WILFRED LUCAS hi
"HELL-TO-PAY" AUSTIN ,
Added At- CharllP Chnnllll '" Lateat
traction wllttlllt. UIlUpilIl,.llR COUNT"
THURS.. FRL, SAT, "THE UPHEAVAL"
Nt. Wk., Return ot Dessauer Bros,' Orchestra.
5000 PLEASED PATRONS
LAUGHED AND APPLAUDED
THE BIG HOLIDAY SHOW AT
B, F, KEITH'S THEATER
THERE'S A REASON I
Today at 2, 23c ft BOc. Tonight at 8. 23c to tl.
THE
Market St. Below 17th
Resent u iw-
O-"" . TOMORROW
M.
ROBERT WARWICK Sffl,
"FRIDAY THE 1STH"
Thurs, Frl.. Sat., Lionel Barn more, "I'pheaval"
Arcadia
CHESTNUT Below UTH
10 A. M. to 1J IB P M.
WM. S. HART
In "THE PATRIOT" ..
Added, Dlllte Burko In GlorU'a Romance No. a
Thurs.. Frl . Sat. "Tho Thoroughbred"
Walnut JfatJTWByA. 25c,p0c
Evgs. and Sat Mat , 2So to It.
Madame Spy iSS&ftyiww
CROSS KEYS
MARKET Below DOTH
Matlnco Dally. 3:30
ALL SEATS 10c
Bert Leslie
Star "Town ToplcV
HOQAN IN LONDON
TJP n A Ti ThU & Neit Week Evgs. at 8 t
DIWAU Popular It Mat Tomorrow
UNA to the Operetta puiIWi
ABARBANELL Sensation BELLA"
Regular Ma.tl.uee Saturday
Knickeocker,,.Kfy0,Th
day. Saturday THE FUNNY UK. UOOLSlT
wnnnnrnT?. , t aii Ttm
SHANNON B BAND
CALVERT-
UWH WIRE ARTIST
pwucscara
ATAl.fCi SANtTARr SWUIMINO POOL
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