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CULATION OP TUB EVENING LEDQBIl
FOB, JULY WAS 1Z1.00D.
rhllidtlphli, Vednstdsy, Esplember , Ml.
The untvene
Cod. Schiller.
It a thought of
It the pharmacists can't sell -whisky
for medicinal purposes, how In the world
la the prohibitionist to get a drlnk7
Tho President Is to tall: to tho
BUffraglsts at Atlantic City on Friday
night, but gosh, how ho dreads ltl
So wo need Chtncso policemen to
clean, up tho city, do wo? But how aro wo
to get enough with tho Immigration laws
In force?
Tho convention of tho Episcopal
Church Is planning to eliminate tho word
"obey" from tho marriage service. It
disappeared from tho married state a long
Whllo ago.
""- Chairman "WIllcox reports that
Hughes will carry Illinois, Ohio, Missouri,
Kansas, Kentucky and Indiana, All these
Btatcs went Democratic In 1012, and Ken
tucky was Democratic: In 1908. Repub
lican rehabilitation Is apparently progress
ing qulto satisfactorily.-
Possibly Infantile paralysis has
been lndlroctly as well as dlroctly re
sponsible for tho great Increase In child
mortality, In diverting so much medical
effort from tho summer task of baby
Bavins'. This recurring campaign of con
servation should bo put upon a moro
pormancnt basis, so that no accld..it
'would affect It.
Dr. Earl C. Peck, who contracted
infantile paralysis -while attending tho
children in tho Municipal Hospital and
died, Is a hero as really as though ho had
met death following the colors on tho flold
f-uattlo. Tho city could not do less for
htm than to put a tablet in tho hospital
which should reclto tho talo of his short
but splendid life of service.
Harlequin dead Is the most pathetlo
of all mortals. It Is reported that Vornon
Castle has been killed In flight over tho
German lines. Did that capricious and
humorous Bplrlt whom for a tlmo half
America, followed seek to trace upon tho
eky those lines of grace he mastered on
firm earth, or did ho tire of play? In any
cose he has shown a manhood which will
free a real contribution to tho arts from
tho taint of commercialism and frivolity.
The chargo that gambling houses
have gotten a foothold In West Philadel
phia is not a sign of decadence In that
residential section so much as It has been
everywhere ono of tho unfortunately
usual concomitants of Increased commer
cial activity. Tho marketplace draws
drones as 'well as workers. But that
section is young enough to stamp out
these places near Its centers of activity
before they have gained a good start, and
mako (Itself an exception among spread
ing communities.
So long as tho power of recognition
rests with me, the Government of the
United States will refuse to extend
the hand of welcome to any one who
obtains power in a sister republic by
treachery and violence. The Presi
dent's speech of acceptance.
Mr. Wilson's own appointee as
Minister to Peru reported that Benavides
obtained the presidency by assassina
tion, yet Mr. Wilson recognized him. And
Yuan Shlh-kal, who was one of the most
versatile assassins of modern times, was
recognized as President of China. But
perhaps these are not sister republics.
Jt was not surprising that Mr.
Hughes was heckled In Democratic Ten
nessee. What Is surprising la that he
Anally carried by storm an audience con
genltally opposed to Republican states
men. But while the State has been re
luctant to give Its electoral vote for a
Republican President It la good fighting
ground. In 1910 and 1912 It was carried
by Republican Governors, and even in
presidential elections the Democrats hold
onjy about fifty-four per cent of the vote,
owing to the great Republican strength
In the eastern part of the State.
The IBqth anniversary of the birth
of Marie Jean Paul Roch Yves Gilbert
Hotter. Marquis de la Fayette, Is being
observed today In several American
cities. Although no formal exercises
are to be held here, It la not because
Philadelphia, la lacking In appreciation
of the services to America, of the brilliant
young Frenchman who came to the a
tetania of the Revolutionists. La
:iay(stte, aa we have anglicized the name,
la ono of the few men who received a gift
of money from Congress In recognition
of what he had done. He deserved the
$200,000 and the townshipof land voted
to him in demonstration of the gratitude
of a, republic. And he deserves also the
honor cf a grateful thought today.
It has been said that a modern war
oouW net produce a Napoleon. The Qer
auw have prayed fop one until, tired ot
WeUttajf, thsy fcv decided mat Voq Bin-.
denburg must be a genius. The one man
who has shown flashes of the mingled
Intuition and logic which we call genius
has a Gorman name Foch but ho lights
on tho other side. Tho French call him
"Foshe." It was he who commanded tho
French center at the Marne two years
ago and who on the afternoon of that
September day broke through the gap
In the German line which he half rea
soned, half guessed, must have been left
open by the pressure on tho enemy's lino
toward Paris. His stroke drove tho
Germans seventy miles backward In re
treat, a victory won by forces greatly In
ferior In equipment and numbers. After
two years It Is Foch again who breaks the
enemy centor on a twolve-mllo front. As
at the Marne, his men were opposed by
the flower of tho Kaiser's army. And it
Is said that tho Importnl Guard fought
under tho eyes of Von Hlndonburg, tho
supposedly Invincible.
BAMBOOZLING THE PUBLIC
THE people of Philadelphia aro not op
posed to getting their water aupply
through motors. Economical housewives,
on tho contrary, object to a situation
which provents tho praotlce of economy.
It doos them no good to be careful, for
they pay the samo amount whothor they
aro careful or wasteful. The rates do not
take Into consideration tho quantity of
water used! they aro basod on tho
diameter of tho pipe and tho number of
faucots thoi'eto attached. It Is as If
bakors should charge so much a year to
supply a family with bread, tho slzo of
tho house lived in being tho criterion of
prlco.
Opposed to this Hystem of wntor distri
bution, which promotes and encourages
extravaganco, is tho gas sorvlco. Tho gas
company does not supply gnu at so much
per light por year to a private consumer.
It would go bankrupt If It did, or olso its
rates would bo cxtromoly high nnd tho
economical persons In tho community
would pay for tho extravaganco of tho
prodigal. Tho gas company requires
tho user to pay for what ho uses, which
is tho only propor method of conducting
a business. If by gonoral acquiescence tho
custom has arisen of considering water
as distinct and different frr.a other com
modities, to be sold urior peculiar and
pauperizing conditions, tho tlmo has come
when tho truth must bo realized and
water be so'2, as any other commodity
Is sold, a:cordlng to Its value.
This would bo true In any circum
stance, but tho necessity for tho chango
to tuslness principles In tho salo of wntor
'a rendorod doubly acuto In Philadelphia
on account of the lnadoquacy of tho sup
ply. The point has been reached when It
Is no longer a question of tho desirability
of changing to motors, but whero tho use
of meters Is an absolute necessity unless
citizens aro to suffer from a water famine.
Thoro has been enough compromising
and avoidance of action In tho romedying
of grave abuses In Philadelphia to ruin
a less virile community. Tho authorities
have played for years with the gas situa
tion. They have been afraid to do any
thing, assuming that action might Induce
unpopularity. So, too, the wator ques
tion has been trifled with. Avoidance of
the presont situation should havo been
sought long ago. Instead, matters havo
been permitted to run along until the
crista la upon us.
There aro two remedial measures
which Councils should consider at onco.
The first, to conserve tho supply and
translate an Inadequacy Into an adequacy.
Is the compulsory Installation of meters
In such places as the Water Bureau con
siders necessary on account of notoriously
wasteful usage. Tho other Is tho adoption
of new meter rates which will enable the
city to secure for Its water at least tho
cost of production. Tho present rate of
four cents the thousand gallons Is far be
low cost and actually encourages ex
travagance. It Is an Imposition, positively a mean
Imposition, on the masses of the people
to wheedle them Into believing that the
meter system would be Injurious to their
Interests. That fallacy has been given
wide circulation, we do not know why,
although there Is about It the smell of
politics. Strict business methods are al
ways the cheapest methods In the end,
and they invariably mean a better service.
It is the rankest folly to argue that waste
and extravagance in the use of water
benefit the poor or ease the burden for
the small houseowner. They Inevitably
do Just the opposite.
The remedial legislation proposed Is
urgently needed, and Councils should act
on It In the Immediate future.
REPENTANCE
TAPTAIN KENNY saya that political
J Influence will not protect gamblers
In the future. The significance of (his
announcement lies In the obvious Infer
ence from It regarding the past.
"TIIE ETERNAL MOTHER
THERE seems to be no way of keep
ing the Japanese out of the ancient
Jaws of China. Those aggressive little
Prussians of the East are grabbing the
opportunity of a world disaster to fall Into
that Insidious habit, old aa opium, of con
quering China. China has been con-,
quered so many times that a new pecking
at her shores will not disturb her. She
thinks In terms1 of millenniums. All her
conquerors have been absorbed and as
similated Into the dissolving sea of her
fecundity. With little more than one
tenth Of China's 100,000,000, the Japanese,
("those clever little people," aa the bro
mides say), after learning the least im
portant of the western Ideas, seem des
tined to fall asleep again In their great1
jEOtttftrt lap, ,
EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 6,
Tom Daly's Column
McAront Ballads
LXIII
BQPELEBB
OI wait, please don'ta go, my rand.
But mak iome talk uiceth me.
Here com'.t a man 1 icould prctand
I hava not tlmo to ace,
Eefa Joe Dcdarlo, poor manl
Bccnce lean dai) laata Pall
I have no word Italian
Dot's good for heem at all.
From time hees leetla bou ce dead,
No tnalfer tu'at iou av, ,
Here's jua' wan theeng eenalde hoes head
You no can drive aicay.
You knoio how moocha mon' he gott
OI mooch more dan he want l
He mak' from wan small house an' lot
Fl' thouaan' lasta monfl
An' io'en I tak1 heem by da hand
For show hoio glad am I
Ilavcause for sooch good luok, mv frand,
Ho ces oajgeen to cry.
You theenk he would have joy, but, no,
He nevva was so sad.
"Ahl yea," he say, "poor leetla Joe,
He woulda been so glad."
You fcnoto Tioio fine was yesterday.
How warm da sun an' bright,
An' all theengs smile ecn soooha way
To feetl you weeth dellghtt
Wat, here was I by deeaa stand.
Won Joe eea paaaa by-
"Buon glornot Hot Suon gtorno,
frand I
Oood-mornal" so I cry
"Hero ccsa day dot's full weeth ioyl"
"Ahl yea," he say, "too badl
Too bad for wan poor leetla boy
Dot woulda been so glad."
'Bhl dcro he's gon'; I thank you-so
For dat you're standln' here;
I am- afraid to meet decs Joe,
He mak' mo feci so Queer,
Of course, I speak da best I van,
But sconce wan day las' Fall
I have no word Italian
Dat's good for heem at ail.
Mournln' Etlcuto
But what wo started
to ask wis: If ono
that you truly and
suroly certainly did
lovo should dlo, would
you stay cooped up
in your room for a
month or would you
Just naturally prefer
to wear your black
heart on your slcove
Ulto this gentleman
wo saw on Tonth
street yesterday?
THE TEWNIB CHAMP
Will Johnston, daubtlcaa, fondly reckoned
That he'd be first when Victory beckoned
But here's 11. Norrls Williams, Sd.
Occasionally when wo'ro bluo it docs us
good to bo shown that certain of our
Idols havo feet of clay. Enough Joy for
a week camo to us all in ono morning,
and the morning was yesterday's. First,
a man who heard us speak admiringly of
Frank Adams's skill as a tennis player
(aftor wo had been reading his chatter
about his hobnobbing with McLoughlln
and other stars) laughed us to scorn and
assured U3 that old as wo aro we could
easily beat him. Within an hour a
stranger from the West casually men
tioned that Bert Taylor's talk of "bettor
than 80" at golf merely meant 80 net, his
handicap being 20.
And In this connection we are reminded
of a contributor who wrote to us some
time ago, calling our attention to a slam
administered by F. P. A., of tho Now
York Tribune, to Presldont Wilson. It
touched an old cell In our memory, and
aftor some digging wo found what we
were looking for In Cicero's "De Oratoro":
"Plays on ambiguous words apb ex
tremely Ingenious, but depend wholly on the
expression, not on the matter. They sel
dom, however, excite much laughter, but
are rather commended as Jests of elegance
and scholarship; as that about Titus, whom,
being a great tennis player and at the same
time suspected of having broken the sacred
images by night, Terentlua Vespa excused,
when his companions Inquired for him, as he
did not come to the Campus Martlus, by
saying that As had broken an arm.
Passing a glove shop on Qermantown
avenue the other day, says W. U. D I saw
a sign which read:
KIDS CLEANED
10c.
The Republican candidate for Governor
of Maine was bitterly assailed because his
campaign pictures were unusually promi
nent In Bangor saloon windows (Yes, we
know Maine Is a prohibition State). He re
torted to questioners that he had Instructed
his henchmen to place said likenesses In
places where Republicans congregated most
frequently. Even "dry" Bangor appreciated
that. J. POD.
Dear Tom: As to that Exodontlst at
Fifteenth and Locust: It Is my first year
In Greek, nnd of course I want to show
off. EXODONTIST comes from Ex, out
of, and Odons, a tooth; hence, a "tooth
outener," aa we say In Reading. FRESH.
PARIS. Bert. 6. Edmond Oanet. of Otttntnr.
N. Y.. brevetted aviator In tho Foreign Legion,
baa been wounded In the Champagne.
This news in the E. I gave me real
pain. I hope the wound Is not serious
and that they will not have to cut off his
champagne. 8. J, S.
NOW comes a lad by the name o' Denis
A. McCarthy, of Swedish origin, If
you're not careful what we're saying to
you, who has Induced Little, Brown & Co.,
of Boston, to publish their third book of
his, called "Heart Songs and Home
Songs," which sells for a dollar and which
contains among others:
The Land Where Hate Should Die
This Is the land where hate ehould die
No feuds of faith, no spleen of race,
No darkly brooding fear should try
Beneath our flag to And a place.
Il every people here has sent
Its sons to answer freedom's colli
Their Ufeblood Is the strong cement
That builds and binds the nation's wall.
This Is the land where .hate should die
Though dear to me my faith and shrine,
I Berve my country well when I
Respect the creeds that are not mine.
He little loves his land who'd cast
Upon his neighbor's word a doubt.
Or cite the wrongs of ages past
From present rights to bar him out.
This is the land where hate should die
This is the land where strife should
cease.
Where foul, suspicious fear should fly
Before the light of love and peace.
Then let us purge from poisoned thought
That service to the state we give.
AnO .so be worthy as we ought
Ofjbi great land In which, w Url 4.
IMPRESSIVE, BUT
THE VOICE OF
Disease Is Spread by Dirt and
More Policeman Is
Caaement
TMs Department ts trr to alt readers who
with to express their opinions on tublecta o
current interest. It Is an open forum, and the
Evening Ledaer assumes no responsibility or
the views of its correspondents. Letters must
be stoned bv the name and address of the
writer, not ttcce5arir for publication, out as a
euarantee of good faith.
MENACE OF STRAY CATS
To the Editor of tho Evening Ledger:
Sir With Intenso Interest I read in a
late Iflsuo of tho EvnNiNO LnDonn tho ar
ticle which stated that upon cats were
being laid tho blamo for the carrying of
the dreadful dlseaso now In our midst.
With acuto interest I read it, becauso but
a moment beforo I had .listoned to a de
scription of persons dead from Infantile
paralysis, a description which made me
exclaim, "That Is how a cat looks dying
from tho mange!"
Of such visitors we In this neighborhood
soon notify ono nnotlicr. Tho dying cat I
saw camo through when afternoon naps
wero being taken. However, I was one of
a few of us who were busy In our kitchens.
I was busy at plcmaklng and did not, when
Mr. Mango Cat camo along, feel In the
mood to go out to corner him to keep him
until tho S. P. C. A. could bo notified. That
society will come nnd talte a cat and end
Its misery mercifully for 25 cents, bo the
old cofored maid next door decided the best
course to pursue would be to turn tho hoso
on the cat. It disappeared, but we heard of
It when two weeks later a nolghbor on an
other street found on returning from a stay
at the shore that the old cat was under his
porch dead.
This Is awful. It is disgusting. Mange
cats dogs, too, I suppose although It has
not been my misfortune to sco one of those
dear animals Buffering from that disease,
can be found almost anywhere. Cats,
though, do not recover from tho disease,
while dogs, bo they say, do.
Only yesterday at Seventeenth or Eight
eenth and Arch streets a friend saw a
cat sitting In an out-of-the-way corner so
weak from the awful dlseaso that It vas
not able, although It made efforts, to rid
Itself of the files about Its head. Now what
Is the conclusion of this? Flies, not only
files, but I ai forced to say fleas. Just
give a thoughito the fleas when that cat
dies. Won't they seek another cat, perhaps
some well cat, perhaps some dearly loved,
clean, well-cared-for pet cat out for an
airing?
There Is in my mind no question as to
the danger In having mange cats existing
with tho disease even In a mild form, even
If there might be a question as to their
really being the cause of Infantile paraly-
Surely, getting rid of such cats would bo
beneficial to our city. There would, at any
rate, bo that many less germs of a dis
gusting disease for us to contend with,
thereby giving us a better opportunity to re
sist other disease germs. So It seems to
me that as surely as our city is full of un
owned cats living on the fat of our alley
system and finding their beds arid homes
on our shed roofs and under our shed floors.
Just so surely should there be every effort
made to get rid of them.
Is this not worth more than a passing
thought? It Is not worth the active Interest
of every one who Is wondering who next Is
on tho infantile paralysis list?
S. M. FURBY.
Qermantown. September 4.
PERIL AT BROAD AND SOUTH
To ths Editor of the Evening Ledger;
Sir i note with surprise the exouse given
by Captain William B. Mills for there be
ing no traflld officer stationed at Broad and
South streets.
It certainly is strange that of the thou
sands of policemen In Philadelphia not a
single one can be "spared" for duty at this
corner to minimize accidents and prevent
possible loss of life. Yet when a parade oc
curs a multitude of police are "spared."
They surely are taken from some district
where they are not so badly required. Why
not "spare" one for Broad and South
streets?
It Is admitted that policemen need a
vacation as do other people, and also that
many are detailed for quarantine duty In
Infantile paralysis cases. Yet the fact re
mains that an officer was needed here long
ago before the present epidemic and before
the vacation season. Why was there no of
ficer here then?
The department has occasionally stationed
a trafllo officer at this crossing for a week
or bo at a stretch, apparently on trial, or
when no other duty could be found for htm.
But these occasions havo been few and far
between and only serve to emphasize the
present lack of protection.
The police department has seen fit to re
place many of the regular negro policemen
In this section of the city with mounted of
ficers, who are supposed to be more effi
cient Perhaps they are. I Baw two of them
I at the northwest comer of Brpad and South,
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IT'S BEEN DONE SO OFTEN BEFORE
THE PEOPLE
Stray Cats Suggestion That One
Needed The Noyes-
Controversy
streets when a collision was averted only
by tho prompt nctlon of tho driver of an
auto. The mounted officers Baw tho other
machine a truck deliberately disobey tho
tratllc rules, yet they sat unconcerned on
their horses and paid not tho slightest at
tention to tho offender.
Why cannot ono of the transferred negro
policemen be stationed nt this crossing?
And there are trafllo officers at many less
dangerous polnta In tho city. Cannot ono of
theso bo transferred?
And If tho worse comes to the worst It
might bo a good Idea to employ a now po
liceman. INDIQNANT.
Philadelphia, September 2.
DIRT AND DISEASE
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Slr The cartoon In the Evenino IiEDOEn
of August 28 Is well taken: Dirt. Filth,
Disease, Plague. Thousands of cellars In
Philadelphia dwelling houses havo not been
cleaned for years. Thero Is no system of
Inspection hor! hence plaguo nnd dlseaso.
Now York has a regular system of In
spection nnd Is getting the plague under
control. Houscowners do not repair or
clean houses oven when a vacancy occurs,
also resulting In thousands of defective
faucets In sinks, thousands of defective
toilets, through which millions of gallons
of water aro wasted that could bo used
now to flush the streets. It Is claimed that
cups havo been taken from drinking places
In Falrmount Park. I havo been In the
Park every night since June nnd Bee the
samo rusty, dented cups at the various
springs and thousands of people drinking
from them.
j Men who make a business of whitewash
ing cellars have told mo they are often
called on to clean places that are Impossi
ble to enter owing to the foul conditions.
It Is Impossible to got results by mani
festoes In newspapers or circulars calling
upon the people to clean up, as many can
not read English and have no Interest In
keeping up property they do not own. A
movement should bo started to hold house
owners responsible and compel them to
clean up and stop the water leaks, to cut
their Incomes a little and cut out a little
terrapin nnd champagne this winter and
give tho poor kiddles a chance. Also gfvo
them a chance to tho open places and
Bpic' , . J- n- MOOREHOUSa
Philadelphia, September 2.
CASEMENT'S. PATRIOTISM
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir I have nothlnc but nltv tn
the
man who penned the article against Roger
Casement In the Evenino Lsdobr of Au
gust 30. It hardly poems credible that a
man could stoop, through the medium of
the press, to blacken the character of one
whoso untimely end has aroused the entire
country to a feeling of resentment. The
life of Roger Casement has been an open
book. Ills ono great besetting sin was his
love of country. He merged his own alms
and ambitions In the achievement of some
greater good. He has left behind him les
sons of character and Idealism which will
live forever In the thoughts of his country,
men and will feo far toward making them
steadfast In their Ideals and spur them dn
to greater things. He gave of all he had a
great, permanent and unchangeable love,
a love of country, capable of any sacrifice,
for which he paid the penalty of his life.
He has gone before his God. Let Him be
the Judge of all his noble, unselflsh deeds.
It Is not for us to Judge. Let hlra who is
faultless cast the flrst stone.
ENNO DEa
Chelsea, N. J., September S. ,
DISAGREES WITH JJOYES
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir In the article "Revelations of Case
ment's Diary" In the Evenino Ledobr of
today Alfred Noyes makes this statement:
And these rebels (the Sinn Felners),
beyond the shadow of a doubt, did mur
der, ruthlessly, deliberately and indis
criminately, men, women and children,
their own kindred, without even the
slightest attempt to discover whether
their victims were In political agree
ment with them or not.
That statement I brand as a deliberate
He. The testimony of such men as Premier
Asqulth, Sir Francis Vane, a British officer
who served in Ireland during the revolt, and
others, proves absolutely that the Sinn
Felners fought only the British soldiers:
that they treated their prisoners with the
utmost consideration; that even the Dublin
metropolitan police were unmolested by
(hem, .and that their general conduct was
that of brave men, who took their lives la
their bands, and to quote a County Kli;
dare military officer taken prisoner by
them "of perfect gentlemen."
IRISHMAN.
Philadelphia, August $L
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What Do You Know?
Queries of enteral Interest will Is answered
In this column. Ten Questions, the answers to
which even) well-informed person ehould know,
aro asked dallv.
QUIZ
1. What Is a "mare'a toll"?
2. Hliat la tho "hnmmcr-Iock"?
3. Who or what h "Davr Jones"?
4. What Is n "ble horn"?
5. Whr U alligator wood so called?
0. What Is a mnntel-treo?
7. Hour does a Manx cat differ from other cats?
8. What are "pralrio chlekens"?
0. Where iym Lincoln born?
10. To ubora does tbo elnne term "creators"
refer?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Mongolia! the vnat region In the Chlneae Em
pire north of China proper and south of
Hlberla.
2. i:ight-liour Inwt does Into effect Jannarr 1,
prrrrlblng that eight IiourH shall thero-pft-r
h e ni n l--, -i k n wil'-o-H
nd that wages shall not be reduced dar
llitf Ull imt-kliKUIioil ol iliii lens mll X
nor more thun nine montun, nor for SO
darH following tho Investigation commit
tee's report.
0. Dlnghr: a ship's small boat.
4. Given name! the flnt name, the one glren
rather than Inherited.
B,,"raux pa"i pronounced "fo pah." A social
error, n "break"! especially one that com
promises a reputation.
0. It coats the eltr ft cent to produce 10OO gal
lon of filtered wnter and It charges 4
cents (or that amount.
7. Adenoidal tlaeue between bock of nose and
throat hindering breathing.
8. Borrrr: itatoclatlon football! (ho ball mar be
kicked but not touched with tho hand.
0. Baseball percentage! divide tho games won
bj tho total placed.
10. "Wntt": this unit una named for James
Watt, a UrltlsU mechanical engineer.
An Invitation
Editor of "What Do You Know" Will
you kindly tell me tho correct way to wrJto
an Invitation requesting a girl to attend a
party glvon by a boys' club In the ovenlng?
PRES.
It depends upon the formality of tho oc
casion or Its Informality, as the case may
be. 'If It Is a question of boys and girls
having a small party In some one's home It
would bo best to write Informally, "My
Dear Miss So-and-So," and saying as simply
as possible that you would be glad to
have her there. But If It Is a formal
clubhouso affair there might be a set form
of Invitation for all guests, whether boys or
girls. "Tho So-and-So Club, of (giving town
or address), requests the pleasure of your
company on the evening of," eta, without
naming the guest except on the addressed
envelope.
Naval Losses
A. C. The British Admiralty reported
tho loss of three battle cruisers, three cruis
ers and eight destroyers, a total of, 14
ships, of a tonnage of 112,350. The Ger
mans admitted the loss of one battle
cruiser, Ave cruisers and six destroyers, 12
ships of 63,935 tons. Admiral Jelllcoe'a re
port places the number of German ships
"seen to Blnk" at 21, with a tonnage of
109,200. Tho number of men lost has not
been stated. Estimates have put the Brit
ish casualties at about 5000 men.
Rainfall Record
W. P. Twenty Inches of rain in 24
hours Is very unusual. In fact, It was de
clared that a new record was established
when 22.22 Inches fell at Alta Pass. Mitchell
County, N. C, during the 24 hours preced
ing 2 p. m. July 16. Alexandria, La., pre
viously led the country with 21,4 Inches
rainfall In a similar period.
Laws on Sale of Plumes
8. T. There Is no uniform law among
the States In regard to the sale of heron
plumes. The laws that have been made fall
lnW three main groups:
First. Statutes like those of New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Vermont,
which cover not only the plumage of all
native birds, but also that of foreign species
belonging to the same families as the birds
native to the State.
Second. Statutes like those of Massachu
setts, Rhode iBland and Michigan, specially
protecting herons.
Third. Audubon laws prohibiting sale of
all wild birds or their plumage. Several
States that have Audubon laws are not In
cluded In the above list The reason for this
omission Is that these statutes do not
specifically coyer the sale of plumage or
have Bome clause which would probably per
mit the Bale of aigrettes. None of these
laws affects the sale of paradise plumes.
Charlemagne
T. C The most famous of all the achieve
ments of Charlemagne was his establlsn
ment of the Western Empire, and it came
about In this wise: Charlemagne went to
Rome In 800 to settle a controversy be
tween Pope Leo HI and his enemies. To
celebrate the satisfactory adjustment of the
dispute the Pope held a solemn service on
Christmas Day n St. Peter" A. Chlrle
magne was kneeling before the altar i"in
tn s service the Pope approached Wm and
set a crown unon hi. :. ....,, L . a
, J mld the acclamation, of thosTpreaJntS
' "Empuror of the Itoniana "Wh as
LAFAYETTE'S BIRTHDAY
Some Gossip of His Visit to Philadel.
phia in 1824
THIS Is tho 169th anniversary of the
birth of tho Marquis do la Fayettoand
September 17th wilt mark the ninety-sec-ond
anniversary of his arrival in PhllJV
dolphin, on tho occasion of his visit to
this country In response to a resolution
passed unanimously by Congress Invit
ing him to partake of the nation's hog.
pltallty.
Up to within a dozen years or so ago
it was qulto tho thing for very old ladles
when Interviewed, to descrlbo with much
circumstantial dotall their recollection of
having been held up In mother's or
father's arms for General Lafayette to
kls3. But there was one shining exeep
tlon! Aunt Sally Crawford, who passed
away in 1900 at tho ago of 91 and who
was In tho habit of boasting: "No man
nover kissed mo if I didn't want him to
and I wasn't much taken with Loj
fayetto. All tho pictures I over saw of
him flattered him."
"When ho camo over hero In September,
1824," sho said In an Interview Just before
her death, "ho was a real old man and I
was Just beginning to bo a young lady, I
remember ho wont riding around on a
horso nt night, when tho city was all
lit up in his honor, but I can't seem to
romombor what ho was doing all that
day whon thoy had tho big porodo. I
can shut my oyes and soo him with
lights all around him, but all I can re
member of thcvdaytlmo was tho butchers,
with their big whlto aprons that covered
them all over and tho flno high hats
they worfff; and tho oxen thoy led in
tho procession, with garlands of flowers
round their necks. Ono of tho butchers
lived next door to us in Sugar alley
that's near Second nnd Chestnut. I can
rcmembor ho had a kind of sash ovor ono
shoulder and around under tho other arm
and it had Lafayette on It In red let
ters. I remember tho pooplo all spoke
kindly of Lafayette."
WE'VE SUSPECTED IT
Sometimes tho music at rostaurants and
hotels Is noisy enough to destroy one's ap
petite and maybo that Is what It Is for.
Ohio Stato Journal.
AMUSEMENTS
Stanley
MARKET ADOVH 10TIJ
11:15 to 11 lis
OWEN MOORE
SSSTbSSS?' "Rolling Stones"
ADDED ATTRACTION
Scenes and Incidents at tho Launching-
of tho Submarine Chaser Ncdeva
Thursday, Friday. Saturday FANNIE WARD
In "EACH PEARL A TEAR"
Pal
1214 MARKET ST.
aCe VIVIAN MARTIN
'The Stronger Love"
ADDED ATTRACTION FIRST SIIOWIKO
Charlie Chaplin in "Tho Count"
Thurs., Frl., Sat, Blanche Sweet, Publlo Oplnlos
HOTEL WALTON
BEODXNINO SATURDAY, SEPT. 0
. TEA DANS ANT
DAILY FRCM 4 TO 0 P. M.
PIERROT ROOF GARDEN
Largest danoa space of any roof garden la
Philadelphia,
EUQEND O. MILLER, Manager,
FORREST
Little
Miss
Spring
Time
"MON., SEPT. 11
KLAW A ERLANOER'S
New Musical Comedy
By Emmerich ICalman
Book by Quy Bolton
Seats Tomorrow 0 A. M.
A r1o1-rT-T BARGAIN MATINEE
XlUciUllX TOMORROW, BEST SEATS. U
Evgs. Sat. Mat., COo to 11.50.
Tho Most 'Wonderful Play In America.
EXPERIENCE
DONT LET TICKET SPECULATORS
SWINDLE YOU GET YOUR OWN
SEATS WELL IN ADVANCE
HURRY LIMITED ENGAGEMENT
T VPTf1 MATINEE TODAY 3:18.
UX IMKJ TONIGHT AT B:1S
Tbo N. Y. Winter Garden Musical
uuravaganza Triurapn.
"A
"Robinson
"Jolson
Big
Winner"
Press
Crusoe, Jr."
At His
Best"
WITH
Al Jolson
Inquirer
"Full of hearty laughs and glrla." Ledger.
TT' l MARKET ABOVE 0TI!
VlCtOna BESSIE LOVE
WILFRED LUCAS la
"HELL-TO-PAY" AUSTIN
Added At- Charlie Chanlin m UiU,t
traction -"iugui, v"lJlUl,"rijE COUNT
THURS.. FRL. SAT. 'THE UPHEAVAL"
Nt. Wk Return of Dessauer Bros.' Orchestra,
THE
Market St. TIpIow 17th
Recent " A "" R tt
a-vv"'&VyXiu LAST TIMES
ROBERT WARWICK .,
'FRIDAY THE 13TH"
Thurs., Frl., Sat., Lionel Barrymore, "UpheaTsP
B. F. KEITH'S THEATER
SEASON'S OPENING A TRIUMPH
The MEISTERSINGERS
La Argentina! Dooley & Sales! "Forty Winks"!
Kerr & Berko; Kenner Hollls. Others.
Today at 3, 23c & 60c Tonight at 8, 33o to II.
Olnhp Theater "Yu-Sfna.
UiUUC VJLVDBYILLE Continuous.
10c 1 5c 35c 35o
11 A. M. to 11 V. M.
A PREPAIIEDNESS MUSICAL COMEDY
"WAKE UP, AMERICA"
J. HBLODIOUB BOUBARDUENT
WILLIS BROS, AND OTHERS
'GARRICK &&
TWICE DAILY
WEEK I SilSanasiia
Matinees, 35o 35o: Evgs., 35c. Boo & sw.
LYMAN H. HQWE'S Sfftu,
NEXT WEEK. SEATS TOMORROW.
"SPORT OF LAW"
X pramatla Thundstholt by Stuart Fox.
Arcadia
CHESTNUT Below 16TH
10 A. M. to 11H5P. M,
WM. S. HART
la "THE PATRIOT"
Added. Bllllo Burko la GlorIVs Homines No. IS
Tbura.. Frl., Bat. "Tha Thoroughbred'
BROAD-?l Mat, Today g
L1NA in tha Operetta "1
ABAUBANELL Sensation BELLA
Regular Matinee Saturday
Waln-iTf- Mat Tomorrow, 25c, 50c
W ctlllUU Ev. anj Bat. Mat.. 25o to 1.
Madame Spy
With Notable Cast and
HERBERT CLIFTON
CROSS KEYSJBert Leslie
MARKET Below OOTH
fitae "Town TonIca'
Matinee utur. f ;"
ALL, BtiAlO w
IKXUN IN LONDON
Knickerbocker EtySTffiS:
day. Saturday
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