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EVENING EDGBR-PfnLADELPIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1916
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fUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY
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Vle rreeMeati John
rreeaurrri ramp .8,
Blrectora,
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& jpsrlln. secretary, an TreeeurFr
1WI1-, JOR JBU TVIUMMnS, em
OrTOWAL BOARD!
-Craea X. X. Cesi, Chairman.
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Phliadeliihla.
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et.Iile Bulldlns
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8TJB6CRIPTI0N TERMS
Hy carrier, alx eemta per Treek. ny mall,
MrtMM outside of Philadelphia, except where
lM(tn postage I require), on month, twenty
trn eenie; oaa rnr, tbr dollars. All mall
awMvrlptlena payable In adtrancA .
,Norica Snbecrlbera wlahlnr addreea chanted.
canst (Ira old aa well aa new addrcsa.
BELL. M WALNUT
KEYSTONE, MAIN I9M
ty Xtimi all communication to Rrening
XeeTser, Xndcpeadeno fljwaro, rMladtlphla,
aBB it th rnrt.inn.rim roTornci x
scono-cuea urn. una.
THS AVERAGE NET PAID DAILY CIR-
CULATION OP TUB EVENING LEDGER
FOR AUQUST WAS 117.830
rhilidelpLI., Friday, September 29, Ult.
Mr. Wilson's friends were about
as badly whipped In the Massachusetts
Democratic primaries as In thoso In New
Jersey,
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Mr. Hughes Is raiding the Dem
ocratic trenches so vigorously that somo
oiio will begin to call him a "tank" It
he does not watch out.
Director Kruson's raid , on the
South Philadelphia piggeries might be
extended with profit to other South Phila
delphia Institutions that shall bo nameless.
Denial of the report that the Read
ing Is planning to electrify its suburban
lines must be regarded as diplomatic
only. The plans' hayo been made. They
are on flle, and when the tlmo Is oppor.
tune tho work of equipping the lines for
the operation of electric trains will begin.
Visiting hospital officials, and they will go
homo with a better understanding of
what can bo done than Ihey had when
they came hero.
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One cannot help wondering
whether Secretary Daniels would have
awarded a contract for cast shells foe.
target practice if the owners of some
Iron works in his home town had not
wanted a contract. It is admitted that
tho shells were experimental and that
they failed in use. But what is the use
At having a man from your town in the
Cabinet if he docs not exert himself to
help home trade?
TRANSIT
When I ' boenmo a member of the
board 1 was ltd to believe that there
was something called a 1114 agreement,
which was to form the basis on which
a plan could be worked out Now we
find that the 1914 agreement, no far as
we have been able to ascertain, con
slits of a plan formulated by Mr. Tay
lor! which I do not say Is all right but
which haa never been approved by the
rtapld Transit Company. Mr. Taylor,
on a train coming down from Harris
burg, had a conversation with Mr. Bal
lard, counsel for tho Hapld Transit
Company, in which this plan was dis
cussed, and, our best Information Is that
this Is the extent of tho liapld Transit
Company's having ratified that agree
ment 1)
The fact is that we have nothing 'to
begin on. The agreement does not ex
ist There Is no tentative agreement
and we propose to get tho best engi
neer we can find to tell us as an expert
what the Rapid Transit Company can
.fiord to do, and what tho city ought
tu expect W. 11. Hancock, as reported
In the Record of this morning.
T WOULD be worth Mr. Hancock's
while not to bcllevo all ho is told, but
to go back for himself and search tho
record. ,
Tho co-operative agreement of May,
1814, was accepted by tho P. It T.
through its proper and legal officers. Tho
only thing tentativo about it was final
acceptanco by the city and participation
by tho Union Traction Company. And
tho "ofllcers of the P. R. T. specifically
pledged themselves to do ovorythlng
within their power to persuade the
Union Traction Company to agree to tho
program.
Tho conferenco between Mr. Ballard
and Mr. Taylor on a train from Harris-,
burg took place in tho summer of 191C.
It was tho occasion when Mr. Taylor per
suaded Mr. Ballard to withdraw the, P.
It TVs flght against approval of tho
transit plan by tho Publlo Service Com
mission. At this tlmo also was sug
gested a modification of tho preferential
payment plan, as Incorporated later in
tho unpublished 1915 report of tho De
partment 'of Rapid Transit.
Wo tako the liberty of telling Mr. Han
cock that his "best information" is abso
lutely incorrect information.
The statement that "there is no ten
tative agreement" is simply untrue.
Somebody has been "stuffing" Mr. Hancock.
Tom Daly's Column
IN PhATBE OF BCRAPPLE
A RECIPE for Philadelphia. aerappU. In the
L Hi J., beclne, "Iioll head In five gallons o(
M
acrapple. b. I T.
Then you won't have fo eat tha
in i-nicaso -rnoune.
The Phillies have broken through
the outer defenses of the only club that
can stop them, and it is up to them to
turn the retreat into a rout It takes a
first-class fdeo get gilt-edged ball out of
the team, but that is true of all sports.
Tall-enders sometimes beat leaders be
cause poor playingts contagious. It is a
"paradox, but it is true, that it is often
easleffor champions to win a series from
their equals than from their inferiors.
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It would bo hard far a pro-Ally to
add to or a pro-German to detract from
the force of Mr. Lloyd Georgo's answer
to tho humanitarians. These folk, who
suggest that tho Allies let up on Ger
many, contlnuo their propaganda in
England as well as in neutral countries.
Some of them are sincere, somo of them
are Teutonic in their sympathies. The
War Minister tells them that from Ger
many thero came no word of pity for
slaughtered English and French youths
when they could fire only one shell to
the Germans ten, so why sympathy for
Germany now? 'Neutrals will have sym
pathy for all alike. There is certainly
as much suffering 'in France today as in
Germany. The humanitarian plea is one
for tho saving of lives now, but it holds
no suggestion for the saving of lives
later on, in a possible second war, unless
it contemplates a militaristic central
Europo to be perpetuated.
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Aside from any formal welcome of
the Pennsylvania National Guard when
it returns from the border, there will bo-
feo disposition to underrate its patriotism.
'(When the call ot the President came the
members responded' with enthusiasm.
They were willing to seoro the nation in
.whatever task might be set them. They
-responded, not to the summons of a Dem.
eorat to assist him in extricating him-
from an unfortunate predicament,
but to the, demand, of the Chief Executive
ml the nation, They went not as Dem
ocrats or as Republicans, but aa Amerl
anaV They must be welcomed home in
the same spirit in which they departed.
Patriotism rises above partisanship. If
the plana for a publlo welcome are put
through, this great Republican Common
wealth will demonstrate that its
yatrioUsm la so broad aa to make party
'lMa en such an occasion seem of lesa
than little consequence.
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The avgesUoR made by one of the
speakers at the eeavention of the Amerl-
aa Hospital Association is not new irt
this city, ft was made last winter by
a local physlelaa. Ke has perfected
4P elaborate pUa, which he hopes may
a kjow M tha PhUa4epMa system, for
'wklJstatatit reeae by the hospitals of
Jm ssmwUy tet a demand far help from
"Tn War Department, He weuld have
large hospital equipped with an am-
kept in readlaeM tor use by the
jastovertuaeat atoag with its attendant
jtjrtvar. paysieaaws mm nurse. He weuld
have a ataMty, af perishable drugs
ajr4 ssmialinHntii kept on hand ready to
Qevirnsynt R4 the be
at Use, war. In addKien, there
1HE only advlco outside experts can
give tho Mayor in relation to transit
is concerning the operating agreement
Further, aa the Mayor declares that ho
is determined "to have tho Taylor plan
.followed out and to have it followed out
in its entirety," tho only advice that ex
perts can possibly, givo relates more spe
cifically to the preferential payments de
sired by tho Philadelphia Rapid Transit
Company. .
There are two sorts of preferential
payments which tho city can in fairness
make:
1. If tho payment is based on the net
revenue of tho P. R. T. in the year
I speed lines, It must contemplate com
pensation only for such loss' as may bo
occasioned by actual diversion of traffic,
and only then provided a standard form
of bookkeeping, supervised by tho city,
is in vogue.
2. If the preferential payment is
based on tho present investment in
transit properties, it must contemplate
guarantees of Interest only on the ac
tual cash which has been invested since
1895,, when electricity came Into use
locally as motive power.
In no case should the city's liability
exceed $750,000 annually, and then only
with tho understanding that any pay
ment should be taken from tho earnings
of the new lines and not, from tho city
treasury.
Any preferential payment based on
other lines would bo subject Immediately
to suspicion. It would, in fact, be a
sacrifice of the public interest.
We look to the Mayor to see to it that
the co-operative agreement, with tho mod
iflcatlon suggested in the 1915 report of
the Department of City Transit, is sub
stantially adhered to. Any attempt to
foist on tho city a less advantageous op
erating agreement will be exposed and
fought by this newspaper.
Out upon vour ottt$ ironic
You teho've never fcnotcn 7ie tonio
Toothtomcncsi of tavorv scrapple
Dare to judge Itt Well, J never;
When no wiomcI of it ever
Greased vour gracclet Adam' a apple.
You, who valniv tMnk to bull us
That vour middle name's Lucullus,
Hark vou to our Bono of Scrapple:
When the northwest clnd Is clouting.
Sharp enough for frost or snowing,
And the days of muggy iocather
Have departed altogether,
All our husbandmen are getting
liutchcr knives' laid out for whetting.
And some morning with Vie dawn
Comes the porcine slaughter on.
Let's not morbidly be dealing
With the scuffling and tho squealing,
But, the gruesome parts deleting,
Oct us to tha Joys of eating.
Well, then, tchen hog-ktlllng's through
This is what the housewives do:
Clean a pig's head, nicely, neatly,
Boll till meat leaves bones completely.
When it's cold remove all greases,
Chop meat into little pieces;
1'ut the liquor and the meat
Back again upon tho heat,
Slowly stirring cornmeal in
Till it is no longer t7iln.
Pepper, salt and sago they bring
For its proper seasoning.
When the mess Is thick and hot
It is lifted from the pot.
Poured then into pans to mold
And so left until it's cold.
So ends' Chaper I.
The sequel
Is o breakfast without eqitall
Cornel it is a nippy morning.
Frosty lace, the panes adorning,
Takes the sun from many angles
And the windows gloxo with spangles.
From the kitchen range are rising
Odors richly appetizing;
Paradise is in tho skillet,
For the scrapple slices fill it,
And each flour-encrusted piece
Smiling in-its fragrant grease
Takes a coat of golden tan
From the ardor of the pan.
Crisp and 6roun the outer crust, ohl
Food to rouse the gourmand's gusto
From your platter gives you greeting;
Truly this is royal eating!
Out upon your gibes ironic!
You who've never known the tonlo
Tootlisomcncss of savory scrapple,
Dare to judge itt Well, I never!
May no morsel of it crcr
Qrease vour graceless Adam's apple!
"ALL RIGHT, SO PAR!"
BEWARE THE BUNKIIOUNDl
Serving tho City Beautiful Ho Bites
All Unlovely Things
All day yesterday wo wondered what
ailed our Bunkhound. Ho couldn't be
driven away from those torn-up paving
bloclw around Tenth
and larket streets.
At first wo thought
there was something
' under them that ho
was after, but sud
denly he mado a bolt
for tho office of the
chief of the High
way Bureau, barking fiercely. Sooner or
later he'll surely find tho person respon
sible for all this then look out!
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Sbssna io
v.Awn 7'1 ! i tu nm rw w mirs v it- . .
Wh6t Do You 'Knn,7
Qurrlf at pentrol inttrttt tettl U aLi'l
In this eclamn. Ttn cweeMonf. in, aJi-HT!? A
wMeh averv teatMnormect txrtea eSeauTl d
are astted tallv, "" j
QUIZ
1. Abent what la tha per eejtlbt -.
That la "Mtnt"f Haw It th, ra,j .
"':"'" mmnt b" r
4. Who wae Farrarol?
5. What It meant br a "belt Une"t
0. What la meant br, "Jair-rltil't
What l apeele?
How manr Pletorr" Per aeeena art lb
on Uie motlon-plclnra lereen?
Where do wo set the word "Thsaet"t
When Penan doe not retoend u .1.
io rpiuiciiiiB mm art ii.-c..."""
K'.r, sMir. '.?.!&". E.W
wiivu,.. v..w. fr W ifllll Him 0
Answers to Yesterday's Qui
1. John I.lmli former florernor of mi ....
nnd former Uanareeamani was ----in!
iwrfianal reoresenlntlrA r M-. VKi-""8a
Metleo Animt 3, 1915, to report mU1
dltlone there.
"Upward, of 100" mean
in J.nnenu ami. li
l.inneeat tna ares or
in
tna more parte af Ma v
than J00 In AaJLfi:
th. flax pl.,fwh-i
4. Month In whleh there la emplerment .!
smtOTt number ot workers la rreiieK'
K. Ioienlln' rreateet Optra i "I PatllaMX
6. Hoot hern Oenerai who woe offered eimmSj
of Jl'rderal army before Cltll War tartefi
,. Il.icirviii . ."..(- .lull rvU Willi a ftftlA
near the point alantlnr baekward tSJ
the weapon will rated In a whale't UT S. '
an important river of norn: '
8. Ganreei
am
phyalrlana tn f-..,lj.l- .
10. Dlatnnee between Philadelphia and AUitMa
1.1171 noout mixtr miiee.
mil) i iff "'.t-'
Mi xi
THE VANISHING OF RICHARDV ASHHURST
Strange Tale of the Visit of the Philadelphia Postmaster to At
lantic City in 1911 and His Mysterious Disappearance
After Entering the Great Pier ,
By JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS
W J 1
A'TER DE PARTY
Itobtns fought dey had us stopped;
Alec got dclr nanny.
Two pair runs wuz all dey copped;
Ourn wuz twtcet ez manny.
JUDGING by the talk of some people
wo know, though, of course, we've never
seen them at their frequent ablutions,
any of these npartmenta ndvertised In a
local morning paper should set them
frantic with Joy: .
APARTMENTS FOR RENT.
IOCATION. a I
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Klttenhouae, 22d and Cheat- I
nut 1 to S 1 to S
The Ramond. 12th and Spruce.. 1 to 8 1
Royal, Broad and Olrard ave.. 1 to 4 1 to 2
Oladaione, 11th and Pine I 1 to 6 I 1 to 8
toMaj roeri fare ot um and
yWeherbearera. tralaaa with the under-
Wfmnt and iMfraeaTiant that they weutd
K. Hm frattt wtM the call eaasa,
K,Jmm atores jM attaftdaata would be
LSafaMacdent to eauip a Ant tee U OaU haev
wttb the leaM pieiftli eValay. Tfee
i ready. All tUat fa Mtdad to cajrry
t thea'syqe'iica Uar the av
IV BaBewuue oaiuaanai ur vawmmm
ajabulanceaa and suppUea
tbetn -la condition and tbe
erf tha boapitfta. aad
CTCHmitHl m ttM OT).
WW?Z
WHERE nUGnES STOOD IN 1908
The passage of this bill was not pre
ceded by legislative Investigation or
suitable inquiry under the authority of
the State. Nor Is the fixing of this rate
predicated on reports or statistics of
ficially coltatod which would permit a
fair conclusion as to tne justice or its
operation with reference to the rail
roads within Its purview. from Gov.
emor Hughes's memorandum vetoing
the two-cent fare bill in 1908.
THE rule which Mr. Hughes laid down
in this memorable vetoes the rule
which he is now insisting should have
been followed by Congress in the matter
ot (he trainmen's Increase of wages. He,
refused to be a party to any legislative
action which was not based fin adequate
knowledge pf the conditions to be
changed.
His present objections to the manner
at the passage of the wage-Increase law
are n?t trumped up for political effect
in this campaign. They are based on
long-standing conviction. When he ap
plied them in practleo be was denounced
by demagogues from one end of the
country to the other, beginning with Mr,
Bryan and ending with the trailing cross
roads wbipper-aaappers who echo the
mouthing of the bigger men. Yet the
denunciations did not disturb him In the
Jeaat. He made mattara worso, from the
point at view ef the shifty polltklans,
lay defending hi as area en the atuoap
aad dactartatr taat ha dW aot batteve ia
jreataolaf the saraangs af raHreada wi
tit kaaWtasj wfcat ha wea aaout.
It waa team aort at ooMra that taade
tin naite) admire Q rover Cleveland. Mr,
p asr the Kepubuoan anrtldet
The Philadelphia Rhyme
Glory be! tho date set for the close of
this contest (with loud pedal on tho first
syllable) draws on apace. Midnight ot
Wednesday, October 4, is the switching
hour. In the meantime wo can't stop
these things:
A wllUnc bard,
I've tried quits hard.
And ae a laat reaource
I've found that "will"
Quito rhymes with "1'hll,"
And not ao bad
"Lad" rhymea with "ad"i
Two proper rhymea, of courae.
If you will add
To this "Will-lad"
Then you can "till add "elphla"
And, triple crlmel
You have a rhyme
For that word Philadelphia,
c. c. a.
"It ta expected that pereona vlaltln thla
beach will not aaaume attltudee on the aand that
would not bo allowed In their own homes or
elaewhere. Thle applies to both saxes. If the
visitors are not willing- to conform to this rule,
th. llmph Janitor mult elect themt"
Blxn on Ilradley Deacb, Ocean drove.
And eject due east, please.
Newsy But Not Newg
Chester. Pa. Miss Annie Coyne and
Dr. Harry Upp, both of this city, were mar
ried here this morning by tha Rev. Dr.
Rumpf, D. D. Doctor Upp became ac
quainted with Miss Coyne several years
ago, when he operated on her for appendi
citis. Some ot the jealous neighbors have
been saying: "Hub I What did he ever see
In her!" JAC.
WANTED Second hand baker on bread and
rakes.Illfer's Bflwrr. fllxtb and M.dl.on
streots, Wilmington livery ISvenlnr,
Meaning, thinks Cuulneld, one who had
a Job once before.
AND one of our morning contemps, in
its story ot Lillian Russell's part in a
charitable affair, running this headline:
Stags Favorite Lauds Work of Institu
tion in Speech at En
tertainment, recalls Oliver Herford's query: "Why do
people marry IJUIan Russell?"
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Prithee! Prltbeel Listen, prayl
tUra'a a 1Mb I lefrMd today t
If your lea cream's full of h
Tn you'll aofiy,
ire aa jeajck aaaf
Oa a rknay etWe
kaBMiUSr-
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aOQaf CI.aWK A vveeif atan. batwaaa M aad
wwaaSKVlTVT
no rtet aw . . 41 a
piCHARD L. ASHHURST, a scion of
v one of Philadelphia's most prominent
families, was born in Naples, Italy, in
1838, whllo his wealthy parents were
temporarily sojourning there. After being
graduated at the University of Pennsyl
vania In 1856, lie studied law and was
admitted to tho bar beforo tho outbreak
of tho Civil War, through which he
fought for tho Union cause. Ho was
wounded at Gettysburg, and as a re
ward" for bravery at Chancellorsvlllo was
brovetted major. He was one of the
Cjuaker City's intellectual giants, was
vice dean of tho cxcluslvo Shakespeare
Society, vlco chancellor of tho Law
Association and was prominent In many
learned societies and patriotic orders.
When he was long past middle life he
was appointed postmaster ,of Philadel
phia by President Roosevelt, '
, On January 30, 1911, Mr. Ashhurst,
then seventy-two years old, suddenly
decided to make a trip to At'antlc City.
Accompanied by' his sou John, he
registered at tho Marlborough.Blenhelm
hotel. That same evening at 6:45 he
telegraphed to his wife in Philadelphia:
"Camo Atlantlo City unexpectedly, Quito
well. Will explain by letter. Home
early tomorrow."
An hour and a quarter later he wired'
to the assistant postmaster at Philadel
phia: (
"Ran down to Atlantic City. Back in
office Wednesday." About 8:45 Mr.
Ashhurst loft tils hotel by a side door and
entered a Boardwalk rolling chair in
charge of a negro.
"Take me to the Million-dollar Pier,"
he Instructed tho chalrpusher, who de
livered him at the entrance to that struc
ture about 9 o'clock. According to the
negro's testimony, Mr. Ashhurst whllo rid
ing to the pier was in a very happy mood.
In fact, ho cracked Jokes with' the col
ored man. whom he Instructed not to
wait. Being somewhat lame, lie entered
the pier loanlng.upon his cane.
According to the police description
given out at the time, Mr. Ashhurst
weighed 1E0 pounds, was E feet 8 Inches
tall, wore a black overcoat and black
derby hat, was smooth shaven, with the
exception ot a closely trimmed mustache,
and had a ruddy complexion. Nothing
was ever seen of htm after he entered
the pier, and the only trace of him that
was ever found thereafter was his cane
lying at one side ot the structure. It
was picked up five days after tho distin
guished Philadelphlan disappeared.
Around midnight, when Mr. Ashhurst
failed to return to his hotel, his son be
came alarmed and called the chief of
police out, of bed with the request that a
search bo instituted. The search, was
thorpugh and undertaken on a tremen
dous scale. Every hotel, boarding house
and hospital upon the island was ran
sacked for traces pf the postmaster. The
Ashhurst family, being of a class that
dreads notoriety, Insisted upon absolute
secrecy, and the police respected their
wishes for four days, during which time
the outer world waa in absolute Igno
rance as, to what had occurred. Garage
men and railroad employee were positive
that tfear Itad aeen no ana answering the
mleelmc man'a deserlptioei leave the elty,
AM kinds afoaatrary statement were
atrewVaied. Mr. Ashhurst waa variously
reported to be ta very feeble health and
in perfectly normal physical condition
er a ma of his Me; to.be worried over
septus 4 caattttlotsi ta tar ptaftcaaoe an teams-
'. 1 fssaWsPSal WW WHftV 'M We'
A LETTER THAT NEVER CAME
to bo despondent and to be in an un
usually merry mood. Tho fact that he
had telegraphed his family that he would
shortly return homo indicated that ho
did not contemplato suicide, as did the
fact that he continually Joked with the
chalrpusher on his way to tho pier. Had
ho fallen overboard from the pier his
corpse would have almost certainly
washed ashoro upon some of tho Jersey
beaches. Yet tho finding of his cane
seemed to indtcato that 'ho did not leave
the pier voluntarily, as his lameness
would havo rendered it difficult for him
to walk unassisted.
Detectives and boatmen, wlthgsrappllng
irons and long poles,, for days dragged tho
ocean under and around tho pier from
which tho postmaster so mysteriously
vanished, but their efforts were futile.
Police of Philadelphia and other cities,
as well as tho Federal postofflce in
spectors, Government life-saving corps
along tho mlddlo Atlantic coast and Fed
eral Secret Service agents, Joined in tho
search, but to no avail. One of the Se
cret Service men detailed upon the case
was quoted as saying that be believed
Mr. Ashhurst not to have been drowned,
but to have gone nway "for reasons of
his own." Detectives, who immediately
after tho disappearance had scoured
every nook and cranny of the pier for evi
dence, wero Inclined to look with some
suspicion upon the fact that the van
ished man's cano was located upon the
structure flvo days after their search had
commenced,
Mombers of tho Ashhurst family declined
to make any statement that would tend
to throw light upon their own theories
until seventeen days after the disappear
ance, when they merely inserted in the
Philadelphia papers a notlcothat Mr.
Ashhurst had died at Atlantlo City on
January 30, the day of his disappearance.
(CopvriBht)
NO TIME SENSE
Mr. Hughes showed In his straightforward
and convincing way that Mr. Wilson is de
void of what might be called the time sense.
Mr. Hughe? pointed out that Mr, Wilson's
eight-hour law was not an elglrt-hour law
at all. But what perception of the lapse
of time can be expected ot a publlo officer
who has allowed his summons on the "strict
accountability" for the Lutltanla affair to
have expired long ago without renewal 7
Troy Times.
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THE STRAIGHT PATH
t mm. "Lt he walk In the field ;"
Ho said, "Nay. walk In the town,"
I said, "There are no flowers there ;"
He Bald, "No flowers, but a crown."
I said, "But the skies are black.
There is nothing but noise and din ;"
But he wept as ho sent me back,,
"Jhere Is more," he said, "there is slri."
I said. "But the air Is thlek.
And fogs are veiling tbe sun:"
He answered, "Vet souls are sick,1
And souls In tho dark undone."
I said, "I shall miss the light,
And friends will mlaa roe, they say,"
He anavrered, "Choose tonight,
.If I am to miss you or they."
I pleaded for time to be given:
He said. "Is it hard to decider
It will not seem hard in heaven
To haye followed the M4 of y&uy gulda"
I eeet oae Joek en the feU,
Then swt r ta Ike team. ,
Me aaW. "My efcUt, e ) yml
will ye leeveT i
Then Into hia hand weat salaa,
And into my heart cant he,
I vaebea ta a ugsa w.
MaZa
By lPreIess TjnctoHJer
SHADOW LAWN. Any Tlmo About Now,
ft Is generally believed here that a copy
of tho letter which former Senator Burton
la sending to distinguished collego men In
viting them to Join thevHughes National
College League, has been received by the
most famous college man among statesmen,
who Is now temporarily occupying a resi
dence In this neighborhood. Ills reply, of
which a copy has not been posted on the
bulletin board at his offices on the top floor
of tho bank building in Aibury Park, is sup
posed to run something like this:
My Dear Senator I appreciate the
honor Implied In tha receipt of your let
ter. It was one of the greatest pleatmres
ot my life to bo a college man. I am
still a teacher, performing his functions
In a larger classroom. I am now play
ing for tbe verdict ot mankind. I am
delighted to know that the man playing
the game with mo Is also a college
man. He Is one of the finest products
ot our higher educational system. I
have Just read his record as Governor
of New York, and It made mo singularly
envious, I wish that I had his courage
and his backbone. I have also read the
speeches which he has been making
this fall. They are admirable. If I
had trained him In the art of dissecting
fallacious reasoning they could not have
been better. I. should like to support
him openly, but you must know that my
sense of loyalty to a great political or
ganization makes that impossible. Vou
must know, however, that for tho last
four years I have been doing every
thing I could think of to make his elec
tion In November certain. I hope that
you will regard this 'contribution to the
cause as sufficient without pressing me
further.
Mirages
B. T. Undor the name of mlrago w dee.
Ignate those optical apparitions cauaed by a
peculiar state of the densities of "the atmos
pheric strata. In consoquence of those va
riations distant tobjects appear either de
formed, transported to a certain distance or
inverted nnd reflected.
ALT. TUB
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HOORAY!
"ROBINSON
CRUSOE, JR."
WITH
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AT THE LAST MATINKB
TOMOnilOW AFTERNOON
Tha Health Authorities Will Lift the Baa en
Children Attending Theaters Tomorrow Noon,
Just In Tlmo to (live the Younz Folks a Lait
Chance to Sea This Delightful Traveaty on tbe
Famous Book "Robinson Crueoa."
AT THE LYRIC THEATER
Sy LAST THREE PERFORMANCES T4
NEXT WEEK SEATS NOW '
An International1 Triumph
CLIFTON CRAWFORD ,
In the Great Mimical Plsy
"HER SOLDIER BOY"
With a Brilliant Cast c
JOHN CHARLES MARGARET
THOMAS and ROMAINE
A .Iv'U-J Special Matlneo Today
i.Qeipni TONIGHT AT 8:15
Mat. Tomorrow, SOo to,tl.5J
The Moet Wonderful Play In America1
EXPERIENCE
0 mos. In N.T.,7 mo. In Chicago, Bmoa.lnDoataa
LU LU SHRINERS' .
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MOTOR CARS MEET ALI READING
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