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LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY,
SEPTEMBER 30. 1910
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KEYSTONE. H UN MOO
slty In 1802 wo 270, or only about thirty
per cont of tho present enteritis class.
The West Philadelphia Institution had n
total enrollment or 2004 In the same year,
or about the number of new student who
have matriculated this week. Virtually
all of tho colleges In tho country havo
expanded In a slml'nr way. Tho reason
Is not far to seek. Tho colleges are
getting closor to Hfo and are no longer
content with mere culture. Utilitarianism
In education Is the rulo. It has produced
technlealjrnlnltig in tho arts and sciences
and It lias affectod the old cultural courses
to such an cxtont that the man who Is
graduated with tho degroo of bachelor
of arts Is better equipped for work than
his father was with the samo degree.
THE VOCATION WE ALL ARE
ENGAGED IN
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SBCOXD-CUIS UAlt, 1I1TTXS.
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THK AVSRAOB NET PAID DAILY CIrt-
CULATIOM OF TUB JSVCNINO LEDGER
FOR AUGUST WAS 117.S39
PbUadalpKIa, Sitardsr, Stpttmb.r iO, 191C.
Gofi grant liberty only to those
who lovm it, and art always eady to
, gourd and defend it.Webtter.
QoTernor sees end of Wilkes-Barre
strike. Headline.
Citizens of Wllkes-Barro are wish
big that their eyesight were as good.
Senator Martlno ariswered to 10S3
out of a total of 1199 rollcalls In the last
live years, but that dbes not necessarily
make him an influential Senator.
There Is plenty of room at the navy
yard for the Eitel Frledrlch, the Kron
prlnz Wllhelm and as many more Uer
Kan commerce destroyers as choose to
take refuge in American waters.
The Allies have made only feeble
advances on tho Salonlca front, says the
German Chancellor. It must bo, consol
ing, while running away, to realize how
feeble is the fury that pursues you.
The labor unions which are Being
Risked to order a sympathetic strike to
assist tho street car men in New York
apparently know that sympathy means
a fellow-suffering, and ore not inclined
to risk it
A man may have a constitutional
right to keep pigs, but he has no rights,
guaranteed by the Constitution or any
other document, to endanger the health
of his neighbors by keeping pigs or by
acting like them.
The revotver wielded by the slayer
apparently was purchased In New
Tork or this city, tho police believe.
News story of, the recent hotel Bhoot
Ing. Thus are we informed of the re
markable deductive powers of our detec
tives. The revolver was bought somewhere.
It Is understood that tho limit on
the weight of parcel post packages to
South and Central America Is to be
raised so that it can be easier for tho
Latin-Americans , to express their
weighty regards for Mr. Wilson's policy
of noninterference with th'o affairs of
"Mexico.
The point of Mr. Olney's criticism
f the Republican Senators seems to be
that when they saw how easily' tho Dem
ocratic majority could be bluffed Into
agreeing to surrender to the trainmen
they did not take the hint and bluff tho
Senate by a filibuster into Insisting on
arbitration of the dispute.
If the shortage of paper which is
compelling the abridgment of some Gov
ernment publications and the abandon
ment of others should convince Congress
. pf the uselessness of much public printing,-,
the economies forced by present con
ditions might be continued indefinitely to
the profit of all concerned.
The Lloyd George Interview,
printed exclusively Thursday In tnts
oity In tho Eveninq Ledger, created
a sensation when it was reprinted In
England. The Britons are delighted with
t their "War Secretary's declaration that
the flght la to be kept up until there is a
knsekout. They are also Impressed with
the enterprise of the United Press in
securing the historic statement. From.
the point of view of tho Allies, the most
significant Implication in the interview
Is that the united Powers have got them
eeS0 In shape to continue pushing the
Oxmans with the same vigor that has
characterised their fighting; all summer.
"pEACTION in the Vocational training
movement has set in, and the school
authorities are planning to do moro
effectively that for which tho freo publlo
schools were first established.
Whatever elso wo may bo engaged In,
wo are all cltlzenB. The failures of de
mocracy have como because wo havo not
learned tho trade of citizenship. They
will not be corrected by teaching boya
and girls how to bo carpenters and
milliners, printers and dressmakers, book,
keepers and stenographers. Such ac
tivities of tho educational institutions as
nro Intended primarily to Increase the
earning capacities of the coming genera
tion will affect only tho commercial side
of society. Of course, n man with n house
and a living wage has moro Interest in
tho protection of his property than a
man with no ntafco in society. But the
relation of trade ofllciency to good gov
ernment is only incidental. Sometimes
thero is no relation at all. The richest
men are, as a rule, tho most indifferent
to political corruption, ' to wasto of the
proceeds of tuxation and to general gov
ernmental 'lncniclcncy. They neglect to
register. They go into tho country on
election day. And they are Indifferent to
tho obligations of citizenship. There
fore tho men who believe that public
office is a nrivate snao are allowed to
havo their way. Their way Is to treat
government as an institution for the
profit of tho governors, which deserves
support only so far as it provides Job3
for tho workers. Carried to its logical
conclusion, this theory makes tho school
system useful only so far as it supplies
jobs for teachers.
t But we are to have something different
In Philadelphia if present plans carry.
Beginning this year, there Is to bo n
course In civics in tho public schooli.
That is, there is to be vocational training
in the trade we are all engaged in. Pub
lic education is a failure unless we be
come export in that trade. It was one
thought that it wa3 enough if we taught
tho young citizens In the democracy how
to read and write and qualified them to
equip themselves for understanding the
duties of self-government. Wo havo dis
covered that this is not enough. We must
teach them their civic duties. If we start
early enough we may bo able to train up
a generation of citizens which will not
tolerate Inefficiency In the City Hall. It
Is posslb'e to create such a sense of dis
gust with extravagance, such a feeling
of outrage at filthy streets, inadequate
water distribution, excessive street rail
road fares, exorbitant prices for gas and
electricity that no politician will daro
connive at these thlngg.
According to the new plan, the Instruc
tion is to begin in the first grades In the
public schools by systematic training in
obedience, cleanliness, orderliness, cour
tesy, helpfulness and kindness to animals,
the fundamental human as well as the
fundamental civic virtues. In the higher
grades tho children aro to bo taught what
to expect from the policeman, the street
cleaner, the garbage collector, the fire
man and the postman. Then, through de
scriptions of the institutions and indus
tries of the city, an attempt is to be made
to plant tho seeds of pride in tho city,
which Is expected to bear the fruit of in
telligent demand for better conditions in
the future. t)
It is a worthy attempt. Too much
must not bo expected of it at once, but
If we aro' patient we are bound to see
tho good results in a few years.
THE NEW U-BOAT THREAT
Tom Daly's Column
Tim viLLAai: rdsr
i
ll'ftcnet'pr il' it Baturdau an' all my tcorfc
U through
There' altcav other folks clout, an'
things to tcatch an' do,
An' lot of oi;or(uniti fo cc whatrtccs
ii new,
Hut Chestnut street on Sunday Is tho
hlu est of tho Hue I
lKai tack in '89 when I, a .Record office
clcrfc.
On every other Sunday was obliged to
go to work, ,
first became acquainted icllh tho lone-
tlncss that broods
Through every Babbath inornlnp in our
business neighborhoods.
I mind tho street on Saturdays uas full
of life an' light,
Prom morn to busy noon an' on from
busy noon to night,
Hut chcn upon the Babbath morn 1
looked upon the same.
An' trailed for the customers that very
seldom came,
I learned through lonely leaden hours
ichat always will be true
That Chestnut street on Sunday Is the
bluest of the bhte.
Today 11 each Haven calls mc as the guest
of Charlie llcck.
There nothing but goodfcllowshlp an' joy
tdll be on deck,
With Thompson, Samuels, Terry Hack,
Heck, Charlie Toivnc (the smarty),
Vrank Adams, Louts Pucrtes an' "Wild-
hack In the parly,
Dut"Bunday afternoon," says Beck,
"right after you've been fed you'll
llcturn to town :-J Mc l'ennsy Is
tlw schedule,"
So after all my week-end's fun I get this
disappointment.
The meanest fly of all that ever volplaned
in the ointment!
ror I will land back here in town in time
to learn anew
That Chestnut street on Sunday is the
bluest of the blue.
For wlicn It Is a Saturday an' all my
work ii through '
There's always other folks about, an'
tilings to watch and do,
An' lots of opportunity to see what news
is new.
But Chestnut street on Sunday is the
bluest of the blue.
The Philadelphia Ithyme
Thero are yet a fow hours to matricu
late. Here's the best wo have to offer
today:
THE ROOKING AOENT'S TASK
Th Play waa one of Talry Lore
With elvea and qurtna and Knlghta ealore.
The Company waa horrid poor.
The Hero nothlmr but n boor.
Tho Htar It aeemed waa ery aid:
The Manaeer waa rnlnc mad.
At length the Uootflnz Uent ho fired.
And e'en another lad re hired.
"Get me," he shrieked "a queen and elf
Or ou'll be last upon tho shelf!"
The ltooktns Agent sweetly smiled
And eently ananered. "Don't cet wild:
I cannot kill nn elf V u.
But I will bill a bollo V a."
THK ENIJ
Tou say. "This author's superhuman!'
so: 1 m Just a
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THETOICE OF THE PEOPLE
Bruce Hawkins Replies to His Critics and Regrets That the Ameri
can Revolution Ended a3 It Did The
Size of a Loaf of Bread
It is admitted in England that the
in the first part of the big drive
,mi the gomme were very heavy. Yor
Mvwal weeks the casualties averaged
HN dally, and It Is only recently that
taxgr have fallen e somewhat British
, wpMmlsrn and BrHWi ttonds get a new
haw oji life, as breiMrs and stay-at-homes
In rural gleefuHy advance the pins on
4Mr waraiapa to the points their bravo
ttors have fovvht to, but the coet is
fcfcfcifiil. Tfcrti are two balaKeiHt: fac-
itmtB Ntontli &t tb 'situaUra. Oer-
MBT. knowing she eannet win, will yet'
aawha thai AnUaa soar iiar fAr mutv Inol.
,,wi' -r -" - -"
lsmJmr ams, Mw wai wey win tas
, JH0t W w eVM term rather tiMR
pw wfaM loaf Uat re imt and pain-
m m) to aw Mm wouw yiw, om
,k tfcv hn4. tM mora uv AIUm Iwv
t lr la mom tM ww wfl vmr
tfoubteOly da) ma at la tax-ma of ptatoa.
TlaMa Woajd ia) In tka) aVtlaMM f aettVala
I (kiwi In fttvur erf the wt pr k.
(MM iiavs to l)tk back twenty car
yaavrs to aioovr thi ate-
of ttm of th autariM(
in tb eollafe thta y.r, n
iraHtslty of HritiM twuta oprn fth
kuaK of ii.uiu tlmi) two tliuU-
. And tlitii j (00 In the oUnirut
Lit tna ate Uaiveraity The ttl
Of tiBllU ta iW tU UUVa
IF THE "vacation" of the American Am
bassador to Germany is really a mis
sion from tho Kaiser to Mr. Wilson to
break the British blockade, that mission
must be considered a mere formality. It
would be, hard to see hpw the Administra
tion could retain one shred of self-respect
if it yielded to a German threat to re
sume its U-boat war on merchantmen
with metllods that jeopardize American
lives.
"Responsibility in such matters is sin
gle, not Joint; absolute, not relative,"
wrete Mr. Wilson as his last word on
tthe submarine question. This was in re
ply to the German suggestion that con
cessions to the United States as to U-boats
be balanced by concessions of Great
Britain to Germany and the United States
M to the British, blockade. "Our differ
ences with Oreat Britain cannot form a
Mrl)et f eXscueslOB with Germany,"
M4 "Mr. Lansing, The language of the
Imperial Ctaanllor is such as to suggest
tit He ta w interested in making the
jktttr "a subject of discussion" with
anybody. A lateUwnan wta) wouM advise
areauay wH to use th U-boat U Um
jlmlt aftas nr4 ssmwM W hann,
b has told tbs KstMtag.
Will Germany commit the final folly of
aiiaying tfc only neutral alrst-cteks
'or against hac jq her timt of uW.
iter bavtM aiufl U do m vtMn
aUM In! MWaW of wiunlHgT
WIIENEVUU v.o hear a story "from
Frank O'Malley that has never been
in print," we grow suspicious, because
Frank Isn't giving those things away.
However, we'll take a chance on this one:
Douglas Fairbanks wag passing through
Des Moines lately and he was met by a
Middle AVest climber. "Mr. Fait banks."
he said, "I am one of tho substantial mer
chants in this city, und I and my fam'ly
have been chommed by your work. I
have my otto here nnd I'd llko to take
you to our club. Moreover, I'd like to
Introduce you, notwithstanding your pro?
fesslon, to my mother."
(Space representor "pause for reply")
THAT one seems to havo got by, bo
wo may as well spring this other one:
Fall banks was at tho edgo of tho Mo
Jave Desert a few months ago with his
sparring partner, Tom Kennedy, a very
powerful middleweight pugl'.lst. Fair
banks, you know, is a remarkable athlete.
Fairbanks and Tom camo out of a shop
and the town Badman was sitting In a
buggy at tho sidewalk edge talking to a
cowboy. Douglas passed the head of the
horse, and the cowboy asked the Badman
who in 'ell them two mutts was. Tho
Badman said they wore Just two blank
blank movio actors monkeying around
here. Tom Kennedy went back to the
buggy, took the Badman by his collar
bones and slammed him upright on the
sidewalk, lifting him over the wheel. Tom
looked at him. Then he said to Douglas:
"We didn't do that right and proper let's
rehearse It again." He picked the Bad
man up by the collarbones again and
flung him over te wheel into the buggy.
Tom and Douglas went into tho shack,
came out again, talking imaginary movie
stuff. Then Douglas reached up, used
the collarbones, and stood tho Badman
on the sidewalk. Tom said, "You didn't
do that right." Douglas used the col'ar-
bones again and hurled the fellow back
over the buggy. Tom commented: "Helll
That's wrong again. Try it once more."
They went back into tho shack and came
out with business of conversation. The
Badman was making tracks toward the
setting sun in a cloud of alkali dust
In the sleeping quarters of Beechwood
Inn appears the following sign:
"Wet bathing suits in the rooms must
not be abused." Do you imagine a per
son could bo so brutal? Do you suppose
people ever belt them? DOC.
HAWKINS REPLIES TO HIS CRITICS
To tho Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Permit me to protest most earnestly
ngalnst the erroneous allegations of one
James Smith In your edition of September
27. This correspondent displays an Igno
rance of the true fltnesa of things which is
at onco invincible and astounding. He
grieves that England desires Ireland to
supply armies for Britain's wars, entirely
oerlooklng tho palpable fact that It is due
to British mercy and justice that there Is
an Ireland existent at all, and that conse
quently it IS only ordinary gratitude for the
Irish to raise soldiers to tight Britannia's
battles. Where would Ireland be today were
It not for tho self-restraint nnd humanity of
Great Britain, the champion of the smaller
nationalities? Was It not the British sol
diery which saved Ireland from the treach
ery of the rebels last spring? Was it not
the paternal Kitchener who saved Egypt
from the barbarous Egyptians? Is not the
present-day England struggling to protect
the Germans from the attacks of the ac
cursed and Imbecile Hohenzollerns? Answer
there, Mr. Smith, If you can.
And as for your assertion that Irisn
"children of twelve, with not enough rags to
cover them, work In the choking ntmos
nhoro of the mills from 6 a. m. until 9 p. m..
with nothing to eat but dry white bread and
tea, for twenty-five cents a day," I Inquire,
"Is It not intelligible to every loyalist that
the Irish deserve nothing better from the
empire which has given its heart's blood to
nurture Ireland, only to meet with treason,
murder and rapine? Why can not Ireland
realize that Great Britain has all the affec
tion for her that a lolng mother possesses
for a disobedient and rebellious child? Even
the execution without trial of the rebel lead
ers was justified as a warning lesson to the
nations of tho earth that Britain will tol
erate no interference in tho administration
of her own policies, and I feel absolutely
certain that my American cousins will em
phatically agree that It would have been
for the best Interests of both England and
America had the leaders of 1778 been exe
cuted as were tho Irish "patriots," as they
are termed In the States.
With regard to the position of America at
the signing of tho treaty of peace, it Is yet
to bo seen it Great Britain will allow
America to havo other than a silent and
acquiescing representative at the repartition
of the Central Empires. There Is only one
nation powerful enough to solve the Inter
national question. Let Ireland and the
States be politely, it forcibly, rendered cog
nizant of the fact that though empires and
republics may rise and fall, Ireland will
eternally cower under the lash of the British
whip r BnUCE HAWKINS.
Philadelphia, September 29,
IRELAND'S EIGHT-HOUR DAY
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir I notice that Mr Smith has replied
tn your columns to some remarks of mine
anent Ireland. A few remarks about the
slums and child labor in Belfast do not dis
miss the question of the .prosperity of
Ulster, by a long way. The ever-Increasing
population and the deposits In the savings
banks are the facts to go upon. Ills re
mark about the shipyards prererrtng
"King's men," i e., Protestants, has some
truth, although I have myself for two years
executed contracts with South of Ireland
What Do You Know?
foremen and have employed Catholics there I
this In Belfast shipyards.
In addition to Its shipyards, Belfast has
the largest ropeworks In the British Isles,
an enormous tobacco factory, famous
mineral water works, with a world-wide
reputation ; many machine works and other
flourishing Industries, tbe like of which do
not exist In other parts of the distressful
country. It Is absurd to say that England
compels Ireland to be agricultural. There
Is no limitation whatsoever placed on In
dustry in the Catholic provinces. The turbu
lence and Insecurity thero prevent the In
flux of outside capital, that is all. Ireland
Is not a "belligerent" In the same sense ns
Great Britali., as the compulsion act does
not apply there, and Mr. Smith knows Oils.
At tho same time I take off my hat to the
gallant Irishmen who have volunteered and
fought with matchless bravery and splendid
courage. ,
Leaving out politics, nobody can deny the
courtesy, chivalry and gallantry which dis
tinguish Irishmen and gain them friends
everywhere. I may say that I believe In
home rule, as Ireland has a perfect right
to settlo her own internal affairs herself.
By this I mean home rule such as ech of
the Statos enjoys. Scotland and Wales
ought to have It, too.
There is one assertion of Mr. Smith's to
which I take Exception, viz., that the United
States will have a representative at the
peace conference. At that table no neu
trals will have any seat It is a, curious
state of mind which could evolve Buch a de
mand. The United States has by no means
played the glorious part in Armageddon,
and has confined her efforts mainly to keep
out of it and make money by munitions.
This Is, of course, her own right. I, for
one, do not cavil at it. Let us Imagine that
Germany won and some years thereafter
came across the Atlantic and smashed the
United States fleet and landed half a million
well-equipped men in New Jersey and Oreat
Britain remained neutral and supplied muni
tions to Germany. What would the feelings
of the United States be against Great
Brltaln7 Curious question, isn't It?
ALiSTAiii Mcdonald.
Philadelphia, September 29,
Queries of ocnrral tn If rest tell! be antwered
in this column. Ten Questions, the answers fo
which even icell-tnornicd person should Anotu.
ore asked daily. mmm
QUIZ
1. What la a canzllon?
2. Tlie word "nice" Is used to describe welsh
ing scalea. lnstrumenta, etc. Wbat does
It menu when tliim uaedT
S. What 1m a posthumous child?
4. How Is tho bread culled "rusk" made?
5. What la o' tcte-aete and how U the ex-
presulon formed?
0. What Is a "Unionist" In ISrltlsU politics?
7. Ia a blweeklr publication published twice
a ueek or onre every tuo weeks?
8. What is meant br the "Illch License Ijiw"
In riilindelphla and wlir I it so calledr
O. What Is meant bz. the phranet "The balance
of trude is in our tatr"t
10. What Is a hacienda?
Dear Tom This Is the season when the
Recording Angel s busy marking It down;
"It's a very good-looking hat on you, sir,"
WKAllV,
IN ANSON COUNTY, North Carolina,
the late Judge 'Jtlsden Tyler Bennett
was the Individual generally looked to
to write obltuarlep for all who died,
In his tribute to Sam Fort the following
occurred: " and he stumbled upon
death In that hour of the night when
men aro not courageous, he was a mom.
ber of the Baptist Church, his heart
knew its bitterness." ANON.
s
gfDEN in the I, C, 0. win4oy, X1U
and Chestmrt streets:
Crayon sketches of Lincoln, Lord Rob
erts and otbr olbrUi, Underneath a
not Wtiny tM "wusm ana srtrtriBj t
U (MM ItMMs CMMstM aMWaatlt
apifUuauoa.
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Per capita annual consumption of wheat in
the United Htateal about six bushels. One
hundred pounds ot cood wheat produce
ubout seienty-slx pounds of Hour.
2. SLIIng: pronounced "skeclnc" or "sbeelnc")
the urte of skis or wooden runners about
elffht feet lone and four Inches broad fast
ened to the feet.
3. Difference betneen art and craft! they are
often one und the same thins; but the
craft Is n skilled workmanship performed
manually, whereas tbe art Include work
that is not manual.
4. Farrnzut! most famous of American naval
olTlrers, Fousht In L'itil War for the
Union.
C. "Belt line"! part of a transportation system
which connects points seml-clrcularly or
rtrrnlarly located with the main artery of
traffic.
6. Jury-rlcelnxi temporary rlxctni; a corrup
tion of tho Trench word "Jour," meaning
"day."
7. Specie! coin, as opposed to paper money.
8. Number of pictures per second thrown on
motion-picture screen! sixteen,
0. Thiirsdayi "Thor's day" Thor, Scandi
navian sod of war.
10. Artificial respiration! should be continued
ut leust an hour, but apparently drowned
persons have been revived after scleral
hours' work.
FANFARES SOUNDED
IN MUSICAL CAMPS
Tho Battle of tho Bassoons Will
Soon Begin in This City.
Soloists Engaged
As in other years, Philadelphia la rto,
o be cpllt Into two rival camp, of ortW,
tral and operatlo muslo And, aa In fctti.e
years, tho former faction will have a Miid.
the better of It In priority. One doe"'.
need singers, costumts'and scenery forn
certs, and that Is why the orchestral armr
can -enter the field with just aa man, uZ
fares and flourishes and before Its rini
The only panoply it needs Is the panoBlrof
melodious sound. " T ol
Aside from tho brief visit of the N.w
York rhllharmonlo to tho Academy uL
Y.tmtr.J3' whlch ls rath- a went to
Itself, there will be plenty of good orcU
tral muslo hereabouts before the operatic
lnaslon. with the Boston and New York
Metropolitan companies In the field. An.
nouncement of the first program of th
Philadelphia Orchestra Just made. If i
a fair forecast of what Is to follow will
meet with the approval which always greets
fine art, Ingeniously Interarranged. -with
no soloist, Mr. Stokowskl will play Beetho
ven's "Corlolanus" overture, nmhm... ...
aging Third Symphony, Begcr's "Variations
and Fugue on n Merry Theme of inner
Opus 100" and Sibellua's 'FlnnlanAI n-.I
Is no caviare for the general, or th nri.,.
either, but a happy blending ot nineteenth ""'
century classicism with older ami .......
music. Wo can spare Dukas, Scrtabine
nnit IhA nil.. i- HI.mImIa s. .ti.... . v
. . .n,,to v. uioeunance lor
a while If Mr. Stokowskl is going to treat
us to a renascence of Beethoven and
Brahms. But we hopo Bruckner ana nU
dull brothers are not going to come In
unjler the mantles of the two bigger B'a
Tho frst concert will be at the Academy
Friday afternoon, October 13, followed by
that of Saturday night, October It,
Singers for Bach Passion
The zealous conductor also Is busy with
plans for the performances ot the Bach
Passion muslo later In the season. Early
next week In Now York he wl rehears
the artists taking part. Their personnel
Includes Florence Illnckle, soprano; Mar
garet Keyes, contralto; Morgan Kingston,
tenor; Relnald Werrenrath, baritone, and
Herbert Wltherspoon, basso.
Walter Damrosch may bo relied on to
give this city some Interesting concerts,
this winter. They will bo three In number,
on December 4, January 8 and February 5,
at the Academy. Mr. Damrosch, whatever
one may think of him at the conductor's
stand, Is Invariably bright and original In
his selectlveness. Whoever heard him play
"Perambulator Suite" and his own "Iphl
genla In Aulls" last season will admit that,
and now he promises other first-time pieces.
He has also engaged the excellent Swedish
contralto, Julia Claussen, once a figure tn
local operatic annals. She will sing at an
ell-Wagner concert, a pleasant anticipation
for those who heard her robust Ortrud
at the Metropolitan.
Two pianists of great attainments, Josef '
liofmann and Harold Bauer, are the other I
soloists for the Damrosch season.
The Case of Mmc. Dcstinn '
Fate has done Impresarios In, as Ellia
Dooltttlo said, before this. But seldom
has the dolng-ln process been quite so
vlrVflajVi la the case of IVnmy Destlan.
She t?5 to have been one of the sololiis,
with the Boston Symphony here, and now
across the cables comes the news that tha
singer has been detained and will be de
tained by German military authorities
abroad. So she will hardly come to town ,
with Doctor Muck's musicians, more'a the
pity. However, with Osslp Gabrllowltsch,
Carl Frledberg. n "new" pianist! Krelsler
and Susan Sillier, a mezzo, they may be
expected to make out fairly well. Of the
last named the wrltpr knows little. Ber
engagement by Doctor Muck It nn earnest
of her worth, In all likelihood.
Chamber music. It seems Is not diminish
ing In favor. The Knelsel Quartet In two
concerts In Wltherspoon Hall on Thursday
eenlngs, January 4 and February 1 will
prove that contention, pro or con. The
University (Extension Society's department
of music Is the patron of both concerts.
Paderewskl's recital In the Academy of
Music. Saturday afternoon October 21, ls
calculated to give more than a fillip to the
autumnal season. The Polish pianist has
been getting back to nature tn California,
and Is so confident of his regained strength
that he will give about sixty concerts In
this country during, the winter. He l now,
on tour on the Pacific coast. ""
The enterprising Philadelphia Musical
Bureau comes forward (In the person of
Its Ingratiating press man) to say that
"Philadelphia's first recital of the season
will be a concert by Paul Meyer, violinist.
and Mary .Barrett, soprano. In Wltherspoon wf
nan, Thursday evening, octoner ur jur.
Meyer has been heard in recital here be
fore, and was at one time concertmaater.
of tho Chicago. Symphony Orchestra. One ,
of his first pupils In this city was Sascha
Jacoblnoff, the young violinist who will
play here with the Philharmonic. Miss
Barrett Is well established locally, - The t.
Bureau, too, promises no elites. Let us
hope they will Be- as piquant as Mr. Dam
rosch's usually are. B- B,
i
THE SMALLER LOAF
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir After sitting at the dinner table
last evening and listening to my wife re
garding the decreasing size of the five-cent
loaf of bread It was real amusing to find
your article on bread, the main point be
ing "the crises die down and the net result
is that bread' stays at five cents." You
are right as far as you go, but you had bet
ter write nothing than to write a mtsleaa
ing article as this one. We use "Butter
Krust" bread and the loaf Is smaller and
smaller. We two u.se seven loaves per week,
where three or four were all we useu two
years ago. The loaf has decreased not only
a fifth in site but one-third or near to It.
You can verify what I say by any house
wife, and this matter Is respectfully re
ferred to the-clty onlolal who. within the
month has stated in the papers that upon
any raise in price he would insist on bread
being sold by weight That is the only rea
sonable way to sell bread and why not In
slBt oh it nowt C. A, S.
Philadelphia, September It.
Czernov'lr
S. M. ., (l) The pronunciation of
Czernovltr can hardly be accurately repre
sented with Kngllsh letters, and any at
tempted approximation will meet with some
objection. However, the pronunciation
"Chalr-no-vlts" Is said to be reasonably
near the truth. (2) The town has changed
Ave times since the war began. (3) It is
true that many persons in Czernovltx can
speak English. At the university there), In
1913, it is said that one-half the students
knew English.
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
If the railway employes fancy that the
President defied Morgan they will learn
otherwise when the scheme foisted upon
Congress by Mr. Wilson breaks down and
the brotherhoods And It necessary to wsge
tbelr fight again from, the beginning. St,
Joseph Gazette. ;
Thete ia not as yet one scintilla of evi
dence that Mr, Wilson la going to get what
he simply must have jf he Is going to win.
The odds are all against him. Ilia neceaal
ties are too great and there is no apparent
prospect that they will be satleAed, Lowell
Courr-Citlzf)-
Any notion that there Is apatky on the
part of the people with regard U the na.
tteal campaign has bw Usla4 by tb4r
outpour! everywhere that CtwlM M.
Hughes has spoken on bis trip through
Illinois, Wisconsin an4 ItMUan. And Mr,
Hughe is proving to be a strong cam,
natgnsr la Us beat mass InaManapotU
Tl deplorable trass Mra1 wt bsflpM
Um stm at Us mtlm Ml $A worn satis
In the railroad crisis we believe will not be
misunderstood by tha American people. Its
show of humane purpose will not deceive
publlo common sense. Its threat against
our Industrial and social peace and our
political integrity, its deflsnee of orderly
justice and Indorsement of force will pro
foundly offend the eenseienee of the people.
Chicago Tribune,
THE MAN BEHIND
We have heard the ringing praises
Of the man behlad the gu I
How he's made our nation mighty
With an aim A Na. 1,
Ws have beard in song ana story
AH the Mattery that
Wife tbe M of Hgktisi bloat
Vttt tsvurs is anathtc few
Though h has a Job at oiHnblsg
Xvy upward toward Us sky;
Both Km other two ws'vs mtatlaaisl
Us has boats hy a r4 1
IB the building of the aattoh
-It's tha suu behind Mm ho4
tltlWlHS MM
The Lunar Path
A. O The moon travels around the earth
In a path which is vary nearly, but not
quite, a circle. It moves once around the
earth In about twenty-seven and a third
days. As the moon goes around the earth
It keeps the same side toward us. Ws have
never seen, and never can see, more than
the same one-halt of the moon's surface, or
just a trifle more than half. The reason Is
that the moon is slowly spinning upon Itself
as It moves around the earth, and It makes
one complete spin on Its axis In just tbe
same time as it takes to go once around
the earth. In other words, the moon's
twenty-four-hour day Is a month long.
The Wage-Increase Bilr
W. B. L You refer to section 2 of the
uvt ui vousreaa w prevent me threatened
strike of railroad trainmen, which became
a law through President Wilson's approval
on September 3, It reads as follows!
'That the President shall appoint a com.
mission of three which shall observe tha
operation and effects of the Institution of
the eight-hour standard work nay as
above defined and the facts and conditions
affeotlng tbe relations between such com
mon carriers and employes during a ne
rlod of not leas than six months nor more
than nine months. In the discretion of the
commission, and within thirty days there,
after such commission shall report Its And.
l,ng to the President and Congrei ; that
ash member of the commission creatd
under the provisions of, this apt shall re.
calve sueh oompsnsatlon as may be tuZi
by tbe Presto. That the sum of Ijiaa
r so muoh thereof as may be "tymiary Li
and Is hereby appropriated out t aav
Mousy in ths-Unltsd Mats Treasury u
atharwtM appropriated, for the rninTj
iU rtr uhhm WasairrM la -imputing
wifh ths work ot sueh wmwiaWruE
Miog salaries, pr Slam. travsHag iT.
Muses of numbers and employs, and rant,
furniture, Ho natures and suppl!, hooka!
aaUsrlos tud other uocessary sini tha
same to b tpiuvd by th chair.. TJ
asua eMMhtMioa and audited by the fttr
PWW"l"sl FWIPW IPB SW0spa)Jf q
mil o-xtc v?v vivrv rmrMTnwo
HIMUHOIUUIU uuiuunu t
Why should not Mn Wilson be. permitted a
to say that he Is unalterably for arDitra
tlon except in the case In which it was
necessary to anDlv it? I
Why cannot Mr. "Wilson say he Is for ..
economy In national government and ds-'al
dine to have anything to do with the tmuget
BV.t.ltlf
Why cannot Mr, Wilson say that be Is
against Intervention In any weak country
and send marines Into Santo Domingo, Haiti
and Nicaragua?
Why cannot Mr. Wilson say he ls for
an armed citizenry, "trained and accus
tomed," and then force Garrison to. reslM
by scuttling the bill to train and arm tb
citizenry?
May a man not change his mlndf Ctr
talnly. Wo cheerfully accord him the privi
lege. We merely prefer not to .have hlra
administering the affairs of the nation la ,
time of emergency. Opinion so fluid ought
to concern no one except the person v
rlously directed by It Chicago Tribune,
FINE FALL WEATHER
Hall to the autumn I With blowing of J
trumpets
Let us salute her salubrious days I
Hall to. the season of hot buttered crusfj
pets, .. Ji
Wlndowshades drawn and the hearts,,
flpa atitava I
Hall to tho breeziness, Just short of fra1
nean.
Bracing the body and tingling the Jf'a
Tints of the turning leaves, scents of p t&
burning leaves .
Here comes the fall be it long ere
goes i 1
Hall to the grapes that the wui
ain II jmi mtm aaa
Shedding tbelr llfeblood of purple a
red)
TTn!l In th. unnl liilo. actually iUaOaMM,
Equally likely to go to your hd I 1
Hall her that ernes, and pares, pfps
and plums and pears, , ,
Cooks 'em and oans 'em and sets f
In rows I , , ..
Cows with xubsraBe, swell that praww"
anas .. tt
Down at your waist be it long trs m
goes I ,
Farewell the sstn that thrugb dsvlwA
Flows for the fawHy's M-waatbe
olethast . i--f
Farewell tbe gawsy an,
hall to
risallaat aa a rula with unsnnw
Kail to atoetLa Urns U6 rictlon tiajsj
Howling through whishsrt tat "
wind blows I
Hart hut. th htat, eis mdm
.. . - .. . . ,. , . .r. im a;us
m w ins vmuu-om itHm - HilaiaSjfl