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CULATION Or TIIH BVENINO LBOOEH
for September was lta.goi
rhlliJ.lpl.1.. Tatxlay, Ort.l.r 10, ll.
Accursed thirst for goldl what dost
pAou not compil men to do? Virgil,
Who was It that said submarlna
Jtrarfare had boon abandoned?
We can't help wonderinc if Mr.
Ford was or la an olxht-hour-day man
himself. Now Mr. Edison but what's
tho use?
Baseball is onb word for the con
test at Boston, Urart-dlseaae more nearly
described It. to tho fans who watched
those extra Innings.
It was kind of piling; things on to
Interrupt the world's series by raising;
"liavoo along the coast. Havo the Ger
mans no retard for the proprieties?
Four years ago the Democrats
were talking nbout reducing; tho high
cost of living, bu no dlctophono son
eitlvo cnouKh to record tho faintest
whisper lias been ablo to catch a single
Msp on tho subject this year.
Tho President's nonpartlsanshlp Is
weUrlng pretty thin when ha permits
himself to characterize tho Republican
party as "Ono of tho most sinister com
blnatlons American politics ever saw; and
I may add one of the least Intelligent"
Vllllscas, Zapatistas and all the
ether "lstas," including tho Obrcgonlstas,
are against Carranza, and Mexico believes
bis doom Is nigh. Why? Because he Is
the apostlo of law and, order? Not quite.
Only because ho has decided to be elected
by Congress Instead of by tho people.
The wheat crop of tho whole world
ta short. This Is tho chief reason why
tha price Is high. Denier in Chicago
and Minneapolis aro prophesying a rise
to two dollars a bushel beforo tho be
ginning of tha now year. December
Wheat Is now Belling, however, for a
llttlo more than' a dollar and a half.
The State platform of the Repub
licans should unquestionably contain a
woman suffrage plank. That clement In
tho Organization which is fighting it is
the same element which Is blackened with
Blush fund mire. It has nothing more to'
do with tho Republicanism of Pennsyl
vania than it has with tho Democracy
f Texas. It is simply the fact of the
overwhelming majority of Republican
voters that gives it the face to attack
under cover the progressive purpose of
tho national party's candidate.
There is at least one wlso man in
'America. Ha lias prepared a syllabus
on physical training- for use In the pub
lic schools of is'ew York preliminary to
the military drill to which alt the chil
dren are ultimately to be subjected. In
the directions to teachers he has written:
Do not permit your pupils to s!t ab
solutely still between drills. En
courage them to change position often.
This a especially important with young
children.
This man must have been n. boy once,
,and not so long ago that ho has for.
sTOtten the torture of trying to sit in one
position during a long school session.
' A group of English liberal thinkers
has put forth a plan for peace, tho moat
, Important specification In which provides
tor the "acceptance by both sides of
effective guarantees against war on sea
and land by the establishment of a per
manent system for tho paclflo settlement
ot all international disputes." Were
there not once some liberal thinkers who
believed that The Hague Tribunal was
an effective agent for preventing war?
We might as well face the fact now
M at any other time, that the terms
of peace will be made by men who are
In the habit of keeping their feet, on the
earth and recognising the impossible
wfees they are confronted by It.
"It made men of them," is what
I Allen, of the First Infantrv. mm
f the effect ot the regiment's service on
ajse aaesican uoroer, xnis is only an.
way or saying that it made sol.
of them. The business men who
; a few weeks at PJatteburr disenv.
, that a aeMier eeuld not ha maiu i
tsventy-four hours. ,Thy are saying as
fejyk Wb-M-vf they jialk. abaut pre-
" " nunorew of Mlaee).
mtmUm whe fea4 raaeivej. the
i ot , setatera, wuatsc befere
i eaUesl to the AeM. wM be'tuur.
im ttaar friends tor Um ea year.
praeeneiues jmm eett be
I mm M Is universally unearatooj
M BssBeaeibie' to fannrevlea aa
asBSeaaBBBEaaaaaansae .
The PiBBOerate of Laosaowiia Lave
to the breaeea a banner rantaJ-tJtu-
kfn m portrait of tne rreaUaeU whloh teicfat
El'JsWra been copied freoi a uhotoarraith of
l J. TiWea It certainly raaamhln
at wfae thouatit he
'- "
Wlhwn's prsetkee resemble the precepts
e the Sage of Oreystone. "There- i
no royal road for Oovemment more than
for an tneMvMaat or a corporation," said
Mr. TIMen. "What you want to do now Is
to cut down your expenses and live within
yor income. I would give alt the
ledgerti emaln ot finance and financier
ing, I would give the whole of it for the
old. hocnely maxim, 'Live within your
Income. " Under Mr. Wilson's lead the
Democracy has forgotten that there ever
was such a maxim.
"U-BOAT PEACEMAKERS"
Br-------------Mi-s
rniltt German censor has passed a dls-
patch which appeared in yesterday'
Evenino Xedoer, declaring that Ger
mans, as welt aa Amorlcans, believe
Ambassador Gerard bears peace pro
posals to be placed before President Wil
son. Mr. Gerard, before leaving Ber
lin, had "Important interviews," It ap
pears, with the Imperial Chancellor, the
Foreign Secretary and leading members
of the Reichstag. The tenor of tho
ovldentiy Inspired dispatch Is that now or
never Is the time to make peace; the
war must lost another year if not stop
ped abruptly, "as the winter campaign
Is now prepared."
The Germans want peace on the beat
terms they can get. No one doubts that.
President Wilson, among other pacifist
expressions, has said he doubts if any
permanent good can come by tho use of
forco in Europo in the present war. So
near Is this to saying that tho war ought
to end with somo compromise that it is
highly probable tho Germans look to him
to bring pressure to bear upon the Allies.
And It is suggestive of deep "psycho
logical" diplomacy that, at the precise
moment when peaco Is hinted at, a sharp
U-boat blow at Anglo-American trado is
struck before our eyes.
What a bait to set beforo a hard
pressed President, soeklng ro-electlon, to
let him pose before the world as Its
greatest peacemaker In the closing hours
of tils campaign, tho trusted go-between
of emperors and kings! And what a
threat to his chances of ro-electlon, If ho
docs not catch at this bait. Is the fleet
of submarines snapping link by link the
rraglle chain of that President's muni
tions prosperity!
That prosperity is dally debated in
every newspaper In the United Btates.
Export economist answers expert eco
nomist that our prosperity la based on
the war and again that It Is not based
on the war. Tho stock market gavo its
sharp decision by the worst break since
the death of Governor Flower the
moment It learned of tho sinking of the
merchantmen off our coast. Drops of
from three to sixteen points told more
clearly than any wordy argument of the
close relationship between our export
trade, one-seventh of which Is of ex
plosives, and our general prosperity. It
is as if the German Government had
sold to us: "You make peace for us
now or wo give you a taste of the
blockade we have suffered under for two
years. This Is how far your pacifism,
this Is how far your lofty indifference
and lucrative neutrality will take you
to your three-mile limit and no farther!
You have bot that we cannot win. What
do you bet your munitions trade? We
take your bet a U-boat against every
million dollars' worth of shells. You're
In training to bo the peacemakers of
Europe, are you? So are we, and look
at our peacemakers U-boats!"
It is the theory of the Democratic
orators that slowly the Germans will bo
beaten, trench by trench, year by year.
"Be of good courage," they suggest, "the
war will not end soon. It will taper off
by degrees, and gradually our industries
will readjust themselves, with the
gradual decrease in war orders. And
meanwhile, gazo upon our prosperity.
There It is, as obvious as peace."
But suddenly peace and prosperity are
Jarred to their foundations. All the ele
ments that brought forth the Lusltanla
case are cast Into the simmering peace-and-prosperity
pot to make It a caldron,
and two new elements besides the fact
that the U-boats are now 'outside our
ports and the fact that our national in
terests and security are imperiled by
the probable continuance of the new
U-boat war and possibly by some ill
directed torpedo sinking an American
ship.
"Is It not likely," said the President
in April, 1915, "that the nations of tho
world will some day turn to us for the
cooler assessment of the elements en
gaged?" The assessment of the elements en
gaged, at this writing, is three British
freighters and one passenger ship, one
Duf,ch steamship, one Norwegian tanker,
and throe other ships, flags and destina
tions unknown.
Tom Daly's Column
McArefll Ballads
I.X1II
BIlOK-BIUJfB JOB
ilcble torn' time eel lor bces'ncir vow go
Down where da Sank eeia itan' een a
row,
Mebbe you tee deem thoe-thMn' Joe,
Jooita wan plain leetla wop.
You nevva notice heenT Hot Mebhe so
Eet't da beeo fallow dat rnaV da cailt
grow
You would be looka lor. You want to
knoxoT
Aka,from Kellv, da eop.
Ktllv da cop, he eet banka detetf,
Waka-wide alia time, up on da deck,
Bo eel torn' fallow gat gay wcetha check
lie con joott jol to heem: "Btopl"
Eof you would know all da neict ecn da
Street,
Wfco ee da peopla you oughta for meet.
Who' gotta money an' who ee a beat
Aika from Kelly, da cop.
Looka dote three dat are over da wayt
Mebbe you don'ta boyUeve w'en I ay:
"Doie ee our three tmartcit lallowt to
day."
Wan ee a plain leetla wop.
Beet he ee Mna da gentlemen' thoet
While dey are talk of da itock an' da
nrtw
Mebbe he ain't heartn' ttpi he can uie
Aika Irom Kelly, da cop.
Here, where da Banki eeia ttan' een a
roio,
All da beep office ee uc fo heem so,
iJura wan theenk deeia snoe-sMnln' Joe
Jooita wan plain leetla wop.
Ah I but he' smart w'en da banker ee
near,
IVorts on rfclr leet, but mak't money by
ear
You no bnylleve w'at I fat to you hcrcf
Aika from Kelly, da cop.
The. Philadelphia Rhyme
Careful weighing of the good and the
bad In this contest has brought us to this
conclusion: It Isn't possible to make a
rhyme for Philadelphia at all common
surato with the beauty and dignity of the
city. Therefore, tho poet who fills all
tho technical requirements and gets
away with his work with the least wear
and tear upon the readers' patience is
entitled to the palm. In our lssua of
Soptcmber 26 W. II. P. managed to say
his Bay (and say It perfectly) in four lines,
thus:
AaU wrots rhlldl!a.
And tt&cntr ao upt
That nevtr will Adtls "phU"
Dy ny chines foritt.
Tho prlie will go to Mr. W. H. P.,
as soon as we can scrape it together.
TO OUR surprise only H. S. R. and
Mag noticed the he-cow that strayed into
our column on Friday.
Political Note
Dear Tom An old German appeared
for registration today and stated that ho
was born ln "Alsace." One of the
registrars asked what country that
"town" was in and another stated
"France." The German said he didn't
know what country it was in now and
refused to answer. Tho registrars could
not agree and tho space for country was
left blank. WATCHER.
WALTER ECKHARDT has been brag
glng that he did the Cobb's Creek golf
courso In par. Only those familiar with
his Interest In the stock market know
what he means.
NO EXCUSE FOR MUDDLING
T7K)R the benefit of some clttxens who
seem to be a little muddled, we should
say that the issue Just now relates only to
the operation of the new high-speed sys
tem. Its construction Is already assured
by vote of the people, and neither the
Mayor nor any other power can pre
vent It
INTELLIGENT CITY PLANNING
mUB Mayor's Building Zone Commia-
ston Is not likely to overlook what is
going on in New York. Plans for dlvld
ing the city Into cones have been pre
pared there, but an unofficial committee
of business men has bee,n formed to pro
tect the great retail section bounded by
Third and Seventh avenues between
Thlrty-flrat and Klfty-nlnth streets, in
eluding the great railroad terminals. At
present there are hundreds of manu
facturing establishments In this region,
whteh should be devoted to show rooms
of retalters and wholesalers. The oom
mlttee is persuading these manu
facturers to aeek lofta In other distriets
where rente are lower and the manu
faeturera are consenting. The removal of
thousands at faetery workers fre this
dletriet wilt reil,ve congestion in the
street in the rush hours and iaerease
the aeMfort and eoBvealeaee e-f the buy
er wjio jH fce olty la the spring and
autumn. There is no distrtet in Phlte
(Mpbla where such oongeetlon now pre
VU,,bjt It the erection of high build
Inge in the oeater ot the olty oontJauea
at' the present rate K will cot be many
year before toaotarable oondUioo wUl
exiat A ttttte )aishreat plannlag now
mm rvBl NH toe Aft
IIollls Godfrey, president of Drexel In
stitute, announced shortly after his ap
pointment to that office that he hoped
to make the catalogue of the institution
a piece ot perfect English. To this end,
he said, ho meant to employ experts, and
one whom he named was Bliss Perry.
We wonder if Bliss wrote this ad which
appeared in an evening contemporary of
Saturday:
WANTED '2 mutant enxlnnra. aailatant tin
man, window cleanera and womrn ciaanara.
Apply Pfenl Inatlluta. 826 and Chtatnut,
Iloom lis.
OVER the telephone in Slefken's Ger
mantown Meat Market on Saturday
morning came this order:
"Please send me about ten pounds of
those stew-fed milking chickens you ad.
vertlsed."
BEWARE THE BUNKHOUNDI
Serving tho CltyBcautiful He Bites
All Unlovely Things
The Bunkhound had a full day, which
closed outside the Metropolitan Opera
House at midnight. A Hughes man and
a Wilson partisan were arguing on the
corner. He bit both.
These letters explain the earlier part
of his day:
Dear T. D,: May we borrow your Bunk
hound? This permission was denied to a
reader who wanted to take him to Pott a
town, and why shouldn't It be? There Is
enough work for him to do In o. o. d. city.
We will even go so far as to supply him
with a pair ot roller skates, so that he may
get around quicker. O. W. M.
Dear T. D,t The Bunkhound skated up
to our front step this morning and we knew
that you had sent him. We led him to the
corner and pointed out an alley to him. He
ruahtd In, grasped tha flret garbage can in
his teeth, shook It several times and then
skated up Broad street to Congressman
Vare's home. He barked there for several
minutes and then rushed off to Councils'
chamber in City Hall. Do you understand
all this? O. W. M.
We think we do, The slovenly habit of
leaving foul-emelling garbage cans in city
alleys surely is enough to make a dog
sick. r
COMPOSITOR, familiar with druse. Cat
Uwhlll at.
A Job for the erring brother?
MRS. BOB BURDETTB wa In town
recently. Bhe talked of publishing
tier famous husband's letters and sketches
and bits of repartee. We hope she will
include thi gentle JfMt at her expense
we heard Bob perpetrate, at Bfr. Louis in
1991
"Did you netlee that headline In thi
mernltig paper? 'Mrs. Bob Burdette
Talks.' That remind me of a sign I saw
the ether day in a plumber' wlndewi
'east-trow ginks."'
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THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
Dr. Israel Bram Discusses the Need of Eugenic Legislation to Pre
vent the Deterioration of the Race Dependence on
England Inconsistent Socialists
THE EUGENIC MOVEMENT
T lk EMor ot lk Kvtnlno Lttetr:
Sir Every year In every State Increas
ing sums of money are appropriated for the
support of Institutions destined to caro for
the offspring of Improper marital unions.
In Pennsylvania alone there are 3E6S men
tally deficient human beings In State Insti
tutions; add to this number tho 1200 ex
amined by physicians nnd ordered by the
courts to be placed In Institutions, but ex
cluded by lack of space, and we have 4765
persons with defective minds criminals.
Imbeciles, moral perverts, etc Add to this
the 20,000 Insane and the unknown num
ber of deficient In their own homes nnd In
private Institutions nnd those yet unclassi
fied, and the sum total of the mentally
unnt will appall even tho Indifferent type
of citizen. What enormous Bums of money
are appropriated toward the maintenance of
Institutions for the care of persons who
are not only useless to themselves, but who
aro a menace and blot to society! Of
course, once wo have a defects o we must
care for him and hbpe to Improve him, but
tho'chances for Improvement and cure are
virtually as distant as the possibility of
supplying the defective with a brand-new
normal brain. These mortals, whose birth
should not have occurred, must be kept
under sunetllance at a cost Which empties
the cotters of the 8tate treasuries, depriv
ing the communities of the comforts ot
more and better schools, good roads, les
sened taxation and many other features of
successful government.
To oercome. "If possible, this great evil
the so-called eugenic movement has happily
taken root, not only In the various States In
the Union, but all over the civilised world.
It la proved and amply confirmed by the
marked adancea In the medical and so
ciological studies that the primary cause
of the large majSrlty of unfit children Is
unfit parents. Tho efforts made to convey
this truth In all Its phases to the public at
large are already bearing fruit. Sex hy
giene has become a part of the curriculum
ot many of our high schools and colleges;
carefully written books on Hits subject are
now procurable and eagerly sought; public
lectures on eugenics are now of common
occurrence; parents are now anxious that
their sons and daughters be Informed of
the dangers and horrors, Immediate and
remote, of the so-called social diseases. The
eugenio marriage Is now recognised In many
quarters ay the consummation devoutly to
be desired, where both parties to tha con
tract must prove themselves sound and
strong before they are permitted to marry.
Legal statutes have already been enacted
In many States In the Union, having for
their purpose the purification of the human
race. These laws vary In severity, from
a mere verbal oath by the prospective bride
and groom stating their freedom from cer
tain diseases, to a sworn certificate by a
reputable physician to the effect that the
applicants for the marriage license were
carefully examined by the moat approved
scientific methods and found to be free from
disease. Only a short time ago the Health
Oflloers' Association of New Jersey took
steps to present to the next Legislature
Assembly a strict eugenio marriage law,
according to which no marriage would be
permitted without the presentation by both
bride and bridegroom ot a health cer
tificate In the form of an oath made
by their physicians. If after the marriage
tt shall be found that the other's health
certificate la falae, the phyalcian who gave
It la made liable to- a ddmage suit by the
Injured party, and la alao liable to prose
cutlon by the State for Injury. The law
also provides that In cases of persona going
out ot the State to marry In order to es
cape the consequences, their marriage shall
be void.
That theae laws have come Into existence
none too aoon. la. In vIaw nf faMm onrf
ngurea, beyond argument Such mcaaures
tena 10 improve humanity from an econom
ical, legal, religious, medical, social and
political viewpoint, and their universal
adoption and enforcement would In a few
brief generations result In the Qreek goal
the perfection of body nnd mind. Laws
as that proposed In New Jersey approach
tho Ideal, aa their direct purpose Is tho
scientific selection of prospective parents
by the prohibition of marriage among thos
suffering with transmissible physical, mental
or moral tendencies or diseases.
The chief objection to such laws Is the
cry of a few persons that such compulsory
measures would mean the deprivation of the
liberty of the Individual. Such an objec
tion may be applied to all existing laws,
and, therefore, lacks the vitality of sound
logic. All laws have for their nurnose tha
(beneflt of tho greatest number, not tho few.
v inn ucamicu 10 restrict me procreation
of defectives, of murderers, thieves, drunk
ards. Insane or ImbeclIeB certainly Is com
mendable, since It alms In the most noble
of purposes, the Improvement of the entire
human family. The petty objections to sex
Instruction and the eugenio movement are
being gradually swept aside by the great
surge of Individual men and women who
are brought face to faco with the terrible
results of unfit parenthood. Physicians,
teachers, Judges, social workers, psychol
oglsta and hosts of other classes of observ
ers are working In harmony toward a great
goal and have undertaken the task of
awakening tho apathetic to the realization
of the horrible picture of preventable crime,
preventable misery, preventable Imbecility,
preventable Insanity. The success of the
eugenio movement shall mean the greatest
of all victories.
The victory over Imperfections of human
beings a victory of peace In the Interests
of the perfection of the race how different
from the victory of war and the gory battle,
field I Truly, the Napoleon of the victory of
peace Is deserving of the garland ot glory!
ISltAEL H11A1I, M. D.
Philadelphia, October 9.
DEPENDENCE ON ENGLAND
To thm Editor o the Evening Ledger:
Sir In these dull days Mr. Rhoads's let
ter was exhilarating and stimulating, but
your correspondent proves too much. I am
not concerned to follow him on his ocean of
adjectives. I cm content ti await the mil
lennium, that will come when Germany Is
victorious. Civilization will reap the crowd
of blessings cheaply If It gets all Mr.
Rhoads predlcta We shall then see what
we shall see. For one thing, that Chinese
puzzle, the table of foreign exchanges, will
disappear from the LenoEn columns. Inter
national banked will put tip their shutters;
those corrupt bsnkers whj find drafts for
money and money for drafts at something
like fifteen cents per hundred dollars will
go supperlesi In bed. For what Is this sys
tem ot high finance that Rhoads so vig
orously denounces T
I think It Is Mr. Franklin Escher who
says that En.flnd financed nine-tenths of
American foreign business. It Is open to
America's suppliers to alter the method, but
will they be Induced to do rol
If a New Vork merchant buys 160 000
worth of coffee from a Brazilian coffee
dealer the latir will accept drafts on a
London bank In payment, and no other
method will lerauade him t part with his
coffee. The reason Is that In Interna
tional buying i.nd selllnj It Is convenient
and economics! to adopt ttls method of
settlement. This Is the practice of sterling
exchange In r njtshell. An alternative plan
would lead to a commercial morass that
even Mr. Rhoads would bs barren of adjec-
ilytM?fi5t ,erUe- W ALLEK
Philadelphia, October 9.
INCONSISTENT SOCIALISTS
To the Editor of the Evening LtTtgert
Sir In reply to tha letter headed' "Ks
sence of Socialism" I desire to state that If
Socialists had the courage of their convic
tions when put to the test they have al
ways profrtwed to be opposed to war thsy
possibly might be taken seriously; but the
war in Europe proves that they allow clr
cUrastances to control their setlona.
Ph.Ude.phla. October J'EMWa'
OCTOBER'S NIPPY AIR
There's a shuffln' off o' lax'neas an' a' shakln'
oft o' sleep.
When the 'long, hot days o' summer call
the harvesters to reap
What they 'tended in the sunshine now
ii a worKHV time rsr lall
When the nip o' ripe Oeteber Heat in to
you on the air. i
an'
There' an appetite far DtrlvhV
IVirsIn' now tar e. -
There ie hum an' whirr aa' bustle aa'
there's nerrr siacts alaw.
Pokey feeUn' Mt a-llag'rla' la yw system
aaywhsre-r. r
V tha ate ' ripe QsWsiay shttrpAa up
;
sv
NATIONAL POINT OP VIEW
Mr. Wlleon, the .historian, knaws, that
tho remarks of Mr. Wljsen. the pelltWan.
are rather eheap campaign buaesmbe.
Chicago TrUwae. .
The shadowy nature of the reform pre
Posed by thj present Administration ts en
qf the great jwvfcif- eabss of the 'detsr
mlnatlon of Unete gam, to reform 'it elte
gether, Clelaatl Commaeetaj jpribwl..
It was a Yankeei proverb la tvade that
"St i ty to oom down, but it I hard to
go up" in prise, but with remuet U a tew
syeh Parnate Jhiag a -breed 'and -potato.
"-aa""" u aja aery aavar w aw up aaa aeat
9 issMniisj a aasM-aewa.
What Do You Know?
Ourrlo o gtnrral inttrett will be antwtrtd
in thlt column. Ttn Qvtitton$, thi aniwtrs to
vhleh every ull-aormeit person should know,
ore atkti dally.
( QUIZ '
1. What la an ante-mortem atalementT
X. Whr la not a tnrpeilo, dUcharze! at n dla
ante of a mile from Its tarzet, drllretrd
or ntopped br tho water throusti which
It traicln?
. What la a "proline around"?
4. What la meant br "minor Judltlarr"?
0. What color la a sorrel horae?
0. What la a toeatn and how la the word pro
nounced?
7. Ilaa any flotfrnor of a fltnte been removed
br Impeachment In recent reara?
8. What are acrarlan ItinaT
. Are American tradr-marka recoznlied and
protected abroad br forelsn toirrnmentaT
10. Who nraa Ilarbara 1'rlctchleT
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. The rare Adullami where Iavld fled from
Hani and became a captain oer the dla
contented. t. A warnhlp la not permitted to remain more
than tKentr-fonr honra In a neutral Port
without Intrrnlnr. Mhe can take on aup
pllea ta take her to the neareat borne port
and not return to the neutral port on the
aame voyage.
8. "To forbid the banna"i to object to publlra
la to tale "Jj;j!u,"'fm"lt '" marrlaze
,K.nct:d'nf!,:nFfs1o4,5o,:,, "
8 C"..5?n!nI, ,hJ fll,.n ' bonnda to manufacturing-
and imldentlal dlatrlcta.
6. The aona of ChlneMi pnrenta, born In thla
"""trr. are permit led to Vote' although
't?'r Parent are not admitted to eltUen.
10.
rirA".d?.mii m,n r'"' Bn explosive saa en
countered In coal mine.
"JUnglnr In efnrV: on effigy In thla ease
Lnn;nn'i'"rSfrow "oreaenutlon or some
S?Tan;edr,U"' hlfh '" "'''' burned
K"-ii.i'i t,a,f -"e-rj-larn i the pound or eov-
thaiih'r Kit""" .,M,".h ""on 8.M. to
that the half-totrrlgn la worth SJ.4S.
r:.nukanm.P.r,";ree,f.rK",nt, """ U
A Business Query
M. J. O. Questions relating to the com
Srawere're1:' """"'" hUS"
Farm Periodicals ,
C Kalner The Country Gentleman In.
dependence Square, Philadelphia, nd the
d"lphla?0Urna, W"WW SquaVe? Phlla!
Obtaining a Passport
J. Cl JIt Write to the Secretary nf
State. Washington. D. (?.. TaUng "nref
at"k.rt'rmP.UrP0Se for tak,n r nVoad
at this time, your nat onallty. when Z
Intend to leave this country and how lon2
r?1uVher SSffiS
A Newcomer
You doubtless refer to the pn..... ..
Postmasters General
SUBSCmiJKlt-Samuel Osgood of Ma.
pBrmopS;
a,ed.,&o wei
of the Mummer canlculares dies aiSi
to their theory, the dog star or Rmrd,ne
lng with the sun. added to li heat d ifc
dog days bore the combined htit of "
dents of Washington 1) c V- . rc"'
land's patron saint ucore' Is Eng.
Electoral College
ftASiBS-S
a certain number of persons to caj?t,h-
for President. Those Wsons areVid' .i
tora. and about twi nn.i.. "." c"ea sc
at tho capital ot each state to . ty Blt
lng collection or assembly ' .Bmn'
ChMtnut sF
Opra House
positivblV
LAST WEEK
"y " aa4 ft.
PI
Regent v&ffiffi
DAMNING WITH FAINT tm w
President Wilson In theee lerribW t
has had ample opportunity to mav. 2?
takes and to hurt the-cotmtrr ,. .
lie has made mistakes: but h ,.;?
-. . ,: . .--,., uv un nJm ,
ensngea nis mina ana nis coumn of rT ,,
In season In prevent much mlscnlfi!" 1
those mistakes, lie has not K.- .."?. " r
true to his own convictions with t2r
lha nuHl vtcm In lh li. ' "VBrs Bk
ti. ha. allowed Ren.tnr. m-A .V"! tr .
tlven and some members of his Caw!!!?1 "9
apply the spoils system In the tmMu!?.1 "J
Ice probably under some Invisible cwZl' . I
Inn nf .tinnoaed nralt. tt. . vvfnPQk 1
most Americans when he did neMl!? 1
sratnst the Invasion of Belgium: andSl!! .1
would publicly abandon the neutraf!? 1
of mind which he reeomm.r,,... ! .1
American people at the outset of th Jr? i
Hut these aro errors resulting fremT
great reticence and caution, and thi. v. 't
been far less Injurious than those wmUaJ
would have resulted from Impetuoail. ?S a
in.it.r.M r-ho-1,. w veil-. . "!" M m
iantto Monthly, '" "'"" '"
RIGHT KIND OF EFFICIPMmr '
Hntlre libraries of books on sclenwa.
management and 10,000 editorials on nl!
mobilisation of American Industry will a!
tntii.h lea. tnr nntlonnl Afnnl. .. '
development of a Ooethals type of .ii ,
ahn find, tho attraction nf tt.. !.. "T
than the nppeal of salary. New York 2'r '
nina; x'osi.
WHY EGGS ARE HIGH
The old-fashioned woman who used tn '!
her housework with ii !.. ... J
broom now has a daughter whose maid dt2l
plslns why eggs are fifty-five cents r. '
"
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