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7"Ae more I saw of foreign land,
M mora loved my own country.
DsBstloy.
If you can't milk the cows, milk
Ilia public.
Benson finds tho Socialist audience.
lis has been addressing favorable to 'Wil
son. Of course!
The Protestant Episcopal Conven
tion has adopted a prayor for tho army
and nayy. They both need it.
President Wlllard, of the Daltlmoro
and Ohio Railroad, Is for Hughes because
lie is a Republican. Ho thinks that is
sufficient reason for opposing tho ro
election of Wilson, and it is.
. I
Villa, according to tho admissions
ef Mexican odlclals at Juarez, controls the
western and southern parts of Chihuahua.
But how can this bo posslblo If Villa is
dead? There Is no accounting for super-
tltlon.
We hare never had In this country,
except perhaps In the New England of
the seventeenth century, any widespread
fundamental respect for literature.-
BUsb Perry.
And this from the man who holds
Longfellow's chair of English literature
at Harvard! It is characteristically provincial.
A fishing schooner sailing out of
Boston brought In 230,000 pounds of
mackerel in throo casts of tho seine,
"netting," says the dispatch, $400 for
each member of tho crew. Tho obvious
retort is that a cast of a eelno ought to
net something.
Y It a man beta $8000 on Wilson
..against $10,000 on Hughos at 10 o'clock
' fJMf IrlAtt Kitfli till flAA A TTttrvliftsa nirnlnat
mu tsut-ti fv(vww uit au5iua , .
$$000 on Wilson nt 11 o'clock, how much
does ho, stand to win or loao? If ho wants
to make it look like even money on Wll
.son tho problem is oven simpler.
A, man in Fostorla, O., announces
that lie-.has dlsoovored a way to bottle
the sub's rays of heat and uncork thorn
for utvpltt' cold weather for use in heat
ing and cdoklng. If he can now discover
a way to utilize the energy of Doctor
Wilson's shaking linger we shall give
three rousirg cheers.
Wheat and flour went up another
considerable notch yesterday, duo, so the
millers say, to an increased foreign de
mand. Tet a benevolent Administration
tells us that the prosperity if that is
the word Is not due to the war. The
eopper, crowd, the cotton factors, tho
steel makers, eta, all of whose com
modities are in great demand abroad, are
freed from the supplemental tax on In
comes, but makers of munitions, whose
products are likewise somewhat in de
mand, must pay roundly for the privilege
of doing business. The Administration's
point of view apparently is that neither
eopper, steel nor cotton is to be con
sidered as entering Into the munitions
category. A mora flagrant cose of rank
injustice con scarcely be conceived.
It is not often that a legislative
Joker" Is really funny. Tho "Varea, who
are solemn men, little given to flights of
'xanoy in bestowing upon themselves a
business administration at the expense
ot the city, have lndulgod in unlooked
. lac humor. Temporary inspectors for
that temporary institution known as
jaaylng are provided for at $82.60 to $100
a. month each and in unlimited, number,
There is apparently nothing in the reao
latlon, which aroused the even funnier
Penrece-McNlchol ire, to prevent all South
Philadelphia, from gazing at paving work
en for pay. Paving Is such permanently
temporary work, The possibilities dazzle
the imagination. The Industry of paving
Inspection may grow to such dimensions
that new streets mutt be cut through and
all streets be constantly repaired to keep
paee with it Indirectly, It should bo a
aMatulu to the aeroplane industry, as
tratee, wiH have to seek air routes when
P the eaoeHent paving inspectors In
the city are buey having streets torn up
to And something to inspect.
Fears
eaweeeed Jn Washington
feat the Administration la drifting toward
MmJC uiiefaaueaai erWs are aug
ed, if anything, by recent statements
i PresMsat. ? poeKlve diiftMaatle
be , eewsMminated. he has
i Itm a toeign aevurnmeate mm
tk res U the eteottoa. Their
toaw 1riy WW peUar to to by'f
ex t&Mfs mm. ee ami left
liuleea fcws treaty a4e, be
: tm what reepeet oao It have embarraessa
k AAaiaiatratloit abra4r ' Are we to
it tbat the lasldaat. between No-
aad March, la U fear, if defeatwi.
he baa uo maadate from tha people
i iranent further aasaults upon AmeHcaa
If ha ha ataM tour-eauara
Miwai at a ai i '
to tha oH as ha shew ha DM, he ean
enmety awaKtevetoptnents aaei apply
to them hie prinelplea up to the moment
of leaving office. The one great Issue in
our diplomacy ean be no other than
whether or not we are Io recede from bur
refusal to permit sinking without warn
lK hy submarines. Is it conceivable that
any American President who might suc
ceed Mr. Wilson, whether ho bd Mr, Ben
son, Mr, Ilanly or Mr, Hughes, would
thus recedeT Mr, Wilson can go as far
as he likes, It It takes all winter. Ho
will have the strongest kind of mandato
from the people in the election of Mr.
Hughes.
NO SECONDARY DEFENSE
WEIXE the people of the United States
asked to vote this year for the Dem
ocratic party as the Democratic party, the
victory for the opposition would bo com
parable to the advanco of an avalanche.
The party has been characterized by a
versatility in blundering without prece
dent in the history of great nations. It
has had an Infinite capacity for getting
on tho wrong sldo of every great question
which has arisen for moro than half a
century. Before tho Wilson ora It mud
dled its way Into oltlco on two separate
occasions, with results so calamitous to
tho nation at largo that tho first oppor
tunity of repudiation In each case was
embraced with emphntlo promptness by
tho doctorate
Mr. Wilson was catapulted into office
by a remarkablo conspiracy, of circum
stances with which ho had nothing to do
and over which ho oxerclsed no control.
Ho began his Administration by summon
ing as his Promlor that prlnco of platltu
dlnarlanlsm, William J. Brynn, confiding
to his caro tho conduct of foreign affairs,
although cls-Atlantlc diplomacy of tho
highest type wns at tho moment required
and there was In tho Balkan atmosphcro
prophetic augury of tho great cataclysm
which was about to plungo Kuropo Into a
dolugo of destruction. He straightway
also brought Congress to the task of over,
throwing tho economlo system under
which the American achievement became
tho wondor of tho modern world. Tho
country has survived low tariffs, after
sufllclent suffering, but this wan a tariff
which donlcd natlvo industry even tho
incidental protection which tho very ne
cessities of rovenuo had formerly assured;
for tho whole theory of revenuo produc
tion was abandoned, and a largo part of
tho funds previously got through the
customs houses was exacted by direct
taxation at home. Tho result was nn
Immediate lowering of Industrial vitality.
In Philadelphia, tho vory cltadol of In
dustry, tho winter of 1914-16 was a win
ter of soup houses and charity, whon tho
well-to-do taxed their purses to the ut
termost to aid thoso In want. This nows
papor, in fact, so great was tho exigency,
openod its employment columns froe of
charge to nsslst tho worthy to obtain
what few positions, temporary or pormn
nont, woro available. Tho country was
staggering along toward the inevitable
panlo when fnto threw a wrench Into tho
Democratic machinery, erected a virtu
ally impassable protection barrlor, over
throwing tho laws and statutes of Con
gress, and In addition flooded our mar
kets with orders for billions of dollars'
worth of goods. Mars, raising havoc In
Kuropo, was a bountiful god in America,
his sword a cornucopia and his bloody
hands all gold.
The Democraoy as a governing agent
was protty well discredited by tho sum
mer of 1914. But It had been wolded Into
a functioning machine Radical and
conservative had been hitched together
and obeyed tho "doe! Hawl" of tho White
House. Indeed, Mr. Wilson had already
merged tho party In his own personality,
when the sudden subordination of all do
mestlo policies to the now International
exigencies elevated tho Presidency to on
Importance which It nover bofore had as
sumed, and threw into tho background
the wholo coterie of minor statesmen
who In ordinary times had loomed large
on the horizon.
Tho Democratlo platform Is Wilson.
The Democratlo party Is hidden bohlnd
Wilson and representative government
Is lost in the personality of Wilson. Mr.
Hughes represents a system of govern
ment. His supporters advocate a system
of government rather than an Individual.
Mr. Wilson, on the other hand, is in
dorsed by many, not because ho is a Dem
ocrat, but in Bplte of It. t
Tho importance of this distinction may
be emphaslzod by a slmplo query. What
chance would the Democratlo party have
In the election If it were known that
Mr. Wilson would bo incapacitated a
month after inauguration? Could tho no
tlon eeo any hope In Mr. Marshall as
President or In any of the other leaders
who ride on the Wilson wagon?
Granting that Mr. Wilson Is the prophet
his admirers deem him, granting all
things that can bo granted In his favor,
it would be llttlo short of national In
sanity to stake the destiny of the nation
on one life, tenuous at the best, with cer
tain Inefficiency and general collapse
the inevitable alternative.
The Democracy has no reserve strength.
In the longuago of the gridiron, it is
without a secondary defense, and this
should be fatal to its chances, irrespec
tive of the merits or demerits of its chief
candidate. ,
THE PEOPLE SPEAK .
FOR aheor pathos there are few inci
dents in the annals of the Great War to
equal the frantic cheering of the crowds
In Athens over the report that they were
about to be set free by a fleet of war
ships from America, from that land be.
yond tho western seas where, in the
dreams of baffled Near East populaces, t
must seem that more jovely Hesperides
guard more golden apples than the old
world ever hungered for. The dispatches
from Greece have been often as shame
leesly colored and distorted as the publla
there has been consistently misled by
both Allied and pro-German authorities.
Tha Allied theory, set before the neutral
nations, la that the mass of the people
ae for war agalnat Bulgaria, and that
nty the arletoeracy la "far neutrality.
'tpba, tbeavvrera these thaueands in the
street erewi who gave America the
heart!) reahjpg huaeah far reseulag' them
1 frem tha AlHee? It seaa4a euepioiouely
like tha appeal ef fathers' to .have their
sons let aloae and he allowed to live,
Juat aa the sons ef the Dujoh and. ef the
Danes have heea attere4 their frnflnm at
Toni Daly's Column
TMB VILLAOX POST
"Whenever Wi 'a Batvr&iv' an' I am far
from through
Thti lullitn' column tr advance that J
have got to do
Bo J can climb aboard the train on Bun'
dan for St. L,ou.,
I've little time for Chcttnut street to tee
what neiot ti new.
Betlte another Ohettnut street U icaitin'
for me there
I trod it ftrit In 180), when X toot at the
Fair
An' Market street Is close at hand, an'
HketcUe Bpruce an' Pine,
An' Locust, Olive, Wolnut an', quite
Ukclu, Race and Vine.
Bo I'm in no grave danger of beln' home
sick in Bt. LcuMt
An', bu the wag, tho most important thing
I've got to do is
Remember what to call the burgi for if
1ou tag "Bt. Louie"
The populace will glare at 1ou on' rise
an' holler: -Phoo-cef
Another quite important thing for
strangers to remember
(Although the danger's greater in 2?o
vember or December,
Blnce all poetlo travelers are well aware
that "sober"
Is quite the only rhyme that can occom
i pang October)
Is not to sip tha native beer until it
makes you talky.
For you may get in wrong again by men
tioning Milwaukee.
But bless usl Here it's Saturday an' I
am far from through
Tha column-building in advance that I'm
obliged to do
Before I board the Bundajj train that
takes me to Bt. Lou.,
"Where I may walk its Chestnut ttreet an'
sec what ticios is new.
As to Our liankwct
Sir If I'm an example, that bunkwhet
ought to be held In Norrlatbwn under pollco
supervision tr the guns of a fleet of battle
ships. Three see 'em throo (3) contribu
tions necessary, to be permitted to lose a
perfectly good dollar, when I can get Into
an Insane asylum for nothing. Tho first
thing we know we'll be getting bills for
space In your colummnt advertising rates,
alory be, you haven't published throe of my
literary efforts. No, you havon'tl Is there
a table set aside for those who've been run
ning your entire establishment? Three!'.!
That's a fine hall of fame, that Is! Yours
respectfully, KRAB.
But this makes threo for youl Selzo
him, officers, and nono too gently.
AVERY line replica of tho Winged Vic
tory was for long a prized bit In the
homo of Mrs. Dasslngor, of Gcrmantown.
One morning recently tho colored maid
came to her and said: "Dot chllo of
your'n dono meek mischief In do parlor;
yas'm, ho dono bust a wing off do Vic
tim." Harry Williams, n member of the senior
class of the Gcrmantown Academy, yester
day resigned his position as captain of
Qermantown Academy eleven, stating his
opponents objected to h's playing, ho hav
ing been Injured twlco this season.
nva. conttmp.
Tho Italics aro mlno, since tho point
may not bo a parent to you. But it's a
great gamo now, whon they don't want
to hurt on6, isn't It? DARBY.
A letter appears In England's most seri
ous dally paper suggesting that tho term
"clerical officer" bo usod for clergymen In
khaki. Tho reason Is that the word
"chaplain" has become a subject of levity
since the rise of a well-known cinema star.
The position Is rather awkward for grave
and reserved men.
IrUh Independent (Dublin).
And, on tho other hand, ho who was
for so long "Charllo" (Clerical officer)
now Insists upon being called "Mr.
Charles."
Satisfied 1
At last the thing Is over. The folks has
be'en selected,
An' Hiram Dawes was tellln' mo 'twas Jes'
as he expected.
Ho heard a lot o' speeches which, HI says,
ho believed;
But when a feller ain't no chance, HI says,
,he sort o' grieved.
Hi's a curious sort o' feller he likes to
set an' moan
Over things that never happen, but don't
bear his grief alone.
He tells It to us fellers, an' we'd be sad, I
guess.
If It wasn't fcr
The phlegmatic disposition which we're
happy to possess.
Ill's raised a lot o' turkeys which is gettln'
good an" fat)
He can sell 'em at an awful price, or some-
thln' more than that.
But there ho sots a-moanln' an' a-tellln'
how It was
Or explalnln why It wasn't, or if not why,
because
lie says he won't he thankfuKwhen Thanks-
glvln' comes around,
For It It Isn't ralnln' there'll be snow upon
the ground.
An' we'd be filled with grief an' woe an' sor
row, more or less
' If It wasn't fer
The phlegm at I o disposition which we're
happy to possess.
Now Hiram's Jes exae'ly like some other
folks I know.
He talks about things movln', but don't
try to make 'em go.
They've got enthusiasm, but it doesn't seem
to count,
And It doesnt' cut no fleeer not to any
great amount.
They talk about elections, but don't never
go an' vote,
An' afterward they say some things 1
wouldn't like to quote.
An' I would be Jus' like 'em, an' be In a
pretty mess,
If It wasn't fer
The phlegmatlo disposition that I'm happy
to possess.
TAB.
On Mannelm St, near Cermantown Ave.,
a marble lady is standing by the porch
steps and fairly shouting defiance to the
Bunkhound. Will he be found wanting?
LITTLE NELL.
He never attacks the female of the
species.
Dear Tom Next time you are ozonlng
along Wlssahlckon avenue nail the sign,
"Maurice Hummer, Carpenter," at Carpen
ter's lane. LBTTERKENNY.
MR. HUD peems to be tho pppular
poet in Roaftoko, Va. Or is his vogue
confined to White Gate? At any rate
the White Gate correspondent of tho
Roaneke Times begins Ills budget of
news:
Whlu data. 8t. M. SpaeUl.
irua, Ma l
tt waafth of
IMd.
CASK BV TKT M6IAMHH STARTHB THIS
We leek for a verdtet la January.
Health HIrIs far IfWvea
la piekiae coal on northhottaa track
alwapa faoe south; if on the southbound
i 1 ill i i a.
iiii il aa
WONT STAY DEAD, IT SEIEMS
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THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
Doctor Tomkins's Plan for .Converting the Hebrews Compared
With the Practice of Iticci, the Jesuit Missionary Official
Neglect and Dirty Streets
This Department free to all readers who
tctah to expreta their opinions on subject of
current interest. It is an open forum, find the
Kvenino LedgfT assumes no responsill'itv for
the views of its correspondents. Letters must
LvD sivnru ii irav nuinc uu uai vj
HcrfCer not necessarily for publications but as a
guarantee or oooa jatin.
THE EXAMPLE OP PAUL
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir The cffqrt of Dr. Floyd Tomklns
to persuade tho Protestant Rplscopal Church
formally to permit tho Hebrews who accept
Christianity to continue to observe their
racial customs In the old way awoke an
echo In my mind of something I rend years
ago about the work of Mattco Itlccl, the
famous Jesuit missionary, who Introduced
Christianity Into China In the sixteenth
century.
Rlcct adopted tho tactics of Paul nt
Athens, who saw the altnr dedicated to tho
unknown God, and then on Mars IIIll an
nounced In tha't sentence that has been puz
zling to nmateur grammarians evor Blnce
the King James version of the Scriptures
wns Issued, "Him whom yo Ignorantly wor
ship, proclaim I unto you."
The Jesuit missionary studied Confucian
ism and discovered to his satisfaction thnt
there was In tho religious conception of the
Chinese an annlogy to the conception of
Christianity. Tho Chinese terms T'len,
heaven, and Shang-tl, Sovereign Lord, ho
used to correspond with similar terms In
the Bible. He studied ancestor worship and
the attitude of mind of the Chinese toward
Confucius and concluded that tho educated
Chinese did not look upon Confucius as a
divinity and that there was no praying to
the ancestors as prayer Is understood In tho
western world. Approaching tho Chinese
mind In, this way, ho found It hospitable
to Christian teachings. Tho Kmperor after
a tlmo opened tha door to htm In Pekln
and permitted him to preach without moles
tation. Ills toleration of the Chinese cus
toms among -his converts aroused opposi
tion among tha Franciscans and Dominicans
and after a long controversy thoy succeeded
in securing a ruling against, It from the
Church In Rome.
"At this distance," says Giles In "IIIs
torlo China," "It does not appear to bo a
wild statement to assert that had the
Jesuits, the Franciscans and .the Dominicans
been able to resist quarreling among them
selves, and had they rather united to per
suade Papal infallibility to permit the In
corporation1 of ancestor worship with the
rites and ceremonies of the Itomlsh Church,
China would at this moment be a Catholic
country, and Buddhism, Taoism and Con
fucianism would long since have receded
Into tho past" Although China as a whole
was not converted to Christianity, the mis
sionary work begun by Itlccl has resulted
In the creation of a body of 1,500,000 Chi
noso Catholics, with forty-nine bishops.
Is It not posslblo that Doctor Tomklns
thinks that It will be easier to persuade
the Hebrews to accept the teachings of the
Jew, Jesus, If along with them they can
continue to observe thoso customs which
have survived through long centuries of
their racial history? O. W. D.
Philadelphia, October 20.
COMPARATIVE IDIOCY
To the Editor of the Evening -Ledger:
Sir Let us rewrite Dickens a bit) BUI
Sykes Is before a Jury for tho murder of
Nancy and Is found guilty.
"Prisoner at the bar," says the Judge,
"you have been convicted of a most brutal
murder. Have you anything to say why
sentence of death should not be1 pronounced
on your
"Nothun, me Ludi nothun, except what
would you have dorioT"
Is Bill's query a bit more idlotlo than
the similar one we hear' every day?
Philadelphia, October 20. J. F. L.
WHY STREETS ARE FILTHY
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger
Sir Tha garbage problem Is one that has
caused much wrangling here in Philadel
phia. After many arguments it Was de
oldad to tine persona who weuld not cover
their garbage cans and keep their alleys
elean. But all this wrangllW went for
naught
If some of our esteemed eKy oWleIe
weald go eut to seme downtown Metieas en
garbage oolUetlon day, they weaM sef the
aifete of affairs. Not only are garbage eane
uaeevered, but the majority of paeale.'who
have no cans threw their paper aaa refuse
eat aa the paveateaie. Then setae ehlldrsa
(MM aroaaa aaa dump '7f' ".
garbago collection system as good as the
one In Gcrmnny?
What docs this state of affairs prove?
It shows the neglect of tho city officials.
They tdon't enforce tho lnw. They will
think of building rapid transit lines before
they will try to give this city a better gar
bage system. They blame tho people, but
they don't take Into consideration that sixty
per cent of the people do not know of any
law relating to' garbage collections.
Tho c'.ty ntllclnls hnvo beon publishing
articles asking people to sprinkle their
parcihents Jieforo sweeping. Why don't
thoy do this? .the officials ask. Because
they follow tho methods of the city's street
cleaning department? Many a time I have
seen the Btreets swept before being sprinkled.
The officials don't care about tho condition
of the stredtB until a dlseaso breaks forth,
and then thoy pay a little more attention
to cleanliness. Dut as soon as the plague
Is over tho department goes back to Its old
methods. BENJAMIN' MILLER.
Philadelphia, October 20.
DO MUSIC TEACHERS TEACH?
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir The public desires to know: Is It
possible to revolutionize vocal teaching?
Is the world divided or the few cause for
everlastlhg-war among music teachers? Dr.
Hugh A. Clarke offers the following com
ment: "It is appalling ato know the num
ber of Incompetent music teachers. State
examinations should be required and the
public urged to demand convincing creden
tials from the teacher before enrolling their
children."
Has Doctor Clarke had personal Inter
views with the appalling number of Incom
petent teachers, or from what authority Is
ho advised? What form of State examina
tion would prove satisfactory? What con
vincing credentials shall be demanded?
A magazine article reads: "A baritone,
after one year of vocal study, Is successful
In the concert field and claims there are no
singing masters." Mr. Walter Dietrich
writes: "Oet rid of tho Impression any one
man can make you play the piano." '
Such statements accepted by the publto as
truth are ruinous to tho music teacher and
publla good. Music teachers have enough
difficulty In gaining the confidence of pupils
without unjust criticism from understudies.
What right has any singer with study of
one year to criticize singing teachers? Big
singer does not mean teacher of singing, and
writers of such statements have not the
necessary experience required to develop
the crude, Inapt pupil.
I fall to understand why Mr, Walter Diet
rich, an artist accomplishing so much In the
advancement of music teaching, and ac
knowledged as one of the best teachers of
music, makes light of the Individual teacher.
Would we question the. ability of Mr. W.
Warren Shaw to develop every singing pupil
that he enrolls? Is thero not one piano
teacher capable of advancing every pupil?
Tho knock should be tabooed, and the val
uable space afforded to articles of knowledge
that will end the everlasting war among
muslo teachers that creates discredit in the
mind of the pupil.
The one credential to be demanded before
enrolling with any school or Individual Is
good reference from former pupils. In con
clusion I will state there are singing mas
ters. 8, FREDERICK HALL.
Philadelphia. October 20,
A WAIL FROM WATTERSON
It Is in truth hard for serious men to
take Theodore Roosevelt .seriously. Louis,
vlllo Courier-Journal,
SALUT AUX MORTS
Armies come marching Jjy in surging sweep,
With banners gleaming and set. staring
"eyes ; n
With hideous mouthing ot exultant erles,
And grinning howitzers and swords that
lean,
I see the shattered backs and limbs they
. reap.
The harvest whch in war new fruetUlee,
The ruddy vintage as It multiplies;
And trampled' o'er the eearlet waste grewn
1 deep.' ,
The bugles ehrk the armed heeiilkyi
The etashing heeta efcarr to their Aaal
ihed.
The seas ef Baglaad and ef aermany.
Of drawee alt ehUdr ; aye, ef Ohsjh
' who' bled t 7
Oe sweeping through maa'a thunsareui
'Tfety oHr rofe tit Ufet wfce Mm
ta Hhta . -a .
What Do You Know?
Queries of oeneral interest wilt be answer id
in this column. Ten questions, the answers to
which every well-informed person should know,
are asked daily,
QUIZ
1. On rend fiat n alilp waa In the offlns.
What U the otTlntf
2. What la plate iIumT
3. What 1 a (Irand Yliter?
4. What la the "Ananlaa Club"?
0. What la thlmhlrrlsslnzT
6. It vrh not heratta of hi part In the
Reformation that lltnrr VIII rot the title
"Defender ot the Faith," which hla aue
reor hate retained. Who 'rave him
the title and for what aerrlee?
7. What la flllcree?
8. "Saint" la anpiKKrd br many to b eaaen-
ttallr a title aUen to n man or nromini
for eiample "Nt. John" or "8t. Mary."
not we hear alao of "Nt. Sepulchre" or
".St. Croaa.'1 Kiplaln thl.
0. The nnmea of a number of philosophic are
aometlinea written with tho prefix "neo,"
n "Xro-riatontam," "N'eo-pazonlam."
hat uocb "neo" mean?
10. In the day of the, knljtht errant, what ttta
the, exact meaning- of "errant"?
Answers, to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Conral. The dried kernel of the roaconnnt.
Ita chief tains la for the cocoanut oil
that la extracted from It,
t. A, resolution la tabled nlirn It la withdrawn
from the consideration ot an sancmhlr.
The phrase nsurllr Is meant to Implr
that It la permanently withdrawn.
8, Steeplechase). A horse race (perhaps oris-
Inallr with a distant atcepln na the jcoal
arrosa otcn country) with dltchea, hedrea,
etc., to lump.
4. The morale of an nrmri Not Its morals, but
Ita flshtlnx spirit. Discouraging news or
hearr losses often would Impair an nrmy'a
"morale," for example.
5. NanturVett. An Island belonging to and
southeast of Massachusetts, twenty miles
from the main land.
0. Comhatnnta In fencing boots wear maska
nnd their falls aro titled with rubber tlpa
to prevent Injury.
T. Cryolite.. An ore of aluminum used In the
manufacture of nlum. sodium hydrate (for
mnktncisoap), sodium carbonate and other
salts. It la found chiefly In west Green
land. ,
8. The, purpose of a dnm la to raise the letel
of water or to retain or store water.
0. Kvldrncea of n great flood are found not only
In the lllhle, but also In the literary re
mains of India. Persia, llabi Ionia, riyrlu,
Asia Minor and (Irrece,
10. Hamburg, l'remcn and Lnebrrk nre called
"free cities." because, they rank as sov
ereign Htatea In the fltrmnn Kniplrr.
through the retention of ancient rights. In
,- ,.ii,y, ui course. any purt or
the empire ean bo considered a sovereign
Mtate.
Periscopes
STJDSCniBEIl Submarines must rise to
the surface (sooner or later If their perl
scopes are damaged and useless. It Is pos
sible for them to go some distance com
pletely submerged and, ot course, the com
pass would enable them to go a great
distance without other means of getting
bearings, but as they are always being
hunted by destroyers It Is constantly neces
sary to keep a sharp lookout. To rise In
an unexplored part of the sea might mean
a prompt shell from a nearby destroyer.
Pronunciations and Meanings
JASON, "Cherchex la femme''! "Look
for the woman," That Is an Ironical way
ot saying, "It there Is something dubious
or troublesome In a certain matter, be sure
there is some feminine characteristic at the
bottom of It." (2) "Towers of Illlum":
those of Troy, the a reek word for which Is
"Ijlum," whence Homer's Iliad, tale of
Troy, (3V "Apache" la pronounced
"a-pash," with the accent on the last
syllable. In connection with the Apache
danoes that were popular some years ago,
because they started In France. This
pronunciation Is sometimes glyen in this
country, however, without reference to the
dances, also "Apatchey." "Cheyenne,"
shl-enn. "Dolores"; do-lo-rees In Engilah,
but In Spanish the "e" Is pronounced like
oun long "a." "Los Angeles" has a much
disputed pronunciation. In fact, one of
the Los Angeles newspapers goes so far as
to put on Us editorial page dally what It
thinks should be the proper Pronounclatlon
of the word. "Los Ahn-Jay-layi" will get
'you Into no trouble. Cinema Is usually
Btnne.ma and Mercedes In this country can
have the accent on the first syllable and
the "C pronouneed soft.
Peanuts
J, Y, P, Peanuto are also Bailed ground,
nuts, earthnut. greundpeas, goobers and
plndars. "Pindar" alee appears as "p.
del." It Is from the Duteh wera "piead4
and the word is used In the West la41V
whenee it eame to our South. The ortgta ef
"areober" is ohseure. and la probably a. di.
leet word with seme .dietlnetly leeal and'
aeetdental eriarta la the heath.
, -, , . i a
Justice BHadfehW
BUBfJCKlBWR Jaettee le learmnte M
blindfolded MoeiMie fetatiee W aajaBoru, to
he Impartial to the sale ot helsW fci
to ranker etatWor fiwtttr the eaa
lag parties la a' eait.
The Northemt Co-wr
Jooced
an
poll
Tommy Weloh, writing alfth, ..
anils. hri h X.. ." .' "! "
secretary to. the governor. h X?T
me method of Murvan- il"
ii r V """ u ut he HiI
equ!PV with Plntech ir.htaU,,t -
Ther r" ft.n.o had wateh,
., "i" " Aiears;
He wound it tarefully each day fo,
many years. ' lt ,
5SX-2or '" --.-
Until he tried to soak tha watos . ..
It ingersoluble: toh "
Some folks are bom lucky no,. .. '
luck In Investments, and rtino,!
to listen to Secretary McAdoo's !Li
the Administration program? tm
A P, L. headline Informs tia k .
Buys Ooldbrlcks." This lead. ! TJ
member that a certain aAenbam ttJ&
dollars a year has beerTrT.M T. ?I! caM '
IMS., for a sort of temporlilng rn
A dispatch from London sayst Tn. ...
two Issues of Die Zukunft contained alH
lnar but nerfarttv h.i... .Ui. "a wa.
SS1" '.nMM&
llkohl?:remen'" Canl d0Ub,,(M wu'4 le i
u-uremen J
""'" " "ins;B, xuesaays and frlaaW
As Austria-Hungary has refused .
leaso Mme. Emmy Destlnn, the opera iiaiT
of the glory voice, we desire to hsrSS
our CO-worker In lh i.....j '
column fourth to the left-by saying tkat'l
she was Destlnned to remain In hj? S 'J
home town. Rmllllna- n e.n.e.., - ': . i
flep from tho room.
A farmer up In Wlnsted, Conn, resort.
measurlne seven lnrh. in -i- . .
nnd "having Inside It another perfec'l
formed smaller ccir." Mnv i .. .!ry sl
n.l.ln. ,.,.... - " ' ? """'." "r-
; ..v,,... .,, i nice n nen that wfa
lay large eggs with larger ones inilu, fcl
r.... unmucu , ouiiRuio iropnjr.
A GENEROUS SINGER
AND A FINE CONCERT!
Music and Speeches in Academy
at urcnestra's Second Weekly
, Appearance .
Smnll wonder If the reviewers left tat JJ
.ni-uueiiiy ui .iuic yraieraay Wltn mlxM a
ireuiiKs una worn-aown pencils. It h4 i
been an afternoon ot speeches, as well a
music, with tho linked sweetness of ua i
ooncert somewhat, but not tedlouslv. la.
drawn out Those commuters who. au..
dalnlng time-tables, remained for tha glari.
march of Tschalkowaky, should have fettM
repaid, jn trum, mere was much prior t
that which" went to make ud a Mr d.
even exclusive of Mme. Schumann-Helnfi'
Dcnencenr. cnecK ror me orchestra and lt.
Stokowskl's graceful pica for endowtatat
contributions from the public. i
There) wna. for nnn thins-, ths Sn.1v !
parent fact that the older the orchMtrl J
grows in seasons me younger and frtaher
Is Its spirit. There Is a kind of breathleat '
boylnhness, far from artless or amateurish,
about these musicians and their conductor
that may well bo esteemed In contrast with
the classic austerities and the rather mld H
only gestures of Its two Ir.twrtant oogi--
petltlve visitors. Kven whe.i Bruch aaj J
the early Wagner are featured there Is tt
sense of holiday and lively exultation la ;
nearly everything Mr. Stokowskl Dliri
That sense and that exultation mount up te,f
thrilling heights when as yesterday he rtk J
the "Don Giovanni" overture, the SIyI a
march and tho "L'Arleslenno" suite. We"!
almost forgot. In the latter ease, that lis 'a
left out two of the lovejlest movements.,
and were content. Z
Uecauso Mr. Stokowskl Infuses the pic
torial clement Into much of hla work oa .
the platform he Is sometimes accused br'1
light thinkers of being deficient In the a
symphonic iense. Yesterday It is true that .1
his vision of the oeemoven Secoiu Srra-.i
phony did Include much that brought lie ;
scenes ana ugurcs curiously enougn. mw;
tho measure ot this sort of lnterpretatlM'j
Is tho resulting pleasure, or displeasure, te
the hearers. That theygot beauty ,ut of ?1
nis onering was enougir; mougn toa irar Ti
phony Is scarcely one that can awe w If
any more. It Is good music, 4but U It
really for an aire? The manner f it! ,
doing was technically excellent, save 'far''
the betravlnc hrnRa now and then. It WM
all mellow, yet bright and quick, and tat'i
mind went back to a recent occasion VMS
the same wprk was played In the Acadecsf ,
iwun hoi nuii me oxuueruncs nor we mhww y
milRlf-lnnlv rlnt.f. If VinH vntntnv. Tim BUS. C!
rested contrast Is not Intended to discredKi
a highly Intelligent leader from another, j
city; it Is Just to remind PhlladelpnlaM u
inai mcir own propnei unoum nave m"s"
In I.U nA.A nl.l.1lM 1haa ' '
As to tho soloist, acknowledgment ,
ready has been made of her financial "."j
eroslty to the orchestra. Of her art-eei
so nicely seasoned as almost to defy ''
criticism she gn,ve plenteounly to he aue ;
tors. Literally sne, too, maae me years
turn li.irk. If thera were nresent Deraaal i
who detected some sflght falling oft .
vocal richness their number was oonsees.
to half a dozen, so splendidly did MvMnw
Krrmmftnn.TTAlnli' MninrvA rtnr dramatic es J
tralto. giving It full play In climax 'aaaj
crisis. Of the nomowhat stale "Itleru'. a' i
she mado a llttlo masterpiece of ooerelj
significance, and In the very "cnurcnyaras
Olm A.1.,im.i..' an wnm .. t.ndtr. faitS $
ful Penelope of Homeric, rather than of
uruchlan, fancy ureek, not uermsa n-
she onlv elected to almr one or two 0l
Instead of those numbers. It would . 1
dellghtedj some of her admirers mora .j
"OdysseuB" thing, however, proved J"l;
might, not Tiave been apparent in "av
that ahn la nn unntlMlert mlatreSS Of VOatty
range. For bars It sounded like "'jJ5l
tsr nn n aa an nla rtta snnranfl. AfQ taPv i
v sieievit uq ease ease tvt " .Ti aaiT
anlnlot snnit lliias Viras nlts 11 W nnfl WllibMeW
a waver of tone. It was a remarK-f
proof of her wide abilities.
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW '
"Panpn.A 1. rtlalnW worried over PenaarlsS
vanla." says aaHMtch from DmocrefJ
headquarters. 'hk to worry ,
though, until PsaflMranla begins to ?;
over Penrose, -AeBav'Knlckerbocker inmn
Tlia T)amrumtlBBBBf fnnnL camOSlsa 1
ods have reachedThe "dippy" stsi JJil
th.tf .1. 'auam -tv lt.f.r.nn. that tSej
eilar-tlnn nf Mr. lfiurh. would DlUIIfS ""-i
United States Into war. Cincinnati Coaj.f
merciai-jrioune. i
Turn vmm aft.r fti. milhretftk of the .1
war three American battleships, the "V
mont, Kansas and New Hampshire. ,"
Btrlpped of their crews to proviae a ora
the new dreadnought Arizona. Thus
Wilson Administration goes forward ef g,
malnlng in tho same plaoe. Chleae in1.
There Is nothing !j the Lusltanla res.
that Is inspiring or Invigorating to tats aa
lien, if it ie a faot that the Aamima
at Washington has.r la Ms own mind rt '
dlanoaad of tha aaaa. and rafraln front
iH ....(.it. .l.. .,....,... .n,n .ftar
election, it is a logical assumption t.?l
tears to give Into the hand or tae rSZSiv1
paopie the faetron ttie eve 01 tr.
eKort at re-eteetton. -Boeton Jtaeord.
W, W-"WONDROUS 'WlSf"
There is a man in Washington, ,
Who Is so wondrous wise, '
He write long notes ef protest.
Te wMijh no aaa yeli.
Ad whea he eeea e aaawere soma,
Wtak all kla ulahi avl main.
lie eUa right dewa and wiilee and
JLaa - "-- nut amlM
WWaea olWats, Mew Vetkl
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