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Deliberate as often as you
please, but when you decide it ie once
for all. Publiue Syras.
Mr. Berry seem to think that tho
War to havo less Eyro is Ho have more
fclr.
A business woman has asked tho
New. York Sun for the proper terms In
Which to address a corporation. If sho
had asked Mr. Dry an the reply would
fcave been unprintable.
There must, bo soma mistake In
the announcement that Bevcnty.flve
Seetch women have given up their hair
to' enter a hospital corps. Who ever
knew or heard of tho Scotch "giving up"
anything.
Plutarch quotes Fhlllp as charao
terizlng the Macedonians as' a rude and
efownlsh people because they called a
-os4o a spade. Our Democratic frlonds
aeem to tlilnk Colonel Itoosevolt Is not
Bice because ho has tho same habit.
The Bryn Mawr student who Is to
Win $1(1,000 when she can cook a course
dinner for twelvo persons will get a
'worthy prize. Many other girls, however,
havo won good husbands who nro worth
many times ten thousand dollars by dem.
enstratlns their ability to cook a single
i -course dinner for two,
: i
What possible difference could It
Kako whether a Varo or a. McNlchol
leader Introduced In Councils tho resolu
tion for a committee to look after tho
eUy'a Interests at Harrlsburg? Tho blck
ring botwecn the factions about stealing
each other's thunder brings tho business
ef the city's legislature to tho lovel of a
achoolglrls' quarrel.
No more satisfactory system for an-
Bouncing tho result of an election has
ever been devised than that which the
Evhninq Lebokii wllKuso Tuesday night
through the cooperation of tho electric
light company and tho chief of tho city
electrical bureau. Every citizen within
lent of an cleotrlc arc .lamp will bo
apprised of the result by the blinking of
the light aa soon as definite Information
la received In this office.
Threo persons would not havo been
kmrned olive, It appears, if an inspector
Bad had time to get around to the 1700
Mock In Norrls street in tlmo to seo that
.building was operated as a tenement in
afect violation of tho housing laws. If
bare wero more Inspectors such build-
''lag's would have proper flro-oscupes. Yet
there has been' an insistent demand for
these very inspectors. Councils should
' take the matter up Immediately, after
wpardonablo neglect
The long-predicted civil war in
, pne European country as a result of tho
general conflict seems to have arrived to
-intl at least pne of the many wild
BroScles of tho last two years. But it
is-r-Orecco and not in Germany that
, this new poison has entered the blood of
; .Jfcir.ope, There Is not much doubt of the
' 'stMalt. The Allies could not afford to let
v'tM pro-German monarchists turn the
kingdom Into a Teutonic provinco threat-
. anlng the rear of their armies In Maco-
ioala.
, By all means let lis havo tho State
Osit6t graft skeleton drawn forth from
f me, closet again, and after election, as
;Vf, Eyre says, la the time for the in-
', laravatlve libel suit. That the charge
HuU the candidate originated the huge
graft plan is not specifically answered be-
L. ttro election day should 'also suit Mr.
rry very well. The grafters have paid
fclfh for their loot Death and disgrace
have been their portion. The hounding
stamping out of the last living mem-
of the band, wherever thoy may be
la one way of upholding tho honor
sat the Commonwealth. There la a better
too. That la for the opposition to
greater leaders against tho Organlzo-
There have been strong fusion par
eking constructive State leader-
, but they have not had that unity of
whleii eould discriminate be-
State and national Issues, that
'Which If lasting invltea and evolve
ling Manures for executive honors.
'It all that we required of a Pre!.
were the ability to make speeches
by .hHerary charm Mr. Wll-
jMild be Meat. We, have never, had
man gifted with better powers
n. Colonel RooeeveK aa but
fMMtah latO'hia reowrks. Urt they
we eaua, eoniewAisuve repose of
Jhreaident's aeataaea. As a man o
ana a, orwio ox puoue artaira Mr.
ean find aoewpaUon after he re-
from the Wbete House. It will
be eanah aaofe congenial than
whaca ht a bow enaed. His
aa a ajoaaUletrator ,i
to Ukt (act that be to mm
vhswa en paper; It he has set forth In
strong epigrammatic sentence the duty
of the Government to protect the lives
of Americans wherever they may be he
thinks he lias dono all that la necessary.
It Is the mission of those In authority to
net according to hi advice. There would
be no reason for criticizing Mr. Wilson's
"strict accountability" note If It hail been
the work of an outside commentator on
public affairs. Ills "nonpartisan" speeches
during the campaign have been delightful
for their enunciation of principles which
nobody donles. No better literary expres
sion of American Ideals has ever been
given. Wo shnll know next Wednesday
morning how much or how little the na
tion thinks of flno words which havo not
been followed by fine deeds.
HUGHES THE CAMPAIGNER
THIS opposition early In the campaign
aet out to create tho Impression that
tho Hughes of 1918 was not the Hughes
of 100S. It Anew that there are peoplo
who can be made to believe that white
Is black If they are told so often enough
and with emphasis.
Perhaps you havo noticed, however,
that the Democrats have not been trying
to be'lttle tho campaigning ability of Mr.
Hughes for nearly two months. Those
who have taken tho troublo to read the
speeches of the Tnft campaign which
mado Mr. Hughes tho admitted leader
among thoso who wero defending tho
Ilopubllcan Administration and to com
pnro them with tho speeches which he
has been making for the last two months
have been Impressed with the greater
virility and tho greater directness of the
speeches of this year. Tho thousands who
heard him in tho Metropolitan Opera
Houso hero wero Impressed with his con
summate skill In moving crowds to en
thusiasm. All reports agree that he
made his points with such clearness and
force that at tho climax tho applause
burnt out with tho suddenness and sharp
ness of a cannon volley. Early In Sep
tember the news came from tho West
that he had been piling epigram on epi
gram with a speed and skill that cap
tivated tho people. At tho beginning
of October tho news reports Indicated
that he was mill swaying the crowds.
Tho observer for the New York Evening
Post, writing from Lincoln, Neb., said
of him:
Ills complete mastery of the beat
forms of expression and elocutionary
art, his remarkable Oatllng-gun de
livery of concept after concept In tell
ing fashion' and In most excellent e
quenco, make you feel like applauding
at the end of his sentences.
The chargo that Mr. Hughes had lost
his skill as a campaigner has given way
to the assertion that ho has failed to
outline any constructivo policies, but has
been content with criticizing tho Admin
istration. Yet the facts justify this
chargo no mora than tho other. Tho most
casual study of his speeches discloses Its
falsity. Ho has charged the Democracy
with enacting a destructive tariff law. In
speaking" of tho necessity for construc
tive legislation, ho says:
If wo are to havo protection for
American Industry It is plain common
sense to any you must put In power an
Administration that believes In pro
tection'. I stand fearlossly and frankly
here before you to say that a doctrlno
of a tariff for revenue only for this
country at this time when we aro en
tering upon a period of commercial
rivalry Is not an American doctrine.
As to the' surrender of American
rights on sea and land ho said:
We are not a militaristic people, but
we propose that our words shall have
bock of them the assurance of power.
The policy of the enforcement of
known rights Is not a policy of war. It
Is a policy of security. It Is a policy
of self-respect, No party can stand be
fore the American people and say that
It will not maintain American rights,
and I propose that this shall not simply
be Bald, but that It shall be done.
His Mexican policy is contained In
those pregnant sentences:
There are certain principles that we
can lay. down to which we propose to
adhere. They are Important in Mex
ico they are Important
, throughout the world. The
first Is that we will not meddle with
things that do not concern us ; the sec
ond is that we will not merely talk
about rights of small States, but we
will observe them, and the third la that
It will be understood that at all eventa
tho lives and property of American
citizens will be protected.
Ills determination to maintain the au
thority of the Government was set forth
in his discussion of the Adamson wage
increase law when he raid:
We have here a fundamental issue. It
In the issue of free government. It Is
whether we are a government of laws
or a government" by groups who dic
tate edicts In the form of laws. We
cannot afford to have a terrorized Ad
- ministration. We can solve all prob
lems If we adhere to the rule of reason,
if wo are fair, open-minded and de
termined to do Justice to all according
to the facta. There Is no other way,
and the attempt to turn us over to the
rule of force should receive the swift
condemnation of the people.
It would be easy to fill this page with
equally significant and statesmanlike
utterances indicating the constructive
nature of all his thinking, Mr. Hughes
has not been content merely with attack,
though he haa attacked so hard and so
successfuly aa to make the opposition
writhe under his blows. He has de
nounced the blunders of the Democracy
and haa pointed out the right road to
follow, lie has combined construction
and deatructton so effectively that he will
take rank with the great campaigners.
Dankwct Correspondence
Sir t don't wish to mm M'Uacioua an4
perhaps this la a qufry for lh tllquctle edi
tor but do ladles ever come to a newspaper
bank.wet? '
Also. I have a friend on an evenlna- contemn.
,who said yesterday, quite extemporaneously, that
eveiroour Knew novr ins nrpnenaica Americans
were volnr to vote, but what she Is Interested
in Is the slphonatetl ones.
tjhe wants to know If she brlnxs a dollar and
this contribution If she'll be admitted to the
party.
R. 8. V. P. M'L.
Almost It S. V. P. Just two moro
times, making threo In all, and wo'll dust
off a chair.
WORK OF THE AItT JURY
TUB Art Jury, whose fifth annual re
port has just been filed with the
Mayor, has Justified Its creation by what
it haa disapproved as well aa by what It
has approved. The erection of many ugly
structures haa been prevented by the veto
of the gentlemen constituting the Jury,
Their activity In preventing the obstruc
tion of the sidewalks and the consequent
disfigurement of the city by projecting
street signs has been particularly whole
some. It "la fortunate In this period of city
expansion, when several large and monu
mental public buildings are to be erected,
thai we have the Jury to pa& upon the
designe before their adoption.. Their taste
tfnd Judgment have been shown in their
indoreement of the tentative plans tor
the new projected Museum pt Art The
Convention Hall and the Free Library
will be mere worthy of the, eity beeauee
at tM attswtiea wkdoh the Jury will give
t tab mm aAnMare for the pw,
Tom Daly's Column
Tltn VlLhAQIi rOBT
Whenever If a Saturday 1 know It lin't
right
To aik far "panel to the ihow," or
maHnee or night,
For Balurdav' o holiday, the only time,
they say,
For mtnttreh an' play-actor folk to
gather In their hay; t
So only thotc that have the coin, the
chcrcuithal to pay,
Should hang around the Hippodrome or
pott Its doors today.
1 mustn't think of Charlotte now. The
only thing to do
1 Jutt to stick fo Chestnut itreet an'
tee what newt U new.
I try to mtnd the work in hand an' hunt
the commonplace,
But Charlotte With' her twinkling tkatet
an' Charlotte with her grace
I round about me everywhere, in every
thing I meet,
In every tcind-blown wisp o' leaves a
whirling down the street,
In everything that movct in rhyme an'
pulses to the beat
Of youth an' Joy an' loveliness! It's hard
to make my feet
Behave tvith proper dignity as gouty feet
should do,
.In' hold ma down to Chestnut street to
tee what news Is new.
The many-hued rcwolflnp- sign before a
barber's shop
It charms tho eyes xcithln my head an'
makes 'cm fairly pop.
I know the people passing by are much
amazed at me,
For none of them can see in it the vision
that I sec;
01 there is nothing nolo that spins, re
volves, whirls or gyrates
But calls a picture up for me of Char.
lotto on her skates.
An' so you see how hard it it, this job
I've got to do.
To stick around on Chestnut street an'
sec what news is new.
What's thatf Eht You're the manager
Press agcntl But , you see,
Our eldest lad is home from tchool, to
I'd be needing three
An' three upon a Saturday '
Yott willf Oh, thanks to youl
Let some one else stroll Chestnut street
to sec what news is ticio.
Traveling from Trenton to New York
tho other day I noticed several numbered
nlgns along tho way. The first I observed
read:
81 Children Cry for Castor Oil.
Further on another sign says 60 cry
for it The number crying for it gets
less as on you go. By tho tlmo Newark
Is reached tho kids aro done crying.
CHAHLIE.
Sir Upon the Via Cantanea. where you
frequently go upon the day of Saturn to
see qua novella est nova, I observe this
Blgn:
ENGLISH WALKING UMBUELLAS
Would you suppose these to be tho sort
that hurry after you If you carelessly leave
them In the forum or tho wine shop?
ACmlCOLA.
And without any outsldo assistance
whatever, wo ourself, strolling down to
our labor yesterday, noticed in the win
dow of Dreer's seed store a collection of
once lovely but now very tired chrysan
themums. Each bloom had its own
name-card at Its foot, and directly in the
center of the stago was this: 'Tho Glory
of Wilts."
LITTLE Mary was Bent to tho cigar
i store by her father to buy him a
cigar. When she returned with tho cigar
it looked like a lead pencil, it was so thin.
Her father asked her what sho had done
to it and sho answered, "I peeled it for
you." M. It H.
A large Sixteenth street house, showing an
attractive window display of scales of va
rious kinds and giving the position of honor
to a beautiful set of baby scales, sur
mounted by a wicker basket for holding
the Infant, displayed under It
BOY WANTED.
CLIFF B.
BACHELOR DERKAVEMENTS
O, HUE!
Qabriella, fair and bright,
How I loved your skin so white.
But since destiny beyond us
Ruled that you have yellow Jaundice,
Can you really blame a fellow?
I don't, love you Qabrlelln.
COLONIAL QBNT.
Did you notice how our own dear paper,
with its clever scheme for electrically en
lightening the city on election night, has
put the whole thing on the blink?
Why Dear Teacher Gets Married
Habeas corpus This Is a warrant taken
out by undertakers to find out who has
got the corpse they are after.
Ratine A female rat
B pluribut unum This means that the
coin it is stamped on Is one out of a
great many.
Thespian A man by the name of Luther
nailed one on a church door In Ger
many, President's Cabinet Abraham Lincoln
and his assistants used to go Into the
woods where they had a very small
cabin, o It came to be called cabinet
The canal through which our food passes
la called the gully.
Diet of worme This la a favorite Ger-
' man dish.
Glass is made of old bottles.
RON MUTT.
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Fifteenth street)
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IVAen Mature paints the leaves of trees,
And from the west a slapping breeze
Cfmtt whistling past, and gentle rata
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THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
Unemployment Under Cleveland and Under Wilson Demand
That Immigration Be Restricted to Protect
American Workingmen
Thta Department It trem to all readers tcho
wlah to express their opftfon on subjleef 0
rurrntt fntsrrsf. t an open lorum. and the
Kvcnino Ledger assumes no responsibility for
the views ot its rorrrspondnls. Letttrt must
he eltmed hit the Maine and addrtts of the
writer. Hot necessorlfi for publication, but 'as a
guarantee of good faith.
DEMOCRATIC UNEMPLOYMENT
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
sir Allow mo to call attention to the
awful business depression owing to threat
ened free trade at the time William Mc
Klnley was a candidate for Governor of
Ohio, and also to a like condition of affairs
during tho early part of the present Ad
ministration owing to actual free trade con
ditions. Free trade would die an Igno
minious death on November 7 If every
voter would admit to his or her heart the
words, first of William McKlnley in 1893
and the words of Governor Glynni of New
York, Democrat, In March, 1914. They pro
claim twin facts produced from like cause.
McKlnley said:
My fellow citliens, we cannot bo In
different even If we would, nor unmind
ful that today many of our fellow citi
zens are without work because they
cannot find anything to do. There are
homes In'the State which less than a
year ago were filled with cheer and con
tentment that are now haunted with
hunger. Our hearts go out in feeling
sympathy to these unfortunate ones of
our fellow citizens, and our purses
should open to them In sweet and sub
stantial charity. The present situation
affords a great opportunity to all of us
to demonstrate that love we bear our
fellow men, and If rightly Improved
will cause us to realize that It Is more
blessed t6 give than receive. Those who
have will give to those who have not,
and the people of our great State will
permit none of our men or women or
children to suffer for the necessaries of
life. God grant that this scourge to
mi. Industrial nrnsnerltv mav anaedllv
pass away, and that the time may not 1
be long distant when business conn
dence shall again come to every com
munity i when Industry shall resume Its
former activity, and when men now In
enforced Idleness shall have work and
wages, and the homes now In poverty
shall be blessed In plenty.
Governor Glynn, March, 1914, New York,
addressed these words to the Legislature:
Public attention haa been forcibly
turned to the fact that a large number
of men are unable to find employment
During the last fall and winter the
problem of the unemployed has steadily
grown more acute. For the man who
la not sincerely anxious to secure work
the publlo has no sympathy. For the,
man who Is anxious to work, but can
not find employment the State haa sym
pathy and a very real concern. While
I do not believe that the present situa
tion Is as serious as some would have
us believe, I am persuaded that It Is
serious enough to demand our consid
eration. Whatever the State as a State
can do to provide work for the unem
ployed, It la morally bound to do.
To the man or woman who will think
Just a little beyond the cruet war now going
on and Us decidedly limited and one-sided
Individual prosperity. It would aeem that
the testimony of William McKlnley and
Governor Olynn need no additions to con
vince the workers In this land that free
trade is the mortal enemy of work and
wages In America.
.n .. . ... r MICHAEL J, BIIOWN.
Philadelphia, November 1.
PROTECTION AND PROFIT SHAR
ING To the Editor of The Evening Ledger:
Sir The following are, I believe, the
fundamental weaknesses of the protective
tariff policy as advocated.by the Bepubllcan
party:
1. Although claiming to cause higher
wages to be paid to employes In protected
industries, no tariff fpeasure has ever car
ried a provision guaranteeing a fair share
of the profits ot the Induttry to the em
ployes In that Industry, The Increase pf
wagea has rested wholly with the employer,
and only too often has been obtained by
strikes and the power of labor unions.
te The Republican polley. while profess
ing to protect. Aamleaa hvber again the
"! Jbr pt . has aetuaDy
swsi. wwm.jm,, iwsiwi aHMaH UW HBsUrl
tected Industries nro foreigners who will
never become American citizens.
3. The Republican policy of protection
has gone far afield from what it was In
the days ot Clay and Webster.
No longer do we hear or read of pro
tection for "Infant Industries." The policy
has gradually changed Into a policy of
"perpetual protection." Once an Industry
Is granted protection It must be favored
ever afterward. This Is a direct contradic
tion of the original Idea of a protective
tariff. The remedies for the above-mentioned
defects In tho Republican policy are
self-evident
1. Every Industry to which protection Is
granted should be subject to a Federal
commission, which would see that the la
borers employed In that Industry are given
'a fair and equitable share of the profits
due to the protection granted by the Gov
ernment 2. Real protection for American labor
should prevent the employment of any men
of foreign birth except those who have been
naturalized. There should be stringent reg
ulations as to the Importation of "pauper
laborers" to become naturalized and then
employed In protected Industries.
B. "Perpetual protection" should ba
granted to no Industry unless the products
of that Industry are of vital necessity to
the country's welfare In times of great na
tional stress.
How many manufacturers would support
a tariff measure carrying the provisions
mentioned above? Frankly, I do not like
all of the second provision, and yet I do
not see how It can be avoided If we are to
afford true protection to American laborers.
(I trust you will protect me against the
gentleman who says that there Is nlready
a per capita tax on Immigrants and that
there Is a law against "contract labor.")
S.
Philadelphia, October 31,
A CHEERFUL CRITIC
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir I am a reader pt your valuable edi
torials, mostly quotations and other Inter
esting "apparently" news, composed by the
editor's assistants, I surmise, and am
anxious to know It the editor ever gets
angry when criticized by a faithful sub
scriber' two times at once. Concerning Per
kins, may I Inquire, "Did he not have the
preliminaries out to dust?" Apparently, and
the owl affords the same knowledge. Both
work In the dark; neither ever aaw day
light And there lies your who's who and a
hoot. "He that wrestles with us strengthens
our nerves and sharpens our wits," but the
light ones that sidestep and refuse to hold
make us nervous. "Apparently" Who's
Who? Tho future holds the facta May I
mention your paper la getting more Interest
ing dally? S. FREDERICK HALL.
Philadelphia, November 1,
RADICALISM AND ITS RIGHTS
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir May I make a reply to your edi
torial of Saturday evening, headed "Propa
ganda, Property and Props"?
May I say that you do not dispose ot the
subject? Those you term radical, being
human, have diverse opinions and we know
that some of them are not worth the
listening to. However, the people who In
all seriousness stand behind Socialism, free
speech or birth control are a power to
be reckoned with., and the movements they
represent are deep ones and are not to be
Ignored or summarily put aside.
No one finds fault with the main conten
tion of Socialism. I, a, that every one should
share alike in whatever the earth produces.
No person familiar with the growth, d
velopment and results of tree speech would
want to suppress.lt No one, aeelng the
numbers of undernourished, poorly clad and
defective children of the masses would
hesitate to provide a check to the producing
of more' than there are means to take
proper care of,
May I say that because of the actions of
a few who wrongfully claim to be socialists,
etc, that you have loBt sight of the Justice,
the depth and the great seriousness of the
movements you mention? DUItAND.
Drexel Hill, October 30.
CONTRARIWISE
If the law were to edict that man and
wife should never be together for mere
than six months In the year, It would be
broken every day and men and worein
would stand huacer'aaa etrlses ts euu'is.
getaar for twejve. nooUui la twelve; If love
s waaiw wmsm sbsssbi h
What Do You Know?
j
Ourtf& of general interett will be answered
in tlila column. Ten Questions, the answers to
which everv well-informed person should know,
are asked dally.
O.UIZ
nimfthttfi will be one ef the treat rnlera of
the world In his time. Who Is lie?
Jost what Is the .nature of the work done br
tanners?
Women did not appear on the atare In the
Kngiand of Shnltespeare'e dar. Who took
women's parts? When wero tlieko parts
nrst played by women?
Who waa "fir Iron Keller"?
What la a porrlns-er?
What Is snow blindness?
What In meant by the principle of natural
selection?
Roslnanle was the name of perhaps the most
famous character In the world'a llcllon.
xtanie her,
What la meant In a parliamentary hodr
when a man sara "I rise to a point of
order"?
We hear of some one "running the samnt
or emotions." What Is the real meanlns
of ssniut?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
The dimensions of the ordlnarr brick are
two lit four br elxtit inches.
10.
HlfiflVll 7TiBlsWja3mK.rMfllTM
To appoint men to a "bipartisan" eommln-
ion www im jo appoint an equal num
ber of Hepubllcans and Democrats i a
"nonpartisan" commission wonld be made
nn pf men of all parties or of no panics,
without Inquiring- Into their party affllta
tlons. Salllns nn n rreat flrelel nsTltatlnr on n
line which It carried on a plane throuzh
the earth would exactly bisect It.
Mlnle ballt a conical rifle, bullet, with n
rasltr In Its base pinned wllh a piece of
Iron, which br the explosion of the charze
is driren further In, expandlna the sides
to tit closely the ;Uh of the barrel,
named for Captain Mlnle, of France, the
lnrentor.
""JTVJL', nd.."ih,CraPj are both correct,
but ''hiccup" la the, older and better spelli
Ins. "Illeeensh" Is the result of what
Is called "popular etymology,"
Philadelphia Art Juryi It Is reonlren by
law that It pass on any work of art be
i!r? .!' .pnoroee the property, of the cltyi
but If It does not act for sixty days its
tacit approral la presumed.
The sUn means "to" or "at"i for
eiample. ."the pries was inVsOlOvS.
rn."nl..f"",,C,0fl;r)LhMt 9"7'" --
plf.l''K,l he fruit of the uspaw tree. Tho
intlky Juice of the nlanfls said to hare
the properly of maklnz meat tender.
Osier's ace limit! he spoke of "(he eom
"T'UTr oselessneas if men above SO"
and "the useleasncse of. men nboxe 60 1 "
fnleW.rSW:" ""' rUltn' 5 '-
A mornlns rainbow Is recarded as a slzn
weaffi?.' " ,nUj" rainbow of faff
Imbecile Voters
J. C. M. Imbeciles have the privilege
of voting In the House of Lords. Lunatics
are allowed to vote at parliamentary elec
tions. A British legal Journal n an arti
cle on the matter ahows by numerous In
stances that men have lost their reason
without losing the franchise. Objections
to voters on grounds of Insanity have been
very seldom sustained.
T
Nature of Mead
II. p. Mead Is a fermented liquor made
from honey. The honey Is mixed with
water and malt, and then spices are added
and fermentation Is Induced and conl
ducted In the usual way. Mead waa In use
lee arsassu sataas.lu !&. ta a. "
... ,v. ,.., ""; ii waa Known both
among the highly civilized nations of
7""'" K.UIVJW aim among mo barbarous
tribes of the north.
Morris Plan
J. P. The following adltlonal informa
tion may be of Interest to you: The Morris
plan for making loans to small borrowers'
which has been described as "The Helping
Hand, Incorporated." recently held Its sec
ond convention. Twenty-elght new conv
panles operating the Morris plan have been
formed within the last year" making ufty"
three altogether now In existence, ihe
companies have made loans aggrea-atini
m.OOO.pOO to m.800 borrow". MaSv
f'fi1". ?S 'cu". '" "an sharks were
told at the convention. One workman who
had been paying J19 a montl, for Interest
alone to loan sharks got free from them
through the Morris plan, and I. now p,y
Ing up both principal and Interest in flftv.
two installments at IJ a week. y
Crime In New York
.B;..D'"h" Population of the death housa
at Sing Slag prison dwindled to tin SSS
on November t. tho lowest In nearly twenlt?
five years. The showing Is cons den !!
markable by officials. , view rt Wfaat
that under a law enacted two years aio
al persons destined for execution must 5.
sent to this prison. Frevlou. Tto that time
murderers were kept also In Cllaten and
Aubvirn prUons. A year ago twiaty.0Bl
aeadtasaad wea were occupants ot the death
hauee. The laM tlm, that tae naitirtf
eeavsetad taarsWasai at su. J.!rT?"5
SRPF ALL ' UJH ." ta t uaT a ICE ;"" M
Tin - jjiiCTriii iMiiJwlmiaoJiflBillirgf - .raaff?8"
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The Northeast Corner
1
Casuals of tho Day's Work
TUB average man, taking him by and
large, sizes up pretty well with any ota,
average man In some respects. Meet tor
Instance, nn Average Man on the strtet
frlek him for poetry as we Bay In detec
tive circles and you will find that he has
tucked away somewhere a clipping from
a newspaper, a limerick, a couplet or, In
rarer Instances, a sonnet which he has
kept either for his own enjoyment or te
show to some one who may have a point
of view that Is appreciative.
Sometimes, too, there may be tucked
away In hiding places some gems, set like'
a diamond from Jnegersfonteln, unex
plained, unexpected and altogether beauti
ful. It Is one's privilege to display two ot
these which may or If they are not they
should be carried by the Average Man as
food for thought Uoth are cribbed from
dedicatory phraslngs of bookn. The first
In from Gilbert Chesterton's dedication to
Hllalre Delloc of his book, 'The Napoleon
ot Nattlng Hill:"
And when the pedants bade us mark
What strange mechanlo happenings
Must come, our souls said In the dark:
Ilellke but there are likelier things.
And the other, curiously like. Is from the
dedication ot William McFee's "Casuals ot
the Sea:"
To thoso poor casuals of the way-worn
earth.
The feckless wastage of our cunning
schemes. ..
This book Is dedicate, their hidden worth
And beauty I have seen In vagrant
dreams I
The things we touch, the things we dimly
see.
The stiff strange tnpcstrles of human
thought,
Tho silken curtains ot our fantnsy
Are with their somber histories o'er
wrought And yet we know them not; our skill is
vain to find
The mute soul's agony, the visions of the
blind!
Yet to go otherwhere. If Memory holds
her scat, and, ns Dudley Wood says. "We
presume she do," It Is from a dedication of
K. S. M.'s "A Little Drother to the Illch"
that wo quote:
To my good friend. Dr. F. D. Norton, to
whom I owe
All My Good Health,
Also
A Small Balance ot Seven Dollars and
Forty-flvo Cents.
SYMPHONIC BANQUET
SLIGHTLY TOO LARGE
Beethoven and Schumann on
One Program Brahms Con
certo by Mme. Samaroff
Not all concerts can bo as refreshing, as
springlike, as compact and lucid, as those
which Mr. Stokowski has been giving us at
the Academy lately. The drop had to come,
and only thanksgiving can bo expressed
that It came with ns much comparative
mildness as It did yesterday. Tho fault
with tho afternoon performance may be laid
to a number of facts, but in chief to
eleventh-hour substitutions on the program,
by which tho Mepdelssohn "Ituy Dlas" over
ture and Schumann's "Rhenish" Symphony
disappeared, to be duly replaced with the
Schumann Fourth and the slow movement
from Beethoven's Seventh, tho latter played
In memory of Theodore N. Ely,, who In his
lifetime was a'membcr, of tho orchestra's
executlvo committee and, It Is understood,
a warm friend of Mr. Stokowski.
No ono could possibly challenge the pro
priety of this tribute from tho point of so
cial or general artistic taste, but there Is
something to be urged against it from tho
point of musical, particularly symphonic
taste. If works ot this large and cohesive
nature are to be disjointed by conductors at
will, to establish what Is largely a matter
of sentiment, no matter how worthy the
latter, Just where docs Beethovon "get
off'? Wagner's violent objections to the
dl3mcmbcrment of his music dramas for.
the concert" stage have done him no, good;
hashes of 'Tristan" and "Tannhaeuser" are
continually being recooked to make a so
prano's holiday-feast But wasn't he right
after all?
Hardly even Wagner, however, could have
been angry at tho divorced "Melste'rslnger"
overture as It wa3 given yesterday. Com
ing last on the program. It was like a
wind In April, for Mr. Stokowski, beside
being a thoroughgoing Wagnerlte, under
stands the spirit of this most energetic and
glowing comic opera. He plays it, there
fore, like a comic opera, and the Joyous
vehemence of It Is trebled. But the con
ductor, with that far-seeing astuteness
which Is so keen It Is amusing, put the
overture at the last, thus preventing any
Bayreuth disciple from "walking out on
the show" during Its less Inspired moments.
A good many such moments occurred
during Mme. Samaroft's playing of tho
Brahms concerto. What a concerto I Dis
tended, lacking any meaty kernel with all
Its arid husk, and dubious as to form, It
might be urged as a good example of what
not to play at a long concert The fact
that the soloist gave It an elegance and
poise quite her own, and that she con
verted much of Its pompous orchestration
Into what resembled therlnsplratlon of com
position, only made It the more Irritating.
It Is not a work suited primarily to plan
Istlo display; one need not have read Mr.
Goepp's program note to the effect that It
first was designed ns a symphony to re
allze that Incidentally, the current passion
for Brahms, who only a few seasons ago
seemed about to retire Tnto Umbo, Is a
curious thing. It Is well for fine artists
to remember that Liszt and other big men
have written concertos as well.
Mme. Samaroff has gained In fluency and
ease, and a certain hardness of tone which
once marred her playing Is on the de
crease. If no other reason could have been
adduced for her many recalls and her
many bouquets (and there were many
others), It might have been found In her
charming attire, which In the subdued light
ing ot the building reminded one of a
French painting. French music would havo
suited that gown I
Now for the symphony. We have always
known that Mr. Stokowski could play
Schumann as well as any one hereabout;
better than most, maybe. Ills performance
waa In the full and fragrant spirit of the
composer. There were foaming waters of
sound, splendid rushes and ripples of mel
ody, all In the lyrlo vein. And his orchestra
played, of course, with all Its new 11
coherence and unanimity. It was only a
pity that a more artistic grouping of num
bers could not have been constituted a
splendid whole, for the whole ts equal to
the number of Its parts, remember. D, D.
AND STILL AT IT
A paragrapher on the Philadelphia Evan
jno Lsdqbr rose to wonder why It Is patrol
wagons are not equipped with Plntsch
lights, and at last accounts he was still at
liberty. Macon Telegraph.
BOB WniTE
I heard them greet the peep of dawn
From every bush and tree;
Blackbird, bluebird, robin, wren,
Jay, thrasher, chickadee;
Then I heard, from hla retreat
Somewhere n the born or wheat,
Bob White welcoming the mornlnr .
And I thought his song more awtet:
"Rob Whltel Bob Whiter.
Waa that note of bird or sprit.
Bob White?
I have listened In the shadows'
To the hauntinr whlppoorwlll,
I have heard the rapturous mocker.
Oh, a wealth ot sweetness ealUiV
Yet aet tbaae today I hear! y
ui ss,souwi stayed iu mr sir. :
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T.'.-ri.. YT " iwu-iaroaiea
Just bie double mi, of oaeer:
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