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There are tome defeat more
triumphant than victories. Montaigne.
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And now for tlie war nowa again.
Th Whits Houso marrlano will
Ink Into lnslffnlflcanca In comparison
with the possible wedding of a woman
Congressman.
Tho fact that four members of tho
Cabinet will probabiy retiro does not
satisfy tho public, for of tho four not one
to Daniels.
"Gas was so cheap last week
that week of unrestrained conversation to
which every ono contributed but no ono
'listened that It was perhaps forgotten
that we must continue to pay a twenty
five per cent tax on tho real thing.
vote: but condition In 180 under the
popular-vote plan would havo been Im
measurably worse than they were In 1876
under tho electoral system. Mr. Garfield
then had a majority of fifty-nine In the
electoral college; but his plurality In tha
popular vote was only 7023, out of a
total poll for the two candidates of 8,891,
083. That Is, the vote of seven-thousandths
of ono per cent of tho total poll
would havo decided tho Issue It we had
had election by popular majorities or
pluralities. In nn election so closo as
this, with the temptation to tamper with
the returns extending over the wholo
country Instead of over a close State or
two, the conditions would bo much worse
than tho worst which havo over pre
vailed under tho electoral system.
Tom Daly's Column
Conditions aro not at all satis
factory when an Insurance company can
carry on Us books bonds valued at almost
$1,000,000, although the bonds aro not
in Its possession. What's the Stato going
to do about It?
The military rehabilitation of the
Rumanian arms seems to be under way.
It appeared for a time that the little
kingdom was to suffer tho fate of Serbia,
but that danger has passed". The per
sistent refusal of the Allies to know when
they aro beaten Is exceedingly discourag
ing to tho Central Empires.
Governor-elect Edge, of New Jer
sey, wants to be business manager of a
buslness-llko State, and, if he succeeds,
will Introduce something as revolutionary
exs the "Wisconsin Idea." Ho made a
good start toward this Ideal In the As
sembly, through which ho last year forced
It budget bill. This requires the Governor
to submit estimates of funds needed for
all State agencies and to supervise the
expenditures.
a
It Is scarcely fair tp Representative
Vare to bring him forward as a candidate
for Speaker of the House. "While Mr.
Vare's services to the local Organization
have undoubtedly been of great value, he
has not yet had an opportunity to reveal
himself and the Vare methods In a
convincing way to the great body of
progressive Representatives. Besides,
before harnessing the nation, the Vares
havo yet to get Pennsylvania firmly
under control.
Perclval Lowell, whose death Is
.reported from Flagstaff, Arizona, was an
astronomer of more than ordinary
ability, who maintained the high standard
of service which the Lowell family has
stood for In America. He was the fore
most champion of the theory that Mars
Is Inhabited and that the people thereon
dwelling were engaged In digging gigantic
canals. Recent observations led him to
adhere' more strongly than ever to this
theory. He was an American whose
fame was International and whose
processes of thought were Interplanetary.
If there Is any sound argument
against woman suffrage, It must bo that
women might vote as women and not as
citizens were they universally enfran
chised. The best argument for the ex
tension of woman suffrage must be that
where women vote now they divide not
according to their sex, but according to
the general trend of sentiment in their
State. Tet here Is Mrs. Dodge, head of
the anti-suffragists, making her chief
point against woman yotera the fact that
last Tuesday their vote "was practically
Identical with that of the men of their
families"! So lsthe vote of sons and
grandsons "practically Identical" with
that of their grandfathers. Even neigh
bors are affected by the prevailing sentl
ment of their community, so that whole
counties are counted upon to go Repub
lican or Democratic on past performances,
and usually fulfill expectations. All at
tempts to segregate the women's vote
as a separate force have failed, Just as
the attempt to segregate the labor vote
always falls. The only danger of fur
ther attempts to segregate will consist
In the refusal to eliminate the suffrage
Issue by riving women the vote.
The system of choosing a President
., by electors instead of by a popular vote
ta denounced by the New York World as
, " tnanace to the political stability of
the United States." The menace, If we
read the World aright, Ilea in the repe-
WUen of such uncertainty as existed in
, ! and again appeared this year. We
are asked to believe that the uncertainty
t?ul4 disappear if the President were to
elected by a plurality of the votes
L The New Tork Bun has Indorsed
ttv Wwld's suggestion. The facts, how-
r, do not Justify tha conclusions which
papers reach. Mr, Tlldan had a
(Morality of J50.9J5 over Hayes, while
hU a majority of data in tha Mo-
T-kw usKwrtaiMly a i, it
THE PRESIDENTS PLEDGE
TO BUSINESS
THE Industrial powers of Philadelphia
aro too great to bo overthrown by
political reverses. Nothing short of war
or revolution can submergo the city's
pre-eminent usefulness to America and
tho world. Buppose a fallacious economic
policy, embraced by tho country for a
number of yeais, wcro conspicuously to
Impair tho enorglcs of tho workshops of
the cities along tho Delaware, of the
cities In Pennsylvania whose manufac
tories have the double advantage of
being near the coal mines and tho sea
board. Tho effect would be of national
Import. It would bo like n panic In
Wnll street, llko a great falluro In tho
western crops. Thl3 city, as tho key
stono of our manufacturing energies, can
feel without any nssertlvcness, but merely
with a sense of responsibility, that It
represents one of the threo great
barometers of national prosperity: theso
threo being the money market, tho crops
and Industry.
Mr. Wilson declares ho has dono much
to stabilize tho condition of tho first two.
He cannot And pralso enough for tho
Federal Reserve act, which ho devoutly
believes is panic-proof, proof agnlnst a
currency panic such as that of 1907, at
any rate.
He Is equally sanguine about his work
for agriculture, pointing to tho rural
credits act, tho cotton futures act, grain
grades, warehouso and good roads meas
ures, and tho organizing of scientific
farming and marketing.
Rut what of industry? Mr. Wilson
has not dodged tho Issue, but somo of
his campaign arguments are not reassur
ing. Ho answered tho "war prosperity"
argument by declaring that only four
per cent of all our commerco Is foreign,
while nlnety-Elx per cent is domestic; that
only ono per cent of our exports Is of
munitions. Ho pressed homo, with all
the skill of a great debater, tho point
that millions of dead men will not
compote with our workers. But he was
silent about the tremendous efficiency of
England's Industries even In war, nnd
ho has left out of account tho European
boycott plan, "the war after tho war,"
which would compel Germany to dump
In North nnd South America what the
Allies boycott, and tho Allies to do tho
same with what Germany boycotts. As
for tho argument from "dead men don't
compete," why Is Europo planning a trade
war If there Is to be no trade to fight
about?
But apart from these mero debater's
points, expected of both sides In tho
heat of a campaign, there Is in tho record
of the Pncsldent's utterances what
amounts to a pledge to adjust our corn
met clal status to meet conditions as they
nrlse. He said, two weeks ago. In his
Buffalo speech:
Our economic questions can never
again be what they have been In the
past. Any man who tries to apply tho
economic policies of ten years ago, or
Ave years ago, or two years ago, to
the present economic conditions and
relations of the United States will be
running the risk of a disastrous mis
take. The United States has
swung out Into ttio great stream of the
world. Tho thing that strikes mo most
about the new economic situation is
that It Is not yet fully disclosed In Its
details, and that no man can predict
with confidence what those details are
going to be It Is always a question of
the facts and not a question of the
theoretical opinions which may bo held
I have held very many theoretical
opinions in my day, and I have found
again and again that a small army of
facts could put them to rout
When we know tho facts as they are
from month to month disclosed we must
In all soberness and common counsel
adjust our policy and affairs to them.
I do not look loruard with
any eicesalvo degren of confidence to
being able to find Just the right men
(for the Tariff Commission), because I
asked Congress to allow me to appoint
a nonpartisan commission and It com
manded ma to appoint a bipartisan
.commission. In appointing a bipartisan
commission you have got to ask a man
his party adulations and I
tell you frankly I regard that
as an Impertinent question. If you are
an honest man you can see the facts
the same way, whether you are a
Democrat or a Republican.
This Is, in effect, a promise of tariff
revision.
On this basis tho business men of
Philadelphia can feel, that they do not
have to wait four years to bring forward
those very facts which Mr. Wilson de
sires to learn. If his tariff commission
Is to be as blpartlsanly unfair as he fears
by Its nature It may bo, there will be
plenty of time to plan futuro political
action. The last persons that business
men should listen to at this time are
peanut politicians, who for selfish parti
san reasons would hate to see any tariff
readjustment undertaken by the Demo
cratic party. They would be only too glad
to have closed mills and eouphouses to
point to In seeking re-election and the
plums that paily victory brings them.
Business can afford to be above such
methods. It has the facts, and It can
take them direct to Washington over
the heads of politicians, Republicans and
Democratic.
SETTLING DOWN AGAIN
WE FISKIj guilty of trespass when wo
rovlow books In this column. And so,
when wo Infrequently do thnt sort of
thing, wo. It may bo noticed, nro sneaky
about It nnd get through with tho Job as
quickly as postlblo. But hero comes a
book of rucIi great Importance as to Justi
fy tho uso of this entlro column, If nec
essary, to bring It properly beforo tho at
tention of tho brightest minds of tho com
munity. Tho book, which bears tho title
"Songs of Wedlock," may Room to many
something of a departure for Its author,
slnco It Is written In a languago with
which ho Is not popularly supposod to be
familiar. The medium Is puro English,
without tho slightest taint of dlaloct.
There Is, moreover, little between theso
covers that might be described as humor
ous that Is to say, consciously humor
ous although to tho man who is as yet
unattached, or to him who has trottod In
doublo harness and lived to regret it, tho
volume may not otherwise bo classifiable,
perhaps.
In this book, which wo aro told Is his
fifth, tho poet seems to put tho Imprint
of his heart upon his sleeve. If wo aro to
bollovo what ho has written and we
must not bo too credulous In this matter,
for poets, wo havo often been assured, nro
curious animals thero Is still such a
thing In this country as married con
stancy. Lot us dip at random Into tha
book and seo what wo hook:
TO THR INCONSTANT
Ye are tho dullards, ami not I,
Ye conscienceless philanderers!
From ono love to the next yo tly
And are forever wanderers.
O! poor, blind votaries of tha chase,
Ye deem me coldly dutiful
Who, steadfast, watch ono love-lit face
Grow year by year more beautiful!
Each new lovo lives In your desire
For but a moment's cherishing;
Your passion is a smoldering flro
That 13 forever perishing,
That, seeking change, ha lit only found
The ashes of satiety
While mlno hath but begun to sound
My ono Love's sweet arlctyl
It Is, perhaps, nn unwarranted assump
tion, considering what wo havo read of
tho private lives of thoso who aro even
slightly touched by tho virus of genius,
to talco too seriously even what is snld in
poems which aro unmistakably Intended
to bo serious verse. And yet although
wo do hope tho author Is not spoofing us,
becatibo then wo should bo utterly ridicu
lous this, for ono who has made but a
slight reputation oa a writer of dialect
verse, Is really qulto "nrrcstlng" as tho
real book reviewers would say:
Tlin QUEEN'S FLEETS
Tako foi thy throne, my queen, this niche
my hand
Hath carved for then.
Hero in the gray breast of this dune of sand
That front3 the fp:i.
In sovereign stato aloof, the solitude
Hedging theo round, as onco thy maiden
hood, JIako mo no partner of thy thought or
speech
This hour when day and darkness meet.
But count me merely Jetsam of the beach,
Here at thy feet.
It Is muto beauty's hour. No late bird
Flngs;
Voiceless, nercne,
Tho sea dreams; silence holds all lovely
things
And thou art queen!
For Silence, In tho twilight's gold and red
Behind thee, hets a crown upon thy head.
Send forth, O Queen ! thy fleets upon the
main,
Send forth thy darlntf fleets of thought.
And let me wait to hall them homo ngaln
With riches fraught.
Uy Fancy captained, send thy fleets afar
To win the sea ;
Send them to know what spoils In ocean are.
What mystery.
What beauty In all things that "suffered
change"
In coral caves to "something rich and
strange."
Then bring them home, and I with kingly
might
Will take their treasure, as It lies
Safe-harbored In the starlit, purplo night
Of thy dear eyes.
Thero seem, also, to bo children In this
man's houso, but beforo wo get on to that,
doesn't this mako you feel .shall wo say
"cuddly?" at this season of tho jear?
INSCRIPTION FOR A FIREPLACE
I'm Home's heart! Warmth I give and light.
If you but feed me.
I bloEsom In tho winter night.
When most you need me.
To melt your cares, to warm your guest.
My cheer's supplied you ;
But, O ! to know me at my beBt,
Hold Ilor beside you !
Tho book lo bucIi a thin, tlmld-Iooklng
Htti'a thing that ono might think at first
glance It wasn't worth tho dollar which
the publisher asks for it. Yet, tho pub
Usher Is David McKay, of Philadelphia,
who has a reputation for honesty,-nnd wo
feel reasonably safe In assuring our road
ers that ho would not attempt to put over
on them anything absolutely fcpuiious.
The name of tho author? O, yes let's
ree well, now, really, aftor all that we
havo said In praise of this work perhaps
It would be the part of modesty to cough
behind our hand at this Juncture and apol
ogize for leaving so little space for our
contribs, who, after all, are tho mainstay
of this column,
WHY "JIM" MANN7
THE proposal to make "Jim" Mann
Speaker of the House, if the Republl
ctns control it by the slim plurality of six
or seven which they expect, is nnt a hap
py one. Mr, Mann as leader of the opposi
tion has too .often given a standput tone
to the House minority. The election has
shown that the progressive wing of the
Republican party Is demanding recogni
tion in fact, it elected Wilson to show
how strongly it opposed men like Mann
as leaders. Surely a compromise candi
date can be found for Speaker, a man
gfctV Ji jml who will mm up to tfea MukeaM at
WPKtj
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$r"T
LOYU LiUTTEllB
You can take this straight front II Claire,
You're the only girl that I can O Claire,
And to, to all the world, I D Claire,
You're as siceet as you can 71 OJalre.
So if everything's O. K. Claire
Let us soon get married, A Clairet
COLONIAL GENT.
A Dover (N. H.) man has a red ear
of cprn which Is thirty-five years old,
and which has done much service at
corn-husklngs.
Brooklyn Standard Union.
Rather unfair, but that's tho only way
some men can get any favors from the
chickens.
Our Bankwet
Strange, is It not, that of the squllllons who
Around the Boss's Board will sup the stoo.
Not one will deign to hint to me a thought
Which, by embroidering, I might enter, too I
PI.
Oh. don't bother to "embroldy"; come
on in.
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EVENINOS and SATLIIDAY MATINrr
25o to 1
5TH BIG WEEK
WILLIAM FOX
ritESENTS
A DAUGHTER
OF THE GODS
With ANNETTE
KELLERMANN
"The Picture Beautiful"
Music by ROBERT H. BOWERS
ORCHESTRA OP 40
OUR ANSWER!
A LETTER of protest published In
" tho "Puttie Ledger" of November
2d complained that Annctto Keller
mann, star of "A Daughter of the
Gods," now playing at tho Chestnut
Street Opera House, appeared on the
screen "with so littlo clothing as to
shock every senso of decency."
UTE WISH to state unhesitatingly
' that there is nothing whatsoever
Indecent or offensive in Miss Keller
manns npppearance or in tho picture,
Wo admit that Miss Kellermann ap.
pears in tho nude, but her demeanor U
so refined and artistic that no one, ex
cept the hypercritical, could take the
slightest offense. Do not nil famous
art galleries contain paintings and
sculptured works in the nude? The
theater is merely another temple of the
arts.
Chestnut Street Opera House
Boston National Grand Opera Co.
MET. OPEItA HOUSE. WEEK OP NOV. 11
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ENGLISHMEN BELIEVE THE WORST
London Is Full of Horrible Rumors, Easily Disproved, but Widely
Accepted as True Fictions About Gallipoli, Lloyd George
nnd Mysterious Disclosures From Berlin
I feel It my duty, tays Vox Pop, to in
form unon a drug-store slen on .Old York
road which reads: N f
DKUOB VINOt.. PEUFUMB
MAKES YOU BTRONQ
HUOHEY reports this notation on a
waybill from an express agent at Nan
tlcoke, Pa:
"Package received torn consignee sup
poses to receive a nail puller on board
.which wae evidently Jost in transit es
when receive Mrs."
By GILBERT VIVIAN SELDES
Special Corrcirorcnce Evtntno Ledger
LONDON. Oct. 2C
LONDON lives on rumors. Her papers
J print the news, offlcl.il nnd semloinclal,
of all the belligerents. The communiques
aro always on tha Important page of the
piper. You can read them In fifteen min
utes and know what Is going on, what Is
claimed hy tho enemy, what your own
troops have donp Hut the good Londoner
doesn't read. Ho listens and he repeats,
nnd, If necessary, he embroiders. Then
he goes hunting for clues, for hints in tho
papers. Usually he flndi them, and he has
a cluo to the wholo war.
For example, there is tha most notorious
rumor of tho wholo war, In regard to tho
Gallipoli campaign Thut rumor has beon
glen In full and nailed to tho counter over
nnd over again. You will find It in John
Masefleld's book on Gallipoli. And at tho
hamo time you will hear it repeated end
lessly by people who havo never talked to
an Anzac who was there, and by some
who hae Tho rumor Is that the evacua
tion of Gallipoli was such a success be-cau-io
It was paid for in British gold
I havo heard tho sum mentioned 5.000.
000. The name of tho general to whom
It was paid was mentioned, too, and before
I forgot it I discovered that he hadn t been
there. There was never n shred of evi
dence to support that particular rumor
Tho evacuation was In part a masterful
piece of legitimate delusion ; In part it was
n miracle In no part was It a disgrace.
Yet the story of bribery la generally ac
cepted, accepted In spite of facta, and it Is
still told In thoso private conversations .
No ono ever repeats a rumor, of course.
That is, as fact. The conversation goes on
cheerily, and one man says, "Of course, you
know what rumors are. I don't believe
this one myself. Hut doesn't It seem to ex-
plain things And there you are
again
Just now the two favorite rumors nro
about tho casualties on the Somme and
about Lloyd George. Then there Is a spe
cial rumor, engineered largely by certain
periodicals, about "the unseen hand of
German Influence still holding British states,
men In their hands. Thero aro rumors
about Greece and about Italy and nbout
Tlussla nnd about France, There are no
rumors about tho United States.
Difference Between Asquith and Lloyd
George
As for the Somme, It Is qulto useless glv
lng figures, for no two figures agree The
casualty lists are published, but no one
counts them, and you are always at llborty
to believe that they are not complete, nut
you are certain to hear that they are "ter
rible." "dreadful," "astounding." The fact
that the British have the offensive at laBt,
nnd tho added clrcumstanco that the of
fensive Is always costly, do not make any
difference. All you need to do is to get
jour figure, eay that you heard it, and be
careful not to tell exactly where, and stick
to it. There will always be people who are
ready to believe the worst Some of them
are In London Just now.
The Lloyd George legend can hardly be
explained to those who still believe that
the Minister for War Is the Idol of Great
Britain He Is no such thing. Asquith Is
nearer to that, and In tha course of a long
summer's day you may not hear a pleasant
word spoken of him. Both men have ardent
admirers, but Asquith understands English
men and Lloyd George bullies them. But
since he Is not the prophet, no even the
high priest, there are bound to be stories
about Lloyd George. The current story la
a little bit richer than most. It begins with
n. note bv Lloyd George's most enthual-
asUo Journalistic supporter to the effect
that certain things were all right, and
clvlllan-offlclal Interference would not be
necessary. That note was reprinted In
nearly every paper In London with tha
added suggestion that it was Inspired by the
War Minister's visit to France, u is Known
that Lloyd George made a faux pas tnera,
did something which ha might not have
dona. But no one knows what he did, no
one knows the first thlpg about Its im
portance, and everybody talks of It The
day after tha first note appeared another
Influential Journal openly remarked that
If the thing happened again It would feel
obliged to tell all tha facts. It has hap
pened again, and the facts have not been
told In print But prlvataly you will hear
of the terrible conversation which took
pla.ee bsPvesn Sir Pouclas Hat and Lloyd
.Oegrce, ') the IMitr vewtwurf a suwwa-
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tlon concerning tho adjustment of artillery
to Infantry action. Or else It was Sir Wil
liam llobertsou who used the terrible word
to Lloyd George nnd showed him the aoor.
Theso con creations all took place In private
your Informer really mustn't tell you how
ho knows. But theso are the very words.
The words ought to bo deleted by censor.
No Rumors on What They Know
About one thing there nro no rumors:
the effect of tho Zeppelin raids. That is a
matter which cannot bo hidden. If a town
were devastated, a munition factory razed,
a hundred peoplo killed in ono pl.ice well.
It couldn't bo kept quiet. And et there
aro no rumors. The figures given for cas
ualties aro never questioned, nnd no one
In nil of London knows of a place of mili
tary importance which has been hit. There
aro perfectly bober peoplo who tako the
German claims nnd go out to verify them
and come back much relieved. Tho howler
about Regent street was tho last straw, and
no one has tho least faith In the German
claims any longor.
Tha other kind of Zepp rumors that
they are coming or aro not coming you
hear regularly in tho last quaitcr of the
moon, for In this case peoplo are moon
struck most when tho moon does not hhlne
Far better are the munitions rumors. Tho
"tank3" were suggested as early as last
summor and loudly pooh-poohd by those
who knew. Now the favorite Idea Is the
twenty-one-inch gun "It's nil ready" and
the wondera It can perform with Its bhell
six feot high. There Is nothing against
that, except that thoso who sppalt of It
haven't seen It and never will. Then there
Is the species known as the rumor explosive
It deals with "that awful thing, I don't
know how to pronounce It, but you know
what I mean" which Is so deadly that even
the Germans won't uso It because It Is
equally deadly for tho nrmy using It
Presently you are told that a way has been
found. Some one else has heard that 5000
new gas masks wcro ordered at n factory
around tho corner from where hla mint
lives. (The nctual numDer ordered per
week Is presumably several times that num
ber and Improvements aro regularly being
made.) But you put the two facts together
and you have a first-class rumor which hap
pily ends tho war by Christmas.
Then there Is tho Idea of a five-year war
(from 1014, of course), and you link that
up with the report, which you heard, you
don't remember where, that the Russian
army Is about one-third tho size of the
British forces, and you have another stra
tegical review of the war dono. You nlso
havo heard that Italy Is playing politics,
nnd -you see somo mention of Greece and
the Balkan angle Is so clear that you want
to write to the papers or to tho Foreign
Office and tell them all about It. Or. per
haps, tho runner of rumors goes In for poll
tics. Yesterday he saw a note that Mr.
Lloyd George had lunched with Winston
Churchill. Tomorrow he may see Asquith
walking down the street with Lord Ilaldane.
lie forms a new Cabinet on the spot, and it
is a good Cabinet. He recalls that six weeks
ago a paper suggested the present reap
pearance of Churchill In olllce, and he Is
made glad,
The rumor of the unseen hand Is very
complicated, but you never hear the end
of It It goes back to the Marconi scandal,
and takes In such details as the personality
of a commission which recently visited a
hospital, Dreadful secrets are known In
Germany, and the Germans are threatening
to reveal them If If what? Well, If the
war Is carried on, presumably.
Just why England should go In for ru
mors, most of which are unpleasant, when
she is beginning to win the war, Is a bit of
mystery Perhaps the explanation Is that
she Is only beginning to realize the cost
Certainly the sum total Is that everything
Is for the worst, and this cornea Just when
the general belief Is that' everything la for
the best On tha whole, those who believe
ono rumor are unconscious of the rest, and
each likes to feel that he has a bit of spe
cial and Inside Information. But none of
them can compare with the report of the
war received by a newspaper man who was
with Stefanston In the Arctic, and who,
baatlnfc- back, got a "moccasin rumor" that
there was a war In Europe. The Germans
had Invaded Oreat Britain, and after de
stroying the navy had driven army and
civilians across the Irish Channel. There,
with the Irish, the British had rallied and,
driving all before them, had reconquered
England, and were now on their way to
Berlin
Bssame all rumors a4 te Verltn. where
isam jPieple sttl eiut M vr to e4.
What Do You Know?
Queries of general interest tuflt te answered
ri tlua column. Ten Questions, the answers to
u'ifct evrrv well informed verson should know
are u&ktd daily,
QUIZ
1. A rlprfc ban been called the "Man rriflar"
nf n bank ofllrlal In n nena report. Vnat
la meant by tho expression?
2. VI lint la a tourniquet?
3. Vtlmt nro the attitude of the Republican
nnd Democratic. partlea on woman But-
fraRC?
4 VI lint la the Torrens ayatem?
5. Vihat iloea Mia aajinp "Nobleasa oblige"
iqean?
(I Wli.it la print paper?
7. Vi lint nre "atop orders" in the. stock mar
ket?
8. Is there any preclne date for Indian om-
nier?
0. How often la there a Keneral election In
(iennany, nnd nhen will the nut one ba
held?
What doea "Erin so brash" mean?
10
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
I. W. 15. J'dges GoTcrnor-elect of New Jersey.
3. Coiiklitory: an nstembly of Cardinals called
by the l'ope held privately la dlkcuau ud-
mlnlMtrntlie matterat or. publicly, for
formal function audi aa the clvinc nf tha
inn id a i-uruinai, ine nnai deciaion ot
the question of canonization or the re
ceptlon of an ambaaaudor,
3. The Tresldent la pulderf In rliooslnc official
hy what la called "Kederai patronace,"
the Senators or Keprenentatliea from
curb. Mat naming candidate for posi
tion of uliofco lltneaa they hate peraosal
knowledge. -
4. There I no letal restriction upon the num
ber of term a 1'reMdent aerie. Cuntom
ha ilcirrril that a man shall not run for
the olllce three time.
6. Roooeiclt did not run for third term, for
In 11)00 he J elected n Mce l'rebldent
nnd p.rrTeil only n .McKlnley's hiirceor,
not throuKh the direct choice of the peo
ple He was elected Fretldent only once.
In 1004.
O. Mardl Grai the carnival endlnr wltb Shrove
1uedav In the dova before I.ent.
7. Tnnnenbersi Illndenhurc' victory over the
Kiiohlunt there ted Kaat 1'ruisU In the
e.irb il.iia of the unr
8. Djnarau: machine romertlnc mechanical
Into electrical energy by rotating colli of
iu,iper ire In a mjgneUc Held.
0. The Col eminent dlbtlnguUhe between ca
ble pud Mlrelean, Ieulng the nrat free
nnd censoring the aecond, becaime the
nlrelei l Immune from attack, while the
k cable run be cut by either aide. It would
tliu be unneutral to penult the iimen
sored ue of n mean of roniniiiultntlon
enUrely protected by the United Mutes,
10. ICnglUh I the rlchot language In number
of words.
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