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ri.l),Jrlphl., FrIJar, .N..ml,tr. 17, 1)16,
. fi.WUt thou Meat up the avenue of ill?
-'., Pop every debt a if Cod wrote, the bill,
"' If ' i' Emerson,
&$. : Washington loves n winner. Tho
".parkdo would havo been Just as, big If
It liail been Kepubtlcan.
J ? ,vf -NO mntter who owns mo smpyarua,
tho'tihlpyards aro on tho Delaware Ana
.' tliero will bo more of thorn.
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' ' r, It seems that Mr. Oliver contributed
?-''i2tpb for this campaign. Wo trust that
' tio'membor of tho Republican National
- Commlttco considered It a personal gift.
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,!';, ' Mr. Oaffnoy's Idea seems to bo to
-', yyjlnanco tho city sensibly and honestly. It
I'f "'iff not surprising that un innovation of
' -1 this leort should arouse bitter antagonism.
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, .,:fi'f Tork Democrats had a parudo of
. "'juietr own and It appears to havo boon a
";, fibi ono. Pennsylvania Is so big that half
"1 -', iiht Stato does not know what tho other
"v half Is doing.
l't-i Why not a law to compel overy
; householder to use gus? It would bo Just
, a'sjjust and sensible as lovylng a tax of
twenty-flvo pur cont on overy resldont
.who now uses tho product.
Thero Is n vacancy on the Public
Sorvlco Commission, and has been for
' rbrho time. It Is dllllcult to understand
"why tho appointment Is delayed, for thero
tfU'np man about to run for Mayor and
"to .need of a reputation and prominence.
Perhaps It la to bo a nonpollticul appoint-
niont,
'sr"?' How can war nnd millions of dead
.'.American bodies, and rivers of blood, and
anguish and sorrow nnd catastrophe pos
eibly bo avolde.d now that tho DcutBchland
has actually rammed a tug In American-
fvators? Wo shudder to think of tho hu-
'rnlHntlon this will cquso "tho only true
Kt'-t? ft'-ttor jeans."
Rf ' : fS-1 We ha'
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t.n.,n ,t tlnlllit 1. n . 1...HM.n ..111
ask. tho United States to pay for Moxl-
'f'jEari' losses. Europe will also ask tho
United States to furnish the coin for tho
reconstruction of ruined bridges, etc. Tills
nation will be a collecting agent ae well
ek. flnanclor. For every dollar spent
, lli destruction thero must bo u dollar to
pay. for reconstruction, and wo havo tho
, wopey.
V , Pennsylvania Stato College has
' risen-In a few years from a small Instttu-
,.-.tion Into ono of tho largo collages of tho
"' ;. country. It began celebrating I'ennsyl
' ' vanla day thirteen years ago, but tho at-
; tondance has grown to audi an extent
,. from year to year that the celebration
- . 'tliW week has to bo extended over four
' .'.data, Tho oxcanslon of tho university Is
pv -, ' ,ii!2olcn.'' oecauso u nas "maaq goou in
b! .-.viorvlco to tho Commonwealth.
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,, '" Milk Is not to go nbovo nine cents
, $L'qiart this winter. If we may bellevo C.
y - Henderson Supplec. Hj tells us that nn
'. Brrangemont has been mado to got the
VVmtMc from farmers wfthln a forty-mile
-" radius delivered In; the city at six cents,
". t and that the dealers have agreed . on
thre cents as a fair prlco for dlstrlbu.
i 3.Upn 'rl,la satisfactory result la duo,
Mr. Bupplee, to the efforts
vestlgatlng commission to re-
misunderstandings among the
producers and tho distributors. If this
i , iK$ 1B0 'ho commission has Justified Us
,iera,tlon.
Once more the old delusion about
the Union Traction Company furnishing
tispney for the equipment of the new
rapid transit lines Is paraded in some
of the ,newspapra. Tho Union Traction
Conipaiiy has never been asked to pro
vcja any- roowy for equipment, nor was
f. -Jt ever contemplated that the Union
!--- --Ppafttfnn Pnmiianv should imi-Hrlimfn In
, ..that undertaking. All tho Union Trap
. ; ''jjgpippany Wtt3 eveP aSke4 to do was
ta provide yearly the funds necessary for
iho orrnal extension of tho surface sys
tem, The financing of high-speed equjp
ratmt, la pot and never was dependent
.jh Union Tiactlop Company, as will
jf-r ;,ijrsn!ly bs proved to the satisfaction of
K, ' r
p Thfi clearing away of the election
-'-fmnm to have touched a spring .that has
I r-;- Me4 a flood of peace sugestlons until
- J5.jpSf dammed up by campaign barriers.
":jw part that the "He-kept-us-out-of-
. -jy propagands, played is seen In the
rjgj&ttdent assertions of prominent sup-
l.sjtsfs at toe rresuent inai -now ne
Sj9WtA free to urge peace mora openly.
T- tjmmu of Mr. Wilson's reoent speeches
'"",:f was sounded a. certain note that
V-jjN ground those cios o Um to say
Jp5lC world, peace had become his ruling
n tie coum once, get a con
9t iMpHltWsau' rprentaHves
jH.'fct!M-. th WnMmt could fl therein
m -;-- wi-. Bt ttet t a viry tjjf
"V " Wt iEMMMN Ui ,tl5
ia!bsr,iF,i, jag m mm jtettatta 3u ottt cmtm
peace Bentlmcht anywhere outslds of
dermnny. Then, too, thd moat libera)
and ratio statesmen on both sides nro
qulto ns determined to dclit on ns the
fiercest Junkers. At present nny nppeat
Mr. Wilson might mrtko vould naturally
go nrst to Uerlln. There It would bo a
question of whether the nlnftlng-wllhout-wnrnlnR
or tho stnklnfi-wllli-wnrnlng
party wns In control, nnd tho comlnj?
elections In Germany will dccldo that. If
Dothmann Is Indorsed ami tho Allied ad
vances continue, Mr. Wilson will havo
tho opportunity to learn how much or
mediator.
. FACTS ABOUT WAU
PROSPERITY
To the littttor of tho Evening Ledger:
Sir I nolo that ybu aro Kolng to
give your readers nn editorial discus
sion of tho "causes and effects of tho
general election."
In your artlclo 1 trust you will In
clude datn covering tho present pros
perity of 'the country ns n result of tho
wor In Europe.
rienso stale what percentage of
business has resulted from the war, ns
tnnny now, contend that tho war busi
ness Is not over una per cent, nnd that
the present prosperity Ib duo to what
tlio Democratic party has enacted '
since, tney entile Into power.
J. V. 11LACKWOOD.
Ocrmantown, Nov. 11.
t:
HIS lottor won not received until after
tho editorial discussion of tho causes
and effects of tho election had been
published Inst Monday. It deserves nn
nnnwor.
Tliero wna considerable Juggling with
flguroH during the campaign. Tho Demo
crats sought to bollttlo tho vnr trndo
and tho Hcpublicnns sought to magnify
It. Tho Democratic Text nook, for ex
ample, compared tho valuo of the total
production of tho country with tho ox
ports of explosives and firearms. Tho
total production of all forms of wealth
during tho pa3t yonr 1r estimated by this
authority at $15,0011.000,000. Tho valuo
of oxploslvos and firearms exported In
tho samo timo Is put nt $G30,000,000. AVo
nro told that this Is only two-thirds of
ono per cont of tho country's total pro
duction, and loss than olght per cent of
the total exports and only about fourteen
per cont of tho total exports of manufac
tures. This is ull truo bo fur ns it goes,
Tho Republican Text Dook estimates
tho war oxports at 51,010,238.674. Thla
Is really much nearer the truth thin tho
Democratic estimate because It Includes
horses nnd mules, tho exports of which
have Increased in value from $3,800,000
In 101.1 to $101,000,000 In 1916, and auto
mobiles, In which thero has boon in In
creased valuo of exports amounting to
about $70,000,000, and so on down the
list of manufactures of metal, food stuffs,
leather, wearing apparel nnd other sup
plies nccdeil by armies In tho Hold. Tlio
totnl oxports for tho fiscal year amount
ed to $-1,300,000,000. Tho war trndo,
therefore, accepting tho Republican fig
ures ns correctamounted to about forty-
four per cont of the total oxports.
Tho figures given out by the Philadel
phia Commercial Musoum show that tho
war exports havo amounted to $1,300,000,
000, as compared with tho Democratic
estimate of J53C.O0O.O00 und the Republican
estimate- of $1,900,000,000. Tho Commer
cial Musoum nnnlyzcs tho figures still
further nnd finds that our oxports to
tho nonbelligerent countries nutsido of
Europe havo Incrcnsod over two years
ago by $320,000,000, paid for commodi
ties which In normal times would havo
been bought from Europe
If nil the forolgn war trado should bo
suddenly cut off our export business
would bo about where it was whon tho
wnr, began. When the war ceases the do
maud on America for all sorts--of war
supplies will coaso, and tho nations
of Europe will begin tho work of ro
covering their lost foreign trado an
soon ns possible. No ono knows how
soon tho soldiers In the field can once
mora becomo efficient workmen in the
mills and fuctorlcs, or how soon the
nations will havo u surplus to sell nliroad
after supplying their own needs, nut
overy fair-minded person does know that
the,y will exert themselves to tho utmost
nnd that they will flood our markets
with their goods nt the earliest possible
moment. Indeed, they will bo compelled
to dolt to pay tho Interest on the money
Which thoy hayo borrowed here. A non
protective tariff will make It easy for'
them to undersell pur manufacturers In
our own markets. U needs no nrgument
to provo this. And a protective tariff
will make it difficult, This Is equally
self-evident. The Underwood tariff was
framed with the dollberato intent to mako
foreign competition easy,
WHAT KIND OF A WATERWAGON?
ST. LOUIS Is being urged to under
take the same forward movement of
municipal development that has bean be
gun in Philadelphia, but with a different
spur. Missouri is very largely a "dry"
State under local option, and it would
have gone prohibition last jveek but for
tha "wet" St. Iouls vote. The city Is
now being told to hurry up with Its
progress so as to be ready for the dry
season that seems Inevitable there, the
argument being that the Joss of saloons
will be a heavy blow to the city's busi
ness. This Is doubtful enough, and opin
ions will differ about it according to the
varying sbadea of opposition to liquor
qt those who express them. But it is
the kernel of the question, "the "wet" big
city fighting the "dry" State. It is cer
tainly no argument against local option.
It would hardly be democratic for a Stato
to force a city to be "dry" against Its will,
though it is true that morals and demos-
taoy are not avays in perfect agree
r&ejaj.
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Tom Daly's Column
MHltTlOX
Kenton and Dabordh, Mtchact and tiose,
These aro find chtldrent at all tho world
knows,
nut Into mtf orrrt In mv dream cvcrV
night
Coma Vclcr and Christopher, Valth arid
Delight.
Kenton It tropical, Hose It pure while,
tiaborah thlnct like n star In the night,
Mlchacl't round ctct aro as btua as the
tea,
And nothing, on earth could be dearer
to inc.
Hut ichcrc ts the habg with Valth can
com pare t
llViot Is the color of Vctcrkln's halrt
Who can mako Christopher clear to mu
tight,
Or show mo the cues of mv daughter
Delight t
When people Inquire 1 always Just slate:
"t have four nfro children and hope to
havo eight,
Though tlm ftrat four are prcttg and cer
tain to please,
Who knows hut the rest mag be nicer
than these"
A 1,1 XV, KltjMlin.
With this lovely, womanly song tho
wlfo of Joyce Kilmer has not only paid
her way to our Unnkwct on Wednesday
night, but has nlso proved her posses
sion of tlio lyric spark In her own right.
Our party was a real success, it novel
and pleasant adventure Our Missus
counted fifty-four at table, of whom
cloven wero of her "sect," nnd all of thorn
fair of face and bright of eye.
Bert Austin 'celloed beautifully, nnd his
brothor, Luclen, was nssl.ster to him,
plitnolng. Dr. Earl Challenger Itlco's hit
ns a i-oeltor was by no means ntjcl-dcntnl
(Joke soo directory of Handera Building);
uIbo thu City Club sprend ltsfclf on tho
oato. Maybo In six months or no wo'll
want to do it again,
, Bachelor Bereavements:
THE SAD CASK OF VIOLKT
I'd llko to wrlto a trlolot
To prnlso my dainty Violet,
For whom so oft 1 uigli o' lato.
And mouti my desperate fate;
Rut oh, I know 'twero useless to
Attempt so coy u maid to woo,
Who keeps, whatever I may do,
Her heart Inviolate.
VICTOR.
Thoso okeptlcs who do not think foot
ball dangerous should tako a look at this
week's news service bulletin, put out by a
well-known New York concern. A photo
graph of tho U. of I'.-Stnto College foot
ball gamo Is shown, nnd a printed descrip
tion underneath contains these words:
"Photo shows a lint scrimmage when a U.
of P. player was drowned after a long run."
II. O. M.
INDOOK SI'OUTS FOU INVALIDS
II
Knocking tlio M. D.'s
The narrntlvo of the first Invalid elicited
n confession from another of tho group, who
admitted that ho lmd been a practicing
M.I)., but protested thu fault was that of
hsl parents, who had sent him to medical
school, where ho hail been tnught such fun
damontally wrong Ideas that ho. In com
mon with tho other students, became ono
of tho usual "bluffers" of tho profession.
When the lending men of his school, after
an exploratory Incision Into his stomach,
declared that as they could co nothing
abnormal Ms hyperacidity and pain "must
be tnciital," ho thought this was carrying
tho bluff too far and decided not to do It
to others any longer.
And, finally, tho house physician him
self entered tho conversation, nnd In an
attempt to defend his alma mater told us
about a man who bad sustained a severe
blow on tho back of his head. Tho medical
doctors could find no fracture, nor could
they mea.Mire, with their available scien
tific aids, any physical abnormality In tho
region, and thcroforo pronounced tho case
ono of "fixed idea," explaining that the
patient thought ho must havo been Injured
becauso of tho forco of tho blow. And, our
orator continued, ono of tho physicians
proved this by making tho patient believe
that ha had finally located a lump Inside
tho bead and "faked" an operation to
removo It. Ho anesthetized tho patient,
scratched tho scalp deeply and applied a
banduge, under which was hidden a mus.
turd plaster to simulate tho smart of a
healing wound, nnd lo! tho patient promptly
recovered. "So," I nslted, "It wns the idea
of fooling tho patient and not tho fact of
a mustard plaster which effected tho re.
sult?" Hut before ho could answer the group ills
parsed amid loud laughter, howls, jeers and
llko healthful exercises, and the poor In
valids flocked to tho dining room In the
hope that tlio new cook might havo mado a
mistake nnd fried tho chickens.
HUGH MI3RR.
Robort W. Chambers (discovered by
H. Q. K.) brightens tho December Cosmo
politan with this: 4
Ho departed for Oayfleld on the G
o'clock afternoon train, carrying with
him a suitcase and an automatic pistol
In his breast-pocket.
AsHtu-t a Tact and It Is a Fact
I only mako money to blow it,
I only wear clothing to show it,
Dut I'm happy, by ding,
And that is the thing,
Tho" only a few of us know it.
I only write verses to sell 'cm
I only read stories to tell 'cm,
But I'm happy, by ding,
And that is tho thing,
If they say I am not wh I'll fell 'em.
I only eat victuals to fill me,
I only sleep nights Just to still mo,
But I'm happy by ding,
For that Is the thing
I'll be. happy bo gosh if Jt kill mo.
SIMPLE SIMON.
Communique From a Dent. Store
Sir A man came to our shoe department
yesterday and asked ma to fit him in a pair
of rubbers. When I came back to him he
had both shoes on. NO. Si.
A letter from tho business manager of
The Lawrene, the undergraduate Journal
of Lawrencevillo Academy begins:
Oentlemen Lawrncevllle School
opened recently with 161 uninformed
freshmen and 340 old men.
Classifying men like fruit and vege
tables is a new stunt for prep, schools.
One is either fresh or old. HERMAN.
THHV were both black and ragged.
They stood in front of a bulletin board
wj.thlnr the election returns. "No, sah,"
one said, "I puhtinly doea hope an' pray
to' Mlti Hugh, Yas, sah! guhs'nally
r ain't w& mmn" ssta MlsUh Wilson.
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Suggestion That Sufficient Revenue for Local Needs Can Bo Raised
by Taxing Land Values Only Demand for a Removal of
National Capital to Center of the Country
This rjtporlmcnl ft Irte to all readers who
toish to eniren.i their opinions on tublectx at
current interest. It is an opm forum, nnd the
Hvcnino I.tdaer nnsuniM no rejofulllli lor
the WdOl o its rorrrapoHrffiiM. Letters must
be siuneil tiu the name and address ol the
writer, not necrssarilu tor jmUfculfon, but as a
guarantee of good faith.
TAX LAND VALUES ONLY
To the Kdltor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir At tho Junction of the Schuylkill nnd
Delaware Rivera William Tenn planned a
city. Many generations of men followed
him. carrying out nnd enlarging bis plnns,
until, as a result, of their cease(csa labors,
tho Philadelphia of today stands. Tint, as
tho city grow, with Its manufactories, bus
iness houses, public buildings nnd homes,
thero came Into bolng, as a sort of by
product, another kind of value. This, at
taching itself to tho soil, wo know ns land
value. It was, as It wero, a reflection of
tho city's multifarious activities, was com
munally produced, made by Philadelphia's
peoplo as a wholo, and Is dopondent for its
continued existence on tholr presence hero.
But, strange to say, these cltlzonB, wiso
In many respects, hnvo foolishly allowed
this golden strenm to flow mainly Into prl
vato pockets. Thoy havo taken, for tholr
public expenses. In tho shnpe of the tax
falling on land values, a small portion, but
for every dollar so talton five havo gone
to those who did not earn It and who had
no shadow of any real right to It. Tho
revenue thus raised, not being half enough,
bun been eked out with various other taxes,
all falling on nnd hindering business, labor
and enterprise.
Today our municipal Income Is Insuffi
cient. More revenue Is urgently needed.
How shall It bo raised? Why surely from
this common wealth, tho land values of our
city, to which tho community has so blear
a title, and with which, wero all taken, wo
could lltorally pavo our streets with gold.
Lot stops be at once taken to separate
tho land values from tho Improvements In
making tho real cstato assessment. In
crease the tax rate, on land values only,
sulllclently to give tho required revenue.
Provide that every year for ten years ton
cents shall be doductenl from the Improve
ment valuo tax rate and bo added to tho
land value rate ; in tho case of school taxes
this figure to be flvo cents.
lly this means wo would, In ten years'
time, free our buildings, etc., entirely from
taxation. Do Phlladelphlans know that In
that tlmo Pittsburgh and Scranton will have
half exempted from taxation their building
values? Can't wo do better?
HAROLD SUDELL.
Philadelphia, November IB.
MOVE THE CAPITAL . .
To the Hdltor of the Evening Ledger:.
Sir t know tills suggestion will not be
taken seriously, but I am In earnest about
It. I believe tha national capital should
bo moved from Washington, V. C, to tho
central part of tho country. I should
say that tome city llko Dos Moines, Iowa,
or Omaha, Nebrasku. was Ideally situated
for the meetings of Congress and the resi
dence of tho 'President, The great West
has spoken, nnd If It has said anything
It has Bald that It distrusts the Influences
that have mado the wealth of fto KaBt
dominate tho pplltlcs pf the natlonT'or fifty
years. Js It not possible that tho pr&xlmlty
of Washington to tha Penrosotam of Phila
delphia and the Murphylsm of New York,
to all the Democratic and Republican boss
ism of the ereat eastern cities, has had
much to do with the lobbying and other
VUA luruu
Tho people of the United States are not
VOX POPULI
In a truculent temper, They are not
ashamed of the role thla nation has played
In respect of the Kuropean war. They do
not believe the Allies have been "fighting
our battles' while we Bat snugly by and
coined blood money, out of the operation.
They are patient under the injuries that
both parties to the war have, visited upon
this country, because they take Into account
the abnormal state of the belligerents
very much as a wise man makes allowance
for a neighbor who acts in the stress of
an overmastering emotion.
They are. In their International relations,
by far the most Idealistic people In the
world a result, no doubt, of their fortu
nate geographical position. They actively
wish their neighbors good. That this na
tion, on a broad view, has consistently
stood for the highest Interests of civiliza
tion In the face of embroiled Europe satis
fies their idealism. They knqw that four
participation In tha war, from however
fetrorig. compulsion, would be a, world ca
lamity. j-tmt niuatt i ifariy nMuymt jroni mo
imsA w leak ubob
at wmm wtettta a earn of I
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NOVEMBER 17,
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distortion of national purposo In tho na
tional legislature?
Tho peoplo of tho West aro progressive
and they have given a permanent pro
gressive trend to our national life. Then
why should thoy not havo tho capital where
they can feel that It Is theirs as well as
tho East's? It Is so easy for your poli
ticians to "run down to Washington" to
put In their oeir nnd get back' homo tho
samo. night, llut how can a Callfornlnn
have tho same, easy nccoss to tho counsels
of tho nation with n five days' railroad
trip between his Idea and its goal?
Thero aro other reasons for tho change.
Franco had to move Us capital from Paris
to Bordeaux when tho Uormnnn nearly
captured tho metropolis. There would bo
no raids on London by Zeppelins If tho city
wero central. If wo wero invaded Wash
ington vAmld bo one of the first cities to be
nttackecT and tho capital would probably
havo to bo moved.
CALTFORNIAN.
Oakland, Cal November 11.
WHO SECONDS THESE NOMINA
TIONS? To tha Editor of tho Evening Ledger:
Sir Your "editorial of tho 13th In
stant was plain and most convincing. Your
concluding paragraph summed up tho abso
lute answer to conditions In Pennsylvania,
nnd this would bo a challenge and a lesnon
to tho country.
I take pleasure In placing In nomination
for Oovernor Mr. Cahvell, of tho Corn
Exchange National Bank; Congressman
Mooro nnd Senator Sproul. Any of those'
gentlemen would servo with honor to the
Stato and tho country.
The newspapers report consideration of
Congressman Mooro for Speaker of the
Houso at Washington. His efforts for a
real tariff, for tho Industries of this city
nnd country, for tho Inland waterways, apd
his undoubted popularity and experience
would fit well In the Speaker's chair.
S. HARRISON DODGK.
Wlssahlckon, Philadelphia, November 15,
SINGLE TAX REFORM
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
1 Sir it has long been n matter of won
derment to mo thnt real estate men. In
their protests against further burdens nn
real estate, havo nothing to say about the
damnable Injustice nnd immorality of our
prcsont taxation system, but content them
selves by asking tho community to bo ensy
on them, nnd mako tho legal t,pollatloitms
light as possible The real estate Attn
know that Just us soon ns they Improve
land something which the community pro
fesses It wants tho real estate men to do
yearly lines and penalties are placed upon
tho work of their hands. Another occasion
for wonderment Is our absurd, if not crim
inal, course In classifying for purposes of
taxation two entirely separate and dis
tinct classes of property In tho one cate
gory. Any human being with n brain
capacity exceeding that of an oyster knows
thnt thq valuo of land Is not dependent on
individual activity, while the value of the
Improvements ore entirely dependent on
Individual activity.
If the community had nny brains it
would apply the principles of the Golden
Rule and the Klghth Commandment to Its
taxation methods, It would leave untd the
Individual all of the values which he has
created, and take for Its own Income only
the value which the community has cre
ated. OUVKRTMcKNIGHT,
Philadelphia, November 7.
.oiiiuiMjr u jifciiuiit,' ammai. uet
M'h to tight taalwy been the
Man Is, naturally a fighting animal. Get-
easiest trick In the statesman's box. More
over, war Is contagious, and the contagion
has been In tha air for many months. That
the American people In 1916 refused to be
hurrahed, heckled and taunted Into bellig
erency will stand as ono of the high Justl-
MKuiiuua ui ucmucracy,
One Blngular phase of the campaign con
sisted in persistently insulting a publlo
that saw its own interests apd the high
est human Interests. That phase was con
ducted by a rather extensive and clamorous
set; but the publto's answer was merely a
good-natured shrug. Saturday Evening
Posft
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
"America dry in 1980" does not; seem
such an Idle dream, considered in the light
of events of the last four years. Durham
(S. C.) Sun,
Yes, Georgia, "whose men without educa.
tlon are king, and whose women with edu
cation aro subject slaves" Gwrffla "gov
erned by illitMMey, crime and oreludlc." is
C4jbrailin; tb nw vancluatlo Inpa tbf
ivw ? atw MUMKtiM umi ytia mt
trraiUDr, Uwmh lor tftsadiAw
ifj.t: S'v
"fZftf &'
J'Ht
1916
What Do You Know?
Cuerfcj of general interest will be answered
in this cotumfi. Ten Questions, the answers to
which everu well-informed vertex should know,
are atked dally.
QUIZ
1. When doea tho AdnmHon law IncrenMns the
waee of railroad employe for elslit
lioiirn' unrk en Into effect?
2. Name the capital of Iowa, Nebraaka nnd
KiinNiin,
3. About nlmt Is tho cost of produrlnc a ton
of ronl?
What U tha enl.irr of flrcmen In. Phila
delphia? How doea lid compare with the
wilury In other cltlra?
S. Whnt iv.ri, IIia r.nrul rhnrnrtfliHtlra of
Irrnrntlon. In architecture- nnd furniture,!
in tno l-rattco or j.ouia .x t
0. In what play doc a'ortln appear?
7. Do Tuntlce of tho United States Supreme
Court liflnnlly ote?
8. About what are tho salaries of trainmen
on ointern rullrondt?
0. Who ran for I'realdcut on tho DfmocraUo
ticket nsiifnxt ilooscvclt In 1001?
10. Can n 1)111 become law In Knsland without
the IUiic's klcnuture?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Morcnnntlc mnrrlaget One between a royal
pernnnago und it person not. of Ids or her
btutlou. The children of fiucli a union do
not- Inherit rojul prerogatives.
S. "MreaeheN nf neutrality of u particularly
criminal kind" referred la by Ilrltluli
Minister! The charce that German hufd
nc4A linn In the Ifnlted Htqten had been
base of nupply for .warfthtps and pay
inuHtrrs of those who tried to blow tip
munitions plants.
3. Contain hni dictated to tho I'realdenU the
deHlunatlon nt tho liiht Thursday In No
vember ui ThunksKtvlnr lav. The ques.
Hon always nrlacN, when the hiHt Tluirn
day Is the SUtli, whether the 'J3d will be
rhoftcn to atold brinclnc the holiday nnd
Chrlatmas no clone tocether, but the SOtli
Is u!waN chosen.
4. Lord Kitchener was on Ids way to Russia
on n warnhht which was torpedoed.
5. Lady KslanUne. prize ben, laid 314 escs In
une year, the record.
0, SlanMd formation it shoulder to shoulder.
In upen formation the men are about n
)urd npnrt. thoiucli this illntunco can be
niiicli vreater, uccordlnx to the nature of
tlio cround.
7. 0'I.eary wrote to tho Prenldent attacking
what lie called bis "nro-llritlsli policies."
S. There la more cold In this country than In
Kucland! more than In any other country
In the world.
0, The wife of n knltlit or baronet, the wife
of any noble, or the daughter of u noble
not loner tliim an earl can use the title
"Lady" In J-:niluud.
10. Cleveland's threat ta Tmlnnd followed the
llrltUb (iaiernment'H refimul to arbitrate
u boundary dUpute with Vencruela.
Dialect Words
W. II. "To haver" Is Scotch for to talk
at random, nonsensically, and nlso to fuss
about little or nothing; the noun means
nonsense or foolish talk, and also refers to
a person, as a stupid chatterer or Idle fel
low. Dlrl ns.a noun Is a tremendous stroke
or blow, but It also means n Jhrlll, anxious
haste, und a twinge of conscience ; ns n verb
It may mean to pierce, to. tingle, to emit a
tingling sound, to move with tho wind, to
vibrato noisily, to rattle, or to move briskly,
Dawtle Is a term of endearment, meaning
darling or pet. "
Making of Baskets
B, T. No machinery Is used In basket
making. A considerable training nnd nat
ural aptitude go to form the expert' work
man, In England, nt least, he rarely uses
a mold: every stroke made has a perma
nent effect on tha symmetry of the whole
work, and no subsequent pressure will alter
It. The tools required by tho basket-maker
are few and simple,
Glass Sand
U C An Increase, In the quantity of
glass sand used In tho United States In
1915 over that of 1014 may be explained
In. "art by the activity In tho glasa Industry
due to Increased exports, a direct effect of
the war In Kurope. The production of glass
sand In 1915 was 1.881,014 short tons, val
ued at ?l.C0C,6fO, This la the largest quan.
tlty over reported by the United States
Geological Survey, Department? of the In
terior, which lias just Issued Its annual sta
tistical report on sand andgravel.
Walnut Matinee Today, 25c & 50a
YV muni Evel & Sat Jut
'KEEP MOVING" & Ssg$.!
Next Week-"BROADWAY AFTER T DARK"
VICTORIA ViVtff&i
METRO PRESENTS
Mme. Petrova in "Extravagance"
Added Fay Tlnchar In "Femala Drummer"
REGENT fSW
MME, PETROVA
In "EXTRAVAGANCE"
Charlie Chaplin In "Pehjnd tha Screa,
ACADEMY Seats at Heppa's. J HO ChMtnut
Philadelphia J & TOMOR.
Orchestra teWi,! c
T'5iJ.aVin.b-n TH and VIAHUBT
tMuuciyukaci i4U.TuJ.,TJiuragt,
Briogta'g UpJEather ig Ptgitf W
rr mum M.T, m m m.
.. ,
Binbs im ATJTmtM
A great' retranl of a. lata Oei
early November rambl I. m.. a?",
group of bluebirds. Theso pleasant w.
jeem to acknowledge need of TnL ,5
tho year grows small. They ar tu ?
rled men, nnd can leaved th? fclJ5l,w
They enjoy the comfort of' eJoSjuffiSj
They have a convivial club )n a ihaSSt
of ft young shagbark at the ed.a J .?
wool lot There may be a down 0f ti'i
congregated convlvlally. They ' S
convivial, for each of them, from
time, quirks hi, tall, fiutteri hA
and sings "cheer-My," WtttV
Wlso books, made by bird nrl,iiri. .
us that some of the blnrtwKSS'SWf
ter with us. Doubttew the w",, l$fc
wrong. Anyway, wo wilt hop,
most of us who observe- the son'srt..,
the' arrival of the first Wnebtalta "ffijg
sure sign of spring; And to those of
who love tho gentlo degeneration of lubm
(which is but a manifest prelud, ""g"
ever wonderful regeneration) bluebird I.
the most desirable of friends. All ml,"
long ho has been Inconspicuous! almoS i.
audibly ho has been with his whl 1
note of contentment. March and KotSJKi
meet In the bluebird phtlosophyi It u .
good philosophy, this lato and early 'h...
l-ly." December. January. FebruaW
what are they and then comes MueMrt
aaln with his soft amrmatlon ef
denco In the rlghtnesa of the wortd-cim!
land Plain Dealer. "'
CHESTNUT ST.
OPERA HOUSE
TWICE DAILY 2:15 nnd 8:1B
Evenings and Elatiirdar Matinee, 2Sa te tl
OTTTErt MATS., 558, BOe, 75o .
"ITTTT TT,TT, ' M
, jiinjLivE,r m
especially enjoy xnti wrrCH,E3
ELVES
BROWNIES
IDOLS .
FAISs GN0ME
PRINCES
MERMAIDS
DANCERS
Adventures on Land nnd Sea "
WILLiAM FOX rnnSENTS
A DAUGHTER
OF THE GODS
Tun p'CTtmia bbaotiful. with
ANNETTE
KELLERMANNl
Superb Musical Scoro
By ROBERT HOOD BOWERS
MARKET AS. 10TTI
CONTINUOUS 11:16 A. M. to'lljis P. 11
BTA-Hl'tSY UUnuiSUT OROIIBSTRX
Hest Theater Orcheetra Anywhere
MAE MURRAY "JoSSSSST"
"THE PLOW GI$L"
PALACE
1314 MAnKET STnECT
riucEs, ioo 20o
last mva
MARY PICKFOHD"
"LESS THAN TUB DUST"
A T?P A "TlT A chestnut reiow urn
iiJLVWAiJlwti. Dally, 15oj Ern.. :j.
LAST 2 DATS
"The Prince of Graustark"
ADDED ATTnACTION
CHARLIE CHAPLIN In "Behind the SerMl''
1
2 NIQUT8. NOV. 13, 24; ONE MAT.. NOT. M M
imwnAPnT.TTIW nrtrcn Trnrraw
BALLET RUSSE
The Senentlon of the Axe. with .
NIJINSKY. liOLM, LOPOKOVA. nKVAUUji i
RPRSIZEWA. QAVnlLOW. FnOHMAV V '
40 Dancers, Symphony Orchestra 00. Cef.-Kn
4n,B nn.l rnln. nfToMa hv t.PflSf HAVRT TVM
REPERTOIRE -THUitS.. NOV. 23, ripllloni.f-lvj
Till Eulenaplerel, Le Spectra ds la Uoae, Prlao &&
Icor. Fill.. NOV. 24. Potronchka, Is BjlpU- 'i
lues, ncnenpraznui. jujvi-., iuv. M ejaaig.
Till Eulensplegel, Carnaval, Prlnceia EnchantH,
SEATS, llua Chestnut at. 1'ilICES. OOo ta H
Wal. 4124. Unco 07.
FORREST Last 2 Weeks
NIQIITS AT 8.15.
MATINEE TOMOnllOW
Popular Wednesday Matinee, SOc to 11,50
"CRnATI Thla 4 Next Weeh. Evgs., 8.J0
XjXJ.U Matltnea Tomorrow, J.20
LAURETTE TAYLOR
In "The Harp of Life," by J. Hartley Manner
Popular Wednesday Matinee, 60c to ll-M
p A "DPTPlT LAST 2 WEEKS. Erji, $jU
VTxVrvlvIlV Matltnea Tomorrow. 2.U
PffVnn IN SOCIETY" ,
With HARNEY RERNARD und N. T. CO.
Popular Wednesday Matinee, DOe. to I.H
ACADEMY OP MUSIC
BURTON HOLMES
TONIGHT . CANADA
TOMOR. A30 COAST to COAST
r.c. ir,c. 1. at Heppe. 25a at Acadtmr.
RPRCTACr.K WITH
n. f.
OBrrtJINU APPEALI.
Keith's
"Ainnvifn First"
Georce Kellv & Co,
THEATER A V H L 1 N O & LLOTDj
ORACH .LEIGH ft DAVE JONES! IIinSCUEb
HENDLEIli iJoUlS HART. OTHERS.
Today at 2, 25o S Mo. Tonight atiSe ta l
ADELPHI LAST 3 WBBKSl
TO&JHTAT 8.15.... MAT. TOMORROJV. Ml
EXPERIENCE
HKoXfar All Remalnlu, P.rfprnunK
LYRIC LASLA8TTi"Tf TOMORROW. W.
ilfu NEW YORK WINTER OARBESS
",UORBATEST MUSICAL 1OTUB
"The Passing Show of 1916
,.;,Tt. pt. WYNSand Company of 1
" lAVimUnff Scorea of Stunnln uina x
IT ilAS THE CUAMPAUNU Ham
NEXT WEEK SEATS ON SALB
NStaH. Metropolitan Premier.
"GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS"
A Comedy 'WtbMualo by JEROME KERlJ
"' - -- nnn a trnltQCI
WW?W1$S PRINCE IGOR
Mm,?D'Jadi0p,Erint. Delaunol.. MM. A
Boston National Grand Opera Co.
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Twre wnnnPRAN WAR"
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