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UBMC LEDGER COMPANY
CTHtlJ B. K. CURTIS, nntftncr
Phu H. Lttalr.itefl,.VIc Freslaentl. John
iIu aeeretary una Treasurer! Philip B,
jonn jj. vvmiama, uireciors.
SDiToniAi. co Ann i
Cratii It, JC Ccitii. Chairman.
r . WltALRlI. .,..,...., Editor
USSm C, XKini.4.atnml Bnslneia JUmtr
N?tabd daltr at rustic Lwaira Jlnlldln,
JndepeoaeoQa Square, Philadelphia.
leM cr-mnit... Broad and Chestnut Btrest
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"Wrmmit nrn. .ntrn Building
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BOBSCniTTIOW TCTMS
JrTy carrier, six eents pr " "r mall,
eMtt outside ot rhliaStlphla. except whr
ferefirr, pottaie If required, one menlh, twsntr
stre sli one year, three dollars. All rall
IrSlMWrlptlotia parabla In adranc.
Nxmoa flubicrlbere wishing nddrees ehanrad
tent give old aa well aa aw address.
Mite i walnut keystone, MAtrf ih
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diWr jntfepe'iia'enoa Bquar, Philadelphia.
(wtwwj at Tna TTtnarrXTnu roarorrto it
xconbcui uitL umn.
SEB AVKRAOB KBT rAlD DAILT CIIV
culation or Titn EVEMma i.BDacn
rpn ocroncrt was iis.ioj
rUMsipMa, e.torJ.T. Neremler II, in.
TRANSIT SITUATION
mum statement of Mr. Ballard before a
Joint committee of Councils yesterday
jsuts to rest, wo surmise, the almost
slanderous; contentions of certain gentle
en 'to the effect that the Philadelphia
' Rapid Transit Company woo not a party
to any tentative agreement in 1914 and
was not bound, morally or otherwise, to
cooperate with tho city in the achieve
ment of rapid transit
Mr. Ballard emphatically wishes "to
Sy on behalf of the company that It
stands ready to enter Into a contract
Wlti the city of Philadelphia Incorporat
tor the spirit of the 1914 plan, with the
1B15 amendment as to exchange tickets
(to which Mr. Taylor agreed), and that it
Will go Just as far' In this matter as Its
oredit will permit"
That is all the citizens of Philadelphia
have asked and It is all that they want
TITB. BAIjIjAIUJ declares that the sit
1VX nation has changed materially In
two and one-half years, and he points out
three speoiflo conditions to he considered.
Tint. The Unlen Traction Ooro
pany has not up to tha preiant time
creed to fnrnlah tha aecaatary finan
cial aiilstaaoe.
The TJhlon Traction Company was to
provide a sum yearly for requlrod ex
tensions of surface lines. These exten
sions the P. H. T. would have to provide
i--tlie Union Traotlon Company did not
The latter's participation, therefore,
would "be to relieve tho P. It T. of an
obligation, though under an assuranco of
)Eupn!it0
ftW'r Interest for all money Invested. We
cannot believe that the owners of tho
Union Traction Company ore so laoklnE
in publlo spirit or are so blind to the
trend of events that they will decline to
perform a minor funotlon In this exeat
enterprise, particularly when they ore
lns treated with remarkable generosity
and are virtually guaranteed against loss.
'3ut, In the event the Union Traotlon
Company should not oo-operate, It would
be community sutolde to abandon the
whole undertaking for the sake of a com
paratively small sum of money, to be paid
annually. The Union Traction Company
la a barrier whlah should translate itself
Into an old, but falling In that It Is not
barrier whloh Is Impassable, not by
any means. Quite the contrary Is true.
Second. Blase tha iDiitd acrao
xeut tfia elty baa proYldad for x
tenIen and addition! to tlia orlilnal
Taylor plaaa whloh materially tnoreaa
tha commltmant of tha operator and
altar tha financial reanlta to be fairly
axpected.
The 1914 agreement contemplated car
tain additions, for whloh reason It was
expressly stated that the city should
'have the right to require tha company
to equip and operate on the above basis
additional rapid transit lines or exten
sions which the city may from time to
time bulld." The point, however, is not
at major Importance, since the main cost
falls on the city, and the additional re
quirement for equipment will not be
r
Third. Tha aoat cf all Kama of con-;
slruclloo and aqalpmaDt la much
crcoUr ban, tba original ettlmataa,
0 that the company norr aatlmataa that
to eanlp area tba llnea orlilnally lo
Wdad In tha 1014 plan will take from.
$17,090,000 to 18,000,000, a araloat
lSOO.OOO than estimated.
That is one of tba penalties of delay,
Baylor repeatedly pointed out It
fair to say, however, that the pros
perity of the company has increased far
pawm than cost of equipment, and It la
actually in a better position today to pro
t lf ,000,000 than it was to provide
S.(0,C03 in 1914. This increase Is due
jf-j4whoily unanticipated and unprece-
leatng. growth of the city, which every.
!-, including Mr. Taylor, underestl--raafuff.
Jka Influx of population has made
ij oration of tho new lines a far, far
VM- oposltlon than It was, and the
JaarfffK in coat of qulpment does not
mt tiM:mmUA the greater potential earn-
Jiiff Tj&sm of the new system.
"Wfct "tha croblem does not seam in.
t(iitlHwntable.' Jt is, in other
vwtihk tiwraucbjy feasible. We see n$th-
4nc m. fk attitude cf tfw P. R, '1
mm ' imaSl tsjggeaSjjiervioa.
lneiew to Join With tho raty In lhe con
summation of this gifnntio ad necessary
undertaking:. Wo trust, therefore, that
the play of politics will cm and affairs
bo put almost tmmefllatoly, en a business
busts.
Why does th Mayor not rather Mr.
Taylor, Mr. Ballard and othor Philadel
phlnna about him at & council table, whip
tho differences out and start tho digging?
Supposo he should sayi "Every man In
thin room la a loyal Philadelphia!!. It he
Is not, lot him got out, and get out quick.
Wo all know that Philadelphia needs this
now transit system. The people have
voted for and wilt have It Let's put our
heads together and make pood In the peo
ple's Interest We believe, It he docs,
that the Issue will bt settled then and
there forever.
Citizens are not looking; for a Unlit
They expeat the biff men of Philadelphia
to co-operate In their interest
That spirit of co-operation hi In tho
air. Now for resultsl
If tha prophets who plolc Penn
and Princeton to win today are any
thing like thoso prophatn of the flrnt
three days of last woek, well
i ,
Kansas goes beyond mere sufTrago.
It Invites the constructive energies of
women as well as their balloto. Tho
161 women eloctcd to educational, pro
bationary and clerical posts can do, nay,
two-thirds of this work bettor than mon.
Is It not about tlmo I.uthorBurbank
was held responsible for what hap
pened In Callfornla.7 151d not tho Inventor
of tho spineless cactus say that Mr. Wil
son was tho greatest President wo ovor
had?
?
George W. Perkins wants to reduce
tho high cost of living by tho distribution
of bullottns such as aro Issued by tho
Weather Bureau, tolling whore tho best
food can bo supplied ni the lowest prices.
Wa did not know that any ono had qulto
that much faith In tho Woathor Bureau.
It mu have mndo the White
Iloino tremhlo to get that congratulatory
vlslt from "Mothor" Jones. Tho riotous
old woman Is only one of many thou
sands of malcontents who are going to be
blttorly disappointed. The man who
hoard two laborers exchango greetings
on tho morning whon Wilson's vlotory
wao assured had reason to record tho
lnoldont "We can strike now," said
one. "Sure," said tho othor.
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Those who are for a preparedness
that does not stop short of conscription
must face the fact that Holdlorlng Is not
popular In these Btates. Militia ofllcors
and privates who move heaven and
earth to got back to business are ap
parently not unrepresentative In view
of the rarity of volunteers. The mis
take was to sook leadoishlp and workeiB
In the lolsuro class. Plattsburg looked
too much like golf to hard-working mon
of small salaries.
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The automobile license war whloh
has begun botwnen tills Stato and Dela
ware Illustrates the necosslry of arrange
monts for interstate and national llccnsos
which will permit motorists to travel at
will anywhore within the Union. The
Dolaware law requires every corporation
operating motortrucks to take out a
license In the State, but permits motor
tmoks owned by Individuals to enlor tho
Stato without a license. This h a foolish
discrimination, but It Is only ono of the
many forms which tho attempt to regu
late motor-driven vehicles by the separato
States has taken.
The Joy of the Democrats over
"winning without Tammany" must be n
bit sobered by a contemplation of the
faats. Mr. Wilson Invited Tammany's
aid by offering It tho postmasterahlp of
New York city. In ills desire to carry
the Btate by the same majority by
whloh tho Hoot constitution was do
feated (about COO, 000), he chose to sea
the wigwam In its historical aspeot ns
the old time foe of arlstocratta ten
dencies, lie could have felt surer of
the West If ho had played Bryan's game
of lighting Tammany openly. As It Is,
the Administration can expect Httls from
even the respootable Democrats of New
York, who were shocked by the post
mastorshlp dickering.
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The dlllloulty of distributing
frolght cars Is bo great that there Is
always a shortage somewhere In the
country. In the period ot great busi
ness depression of tho winter and Bprlng
ot 1908, when there were 413,333 idle cars
on April 29, there was aotually a speclrta
demand for 2G7 cars which could not be
supplied. On the other hand, during the
period of great prosperity of the winter
ot 1900 and 1907, when there was a net
shortage of 197,847 cars on February 6,
there were 13,018 cars which could not
be used because they were not wliero the
demand for them existed. The net short
age on November 1 of this year was
108,010, or nearly 80,000 less than In Feb
ruary, 1907, yet there were Ji.064 Idle
cars scattered about the country where
they were not needed. The American
Railway Association has decided to ask
the Interstate Commerce Commission to
consent to an Increase In the demurrage
rates In the hope that the extra charge
Will compel shippers to stop using freight
cars as warehouses, and consequently
free the cars, for their legitimate use.
But if all the cars In the country were
engaged In carrying freight there would
still be a shortage. It Increased from
19.S73 on September 1 to 60,697 on Sep
tember 30, and, as already Indicated,
It passed the hundredthousand mark on
the first ot thin month. Yet the actual
number of freight oars baa Increased
from 1.991,557 on July 1, 1907, to 3,447,178
on the same date of this year. The
present condition la temporary, but It is
none the lees distressing. Jt Is evident
that with tho most perfect system of
par distribution there will always bo a
certain percantage of (die oars awaiting
transfer; but If the sfclppera, the rail
road ami tlw Interstate Cemiaejree Cnm
mWfflt .ftMU, tfet pNMst laade-
$t4t wftkf an " mjla to da tetter
F?i!i3?ror0 mmmBmj&mpwL, wAmmimr, oyembee i&
Tom Daly's Column
VMS rix&Aoa jposr
TCftonever Wt a floturday totth Ohriitvuxt
tlm In oleto,
ThoMUru take ma lu tho ear when all
tny toorfe is through.
An' $ to iu), "Mv Ultlo man, we've got
to much to do,
Ton won't have tlmo for Ohtttnvt ttreet
to tea what news it noio.
tilV
thn eh IaVam tn Bhftrmlnr.
T What? Oh, elmplr iiopplnal
DEWAItE THE DUNKIIOUNDI
Serving tho City Beautiful Ilo.BUca
All Unlovely Things
It will be remembered we sent the Bunk
hound Into tho country to keep him from
snapping at nearly every other person
ho mot around oleatlon day. Yesterday
wo went to get htm and bring him home.
Incldontnlly, too, wo had arranged to
dlno In tho Bread Btroet Stntlon restau
rant with a man we had never mot be
fore, who was com
ing In from St Louts.
Wo had wired this
PVOL S Jts. man at A"oona that
wou page mm in mo
Broad Street Station
dining room. Wo
went to the head
waiter and told him
what wo wanted dono. Ho eald nothing
like that had cvor been dono before We
spoke to another official. Ho shook his
head. At this point the Bunkhound mado
n nprlng at tho official's loft log. Wo
grnbbod tho Bunkhound'n collar Just In
tlmo, but not boforo ho had torn away
a largo ploco ot red tapo. Tho Bunk
hound's ululattons drew a crowd and in
Uio crowd we found our frlond. Wo bo-
lievo you'll havo no trouble in paging
your friends there horeafter.
Bli" Whon your Hunkhound gets baok
lead him out to Forty-ninth and Woodlnnd
avomio and show him tlio ntrcot slttn on
the corner there, which reads, "Woodlawn
avonuo." W. I 3.
MEHOniES
The Christmas ncason draweth nigh.
With all Its Joy and cheer)
The shops aestimo a tenth o alrl
Tho days lire cold and clear.
Dr onco my heart will not rejoice,
Tho song Is milled therein,
And though my busy fingers toll,
I yearn for what lias been.
Last year uvo little stockings hung
Sccuroly In a rowj.
Thin year old Krla will note a change.
As one child had to go.
And though the crnclcllng Yule lor shads
A glow of warmth o'er all.
And children's volcot ring mid shout
Throughout the festooned hall.
My heart will cry aloud for one
Who bides In falror roilms,
Tho whllo I force bright smiles to hide
A grief that oerwhelms
MRS. J. TV. IT.
Pontors advortlalng tha coming ot "The
Cuban Spy," by tha La Mott Drnmatlo
Club, to tho Itcnlty Hall, I. a Jlott T'lt . an
nounco: "It will be your Inst chanos to see
this great play; you should soe tho hpy
save tho American from many death")
caused by tho Spanish captain." Notwith
standing this fact, a llttlo further on the
poEter reads. "Xtofrcshenta for sale " And
tho faot that tha play la to be produced for
tho boneflt of the I.a Mott A M E. church
choir Justifies tho further Btntement on tho
poster, "Colored lights used "
TtlH SMITH.
Mosea noruxlaTrsM vav a piano recital yes
terday In Aeolian Halt, Manhattan.
-Urooklra lOaale,
To some ot us whose ancestors suffored
for the Mosalo dootrtno this sounds
"vhhus."
Attending a Philadelphia caucus
I noticed the voices were raucous
But I saw tho reason, of course,
rhllly Is always a little hoarso.
m. n. andehino.
IX5UI3 AOASSIZ FUEUTES assured
us as long ago as October I: "When I'm
In your town In November, I'll be glad to
npond some time at your house." no
came and he has gone, and we saw
nothing of him. We are peoved, also
we are surprised, to find so great a bird
export emulating tho ostrich. Billy of
him to think that he could hide from us
in this way:
At the thirty-fourth annual meeting
of tho American Ornithologists' Union
In the Academy of Natural Solonces,
Nineteenth and Ilaoa streets.
Agassis Fuerton, of Ithaca. N. Y.,
exhibited species of hybrid ducks.
P. L. of Thursday.
Dear Tom Our milkman is a foxy old
guy. lit used to put our supply on the
poroh, but now ha puts It on the lowest
step rind tries to convince us that we are
getting our mlllt "much lower."
Can you beat It? J,
Dear Tom I read In o. o. d p. that Bos
bIq 1'enroza and the Freres Vara are likely
to go to the mat to settle the little matter
of which clan shall pass out tha sweetening
to the faithful. Of course, as an upllftor
I'm pulling for a draw, on the ground that
the old udage, "When hooks battle over the
break-up, tha honest geezer gets what s com
ing to him." Is regular dope It's tha In.
sulfation fer the following spasm)
I may be a caveman and a regular roaahneck
hick
An te handed bunk In bandlea an' uerex make
a kick,
A lea take a double-croaa an1 Dot pot up a
tlht
When H wleenhelmer allpa acroaa aoma aroff that
lea't rltht.
But I'm alwaja keepta' caees oa tit itnka who
boea th' Job
Of eplltilu' ui tl' candy and who'll taka a Stars.
an' rob
Th' pennlee from a blind man an' taffy from
a kid.
Tea, I'm alwaya atretcbln robber to aea 'em bit
th' ikld.
I think th tlma'e arrtrtn', pal, ta eop a bet
or two
From the band of bunco artlata wbe've bean
trlmrnln" roe and you,
For wbll ta' athaart. an' th1 atatennan are
aatln uo th' aook
Y.'e can rrp up n t!i" dooch tea an' Jam th'
eunca in hock.
UEtNIH.
Dachelor Bereavements
TO BMMA
I called you, Emma, nation
And world and all creation.
"You surely are," I murmured, "Emma,
great"
But then your laugh sardonic
Upset my pose Byronlo,
And I heard an echoed murmur, "Emi
grate." WOH M. H.
IN TJHH COURSE of a blurb about "the
two leading football writers" it has In
duced to work for It, the N. Y. Herald
says:
Neat . Satar day Vtr .Davie wui de.
UHi-iaia ga-n im Mr,
"vmq
NSSoin
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- 'U'MMtlisu', '
THE VOICE OF
Lloyd Baldoraton Rises to the Defenso of Betsy Ross Why Blaine
Was Defeated by Cleveland in 1884 A Wail
From a Commuter
Ti(t Drpcirlmenc r fo olf reudere ufio
wtih t') rxprctj thetr opIni'MJ it, au'.ucta of
current hilrrwt. It is cm wm fvniin d the
Kmninu Jeitwr fnr.471e.fl n, rtsponaiMUtu for
t'.e vl'Uia ut 'Is corrtoiunilcntj r,f iters mtiel
la itonnl bu I'. e nn.t nrxf oiWron ot tha
writer, not itccrijnrllD ur publication, but oe a
guarantee 0 uood .(,.
INSISTS UETSY ROSS DID IT
To tha Edi'or of tha Evening Ledger:
Sir Tho urticlft which appeared In the,
EvENitto) LEDaan of November a, er.itiieu
'Tho Great Flag Myth" li misleading In
sovcral rcspoots. In tlio first plao tho
story of tlio infcklng of tho llrat American
flag Is not a myth" A myth Is a, story
whoso origin Is unknown and which can
not be verified by uny sort ot testimony.
'Ihe flag atory Is a trudltlon, entirely cred
ible even If unsupported, oornlng through a
number of separate channels, and conjlst
em with t.11 the dooumontary ovldenoe In
regard to the early hlitory of tho flag
whloh has come to light. Second, tho writer
ot the article speV.cs ot "un alleged mem
6randumu of mony paid to Elizabeth Ross
for making flag". This memorandum Is a
mlnulo of tho Pennsylvania Navy Board,
dated May 29, 1777, .nd may bo found In
I'onmrylvanla Archives, Second Series, vol
ume t, page 1CI. Tho amount Is 14 in
atead of U. To call such a record "an al
leged memorandum" Is absurd, and would
seam to show that the writer was trying to
throw discredit on tho story which ho has
related. A third misleading particular Is
tho statement that tho flag-maker's second
husband, Josoph Ashburn. was a captain In
the Pennsylvania line. Ha wasi a captain
In tha merchant marine, and so far as is
.known was never a soldier.
The writer of tho article In question re
fers to a book entitled "Our Flag." written
by R. A. Campbell, and quotes from it cer
tain opinions. When George Canby was
collecting tho materials for his history of
the (lag ho wrote to Mr Campbell, nsking
for his authority for certain statements In
the book. Mr. Campbell replied to the
effect that no authority beyond his asser
tion was necessary. The valua of tho book
as history may be fairly ganged by this
answer.
Another passage In the article quotes
remarks raada to the State committee by
W. J Campbell. These remark are sim
ply an opinion of Mr. Campbell, entirely
unsupported by evidence, and his position
on the matter was thoroughly discredited
In the controversy which followed his
speech before tho committee,
VI have no wish to magnify tho Impor
tance of the flag-making episode. It Is
one of tho many Revolutionary stories
which belong to Philadelphia, and possesses
a kind o Interest for patrlotlo Americans
which will keep It alive. No ono has been
able to discover tha motive which Inspired
tha efforts of W J Campbell and others to
discredit It, but these attacks havo never
been baoked up by a particle ot evidence
of any kind tending to show that tho story
la not worthy of belief. Any one who
wishes to look Into the evidence on whloh
the story rests can find It at tho Flag
House, and bo far as I havo heard, no ono
who has really examined tho evidence has
expressed doubt of the story.
LLOYD IIALDBRSTON.
Rtdgway, Pa, November 15,
A COMMUTER KICKS
To tha Editor of tha Evening Ledger;
Sir It appears to ma more and more
that you are championing tba cause of the
ordinary man and I hope you will con.
tlnue to look after tho Interests ot tho com
muters, "one of whom I am whloh," to use
a quotation, I see today you are publish
ing the news of the "picks" at tho Reading,
and I want to call your attention to tha In.
sufferabla service on the Burlington division
of tha Pennsylvania,
I "served" eleven years as a commuter
on the good old Erie and ws were never
delayed In a year as much as we have bean
on this particular division of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad during October.
Your paper is read by many commuters
and I know- they will welcome anything you
may do In behalf ot those who live along
this line of the great Pennsylvania.
Q. II. a
Rlvtrton, N. J, November 15.
nOW DOPE IS GOT
To tha Editor of tha Evening Led gen
Sir I have been following your narcotic
drug crusade In the Evenino Lidoer and
J, am writing this letter to you In the hope
that it may help you stp tba pt'ddling ot
the dope.
Last year, around this time, I was hack
ing an autorpoblle and. ot course, had occa
sion to take parties to cafes, etc There
were two woman, drug users, whom I fre
quently drove to a saloon. After they had
hired me a number ot times, one imparted
the information to me that they got their
dmgf there and offered to get me sew
'4scja in, te) gaf witts them, po
CLINCHING IT
THE PEOPLE
Iltely refused and mado sura that I'd never
boo them again.
I believe that the peddling at the time
was carried on with tho knowledge and con
sent at the owners, because no ono who
was unknown thore could enter When ono
of the doors of the saloon was rapped a
few times, tho waiter would cautiously
open the door Just enough for him to neu
who was there and then would refuse ad
mittance to all but tho habitues of tho
Place and thoso with them.
During tho times I was around the place,
I aaw none but unmistakable drug users,
both men and Women, the latter usually ac
companied by sailors and others of Ilka Ills
entor tho cafe. Others rcfuned admission
aro sometimes. In fact, most times roughly
handled when thiy persisted In trying to
get In. Of course, theso precautions all
tondod to show that something of an illicit
nature was being carried on M. M.
Ardmore, Pa., November IS,
WEATHER DEFEATED BLAINE
To the Editor of tha Evening Ledger:
Sir The long uncertainty an to the re
sults of tha recent election led to many
references to tha Blalne-CIeveland election
of 1SS I, which enmo at tho close of what
was probably ono ot tho most bitterly
rougnt campaigns In tho history of Amer
ican politics, and In which tha result hung
In the balance for nearly a week before
It was Anally decldod In favor of Mr.
Cleveland, being accredited n plurality of
1140 votes In the great Stato of New York,
upon which tho result hinged.
The defeat of Mr. Blaine was attributed
to various cairses, among tho chief of which
In the nnal wind-up of tho campaign was
that known as tha "Burchard Incident,"
when the Rev. Doctor Burchard, a great
admirer of Mr. Blaine, hut unfortunately
possessed with more enthusiasm than Ju
diciousness, characterized tho Democratla
party as the party of "Rum, Romanism and
Rebellion," whloh fatal alliteration was re
Rented by many withdrawing from Mr.
Blaine who otherwise would hare sup
ported him. Another fatality to Mr. Blaine,
and one which I personally have always
regarded as having been ono of the potent
(actors in Dringing aooui 111s defeat, was
tho weather. The election that year, un
fortunately, fell upon a day characterized
by extremely Inclement weather. This pre
vented a large proportion of tha voters In
the Republican stronghold In the Interior
counties of Now York from getting to tho
polls. Whereas, a pleasant day, one, for
Instance, like this year's election day, would
hava brought .thorn out and carried tho
Stats for Blaine i and thus. Instead of elect
ing to tha presidency of the United States,
the then comparatively little-known Grover
Cleveland, there would hava been elected
that prince ot American statesmen. James
G Btalne. E. II, WR1TNER,
Allentown, Pa,, November 16,
A PROPHET WITHOUT nONOR
Inasmuch as tha cold wave has coma as
per the specifications and prognostications
of the Weather Bureau, perhaps that's not
the place for Colonel George Harvey, after
all Boston Record.
OF THE SAME OPINION STILL
Mr. Bryan is convinced that the electoral
system is nil wrong. He got tha Impression
In U96, 1900 and 1908. Brooklyn Eagle.
THE UNIVERSAL RELIGION
Says TJpcle Dan'el; "Seems to me In mak
ing up a creed,
A code of thought and life, religion for
myself, to meet tha need
Of every day including that long day be
yond the last aun's-set
I've found ono that fits; It recognizes all
mankind.
Aa children of One Fathers It denies the
differences we may find
Apparently ot race or station, sax cr na
tion It can all forget
These temporary marks, and take the whole
wld, weary world of sn
Into Its comparing compaasloaf it no
templed housa raqulrca,
No massive worshlp-placis marked with
domes and spires.
No piles of stone, no naves and aisles and
walls to worship In;
It finds out God, and measure man to find
him fallen far btlow
The standard set by his Creator! tt reveals
tba nature of Ills nlgn
And holy character! It offers, too, the only
way by which humanity may go
To place Itself In harmony with HIra J t U
unselfishness at work to win
The wayward ones back to Ills lor from
way of poverty and tint
And, finally, It proves Itself, Its truthful
ness, conclusively
In manner absolute xperienea Individual
a test which may
Be tried by any of us, In any place, on
any day,"
cU, G WUliWa, in Macon 'StUtgnk
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What Do You Know?
Ouerlra 0 prnernl interest will be answered
in this coluuiii. Ten questions, (he anewera to
vthtch everu well informed person should knout,
are a,kcd dalli.
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. The Adiimftnn law Incrrnwlnr rertnln railroad
rmptiMri' pio for eight bourn work coes
Into effect January t.
. Capital! If Moliife, Inwni Idncoln. Ke
lirufekat loprku. Iiuusan.
8. The rot of nrnriuclnc n ton of coal! Abont
;.ru in iota. sJ.no in 1014. r; ai in
10lr nud $3.01 III 1UI0.
4. fialnry of firemen: SHOO In rhlladelphlni
S1S0O In .New lnrk.
0. The IiuU XV style uf tlerontlon expressed
11 ctrtnln vnliiptuuiifincMrt, frmtnlnlty of
line, buojunry, ulMiidon and vvunton
frhollt
0. Farttn nppenrs In Rhakespeare'a "Merchant
of Venice
7. Supreme Court Justlrr nsnallr do not tote.
Tliry hold life potltlons mid nre wliollr
nut of pnlltlcn It nil went to their Stolen
for elections It viouhl hold tin sessions of
the court for Ions periods,
8. The 1015 pnvrnlls of eastern trnln employes
show enzliieers received from S13B1 to
SllOfli conductor, tuati to S17.1l. Urn
men, SHU to SI 033. and brakruien. SX3H
to VI01K. 'ljirro-riiiurters of them earned
these sal-trice: I'nElnrrrH. 111(11 to $12211
condiirtnrs. Sill.', to SIOOli llremen. S7S.!
to 51704! brakemeii. SX3I to Slim.
0. Alton II I'arker run for Trrsldent acalnst
Koosevelt In 1004.
10. A bill does not bernme a law In KnxlaVid
untU It Is elcned by the Klnr.
QUIZ
1. Where Is the New Tork Shipbuilder Com-
pany'a plant?
9. What was the chief feature of the famoue
Ilanburr butters' case?
8. Were the I'llcrlms and tha Porltana the
same persons, and If not what la the
distinction?
a. Were fren nerroes allotted to rota In the
Wth before the ( ivll War?
0. Who are the two Winston Churchllls?
6. 2t la reported that "the plan to reorganize
tho Itock Island provides for a votlns
trust." What Is a votlnc trust?
7. Name books by Itenryk Slenkiowlcs.
8. What are the A I) O rowers?
0. la there any basis for tba talk of "oar van
ishing meat aupply"?
10, What Is the correct pronunciation of "sacri
legious"? A Sectional Cry
O. T. A. In political slang "to wave tho
bloody shirt" means to keep up the sectional
Issues of tha Civil War by appeals to preju
dice and passion, A probable origin of the
phrase may be found in a Corslcan custom
nearly, If not quite, obsolete. In the days
of tho fierce "vendetto' the feuds which
divided Corslcan family from family
bloodshed was a common occurrenco. Be
fore the burial ot a murdered man the
"grldata" was celebrated. This word, which
literally means a "crying aloud," may be
translated a "wake." Tha body of the
victim was laid upon a plank; his useless
firearms were placed near his hand, and his
bloodstained shirt was hung above his head,
Around tha rude bier sat a circle ot women,
wrapped In their black mantles, who rocked
themselves to and fro with strange wait
ings. Tht men, relatives and friends of tha
murdered man, fully armed, stood around
tho room, mad with thirst for revenge.
Then one of tha women, the wife or mother
or slater of tha dead man, with a sharp
scream, would match the hloody shirt, and,
waving It aloft, begin the "vocero" the
lamentation.
Treaty of 1839
T, 0 Tha treaty guaranteeing the neu
trality ef Belgium, which formed tho casus
belli for England's entrance In 1914, was
tha Treaty of 1SS9, This treaty, by which.
In April of that year, Prussia, France,
Ungland, Austria and Russia declared them
aelvea guarantors of tha treaty concluded
on tha same day between the King of the
Belgians and the King of the Netherlands,
and which Is the famous "Scrap ot Paper"
ot tha present war, was not signed by the
United States, nor was the United States
In any way concerned with the problem
of Ihe neutrality of the "buffer States" of
Northern Europe; the matter was one which
was of Interest to Belgium, Holland and
the signatory and protecting Power, and
the United Btates had nothing to do with
It in any way. Tha treaty provided that
Belgium formed "an Independent State of
perpetual neutrality" That is, Belgium
was forbidden. In case of war, to take the
part ot any of the belligerents, and was
to be free from violation. The United
States was a signatory to the "Convention
Respecting tha Rights and Duties ot Neu
tral Powers and Persons In Case of War
on Land," In the second Hague Conference
of 1907, and there declared the territory ot
all neutral nations to be Inviolable.
Short-windedness
H. Ov--Of course there may be symptom
connected with Bhortwlndedness which
should be called to the attention ot a phy
alclau. Smoking is one of the habits that
make one short-winded ' Exercises and
"long breathing" ate sometimea undertaken,
but before dolus so u would be best to hava.
the advlcu of a doctor, aa soma ot tha mare j
vwmu are iw tiio turns tat a
yrak Utii t,
JOY AND MELANCHOLY
MUSICALLY MINGLED
Tschaflcowsky and Haydn by tha
Orcneati-a, with Mmo. GlurJc
n Disappointing Sqloist
Joy, we take It. Is the first essential 0f
all musle, whether symphonic operatlo or
chamber In nature. It may be the Joy et
simple emotional happiness, such aa Mozart
affonla, or the Joy of contemplation of tha
beautiful and the tragic, as In Beethoven
and Wagner. So all of us who were la
the Academy yesterday afternoon sourht.
consciously or unconsciously, for Joy, and
wo found It In the most unexpected nlac.
In dear old Papa Haydn, for Instance, and
In tho sinister and splendid recesses of
Tschalkowsky's Inferno. For once the
prophet of careless gnyety and the pronhet
of the soul's unrest mot and mingled 11
was n strange meeting.
Not more strange, however, than soma
ether episodes of the progrnm. One of
these, and the most distressing, was tha
vocnl poverty of tho soIolBt. Mmo. aiudt
has beon. nay, is, ono of Iho finest of llvlne
soprani. Her bell.llko voice has mada
appealing many n concert aria, has glad,
dened many an opera. "Thoy said" yester.
day that she had a cold, and It must hava
been so, for rarely has she Bung with se
llttlo nrt and so llttlo tone. Her uddw
register was pinched nnd acrid', her de
livery forced and "breathy"; her trills
wooden and unsure. Now and again tha
old richness returned, ns In the Glinka
cavatlno. But sho did nothing at all with
tho Mosart aria. Tho thunders of nrJpIausa
which called her back did not cover that
fact, nor did tho striking picture she mada
" aJcd.eown- l0klng much like Malllela
In "The Jewels of the. Madonna," atone for
nor nrtlstlo retrogression. Very popular
singers sometimes spoil their voices throush
an umvlso genoroslty Can It be that thatls
tho caso with Mmo, Gluck? In any event,
sho seems to need n rost.
Of course, vvo have known all along that
the eighteenth century- symphonic child Is
father to the nineteenth century eymphonta
man, but In our devotion to the bigger com
posers wo forget It. nnd It needs such a
symphony an Mr. Rtokowskl conducted t
make us remember It Haydn Is not a name
to conjure with In theso futurist times, yet
what charm ho still hasl The work that
stood opposite hit name on the program
was tho so-called "Hymn Symphony," with
Its wlnsomo morrlmont The tunes of the
first movement, carefully fingered, as chil
dren do with favorite toys, were barely less
nttractlvo than the momentary gravity of
tho largo, in which tho sudden entry of tha
strings wns llko a smllo that couldn't b
checked. Tho mlnuot, followed by the
schoolboy gaycty of tho finale, was delight,
fully played, proving that tho orchestra
can have Its moments of Juvenllo mirth
and pleasure ns well as of somber power.
They turned to tho latter mood In Tschal.
kowsky's 'Tranecsca da Rlmlnl" fantasia.
Thli rcmarknhlo tono poem Is seldom played
hero. Ono of tho reasons may be Its length,
for, though It holds much of beauty and
terror, it makes ono rcallzo that even hell
may bo a bit tiring if you stay there too
long. It wns dono with great sentiment and
a fury of orchestral endeavor, which only
In tho brass failed of success. That accusa
tion also held true of tho "Egmont" over
ture, magnificently played, but off color
In that particular choir. Tho variations oa
n themo by Tschalkowaky by Mlchall
Glinka qulto the usual thing, but more
chatacterlstlo and faithful pleased the
audlcnco, llko everything else on the pro
gram. It Is to be noted that the orchestra win
bo on tour for tho next two weeks, and,
consequently, that thero will bo no con
certs till December S, whon the series will
bo resumed, with Efrcra Zlmballst, the
violinist, ns soloist B. D.
TAKING IT PRETTY HARD
Every plausible fallacy on tho surface
of present conditions has been with the
Democratic campaign and has been em
ployed effectively. "Ho kept us out of
war," "Lot woll enough nlone," have been
appeals which only courage and discern
ment could dtsposo of. If the American
people has chosen, like Esau, Its belly for
Its god ; If bursting barns and bank ac
counts are to drug us, and an effeminate
emotionalism Is to take the place of the
tonlo moral energy of a greater day," we
shall not nvold the shameful fate which
has befallon every other people who have
gorged on material prosperity and died of
surfeit. America Is at stake' and every
American who lovea her must face that
truth and make resolvo whether ho Is te
go forward In strength or tread the path,
unescapable to weakness, which leads down
to national ruin nnd decay. Wo cannot
cheat the logic of life with eloquent
phrases Chicago Tribune,
DEFEATED BUT NOT CONQUERED
Tho stability of tho republlo, of any
democratla form of government, rests upon
the willingness of tho losing side to accept
defeat. Certain forms are provided for
contention and they control. But to pro
fess contentment when a violent campaign
has come out all wrong would be to con
fess that there was no excuse for the vio
lence, that nothing really mattered after
all, that things would go along on way
Just as well as another, and that an elec
tion was only a sporting event Intended te
discover which side could cozen the people
most successfully. The Tribune la as much
for a nationalists awakening of the Ameri
can people now as It was before the eleo
tlon, and It a good loser has to change hul
convictions, then The Tribune Is the worst
loser ever caught In defeat, Chicago Tri
bune. NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
It Is funny how the politicians' cure for
anything Is always to create new office,
The officeholders' cure for anything is al
ways to raise ofllclal salaries. The sociolo
gists' cure for anything Is always to endow
more sociologists. Meanwhile the common
people have perforce to fall back on their
only expedient for meeting the high coat of
living hustle harder, and do without-
Brooklyn Standard Union. ,
The Eagle does not believe that prohibi
tion can, be or ought to be a party Issue,
country-wide. The narrow Influence ot the
Prohibition party, as a party, sustains the
Eagle's view, Like the Abolitionists, the
Prohibitionists are winning what they want
through forces vnot partisan. As slavery
went, so liquor may have to go, but not at
the bidding of any party organization-
Brooklyn Eagle.
Tho water that Is over the dam will not
comu back, but the question has renewed
perllntnce of who and what are In control
of tho Republican party. The Intelligence
that James R. Mann would become Speaker
If the Republicans control the House Is not
of good omen. New York Globe.
The United States will continue to be the
land of golden opportunity for the people
How within Its borders, but that opportunity
will bo a vain thing If our Institution are
called upon to attempt to assimilate the
millions of foreigners who oro unbowed,
disorganized and distressed by the war.
Cincinnati Commerce! Tribune.
i i p. ,
What has happened In this election U
that the progressive West could not be en
ticed or dragooned back Into the regular
Republican party so soon after Its great r
volt ogalnst that party only four years W
the past. The reasons presented for to sua
den a reversal of position were inadequate
to convince the western mind. Springfield
Republican.
Had Roosevelt remained regular In ltlV
the nomination of 1918 would have gone t
him without asking Having remained re
ular agatnst hi Inclinations In IIU. M
may Via J a neatly uniformed page at aw
door some time in the spring of 1930 holdm
out to Wm on a tray a preajdsntu.1 wat
Uoa aMiaOmUy wrapp! and taswtead w"
hli Raioe.-r-icvaand Plain. Valt .
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