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ifWarttn, rWteiarr and Traaettrar Philip p
4Maa. John li William John J Fpuffton, P.
y EDITORIAL IIOAIU)
"-1 -! K Ctmria, Chairman.
iP.fB, WHALBY ....
tMlter
3ghn a MAllTIX 0nerl Ilolntn Maneaer
yflSaajlT, -
u6llat,t rlatlf t realie Lwoct holMIr.
I Inflepandancei Pqusra, I'htladalphla
1jMms COT.TMI. l.'road unci ChMlniit fllreete
tArka jrftfl 1 Cirr
PrM'lMlrHl ilulMlna
, To. ..
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vCBIUM. .
SttKl Metropolitan Tower
ajn KOP1 Hull line
409 OIl tvnofrol ItulMlna
isoz TrifrnHt nmiainc
Nirwn riunBAtfli ,
WiilNOTrt nt-aiue , . nice Hull Una
New Tome tlp.no Tha Tmt Itulldlna
IMHft llrlun 00 Frl.IMchetraea
LWMX ncU ., . Marconi lloux, Rtran-I
rU Doug... 81 flu Louie la Oranl
. BUndCIUPTlON TKRMH ,
"Xri P miHo Lumm le narrril In aubtrrtbar
1ft Philadelphia and surrounding town t lh
rtlitl rll (0) tmU par wek, payable lo tha
''!', By mull lo relnle nutalda of Philadelphia. In
tha Unl(d DUImi. Canada Ar linltnl rltatee noi-
alefi, boatase frw, thlrtyrlra (8S) enl
jr month. On (III dollar lor Ihrfo month
ioc rour (14) doltate por Mr, parable In ad-
VM1, ,
To nil teniin countrlee -on (II) dollar par
fecnth.
NoTice flnbacrlbere wlahln addreea ehtnc
malt rtrt old well nrw addreea
' MtL. JOM WALNUT XErJTOlE, MAIM WI
fcy laVfra nil rommiinfmltanf fo Ktlo
hftgtr, Indtftndnci HQwttt, I'hUadtlphia,
Kmato it Tits ruiUDttpiiu roirorric i
COKO-CUIl Mill. MTTI
nra AVKiuon net paid dah.t cm.
CULATION OP TUB KVENINO LKDOrit
POIV 0CT0DKR WAH 113,107
WAarf a commun? On mio Aat
ytarnlng
Fr qual dltiltton t)f untqvat arnn.
LbiniXT cuior.
ttfsntng
, Condition havo been rovomed.
, Contrreis baa a President on it hnndii.
' i A. Mitchell 1'nlmor Ih Btllt apnonod
to a. bipartisan alllanco. Mora power to
,t,klt elbowl
Still, It mlRht bo poiuilblo to enno
tho eltuatlon by cnlllnir them municipal
ourt tipstaves Inntond of firemen.
. r
Tho expedition shown In tho ace-
Increuo lawsuit bIiowh that tho court's
- , elay disappear when tho court chooses
to let them.
How thankful wo would bo If wo
' could only havo n cablnot crisis In Amor-jico-
that would bo followed by reorganis
ing Homo of tho weakllnRH Into retire
, rnontl
When tho President touched a but-
1 ton tho Statuo of Liberty In Now York
harbor was bathod In light. Thoro bo
thoao who wish ho could touch another
' button and butho Kuropo In peace.
Cities nowadays aro ambitious to
fco economize In behalf of their cltl
tna, but thero In one that seems conlont
to play tho part of tho muoh-abuscd
middleman and take a twonty-tlvo per
cant rake-ort from every homo that buys
sac
, Insurance houeecleanlns Is wel
comed by tho Philadelphia Association
at Xlfa Underwriters, tho membors of
which offer 'the1 Govornor all possible
fcsslstancs In tnvesttgatlbn. The .fly-by-sight
companies which could not gain
'tnembershtp ' In the association are not
opposed as competitors of reputable com
panies, but their methods tend to cant
Unjustified suspicion upon tho whole liunl
. ncss, and It Is far this reason that tho
underwriters very properly urge that they
'' bo made responsible or olso driven out
of business.
It la much better that science
should bo popular than that wo should
be guided by popular sclonce. A case In
point Is tho "hospital taste" of Hchuyl
Kill water, which linn driven many to the
Parle sprlnff water, that looks clear mid
sparkling enough, but Doctor Dixon erica
ypon't touch U!" l"nr better, ho says,
irinlc river water with medicinal taste
4 jand don't bitter medicines do most goodT)
;-ror that at least la known to bo frco
from typhoid, nut nothing Is known
about the spring water, which, though
eJear, may be full of typhoid. In theso
matters It la beat to trust to experts and
vet-coma unsclentlfla though natural
enough prejudice's.
' " The fact that stands out above nil
ethers in the history of the Philadelphia
Cavlnr Fund Society, which was a hun-
t,etrea yenre old qn Saturday, is that a sur
ylua of 112,235,000 has bcon accumu
lated over and above the expenses of
operation and after the depositors have
t jrtselved as large a, rate of Interest as
iraa consistent wjth safe banking-. Tnls
aurplua la the accumulations of small
, fractions of a per cent on Invested fundi.
B, Jt proves that nothlnc accumulates bo
rapldly as money when allowed to re.
fWiq nt interest. This surplus, which la
krrested in Interest-bearing securities,
will become eo large in time that the men
sent of the bank will find it difficult to
dscide what to do with It. In the mean
time It served oa a splendid object lea-
wn for tho Instruction of the thrifty.
Tho good shawlnt Germany made
against Rumania was unquestionably a
ssjevsro blQiy to the pacifists. They had
J pounted p,u a (fradua,l decay of Germany's
fXnsve power, and the failure to retort
Jo the Bdmme drive encouraged them to
?jok for a peace conference. They must
H.''t ttntll Germany has cleaned up as
tiygHjb; o she can of what part of
uinftttt.a proves to be not defensible
M until this invasion simmers down
kno another deadlock. The Oerraan
Chtneellor admits lie la greatly outoum
Wed. Flalktnhayn and Mackensen's
mrmlm were evidently not easily spared)
I hay were scraped together beqause an
K'iwfjhed rtumanla would have meant
- -ft 'iplte 41saffectlon of Turkey.
4 ilpuitv and Hungary Russia has
?faftJiy mobilUed forces outnumbering
1 on the Iturnanian front, and the
jftpeftrane of her "tanks" in the Do
ne DwHeatet that she m ready to give
,.
the Invaders. Most telllnaj ot nil Is the
fact that during nfl her recent uccescs
nerlln has been talking peace harder than
ever Hut It can hardly be expected that
nny responsive peace talk will Issue from
tomlon until the Inraslon of fltimnnla
ha gone as far na tho Inferior numbers
of the Invaders can lake It
TUHN ON THE LIGHT!
E
TIX-MAYOU HNANKrcNllMHVH house
In logan flqunre Is worth (83,000 mid
Is asseswed for only H0.O0O.
Ir. flnmuot Bartnln's house, next door,
Is appraised by real rstalo experts nt be
tween 163,000 nnd $$9,000 nnl1 '" taxed
on n valuation of only $35,000.
Henatoi1 MoNlctiol'n house in the same
block Is assessed nt I6S,000, but the Sen
ator values It at I1D3.000.
Councils has mined the (ax rate twenty
five cerils on every hundred dollars In
order lo produce revenue enotmh to meet
(ho expenditures of tho city government
Virtually every IfiOOO hotiao In ossc-ncd
at lis full value. Some of them are
assessed for more than thoy would bring
In the open market under the most fa
Vorabln conditions..
The underassessment of such housei as
thoso occupied by Mr. McNIchol, Mr.
Ulankenhurg nrid Doctor Bartaln nnd tho
undervaluation of largo business build
ings In llio central part of tho city placo
an unfair burden on tho small house
holder. Under tho law nil property must bo
assessed nt lt full uiluo,
The Impression Is general that tho two
story Iioukcs nro tho only clani of prop
erty which In so assessed.
This Impression cannot bo mado u rcr
lalnty until tho nsnesmnent rolls nro
mado public records open to Inspection
Such rolln nro public records in otlior
cities. In Ilonton thoy nro periodically
printed In a book which oery real cntnto
dealer has In his office.
Maor Smith Is planning lo ink tho
General Assembly to pnsi nevcrnl lawn
making It posilblo to reform tho taxInB
nyntom Cmnploto reform will not bo poH
nlblo unless tho real cslnto nsscitsinont
rolls nro mado publlo records, ho open
and froo that tho scandal of undornsscss
ment of valuable residences nnd business
structures worth millions can no longer
continue
Turn on tho light until ovcry tnx dodgor
Iiuh boon detected ami forced to bear his
sluiro of tho cost of running the city gov
ernment! ALL IS NOT WKLIi WITH THE
ALL1KS
TI115 Hrltlsh Cablnot crlslH Is a local
manifestation of tho wldosprend dis
satisfaction nmong tho Allied notions
with tho conduct of tho war.
Thero wero ructions In tho Russian
Duma a few days ago, followed by a
change In tho Premiership, bocauso tho
representatives of the peoplo objected to
tho policy of the Government They de
manded a more vigorous prosecution of
tho war. Tho new Trenllcr has tried to
appease them by promising them Con
stantinople nn a reward for tholr nupport
of his olTortR.
In Paris tho publlo commentators nro
complaining that whllo tholr Government
talks, Germany acta. Parliament Ih hold
ing sccrot sessions, nnd Germany contin
ues to hold tho positions where her forces
hao intrenched thomselvcH.
In London tho cumbersome war coun
cil deliberates, nnd Rumania In despoiled
bocauso of tho failure of tho Allies to
go to her support with sufficient forces
to prevent tho repetition on hor territory
of tho tragedy which bus ruined Ilolgluin.
Tho Allloa nro moro powerful than the
Central Powers. Thoy ha.vi more men,
moro munitions, greater aea. power nnd
larger supplies of food. Tot Gormnny,
by vlrtuo of her ability 'to act with pre
cision and celerity, la withstanding mic
cosafnlly the combined attack of the
stronger Powers. Tho Lloyd George pro-
grnm for a small War Council which
shall bo supreme ban beon framed for tho
purpose of meeting German efficiency
with Jlrltlsh efficiency, to tho end that
bungling and muddling may cease, The
auadrumvlrate, with the Ilttlo Welsh law
yet at Its head, would virtually rulo Eng
land In nil muttera oven remotely con
nected with the war. If tho DrltUh hao
grown weary with seeing tholr superior
strength rendered futile because of the
Inability of their Government to net with
promptness, the plan will bo adopt od. It
not, the attempt to muddle through is 111
be continued.
A HANG-OVER CONGRESS
TIHR Uousa of Representatives, which
'meets today, was elected In November,
1914, The Representative chosen last
month will not meet, unless called to
gether In special session, until tho first
Monday in December, 1017, moro than u
year after they received their mandate
from the people.
If the Republicans had elected a ma.
Jorlty of fifty in tho House, It would
still be possible for this Democratlo Con
gress to enact laws, in spite of the fact
that it had lost tha confidence of the
country,
It Is about time that something was
done to make the national legislature
more Immediately responsive to the popu
lar will. A House elected in November
should meet not later than January 1.
The Constitution empowers) Congress to
fix the date on which it shall assemble,
between the first session of the First
Congress in 1789 and the seaond session
of the Sixteenth Congress In 182U
eighteen acta were passed fixing the date
of assembling on other days than the
first Monday la December
There does not appear to be anything
In tho Constitution wbUh would prevent
Congress frqm ordering that the House
elected thle ysar shall die on December
31, 19 1J, and that the House elected In
November, 18J8, shall meet on tUo first
Monday in January, 1J1. and that there
afttr UM If Kondajr in Ianuw teoU
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LI2LS3 WtT'
fier- VfsfPiVfspPg jafpHpspp
Tom Daly's Column
M'Arnni Ilatlstls
l.XX
J)A TttUK-ROllN AHTEKBT
!'rafnnr UUmepp' AnpcloW,
Wren tmnrln uo'nu fallow tint's got
Pit bnntn-btnek itamln nrue' door,
llr't tcek nix' tlcQiputt' ten hec heart1,
r" aolln no rlutnco for hres art,
line 'itrrtcanM mnk' htcm to tore,
I ureah loil roiM trr hrem toiiau,
An' hrar tin tlrnng Innou-orlge ho tap,
Hnorh nratv Italian rc he t
Wen prnkln' hrei Iroubla to me;
lie' iatta n red ern ila face
I 'fralrl eel burn up rf toJiofr place.
To tnl all he ay vaultl not dn,
llut here ees a lectin for jom:
"Dene, prnpla tint theenk dey're no hceOi
Hal I'nreol -tley're nnlheenp hut pcepl
lieu prunt tfl'ru dey run een rfd ttrcci,
veil hurru an' prunt wen uey cat;
An' alia time prttntln' iteU run
An' prub ecn da dirt for dn mon'.
Todnv nnncha peephearta man
V.e ttop at mu boota-btack atan',
lie throw hremitnV cento da chair
An' pro'ul at me- 'Hurry up, derel
I potta no flma for apare,
Ho juala be qureck mceth da. ahlnel'
I atarta for do da Job fine,
An' ure t am quecck aa can be,
Hut ateelt he keep prowlln' at me.
At tant I aap 'J'leaaa,' ondrnatnn'
I'm unrkn so fnat nt con,
Jliif am arlceitlcn man
An' alia mp uork mua' be fine
Ho I can trt i e up to dren sign'
I ahow hrcm new alpn dnt t pot'
'I'rofciior tlluaepp' Anprlntt"
He drnppn ten eenla nt heet feet
An' puah me out eento dn street!
An' den he een off an dn run.
lint u'nt do I tare for da mon'r
MU work eel een onlp half dancl
I'ef aam'hndu ank vhere he got
Dnt ahlue on dn ahnen dnt'a an rnt'
Vet'a aure gnnn mnk' me dcrtgracn'
An' nnbodg com' to my placet
Hill I'nreol decn country' for bratt,
An' nottn for true born arlecatl'
l'rnfeaaor Olunepp' Anpelntt',
Decn nmnrtn yo'ni) fallow dnt'a pot
Dn hnotn blnck atnndn nex' door,
Hc'n neeck nn' dccnguit' een heea henrl',
lle'n pottn no chance for heea art,
Dene 'Merlennn mnk' heem an aore.
Kir A story fron. New Haven In ynur
own denr paper, nnmjjnelng thnt Vnln oars
men will null the Thames, concludes-
Tho urnwlli of uhlpplnc In th haftior liar, nnd
lh rnnarnurnt rmictlon of Inn niatma waa
rIvpii on tlio rrnaon for tha chonce
I !me lioanl of tlio "power of Urn press,"
lint 1 didn't know It was great enough to
move the Thames from New London to
New Haven I walked sideways In tho
Thames for years KIIAII.
Far from home, hut how does
nnilllY PLUM
GG I.'ast Madison iitrcat
suit you for a nice, Juicy name 7
Chicago.
it
Dearamuser- On the trolley line between
"Snush Ilosleham" nnd "Allenntown," but
nearer by tho latter plnee, appears the fol
lowing sign:
stop unite
ron iioas
Two got oft the car I was on.
O A. SOLINE.
Desr T. D At the corner of Tenth and
Locuat streets In a store, on the window of
which Is painted
KANOY CHICKENS
I had an Idea such animals were as
scarce as hen's teeth. ARIl AITCII.
And the same tired business man con
tinues "I hacn't time to look It up, but I ltae
n feeling thnt there Is n clear distinction be
tween the word i "healthy" and "healthful"
or "wholesome " See bendllne In today's
11 L, "Water Healthy, Denplto Taste"
How can tho water he heulthy If the bugs
aro dead?
Tha burster waa finally captured by a n
trctlva In a Turklah bath. with, u roiolur la
hla puaataalon.
Mornlns contemp
Which ono had tho gun 1 can't mnko
out, much less whore tho deuce ho was
carrying tho weapon. JAG.
W. J. O reports that Prank Hack Is a
bnrber downtown, nnd 8. Klngerhutt (Ger
man Joke) a tailor on Kulrmount avenue.
Did you notice sign In Kred P Dell's show
window at l-'lfty-second and Spruce streets:
OUU JL'LLILS ARC HOMI3 MAD
Wouldn't that Jar you7 J. L. I.
TKHI'EltATIIKK AT K.CIIIIOUn
8 1 91 0 lf !S II 2 I 3 1 4 1 5
!Trniirttrw m 1 67 1 57 i i
O o, a p., Nor. !U
I suppose wo may forgUo even the ther
mometer for oversleeping these incrnlngs,
but why not mako the records drop bj
easier stages? Remember In courtln' daya
bow we used to stop the clock Juat before It
struck (was It 10?). leaving Mary to start
It up In the morning and push It along so
that It struck twelve hours Inside of two?
HUQII MDltiU
w.
R DHOPPUD in at the Academy the
other night to hear Sir Rablndranath
Tagoro lecture upon "Nationalism." Ho
was in tho midst of hla talk when we ar
rived. Our entrance so disturbed soveral
In the audience that they temporarily
removed their left index fingers from
their cheek bones and their middle finger
knuckles from their lips to look their re
proaches at us. Rut they shortly resumed
their Intellectual pose.
With cold Occidental eyes we appraised
tho Oriental garb of the speaker. It was
soft and creamy, and hla dark face
dreamy and hla gray hair gleamy, The
dark red velvet curtain behind him waa
a, most effective setting, und we were
glad we were not there when he atepped
through It; he would have hypnotized us.
To make quite aure we were not oven
now so touched, we decided to close our
eyea and, appraise him entirely by ear.
For, thought ws, India. Is the land of the
fakir (with an I, please), whose specialty
la optical illusion.
So, sitting with closed eyea, we listened
to words which of themselves were virile,
but which seemed somehow' denatured by
the tongue of this speaker sprung of a
race which haa lost If, indeed, St ever
possessed the tradition of nationalism ae
we understand it. Tagore'a voice la bla
chief charm and his chief weakness. It
la high pitched, at times sweet aa a sliver
flute. It Is a femlnlue thing, a lure. It
la at ita beat when soothing; the forced
ciarlen ruMo cbt In Klrvuna. The
mn jet a mUk Ntt & jpmiwt; t Jeaat
ut for u. nv jjj wiwa-g wM ever
BeasBUlll thttl WsBsifisftsftt irfiafaBsI ""--" & A--srs"
-MJ 9U t7&&S ' m WP ' t g "HeajT
sdassV
1 NOW!
":m ifepi
IyiTOiHSURANCE INVESTIGATION
mwMmis&m m .um'mms
Maiw , ' a sMBnui
MiMmrv,'fwcm J-Uu.-.if.rTsijv , jMWmmWr'
vjimmjrmvswmf UrW& . 'mvv MwmME2?i!&i'yjii&z
What Do You Know?
j
Qutrie of penernt inter st witt be annwtrcJ
in (M column. Tm oucaHoni. the anawrrM to
which every utll (iormfU ptraon ahould know,
art atktd daily,
QUIZ
L What . jlrlnr rhlladtlpWan ran for tho
prealaancrf
t Clndad Juarca fears n Tills attack Uoir
did It set Ita name?
8 What la water slaaaT
4. A notra dUpntch apeaka of the, "A. J. Hnwa
Unrlc c o." hil la (anlater?
s. la II proper lo apeak of Knslnnd n beuii
In Knropo or part ot Iurope:
e. About bow nmnr nalra of hoea are manu
factured nmimtllr In tho Vnllel Ntnteaf
7. Uho la Nlmoii (.rnliT
S What la arliltriiauic In tho atock or produce
inarUct.
0. Mho la Count Adam TarnmnU von Tarnow?
10. VVImt la a blrrtta?
Answers to Saturday's Quiz
Hard water I IhneMone water, or wnlcr
Hint pcrcolntr throuali llniextono rocka
nnd takra llnientoue 111 nolutlou.
Prlura nro mrnitiera of irrlaln rcllslaiia
ordcra, ejcclallr of l"e sreal niendlcuiit
ordera, Irlar nicnna "brolbar
VVIIIIom Ilociirlti tlOOT.Hflll. an l'.ncllah
artlat. I called Hie "I allirr of C nrlooin,"
The wonl cartoon primarily nicuiia i dra.
Ini inido aa u ileiliu fur u paliillns ar
other work of urt.
The i hlnrao practiced printing before C hrUI
John tliitcnlirrx, who wn born ubuut IIUO
and died about 14dH, U UNliallr nmiied na
the intentor bo Ilrat elabljliMl tlo(.
ranhr In (lie ct on uiDlhliie llko u
aclrntlno baala.
The "ltnd of tlohen" vina tint part of
r-crpl which I'uaruoh prracnted to Jacob
and hla family.
The natlonul banka pay one-half of one tier
cent tax to the (internment fur the prl.
Ileca of Uaulns iiotea,
A llrlllih aubjeel who lina heroine nn Ainer-
ICttll CHUll rwirurmntr u iiiiiuii .uiurti
UTaiu hr what la called reimturallt.itloii,
rtatiuaa la nn abtiretslkin of "t hrlat'a
Ch
olner'led na the day of liathlty brforo
the fourth century In the I aalern ( hurrh,
nllhouili nn.rli earlier In tho Western,
The drone la the mnlo f the, honey bee.
whlth doea no tturk. Hence It uja roaie
to mean Idler
Tb eons about "Four nod twenty black
bird." referred lo tharlca ll'a eilruiu-.u..-a
In tiierwokliic the lilUilrlulla uhu
piarcu uunui ,..vi. ,. i.ni. u
twanty-four.
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"Hall Columbia"
MRS W 11 C. Tho patriotic song
"Hall Columbia" was written In 1798 by
Joseph Hopklnson, a brllllnnt Philadelphia
Jurist, who defended Judge C1io.no lu the
latter'a Impeachment before the Senate In
1800, The manuscript waa prepured for a
young actor and waa Drat sung to tho air
of i'l'resldent'H March," which had been
composed In 1788 by Fylea In honor of
President Washington Although not ot a
high order, the song achieved much popu.
larlty. Par more Important than that, it
appeared In a critical period and cemented
the foundations of American patriotism,
which were none too secure at that time.
War With Mexico
L. It N (a) Many reasons might be
given to explain why the United States
It not at war with Mexico. Tho Admin
istration's attitude has been professedly
one ot tolerance toward a weaker nation
that is working out Its own salvation to
ward its final goal aa a true republic, (b)
The Monroe Doctrine does not directly con
cern our relations with Mexico or any other
nation of the western hemlaphere. It de
fines our relations with European or Asiatic
Powers In the event of moves on their part
against the autonomy ot American re
publics. Widow's Pension Increase
CONSTANT RBADKR The widow you
mention, being eighty years old, nwy obtain
the benefits of the Inoreamt of pension
granted soldiers' widows In the first sec
tion of the act approved by the President
September S, 1918, by sending a, letter to
tha Commissioner of Pensions, Washing
ton, D. C, giving her pension ceitlfloate
number, the mnm of the soldier, sailer or
marine who waa her husband, the place and
exact date of her birth, her name aa it
appears in her pension certificate and her
poatofdee address in full The Increase
appllaa to a person "pensioned aa the widow
of a soldier, sailor or marine, who served
in the ctvtl War and who waa hi lawful
if duriuf the period of hla service in tee
sua .war, Vf wuw v. a. aoi
saliir ar biuIm wte served lu tli
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Great Britnin Chnrged With
Fighting for Her Selfish
Interests Tnx Land
Not Buildings
BRITISH GREED
To the Editor of tha livening Ledger-
Sir In the day that the American navy
comes clone to holng tho size of the Hrltlsh
navy. Imperial Great Ilrltaln will make war
upon America Just an surely and with as
much gusto and superior pretension as sho
now mnl.es wnr upon Germany. Then the
vholo world will rcallzo that old Kngland
unshe.iths tho imord for trade purposes,
and for trade purposes only She clolms
to be lighting for the rights and tho free
dom of smaller nations but every Intelligent
and untorylseil Amcrlran Unons full well
that Nticti a contention mado by such n
historically aggrenslvo nnd aggrandizing na
tlon la ns falsa and cntunrlng as any
groin nnd willful misrepresentation of the
truth tould posslhlj be Sho can's no moro
about the ncutrnllty of IlolKlum for the
Hfiko of that country alone than sho Mid
nliout the liberty nnd Independence of tho
liners for If she really were so highly
nnd i-onsclcntloUKly actuated linked fide by
xldn with tho preticnt Ilrltlah proclamation
that IlolKlum must go freo would be a com
panion Hrltlsh proclamation to tho effect
tint the Transvaal nUo shall go freo Hut
let us not think for one moment that the
chief belligerent among the enemies of
Ucruitiiy Is even HUely to consider quite
so fair and true a restitution so far as she
herself Is concerned No absolutely and
decisively no, not In tho passing ot n
thousand rars tinder the existing condi
tions of social rust and economlo tribute
which nflllct the Hrltlsh IbIcs Por domi
nated by their hereditary and parasitical
order of ovrrlordshlp and' their traditionally
expansive system of government, the vast
majority of tho Rngllsh, Scotch and Irish
peoplo themselves havo virtually nothing
whatever to say or do In regard to so
Intrinsically fiscal nnd pecuniarily sacrificial
a righting of any of the wrongs which
have petmeated almost entirely, und to a
tremendous extent completely governed, the
acquisition of tho larger part of their
colonial empire, else that particular restitu
tion, together with a long list of others,
would be by acclamation and due authority
proposed, formulated and carried out be.
tween the rising and the vetting of a single
sun And primarily composed of such and
similar humane and honorable action, will
be that land which Is destined to be the
real new England
CHAHLKS P RHODES, Jr.
Philadelphia, December 1
EMBARGO AND NEUTRALITY
To the Keillor of the Evening Jiedoer.-
Sir President Wilson Is. It Is understood,
against un embargo on shipment of food,
Why should he not? Would not such an
embargo hurt England?
AMRIUCAN FIRST,
Philadelphia, December 2.
TAX LAND VALUES
To the Ed.tor of the Evening Ltdptr:
Sir In a letter to the dally papers Harold
Sudell has advocated a change In our ays.
tent of taxation which would provide for
the separate assessment of land and build.
Ings. He further advocates a gradual re,
duetlon of taxes on buildings and a corre.
spending Increase on land values. This la
sound policy nnd Is In line with the best
thought on this subject The great oitles
of this country outs(de of Philadelphia alb
nav e separate assessment or tana ana bulla.
Ings.
In Vancouver. Victoria. Edmonton and
other citlt-a in Western Canada buildings
have been entirely exempted from taxation.
After many other cities In Australia, bad
exempted buildings and Increased the. tax
on land value, the city of Sydney, with a
population of more than 790.000. did the
same tblng This waa done only a few
months ago and the people of Sydney
wondered why they had not done It sooner
At a, testimonial dinner In honor of the
secretary of tbe League for the Taxation of
Land Values, the Mayor ot Sydney and a
BUMfesT of leading officials uu hirh
reWj of appr8attoP. to the man who had
wthV aVt tV an Mtuwoved sndjun
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buildings nnd other Improvements nnd In
creasing tho taxes upon the value of land.
Why sh6uld not Philadelphia fall In line
Instead of Idly sitting on the fence while
tho march of progress lends tho procession
away from a benighted, botched and
bungled confusion of taxation Into an en
lightened system of raising publlo revenue.
WR.LIAM L. ROSS.
Philadelphia, November 27.
CHESTNUT ST. , DAILT
OPERA HOUSE 5,1B nd a'18
OTHEn MATS , 25e. BOc, 75a
Engagement Extended
Two
Short Weeks
WILLIAM FOX '
CONTINUES
ANNETTE
Kellermann
IN
A Daughter
of the Gods
THE riCTUnH UEAUTIFUL
OHCIIEaTItA 06" 40
APPSALIHa
mnnaiBTiiiLY
TO THE KTMtXAl
HEART Of
CUILVUQOD
Keit Attraction
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With PltEO NI1ILO and Entire N V. Caat
NEXT WEEK SEATS THUIISDAY
FR1TZI SCHEFF ilcaI
Hl!HnANr3 GUARANTEED'
With JcKeraon Ua Angalla
RROAT") k1 - Weeks Kvsa at 8:13
uuunu ropular Mat Wed . 80o to It 50
FRANCES STARR " "i'NT5J:gfci'.ADV
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a. vjihv,j-,oi. K,t, 8J8 M
MONTGOMERY STONE
In 'CHIN-CHIN"
GLOBE tefesjsgjg
lIVi eat- ma -. w,,,
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It A. M, to 11 1' M.
EMPIRE CITY FOUR
TATE'S MOTORING and Others
Cross Keys "&ft.ir 58?
Evta, 7 0 10, 20, JSo
"THE FIRESIDE REVUE"
VICTORIA "In'SSF""
9 A. M. to 11 sis u M
Klret Preaentallon of tha Wonderful Picture
"PURITY"
STAUHINa THE
FAMOUS ARTIST'S MODEL
AUDREY MUNSON
NO ADVANCE JN PniCB8-l0c. 20a
ACADEMY OK MUSIC, Monday E . blc7
NEW YORK
DAMROSCH
SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA
BAUER
Km. Seats,
60o to M, Now. t UepWa.
WALNUT 5f atT-Ajr-Si
"The LUtle Girl God Forgot"
KNICKERBOCKER Wtr. pu7,
Tesa Storm Country &&
The Northeast Corner k
SOMB people have the art of characterize, i
tlon refined to the nth power Purer
XIUIHIiiuiiu ,3 w..n w. imou irillinsOE MlSt
Oertrude Vanderbllt, he says "Whoa r
anil whose figure aro much aa they khouM "j
11 litlivii ,,oc, naiu KllfUling OMttr
than that of Cleopatra, Frank Ward
O'Malley, too, can get a whole booVful in
n sentence. On a hot spring afternoon
thero was a performance at some theatre
or other and Frank reported the affair for
hla paper. "Among those present, h
wrote, "was Mlas Lillian Russell, who lita
not yet taken off her winter diamonds."
And Hammond, writing of Miss atarr
Ryan, the young lady rhltadelphlana eb.
served with some pleasure In "The Rouse
of OlasV saysi "When It comes to makls
honey the bees of Rybla havo nothing on
MIm Ryan. If sweetness were a crime,
they coutd hang Miss Mary for her nectary
deportment." Continuing, Hammond sayat
"Lake and hla friends discuss penology with
all the profundity of a group of eight-rear
olds" And agnln, "Mr. Marcln, the com
poser of The Rouse of Glass,' bellerea that
the audiences would have much more fun
In the theatre If they didn't know what
was going to happen to the people on the
singe. Ha thlnka plays ought to be kept
secret,"
And that's lost what happened to a play
of oura we eent a few weeks ago to Mr.
William A. nrady Grace George's husband,
you knon for ho told us It ought to be
kept secret In fact, he suggested that we
never ought to have written It and got It
on paper where folks could eee It
However, are we disheartened? No. Ws
choose rather to go right on writing, If net
what we deslro to say ourselves, then we
propone to tell what someb6dy else has
said.
78
Prominent Philadelphia
Clergymen ARnounccd
From Their Pulpits Yes
terday That
TIIOS. II. INCE'S
Was the Most Powerful
Plea for Universal Peace
tho Eyes of the World
Has Ever Seen.
Sec This Wonderful
Picture, and TheR Thank
God This
NATION IS NOT AT
WAR
FIRST TIME
TONIGHT
T VPTP BROAD AND
1j I XU.U CHERRY STS.
Within On a Square ot the Following-
Car Lineal Numtera
2, 8, :, 10, 17, 83, 21, S3,
44 and tha Subway.
500 & 50c
IT'S WITHIN ItKACH OF EVERTBODT
Matinees Daily Commoncins Tomorrow
SEE IT AND MARVEL!
ADELPHI Tonight at 8:15
rOPULAIl t MATINEE THUIIBUAY
The ilott Wonderul rial In America
"EXPERIENCE"
POSITIVELY LAST 1'CnFOnMANCB rJEC. 30
B. F. Keith's Theatre
A VAUDEVILLE SENSATION!
NAN HALPERIN
THE GIRL WHO MADE HERSELF
A STAR
IN A SINGLE SEASONl
MRS THOMAS WIIUTEN & CO . "TUB ,
M-AMl'KUi: lUDCRS": WILL OAKLAND
CO i LLO 11KKHH, AND OTIIBItH
Today at '-'. I'.'c t SOc. Tonlshtat R.j:5otoJL
ACADEMY OP MUSIC
PHILADELPHIA
ORCHESTRA
LEOPOLD STOUOWHKI, Conductor
Symphony Friday Aft., Dec. 8, at 3:00
Concerts Sat. Even'B, Dec. 9, at 8.16
Solorrt. Kl'HKM 7.1MDALIBT, Vtollnlat
Orarturs, "Euryanthe" WEBEIt
Hymphony No, 3 llthtnlih) SCHUMANN
Ittupaody, "In June" ....OLDBKRO
Contarto for Violin t Oreh. STOCK
Hunsartan Itbapaody No 3 ....LISZT
Baata Now on Hala at Heppa'a. 1110 Cheatnul
UAitKKT ad. lt-rn,
CONTINUOUS llilO A. M. to litis P. U.
IRENE FENWICK n1 ow.
"A CONEY I8LAND rftINCE38"
"DATA '"'TT1 lsi MAHKET STnEET
.FAi-tAU E. H. SOTHERN
ani EDITH STOREY
In "AN ENEMY TO THE KING"
Thura., Frt. bau, MAHOULItlTE CLARK
In "MIHa QbOItUB WA3HINOTON"
ARCADIA ciWI,-,n V
A. HtvveudouM Production
"THE EAGLES WINGS"
AUTHENTIC PICTURES OS" MUNITION
FACTORIES
Thura. Frt gat -QAMULn IN SOULS
ACADEMY OP MUSIC
WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 6TB
DAMNATION OP FAUST
THE CHORAL SOCIETY
40O Voices 100
JULIA HEINRICH Soprano.
WALTER A PONTIUS Tanor.
HENRI SCOTT Metropolitan Opera Company.
Lsria Orcheatra from Philadelphia Orcaettra.
HENRY CORDON THUNDER, Conductor.
.Seata at Heppa'a. 1110 Cheetnut Straat.
tl 60 tl S3 Ij0075e floo Amphitheatre
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Seata. 1108 Chaatnut at Walnut WI Raca Ot
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