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Mutt ! oW aa wall a naw addrtai.
nax. iwo walnut kf.ysto:h maih iom
Zpr AoMrria oil fommmKviHoin to Hunting
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TUB AVCnAOB NBT IAtD DAILY Cllt.
CUtATION OP" THII KVnNINO M3DORU
jroa ixoviaiiiKii wah ui.uu
rhii.j.iphU, riW.y. DkibW i. mi.
Gnat thing through gnat hazard are
cltalnid
And then they thin.
Baaumant and FUtehtr.
lias tho I'cnnsylvanlu
let nnythlriK to da with tlte
Iftwo?
IcoKircum
"Sundao"
Tho hlBh oot of loving 1 threat
nlnir to Uo nnothor thlnR to worry nbout,
With tho proapctn of an aavnnco In tho
Jtrico of mlatlotoo.
It has bean tald thnt tho preiant
' ytcm of BrnntlnK nftloon lloon In
qulvalont to local option, but not no that
Philadelphia can notlco It.
Could anything accentuate more
;S acutely tho Increased cont of llvliiR than
ftho Bryan nve-dollar dinner In X9U com.
fiared with tho popular Urynn dollar-
lnnorn In 18007
Baldwin
llaadllna.
Llkaly to He Bpcakar.-
To paraphrnao tho famous rcmurk
f Fletcher of Haltoun, I'onroso docn not
"earo who alta In tho Hxecutlvo Mansion
o long aa ho can pull tho ntrlims In tho
General Assembly.
It wa Mr. nrynn, wo bellove, who
Mmo back" from a rnemorahlo trip abroad
hd proposed Hovornmc: ownarshlp of
railroads. But Mr. Bryan In opposed to
oomploto Rovarnment regulation of rail
roads. Verily, tho mind of tho great
Ncbruskan runneth In circles and ha
urdvoth not.
Ton per cont Incrcasea In worcs
made by firms In nil pnrta of the coun
try art beoombiR so numerous thnt It la
really hlRh time for the American Feder
ation of tabor to keep up with tho times
and yield to lta olllco force, wtjlch linn
formed a union within the, union, to do
wand $3 a day for each employe.
Bualnoss men's objections to discon
tinuance of tho pnoumatla mall-tubo
tervlco and to tho alternative of auto
delivery trucks nro backed by a fact thut
la apparent to every ono tho reckless
tpeed with which mall waRons aro drlvon.
The city has suffered onousli thin ycur
from trucks and other motor, with 110
persona killed alnco last January.
Doctor Shaw Is entirely correct
, when aho osscrta (hat "wars can bo
waRod only through the patriotism of
women as well aa men." Tho HUfferlnRS
"V c women In time of war are often even
greater and more prolonged than thoxe
', ef men. They frequently are condemned
to what la the equivalent of Imprison-
'' jnent for Hfo, whereas men merely die,
- nd that they do gloriously.
Nothing la ever settlod in politics
until it lias becomo virtually unanimous.
r Turning, thereforo, to tho Journal of So-
lect Council, wo And the police Insurance
-" investigation unanimously opposed. But
wait a moment! "Wo also find the same
!' inveatlgaUon demanded by Common Coun-
'., ell ftlmoat as decisively. Tho mlnd'u a
j. 'wonder. This la quite aa atrlklng an
euunplo or its paradoxes aa the twist In
that Ohio Journalist's brain which made
htm record recontly that the nearest
thlng to "unanimity" in tho electoral col-
'uleffft happened when Hayca got 18S and
ttllden 1S votes.
Mr- aregory In hla annual report
reminds Congress that many ueta com
mitted In serious violation o our sov
ereignty are not now punishable by any
federal criminal law, and. that in some
oases there ore no statutory provisions
' tor compelling the observance or our In
ternational obligations. Ue recomminds'
the passage of twenty-two different acta
la remedy these defects. They range
t from laws making It a crime to set fire
.-at mmw! nfMfrf In fnre!fn f.nmma..
If&e to tamper with her machinery to laws
fe.S ,-. ..,w. ..H.. w. ...w. wv
laulhorlzlni? the ifiuUN at arrna or miint.
3&iillfr" which the Qqvrnment haa rea,-
WMm to believe are holng exported In viola-
91TLu& nf nn emluirfra. TliArA la nnllilnv
rtbian or controversial about any of
The fXovernmititt fminr! 1 Him.
ij.tf TlH4 t0 punlah alien eyropttthlsera with
fmrtiftn patwna wno at tne cegmmng of
' ififi war sought to destroy shipping in
r port, and, It haa been handicapped
tig, it dealings with Mexico because of
:5k of proper legal authority to deal
1 y&h tho shipment or munition. The
,frr eofumltteea of Congress should
BrrfaaSfcMM Ue ntcBary bill and push them
--JVtWp to final postage.
'Tfcfe have ben mani3Uouslona
me war oegan aoout im posaime
upon aj-Jatociucy 4n Baropc, but
MM T tbam bss Um toroe of tfc jjggje.
fe sj iwi Nri
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4MNllaBiHfiiiHB1 HyssBBHHBWaMsflHHBKSjSKltffiR. Wt&
THA i I Trim in Hun fti-M ii lsffinn ii I'l "I H i i MM. M ' TTHHfiif Tltl si '
1Wi " - n.ajfinir t-
Brlffljfr tJoVeritmt mark the comple
tion of a goctat rovotutlon. which, If It
Were hot' occurring when the imtlon U
ftbtorbed In a utrugRle for lit llf, would
dlplc all other eubject In popular
dlncuenlon In tho empire. The predecee
or of this man, wh6 ha rlnen from
tho lowest riiftliB, Imvo hoort lords or con
hected with noble fnmlllos or member of
tho moneyed aristocracy nlmont without
exception. There were Lord John ItUMell,
the 1SAH of Derby, tho Karl of Aberdeen,
Viscount Palmei-eton, Karl Iluiwoll, the
Milrquls of BullaburyJ tho llnrl of ltoco
berr Arthur J. Dalfour, a nephew of
Ixrd Snllabury, and'Blr Henry Campbell
ilannortnan before Mr. Aitiuitti m&
Moyd doorae, nenjamlit Dlnraell wnn an
apparent oxcaptlou, but he wan descended
from a wealthy Jewleh family and roe lo
power throtiRh hln Mpouml of tho cauee
of tho nrlntocmoy. Mr. Anqulth bclone
to ono of tho county fntnlllix and N nn
Oxford sradtiato. Thin Krent upheaval In
Kuropo Iim lifted the bottom to tho top,
tvhero It U likely to ntay for nomo yrnrn
to come.
ORGANIZERS OF VICTOItY
X
"NXY a fow dnyH iiro II. a.
that If any tnnn otood
WoIIb wild
head nml
ahotlldera nbovo Kuropa's troubled mil
lions It wan Jo me. Ho, If any, npprwiched
Hie hero level.
No noonor Ims ho committed himself
than Mr. Wrlla must rend lntlmntlonn
thnt this very JolTro Is off Jiln pedestal.
JofTro mapped nut a nuporli ilefonse; but
lio In nlxty-four: onco moio tho ury Ii
for n younger mm. Tho iipwh thnt re
tain, liorola defender of Verdun, who
waa only a colonel at tho atnrt of tho
war, wna Hiiggcitud for miprcmo com
mand of both Trench and British forcas
In n now offensive Is shadowy, but Intll
cations nro Jilllng up that Knglnnd'n po
litical crisis had Its origin In tho halting
of tho Homtno drlvn. Tho French felt
tho iiood of ono guiding genius for tho
combined British and French forces, and
the Coalition Cabinet In Ixindon iwm evi
dently not ablo to rlso to a perfect tin
dcrntaudlnR uith tho Govornmont at
I'nrls.
But Paris now exhibits symptoms of n
graver crisis thah lndon's. In tho light
of French history, tho talk of forcing
President Polncare Into retirement looks
omliKiiiH for thut Kepubllo's future. Tliero
In always n strong Iloynllst movument
undor tho nurfuco In Franco. Tho war
has helped religion there, and tho roll.
rIous element Is hostile to tho ltcpublic.
As long an there were victories Asriulth
was tolerated In Unglund and bureau
ciats woro tolerated In France. But
military ruvcrnos turn mon'o mlndi to
dictatorship.
Lloyd G cor go thus hna his part to
play In Finnco iih woll na Bngland. Act
ing boldly with JolTro and Brland, ho
may bo expected to try to co-ordlnnto tho
western forces undor ono head, drive tho
secret sesilona of, tho French Chnmbor
Into tho light of day nnd rentoro prestige
to tho democracy nnd Its arms In both
ISnsland and France.
HOW LONG JiHOULI) A KISS HE?
TUDATHICAIj ccnnor.M used to meniiltu
ItlHsen by tho lapso of time between
tho start nnd llnlsh. The older generation
will remember the scnsntlon produced by
Olgn Nelhersole'a famous Hnpho klst.
When it begun tho lllppnnt In tho audi
oncoH used to tnko out their vntchca nnd
tlmo It. No doubt It seemed much longer
to tho Bpoctntors thnn to tho participants,
but thoro Is crcdlblo authority for tho
statement that It lasted nt least a minute.
' Nowadays, with tho advent of tho
"movlos," kisses are measured by lineal
foot of film. In Ohio nnd Kansas thoy
may not bo longer than ten feet. Boinu
moralists insist that eight foot Is long
enough. In this Btato the law gives tho
censors wide Intltude. Provided that tho
slgnillcanco of tho oscillatory ealuto is
not lost, thoy may permit It to bo llfteon
or even twenty foot long. But oven tho
longest "movie" kiss Is shorter than the
Hoosao tunnel specimen, which extended
over three miles of darkness.
THE HAY PLAN HAS FAILED
TllUrtU la no exposition of tho way the
plan for federalizing tho Nnttonal
Ouard haa worked in practice to be found
in tho annual roport rjf the Secretary of
War. Mr. Baker haa many pleasant
wordi to say about the militiamen on the
Mexican border and the benefits of tho
military training wnicu tney nave re
ceived in the flold; but there is not a
word about the rofusal of 40,000 of them
to take the oath aa Federal soldiers, re
quired by the Hay act,
That law haa ao revolutionized the con
ditions of service in the National Ouard
that it has produced demoralization. The
militia is a volunteer force. Ita primary
purpose la to maintain order within the
Btatoa. Ita members enlisted with that
understanding. The I lay law provides
that In time of war the President may
"draft into the military servloe of the
United States to servo therein for the
period of the war" all memberu of tho
Natipna! Guard. "Draf" Is nn ugly word.
It means compulsory military service.
Iji the great Civil War, when the fate of
the Union was at slake, reluotm'ic citl
tens were drafted into tho army, but
even then there was at tlrst a fixed term
ef service. It was not until the fighting
had continued a long time that men wero
asked to serve until tho end of the war.
Neither a business man nor a working
man, enlisted In the State militia, likes
to assume (Jie obligations involved in
the new form of military service.
The law was intended to strengthen
the National Guard and make it a more
dependable seoond line of defense. It has
weakened the National Guard by dis
couraging enlistment It must be en
tirely overhauled and revised if tho land
fojees are to be put in, proper shape for
natipna! defease. Leaders In Congress
lye thJSi but Secretary Sake seems
uiwaM.mE any suwl QUHa in
BYBmrt MMaliitmirADi3rHiA, Mwa
-.'jjliw .. T-fJIrr
i h r i ii in
Tom Daly's Column
tt AhLAttt: OF lttlWB
iTor liola A fiiritM I .
Mu alad heart cllno to the irtnoi
Thnt toar tcllh the Unnct' ay,
I thriU trttli tho farolino
O thruthet arreting tho Mav,
lint never n icorrf I'd tail
nctrainno hullet or nrrdtn
Or tlug that w aimed to hv
The mean, Aintophaoniii sparrow.
Tho herald roUn that ulna
A-lllt on a maple pray,
t lovo for the, cheer he trlna
When tklo are a tioddnn prapi
Hut never mu hand shall tlay
Another that aim to harrow,
To nentler, to wound, to flay
Tho mean, tDatophatloua sparrow.
Mu dcarctt Imaplnisp,
Mv fancv' kindliest play
J'ursuo thn mcahenlna sptlnp's
Procession of rook and Jay;
1 luliifc at the ctiwi' fornu
On urcenlno lilllock and bairow:
Hut lake for mv hole's full steau
Tho rnrrtn, sratophaomis sparrou.
nxvov
Oh, deem me, Master, I prav,
A'ot cruel or cold or narrow:
Hut how enn tna pnrav iiifiij
Thr mean, scataplini)ou sparrowf
With nshca upon our head, children,
wo ncknowlcdRo that Dear Teacher's fool
slipped tho other day. Under tho tltlo of
Alnyslus'a poem, "Thirst For Knowledge,"
wo Inserted In pnronthoHCH tho word
"vlllrinollc." Hpi-rdlly tho mall brought
this to in:
TO AI.OV8IU.S
"A dainty thing's a Vlllanclle"
If )nu ran lenrn to wrlto It.
Your Pnntomn unrwers ory wall;
Tho general Idea Is enclt.
I'm not Hunting Jimt to unite It
"A dainty thing's a Vlllnnvlle."
Of noiimo, t hesitate to trll
You that your Vlllaiicllo's tint uulte It.
Your I'nntoum answers very woll.
My eyo upon jour tltlp fell
Willi such a keen dcslro to right It I
"A dainty thing's a Vlllaiinlla."
Your l'nutomn answers M-ry ivcll
Nr.no
In Ilia rnt campalin no ona randaral mora
tiiittlflih rcrvlco Ihun Mr. llryun, an I I nm
liaipv in knan that thin dlnnar airtr tho
Katiufnn admiration of all Democrat lor him
Wot da taken from the eplstlo of Our
Chief .Mnglstrnto to tho chaltinnu of tho
Bryan dinner on Wednesday night, nml
What middor word of tongue or pen
Than that "uii'H'Hlflli" could lutvo bitcu?
Hi: COULDN'T rend llngllsh or write
It nml hu needed n Hlgn to cnll tho niton
tlou of mnrhetom lo tho lino heats ho
lind for hiiIo at lil-i stand on Columbia
nveuiio near Twentieth Htreot. Ho
appealed to n neighbor, uliu happened
to Im waggish, and prcHcntly tlila iilgn
appeared upon tho pllu of beetH:
NICK CANTi:i.OUI'i:.S
3 BUNCIIKH FOR lOu
that rami: out cow
The bard laments he never sum a slnolo
purpla cow.
I iclsh that he iiere hero with mc. I'd
show him somcthlnu now.
I'd show him ilyiJ on Chestnut street
cnauiih to make htm tauah;
.Vol oulu purple, red and urccn, but every
color calf.
MIXXli; ItA-lt.X.
Whn t'li thut? Oh, not nt nil, my ilcnr!
Hay, listen, SI In, you rofcr to
tho upporn of the sIioch, don't you?
Yei, my dear, of course; you seo
tho calfskin Is mmicthnos oen decora tud
with rosoH and mieli like.
"My Oeorge." writes Mm. Ci. V. 11,
"Is n funny old dear. Bomotlmes I catch
him laughing nt the most nnrluus thlngH.
Ily tho way, did jou noo that lino now
sign ut Twentieth and .Mmkut nticetn?
Till: NORTH AMUItlCAN
THi; SPOKESMAN OF NO CLASS
Posplta tho ghoulish glco with which
S. B. D. hurries to call our attention to
this ad
ACADUMY OF MUSIC
WKDNi:3DAY nVRNlNO, DBCISMBKR
DAMNATION OF FAUST
ny
Tiin choral socmi'v
wo nro plensod to roport ono more tri
umph scored by the C. B.
. Spinster Hcronvcmrnta
A3 TO BERT
Qlndys Is n m humor fair,
ITetty little incr-fllrtj
Beach Ouard Bert was mlno for fair,
Till I saw them kisses sharo!
Now alone I dry, my hair,
For I ueo he's Herbert.
PI.
Wo thought wo had wandered Into tho
mimical department when wo saw among
tho physicians In tho Tolcphono Directory
Ida Virginia Reel, of 4027 Spring Gar
den; but Oraco A. Du Quid Hounds rea
sonable enough.
Tito Leaden Hours
MV LHADISN Il6UR Is from, sny. 8 S
a. in to 7:15 a. m. During that period I
do nothing but answor frantic subscribers
who ask: "What la tho exact time,
please?" I nm a telephone operator In
a district infested by commuters.
BAOIH.
Dear Tom If such thing were atl n
vogue. I would hao Inserted this morning
the following'
PBUSOMAXt If ti Udr In. black, who raalt.1
htr Ally pouii-l albowa on lha ahouldvra uf tho
uultl wit lirft (antUmaii dlractly 111 front l
.r at KaUh a ou Uonday nlalit and who Up
Mr. llttra' aon with, hlnv In chainbtruiala'a
falaailo aunuuiwad bla numbara an J ravtd
otar Iba nutunar In whlilt ha wort hit ktr
chain, all Hit whlU porfumluat tlla alinosuhtra
wllh inrHt tplrlt uf ararllo, will InOluita
throub Ihlt column what nlaht aha aiiwcta to
utat wttk'a. bill, iho q. liut p. atnt. will
orranjia to apati4 th atrua tvaolnir lit tha owa
The Irish themsetveci will tell you there
isn't anything more unreasoning than
an Irish partisan. Recontly we took
occasion to baric at John McCormack, It
brought forth from an anonymous cor
respondent a bitter arraignment of our
own shorteomlngs and a laudation of
the popular singer which would hae
done credit to the writer's affeetion for
a beloved countryman if she had not
persistently misspelled the gentleman's
name All this proves our belief that
the darts were flung at us not because
w laid aa unholy nana upon AleCur-
Hl 1wajNB milm& t? eW. at
iwm?. i'
'.-v -;!-att'cs film
What Do You Know?
tjurrfe of atntrnt interrnt ttld b ontwtrtd
In this column, Tm guexflous. the antutra to
which even irrHnurmrti vcrton ettuutU .now
are ailed a(i,
Qqiz
I. AMml It n "lirurt murmur"?
1. Ilila Din nnmlirr uf rat I'ulut rmlrla lirri
llirralkrdr
.1. Wlni wii (ho "lnrnrd lllniktinllli"?
I. Ulml l tho AmMi Imrrli?
8. Mlint la "illniiliia miiirt"?
0. Wluil 1 llio rui'Jfltr of n ilrniljulin and
nhul la thit rurlom ilrrlvutluu of llio
uoril?
7. I'trlaln. urllrlri In Kncllah iifapDra nro
nillril "lr
" ro Uwt
nillril "Irailrra." Ulllll kind ol urtttlta
S How nl.iuy jrnrdt In n tulle?
V Uluit It nipitiil hrn It la anld (Iml man
la "nilt.rU to tho tiurplo"?
10. Ulmt tho "auko" llmt la drunk In Juu.in,
nml how N tlio unrd tironuiiiiird?
Answers to Yt'stcrda) 'h Quiz
I.
A. Ilounr Imxt
la the Irailrr nf llio Ton-
arniltllra In I'nrlltmrnt nml miim inado
rrrrrlim uf tho tulonlra In tho Aaiiulth
fnilltlou Ciiuturt Up ii ua olTrrril tno
rrrmlprahlii, hut ijptltnrd In Invor of
l.loil (trorro
t Chrtttloa la llio fuiimua I omlon niirllun
huiiai. lilirro vnlllilblo luilnlliiaa, hooka
fiirnltiiro tiiiU uthrr uork of urt iro auld.
U ripiMiulirrnil la n Houllirrn UUh aofl torn
hrrail arrtMl In n itrrn imn In uhlrh It U
hukfil nml Ulniird ont ullll u alKion. H
l iiaiiuUar ruten Willi airiin
I. IjirtiaU aro Afrkan or Atlallo winatd rdlblo
Inarrta. mlKrutlmc In mmrma nnd ron
atimliia .rarliillon of wholo dlatrlrta.
fi. Tho Mrlnnirra uro a ruro of awitrtlir. rnrlr
luitrnl iituiiiitiiln itrunlo uf oouthwrnt Vlr
Klllltl. lhr uro vnrlollal) alllMMiarU to bo
uf I'urttixurao. Inillitn ur irlliar nlrnctlon.
mid by aunio uro hrtd to bo inulultura.
d lllrda run not lly nt arrol ultltiidra brruuao
thrro tho ulr la loo rurrllnl to auiioort
thoin.
7. A iilndlironk U nnr nUntlmr on the wind
ward hldo of hulldliiKN orrhilrda Kardrna,
rtr , with tho ohjert of utrrrumlnc iho
forro of tho wind
S, "l.lchl" wliida nro Ihoao of u irlorllr from
ouo lo nluo nillra nil houri "frrah,1 from
trn to ulnalrfiii "hrlak," tiirntr to
tnrntr-ulnet "IiIkIi." thirty to thlriv-nluai
'aula," forlr to lltt'-nluoi "hurricane."
lur nnu uhoir
Tho I nltrd Mlnlrs uaaiiiuril rraponallillltr lo
the wurld
mi lor ino iMiimoni or nun 110.
ilebla A riMrlirrahlii wuh ratab-
l.Hiirir. II.
ll.hpil. mi Aiuprlriill tirlna iiiiiki iilp.1 tu
iiilminUtrr tho lliianrra. ItetulutloiiH ro
iiilrril Iho Inlrrirnllon ur tin- I'nlicd
htutra rmy, unit now- nivr ofTlrrrn are
tlrluiilly In IrmiKirory routrul uf the
llomlnlrnii llutrruiurnt.
10. Artralmi wclla uro nnniril for tho old rrrnrh
nroilnco of Artnla where the uldrat well
In l.uro.-e wua liorril In llu
Patriotic Jcwh
I There aro three books by Mticllson C
Peters In tho Mercantile Library dealing
with the Jews' contribution to American
patriotism: "Tho Jow as a Patriot," "The
JewsMn America: a Short Story of Their
Part In tho Building of tho Republic" anil
"Tlio Jews Who Stood by Washington: An
Unwritten Chapter In American History."
The last-named, published In 191C, probably
Is the book to which you refer
Stock Brokers' Commissions
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set down by the Philadelphia Stock Hx
changa Is, cenorally epeaklng, one-eighth of
one per cent. Tne ruia is, ior earns -una
trust stocks, 35 cants a share; for Insur
ance stocks over 1100. 25 cents u share, and
for all other stocks, IIW cents a sharo for
stocks at (10 or oer and UU cents a share
for stocks under IIP.
First Asphalt Street
T J MacL The first sheet asphalt street
pavement laid In Philadelphia was In 1889
by the Barber Asphalt Paving Company on
Broad street between Diamond street and
Columbia avenue. Tar combination pave
ments were laid before that date.
Marriages
N A duly ordained minister from Ver
mont or 6ther State Is authorized to per
form a marriage veremony In Pennsylvania.
Bo I required, within thirty days after tho
marriage. make two returns: (1) The
return blank on the marriage llcenso to the
marriage license clerk and (2) a blank to
the Uureau of Vital Statlstloa. The latttr
blank he may obtain at City Hall, Room
BIT- 4
Where Was Brodie?
II 8. Q Hair-splitting argument as to
where Stee Brodie was when he made his
famous leap frR the Ilrookljn Bridge may
be settled by an appeal to the dictionary,
although, as Is natural in arguments of this
character, the dictionary may not render
an aeowtebl deoWtoJ. It U true that he
bad not jumped while he was standing pn
the bridge, mr was he on the bridge afttr
he had lumped. These faoU are self-evident.
But. if we view the imianaltlvo verb
"lump" In the Ught of Its definition as an
act of projecting oneself through space,
Bredte vtas oa th) bridge when he lumpJ ;
la oHwt word, at u ub U bridge vUm
be etxnniktited the act that projected hlat
through aDee. This M ft swrtetui '''-'--
UavmnKJue
vnommm a ioio
GJETTING HIM AWAKE 1T0R
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Comment on Mrs. Polnk'a State
ment Lloyd George A Let
ter Krom the Trenches
Tila lirparfoietif la free to till rtadtrv feho
icfih ro rftirrta thrlr opinion on tuWrrfa 0
rwrrrnt fnlfrraf, II (a no ofen orum. nnd lt
Hitnlnt I.nlotr nitumra mo rctpontiblntv for
(fie Knot ol lit rorroiondralt. LUttrt mil
b Sigurd bu Ca oninc uail odilrraj of tht
tcrltrr, not nrrcaanrllu for rubllrnlloa, tut nt a
uuamntta ot good lalth.
WHAT MRS. POLAK MEANT
To thti Kdllor of thn livening Ledger:
Hlr On November 22. 1916, your paper
published an Interview with Mrs. Polilk,
president of tho Illg Sisters, absolutely cor
rect In every detail
one of tho statements made, however. It
nppcars, could bo m.ulo to menn something
entirely different from that Intended, ow
ing to the wording of same
Mrs Polak was talking of the "Immoral
Jewish girls," nnd ho mado the statement
thnt of Ihts-clnsN. of the Immoral Jewish
girls, to emphasize tho point, ninety per
cent wero so hcc.iuso they had rejected the
nilvlco of tholr parents, and breauiro thoy
had drifted away from their control, and
also on account of other home conditions
Tho Jewish World, n paper circulating
among tho foreign element, seemed to view
tluse words as meaning that Mrs. Polak
stated that ninety per tent of tho foreign
Jowlsh women wero Immoral It this paper
understood tho nrttcle that way, we desire
to state that thero was no Intention on the
part of Mrs Pohtk to mako such a state
ment, and she did not make It. She was
referring to the Immoral women, and stated
that ninety per cent of them became thnt
way through the above conditions.
To provent any further misunderstanding
Mrs. Polak authorizes us to repeat the
statement she thon made, as she Intonded It
to bo understood:
'These people (the foreign clement) were
slow to become Amcrlcanlted. but their
children, however. Americanized nt a pace
unusually fast, and soon grow far beyond
the control of the more old-fashioned
parents.
"The girls soon drifted away from their
homo environment and missed the proper
homo training. Ninety per cent of Iho Im
morality that exists among the Jewish
people exists among that class of girls, 'the
ones that have rejected tho advice and ro
fuied to be controlled by their parents'
opinions ' " '
We made no statement that the foreign
element were Immoral, as a rule, or that
a certain percentage of them were! we
were not referring to tho genernl Jewish
population at all. We were distinctly re.
terrlng to u certain class, "the Immoral
Jowlsh woman," and stated that ninety
per cent of this class waa the result of con
ditions above referred to.
IHO SISTERS,
Per J. Marcus Pnlak,
Publicity Committee.
Philadelphia, December 8.
HE LOVES JOHN BULL
To th Kdltor o tfts Euenlnp tedoer;
Sir It must be extremely mortifying to
your oorrespondant, Charles C. Rhodes, Jr,
that Qreat Britain has any friends at alb
Is he aware of the fact that Transvaal men
are now fighting under the British flagT
Great Britain never .touched a people that
she did not benefit, and we of her blood
love har today because she gave us our
Anglo-Saxon Bible.
JOIINNIB WICACO.
Philadelphia, December o
IRISH CONSCRIPTION
To the Kdllor o th Hvenlny J.tdger'
Sir "Lloyd O corse has all along favored
conscription In Ireland and may now try
to apply it- If he does all Ireland ya,
tlonallat, Unionist, Sinn Fein and Oaellc
League will rise and revolt and present
to the British Government a much more
serious situation and problem than did the
uprising of "Easter Week." With an
artificial stervatton staring them In the
face; with ail the promises made by the
Liberals unfulfilled or broken, and with the
Irish Parliamentary party impotent and
distrusted, the Irish people are In no mood
to be trilled with, much less coerced.
Australia rejected conscription by a
popular vote l Ireland, deprived of such a
vote, releets It by a concrete and united
public opinion, and any attempt to run
counter to this by the extension of the
military service act will prove disastrous
to whoever attempts it tl J. COy
Philadelphia, December t
DONT TEMPT THE BOYS
To (A Jfdiler of (as tf vanlnji Ltdgir:
8r-iJ a Weawd ttot the auaeiten.
KEEPS
...... -jr. UssrJj4X.iW1VkJ&
I would like to ask If something could be
dono to stop the throwing of tho ends of
cigarettes and cigars In tho streets, I have
anen no many amnll boys picking them up
nnd smoking them ! 1 think the older men
ought lo havo Alio Interest of the boys at
henrt enough not to put temptation In their
way I listened to a talk telling of tho 111
effects of cigarettes, and It has mado me
utiTlous to nave tho boys I always try to
point out to every boy I sea using them the
harm they will do to him.
oni: inteiu:sti:d in poys
Philadelphia, December 7.
WANTED A GODMOTHER
To the Editor of the Evening Ltdfjtr:
Sir We havo learned from thn newspa
pers which reach us In our trenches, eighty
meters from the enemy, that you supported
the candidacy of Mr. Hughes.
I nddrcss'myself, therefore, to you, nnd
this Is why In our trenches, between two
attacks. vn aro cnnuled, nnd I would like
to correspond with one of your women
readers. We could write of many thlnga,
of war, of peace, of In France, of literature,
of history, etc Could you not find for me
this godmother?
I nm a bachelor, a corporal In the army,
and since the attack on the Somme I have
passed for promotion to a sergeancy.
M. IJRUCAMPS.
Third Mixed Regiment of Zouavei and
TlrallleurH, Second Company, Sixty
eighth Postul Division
With tho Armies of France, November 11,
It has becomo tho custom In France
for men and women to adopt a soldier aa
a godchild and to look after his comfort
ao far as possible. M. Brucamps Is evi
dently seeking for this sort of fostering
caro by an American woman Ddltor of
the KVENINQ I.UDOEIl.
CHRISTMAS TRUMPETS, BLOW
AGAIN
Seema to me I want to hear
Christmas trumpets blow again,
Through the mists of yesteryear,
Like a message unto men.
Ilugles and the little drum,
Ah, that fanfare ot the child
Music of the morning, come,
Set me dancing mad and wild)
Lord, the weight of life ia such.
Heavy with Its war and woel
Just once more that golden touch
Of the trumpets let them blowl
Silvery mujla, sweet and clear.
Muslo that the child lips made
When the Chrlutmai dawn drew near
And tho little bugles played.
Seems to me we want it. all,
Here and now and all the while
The made of that childhood call,
The glory at that stainless smile:
Blow It, trumpets, clear and sweet,
Mualc of the Christmas cheer,
Sounding through each listening street
Bringing peaca and gladness near,
Stems to me It would be fine
Just to have It as ot old
All Its laughter and Its shine,
All Its Innocence of gold.
Christmas trumpets blowing far
Over hill and over dell ,
Sea to hill and hill to star
Muslo ot the Christmas spell.
Kolger McKlniey, In Baltimore Bun
ACADEMY OP MUSIC
BURTON HOLMES
TONIGHT ,Vl5THE GERMAN
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Cn,uat nf Ihe Day'n Work
ry. OilARLBS ORAY SHAW head H
jls mo uctmiwuciii vi imiiusopny in w
Vork University, apparently has ihe rourtS
of his convictions. As a logui Ira nKL
doubtless. In his earlier youth on the dL
trlnes laid down by Jevons, he has ivottet
from tho reports of n recent diatribe, nuit.
forgotten the rules of logic as coHsUiI ,
tho late-lamenled philosopher r:iementl
logic wss when we struggled manfully Wi!n
tho question, based upon certain Immutable
laws, nnd one of them wag to the tfTett inat
ii concluiiort tnuat be drawn from sernr
premises Doctor Shaw delivers his tilll.
malum thusi
When n girl says "I cannot be your
wife, but "J be vour friend." she tri-s
lo speak the truth, but utters a psycho
loglunt falsehood.
Unfortunate!, masculine frlendahlos
are passing from the earth and In the
' course of time friends will be found
only In museum along with other abo
riginal products This melancholy situ
nllon Is duo to tne fact that modern lift
tends, to destroy personality and a
philosophic Wow uf the world Men Is
bound to man, not by ties of friend
ship, but by bonds of professionalism
which nro usually ot n 'commercial
character
Home day we nro going to write n mono
graph on friendship which will deal with
that commodity ns exhaustively as lr
Henri llergson has dealt with laughter
Meanwhile Doctor Shaw may consider that
his premises being wild and futtta he hu
naturally nid properly arrived nt wild anj
foolish conclusions Ax wltnras he says that
masculine friendships nro pnsstng from the
earth. "It's all wrong. Osirahl, It's a
wrong." Such friendship, aro not passing.
Further, "theno ties between men are net
bnsod upon bonds of professionalism which
are usually of a commercial character"
Doctor Shaw says a girl who says she cant
marry ou, but will be your frlendi, la ut
tering n inijcliolcnlo.il falsehood, Without
prejudice wo dcslro to recall to tho mind
of Doator Shaw a conundrum nnctently told
by nn old mint of ours "A boy said lie hid
two fathers nnd two mothers, but no par
ents What did ho have?"
Tho answer Is, 'The boy lied "
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WILLIAM FOX
rnnscNTB
"A Daughter
of the Gods"-
with ANNETTE
Kellermann
this vicTtmn nuAirnrur.
Dedicated to nil who lovo
beauty, joy, tho laughter of
children, tho lovo of brave men
and fair women.
OUIt NEXT ATTRACTION' .
"The Honor System"
The Clrratett Human atory Every Told
UAnKET AB. 10T11
CONTINUua 11 !'5 A. M to lljlS P. U.
STANLKV COXCBRT OncllK.TTItX
LENORE ULRICII
in rniHT piuisk.ntAtipn op
"THE ROAD TO LOVE"
"DATA OT? 12U MAHKBT STItnET
JAi-iAHj Marguerite Clark
in "Miss George Washington"
l-nnA TT A CHESTNUT 8T. Bal. HtS
i.ixjJn.XJ llx jo a si. to ii. is p. u.
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"A GAMBLE IN SOULS"
, ALL.NUXT'WEKK
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Charlie Chaplin a Rink
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Naat Week -Monday, Turnlay onJ WeJntadajr
CHARLIE CHAPLIN iN Vhowmw
"THE RINK"
CIIAKt.KH HAY In 1IONOIIA1II.IJ MAX
"i wihii i coyi.D HUY a tickkt ro
nVfiRY MAN ANI WOMAN IN PlIILADKI
1'IIIA TO 8KE THIS VVO.SUEIU'UI. PHOTO-
"civilization
ntcautr It Ttarhta a Clrtat Iaaon Whlla H
Holda You Hpellbound" Haya Judao Jamea b.
(lorman, of tho Municipal Court, of lha Clntma
Wondtr now playlns at tha
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