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BZT Addnt all communication to Evening
Lftgtt, Inirftnitnc Bgunrt, 7i(0illjila.
rninnto at in a riiiuuuniu rottorrioa ii
tcoxD-ci.m uiit, Minn,
TUB AVEIUOB NET 1'AID DAILY CHI
CUkATION OV Till! EVENING LKDUEIl
ron Novr..Min:i; was iji.uii
rhlUJllpbll, TlinnJtr, llnrmbn U, 1914.
The nobly born must nobly meet
till fate. Euripides.
"What tho Block maikot needs Ih
vWontly iinoiher Lloyd acorgo speech
about "it fight to a knockout."
"IXcaillnB mttkolli n full man,"
nrroto Lord Vorulnm, but that was bctoro
tho cfftr boycott began.
THo Krenoliman who lnvontoil a
hock absorbor for whoclbarrowa might
Slvo his attention to tho needs of pater
familias at this ticaiioii of tho year.
Pcan Qulnn is qultolrlght In pre
aUcttnnr many war plnya lifter tho vnr.
Our Btngo baa not gotten tho Civil War
out of Its nyfltcm yet.
Tho Only food that Isn't brlnglne
high prlcoa thoso daya Is food for thought,
and tho Kaiser's pcaco proposals havo
oalised a glut In that market for u while.
Judging from tho ofTlcIal attltudo In
various places, about tho easiest wuy to
get Into troublo would bo to start u
peace movement. Indianapolis News.
Tho Kalsor, thon, must bo looking
for moro troublo.
Tho Grangcra, unllko tho munition
wprkora, favor n lenguo of pcaco that
Wllt'prowont wnr. And, after nil, It Is
better for tho world to havo tho workers
on tho farina than In tho trenchos.
If, ns Mr. IJrynn says, bo Is In poll
tics with both feet, lio must be doing
ome of this pussy-footing wo'vo read
Bo rSuch about. Macon Telegrnplu
So you mean to Insinuate that ho
baa four foot?
X will nover desert Tenroso. and you
will rue tho day when you let I'cnroso
sret away from being tho standard
bearer of the llcpubllcan party. Sen
ator McNIchot.
loyalty Is n noblo emotion. I.ot'a
aot condemn nny ono for dilating with it.
Thero aro moro fur-lined overcoats
at tho Grangors' convention In tho Acad
emy of MubIo than there would bo at n
convention of tho leading bankeia of tho
State. If "back to tho farm" means fur
to tho back, we'll nil bo ready to sign
up, should tho temperaturo contluuo to
drop as It Is doing.
NIvollo? Nlvello? Haven't wo heard
Hhat name beforol Oh, yes. Thero was
a famous Jean Nlvello In Franco who
refused to march against tho Duke of
Bourgogno In sptto of his orders, unci
tho French havo a saying that a man
resembles Jcnn Nlvollo'o flog who i of used
to. como when ho was called. Tho now
KJvelle, who is to command tho French
armies of tho north and northeast, is sup
posed (o bo llko tho drummer boy who
had never been taught how to' beat a
retreat.
It took England twenty years to de
feat Napoleon, and tho tlrst fifteen of
those yeara were black with Drltluh de
feat. Ifciw.fll ,not take twenty yeara to
win this war, but wbatover tlmo Is re
quired it will be done, and I ray this
recognizing that wo hafo only begun to
Win. Lloyd Oeorge, last September.
. The pian who talked this way n
little while) ago Is now at tho head of
tha British Government, charged with
tho responsibility of answering tho Gor
man peace proposals. All reports from
IjOndon Indicate, that ho will talk in the
,80tne vein when ho makes his reply,
X modification of the Swiss system
cf, government has been Introduced per
manently, after a successful experiment,
into the management of the $25,000,000
National City Bank of New York. From
It twelve vice presidents, five, managers
luve been selected, Ono of the flvo will
bo designated aa "first general manager"
for one year, giving Ills place at the end
of the year to another of tho five, and
eo on In rotation till the end of five years.
These managers aro to share .with the
president, Frank A. Vanderllp, the ex
ecutive dutleu, which have become Impos
tibia for ono man to attend to. There
are some other things that the United
States might copy wltt) success from the
Bwbs Republic, and one Is her military
iystem-
Has suffrage militancy really gone
fey the board for all time, or has It only
sons' under cover until a graver mill
t&rbin has ho4 Us dayT The Furious
fttoool, 13 by tho Pankhursts In fEng
kr,J, abandoned its tactics at tha outset
f the war. Now the conservatives In this
country are moving to stamp out every
ytby of the riotous mood here. They
pfcject tq- Mian Alice Paul lader of the
Cumtresalpnal Union, because she was one
0 th original husgar strikers in Bng
JaM, and W tm & disorder In
diirfmr
a jBmurttttij aaarapa
'TiritfHPatf fflmBm from
Of course, any increas In vlolenea here
wcmlil at ouee Invite comparison with tha
patlenco of English to tho dlsadvanlage
of American suffragist. But the matter
cuts deeper than that Militancy would
give another handle to foreign critics to
belabor lis with chargen of flippancy and
ot thinking selfishly about domesllo ts
suet during a great crisis. It being at
pease Is to help in make peaco abroad,
it la hard to sco how disturbing our own
pcaco with futllo bitterness nnd con
troversy would help either suffrage or
America's position.
MUST TUB STATES SUKHEN
DEIt SUFFRAGE CONTROL?
EVKIIY hlgh-schoot boy knows that the
attempt to eslobllih n national gov
ernment to includo tho thirteen colonics
would havo failed unless tho sovereignty
nnd Independence of tho proponed Staler
had been protected In tho Constitution.
Tim Stales, regnrdlew! of slzo or popu
lation, havo equal representation In tho
Senate. In tho olcctlon of a President
It Is tho Htnto Hint spenks through Us
electors; but by ono of thoso compromises
which distinguish tho Constitution tho
electors nro divided" among tho Stntos in
proportion to population. Tho theory that
tho President In tho choice of tho States
nnd not merely of tho voters nj a innsft
appears also In tho provisions for elec
tion In c.-l.io no candidate hnn n majority
In tho clcctornl college. In nuch enno tho
llnusn of llopresontnllvon chooses a
President by ballot, but tho voto In taken
by States, with ono voto to n. Stnto, tho
rcproientnttvps from each Slate deciding
among thetnsclvoa for whom lis volo nhnll
bo cast.
These olomentnry facts havo moro than
a curloiln or ncndornlo Interest, In vlow
of tho campaign now wnglng for tho aboli
tion of tho electoral nyntcm nnd tho
choico of n I'lcnldont by popular vote.
AV'o nro hearing Icsh nnd Ics-i nt tho
rights of tho States nnd more and moro
of tho powers of tho nntlnn. Tho ds
innnd for tho election of tho President
by'popular volo Is based on tho theory
that ho nhould bo tho choico of tho people
of tho nation rather thnn primarily tho
choico of tho people of tho sovereign
States. The Civil "War destroyed tho old
nHsumptlon tbnt tho sovereignty of tho
Htntoa extended far enough to prrmlt
them to wlthdinw nt will fiom tho Union.
Wo now lmvn nn Indissoluble federation,
with tho emphiiHln on Indissoluble. Wo
aro magnifying tho national Idea, oven
to tho cxtont of demnudtng, ns Itoosovelt
did, that Congress should oxorclio tho
powers reserved to the States when tho
States neglect to oxcrclso them.
Vhoro Is moro Involved In the popular
election of tho Pr'csldont than tho partlnl
dcrtructlon of Stnto sovereignty. Tho
fifteenth amendment to tho Constitution
forbids tho States to restrict tho right qf
suffrngo "on account of raco, color or pre
vious condition of servitude." Tho four
teenth nmondment provldos that when
tno right to voto Is abridged tho icpro
sontntlou of tho Stntos abridging It shnll
bo reduced In tho proportion which tho
ninlp.4 without nuffrngo shall bear to tho
whole number of males twonty-ono years
old in tho State. This Is tho piovtnlon
which la supposed to protect tho negro
voters In tho South. Any constitutional
nmondment providing for election oCptho
President by popular voto would havo to
fix tho qualifications of voters In na
tional cloctlons, or empower Congress
to fix thorn. It would bo necessary
to decide whether women in ovory
State woro to voto for tho President,
whothor thero won to bo nn educa
tional or property qualification, nnd. If
it In tho natlonnl will that tho ncgioes
shall voto, soma way would havo to bo
found, by tho Federal supervision of na
tional elections or otherwise to get tho
negro voto Into tho ballot boxes and then
to get It counted.
Tho raco question nnd woman nuffrago
as well na whether this Is a nation or n
federation of independent sovereignties
nro nt Ibsuo In this, now plan, na will np.
pear as noon as Congress bcglnn to dis
cuss tho constitutional amendments pro
posed or about to bo proposed.
ACTORS IN EAltNEST
Sfjiry Garden has been ordered by a
I'nrln court to turn over her lingerie,
valued nt ?B000, to a board of experts
for appraisal. Consldoralilo cnuntlo
comment bns been nroused (In Franco)
by tha revelation of tho sum spent bjj
JIIjs Garden for her flno raiment, nt n
tlmo when economy la preached, Tho
newspaper La llatnlllo says: "Ono must
ho Incklng In nil decency to cot or olio's
flesh with priceless laces nt a moment
when women and children are suffer
ing from hunger and cold." News
Dlspntcb.
IT IS not noccssary to indorse La
Batalllo'o severity toward any Individ
ual to got tho genoral spirit of French
criticism of extravagance at thla tlmo.
Want mus,t bo biting closo to tho bare
pnduranco of llfo whon Paris sermonizes
about exponslvo clothes. What this odd
feature of a day's news fronij embattled
Europe brings out most clearly la the
ten" effort to mnke ovory hundredth
part of a fro.no yield some Immediate al
leviation, drop In tho bucket though It bo.
It Is not the actual waato but the levity
that offends. The tlmo and thought taken
to decide between this and that gewgaw
scandalizes the needy moro than neglect
of them. They nro llko a man at a hos
pital window Recovering from nn opera
tion, ho wonders how tho peoplo in the
street can leap nimbly on and off cars
while ho dare not move an Inch. They
are tho actors In a terrible drama, but
they cannot make the audience seo tho
play's a real ono. Every direct appeal
over the footlighta Is "bad art" or senti
mental. Artists look for tho strange,
somber tones or slums to put them In
uxqulsttu little paintings that tell nothing
of the grim figures In the shadows. They
wonder whether they eliatj send to Ufa
salon a glimpse of statuary and lawn
caught at Versailles, or one of a street In
Naples fluttering With a million garments
hung from house to houso to dry and
shining white In the sun above the filth
below. What matter It It be the ghosts
of lords and ladles of" old or the small
shirt of a hungry and actual Bepplno
tha,t U the source of inspiration?
It Is the same In all the arts and other
endeavors. Bven tha art of cliarlty itself
tfoa early and stays late at tha ball,
leaving It to tha fairies to bring first aid
to CtA4wlta. Wowavw. th fairtas ara
uiwd us ,tt tfais tlmo of CnrivUna?. and
for a. brjfcf season can be counted on to
EV3MIN0 MB033RrPHHiADmFHIA; OJHXraSDAY. tKEOEMBEB 14
Tom Daly's Column
Fragment!! on O. Ilenry
Oloienl '
Antics forced to catch a weary
world
X painted grin to hide the palu be
neath. J'ocW
Knowing minstrel
of bedizened
princes
Singer of sad tnuslo eel to laughing
words.
I.overt
Red ribbons on a gay glllUx
a milk-white nlood
A raucous laugh lest tenderness hold
sway.
Man I
Blinding brilliance
a heart
raw with compassion
A nhadowed spirit lingering. In
light.
mac inun.
Germany's peaco offer, according to
our favorlto musical critic, sounded llko
nn elaborately .staged and unusually
noisy production of a Wngner opera with
a flat nolo.
run Hi.ACKr.n nxPhAtNB
Tho ovcn pat I when buolci thrill
And fill the air with war's alarms
To summon from the marts anil farms
JUluctant Jach tram Keeping Jill.
Tho soldier1 role would suit via ill
When, wrested from each other's arms,
Tho lovers part.
And so at home I linger still,
Where lonesome lasses waste
their
charms;
And lest their widowhood breed harms,
With each and all I tru to fill
Tho lover's part.
AhOYBIVB.
IN A LETTnit to Robert Boll, under
dato of Boptembor 3, 1848, roforrlng to
"Vanity Fair," Thackeray wrote:
Although I havo made n rule to my
self nover to thank critics, yet I llko to
break It continually, nnd especially In
tho present InMancn foY whnt I hope
la the excellent nrtlclo in Fraser. It
cecms to me very Jut In moat points,
an regards tho author; nomo ho ques
tions uu usual. If I had put In more
fresh air. an you call It, my object
would have been defeated. It Is to In
dlcato. In cheerful terms, that wo are
for tho mo-it part an abominably fool
ish and aolfleh pooplo, "desperately
wicked," nnd nil cagor after vanities.
Uvorybody you seo Ih In that book for
Instance, If I had made Amelia a higher
order of woman there would hao boen
no vanity In Dobbln'n falling In love
with hor, whorcaa the Impression at
present that ho Is a fool for hta pains,
thnt bo has mnrrled a nllly llttlo thing,
and, In fact, ban found out his error,
rather n snd nnd tender one; however
quia multum nmnnt.
I want to leave everybody dlnsatls.
fled and unhappy at the end of tho
ntory wo ought all to bo with our own
nnd nil other stories. Good God. don't
I seo (In that maybo cracked and
warped looking gluni In which I nm
always looking) my own weaknesses,
wlckdlniiaes, lusts, follies, shortcom
ings? In company, lot us hopo, with
better qunllt1c.il, nbout which wo will
pretermit dlncourso. Wo must lift up our
voiced about these, and howl to n con
gregation of fools; so much, at least,
lias been my endeavor.
FLEES IN HIS NIGHTSUinT
' Kcadllno In morn, contents.
That's whnt ho gets for taking tho dog
to bed with him. BILL YUS.
TUa OUBhttT SPEAKS
irc'vo joined tho Clean-Up boosters
And the Derm has got us bad.
We've just cleaned out tha bathtub
Am wo'vo all been In but Dad.
Ha sans. "I'll pick up papers,
Blnco I gotta le a OUU,
But all good things have limits
And UX0U81 UU from tha tubl"
LITTLV XULL.
Dear Tom Oood Joke and n feather In
tho rap of the City of It. L. Frlond of mine
Just returned from London showed me
what he thought tha neatest thing ho had
ever scon for a soap a toilet soap In a
collapsible tube that could be carried
safely and cleanly In tho pocket or bag.
Told me both French and lhigllsh ofllcers
wero cnrrylng It nnd wouldn't bo without
it. Friend said It wna worthy of a Yankee
trick and wondered why some on,a here
hadn't thought of It. As I was examining
It, I unrolled the bottom part of tho tube
and discovered the manufacturer's name
and address; Prepared and guaranteed by
. Company, Philadelphia, U, S. A
a. c.
I Wets
Sir. I
I Wax
the pair from Chicago, are
largely responsible
I living
loving
for tho high cost
W. B. V.
Bear T.
D. Your photoplay editor In
paper referred to Charley
yesterday's
Chaplin's "agile shoes." Our office boy
needs a pair where can he get 'emT
MAC inurt,
Imp-prorerblal ,
HOW DOTH THE LITTLE BUSY BEEI
They say I must bo like tho bee.,
The busy little thing
That sucks tho honey from the buds,
An' like him I must sing.
Now what-d-ya-mean bo llko the bee?
I'll sing like Tommy Tucker,
But I don't wanta have no hives
An' I won't be no sucker.
' P. NUT.
"Here Are Ladles"
Dear Tom In view of the manner in
which women are at last breaking into
publlo life, here are a few of the fair sex
that I shall hope soon to meet; t
A wife who knows the name' at her hus
band's favorite cigar. '
The girl who hasn't a "favorite" movie
hero.
The woman who doesn't know that
"women have no sense of humor."
A brunette who doesn't feel superior to
any "doll-faced blonde."
A blonde whoyjiscs walnut dye.
O Q.
The Six Most Glvable
We herewith open tha polls for votea
upon the si Most Glvable Books. Wall
basia-U;
1. '-fha riaure of an jvbiantce Load-
r i i pi I ii i i
1 ' '
ONE CAN1
tillli which he in a da hi flmt tor a fin
Ulint U Hi dliTrrrnco txlvreen a vein nnd
nn arlrrrv
3, Mho nrrfl tlm HamrfimT
4. MmIto U full of nrroyoK, AT hat are tlicj?
A. WU&t crrnt nort ua blind?
0. Hliut war (ho oriel" of the nam "jOim
Krlnxto"?
7. Wlint uro the trade Hindu nnd liy nr tarr
no rnllftl?
ft. What l n rnhbrt unrrrn?
U. WUt m.i Itohrrt lorrU, ulio Hnanrnl Irn-
cthI uiIilnKlui.' rutnnntenii la lh lie-
olullnti. lalrr rnt In Jnll?
10. ho hui TuvU do CliiMiinnri?
Answerfl to Ycatcrday'H Quiz
1. Carta blnnrl mrnnii "nhltt rurd"t flmt (
ii hi ii nk nhfft for ltrlllnK uhut one ullt.
1u bo Kltrii riirte hliiurlie l tu be kUcii
oiio'h oun uiir,
2. 1'onrn de I.eou houilit the fountain of prr-
lietuul south In l'hirldj
3. Tli Itliiltu Ih I ho chief hrMm of Vrnlre.
Ilclutf runiitilriintm public Dlurts It wit it
ruinrnlriit inrrtliiir plare The mini
hat hern poimliirlzrd throuah mention of
It In hlmkfftpruTt .Irrhui.t of
fhtrc." In thin rltr ihf runt hide of
Uroud Htrcet brtttisw 'hptnut uml Nnutli
1'eiui unuurt U Jocularly t filled the Hlnltu
of polltlctil life.
4. A viaduct Im ft lone lirldxp-uke Htnirture
tu carry 11 road or railway over talley.
An miiirduct U nil iirttUrlul rhaniiH,
iiHiially nn eleruted structure, tu carry
Yvntfr oirr n rrnit dUtunre.
fl. Mofln Brow thlckeat on the north (tide of
trre trunk.
A, itectlHnrn hrcaroe deaf
7. A run tutu U vorul componltlon of cither
n tiered or n secular character for hoIu
olcen. riueinbicH mid chorui, ItU Imtru-
niaiiliii nrcuiiioaiiliuriit.
S. (Ireitt ilrltalu U wanner than countries In
me Nunie mutuui
hocatiNn of Ihit tTat
'Tf.
ef I lie
llulf
ctirraiu. miiicii uuiiicn
linr
O. If u JOO-paunil Iron bull nnd n Illl tlmt al-liuiltuiir-iuilr
ara ilroppnl from u Inner
liatli will atrlfca the rurtll ut the mine
10,
An ntWor who Ima tirouclit down IWx
enruir ucruiilunm, Ilii- ilrnlnirllan at
ulilrli naa been offlflully cuullrinril, la
culled nu 'ace."
Dropping tlio "h" in "wh"
P. X. M. Dropping tho aspirate In the
combination "wh" has tho support of such
authorities ns the late Doctor Sweet and
Professor Itlppmann. This "h." by the
way, does not follow an Initial "w" -except
In the spelling. What tho.o who do
pronounce It rcnlly say Is "hwlch," "hwen,"
etc. In omitting the nsplrato we are
merely carrying on aprocess long estab
lished In UnglUh. Take, for Instance, the
words "lady." "loaf," "lean." "laugh,"
"neck" nnd "ridge," All wero orlgtnnlly
pronounced with an Initial "h," which hau
now entirely disappeared. Iften mora vio
lent consonantal changes havo taken place,
In "knife." "know," "gnaw" nnd "write"
the Initial "k." "g" or "w" was nt one
time pronounced. "Knife," for example,
developed something In this way: "Knife."
"tnife," "hnlfo," "nlfe," the first consonant
being sounded.
American Dam In Spain
. B. The dam referred to I the Urgent
ever built In Europe It has Just been
thrown across the gorge of the Koguera
Palleresa, not far fronj Barcelona, Spain.
It Is a concrete affair 700 feet long. 3J0
feet high, SJO feet thick at the base and
14 feet at the topr.lt forma an artificial
lake fifteen and a half miles long and not
Quite four miles wide. The dam Is the
result of the work of American engineers
and experts. The cement was made on
the spot with American cement machinery!
a road eleven miles long had to be built,
over which two American tractor engines
hauled American platform cars loaded
With the building material, Iarsa quan
tities of other machinery and materials
were likewise brought from the United
States,
Simnel Bread
yv. T. WMlte bread was called by our
ancestors slmnel bread, not In the least
because, as has been too hastily assumed,
the father of the pretender Slmnel was
a baker and made It, for the word was
in use generations before he was born.
It Is derived from the lAttn slmlla, the
ftpevt wheaten flour, and the bakeia who
used It were forbidden to make bread, of
an inferior quality to slmnel. On the
other -hand, the makers of tourte. or brown
bread, wera by an act of Kiehard II pro
hibited front keeping a bolting sieve, and
were thua unable to separate the bran
from the flour They baked, for the masses
and the monastflrUs. Wuaui WM madg
for tb middla classes from Hour less
finely UUeatJbm tbat-uied by tat klmaet
-J . cL lst a
1 jr' r" 1 r-n
tho V.TT JLiSTK rSii'tfJtfSJ&C.lBj?'4?(fGfr'r.;
I TTn , r -r THE VOICE OF
What Do You Know? THE PEOPLE
QUIZ
1. What vrtr tlifl numr of Coliimbut'a nlilpa
ii III, ivhlrh lie mada Ilia flmt toyua to flin
S
HIT HARD WITH A SORB THUMB;
cA. i.-&.fiwAb.,n y& sis
How Politics Prevents Proper In-
surance Safeguards Both
Belligerents Guilty of
Frightf illness
Thit ifcpnrtmrqf t frte to all readers who
Uih to txpreti their upinlon$ an fliioecfa of
our rent intereit. it is an open forum, and ih
Kvenina Ltdgrr annumc ho rfvonibtlitv Jor
the ifrwj of Ha corre$pondenta. Letters must
be stoned with tha natna and address of tha
irtter, not necessarily for publication, but as a
guarantee of pood faith,
INSURANCE AND POLITICS
To tha Editor of the Vvcnlng Ledger:
Sir -Itcforrlng to jour very excellent
editorial In tho Kvi:nino I.EDami on tha
Insurance codn In Pennsylvania nnd the
crooks, here Is a practical point of dllllculty.
John Randolph utated the prlnclplos of a
politician as seven, viz.: "the flvo loaves
nnd the two small fishes." With what e
know as "tho Gang" In Pennsylvania tho
spoils of olllco aro vl I. Hence, If our In
surance department follown the examplo of
Now York, Connecticut. Massachusetts and
other States In refusing llceime to a host
of so-called Insuranco companies what a
cut-down In tho spoils!
Prom the earliest days of the depart
ment frco and easy licensing has been com
mon. Having nn occasion to use the law to
collect back rent from a supposed Insuranco
broker, I found that he had u fire Insuranco
company "In his hat" bearing the broad
seal of tho State of I'ennsjlvauln,
Our Insurance taws are said to ha de
fective: but an Insurance commlsjloner,
from the naturo nf the raue, has nomo of
tha powers of n court of last resort. If he
refuses to license, on tho ground that n
concern Is wrong mathematically or. other
wise, who can compel him? If tho present
commissioner Is deposed to rise to the oc
casion, as wo all hope, Pennsylvania Is at
the dawn of a new day.
AMOS WAKEMN.
Philadelphia, December 12.
DOESN'T LIKE THE FASCES
To the Ji'dllor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir I would like to draw the attention
of your readers to tho new dime. On the
roM-ruo side of this coin there appear the
fasces, a bundle of rods containing nn ax.
This, in ancient Itomau times, was carried
by tho Uctors before certain magistrates as
a symbol of power and Imperial authority,
Now, this la the last thing possible that
would nppeal to tha people of a free and
llborty-loVIng nation. In fact, anything eav
orlng of royalty or monarchical power Is at
once disavowed. The designer of the new
dime was evidently thinking of the story
by Franklin, that Is, "That an Indian
chief once took a rod and broke it across
his knee, then took a bundle of sticks
and could not break them, thua showing the
strength of union," Since then a bundle of
rods has been u symbol of "in union there
Is strength." That Is the motto which Is
supposed to be taken from the figure on the
new coin. We would suggest that In the
future those who design new currency would
look up their history before spreading such
a ludicrous error broadcast over the
counjry. - E.LP,
Philadelphia, December 11.
BOTH SIDES GUILTY
To the Editor of the Evening Ltdger;
Sir Although an advocate of peace, and
not of war, there aro few things I enjoy
more than a newspaper fight. Such being
tha case, I feel strongly tempted to eater
the fight now going on In the Evening
Lkduek between Mr. Charles 'C. Ithodes,
Sr, and his adversaries, but will endeavor
to refrain frqm so doing. Were I, however,
to take sides In the controversy. It would
certainly ba on tha side of Mr, Rhodes.
Not because I love Germany more than
England, nor Bngtand more than Germany,
but because of our relations with either
country In the light of history, and the at
titude of our own country and the part It
Is now taking Indirectly In this great strug
gle, 1 should consider myself Justified In so
doing.
For without going Into detail, it Is ob
vious to the most superficial reader and the
most casual observer that, under tha pr
tense of neutrality, we have bn aldlna
and abetting the. ena side to tha detriment
of tljs b t swsh an extent tt H U
I
1916
ftny moro effcctlvo or moro elllclent servlco
by aligning ourselves with tho ono side
against tho other In open hostility. Both
sides In the conlllct hao been guilty of un
pardonable atrocities. Put such Is war. A
conlllct conducted on numano principles
would not bo war. And while this great
nuropcau war was instigated under tho
pretext of nenglng tho death, by assassl
nntlon, of two Individuals, millions of lives
havo been sacrificed and billions of dollars
spent In addition thereto. Other and deeper
motives and other and moro selflsh propel
ling forces have, however, already been re
vealed. Others may yet bo revealed. And
yet others thero may bo ihtch perhaps
may never bo brought to flio Biirface, un
less perchance tlmo Itself should rovenl
them. Hut whatever tho motive, whoever
responsible for Its terrlblo consequences,
this war will most assuredly go on record
as tho most needless, tho most stupendous
and most unjustifiable crime charged up
against civilization In tho annals of the
world's history. ) W.
Altcntown, l'n December 10.
THE SPIRIT OF PEACE
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir At a moment when tho dove nf peace
flutters over tho blood-sonked fields of
Hurope, and a war that has boen a stigma
upon civilization Is presumably near an
end, It would ba well If the partisans of each
of tho warring powers refrained from
boasting on the one hand or recrimination
on the other.
Whether Oermany has the best of tho
conflict or tho worst of It is not the ques
tion now. That question Is glorious and
universal peace, and In any discussion of
It, In tho press or otherwise. Its predomi
nant feeling should bo oneaof thankfulness
to God. Let all enmities created by the
war bo forgotten and let us all pro-Allies
nnd pro-Teutons sink our differences of
the past and welcome a new and brighter
era In tho history of humanity,.
AMUMCAN.
Philadelphia, December IS.
CROOK-PROOF INSURANCE CODE
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir The writer wishes to acknowledge
to you tha pleasure he enjoyed In reading
your editorial "Make the Insurance Code
Crook-proof." Tha insuranco fraternity
will welcomo you as a champion, and the
long-suffering publlo should,
J. II. BATtTLETT.
Philadelphia, December 13.
aSllUANY'S PBACB PROPOSAL UAKBS
it wPKHATiru rait you to huh tiiu
WOSUKKVUl. PHOTOPLAY UPEUTAOLB
CIVILIZATION
Now Crtallnr a fwoeatlon at tha
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CASUALS OP THE DATS WORI
Tuci r i "" art or letter trrlif.il
Is dead. They are wrong. So U,!TM
General Sam Ifagy Hres the art ef Ut74
nrlltnr will .,- .11. ''"'ril
Living as he has for manv .. . .
lively In Manayunk. Philadelphia ind 223
seaport towns, he has ii! k "'1.otNl
ferred by his company ti ,,.. .. t?1
horns- Listen, then, to General Bam'alrtSSi
in which he nays In part! DamWfei
This Is a great country for can.
bcfuo bk nmi smnny men. ehthty i
cent of wh eh nr mr ... V1 Pr '
and all bones. I hAr. onlV'A1
pretty girl slnca I've been here, and SI i
runs th Hrar mini.. i iu... ?a.a I
.... . .(few iM nun noieL
I wns on a bufTalo hunt hut ,,v
but did not havo much luck, onlr as5'
four, nnd three of them were i? '
They call a femnle bison donn herV.
cow, tho same ns you farmers up north ',
call a female cow a cow. n,i .. Zvr
cow a bull. Wow do you understand! J
t chased him for mere than ii,L.j
miles lieforo I lassoed him, and lh
he charged, and I charged six or setts '
times before I got him. I will send vm
bin horns for Christmas, providing i -eon
get nnother one. .
Injuns nro scarce. Got only thraa
bucks last week. Two of them wire
hiding behind a cactus binh. aevi j
luckily I got both with ono bullet Tha
other I got Just nfter he threw hui
tomahawk, nnd It grazed my mr to the
extent of drnwlng blood. However I3
...,,t-. i4i,itcii-u, mutuugfi my oroneka
wns very much senrcd. .J
You sllmld havo been here on Itej
nun uojr iou couion t una a buW
llcnn with a search warrant, and If I
wnan't so brave I wouldn't havo geftM
out on the street ami said "Hurrah fori
Hughes" for a thousand dollars. n
wijMiM uv ttucui yuur mo lo UO UlSt. m
TiTKto tho folks come Into town
a sight, In most Instances ther nm.ti
on horseback Indians and hard-loek
Ing whites. They all squatted In frentl
nf tho building whero tho return, raw. .
In. nnd when something came In favor '1
01 uuKiicn buck n. cursing as the lu t
puoiican party goti
Orel It wna cruel)
Kindly tell tho gentlemen viih
whom I wagered what my addres Ii,1'!
nnd I'll bo very pleased to receive the i
checks In settlement.
Now tho sad part of It nil Is that Qtntrall
Sam mado hls.wngcra on his bel let thstir'i
Hughes would win, yet while hli guess wsjl
wrong ho still shows that picturesque let-ll
tor wruing ib not a iosi art. r e
StAHKET An. NVTH
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LAST WEEK
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it a t a TTTinrciT rT rnup rnnaJ
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With ANNETTE KELLEHMANN
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