rjq-
' 14
-"- nil. 1j
iiiii f ...,,l...
"
5r t!
- ft 5r
WzkJ
M- J&M
T&.JS&3
&? 6s
JI
Ff
t
t
. si- t
PS," j
r-i.
fc"i
"ir
a;
w
Wit Ja
Kuimlttg
il&j&nci:
SfJBjjftK
HlBLlC LCDGEH COMPANY
uirus jr. K. ctmnn, riMiotur
BDrrontAri iioA.ni).
n W!"-K'c;'"' Chairman.
FgUM ft MAnTlN..., general nuMirTTMTn.Vi'r'
mVJft2LSSiSr"?iw.Mi""
v. -"-" "Hm anuaueipsia,
A?5?m,p??.U'',,,Jt,,,.L'", Ch.ilmit RlrU
HlfTi ' J?:M-Vn Dull Unit
tomiJ? ,3M Metropolitan Tower
cmcioo..,. ....,..,IS02 TrtfrM iJuildlnS
news ncnnAUsj
Pmmis i?i,Y.0... .. 00 rMjflchlrM;
"' "n"'' I Ituo Louis l Utend
"aunscniPTioN TEiuia
Til. TPWWfWM T .. I- . . ...
erHr ( ' c"1"' p,r """" VYU to the
lhi?tM.lU ?.F0,l,,Ja"u'.,M ef Philadelphia, In
M.KSi"a.fflr"' 9"'r UnltM mates ioe.
or tSS mi'tl1" dollr for three months
vancS. " ' ao,'"M r war. PWW In nd-
neSth.11 'or'n " n (II) dolUr per
nl!i?Ti7fl!i,"erlb,? lhlmr n,.I4ret chanted
toiust slva old R well an new aiMress.
f nrj-L W VAtNlfT KEYTONEMAirf 1000
. ' ""nimnn flvuarr. I'MMiuipnla,
mn "J""8 riiitAnitirni roTorric
HwwftMH juaii. Mirrcn.
TUB AVKHAOn NRT TAID DAILY CHI-
CULATION OF TUB HVICNINO I.KBOCU
Ton MOVEMIIKH WAB ,01t
rltlUddphlt, rrMir, I)KFmbrr 11, 1919.
Ltfa, lihm a dome of many-colored glatt,
Stain the while radiance of eternity.
Shelley.
r ,, i ., , j
Well known rcsreta: Sulr.or'n that
ho wau a Now Yorker and not a I'enn
oyhanlan. To a McNIchol or a Vnro thero Is
always need of reform when tmno other
fellow has tho ofllcci.
Mr. Bryan Is to build his now Hotith
rn homo on tiuneot Mountain. How ap
proprlatol It Is not roportcd In tho dispatches,
but recent events Indlcato that thn Ger
mans havo taken llnnhcash.
Bonar Law's request for nn addi
tional million soldlum Is tho British nn
iwor to tho Oormnrt praco proposals.
Christmas spirit Is not worth much
Unless It transfers somo part of tho
Christmas largess to tho unfortunate In
Europe.
In "ilampy" Moor,o' plan to pay an
annual pension of $25,000 a year to ex
I'rcsldents, to ho forfeited If thoy seolc
re-election, a sldo swlpo at Teddy's sup
Dosed ambltlon7
Informally Uoyd acnrRe mlslit he
called tho Prlnco of Wales Cincin
nati TIineu-Htnr,
And formally nnd actually ho mlRht
bo called the main euy In tho UrUlali'dn
pi re.
Thero Is somo sharp Gallic humor
In tho French Ambassador's ciiIIImk tho
Gorman peaco proposals "a scrap of
paper." It Is because aormany tore up
ono treaty sthat tho Allies nro slow to
draw up a new ono with her.
Too imtny cooks cannot apoll a
new city charter broth. Too fuw easily
can. It ia well that a group of iihlo men
dovlso and suggest, but a basic law was
never lasting thnt was not easily under
stood by tho pcoplo nnd Indorsed by them
after ample time for "study.
Onco moro tho Senate passes an
Immigration bill with n literacy test at
tached, knowing Mr. Wilson will veto It
a aocond time, as Mr. Tuft did before him
Our President's shouldcri) must ho broad
when men In Congress think moro of re
election than of American traditions. It
Is no wonder tho Executives havo been
assuming moro and moro responsibility
Tor legislation when tho legislative branch
hus asked them to do moro and moro of
lta "dirty" work.
h Undoubtedly thero Is great menace
to the peaco of tho United States In tho
present status of nffalra. Tho German
peaco proposals are gonernlly Interpreted
to carry a threat of Indiscriminate sub
marine activity. Dispatches from Itot
tordam doclaro that a "sink at Bight" pol.
Icy will bo adopted. Germany lesorvcd
liberty of action to withdraw tho pledges
mado to tho United States, and thoy nro
In force only bo long as Berlin does not
i chango lta mind. The necessity for sensi
ble preparedness was never stronger than
It la today. ,
Tho pork barrel Is bad enough, but
not half bo bad as tho widespread do
nuncintlon of really worth-while appro
, priatlona on the pretenso that they result
, from pork-barrel legislation. Tho proper.
Uon of wnato in funda for harbor im
provement ia actually very small, und
lha diffloutty of getting any appropriation
&t all, even for the most meritorious un
dertakings, U well known. It la unfortu,.
nate that to ono city ,any appropriation
that would benefit another city la gen
trally considered a raid on the Treasury,
Every garden lover should seek for
permission to contribute to the fund
which tho John Bartram Association ia
Utout to raise to restor the garden of
" fiijtadelphla's famous botanist to Its orig
jnal condition. Bartram lived on the
Hnk of tho Schuylkill and cultivated
'powers and simples in a genuine old-
fashioned garden. The place had a water
view and a land approach and combined
w ug uGutjuia which ovwry nower lover
Would Ilka to aao in his own pleasure
ip'vhiw. 41. jivjjvbcu n.v regioie me
r - "JJojw a weW us the garden and, make
Sf "fpartrara Park a gem among the breath-
j. tag pata in the city. v
il may be asked by noma why the
jKt Gran?B attacks the so-caIIl elght-
mnt taw on th srougJbjit ih gjjFi.
id rstrrn82v man oth&n l
, , .. . lain aaai ,
ltf ft f fjinTlaTifl
ff MMliBlniMriinTITI HMMTM T I ""
plfc-
lhaat .. -- -s j ' -g mib--iaBaBa;:SBBaaaaBBnaaBas?2u:- L , I a.. "jz fu
-m' aFaaaHaaBBBBBjaaBBBBjBjBJBBEaBjBpBBaBMBapaaMaaBBpi I m 'aniv'j "e-.'j Smm-'- &&
lnded to lvo an eight-hour day. to any
ono, apoelrlcntly or permanently. It wa
a Vdffuo appeal to labor In general, a
promlue that could not bo kept throush
iny law, but containing the Inference that
It might bo Indefinitely extended. Tho
Clrnngo seen It nlmply as a ll(ioranlilnff
force In those vocations In which tho or
tension or limiting of tho day'i work to
eight hour" tho year round la not fcanlble,
Theno earn and mlsundoratnndlnRii nmonn;
various Rroupn of worker and their cm
plrtyern nro tho result of nn attempt to
mnk n troOil campaign Btogan out of a
tricky law
CAN GERMAN MILITARISM
BE CRUSHED?
IN AMj our thinking of tho war wo
should keep In mind that It began lr
causo of a conflict of Interest and that
it can bo onded either by n plan of ac
commodation and compromise or by tho
overwhelming and crushing lctory of
one sldo or tho othci.
Tho conflict of Interest was so crave
that for years prior to AurusI, 1014,
statesmen wcro discussing tho Inrivltablo
rupture and hopliu; that It could bo
nvortcd, only because It was thouRht tho
consequences would bo so tcrrllilo as to
mako any nation pauso beforo lr liiRlnrr
so ureal a catastro)ho on Huropo
Tho catastropho lias been Rreutcr than
any ono anticipated. But, In iiplto of
It all, no disposition huu appeared on
elthor side to mako peaco by nn uccom
modntlon of conflicting Interests. The
Central Vow crs nro determined to sel7c,
If possible, those trade, routes which thoy
think nocoss.iry to their commercial de
velopment, nnd tho Kntento Alllui Insist
thnt thero tan bo no peaco until flcrmnny
Is crushed
Tho vloivs of the Kntonto were eplto
mlrcdbyJIr Asquk! In his famous Guild
hall speech. Ho announced that tho s,word
would not ho sheathed until Belgium and
Hcrbln liuil recovered nil that thoy had
lost, until Kronen won adequately se
cured aRalnst tho menace of iiRRrcsilon,
until all tho small nations of Huropo wort
placed on on unassailable foundation nnd
"until thu military domination of I'russla
Is wholly and finally destroyed"
Thn persistence of this determination
to destioy I'rusilan mllltnilsm is tho
dlstlnKUlshlng fenturu In the comment on
tho dermaii peaco proposals that i nines
from responsible sources In tho Allied
nations. AVo nro told that tho Allies
ore fighting for a principle namely, tho
light of all nations to live their own
lives In their own ways nnd In tho samo
breath wo nro told that Gernumi's mill-
tary policy must bo modified by oulsldo
pressure Theio Is no spirit of (oncllla-
tlon In all this. Tho announced willing
ness or Germany to rtstoio Belgium to
Itself nnd to wlthdiaw from Krnnco and
to submit tho Balkan situation to tho
declilon of a confornnco Is treated, per
haps tightly, as a Machiavellian muvo In
tho giimo. Tho agreement between tho
Asqulth Irreduclblo minimum and tho Ger
man proposals, how over. Is perfect on
tho nurfiica up to tho point of tho crush
ing of Prussian militarism.
Tlio Allies hae been nttemptlng to
crush tho militarism of Germany for
moro than two years, with what dvgrvo
of success tho woild knows It ically
must bo admitted that tho Geimnns have
somo reuson to bo proud of what tholr
militarism can accomplish In tho way of
national defunso. If It vero less erfectlvo
wo should hear less nbout tho necessity
of destioylng It
Tho armies nro deadlocked There In
llttlo expectation on this sldo of tho
ocean that there can b n complete and
declslvo victory fot either sldo In less
than a jtnr, If at all Thero Is a pre
vailing hope thut statesmen can bring
themselves to attempt to do what tho
armies havo failed to accomplish, that Is,
anango for a livable ngicemont among
tho Powera which will remove so fat as
possible tho longstanding c.iusch of filu
Hon that, In tho last analysis, wcro to.
uponslhlo for tho terrible cataclysm that
has ovciwhelmid tho continent.
CHARACTER COACHES
rpiIR public has been surfeited with
J-storleH about tho football coach and
his fabulous salary. Can ho turn out a
winning team? Then let him name his
price.
But they do differently In tho restloim
West. Thoro Is Doble. thn nmmn.nii
coach for tho University of Washington,
whose team has not lowered Its co!6rs to
any antagonist during the eight ycurs In
which Doblo has been In command That's
a record for vou, but It Is not good enough
to keep Doble in hla Job. The eleven.
It seems, went on strike juBt beforo tho
Thanksgiving gnmo with California be-
causo ono member of u had been ills
clpllned by tho faculty for Irrogular work
in nn examination. Doblo put a aocond
eleven in tho field and won, but his sjm
pathy, It wna understood, waa with the
strikers.
Into the scene steps the president of
the institution. "Tho chief function of
the university." ho says, "is to train char
acter, and Doblo failed to perform his
full share of tho work." Bo Doble must
go, no matter what happens hereafter to
tho football team.
A character coach! Thoro are thou
sands of American narcnta who want to
shako handa with you, President Suz
jwllo. of tho University of Washington.
THU PRECEDENT IN THE CASE
milY doesn't Senator Vara cite tho con-
duct of Woodrow Wilson as justiflca.
tlon of the course which Senator Mc
NIchol ia charging Governor Brumbaugh
with following When the president of
Princeton waa made Governor of New
Jersey he turned his back on the political
boea who made him and announced that
ha had been elected by tho people aa the
Democrats leader of the State. Wilson
was able to get away with it and has be
come President. He ia now, according to
hla theory of polities, the Democratic
hder of the nation, and he has been able
to get uway with this contwtlon also
with, some degree of auccesa. If wa are
to have basse they should be Elected,
according to the whilom Princeto i wthool
teaohar. The trouble In Pennsylvania la
Ut the Governor, Instead of setting up
$aa EM?e uuwnewi on tils own account,
.Iribtakdli
MIIUMW to tua creation gt an
mwy&u to da.
lf(W
!-
" "' I i i (1 , 1 1 if
Tom Daly's Column
rwhv vsntr.ovH
If wo coutd tco that floht
That nnole of depalr,
What hand coutd keep Un mlphtf
What heart beat taHant thcrcf
Tho arrout black the Ue,
The sun putt vltor on;
Tho l'alhcr-Klna of XAes
Voniokci each vtvrmliloni
"rtu forth, Immortal Lard
Of Calumnle and Oreednt
ltatti, Unites, to vour tuordat
Hhamet, l.utit, unto vour ntcrdtl"
(What mtphtv champion daret
That vaunted chUalryf)
A child i lisping prayrra
Ilrnlde hi mother' hneet
T1IOMAH W At, ML
IMADOINAT1GN
llxcuso us for casting nsparngus at no
highly developed an art us thnt of ad
writing, but It scums to us that It is all
wrong too straight and monotonous
Ads should bo written on tho buy us an
our favorite dressmaker says. Thoy
should stimulate Idtns and leave some
thing to bo Imagined llko this:
Tom .!6nes fell Into the rher ono da.
Men hunted a. wcok In bouts.
"How sad tho lamented did not" (said thoy)
"I7so Ivory Honp, for it floats."
Or tills-
When wo go out to sea to sail,
Tho waves gut high nnd rolloy-o,
Tho sloward brings a mop, a pall,
And alio much Kapollo l'l
("IlirAOO Dec. 14 Morn than two
niciro clergymen will meet with ironilii-nt
Imilnens and professional men and oilier
or tho Hecontl Illinois infantry next-week
to discuss n hill permitting boxing In the
tit x( I.CKlslature
-New illfpntrh
And upon all such pleasant occasions,
presumably, tho Hpcaker will bitouio
referee.
Wli) In n prteatrlnn? Tn rIva tlm ninkm of
auloiiicbltfl Iiornn nn excuna tor IvIuk
- Illndlr) In Hpoki-nmnti Ilrvlw
Not so In dear old 1'hllly. Auto drlvets
hero need 'em to run Into Instead of
nichllceturn nnd other ob-itructlonn
O. W M
Fa etiology
(Willi aiioloslei to VVnllncn Irwin nrul everybcjly)
Dcnrlo lion Tom,
Of Dull Night tltno NVwRledgcr
While thinking up wnys ror let off of
nerves which require cxprnstilons to fill up
Iodbo time when Hon Horn lake Ilrlilnl
Ilorieylitini.!i out to dinner, I mlk back ami
fnw very muth to Nlggern Hlioferr which
Is waiting In kitchen tor call to bring tamo
hninewnvs
Hon Hlioferr nggravokn mo too much to
sihuIc, so I hnll.i bail: "I leave all to Hon
Tom which answer by nrliltmttor tn newH
paper coltum' ' I'lght of opinion nro over
ns follows-
Japanese schoolboy learn meaning of
Psychology b old time leather which nnr
rntn very old story Mnn ttntury ago,
linn King of Prgcati I'niplrc. by naino
Crush, open great bc hool for grownup adult
persons Hon neighbors (all school ' Fy
College." In which Hon Pinto and many
otlm great plilloidoferH wn the school
uianiniH which taught how nobody hnows
what the) knew before When othn iielgli-
liors como homu with look of smart bnm,
the) call such cxprcKslons of contemp "Ct-
college-)," ami over since to this duy up
lift look on toiintcnanco arc woro ! stu
iIcntB of same high tone class of leurnage.
: 'that auger make Hlioferr say back In
nlggero talk, only two weeks Intely ago ho
luai fresh lei turn on suhjlck by ilUIno pas
tore of colorful hnptls' church which gavo
Ji-st of meaning as following In origin
of times was great Mon Ark which was
Prcs of Spinach Govt. Ono Hundiy ho
feel nfful at ho long wait for evening din
nor, but he dust not holla for fear color
Human cook lady hear him which had
smash latil) cmplo)cr on face with Hon
roller pin for unpleasant hurry-up of food
stuffs So hailpy thot cune In Piosldcntlal
mind as be hear bull groan out In ban
vurd He t fill up on Hon Tellphono old
frlind (JIhUIoIiih which was namo no bo
inline he (hasa all hulls homo whllu scaring
biiman jioples In ureels and luniBt him
"Hi Cladd), do mo favor' Como on over
to bunyard an lieat up big hull whilst I
onlnok from safety perch on fence rail "
Ho (iladlolus mako hull light for llfn with
his organ-grind hdkfs nnd rope lats-so,
and 1'res brung fninbly of royalitlcs to
fence side where they got much and more
excitement whilst nlggero cooking woman
ring bell and holla for quick feed dining
of carl) .Hundn) night dinner, ns usual be
fore color chunh mtg rinally Gladiolus
got Hon lasa-so on neck and horns and
vvrustcd with strong onus llko Snnsoni illl
at last ho throw the bull to ground In
hohilejssniiss "Golly! Gee'" veil mi Pmi
In excitement like week da stk mkt of
war time "What nay?" asks peril) deef
mother In-law "S I: Golly! ufe"' "bout
forth great Mon Ark, which give name In
Angllsh "Psychology" when meaning to
throw the bull'
Please answer which aro right.
Hoping jou are Ilia same,
HA8HEM UTtA TOGO.
Per Hugh .Merr
Sly Creed
Simply clad, with plain fare.
An ee for nature's beauties;
A puro heart, n clean mind;
Content with humble duties.
Loving nil, hating none,
A tongue that speaks no evil,
A strong faith to overcome
The doubts that cause upheaval.
Sympathy that's deep and, true
For those who mourn and sorrow,
Some wholesome Joys, duly earned
Then one grand tomorrow.
Thus would I live,
SHIS. J. W V.
DOUOLAEHVIU.i:-Tho stolen hor of D.
K. tnaantrr w. recovered at toons, with an
Ellin, who had tried to veil it, ailrep In the
ussr.
Condensation Is a cardinal virtue In
the newspaper olllce, hut in attempting to
achieve it this Item In our favor! to eve
ning paper seems to have said too much.
At announced by an electric plj-nbotrd In an
eioludve rldinttl section.
OVHIUinOOK I'nEHIlYTHtllAN CHURCH
Hunday, Decinoker 10
lta in. sn4 a p. hi.
Hermans for tha
PAerriH
O Overbrook! Thy spelling book
Hast thou alaol forgot?
Or Is this break this graa mistake.
A sexton'a eunnlng plot?1
WALLAKD
TUB M JltlST (11VAIII.K IIUOKt)
We nominate "Clrou. and Othfr tSsaays,"
by Joy Kilmer, and Webherb nominates
an ld one "hotd Jim," by Joseph Conrad,
Lp in tho mountains of Pennsylvania
there aro battles waging; aa brave and. in
soma case aa bopel, an ever indom
itable; spirit was calUd to enclurs The
soldlors, men and wwimn, are the pttAt
of tha Stattt tuburcultn fwtuetarta aiul
on- iwia)sj t swaiitc. mumwm
mmm m rt ita a t&Ht tm&i
iewAwn '
ii , , m,, , LMnitiMiW,,
, , ,
-1. .r,w-'- i rc':.rjvvi.tAMiwv .in. cf im
'. . .. f r "jT.HTl-W j''r,'r-iiiniCRffm.ajjt-mwjjr.:i -JAr.f
.&& ttrtt!&&
.viisesaSKffi 'sn.
;i;w'MKj3, ijrj-jmmw$fflmw&mi'sr. m:
'&mm kff i- tfM&xmfw&w&
L&mfasitti&M&sj
wfiiM!agffi;
'iSxmMmiri'ysM. i.wasxVfiSS' W$ji&?t?
"'rasssiflSglfel -'rmjyt y
WWffiSZSSfflBKBBfflfiMB . - VW,.
'.jmtimsmmffiBmmmfflgms isfcsr-.
Wliat Do You Know?
i
OurrlM o urnrrnl Hlnrit Kilt ie anttctrtd
In thli rolumn Irn iitiratumi lUr mi tun. in
lonlri n rrv ii elf fiiumuil iirrmm thoulil hnote,
art ii.td liatlv.
qui.
I Mere pence trrini oaereil to the South fir
the tTnliill at nnr lime hefore the nut of
the I till HnrV
S. Hum nhoulil tin. nnnir of the planet 1 runim
be. prunuuiued?
X. Htute the rlitcf llltlili ill. In the life nf VVIn-
llehl hniit wltli rrwrrnre In tho nirt lie
lihtird In Amerlruii lilxtur)?
4. What It ii unnmtnr'
B VV hilt n Ihx Iron of ullhw uf the Swim
I'rrhhJrllt.'
0 VVlut U a urntritsrr'
7. Krarrlhe Iho iirnrrn of luuklnc a ilrilcn
hr alrlirll
S Mhut un. tlm fiilc nf Hiilnl Viilentlne mill
what eient urriirrril ml hl ilio . I rli
ruarr UT
9 What mi the ouiirll of Mruiu?
10 Whnt Ii the iirecenKloii of the eiiuliimcuT
AnswerH lo Ycstcrdaj'a Quiz
I. The minify of , ( olunibun'ii ahluH rre the
I'lliln. Ihr Mmi ninl the Nnntu Murlu
S Tliriiuiili ih. nttrrlr the hlouil mik.ri. from
the left khla of the heiirt to the tU.ura,
rtirouili the, leln. the rrlioiia (or hluei
hloml la rurrled from the riiulllarlen hark
to the heart
3. "NariireiM" U the mime rmulojr.l li- mrill
eml itrllrra to Uealxnste the Jlolmm
iimluiia of .iirla unit 1'alr.tlnc. the triiha
senerallr or- thn Arab-llrrhrr rurea of
iiorthern Africa who conquered hnuln and
Slcllr nnil Imaileil 1 mure.
4. Arnooa In Mnlro nre Kiilllra,
d Mlltnii blind llomrr, nrrorillnx to tho
Intend, hum blind
0 The niiiiio of lirlaa Krlnclo la rorrimtlon
u, , ... orriiiiin uru -! Iiriatklni el,'
liieanlnc '-llttlo I hrl.t ( hlld '
7. The trndn wlnila nre Ihu.t ublrh trade
or "treud (i Irrlird from An.lo-Smon
IrriliHr-wlnil " ii trradliie nlnd. unit not
from 'trade") In one uniform trutk to
ivuril the Ihrriniil eumitor In the north
em lirinl.iihrre they hlou from the north
eu.t und In the oulhrrn from the aoiith
euat, uboul thirty ilrtrren eaeh aide of
the ruuntor.
S A niirrrn I n nine of Krnuml In nlilch
rahhlla lire nrearrtrd or n hound
0 Itolurrl Morrla, nftrr Ida itrrnt llnanilal erv.
lie to the tiiii.e of the llriolullon, en
tered Into unfiirliinale Iflialnraa tuerula
tluna, nml on I ebrimry HI, HUH, eulered
the Uflilora' iirlapn In I'lilladelnhln, Hhrre
he u lonflneil unlit Amu. I '.'(1. lol
10 l'utla de (luiiiiimi-a iu the Iruillnc mural
palnttr nf Irjiidi In the nliielrrnlli ren
lllr). I'mla una not hla tlrat name I he
name Here sneii la lu lie lou.ldrrrd hla
laat name Ilia Drat name im l'lrrrr.
A Stock Market Term
V 51 Hacli stock Is traded In nt a
certain place on the exchange Hour This
place Is culled the "post " One broker
having u buying or selling ordir finds out
what the market Is for thu stock ha wants
to buy he usually knows approximate
und then bids a fraction or so under If he
wants to buy und offers a fraction or so
above If he wants to sell All dealings
aro carried on by word of mouth, the
floor trader keeping a memorandum until
the end of the day. when Bhects of the
different houses are compared
I'ollu
it E An approximate pronounclatlon
of the French soldier's nickname, "pollu,"
Is "pwah'lee." The English "ce' Is very
nearly the same as the French "u " but lit
the latter thero Is u tr.veo of the "oo"
sound, aa lu 'boot" Although dllrlcvilt at
first, this "u" can be pronounced exaclly
by pursing one'a lips as If to say "oo" and
then, being careful to keep the lips In that
position, saying "ee" Instead It Is better,
however, to pronounce It an outright "ce"
than to let the "oo" sound predominate.
Firlrrir a Room
ANON Your question Is rather vague.
A red-hot stove near enough to a wall
or Inflammable material would set fire to
a room
Mclba's Name
11 It. T "Melba" Is not tho real nam.
of the singer Her maiden pame was Helen
Mitchell and by marriage she Is lira. Arm.
strong "Melba" is a stage name frora
Melbourne, Australia, her native eitj
Iniat and Qutlot
I T. T "Inlot" generally mean a lot
within a larger tract, probably the original
of a town, and "outlot," a later addition.
TO TIE UP WATQHFUl. WAITING 1
To persona not versed In tha Intricacies
of governmental procedure one among
whom we ara which It would seem that a
nice wall motto. "Any Old Tape as lng
as It's Rsd," would be an .appropriate
Christmas prasaat for some or the departs
mams at WasWnstoo Macon Ttsrapb
HB .MEAN? WSW,
Th Mmam IMtar mi wlm seat r-ii
Uatojwtf lalwW, JTry fWa em ymu. Aba-
SLT " T mmm4mi
, ,..., .
"YUST YUMPI"
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Can Philadelphia "Christmas
Catarrh" Be Prevented?
Right of Firemen to
a Home Christmas
T'il h-pnrfnienr It trrr tn nil remera who
lilwi to rjprma tlirir opinion ns auofreta o
ciirrrtil inlrrrM. it In un open arum, nml (lie
,ucnint t.ruurr fiaaiimr no rrapfinmoimi lor
the ileu! o tit rnrrrauamlriil'. intern mint
le fifvnVif ilh Hie tiume emil mlctretn nt Hit
urttrr. Hot tin rfar(i for puMiciilloii. 6tit n u
sii'irniirra at uooil lulth
"CimiSTMAS CATAIIUH"
To the Kditor of the JSvenlnp I.edget
.Sir Our regular Christmas winter
coughs destro), jrar after year, tho Jovs
of our Phlludelphlu Clirlstmns This has
been going on for a century with thou
sands of Phllndclphlann It Is tlmo medi
cal science rescued Philadelphia from this
curse Nothing Is lncumbl but death
to a Philadelphia medical man The ell
mato of Philadelphia In winter Is nil right,
If Philadelphia medical men would only
toll us how to kill tho particular gorm In
our higher nasal nlr passages which causes
our nasnl secretions to express themselves
nbiiornmlly nnd muses bronchitis, which ho
often lends eventually to tuberculosis:
Thlst'lirlstmiiH atarrh"- tho starting of
oviry winter Christmas cough can bo
mannered b Philadelphia medical science
I alvu)s get Clirlstmns citarrh In Phila
delphia," say some persons, nnd they
bluimi It op tho "climate" of Philadelphia.
Tho blame, however, rests solely with the
lack of genius of tho medical men of the
city, not with tho climate The germ, not
climate, causes the disease, and tho busi
ness of tho phjslclan Is to kill germs
ii. a. w.
I-anghorne, To , December 1 1,
NATIONAL ANTHEM
To the Kdlfor of the Evening Ledger.
Sir There ought to be legislation against
the Indiscriminate playing of the national
anthem Its use should bu restricted Tha
plulng of the piece at movlug-picturn
houses, theatres, minstrel shows, circuses
or nt uny occasion vyIiobo dignity does not
warrant It. only serves to cheapen It In
the eyes of tho nation
Tho belief that tha frequent playing of
tho anthem at every Tom. Dick and Harry
occasion arouses patriotism Is foolish to
the sublime, for no one who holds It In
revcrencd likes to ee It mauled and abused
at every scmldramatlc patriotic occurrence
which Is staged within a mile of an Ameri
can flag Such plalng at playhouses and
the like Is nothing but commercializing
patriotism
If the anthem Is continued to bo flaunted
beforo tho public In such flagrant examples.
It will not bo long befote It will be re
garded as part of a pald-for entertain
ment, and cease to have the proper respect
paid to It. The playing of the anthem
Is restricted lu tha army and navy, and
It should be protected In olvll life. n.
Philadelphia, December 14.
LIKES THE PEACE PROPOSALS
To IJie Editor of the Evening Ledger;
Sir No happier new? has come to us
Blnce the outbreak of the present war than
the announcement of , the proposed offer of
peace by the Kaiser to the Allies. Our news
papers and prominent men are Indulging In
wild speculation as to the motive that ac
tuated the Kaser In his effort to restore
peace to the suffering belligerent nations
of Kurope. Let us de fair to the Kaiser.
If wa blamed him for causing the war, let
ua credit him with tha good will and hu
manitarlan motive of ending It He has
taken the Initiative: let us heln him i.
showing the Allies that civilisation demands
a speedy cessation of the wholesale murder
It Is true tha Kaiser has alt the advan
tage at hla side In this bloody game, so
much more to his credit In showing an
opening for an honorable peace. The
Allies, contrary to all speculation, will ao
cept the Kaiser's proposition for negotia
tion. In fact, I feel that the State De
partment at Washington knew all about
It weexs ueiore, ana me Allies knew all
about It- I shall go further and say that
I eredit our President with having hinted
to tha Herman Government that this would
be the most feasible step to further the
interest of peace, by making negotiation
possible It was not a mere coincidence that
the announcement of the Kaiser came im
mediately after the arrival of Ambassador
Uerard at Berlin. I rather thuik that the
Ambassador carried thU well-denned plan
to th German Government and with the
knowledge of all tha beiiigsrunt rwsa
tatlvts. I think the begmnmg of tlis end
of too war I Mar Tte AUto wlU aeasoi.
MiK Mt ASatesiifa ata3lG,;
belligerent countries with a great senao of
humanitarian feollng to end this bloody
war that Is now devastating Europe with
honors to nil concerned All belligerents
havo demonstrated n wonderful courage In
killing human beings and nil belligerents
will exhibit a still greater courago in con
serving human lives nnd restoring civlllza-
uon to Its nonnnl status
All bill to Wnshlnuton! All hall to
"erlln DK AARON' URAV.
Philadelphia, December 17
UUSKIN ON PEACE
To thu Vdltor of (he Evening Ledger:
Mr Do these words of Kuskln apply to
the United Hi.Uch of America? ' Vou mny
cither ln your pence or buy It, win It,
by ieslst.iiu l evil , buy It, by compromise
with evil ou may buy ur peaco with
stlc-ncc'd consciences- ou may buy It with
broken vows buy It with lying words
buy It with baso connivances buy It with
the blood of thu slain, and the cry of the
captive, and tho silence uf lost souls over
hemlipheres of tha earth, whilo you sit
smiling nt your serene hearths, lisping
eomforlablo prayers morning and evening,
nnd uo mutter continually to yourselves,
'Peace, peace." when thero Is no peace; but
only captivity and deuth for .vou as well as
for those you leave unsaved; and jours
darker than theirs." V. E. T.
Langhorne. Pa . December 13.
THE FIREMAN'S CHRISTMAS
To tho Editor of the Etenlng Ledger
Sir Tho appeal of llttlo Mary Doran for
her llreiiian-fttlher'a presence for "Just this
one Christmas" touches a sympathetic chord
In tho hearts of every reader of the I:vkn
imi l.KiMiKii, even should they not be In
accord with the fight that tho V.VBHitia
I.tmanu Is making for Justice for the fire
men Perhaps tho rules of the fire bureau will
prevent Chief -Murphy from granting llttlo
Mnry's request This average citizen cannot
decide this (mention; hut 1 think I speak for
every fair-minded citizen In this community
when I earnestly request Chief Murphy to
stretch u point and send Papa Doran and
all other tiremen-papaa home to the "kid
dles" for ns many hours on Christmas Day
ns Is possible. The averago citizen, how
over, can Beo to It that on Christmas Day
1917. every-flreman will have at least twelve
hours of the twenty-four to partake of the
family rejoicing and gladden tha hearts of
the little Marys and Johnnys with his pres
enco OMVKU McK.VIQUT.
j-iiiiuucipina, cecemoer 14.
ACADEMY Of MUBia
Philadelphia Grand Opera Co
OPENING or "pNMONDAY BVBNIKO.
nrlUUat "LUCIA" Wsmlncen,
To be repeated Thursday Mat.. Deo. sYanii
Friday ivenliur. Deo. 2.'. Marchatua ''nmr
ileaan.Yai"" Ja" r""i Thu"dV "venhw,
KTTOUK MAIITINI. general Musical Director
Beats. Ii " ;.,. pp;'. U,B nut Yu
AmpliUhsatre. 00 cents.
D F.
Keitll SNPALLET RUSSE
THBATKB I "AJLifWRIN
EMM1JT Dm'OY A CO FltANT. CIIUMIT
Today at S. Ste 80c TonUht at g. JJo to 1.
vTctoria0 v&wl
VlCiUClta METnO PHESENTa
, , Mabel Taliaferro
In "TUB WTTI.B BUNBEAU"
ffctien Charlie Chaplin &
Garrick"1" t,!;- Ev- '
VJclliiv.iv Wtlne Tomorrow. 2 -la
FRITZ! SGHEPF Tf l'0'"
MusMANns nuARArfrSfc,".ru
with JeBsraoa l AnselS
TlvnnrlLast '& Eves. tst Hat.
ZZt. SX.,rrnn om a tt . ... , 'omerrow
Forrest 8T 2SgS&H &a
MONTGOMERY Si STONE ?"
In ' CjllN-CHIN"
METItOPpLITAM OPEnA Honin
METHOfOUTAS oVtatX COUPaW, y
IfMartaigS?:
It?. lioa caestaut at. ff ,ffi rf&'fE
AfADHilY Ssata at HePDa'e, Jtlg ch.i.
piIILADELPHIAIiV TomorS
. oRcHtEsTRAbjr
Wfllnilt latinea Today, 25c & 60e
VVa.UIUtE?,fc I, gut lat'sSc. BOe i
MUTT aJEFFS WEDDING
IMckerhotertoVir
TOOK CXI. MI'S,. T8..TC4DW":'6.t!
aa . eTvnamae i.aim ... T
fiteft:
J The NortheaBt Coriidl
Casuals of the Day Wrl
QNI-; choose, now to ma. A -j
J fantasy In the manner of -1
Maupassant. It Is not a !.,?. ,
but It Is very true. lUmrA ixTKLftS
Down In the atri .5' .."? tt! a
on miserable wooden tit.J ,Ktn ra t
In the wood over against th
mop, wnero ne hnd seen I,.. "Zvn
had been pipings such .Vjjgf I
the dais wern vitm ...1 maa i
was blue, and alonrthe ocean'WS
sand, glimmered In th. .? jHi
never was oerore or will be aft.r '
In the streets men ,ui. "u.r
and wide. Insistent smiles. wltJaS
home. Home! Ood In Heawi ed n
wonder wher. that J.". J.''.aen m
In a street tn n far eltr .t, Jem
alone, apsrt-and IlluaU, ,n
iiiiuiihii iier lesrs. soi
Bo he walked to his lodgln. .h J
crowded streets. """""js ihrwitfl
Thero were men and women anrt i.hl
everywhere tn shon inJ i " V? rt
and wonderful things turs iV-T. !?
books, pictures-all iT i?;".1 HHI
had loved In the d i""L ,T'KSa
and when the mina e w-.t wln'r ta
liter than the eh ,., .2' m
haps, with xrollcre through SewT l
Chrlstmns time. en Ul )
cl,y0a,?eVn"e,,,hroUBh,ha '"
"Merry Christmas" ehoul.d etn
do cluise oUreelfl" he salL
...?J.jJ.'-..,,rtir, In a paper o,M
spurious part, nolso, act a strtnti
nnrcotlcs ; they control the t4hX? !W,
of conscious thinking and paw "m'.'S
It becomes dangerous." And by ilu
nro Informed what happens to if. Zt Si
mini" Wo didn't know brfS? &.S
iiuit como to i ho knowledge ihlpyi
conscious thinking was berotVing di55
ous-especlally to the wood-wTtid 5216
And speaking of music and kindred .1
frank Mellush was ai,i ,i..,"?i 51
"My vvlfe has tho most wonderful J3
"r '" Unthinkingly, w. tKS2B
"Wo didn't know you had n ia 53
sang" Instantly ho came back wltal
haven't, and sho doesn't." ict.iIL1"' 51
cloverncss of repartee, was consider,!
Ilrcad nnd cltceso nnd bt... i.t..'CTI
and largo, form a rat ho r attractive dhTttSI
these days of the h. c of 1 Tt one 21
cheese glvo out, " urwa 2
in uccuiiiu iiL'aniiiimiin wnnn ina a. l
Thn art of converantlnn i. .t.., ...
modlty which coven up more ImporuSl
MAHKET Alt In-rir
CONTINUOUS! ll.is a i, ..,..!
.-cu7r,u.;o7ODAY Tora&SW
. acrnic --The Melo I.le "
Educational
Sf.l !,,5r",r Dw'J'ctlne ! Mad.-
, 0 "Worklw? for fcanta Claoi."
3-Comedy (a) MBTno Prealnt,
(CI Th farvf sin fin.. u-
40v'6ruc;zh' o!'lr "-s
u 1'irii rreienutlon
LOU-TELT.-RfiRTvT
Cleo Ridgely Sessile Hnyakawl
THE VICTORIA CROSS
COJH.S'O nAHLV JV JAN'UAIIY
Mme. Nazimova in "Wnr Brid
Woman's Btruigle Throuehout the ifi
PALACE "" "M'KLBmi
sir n . . ,0 A JI " lltllP. :
ivuuuce ueiu
Cleo
In
TUB YEI.WW PAWN"
ARCADTA CHESTNUT H.lor m
.,. "any. io: cirss . SJ
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS
&& "THE MATRIMANIAC
.i ,. .DDED ATTIIACTION
Charlie Chaplin '"' "The Bin
REtTFTNTT MAr"T n.iw nm
j.vj-iv-r.i.u.N - counr.n niu.
LAST TWO HAYS
SSEB MME. PETROVA
in -run black nuTTEnnr
and Fins r siiowiKa or
Charlie Chaplin in "The Rink"!
ACADEMY Op'mUSIC
BURTON HOLME
TONIGHT )LA BELLE
TOMORROW ATJ FRANCE
! 30
60c. T5c. fl
at Heppe's.
!So at Ac4cmr.J
EXTRA HHHBfiXJvo.,. Dec.29&3fl
CANADIAN ROCKIES
University Museum!
SATURDAY, 3:30 P. M.
Next lecture, January d. 340 I JI and
Raturdiy thereafter t the aarae hour
lectures are lllustrafcd and ssneralljf l
motion pictures
Jluseum ooen daltr. 10 In .1 HunitiTa I
?,t,a at all times. The Jitorcan OollMtlm.1
ninese i-orceiaine Kew Art UDlecia ir
China. Nuwly translated aunurlan tabteCav
aT.OR Theatre JSfflS,
-4,-'--, VAUDEVILLE ContlasK
10c, lie. lie. H.
11 A, It. to 11 P
Catherine Crawford's
"FASHION SHOP"
Special Matinee Ladies Oniyi
Today, Beginning 11 A. M.
MEN P03.T1VBLY NOT ADMITTED
runco Vn-,rc MAI1KET .lo ? ;
Ji. WOO IVCJO Bally. 3J. "
- Vuva V M. 11.10. UL S
"HARVEST DAYS"
T iflo fPkoofun 17th &Do )
uivvio xitcuuc Phone Lecctf
ENfJAOEilEMT EXTENDED
"You Never Can TelB
B O. Bernard Shw irvtd A TTTTlfl
' ' " Jl X w Jt AfM
Tonisrht at 8:30. Mat. TomorroWiJa
BEATS BELLINQ FOR NEXT -
CHESTNUT ST. -m .,
nPRRA wnTTsra .u'a
LAST WEEK
VVirrtil! HYVY Tra..tila
"A DAUGHTER OF THE GODS!
With ANNBTTB KELLEKWANW
i i i i
NEXT ATTKACTrlON
BeslODlnt; FJIIDAT MO I IT, DECEUEER SJ ,.i
Bet3U n0y Mali Orders Ko d
D. W, GRIFFITH'S u
"INTOLERANCE"
Lo'e Bcruijle Throughout ttte Acta
OBRUAmra pmiob proposal i,Kj
it luPBHArtyx roit rou to sastafi
yrosaaitrvb puqtoplax swsPMCi-ji
CIVILIZATION
Kow CreatUJ a SeouUAa ' 'h
LYRIC THEATRE
HAT. TODAT. 3 2Q,
TTL. - .. ' -a-a-r-a. - - . J
TUUaiT
ADELPHI-.TQnteht at m
u a Ar .
ittov-isrm ffr wMf1
en w um , ja will wAt alt t
a w jl jgui, a.rsviaga?
aVaWLvUrsVl-t J ! -