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CUXATJON Of TMK VU.VIN( I.KDaEtl
Fon NoviUtrji;ft was ut.ou
ri.lU4lplita. TliuriJ;. U.t.mti.r 21, 1916.
Alatl the louu of wometil it U known
To be it lovely aiid a fearful thing.
Byron.
Sloppy vrcathor.
I'm a Itcputillcan for tho inmd reason
thdt 1 havo esfftl wad borrt that way.
rIIenry ITorU.
A Democratic roason.
Tho boat Christmas decoration Is
the smllo on tho faco of a frlondfcsa man
frflO reeelVctl tt. gift when ho did not
oxpoot It.
Mr. Ilughoa did not attend tho
President's reception to tho Buprome
Court Justices Iri Washington, lid doubt
less felt rugrots', oven If ho did' not send
them. f
Lloyd George's spooch seems to bo
eapabld of as mdny Interpretations an tho
tnoods of tho Interpreters. But hla torso
alliteration defining for tho Oermans tho
iernia of tho Allies, namely, "roitlttitlon,
reparation and guarantee against repeti
tion," Is not ambiguous.
"Xmns"' otlgh( t6 go. It ha out
lived Its usefulness If It over had any.
X" means In algebra "tho unknown
Quantity." But If thoro Js ono (iua,ntlty
In tho world that Is known and can bo
counted on as the beRfnnlritf of all otliof
knowledge-. It W Christmas spoiled out.
1 jovo people, last people and I don't
think dny ono M so- bad but rthat bo
can bo helped, and I lllto helping him.
Mrs. Jano Deater Rlppln.
Tho now probation olllcer of tha
Juvonllo Court might havo used mora
words, but sho could nOt hnvo epitomized
tho necessary quailitcatfons for a social
ty'orker moro successfully.
They do say that John R. Scott Is
tittering two words In favor of hla own
bolltlcal ambitions for every alnglo word
in behalf of Cox'a opcakcrshlp contest.
Whothor this is trno or not every ono la
likely to know thai Scott has lil.i eye on
ila governorship long boforo tho nomi
nation Is to be made.
Tha liquor Interests built up an or
ganization In which porttrrf, bartenders,
waiters And -tfaltronsci, tfwAers and
brewers, political bosses and workers,
busAess men. clubmen and Hack Uay
landlofds oUht alflo by side. Boston
naws dlspatcH.
Which, somehow or other, suggests
tnat surprisingly eiuckfatlng enigma of
t). Henry: "A trust Is Ub weakest point."
It U a htalthy sign that the- ISO1.
060,000 gift-buying rush has in many
dees 'not led to overstocking by too op.
(imlstio rotallora. Many of the markets
tfero bought out, and soma pianos' and
Other things too big to go down the
chimney will go to the, recipients on
Chrlslmaa, Day in tho, form of cortlfloatea.
Thus nobody stood to lose, and tho holi
day demand iff dpread out over the slack
ftfter-CHrleirrlds rieason.
Hegister of" Will Hheehar will be
, allowed to re fain iOtQ0O In fees because
the Court has decided the not aimed to
prevent this anomaly raa badly drawn.
Obviously, tho thins to do la to rewrite
! tho law. K It is desirable to Jef 6n6 city"
official drew 30,OQO or $40,009 o, year, or
( mare, thati tha combined salaries of a dor'
rnor fin4 & couple of" Sfayora, auch a
tAlary should b fWed by law, to prevent
' tho deep embarrassment wbloh Mr. Shee
har la ahowinfi orer tha misunderstand
ing, 48 evlncea if the dlffloulty with
Wch Ha. i rtpreaslng ona. tong, trt
ampHAht yeiL
The meaaatfe to Carranaa was
virtually an ultimatum. It Indicated
to the First Chief that wltli hU refusal
to accept the prdtdeoi h f,gdtiatlons
woil4 bal etepp automatically.
News Item,
Unfortunately for the success of
fltir negotiations with. Mexico, wo havo
presented eo many ultimatums whch did
Hot ultimate that it 1H be dllllcult to
persuade Carrahaa wo have Any policy on
wpjca we aro wllUng to Insist. Hu,erta
urvid eishteeft worths Of ultimatum,
nd Carrania mw been able to hold hU
own after a fashion, In spite of the, fast
that AaJerlel note havo. fallen upon;
Jm M $hleK aJf leaves- la Yajtombrosa.
"ho was that poet of procrastination
that wrote
What a. UnU4 akehr w plait
Fk rtosa wo nrst Dtgia to wait?
Attention which tho high State, pf.
ftters ought to bo giving to tha art of
HoverolnK In being absorbed by tljt gama
H politics. The report that the Governor
If aktng to turn ll$i Highivay Deparf
UMiit lata a, poUUcat machine kt the latest
aatetUon of JtUWftw u, the; ,4.
mjcmat or mu .-i-- ti.
subordinates, down I the lowest laborer
on the roll, Will he.v enough to oebuby
their Attention If they confine themselves
to rond bulldlnir. The 8lte has no money
to upend In tho payment of men to keep
political fence In repair. The funds At
tho dutraKil of tho department nro ln
ftdeqilato ir they ftro Used with tho (treat
est economy In tha employment of ex
pert worker Who will Rive All their tlmo
to tho real btiMnoss At hand. 8me day
ft loader will rlo to tho top who under
Mnncln thnt tha beet wny to eervo hln
party U to servo the Blnto, nnd he will
dovuto Ills cnorglei to that end Ineteod
of IrylriR to ouet ono net of lenders hy;
ndoptlnjj tho Abhorrent method whtoh
lmvo made those leaders notorious Hut
to lon a tho pot conflMos Itoolf to call
Ins the kettle ItAok thtre in no hopo tor
reform, to It not About tlmo tlirtt the
men lyho havo grown wenry with cxlit
Ins Conditions began to groom for the
Ktibernntorlnl rnce A man worthy to look
After tho Intercuts of this great Com
monwealth In Imrrleburu?
WHAT DO YOU BET?
WHAT do you bet that tho fcollns
of parontit Who hcnltate to coat moro
rons Into tho vortex of blood will make
Mldvalo Htool drop from C0)i to C7V4
or that tho solemn prldo of mothorn In
the doeds of their dead nnd their willing,
noes to ttacrlrico mora of the living will
mako tho stock Jump to 051?
SANTA CLAUS NOT A MYTH
TI1H controversy which has broken out
hi the publla nohoots over tha propriety
of allowing tho children to contlnuo to
bcllovo In tho Santa Clnui myth it tho
nnclant dliputa between tho material nnd
tho spiritual In a now form.
Thoy tell tin that Santa Claim In an
Illusion. Of course ho Is, and that la hln
chief claim to affection. Tlio mnn who
hugo no lllu.ilonn to hla brcnat ta n Borry
spoctnolo. Man delights him not. Neither
docH woman. Ilia dog loven him only bo
causo ho la a provider of food and aholter.
Tho earth hMnga fOrth Its fruit, each In
Ha aoason, because It is Its naturo to, and
not becauao of a, bencllcont Provldonco
which linn arranged things on tho earth
for tho comfort and sustonanco of living
creatures.
Yet, as n matter of fact, tho Illusions
nro tho real things. Thoy nro what havo
mado civilization those Intangible Imag
tnlnga of men with second Bight capable
of piercing tho veil of tho material nnd
laying hold on tha substantial verltlos of
tho spirit
Lot tho full-grown man or woman turn
his back upon these beautiful truths. If
he wilt, but who would bo so cruol na to
malto a child a cynical pesslmuit before
hla time? In tho faco of tho sordid and
material selfishness of tho world It Is
dfnioultr Indeed, for tho best of us to
keep our ideals. But fulth In tho higher
things must bo preserved If humanity Is
to contlnuo to lift Itself above tho hruto.
"Except yo becomo as llttlo chlldron, yo
shall not enter tho kingdom of heaven,"
docs nOt rOfcr alouO to a sfafo after
ticath. It is tho prescription and formula
for making a heaven all about us hero
and now.
Wo called It tho 'Santn, Claus myth."
But It Is not a myth at all. Santa Claus
la Ono Of tho rcalest' characters In Chris
tan history, as real as mother lovo and
paternal affection. Lot him who dares
deny tho reality of theso.
SUCCESS TlfAT IS A FAILURE
MAJOIl OHNHHAL SCOTT aaya that
tho attempt to fcderalizo tho Na
tional Otrard was doomed: to folium from
tho nturt. Ha la not surprfsed that It
has failed. Yet tho Hay law was cited
during tho presidential campaign na oAo
of tho great achievements of the Demo
cratic Administration.
Tho seaman's lriw is donounccd by every
ono who knows anything about tho neces
sities of successful shipping; tho law to
lncreaso the merchant marino by Govern
ment purchase of ships Is doomed to fall
uro when an attempt la mado to put It
Into effect, and tho Underwood tariff law
must bo rowrltten.
Bvldenco Is accumulating that the Dem
ocrats boasted prematurely ovorJhelr
"urtparalloled record of aocbmpllsriment,"
for at least half of what they have dona
in tho fast threo and a half years will
havo to be done over again.
THE "NIGGER" Itf THE WOOD PILtf
WHEN tho Municipal Court act was1
passed in 1913 It provided that the
appointments In tha court should bo made
by it majority of tho Judges.
The Gonoral Assembly of 1915 amended
It so as to empower tho president of the
court tQ mako alt appointments.
Tha president of tha court Is a follower
of Penrose and MeNiohol. Judge Mao
Nellla Is r follower of the; Vares.
A conflict of Interests- and nmbltlons
leads to war In Philadelphia as wen as
In Europe,
BLUFFING THE WORLD
BurtLIN'S answer to Lloyd Oeorge's
speech. Is that ha is bliifflAg. The
beat way to answer that bluff would bo
to avoid, In future, losing 11,000 prisoners
(o, the French In ffont of Verdun. The
best way for Lloyd Oeorga to contlnuo
to bluff would havo been to declare the
Rumanian campaign a vMory disguised
as a defeat, But he did not. ITo called
It v. blunder. He went further than that,
and lot tho worid know ha thought the
Allies had messed tilings up pretty badly.
Such humility may bo un attempt to
bluff tho ICalaer, but It does not look Ilka
an attempt to bluff tho world.
What ihtyl be id the dertnan Govern
ment the most depressing yhase of J.loyd
George's apeeoh is Its, terrible candpr,
Jf it had been, set to- tha tune" pf Victor,
the Chancellor could havo said ta his
people: "Seo how our enemies delude
themselves I They tails as, victors, but
look at the map. Their boast la a
whistling- in the dark- to keep up cour
ag7 Hut instead of that h must report
something- UN this: "OUr enemle admit
they have dlsastrouily failed. But they
tllj insist on fighting to the end. Their
htimlllty. their professed determination
tr , bluff"
Jn the gams that Is all bluff the man
with the strongest hand ( slwayj humbly
protending na fcua toe Vf
. UBIEai yw15 UHUt
evening mmmxmtLAXihBuA , MciKaDAY, jAUMAftaip
i nil ! i ii- 1 ', --- - '"r'K ' '" ' '""" n ' "" ' ' yKT rfr"
Tom Daly's Column
TO A nioit lU.V
What tcorrtc me and makei me Mm
Slav teem, a Utlta thing ta joh;
llttl then,vau eee, van havo a lot
Of ready cash and I have not.
Your ollli are paid, but mine are due.
Yon lav iou haia your troubles, too;
A faded heart, a Jaundiced i-fitto-.
Had ttnffl Thank heaven, that It not
What icorrlea mot
Mv heart trips light, my telo' Veati true,
We pluck life' rote's, not Us rue.
And to ichen next you ask mo what
My icorrlcii arc, ehat caret I've pot
I'll ansxeer you with courage new:
"Whatt Worricnf Met" .
Boston did something to Sunday
Tuesday for fear of n Thlratday.
I'ACTS TOO I.1TTLW KNOWN
1
That It Is a misdemeanor, a, crime, net
contrary to law, to hsrbor or feed u
nparrow In tho Stalo of Pennsylvania,
Im-nd-glnatlon
JACK AND J I Mj
Jack and Jill ran up tho hill
A lilto to eat to get.
Jack foil down and broko hla orown
Gillette. I-no.NTO.
lCJNOrtANCn VN-A-LLOTD
Dear T. D. After writing to tho quiz
editor of tho AlliU'tuenitio (N M) Cyclone
and tho Berliner Taxobtatt without result
I ask you I nslt you as tho possessor of
tho greatest quantity of fntllo Information
ever beforo concentrated, who In the Jlr
Ooorgo who Is reported by corlnln great
nowspaprrn to lmvo mado a ppoccti In Hi"
Ilousa of Commons? riio namo "OcorKo"
dood not appear In any lists of Itrltlnh Mln
Isters, nor do I find It III tho Hngllfih "Who's
Who " Yot ho pocm.s to bo prominent
WMUUDIin.
Yot'lj. E. W. thinks thoro must bo
something wrong nbout all this tnllt of
tho h. c. of I , and offers in ovldonco MiIh
ad from Kcrmcss of West rhllAdelphla:
5 & lOd storo. r. & lOo atoro
10a EACH
VEST 1'OCKET DAIRY
Tor Year 1917
NOW ON SALE-
V. W. WOOLAVOIlTir CO.
4022 Lancaster Avenuo
urrrnn than tiiii moviks
Was It l'merroti who said tho dictionary
was not an uninteresting book to read? At
afiy rate, M. J. 11 , browsing In tho Phila
delphia fluilno's Directory recently, found
thlrt "When dissatisfied with your work
try tho F Laundry."
Don MarauLs, who has been ill, Is back
on tho Job, refreshed ami rufroahlng.
Somo might tell you that tho middle
syllablo alono of both thoso words do-
scrlbos him, because of tho snippy way
hd nnswora questions supposed to bo tin-
nnsworoblo except by tho book certain
publisher aio trjlng to mako uh buy for
Christmas. Horo aro a few (iiicstlons:
"4. "What ara ejehrovra fort
"a. "Why ar) lenra alt?
"a. Whoro do thought ram from?
"T. What mnlees a he hum?
"11. Why do wo dream?
"II. Why la yawntns Infectious ?'
And Don's nnswora:
4. Tor aly Italian barbera to attempt to rub
perfumo oir.
n 1-h-t. tumiM Im. v-v In-lnlil ntltitrwI.M. Tint
.if they begin to taflta of Worcenlvrahlre auucu
Men n pnynician ni unrp
n. Iloiton, tha Itnekvfeller rounilutlon and
Dr Nlcbolun Murray Duller.
7. ICimul.
11, V(lh tho COit of 111 Ins nliat It Is dreama
aro thit oul dherlon within tho reuli of all.
14 Thu InfttCtlouvneaH of yuwntmr In duo to
a Kernt whlcti broedn In ant numhfri tn tho
aoun aered at larao pulillo illnncra, nvlnsr from
thraut to throat with InLrcdlhlo rapidity, etc.
WAI.LY SMITH, who li.isn't a blessed
thing to do all day loW nnd day utter day
but Ho oil Ms back In bed and bo happy
withal, was ono of tho fifty or moro who
solved Sacrey's nnngram. Ho ban mado
three llttlo onos himself and concealed 'cm
in this sentence:
If RAINS CAME forth from
out tho cloudy would
ANY aCRM destroy tho SHINOI.E?
If j on know tho answers mid euro to
tell hint so beforo Christinas, your note
will catch him at 857 North Forty-fifth
etreot.
WANTUn Pin slicker and knocker-out (male)
sn artificial tenth. Addn-na, etc.
Ad In 4io. contemn.
And, suggests D. Lou, If nothing comes
of that proposed ECrap, Jes3 WHIard
might qualify.
FUnfl TVANTBI 1000
akiinlffi i.tntflil fit
SchcnCK'jj livery hhc-i
lrxla ftvry Krlday from 1)
rati. Urge, 3." tonta. AM
nricea, iam paM without
to 1 NP. 1 icunK8
J. Ail aAnfn. Musk I
othara at tnarkitt nricea
.klmilnir. Uayn of hnn.e,
ivi a hnnia. Momlayn John If.
tilluUr. UeuvlUa. N. J. Claialneit ad.
Daya at homo anything to do with tho
visiting day of tho 1000? A. II. S.
' Imp'-provorbiais
"TilH LONOE8T WAY 'IlOtJfJD 13 TIIH
allOnTEST WAY HOSlB"
There's a little squirrel waiting
For the boob that pulled thld crack.
He's coming homo tho longest way,
Sate bet he'll not get back.
If you're comln" homo to dinner.
And tho longest way you'e paced,
When you get your soup your whiskers
Will have grown below your wnlst.
Little squirrel little squirrel.
There's a meal awaiting you.
It started out for Cumden,
But you'll una it in l'eru.
V NUT.
Union Stuff
I see by the paper y, o. d. p) that a
plumber and his pick put 0. lot of eleotrla
cables out of business t'other day. A
plumber and a pick! Ah, Tamilian, never
the twain shall meet. Do you set up your
Own stuff (and oars) oA the presses? Do
yott eel) your paper ort the streetT
A plumber and u. pick tut, tut.
KIUD.
Warren Mack arid Archie Jerskey, of
Bear Creek, havo heeti. dear hunting at
pocqno Lake. They suooeeded In landing1
two fair spec.ftiens. Sffouasburs Times.
Neo, what. Arch? eo what, Warren?
Useless and Truthless Signs
KmoMna l!Mnil tU g(ana Problbllad
Do o, FT our Aylolltroi Hrrhou.o Zona
'lMt Dim Not u.lo the btatloncrr
UltuiS Jlroihwa Alwaia V clcuuia
s naca a irut ian.
ima ta tha Itb
lies. iilatiu nnow i Twu
hlt turret I ir'aro Beat
-aar
TOWER.
Sir A bookseller In Newark has solved
a( problem that has been pUKllng-hstorlans:
WHAT TTI WAH 18 AQOT-0o.
MTAUMlp,
Tilt! SIX MOST (HVAHU3 BOOKS
?h vetf raadsra baxa chasftd th. com.
pttVfon of u IW asalat T
-fh weaaure Of an Abteate. lanilori,"
em
V -iSSint ittWWSu
okla
wwxm ut.
UwUhatn." B, a. Walla.
.iftritB of l'aDTrua.
:vfnrv " Inflanh ConriLd.
97rua. " Jiu4aiuia,
AS B. U T. points out In his colyurn:
Kuno ilyr haaj the right Idea, der-
mfty muit fiht"on till Ireland is free,
IBS W be, a good ruaht
L,
..lAJVi
What Do You Know?
QUI.
Abnnt hoft tmith llmtf Jm II fitkft n t(rfm-
Nun 19 mnHD iiiu iriji liiriiiitm iiiv junnin
Ciinal? "
Tucnlr prr mil I
nil lit In Ii n tin n fur In
rlttliim hIiuiiIiI Iikp lo ilrrldrrif hy Iihia
ftitrunrn prrrrlulnir for the pnymtnt r
.t(r. Thl 4 nmount lo ii witr Wftut
aro the 'Mtrdluir otltN' inulirtl In the
ironiartlon7
3. Ulni Ii John Ilitrrett?
4. Hluit Ii ii iin?fit
B. Uluit Is u razurlmrk line?
0 In tlwi nrfcnt In "nrliutuV nn the llmt or
h Kind nyllulilr?
7 KutiB-frotil niFiiiit roulnrttn In diiiiKrr Mmt
Im tin drrhulou.
8. f.U llirre unci of (he onI "IrN "
1). W Int wiih the renlullon uf Jub, 1K30.
10,
Miu n Jullnn the Apuit itv?
AnswcrH to Yesterday' Quiz
1. "Amerind" U it rnrnimmitl of "infrlrun"
nrnl 'Iii(liiu," Tltt trrm I lunl tu th'
wrlh nny mrrlnin Indtnti n ill
thiLTuUhrtl from thi? natlKM of Inula,
2. Tim rrlHililtc of Antlorrii 1m In the rallty of
thn humr mime In the rantefn rirencen.
Iifturru lr into uml Niuilu.
3 The 'Mill" tf thn imiifnetle nrrnn N the
unsln hrtvvcru frrely uitrtitNl muc
nettq nrUI tint) tlm hurlzuntal. At (be
iiiasnctm tole the nertile utandi -terllrult
lit thn uiiiKiiftlc rquutor It fttiimlrt liorl-
IMIltlll.
t Tho nrmmhlrt ntm hiillt to he the tomb
uml memorial' of klnirf.
5 In HiiRluml the fdml In fonertitrnt'tl In the
piiMirMiilon of u rtinarknl)t tttunll number
nf iirrMinM, It U rtttlmntrtJ thnt fdur
llfllm of the total rutllttileil nrru U hrld
by only 3Jt.oyo lund'onl
0 TIip 'il4tnfr, of Mhor." In ixilltlrnt ernno
f my, ffprcrfHtH thrt fact tfuit In modern
prmlurtloii earn torkrnuti perfontiH u uurt
nb of tho ircea of iniinufitrliire.
7, Sidney I'orfr, tfie writer of Khurt Ntorlea.
wrote tinner the pen name of '(f, Henry.'
8. The Crput latiLen tire the lurgrnt hody of
fret It iater In the Murld
O, lord f. Ixfre nttpHrd the prlnrlplea of untl
HPlitlrM to the treatment of unundu, und
the development of theiie principle reto
ItitlonlicU modern nurrery
10. I'oph'h rlt.mln of 'lraM nnd ohpy" and
of 'hoHM ii nil 'whIleM mi current, he
luiifce In the eighteenth ceiiturv 'teii
ivuh iiroiiouureil tavf' uml Lull" lblle.'v
Declaration of London
T. W. It. Tho provisions of liw ns set
forth In tho Declaration of London regard
ing7 the capture and disposal of essol
carrying contraband nro as follows: "A
essel carrying goods llnbfo to cipturo ns
nbsoluto or conditional contraband may be
captured on the high sens or In tho terri
torial waters of tho belligerents throughout
the uliolo of tho oynge, own If she la to
touch at a port of call beforo reaching tho
hostile destination. Contraband goods nro
llablo to condemnation. A vessel carrying
contraband may bo condemned If tho con
traband, reckoned either by value, weight,
volume or xfrolght, forms moru than half
tho cargo, If a vessel carrying contra
band Is released, sho may bo condemned
to pay tho costs and expenses Incurred by
the captor In respect of the proceedings In
the national prlto court and the custody of
tho ship and cargo during the proceedings.
Goods which belong to the owner of the
contraband and are on board tha same ves
sel nro liable to condemnation A vessel
which has been stopped on the ground that
she Is carrying contraband, and which is
not liable to condemnation on account of
the proportion of contraband on board, may(
when the circumstances Permit, bo allowed
to continue Iter voyage If the master Is will
ing to hand over the contraband to the bel
ligerent wurutilp. The delivery of the con
traband must ba entered by tho captor on
the logbook of the vessel stopped, and the
master must give tho captor duly certified
copies of all relevant papers. The cuptcr
U at liberty to destroy thd contraband that
has been handed over to him under these
conditions."
Australian Profits
INQUIRER. Your question about profits
being limited In Australia probably refer
to csrtaln war legislation relating to the
taxation of excess profits arising out of
war conditions. We understand that the
average annual proOta of eaeb firm are
ealoulated for a given period prior to the
war and that all profits tn excesx or this
amount earned elnae the war afe considered
excess prorlfi and are taxed by the OoVera
ment according to a. sliding scale up to about
enty-flve per ceot of the total excess
profits.
Gold Coins
8. D the Government charges for the
alloy contained tn gold colas at the rate
of 3H cents per ounc of copper- required,
which I equivalent to about 1 cent for
every ITS This weans that if , jwaon
brings $109 wOrth of gofcl to ba turn! Into
ooln there is no charge for coinage or for
ftaoiylBfi bMt there is a charge for meKtajf
nni4 (wtulu . sum mta5jfc iq
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& mJSJMmi&9& mmMmmk
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"DING, DING!"'
THE VOICE OP
THE PEOPLE
The Terrors of Child Actors A
Program of Municipal
Reform
TERRORS OP CHILD ACTORS
To tho Kditor of tha Evening Tiedgcr-
J3lr 1 read In tho IIveninu LnooEn w Ith
much gratification a letter written by our
well-lcnuw ti Illustrator of child nature,
Sarah Stllwell Weber, on who owes her
gre.it success to 11 life study of tho py-
hnlogy of olillilre,". Sho refers to tho
'Child Terrors In Movhig-Plcturo Dramas."
whvro Ii depleted mental Buffering of chll
ilren. giving na nn example tho terror of
tho' children In "A Daughter of tho Gods."
fan we not recall scenes of slmllirr suffer
ing In other motion pictures, vhcro a llttlo
one sees tho mother beaten by an enraged
father or H IMclf snatched up nnd carried
off by a w felted mm with a hideous plratl
tal fuco? Tho roitl terror depleted hnnnta
ono long after, for, us Mrs Weber says,
"children ura Incapable' of simulating such
terror and grief wo witness tlmo and tlmo
ngaln during some of these productions,"
ho that thl.i Buffering Is real to them and
tho mental torment as great 'as any that
uer came to nn ndult
Is tho Society to l'rotect Children from
Cruelty sleeping that It has not called
those rcepoiiBlble for this torturing of
God's little on ei to an account? I feel
helpless In conceit Ing a remedy for abolish
ing this cruel practice but 1 might suggest
that we expreui our disapproval by hissing
when u nceno Is icelcd oft depleting 11 ter
rorized child, and. In addition, let some
mother each day voice her protest in a line
to the Kvbnino I.EiKiKK. when altera time
thispractlca may uo unaiiy auoimneu,
Aieuia, x ., uevuiiiTO v
C. C. J.
OTHER FELLOWS MILITARISM
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Slr With ono breath Mr. I.lojd Gcorgd
denounces Russian militarism, and with
tho other announces that England Is going
to copy It, by 11 schemo of compulsory
national servlco, military nnd civic. To
effect this an act of Parliament 'will be
passed, and I Venture to say It remains
on the statuto book of England for years
after the war. If not forover.
Is not this a piece of glaring Inconsist
ency? And by the way, are wo not about
tn adopt this terrible Russian militarism
also? JUMllO,
Fraukford, December SO
A REFORM PROGRAM
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir I sincerely hope you will keep up
tho good work you are doing In the Interest
of having the affairs of the city put on a
business basis. In any other large business
men aro employed for their eiMcienoy and
are not appointed to positions of trust re
quiring business experience simply because
they happen to be able to carry their divi
sion in their ward. Now I ask ou to use
our paper In keeping before the publlo the
following laws' und amendments to laws
already on the statute books 1
First. Commission form of government.
Second. Abolishment of the present an
tiquated useless Magistrates.
Third. Lioca) option, based upon one of
our fundamental principles of tha United
.States Constitution, that the majority shall
rule.
Fourth. A metropolitan police force such
as they have in London, where a policeman
once appointed U there for life, regardless
of which party has control of the houses of
Varllament.
Fifth. Repealing the old blue laws,
passed in the das of stage coaches, be
fore we bad even railroads, telegrapn,
street cars, electricity or any of the
modern modes of living.
Slxtlu l'aas a law giving cities of the
first oiasa an open Sunday such as they
have In liuropa and tn this country went
of the Ohio River, whereby the poor man
baa a, chance to eajoy his day of rest by
being able to amuso himself. Open up the
moving-ploturo shows aad 1 will go even
a llttl further. Glfe the bona.flde hotels
the privilege of servtruj liquor to bona-flda
guests" Sunday between the hours of It
a. m. and p. m. and t p. m. and 9 p. ra
sa tbt wq can keep tho traveling salesmen
In the city Instead of driving them to Ncrvr
York to spend their money over Sunday
Seventh. Amend tha city charter so that
we can glvei five-year contract and there
by Kt competition in contracts from out
side people: and ra4uo our bill for clsctrlo
lighting by having such people as the L
bfrh Coal and Navigation Company (wm
are sow delivering their power as far a
Bristol. Fa only tvlna mile from tha city
ti...i pLi) ia, bids.
JtT-i KsMMi mm
stone Telophona Company from leasing nil
Its unused conduits to tho Philadelphia
Electric Company so that when wo havo.
tho five-year contract law for tho city any
outsida competitor could lease the unused
conduits of the Keystone Telephone Com
pany for the five-year period of the con
tract and bo ablo to go right ahead nnd
light up In case a competitor got the con
tract, and then wo would do away with all
overhead electric-carrying wires.
PAUL S. KELEER.
Philadelphia, December 18.
FRENCHMAN ANStVERS DR. BRAV
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Dr Aaron Brav's letter entitled
"Ltkei tho Peaco Proposal," which appeared
In the Kveninu Leooisr, expresses tho sen
timents of n true Berliner. He tried to laud
all the good qualities of the Kaiser and tha
German Government, even admitting tho
kaiser Is responsible for the starting of the
war. Now, Doctor Brav should consider
that the Trlplo Entente, although having
sucrlrtcfU many llvei, has been currying
on a war tor hufiianity's sake and for tho
honor nnd glory of its principles
We will admit that at tha beginning of
the war thorn was an Intense rivalry be
tween the commercial nations, but that did
not warrant Germany In trying to go rough
shod over hor rivals arid ravage Belgium, as
she did.
Another point admissible la the unwritten
history of the sympathy Of Flanders for tho
Germanic Influence and its partial permis
sion to Germany to conquer Belgium in
order to subduo tho French Influence among
tho Walloons. This may have enoourdged
the Germans to overrun Belgium as they
did. They contomplated that scheme as
soon as possible after the deccaao of King
Leopold, who Was a. descendant of a Ger
man house.
After all, tho Kaiser's game was to
annex Auatro-Ilungary after the death of
Franz Joseph. This had been an under
standing between the two Kaisers since the
visit of Kaiser Wllhelm to Jerusalem an
other unwritten history, but hold In the
archives of Rome.
N'ovv" the Kaiser, having made a name for
himself by smashing all the small countries.
manes a peaco proposal, wun nis own
terms, and expects the outraged people who
have suffered to say "Thdnk you."
Well, his pipe-dream will soon be over.
There is no question that all nations will
welcoirte peace, but it must bo peace with
satisfaction, and the one rep6ns!b!o -for
this war will Pay On August 1, I8H,
when the mobilization took place In Paris,
e-very one among all the troops who do.
parted declared it would be a fight to the
finish and extefmlnut.lon, if necesaary. It
would be well for our Gov eminent to be
very cautious If It is to handle this ques
tion as a mediator.
The authorities' In Washington well know
that at present Americans are disliked by
the nations of Zhuope and Japan, and It
may not be long when Europe, by Intrigue,
may give us trouble whloh we least expect,
especially as we are absolutely unprepared
for any emergency.
It Would be well for Doctor Brav not to
feel too exuberant over this peaco proposal,
as his disappointment might be more se
vere than he expected.
HHWnf LKOtf DUBOIS.
Philadelphia, December 31,
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