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I aMi tli'REAi as lluc Louis lo Urand
fcun.scnii'TtoN tkhms
Ti,,?..cVrxI'"1 I'"B In MrxoJ to aubecrlbera
In Philadelphia ami nurroundlng town at tha
rate of alx Hi) cents per week, puyablo to tho
carrlor.
,,lly mall in point outMdo of Philadelphia, In
the United Htntoa, Canada or Unltnl States !
, !?' auiiix uihui ,
aeaalone, totnBo frco, thirty-live (!1) rent
. pel month Ono fll) tlollnr for threa month
or four 14) dollara per year, payable In ad
vance To all foreign countries ono ((1) dollar per
i rnonth.
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CULATION" OP Tim nVIlNINO LCDOKU
I'OIt XOVEMUIIIt WAS 131,011
Philadelphia. ThunJnj, Jjnuofr 4, 1917.
Svon eclipses nro poliotlulod to
occur this year, and some) will occur
that mo not scheduled.
It Is pretty Ronornlly agreed that
Germany started the war, but tho Allies
are apparently determined that slio shall
not havo tho credit for starting peace.
So I'hllndclphia ban 50.000 mora
population than tho Census Bureau est!-
, mato allows. If any ono doubts this nsk
Statistician Cattull in tho City Halt, "lie
' knows."
So seneral 13 tho neglect of dentistry
In Germany that a nntlon-wldo com
mittee ',has liei-n formed to supervise
the cure nf the teeth of school olill
dren Neva item.-
Hut what's tho use, when tho
Allies nro boasting that thoy will not
let tho little children sot any food to
chew?
I-ord Hosebery would ho a most
welcome British Ambassador to tho
United State.!. He Is the kind of man
Who could easily become tho Ambassa
dor of the Allies to tho American people,
- for lie has the gracious gifts of oratory
which persuade while they entertain.
If a change l.s to bo made, no hotter man
could bo found to succeed Sir Cecil
Bprlns-HIco.
Tho Stuto of New Jersey, through
its duly appointed authorities, has de
cided that a hoy cannot bo made to
hjioIobIzo to a teacher ho has Insulted,
but must bo reinstated If shu dismisses
him, or, in plain talk, must bo allowed
"to got nway with It." Tho much-heralded
public school courso In tho prin
ciples of our political system has evi
dently been inaugurated with a vensoonca
In Jersey.
"Tariffs for rovonuo only" havo tho
disadvantage of bearing hard upon tho
; poor without providing tho protection
which is tho chief reason for a tariff.
The dutitH on tea, coffee, meats and other
necessities, now being considered by tho
Administration, tax tho poor man with
out helping him. He drinks coffeo cup
for cup with tho rich man, but tho lattor
would not euro If tho prlco wero doubled,
"Necessities" are the smallest Items of his
expenditure, but they cat up tho poor
man's entire salary.
John McCormaok, tho Irish tenor,
Is reportod to havo paid $160,000 for a
Itembrandt 204 by 1554 Inches about
tho size of ouo of lita own records. As
the sales of McCormack records surpass
ell others and run into tho millions, his
royalties on ono favorite alono would
easily pay tho bill. Tho iiuestlon which
naturally suggests Itself 'In this connec
tion 1b: Wilt a McCormack record after
as many years have elapsed as havo
passed since Itembrandt painted that
picture bring anywhere near $150,000?
Nothing shows more cloarly than
the murder of Itasputlu the remoteness
of Itussia from the clviliaatlon of the
presont time. Itusala emerged from bar
bitrium a century later than the rest of
ISurope. Its autocracy at the close of
the nineteenth century resembled the
autocracy of France at tho closo of the
eighteenth. Itasputin, a lay monk of
1 humble birth, exercised great Influence
over the mind uf the Czar. He was used
toy jiolltiolans to secure their ends. He
was charged with German sympathies.
PoMihly lie hid been bribed by German
rnoney, But ' whatever reason lay be
hind his activities, some patriotic Bus
birds decided to put him out of the way.
The influential court favorite and the
plotters against his life might have
lived In the Middle Ageu when Govern
ment was a matter of privilege and fa
voritism, and the methods used to end
iU reign might have been employed in
-- the times of Peter the Great or of
ilauiB xiv.
l'rom the moment that Porshlng'i)
troops were known to be unable to cap
ture Villa under the conditions the Gov
ernment accepted as controlling; their
movements in Mexico, their retention
(here had bcn nothing more than a do
HWkjtk' political issue in the United States.
Their uaixiivnce saUsiied pacifists. Their
reujAUuliiki im Mexican soli silenced mill
turUU. Th" &lU""mUive to leaving our
troupe w a&iuo lniiaJil la to prove
to tfcfr mmare tfat W ftBMrrnjmnt 4 e
jsu eomtjwsttom. yum Gm
'1 -cOlfegKvrS-
at his capital. Of tho twenty-seven States,
only one, Chihuahua, nurses a hopeless
rcbolllott. The Mexicans distrust our mo
tives, it cnems fundamentally trivial to
thorn that a great country llko this can
feel Its pride Is trnvrd by n few soldiers
occupying a strip of territory, whim tho
prosonco of these soldiers only serves to
glvo Villa nn argument In getting re
cruits. They do not fool responsible for
the wilds of Chihuahua, whoreun Amer
icans have felt that tha presence of Per
shlilj Is sort of ii permanent object les
noil to Mexicans that they must feel re
sponsible for Chlhuahtm. The contlntt
anco of tho deadlock, with no moans of
financing C'nrrnnza. for a reconstructive
program In sight, Is n confession of diplo
matic sterility.
AN INQUIRY IMPERATIVE
piCCAUSU tho ilashy hawsoli cato---
pulled himself Into tho "Irak" Ismio
Is no rearon why nn Inquiry should bo
abandoned. Tho npeclilc declaration by
Ttcnrescnlntlvo lJonnot nn tho floor of
tho llouso yesterday la lilnhly satisfac
tory to tho nation, which has been look
ing for the fire through tho smoke. Tho
rumor, says Mr. Bonnet, "Is that Barnoy
Bartieh whs responsible for this Informa
tion getting to Wall street, mid Unit
thirty minutes before the President's
mossngo was made public ho sold on n
rising market 15,000 shares of Steel com
mon short."
Mr. "tlnrnoy" rtinirh. It Is well known,
Is nn intimate nssorlalo of Important
ofllclals In Washington. Tho President
himself, It was announced recently, was
to bo tho guest of Mr. Bartieh at the
lattor's cstato in South Carolina. It Is
hccatiso of these things, doubtless, that
Wall street was quick to connect Mr.
Baruch with certain happenings In the
stock market, nnd It was peculiarly In
cumbent on Mr. Baruch, In tho circum
stances, to ho more than oldlnnrlly cir
cumspect, it is imperative that sttaplrlon
ho met by a searching Investigation, nnd
wo nro confident that .Mr. Bartieh him
solf will Insist on It. A betrayal of the
confldeuco of a rnombor of tho Cabinet
In a matter of such vital Importanco Is
a moral crime.
Nowspapcr men nro constantly In pos
session of advance Information. They
never use It to their personal advantage
financially. It would bo u pity If men
of wealth or of high olllclal standing
wero less rigorous In their application
of the ethical code. It would be an oven
greater pity If tho President of the
United States had been betrayed by a
subordinate and a speculator working In
conjunction. An investigation cannot
now bo evaded.
BUNK!
m1:
CH of tho talk nbout "pork barrel"
pproprlatlons Is puro bunk. When
Philadelphia gets something for the Navy
Yard tho press of a dozen rival cities
shouts that political Interests havo been
getting in their work. As n matter of
fact, tho elllcieucy of our naval establish
ment has been seriously handicapped by
this sort of provincialism. Thoro ought
to bo a navy yard at New York: there
ought to bo one ut Philadelphia, another
nt Norfolk, another at Charleston and
another on tho Gulf coast, probably at
Punsacola. instead of these contesting
cities lighting every move for Improve
ments ut another, thoy ought to work
together, nnd tho nation ought to work
with them, for such appropriations ns
can bo economically used for bringing
each of tho several stations to tho high
eat point of elllclency. Thoro Is more
bunk humled to the people whenovor real
preparedness is undertaken than the
most dyspoptlc cit'wn ever dreamed of.
TIE HEAUT IN POLITICS
GANGSTI2HS are tho best fellows in
tho world. Thoy "havo u heart."
They nro closo to tho people; they nro of
tho people. They understand tho little
human needs, nnd thoy nro quick to
meet them. That Is why wo uro badly
governed.
ileformcrs are, as a rule, cold to tho
personal needs of thoso they would like
to havo for their constituents. All tho
loglo In tho world wilt not glvo to tho
mun who holds himself aloof a greater
political prostlgo than that which falls
to tho man who provides tho bucket of
coal in tho nick of time. You can't heat
tho buckct-of-coal argument, because It
has till tho nppcaranco of being based
on that invincible doctrino that ho who
gives a child a cup of cold water shall
have his reward. Personal charity Is
Infinitely better than organized charity,
and In adopting that principle the gang
ster Is eternally right. Ho Is eternally
wrong in believing that humanity Is sat
isfied to go on indefinitely on a hand-to-mouth
charity basis.
Must we, therefore, simply wait until
the people are "educated up" to higher
ideals? Hardly. The kind-hearted gang
sters would not leave us any Stato to
worry about If we waited that long. What
It comes to In practice Is that muddling
and charlty-taklng humanity realizes that
that Ideal of good government which it
Instinctively cherishes under all Its weak
nesses can only be realized through the
personality of one man, th? executive.
A candidate for Governor" Sf never ex
pected to dole out buckets of coal. His
constituency Is too big to make that pos
sible. But If ho springs from the heart
of the people, speaks their language,
proves to them face to face his warm
hearted humanity and direct sympathy
and has a common-sense program help
ful to the workers, he can succeed, some
tlmsw. In beating the bucket-of-coal ora
tors and giving his State a great, shove
forward. Then, when he is off the stage,
the people lapse into their, old habits until
politic again gete so close to public theft
that a new clean-up la required.
An Altgeld, a Paltteon, a Hughes or
a Wilson thus occasionally gets a chance
to clean up his State. There is no fear
that this reliance on a benevolent despot
deetroy democracy. The gang see to
that. Any man who tries to serve the
people is marked for the iwlitlcal grave
yard t the end of Ms term by the organ-toUOB-
Thar? be is promptly carried
or to the White tlmm.
Tom baly's Column
vtmm ct.w
Sure, J uncil tit think a ;f,c the tlloru
of a man,
Troth 1 iltd then, Marv Anil,
tana bejorc i jctfr. tecrc rtpo tittd tt
rattle In ono han't
I would smoke one, Mary Ann.
An', thinks 1, thrrc'a nolhln' Dives
To the oranilesi man that lives
Such a finish, ye. may say;
An' It's welt J mind tha teni
7Vini ft nearly finished we.
Itut t wouldn't let U to
Tilt I liked It, ilarv Ann.
Then t found tin mild dudhcen tens a com
fort to ft fliaii,
An' none hctlhv.r, Mary Ann;
For tcM that wv teeth between, if Id
work to do or patn,
It teas alsy, Marv Ann.
An' the wore 1 smoked mv etay,
All the mora I worked nwau:
An' my ihnughts were keen an' Inn
When the pipe was goln' strontt.
I'tir the tiro of us, ue sen,
Were justed suited to a "t"
M'td each other, Mary Ann.
So tho pipe beenme mv all, an' meself, n
lonely man,
drew to love It, Mary Ann.
Itut there's changes do befall that ye
never un'crstan';
Fatlh, they do, then, Mary Ann.
An' tonlnlit there's somethtn' vrronitl
For I've, sat here tlitnkln' lonp.
Hut my thoughts an' pipe don't fit,
For I cannot keen It lit.
What I'm teltln' ye Is true.
An' the throuble. dear. Is you--
Sure, it's jealous, Mary Ann!
native who had been sentencml to harnr
for murder. The pni'don li-nd, "The sei-
tenre of death heretofore passed on -
by tho court," etc.. utc, "Is hereby com
muted to imprisonment for life, nt the
expiration of which ho will be iolea-'.-d
from confinement."
This sounds entirely reasonable.
Tilings That Aro Seldom What They
Seem
Tho sunny South.
An early spring.
Love at first sight.
"Clear today; tomorrow fulr."
Tho coffeo mothor used to mako.
A fifty-cent tablo d'hoto, with wlno.
A five minutes' walk to tho station.
Sending "regrets" to u 5 o'clock ten.
Soventy-nlno cents, reduced from $2.
Tho woman who will bo ready In Just a
minute. SAM S. STINSON.
ANVTIIINH TO PMllStt
Th health ofllecr says ho Is convinced It was
dlpntneria wmin causeii me kin h hciiiii.
To
connrm this belief a brother. Wuotirow Worlhln-
ton. nns Deen sirieKen wun uipnmenn. jiccoru.
Itnthcr obliging of Woodrow, don't you
think? S. V. M.
cim.s
The flrnt was named Amanda, and
She on mo. and saw and went ;
The next was Lucy, sho was canned
Before a week was spent.
The next was Silo, nn awful lump,
Who wanted two days ofT;
It I'ioU Adela a week to jump;
Odessa hud a rough.
Murle was elegant and fine.
But Bho ten bones required,
And raised her brovs'to Ilnd no wine,
Sr she nun duly Hr-nl.
Hut now wo havo a stayer, but
She's deaf and almost blind,
And can't tell steak from halibut,
Hut, then, she doesn't mind
The babies and tho babies' clothes,
Our worn-out rango nnd sink.
And stops with us at night, mid those
Aro bad traits I don't think I
A. A.
A Tale Out of Franco
OUB own Henri Bazln, who writes "I
havo Just como from the Sommo,
where I saw ovidenccs of certain victory
around the corner," Is having n great
tlmo In France. In tho courso of n long
letter ho says:
I am vlslonlng that sacred thing, tho
soul of a whole people. Many of thosu
nlillng In tho baling ore unranseiouu
of the treasure they reveal. It la ex
emplified In so many countless ways!
Among the cultured and among tho
Illiterate, tho rich and the poor, the
whole gamut that comprises n nation.
After the wur this Kiicrcd beauty will
be covered ngaln A few p em will
havo noted It, written of It. Only these,
and those who noto without tho writing,
will have been privileged to see. I
could clio you countless instances, nnd
will tell you one.
I talked with u simple soldier tho
other day; Indeed, I talk to many, both
of the rank nnd file. Thin man had
been born in Paris. Hu had never vk
Ited tho village In the north where his
mother was born, althnuKh frequently
promising himself to so do somu time.
Not long since ha saw Its ruins na part
of a conquering battalion, who. with
their blood, had redeemed it from the
barbarians. There remained not one
standing house, and the church wherein
his mother had been baptized, eon,
firmed and married, showed one Jagged
corner of tower reachliu; up toward a
gray sky. Beside It was the village
cemetery, which had been the scene of
a bloody battle. Ho found uniong the
wreckage of tombs those of his grand
mother and his great-grandmother. To
conclude. In quoting him, ho said:
"Monsieur, I knelt there and prayed
for their souls and my dead mother's
soul, and for my body's preservation as
le bon Bleu -night will, that It be
longer able 1, serve Prance. The
broken tower a; the church still held In
perfection the face of Its clock.' It
was stopped at twenty minutes to nine.
Just below it, without a scratch, was
the niche containing Notre Dame de
Bourdes that llama had often told me
of. I prayed to her. Monsieur, t hat
when was rebuilt its church
tower would show two clocks one to
mark the time and the otlwr to record
at tweuty minutes to nine how tier-
many had destroyed God's house with
iron."
And as he spoke I thought this young
Frenchman in his revtrence for his
ancestors, his country and his God's
house was not only typical of the thou
sands and hundreds of thousands In his
land in their work of driving evil out
of France, but that, comlrg from a
trench, covered with mud and bljcd. his
prayer beside the tombs would not only
be answered, but that the act of prty.
ig carried his spirit very doss ta en
High.
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What Do You Know?
Qucrta of fjcncral intercut wttt ho answered
in thin tolimn. Ten (tutttiotiit, tho nnxwera fit
which fi'rr. ircll-iHornicti person aUoutd know,
are aakul daily.
QUIZ
i.
Wlm t l the biscuit ofili'r
MortriV
lulMlne In tho
". lion niimy fliiifo Senator nnd lti-itrei-uta-
ilw are there In Ihr t'ctuiHhnitla l.t-sN-aturi'
nml tiltat If thrlr pulltlcul nllcn
ittent? .1. tVIni una Minrod?
1. What t tlio derivation uf tlio word
Vrlttice"?
ft. Why l flofcton Ciitird thn Itllli?
(I. Is llieri eier any hiitiw in tho regions about
the i-iioutar.
7. Who U Hmikan VII?
B, Uhat wim 111? famous "I'ouy lixnrcNs"?
I. What Is plzxlnitn?
In. What l'i "iftiuuUfr hoterclgiit)"?
Answers to Yesterday's Quia:
I. A !i,hi I '.i unit of lineal inriiMircait-nt I
inches In lenutli.
". ThiiinaH W. I mi Milt N ti l:lnii firtion
urlter and UniwhT. lie tlrt uttruitrd
national utttMtion throinrli nrilih- otturU
ini; the Stjudunl 1)11 nronp of llnamU'r.
0. Iltmnarck U I lie cnpitul of Xiirth Ii.ikota.
i. Prom Pliilnilrliihhi to Mt-llmiirm liy way of
Sun I'mncNro li l,ili.i mUr.
S, Tlin t'trct- r-Yrooenn ruler who nro linlh
inpcr.irs .mil Mn? are the lilns of i:ni:
l.u:u u:miicrur ut Incliiil, the Kmiicror
nf th'rmaiiv (fiin? of Prussia) ami the
ICimxror of Aiixtria-flmiiiury (lilac of
11 inKir).
0. II. II .""!'. wru'.tf "Mr. lirltllns Scei It
Thru mil '
. The hr.' of the ore-rnt oncress enils lit
noun M.tivh I. tui.
8. MU'o Iim .tot a i-nut!tlitlninil Prehlent,
t'urrau.l not having liceii elected, lln In
ireihlriit il rnrlo ("In fait"), liuvlne
MrUrri tlio tioierntnrnt.
I). Purluk-al ilovlarc.l war on Ceriimny Jlarih
10, 11)10,
10, Tile urea vf llflalnm I- 1 1 .373 Miliars mllfH,
lliat of MHc7l.iii(l JA.07U siiuaro iiiltes.
The President's Note
II. W. 1. rrcaldoiit Wilson's recent note
to the warring powers FtiggeFts nn early ex
chant'o uf views by the belligerents as to
what terms in their respective opinions
would iti-.'ure putixfticlory peace. It points
out lliut although tha war disturbs the en
tire world, tho "concrete objects for which
it Is being waged havo never been definitely
stated." It offers the services of tho Presi
dent In facilitating the sired exchange of
views, but disclaims a desire on his part to
determllio the method of arranging tho ex
change. Declaring that this country Is
vitally concerned in the wnr, tho President's
note States that it should bo u-gurded as
colli .ng not only from a friend, "hut also
as coming from the. representative of a
neutral nation whose lntorests have been
most seriously nffeeted by the war nnd
whoso concern urUes out of u manifest no
cessity to determine how best to Eafeguard
thoso Interests If tho war Is to continue."
The note denies a common origin with the
German penco overtures. In conclusion,
tho r aago stale: "The Prosldent Is nit
proposing p.-'am; bo Is not oven offering
n"lation. He Is merely proposing that
soundings be taken In order that we may
learn, tho neutral nations with tho bel
ligerent, how near tho haven of peace may
bo for which nil mankind longs with un
Intense and increasing longing."
Why Steel .Ships Float
H. W Steel ships diff.r from tuUse of
wood In that their hulls uro made uf tteel
plates riveted together, Instead of the old
method of using wooden planking! They
aro enabled to lloat because, being hollow,
they have what is called buoyancy, A Meei
tlilp displaces a volume of water 'equal
In weight to its own. The principle of
buoyancy may be tested by floating an Iron
pall in a bathtubfui of water.
SAM LOYD'S PUZZLE
I KNOW a little tailor who la never
satisfied. He had Just sold a suit
of clothes and remarked: "I gained
ten per cent on tliat fine suit of
clothes, while It I liad bought it ten
per cent cheaper and sold it for
twenty per cent profit It would have
brought a quarter of a dollar less
money." Now, what did he get for
the suit?
Answer to Yesterday's Puzzle
THE time was 9:36 a. m., because
one-quarter of the time from mid
night woukl be two hours and tweuty
four minutes, which, added to half the
time until midnight (seven hours and
twelve mujutee). equal 9:3d.
SHE'S LEARNED SOMETHING
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
The Droxel Bonuses Relation
of Immigrants to Crime.
Curse of Partisanship
IS THIS THE REMEDY?
To the ICdllfir of the livening Ledger:
Sir T seo you groan bj horror at gnnglsm
or orgnulSKitionism or i ylnni. .Well, the
good Hepiibllcans can crush It If they will;
they will crush It If they can, but thoy
can't. It Is tho cosiest thing in the whole
universe to crush It by voting with tlio
Democrat!) at tho next subsequent election
for ii Democratic Governor, or n Demo
cratic Mayor, Democratic State Srnntor or
legislators. This will bo a Itasou to
ltepubllcnn bosses, who will In tho future
fear tho supremacy of tho people.
Tho fathers of th very Bepuhllcans of
today did better when they voted for l'nt
tlson, twice Governor of thl.i eluphant
hiilcbounil Ilcpubllcau Stato.
Tlio Democrats helped the Bepulillcans
land Blankcnburg, who mado an undeni
ably good record considering the powerful
opposition of a hostile Council owned by
tlio very present gauglsm you groan at now.
Just declare your support for it Demo
cratic Governor or a Democratic Mayor,
or tho like, for a few forms to teach the
gang a lifetime lesson.
You can punish tlio gang if you will.
Vou will If you can, but you won't, because
you seem to be afraid of Democraclem as
it meaning the same as dlscasls. . or calam
itlsm or lcproslsm or any Ism.
Thoro aro good Democrats as well as
good Bepuhllcans nnd also bad Democrats
as woll as bad Bepubllcans. But wo need
a change onco in a whllo, llko day und
night. Don't bo nfraid of good Democrats
of tho Pattison or Wilson stamp.
Pattlson has not destroyed Pennsylvania,
n has Pennsylvania permanently been
ills, jsqd by Paulson's two terms.
Wilsonlsm has not yet mado tho United
States a diseased nation or a nation of
lepers. Partisan blindness is worso than
physical blindness. ji. i. j,.
Philadelphia, January 3.
COMPARATIVE VIRTUE
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir "Keep Immigrants out" Is tho ad
vice of A. I,Iston Towrtteml. but where
would wo nnd America hare been had it
not been for the Immigrant? Consult ru
llablo statisU03 and see that hero in Amer.
lea crimo Is. committed by native-born yea,
two und three generations Americans in
greater proportion than the combined for
eign element. Look over the records of
your poorhouses and see what a largo per
cent of blue-blood Americans nro inmates.
Scan carefully your Insane asylums and
see who holds tho greater proportion of
uiiacu In such Institutions, qo Into your
Tenderloins of all your big cities und see
who's who In regard to their nationality,
and you will find Americans win, hands
down. Bonder to Americans the things
that are America's and to tho foreigner
Justice and equality. They can't be worse
than soma Americans. C. C. BLACK.
Philadelphia, December 30.
THE DREXEL BONUSES
To tho Editor of the livening Ledger:
Sir A good word is duo to tho banking
firm of Drexel & Co., Philadelphia,' for Its
splendid and exceptional geneioslty to its
employes during tlio recent festlvo season.
It has been the custom for some yearu for
the houso of Drexel & Co. to annually re
ward Its employes with monetary gifts.
But In the Christmas Just past the banking
house In question behaved with more than
its usual liberality. Not even the Dank of
Hug-land, with Its 1000 clerks, treats Its em
ployes half so royally us does this partic
ular financial Institution of Philadelphia.
The following is tho altruistic Bcheme as
Just formulated by Brexel & Co., of Phila
delphia, and Its various branches, for the
financial benefit of the entire working staff:
A sum equal to six per cent of salary
paid during the year Is set aside in trust
for each employe. Each employe receives
a cash bonus, tho amount being thirty per
cent of the year's pay to all In the service
ten years or more. Twenty per cent to all
those who have been In the service for less
than ten years.
All honor to Mr, K. T. Stotesbury, the
controlling partner of Drexel & Co., of
Philadelphia, as also to all those who were
to any way instrumental in the bringing
about In the business world of so practical
an exhibition of philanthropy generosity
and largu-heartedness- Such men, lo this
sclllsh and material age, orp rare Indeed.
All congratulations to tho"Nanclent and
worthy housa of Droxel & Co., of Philadel
phia, Now York, London nnd Paris, for Its
recent royal nnd bountiful appreciation of
the scrvicos of Its employes.
13BNEST ISITT.
Philadelphia, Jan. 3.
BANKRUPT OR DEAD
How Republicanism in Pennsylvania
Impresses Outsiders
After a bitter fight Senator Boles Pen
rose has received at tho hands of hl3 party
miotlior certificate of moral fitness as boss
of tho Bepuhlican Stato organization In
Pennsylvania. On tho election of his man.
Biehnrd ,1. Baldwin, to bo Speaker of tho
llouso of Bepresentatives of tho State Legis
lature hinged tho elimination of Penrose
and tlio triumph of tho combined forces of
Governor Brumbaugh and tho Varc broth
ers, contractor-bosses of Philadelphia. It
was n contest between very practical poli
ticians on both sides, and Matt Quay's old
lieutenant nnd successor won an easy vic
tory through tho loyalty of tho special In
terests that ho has mado It a matter of
conscience to serve.
WhUo tho result must bo highly satis
factory to him personally, the contlnuanco
of Penrose In control of tho Stato organiza
tion cannot appear promising to tho rank
and llio of the Bepuhlican party. It means
that It Is useless to look for the regenera
tion of tho Bepuhlican party In Pennsyl
vania. And nt the sumo tlmo, under tho
boss-ship of Penrose tho strength of the
party is dwindling. Last November Penn
sylvania gavo the smallest Bepubllcan vote
nnd tlio smallest Bepubllcan plurality In
any presidential election since 1892, count
ing tho Bepuhlican and rrogreaslvo vote as
ouo In 101L". The State that In 1911' thrilled
with emotion when Boosovclt turr.ed re
vivalist, in 1917 Is ngaln contented with
tho leadership of Penrose, to whoso party
tlio Colonel has now returned.
Only ii party bankrupt In brains or dead
to decency could long tolerate tho Penrose
leadership. But that Is tl normal con
dition of tlie Bepuhlican party In Pennsyl
vania, as proved by Its abiding faith in tho
Penrose machine. New York World.
KEYSTONE LIGHT AND DARKNESS
Tho Hon. Boles Penrose's candidate for
Speaker of tho Pennsylvania Houso of Bep
resentatives was elected yesterday. Tho
candldato of Governor Brumbaugh and of
tnoso two other beacons of Bepubllcan re
form, tho brothers Varc. of Philadelphia
nnd Washington, had "followed tho furrow
from sunset to sunrise," as his nominator
nffectingly Ktld, and had all the other vir
tues, but in vain. Tho usual resolution
of "scandalous charges of direct bribery"
has been offered. Governor Brunibaugli, who
"never acts for political reasons" and who
Is deeply concerned with tho "moral ls
suo" Involved, beheaded divers placemen
last week and may behead nioro. for moral
reasons only. Kven the hcadlessNnust love
a mind so lofty nnd a soul so sweet. "My
henit went out to him. but ho had to go."
Such dismissal must bo almost equal to
appointment.
"The light against" Penrose und his col
league in darkness, McNIchol, will "go on "
tho Varu-Ilrumbaughltes Insist. Outlnnders
cannot understand how oven sons of Ue
llul like McNIchol and Penrose can con
tlnuo to combat tho angel band of Vare-
Brumbaugh -Fllnn Bepubllcanlsm. New
York Times.
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Metro Wonuerr-Uy VANITY
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ACADEMY OP MUSIC. MONDAY. EVQ. JAN S
New York Grand Wagner
symphony Concert
Orchestra WslU r Damrosen. Condt.
Julia Olauiwn. SoleUt
lUmrv(l Bsati. J3c to 12, at Utppe's.
ADELPHI fM &Jj&
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la Phlla. Just Fun Jolly Tuats A Pretty Olrg
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SkJuWU-i The Blue Paradial
With CECIL LEAN
Belmont
HO Ab. MARKS'! ST.
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would Leavn. ""
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Wo had n suspicion that wo had tn6 (,,, J!
iTimiiiiK ui ivu met umii wo rcnii2ed that '
it was a parody of ono of Mr. W B, Hen. '.
ivj n j'uuinu. iiuitvi, uiciu ia one Dhrat.
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'ii ii inn. ."", n-- " .'in tii-rvra;
In the heartless blark of midnight,
iv lieu iiieio ihh b uuy snaiiow
Cast by chair or couch or pillow.
When tho wholo world seems so silent
Still, Irrational, pcrslslcnt
Then Vino's nerves go racing madly.
Ah when yam Is drawn through woolen.
In the hluib on the Jackot covering Frank
J. Wllslach's "Dictionary of Similes"
observe: "Kor tho first tlmo It is poMlbll
for writers, speakers, tenrhern nnd student!
lo havo nt their elbow a work nf refr
enco "
Which lends ono to wonder whv wort,. -
reference nro Invariably dosalhed ns utinJ
"nt olio's elbow,"
Wo nro diverted and entertained by n
editorial In tho New York Kim. in Wk,k
It It said: '"
"What shall we do," the oung nmn ru,
bo nBklng, "It co-ordinate the cha..tie hu'nki
tf progress which Industry brines to th
surface of n scrambled contlnrni
Desiring to reply In the true iradenild
form, we may tmy that wr (i ,,, inow
In tho first place we are not at .ill familiar
With chaotic hunks of progres-i. nor h.
wo any definite knowledge at (o tti
scrntnhlortncss of continents HV, therefor,
hcsltnto and reftiso to answer.
CHESTNUT ST.
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D. W. GRIFFITH'S
COLOSSAL
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"INTOLERANCE"
LOVE'S STRUGGLE
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Since "THE II1IIT1I OP A NATION"
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