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Charles It. Ludlnitton. Vle President; John
C JUrtln. Secretary nmt Treasurer. Philip s.
Tlln. .nhn n, Willlumn, John J. KpurReon, I'.
H Whsley. Director,
SDITOMAIj fcOAttn
rums It. K. Ccnlm, Chairman.
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JOU.N" C. MAP.TLV... rtencMI Iiuslii. s Manager
JPuMlthed dally nt Pt ri.ir t.mirn llnlldnR.
Independence Square. I'lillailrli bin.
l.rtmra CRNtmt. ....nromt nnd clmtniu Streets:
AtUNTic Citr 'ir.M.rnfoii llulldlrn
Nw Vona
L'CMI Metropolitan Tottrf
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NEWS Itt'ItliAVS:
S'jumiHnto.y flrtiruc.
. .. It..-. "
tllBB.i Pudding
.. .The TIiiim llulldtng
. .. no Prlrdrlehaifniwo
. Marrnnl Iloure, Strand
. .&. Hue Louln lo (Irarnl
ntnr.w Bclliuu
J.osriox linniui
tism 13 Da tit;
st'tisontt'Tio.v thumb
The KmMxn I.niHirn Is nerved lo imhwrtceM
In Philadelphia, nml nurraunilliin tenna nt lh
rata of six (0) ctntp per week, povabls to iho
carrier
Hy mall In points outride of Philadelphia. In
th united States, Canada, or fulled fUaien t
eaalona. posiuRo free, Ihlrty-nve rail) rent
pei month. One ill dollar for three months
or four Oil ilnllurs per year, payable In ad
vance. To all foreign countries ona t?l) dollar per
month.
Noticb- Siilwrlbr winking futilrear ehonncd
tnuat give old lie well as new nddreas
DELL, JMO WALNUT KI.YS10SE, MAIN SlHffl
IE3 Uddi-ia nil communication to Krrntntf
Ltdotr, tiilcic,dcncc Ainnrr. I'Mlatklphla.
KnjtMco at tiik pitit.antt.Miu roaToCpicH .
arco.NT-ci..ia a.iii. mvttk'i.
TUB AVEIt.UIK. NUT PAID DAH.Y flit-
CULATION UK TIIK tiVUNINtl UCUdKIt
rou mivi:miii:ii was psi.hii
I'hjUdrlpliu. Tallin!) v. Jmnury A. til?.
Unlirtaietl p;if.slon neiei- wan a
pate horse to vide.
Governor Mllllltcn Is a revolution
ary, lto is plannhiK to make Maine n
prohibition State.
With West VlrKlnla tolini'co selllnu
at twenty rcntH a pound, tho "IwtiforB"
are tlkoly to be n Uttlo sninllor, for alfalfa
also Is high.
Now Mint "The Kit iff of the Itejnz"
has Joined the Allies, we may expect to
5hear of th.e "Ahkuatid of Swat" Joining
'the Central I'owcru.
And now a Chlenpo ph.vslcliin lm
made a serum vvhleh has relieved two
Infantile paiulysls cases. When It has
helped a hundred, other physicians may
try It.
Mr. Wilhon will reeele u iillinlier
of votes ne.t Monday when the electors
meet nt the upltals of their respective
States and cast their votes. ( Hut liu is
not worrying uIhiiiI the result.
Mr. Tumulty knows hw to answer
"charges." After a motion to summon
him before tho peace note lealc investl
, erators was overruled, he unnounced ho
would appear before the committee with
out a subpeua.
"Well, you have to, hand it to the
Germans for this or that" Is Bettlnif to
be the worst little bromldlom in tho mur
ket. However, you do have to hand it
to them in advertising, They net the
first page of every newspaper in tho
world for their peace propaganda every
day, and don't pay a cent for It.
This State was better represented
In Cpncress yesterday than It has been
In many years, only two of tho thirty
six Pennsylvania members being present.
THose two have minds of their own anil
have worked hard. One was J. Hampton
Moore, of course, and tho other Warren
Worth Bailey, n Democrat of Johnstown,
who has (outsido of Pennsylvania) u na
tional reputation for progressive iUeus
and efforts.
It grieves Jonathan Uourne to find
tho master of a tino English style In tho
Whlto House misusing tho language by
Baying that a bond issue is necessary "to
meet an emergency." Jonathan reminds
the President that an emergency Is some
thing unforeseen, "whereas tho present
condition of the national strong box has
been foreseen and predicted since tho
passage of the Democratic tariff In
191S." It Is really unfortunate that tho
President should bo guilty of such a
Btlevous "derangement of epitaphs."
Mr. Roosevelt's best trait Is it cer
tain boyish Innocence which makes him
say things like "Murder Is murder," and
"I would be Just and fair to both rich and
poor" It is quite natural for him to take
up tho cause of the "small investors"
who went down In the Wllson-Iansing
peace crash. It Is kindly and straight
forward of him to think of these tinder
dogs. But the cheerful fact is bobbing
1 up that the "small Investors" were
negligible. Hardened speculators who
bad been pyramiding margined accounts
on credit were the "stung" ones, and the
lost money came for the most part from
men .who were riding for a fall.
The Wyoming plan of military
training has. been successful in Wyoming
for the reason that it provides for de
veloping the muscles and minds of boys
of all ages and all sizes. Big' boys and
little boys are trained together on the
theory not that a group of physical
prodigies myst be developed, but that
every boy must have his chance to get
strong1. Military drill in its various forms
Is used because it is well adapted to
ieUrt) the ends sought. The production
of youths familiar with the life of a
sokUej' ta an incident and, not the chief
end. It is not surprising that the plan
bas been adopted in other parts of the
toujjtry.
Saying what law Is not conntltu
ttviuil Is VMted In the Congreis of the
tTiiU.l iHatts and Is not vested in any
cowl whatever Senator Owen.
WtU Senator Owen then please tell
o what in tho use of a written Const!-
tuuoa That doewnent defines and lim-
ifa.
I Us tho powers of itohftresa. If Congress
! rftn rrtftft vmttrnm bpvnnd those Con-
I fcrrcd on It nnd Justify Itself by main
taining that It nlono has tho rlgtlt lo In
terpret tho fundamental law under which
It arts, wc may ns well burn the Con
stitution nt once and go ahead nn the
Hngllsh system, under which Parliament
is supreme. Mr. Owen cither has not
read tho life at John Marshall nr ho
thinks he H a greater statesman than
the distinguished Jurist wlioito decisions
established tlio Constitution an tho su
preme law tif the land.
EYIOtBNBKS I'OIl IMKI3US
TTioIt pikers, who sometimes lenrn from
hindsight, there are two Mtuntlolis
worthy of attention,
I'lkera eotitil not sec the proposed
ttorhy 1, nl all. Its construcllon would
be a wnsle tf public fnml". '"W nltl'
tun while their complaints were Set
warm on their lips, Ihere arose from tlte
barren ftroikml Just beyond iJttiby In
dustrial establishments employing at high
wages enough men t" support a rom
munlly nt 200,000 people,
Pikers could not pee the proposed sub
way to south Philadelphia at all. tt will
not pay, they snltl, Hut tho fnlted
f?iHte(ltneruniont answers by deckling
to erect at League Island one of the
greatest shipbuilding units In the world,
putting at the etnl uf tho new transporta
tion line nn Industrial establishment of
the first magnitude.
We say to (he pikers thai Philadelphia
Is growing faster than .they can think up
obstructionist arguments. This growth
Is induced largely by the mere promise
of high-speed transportation lines. Their
completion will mark an era of progress
such as this community has never known.
Tho rost of the enterprise will bo nbsurbeit
ugnin and again by the new wealth, the
now industry, the new population which
It will orento and serve.
(JUNIUS
GENIUS is so common a quality that
for ever man who can invent a
wireless system It Is easy to llml two who
can accomplish such equally dlllicult
tasks as playing 123 chess games simul
taneously or the piano for sixty-live con
secutive hours. Genius directs the world,
which will be a wonderful world indeed
who'j it learns to direct genius.
"J
TIIK TUUTil -MUST OUT
SBNATOIt PUXUOSE as a vindicator
of the honor of tho Commonwealth is
neither an heroic nor nn inspiring fig
ure. Hut it will be distinctly advanta
geous nexertheless to this State and tho
cause of good go eminent In general to
have the alleged Irregularities of the
Governor fully investigated b the Legis
lature, if it be that factionalism Is respon
sible for the r-xposure and the proposed
Investigation. It is equally true tnut only,
fnctlrin.ilism and partisanship could by
tiny possibility have prevented an luqulry.
It Was rank partisanship whlcn no otten
In tho past concealed the delinquency of
htfrh nineials nnd permitted graft to
nourish unchecked. It is a good thing
for the State it, in Spite of the weakness
of the opposition party, there is a fac
tional strength sulllclent lo set the ma
chinery of Justice In motion.
Guilty or innocent, the tbuenmr must
fare the charges. We trust that ho la
Innocent. We trust, too. that tho flood
gates of revelation will be opened nnd
that the Vnres and Hmwn will tell also
a few of the things they know.
TUB PORT OK PHII.ADKI.PIIIA
TIIK war has demon-it rated many
things, but none with more emphasis
than tho fat that today, as centuries
ugh, prosperity rides on tho oceans, and
in ships there is nattunul strength. Tho
future of the nation is linked closely to
Its merchant marine and Us ports.
What kind of tin asset Is the Delaware
Htvor for Philadelphia? Are wo making
proper uso of it? What improvements
are under way or contemplated? What
Is needed to make tho port runlt with tho
best In tho world and rival in Its facilities
such great harbors us Hamburg and
Manchester?
Tho Uvknimi LumiKit will begin on
Monday tho publication of a sorlos of
articles on tho Port of Philadelphia.
These articles will show tho unparalleled
udvnntages which this city iiossosses, tho
uses to which thoy are being put, or
kihnuld be put, and will be loudod with In
formation of value to ull Phlladolphlans.
PACK TUB MUSIC
HIGH prices of food, according to
David S. Kennedy, writing In tlte
current Review of Reviews, nro due to
the withdrawal of millions of men from
productive industry by tho war, to the
Inflation of currency in the United
States, to the Increased wages of the
working men and to the world's crop
shortage.
Our supply of cereals In 1800 amountad
to forty-four bushels per capita. In 1315
it had fallen to forty bushels. In the
same jerlod there has been a decrease
of tweniy-nin iiumm? u. i.4i. i' mm
In the annual supply. Tho production of
food is not keeping pace with the growth
of population. Congress may investigate
till the cows come homo without chang
ing these facts. Until they are changed
prices will not come down.
Theie is nothing new in this, but poli
ticians seem to think they will make
themselves stronger with their constitu
ents if they make a show of activity and
denounce food speculators. .The truth is
we have entered on an era.of high prices,
and the sensible man will try to adjust
himself to ths new conditions instead of
wasting bU energy damning' economic
I laws.
KVEMNC LElXiEil-PHILADKLPniA, HATtRDAY, JANtUBY 6.
Tom Dalys Column
Ttin vr.BTinrtAi
I'A-tru mansion, ci-cr rot,
lie nirat or small,
llnth n room, u tinu xpol,
RrUlom itralxnl nt nil,
Unrtl.t hnre mini of "morMr ftuM,"
"Itantiurl roams" ami "pleluretl milts,"
Antl o "iittnlrnn roof."
Xot to tlivsr; Ottr fmfl)M t'ttortffi
1l ironto write a Unit! sow
"This I'MfloiiIr."
tnrnmitnttr Ulltr ptner,
Snrroti, efnir timi bnrtf
Xnl ti trr in fnncp irnrr
Ml Itint liiinpriw llirtr:
Wflramr in the honored tfhWi A -
l.lltln tips to motlwr'n prrnsfk V
tirr tltt'ii start for selitmt,
t.Utnrrino tovrrs' tnst fttmtl-uipht
t.nls nf room for t-'antjy' flltlhi
In tlir rrsttbttle!
Thrrv shall fnnep vnntempMi'
Still n ftrrnlrr bliss:
H'ini thr imod trllr sprrtl her Wife
With n morula ft hiss,
tit- trim will not, irhrn If Wititt
ntth tliii blrsstnt) start the oVtf
Is n Icttnri' or fcnl,
tnnn rnrrs nrr orvrthroKtt,
.Uit nil hatllr.i frtiirlit nntl iron
I'rom the rrstltmlr!
Some heads that wear orowim would,
not lie so uneasily if they did not lie so
unscrupulously.
Old Krlaiidn In New Clothes
TViir Doss - Iteineinln-r tint old one they
lined In tell nt the lllloti. nbotit the cripple
who gnt that way liniiie lie tried to nbllltP
when snini-biiily yelled "Down Ih front".'
Well. It has be.itl remodeled, The way to
toll it now Is to Kay Hint the victim was a
IMtuetiger nn a nearside trolley and tiled
In nialie good when Hie conductor barked,
"t'so both doors" AI.OVHtrS
Ve, but he wasn't half no bndlj'
crippled ns the man who tried lo use
both elevators.
Resurrection
A beam of light, from the Inllnlte depths
of the midnight sky,
Painted, with Inllnlte love, a star on ft
ennvlet'rt ee- -When,
lo! the gho.its of his sins were
afrnlil nuil lied with a curse,
And the soul of the man walked free In
the Ileitis of the unhorse.
JOHN .IKIIOMK IIOONMV.
Kute Kid Stllff
rvnr sir 1 think ymi ought Ui print this
good story. My little boy innde It up. Voti
know we have innckerel Tor lircnlcfnst some
....mhiihm nii im t1neti't like timckerel. 1
sniil, "Willie, why don't you like mackerel?
Its awful gooil. lie says, .nn, i novo
no use for the French." I says, "Willie,
what do you mean?" He says, says be,
"Jin. don't you imdcrstnnd? The mackerel
Is all bony parts." t couldn't help laughing.
Von see. don't you? Napoleon. lie Is read
ing about hint In school. He will be nine on
the 1st of April.
SlltS. AM'RUDA MAItKITiC
Our Holiday Fund
The list is now open, announces Mike),
for subscriptions for the purchase of
brake-less, non-volplaning nlrplnnes for:
Politicians.
Tho vestibule crowder.
The long-wlndod telephone alitor.
ihristmaa cigars.
Ditto neckties.
Prohibition. W. M.
si:i:n and ni:.Mti on s.vn itn.w .siunr
l,iii.t Kiitunlnv. us t wiif on mv way home. I
Pollnwiil tlu- Dr.- m!lneH urn foo'td a nmolilerlmc
l thV-"PIIII.AJ.KI.IMIIA JIAtri I'b'U-OM
KSTAHI.ISHMKM'.' on North Itnndolph atrei-l.
This lends me to the iilMcrvntlon that, whllo I
hint ulnruH known Unit certain iieraona of
ompei-iinn'otnl .llspoBltlon Indiilned In this iws
llnie eeiiisionnlly. 1 never know Hint uny one
111 i MfSINIISS of II.
While unttlnir for 11 eiir nt a nearbv ,7rner
two iHianm frienda. lit ui) with another kind nf
lire ahnnk lunula t-ooil-liv, nnd I heard one v
lo i'ie oilier. "Now ou an riaht straight home
I looked at him tnikliiR down the street like
ii Huilt-oni In " Hi ful uravx. I "''J:1'" mj;,,,f
It tan't ho ilone." nil. I. M'S.
At this time, those of us who nro en
thused over the prospect of an early
cessation of hostilities should reflect that
reading about the terror In Europe may
bo a far more comfortable oxperlonco
than fording a Hood of peace poems.
Occupations nf Jobholders
Dearest sir Three cheers for our Smttty
administration. 1 lip. hip. hooray! Whore
fore? Uacuuse 1 wrote the Street Ilurcau
l hut 1 wanted three boles in front of my
house filled ill. They sent me it kind postal,
the very nent day. In the days a man
called and had a ery pleasutit conversa
tion with a representatho of iny family,
lie remarked that several men would bo
around to fill the holes. Three weeks later
1 received u letter on beautiful btntlnnury,
saying thut the men bad been around to
till the holes. I went outside to examine,
the holes, but there was no sign nf men in
them. The holes were still there. ' Hut. I
bavo Just hud a thought indybo the men
have sunk out of sight. What do you think?
JAMI3.S TIIK JUST.
Maybe they have been so busy building
fences for Ulll and I'd that they hud no
time for filling holes.
A Commuter's. I'ncKutbouk
On mornings ;oW. '" "imc, ulow
ll'ii vim ami aspiration
.14 an tlie cluht-thirtecn 1 w
'ust stutfoii after station,
J never art a chanco tu look
At paners or la smoke, for
I'm dclvlua through tl jiooA-eiJooA;
To jilacate the conductor.
ill! tieket, aamctrftci'e In the JoMs
Of that Infernal leather
Lurks, hiiMcn by the trash H ZioWs
All fumbled up toycthcr,
A recipe for fulep and
Saino aolf stares of the leaders,
A Khlst hlut,"IIawTa rtolVour Hand"
4ii(J "Court li'unii Jfotor Speeder."
,1 canceled check, a broken pin,
flmnc fishhooks tied with cotton,
A note from llaylo an "Haw To Win
At l'oUcr"(bitt it's rotten).
A few old notes, a bid to dine,
4nd "Spanish Conversation,"
Some keys, a place to ua for wine, ,
A tract on "Man's Salvation."
Conductors ulare. mv tralnmates smirk
While I xcax hot and lirlttu,
llelkve me all I do is tcork
I' ulll tie reach the city.
A. A.
NEW YEAIfS CASIUI.TIKU.
Four reaotulta"' Manillas turdll
Awful thirst hit uw and than tlwr ware three.
Thraa rtaolutlana. nro ok to dara and d
l'Vr party happened, than tber vs twe.
Two reaolutlona. kept from sua to auo
Out slipped a cua word, and then ther yae one.
una resolution wasn' tan; run.
Mltwt mad on. theo there was none-, ,,
vv. u.
"YET SOME
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THE VOICE OF
Concerning the Pennsylvania Dutch "Fair Play" Accused of
TCciii"; Pro-Gorman The Futility of the
Factional Struggle
DISAGREES WITH MRS JIARTIN
To the Udllar nf thr .riiifiii; l.rilun:
Sir In looking over your paper 1 notice
that a woman who claims to be an author
Mrs. Helen K Martin was expressing
her views about the Pennsylvania Dutch.
Thev are good, haul-working people. They
are good cooks nnd goojl linkers and good
housekeepers fnp a man who must work
for a living, lleralise they do not believe
in chasing around the country hunting up
otes for women she thinks they nro no
good, ns she said they snvo anil boll their
own soap. 1 doubt it If she can bake good
urcud or pies or cakes or bod a pot of
mush. You can look Lancaster Oounty over
and you will llml there the best kind of
housekeepers In every respect for people,
who must work for a living or any other
class. Hut they are not all lucky enough
to have some one to do their work so
they can write. Mrs. Martin said alio
thought the one class that bolted (heir own
soap should be avoided. The other class
should bo taken to our bosom and cherished.
M'Uss states everybody ought to know Mrs.
Martin. She said the Peiinsylviinla Dutch
man was it beast. There are good and
bad men among all classes, and you will
find some ot the best hearted men that
ever walked In two i-lioes among the Penn
sylvania Dutch. Shu said she saw the
women wear Paisley shawls or sealskin
coats lo church on Sundays and then gel
down to tho wuMituh mi Monday. Now
that is jus-t where Mrs. .Martin ought to
hno lieen on Monday.
Then she goes on to say thut once she
canvassed for Miffrage among them and
they hadn't beard of it. Then aho trjed to
explain. She said she does not neglect lier
hiiusu. She gels her two chlldcen ready
for school m the iiioiiilug, a boy and girl,
then she goes t i the kitchen and writes
out meals for the duy and gives the In
structions to tin. cook nnd thou writes from
lu n m. to R p. ni., then dresses for dinner
and gives herself over to her family for
the rest of the day. lint the Pennsylvania
Dutch cannot do tills. J. MUJ.iat.
Philadelphia, January I.
ROOSKVKhT AND.JOHNSQN IN 1M0
To thr lUlitor ol The Rrntwo .idur:
Sir I have read with much interest In
your columns Theodore Ituiwuvelt's uttiiek
on President Wilson's peace note, and I
approe evfty word of It. Hut why should
the burden of assailing tho Wilson adminis
tration anil its many vacillations be left
solely to Mr. Itoosevelt? Why tho silence
of the Itepubllcan pro a and the timidity of
nearly every ltepublic.ui Congressman nt
Washington? From the time Mr. Uqoxo
velt threw his bat in the ring for the
presidential nomination in lftt2 to bis an
nouncement in J'Jlo "ui ii" wouiu sup
port Mr. Hughes many of us regular lie
publicans opposed him. Hut supporting Mr.
Hughes us ho did liist ycur, we now fegard
him u Itepubllcan in good btatuling In tho
party and wo are with him In bis criticisms
of the epistolary genius now In tho Whlto
House. It Theodore Itoosevelt is to be
tho niuuthplcce of ull who are oppusud to
the present Administration, why not de
cide on him now to lead the itcpublicun
party to. victory In 1980?
I had no patience with what was known
as the progressive party, nnd Mr. Uoose.
velt has done muny impruueni mines, nut
If Itoosevelt and Johnson should be named
an Itepubllcan candidates for Prei-ldeiit nnd
Vice President In 19J they would rUle
triumphantly into power.
I deslra that tho Itepubllcan party be
placed In power again that we may have
good government at homo, and at the same
time command the respect of the world.
As time goes on the shortcumlngs of tho
Wilson administration will become inoro
and more apparent, and Roosevelt-will loom
up palu as the man of the hour, and the
American people will ugaln make him their
presldi-nt. If not. why not? J. . H.
Reading, Pa., January 5.
'&ONG IiIVE FRANCS!"
To lie ft'di'er of the Kvtnivu ledger:
Sir I m Interested in the letter written
by "Fair Play," which Is exactly us headed,
"A (ierman View of tho War." In the flr
place, Uermany claimed to have won u
great victory at Jutland. Why did she not
follow It up if this was so? Again, why
should not the captains of merchant vessels
try to defend themselves when attacked by
"pirates"? Kvery fair-minded American
knows that Germany, after more than forty
years' preparation, was suffering from mili
tarism and only awaited her chance to
catch France unprepared. I suppose "Fair
Play" thinks It. a great thing that Uermany
pounced on a poor little nation like Belgium
and made slaves of the people. No crunes
FOLKS THINK I CONTROL ITI"
THE PEOPLE
can be laid at tho Allies' door such ns
sinking the ships of the small neutral na
tions.' Neither liavo they dropped bombs
on civilians in their air raids, but confined
t Isoiii to fortified towns nnd works. Tho
American people are guided by common
senso and are not afruld to indorse their
sentiment by signing their names. I am
an American; my father and grandfather
both fought for freedom. Why should we
not be against slavery? Why should any
fair-minded man wish to stand for a brutal
country that downs small tuitions after
breaking all the International laws? Do
the Alllejj shoot poor, defenseless muses
who sacrifice their pleasiucs to administer
t the wounded soldiers? Tho P.cpuldlu of
Krniioo Mould lie more than a inati'b for
lierinnny had she prepared for nearly fifty
yeifrs, ns Germany did. She Is now holding
her own with ease A pity wo have not
such it Piesldcut as King Albert and do
not seize all tho (ieimaii ships here to make,
up tlio loss of those sunk by tho pirates,
tiod sliced the day when tlio Ucrman Kaiser
and his Mohammedan ally and murderer,
the Turk; the traitorous King Kerdiuand
of ISulgnrla, with the tialtor Constantino,
the Kaiser's brother-ln law, receive the pun
ishment they richly reserve lVnig live the
Itepuhlic nf Franco, which assisted us in
gaining our Independence !
S. U. FIHINU.
Philadelphia, January I.
DRAGGING IN KING CHARLES'S
HKAD
To the liUllor nf the, Keening I.ultjcr:
Kir Would it not bo well for tho people
(following the cxamplo of President Wll
sonl to "address a unto" to the warring
political ructions In Pennsylvania, asking
what It Is all about, and slating that llin
rights of "neutrals" should not he entirely
dlsiegardiil? Yards of newspaper gpuco
have been devoted to the question of whether
Pentose or Vnto shall boss tho job of mis
governing tho State. Outlays ot money
and "peisoiial work" havo been employed
by both factions, with the result that Pen
ruse Is declared tho winner.
If It had icsulted the oilier way. or an
entirely different cliolco had been made,
what mental, moral,' spiritual, political or
economic gain would havo been made, or
could It bo said that any considerable body
of tho citizens had been. benefited, even to
u small degree?
Tho great body of Pennsylvanlans know
there will be no moral or political "shako
up" of any consequence. They are so In
cased In political Ignorance, selfishness and
stupidity that they do not expect, much less
require, their representatives to attempt
anything of leal fundamental significance.
Tho natural resources ot Pennsylvania and
the presence of seven or eight million people
desiring to ' uso these retources give an
enormous value to tho land ot Pennsylvania.
This vuluo Is culled rent.
There la no question about the orlglo,
maintenance or the moral ownership of this
value. It la undoubtedly, morally, justly
and scientifically tho property or rlgbtepus
Income of the people of Pennsylvania, hut It
is permitted to lie appropriated by a very
few of them.
This will continue just so long as tlui
people of Pennsylvania care more for the
InttJtests of Penrose and Varo than they do
for their own and as long as they fall to
recognize that the rent of land belongs
to all. OLlVKlt McKNIQHT.
Philadelphia, January 1.
BIPARTISAN VIRTUE
J'H tic tfilftor of the livening Utducr;
Sir Headlines In tho l-lv&Kiitq Lepqer
say, "Democrats aid foes' mqvo to try Qov
crnor."
it Is to be hoped for the sake of the
decent element of the Democratic party that
it will not play Into the hands of the Pen-rose-Orundy-Uooze
clement of the dlscred.
ited Republican party of Pennsylvania.
They have a line chance to elect Vance Mc
cormick (who Is. to quote Itoosevelt, "as
clean as a hound's tooth") In the guberna
torial election in 1918, but if they act with
Penrose against Urumbaugh this protpect of
electing McCormlck wilt go a glhnmerlnir
go a glimmering,
and it will deserve to.
imatSON A. JD.VN-ivns
Philadelphia, January i.
BEYOND HUMAN KEN
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir It 1 stated today that Germany's
peace terms are In President Wilson's
hands. To guard against a White House
leak" I would suggest that he place them
where be keeps his Mexican policy. No one
will ever find th.-m then PAUL PRY.
Philadelphia. January .
I
ililf inn iiiliiiiiifiirillitiiiii'iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii' lillf
1917
What Do You Know? I
Oniric of iitlirrnl Interest mlft to niuwcred
In this column. Ten ou"flon. tns unittwrs lo
itlilcli cisru ilI-lnormrd person should know,
are usfcal dally.
QUIZ
I. Tlld Mnrronl nrlcln.ile the lilfa of wlrelc"
ti'leirrniilij?
i. What are the name nf tho Oreek calnn?
3. About uli.it pit cent of tho population ol
1'eriiwliiiiil.i i-i iirli.iu?
t. Who N Stnlo TriMiuror of l'tnnylvanla?
.-,. VHm uui IIuMiiU?
II. Who nan Dr. Itlrliaril llrlcht?
7. Who mis the ".Merry Monuri'li'".'
S. Of nlinni luii It hi Id "We loio 1dm for the
iMieinli-N ho liui iii.ule .
0. It lull wi-re the "t'ltlei of the I'lilln"?
111. Mho huh the "t'lllen HlnK"?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
The Mute Ilotiio of Itpprenentntlvei haa
the Mite pimi'i of Iniiieai-liinrlit. A reio
liitlnii Inipe.ii-liliiK the liinernor would re
illiire a nrijorile lole. Tho Semite would
then he loneielleil to Miimmoii tho l.ov
irnor for trial, the Senators belnc put
miller n. illi or tinlrinutlon lo Hud a trim
lenllll. Tno-thlrdt of those, present
iiillin; fur loniiiliiiu would compel tho
piellsed lo Ir.lle ottltu
rrnthiiniiWrlt'i nro tho reeltrr or chief
lirrkiTif lotirtM In vurloim Mute.
KuMiittlit "Hi a KiihkIiiu iterlr. of un order,
railed "l.iy nioiiki." He Ii Hiipnoieil to
haio Kiilneil IiIh infliirnie over tho Czar
through siilritnulliiii. und rrrrntly to lime
ii..oil II In Hi'.- Iiileri".!i of (irrmuiiy. It i
Mild Hint IiIh murder wilt the reiilllt of
Hits triMthrry.
. S, I. II. It.: "Srnatus l'opuluinuo Tto
iiiuiiio." (Hie Seu.ite uiur people of IConir),
I ho iilllrlut ileslKiiutliiii of undent Kolilo
ii u Mute.
, llerwlBllerl uro Italian hliiirrli"tii.
, The l.riinim la Knfnrie I'euie. nrritrdlnj; to
Mr. Tuft, its iirchlent. will not enfnrre
Jiidcinent, hut merely make iius-llile it
period of ilellherulioii so Hint question at
Uhiio lirtureii possible, hclliserents may
ho reasoned.
."I'liriiilihlllsin" ilescrlhes a linrrow. nro-
vinil.ll viewpoint. "Parochial" means of
or pi-rtuinliiR to a parish.
The While Sea N u LirKO nriii of the Arctic
lli'i-.ni externum; houlhwestwurd Into
northern Kiissl.i,
The ilrKlnul was a keiril Iniitrunieiit. one
- of Hie precursors of tho phiiio, It wim no
i.illcd probably hecmise chlflly plaieil by
iiuiii; clrls,
Meoiii.ui." In r.irlv Knclish history, meant
il nienl.ll M-rviint. hut after the tlflrriitli
irnliiry demited n class of small free-
llllllllTN.
Britain's HeisninK House
1 hone vou will excuse me for calling
your attention lo what I think is an error
'hi your recent answer that the House of
Saxe-Coburg and CJntha is the reigning
hnuso of Kngland. Queen Victoria's hus
band, a duke of Saxe-Coburg and flotha.
and n llrst cousin on her mother's side, had
nothing whatever to do with the throne of
Kngland. Queen Victoria belonged to the
House of Hanover, and her son. King Kd
ward. Inherited tho throne through her, not
through Ills father, who was merely the
Prlnco Consort, nnd never allowed any
authority. Tho late Prlnco Consort's title
nnd heritages now nro being enjoyed in
flermnny by bis youngest grandson, son
of the lato Duke of Albany, ho having taken
his grandfathen's title and become a traitor
to tho country In which he was born and
bred. A similar case is that of tho Queen
of Holland, of the House of Orange. Kho
is married to the Duko of Mecklenburg
Schwerln, but when her daughter comes
to tho throno sho will inherit it through
her mother, not ner father ; nnd she will
continue tho House of Orange. I notice
also that you say Lloyd (leorgo Is a Welsh
man. Ho was born In Manchester of Welsh
parents. Similarly, Sir Thomas Llpton was
Horn in uinsgow of Irish parents, and
atadstono in Liverpool of Scotch narents.
I think theso are things Intelligent people
lino to t.now. juiis. j. H. O.
Tlirt SlnteRtnnn'R Vpsir TlnM.- fnw toift n..t.
Usbed In Ldndon, and considered an au-
taorny, names i;uwaril VII and George V
as belonging to the House of Saxe-Cobuj-g
and Ootba, the reigning House of Hanover
Having ended wltli Queen Victoria. The
continuation of a royal house Is like that
of a family name.
SAM LOYD'S PUZZLE
EACH of the following sentences con
tains the name of a city or State In
the United States. In the first wo find
liutte. What are the others?
I liked everything but the butter.
If I finish tho washing tonight, I will
be ready to do the family mending in
the morning.
Two miles east on West street will
take you to South street.
With the ore gone, the promoter
thought It a good time to sell the mine
If you go lato the bear den, very
well, but what shall I tell your widow?
Answers to Yesterday's Puzzle
ON SUNDAY, the first day of the
wek. Kate promised to marry
Danny "when the week after next is
the week before last." Therefore she
will marry Danny in twenty-eight 'days
after her promise. Had she promUed
a day earlier, then on Sunday, twenty,
two days later, her promise would have
fallen due '
LjjgLlBS&Bg
The Northeast Corner
Rubniynt of a Commuter
xxxlll
And then Spring Cleaning comes, and when
It hath,
It stays i nor nil your Piety nor Wrath
Can stop It when It Calcimines the
Hall,
N'or all your Swears arrest Its fearful path.
Casuals of the Day's Work
XIX
OCC'ASIONAMjY It Is given us lo corns
unexpectedly upon a perfect gem. It is
like finding a pearl In nn oyster at Chlkla's ,
restaurant. The very Improbability of the
discovery lends It tho fascinating quality
of pioneer work In Investigation. Tho per
fect gem we have recently found Is In a
paraphrase by ".T. A." In the New York
Tribune of a Cntulllnn carmen concerning
the love of Kcptlmius nnd Acme.
Mr. John Addlngton Symonds, quoting
another critic, pays of Lefroy's "Kchoes
from Theocritus" In the paraphrasing,
"rarely has tlte great pastoral poet been so
freely transmuted without loss of his spell."
I-'or our own pari, wc have never seen a
song of Catullus and rarely any other
dono so well In ttngllsh verse as this one
of ",t. A.." Hero Is a part of It, remember
ing that the conversation Is between Sep.
tlmlus nnd his Acme ns to their reciprocal
devotion.
Thus Septlinlus:
"And If I nm not ready so t) love thee, by
Orion,
Through nil my years distractedly ns
ever may I groan !
And mny I. touring India or Libya, meet a
lion
A green-eyed Hon, utterly alone!"
Thus Acme:
"Light of my life, Septlmlu.i, dear, so may
wo over servo
One master, Love: for honestly, there
Itercely burns In me
A flame deep In my very heart, dissolving
overy nerve
I'm thrilled as I had never hoped to be !"
And the Cntulllnn conclusion:
Soptlmlus he prefers her to whole Syrias
nnd nritains;
And Acme no one else but Sep can make
her being thrill.
Imbibing alt the Joys of lovo they play like
happy "kittens.
Who o'er did see such love? Who eier
will?
"Yes," remarked Judgo Marvel, " be
hove the Congress will investigate the
charges of leakage In the matter of the
peace notes."
"Walt a moment." replied Colonel Sparks.
"Before you go any further let me nsk If
you can tell me where tire the headipiarters
of tlio society for mirth control. I want
to become a member beforo 1 laugh myself
to death."
The prerogatives of protest are Inalien
able. At times they arc mandatory. It Ij
time, now, to protest against the publica
tion of certain unwholesome dctnils of hor
rid crimes simply to pander to the Indecent
Imaginations of what Is considered a read
ing public.
Pastels in Prose
VII
"nut they all need reforming." said the
preacher. "They are very wicked. Let us
teach them the error nf their ways."
"Yet," nld the Stole, "had you eier
thought that wickedness Is simply the fiction
Invented by tho unimaginative to account
for tho attractiveness of others?"
Lack of Originality
It's very sad Indeed to think
How many folks wo meet,
Should wear a hat upon their head,
And shoes upon their feet
SOME MODERN MUSIC
Concerto of Vogrich Played by Elman
and Orchestra
Unlike the poet, of heaven and hell Mr.
Stokowski has the power to sing IPi
program yesterday ranged from the celestial
(.citing of Kcriablne's "Poemo Dlvin" to the
note of "Abandon hope, nil 5-e who enter
here," sounded In tho first movement nt
Max Vogrlch's work for violin and nrcliei
tra. This concerto Is really Interesting,
whatever you who dislike tho average affair
of the sort may think. The Inspiration of
the work Is Indicated In the quotation from
(lalHon's iecntitutlon nt tho head nf the
text, "It moves, for all that." the reference
being to bis former denial of the world's
motion. The concerto Is divided Into four
parts, tho llrfct painting tho infernal gloom
of the netherworld, the second deathless
love and the other two n sort of glniltlcation
of "the eternal Provldcnco " which, presum
ably, like the Kternal Woman, leads man-.
kind on
Tho elaborate program notes of Mr. Onepp
will not bo needed by those who attend the
conceit tonight, unless they want to gioip
the technical sldo of the concerto. Hi
merits and demerits can be easily fell by
any ono to whom music of this sort appeals
What gives tho work its stamp of bcaulv n
tho grandeur, pity and terror of the flr.-it
two movements. With no showy stiesslug
of the solo Instrument's part. It pioceedi.
with moving eloquence, to a finale that loses
tho majestic inflection. Only a lesuumlhig
climax prevents Vogrich from tapering off
Into banality. Hut the llrst movement is a
llttlo triumph. No theatricality, no misuse
nf brass, no attempt to rewrite Wagner.
The linpiessiveiiess of quiet, slid- i mel
ody; the atmosphere, deftly conveyed, of
the land beyond the tomb. Tho lento Is
pure song. calm, but not exulting; without
desire, yet seraphic. Hero the musician lias
turned "the lovo that caught strange light
from Death's own eyes" into Us perfect
musical equivalent. Simply nnd unaffectedly
he touches tho pulse with this elusive thing.
It J,s. above all else, in the vein of Dante, for
Dante's "Inferno" and "Paradlso" provide
tlio quotations for the concerto's subdivi
sions. The Hungarian composer could not
qulto keep his pace, could not precisely
name tho unnamable, lu bis conclusion. Be
fore that ho had let us look through tho
door of death and sco love still living, us
the poet saw It. No petty accomplishment
that.
Mlscha Klman played the concerto He
did not play it In his usual fashion. For
ho did not breathe Into It the breathy sigh
of matinee sentimentality, but put all his
considerable emotion and his agile hands
to the task of Interpreting Vogrich not
exalting Klman. The result was genuine in
terpretation, in which the moods of the
composer came through the crucible of the
artltt us they should come. . The orchestra
shared In this excellence of production,
because It had a large part In tho score.
While the voice of the violin often became
ono with the other players, It was forced
to go deep and rise high, alone, according
to tho demands of the writer. Klman met
the tent well.
The usual changes marked the concert.
Stravinsky's "Fireworks" was deferred till
later In the season, as was the "Rustic
Wedding." In their places stood the Scrla
bine "Poeme," given last year by the or
chestra. Coming on top of the concerto
yesterday. It proved too much In the same
key, spiritually, to be paired with Vogrlch's
work. The wine glass had been brimmed
to overflowing; the trencher held too much
meat.
Some atonement for this heaping up of
the modern and mysterious was made in the
playing of Brahms's comely and cheerful
and colorful variations on a theme of
Haydn, perhaps the best example extant
of this sort of writing except those of
Cesar Franck. The afternoon ended with
Saint-Saens's brilliant rondo, executed by
Mr. Klman, whose two. appearances caused
excitement and raptur. B. p.
SO SIMPLE
Perhaps, after all, tho best way to main
tain, American dollars as the world stand
ard or exchange Is to have plenty of them.
Indianapolis News.
OPTIMISM
If there were no fogs or rocks our war-'
ships would almost never run aground
St. Joseph Gazette.
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