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FOR KOVKMIir.K WAS 121.011
Farnnui Vnn Dykes for the United
States Headline
This (iocs not refer to tho returning
American Minister to tho Netherlands.
Why should tho "leak" commltteo
gro to tho trouble, of voting that tho Bos
ton speculator holds Congress In con
tempt? Ho admits It.
Thero is a certnln amount of com
pensation in tho present unusual prlco of
$3.05 a barrel fur crude oil. High prices
start activity in drilling, which invariably
results in increased output, which. In
turn, reacts on tho high prices.
It is important to noto that a
higher prico was offered for tho city's
fifty-year bonds than for tho thirty-year
iisuo. Not only Is tho running burden
materially lessened by Issuing bonds for
fifty years, but tho original return is
higher. Mr. Taylor appears to havo been
no less successful In his financing than
in his general planning.
Tho Treasury Department wants
Congress to repeal tho provision of tho
tariff law which gives a rebato of flvo por
cent of tho duties to nil goods imported
in American bottoms. There nro claims
for rebato amounting to $25,000,000, the
v41idlty of which depends on what the
Supremo Court thinks nbout tho constitu
tionality of tho law. The Treasury 'needs
tho money, but it. Is hoped that nothing
will be dono to prevent tho Court from
deciding onco for all whether tho Sen
ate can by treaty nullify tho power of tho
House over revenue laws. The rebate
provisions nro said to bo Invalid because
they conflict with treaties.
We applaud the action of tho Mayor
In referring tho proposed transit lease- to
Ford. Bacon & Davis, expert engineers.
Thin firm is thoroughly acquainted with
tho whole history of tho negotiations nnd
plans for rapid transit in Philadelphia,
having beon of tho greatest assistance
to Director Taylor in tho formulation of
the comprehensive program. There Is a
great difference between calling Into coun
cil a firm with these antecedents and the
summoning of an individual with obstruc
tionist views nnd no knowledge of tho
peculiar conditions Involved. Tho com
munity, wo believe, can rely absolutely
on the integrity, knowledge and adequacy
of the findings of this firm of experts.
In 1912 commercialized vice was open,
organized, aggressive nnd prosperous1;
ill 1016 It Is furtive, disorganized, pre
carious, unsuccessful From the report
of the New York Iiureau of Social
Hygiene.
This means that tho vice trust in
New York has been disorganized and that
the partnership between tho police and
the brothel has been dissolved, or Is in
process of dissolution. The Bureau of
.Social Hygiene, or John D. Rockefeller
Jr'a vice-fighting organization, gives the
chief credit for tho change to the Mayor
and the Police Commissioner. They have
worked for threo years without let-up
to Improve moral conditions. They have
been backed by the agents of the bureau.
When the work was begun there were
142 disorderly resorts of a certain typo.
There are, now only twenty-two. The
Vicious resorts in tenements numbered
U72 In 1912. On November 1 of last year
rhllaiMphli, WrdneaiUr. JanmfT "JW;
- H wan possible to find only 23S. The
report-of the bureau does not exaggerate
,iyfien It calls the change '"striking." Tho
"reaapn for the improvement is Indicated
in the comments of the keepers "Of vicious
(resorts, who say that previous reformers
gpt tired and quit" after a spasmodic
effort, but that the present campaign has
been continuous and persistent over a
period of years.
The report of Democratic harmony
In this State must be read in connection
Wjth election figures. Wilson received
JLflA votes In Pennsylvania, about
"f ij60O more than the normal Democratic
vote, McCormick and Palmer evidently
expect to bold ail this increment for a
gubernatorial candidate who will have Mr.
on's Indorsement. They would thus
to sees: a turn-over of about SO.000
blicons of the 703.734 who voted for
aes, and perhaps leaa than half that
-pnnbr If an Organization candidate Is
Ml up wno would Keep uiauy utuunaiuu
nt EwaJl-OiMi from the p41a. It would
tw fuih to suppose th Democrats are
(to dODAdeut they 4tve tii Sast
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wfNS'
vote cast for Wilson in Philadelphia
(nbout 40,000 moro than normal) were
largely a protest ngalnst Penrose, and
I hey see Penrose still In tho saddle. To
an outsider It must Rccm thnt tho ltcpub
llcan party Is trying to hand tho Stato
administration to tho Democrats on a sil
ver platter. It must bo remembered that
a strong Democratic cnndldnto would not
havo tho handicap which Mr. Wilson
suffered under a lecord which estranged
many lifelong Democrats. Ho could ap
peal to Independents on Issues which
Would stir no prejudices springing from
national party sentiments. Tho Indepen
dent Ilcpubllcan who can win tho nom
ination ngnlnst both tho Pcnroso nnd
Varo factions will bo tho only logical oji
ponent of tho icorgnnhtcd Stnto Demoe
nicy. This would servo a double pur
pose: It would produco n clean cant'
pnlgn of intelligent discussion and it
would destroy tho gang.
THE POUT
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir The Uvuninu I.nimnii Is per'
forming a signal service lo the city by
tho scries of articles on tho Port of
Philadelphia which it has today begun
to publish. Through either Ignnrnnre
or Indifference, many of our manufno
lurers. Importers nnd exporters have
failed to utlllzo the ndxnntnges of this
port, doitpltr- tho grout auditions to
Its facilities mndo during the Inst few
jenrs. it is Interesting to noto thnt
the tpientluii uf tho nimu.10 of Icn1
shipping fnrllltles was agitated a iiuiir
ter of 11 century ago and that the (mine,
conditions nnd tho same point of view
of our business Interests prevailed then,
proportionately, os now. At a mans-
meeting held January 10, 1SH2, In the
Academy of .Music, John 1' rtultltt,
liinrles Holier Clark and other pro
gressive citizens delivered uddrensoR on
the nonuso of this port which aptly
could ho u.ed today.
Tho Joint commltteo to foster 01m
nierco via Philadelphia, with which
twenty-eight business and trmles IkhIIoh
of the city nro nlllllntcd. Is now ennnccil
In ascertaining tha rensuns why our
business men prefer to ship v In New
Yoik or ports other than Philadelphia
When the canvass Is completed It may
bo possible to formulnto 11 remedial
program, based upon tho eumiusloiis
rc.iched ; hut of no less Importance Is
publicity for tha port and its facilities
and the education of the people gen
erally to tho great advantages pniwciwed
by tholr port. Tho Kveninci Lnnucit
Is to bo commended for 110 nhly taking
up this Important task
Very truly yours,
UKOIUIH II. ItAirniL,
President of tho Philadelphia lloursej
chairman of the Joint committee to
foster commerco via Philadelphia;
chairman of tho Joint executive com
mittee on Improvement of the harbor
of Philadelphia and of the Uelawaro
nnd Schuylkill Itivers.
Philadelphia, January 8.
fTlHK foregoing letter, which was entirely
unsolicited, gives a forceful and intl
mato Idea to tho general reader of tho
port situation as it is. Thnt this situa
tion Is going to bo changed Is as certain
as daylight. Philadelphia has tho brains
and the energy, and it Is going to tiso
both.
LEGALISTIC QUII1HLES
I'KOTECT IIOO-E
DON'T
THI3 right of tho States to control tho
liquor trniric within their boundaries
l.s upheld by tho Supreme Court in its
decision sustaining tha constitutionality
of tho Wcbb-Kenyon net and tho validity
of tho West Virginia law prohibiting tho
Importation Into tho Stato of liquor for
personal use. It is now possible for a
Stato to prohibit all trafllc In liquor by
stopping shipments from the outside.
This Is tho most sweeping victory for
Stnto local option llmt has been won in
tho history of the temperance movement.
The logic of tho court's decision is clear
nnd unanswerable. Tho Justices hold
that tho togulatlon of tho liquor business
la within tho proper functions of a State.
It Is a proper exorcise of that function
to forbid ohlpment Into tho Stnto of In
toxicating liquor. Therefore, they con
clude, when Congress passes an act for
bidding tho shipment into u Stato of
liquor intended to bo used In any innn
ner In violation of Stnto law It does not
surrender Its control oer interstate com
merce, but merely co-operates with tho
State in making tho local lawn enforce- j
able.
It might be said that tho consequences
of this decision will reach beyond tho
liquor trafllc and nffect every commodity
but for tho fact that tho Judges are men
of common sense. They understand that
liquor stands In a class by itself and thnt
the right of tho State to rcgulato iti-b-ale
or to prohibit dealing In it alto
gether Is universally admitted. Just ns
tho right of n Stnto to exclude cattle with
the foot and mouth disease or fruit trees
with the Han Joso scalo Is undisputed.
WHILE WE AKE WAITING
THAT commercial bodies In Great Ilrlt
aln nro not sitting still and twiddling
their thumbs till tho war Is over U shown
by the activities of the Jliadford Cham
ber of Commerce, which is preparing a
600-pago Illustrated yearbook in English,
French, Russian and Spanish, with special
nttentlon to Russian trade. And vre nro
fooling ourselves into thinking that
we're going after foreign business. Wo
havo some things to learn yet.
HIGnDROWS IN WA11TIME
0
F AlLi definitions of democracy, com
mend us to this one:
Democracy Is he belief that any true
thing that can be said In hifalutin'
language and understood by the edu
cated can be translated Into plain talk
and understood by the uneducated.
"Rugs" Is a good enough word for
"bacteria." "RouBhneck" Is usually more
to the point than "degenerate." "Relglan
babies" means more than "restitution,
reparation and guarantees," Does "resti
tution" mean giving up Alsace or Just the
conquered territories? Does "reparation"
mean paying in money or paying in col
onies? Does "guarantees" mean making
a1 treaty or disarming? Why do Tory
diplomats seream when you ask simple
questions like that? Can it be possible
that they have different reasons for fight
ing than the men in the trenshes?
The best service the American democ
racy can give Europe now is1 to make it
more and more plain that wa sympathize
with the common soldier who thinks he
is fighting to save Germany and the
common suidlsr who thinks he is fighting
jjd fye Hlfc-iyai, aj& wt with. Uiw dlpta-
EVENING LEDGER -PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10,
. i
"WHAT DO YOU
THINK ABOUT IT?"
Expressions of Readers' Opin
ions on Methods of Present
ing Sensntional News
Vmtrr tho caption, "What lio You
Think About Itf" Ihr Uvcnlna t.cducr
on Vriday, rccrring to the projief Method
of handllnu a scnstillonal murder slofjf,
laid: "As our traders rife! also, tn rt
sense, editors of the livening Ledger, per'
Imps lee van gel a consensus of editorial
opinion from thrm. Il'd really iedlll to
know what tho man in the street thinks
ahoul it." A few srleelrd letters are
prlntrxl Irtaw. Of tha tetters received, tho
numher npprnvlng tho course of the
Vvcnlng Ledger Is large; tha ntimlcr til?
approving very, very s,innll Tho
Vvnntng l,alger it not undertnktng lo
set it standanl for other newspaper. H
Is merely endeavoring to discover tho
views of Us own readeri tn a matter nf
very great importance.
TO TUB POINT
To the lUH'.nr of the Evening Ledger:
Sir You nuk, "What do you think nbout
It?" Wo don't think In such subjects; we
linnw you are rorrect.
linNRY AIAIHON.
Philadelphia, January r
RIGHT KIND OF JOURNALISM
To the Kdilnr of the Kveninff fitdgen
Sir Permit me to express mv own
hearty approval of the rnurse y'U took
That Is the kind of Joumnllsm that should
nnd t trust will, uppent to an increasingly
large hiinilx i of people Any one nt all
familiar with the effect of broadcasting de
tails Htli-h iih IIiIh cane InvnlveK cannot but
i egret the renl sptbiii'k Rlen inornl progress
In tho crtiomtiultv affected
May I nlm add a word nf npprcclntlon
of the sane nnd will-hnlnnced character of
your editorial work and news service gen
erally? They nrc of ,i character to commend
themselvcH to people who like to get ihiwh
and do their own thlnklnK nnd to whom
violent partisanship Is dlDtiiHtcful.
:. p. KU'insATTni
Philadelphia, January 5
TIIK PROPER COURSE
To the Killlor of the .'fcnliij Ledger:
Sir lieuse accept my enimrnliiliitlnns
for the conservative, right-thinking manner
In which you presented the sordid news of
tho apartment. house murder Such stories
are not permitted In inotion-pleturc pln)H
nor nrc they frequent In bonks I hno
heard muny expressions of admiration for
the resolute courne tun sued by jour paper
In the fnee of tho (luring opposition of
other neuKjiiipers' headlines
A MAX IN TIIH STRUCT.
' Philadelphia, Jiinuurv 5.
PRINT ONLY THE PACTS
To the lUWar of the r.renliw Ledger;
Sir Only yeBterday morning tho topic
you wish to get other persons to pass upon
was discussed at our home when tho first
glnnee nt our morning pnper showed uh
the largo print of a woman whoso past life
was to all appearances anything but right
I believe that only Hiilllclent news of the
case should be printed in our papers, to
show ''future transgressors" thnt nil such
"good times" wind up In some form of
scandal, which not onlv spell death tn the
ones Involved, but which their families have
to bear also. Yes. I think vim nrn Just
In keeping such rotten news from the III Bt
page Some people say prominence should
he given to teach the peoplo the lesson
Docs It teach? Yes. look about you and
see how eager the young peoplo lead every
word .of It. nnd It becomes a topic of tho
day. with what results?
Yes. you are right, and I hopo your doing
so will he the establishing of a good prec
edent, r. FRANKLIN SLIFKIt.
Philadelphia, January C.
RIGHT
To the r.dllor of the Vvening Lidger:
Sir As an ordinary weak, sinful speci
men nf humanity, I venture tho opinion
that you are right. W. C THPRSTON.
Salisbury, Md., January 5.
KEEP FILTH OUT OF THE HOME
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir You have siuikcn your opinion for
tho disreputable women in this Hvbn-ino'h
I.cdhbr. And let me assure you that, as a
reader of the Kv isnino I.IIuar.lt, I bollavo
your editorials of the utmost importance,
lively father and mother will ugreo most
heartily with you, not only In this caso, but
in all cases that have so much filthy noto
riety attached to them that w.i often feci
like destroving the paper that prints it be
fore it reaches the eye of thoso whom wo
lire supposed to protect. What good can
the pi lilting of such accounts do?
I also believe that vour position ns to
the conduct of the Oovernor of Pennsyl
vania is vvei taken if men in high places
do not set the proper examplo far honnrnlilo
citizenship, then it Is timo for respcctablo
citizens to muvo to Mexico.
I.. C. RGISN13R.
Mlltersvillo, Pa., January 5.
CORRECT STAND
To the Editor of tin Evening Ledger:
Sir I think the stand you havo tuken
in tho recent sensational murder is correct.
II. (' HAIUUNCJTON.
Philadelphia, Junuary 0.
DESERVE A VOTE OF THANKS
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir You certainly deservo a vote of
thanks from a long-suffering public for
keeping so much of that dltgustlng story
out of your paper. 1 do not know what "the
man In tho street" thinks about it. but I
know tho man In tho country, and tho
woman, too, is sick of having that kind of
news brought into tho family every time
the underworld comes up with one of Its
awful murders or something not so bnd
I'teuso do not print the btuff ; It Is not news,
Just opening a cestpool.
This Is jubt to let you know that ninety
per cent of your country readers do not
want to ever know about these things. I
have made a special Inquiry and have not
found ono of my acquaintances who knew
any of the details of this story. They had
Just reail the headlines and passed on and
would rather not have seen It. D. U.
Mt. Union, Pa., January 5.
MORAL VALUE OF PUBLICITY
To the Editor of the Evening Ledgtr:
glr You really want to know what the
man In the street thinks about your edi
torial policy In regard to the recent murder
story?
The most delicious tidbit that a news
paper can give Its readers Is scandal. I
do not believe It exaggeration to say thnt
ninety per cent of the newspaper readers
of this city have followed this- story with
avidity-
I once nearu u cuy uuiiur ineiruiit uis
star reporter to write a story "so that
the eyes of the chambermaid and cook will
almost pop out when they read It. I want
you to write this story so that the readers
will figuratively eat every word of it."
The reporter obeyed instructions, and, if I
am any Judge, the desired result was ob
tained. The editor knew the class of his
readers and he gave them what hey
wanted. ,
I do not believe In fear as a method of
control, but the fear of newspaper pub
licity Is great, and will often accomplish
What persuasion cannot and what the law
lg unable to do The printing of a story of
tnis iwt, does sometimes put the fear of
iod" lo the bean of a, weak man and get
I blsa bsjaK on IM uraurfet path, feefrro it
f
-P-:T Jim ARDiiiNif
?vSiS? fe&L. --'-- ? -r:-;:.-. tJ&ej
.-'' " . i "J.H4fA"i"' ,tr- -
- .J2h-- ,j.tKiMsraMaausi3:' --. ,.
to you for your treatment of tho stor.v was
temporary loss of picstlgc and circulation
If you nro going to print such stories
nt all. put them on the front page Your
readers aio entitled tA the main fnct3 as
much ns thoso of any other paper Only
a distinct few will rise to call your name
"blessed" because you printed the story
on page two or three Instead of on page
one. Tho public does not look for sanctity
in n newspaper nnd it doesn't wnnt It thrust
upon it. DlUiil.NUH
Philadelphia, January S.
PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir I om plented to seo how you have
relegated tho news of a recent murder to
nn Inside page. Thero nro still n great
many deccnl-thlnklng peoplo left to whom
such things ns muiders. hcnndnls, suicliUs,
mentioned prominently and exhaustively on
tho front or other pages of their favorite
newspaper, nro objectionable, to hay the
loast; and theso persons' feelings should bo
consldeicd to somo appreciable extent by
tho publishers. It Is no doubt hard to
tun a paper us It Miould bo run, but I trust
thnt you may keep on In the way that
you havo started and finally i educe these
nnusenting things to a minimum. May
you pluce first things first and lesser things
last or not at all. M
(RIJV.) AXliAN' HAI,DKMAN.
Lowes, Del.. January fl.
THANKFUL
To the Editor of tho Evening Ledger:
Sir Thank you very much for keeping
tho Colbert affair off tho front page.
jon.v a. cciutn:.
Philadelphia. Japuaiy G.
EMPHATICALLY RIGHT
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger.
Sir I want to say emphatically that tho
r.vu.viHO LEDnnn is right lu Its decision
to keep the Bordid news of tho murder of
that woman oft the front pago Ono of tho
morning papers on Prld.ay had nothing
(that I saw ufter glancing nt It) but mur
der news on its fiont pago, whero every
boy nnd girl could seo it It Is wrong !
"The wages of sin Is death." Tho woman
sinned grievously and paid the penalty, and
It Is a mlstnku to spread her sins In large
headlines over tho front page Let me
again commend vou for the. course you
havo talan. 1 also want to selzu Hie oppor
tunity to congratulate vou for your efforts
In behalf of our clv. You have dono nil
In your power to gel us rapid tiansH, and
the light is about won. Now I want to see
you light for clean politics, nnd jou can
got It becauso you hammer away until you
get what you are after. It Is Indeed n
pleasure to read your paper.
HOWARD MILTON LAMH.
Philadelphia, January 5.
POINT WELL TAKEN
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Your point Is well taken. It has
alway "riled" me to seo scandal paraded be
fore the public even on Insldo pages. Al
ways seemed a nltilees exposure and cruelty
to all connected not to speak of slow poison
ing, for those feeble-minded who haunt fu
nerals and gobble murder news
FRKPUIUCK KANK.
Philadelphia, January 5.
LIVED UP TO ITS STANDARDS
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir The Kvenino 1,edoeii In. this case
has lived up to Its standard of publishing
for its readers only good, true and whole
some news I think the murder bf t J race
Roberts Is the most abominable and .de
moralizing crime' that could happen to any
place and should be kept off the front .page
of any newspaper. Other papers' should
certainly follow the example of the Kyen.
ino Lepukh We muat take our hats off
to the EVE.NINQ Lkdoeh.
E. C. QURNBY.
Philadelphia, January 5.
TOO MUCH PUBLICITY OF CRIME
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir I think you are correct in not giving
this subject as much prominence as most
of the other papers have; even what was
given was more than should have been, but
the general public seemed to expect this
class Of reading matter.
To my way cf thinking, there is entirely
too much publicity given through the press
to all glasses of crime It excltes-the mor
bid and weak-minded end frequently leads
to crisis by tnm. while If It waj not
urtatsd t would not v brooM ur their
"YOtJWIN!"
What Do You Know?
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i. Mliu are the "lib MhltlV
IHilltlrs?
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In umiilirrn
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7. Ifa Ktmlinil ever lirrn u reimbllr?
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fuunileil liill.lileliitilir.'
U. 11 line are tlio lllaiiil ijhh?
in. IIiich "Imiur.ini-e of the law"' eviti-e a
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Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
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Tliruimli all the vurletv uf furai whlrh lltn
lilen hive iihwllllleil ulle rlinrarlerNtlc tliol
ulwtOH bfen inaliilaliieil. that Ihe pnoer
iillernate', lietuern the ilerKinan anil
the iiiinirecatlua.
Dllliull t ll SwIns. him tile iiuneieHMiri Mlf-
n.
ri-rlla; ul wuinun'ti in me mime in ui
ferlli i, IH'tU, anil benin an unit itluu
whitli refiiltfil 'In the furuiillon uf the
Kill ( ru-H MHlrth" -leierat e.ir- later.
U. rotufrinla U a pruvlnie uf l'nihi,i.i un the
llullie he l.
7. The Krciciib'N" Cave (New Haven, ('mm ) Is
o i-alleil hciuuse In 1(1(11 l.utli iiuU 11 lull
e, aiiuseil of iiiuinllill) in the eveiu
tiun uf (lurleii 1 uf llimljiul. hhl there.
R The Philippine-, are about 1DOO iiiilrs honlli.
viet of Japan, but are unb -on miles
fruui 1 nrmiisii, n Jnpiinehe pusseshluii,
Thr are 1100 or lot) inlleM on the ( hluese
ioat,
D The I.esltlniltti) wrre inrmLem uf u party
In 1'rauce wliu, after 1H30. iiilni the
llalins uf the abler line of llniirliouii
aenln-t the uiimier ur Orleaulst Hue.
( harles . ilepusrit In IHSO, vins uf Hie
ubleri laails 1'hlllppe, wliu hurreriletl him,
nf the lumiKer.
le. MuKiia (iraetlu via the name glvrn In
iiuelent timeH In that part uf Miuthrru
Italy whlili was thtiMy plunteil with
(rrek lulunles.
New Dime Design
STUDUNT Tho design of tho new dhuo
shows on the obverse tjie head of Liberty,
wearing the winged cap of Mercury; on the
teverso aro shown the rods and battleax
forming the fasces smbollc of Justice, mid
tho olive branch of peace.
Oldest School
Biflfor "What Do You Knoiof" In your
Issue of December 28 you Mated that
Harvard has the distinction of being
the oldest Institution of learning In the
United States, but the truth Is that the
Ronton Latin School was founded nnd was
actively carrying on Its work nearly threo
years beforo Harvard was opened to
students.
HKNRY PUNNYPACKER. Head Master.
The school catalog says, "The Public
Latin School of Koston Is the oldest school
In tho United States with a continuous ex
istence. It 'was founded April 23, 1G3S,
more than a year before Harvard College
was founded, and more than' three years
before that college wtts opened. It .was
probably modeled after the Krce' Grammar
Schools of Boston. Eng. from which town
the Revv John Cotton And others had come."
SAM LOYD'S PUZZLE
IN EACH of the following sentences
Is concealed the name of a Revolu
tionary general:
As the patriots escaped through the
gate some few stalwarts remained to
cover the retreat
This brave fighter put name and fame
high on history's scroll.
Withput waiting to have them organ
ized this leader rushed his men to vic
tory. When he asked for volunteers, all en
tered the boat with their intrepid com
mander. ,-
His star kept In the ascendant until
tho end of the war.
Answer to Yesterday's Puzzle
-ODR letters produce LONE. Take
Paway ONE and there is left the
T. T Pamnvsi T. KAi an A snA,, ,, s
Sit?
HfV ft "WP- sj Xf s4S4ft
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NEW YORK'S PORT SYSTEM
When n former dock commissioner of
New York city can testify beforo nu Inter
state Commerce Commission cxnmlncr that
the lighterage system Is "a form of I'edcrnl
subsidy for tho handicapping of Now Je'iKey
for the benefit of New York," he need not
oxplnln that "It Is an lllusloh" thnt It "can
contlnuo forever." New York World
TAUSSIG
It must havo required tunaldcnihle effort
to persuade Prof Kr.ink W. Taussffc, head
of the department of economics at Harvard
University, to accept a place on the now
tariff commission That lio has incepted
tho I'lesldent's Invitation, with the pros
pect of being made chairman, is grntlfv lug
indeed I'rofissor Taussig Is n "low tariff
man," hut lie Is thnioughly scientific nnd
moderate, ns his writings on tho tnrifC nde
quutcly demonstrate His high standing In
the Held of economics should nt onco avail
to win prestige for the tariff commission,
for no one can bnlleve that Piofestoi Taus
sig could be In the least controlled by po
litical considerations Spilngflehl Repub
lican .
THE BARYTOWN EXPRESS
Theie nrc trains that roar and nimble at
tho call of human stress.
Rut the fastest and the gladdest Is tho
Ilnbytovvn Impress.
It runs from dawn to twilight nnd you
couldn't count tho miles.
For tho track is made of fancy nnd the
ties nrn laid In smiles.
Tho good old liaikvvooils pasture gate Is
tinln and engine, too
With Hud, on top as nngiueei, lo inaUo
the choo-chno-clioo'.
Rig Sis, tho sweet conductor, lakes tho
tickets on the way.
Collecting hugs and kisses from the ones
who have to pay.
And sometimes. In u merry mood, she stops
the train nnd then
Goes round among tho passengers and
takes the fares again,
It's funny how the tourists, too. are will
ing thnt she should,
Because It takes a lot of fares to make tho
service good.
Tho Rabytowii Express makes stops to
gratify each wish;
It waits nt Cookie Station nnd nt Noodles-
in-the-Dlsh.
The noon stop's MIlk-anQ-Crackers and
ngaln at hnlf-past four
It halts at llread-and-Jclly. nearest point
to kitchen door.
The day's last stop Is Twilight, where the
evening's shadows fall
Then they tumble In the sleeper train
crew, passengers and all.
Indianapolis News.
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On Humor In Women
I
Jt'ST to handicap tho critical lct (,j
say nt onco that wo are discussing
humor from a man's point of view In ou, .
own day thero have been women who had
this most excellent poso toward threo ladles,
who should be added to Faith, Hope and
Charity, making Six Virtues These ladles
wo choose to call Attitude Perception anijv '
Appreciation. When tho three aro eom
blneil In ono presently, they become Ideal-,
like tho first three.
So much about thnt.
We shall return on another day to th
more ancient women, who possessed ths
complelor form of humor. Catherine ol
Medici wns completely humorous So wa
Hentrlce of Cencl j so wns Lucretla and
the Queen of Slicba. Cleopatra took her
self nnd nppnront difficulties seriously, and
for that reason let empires slip through
her lingers more easily than did the sen
at tho last.
After oil, tho avcrnge woman is an un
conscious humorist and that, ultimately,
Is the best "of nfl. Clarissa llarlowe, by,
herself, was far from a humorous heroine
in fiction, yet she Inspired a letter to Rich
nrdson from the wife of a Lancashire .
baronet, thus:
Ilxcuso me, good Mr. Richardson; I
cannot go on, It Is your fault You
have done moro than I can bear,
Something roso In my throat.
1 know not what. It mndo me guggle,
as It were, for speech.
So If Clarissa did nothing else of i
humorous character, sho vvhr nt least the
Indirect cnuso of tho achievement of a
guggle In the throat of the wife of
T.nncnshlre bnronet, and thnt was no small
mutter.
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The Cohan Revue 1916
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