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FOIl NOVEMIIEIl WAS 121,011
rhllsiMplils. Thundir, Jannatt II, 1917.
Crude Oil Trices Advanced Heatl
llnc. But crudo spoilsman prices lemalu
unchanged.
It's a safo bet that thci o will bo no
leak from tho Supremo Court In tho
Adamson law decision.
Peace advocates all over tho world
ftro now working day nnd night so arc
tho munition plants.
Never mind' It Washington Is dry,
It will not inconvenience many of tho
Philadelphia Congressmen. They rarely
Visit the place, anyhow.
Swiss cheeso is now manufactured
in America, but the fact that It's made
on tho level instead of on tho mountains
has not affected the altitude of the price.
It may occur to tho conquerors of
Rumania that when the Confederacy was
beginning to starve, Lee was sweeping
through Maryland and southern Penn
sylvania. Wo notice that another Thaw enso
Is furnishing sweet morsels to feed tho
printing presses Possibly tho mnn Is In
tho employ of somo nsttilc circulitlon
manager.
Ilatiisburg Is entertaining the no
tlon that the ono prajer dcllveied in each
branch of tho Legislature nt its opening
session, which cost tho Stnto $294, wns
too expensive. Tho Stnte can ho exon
erated from etrangance. Prayer was
its last resort.
When a machlno gun shooting GOO
bullets a mlnuto goes on a. wild rampago
In a crowded city without fatalities, It
iceras quite probable that the Japanese
nobleman who said a fow days ago that
It cost $37,000 to kill a man in modern
warfare was not ery wide of the mark.
Secretary Hedlleld, who sajs that
waste Is "one of our great industrial
weaknesses," might also havo said that
Jt is ono of our great governmental fall
ings. Why does he not get tho Public
Buildings Commltteo of tho House to
gether and talk to Us members about the
folly of giving $40,000 postofllce buildings
to 3000 people towns?
Tenn Is letting enough fresh air
Into its trustee system to drive out the
memory of tho Nearlng case. Alumni
should elect trustees, not occasionally, but
always. If a university cannot trust
Itself in the hands of Its product it would
not be safe In any hands. A university
is its alumni they are Its history and
Its traditions, and in following the course
It pointed they keep it pointed on its
course.
Indiana "wets" have considerable
nerve. They aro saying: that because they
elected Mr. Marshall Governor some years
ago he ought to have been in the Senate
when the vote In that body was a tie
bo that hs could have cast a deciding
"wet" vote. Tho Vice President, now
out in Arizona, where it Is so dry they
have to irrigate, is doubtless wondering
why the "wets" didn't carry Indiana for
him in November if they still love him so
much.
THOSE Congressmen who are de
nouncing American manufacturers be
cause British munition makers underbid
them on a contract for Bhells for the
Navy Department are unduly excited,
The British bids wero made on condition
that delivery was not to be made until
after the close of the war, When the
war ends their home business will prac
tically disappear They have the pjant
equipped to make shells. It will havo
to be dismantled and turned to other
ends If they can get a contract for
shells from AmerJca to tide them over
the period of readjustment they can af-fy-Jotd
to do the work for cost or for a
very small profit These conditions ex
plain the Jow bid and they do not dis
credit the patriotism or the efflelenoy of
American manufacturers. Neither are
they arguments for Government manu
facture of munitions.
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THERK must be some way to aveld a
repetition of the Washington, Pa., atroo
uies. A professor was banged In effigy
because his xtudonls couldn't pas his
examination, Thcso examination") are
usually a remarkably efllclent method of
giving university degrees to tho wrong
students A certain typo of mind Is no
toriously Blircwd at "cramming" to pasi
a glvcnHcit. Examinations during tho
four years of college could bo abolished
with profit, nnd conducted only upon tho
request of former students whenoxcr they
choose to return to qualify for degrees,
ono year or ten years after "graduation."
It Is not cleat why soma students get
full credit for what thoy nro suro to
forget, while others, not tin to the tricks
Of tho "exam" trade, get no cicdlt for
acquiring habits of fitudy which do not
hear fruit till they hao left tho class
room routine.
ABOLISH THE SUBSIDY
rpiirj ttvKiiNU Ledokii's Inquiry Into
port conditions did not proceed cry
fur before It was apparent that tho excep
tional subsidy accorded N'ow Yoik was
detthncntnl to tho Interests of Phll.t
delphli. That there Is such a subsidy is
conceded bv tho New York World, which
quotes, with approval, tho testimony of
a former Dock Commissioner of Now
York to tho effect that tho llghterago
system Is "a form of federal subsidy for
tho handicapping of Now Jersey for tho
benefit of New votk" ,
It Is not more a handicap of New Jer
sey than It Is a handicap of Ponnsyhnnln.
Tho toirltle cost of handling freight
through Now Vork Is concealed by this
freo llshlcrago Kjstern. It means, In
fact, tli.it this cost is automatically trans
ferred to Jersey cities, to Philadelphia
and lo other competing polls. This nst
subsidy has been sanctioned for jenrs by
Iho Federal (.internment, under a theory
which has long slnco been exploded.
Philadelphia, In fact, has been, and is,
In a situation analogous to that occu
pied by competitors of tho Standard Oil
Compart) during tho period when tho
foimcr wan receiving lcbatcs not only on
Its oun shipments but nlso on tho ship
ments of Its rUnls. Philadelphia payo a
tax for tho maintenance of tho shipping
business of Now York, and that tn. Ii.ih
amounted In tho List few jcars to millions
of dollars
Wo bolteo that this condition of affairs
should not continue. It will not contlnuo
If Philadelphia Is encrgotlo In tho pics
ontatlon of Its caso bcfoio tho Inter
state Commerce Commission.
A MYTH BECOMES A REALITY
INCREDIBLE whllo ho lived, "Buffalo
BlljyuKibccomo a reality. Then ho
wua only a modern showman, and mortal
Now ho Is onco more a mighty hunter
and Jndlan slayer, and immortal We
could believe only In tho glass balls, for
wo saw him break them, and wo doubled
the Wild AVest. Now It Is tho glass balls
that wo doubt.
Iln had tho nnspcnknhlo ml3foituno to
otitllvo a whole era, ono of tho best In
hi3tory Other men outlived tho hgln
forest nnd tho trails and gallant com
tades. But 'Buffalo BUI" outlived him
self. GET STKAir.HT
Governor, wo nro told, did not rec-
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nmmond to the Legislature a revision
of tho Insurniuo laws, for the lcnson that
"an Investigation is already under way"
Tho only Investigation that Is under
way relates to somo 11 bj night com
panies, for which recclvci ships havo been
asked. Thcso Investigations can bo of
about as much impoilnnco in lemcdjlng
tho conditions complained of as a pistol
shot would be in solving tho European
war.
Tho administration of tho law Is im
portant, but In this caso tho laws them-
selves nro outworn nnu nosoicio. uocsivi
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tho Governor know that strong, ron&et
vatlvo Pennsylvania companies irnvo ac
tually, by formal resolution, declared
themselves to bo acting under tho Now
York codo because their standing under
tho Pennsylvania codo alono would not
glvo them that stamp of stability which
a reputable company should have?
Tho Insurance laws of Pennsylvania
should be on the, eamo high piano as tho
Insurance laws of New York and Massa
chusetts Tho ptescnt codo cannot be
contlnuod in force much longer. It Is a
pity that tho Governor has not seen tho
wny clear to associate himself with this
Important work of reconstruction. It Is
worth a special message to the Legisla
ture MULTUM IN PARVO
WQ COMMEND to the attention of
Woodrow Wilson, Claude Kitchin, F.
M. Simmons and the other Democratic
leaders the following pregnant sentences
from the annual statement on business
conditions by E. M Gary, chairman of
the United States Steel Corporation:
Our country should be placed and
kept on a par with nil other countries.
I refer to the tariff question. I havo
said before, and I now repeat, this
question should not be considered or
treated as a political or partisan one.
The greatest good to t(ie greatest num
ber should lu this, as in all public
questions, be the sole Inquiry and de
termination Facts should be ascer
tained and honest, sensible, practical
results secured Prohibitive tariff rates
so called, or schedules that are so hlgn
as to permit a producer to oppress the
consumer, should not be permitted J but
tariff rates on luxuries w-e do not pro
duce in this country should be reason
ably high, so as to produce revenues
for the Government; and tariff rates
on tho things coming from foreign
countries similar to those we produce,
whether In the forest or in the fields.
In the mines or In the manufactories,
should be sufficiently high to protect
our producers, including the wage
earners, against cheap foreign labor
and its results, so as to put our coun
try and It people on a fair and even
basis with all other countries and peo
ples. Possibly this could be secured .to
a certain extent by anti-dumping pro
visions or by reciprocity conditions. At
any rate, it Is not reasonable or fair to
our people to place thtra In a position
of disadvantage. Nearly ail foreign
countries have tariff provisions In their
Uws whieb preysat our producers from
s4ia there, and we should have like
saiulty.
IBVlSNfl- LEDGER- PfllLADBLPHlA, TirtSSBAT. JANTAftY U
"WHAT DO YOU
THINK ABOUT IT?"
More Expressions of Renders'
Opinions on Methods of Pre
senting Sensational News
Untlrr the eapllan, "What Do Von
Thinh About ttt' thn Ih-cning Lcdpcr
tail I'rtilav.rcfrrrtiiff to iho proper method
of handling n rmnl(oiia murder start,
naUli "At our rcadcri ore aUo, In a
rinc, cdltori of the Jlvrntnp Ledger, per
hnpt vo ran pet a contemn ! of editorial
opinion from them 11V realty uanl to
.note uhal the man In the ilrcct thtnki
ahoiil It" Yesterday tic prlnfed a few
of tho letter reeeltrd More arc printed
today. Many must rrmriln tninrlnfrrf for
lark of spaee. Of the letter reeelved, the
number npprovlnu the coursti of the
HienliiQ t.rdper l !trj;r the number dls
approving Is very, iery vnnlt.
AN ACT OK COUKAOK
To the Udllor of thr ISvrnlnp t.tdper.
Sir In vour Issue of l'rlda tauuiry 6,
I was agreeably suriirlsril to noto that you
shoued tlip skill nr an able editor, In tint
you pined news according to Its value In
such n nm no to mako the ilvjwiNri
Lrnopii n p.ipnr tint could be allowed lo
remain In mir liomn without apology.
In lev uf (li fart that so large n
part of the newspapers' rlrculntlntt Is In
tho homes, I feci sure mnnv parents hive
thanked ou for the line sense of moral
thlncs von illsplivcil when you matin the
mui'li-overrnted murder mvnlerv of 1am
weok flml Its plato where It belonged on
the Insliln page
Tor vour net of rouinge nnd good Judg
ment t want to tell ou thnl this cltv
owes vou a ronl debt It proves again
tint men do int always ' live bv bread
alone "
I nm sure nil nrua Is unrtli so much
lo n new-paper nnd I know this t raged v
must nnd its win into public print, but
ns 1 read not "iil t'hllndelphlii piipers, hut
those or ( lilrng-i, St Louis New Vork rit
and other plnecs, I wns nil Hie more pleased
to Ihlnlc that one of our nun papers could
respond to wlint wns good taste and dare
In do the right
II XV MYIIUS. Jit.
Pilgrim Congregational Cliutah
Philadelphia, January to
IICAUTY INDOKSnMKNT
To tho Htlltar nf the Vrrnlnu Ledger:
Sir Mnv I commend your splendid edi
torial' Moral rottenness deserves no fea
turing In our iHlly ncusiinpern. nnd ovorv
publir-splrlted person will surclv heartily
Indoiso your methods of handling llfos
sordid detail
t'llAHI.BS A CI.AV'rO.V
Philadelphia, January ID
CALLS TIIK'CASK A SERMON
To the lUlltor of the livening Ledger
Sir Permit one of vour many readers to
state most emphatically that you are wrong
A caso of this sort yes, and others of a
lllto Uiarncter should ho given the widest
publicity dciplto tho sordldncss of Its do
tails. Why? Bccniiio. of tho great Im
pression It may make upon those who yearn
for tho ' good times" to bo had In a largo
city In other words, because of tho great
possibilities of such wldo publicity to act
ns n prophylactic for the ' holies" of the
rmallor communities throughout tho State
Don't hesitate to print it It Is needed,
nnd needed badly It must como straight
from tho shoulder Show our sons nnd
daughters rich and poor nllkc, what It
means to bo a transgressor net tho his
tory of theso cases Show up rnmo of
theso Im bops, parasitic nniilciirlsts
shops, cafe mid white-light li.mgers-on
(live some ronereto examples, with nil thoh
sordid details Do not bo mere news vend
ers. If ou inn print Iho storv of raids In
tho Tenderloin and give mines etc. If you
cm print, detailed leuiinniiy heroin u 'Inuiil
Jim- concerning brothels nnd other -as-railed
'sordid' stuff ill Illicit nuking
ndvlco fiom your leidcis why nut this,
which Is even of greater iluo
Tho time fot nousiupers being mere news
venders is long past 1 m an-, nr should be,
oplnlon-inolders. the ;i!nip nant encyclo
pedia, his unlei't! bis uiottomiy, his
church his nihil Vi U iut h'de. things,
from us In thesH ittTr wn'i no much
mony about, vie iied leim-thtr.j to glvo
us a Jolt It Is not tnrilid new . It rather
would bo read as i Kiiiiiim, read by our
youths or tho land, read and reread In the
hope that it will sink in, Miil.o home, lie
retained, digested, tho'ught oxer, and thus
instill in them. If not the fenr of Clod
tho fear of tho dovil
C Jt S
Philadelphia, January 10
then
II.
THANKFUL
Jo the r.dllor of the Jlienlng Ledger
Sir Thank God thorn is ono liousnnner
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in Philadelphia that does not rely on ex
nloltlng crime and Its attendant dlsgustliiB
details to make Itn columns Interesting and
to boost its circulation
J. Jf. HUNT.
Wlldwood, N J, January 10
RIGHT, ANYWAY
7o the Editor of the Vienlng Ledger
Sir I have been a constant render of
your valued paper almost from Its In
ception and linvo found many things In It
both to compliment and crltlcUe, but can
safely say that you are on the right track
In regard to your lews concerning the
recent murder, no matter whether your oh
Jeet be to furthei tho luteiests r your
paper mainly, ns some of your many read
ers seem to want to make themselves be
lieve, or solely for the good of mankind I
am willing to give you tho henellt or the
doubt. HAHOLD 31 SM3R
Glcnslde, Januarv 10
COMMON-SENSE POLICY
To tha Editor of the Evening Ledger.
Sir I am very glad to know of your
common-sense policy of handling such
sickening affairs as the recent murder, and
to express my appreciation of it. I cer
tainly do commend you for the course you
are taking, and the feeling that telling you
so may be in the nature of an encourage
ment Is surely encouraging to me
C. T. KECT.
Philadelphia, January 10
MORE WHOLESOME READING
To the Editor of tho Evening Ledger.
Sir More wholesome leading, less scan
dal and crime published in the newspapers
Ib my view. The Eve.nino. Ledoer Is right.
W H Ar,DHICII.
Audubon, N J , January 10
DIDN'T GO FAR ENOUGH
3o the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir It seems to me that a question has
been raised where none exists The
Kvbnino I.bdobh Is certainly to be com
mended for the policy followed with re
gard to the latest murder-sulclde sensa
tion. The big point, as I want to show
later. Is that you have now gone too far
not to go further
But what a terrible Indictment of all
newepapejdom Is your statement that the
course you have taken is "a 6omewhat novel
method of handling such a situation"? In
your tentative employment of this novel
method you have, indeed, gone a short
distance Out you have much further to
go, and you will never be able to make out
a case by comparing yourself with your
estimable compeers.
Tales of divorce, suicide, murder and
lynching lead to the spread of the dls
saaea tbey describe. Not the least depress
ing feature of the situation Is that the om
nlpotent tnstrumerts of publicity scatter
this morbidity broadcast amid applause
rather then protest But It Is la ttuVpeo-
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plo to protest, ns I behove they will short
ly and with telling effoet
In tills day, when wo aro demanding
puro and wholesome food, healthful and
beautiful surrounding' Improved rchools
nnd moro of them fair treatment for of
fenders, the abolition of tho saloon nnd
many other advantages that have become
necessities of modern thought, wo ennnot
tolcrnto tho exploitation of tho deprnved
and morbid in our nowbpniicrs
A J It fiCHU.MAKnn
Phllidelpliln, Tnnuary 10
UNQUALIFIED COMMENDATION
to the t'dffoi of tho r:i filing Lcdgfi
fell-I commend most heutlly the stand
the Evpmnii I.cnnnn his tiiken In refusing
to exploit stnnilnls nn tho front page Youi
polliv oiighl to rcctUo tho henrly .Hid un
r iti.i I ill- c I comnirnd.itloti or all I'lillidcl
phl.uis who w.int clean pipers in their
homes, .ind who. for tho rako of tho morals
or the rising generation, will refuso to
allow dirty sheets to llo upon theh llbraiy
tables JOS1.PH W. C'OOllltAV,
Scci clary or tho Board or I.dticatlon or
tho I'resby tcilau Church
I'lilladclphl i, Jni)unry 10
OBJECTS TO FILTH
7o (ftp Editor of the Eicning Ledge)
Sir IT I may bo allowed to offer n
humble word or congratulation on your at
titude toward tho sordid filth whlth dally
blots tho American newspipcrs, I am only
too glad to do It May your prosperity
continue, and may your policy tlnd many
followers II C Fl.imo.V
Philadelphia, January 10.
PITY FOR THE VICTIM
lo the Editor of the Evening Ledger
Sir T.et me first, as n. dally reader, laud
tho I.vj.mvi I.edokii for tho endeavor to
keep away from yellow Journalism Put
why, after doing tho corrcLt thing In keep
ing tills affair off tho front page, do you
on thn editorial pngc, tall the victim a ills
reputnblo woman?
Don t you think It would havo been a
charitable act. even though this statement
bo the truth, to have omitted that phrase?
Would you tnro in proxo your statement
Do you not know there are probably more
thin n million people in tho city or Phila
delphia who do not know nny thing or the
character or this unrortunato girl and who,
after reading the version of the I.vevino
,i:nn:n, will assume an opinion such as
you havo advanced?
Did you forget that this girl had a father"
and mother who aro Just as respectable as
these men of wealth or standing you men
tion herein?
It, therefore, still remains a fact that
the world over In all cases the woman gets
the short end Is It fair to our wives and
mothers? Is this fair to this girl's mother,
who Is responsible for her birth? It is not.
The writer does not float about on a pair
of silver wings, but believes In this:
He merciful, tie juit bo (sir
To avery woman averywhare
Her faults are many
Nobody's to blame.
And as an act of charity It would be a
nice thing ir tha I.venikci I.bdoer would
print in a prominent place a letter of con
dolence to the parents of (Irace Uoberts
W T CAMPBKI.K
Philadelphia. Januery 10
OBJECTS TO THE VILE STUFF
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger
Sir Just a lino to thank you for the
privilege of adding my feeble indorsement
of your splendid stand against printing all
the vile stuff about that Poplar street affair
Sykes says today, "Yet some folks think
I control It'" It seems to me that, In this
Instance alone, you have presented mighty
convincing evidence that the press can and
does control the news, though the press
may not make It
I havo the hope that at a not-too-far-distant
day the Kykmno I.EDdEn and the
press at large will confine their handling
of suoh moral corrupting ntvte (?) to a
respectable space In the obituary columns.
HAUIU' liUNCAN MAIICII.
Philadelphia, January 6.
HAVE DONE A LOT OF GOOD
To the Editor of the Bvening Ledger:
Sir I was much Interested iu your edi
torial, "What Do You Think About It?" in
Friday's paper. If not in a stronger way, I
think as you think about It The prom
inence of suoh things given by almost all
newspapers is perfectly disgusting to one
and to all other decent people. I think you
have done a Jot of good. I am very sure
many persons who may not write you think
as I do niCHARD Q PARK
Oloverhr Form, West Chester. January 10.
"JUST ONE MORE, MAYBE TWO!"
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j What Do You Know?
Queries of ocneral interest wttl be answered
in thii column. Ten Questions, the anstters to
which ft en well informed perwn ahoutd know
aro ased daily.
QUIZ
1. I)MrrPo tlin prniUhment rnlteil "aprenil-
rniclliiit" In nrtlllery rctlmenta.'
2. W lint N the Mlimli:rt hjitlfm" which re
former tli-iIre rstnlilUlieil In this rltj.'
3. Iliiet n llrllUh (.nierninent tu En Into of
fer! I efnre nr nfler the 1)111 ImnoMns: It Is
IMifciril mill Mcnril.1
4. Whii l (mlilrliiP.'
5. VMuit In the VVehb-KeiiTon art?
(I Who wrre llin I'latilSRenets
7 I" there "niBllme" In nn (llmlfll nuilr?
A. Wlm salil "We line met I lie enemy mid they
lire ourh".'
0. Of ulint nntlnn N Iho thlMle (ho emblem?
HI. Who were III I'lllnr snlnU?
Answers to Yestcnla's Quiz
1. "Iternielleilh" ileerrlhea lnnre lint U
iilrtleht. It Is ilrrlin! from, the innis
nf the fireek noil llenne. tlirniith ul
rlieim, ulilih l I ailed the hermetic nrt.
2. The "Illy whites" nro n Iteniilillenn nntl-
necrii riirllnii In MUilher.l iwlil'ra, eie-
I illy In I oiiUlun.1
8 "I'eKaails" U pronounced with tho accent
on the llrt s liable.
4. Frnnk XV. Tniilir Is iirofewr nr political
economy lit llnrtsnf Ho has been un
pointed a member of tho tariff (onimls-
hlllll.
5. The "literacy test" la the ehi;io In the Im
migration hill which would eicluila Il
literate Immlitrinm
6. lb" porcupine uses lis nn.lUs, to prolert It
from enemies Itnlllmr lUelf Inlp u bill,
with the ullllU rxlenueil III all illrrclluns.
It Is anfo from iittntk
7 rnchiiiil. between l(ltl when diaries I, wns
executed, uml 1US0 wns Koiernril h)
Pnrllnment nnd u Lord Protector (( rom
well nnd hU hnnl nnd In same wus re
em'ileil n republlr. This wns the only
time the innimrdir was not In iower.
S. I'enii wns nbout tlilrtj-eleht when he founded
this city.
0. The lllinshon lire In south central Asia,
formlnr the mn-t eletnted nnd stupendous
mniintiiln sjhtem In the world.
10. It Is a well estnblUlied principle that "Isnn-
mine of the I nv does not excuse u rrlme "
The Title of SInrslial
X; r The title of msrshil. recently
given to (leneral Joffro, Is tho hlgiiest mili
tary rank bestowed on Trench olllcers.
Originally it was on old CJerman title, signi
fy ing ' mnstei of tho liotso", the woid
'mare" oncu meant ' stallion ' as well A
famous royal "study ard' Intrusted to a
Swablan marshal was located hi Stuttgart
"Mnster of tho horse ' was subsequently
translated Into low I.itin, and became
"count of the stable" (comes stabull) In
feudal Prance the chler or the royni house
hold was known as Comes Stabull, or Con
stable of France Marechal and Connetable
are veritable German concepts Altogether,
many a French institution, both civil and
military, has a thoroughly Teutonlo back
ground, in spite of its apparently Latin
gloss and Gallic culture
First Granite Blocks
A. O. T. Jit (a) The first granite
blocks of the present-day size laid In Phila
delphia came shortly after June 1Z. 1863.
when an ordinance was passed authorizing
their use Dig blocks, much larger than
those now used, were laid on Chestnut
street downtown In the forties Those on
Parksldo avenue were laid about the time
of the Centennial Tho records are rather
meager (b) An ordinance was passed De
cember SI. 1881, prohibiting paving streets
with cobblestones
"Good Wine"
A I K-Three foreign proverbs that
approximate the meaning of the American
saying 'Uood wine needs no bush." are
as follows "Guter Welne verkauft slch
selbst," German for "Good wine sells
Itself": "Goede waar prljst zlchzelben."
Dutch for "Good ware sells Itself." and
"Chose qui plait est a demivendu," Freneh
for "A thing that pleases is half sold "
There are many proverbs in foreign lan
guages that correspond with the foregoing,
but those given approach the American
proverb more closely.
SAM LOYD'S PUZZLE
EACH of the lines Is to be rearranged
Into a single appropriate word
To love ruin
Lady Mine
Moon starer.
Nine thumps.
Answer to Yesterday's Puzzle
WASHINGTON'S generals eoacealad
in the sentences In the following
order Gates, Putnam. Morgan. Alien
and Stark
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tsare:siM-..-
5ilSfer53
TTT - r"jwr s- --""'""";-
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CHARGE OF THE PORK BRIGADE
The pork pirates are busy again at
Washington It matters nothing to them
that Undo Sam needs money now and will
need moro liter What Is tho national In
terest compared to n village Interest or a
personal Interest? So they proposo to
nld tho public treasury for tho following
public buildings
A $23,000 postofflco nt Waynesboro, Ga.,
postal receipts 57022 20 last year This
building would cost $4000 annually to
maintain whllo the present postodlcc costs
only 5100 n year rent
A 5u0 000 postoflleo nt Mount Olive, N
C. population about 1001) and postal re
rolpts $5020 Building would cost $1000 to
maintain : preent rent $120
A $45,000 pottofllco at Attala. Ala, pop
ulation 2R13 postal receipts $1010 21, pres
ent rental 5IC0 as against prospective nnin
tcnanco rlnrge of $ 1300
A 540 000 poslolllco for Hazard, Ky ,
population less than BOO In 1910. Postal
receipts $1477; present rental $250
Other llttlo town3 nre destined to be
come tho scenes or equal crimes against
tho publlo purse, If tho publlo buildings
mcasuro passes as framed The cases
nhoo are merely samples of a long list
In which minor communities, located chiefly
in tho South, acquire expensive quarters
fur their postal tcrv Ices Gi nnd Rapids
Press
COMEDY WITH' A HOME TOUCH
Reading to wife Is very unsatisfactory,
even It she does not go to sleep You be
gin 'Once upon a midnight dreaiy '
Walt Just a second" she says, "until I
close that window I don t want tho wind
coming In on my back" Then you begin
over "Onco upon a midnight dreary, whllo
I pondered, weak and weary " she says.
"Let me shut tho back door; that slamming
makes me so nervous now, go nhead "
You continue- 'Oxer many n quaint and
curious " "Sonny," she says, "you be
taking orr your clothes." "volume of for
gotten lore" She eays ".Vow put your
things where you can find them In the
morning now, what do yon want to act
that way for I heard every word I Just
thought Sonny had as well be undressing"
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
VICTORIA MKSr
ALL WEEK
10 A M. II M. , 4 (1 8. 10 P M
Thos. 11. lm.ee n.000 000 Clnema-Bpectaclt
"CIVILIZATION"
Ortatest Production o itoitrn Timet
First Time at Our Prices
Musical Accompaniment by Denauar'a Orchestra
GLOBE !!4te2
" .5 "'' Continuous
11 A. M. to 11 V M.
A. Seymour Brown 0llm,,1)4a s-.
"WHAT'S YOUR NAME?'l,,a
Franklyn Aram Flayers ana Othtrs.
CROSS KEYS DVLV,-oV,
AT THE PHOTOGRAPHEjtS
ACADEMY QF MUSIC
Saturday Afternoon, January 13, at 2-30
KREISLER
Tl-kets at Hen', TSC to 2 nous, J12-I18.
Direction. C A. Ellis, bymphony H Boston
STRAND
UERMANTOWN AVE.
Evtnlnji. 7 lai B
E. H. Sothern and Charlotte Ives
In "TUB MAN OK SlVSmtV"
. OHCHESTRA 18 PIECES
'ELOBKB OKOUllKB.vS,sl Soloist
JlrrrnOPOUTAN TONiniiT u ,.
, John McCormack
"""'"'la.&lg,'-,' AT OPEltA
KNICKERBOCKER "E5
0?QK "LENA RIVERS'"
Next WteU "llOUQIIT iwn nl.-HA?
- z jmu rem"
LITTLE , "MANOEUVItETnp
Belmont iiDE
i?JJhMjtrlmaBiao,
T .nmiRfr. "."Jf?cMT bT8.
4-wvfcww -u Aiayo ft E
Aoa llaya Jk v ' A. .
THE RBTURN ovinia.
Dumont's Minstrels rl,n. -7n7
J!i?ilUeUsaUa
Trocadero imfSSimn
u i
mwwf
The Northeast Corner!1
IUibalynt of n Commuter
xxxvi
Indeed, Indeed, on eery first ot May
I tako down Stoves and put tli m
awav. '
And then nnd then came Serin ...9
like ns not p '" "
'Twould be a raw nnd blustering, tneWV
Casuals of tho Dny's Work
XXI
WIIEMnvnn wo receive catalogues tt
technical books we nro astly rt(.
ested They nltrnys contain lists of vol"
umes denllng with subjects of hlch tl
know nothing, nnd this in Itself Is surrrls
Ing, considering our own opinion of on
erudition Itecently n catnlogua reacw
us, and among other things we find HsteSi
tlAt.f, S , n "Popular dutd to Ik.
Ifeaipns A series of eighty three put,.
Tiltn explanatory text 'its.
We nie familiar with the popular ttr
guide to Philadelphia We hao stquM
trated In our pardoner's wallet a few oil
umes of Unedekcr, compiled bv one u
friend, James rullcrlon Mulrhend sliowlna
maps nnd telling us points of Inlere.i ... ;
coining tho nrlous things one should , j
in mini hi iuiiiiciii mi iiuierary on thi
(ontinent Vet when one comes upon
hcaxenly guide ono pauses nnd one
mneil In cxchihn ns did thn (iirt.- ...
In 'loiiimv nnd Clrlzcl." "Thcso are wordi I
iltll u Illell wo liniA tin nnnrnrn 2
Vet, reading filither, wo find that Mr
A i; liiiv nas issued a oiumo called "i;t.
tinrlmpnlH nn dm T'toxtiitn nf tlh,. n9
suiting In the Discovery of Now I,a
Kalluro by lluckling" This sounded moit
iniercsiuiK. ""i u iuil 1110 riuentlon falrlr
up to 1'rank ilussem who knows more nhnm
beam tlcxuro than nny man In the world 3
"Whv," wo asked, "do lienms fall by hucV. il
ling?' And I'rank living up to his nam H
said franl.lv, ' I don't know What's ih.
answer?" Which simply shows what It A
A .1 -....H..tMW , Hll.l-M . .L. . 9
jyiim iiiiiniiniM ' niuiiii.-i, wo onsertM
the cntnloculnir of n new xolums thin
THATritRft FflANK 'A TreatlM 0J f
I'rnciicni iirwuia nu Aiauins S18.
0(10 pp N no "
Here nt list wo came upon one of our 8
friend's new books, and wo decided to pur- a
..I..... 1. ....Ill .. .. t.i.n, ,,il hh T.li Y .... S
i-iiiiiTU i uiiiii i u uiai.viitu aa uuiiii LUtnCf 1
i.ongs (leiectnoio neroina said, "alt.
ccpt " Tim "nlxcepf meaning that w
didn't bao the price
Nevertheless, comma, wo asked Frank
Tliatciicr, no oi tno itcrcuies Powder Cora- 1
pnny, when the book would bo brought out, ?
hoping, in a manner ot spcnklng, that h'4 ?
present us with a copy of It, autographed j
n.l nil ll.nt anr nt fhltl0
Did ho volunteer to give us one? He did
not.
He simply asked his stenographer If (hi i
would call up Farnhurst. asking when a 3
padded cell would bo ready for occupancy. 1
1 Tame nas no senso oi: uumor
CHESTNUT ST,
nPTP.-p A TTOTTQ-hI
vx ."" . "rt
TWICE DAILY 2:05 nnd 8:05
D. W. GRIFFITH'S '
COLOSSAL
v, . t
"INTOLERANCE"-
LOVE'S STRUGGLE
TimOUGHOUT THE AOES
MR r.niFFITll'S First nnd Only TrMueUM
Slnco "THE BIHTH OF A NATION-
THRILLS
ADVENTURE
MYSTERV
ROMANCE
'SffinmJL
llAHKBT AB. 16TII
.NOTI3 THE TIME OF MAIN PRODUCTI0.1
11 IU 1 ID, 3 30 Ii 30, T 30 0,39
LAST THREE DAYS
NO ADVANCE IN IIUCE3
WOnt,D S LEADING I.MOTIONAI. ACTBESI j
NAZIMOVA
In thft Tremendously Powerful Dram 1
"WAR j
BRIDES"
DUALS WITH A VITAL PnOm.ES!
WOMAN'S STRUGGLE
THROUGHOUT THE AGES
Apptaltnc Gripping Fasclnailnf
An Fpoch of l'hoio-Drumauo Art
Prestnted by
LEWIS J. SELZNICK
Directed by tha Mastsr-MInd
HERBERT BRENON
BEAUTIFUI. MLTRICAL 8COnB
Arranged by IIARH7 VV MEYEK
Director of Tha
6TANLET CONCERT ORCHESTRA
ALL NEXT WEEK MARY P1CKF0RD
la 'The Prills of tha Clan"
PALACE
121 MAIIKET 10,
Frank Mclntyre
la "THE TRAVEUNQ SALESMA''
ARCADIA WJtft?
CLARA WILLIAMS'""
T?T7,nTT,'NT'P IfARKET below 17TH
XVJllsji!ilN 1 pally ioci Evsnlnas. Ih
Marguerite Clark
"Miss George Washington"
Frl.. Sat. E H Eothsrn. "Man of ilSL.
B F.
EVERY NVUBSft
A Bia 1IITI
Keith's
THEATRE
DRED MACOMBEi
and OTHERS.
Alex. Carr & Oft
In "AN APIUL BHOW;
imiMuv iwirpf SB4
vi , wm ... hilnET. Utl 9
I & CO., JAMES J MORTON
X W f. . L HA HUUUUI ".T. 3
Tonlcht at 8 !5o Ut; i
Today at 2. l!3c St t,0c
Wnlnnf Matinee Today, 25c & Wj
VYaillUlE,,,,,,,, 8at.Mat ,:5ctW
"THE OLD HOMESTEAD"
Nest Wek -"Which Ona Shall I Msrm'",
T VPTP TONIOHT AT 8.15 SHARP ,
J-i i li.J RtQULAR MATINEE SATl RP1'
"THE BLUE PARADISE"
With CECIL LEAN j
. 'L '' . . - ." .,m Uil.3
ADELPHI X.'SiVoMirsa. 1
VERY GOOD EDDIE J
nt Musical Comedy In Many Years Ifi
GARRIGK LIMITED ENOAaEMEKT e
MR. LEO DITRICHSTEIN
in 'TUB GREAT LOVER"
FORREST Last 2 Weeks "ftlfa
The Cohan Revue 1916 fl
BROAD Last 2 Weeks ftJl te.
MRS, V i H is- &
In "RUBTWIIITF 81 8AW
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