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Philadelphia. I ri.lif, J.mnr. i:. Ill;
As a Oovernor Mr. Htumbiiush
was a supctb superintendent of schools
When will the United States Steel
Coipoiatlon ceaso breaking tccords for
Unfilled orders on hand?
Advnni'c Kaster styles chao Chi 1st
mas so quickly that Jlr. BlRfamlly limit
It hntd to get his breath between bills.
Events move too rapidly for Mr
Brnn. Victories for prohibition como so
fast that It won't bo enough of an Issue
to run on In 1920.
A fact w oi th noting: The pre
mium of tho city's bond3 recently sold
would bo sultlcient to put tho pay of fire
men on nn honest basis.
Twenty-flvo million dollars a year li
a heavy boaid bill for Pennsylvania farm
ers to pay nn account of bugs another
ramplo of tho high cost of living.
Nancy Wvnno spoko iccently of
tho utter ludcness of cm tain oungstcis
of "our best families." This nidcncss, un
fortqnatoly, too often Is not outgiovvn.
Vo sometimes Imaglno that mote eliniac-
Ter building In tho home would make for
moro character In tho nation. But per
haps wo nio mistaken.
It club life In Trlnceton Is like
club life In some of our larger cities, we
can readily understand "Dick" Cleve
land's objections to It. Men who sit In
front windows discussing passers by while
gangs of political Milturcs rirey on them
may properly be called either "snobs" or
"slobs." Poitunatcly, thruo seems to bo
on Inci easing tendency on the part of so
called "club-' men In Philadelphia to take
a part In community life and be of some
value to society.
Sectetary McAdoo adopted tho sim
plest nnd most expeditious way to .In
crease the supply of small bills when he
decided to Issue greenbacks in denom
inations of ono and two dollars. Tho
law provides that the smallest Federal
reserve note shall be for to. This can
not be changed without an .net o,f Con
gress, It would be much better, of course,
If Congress should order the retirement
of the greenbacks and permit the lsshe
of reserve notes In smaller denominations
Some day Congress will have tho courage
to do this.
There's no ouch thing as "free"
lighterage from the railroad terminals on
the New Jrsey side of the Hudson River
across to Manhattan. It costs J1.45 a
ton, according to B. F. Cresson. Jr., chief
engineer of tho New Jersey State Board
of Commerce. Yet New York has man
aged for years to make the country nt
large pay the bill. If this charge of $1.-15
a ton were segregated by the Interstate
Commerce Commission (and New York
compelled to chatge It on her freight bills,
the Port of Philadelphia would become
the leading port of the country in short
. order, .
APART from the military phas. of It, the
j. report that the German Crown Prince
may be relieved of his command and made
Governor General of Belgium gives prom
ise of a new sense of responsibility in
the Imperial Government. The treatment
of Belgium has been the weakest link
In the Kultur arguments presented to
netitrala ever since the war began. If
the Kaiser's son were In authority there
. the ruling house at Berlin could no longer
fchlft. the blame for cruelties to an Im
personal military regime or upon the
shoulders of subordinate commanders. To
jrtve prestige to the throne before the
world It would become necessary for the
I'rown Prince to give proof that the Bel
guns were being treated as well as could
be expected In wartime.
RENBWAh of strike threats by mem
bera of the railroad brotherhoods was
r 4a te expected, since what they object to
ill the President's program Is his desire
to mJke futuie striken Impossible with
out preliminary investigation. If there
are to be no more strikes, it doubtless
ocvuis to a certain type of agitator that
he ha4 better not lose the opportunity to
v. have Just one more before a long rail-va-d
peace sets in. The chairmen meet
HS 1" Chicago ask themselves what they
tlvall do If the Supreme Court's decision
about the Adamson law hi long delayed.
1-t suggest that the court must hurry up
t deciding an laaue upon which hang
the whole future course of Congress ba
4 jifc
rtMiiHi. ta mo $ eoaf8tf to trivial.
Technical and legally tlie brotherhoods
have a right to strike. But. before tho
public, they arc In honor bound to re
spect tho processes of laiV until the fnto
of tho Atiamvon net haj been learned.
If they do not see thii point of honor,
how can they explain their satltfncllon
over tho pasvtj;o of the menatire ns ex
pleased In their agreement not to itrlko
font summer?
PUSHING THINGS ALONG
ptliljAnnt.PlliA'ti Ifinoratiee nf Its
- nn h I., nllint.ln nn.nln l.nd lintttl 1 Anrf.
' oils Tletcrrent to tho proper rtoivIIi, ex
j paltslon and pieatle of the city.
I Wo quote from ti letter directed to the
I editor In reference to tho articles otl the
poit which are now helliR published:
I Oti rcturnliiK to I'hllntlelpliln J.eiler-
day front n Southern limine trip '
wan Indeed ulad to note Hie aperlnl
I articles on tho fort of I'hlladelpldfl,
i mid I ai somewhat surprised nt Hie
uiiknnuii met It of the rlt SU bine
ko far btoiiclit out as roRirdt the port
nml It rnrllltle Althnuch mi nsso
elatei and I recently nciiulred what
c llmuKhl ns coinplcle knowledge of
Ilia anme nben wn endeavortd to pro
mote a Hush Terminal nt the Junction
of the Holatnre and Schuylkill ttlvers,
I hate gleaned additional fuels and
will once more try to accomplish iueh
an enterprise
We haxe no sympathy for tho "knock
ers," with whom cery community Is
nlllleled, who nro nlvvay? trylnc to find
something to Krtcc about. Hut wo do
Intend to take tho cmcrliiK oft any gold
mines that happen to bo ljln about
community Bold mines which can bo
tinnsfcrrcd Into community assets, com
munity comfort nnd community pios
perl I y.
This city Is on tho threshold of nn era
of development which hlstoilans will
wilte about. Tho Cvknino l.UDnmt Is
dedicated to ptishlnK thlnps along-
SLOW PROGKKSS TOWARD PHACU
WH BRl.invn that any discussion of
specific peaeo terms oi any discussion
generally of peace b tho belligerents
Indicates, If slow, progress tow aid ter
mination of tlje wai. Out of the tecent
fxohanges of notes will tomo ultimately
a. basis foi negotiation. Hut cleat ly pence
Is not an Immediate piospcct The powet
and might of the Allies has not jet been
full applied to tho gicat object In view.
Not until tho situation has becmo Impl
ies for the Allies will they IcUl to Clei
man mllitaiy domination, and thete Is
no Indication of such hopelessness. It Is
idle to consider a sido whipped which con
trols tho teas, ns Hannibal and Napoleon
and Lee in turn discovcicd. The light Is
at least an equal one for tho Allies every
where ccept In the Balkans. It will
tako a great vlctnty. of enormous moral
effect, to make an actual peace council
probable or possible.
UXSP K AK A RLE MAG .STRATH
SYSTEM
IT HAS long been notorious that the sys
tem of Mnglstiates, ns In vogue in
Philadelphia constitutes a monstious
scandal. Too often thce supposed
tribunals of Justico have been the stamp
ing giound of ciooks, blackmailers, ball
suckers and moial leeches of all soils.
In them giaft lias flourished and the law
givers havo fiatcinized with tho law
breakeis, or squeezed fiom them a shate
of tho profits of their lawlessness.
Tho revelations made In the last few
dajs as to the associations of Magistrate
Imber should piohiblt foicver his occu
pancy of any Judicial ofllco In the "pro
gram of holiness" outlined in turn by
both the Penrose nnd the Vare factions,
is it not possible thnt tho abolishment of
tho mnglstiato sjstem can find a place?
Thoie are some tens of thousands, of
good citizens who hope so
WAYNK MacVEAGII
WAYNE MacVnAGH outlived nn eia,
but he was conspicuously a pathfinder
for that dclugn of progiehs which was
to pass him b.v To him tho right of l
citizenship meant something, and It
meant particularly Independence of
thought and action. His mind was big
enough to break from tho thraldom of
partisan ties. Ho could discard party as
he could a gaiment nnd he did tt when
to his conscience such action seemed nec
essary. The clarity of his thought was
phenomenal, but not moie to than ills
expression of it. Hq dropped casually
Into the Lrpokr ofllce ono morning when
the subject under discussion by the edi
tors was a certain proposed lax H)stcm
then before tho public With an intimacy
of knowledge unparalleled, he launched
Into n consideration of the history of
taxation from the dawn of civilization
to tho present time, the theory and prin
ciple of It, tearing the proposed system to
shreds nnd tatters. It was an amazing
exhibition of knowledge. Ho was one of
the great Pennsylvanlans of his day, and
It may be doubted if nny other equaled
him In sheer Intellectual brilliancy.
POOR MAN'S TURN
ITTVAS recently stated in these columns
that In the terrible emergency In Bel
glum the erj rich might well bear for
a time the full brunt of the mllllon-a-month
"tax" to pay for an extra lunch
for Belgian school children and halt a
distressing Increase In tuberculosis. Later
the less well to do would piobably give
their share, it was said, and permit a
reduction of the larger contributions. It
is no more than fair to wealthy folk
to say here that they have responded
gallantly.
Of the million a month, nearly JIOO.OOO
a month Is expected from Pennsylvanlans.
Suppose that thqse with 15000 a ear
and more give half the $100,000. There
remains $50,000 to be found among about
7,000.000 Inhabitants of this State. If
everybody gave it would not be hard to
approximate a pro rata scale. But this
calculation may be helpful in deciding
Individual responsibilities:
2 a month from 5000 Incomes over
12500 a year ,. JlM'O
II from 10.000 over $2000 10,000
SO cents from 20.000 over $1750 10,000
25 cents from 4Q.O0O over $1500 10,000
10 cents from 100,000 over $1250 10.000
Total $50 000
The haadquarteys of the Commission
far Relief fn Belgium la at ISO Broadway
New York sity.
EVENING LEDGETt PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1917
Tom Daly's Column
nALt.Aw: or nn; btthixvouh
She once ki "Milady" lit day tona "po,
When lwrti anu sanns to ficr hilyhl
twldcn hnlr,
hen the yattanl youno knohl rode to
fight ivilh the fne, '
It hen dminer rlvd drnlh they Ueri
raitr In dale
la he MeiM-d tili her smile er her
famrs In trror.
She "nnie"fltns she then edit ashtd ih8
(III fcooiif
Ayl the thtanc in man's heart was ft
tilftliw affair
77ice' tt H-oMitn tioio up in the trtoen,
7cr tMontfrf!it drlluhi m the Ihmwhl 8
tt heau
And nf mntllnl Wist hn dissolved In
thin air.
"or nolo i ujilre In dn and la knmp
As much, If not mon ns thn te,
mid to share ,
77iclr jifrii'M o honor the President's
e'ulr, j
1 he Senate, the leach, oh! u c'Jf find wen
anon
This earth h Inn vnnll for mir nmbU
Hoim fall -
There's n uomoii iiotr up In the moon,
Rhe cannot make hiead, nnd she stmplh
iron' seir.
M'hv, the i era sunyestlon of thnt mttkei
her ula re
She Is icallv ton strong She can fence,
she ean rote.
She ean stnohe etparetlcs, fhe can
tvapyer and twear.
She tirrf tionr but herself of herself
to lake eare;
John Iledd's nf no me to the lifito 7,onm
Hnnnr.
She f qMff the irholc thing, and that's
irhy lie deelare
7 herc'i a woman now up In the moon.
r.xroY
Say, prlnec. trill the Htniry flic man irho
fi IheieT
Or utlt he he mil of II soon?
for crcept In a home she'i at home every-
whcic
There's a uomnn nolo up In the moon.
Pro-Ally, Not Neutral
In a New Kngland high school Ihe
leaclici was conducting nn examination
in Piciich " She detected a young lass
holding her paper at a convenient nngle
for n nelgliboiing lad.
"What's this?" she brusquely asked,
"rilendshlp," teplied a neighbor.
CONN.
Tin Mrsr un Mm iiiri.r.s innvi on
RllTOItS
n.illv Tom Column I saw this nil In a
I Sunday contemp.
VVANTHD lonltor for arpl houee Tend
heaters Must be good refrlsertor man
"Kute Kid Stuff"
A little boy nnd girl came in nn ofllco
where there wete f.evcial young Indies
emplocd. One of the oung ladles was
veiy fond of chlldicn and went up nnd
Inlked to them Shortly afterward
sho called to tho other girls: ' Oh,
girls, come seo this denr little girl she
is Just full of Maiy Garden" (meaning
pel fume) Tho little boy answered, "No
fler, she went to kindergarten "
1. M. I,
VAstn
1 sought the haughty Lady rame.
And many a bouquet lliytti her;
I 5Ct ahoiif fo win her henit,
In excry tint fo tioo her.
Had the hut held me In disdain
I might haic slioum ;icr(alcjicc;
Alack! she steadily Ignored
The fact of my existence!
But now. when I look round and see
'The Miitors ihc's selected,
l'n quite content to he among
The happily I ejected.
SOLOMON GRUNDY.
One nf our cnntrlbs write u that she
was so enger to learn how to maUn ana
crams that she tried to find a correspond
ence school in the ait. Her husband faidj
ihero was onlv one way to solve anagrams" r
nnd only one way, for that matter, to maKe
them When she Inquired for a clearer
elaboration of tho "secret," he handed her
a piece of paper with the word "STRIPKS"
nn It. She did BI.O BUCK
Co-co-co-coa Boss!
Dear Tom This story is absolutely the
truth, ard as it concerns a cow there is no
hull" about it cither
One morning last summer, while camp
ing on the upper Delaware, the cook noti
fied the rest of us that the larder was as
bare as Old Molhei Hubbard's cupboard
except for a Inaf of very dry bread (punlo
and part of a can of cocoa.
We were sitting disconsolately about, tell
ing the cook just what wo thought nf him
for letting the grub run out, hut he said
that he couldn t buy eats If tho rest of us
illrt not come up with some money, nut as
It was the last da of the trip we had no
money to buy an thing, even If wo bail
.been near a totvn to get eomethlng, which
wo were not.
Finally the cook said he would get us
something to eat If we would toast the
bread. Taking the can of cocoa he started
for a distant field In which were neveral
cows grazing Out of curiosity some of us
followed him
When he came up to the cows he picked
out one of the gentle creatures and opening
the can fed her the cocoa w Ith a tablespoon.
Somewhat mystified, we stood around and
waited for developments. Soon the cow be
gan to low In a soft voice:
Co-co-coa, co-co, co-coa-co-coa "
We then knew that the cocoa was pre
pared and upon milking the cow we got live
quarts of delicious cocoa already heated
anil sweetened KAI.
Wo would have believed this story jf
the cow had produced cocoa butter also.
We can't print It In this vertical vent of
veracity' without a word of warning to
the credulous.
Bachelor Bereavements
ANCNT ANITA
Anita. Anita!
I called her all mine.
Anita. Anita I
Oh, who could be sweeter?
Then fate let me meet her
And take her to dine
Ait eater, an eater
1 called her all mine.
, STHWAltT
Bu,t, my dear beloved Stewart, we don't
rhyme "Anita" with "eater" In Phila
delphia TIIUl'GIITS
(On hurliur thai the Column la fad up on vtra j
Sure I'd Ilka to be a poet but the world will
never knw It for my product; muatot abow
It It tbay want to maka a hit, for tby tall me
that tba Column yaarna for woim dry and
aoWmn. and that for than, th emvluiuant ut
pralM U Quito bit
I d be reeling rbxnliMt fauUes on the man
volda and panalea and ibat nifty ooa of
Nasty' bv" I sut a. aontu. hint I mutt ntfjtf
ni p' and ui ae drus IHisaaua tut n to&eiti
tk a (uut&i us Uto MvuhMt if I wut ta git to
prist. ft.
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What Do You Know?
Onfr.ru of otnernt interest wilt hn nnswrrtd
frt rMi column. Ten flHM.Innjr, the aniKcrs to
which fterv "'H informed itron should know,
are athctl daily.
(JUIZ
I, Vthal doe the evpreliin
Rhadimnnlhlne
Justice" nieaii.
2. About vhen n ten Inlroilnred
Into Ku-
rope?
3. What were riihlll!lil?
I. What lire Urn dtia".'
ti What lire lanimrah
B. IIoh did Ihe exprelon "Vetnnl
ho!"
iirlaliiale
7. Width I more ilurahle. brick or etone.'
8 Whero are Ihe Sdre Inland?
t) What rln nf i-eriiin In till roiintrt are
nninerlv nililreed n "Joliii ,'' ',7:
illllri-." Inslead f n "Mr. .lohn line .'
Ill
Wh Ih tho IWi "flnnan hailille" mi rallril.'
Answers to Yestcrd.t)'s Qui
In "aprenileimllni:" the offender' nrma are
eleniled and lrapneil iilimR the rim nf
the "heel uT u ami eijrrlilBf nml lie l
rniiipelleil In laiiil beiidliiB nver the nhrel
tluiH iilnlnnrd until releaed.
In the "budsel e.elem" tho ',,;",,1,1,'fSil,!'
an etlmale nt the expense nf 111" folliiM
hic loir nml. Hue to meet the.e e
nene lire levied In nrinriliinre with the
lltnre.
A llritlh fioiernineiit t.i ie Into . 'rt
from the lime I lie luinrelliir f He l.i
iliemirr liilrmliire the meusure linn mil
.1.
from tlie lime it l imeii nr ...r,..
t tiolllrliip I thn ne Kul in Premier
. The Wehb-Keiijiin net prohibit ahlpmenta
if Ihiunr Into prohibition Mnte.
6. The I'laiibicenet ere nn '.''fi'i'l', Kfni
famlb. Ilenrj II tjueeeeded I1MI belrur
the llrst innnnrrh of the houe nml Illcli
nrd II (died HOI) helne the lat.
7. "jnrointed measure mnirred '"'"."'-
ral" iiiiikIi. nf muree. before the modern
rnntlnie" .i Invented il rlilhni helnir
hneerl nn uhil were, rather unuau il fen
lure of the more dlenllled inmpoitlnn.
Me
hole met Ihe enemj null liiey art-
mir vin I ommounre irrr, -, -'"'
illVpalrh Miin.ninrlne Ihe llilory nf Ijlke
Jrle. ism.
0. Hie thUlle I Ihe emblem of rotlind
10.
Hlnr '"il lit were men no-e nre "'"
look the form of rem.ilnliie on the top or
pillar. Ihe etaied there In Noma in-e
for nuns sear., ilepenillna nil ilnrlt fur
fond.
liiirteenth Bcfiiincnt Armory
V n The flonr burtoco ot me nrmnij
. . Thl,lccnti, L'oast Pefenso Command,
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New VorU, contains ;j.i.. muhh- im, .
rooms Included '1 he main Hi ill uoor con
tains 73 138 squaie feet. Tim armorv occti
pies a lot 200 by 600 feet It is at Sumner
and Jefferson avenues, RrooMvn
Hois' Schools
S ,S TtnADEB AND J I If jnu will
send a stamped, auuresseu enieiuim in
.chool and college bureau, Ledger i entral,
Ilroad and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia,
a list of boys' boarding schools In this
ilctnliy. Ohio and Mntl.ind will bo mailed
to iou, or information regarding schools of
telegraphy and correspondence schools of
classio art.
"Let Dead Bury Dead"
A p H The exact quotation from Long
fellow's "Psalm of I,lfe" Is-
Trut no future, hone'er p'Mearit.
' lit tha dead Paal bury its dead
In the New Testament (Matt, ill!, 22)
itl
I'oltow me: and let tha dead bury their dead
Tho revised, version Is:
Tollow ire. and leave the dead to bury their on
In Luke, I. 60, there Is a similar quota
tion: jeaua aald unto him. Let the dead, bury their
dead, but so thou and preach the kingdom of
God
DIPLOMATS EAKN THEIR PAY
A letter received in this city from Clar
rett Droppers, of Williams College, our
Minister to Greece, conveys money to a
student nt the American International Col
lece here, forwarded nt the request of a
relative In Athens 1'iofessor Droppers
adda. 'I have now three other legations
under my charge besides our own Thtbe
additions, together with the Mate in which
Greece Is at present, keep my mind" fully
occupied ' A postscript of December 6
pass: "Since writing the above we have
been, as you must know, through an ex
traordinary series of events I am busy
twenty-four hours a da " This Is evi
dence, where none was needed, that diplo
matic pokts in the Kuropean war zono are
not easy berths and the professoi Is on
&abbatlcal teaie Springfield Bepubllcan
SAM LOYIVS PUZZLE
MY I'RIHJ.'D the squire, ncier falls
to take advantage of an oppor
tunity to exhibit hi talent for quick
figuring On a Main street car the
other day he paid bis fare with a dollar
bill and the conductor having onl) five
coins. iViiich totaled ninety-four cent,
was lu a uuandaij "Never mind," said
the squire, as he pocketed ninety-three
cents, "there's another Kint, so you can
buy a good two-cent savoke." What
flia raifna mada un that ninety-four
I cents?
Answer to Yesterday's Puzzle
REVOLUTION Maidenly, Astrono
mer Punishment
"OFFICER, HE'S IN AGAIN!
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THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Response to the Plea for Bel
gian Relief Knox and Pen
rose Criticism of the
Mummers' Parade
Thtn Department in fre to all renders who
v tih to erprevs their opinion on subject of
current interest. It in an open forum, and fh
ricvinu Ledger annume no responsibUitv for
the viev n of it correspondent, fitters munt
he atoned hy the nninp nn! address of the
urttrr not nrcemtaritu for publication but as a
fftinrantee of good faith
THK NEED OF BELGIUM
To the r.ditnr of the Eienlna Ledger
Sli You published within the last ten
dais a most Intel estlng editorial concern
ing the statement In the New r.epublle
about America's reponslblllty In feeding
tho Belgians and bow little bad been done
In America to help to support tho Com
mission for I'ellcf In Belgium In proportion
to our population 1 meant at the time
In wrlto anil thank ion for that splendid
eilltorlal I was pi evented from so doing,
and wish to tell vou now that I have re
ceived a rheck fnr $1000, sent becauso that
editorial bail made the donor realize her
lesponsibllliv. so I feel doubly grateful to
the Kvi-m.no l.hnnKn foi helping the cause
of Belgium In this way.
i i n unxnv.
Chairman Belgian Itellef Committee
Philadelphia, January 10.
SENATOR KNOX'S OPPORTUNITY
77 the r.dilor of the Fiening l.edgei-
Sir Senator Penrose absents himself
from Washington at a critical tlmo fn boss
peiRonnllv political affairs at Jlarrls
Jiurg In violation of the ellilcs that, should
pri'ient a Senator in Congress especially
the i nuking Itepuhllcan Senator from as
suming such an objectionable lole His
nctlon Is In such striking contrast with that
of any other Senator of tho United States
that froonei nr later it must cause all
thoughtful Republicans to tuin to Senator
Kno as tho gieat leader that all self
tesppcting Republicans of Pennsylvania
could follow with proud acclaim and ilc
tori Senator Penrore has been a deplorahle
calamity to Republicanism ever since he
succeeded Senator Quay as State chairman
and national committeeman In 1901 In
view of his present undignified, offensive
and in all pnibabllltj disastrous leader
ship. It seems to me proper to call public
attention to tlie fact that In 1901, the last
j ear of Senator Quai's life the Repub
lican majorits In Pennsylvania exceeded
505.(100 and that two lears theieafter the
personally selected candidate of Senator
Penrose for State Treasurer. J Lee Plum
mer, was defeated by William II Herri,
liemocr.it by more than 88,000 majorits
anil. In consequence a numbei of Senator
Penrose's stiuportcis were charged with
high crimes in connection with the building
and furnishings of the new State Capitol,
tried, convicted and imprisoned therefor
and that under the continued leadership of
Senator Penrose the Republican iota cast
for Itooseielt of SlO.noo lu I90t fell to
273.000 for T.ift in 191 J
Is such a leader,' is sui.li a Senator, alto
gether worthy the confidence of the Re
publicans, the Progressives, the Independ
ents nt Pennsylvania and the nation?
But this is not all When the disclos
ures shall have been made by the commit
tee of six two Penrose, two Brumbaugh
Republicans and two Democrats as called
for by the Democratic leader of the Legis
lature, then there will bo such a demand for
a new and exalted and trusted leadership
that Senator Knox will find It Impossible
to decline it JOHN W. KRAZIER.
Philadelphia, January 10
THE VIRTUES OF PENROSE
7o the Editor of the Eitnlntf Ledger:
Sir Mr McKnight, commenting In the
nvRMNO LEDiiEn on the Penrose-Vare
tight, states "The great body of Pennsyl
vanlans know there will be no moral or
political 'shake-up' of any consequence "
Mr McKnight is partly right We don't
need any moral "shake-up" except the Vare
Scott - Brown - O'Nell - Magee-Fllnti-Brum-baugh
fizzle The idea of attempting to
buck Penrose's leadership of the Republican
party of Pennsylvania wlth.a tlovernor who
slipped In when the people thought he was
with Penrose, having requested his help and
got It' Penrose's leadership has stood the
lest of a good many sears and Pennsylvania
xv ill stand by him as long as he cares to
fight for It Certainly a Governor who
used J 1000 for Ills own use given for the
campaign, committing the crime of violating
a law of the State of which he Is the "ex
ecutive," cannot change Penrose Is out In
the open for fair now and the other side Is
going to get all the "shake-up" It Is looking
for and then some I 11. M, B.
Philadelphia, January 8. ,
MAKING SPORT OF DEATH
To thjt Editor ot tba Himiua Ltdatr:
Sir I am writing this letter to you be
cause I believe you are humane enough to
(eel with m and publish it
I waat to aster a cry of protest and shame
agalaat the parsons who made the float pn
. k
infantile piralssl In the recent mummers'
Xoiv Year's parade. Where are tho hoarts
of tho men who made that float? Whore
are tho hearts ot tho persona who gave
that permit' And where were the police
that they allowed the float to travel the
distance up Broad street7 Did they not
renllze that hundreds of persons who viewed
that parade had lost their dear little ones
or bad them crippled for life by that awful
malady' Did they not think of tho heart
they hurt or tho pleasures they spoiled bv
their thoughtlessness, for It could not have
been downright cruolty? '
Is It nny wonder that our Institutions
are overcrowded with children when they
are held so llghtli ?
Let us hope In the future that it will not
ho permitted to display such calamities in
such a heartless and disgusting manner
MRS A J. LEUPOLD.
Audubon, N" J , January 5.
AN EX-FIREMAN'S OPINION
7-o the Editor nf the Evening Ledger.
Sir I baie been reading with great In
terest sour noble work on behalf of the men
of the Philadelphia Klra Department. As
nn ex-flremnn who served nearly four sears
In the department and resigned on account
of the long hours of duty and poor salary.
I can readily appreciate the work that sou
are doing, and can safely say that It Is np
pi eclated by overs- man In tho department
and their fi lends on the outsldo as well
The Philadelphia Klro Department under
tho leadership of Chief Hnglneer Murphy Is
today the equal ot any department In the
countrj-, but through coming In touch with
Chief Murphy during my service in tho de
partment, I know that he is aiming to maka
it tho best In tho country
To do this he must hue. that which the
L'vknino l.EDOEn, Is fighting for today,
namely, more men. shorter hours and more
money for the men ,
I think that the department never had
hettcr men at Its head nnd In the ranks
than It has today, and f think If the work
ing conditions were made better a"iid th
alary made to come somewhere near that
which other cities pay their firemen tlut
tho mnjority of the soung men who have
left thn service would gladly return, as It
is not tho service that causes them to re
slen, but the long houis they must spend at
the engine house
It the firemen of Philadelphia win their
fight they can thank the Kvkmno Ledoer.
for without it their cause would not have
got much further than tlie engine houses,
and the public would never have heard of
the working conditions as they are
1IDWARD SMITH.
Philadelphia. Januars C
UArtKET AD. 16TH A
Continuous U 15 a m to 11 30 p rn
LAST TWO DAYS
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"WAR BRIDES",
ALL NEXT WEKK-JIAnv PICKlOltD
fn 'The I'rlda of the Clan"
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ARCADIA tfjmj! ft'ss: l
CLARA WILLjAfey"k
REGENT DfV7'"'
n tt n. ii ""'y We Evenlnas ISo
E, H. Sothern and Charlotte Ives
la 'THE MAN OP MYSTEItV"
A O A D E M
I u - M u a I n
Newman S;rSs
o ST,A?A Beg. Jan. 19-20
JAPAN'oW-'fnKVinvA
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COURSE SALE , w. iA" c,...
LYRIC TO-V.".T,,Ai8 ,5 8""p
KLliL'LAB 4 AT 'lOJIOnnnw
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With 1'KUILJL.EAN
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T,he Northeast Corner
Pastels in Prose
vnt
Being lranlaled, "Aal sa rhl non ,i
later sn " leads 111 English, He nha know.
ihji, ..w.. - .. r.""' --... ,, niiuffa nOW tiki
Iliii n KHU Lnrkln more dclleatej. h 3
It nlietlonlnglv. "Did ou ever stop to litlSl
ti,, ,v ,v.,,.i, ,.,.w.t .,,, ,,, Krep 81P'
I'roin our best beloved evening n..
h.mer. In nit. tho II I,. Ihr. en:,". f"
Utioled: ",ntlv
Tflmou Van Djkea for the fnlled Pl.u. j
, . , -Headim,"
. Thl doe, not refer to th returnln. i
, Ameriein Minister to the Netherlands '
And, It may be statert, loo without ff i
nf succesfiil contradiction, It doei not te
fer In the leturn to the lire ircldn I
the United a,tate of Mr I'harle Warteni
Kalrhnnks. ntrompanlcd bv bl Jety cu.1
btnted Vnn Dike, ai who should .
vvliliker (Nolo to tho llnotjper 'Jestlv"
Is rght )
The difference between man and woman'v
lies In Ihe fact that a man ahxax think h 3
is a woman's first lovei n woman knoj
a man to be her lnt romanre
Now we know why our editorial r,. j
alwajs fall out of our ndmlied exenlne'
paper A firm on thn ground, flnoi 0f ihj
building where they give u our pay chcckil
ftdvcrtlscs. 'Looio Leaf Ledger ,
j
hort Toem. romnned r,peelallr fer Mr 1 1
llnllv, Uha nhleeled tovnnr Moe"' '' f
ooe" I.lde In Ihe Nen ork i
un nme lenra ,ko,
Leak! , i
Speak '
Recent ready letter-writer are of th,
opinion, if one may Judge from the eorre
pondents of certain New York pnpera that
tho legal profession Is loMlv oxererowdul
In that celebrated, bv some, citv one writ
ing to the Sun sa.s that the whole ten thou
sand nttornevs of Philadelphia's two hour
away (thank Heaien') suburb arc kept,
busy. With a certain unspeakable cam
looming on tho horizon, It Is quits within'
the bounds of possibility that the wholt
lot of them may bo kept reaonablj busy
for an Indefinite period
Entirely unsuspectingly wn made th
rnsual remark "Wo sea hi the pa'peri
that Colonel Ttooseielt Is going huntlna
down nmong thn South Pea Inland"
"Is that where President Wilson gni
that whole cago full ot big game'" nkM
Ed Hanks
"Whndja mean, big game'" wo nalil, ,
still Ignorant of the rapid Just before ui.
"Duck-billed platitudes " said n B i
And yet there are some folks who think i
tho nngllsh havo no senso of humor. Thfy?
are right.
CHESTNUT ;
OPERA HOUi I,
TWICE DAILY 2:05 nnd 8:0
D. W. GRIFFITH'S
COLOSSAL
$2,000,000 SPECTACLE
"INTOLERANCE"1
LOVE'S STRUGGLE
TimouaiiouT tug acies '
MU oniFFITirs Flmt and Only ProdueUai
Since "THE BIRTH Or A NATION" !
THRILLS
ADVENTURE
MYSTERY
ROMANCE!
.1
TTmnrT)T market street .1
V 1U1 WJLVXri. AROVn NINTH
This and Next Week'
10 A 11 . I- . .. 1. U rt in c .ii m
Thoa. I! Inco'n ll.OOOOOO Clnema-Spectaclt 9
"CIVILIZATIONS
Greatest Production of Ifodem Ttme
First Time at Our Prices
Musical Accompaniment by lleisauer'a Oreh'iui
B r.
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DRED M ICOMRCIl i CO . JAJIUS J MORTON
and OTHERS ... ..... ... f. '
Today at ., -oc ouc. iomsni m o .-re w
frT ,OBE Theatre ?$& trt
1UL, tl UH uuw
11 A. M to 11 P U. :
A. Seymour Brown '"''Tt'VpuV
"WHAT'SYOUR NAME,f ;
rranlibn Ardell riayera and Oihtn. .
CROSS KEYS $V W.Sj
AT THE PHOTOGRAPHERS ;
STRAND
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11 inNANOO,
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n-tnlnel. 7 and
E. H. Solhern and Charlotte Ives,
In Tllr. MAN UF MlBir.ui
OltCllEbTItA 18 PIECES
EUGCNIJ OIlOUIllxE w.dl Sololit
ACADEMY OI' MUSIC, Tomor iSat ) Aft, SH
KREISLEEl
Ticket, at Hepre'n. TBo to 2 Boiea. JU'jl
Dlrettlon. C. A. Kills Symphony Hall.
Wilmif Matinee Tomorrow at jSilfl
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"THE OLD HOMESTEAD" 1
Next WeeK "ivnicn une cnau u-
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The Cohan Revue 191Q
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