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What this
a producer.
'Icnk" Inquiry lacks In
Speaking of these constant bicker
ings In baseball, Isn't It time for the
public to strike?
Several sturdy citizens havo given
Up smoking. They nay the habit is get
ting to bo too effeminate.
Wo aro also Inclined to bo against
capital punishment until wo read somo
now account of what our politicians aro
doing. Then, "Heads OUT' Is our motto.
A cat cleaned all tho rats out of
the I.uzerno County courthouse for J1.S3,
tho cost of a month's milk. The animal
had no political pull and paid no attention
to the eight-hour law.
A fairly successful campaign for
"Billy" Sunday in New York, wo should
nay, considering tho number of sinners
In tho pond, it begun promptly, could
tcrmlnato somo time after tho next presi
dential election, working night and day.
Mr. Kdge, who today becomes Gov
ernor of New Jersey, is a powerhouse of
twentieth century ideas. These ideas are
big ideas; but he Is at tho head of a big
State, In a big nation, in a period of big
things, when big men havo their eyes
open and pikers are successful only In
the undertaking business.
Slnco there seems to be a purpose
to mislead tho peoplo Into thinking that
municipal ownership of public utilities
leads to higher .taxes, It Is only fair to
point out that tho gas works and tho
water works combine to jlelil an annual
profit for the city of about tinea millions,
after payment of all fixed charges. Oh,
yo of little faith!
Tho New York Times feels that the
rate case against New York is actually
& caso against the Union, the theory
being apparently that New York is the
Union. It smiles at the contention that
"railroad rate3 should bo proportioned to
the cost of servico," adding that "that
Is only a single factor of railway rate
making." Tho purpose of the Inquiry, wo
believe, Is to find out what tho other
factors are, since they seem to be opera
tive nowhere else in the United States
and havo not tho fortitude to show their
beads.
Realty brokers deny that they are
raising rents to meet Increased taxes.
They say that rents aro raibed by the
owners of the property. Of course.
Urokers are merely agents acting under
orders from their principals. To damn
them for increased rents is like damning
Councils for voting the bigger tax rate.
Tlie men responsible for tho conditions
are the "suckers," big and little, who
have consented to the waste of public
money by politicians who believe that tho
primary purpose of government Is to pro
vide places for job hunters.
The District Attorney's office,
which prefers to have evidence brought
to It, as the crocodile prefeis to have Us
food brought to It by the tide, will pres
ently suffer from indigestion it it does
not try to absorb facts about coal
prices. Mr. Kotan's first statement was a
discouragement to investigation. He
paid It was always hard to prove conspir
acy, which Is so very, very true. That Is
why it is called conspiracy. Conspirators
do not hire the Academy of Music for
mass-meetings. The pistrict Attorney's
office has become a soft one, thanks to
energetic assistants who take care of de
tails, and pretty much everything can be
made a detail in this efficient world.
IUv4 from the dread routine, Mr. Rotan
Is excellently placed to give his whole
attention to big things, such as a forcing
up of octal price, which at one blow adds
J&W.O&Q a ear to the living expenses of
Pbliadelphlana. The failure to act
aggjMssively has put Investigators on the
defense and Is allowing time for all sorts
"covering up" by those who are ac
cused of breaking the law.
' '--'-
Senator Walsh, of Montana, has
jwt out to change the rulM of the Sen
ati, whUU permit unlimited debate. Mr.
WaUli entered the Senate on March 4,
1IU. He la likely to be supportied by
ihue eaHMua WHOM tarm of snvlcu U
mufclly ttitft. The Btotemea tor cloture
nap up eimr feur y taunt, 1 in uuMy
jumAmI iu n tawM. tSdlpre wa
wm f Uw tbimm wuwfe tb fit ,DavW
iTWfliBBiimi!!. ma hi Bg-gafiaaejaiM i nimnnm iiiM iTrr wxff
. Hill, of New Vork, set out to accom
pilsh When ho went to Washington. He
believed In the rulo of the caucus and In
Jamming things through by tho order of
a majority of the party In power. He
discovered, however, thai the Senators
refused to bo bossed; that Hie men who
had been in tho body long enough to learn
Its wnys were well pleased with the rules
nnd objected to tho transformation of the
Senate from n deliberative body to a de-creo-regisUring
corporation. Ho discov
ered, also, that Ills colleagues preferred to
smother n measuro by unlimited debate
to strangling it by rules "hvhlch would
compel them to stand up and bo counted
for or against It. The temper of the Sen
ate may change ntw that Its members
are elected by popular vote; but until It
docs chnnge new Senators who seek to
get n cloture rule passed aro likely to
havo their trouble for their pains.
OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS AND
OTHER KNOCKERS
WANT of fnlth, strikingly nt variance
A
wllh the compelling Influence In the
gtcat ndventuro of William Ponn, has
rtsseitcd Itself moro than once In mod-
crn efforts to hold 1'hllndolplilu nt tho
ft out among other great mctronollses of
tho era.
Colonel Sheldon Totter docs not, wo
believe, pose as a ttanslt expert, oven
when uttering dire prophecies of seven
cent fares. To bo sure, ho was
very emphatic few months ngo
In declaring that 'hero was no 10H
tentatlvo ngrccmctit to which the P. It.
T. was bound, either legally or morally;
but nlmost Imniorl'Ucly, thereafter Mr.
Stotesbn-- nnd other gentlemen, whoso
bona and reputation meant something
to Hum, took a directly opposite view
and actually reiterated their former
pledges. They declined to bo put In nn
enurwica! position by Colonel Potter or
anybody else. So, forsooth. It appeared
that tho only persons Intent on depriving
Philadelphia of tho advantages of that
1914 agreement wcro tho two gentlemen
on whom It particularly devolved to pro
tect tho Interests of Philadelphia, Colonel
Potto;- and Mr. Hancock, representatives
of the city on the directorate of tho P,
U. T.
That tho surrender policy of these two
gentlemen was so promptly repudiated by
all other parties at Interest might In or
dinary circumstances havo led to some
resignations. It appears, however, that,
having failed to weaken the city's posi
tion In bis first effort. Colonel Potter has
returned to tho Held, this tlmo with nn
awe-inspiring bogey, by which, remark
able as Jt seems, certain newspapers have
been unduly frightened and with diffi
culty havo prevented their ITalr from
standing on end.
Colonel Potter, we repeat, is not a
transit expert, nnd ho has proved that ho
Is not a safo guide, yet his position en
titles his opinion to consideration, and It
may be worth whllo to look his bogey in
the eyes and dissipate tho fears which
Its ghastly aspect has, It may be, aroused.
We might, with satisfaction, point out
that tho miracle of rapid transit baffles
tho foresight of even tho most optimistic.
It was never anticipated that tho present
Market street subway-elevated would be
such an upbullder and moneymaker as
it now is, In so short a time. Tho first
New York subway, It was boldly hoped,
would find as a maximum DOO.OOO pas
sengers a day somewhere. It has been
carrying more than twico that many for
yeais. There has not been a real rapid
transit development In the United States
that failed to pay. It Is admitted that
the Frankford "L." will pay. Private cap
ital was ready to build It years ago. The
subway up and down Broad street taps
some of the most thickly populated terri
tory In the world. It is an expensive
undertaking, to be sure, but factors that
make it expensive are factors which will
also make It remunerative. These two
lines are those first to be built and oper
a'tod. After them will come the lesser
lines, at the ends of which Industrial de
velopment has already built up a great
nnd unexpected potential patronage.
But It Is scarcely worth while to dwell
on these facts, for Colonel Potter's own
argument Is as excellent a brief for the
new system as could be wanted. If
everything went dead wrong, and people
did not tide, and events did not happen
In Philadelphia as they have happened
elsewhere, then this awful calamity would
be at hand a seven cent fare. Of course,
there Is not going to be a seven-cent fare,
but suppose there were.
Residents of Germantown now buy a
fifty-trip commutation ticket for 15.18,
or 10.3 cents a ride. It takes them 23
minutes to get to a railroad station
In town, from which station they often
have to take a trolley and pay five cents
extra. Yet Colonel Potter warns citizens
of Germantown that they may have to
pay seven cents per trip for a service
that will furnish them trains every three
or four mlnutee, that will carry them
direct to whatever part of town they wish
to go. and will bring them into the heart
of the city In 19 minutes, under condl.
Itlons that virtually assure no delay, no
(matter what the weather.
Colonel Potter seems to be warning
residents of Germantown that If they are
not careful tbey will have a better service
than they nave ever Unowij and will save
tens of thousands of dollars annually get
ting it A few calamities' of that sort would
make Oarraantown and Philadelphia the
most proaverous aad nappy communities
in the world. Rapid transit at seven cants
would be u godsend, it is going to be a
greater godsend at five
czuls.
EASING LEIKIER-PmLADELPinA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 16,
Tom Daly's Column
A Song of Hope
(For Two Voices)
Sopiano:
O! Darby, dear, nt last you'ro hero!
I thought jou noVcr come.
O! lend your car '., words of cheer
Fot lol de rol to turn;
How you'll cnlhuso to hear tho news,
And how surprised you'll look.
I heard this morn from Otto 55ot n
Wo'vo prospects of a cook!
Sho's on tho sea, from Germany,
But Otto nn8 she'll como
And try us for a week or morel
l'ol lol de rol te turn! .
Chorus.
Soprano nild Baritone!
O! happy, happy wo!
Our cook Is on tho ca!
And when sho lands,
With outstretched hands,
We'll gladly welcome she.
Baritone!
O! darling Joan, my wife, my own!
Your news has struck mo dumb.
We'll build a throne for her alone
' Fol lol do rol to turn!
Perhaps wo ought to tako a yacht
And meet her down tho bay.
Then, who enn tell, If nil goes well,
She may prolong her stnyV
And wo may ho two weeks or three
Beneath her queenly thumb.
Or tnaybo four, or oven morel
Fol lol de rol to turnf
Chorus.
Soprano and Baritone:
O! happy, happy wo!
Our cook Is on the sen!
And when sho lnnds,
With outstretched hands,
We'll gladly welcome sho.
if The Lists Are Open
Sir How about cooklo talcs? Uvcr
hear of Swede Thelmn, who asked her
mistress ono Tuesday morning, "Shall I
cook t-omo flat-lron7"
Or Nora a Norwegian Nora who ap
plied for a plnco In .a Chestnut 1III1
kitchen, nnd when asked what sho could
do mado answer with cheerful confidence,
"Me? I can milk reindeer."
Any better battcr-bcators? W. H.O.
Winter Fancies
Tell me, where do tho fnlrles go,
When tho north wind howls o'er
tho
drifting snow7
7n(o iUo orato that's bta:lnp warm,
Into the midst of the lira they sicarm,
Dance on tho lops tn uHtdcst alee,
Bring happv dreams to yon and me.
Toll me, whore do tho goblins go.
When the north wind howls o'er tho
drifting snow?
On the wing o the wandering winds
then ride,
I the knots of tho gnarled trees they
hide,
Dread cries they hear, strange sights
they sec,
Wild dreams they biinp to you and mc.
WILL J.OV.
Tiin EVMt-riiraiT tkianom:
A fluKy hall of sdlow down chirped a eljcpj
"coo,! night" and drimslU balanced himself on
a swIiik tilnh ui In the middle of hla cafe.
lie atuned hla head boneutll his Wine: only at
pertinent Intenals did ho rial: an ee on tea
world about him.
Uaeklnir In the r.ijn of a parlor lamo was a
lay-out of cards, and the younx thlnse at the
tuble eeemed to ha shuffllne them about list
lessly They spoke a language familiar but not
understood by tht, llttla occupant of tho wicket
"Diamonds aealn " tho maid said trlum-
"? can think of nothlnc but hearts." the
mere man inurmurtd.
' I-1-peek-ptek," tho llttlo bird said.
"As for me.' smiled she. "I'm alnats thlnk
IrtT of dlamondB "
"Indeed?" smirked he
"Peek-peek, ' the little bird said.
"You ha made u mistake, eho rippled Im
patiently. "ou cannot meld onposltes "
"If 1 could havo our hand." said ho timidly,
"I would try to meld two hearts "
"Tee-hee, said sbe.
"ree-hee." fcald he . .
"Peek-peek." the little bird said.
"Here 'tis." lauvhcd she.
' Do ou mean H?" queried he.
' Peek. peek, peek." tho little bird said, as he
almost tumbled from hla swtnKinir cnalsi lonKUe.
then added sadly, "Oh, beautiful slushes they
put out the llaht " AkWCANDHA.
"The Familiar Face"
The familiar face the strange facet
How often have you oagied sof
I would call you, reproachlngly, "Change
dee" J'or some swift glance 1 did not know.
The familiar face the concealing face
That would not say me No or Yesl
Again, the appealing the revealing face
That told me what I dared not guess.
It was as though I never knew you
(Yet knowing you so many a ycarl);
The soul that there sat looking ihiough
you t
Held me deriding or austerel
The familiar face fic unknown face
Of one now come to tragic pass
Yet, that lold look of Youth my own
., face
As I just saw It in yon glass!
VDITU M, THOMAS,
We Have Suspected It
Sir Have you noticed that
LEAK
Is also
KALE
which is slang for coin of the realm?
Senator Stone is chairman of Foreign
Relations Committee, which may account
for the foreign policy of present Admin
istration. In other words,
STONE
becomes
NOTES
M'MA.Nltt.
HQXTJiLUY ZQQUAqiOUB
That money talli, we all agree;
But while upon the subject dwelling.
Do not forget that poverty
Uas also various ways of tfUng,
S. S, S,
The Southern Horizon
Sir The fellows In our class last year
had to memorize "Whlttler's "Barefoot
Boy." You know the lines:
Btllt as ray horizon grew,
larger grew my riches too.
That's the part "Shy Holmes had to
commit to memory. Ho always gets rat
tled, but the whole class, and the teachar,
too. wera jolted wuen "Shy." red aa a ber,
got thiai out
bull u.3 my huiliuu grv
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(u fMa cofumiit Ten quentlona, tha ait bw era to
which everu well injonncd pet son ihoutti know,
are asked daUv,
QUIZ
1. What I the "cloture fleht" which has opened
In tho benate?
2. The Hussions hntn won n Tlctorr on the
Klcu front hri Is ItUa? Vliy should
thn flclitlnB thrro "threaten the Crrmnn
plans In Itiimaula." as 11 report suwestt
It nt.u .
3. Who Is Walter E. Kdce?
4. lias the United hlnles nn Ambassador nt
1 the .Mexican capital?
s. In what part of Florida Is Tnlm Beach?
G What ns the W'nr of the Spanish Suc
cession? T. What is Irrrdentlsm?
8. About what was the (Socialist vole for Presi
dent In 19U? t" PJIu?
I). Who were the Itonndhcads?
10. Where Is Madison Snuore. Vhllndelohla?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
"A II." sloiids for "Anno Domini." "In Iho
Veir of Iho Iird," or. as usually ex
pressed. "In the ear of Our Jrd
l'riinrN llopklnson Mrota hllinnrous ballad,
"The Ilattlo of the Kens" (177H). based on
nn Incident In tho Iteiolutloiury War.
Tho Americans set llllout eiploshe mn
ihlnrs hhuned like hears. In the holie ; of
destrojlni: the llrlllsb lleet nt Phlladf luhla.
Iho llrltlsh tlreil on the HontlnB objects
und pretented the success of tho attack.
In 1817 un Insurrection took plaio In Canada,
arlslnir from discontent with cotermnental
inrlhods It was trushrd In ubout n ear
TI.e Conscrlnt I'athers was the deslcnallon
of the Koman Senalprs because their
luiiues were Inscribed In the reslslrrs of
tho henato.
The tontine sisleni win, drilseil l Loreno
Tout). II Neupolltan. who Introduced It
Into franco ubout 11150, A irrtnln number
nf persons subscribe to n irenerul fund.
llirh draws nn unnultyaccordln to Ids
hkpi the nnnulll of the surtliors In
rreuses us each member dies, lhls Is tho
crnernl plan, hut It has undertone much
liberation in turlous countries and times.
The hard nnd soft shelled crabs ore of the
some species the blue crab, Culllnrctes
hastntus. The soft-shelled crabs are those
which have Just shed their shell and are
cotrrrd only by n suit skin
"A sadder and a wiser man" Is taken from
t'olerldie's "Aiuujnt Jlnrlner "
Th" l'unle Wars were the wars between
Home nnd Cnrllum. which finally re
suited Iti the romplcto destruction of the
latter city, whhli for renturles bad domi
nated the Mediterranean trade.
The Constitutional t'nlon nirty was formed
rhlelty out of the Kttou-nlhliijr nnd W'hlv
parties It nominated John Hell und "!
ward Krrctt for President nnd s, ko
President In IXC) and rust COO.00O fotes,
Kunsnns ure Joeulnrly colled Jashawkers.
'I he term originated In Kansas durlos; the
strife !etween the slairrr nnd antl
slderr parties, und lutcr the freebootlns:
ruerrlllus und ImahrnnKers In riouth and
West were called Jaibaukcrs,
10.
Populations
rt, d. The nojiulation of Philadelphia Is
now 1,709,518; of the United States 101,-017,31-,
while the total number of persons
under the American flag la 112,tH,620,
according to the latest census reports. The
population of New York, It 5,602,811! Chi
cago. 2,137.722, St. Louis, 757,309; lioston,
756.470: Cleveland, 671,073; Baltimore,
589,621; Pittsburgh. 579,090; Detroit, 571.
784 ; Los Angeles, 507.812 ; Bufalo, 468,553 ;
San Francisco, 463,516.
Loss of Cttizenship
I T- II. You probably refer to the case
of Theodore Starbure, a s,on of the former
Minister to Belgium. Ills application for
a pasport to return to Kngland to rejoin
the British aviation corps has been refused
by the Bureau of Citlienshlp and referred
to higher officials of the State Department.
Marburg admitted he "had fought in a for
eign army and planned to return to resume
his post. On that ground, In conformity
with the law of 1906, the bureau refused
the passport. Secretary Lansing said that
an Amrlcan who enlists Jn a foreign army
has forfeited his citizenship. .Marburg lost
a leg while flying with the British artoy
In France anuplanned to return to England
as an instructor In the aviation corps.
SAM LOYD'S PUZZLE
THE fool in olden days
Oaa kings advice In Wtlng phrase.
Ue's - now; the modern throne
all follies but- Us Vwn- '
Bach missing word contalmythe same
eizbt letters.
Answer to Yesterday's Puzzle
TI1811K must have bean slstyae
achoUra in tli class. The puule ia
njel by addtoK I ta Uui least common
inuUipl of 3, i and 5.
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THE VOICE OP
THE PEOPLE
Injustice to Germany The
Prussianizing of Ireland.
Repartee in Ohio
TWi Department is free to alt reader .ho
icsA to express 1hetr ovinions on nnbject of
current Interest Jt is nit open forum, ami the
livening Ledger assumes no i csponsibllitv for
the i tews of its correspondents. Letters must
ba signed by the name and address of the
writer, not necesnurttu for publication, but as a
guarantee of good faith
ENGLAND'S "GLORY"
To the Vdltor of the livening Ledgei:
Sir I often read very interesting letters
on tho great war In your valuablo paper.
How some writers can heap such unjust
ridicule and slander on tho German nation
la n puzzle to mo. Every nation has Its
faults, but England's history of Ill-fame
would make all the other warring nations
look llko saint") It a record of their crimes
were placed besldo hers. Tho pro-Ally wri
ters always evade tho facts of history that
staro them In tho faco They who always
harp on the poor Belgium string as Ger
many's only crime cannot compare that to
England's unjust war and brutal outrages
ocalnst tho peace-loving Boer Republic.
But (what of her Inhuman treatment of
Ireland, the country whose sons often saved
her from a crushing defeat, not to apeak
of India, Egypt or Greece? The Germans
on the Sommo'and tho Boers at Colenso
aro alike In many ways, lighting to save
their homes and Fatherland and winning
against odds of live to one. In ears from
now a Britisher can console himself by
reading such passages as' these In Eng
land's history of tho war: How we saved
Rumania, our strategic retreat from the
Dardanelles, why Townshend surrendered
at Kut, our moral naal victory at Jutland,
the great English victory at Dublin, etc.
KThey can wind up by adding, "Well, It wo
could not crusn uermany, wo meant iu uo
it, anyhow."
PATniCK J. DOOTtLEY.
Philadelphia, January 7.
ARGUMENTUM AD HIDERNIAM
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir It may be paid that the terms of
the Entente note mean tho recasting of
Europe along racial lines If this be so,
the virtual dismemberment of Austria would
follow. The Slavs, Italians and Rumanians
Included In her empire would be freed and
there would be, as of old, a kingdom of
Bohemia,
So far so good, but why give Poland
back again to the execrable rule of Russia?
And If tho map Is to be recast along racial
lines, why should not Ireland be made a
separate and Independent nationality? No
people on Clod's earth should be under alien
domination, and I, for one, would welcome
the racial Idea, provided It be carried out
to Us logical end. E. J. COY.
Philadelphia, January 12.
REPARTEE IN BUCYRUS
To the Editor of tho Evening Ledger:
Sir Assuming that the readers of "voice
of the people" columns are always pleased'
to read something" amusing, I submit for
their pleasure two hitherto unpublished In
cldentst Judge Joslah Scott, who served on the
Supreme Court bench of Ohio, and Dr, J.
B, Squless, who practiced medicine In
Sulphur Springs, Ohio, for forty years, had
been schoolboy friends, but had not met
jor many years. One day by chance they
met on the street in Bucyrus, Qhlo,nd, In
their oi. change of greetings the doctor
said, "Judge, you are looking well; your
health Is no doubt good." "Yes," replied the
Judge, 'l am thankful to be able to say
that I have not been obliged, tcs call upon a
man of your profession for forty years."
Thereupon Doctor Squless said: "Judge, do
you know I have often, thought that when
the world becomes so peaceable that it can
get along without lawyers, and so healthy
that It can get along without doctors, and
so pious that It can get along without
preachers, It will then get rid of these
classes' of bloodsuckers "
In the Garfield-Hancock campaign, I860.
Stanley Mathews, who was later a Judge of
the United States Supreme t-'ourt, was ad
dresslng an outdoor Republican tacwtlng in
Bucyrus, Ohio, and he reviewed at some
U&gth General Uarfleld'a military record
In tlie Ctvil War A vry partisan D-amo-irat
m 'he audience rose to bit tml and
satd to. the speaks,. ' you tuve told us an
about Ciarttsh' war reud and what g.
great wldlw he wm. igw wU you not tsU
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1917
TALKING?"
V
""iiijk
us what Ilnncock was doing during the
Civil War'" Without hesitation Mr.
Matthews nnswered, saying: "I will tell you
wlint Hancock was doing. He was down
South shooting Democrats " B. B.
Reading, Pa , January 14.
MISS RANKIN'S INELIGIBILITY
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:.
Sir There recently nppearcd In tho
Eve.vino LEDann nn Important letter
signed "Constitutionalist," regarding the in
eligibility of Mlas Rankin for Congress. I
am exceedingly gratified that some one has
tho courage to show these tyrannical re
formers the women suffragists of our
country that they confront now a Consti
tution which they cannot violate ; I. e , tho
Constjtutlon of tho United States of Amer
ica. Alt thinking people must stand aghast
at their audacity in nominating and effect
ing the farce of electing a member of their
association as Congrcsswoman, when they
know, ns does every elementary school child
that, being a "she." Miss Rankin Is consti
tutionally lneligiblo. It Is preposterous for
any ono to think that the members of the
House of Representatives, or even the Chief
Executive of our nation himself, can make
any tpeclnl rulo as an act of courtesy In
Miss Rankin's case. Any special law would
bo nothing but conspiracy against our Gov
ernment and bring about impeachments in
accordance with the supremo law of the
land. Tho Constitution Is subject to amend
ment at any time by consent of two-thirds
of both teprcsentatlvo bodies, or by a con
vention specially called by tho Legislatures
of two-thlrdi of tho several States for tho
purpose. This tho BUffraglsts well know. It
Is another evidence of tholr political tactics
and tricks, to create In a State a situation
of embarrassment, unauthorized by national
law, and Bcheme to harass tho members to
seat Miss Rankin. Indeed I think our
whole nation should rise as ono man nnd
send back the "Lady from Montana" when
she appears to claim omce at "Washington.
I have a shrewd suspicion that a Federal
penitentiary would bo a soft place for a
woman who deliberately planned to Impli
cate a State In controversy over national
election laws. i
The Washington (D. C.) Times said of
Miss Rankin: "She had been elected to
Congress on precisely the same basis that
men are elected In other places and on
which, In future, a great many more women
will be sent to Congress: her brains, fit
ness, public services and general right to
recognition." The "brains" of Miss Rankin
were used to win the Pennsylvania cam
paign in 1915 by the Delaware County Suf
frage Association, since she came to Morton
(my home town) and addressed the negroes
In tha colored Methodist Church.
Wltsi woman suffrage, our liberty Is men
need, our right of life, our right of happl.
ness, our right of property, our right of
equality before the law. No longer Is It
the battle of suffragist tyrannizing over
others Irr violation of the'iules of the Cites,
ter County Federation, or the statA .,)-,
,tlon of Women. They confront a violation
w, ,..- ..,., i urn uimeu. Slates,
and are violators of national statutes It
will not avail for Doctor Shaw to stand ud
and harangue, as she did about a "boss"
and 'The American Flag," and demand, as
they did at Atlantic City, that Miss Rankin
sit in Congress.
LAVINIA T, DAVISON.
Morton, Pa., January 13.
urn JLHXIVRRSARY
NIGHT IN BOHEMIA
Midnight Frolic & Dansant
w WITH TUB
PEN and PENCIL CLUE
BELLEVUE-STRATFORD
Friday, January 19
Stars Prom the, Vaudeville and
Dramatic StaoM
Reserved Seats K, st th Club uQU m,.
Wclaut Sweet, acd th. UoUl I Tlt" oSc.'.0.18
LYRIC toniout at s.w
U 1 ivj j,0p (i M TOitOBBOW
THE BLUE PARADISE
With CECH, LEAN
ADELPHI ""gw.ftj.w""
"VERY GOOD EDpIE1'
Dumoiiy a fijuistrels .?"" . 1! -
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Ultima, Vguirl"
Troqadero
TUB CHABMUVU
KYRA
hwihs u
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The Northeast Corner
nubalynt of a Commuter
Up from tha Station, breathless in.n . Im
I ran. and at tho Supper-tabi 'uT 0m- 1
gives '" o m tot
But not the Master Sin of Being Ljt
Them mnv littt-A tiesn (.) &Ji
on a waiting public during the p.!f2 J
davs. but our votn I in n,,..l ,x.V .'
to tho Cincinnati Enquirer for this onis
"WhAt Is the chnrgo ngalnst thi.
man?" asked the desk sergeant,
"Ho was out In the mlddl 0f
street trying to kill a. boa constrictor
replied tho officer. '
"Well," said tho desk gerguW
"thero's no law ngnlnst a man nroteei
Ing hl-j life, Is there?" P ""
"No," replied the olTlcer. "But th.r.
jl uuis .utiaiiii,i.ur mere
Cribbed from the movl otuns. and '
Cxar'a cabinet room:
I'RCMIERS CHANGED TUESDAYS AWnl
w-. uiirtia
Bill Terrell tells of a friend of his f
blacksmith, who got his name In tho pnr'
nnd was alluded to as "Vulcan." nnvJ'.
r-An,1 Mn'l lltfn It nn,l anl.1 U i. .. lU i
poio to be called names by any ding-busted-reporter.
ai
"I looked up this 'ere name In t.1
directory," he explained, "and I find thilt
cuos was a sort of chap that got mesjJt
up In a quarrel between somo family j'
a feller ho thought was his frlcndai,
namo was Juniper trun him out cf'
heaven."
Turning to our Bullfinch, and reading tha '
story of tho controversy betwesn vt I
and Jupiter, wo find that Bill's blacksmith ,1
H-.ll., nAnM .(..lil A 1 . t. ""mUl 1
wiic v'cwij ,,,.,. iihiih jib least no was ti
nearly right ns the boy In school who. whan
1 1 n ...tnlH H-I.n U f-.t ' ""d
naneu iu caihuiii itiuu iiiu vuueanwas re
plied that It was "a largo hollow r'lae.
without any nlr Id It whero the pops lives."
EvrniYnoDY is qoino to thd
CHESTNUT STRBBTsj
OPERA HOUSE
TWICB DAILY 2.05 and 8:03
"- D. W. GRIFFITH'S
COLOSSAL $2,000,000 SPECTACLE
"INTOLERANCE" '
LOVE'S STItVaaLB
TimovanouT tub aoes
OIUrFlTH'S rirst and Only Prodactloa
Slnco "THC DIUTH OF A NATION"
MAIIKET ab. 10TH
CONTINUOUS 11:10 A. Jt. to 11:16 P. U
ALL THIS WEEK
MARY PICKFO-RD
IN KinST SHOWINO OF
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"THE PRIDE OF THE CLAN"
Xi
PALACE
1214 MARKET
. 1 0 SOn
ALL THI8 WEEK
NAZIMOV
In the Tremendously rowertuLPriiM
"WAR BRIBES"
ARCADIA "'lhTe
10:30, 12.M, 2(15. '
Frank Keenan &&is&J5Sm
"THE BRIDE OF HATE" 4
"DTTTTT'" MARKET Below 17TH 'J
JXJjjVjrJljlN 1 Dally, 10c i Evr. 18c. 3
DOHOTIIT BERKARD
Wed. & Thurs SCSSUD HAVAKAWA
In "THE SOUL OF KURA-SAN"
B. F. Keith's Theatre 1
BiaOEST VAUDEVILLE SHOW
KYEK BEEN AT ANV miCD
BELLE BAKER
OLIVE WYNDHAM & C0.
JAMES B. CARSON & CO..
Millie MontEomery i Qeoree Perry, Huntlnr.ljj
Frances. Artnur Nuuivan & v.o , uiuiri, ss
THE SERIAL SUPREME 1 I
Mrs. Vernon Castle in "Patria"v
Today at 2, 203 . 00c. Tonignt at 8, i'sewti.
STRAND
firrnfivTiiwn! lUK
' AT VENASGOj
Edith Taliaferro niSS SSW
"The Conquest of Canaan"
n.As.iee 1ft PUi-is H. Arnra Mella. BoBftB
rh,; wrl. ti Kat.. DOROTHY' HEItNAHb Ml
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Thos. It. Ince's 11.000.000 Spectsds 4
CIVILIZATIONS
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MARKET ASM
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Mat. Dally, 2:80, JOft
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stock "BOUGHT AND PAID FOB
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NEXT WEEK "ItOLUNQ STON63'
BROAD Last'5 Evgs. "SSos
60c to Jl.SO at I'opuiar ""'"".ISSini
MRS. PISKE ,n "SSr"
Next Week UEOituti wuh .s
Th. Prnf-.TiK. LoteStorv " Seats Tlu;
FORREST Ldst 5 Evgs. m'l
iftttAifZf TiravriR 1916
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New Musical Flay "BUTTY ' bt ""JSSJ
WTJT7riT?TTnT PAT.MRR
My Second Year or the War SonimalViri
viiis.-a iuw.i " - fai
Academy o( Music. Mon. E . Jan. 4
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