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Hew loin IltiiK! The rmn llull-Ilnrc
fltniiH limi'i no rrtettrirh-traai.
Loiooy in -rat . Marconi llmne, Ktrnnl
litis ilcitit .. .32 )tua Louli le uranl
SfBSrniPTtO.V TEIIM3
The KrriiHn Lsnoia U rvl to miWrlbeM
In rhitaileltihl, an 1 mirraun Ilnif town At tha
rate of six (fl cent- pr week, paab)a to th
carrier
Ily mall to pnlntu otitlln of PMIailtfphU. IB
the Inllc malt, Cannd. or lhlUl Aisle no-
pn- po-tnici free Ihlrty five Cfl,, rents
pei month Ono (III dollar for three month
or our t!4 dollara ir year, parable In ad
vanee.
To alt foretfin ceumrle ono fit) dollar par
mon'h
No-ricn- Bub-erlbM vrlahlni nddre,e chaw-ed
hiu-t live bid as well n- nw addraaa.
ntLL, MM TAINIT kFiMOSF, MAIS' SM9
2" Adrt nil rniroiie-ntme In Ktfllip
Ledaer, l-ilp- idH" eojucire, Philadelphia,
j. - -.
BTreati) jit Tut nut -printi rosTororB a
arscoNn 1 1 aa m-ii, u-rrla
the Avr.nAin vkt paid ruiLT rm-
culatws- nr Tin. Kvr.vrvfj l.nnoBti
ron ln nuiii'it was ti'Mlo
rhlltd'lphu, fffldat Jiauirf 17, 1917.
Ih Mr. TonroHo ptaylnc for tho
adoption of n policy of reconciliation, di
vision nnd sllcnco?
It bcslni to look as if come ono
In Washington uero trying to start a
new Ananias Club.
It would ho a pity, would it not, If
fifty years after Hlayery was whipped
out of America It should And a congcninl
roost In Europe?
To connect the Chesapeake and tho
Delaware, offering a seruro Inland water
route for tho greatest ships of tho navy,
would cost a ry few million dollars. It
Is obvious, therefore, that tho project
should be postponed until I'odunk gets a
$200,000 postolllrc 1'reparednoss, averred
tho philosopher, Is doing tho things that
aught not to bo dono In order that tho
things which ought to bo dono cannot bo
dono.
Will Senator Stono find It impos
sible to talk on the tamo platform tomor
row night with Daniel V. Cohalan, the
pro-German Irishman of Now York'' Mr.
Stone Is chairman of tho Commlttpo on
Foreign Itilatlons of tho Senate, and Is
tho spokesman of tho Administration In
(hat body. IIo Is much moro closely
connected with Mr. Wilson than Is cx
Judgo Gray, who refused to speak after
Mr. Heck bnd said bitter things about
Mr. AVlIson.
Every tlrno Doctor I.Iebknecht ap
peals from his scntenro ho gets addi
tional punishment. Ills first sentence
was to thirty months' Imprisonment.
When ho appealed ho got four years
Ills sccoml appeal has been followed by
an additional sentence to four and a
half years In prison nt hard labor, with
expulsion from tho IScrlln bar. When
peace comes, Government will eortainly
have to reekon with tho followers of this
great popular leader.
Tho dividing lino, between Hast and
West Philadelphia Is tho Schuylkill Itlver.
Trom tho forlorn nppcarnnco of this
stream below rnjlowhlll street ono would
hardly bellevo that It led to tho hand
somest park in tho world. In fact, It
looks now as though it might lead to
perdition Somewhere around City Hall
In tho pigeonhole of somo desk tliero la
rt plan for beautify Ing the Schuylkill's
buriks, but it has probably been lost in
tho shuttle.
With ono college president resign
ins because moat of tho "students" sim
ply Idlo their tlrno away and State,
Princeton nnd Harvard all at ono tlrno
crying for hugo sums of money, wo nro
constrained to wonder If tho JSOO.OOO
Which Temple University wanti Isn't
$300,000 that ought to be supplied
quickly. We nre told that most of thono
who attend Templa go thero to wqrk, be.
cause it Js tho only chance they have,
ft A it Is a chanco which in most cases
they liavft to mnko for themselves. Ye,
it Is quite, probablo a dollar given to
Temple would do a full day's work every
day in the. auno of real education.
Thomas, Ilaeburn White favors
abolishing tho two-chambered City Coun
ft Wi
cils and substituting for it a single cham
ber of sixteen men, receiving a salary of
$2500 each and elected from the sen
atorial districts. He would also forbid
Councllmen to hold any other public olllce
of profit. Wa do not suppose he thinks
that all publio abuses would end with
the adoption of this plan any more than
we suppose a man who had found his
new suit of clothes was made of shoddy
Would expect a better suit it he should
tell the tailor to make a new one out
of the same piece of cloth, but cut on a
different pattern. The fundamental evils
In the city government do not find their
tourco in the charter. They cannot be
oured by a change Jn that document.
The trouble lies in tha ladlfference ot
tb vast mass of the voters. So Ion as
fjjey are willing- to tolerate the klad ot
overmnent we have, that is ttta kind
Of government the politicians will give
tiiem, whether the charter is efeantred
or net.
When o. houaewtfe pays thirty-five
. 'ilA a dasen for California oranges,
;;;;; I'-gboiit tea eeats ot the sum gees to the
'ff .illioail company for bringing the fruit
s8fepa the continent, or a little less than
B5 seat fur each urauge When she pays
may cent a Jvn fur Washington or
tnf-s ,i i nit.- iic pa-s about tea ceuu
C" . . t tot vir!ii u fyW
li , onsttMb. ta tbfct trfty. I
Va)hln(,ton nml Oreson npplca brlnu
more In tha eastern markets than Cali
fornia, manges. Hut western apples aio
not better than rennsHanla. apples
Next to New York, this Is tho Rteatrst
apple prmlurlnn State In a "' jear
our ornhariln lrl'l almut 2'. 000,000 luisli
els. New 'Wirk irohices alxint fio.000 000
bushel The nld of Wwlilnrtton Is be
tneen 8 000 000 anil 10 000 noo, nml Oregon
jicMi less than d.OflOOOO Hut llieso west
ern Stales nrt able to sell their apples In
New York and riilladelphla, tho rhlef
cities of His Brealest apple pwluclns
Cornmonwenllhu In tho Union, at better
prices than tho home grown product
brings. This ought not to bo so. tt wilt
not bn so when tho Pennsylvania orchard
Ists take proper caro of their apple trees
and paek their Trull for market attrne.
tlvoly. for every onn knows that the IIaor
of nn eastern apple l far superior to that
of: tho apple from th" farlfle foast States.
TUB I'UAN'KLIN FAIIKIC
r
N" Tlin year 1732 two Important ments
.n.ir.,i riBnrtre Washinston wa
born find "Rtrhiird 8a.nn.lprn" started his
Almanac. In tho twenty flvi years that
followed. While our first 1'rpsldent wl-
I vnneeU from Infnney tn that manhood
which was to flower as tho tpo of our
eltlMmship, tho matured Frnnklm pre
pared tho ground for blm. for "Poor
Itlrhard" and hl w Iso sayings wore most
Influential In molding the new American
rharaeter thAt was to be, ami It was this
differentiation between English colonials
and Americans thnt made the spirit of
7fl.
If Franklin was half a century ahead
of tho averogo colonial before the Revolu
tion, he was moro than half a century
ahead of the average American cltlsten of
tho newly established republic. Ono of
his last public acts befor,o his death In
1T90 was to sign a memorial to Congress
as president of the Pennsylvania Society
for the Abolition of Slavery.
IIo was piactleally ahead of tho Phlltt
delphlans of his day. and he was ahead of
them practically. All his writings had an
accurato and special aim. It Is not hard
to bo a thousand years ahead of the
times; .any decadent minor poet can bo
that. But tho difficult thing Is to bo con
stantly some few years In ndvanco In a
eroatlvo wuy. Thus It Is that ho Is a
tradition rather than merely a famous
man. Ills fnmo was absorbed into tho
llfo of tho community from day to day.
Mero famo stands out best against a back
ground of failure If Philadelphia had
not followed his subtle leadership his
famo would have been greater. Ileal "suc
cess Is communal. It sinks tho individual
at tho root of It. for each decade re
warded I'ranklln with tho view of other
Franklins ho hail cieated about him.
And tho more thero were many of them
tho less there was tho one.
Wo can look back to him as a man to
bo honored hut wo can also look for
ward to him as a fubtio to bo used.
IS AMCICICA SIMI.rrUAl.iW I)B
fJl.Nl.RATC? w?
D PIIINT in tho adjoining column
brilliant at tide by Dr. Josiiih II
Odell, who sees In tho niggardl) giving
of Ainerlea for the n llof of tho bleeding
woes of lielglum an evidenre of splrltuul
degeneracy or blindness In the nation.
Has prosperity dulled our moral per
ceptions' Is our vision obscured by
banknotes and Is Indulgence of our per
sonal likes tho great goal of our striv
ings? Wo Invito expressions of opinion fiom
our readers. Perhaps they ran answer
tho query: Is America spiiituully de
generate? STIM. ON I'Al'I.It
WE DO not know who is to blame, but
this fact Itself remains: This is the
greatest industrial country In the world,
yet tho naval preparedness piogrum Is
still on paper instead of on the tiuildlng
docks
Fill.!. OP "PEP"
Fori sheer constructive power no paper
of moro worth than Oovernor Edge's
Inaugural address has como from a Stato
executlvo In a long time. Pussyfooting
Is not ono of Governor Edge's virtues.
Thero nre certain great business prob
lems to bo solved, and ho proposes to
solve them, or to clear the road for their
solution, and to do it in a thoroughly busi
nesslike and etlleient way.
There are somo things he proposes
which do not appeal to us and there are
others that do appeal to us Immensely,
hut tho great big Important thing is that
the Governor of New Jersey is a man
with Ueflnlto Ideas, who carries a back
bone around with him, who has a vision
anil the "get there" spirit. While he is
running things there will be something
doing, not now and then, but all the time.
noNT roKOirr this
CONGRRfeS gave the Treasury Depart
ment authority to issue bonds ti pay
for building the Panama Canal. Under
Republican revenue Uus the income of
tho Government was so great that it
was possible to pay for more than one
half of the canal out of current receipts.
Under Democratic revenue laws tho
Treasury is now running behind at the
rate of J2.0(W,a0 a day. It in proposed
to sell Panama Canal bonds to the ex
tent of 1231,000,000 and to issue short
tlm notes for ,2M,WW.ooo to replenish
tb Treasury and save It from bank.
ruptcy.
It is further proposed to luersye the
iiilwrltance tax and to levy aax ot
ftv per eeat on all business vurMts in
excess of eight per cent.
It these things are dono "we can roeet
toe revenue situation without OWurWug
the present tariff duties or amending
the Income tax law." according to a dui
tluguUhed Democrat
This nan that if the Democrats can
borrow money they can woriy along for
a few nojitbs lunger without being forced
to oooiess that their revenue legislation
ntua beu a falluis frgn tna besiannue.
EVENING LEDGER -PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17,
IS UNITED STATES
NOW A SHYLOCK?
She Has Given $9,000,000 for
Belgian Relief and Made
$15,000,000 Profit on Bel
gian Supplies
Ily JOSEPH II. 0!)L?LI
rptinnt) nr roftiid periods In the htxlofy
J- of Rplendid nouK Hops gbla fnlS6d,
pourBgn ooM nut. Meals Mg low Untlaf
tho weight of ignntiio compt emlncs i tfta
heat men can sink to tha lowest iletstfts In
a moment and the worst rnn can fllta to
the eubllrnost holRhts Iti an Instant! wery
one seems to be a mass and a tnets of
contradiction: rnti-gnrles Sfem to be places
arranged chiefly for falling out of
fihit of the ftfl'Mrat of all thlnM Is that
the liorulp in pa out of lifo Individual
or tiniinnal llfo The blood no longer
tingles at the proapft of adventure; chiv
nlrj, with Its i-nri-froo atmhdoh, alves place
to cold inlritlntl'tti Wo Ho not even earn
to rond or Plumed Knights and Sir Philip
Sidney and lJifnyetttf, or about men and
wornon who wcro Jovnifsly and recklessly
nnd romantically rady to throw away
thilr lives for a intcp If our giimshoeH
do not leak we inn dispense with Kir
(lain had
What would Hrnrgo VViedilngton. T,a
fiMt', Paul Joins Join Hrovifi Abraham
l.lnoilii and t,loi UnirHon think about
moiltrn Amprkn. and pour blooding Pel
gium? If pr.r thiro was a It'lllsh streak
wross the page of human history It Is
(tin rmnrd of tho llelgium Invasion nnd or-
upiiMon a tiny neutral Klntn mndp Into
a Via DoloriiHii, H women violated, Its
ihlldien orphRriffl nml aiattfred, Its In
nrfriisivo PlUxnrm hunt' I iitid ahot like rnbld
ilog, its churrhos iiisfpratnl. Its factories
wreikert. Its hnnrns gtittpil Its iinlvorsltles
and libraries vandalised, and, to lomplele
tho gnmut of gruesome ness, the residue of
Us (noo rnrrli'il ofr into Hlavi-ry after th
fnahlnn of linrhnrlsm In tho twilight of
long ago. And yi t thirp tiro hundreds of
thousands of Amorlo-ins who have no more
shivered and hlunldi red at the sight than
tho flshortnnn ibta lit tho writhing worm
as the- hook thrciiilx tho Itngth of Its body
Of courw, writhing worms nitih llsh
America Has (!i,cn 8 Cents Per Capita
"Tho Insinuation Is a lie nnd a llbol'
Look at what w havo given Tor Ilolglan
nlltf" I'ool your brow, eve r thing so far
written was dolltxratnly frnnvd to rail
out that challenge. I.et us look nt "what
we have given for Ilelgian lellef ' The
figures are from William I. Ileitinold. direc
tor In Ametle.t of the Commission for tte
llef In lielglum This re,mmlsslon lias col
let ted J. in) 000 000 in two vcars from all
parts of the world The amount given by
Ami III a Is slightly lesii than 18,000,000.
partly in food and clothing Although
Krntiep Is In denperati! (itralts to meet her
own nuilH the Krenrh (lovernment Is
giving t- ",,n OHO per month fer llelg an re
ll"f: lltiKl.tnil nlthougb flnnnelng the war
for herself ami moHt of her Allies Is giving
$", 000 000 pi r month for Helgiun relief
Tho t'nlte-d States has given eight cents
p-r r.ipiia ilreat Ilrltalu edgh'een cents,
f'nnnila i luliteen rents, AUHtrnlln JIJI,
New '., ill. ml II is, Tasmania ?0 'I
Would t find that were the end of tho
norv ' It piims that this Innd which pro
duced Washington and profltid by the aid
of l.nfnit)e nml mlsed I.lnce.M to emanci
pate Afilc.in slaves has aa'callv made an
unblushing profit out of hutvherei! liel
glum The Commission for the Relief of
lielglum has spent $121000,000 In the pur
chase of HUpplli i in America inone y large Ij
eontrlliuted by other rountrlm Aieording
to the mriKt eonservutive estlnuite AltlelfIlf,
prnllts have been tIS 000,00(1 We i on-I
trilnitid t'Hioo.OiiO iik charity, tha flowering
of our i hlvnlrv. the fruit of our comiinsslem
this haven Jfi 000 oofi m t proflt on the trnim
netlon. which h very inueh like, i n-inglng
the blond-stained leaves e,f CiethFemanet Into
grennbai Ich It Is tho kind of charity and
rhlvulrv which wo associate with the men
who cist dice for the seamless coat on
Calvary
I'nless wn Improve pretty soon Ilunlier
Hill euight to be moved over to lielglum.
wo are not fit custodians of it Almwt tin
only thing that ames a shred of honor to the
dear old name and Hag Is the brave band of
American lollege bovs who have gone ejut
to drive tho ainbulam es hi hind the Irene lies
In Krnnra and Maivdonla They nre the
liatheticalh lonely re mnnnt of American
ehlva'ry, a slight svmbol that have not
rorgott.n the, spmh whleh Lincoln guv..
'," ',1,.'i ri'l.nK """-m"tery at Uttsburg
That this has not alwajs hem the mooil
of Ann Hi i onlv emphasizes the bliirKness of
the, present ttttJtud. There weie days when
knihrJetn"a "r "ll"1r ""-"" liaxards of
knlghtlv Hrv., the striking down of tv
ranis, i he liberation of the oppreed tt .
ZZinS, " '"' ""iatlU,al Hhn.nbles, he
unlvernabslng of merty -cm upon ihe
dead volcano Me .pi the gleam of dj lig day "
Apneals for a liulurn in Chivalry
vJ"i .!.''" '!'ri!1 f "" ,"'r"ic ' rteov.ieel
flciai I .V'"y '.'y "" ''r'"-'--'n effe.lt saerl
H. h - '"''. Wr Walter hcott sav
in Ills Introdui I on i , i ,,. f.
the sph t of chivalry )0Bm, , be lnnoul,,,
UKiii mi abandoned by those grosser char
actera whe, nnter.d t,er sum of happiness
in proeurlng the personal objects upon
which they had fixed their own exclusive
ouachnunts" National and International
idealism has sunk from sight beneath In
dividual sellhnesM Nothing cin save ua
and restore to Its brilliance our tarnisln-d
honor but a return to those sources of in.
Npirutlon which gave hope and courage and
power to the men who first shaped the
feature b and fortunes of thu nation Preai It
ers, hi tuii-r.H, educators, editors and philos
ophers fchoulci lead the people, old and
voung back to such magna chartas of the
poul as the llible. Million 'a "Morte d'Ar
thur," William I'enn's first charter for
i'eniiiijhanla. the Dei laration of Independ
eme, l.liu-oln h liciiiyalmrg Address and
Hicond Inaugural, the speeches of Patrick
Henry. Alexander Hamilton and P.inlel
Webster Ideals never really die out. but
they get smothered with ranis rubbish and
give out neither light nor heat, only u dense
Hmoke, which blinds tho eyes and chokes
the lungs, a steady breeze from the old
days ol freedom will fan theib again to
name.
TQM DALY
During the illness of Tom Daly his col
uron has been conducted by Ida friends
Mr. taiy Is now convalescent, and It Is
expected that his column will be resumed
as a rtgulur feature In the course of the
next few dais. Jn the interval a poem by
Mr Daly will he printed every day
RTAI.KKD I5Y HIS PAST
Over his shoulder he spies it,
Glimpses It everj where.
Spite of the speed that lie Hies It
Still it Is always there.
Under the bush It Is lurking.
Hidden behind H tree,
dose as a burr, never shirking,
SiUogi. with the sting of Urf.
There Is Its rap o'er the bushes,
There are Its tracks la suow.
Heard is Its course through the rushes,
Rapid It Is or slow.
There is tils last ever stalking,
Close at Ids Hying heels,
Like to a specter is gawking.
Deep in his brain it reels
Would he could live In the moment,
Would be could shake bis past.
Would tut could quiet this foment
dripping his life to fast, .
Wuld he could hope for forgetting
Just for a Uay be free.
He is too late fur regretting,
sulked by nls past is he.
y.w.u,
t-a
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(juetie of a'ntrat interrnt wifl be anwretl
(ii thtn tolmnn Trn tiueatl'm. th antwtri to
urilrAs vtrv ti elt in r armed person ihoi d know
nre atkfl daily. .
QUI.
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4 Utis II iter reiciirilctl ns c.itiiriniil if I on-
rrew lo illilllelil.e a niilllti. r ID light tl
illiel.'
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etc-r ailinilleil lu u heut in ll. lluue in
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Hie ( (immune hi l',irl ...irlni- I lip I rtiulu-
I'ru! in Miir.'
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lilnlteil ilelnle In Hie Venule Lull -eiii,-lur
mi lii'lil Hie lleur fur mi llillelillllp
nerlnil fur ililnie, timl II N llius iM,ullile
fur Ihe tiilnurit. Ill lifil.l on leKUl ilhni.
vvlltiil N It'll (Mioolhle in III llim-r where
ilrt, lie l liiiilt.ij It) lite will uf III mi
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iil'iflll I Hi iiiilen freni lln t'ru.hl hi Itne,
Ihe Itiloxim iifrrnhe thrre I hiiIiI In
threaten Hie Cerm lie' III lie 111 Hum lull,
lieiiiii-e if It lieiitine herlmii.. triimiH
inliclil li ive In he miiI norlli friini llie
nlliir t-ml nf Hie linn; frniil
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i lit tu the Vlevlinil .lllilt. I hut It U e
wi Iftl till! fie ulll leiuit leu lllrrtt Hi Hie
nllliiiil riiire,entullve nt the I nltril
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w. 1'jIiii Iti-iirh U in I lit Mitillir itrrn inriiir
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lluliii (,erni in Vlllex iinii the I mull mi
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li nreveiil ii union tit Ihe I remit unj
MutlUti llirmii- llluler lite Iluiirltuii
7 lrrrilriitli.ui U ti iitutrliierit with It tirieilmleii
III ll.il III IS.S, IijvIiik fur lu ulij". I lite
retiivro uf lerrllnrj' ItllMhltril li llul
illi. lull siilijr. t In Vtlttrl. uihI ether
I'nwer llie renivtr nt "Hull. Irre
ilenlu." "t lireilieiueil lUlj."
5 'Hie Smhill.t vnle fur ,l'rrlilrnt In lOTf
Ulli. IMHl.llOOl In IIMII. ftUUU'Xl,
0, "llulllilllieiJlU" WUH n lerui nilltellltllMeitl)!'
ii mill, il tu Ihe I uttlMi I'uriliiii imrl); In
Ihe time ef t Iturlrn I. urlElnalliie hi lltrlr
fiitliliiu nf wrurliiB llie Imlr ljurt, ulilla
the tavtillrrx viure lluuliii: luch
10. MailUun hiiuiire l ti lliiiriiuu'ifiire run
niiuT parjllel If. unit uiilli .if (ulfiirlne
hlrefl. wrt uf 'I weiit-iifciiui ktrrrt. lu
(,rj)' irrrr avenue
King of T.nj'land
J l" M - I pop tho ilentit of Kduard II
the present King of Lugland wis proclaimed
"this High and Might Print i. orgu Fred
erick I.rneKt Albert our only I tu ful and
rightful Urge lord lieorge the Mftli, by tho
tiraee of tlod, King of ihe I'niled Kingdom
of ilreat Ilrltnin and In land and of the
IlritMh Dominions hevond tha Kuan, He
fender of tho Paith llitiperor of India"
Ills title is "ilia Most Kxiellent Majesty
Ueorgo the fifth, by the (Jrucij of clod," eta
Maroons
I II. Hunaway negro slaves were called
maroons In Jamaica and Dutch Uuiann. The
term wms llrfct applied to those slaves who
ran away and took refuge In the uplands
when U'etr hptnlsh masters were driven
out by the Ilrltlsh after the latter con
quered Jamaica in J656 lor ho jears
they maintained a constant warfare with
the Ilrltlsh culunitu, but in 179 were
Subdued, ,
Automobile Prices
Ji, J, It Is without the scope of this col
umn to furnish Information regarding the
prices of motorcars. If you will write to the
eomiuny ou mention, at Detroit, Mlh,
doubtless j on will obtain the desired prices
J300 Estates
UltCIHKT Vs, It Is necessary for the
heirs to liave an administrator appointed
to settle a $300 estate.
SAM LOYU'S PUZZLE
IhTf us see bow many of our puzzlelets
j ean solve offhand, that good old
piscatorial poser which describes" a ttsli
that had a head 9 inches loog: the body
was as long as the bead aud tall to
gether, and the tall as long as the head
awl halt of the bod) Mow. then, what
was tbe leogtb of the Ssb .'
Answer to Yeeterda)'a Puzzle
TUB three ir.i.mng words, arranged
from the name eight letters are
licunsad, silenced sod declines.
...- i , w. 'vQErTUioj5.v .&ntmmm&&mmmi$w 'w&'2? & :
What Do You Know? THE VOICE OF Tom Daly's Poem i
-' ' -- "- mTTTI 1TTlTr 71
iY, JANUARY 1
"JBON VQYAGEi"
, Tkrfrti e -lid. i:n n.iiv. . ... n xji ji . .u i ,i ii.iunm-i'T i . -. -".r w 'LBf i m u-si it- t- i. 'he ri ia.i
liiPj rjurLii'j
Ilussia'K Claims Upon Turkish
Territory Human Brother
hood in Wartime
ENGLAND AND Till. TUKK
To Ihn Editor uf Ihe Li radio- f.ril'irt
Sir In replv to my letter In the !. i:-ino
Lurnit-n ' Pair Plav" writes 'Mrs I' J T.
thinks thnt the Allies are not consistent In
desiring to take Constantinople and tho
Hirdnnelles from Turkey, since th" Allies
nre the champions of the rights of nmnll
n illonnlltlcs 'Ihe Allies desire to proteel
I ho helpless Aimenlnns from the savage
'lurk and measures must be t.ikm to in
sun that result
Mav I aiik 'Pali Pla" how the giving
of I'oustantlnoplo to Hussla will help the
Armenians ' Long bi foro the war the mas
h.h m of Armenians appealed to the pon
mitnen of the woild, yet neither Knglaw!
nor Prance did anvthing to end tbein
Nt ither Knglanil nor Prance did (instiling to
slop the horrible liulgarian iiiassaires, and
wlnn llufsin acted and her troops were
about to .apture Constantinople I'ngland
stepped in untl prevented it liver since
tin Crimean war Kngland has been Turkey's
imlj pioteptlon In lluropp.'and it was only
ii .it r Hiicii protection that llie outrages of
the Turks In Ilulgaria und Armenia wert
possible P J T.
Philadelphia, Jununry 11,
HUMAN m.OTHnUHOOD
lit the lUllloi a the l.itnlnu I.rilaef
Sir Lets forget we nre Americans.
I'nnehmon. Kngllfhinen ett , and remem
l r we are all human beings Wo were not
In rn for tho purpose of destroying each
other for tho sport Of kings, like Itoman
gladiators or beasts In tho forest , we are
put on earth to advance ilvillzatlon and
not to tear It down with Instruments of
death
We are nil human beings, so why not
help each other make llfo more enjoyable
for each other ' ThA liutly und soul suf
ftr enough hardships and pains In our
Journey of llfo by disease without adding
the misery of war
So let humanity bo tho password, nnd
remember wo are all human beings with
the same purpose In life -advancement, not
destruction JACOB MII.LIlIt
Philadelphia, January is
IIARPH3S
To the Editor of tho livcninj hedget
Sir Secretary Daniels was right when
ho characterized tho bids of American war
munition manufacturers as "outrageous "
Tbeso fellows are a lot of harpies who pile
up tlbgotten wealth from tho war, just as
their coworkers, tho vultures, grow fat on
tho oorptes and carrion of the battlefield
CIVIL WAIt VCT
Philadelphia, January 1C
I.JKL'S AMERICANISM
To the Editor of the tUcnlnu Ltduer-
Sir Your opinion about the war In Eu
rope is perfectly good , not Anglophile and
not Qermanophlle, but Ain.rlcanophlle! I
am reading liussian and Herman, but I
like to read the dally news only In the
llngllsh language Tho Kvbvinci I.Kiwfcit
gives me all the pleasure that I want after
a day of hard work although that luxury
costs me two cants more every day for the
local evening paper PATIUCH'US
Washington, l C, January 12
THE INCREDIBLE BRYAN
To the Kdltor o the H,entnu Ledger.
Sir Kindly Inform me It it Is true that
William Jennings liryau has turned against
government ownership and operation. I
Just happened to read a taw words tucked
away In a magazine a few davs since that
he has; that when testifying before the
Kewlands beoate Committee some weeks
ago on the railroad problem he spoke
against the (loverniuent taking over tee
railroads or something to that effect I can
hardly believe It true must have dreamed
It on cue of the nights my Indigestion was
bad. Pending further information don t
telt me turn l true, for 'twill make my hi
digestion worse again, and I Will like us not
dream it all over again I win, take an
awful oliaace and say it is never too
late to mead," aad "Better late tuaa sever. '
lfcUsdli?cd-i, January tt. iL.lt. U.
1917
.I.MM L
'j Jit: k.o,'i- xicnnnucs
Mnit iiuurivntin' iiillcr mix old A'tco
ilnnui Jlinvn.
Ilr I. n rmed if d'" on hound to hnir lilt
linu
Thar wuzn'l no ihravlrr-phiv tltrt tvrr
come to tairn
Hut 7frou.il he'd oil to tec It nlohl or
day.
llr'd mnhn a p'tnt to ait elt sent 'ore
tiny a' the ml,
An' hJipii 7ip carialn rts upon Urn show
An' all the artori not to irork, he'd do hit
Jn.il best
To flutter how the plot xmis coin' to tio.
An' tt'Arn ip went excltln' part of all
trie utttln' near.
An' folks Jtfus srllln' narvoui an' per
plexed. Old llraicn he'd ir7ilprr loud enouuh fur
every one ta hear:
"I'll let ye I Un tell tnhut'i coviln'
next."
thar wasn't any curit' 7ilm. 7c'd co
t7ic same in church,
Or anyivhcrea lie happened fur to he;
l'ar, like ci dern poll-patrol hoppln' round
upon Hi perrh,
He'd squau k lo all his critics: "Toll:
It free!"
llul when the typUaV tout around, last
Auuii.it irtis a year,
11 tachlcd onto Xlck an' tuch him
rfair it;
.!' Zip yol rellylon, fur ho tho't lilt
end triisr near,
An', suip enouuh, thel trur tho end a'
llraicn.
Ills folks trio ucthered hy his led, an'
jest n fore he died,
Wltllo Deacon Jones an rcailln' of a
text,
Tho nick man smiled, an', "Waal, I'm
done with thii here life," he sighed;
"I'll let ye I Lin tell uhut's comin'
next "
A c A n r. M v o l
Newman
M 11 H I CJ
Traveltalks
Color Views
Motion J'lcturoa
THIS FRIDAY EVENING AT 8:1G
THIS SATURDAY MAT. AT ...30
JAPAN TODAY
jsH'litHSloss of ioir,
TICKLTS m Ill.I'l'Kh 2 to JI 00 OV
STRAND
CiLIIUANTOWN AVI1
AT VK.SANQO
rlly ' I',
Edith Taliaferro -"ajk miaubL
"The Conquest of Canaan"
from Ilooth Tarlilnsicin Hook
OrchUltrii IS i'lectr C Akilh Helta Bopr-no.
Thur. . Irl a Hat. UOIIUIiiy IIKIINAIIU anS
HODr. CONNKS.S In 1IIU HALNUOW
JIIHIJ HllAW. Vtj-al Hoolt
""MARIA BARRIENTOS, Soprano
GEORGE COPELAND, Pianist
DAVID HOCHSTEIN, Violinist
5th Monday Jlorning Musicale
11AM.UOOM ULLI.UVLK SfltATHJIlI,
JAN'UAHV i'i II OO A M PltOUI'll
n.t. 3 at Jltmws lli.n anj at door.
MRTHOl'OI.lrA.N OffcllA II018E
MBTHOIOLITAS OI'KIIA COMi'ANi N y
IsWiY. -La Boheme & "
AuSas Jiai"sJf,a,?"p.Al,ta,"u '"
Huts.JIM VtjMtautst walnut..'- Itac. OT
LYRIC ',lJ--A" " MAT TODAY
HOAHHIp AT 8 15
THB BLUE PARADISE
Will. CrX-H, LBA.N
ADELPHI TOKI58Ln,iILA.w7"
VERYGOOD EDDIE
LITTLE cMi'"
THEATRE . MAN,0"-I'Row . 's
WANOEt VREa Or' JANE"
T OPTTST 8JD "a eAJCL'slT
Duraont's Minstrels w!l v-- ut,
r9jy toi. 4 aoa.
Trocadero ""WpM" KYRA
r"Tn;;
ine iNurtneasc uorner
Casuals of the Daj's Work
XMV
THOMAS CAllLYLn phrsseil the rn".tr
rather delirntely when be r) pcav
vnur slncerest tlilnlt vour w eoi llior,!
still a great gulf between inn nmt th fti
And vve are led to nunte this ni trn esneft
opinion of a philosopher who r ihe,i
snmrthlng of the eterml ver lies hninj.
mint) the career, uiihnppltv n w entlcd of
Colonel William V e oil
Thftt he wis not the tjpieii pninsn,ij
ns thoe ot us who know mir West ftl
understntul was entirely true Hn Wa,
something even belter Me vlsuali-Pd for
u bv mere exaggerntlnn .something of (hi
Ideals somellilng of tho diesm nf fnat
ought to he but Is hot lie hrotiRht Into an
Intimate knowledge something nf the ehiv.
nlrv which wo hsd liflleve.i tn i en-t.n.
and In doing this lip perfoiinr i K.ft
service He mailn ilrenms nm trp an
that Is ho unimportant put ef the iliyg
work Parts naked fact nre not nil ot
truth It Is what we bellevn them to Ds
that Minis one's Imngln-ittnn fnr nflen) in
March of the tilllmnte. and if tint o'lility
were removed that qunlitv if pi, turrvpj,'
Imaginings the day would he Ctn h,..,
Speaking on similar fines th i hirneii
Tribune pavs-
And perhaps bl re-vle-t rrifk 0
not so nearlv right as the n mht
themselves Mmerlca neeiioii ti ,n,,
slon If It was an illusion i h p ,fnio
JllH's rude nrt created 1 sit ntt.r nit
Is not all of truth Truth i n i - ,
frcted bv our own drenm ft, i i
our emotional reactions from r, i i h,
will live with us while mere fi t nk
Into the shadows of the fori;' t en pa.f
Tliev are ilenil It I- I it i e 10
facts that mnkes thein ininimi il
So when we com" to know thtt resi truth
Is nothing but plain fnrt prrfei-i,i u nur
own dreams " we shall rntm t t rf of
paradise npait. wo shsli innn int. tint
country where Rosalind iml lin n ine,
nnd krep within ourselves -nim-n m- r the
rplilt which may, at times m ik i rioun
tain out of a molehill inn we uhiij have
loo, tho ability to find llver I mm;- In
clouds and keep our Illusions
Colonel Codv taught us hrw nml in
doing this he laught un mi!i h whu-h
cotnes perilously near a ln.lef ,, -reetj
paved with gold
nvnitviionv it rioisci -in T'in
C II E S T NUT S T It E E T
. 0 P E It A IIOUS 13
TWII-II DAII.1 - Ol in I R if
D. W GKII-TITIPS
COLOSSAL S2,00U,00'J SPECTACLE
" INTOLERANCE"
; cj i , i hi i'i nut t
Titnni aiioi r Tin uu s
Mr flltlFl'ITIl 8 I Imt mil .ji l Imlirtlol
since run iimiii .ji - vim
NIGHT IN BOHEMIA
Midnight Frolic & Dansant
with Tin:
PEN and PENCIL CLUB
BELLEVUE-STRATI-'ORD
Friday, January 19
Stars -From tho Vauclcviilo and
Diamatic StaRcs
Itetierveil fceattt J-- nt flte H li IIo i -e 1021
Walnut tUreet, unU tlib liuul 1 1, 1 - ci!2tei.
MAiiKi.a i. mill
CU.MIMJOLB 11 IS V VI to 11 l 1 a
ALL illlS Wl.l K
M A It Y V I C K F ORD
IS 1 IIIS1 BIUjW l.su Of
"THE PRIDE OF THE CLAN'
PALACE ,JV"1.KJ l
,vi I Hli VVL.15K
N A Z I M 0 V A
111 Un. 'lrelll liiluunb I'uu.if II Ilnnna
"WAR BKIDES"
ARCADIA
CHLsrM I II low torn
All I 1 1 1 W ! I.Iv
tl i I .l t tl s
Frank Keenan',', I'kL
"THEBRIDE OF HATE"
REGENT ""..-'..'"rJ'yi
Sessile llayaKawa
III 'Till- P"1'L ' '' "A UA'
rr!ila and aiurtni
I'IIii.In 11 VSD
B. P. Keith's Theatre
comi: i:ki v
Performance Starlit mi - an I I vt eliarf
belli: baker
olive wyndham & c-
JAMES B. CARSON v CO
Billio MontKomeiy & Geor-jc Perry
1 remfiidtj it Hunt un Urn. '' n 1
MRS. VERNON CASTLE m "PATRIA-
UoJjy at ' i A. (i lnii,ht ai ..,iu
Victoria LAS;F 4 'Dx"Yr
Tlm II lmen JlOOllOutl M -.!!
"CIVILIZATION"
in A M 1 NOOK -. II S 111 I' M
Will MA lie Hhejwi LlMv.hei lu I'hiladelphll
1 nil! Two llonlln fullunliis lh", t KJis-irent.
PT ClVlW. Theatre VutriSiI
ID ISc .'uc 33-
Bert Lamonts JgggLu
TEN COLLEGIANS AND OTHERS
Cross Keys WiSw
MABEL ELAINE "JiVig BAND
KNICKERBOCKER &&
bttxk "BOUGHT AND PAID FOR"
GARRICK MATINEE TODAY
MR. LEO DITRICHSTEIN
la tub uiiUAr LuvLU'
FORREST Pop. Mat. Today
LAbT 4 Le,S IST WAT SATH1DAJ
THE COHAN REVUE 1916
. 11 ,.t. liivtmv r- if tn e IK CC V And A
Nave MuM.al I'Uy ilE-rrv rat fomoreu.
BROAD Pop. Mat, Today ,',".
LAST 4 EVGS. LAST MAT SATt BPAJ
MRS. FISKE - SKlZm
k -. T, ..L fL.n.T till 14 1
Ths Prvfusor Low, Stan fc-.at rtnf'rei
Wnlmif Matinee Tomor, 23c, W
YYcUIlUL fcig, .-tol, ha MHt. o'M
"Which One Shall i Marry i
Broad "Ww CPAtraat" t j
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