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EVKN1JSU LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY
1917
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Pliilailelphia. ThunJ7. Jintiiry 18. 1917.
The Lonl loveth a cheerful liver.
"v A little less "holiness" and mnro
mere honesty among tho politicians
Would, we belle;e, lead to desirable ie
cults. "What about some of tho prom
inent loseis through the leak'.' Why
hould they bo overlooked? This Invest!
Cation should at least be impattlal.
Who would havo dreamed that tho
effects of the war would bo bo -f.ir-rcueh-lng-
ns to stop a polar c.vplotatiou ttip on
recount of scarcity of food supplies'.'
Fiance and German v leassuio
Switzerland that the will respect her
neutrality. Meantime, Switzerland decides
to call out more troops, and a now mobi
lization maj bo ordered. Since tho "scrap-Cf-paper"
epUodo nobody trusts any ono
In Kuropean diplomacy.
Tho east face of City Hall clock is
seldom discernible It is constantly ob
scured by smoke, i egardless of which way
the wind 3 blowing. It is to bo regretted
that the bauds on tho east side should
wake the circuit twico daily in vain but
13 this tho only waste of time nt City-
Hall'
The trouble with New Vorl as a poit
and the reason that commerce is grad
ually slipping uuay to other ports
Boems to be that the ralhoad terminals
are nearly all on ono short! anil the
piers of the meamhl lines are nearly
nil on tho other shures News Item in
New York Sun.
This Is why Philadelphia, with a
long water front directly accessible from
the railroads, is bound to Increase' Its
l'orelgn trade Proper co-operation be
tween tho city and tho railroad companies
cart give us an equipment of piers and
terminals which will reduce tho cost of
transfer from ship to train to a minimum.
i
About 5,000,000 actca of luiren land
In this State can be reclaimed by planting
trees. But tho annual return ftom tho
foiestatiou of this vast area would be
less than that from tho undeveloped land
In this city which will be built upon as
soon aa It is made accessible by rapid
transit lines. Already two building opera
tions aro in progress In tho neighborhood
of Tioga and Droad streets, which will
Increase the assessed valuation of real
estate thero between $5,000,000 and ?10,
000,000 It is not necessary for any one in
terested In the conservation of our re
sources to go outside of Philadelphia
County to tlnd opportunity for ttans
forming wa&te placea into revenue and
tax-producing property.
It will bo surprising if President
Wilson takes complacently the advices
from Congress that his strike prevention
plan cannot be wiitten into law. The
chief defense of presidential interference
Vas that the railroad strike threat was
"a situation that must never arise again,"
lout it has arisen. Congressmen are, of
jcourse, more fearful than the President
of labor, which has opposed a measure
to make strikes unlawful pending inves
tigation. The voters have nothing more
to give or withhold from Mr. Wilson, but
tjie Congressmen come up for reelection
naxt year. Tho perils which confront his
railroad program present a situation
which will test how far the President
atlU considers himself the supreme leader
fit his party.
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Delays are costly, as well as dan
gerous. If Congress had authorized the
building of new battleships soon after
the beginning of the war, when every
preparedness advocate was urging It, con
tracts could have been made for their
construction on the basis of the prevail
ing low prices of material, But Congress
Waited until August of last year before
feting, and then It appropriated 116,600,
)0 for each ship- Secretary Daniels has
dit(vered that at present prices of ma
ttrlal this la J2.500.000 less than the ships
fian be built for and Is about to ask for
mors money. As four battleships are
.. liuthorlzed, this means that delay Is likely
wt the Government JIO.000,000, at a
Itfine. when Congress is bard put to it to
4g(i money to pay the ordinary expense
,i.t administration
t
Doctor Oberhoitsef dl4 not mean
to tw complimentary when h,e called
Crit ClWiflJtt fc Mieijilidale fvA-
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N H t
Bernimrdt is a tragedian before ho Is
tlone. Chaplin need hot tvorry about
Immorfailty when ttio learned say of him
tlio best that can bo Raid for Hliake
spearii's Improbable nml utterly slap
stick clown.. Thero It n deal of learned
nonsense spo'lien about "dime tlovol and
doti-dlve story" movies and lllelalure,
which their critic throws Into the dlseaid
nloiiK with ciownlslmcss. Tlicy nie nlmott
always nllpRorlo, with the tilutnph of
cood over evil at rosoundliltf n tlto
laughter nvor the tumbles of clowns.
The movies will lie In no danger of be
coming morbid until they fall to matte
people t.iugh nml tin III over the defeats
of devils incarnate.
A SEA MYSTERY EXPLAINED
"DKl'OKTS of the nslomidlnu fents-of
coasts of South America dellne a situa
tion which h.is worried and m.v stilled
American shipping men Ships had been
long overdue and tho status of ilslt nt
se.t was dally bceoiiilns a moie ominous
factor In tho commercial world The
tlrst dcflnlto news of the facts brought to
this country was published In this city
by tlib ttvtiNiKa l,r:l)(ii!it, which enjovs
the advantages nf n cable KPrvke ip
cently established by tho Tnlted Pi ess
In South America, a service which has
already been of gicat value In linking thB
American continents!.
The appearance of the ralrtei Is another
proof of Cleimnti resourcefulness undei
the handicap of no complete a blockade ns
was ever achieved. Whether tho raider Is
nn esraped cruiser or n converted
merchantman, activities of this kind
wero to havo been expected fiom the
moment It una demonstrated that huge
submarines could be sent about the At
lantic unattended by a "mother ship "
Them Is no word of a submarine being
Implicated in the career of the raider.
The NUbmailno is not capable of extended
crulses'wlthout stopping foi supplies nt
some port. Hut vessels like the Deutseh
land could dash nut past tho lii Itlsh
blockade, capture it steamship, lonvett
it Into a i alder and theicafter take sup
plies to It fiom time to time. Hazardous
work, indeed, but no mqrq inci edible than
other exploits of the CJerman.
A score of ships sunk most of them
small and none of them a llist-class mer
chantman, Is not a great hole In the
10,000 stiuiig tho ISrltlsli merchant mm Inn
can muster. So far ns starving or In
timidating Hugland is ionceifie.1, the
feats of the laldors are as futile as those
of Zeppelins. Their value, to the derma n
mind, is that they may eiente a feeling
of war-wcnilness among foes and nou
tials and a belief that (leimau resouices
and Herman spirit are Inexhaustible. In
Geimany tho latest sea laid must bo
almost as encouraging to tho uninformed
as a naval victory. Uut outside of the
Central Umpires the exploits havo little
military oi moral effect, and oven arouse
auspicious that such desperate adventmes
could be conceived only b despeinto men,
with small hope of soid success.
TWO KINDS OI-' DEIST
TIUirtK aro two kinds of debt incurrud
by u city. Ono kind Is for improve
ments thnt bring no direct tcturns to
the treasury: thu other Kind is for pin
ductlvOj Improvements, which earn In
let est on the capital Invested, and moio
besides-
Debt contracted for gas woiks. water
works, docks and rapid transit is of the
tsecond kind.
Tho gas works nnd the water works
earn j early millions for citizens nnd do
not cost taxpayeis ono peun.
The inpid transit lines eventually will
put mone every jear Into the municipal
treasury, with u corresponding lessening
of the burden of taxation.
A LAIICB OltDGIt KOU
KKFICIKNCV
I1KIT1SI1
NOW that tho Navy Department has
nvvaj-ded a contract for sixteen and
fourteen Inch shells to llndflolds, Limited,
of London, American tnunltlun manu
facturers will be interested to leuin
whether the Hrltlsli manufacturers can
make theils to meet specillcations. Air.
Orace, of tha ISethlehem Steel Corpora
tion, has recently announced thnt, his
company has spont 1150.000 und become
subject to penalties of n similar sum In
an attempt to inako sheds that wilt meet
the latest naval requirements nnd has not
succeeded in producing a single shell
that will be accepted,
WIIKN FA.MC CO.M1JS LATR
WIinN William de Jlorgan's "Joseph
Vance" appeared it was welcomed by
tho critics as a novel worthy of Dickens
or Thackeray. That opinion has been
Justified by the verdict of tho reading
public. But de Jlorgan himself Is more
remarkable than any of the long list of
the successful novels that followed his
first. Without previous writing expe
rience, he produced a masterpiece at tho
age of sixty-six. The brilllancv of its
successors proved that the first vvu3 pot
an accident.
De Morgan's achievement, however,
was not so great as that of Admiral
Dewey. This distinguished naval officer
had experience with war In the conflict
between the States. Then for more than
thirty years he was busied with the
occupations of a naval officer in time of
peace, He had reached the age of tlxty
one without having to Are a hostile shot
In the long Interval of naval inaction.
But when the time came for him to aot
In the spring of 189$ he was ready.
Nelson, who was only forty-seven when
he died, never did a more brilliant thing
than Dewey's taking , of Manila. The
event proved that the risks he ran were
nof great, but neither h nor any one else
knew this till it was a' I over- Ko he de
serves the praise that Carlyle gave to
Luther for huillng his inkstand at the
devil. The Prlncs of Darkness was not
there, but Luther thousbi fa nu. and
mt uaaun t ed. ,
WHAT OF ENGLAND
AFTER THE WAR?
The British Havo Boon Asleep,
but the Cannon Have Awak
ened Them Will They
Stay Awake?
Hy GILHtntT VIVIAN SHI.DES
flprrMI rmreipontlenre I,'i rrilntt t.HWer
LONDON. Jan 2.
T
.V Till? ihn nf our country's rriM
every bnnk is an act." says a pertain
'reiirhihan ton old in go to war. In the
preface to his hnnk If that stnlemimt Is
true, then 'llcllpsp nr f'rplre," Is ft riot
net It in more thnti n brink, at ahy rnto
Rome persons snv It l a svniptonl. Diners
think It Is on epidem.i
"llipsp nr Umpire" l bv It. 11 Ora,
who wits a member of the Mnsely Rduea
llmml Commission which went to the DnltMl
Htates In mna. nml Samuel Turner, n prac
tical manufacturer TIip cnllaboratnrs
started with n kim ledge nf tho two thing
IHpv criticize, industry and rrhicatlnn They
nre slmMlng. not pxnetly In the wljtlerness.
for tlngland to wake up Their method Is
stunning.
Tim book Marl with Reveml short chap
ters nn the decline nr ureal ttrltnln not ns
n world power but ns a manufacturing cfn
tpr fnr the world Hut rlgh' nt the begin
nine the nmhus uwhtlv ask the render
In turn to the kI's.u nt the Ini'-k and read
Hint (list Thjv glriMnrv W a list nf several
hundred industries, with a brirf history nf
each and credit t the potintrv which has
devlnpdd them The list gne from meat
rutting mnchlnrrv to smln fountains, and
the thing thnt seem; to nnnn.v the author
most Is thnt tlrent flrllnlii has done a pow
erful ltd of Inventing -ind hn left In other
Hit development Nvon other page has the
lemaik "Idea from Oreo" Itiltnlui lie-vi-tnpnient.
Jrnrian. nnd I'nltod Htate '
Krnin the bunk one untild jtulgn that all the
other tuitions nf tho vvoild IipciIpiI only to
unlch Ureat ttrltnln. "swipe" her Ideas and
develop them Into mone -tanking business
The hook takes In sodn fntintnlns nnd hats,
mid barber shops nnd botch and moving
pictures, and poor old Ilnglnnd seems 1o
ln imwheie In nn of them (As rrgnrds
the I'lennllness nnd skill nnd courtesy or
hairdressers, this writer agrees, sorrow-
full, with the aiithuis of "llcllpse or Um
pire"' To an Amrrlinn a Hrltlsli shave Is
an iilrni'lty ) The authors are fair enough
to h.iv that a grent mnn,v Inventions and
dlsi'iverles weie made filitslde nf CIreat
Itrltaln, but Hint only makes It worse for
the count I, v which has not even developed
whnt It Invent 'd
Chnntjo of Methods, Top to Hottom
Then there nrc chapters on elllclency
and that makes the book oven more a svinp
tciiii of what Is happening here (5rent
Itrilnln Is waking up to lis own sleepiness
of forum eurs She has decided never lu
he caught mm In dependent upon other coun
tilis, even If she has In go Into government
miinur.ii-tuie, which hi virtually what she
has done In the case of lives And she is
deciding tn ih.ingu hei methods from top
to bottom hence ellli'lencv Thi furore
almiit Hitentlflc management Is as high here
as It was In the I 'tilted Htutes ten oars
ago, hilt there nie a few Indications that
some or out mistakes will not he made here
The main dllTire will lie that If elllclency
methods nie put in thev will he with the
consent or the vvurkei All the snine, eveis
hndy talks of elllclency nnd how It will en
able Hi Haiti tn pav the war debt and will
mnko her ng.iln the greatest producing na
tion ns well as the greatest commercial na
tion of the vvoild Lflleicne.v Is supposed
to lie the distinguishing mark of the Lloyd
(ieorgc i !ov eminent nnd of Sli William
Robertson's management or tho army Ad
vertisements nmeiing hair a pngo appeal
for eltlciencs in eating and ever.v thing else.
What Is usually lacking la elllclency In
thinking, neemding to tho enemies of tho
new Hcience
Tho thing that offends n gient many
llritons u ho, . i ling to the old tradition or
iire.it Uritaln ns n great commonwealth,
not ns n motiev-niaklng ciuicern. Is the em
phasis which these authois. nnd many who
write honks-mid in tides In tho snmu vein,
put on piodiiction
"If wo lose our Industrial stipiemaey,"
hav these men, "we lose all "
And tho older men replv. "We do not lose
our poets atSi our past, and wo do not lose
our deslie to make ou people healthy nnd
well, and we do not lose the great fact
thnt we went intu this wiu tor the right and
not for trade " .
tine levlewer reniaiked that he hoped
this book, "Eclipse or Umpire'" would not
lino out to be a British "World-Power or
Downfall." the hook which did so much
to comipt lienmiii ambitions The protest
pis admit that It In folly tn waste Inven
tive genius mid that it will ho necessary
to tnke a tremendous brace after the war.
Uut they say that the motive must be to
have better und happier citizens, not to be
the richest nnd the most powerful (and
tho most aggicssivej nation
Labor's Power Is Growing
The Tuct is that this war lias kuueked
llrltali. all in u heap, and the recovery
' piomiscs to he something wonderful tn sec
Just as liermuny became united ami stiong
after I $7u. Britain desires to become in
19 , whatever it is. when the war will end
In the actual processes or winning the war
she has heun compelled to adopt a variety
of means unknown to her before Iabor-
saviug devices nnd new treatment of work
ers and olliclal dealings with tiniles unions
and nn entire! new conception of tho part
the State must pln.v. all have como In The
labor unions have increased tremendous!
in powei, and tliej threaten In become thu
dominating group even in politics because
they will control the manufacturers, who am
now dominant And thev may accept the
proposal now put forth, that taxation after
the war on Incn aes above "the normal lnvel
(say I50U0) should be at the rate of lif.
teen shillings in the pound, or seventy-five
per cent On the other hand, they may ba
taken with the Idea that if production is
speeded up thirty per cent, a possible thing
consdering bow slow production was be
fore the war. the war tax can bo paid otf
and the price of the loaf of bread reduced
to pre-war limits Hut tio sure thing is
that they will tvjve their say
There is an intense admiration for Ameri
can buainess methods springing up here,
and If any energetic American wants to
come here and is able to provo that he
knows the methods of industry, his future is
assured American publicity methods aro
much In vogue, and the great campaign tor
prohibition is known to be in the hands ot
an American advertising agent. Whether
America has anything to fear from thi
rivalry is another question To the lay
observer it would seem that America can
keep her end up. Tho chief effort is going
to be against Germany, and tho chief mar
ket which llritlsh mamifucfurers are think
ing about is in the tight little isle which is
their home
TIIK WATCHING E.YES
In the other trench I see an eje,
A mild blue eye. an honest eje;
It Is ever thero to meet my gaze;
ve seen ii mere ror ways and days
At the loophole In the trench nearby.
That aelfxame eye. that gentle eye.
I would know- that blue, straight-looking
That clear blue eje, that smiling eye:
And I nd not swathe accompanying face
I'd know tlmt eye in any place ;
And I oftentimes Intently try
To read the soul behind that eye.
And we feel acquainted, eye to eye,
lib mild blue eye my hazel eye;
And each ltlle.whlle we send a smile
From trench to lrnch an eye-borne smile
And waft across a heavy sigh
fnto the other watching ejef
For we til the other watching ye
The haiel eye the mild blue eys.
That at word of other human will
We flr n4 charge .nd fight and kill s
And we stem to judc each otfcM why.
Tfcs wild tuu ey, ttus bawl eye.
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What Do You Know?
Qutries of general intneit wilt be iwici
Ot this column, ftn ijuvntinns, thr anatt.ii to
which evrru well injortnat vcraun ion,J rViiau',
aro asked dnlty, .
QUIZ
1. W lift miis Willi hii tip Mortrmi nml it n
rffiiurlvtiblt' iiiNHit I In- In nnist.iiiiis iiudfr
ulildi IiIh utirk uui ,lone.'
2. Hon lursf u it N MontiM-ller. Hit iiipll.il
nf i riiHinl '
It. W ho urolp thtk fiuticMts nn,. iBi Inir
lEpitir, ilun'r lull.," nml until r wh.it
. Ire umst itHps
I. Ulttit iih Hip 'n)iM rinit" xtdtiihl.
fi Hhut N tin pruim-spil "pi"s itruliU" lnft
tl W Ihi nlil, in i lire uIipii mmi lire
r"jiii. firIil)P3 ' .
7. Ulirn ii. I hi- Itl.iit. It.mk Hr fniiKlil ami
In ulniin
H. Ulnt N Hip lt vt C lmnlifi.
f Ulin mi hi, "iipiiI. Mifth. Iml i.irn n hit;
10 Uli.it U "Ip.p iiiijp.p,,i In wliil i.incn ik'i
Ih (lie I'lir.f nml km xlioulil ft In- nrn
iioutii ril.
Answers to Ycstcrda) '.s Qui.
I. .IrtTprMin' Vlunmil N n ImwiK f p.irli iiiirn-
Inrj rules nillinllrll lu 11 1 is .leaersnn
liir ids imii Kllliliilue lu nri'.l.llni; ,iut
the Sfnate Hlirn . u, fl, 'rt.,ift
i In i;un Hie IImii-o of ItrnrrM'iiliiilies inlnl
lint ii ihilleiuie nf n ineniliir In n ilurl
;.is ii l.re.nli or the nrlillene id the
llniie.
.1. (Ilirles Jiiinvs Tnv (ITIIl-IKUIil hi'i.ii ,
inelllliiT nr the Hniise of I miiiumm tU lln.
nee n r nineteen. Ills fiillur, l.nril llol
I mil. mis mii inlliieittl.il tint no inn. luol
Hie riMiniee tn iluillruce Ids. mui's rligl
lilllt. I i lie stmiipii diruril estnte Is mull r the
in ilium incut nf Hie llojril nl 4 Its trusts
,1, sunrnmiu I- the mime ulirn tu a lillu.i In
eviireh Ids rehiltiiu us ussUiuui to iin
ollirr hUhoii, In the liurrli of l.iiul.uiil
hiiflrumiTis lire lisliillh KtKinli liv Itrrl
lerl ll titles, IIiihirIi the hive liu Imle
lielidnt JiirUillrtlull, mill their Iih.iI utiu
mission lerliilnutes vvllh he deiilh id the
litsiiup nf the iliulrse.
n. Oinue Is siiinetliiirs i illed mlve iivjikiui,"
mill Is nn iitliilrniilr iiioilllli.itluii or ov
Ken. Its loliuHisltluil is rvprrssri) lo llle
toriiiulu "U-.t.
7. llie eniniune uns nn hisiirrei lltiu ir lunlv
uhhll srlrd Hie mlliihtlslnitiuii nf Purls
lifter the I'rithshwis luul left the iit In
Mirih. IH7I. It ilrrlurril Hie l self,
kiivernilu; mill not suhjert In Hie deirees
uf the ueulv estuhllslieil retuildli . It uus
ueiessur I't put ilnwn Hie hisiirreitiiui
Tnr the ireilit uf the new ItriHililli.iu (mi.
ernuient lirfure the vturlil
K. IJnhleriiKe Is Hie priie pilil fur Hie inn
veunre nf kihhIs nn u liithlrr. Hie lime
hout nr lurKf used fur iinlniiiliiii;.
U, I rrillniiuil Mimel'iio uns the dlsinterrr uf
Hie htralt of Macelliiu, mi irremilir.
uliidhiK imssuire hplueen the tUiilte nml
I'lrlllc. keimriiHiue Herri del I'lieno frmit
Hie souHirrn evtremlt nf simm Vmrlrn.
He Mils ulsu the llrt n.llitlllilr In hill
uiniss the rniltle lliruu.
HI ruj" Imii one of the four ere it inns uf
iniirt, nr cullds uf l.iiMrrs, hi KnclunU
Vi'Kt'tarinns
T D ll In nil ages there have been
Idealists who have advocated an exclu
sively vegetable diet, ehlelly on ethical
grounds among whom may be mentioned
flthagoras. Plata, I'lutarch, Hoysseau,
bhelley and Swcdenborg but they never
had any extensive following Tho modern
vegetarian movement Marled about tho
middle of the nineteenth century tin
plo Biological grounds it is argued tliat the
formation of the teeth and the Intettlncs In
man proves that ho was not intended to bo
carnivorous, but a fruit and vegetable eat
ing animal.
l'aisley Shawls
Mrs. U W. The University Museum sug
gest that sou take your l'aisley bhawl to
.several reputable antique dealers for ap
praisal. There are about forty antique deal
ers listed In tho telephone book The true
value of such a shawl cannot be determined
except by personal examination
SAM I.OYIVS PUZZLE
UNCUll HKI'IIEX came to town to me
his sister, Mary Ann. As they
strolled ubout town taking in the sights
Uncle neuben suddenly jiauscd before
one of tbe new skyscrapers and wild to
his sister, "Before we go any further I
shoQId like to stop in here a minute and
see a likely joung nephew of mine.
whose mother asked me to look him up."
"Well," said Mary Ann. "as I don't bap
pen to have any nephews 1 will just trot
on home and we will continue our sight
seeing this afternoon."
Who can give the best explanation
about her relationship to that mysterious
nephew?
Answers to Yesterday's Puzzle
TUB Uosth of th fish was wvnty
two lochs
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"H'YO, EDDIE!"
Ul J '. 1! rL- "' .' Tr ' -,,-a.;".?r.TS?Sr.-,. ....
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THI
VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Turkey's Place on the Map.
Friendless America Small
Householders
PUSH TURKBY OKI' TIIK JUAP
7 in .'ifioc of 7n l'.rcninu Leilycr:
Mr (if the numerous teuiK set down by
the Allies theie Is one that by nil means
should Ii' ptui.sed und iippluudtd lij an
absolutely netiti.il observer of tills great
(..itnstrnphe und a lover of civ ilU.itlon.
.mil that is the Allies' demand of "lletiie
nieiit of Turkish Kmplie from Ihuopo"
Tm key In the plngue rpot of Kuropo,
the shaiiie of western civilisation, tho cause
of maii wnis und Ihu occasion of innuincr-
nldii shameful couipi onils.es ngnhist light
and justice, and for thoso leasons should
1m pushed off the map of that continent.
V1! 1'iiily us the tweiftli lentury the
TuikH terrorized the iiiunti les in I.'uropc
Willi their bntbnioiiH onslaughts on civ
ilization and Christianity, nnd ns lain as
in the. seventeenth ivntuij it looked as
Hiniieli the Turks would overiun the whole
of Ihuope. They had planted their bat
talions nt the veiy gates of Vienna and
wen- ambitious to plant theii mln.irets
and b.ireniH all over the western lands,
liv the way. Hint was thn thou when our
own country, was receiving Its early
oIoiiIsih. if the Tilths hud luhieved what
thev ilien conlemplated It is almost In-
viiablti that tlio fate of America would
hive bieu heriously affecteil
STANI.I1V WIS.Vu.SKI.
Vllentnwu, 'I'.t ..lunuary 15.
POOR OLD UNCLE SAM
I ii Uililor uf Ihr lUiiiinu l.nluei: '
Sir "We do not want to find oumelvei
in the end ot tlio war without a friend In
tho world," -a Ul Lodge, of Massachusetts,
in the Suiiale teceiith Hoes not Kutt.itor
Lodge know that wu are now without such1
ii fiiond? The Kuropitin powers mistrust
us .Iiip,in tolerates us and tve aie desnlsed
h tho South Aineiic.in tepuhllcs All this,
nnd' more, is Ihu insult of juivlni; Ul the
White House a political wenthcreuek that
facts every cardinal point of tho cunip.isi
In succession and never remains long
enough nt an to indicate which way the
wind (s blowing
And thus, I fear, It will lie for fuur weary
cars more Al.l'UA BIITA,
I'ltisburgh, January 1J
SUCKRKS
To t7u KtlUur of the Vveuiiw Ucduer:
RJr Although wo do not arrive at the
same conclusion or argue from the same
premjscs. I entirely agree with you tli.it tho
siiuill householder, us well as the-tenant,
has been played for u "sucker"
Tho small householders, nnd we might In
cludo nil other Improvers of laud, have been
compelled before being permitted to fulfill
their meritorious obligations of giving op
portunity to capital and labor atuj admin
istering to their own comfort to pay a
largo share of their earnings to some other
men, who give nothing In return to the
cause nf wealth production
The tenant who every rent day renders
tribute to some other man cannot, for some
strange reason, see that the thine he Is
.charged for Is not originated by or the
ngntiui property ot tne man vvho collects
It, but is tho product of the close collective
co-operation of hlmtelf and the many other
small and large improvers of land
The tenant will refuse to see that he not
only paa the tuxes'of the communitj, but
a whole lot more to some ono who com
mercializes tlio tenant's desire to increase
and multiply.
Truly they are suckers, but no mere
change of bad olilciais to good officials will
help them CJood government will Increase
the value of land, thereby Increasing the
amount of tribute the suckers will have to
pay to landlords. OLtVEH McKNIUUT.
I'hiladelphia, January 12.
FROM A FIREMAN'S WIFE
To the ilditor of the Evening Ledger. '
Sir 1 wish lo extend piy kindest appre
elation for the Interest you hae taken In
your endeavor to better the conditions in
eeneral of the Philadelphia Fire. Depart
mem X am naturally interested in thU sub,
Jct aa my husband hau been employed In
tho t'lro Department tor the last twenty
eight years serving twenty-six years in one
stattod 1 trust that your endeavors will
nut be in vain Sincerely yours,
MRS JOHN WERtfER.
gtuUdtdjihU.. Jaowry 1&.
Tom Daly's Poem
On (lorcr'mant ret icofc cols beat
Hen unlforma blue,
for Keci nn eye upon iln sticet
An' vntvhii ic'uf you do.
An' erf ecl thecal: you mat' .in mooch
Von soon vcrll own da toicn.
,'( tah' banan', licnniit an' sooch
for Keen da pioflt dawn.
Hut tooda bccz'ne.i man
He smile da bent lie can,
TaK' off Itcci hat an' loola plcan' ic'oi
floier'niiDin' call;
V.Vi mnL' no odds tn you
Wat (roier'manta do,
llaycausc yon Know you itccll can mak'
da pcapla pay for all,
J)a yooda pcopla coin' an' buy
So lonu you aie so nmait
I'm- hrcp politcncsi cen your rye
An bcei'ncsi ecu your hcait.
An' dcy wccll buy da tlirengs they mini,
.In' in; (7u prices, too,
Uaycnuw dcy theenk da Gaicr'mant
f.cs Uccp mi eye nn you. '
So uooila beex'nesi man
lie smile da best he can
'lal;' off hci'i hat an' fno7.il luVrit' ioVii
annybody call;
lci mak' no odds to you
"Wat ftni-ei-'mnntn do,
ISaycnusc yon Know you iteell can niriv'
(7n pcopla pay for all.
OVERALLS
There Is nothing humorous In this matter
of overalls lu the big munlton plants
abroad, where thousands or women are
employed, overalls aie part of the, tostume
prescribed bv governmental regulation. In
n tenia or moio of American factories, girl
operatives whoso work is done amid heavy
machinery have abandoned skirts In favor
of a bloomer costume which hears n close
iekcmhlam.il to the familiar blue Jeani of
toil Why not? Overalls tire sensible and
hemming They have, moreover, one ad
vantage over tlte fashionable garb of the
moment in their stability. .Vo brPezes
flutter them They are fastened somewheie,
nnd they stay put Uliany Knickerbocker
I'ress ,
COLORADO WANTS TO KN0y
Again the question Hoes tha prohibition
law prohibit? And a fact In 1915 BIS
persons were niraigned lu municipal court
on charges of drunkenness; in 191G the
number was Just hlxty-nine Tha law pro.
blblts in so far as It lsva piohibitlon law.
Why not make It a ically truly Interdlctoiy
law? Colorado Springs Gazelle
tITll ANXIVERSJkHY
NIGHT IN BOHEMIA
11ID.NIUHT KIIOMC AND DANSANT
PEN and PENCIL CLUB
, UEI.I.KVL'K FTIlATFOnil
FRIDAY, JANUARY 19
HEI.I.E I1AKER
II1C1IAI1U CAHLE
OSCAlt SHAW
MAIDS Of 1'IIILV
MILLIUI 4 MACK
WALT IIOHAN
MARY llAKItETT
El. COTA
J lyiE.S'JE SEUA1.
ELUAHETH ML'ItHAY
OI.UA MIMIKA X
JIM MOHTON
UAMbl. (J. DONOVAN
LKONAnp & WIM.AItD
KIEl.DS IllRNllJ "D
TRACY i. Mcnnini?
THE WONDERS
Iieaervva ccais a, si me Club iloun 10"
Walnut strett, anil the Hotel Ticket Offlcet.
GLOBE Theatre".
VJXJV-'-L-'-LJ JLVDBVII.LIS--C
MARKET AND
unit-JSK HTSI.
Jl A M, to U p. M.
Bert Lamont's cov
TEN COLLEGIANS AND OTHRnaS
f Cross Keys "WflsSg-,
i.ouie iuayer Diving Girls
GARrac"Lia axis-
MR. LEO DITRICHSTEIN
in THE GREAT IJVER"
FORREST Last 3 Evgs. ' "t
The.ColiAn Revue 1916",
Mwl "SETT? ', mtSmj'
.The Northeast Corner
Htibatynt nf n Commuter
XXXIX
All .My lioloved. nil the Lnmn Ihai'..,
Light on the Morris eh. i,.P IS' S"
fasts "attr
Tomorrow why tomorrow I m,. i
l,,W'Vi.'.A,nrmnw,tRu!
diiasts
lhouan4 .
. Casunls of tlio Day's Work
xxv
Mil. PltAN'CIS .1. MBIlKlir. wrmng
one of our admired cnnlemporaf
i;ii o iiBny iniprestpil rendlni? vw S
something nf whnt is ? 5 .ru -1
rriphets Ills views are Important iKf:
they are: "er
(i-nr.-tnra Is. nn Imrmrinnt fnrj ,r ,J
ypewrltur nml hrr toon. rlo 'n f .hJ
rlh ,linlll.l hav n . eond (llspuMMon
the faculty nf nntlelnntlnR Ii, V . mXvM
lo do whatever l-i in hn lnn,
w illlnnnMi
Our own Impression is tint Mr MfrV.1
Is not hunting a stenngrnphoi i0 "
pursuit of nn nngel. t w,. ,im romlnnM
of Tnclo 1 In man fos.uk n groit mi10r.
fnpher of twenty-live iwm n i, en!.
plovcd ppihaps fifty pie-s i , , , .
nliout the machines liuring tho lunrhenn
hour thesn bn,vs bppnmp boNtemus nnd
necnslonnlly spoiled sheets or nth iernnhJi
hintlor. .rnpna
This used lo get on the n tvns f tlob
llcussler, the superintendent nnd h rom,
plnlned lo the chief Imp itermnn lis.
tolled tn ills Inle or woe Thin flnnllv
"llnbert," he raid, 'I have lion ,n jy,
hnslnest now some slttv eu- ),ava
piuplo.ved many men. nnd 1 -till hiv many
boys yet which 1 have tinlnod v.m HerJ
one of them, Hubert, nnd vim Inv, t en with
mo ior so long n nine unit u i i
lauzli
thnt you forget .vet ho mini
"Wo it la
in nun ineoiogieni siuoem-( lot a lirintjn?
Shop for sit dollniH u werk
CHICKENS THEN AND NOW
A I'rhiretnu piofessor nnnoumes the m.
p'orlnut dlscoveiy that Louis i ttas a
chicken thief. So weie lienrv m cf
thiglnud nhd King David of lsiaeii)U(
tliey weten't known bv surh shngv namei
In tho.su d.ijs flevelaud I'lun i aler
KVKHYIIOIJY is nolNn to Tim
CHESTNUT STREET
OPERA HOUSE
1WICIJ IIAII.V- (l-i nn.l 9 03
D. W. GRIFFITH'S
COLOSSAL SL'.OOO.OOO SPECTACLE
" INTOLERANCE"
i.ovK.i xTKvani.n
Tiinoiifiiiour Tin: ages
Jtr. OltirriTll'S Tlist mil Only Production
Since "THU UlltTll OK A NATION"
AttKiri' lib. 11ITH
CONTINUOUS 11. IS A to. to 11.10 I'. 21.
I.AhT TllltUU DAVH
MARY PICKFORD
IN l'lltST SHOWING OP
"THE PRIDE OF THE CLAN"
PALACE
U'U MARKET
10.. -.'lie
I.AM' THItl i: DAYS
NAZIMOVA
In tho Tremendously Powerful Drama
"WAR BRIDES"
ARCADIA cm:s7o;V8TU
in v m I., ii r, r m
r i aniv ivtenan ln imttai prH,fntatioa
"THEBIHDE OF HATE"
REGENT a,AS5:;f"..r!rvkin;,i
Sessue Hayakava
In "TIIK SUI 'I, OK Kl HA SN
I'rlilu nnd Saturday PlDfllv 181. WD '
" B. F. Keith's Theatifc
Terformance Stnrti itt i mul 8PM .harp
BELLE BAKER
OLIVE WVNDIIAM & CO.
JAMES B. CARSON & CO.
Billie Montgomery & George Perry
TrmemloiiH hurroundlni; Kh.. vn t
MRS. VERNON CASTLE in "PATRIA"
Tu.lay ut 'J -.' & .'.Oi 'lonlKm .n N .V, tuii,
.VI VI1KI.1 .-.Till 1 I
VlPTOTlf) piisiiivm
viuLWiia LAgT 3 DAYS
Thos II lnmn II (Kill olid l- i..
"CIVILIZATION"
Villi Not He Shown IHwhir in I'hil lrc.hl
for nl teuKt T" Slunlhs l'ltini t hi- tiata
Neil Week I'l.AHA KIMUVII ml VI
In TIIK roOI.INI! V I IK, IN
STRAND
v i;i i i
K.vsr in- i iu ii
Da in .' I
Evenlncv T un-1 n
Dorothy Bernard VZlu"
HENRIf MILLERS TAl.K M PS.H
"THE RAINBOW"
n..hilra IR I'lpifu Jera Slid n I enor
Net Week NAZIMOV A In 11 ti In 'lee''
'. METROPOLITAN OPERA IHU SU
MnTlWl'OLU'AN OPERA C'OJIPIM T
T.u,r'8 La Boheme jf.rB amA
Caruvo. Ainalo Kee-urotu MuUiestu ttgant,
AudUlo Conductor, Mr Papl
bsalr. I10S Clieatnut t Walnut 44.1 Bm OT
BROAD Last 3 Evgs. ,-
Mai
au(tly
MRS. PISKE in ll3irN",LB
"Neit Week OEORCIE Altl.lss in
Th Prof elisor' Love btor ' HEATS TODAT
" FREDERICK PALMER
My1 Second Year of the liar Somma anil V errfuil
ORtclal Motion Pktures
Arademy of Music. Mon Evg Jan .'2 Tu'
Kis. Jan St Tickete Jl SU II (ID T5c 5W,
on Bala at Heppa'a. 1110 Cheetnui Street
KNICKERBOCKER ?JtrK?i
btk "BOUGHT AND PAID FOR"
Matlneea Tueeday. Thursday Saturday 23c,
, NEVT WEEK "HOl.Ll.0 SiTOVW'
Wilnilf" Matinee Today, 25c, 50c
yVcllllUU Evg-'5etol flat Mat 25ctoI8
"Which One Shall I Marry ?"
N't W'k Kate Ellr,ore In -My Aunt from I'tah"
T VRTH TOXIOMT AT.8.I5
IjXIV-tl-l .MATINEE SATl-RD.tr
THE BLUE PARADISE
With CECIL JEAN
ADELPHI " MAfi0ADTAIi
VERY GOOD EDDIE
LITTLE
THEATRE
LAST WEEK"
Manoeuvres of Jane
By Henry Artbur Job
LOCUST "a and 1SLSt warw.cK
to THE MAN WHO tulti.ru
LTrooadwo 1Iiitt!'r '
Tho mol Ininnrinm rnulrrmini
rnanuensn ntc rirsi bVp?i "r n. ""
IIKI wnr.ln n minute nml (hi nhnoi'"."1
traniicrlbn notes rspldiv nml a?!i!K.i'"
XPftind. rorrntnrM In Ktx-lllni nA.V '?' '!
tCVs.
'Sfefe
i
91
Hut in M-a
fSmm
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Dumont's Minstrels