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Leonard Wood refuses tr criticize
tho promotion of Doctor Ornyson. fanny
num.
A teacher or dentistry has made mi
attack upon tho study of Latin In fifty
eight words, twenty-seven of which are
Latin.
Tliu members of the Manufacturers'
Club, whero the waiters are on strike, can
'now sympathize with their wives when
the cook leaves.
Attorney (Jonoral llruwn says the
Governor could burn tho money in the
contingent fund If ho wanted to. lie
oeems to have been doing it,
Tho President's address has made
tho Senate reluctant to talk. If he would
visit that body a littlo moro frequently
perhaps tho Senate might Ret the habit
of silence.
Lord Northcliffe intiinalcs thut the
American soldiers of fortune In tho Allied
armies aro really soldiers with fortunes.
Thus do great crises change tho mean'
Ins of old phrases.
Con It be that Senator Penrose has
been speculating In war babies? His per
gonal property tax return has been in
creased by 347,500 slnco last year, n
pretty tidy sum for a hard-worttlng law-
maker to clear in twelve months.
One of the most successful men 1 have
Known never carried n wnfch until he
began to cam $10,000 a year. Charles
31. Schwab.
"Which Is only another way of say
ing that failuro cannot aim straight
'enough to hit a man who is too busy to
watch tho clock.
Wilmington has discovered that
"public shugglshnoss, powerful antago
nism and politics" had for many
years handicapped the development of
tho port of Philadelphia. Wilmington is
at present employing experts to find out
what is tho matter with tho port of Wil
mington. Meantime what lias happened
In tho past is not worrying Philadelphia:
nil her energies are being expended foi
tho future. Hy the time Wilmington has
found out what 1ms been iiandlrupptng
her own port Philadelphia will liavo ex
tended her development to include Wil
mington as a part of tho harbor of this
city.
Tho phrnso "freodom of the seas"
seems to be poeularly offensive to some
British newsnjipora. Tho London .Morn
ing Post, commenting on the President's
demand for it, rejects the thought that
tho sea is a great highway open to the
freo use of all nations o-nd remarks:
This country lias earned the right tn
speak on this matter, for what but the
royal navy has charted and kept secure
the oceans of the world for generations?
The British Empire lives by the sea and
will continue to use the sea in accord
ance with the law of the sea and none
othe.
Interpreted In the light of British his
torical practice, this means simply that
tho sea Is n, No Man's Land in which
might makes right. There was a time
when Britain' could enforce thhrdftctrlne,
but unless we mistake the temper of the
world that time has passed never to re
turn. Tho less tio British press say
about It the better for the British Em
pire. The Democrats spend money like
sailors, but for all that, the people
, will retain them in power in spite of
Democratic Incompetence If we turn our
' backs on liberal legislation. Itepreeen-
tative Gardner, on the Republican
House caucus.
Truer words were never spoken.
They were provoked by the triumph of
the Old Guard In the caucus and Us re
fusal to consider a program of progress.
The caucus, it Is true, adjourned to meet
later and take up sucli questions, but the
attitude of the majority of tlioe present
did not Indicate that the standpatters
bad learned anything in the last four
years. They are playing into the hands
of the Democrats. The party in power
under its present leadership is likely to
adopt the tactics of the old British Tories,
who seized upon all the popular policies
of the opposition and succeeded if) dish
ing' the Whigs for years. Mr. "Wilson lias
already dished the Republicans out of
several of their pet schemes ami secured
for his Administration credit for con
structive statesmanship. The voters as
I'liib.lflpl.la, Ftl.liy, Jimur in, lilt.
n mass care littlo Tor tho triumph of the
Republicans or of tho Democrats merely
for tho sake of triumph. It the Demo
ciats glvo to tho nation what it demands,
the nation will be satisfied to be served bv
tho Democrats Tho ltcpubllenn Old
Utiard Is rapidly getting into the state of
the Bourbons, who never forgot anything
and never lent nod nn) thing.
"HE FELL AMONG THIEVES"
rpiltUTV months ago thorn was no man
lit Pennsylvania iiiort1 reapcrMeil lhafi
Martin O. Tirkiminuh. tfe Was a Rlntit
in tho light for hplter Mtteftlltm. tfo
dominated the fhMd In which ho lnbnred.
Ambition had whispered tn him nnd lilt
brain hnd fought the Inspiration of serv
ice, tto whs beloved by thousands, who
ucliotcd in him, nnd trusted him, and
con gloried In htm.
A faction, RttwplriR for wnwr, saw In
him nml his reputation thing trt capi
talize. The halt they offered was nn
opportunity for greater public service
"Here." wild the faction, "we hne a man
of indomitable crmrnap nnd.tast expert
ener. Lot tin make wm lUnerrmr." De
cent men flocked m hit support. They
argue-d that the faction had overreached
itself: lh(it instead r the faction usdng
Bi'utnbiuifth for Hi ulterior purposes
Brumbaugh would u?o the fart Inn for
Hood piirtKises. Men of independent minds
lultled to hi cause, nnd his election
seemed in promise a new era In the con
duct of tho nftalrx of IVnnslvnnln.
Muil for .i handful of silver he left
us, jus! for n ribbon lo stick In his coat,"
linnlcd llmwnluu N'ol so with the flov
crnor. Shrewd men engulfed him In their
sophistry; they slmekled him With faction
alism. They inndt it poor politician f a
gicat schoolmaster, an oftlce pawnbroker
of an lulPllccliml banker. Discount the
financial aspects of the situation, srty, nnd
leave him clothed nitty In his deeds! They
are rngge.d. they are torn, they nro
patched and they are melancholy. Tho
pity i" II lltuls cxpre-loit In the humilia
tion of thtiUsandt of citizens who hue
watched the light dicker and go out.
"He fell nmoni thieves.'"
TKANSIT ORDIXANCU L'NDKK
ANALYSIS
WX HAVK the proposed transit ordi
nance under nnulysls, a very search
ing analysis. In order thnt we may suttsfy
ourselves that the people's rights nte
substantially protected.
In the meuntlme. we lew with sus
picion the haste of certain foimer ene
mies of inldd tia-istt to rush Into it mad
denunciation of some clemenu of the
ordinance, under the guise of serving the
people. A lew days ago the public was
being told thut --even-cent fares weie In
evitable. That led herring hits dlattp
peured. Nor need the public be appre
hensive now that it is going to be bunded
n lemon. What it Is golns to get is
rial i npid tiunstt, under modern condi
tions, the system being operated by the
I'. It. T. at a modern fare.
The ciics of tho calamity howlers
amount to nothing more than another
effoit to divert nttoutlou from the main
issue.
UP AGAINST IT
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world's wheat crop for l!16 was
twenty-live per cent less than for 1915.
There was it falling off In till other cereal
crops. The.v have not killed enough men
in Kurope to make tin- supply for the
livur eiual to the demand. We must
taise moie wheat or let the war go on
until the population of the world is ie
duced to tit the i-tee of the wheat crop.
THE THIUU HOUSE OK CO.NGHKSS
milK Constitution provides that Con-
J- grcMH shall consist of two branches,
the Hcnnte and tho House of Representa
tives. WooJrow Wilson has recently set him
self up as u third brunch of tho legislative
body.
Word comes fiom Washington that for
the lemaiuder of the llfo of the present
Congress he will spend considerable time
In his room in the Cupitol In order to
secure the adoption of his legislative pio
8 ram before midnight of March 3.
The Cous-titutiim lvw him power to
veto mexsiigc which he disapproves and
to iecommnd the parage of measures
which he favors, but not even Alexander
Hamilton ever supiiosed thut the Presi
dent would assume to take his place in
the Capitol and direct the course of bills
through Conere-M.
The assumption of what amounts to
dictatorial power ovc- legislation by tho
Chief Executive Is extremely modern. It
is in line with Mi. Wilson's political
theories. When elected to the governor
ship of New Jersey he announced that
'he had also been elected to the leadership
of his party and commissioned to secure
the enoctment of the party ptogrom. He
believes lu the HiitUIt parliamentary
system which makes the Prime Minister
the party head unci the controlling power
in legislation. I'nder the forms of the
American Constitution he is, an Presi
dent, exercising the functions of a Brit
ish Premier. He cannot take his seat in
either the House or the Senate, but he
can occupy bis room in the Capitol nnd
tell his followers what to do.
We have said that ho has set himself
up as third branch of Congress. He
has done moie than that. He has let It
be understood that he regards himself
as the special and particular representa
tive of the whole people and that tliq
representatives of small groups must
yield to him.
This magnifying of the executive office
is revolutionary, but it is arousing no
protest worthy of note In "Washington.
Congress accepts the situation as a mat
ter of course and takes Mr. Wilson at his
own valuation of himself. Roosevelt tried
to do the same thing, but he could not
get away with it m successfully, either
because of temperamental or Intellectual
reasons. As we are to liave four years
more of Wilson, the power of the Prest
dent Is likely to b "till further enlarged
at the expense of Congress. The; nation
likes strong men; so Mr. WUson may get
away with it without much criticism.
SECRET DIPLOMACY
OP VISCOUNT GREY
it Sought to Preserve the Peace
by Giving Germany What She
Wanted How It Worked
By GILBBUT VIVIAN SBf.DES
ffjimnl Cnrrrviioiiff'-iif r livminQ LntStt
LtlNtlO.V, Jan. tO.
rpltt! pinning of Viscount Orey wafl
JL hardly nr.ticeil In the Brent cr smasltim
nt the whole Coalition t'llblttpt, hut It
marked a uniting change In tin character
of ttrltlfih diplomat v Hli sueressor is nut
the man vvhnm Jtr Unyd HenrRP would
hive chnen had tic tieeh free from pressure,
hut In spite of Mr. Hntrour, the Ore- tradi
tion Is ended. There Is n tfrfnt deal of
meaning In thh rnr America, flhice lh
drtyB of Lord North unit the tlevnlutlon re
lations with (treat Hrltnin have been
friendly so long ns l.lliel-sl Ideas donilnafeil
the Porelgn (tlflce. nnd vlre ver.it. How fur
the foreign tvftlcc will bo Tory alter the
war remains to be seen.
Viscount drey mini the fr'nre'gn Wtlf
for eleven .vests, longer than tihy man since
fanning, who was k gient n, friend of
America thnt ho Is said 10 have proposed
the Monroe Doctrine ns a sort of dual ar
rangement between tho two coiintrtts. tn
those eleven Jrnrti im one outside tin For
eign tiftlce Kpcmed interested In foreign af
fair nnd. n n re.iili. there was more secret
diplomat) than tisltnl Most of thnf illpto
mac) Is now In-ginning lo tome out. In gen
eral It seems In, have been n process of
feeding a hungry lion on milksops, In
the vnln hope Hint 1hf lion wouldn t at
tack the innocent l.Mnnrier.
In the years preceding the vvnr VWcount
itrov wn-J of thnt f.vpe of l-'orclgn Minister
who g'vet more than he lakes, and under
his guidance n series of treaties was r
ranged which giive nod gave nod gave lo
(lerninn) Flrsl thnio was iho fiimous
hiiilries of milking (iermnny 'he "oh coti
ceiclnnnnlre" of the Itngdnd Itndvvny, with
a terminus not on flu- f'ersinn Hull', but
neitr enough lo It. nnd with no Ifniltnllnnt
on i'erinith,v "influence." France nnd tli'H
nln got rights to build ronds In Sjrlit, Ai
metiin and elsewhere, but they vvele pledged
not to compete with the Iterlln-Hagdnd
Ktttlwii). Kvery line vvini dependent upon
Ihf central tieiimni hue. Minor com or
slonx were ninth to the other Powers, In
cluding lliix.il;!
Germany Wax Ck'ltinjr What She
Wanted
More u:'pritii'g things weie tnrrled on
In Afi-lm, where France was apparently
willing tn give up nl of French Congo
nnd tier vngiie rights over ttelgiiiti ('nligo.
and niiiilbiir titiri the Portuguese colonies
were vii'liiall) In Otiiniiny s grasp, She
could have hnd a gient iVntrul African
Kmp're linking her two cilniiles. (Jermnti
Knst nnd llerninn Southwest Africa, lo the
Kameniii". There was a dicker relntlng
to part of Lorriiiiii. but the gist of It Is
not elenr The fnt I s. t halt (Iermnny, Willi
gtent cmpiies hi Asia niul In Africa, hnd
ii i-tranglehnld on Tuikev nnd might have
consolidated a gruit etnp're in peine.
While he wns milking lliesp concessions
to Hermany. ttrey was cngiuet'iitig the en
tente Willi 1'inni'e nnd ItiiHsln. lie wns
helpeil on by Ivlng I'Munrd VII, but tn (he
critical moments he hnd himself lo thank
for tln preservation of the union which
Hived nil three cumti en in toll. In 1912
I a friend nsUed him why he could not do the
same with t iermnny. Crey answered thnt
( iermnny is "nn aggressive Power." and It
is obvious lluit he knew of only one way to
deal with no uggrt-Hsive Power to satisfy It
as much ns poi-sllilc That is why Viscount
icy Is the hen pt.ilsetl and the niosl
blamed man in iliiglnnd tiidn.v Itc is
praised for having staved oft the calamity
and blamed foi not preparing for It. He Is,
praised for having solidified the Knteute
and blamed for not having given it a proper
direction against (terninny.
Tho great chnrgc against Lord (trey is
that he stopped thinking on August B, 1914.
Those uho know htm report how tragically
he i lings to n justification of his course In
those iii)s A broken num. he onfessed
to n friend not long ngo his fun- that pos
terity would blame hlni for the win wii'eh
he so ardently sought to avoid. I'ntll within
a fmv mouths' of his resignation l.ortl (irey
said nothing of the future. Thnt Is left to
his succeshurs
Grey Holiovctl in Making Concussions
He wns n strong man, and had he retained
his strength and gone to the peace con
ference theie m'glil have been a delinite
policy which would have insured pence,
for iirey would have given away much and
risked the displeasure of his c nintryinen
If he fell that pence might he secured Pence
was the only object of his vvoik. The men
who now cntitiol (Jreal Iliitiun lme not
announced mi) definite p'nii. and they have
no one mi eminently fitted to conduct the
ftna) negot'atioiis us l.oid Crey tn ns tits con
freres In Purl nnd I'etrogrnd It will not
be suiprlsing if Ihese, anil unl London, utll
win the niiineiivcis ol" pmcc, If ItiiHSin
predominates (in the event of n victory)
the breaking up of Ausiiia-lluugaiy im'iv
bp taken for gianled. The ICnteiite 'is vir
tually pledged In this object. .Mr. Asnullli
spoke of Serbia regiilnlng "all and inure
uiuii no or iicr snermcej.. ituniauia came
in with the iiiiderstnmllng Unit she was to
have the lliimaiiiiiii distiicis of Hungary
and the ltunmiunn sect ons of Austrian
Dukiiwiiin Itussln nnd Italy lime their
claims on Itunsliiu and liuliuu districts "un
redeemed" from Austrian lule.
T(je lOiiteme l.s bound to tibxerve these
pledges in case of a victory, but so far
no ono dares to i-a.v mi. Sir. I.lo.wl Hcoige
did speak nine of Austria-Hungary as the
"mmi-hackle empire," but that wag ,II)K
ago. Thosv who demand the partition of
Austra-Hungary resent ver much the hn
pllcutiou tlnu tin Allies would violate their
own "principle nf imtloiiallly" In destroy
ing tho Uuiil Umpire. Prince llnrchakov
olit-e b.ilil thut Austria Is not a Statu but
only n (jovei-miieut. nnd the Kntente. ac.
curding to its defenders, wishes to it-store
Statehood to the lloliemlans and tn let
the other races join those Ktnles to wh'ch
their race or their history attaches them.
The same thing is (rue of Turkey, It must
be desiro)ed as a l!ov eminent of one p -ople
over a vaat number of subjeil. Turks
will always t Turks and uud-r Turkish
rule, but S)riaus uud Armenians are not to
be under tlv Crescent any longer The
principle that evei) people ought to lie ruled
by its own lealer does nut imply thut the
present Stateo are permanent
Thu Fure.gu (JHtces arc lying low on these
iiuestious. Ucauie they are not eay ones
tu answer and neutrals vvuuld find it hard
to believe thai theie Isn't some hidden ng
grebs.un under all this talk. Ho far as
Ureal IJruuin i concerned, Hhe Is doubly
lucky. She went into the war under u
Liberal Clnveriiiuent. so that the opposition
was even more in favor of the war than
the Liberals. And ue will come out of
It under a Conservative Government (bar
accident), so that there will be no complaint
of "weakness" in the terms of peace.
Whether the tradition of Liberalism will
revive afterwaid is u questiuu which neu
trals may well usk themselves.
OUR EXILES
It is noticeable that tho American abroad
have absorbed tho spirit am prejudices of
the countries in which they dwell. Thusj
those in Uermany are convinced that the
(Jernian. cam is the only righteous one.
Those in Franc and Kngland cheer every
victory of the Allies, are depressed by every
defeat. We may suppose that between the
American of Berlin and the American of
London there is a coolness akin to the feel
ing between the actual belligerents.
Yet some one ihoukl tip our compatriots
off. They do not seem to realize that they
nullify one another. The words of the
German sympathizers are offset by thee
of Americans in France and England. Folks
have come to pay no attention to them.
They have caught on to the fact that exiles
simply echo the voices in the streets on the
other side of the wall of the meeting places.
And as cable charges are htgb, the waste
of money Is heavy. The Americans abroad
would be many dollars la packet if they
simply kept stiil Also, they would be a
good deal less ridiculous. Toledo Blade.
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Relation of the Eight- lour 'Day lo the High Cost of Living The
Bible on the Death Penalty What Every American
Should Think
Till Hrpnitmml ii Irrr m nil trmlm i lio
wlh tn rrirrfl tlinr oitiiioiii en rtubjrrti nt
currrtit intrrrst. It ft nil eitrn foiinn. tnlrf thr
J.Yciifio; .crfoer oiiiiiih-s n rrvnoiivlbillm tor
the lit in of (M rom-n-ioiliriiM. hrtfts uiliil A
he nl'innt tin the iinmr tun ndrtirt! nt (lie
iirltrr, nof nermiaiilM for iii.'i""iiii. hut in n
fimroiifee of ooad Inlth.
SHORT HOURS AND HIGH PRICES
To the lUlitof of the Vrrnlmi J.rtlpcr:
Sir -1 see in today's KvtlNlNo Ltsnonn
that SI I'. L. denounces the -various busi-ne.-s
oignnhsntlnns as selling their souls
foi Hie gnhlen calf. He cites the mine
owniis and coal merchants who .caused
coal to advance fiom ?5 to $S per ton
Well, to start with, the miners are now
working eight hours Instead of ten. and get
ting moie pay than they got heretofore.
This In turn compelled the mine owners
lo liuv more iniichlner) and employ twenty
per tent more men In order to mine tho
same amount of coal and. of course, in-tivut-ed
their flxed charges. The railroads'
lixei' charges increased for tho snino lea
son The coal merchants are in the same
boat Municipal eNpenses me increasing
along with the cmplo.ves' wages, together
with lost of maintenance of eveiy descrip
tion, including even the shoeing of horses.
ow then, what Is the result? The mine
nwnir must chnige Tils excehs cost to the
uieich.ints who buy the coal. The railroad
liicrnti-.es freight, nnd the coal merchant
oust put these extra charges on the con
.unier oi go tiinkc. This same state of
affairs must uecessiirilv apply to nil busi
ness where decrease of labor nntl increase
of wuges aro In vogue.
Take a dwelling thnt under the sixty
hour system per week cost, suy. J'.'DOll. It
must, under tho eight-hour system nml
Saturday half-holiday, cost at least tfSIOD,
Aliich mentis $2 per month more rent.
Hence it Is clear thut eight hours' work
with at least ten hours' pav will increase
the price of that which tho worker pro-tlucn.-.
This system, being now almost uni
versal, must affect every one In what
manner will the majority of workers be
benrlited at tho end of the year by tills
increase of .every commndit) from twenty
net- cent to foity per cent.' Why. prlncl
pallv In having founeen extin hours each
veel. to loaf around and spend extra nick
els and dimes that arc badly needed at
home
FOIUUm WORKINCIMAX.
Philadelphia January n
"A GREAT EDITORIAL"
To the BtlUor of th fUening Lcdaer:
SIP you should be complimented on that
editorial. "Americanism Internationalized,'"
in tho KvBNiKtj I.kih.bh of January -'3.
It was certa'nly. to my mind, one of the
greatest editorials that was ever written.
Many "J" our readeis ure glad to see you
stand by President Wilson when you believo
he is right.
Bancroft, the hiftorlan. says that 'it is
ulono by InfuhiiiB great principles into tho
common mind that revolutons in human
society ure In ought bbout."
I believe that our President in the action
ho has recently taken has rendered it great
service tu civilization.
"Slay Hod speed tho day when nation shall
not rise against nation, but the people of tho
earth will be more largely engaged in the
upllft'ng of humanity to higher planes of
usefulness, and when every one will enjoy
tho blessings of civil and religious liberty.
BKALOCH A. AVKIPMAK.
Portland. Pa , January S I.
DEATH PENALTY IN THE RIBLR
Ta the lidttar of the .Evening f.nflcr.-
gjr flu advocates of capital punish
ment usually atlirm tiat It Is in accordance
with divine revelation, which is not correct,
for the Bible does not teach any such bar
barous practice.
Take the case of Cain as an example.
Cain at first tried to evade, then acknowl
edged that' he killed Abel, and. realizing the
vlclousnesss of man, he said to Hod, " shall
lie a fugitive and a vagabond In the earth,
and It shall come to jwss that whosoever
tindetb me shall slay me." But Uod assured
Cain that If any one should kill him venge
ance would be taken on him that killed
Cain sevenfold And a mark was put upon
Cain to protect him.
Then there was Sloses. who killed the
Egyptian and hid him in the sand. God
did not punish Sloses by the forfeiture of
Ids lite, but allowed him to live and become
the great Hebrew lawgiver. And there, too.
"AIN'T YOU ASHAMED
A
I . ' -
THE PEOPLE
was Tlavid who wickedly placed his trusted
general, t'riah. at the head of Ills iiiiny so
thai he would be killed. This finvid did so
that he could marry I'riah's wife after she
became a wlilow. In this Dav.id was guilty
of murder In the sight of (iod, nnd yet (tod
permitted him lo live nnd become a grent
king and the sweet Psalmist of Israel
And when Paul stood by and consented In
the stoning of Stephen he was guilty of
murder. Vet he was afterward a power
ful instrument In the hands of (Iod in
Pleaching the Oospel to Ihu (leutiles.
.Vow, If capital punishment is light nnd
has divine sum tlnu. why did 'not Hnd inlllet
It on Cain, Sloses. Havid and Paul?
Simply because punishment by death Is not
nod's way of denllng with thnso who vlo
lute tho commandment, "Thou shalt not
kill."
Therefore, f reach the conclusion that
capital punishment lint! lis origin and is
perpetuated in the revengeful heart of man,
and Is not nf ilivino origin.
1 lending. Pa., January 23. B. B.
WHAT AMERICANS SHOULD
THINK
To the Editor of thr Hrrulup f.cdtier:
Sir I nm not nn everjdny render of tho
Kvunino Lmxicn. but I rend it often To
day, as I glanced over tho headings of tho
llrst page, I turned over lo the editorial
page, and I nm so delighted with 'your
in tide, "Can Democracy Triumph Over
Imperialism?" that I feel Impelled to express
my appreciation of It. I urn certainly In full
agi cement with you. and so should be every
thinking Ameilcan citizen.
AsnmicAN crmt:.
Philadelphia, .Tanuury 21.
WILSON'S FAME IN SO YEARS
To the Jldllor of the J'.eenimj Ledger:
Sir I would earnestly advise nil your
younger rcuders to cut out of tho news
papers nnd magazines all the most hitter
things they fcee written against President
Wilson. They will bo worth money some
duy. You cannot Imagine how many times
1 bavo been laughed nt by young people
when I tell them how Lincoln was de
nounced nnd Insulted in tho press of his
duy. They won't believe it. Otto .voting
chap said to mo the other tlav ho would
pay me 5 for any such clipping I cbuld
produce, hut I am too old to go pottering
ubout tho tiles of old newspapers tn musty
backrooms of libraries advise tho )oung
folk to look fifty vears ahead. Believo
me, thoy will, when thoy themselves glow
old, Hnd an antl-WHatm t-crnpbook a valu
able weapon agumst thu l,nov-lt-nll vanity
of youth. AN' OLD SIA.N.
Lancaster. Pa , January L'C.
HOW TO 1JRING DOWN PRICES
On Tuesday the price of eggs In Cin
cinnati was (Ifty-ihreo cents per dozen
wholesale. Housewives gasped, amazed and
Indignant (in Wednesday, without organi
zation, but happily Inspired by a mutual
lesentment, they remained away from the
grocery and produce stores. The mistress
of the tiouse put her foot down hard when
sl)o had to pay five cents for n single egg.
Without fuss or tumult sho stopped buy
ing. Tho resulting effect upon the market
was to sudden us to luivo its highly hu
morous side that Is. to tho housewife.
Moro power to iier. Cincinnati Times-Star
WHISTLING
Oh, I like to hear a feller who will whistle
nt his woik;
1 ko to hear tv worker wlio will limn a
littlo tune.
Kf a feller's got wnno music, why, he ain't
so apt to shirk ;
He kin change a bleak Peeember into
mild and merry Juitft
What's tho use of feelln' Mitel
There is sunshine here fr you.
Life la mostly vvtiat you make It ; make
It meller-like an' true.
Care will often fun away
Kf he finds you're feelln' gay.
Open up your music, brother, an', by thun
der, let It play!
What's the use o' feelln' blue?
Nature's huppjlike an' true.
Help the world to be moro cheerful an'
'twill do the same fur you.
, Blue is all right In the sky.
All right in a maiden's eye,
But don't git It In your system ; It win kill
you, by-an'-by.
v-Joa Cone, In Cappr's Weekly.
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What Do You Know?
Oiiriirn o oriierol Piteri-st colff en ontuicrctf
(p Oils rolioini. Trii nnr.illoiis. the iiiiawrrs to
ivfifch reriM II Informed jicrjoii aioit'd know,
are askid ilailu.
QUIZ
I. Mini was I he Hr-t Nine id suitl.iiiil'.'
. Htm lone lum thll -.erilte been la force In
(In t lllletl si.Ke-V
n. Mini was Huar.'
I. Willi I. (lie tirielitct idnr (if the heaven,
evt luilinc (lie Mill'.'
A. linn tliil It hapneii that .Inlin HnnrnfU's
dmi.itiirc N Ho- l,irt:e-t atliithrtl tti the
lit t l.irathin nf liiili'iienilrnie'.
ti Willi Is pri'sIiliMit nf tlie 'leinple t'llhersltj?
. Whit Is (Ii- etirreit iiriiniini lalhin tif
"tiiimh Iii.U"?
S How in.iii) tiiunlles are lliere In I'oiim..!-
a till'.'
D. It, wli.it titlier ti.iine are the li.inlsh West
Indies Liama?
III. Cm one ilelirnihie the imllils nf the roin-
p.iss with a uiiti Ii?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
I. elenlit w.ih tin liirlliiliv nnnlirriurjr tif
Hubert Itiiras. lnim 1 "!.
". Anlares Is tailed (lie rnrti,,,,iH Heart he-
iniise ii Is a mlili-h star in Hie tenler tif
Hie ttiiisletl.itlnli suiriilii
3. O.ivaf.i Is iiriiniiiiuitil "U'tili-li.if k-nh,"
I Irantls Itnrlnii Harrison is dtiiertinr (inn-
eral nf the Philippines.
!i. 'I In four thief wlnil-Koils nf tinman nulli-
ulni;v were llineas (mirth wimll, Kurus
(e.isi wimll, Nottis or lustrr (smith wlml)
ami .eili,.rns (west wimll.
C llr. IMwanl .li-mirr. nn I'lisllsh plijslri m,
am mill In I'H'I that vitta inntliiii Willi
limine virus prnilmeil Immunity ac.dnst
Miiiilhuiv
T. II I." width ileslcM.iles a .IM'flln sl.imls
fur l.llflstllllV" nr Itlrstiip; e, p., t III-I.-;!.'
uiiulil he l.ilftsrlillt' Nu. ?.!.
H. Dr. Wu 'linK-ftim; Is Hie ( liluese, ruri'lsn
.Vlhiisler.
t. Alevniiiler I'nne (0KH-i;ill was eallfil Hie
Wiil.ed Was;i tif lult Itfiiliam" lietansH
nf Ills hitler silllre ami lietau-e Ids Inline
was at Tuh!.riiliam,
1(1, "Hie T-.rrliriil.iii .sea Is 'that iiurtlun tif Hie
.MrillterriiatMii partly iuduseil hj ll.ilj,
Mills ami .irilliil,i
Farm Limit Hoard
BANK CLLItK (a) Tho Federal Farm
Loan Board consists if .Secretin v tif the
Treasury SIcAdoo, cbnirmun ex olhclo, and
four members appointed hy the President
Ueurge W. '.Von Is, Philadelphia: Charles
!:. Lobdell, Kansas; William S. A. Smith.
Sioux City, on;! Hcibert Quick, Berkley
.Springs. W Va. Mr. Xnrris Is farm loan
commissioner ami tutlve head of Hie hoard,
lb) Thomas S. Butler, of West Chester,
represents the Seventh floncrenslanul Dis
trict (Chester nml Delaware Counties) in
tho House of Itepresentatives.
Solar uud Sidereal Days
A. K, J. Tho sidereal day, nearly four
minutes shatter than tho solar duy. is the
actual time required fur the earth to revolve
upon Its axis with reference to u star. A
stur uppoars in tin sma place every 23
hours SU minutes untl 4 I seconds but the
earth has uu additional motion on its orbit
around tho sun which reqn. res twenty.four
hours, or u solar duy, for the sun to bo
brought mound to the same place. This
dally orbltrni motion has no appreciable
effect upon the relutlve positions of the earth
and the stur lu question.
Days of (ho Wi'eji
A. K Tho okl Huxon days of the week,
beginning vvitli Huuday, were Kunnaii-dacg,
Stonan-dueg, Tues-dueg. Woden's-daeg,
Thors-daeg, Prlge-daeg and frUeter-dacg.
and the Itoman days wero Hies Soi.s, pi63
Lunae. Dies Slurtls. Dies Slercuril, Dies
Jovis, Dies Veneris ami Di-s Batumi, These
lames nro bimliar to the modern Herman
and French, respectively. The Herman days,
modeled after the Saxon, ore Sonntug, Slun
tag, Dlenstag, Sllttwocho. Donnerstag,
Freitag and Saiustag (or Soimabend). Tho
French, lupre like the Boman, are Dlnmnche
Lundt Slauli, SIcrcredl. Jeudl, Vendredi and
Samedl.
SAM LOYU'S VWA'ALV, !
WK SIOTOIU1D from New York to I
Philadelphia at an average speed I
of fifteen miles per hour and returned
met mo o.iiiib course at tile tate ot
twenty miles un liuur. What was our
uerage number of miles per hour?
Answer to Yesterday's Puzzle
THK landlady placed 20 ceiits on the
counter to pay f ii4 iK,u,luJ)'nf
bologna. Louis cut ;,, pounds. siu
took -Hi pounds for 15 cents and In
vested the remalnlBg 5 cents In pickles
Tom Daly's Column 1
McAroni Iiallatls
I.XXI
TO.V.ifiSO Z.ABOX1
Writ I'm rrn V.ctaXv, tong ilma no,
lien ttns Jtmnrt guy dat t utc' for to
X-noie.
Simw teeclh hecs moutha, too. Taikt
Ueoda-nlphli
AHA lime talk like hecs crazy for flghl;
Tsnd Uka holler ttat's hitatfn' vrrth Mcatn,
6lnu firui-rt Was vauntru for lirrm,
S8 CPl'itf veench ha cm here cm rfrct, fat
Yes, nn''t thecnk I van point to da tnffn"
LtM'cnl fiavcdusc soocha smart ryu
ccs he,
ilebtiB he tloiia Sodst da soma like h!j.
Firs' thteno J tto here ces chanqin' my
name,
Unl lien ! "e tfrtf he, loo, done fa
same
Witrr" pi Me )ere ten front of trom
8o, loo, I hill, dees fomasin Laioni
Mebhe 1 find, eef he com' nn mv rnr.
Tjcestl "Tom t,nirson" ce.i joost da snrne
PWl
flat's alia rtpht; you can lanohn, wnor:
It'nff for fl ween tile, f tal yon som' mora
Yon fr'iote lu'tlt "dplio-pono" en meant '
f)nf'. ii'Ottl Helatlan for u-nn t den
nrren,
Tr mlra, yo'ny ollfon p-r fort rlrni so'
I! of do jinn call dem cen .liiofol"' You
, note!
Jiiii v'nt unit thecnk tr'en da papers alt
sprak:
Mi i ilrr Tom Lnuwm eet slrnnn for da
l.rnk'"f
la's alia itiilit; yon run lauohn, Swnor,
I hnnn l.a.ionl. t lint yon, oner more,
I nii.iii nnd, erf he ram' on mil w
If i sn 'nm Lfttr.soii" eri jooitn iniiir qnj.i
We were gliuf yeslcrd.iv to t onfer a
small favor upon W. II. .Inmes Hie ener
gttn and olllciont ftecretarv of the "Wit
bam I'cnn Hlghwny Asioclntlon, even If i
his letlcr leniiestlng II did begin.
I spent nit hour lodav wllh stilek-
l.uid llillllmi nud learunl with irgret
that vim nre recovering from nn attack
of pneumonia
thi: PAST
p Hut this whole suliicit i not an
abstract tprestlon for Hie fnluie It I)
a (iilCKtlnii of life and death now In
judging whether Hint lesult tan ho
secured by Ills mellinds. it Is Impossible
for us to foigct Ihe past A Honar
Law on Wilson's speech.
Antf shall none of the past he fornoltcnt
That sonnil.i like a hancr, I.nu J
Men have died, nntl thrlr bona are rotten, Tj
Whose snrrmrs your Unplaml sntr,
And tchoic phnits, if they he not fornolten,
Might shrircl your soul irlth ave. t
alnjor .Alinors j
AVhllo wo mark time, waiting for somt ?
ono to nominate for Ibis club somo con-
tonipornry youtli under twenfy-one who
Is presently engaged In making good In '
a major Job, wo tnko pleasure In appoint j
Ing ns pastmnster, or dean, our handsome 1
friend Chnties W, fleck, Jr., who bossed
his father's photo-engraving business 'I
most successfully long before ho cast a f'
vote.
I
Cute Kid SttilT ',
i
Caspar Cntpeutcr, of ficrmutitown was "
discussing tho recent Automobile Show.
His wife Is ltioio inteiestetl in dogs, anil
she began to tulle of pi Izc-w timers of the
locnl kennels. Across tho dmnci-table J
Alfred C, aged nine, was taking it all In. i
"Uo they glvo prizes to tho best dogs?"
ho naked. '"What do they give 'em?
Bones?'' ;
I
GrippiiiK Adventures
in 3
The nurso dozed In tho sleepv hollow 1
armchair neat tho fool of tho bed. A mo-
metit before sho hud reached up and '
tin null out yio electric light over her
head. Wo wcro glad of the dark, for the '
bedclothes hnd been tucked in loo close '
under our chin and we stenlthdv drew- ',
one anil fteo and stretched it out over
the coiintcrpano The counterpane, a lim
illess Held of white, spread out before us p
nnd away. nway. The nipping 1
nil begun to bito nnd wo pulled the lap- i
...I ..I... .. I. ...... .. ..n..l 1... Ffl. I n H..Via
loot I iiiM-r. it Witn .1 ic.ti nullum louc,
for i:' Iin-'O days they were not m scarce
as the) uio now. Wo had no need tp
hold the reins, unyvvay, for the horses
knuvv where we wanted to go. Only a
day or so befoto thoy had hauled a big
sledge, wllh a score of us bovs. from
Villnnovii Collogo to tho old General
Wnyno on Montgomery pike, -where we
hnd gorged upon n, dinner of roast pork, -
Wo could smell that rich food
now. Tho aroma grew ns we neured the
inn. it was almost overpowering when
wo drew up nt tho door and veiled:
"Hello!"
A light flushed nntl the nui-e asked,
"Did you enll?" AVo were surprise-j, but
wo kept our wits about us 'ih, no."
wo said and protended to go to sleep,
"Wo will fool her.' 'e edd.
"We'll drlvo nulotly around to the back
door." Wo chirped to'the horses and they if
dashed away for n, mile or so. Then, after
munilng tho sleigh-bells, wo turned back.
Wo drew up at tho Inn's reai door in
slIoncQ, Now to arouse the landlord.
Hpw could we creato a loud noise with
out milking a sound? What savs Shake
speare? "If 'twe'ro ilono when 'tis done,
thon 'twere well It wero done quickly-
So wo let out ono short, sharp "Iley! .
Tho door opened Instant lv
Tho lights Hashed and the nurse said;
"Surely you called." "Help us out of this
sleigh," wo said, disgustedly, "and well
fro to bed." ' Si!:
Anonymous contributions are amenable
fn nn Immnn laws nnd should be "6J
btroyed on sight, hut occasionally one l
deserving ot decent burial m agate i-.
This blew In yesterday:
"Tom llaly's celyum luoked awfully M I1
djy. didn't It?"
"Y. What's Ihe aner ri(lni It
'Uh Tom's well asuln, and h wrU111 "
hlmxelf."
The Editor Saves His Face
The name of Sir. Joseph Drolet bfOWJT
in-law, was. through a tpographlcal "'
omitted from the llfct ot mourners ?.,
the funeral of the late Sirs U Larocnei;
repotted in yesterday's issue '
paper.
MANAqkR a man of II hunent, ani ,,l"jJ
bath hUlit. oun for poslilua ln
ur out. etc.
Ad In eve
u, ce cont mP
fs V (topla) 6j
it caused severa
a Leak to BiaV
;l