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Some Persons Cannot
Agree.
Hunger Striker Forccil to Eat.
Headline.
But those who aro hungry simply
because they can't afford to buy food
must still be unfed.
"Scarcity of lobsters" Is "Unshed
from the cast.- But It will not causa
much worrlment to tho nvorago man
Whoso chief shell food is nn egg.
Thirteen Democratic Representa
tives have balked at tho Administration's
revenue raisins plans, but It will tako a
moro lucky and more powerful number
than that to defeat them.
Congressman Varo Is tho inspiring
nngcl of our education, says Judge Mon
oghan, and, considering tho political edu
cation PhllndCphlans glvo proof of, tho
title may be said to be accurately just.
Docs geographical location affect
morals' In Atlantic City bathers will
have to wear stockings. But in Philadel
phia it is quite proper for naturo dancers
nnd marathoncrs to appear In public with
out them.
tYestern Germany In Crip of Cold.
Headline
And "hufidreds of thousands of Ger
maris and Frenchmen and Russians and
Englishmen aro in tho grip of a moro
bitter cold from which there Is no relief
the Icy hand of Death.
Both sides in tho Brumbaugh-Pen-roso
feud seem to have exhausted their
Invectives. Why not start a new sine
cure Department for tho. Creation of De
nunciatory Epithets? There ora many
Btato Jobs almost as sensible.
Tho Japanese have about as much
right to demand "complete victory for
the Allies" as Americans have. They
havo made more millions out of muni
tions than they have lost men In tho
war.
What blow Is this tho Carnegie
Bteel Company Is aiming at our liberties,
in writing in ink men's wages on pay
envelopes, so they cannot erase a pen
ciled figure In order to "hold out on"
their wives? Does the company not
know that wo demand the liberty of say
ing. In that ancient phrase, "An Ameri
can's home is his prison"?
It has not developed as yet whether
tho German smash at Verdun was meant
to celebrato the Kaiser's birthday or to
assure America that Germany will not
be content with "peaco without victory."
But successes of that kind can be made
to order at a moment's notice. Either
Bide can make a small advance whenever
It chooses to sacrifice enough lives to
capture a few trenches.
A scientist Is to explore the hith
erto inaccessible haunts of Australian
bushmen In an aeroplane. May the bush
men bo brought within the circle of civ
ilization! It nevor needed an aeroplane
for scientists to explore the Inaccessible
haunts of slum dwellers. Possibly the
toy will como when a machine will be
Invented that will raise their standard
Of life to that which the bushmen will
doubtless soon 'enjoy.
New Tork society women those
Who spell the word with a capital let
terare about to publish a magazine all
for themselves. They will write it and
read It after it Is written. And we
suppose they will gladly pay the deficit
and, running expenses for the sake of
seeing themselves In print. We once knew
a man whose contributions were rejected
by the magazines. He started a paper of
his own and ran it until he had said all
he wanted to. say and than slopped It.
He enjoyed readldg his own artlelea in
type much more than In manusoi-jpt.
Borne people are so easily pleased.
A German newspaper says Mr. Wil
son's remarks aboui fits necessity of
great nations gaining direct acess to the
ea -praotltally mean that Belgium must
remain In German bands," it is the
whole PAlnt of rds remarks to open the
Wjyr tu definition of what all the vague
atniuUons constantly expressed do "prao
iMtUy mean." If a nMtralteed railway
tmmlng frero Cologne to Antwerp "prac
iimVy me&wt" that Germany must own
r cuncrol territory for many scores of
W w iwtb sides of the tracks. Ger.
wtw ili tw racucgijy ufU to get
7.A .Wi
ill &
W P. C. A.
to the sen, Mirough Belgium. Most pei
eons conceive access to the sen, as prac
ticable over ft rail highway thirty or forty
foot wide. That Is a good enough ac
cess to tho sea for Chicago. And If any
native or foreigner thinks tho railway
from hero to Chicago Is not neutralised
Internationally enough, lot him trespass
for five minutes on tho tracks. If ho
survives ho may IIvo to realize why
Chicago does not have to conquer Ala
bama to got to tho Gulf.
THREE CHEERS FOR THE
HARRIERS
prtOVlNCIAlilSM reaches high-water
mark In tho Mayor's statement of his
attitude on tho Delaware bridge project.
lto says!
Tim rhiof function of the h'ldge
would be to pour into Philadelphia
rrnm Now Jersey thnusnnds of wage,
pnrners who would take money out or
tho cltv and out of thn State, without
nildlng anything to Us income.
There are other great enterprises which
must ha financed by Philadelphia befofd
tho city can dedicate funds to tho build
ing of tho proposed bridge, which should
bo ft State rather than a municipal
project, but for absolute littleness of vis
ion and utter nonrecognltlon of modern
oeoitutiito Impulses, nothing comparable
to this attitude of tho Mayor has come
to our attention In a long, long tlmo.
What a pity that wo havo railroads on
which persons find It sn easy to get In
and out of tho cltyl Verily, wo need some
municipal nonlntcrcourso acts or our in
dustries will bo rulnod beyond hope of
rehabilitation by tho very excellence of
our communications with tho barbarous
and greedy districts beyond tho city lim
its. We are going to build a Convention
Hull to bring people to Philadelphia, but
let us, by nil moan's, In a lofty spirit of
selfishness, make It as hard as wo can
for tiictn to get horo.
THC1U NAME IS LEGION
TUB orlglnnt Wilson man Is nu
merous enough to 1111 tho lnrgost hail
In America. But It begins to look as if
a bigger hall would havo to bo built
to hold the oiigtiml "Peaco without-vlu-tory"
phrase makei.
THE TIME HAS COME TO HAVE
OPINIONS
mHE Inability of the President to mnko
-y up his mind on what should bo dono
to tho army is ono of tlio most nis
couragln!; obstacles In the way of ade
quate army reform. Ho indorsed tho Gar
rison plan and then reversed hlmsolf.
Ho said that ho would keep an open mind
and accept tho plan that seemed best. As
a result, tho bill purporting to federalize
tho militia was passed in plnco of a bill
that would have given us a real army.
Every criticism launched against the
plan which Congress adopted was Justified
by the failure of tho mobilization on tho
Mexican border. How complete that fail
ure was Mr. Ktimson, former Secretary
of War, described before a congress on
constructive patriotism in Washington
Thursday night. Ho cited tho figures com
piled by tho Government Itself. Hero
they are:
Tho President called for militia units
nt war strength of 252,000 mon. The total
number that responded was 13S.500.
Theoretically theso were men who had had
previous training. As a matter of fact,
moro than sixty per cent of them were
raw recruits who had never had any
training. Nearly ono half of tho men
whoso names were on the rolls of tho
National Guard when the call came dis
appeared altogether. Of those who did
respond, moro than 23,000 wero physi
cally unfit. Moro than 1(5,000 vanished
between the time of the summons and the
muster-In. Of those who did respond,
56,000 had nover hod range Instruction
with a military rifle. The Inspectors
found that only twenty-one per cent coutd
shoot "barely tolerably," that sixty-three
per cent of them were virtually untrained
and that tho number who responded was
forty-flvo per cent short of tho number
called for.
This was the result of the attempt of
Congress to take a body of State troops
enlisted for one purpose and transform
It Into a body of national soldiers to be
used for nn entirely different purpose.
Of course it failed. Yet when a delega
tion from the Maryland League of Na
tional Defcnso told tho President as much
without mincing its words tho latter re
buked the committee of citizens for ita
unrestrained language and remarked that
"We must not close debate by having too
dogmatic opinions."
Of course not, but wo must have opin
ions, and events have shown pretty con
clusively what they should be.
GIVE THEM A HOME
THE Department of Labor announces
plans that will have most far
reaching effects upon our social fabric
If the women's organizations of- the conn
try take them up nnd forward them. The
plans may bo called as "Idealistic" as a
certain other propaganda has been called
no need to name it. They purpose
nothing less than "to solve the servant
problem"! It Is proposed "to raise to a
new dignity the work of domestics," for
which purpose the advice of housowlves
and women's clubs Is sought "before we
promulgate any fixed system." The
phrase should rather road "to restore to
their old dignity the work of domestics."
Nothlnsf could be more erroneous than to
suppose that In this country the servant
Is the succoissor of the slave, if she has
become so. it is only through the arro
gance toward foreigners and negroes
shown by natives.
Secretary Wilson should and probably
will have the whole-souled co-operatlon
of housewives In raising the servant to
the status of employe. That must come,
In many cases, through a change of heart
as well m through a change of hours and
wages. The dlftloulty Is this: that there
la a craving for a home Jn every detached
and lonrty woman. She will willingly
put up with a great deal of servitude out
of love for tho family to which it hag
bfeen her pride and her grief to be loyal,
and with unrelated loyalty.
EVENING- LEDCHOE-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 29,
IS THIS NATION
CALLED TO ARMS?
Root's Speech as an Amendment
to Wilson's Republican Sen
timent Behind tho
President
THE reliable representatives of the
thrco Administrations preceding Mi.
Wilson's havo voiced without partisan
rancor a willingness to coopcrnlo with
tho President In his work for peaco. Mr.
Tnft and Mr. Hoot can well bo said to
speak tho thought of- tho Itopubllcan
party on foreign policy. Colonel Boose
volt can no longer bo said to volco the
thought of even his own presidency.
Picking nn any slick that comes to bund
to beat Wilson with, tho former cavnlry
innn talks of war as It cavalry warfare
were not obsolete.
His Seciotary of State, Mr. Iloot, carry-
Iiir nn tho Hay Iradltlnn, enn thus iipoal:
for the Uoosevelt administrations, nnd
Mr. Tnft enn speak for his own. Mr. I
Tnft enthusiastically Indorses Mr. Wll- '
son's speech; ho "1 pjotros sincrroty" o or ;
Hi strength of expression. Tho only qual
ification ho makes Is this:
There nro earnest supporter of filch
a league who bellevo Hint only n vic
tory pence may be a Just peace, iio a
ponce selllahly dlutnlod by conquerors,
but n Just peace wreted from would
Up conquerors. The evfiit must deter
mine the correct necs "f nn" or tho
other view. ,
This Is a most temperate crttlr-lsm. It
In no way qualifies Mr. Tnft's tositte
slnnd beside Mr. Wilxnn and merely re
quests a closer examination of "prni-o
without victory" befora tho national will
crystallizes. Mr. Itoot's cnnstntrtlvo
criticism is oxcollent. It may bo said
to sny sanely what tho Itoosovolts tu-p
trying to sny furiously. In regard to
"pence without victory," ho soya:
Now, t sympathize with' that. Out
the pence that the President dnscrlbe
Involves tho absolute destruction nnd
abandonment of the principles upon
which this wnr was begun. It does
n uj.u Rnrhin. It dooi not sny Tlelgluin
but there the chosen head of tho Atner.
Iran peoplo has declared Ilia principles
of the American democracy In unmli-
tnknhle terms. And every word of that
ilerlnrntlnn, which I believe truly repre-
ents the cnnoelonco and judgment ot
the American people, denounces the sac-
rlP.ee of Belgium nnd of Serbia and the
principles upon which they wcro made
This Is high praise of Mr. WINon
from Mr. Roosevelt's Secretary of Staf.
who has consistently opposed him. lb'
believes Geimnny started tho war In nn
un-American spirit and that Mr. Wilson
Is appealing, nn fiankly as tho head of
a neutral nation can npponl. to tho men
of America between eighteen and forty
four years of age somo 20,000,000 to
say so with tho threat of nrms. With
tho threat of nrms to pro vent a future
war but Is thoro so much dirfcrenco be
tween a future threat and a present
threat?
England teally doubts that anything
would mako us spring to nrms. or oven
get ready to spring, unless It wero tho
actual Invasion of our soil.
That part ot tho Knglish-spoakhig peo
ples which Is fighting undorstands very
well tho langungo ot that part which
does not fight and may nover want to
fight. It would Uko to amend Mr. Wil
son's nddres3 by adding to it Mr. Boot's
interpretation of tills phraso of tho Prcsl-de-nti
It will bo absolutely necessary that a
force bo created n3 a guarantor of tho
permanency of the settlement so much
greater than tho forco of any nation
now engaged or any alliance hitherto
formed or projected that no nation, no
nrobahlo combination of nations, could
face or withstand it.
Is it absolutely necessary, then, that
wo now urge Congress to imposo taxes
to create our share of the armies and
navies which, in tangible form, will
hasten tho Imperialists of Europe to ngree
to a democratic league of nations? Or
dare we, In honor, trust to Mr. Wilson's
iwestigo abroad, trust that he can make
Europo believo America means business
when it talks fight? An Englishman who
ought to know, II. G. Wells, says that
Mr. Wilson has been considered an
academio pacifist. If Europe continues
to think our spokesman Is that, then tho
alternative to Impotence Is moro arma
ment, to show the Imperialists of Ger
many nnd Russia that we aro solemnly
determined to enter a war that follows
a patched-up peace, and that wo aro ready
even to enter tho present war, If Imperial
Ism shall go so far as to make Impossible
a settlement that will respect tho rights
of neutrals.
What Preparedness Means
Is thoro as much differonce as wo think
between wanting to fight then and want
infj to fight now? Mr. Wilson says:
I do not mean to say that any
American Government would throw any
obstacle in the way of any terms of
peace tho Goernments now at war
might agree upon, or seek to upset
them when made, whatever they might
be. I only tako it for granted that
mere terms of pcaee between the bel.
ligerents will not satisfy even the bel
ligerents themselves.
Is there not a rather big leap thero
for human feeling to mako in order to nc
commodate Itself to logic? If we fire to
see a miserably patched-up and Insecure
poace made beforo our eyes, we might
as well get our submarines, hospital
ships, training camps and all the rest
of the paraphernalia of war ready. Wo
surely could not wait until the second war
hid started. No, It is reasonably certain
that If lie aro not ready for the tail-end of
this war, so to speak, wo shall not be
ready for the front end of the next. We
won't want to get Into it, and we won't
get Into It, and thero will be an end of
Mr, Wilson's vlHlon.
But that vision can bo made, if men
will only decide to make it, more than a
vision. We have spoken of Republican
leaders co-operating with tho Democratic
President beeause in a country at peace
(and, as we have seen abroad, even up
to the moment of war) partisan feeling is
strong, and it la natural and proper that
constructive criticism should now come
from the opposition party. For that
reason it Is of the greatest Importance
that Mr, Taft and Mr. Boot havo shown
such a handsome spirit of nonpartisan
patriotism. It make us feel that America
is really united bhlnd the President and
hU address, of whlsh Pope Benedict
says:
"it contains many truths and revive)
the princlplas of Christian en ilization "
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THE VOICE OF
'V-iifr.'V jirJ)r V.
President Wilson Has Torpedoed Imperialism in His Senate
Speech Americanism in American Newspapers.
It Is "Robbie" and Not "Bobbie" Burns
JUSTICE HAS NO ENTANGLINGS
To tho fidllor 0 the Evening J.ctlaer:
Sir President Wilson lins torpedoed Im
perialism, nnd. having done sn, tho wnr will
torpedo Itself, becauio imperialism Is tho
motive nnd tho mainspring of the whole
business Imperialism the wish to annex
territory and exploit pooples has been tc-sponslblr-
for all tho wars of history, nnelent
nnd modern, nnd war Is 11 uecc3sary adjunct
ot the same. It will bo noticed Us success
Is generally attributed to its ability to crush
tho popular will nnd to well-directed mas
sacro3 of tho Inhabitants nt (tinted intervals.
Imperialism cannot live by fair means, and
It should not bo allowed to llvo by foul
moans ,
Tho majority of tho press heartily favors
tho President action, but n certain num
ber cavil at tho Idea of departing from
Washington's artvlca re "entangling alll
npcps." On close study It will be soen the
nlliancca nro not very entangling, because
before anything clso happens imperialism
must be disavowed by 0110 nnd nil of the
notions; equal rights and national Justice
must prevail the world over, and this done,
thero would bo littlo incentive to term war
ring groups to tako advantage ot their
neighbors or danger In being a party to a
peace. The duties of Undo Sam would
rather resemble those of a policeman in
heaven.
it the essential preliminaries aro carried
out there should be littlo troublo over the
rest; tho one will take care of the other.
To quote from tho message:
No pearo tan la it or ought to la at whlrh
does not ree'wnla and a, eept inn
nrtnelpla that nil governments il-rlo their
lust rowers from thn content of tho gov
erned, and that no right anywhero eilsta to
hand jwoplea about fiom aaierelgnty to
nnirrelgnty na tf they wero proporty.
Further on wo road:
Ani pearo thai doea not reeosnlia and
anept this prlncipla will Inevitably bo up
set It will nut rest upon thn urif'tlons or
the'eonuutnna of mankind. Tho fermnnt of
anlrlt of nholo populatloni will fight rn
atanlly against It. and all the world will
aympathlJ Tho world can he t pt"."-a
only If Ita Ufa Is stable, HOd litem ran ho
no stability whero the world Is In rebellion,
where ther" Is no tranquillity of spirit and
a sensa of Justice, of freedom and gf right.
Acceptance ot the above principle.- by all
of tho belligerents is made a prerequisite
to America having any part in tho perform
ance. Tho language used ulnne la ery
plain and pointed and tell, among other
things, who Is tho champion of the small
nationalities it teil3 us that beforo Amer
ica can have anything to do with peace or
be a guardian of said peaco when It comes
Ireland must ba free.
Poland must be free.
Lithuania must be free.
Keypt must bo free.
Teraia must bo free.
Armenia must be free.
India must be free.
The world must bo freeii
With a start made on those grounds, we
needn't worry about entangling alliances.
PAHUAIC LAOAN.
Philadelphia, January SG.
"ROBBIE," NOT "BOBBIE," BURNS
To the Editor o the Evening I.ttlgtr:
Sir In referring to the, quaint notice of
-nobert Burns's Birthday" lu last night's
Evb.ninq Lkdoer, may 1 be permitted to
remark that the only thing that would
jar a Scotchman reading It Is tho repeated
use of tho belittling and familiar "Bobble,"
Instead of the more sedate and resict(ul
Robbie"? The latter Is, I think, always
used by the writero about the pjet In Scot
land, and even in talking about or referring
to hlin there l never heard him. called any.
thing but Robert or Rob or Robbie; only
among the cockney clsba In London do I
rec4ll, with ome misunderstanding, the
flippant "Bobbie" all out of tuna with
tlie eweet singer ot Auld Ayr."
ALEXANDER CALPER.
Philadelphia. January 28.
AMERICANISM APPRECIATED
To t Editor of the Bveuiuo Ledger;
Sir Allow ma to express my extreme
eratlflUon on the fair, Impartial rnannsr
j whleh you handle the administrative
affalra of the Government In your editorials
The public mind U Influenced to a great
daer by the opinions expressed editorially
lu its favorite paper. '
When these opinions are expressed in a
fair, unprejudiced manner, whan the dolngg
of the Government are honestly crlticlid
oerybudj is benefited The opinions uf the
koaduo Tuues and the New Y01I4 Sun as
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compared In the Kvhm.mi J.rcnnnn. of .Innu
nr.v 21. tle-illng with Piesidr-nt Wilson's nd
dr'.s to (ho S-mito. are suflli-lcnt to show
nny Intelligent render that ho must do somo
raicful thinking for himself. The fact that
tho London writer la mom American than
the Ameiicin writer Is truly staled.
Well, I, for 11110, am opposed to anything
that is misleading to tho public mind, aurl I
am patriotic enough to stand by the Presi
dent In his p.Torts toward peace and human
liberty to thp finish.
H" Is my President, tho chief executive
of iiiv country, and ns sucli I will bo loyal
to li'm
Then- l;i n law prohibiting the words
absolutely parB" where tho nrtlclocontuliis
poison. Why not mnko It apply to poisonous
editorials that soil iindei tho words "It's all
here and it's nil truo"?
13, 13. HILUARU.
Philadelphia, January 27.
BIRD LOVERS' APPEALS
Senators and Representatives nro receiving
ettera from bird lovers urging support for
tho bill rci'imly introduced by Congtessman
Jacob II, Meeker, of Missouri. The pur
pose of the bill Is to mako effective tho
provisions of tho treaty lately negotiated
between this country nnd Great ISrltaln
iPlnllv.i to the protection of migratoiy
birds passing between tho United Slates
and Canada, and provides punishments for
violations of Its provisions. Inasmuch ns
Mr. Reed, the Democratic Senntor fiom
Representative Meeker's State. I3 violently
opposed to all legislation designed for tha
protection of birds. It is to bo presumed
that tho bill will meet opposition whon it
roaches tho Senate, but that body as a
wbolo has expressed itself in the past as
being overwhelmingly In favor ot ndeiiuato
legislation In that direction Appleton Post.
AH Points of the Compass
This department la the North, 1st I'orn-r
undr another name. Tho Lhang.- had to to
mada because It was neteaaury lu tlianse Its
position on the page.
Rubaiyat of a Commuter
XL!
Soma Uvonlngs. when I'm through with
dally Strifu.
1 rend aloud from Wagner's "Simple Life,"
Or Schopenhauer, or Dooley, or Gcorgq
Ade,
Or
'Letters ot a Home-mndo Husband to
Ills Wife."
Adventures With Visitors
1
The Davidson brothers, mil and Milt, cam?
out of the. West, like a cuuplo ot perfectly
good Vchinvars, a few days ago. We de.
sired to show them something of the Indus
trial developments down tho river, and so
we convoyed them to Wilmington to let
them see how Joe Iledln makes paper pulp
and Warren Marshall innkas fiber. Arrlv
Ipg, In due seabon, by courtesy of Mr. Ilea's
Justly celebrated Pennsylvania Railroad,
wo commandeered Harry Partington's car
and he took us romping about the city
Now, to get the point of all this dlscurslon,
jou must understand that Old Milt David
son la from Chicago and Hill from Detioit
In the first place, being brothers, they came
from Michigan, but Milt got a thirst for ad.
venture, and went to Chicago, which is a
dreadful thing to do. However, ha was In
New York for a year or sq and sot himself
acclimated to things distinctly different
from those of the suburban districts of De
iroit. Now wo come to the milk of tha co
coanut. After we bad driven about Wil
mington for an hour or so, we, desiring to
make conversation, asked Milt what ha
thought of the city.
"Chicago la tho Wilmington of tho West "
he said. '
SAM LOVD'S PUZZLE
TWO ferryboats started from opposite
sides of tha river at the rame instant
and met 730 yards from the shore. They
remained In their respective slips ten
minutes and on the return trip met 100
yards from the other shore. How wide
was the river I
Answer to Saturday's Puzzle
TOM'S height was 6 feet and hla cane
3614 Inches long. John's height 6 feet
11 1-145 inches, and the length of bli
cans 3t inches,
1917
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What Do You Know?
Queries of oencral Interest will be answered
in thts column. Ten questions, the answers to
which evert welMrtormcrt person should know,
arc a&ked ilallu.
quiz
I. W I10 wn Cnnrnrilln?
3. Hnv ninny posltilTIrr r n hl country?
o. Ulmt I "on.i lllirc?
4. Uhut (fiiisii.uteH !) footl?
!i. Wlirro U Iho Hoosho Ttinnol?
. Wlmt imttnn Is poln flumplnn?
7. Who N nur Atnhirvtiulor KnEt.n.il?
8. When wan rciMiuiiMrr Thnriilnn nppolntfil?
0, WIi.il N CiihnN iHitMilntlnn?
10 llnu miiiy hooks wrro imhllslieil last year?
Answers to Saturday's Quiz
1.
Ah prcftldlnc; nfflrer of tha Seimlp.
Vlre
".Mr.
I'rPHldent M.irilioll in iiuiireMeii ns
rrefduiMit.
2. Am-rlenn Indian called (iud the (Jrpat
spirit.
.1. Tho Natlon-il Assor! itlnn of Audubon Snrlo-
IIph urrl. fop the iirp-prtullon of wild
lire nnd In Piirtlrnl.ir tho proli-rtlon of
tioug.iiiio blriU.
1, Hret Ilorto wrote "The l.utl: of Ito.irlng
I'ninp."
fl. riilladplplilit lle'i In norlli latitude .".9 degree
A7 minutes and 7 -erniids mid In uet
longltuilp Kirppnnlili) ."1 hours no minutes
and 38 5 Nciondi.
ft. Thn KhciIWi Itlksilir It the Parliament.
rnniied of the t'oerHie-liamnmr (I'lrt
Cliunilierl anil Andet-Iuiuinur (Seiond
t'litimlipr).
7 Tr'umruii I culled Hip t'uiNliiid of Mpa-
Iiii; iinn "if IN inlm-niN pprhn; Im h.iIi!
to imte life" Keeil b Hip niiclfut .7tec.
H. AliisNn'N e-.tlm.itrd pre-.cnt population Ih
0i.H5.
p. I'reildpnt l.lnioln wus culled "Holiest Abe,"
10, A recent riorld.i ilrrW.ui upheld the lejs.il
liiw that 11 rillriiuil i.ispiicer who rr-
ittwt to pa hW faro 1 11 trr-pihscr nu.l
may he pjertfd.
Spherical Triangle
I2 CLASS. S. P, II. S Tho question.
"Is nn eNlerlor nnglo of a sphetlcal trlaug'o
ever less than each ot tho Interior angles?"
is answered In the ullirmntlvo by Dr. Ueutge
Kgbert Kl.sher, professor of mathematics, ot
tho L'nlerslty of Pennsylvania. Ho writes:
"In this answer tho exteilor nnglo is de
fined to be tho angles, lot's than ISO degrees,
funned by ono t.ido mid tho adjacent hide
produced. Pig I represents the ordinary
(restricted) triangle of the elementary
spherical trigonometry. In which each angle
Is less than 180 degrees, b'lg. 2 represents a
general spherical triangle, frequently Ufccd
by the mathematical astronomer, in which
ono or more of the nngles may 'exceed ISO
degrees Tha triangle A lie (Klg. 2) con
tains tho half of t)ie surface of the rphere
underneath tha piano ot the paper plug the
pait of tho upper hemisphere Indicated by
X; the triangle A'13'C, which has the
i.umo aides as tho triaugla A lit", contains
the other part of tho upper hemisphere,
l-'or example (Klg- 11, let the nnglo A equal
SO degress, l) 120 degices and C 130 de.
grees; then the exterior angle to A equals
100 degrees, exterior to 11 equily CO de
glees and exterior to C equals 50 degrees.
The exterior anglo to R (or to C) a loss
than each of the interior angles A, R and
C. In Fig 2 let' the anglo A equal 100 de
grees. B 300 degrees and 1: 3iu degrees;
then tho angle exterior to A equals 80 de
grees, exterior to H equals 120 degrees and
exterior to C equals 130 degrees. Tho ex
torter angle to A Is less than each of tha
inteilor angles A. B and M. If the 1)2
Class assumes, that an exterior angle is an
angle formed by two' consecutive aides and
situated outsldo tha boundary, as, for ex
ample, B for the trlapgle ABC, or B for
the triangle A'B'C (called a conjunct ex
terlor angle, or simply u conjunct angle)
the answer Is "No" for the restricted trU
angle and "es for the general triangle
Since each angle of a restricted spherical
triangle is le than 180 degrees, each ad
Jacent angle t greater than 18 9, degrees
and hence less than each Interior ansle
In the general triangio A'B'C (Fig- ii
the angle A eouals 280 degrees, n- 24.0 de.
grees and C" 23Q degrees, and conjunct to
A' equals 80 degree, conjunct to W l"o
degrees and conjunct to c 130 degrees
The conjunct angle to A' f A in tho figure)
La kaa than each of the Interior angles A
B and C. '
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Tom Daly's Column
(AynuCjK?
'tyjiti&ru
two satMTa
Father now lj toorkinp more
Than ho ever did beforo
lPorfclrti7 harder every night
Trvlnp hard io tcrtlo things right
And In event way to sea
How much better he can 6c.
lie could see the great surprise .
That teas shining In mu eves
And besides I asked to knoto
Why he xoas hard working so
There up on these words .laid ho
As I stood beside his knee.
"Once though now you have forgot
When you were a little tot
Some one put cotogno on you
Whero up on what did you dot"
"I remember very tccll
Listen leather I wilt tell.
"When the lovely smell I smelt
Very proud Indeed I felt
And I rushed to get my best
Dress and hat and all' tha rest
So (it every way to bo
Worthy of the smell on me"
"Quite so" said my Father dear
"And that's what's the matter here
With thii Evening Ledger crowd
Working hard and feeling proud
Hoping to deserve the cent
Added to our increment."
MAT WE not remind contrlbs also that
"Excelsior" Is a good motto for thorn and
that thoy may expect it to bo twlco as
hard to land In tho colyttm now ns in the
penny days?
Tho president of tho Encyclopaedia
Britnnnlcn, Jtr. II. E. Hooper, has lion
orcd us with a personal letter. Of course,
It's somewhat in tho frlrm of a circular,
but thero at tho top of tho letter, as flno
as you please, is tho cordial "Dear Mr.
Daly," nnd tho signnturo runs, "Faithfully
yours, tho Encyclopaedia Rrttannlca, H,
E. Hooper (sign manual), President." Mr.
Hoopor's nolo begins nt onco with a pleas-
ant story.
"Pour men." hn says, "nvt In thi rluh par
of tho Century truln en inutp tn Npw York,
Ono wo n. banker, another n manufacturer, an
othor 11 lauyer th fourth man was unBT
and lea- expel loured. Iln was n. bond salesman
for a Wnll street hotixo. They had nover met
before.
"They spent an ngreeablo nftcrnonn nnd
oicnlmr. Tho banker did tint tnlk about finance,
nnr tlio manutai turor of hi factory problem)
thn l.iwcr did nnt mlk nf tho law nnd tlio bond
ralpsman did not discus bond, though each
man In 1I10 mupnny was a proppcethe bujer.
'ln tlio morning, parting nt tho Ornnd On
tral. co'h expressed 11 bono bo might met th
others ngnln. In time the iinnufarturer placed
hi account in tlio financier's bank, thn lawyer
transacted business tilth the b-inker nnd tha
manufacturer- and tho bond salesman sold each
mnn ll Inien hlntfc nf 1-inml Insnn tin liflnitlml
"ThcFo men iero Impressed tilth earb other
becauso they wero able, meeting for tho first
time, to talk of n variety of subject nutaldn
their own personnl pJTnlrs. Thcv met on tha
common ground nf their wide general knowledge.
"To show mi hnit- nu may acquire a wealth
nf such practical usable Infnrmatlnn wn ivnuld
like to mail nu free thn Hnnk of a Hundred
Wnudf-ra. It inntain hundreds nf startllig
and IntPieatlng facta tnken from tho Knojc:o
pacdln lliltiinnlin. fiom which these four men
gained their knnti ledge.
"A strotch of me pen on thn Inclosed enrd Ii
thn first step on tho road toward becoming a
better Informed man.
"Wl I uu tukp this first step today!"
Your noto flatters us, Mr. Hooper, but
wo can't tnko tho stop. Wo'ro afraid If
wo read tho "P.. nf a 100 W." wo might
begin to show off nnd air our knowledge,
and Homo fatal tl.iy, "In tho club car,"
wo might meet up with WHIard Hunting
don Wright, who has already written
eight or ton very Impertinent articles for'
Kccdy's Mirror, of St. Louis, denouncing
your fuvorlto -work as antiquated, pro
vincial, scornful of America, misinform
ing and altogether too cyclopedlcdly
Britannic. Ho seems so sure of himself
wo shouldn't Uko to nrguo with him. jBut,
thanks so much for your letter.
Ill'GlI JlKItR matches against the
business lady who advertised for "a
room with privilege of setting own
breakfast from Columbia avenue to Dia
mond. Tlilitccnth to Sixteenth." this from
tho Atlantic City Press:
SPlnlTIJAI.lSM
A1IVSSI.NIAN Union Chinch of tha Souls. 1DU
An tic nve. The stewardesses will Siva n,
supper, Admission ?.U5. Tuesday until
Thursday. ,
Bachelor Bereavements
INTItODUClNG DINAH
Mpso got Into emotion
And Dinah used her right.
Tho court called tho explosion
A enso of Dinah might.
SCHRECKMCH.
"IllJRU ARC LADIES"
Appearances to tho contrary notwith
standing, there wasn't n cocktail lu It.
There woru olglit inmer nrnunu nip uiuit,
one of many nt a big luncheon given In
Newark not long ago by a. woman's club.
When tho writer Fat down she noticed that
tho tablecloth at her place was wot. She
then noticed before her what seemed to ba
nn empty glass saltcellar, but proved on
Investigation tn bo a lump of Ice. lhe
writer's neighbor said. "The lady silting
opposlto upset her glnss of Ice water and
wo wiped It up witli n dinner napkin." The
.it... ..... r,n,-,i.i, .tilt remained on the table
and by every plate was a largo goblet of ice
wnier. one imij ,... -.. c .----
goblets, tlio guests) the unfortunate lady up
set her newlv refilled Rlais of Ico water.
Tho waiter tplllcd a plnte of chicken patties
and mushrooms Into the lap of tho lady
next to the Ice-water lady. While ha
clamored fur heavy damages, lie sponged oft
her nUht with tlio damp dinner napkin
that had already seen hard service. Then
for a tlma there was peace. At last the
waller, a tall, cross-eyed man. with an
abstracted nir, t-erved the coffee. Suddenly
the writer noticed that tho waiter, grace
fully filling the cups, was pressing the hot
coffee pat agalnit the back of the lady who
had caught the chicken patties and mush
rooms In her lap. The writer shrieked. Tha
lady of the mushrooms shrieked. The waiter
registered dismay. Tha Ice-water lady up.
set another glass. A. K. K.
What Pleased Brick
gir Hrlck Reeves Is a twelve-year old
ted-headed nephew of Blllla Reeves, the
movie star, and himself the best southpaw
pitcher of his age, foliage and condition
'in East Oermantown.
Talking about queer names, when Brick
was a little Brick he had bis northpaw
taken off by a trolley car on Old Yorfc
road, and when he was taken to the JeV
Ish Hospital ho found that me fellow on
tho next bed had a name that would, ad
mit him to a hospital any old time.
Brick forgot the pain of the amputa
tion long ago, and oven the pretty nurses
aie becoming a faded memory, but he'll
always remember that the chap next to
hun was named Kitulcls. H'O'W.
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