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A Niw York hotel portor lias Just
died, lenving nn cstnto worth $100,000.
He never sought to abolish tipping.
A Camden widow Is said to bo ad
vertising for a Toxns husband. Is she
disenchanted with all tho men ncorc.
homo?
Wouldn't It ho taking away their
constitutional rights ? ItislHt that Mexi
cans should tako a biUi beforo entering
tho United States?
Mayor sacrificing JS000 a year to
ecrve thq city, ho nays. Headline,
Does ho mean us to infor that ho
Is Joining with tho rest of us in regretting
that ho accepted tho olllco?
Francis Shunk Brown has set tho
example of reimbursing tho Stato for his
personal expenses which ho had permitted
It to pay. Now let's see who wilt Join
In the gamo of "follow tho leader."
Samuel Gompers celebrated last
night tho fiftieth anniversary of his mar
riage and of his devotion to labor, a
conjunction of anniversaries tho signifi
cance of which most married mon will
understand and appreciate.
Tho Walnut Street Business Asso
ciation suggests a statuo of Jefferson on
an island of Bafety in tho widened Sov
cnth street at tho cornor of Market,
which seems peculiarly appropriate, as
tho Declaration of Independence was a
sort of safety device fashioned to lloat
tho Colonies through their sea of troubles.
It Is estimated that tho Government
npent $2,000,000 which it could have- stored
If It had n force of properly trained men
to order to tho Mexican bordor last sum
mer. This Is part of tho $200,000,000
which tho watchful waiting Mexican pol
Jcy has cost us. as well as part of tho
penalty foe unpreparedness.
Nobody took tho Colonel seriously,
of course, but until hhJ latest best seller
appeared, "Tho Curse of Moroz: or Tho
Blood King's Itovonge," peoplo woro in
clined to think he was getting hopolessly
grouchy. Now that he can quote Scrip
ture and the poet3 asaln In tho old Jaunty
campaign stylo wo can feel that ho has
recovered his good humor.
James A. Farrell, prosldcnt of tho
United States Steel Corporation, says that
many of tho orders for munitions now
placed In this country provide that should
their fulfillment be interrupted by tho
close of tho war delivery will bo taken In
nn equivalent amount of material for
peaceful purposes. This statement had
a much greater significance prior to tho
Kaiser's birthday.
Immigration Commissioner Cam!
nettl asks the women of tho United States
to Join him in trying to solve the servant
question. There's nothing better in such
cases than practical experience, and Mrs.i
uamineui snouiu give mm a cuance to
discharge the cook at the first necessary
opportunity, then he will find out on
Which side of the "uplift" he wishes the
women of the United States to Join him.
William S. Bowen was appointed
as euperlntendont of the City Hall from
the eligible Hat of tho Civil Service Com
mission. He has been removed sum
marily without any definite knowledge of
the charges against him. The laws regu
lating appointments In the civil service
were passed to prevent Just this sort of
thing. They do not seem to work that
'way, Mr- Bowen says he will demand a
hearing. He should have It In order that
the spoilsmen may be forced Into the
open and put on record.
Any fool with money enough to buy
an automobile is allowed under the laws
of this State to take his place in the
driver's seat without any previous ex
perience tn roy the machine through
-the crowdetyrtreots. If he malms' a pa-dasU-ian
or ipsfliai with another car the
police magifnTB will let him off with
a nominal flfle, and foe can continue his
career ot reokless detraction. But a man
4e not ha.re to dw rooy tttough to
by a, car to get tbla privilege ot fjuiaat
paring UM ttv8 of otters. ir a mm-
iDai Tee be can get a cbauKaur's license
H-Bd drive his father's car, and no one
timf" to cbjm whether he knows anything
fry -"i w- " - " w mi
ru of uasjwgMi tmr Uut a hundred
3 wnyUaa 1 the streets of
tc o$
this City last year, and tho Work of
killing and mnlmlng Is going on as usual.
Word comes from Harrlsburg, howqver,
that tho Highway Department Is nbout
lo nsk tho tlencral Assembly to pass a
law requiring that ovcry operator shall
demonstrate his ability to handlo a car
beforo ho Is permitted to drlvo'lt. It Is
nbout tlmo that such n law was passed.
Thoro oro other provisions In tho pro
posed statutes, but tho public Is most
deeply Interested In this ono. Tho respon
sible and caroful nutotnobllo owners
ought to bo Interested In It also, for no
man who has Invested from ono to flvo
thousand dollars In' a car can enjoy tho
prospect of a collision with an lnexpeil
enced Joy driver who Is reckless enough
to go out on tho road in tin cnglno of de
struction which ho doe not know enough
to control.
DON'm'OU SEE THE GAME?
TWO vested Interests so Important to
their owners ns tho Pcnrose-McNichol
system and tho Vnro system cannot af
ford to fight to a llnlslt. Two great rail
road systems do not light to a finish.
Two trusts cannot hurl tho eplthot
"Trust!" at carh other to tho point of a
complete showdown. There nro many
millions Involved Penrose- railroad and
money Interests. McNlehol and Varo con-
tract Interests. Money slugs sweet and
low, and In harmony, though politicians
may rant and oxocrato In apparent dis
cords. It ;s too soon to say that the reported
agreement on omondmonts to tho Bproul
Investigating resolution by the Penrose
and Varo forces, with Brumbaugh con
senting, will culminate In a whltownsh for
both tho Governor's personal flnnnclal ar
rangements and thu senior Senator's
methods of getting ro-oleeted. Hut It Is
not too soon to say that tho Vares are
not going to let a llttlo thing like Doctor
Brumbaugh's shntlered carter cripple
thoni permanently. No Investigation can
nclunlly Injure any otto's reputation, be
cause tho reputations of nil concerned
aro so damaged that without tholr po
litical organizations they would bo pow
erless lo do tho Stato any moro harm
than thoy havo done.
Whllo supporting him, the Vares are
fairly innocent of responsibility for
Brumbaugh. What It comos to is that
Penrose and tho Vaios nro taking turns
throwing tho bnseball nt tho Brum
baughlan baby Ponroso oponly and tho
Vares clandestinely by being too mild In
his defense to divert tho attention of
tho populace from themselves. They bo
Hove they enn keep the people's minds
on tho technical questions of guberna
torial cxpenso accounts nnd spectacular
factional counter-charges. Thoy bollovo
this diversion will make tho peoplo forgot
to ottitly the movements for a Penrose-
Varo harmony of somo kind which will
nssuro a continuation of tho Ponrose
McNIchol system's prollts nnd of tho
Varo system's profits.
It is tho lesson of history. In our pol
itics, that whenever soino particularly
abominable steal Is projected in n legis
lature tho politicians first distract popu
lar attention from tholr hidden plans by
Just tho kind of scnsntlonnllsm that Is
now resorted to, and that rule may easily
apply to the present session of tho Penn
sylvania legislature
And so, no matter what startling fac
tional explosions shall day by day nnd
month by month bo heard In this morry
war, this sham battle, remember that this
Is tho gnmo, the big gamo. Keep your
oyo on It. Look shnrp. gentlemen: tho
hand is quicker than the eyo '
VICTORIES OK ARGUMENTS?
TELL1NO blows by tho Allies on flvo
fronts made a ready argument for
war-to-u-flnlsh men. Ever since tho Gor
man peace offer and tho President's noto
started the Hood of pcaco talk they havo
hud a hard tlmo answering pacifists in
belligerent and noutral countries who
havo beon repeating thl3 hard saying:
"It would bo criminal to sacrifice a mil
lion lives in a spring offensive If wo can
get no better terms next summer than
wo cun got now."
"Victories" in tho field or In tho ex
aggerating headlines of London nows
pi.pcra are what thoy wanted, and thoy
got what they wanted to quiot tho pa
cifists until tho Gorman linos 'stiffened
nnd oven scored somo "victories" on their
own account. But can any of thoso suc
cesses on either sido bo consldorod n vici
tory unless it develops tho proportions of
tho Somme drive? That drive was Jmpro3-slj-o,
but since it stappod its Importanco
has gradually been diminished ns tho
heavy loss of French and English Uvea
which It cost becamo known.
BAKER'S BELATED DISCOVERY
BERNARD N. IJAICGR, who resigned
from tho Shipping Hoard when it was
Intimated to Win that tlto President
wished William Dcnman to po mado it3
chairman, placed too great store by nn
empty honor.
If he had rasd the act creating tho
board he would have discovered that its
real chalrmnn la the President of tho
United States and that tho members of
the board itself are little moro than
clerks,
The law says that the board may, "with
the approval of the President," construct
ships suitable for use in the marlno trade
and that it may lease those ships on
terms and conditions "approve-by the
President." It further gives to the Presi
dent power to tako for publle use any
vessel leased by the board. If In his opin
ion an emergency exists, and It places
In the liands of the President the final
authority to decide when and how the
corporation to be formed to build or
operate ships shall be created. And the
President must consent to the issue ot
bond for the building and purchase of
ship before they cau be issued.
And the law Axes the salary of the
members at JTMO a yar and fwUds them
to engage actively in any other occupa
tion. Serylce on the board will be attractive
to men who like to work under such
ootdJtloBS. Mr. Baker has discovered
mat the condition are not sucb as he is
wilting to submit to. We shall soon know
whether Mr Denraan, the San Francisco
ajmimlty lawyer, ia so welt pteawM with
i mem inai u w m bwwih ig give up
glW jaUce tor tfea woall emotiuaeate
In4 tfce Btriti Pewera of the oce.
PIOW TO ESCAPE
BANKRUPTCY
The Federal Trade Commission
Lays Down Some Rulc3 for
the Guidance of Retail
Merchants
NE of tho most prevalent mlsconccp--'
tlons Is that business men know When"
thej'jnro making money. Tho wago-earit-crs,
Who cbnstltulo tho most mi moron 3
group oHftho population, entertain it.
This, la )jot remarkable, becauso thoy SCO
all thd ovfdences of money coming In, and
on the- strength of it they mnko frequent
demand's for higher pay and shorter
hours, Tho business men themselves en
tertain It until circumstances provo them
mistaken. Thoro aro ilguros, accessible
to thoto who wish to (search for them,
which show what a largo proportion of
mon who sot up for themselves think for
a tlmo that thoy nro making n profit.
They learn through tho bankruptcy court
how llttlo thoy know about their own
affairs. Tho financial mortality of Amer
ican lumiiipos men Is greater than that
of new-born babies in tho slums.
Let no ono suppose that It' Is only the
llttlo man who Is Ignorant of tho rela
tion between tho cost of conducting his
business nnd tho return which It pro
duces. Mr. Itodlleld. tho Secretary of
Commerce, has said again and again Hint
there nro very few great manufacturing
plants In which there nrp trustworthy data
ns to the cost of production. Business
Is done by tho rule of thumb. Guesses
take tho placo of certainties, nnd insol
vency l prevented only because the mar
gin of profit Is sulllclcnt to yield nit appar
ent surplus over expenses and to dcludo
tho manufacturer Into tho belief Hint ho
Is making money.
Uncle Sam, ScliunlniaHter
If any ono had asked Andrew Jackson
whether it was tho duty of tho Govern
ment to tench business men how to do
business, tho sturdy Tenncsseenn would
havo brought his list down on tho table
with a shout:
"By tho Ktornnl! No!"
But times have changed nnd concep
tions of tho mission of government have
changed with than. The Department of
Agriculture Is ono of tho greatest experi
mental laboratories In the world, main
talnedfor tho purpose of teaching Amer
ican farmers how to get the most out of
tho land. If a tobacco grower In Lan
caster County wants In know what fer
tilizer to use to Increase the yield of
his Holds, all he has to do Is to send a
samplo of tho soil lo Washington with a
roquost for tho Information ho seeks.
Government chemists will analyze tho
soil, discover what ingredients aro lack
ing und wrlto lilm a letter telling him
what chemicals oro necessary and in
what proportions.
Tho Federal Trado Commission, cro
atcd for an entirely dlfferont purpose,
hns taken upon itself tho task of teach
ing retail merchants and manufacturers
how to find out whether they are doing
business nt n profit. In pursuit of Hits
end it has issued two pamphlets, cue
culled 'Fundamentals ot a Cost System
for Manufacturers" and tho other "A
System of Accounts for Itctnll Mer
chants." In the Introduction to tho lut
tor it says that tho "commission has
found that tho majority of retail mer
chants do not know accurately tho cost
of conducting tholr business, and for
this reason they nro unnblo to price their
goods intelligently. Thero must ho de
cided Improvement In this direction be
foro competition can bo placed upon a
sound basis and before wo can expect a
decrease In tho heavy business death rato
among retail morchants."
Tho pamphlet, prepared by an expert
nccountant, contains n detailed explana
tion of n system of keeping books which
will Bhow tho exact state of tho business
at any time. It tells whnt items to enter
and how to ontor them so plainly that
any ono with an olemontnry knowlcdgo
of bookkeeping cau understand tho ex
planation. And what Is of groator Im
portanco, It explains that tho business
man whoso books aro so kopt that ho
can show tho banks that ho Is solvent
and prosperous will find It much easier I
to borrow money when ho needs It than
if ho Is unnblo to show the banker n
detailed profit and loss statement.
How to FiRUre a Profit
Now for somo ot tho specific sugges
tions mado. A merchant is told that ho
cannot price his goods properly unless
ho knows Just what his ovprhoad charges
arc. For instanco, if his annual sales
aro $25,000 and tho expense of conducting
his business is $5000, his overhead charges
amount to twenty per cent. If he adds to
this per cent tho percentage of profit
which ho desires to make and deducts tho
total from 100 ho will havo tho proper
percontago which tho invoice cost should
boar to tho selling price. Then if ho
divides tho invoice cost by this percent
age ho will find tho proper price nt which
ho should sell an article. For example, if
his overhead charges aro twenty per cent
and he wishes to make ten por cent profit
he must subtract thirty por cont from
J00, leaving seventy per cont. Thon by
dividing 1 1, the cost of a givon articlo, by
seventy per cent ho will discover that ho
must sell tho article for $1.-13 In order to
make the profit ho wishes.
A sample profit and loss statement for
a, monthly business of a little loss than
$5000 is given which should bo most
illuminating to tho man who has never
mado such an analysis of his Income and
outgo. Hero are the principal headings
from it:
Per
cent
Per
cent
J00
70-9
Net sales $,657.93
Net cost of goous
sold
3.391.70
J.35S.SS
3.00
SU.03
110.75
426.7-1
Gross profit....
Buying expenses. .
Selling expenses..
Delivery expeusss.
General expenses. ,
0.8
?.t
4.5
9.2
Total general ex
pense ,... 787.57
Net profit 58.69
The business man who is in the habit
of analysing his receipts and expenses in
this way has nothing to learn from the
pamphlet. There must be tens of thou
sands of business man, liowevor, yvho
have never acquired the habit, or the
Federal Trade Commission, which has
authentic information on business prac
tices, would not havo thought it worth
wbjle swing to the trouble of giving ele
mentary instruction to the people.
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THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Liquor Selling in the District of
Columbia Suffragists Work
ing in Harmony "God
Bless You"
Tifi Drimrttncnt ( Irert to all rrmtrrn who
with to rrtirris thrtr, opinion on subject of
rniictif Intirrst. It in nn ovrn fotutn. ami the
Vvcutnn I.cilnrr (ltumrN nn trsitoiwithWtt for
the vlcir of it vorrtlianittittt. t.rttrrs must
hr slaiutl hn the Home ami ntlth'tHH ot tin
vritcr. Hot utcrsxnrlhi for jiubllfattOH, but n- i
nuuraiUca of lluoil faith.
WHAT IS FAIR PLAY FOR LIQUOR?
To tins lUHIor nj thr livening Ledger:
Sir Wo lire Informed In ynur columns
Hint I. Clarence (Jlblmney, president t
111- Law mill order Society, in communi
cations sent to all members of Congress,
denounces the p.iKs.ige of a bill for prohi
bition In the District of Columbia without
the approval of a majority of the residents
Whom does ho rcprrnent In this notion, the
Law and Order Society or tho liquor deal
ers? Does he forget that the District nf
Columbia Ih the capital of tlip United States
nnd that every Congressman Is tlio repre
nentatlve of that capital? And It Is not
a question for the leslilentlnl District of
Columbia population alone to settle. "Tho
bill contemplates destroying even the spirit
of home rule with tho iron hand of autoc
laey," says Mr. Diblioncy. Has there over
been n powcf- greater on earth to tlcstioy
tho home rdo than tho power of rum?
Thousands of families ran attest this, whoso
homes have been disrupted.
Now, tho liquor dealer comes through a
representative of the Law and Order So
ciety and pleads for fnlr play. Wo fancy If
he really received It his business would be
wiped out forever, without compensation or
remuneration. Let him have fair play, by
nil means, a boon ho has failed to give
tho families of his victims from tlmo imme
morial. The trend of public opinion Is strongly
against tho halo of the stuff that "steals
, wjse Il0 wUl Bce t,e clouds gathering that
nivuy men s Drains, aim it mo liquor ucaier
Ih wise ho will nee the clouds gathering that
forebode evil nnd destruction to his busi
ness, and got oat of the abominable trado
while the wulking Is good.
WILLIAM II. SAILOIt.
Philadelphia, January 27.
"GOD BLESS YOU, GOVERNOR"
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir 1 was in reality much Impressed by
your timely editorial, "Ho Fell Among
Thieves," for It spolto tlto plain facts as
they undoubtedly were and are. Thero wan
no man at the University of Pennsylvania
thirteen years ago. whllo Ilrumbaugh was
one -f the faculty of tho pedagogical de
partment, that would not conse breathing
were it tho desiro of our present Stato head.
Thero was no man three years back who
would daro object to nny of the "superin
tendent of schools' " suggestions
Thero aro mon today whtf still havo faith
In him. Truo ho did fall Into bad company,
yet it Is not too late to como buck to the
hearts of his Idollzers. As I said to Doctor
Brumbaugh, as I grasped his hand while
at tho Capitol Wednesday. I now repeat
openly: "Yii aro all right, Uovcrnor, and
may lod bless you !" i
A. LINCOLN MRYKflS.
Philadelphia, January 27.
WOMEN WORKING IN HARMONY
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir I was one of tho Philadelphia suf
fragists who went to Washington on the
21th ot this month, and my llrst glimpse,
of the activities In the "Llttlo White House,"
as the Congressional Union for Woman
Suffrage headquarters In . Washington Is
called, crystallized In my mind the thought
that "here ia an organization that is not
properly appreciated -by the general public."
The Congressional Union was organized
by woman to promote women's Interests In
the affairs of the nation Tho office force,
which sometimes runs as high as fifty
workers. Is composed entirely of women;
the very eUlclent weekly magazine Is edited
by women and the correspondents are all
women. And, most of ull, the Union Is sup
ported by women (mostly though there are
u few male sympathizers) from all over the
country: twenty-five cents from one, a doli
lar from ariotber and a little more from a
more affluent member. When It Is gen
erally known that over $200,000 has been
raised by this union durlpg the last three
years, and tin greater part of that during
the last year, it must be admitted that the
Congressioual Union for Woman Suffrage
stands as a mighty monument to the effi
ciency 'and co-operation of the women of
the twentieth century.
It has long been a standing Joke anion
the mea that women could never work In
harmony, nor without a certain amount of
batkbituut d Briticism, pf each other. Lt
the most critical person la the United
states spend one day at headnuartsrs. as x
did and observe " orgaaUt twstu and
Hum of the sttUenwg of picket, the dj.
TOGETHER AGAIl
rectlng of tho onlco work, and tho smiles
of wctcomo and the hearty handclasp of
good fellowship that pervndo the cntlio
assemblage, nnd ho will have, as I had, an
awed admiration and appreciation for tho
women ot tho United States.
juts, gui do von nonvATii.
Philadelphia, January 27.
SYRIAN WRITES ABOUT TURKEY
To tho J7tlltor of the llvcnlny I.ctlpcr:
Sir Heing a" Syrian nnd, unfortunately,
a Turkish subject, my attention was at
tracted by a short article written by "Fair
play" under tho heading "Kuglauil nnd tho
Turk." "Kali play" expresses the belief that
TSnglnnd Intended to "civilize Turkey by
humane methods." T do not share tho Ideas
of "Fairplay." Knglnnd has always proved
to bo the protector of Turkey against Rus
sian aggression, nnd this nttitudo of Kug
Innii tounril Turkey, was merely polltlc.il.
England did not like to sco tho Hussion
Hear tnko hold of tho Dardanelles nnd
tho HosplmruM and. by doing tills, "dlstm b
tho balance of the rowers."
Although lhigland never encouraged
Turkey to the mnssneres of Armenians, ns
well as Syrians, jet It never took any meas
ures to prevent Turkey from doing this.
It did not Intend to "clvlllzo Turkey by
humnno methods".: it did not wish to press
on tho Sultan for fear ho might chnngo
his policy toward Hnglnnd. And tho ntti
tudo of Kngland, na well ns that of tho
othor nations of Kuropo (except Russia),
encouraged tho Sultan to lepeat tho mas
sacres of tho hated Armenians and Syrians.
1LVDDAD.
Philadelphia. January 20.
WHEN KINGS DIFFER
Now we havo It on tho authority of none
other than the Czar ot all tiro Russian
that tho Kuiser Is a beaten man. Unfor
tunately, tho Kaiser doesn't recognlzo tho
authority. Provldenco Tribune.
All Points of the Compass
Ruliaiyat of a Commuter
XUI
I sent my Soul tho Village Main Sticot
through
Somo Letters of tho Social Llfo to view.
And by and by my Soul camo back and
said: v
"V. at. c. A. and w. c. T. u."
Casuals of ho Day's Work
XXVI
Out In Chicago tho other day thoy were
holding a bazaar or something of that sort
In an endeavor to ralso monoy for tho re
lief of tho women and children who aro loft
behind when folks go to war. Wo havo scon
a lot of that In tho last two years and
more, and wo are destined to see still moro
of It, but that Is by tho way. What will bo
will be. and If wo shall bo called upon to do
what elemental sympathy calls on us to
,lo well, it will bo done, but underlying It
all there comes, sometimes, n noto of
tragedy which turns itself into a penn' of
Joy In that the child spirit can never grow
old.
In tho Chicago bazaar auction thero was
offered tho manuscript of lCugeuo Field's
verses of "Little Boy Uluo." Tlicso wcro
written In tho poet's most oxquisito hand,
tho first Hooding of tho inspiration which
brought Into being tho eternjil parent love
ns exprested In verse to u man who knew, If
anybody ever did, what it might bo made
to mean.
In tho offering of this manuscript by auc
tion somebody paid a thousand dollars for
It, possibly more, It Is to be hoped. It was
written In April of 1888, and published in
the first number of "America." Mr. Slason
Thompson, who gavo the manuscript for
sale for tho benefit of orphaned babies, tells
of a certain change which was made In tho
original copy by the phrasing of a single
line. Originally it was written: "They
never have seen our Little Hoy Ulue." Jn
the print It appeared as "Wiiat has beoomo
of our little Boy Jlluo " Tho change was ex
cellent, as to rhythm and as to suggestive
meaning, and now coulee the answer. If
Eugene Field, In whatever Klyhlum he may
be presently roaming, ould look back and
see how the little verses havo weathered
the storms of thirty yeais. carrying always
the delicacy of his thought of children, his
love of the things which are close to the
green earth, his eternal optimism, and his
belief In the ultimate proof of the law of
compensation, he might be vastly pleased,
and happier In the thought that a single
sheet of paper on whloh he had written the
vohms had given a thousand dollars for
the help of the babies who are unknowingly
struggling through a world tragedy.
"What lias become of the Little Boy
va know. now. He has come back with
ids heart of overwhelming childhood, which
can nvr u. - ,- tw nvip
t other Little. Boys Blue. Their fathers
"kissed them and left them there" to go and I
fight for the freedom of little children, amfV
toe 4w j "mm umw uis toy
soldiers and left theto to 8ght, hag ap,
ueared again to hip youth spirit
He H haJpta.
And that is a very great tfcleg to du.
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What Do You Know?.
Queries nf aeneral interest will be answered
In this column. Ten questions, the (insiccra to
u7ilci ereru veil-Informed person should know,
toe ns.'tct dally.
QUIZ
I. Wlint In Crltlnjp?
S. Spell tlio name ot New York's Mnjnr.
ft. At lint N rntiiu? r
t. Who Ih Dnrlci Kralil?
(i. AVhnt It tho rupee?
fl. What N the S. I), f. K.?
7. Ulicru Is llm "IVnrI of tlio Antlllen"?
H. tlluit It a "Luitlilmnt"?
II. tvho wrote "Tlio ilnmpliiR Tjob"?
111. Wlint arc "nllcli cbk"?
Answers lo. Yesterday's Quiz
I. iinrnnlln wiih tho ltiinmn pence Kiiriilcn.
U. IIiIh nmilr.v has f.",0.T I postofflrcs.
fl. "Znn.i lllirc" H KimnlMi for "free zone."
I. ?tei(ur Is tlio food of hers.
r. The Ilonsne Tunnel Is In Mnsiiiuot(s.
i. DiiKl.unl liolils tho polo cliallencn cup.
7. Waller II. 1'nBo Is our AmlmKs.ulnr to llnc-
liuitl.
S. rostimiHlrr Tlinrnlun was iipimlntrd In 1013.
!). Culm's population Is 3,31)0,01X1. ;
10. In 1010 11,000 IkkiKs were pilbilMinl.
National Flowers
' T. S. W. Tho national floral emblem of
Franco Is tho llcur-dc-lls; of Knglnnd, the
.o. Spain has nn ofllclal floral emblem,
although the carnation Is supposed to bo
tho most popular flower. Tho United States
has no national Honor, but efforts havo been
mado to havo tho abundant goldenrod
adopted. Tho public tchool children of
Alabama, Kentucky, Missouri and Nebraska
havo adopted It olllcially as tho Stato flower,
ticorgia, Iowa, North Dakota and Now York
havo adopted various kinds of roses. Other
flowers. Including tho violet, bitter root,
rhododendron nnd mountain laurel, havo
been chosen by other States. Tho flowor
most associated with the Confederate States
probably was tho magnolia blossom.
Doctor Osier's Challensc
W. A. L. The famous chnllengo of Doc
tor Osier to tho antl-vncclnatlonlsts, whloh
was published In tho American Mngazlne,
was a3 follows: "A great deal of. literature
has been distributed casting discredit upon
tho valuo of vaccination In tho prevention
of smallpox. I do not sco how nny ono
who has gono through epidemics, ns I have,
or who Is familiar with tho history of tho
subject and who has any capacity loft
for clear Judgment can doubt Its value.
Somo months ngo I was twitted by tho
editor of tho Journal of tho Antl-Vncclnatlon
League for 'a curious silence' on this sub
ject. I would liko to issue a Mount Carmel
llko challenge to any ten unvncclnated
priests of Daal. I will go Into tho next
fever epidemic with ten selected vaccinated
persons and ten selected unvncclnated per
sons I should prefer to choose the latter
thrco members of I'nillameiit, three antl
vaccination doctors, If they could bo found,
and four nnti-vacclnatlon propagandists.
And I will make this promise: Neither to
Jeer nor to jibe when they catch the disease,
but to luok after them as brothers, and
for tho four or live who nre certain to die
I will try to arrango tho funerals with
all tho pomp and ceremony of an antl
vaccination demonstration."
"Fair Pennsylvania"
W. T. C Tho lines you refer to are part
of the poem, "Tho New Pastoral."
Fair Pennsylvania! than thy mlilland vales,'
I.ilns 'twist hllla of sreen und uouml afar
ll bllluwlne mountains rolllns In tho hlus.
Nu luteller luiulSL-apo meets the traveler's eye
There l-ubor us and rr.ips his guru reward.
And I'eaco und l'lnty walk onild the slow
And perfume ot full earners.
They were written by Thomas Buchanan
Head (1822-72), an artist, sculptor and
poet, of Chester County, Pa.
Coal Prices
MRS. A. A. S. Kvery ooal dealer in the
city, according to custom, ralsea the price
of coal in the winter, the stated object being
to stimulate summer buying. This winter
the prices were made higher than usual.
Wo could not publish In this column tho
prices of the various firms.
Business Ciphers
W. H. U. There are many different
cipher sybtems employed by business liouaes
to Indicate in code the cost and sometimes
the selling prices of articles without reveal
Ing the profits. Kach firm, qf liourse, en
deavors to devise a secret code. Usually a
word or phrase of ten different letters is
used, each letter corresponding to a nu
meral, e- g-. BLACKHOHSB, with X as a.
repeater. If this is the cipher, BKA would
Indicate that the article cost $1.53 ; LKX $2.
SAM LOYD'S PUZZLE
HBRH is-a. neat little problem for the
uerehant with honest scales, who
can tell what Is tho lowest possible num.
her of pounds that can he weighed by
both troy and avoirdupois?
Answer to Yesterday's Puzzle
rnli river was exactly ns yrdj
Tom Daly's Column
Anniversary Ilnllndo
Whon I was young 1 loved a lass
And dreamed nf her tho livelong d.iy
Vo watched tho flcklo season? pass
And thought our lovo would Hvo for
nyo.
Slnco then I've wandered far astray
With many a maid In many n glen,
Dtit this I know, nnd this I nay:
First rnpttiro ne'er returns ngalnt
When I was young I trudged tho street
At early morn, when skies wero gray,
To sell tho impcrs on my beat
And nover know n holiday.
And though I'vo how n vast hrray,
Of checks and gold nnd notes of ten,
It's not so much ns my first pay;
First rapture no'or returns again!
A year ngo I dnrcd to sond
A nimplo, llttlo roundelay.
That somehow landed nt tlio end,
And mado mo feel absurdly gay,
Slneo thon I'vo risen all tho way
Uut never felt ns glad ns whon
I landed on that Katunay;
First rnpturo no'or returns ngalnl
IENVOI
Prliico, though their Llfo nnd Work and
Play
And I.ovo nro over now to men,
Who, singing, enter In tho fray;
First rapluro no'cr returns ngnln!
WILL LOU.
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TUB GALLEY SLAVE nt tho next
desk,, taking Up tho cudgels for the
Encyclopaedia Drltnnnlcn, declares wo
should not listen to any exposure of its
alleged faults becauso It's tho best work
of Its sort on aalo In tills countr.v Tho
moro ahnmo to us, thon, say wo. Why
haven't wo produced an American ency
clopedia wherein tho Englo Ih given un
limited opportunities to scream? Wo used
to havo nn American encyclopedia in this
town, but ho wont to Now York sovoral
years ngo. Ills namo Is Dr. Talcott Wil
liams. Thoro is a story that onco upon
n tlmo n, party ot conspirators at a local
club framed up a schomo to got tho Doc
tor into tho flrcsldo clrclo and then begin
a discussion of "Grass Cultivation," a
subject upon which all of them had pre
viously boned up. Tho Doctor not only,
held his own in tho discussion, but
dragged In a bunch of curious grass from
South America of which nono of tho con
spirators had over hoard.
UUT TO UETUItN to thoso "four men
In tho club car who were ablo
to talk of n variety of subjects" becauso
thoy read tho samo encyclopedia, wo seem
to remember nn ambitious gent whoso
mind was of that turn. Somo tlmo ago
wo wroto of him:
Speak not weeth Dagoman dat sweep da
street;
Ho cea too domb, Slgnor.
All sense ho got ces con bees ban's an' feet,
JU3" dat an' nothceng more.
You laugh for hear liocm talk nn' mak'
luces tak'.
But, com', ccf you would sco
How smart som' Dago eea sect down an
mak'
Som loetla talk weeth me.
Com', let us talk of wlsa thecngs wo know.
So, now I vvccll baygcen:
Ken cot not strango, my frnnd, how nard
vaiks grow
An' keep from gattln' theen?
Hot mua' bo tough for entln' ants nn" sooch
So llko deso aard-varks ilo ;
You bat my life, I would no llko eet mooch.
Nor moro, I s'poso, would you
Wa't? "Aard-vark?" Suro! Dh, wa't ces
dat you say?
Som'theong you nowa heard?
O' yes, "a-a-r-d-v-a-r-k" ;
Dat's how ces spal da word
Eet ces ecu book, da wlsa book I read
Dat tal all theengs you want.
Dees call' "da 'Merlcana CyclDpacd" ;
I buy mo wan las' mont'.
An' lasta week I learn da flruta pago:
Nex' week I lcarna two.
You bat my llfo, w'en I am good old ago
I gon' know moro dan you.
I am su'prlso' how mooch you don'ta know;
You aro not smart, Slgnor.
Ah, wnl, good-byl Corn' back cen week
or so.
I learn you som'theeng more.
ONE MISSES so many things when one
Is ill. For instanco. tho ad of tho Wil
liam Penn Theatre (In o. o. dear paper)
recently announced, "Complcto chnngo of
bull Thurs." Hut Wo havo had tho pleas
tiro of piercing with our own eyes (and
several conlribs havo added their corrob
oration) this sign on tho quarters of tho
Emergency Aid, "Chloroform badly needed
for France."
Queer
A blind man nt n woodpllo
Was sawing up a tree.
I'm very sure I saw him saw.
Hut could not scp him see.
S. S S.
NO ONE seems to know who wroto this
truly beautiful poem, which appeared llrst
in a Dublin paper. It is already assured
of long llfo In worth-whllo anthologies:
THE DUBLIN EXECUTION
Pray every man in his abode
And let tho church belli toll.
For thoso who did not know tho road,
But only saw tho goal.
Let there bo weeping in the land,
And charity of mind
For those who did not understand,
Because tholr lovo was blind.
Their errant scheme that we condemn.
All perished at a touch ;
But much should bo forgiven them
Becauso they loved much.
Let no harsh tongue applaud their fate.
Or their clean i".mos decry;
The men who had no strength to wait.
But only i.trength to dlo.
Come all ye to their requiem
Who gavo all men can give.
And be ye slow to follpw thero.
And hasty to forgive.
And let each man In his abodo
Pray for each dead man's soul,
Of those who did not know the road.
But only uw the goal.
RECENTLY we woro orowded up
against a wall and asked Jo stato our
views upon votes for women. Wo crawled,
like the craven we frequently pre. We
dislike an argument, particularly with
the fair; and, besides, we're merely indif
ferent. Our ' indlfferance is, perhaps,
three-fourths Ignorance. Whenever tho
phrase "Votes for Woman" Is mentioned
in our hearing, our middle-class brain
brings forth froni the cells of Memory
this toast spoken by a character in one of
Charlie Hoyt's plays some twenty years
ago, "Here's to Woman 1 Onco our su-
perior, now our equal." Perhaps If the
suffragists' bright minds were to turn to
the making of smart and not too pro
found epigrams like that a sufficient num
ber of mlddie-class minds might absorb
them and, after twenty years or so, b
influenced by. the memory, of them-
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