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Strand ' V "A,U, BtHMO....' 32 " Wins is ui ,'' , Y BUBSCMPTION TEUMS Tha EtiKINd Lioora la serxrd to nibacrinmra In Philadelphia and surrounding towns at the rate of twelv J2 cents per week, payable. to the carrltr. ,. , ,.. . Br mall to point" outside of Philadelphia. In tha United States. Canada or United States po Msslons. postue frea. fifty M1 cent, per month. SU HO) dollara per ear, pajalila In To afl forelun countries on (II) dollar per None Subscribers wlehlnir sddress chenged tauit gl old a well new address. BFIU SOW WALNUT KFASTONt:. MAIN 3000 ICjr itddrea nil rommunlroHona to Kliil'lfl l.ciacr, Independence Square, PhllniMphlu. i.MiatD ii me rniUDifrim iottomice is bicond-ci-asb hail Minn. THE AVERAGE NET TAID DAILY Till. CULATION OF TUB EVKNINO I.niXlEll rort nECCMUKR was iid.hm rhllidflphli. Wednerii;, Jnury 31. 1917. Plrto3t A mayoralty that buds too soon Is Jlkely to be nipped by the fiost beforo it blossoms. . The Edwin H. Vnre UuJMlnB nnd Loan Association ii not organized for keeplns a political machine In repair. Or, Is It? Do the police understand the sig nificance of the fact that the only drugs Stolen In two dru& store robbetles the ether day were heroin und morphine? It is a little too early In the sea. eon to BUspect that report of the prox imity of a German raider to the Jersey coast as a summer resort advertisement. The poor consumer Is wondeilng Whether that proposed merger of thirteen hundred grocery stores hereabouts ! for tho purpose of Increasing profits or re ducing prices. Penrose's plan to heckle Piesldcnt Wilson out of the Senate the next time he comes there Is most encouraging. It proves the falsity of tho assertion that the absentee Senator hud permanently abandoned his seat In that body. ' Three warships of 42.000 tons, to cost $28,000,000 each, are on the naal program for 131S. The biggest we are now making are only 32.000-ton ships. Will the 1919 program call for 50,000-ton floating fortresses? Or will the wot Id by that tlmo have come to Its senses? Councilman McGuIgan would bet ter think again If he thinks that a re striction on the height of buildings Is sn Invasion of the rlght-j of property holders. Every one else knows that it is proposed for the purpose of protecting the rights of the majority against the greed of the few. It takes a dollar and a half to day to buy what a dollar would pay for two years ago. When the Federal Employes' Union asked the President to support their request for an Increase of pay he remarked: I have been on a salary all my life and can sympathize with others In the same fix. Too bad that he cannot make his sympathy effective for those drawing Mlary In unofficial employment. Nature works with such precision that tho French war hospital surgeons, who have discovered how to give It a chance, can predict to a day hoxv long Jt will take a wound to heal. The do ccrlptlon of tho methods adopted by Dr. Alexis Carrel, contributed to the Evr.Ni.s;o 1.EDQEII by Henri Bazln, its Paris cor respondent, discloses some of the mar vels of the new healing. The wound Is first cleaned of all foreign matter and torn tissue. Then it Is kept irrigated constantly by an antiseptic solution. Nature does the rest. It works so uni formly that ninety-seven per cent of the 'cases follow the course foretold on a plotted chart from day to day and com plete healing comes on the date antici pated. The methods adopted by Dr. Car rel and the other surgeons will save ' S thousands of lives In Industrial accidents v tri the years to come. The perennial "literacy test," to exclude aliens who cannot read, is not a partkwn Issue. Cleveland vetoed a bill eqtalnlnjr it, Taft vetoed one and Wll- ;r has vetoed two. In each case the ptcutlve felt that the meaning of Ameri can liberty to the oppressed of foreign vraa too valuable a national tradl- 'to b thus qualified. If the respon- i beads of Republican and Democratic AnJnJetratlms havo had the support tt Am Mtkm in this, and they undoubt- , 0r tnwiiad. it may be asked why ; OMMtfiw .always indorses this principle urf; Majorities in both houses. The y'tit. is, supported by two ele lm irlettlwry by those who n!n. Mir, to maintain- and. raise the of life ,b.ra for the sake of all MMr AiawkawiMMI-by labor leadera' rpar im wMntMtufon of alien labor. wAfcne wt its W taaaVera' caw wtwa tbay Mattytwant 1 i ivwuot 4o- mktm tkfa r tur wibir Sj w:-0' rwUve;,evll men who can read find write Klr entrance' to our porta na easily na tho uneducated. S6mo discriminative re strlctlon may bo desirable, and tho pa triotic citizens who demand It would doubtless glvo helpful advice, but their voices nro drowned out by tho labor lead ers nnd their onesided argument. WHAT LINCOLN SHOULD TEACH EUROPE f . SOMtJ of our English friends regict that they do not find in America moro of the spirit which Uncoln dlsplajcd. Some Americans have been i. wetting that tho responsible statesmen lh Eng land, l-'rance, Oct many. Austria ami Russia do not manifest moio of the Uncoln spirit. Wo would commend tt tholr consldera tion the teal sphit In which l.liu-oln worked. They can find It epitomized In tho Second Inaugural Address. In the first place, they will discover that he accepted for the North Joint irspon slblllty with the South for tho conditions which produced tho Civil War hcic. They will find, In the second place, that he said nothing about retribution or repara tion. "Woo unto tho wot Id because of offenses," he limited, "for It must needs ho that offenses come but woe to that man by whom the offense coineth." Uc continued speaking nf tho nvci ruling providence nf Clod: If llo glcs In both North nnd South tlil-s torrllilo war as tho woo duo to thopo by horn tho oftono came, shall xvo discern thorn any departure from those divine attributes xxhlch tho bellcxcra In a Uxlng Hod nlxxnys acrltio to lllni? Docs any impartial obsctver doubt that the European war ha.s como because of n curso ns gieat as human slavery? Tho primary cause of It all Is n conflict of selfishness, n disregard of the lights of free peoples, a desire of each nation to prnllt at the expenso of t"0 others. Tho skirts of none of the I'owcis are clear. They are nil moinlly guilty, as both the North and the South xvcro mor ally tcsponslble for slavery heio. This has not yet daxvned on the thinking of tho statesmen nf Euiope, and no man has appealed there to hay to tho belllgetcnts as Lincoln snld: With mnllee toxxnul none, xxith charity fnr all, xvlth firmness In tho light ns tlort glxes us t see the right, let us Hills'! the xiork xxi) are In, to bind up tho nation's xvounils not the xvoumls of the North alone . to care for him xx ho shall have borno the battle, and for his widow and his orphans, to do all xvhlrh may .ichlexe anil cherish a lading peace among uurselxcs and xvlth all nations. Mr. Wilson cnine nearest to this high standard In his Senate address, but he Is separated from the conflict by tlneu thousand miles of cooling sea. Euiope needs Just now n man of Lin coln's spiritual vision who can seo In this war the bcuurge of God for the crimes of civilization and can liumblo himself enough to confers the sins of his people and' attempt to brim.; about an adjust ment of International rights xvhlch shall first make peace possible and then make it permanent. AIMING AT THE WEAKEST SPOT REITBIJCAN opposition to tho Demo cratic revenue bills is to bo based upon the charges: First. That the Underwood tariff measure has produced a surplus of Im ports from xxhlch little rexenuo has been derixed. Second That protcctlxe duties xvould haxe prexented u deficit. Third. That Democratic extrax-a-ganee has resulted In arbitrary and oppresslxo Internal taxation Not even the most nrdent suppotter of the Administration can successfully refute these charges. The Democrats have failed, and failed miserably, in their rex-enue legislation. We must stand the consequences of their bungling, however, until the llopubllcnns settle their family quarrels and once moro xxin tho con fidence, of tho country. In tho meantime, those xvho are dissatisfied with tho pres ent financial regime in Washington are expecting the opposition to continue Its assaults upon the Democracy's xveakcht spot- rilOFESSORS OF football UNIVERSITY professors havo decided that Coach l-'olwel! of the football team ought to go, nnd strangely enough Provost Smith and other University pro fessors xxill havo the final "say" as to what person shall or shall not bo In charge of this branch of athletic train ing. The question whether Mr. rolxvcll's salary should be raised to JS00O Is for tunately not at Issue. It never was n good argument to say that a football coach should not get a higher salary than a professor of Gieek. Fu. tho University officially sanctions football training, .makes arrangements that permit stu dents to postpone class work so that games may be played, nnd thus recognizes physical training on field as xvell as in gymnasium as of a value supplementary, If not equal, to other phases of educa tional development. 'By inference, if not by name, Mr. Folwell nnd his predeces sors havo been professors of football. It happens whether for good or ill Is not tho question that those who take the "football course" In field or grand stand very often folloxv In thought nnd precept their ' athletic professors more earnestly than their other teachers. What a splendid chance, then, for a pop ular and successful coach, as keen for the refinements, for culture nnd for ethics as for football, to give added force to lessons learned in class! Woodroxv Wil son ws a football coach' and In his speeches has often drawn analogies from the, game that show he could advan tageously combine tho two branches of education. It is said that Coach Folxvell won games without using- his great oppor tunity to build character. lie replies by pointing to his record a a' coach and af firming1 that he has alxvaya. stood for clean HvlntT and clean ploying. But the matter is deeper than that, Who does not try, tov win games and who will say ha does not stand for clean living? 'rim lnaUy:ay'eal1y reply that Mr. Pol pMw110! to win gatnes at aa, worn ntii) wuiq an incident Of athUHea. 'They "may say he fs a, g0od an4a,good roan, but that 'there ta 'batter , . t nd eyB, Jjetter - c -.,, . e ' e -tv -' 'f i-v - 4V, i -. WHAT ENGLISHMEN WANTOP AMERICA It Is Not Mnterinl Support, but Sympathy in Whnt They Cnll Their Fight for Freedom IJy GILHERT VIVIAN SELDES Hvcclal CurrcuvKX'tcnei Ki'inlno I,cilor LONDON, -'an. 15. WHAT does Knglnnil want from tho United Slnles? You cannot ask tint question outright. If you did your an.sxvc- might 1m llko that or the famous captain! "I don't xvant none of your whisky, nnd I don't want nono of your KoegnrH. All I ask Is common ecexeel Ity. and ilurncd little of that." Hut It Is possible to find out what the pcopln hero feel Is lacking, and. occasion ally, If you nre talking about something else on may haxo tho xxholo thing put Into xxoids. A fexv nights ago 1 got tho direct nnsxxer to my question from a xery gpod friend of tho United Slates, a man who has llxcd there In an official capacity for sonio time and xxho has tho Interests of America nt heart "The next j car Is going to bo very hard, ho said, "and It xxoulil help us If xse could only feel lli.it tho United States could g xc us a little of the spirit of human compassion. Mnlo I can't explain that directly, but sou xxlll know xx hat I mean If I tell jou that we nccl mine than anything clso the spirit of Lincoln In America " I did know xx hat he meant. In five months haxe heard tlireo Americans spoken of In England Itooscxelt, Wilson and Lin coln The first txxo nre mentioned xvlth cither pi also or scorn, but tho name of Lincoln Is polen only In iex"icnce. A. G. Gil diner, the editor nf tho Dally Nexxij. a gic.it Liberal and an almost xlolcnt ailmlicr of Mr Wilson, asked mo a llttlo sadly. "Von nirn't bleeding any moro Lincoln, are ou?' I'nr nil Englishmen xvho know about It. the f'lvll War Is the most heroic of the century, and Lincoln Is tho great human hero nboxo all othcis Lincoln's Sympathy for Englishmen Theio Is n special reason xxhy Lincoln Is In the minds of Lrltons Just now. When President Wllron's note xxas published last December not one of tho nexvspipers here and baldly anv obserxeni bcllexed that the Allies xxoulil in could turn It to their advan tage by doing exactly xxhat ho asked thorn to do Jinny lotnp.irlsnns xero in.ido xvlth Hie conditions during the t'lxll War xxhen Napoleon 111 nfrciud to nitdlale bi-txxceu the Not th ni.d the South Dot the most .significant ilnng xxas the comparison made bctxxeen President Wilson's suggestion tli.it neutrals xxere suffering nnd tho sufferings of the Minrlitstcr workers In the i Ixll War My ft lend, xxho spoke nf Llnoln. nlo spoko nf I'liailes 1'r.wcln Adams, xxho xxas Am b.ii.sndoi to Great llrltaln during tho Cixll War Adams xwis badly treated by society, bo said There xxas a gieat deal nf sxininthy for the South Hut the only persons xxho. xx ere affected by the xx-nr xw-re tho cotton operatlxes In the north of England. They word actually stnrxlng Yet day after day memorials en mo In to Adams to bo trans mitted to President Lincoln, expressing the sympathy of Lancashire In his trials nnd bidding him be nf good heart until the battle xmis xxon To one of these memorials President Lincoln xvrote a reply, In xxhlch be called tho sclf-s.icrlfice of these xvoikcrs "an mst.ime of sublime Christina heiolsm," and xvrnto further Tt Is, Indeed, an energetic and rcln splrlng assurance of the Inherent power of truth and nf the ultimate nnd unl xersal triumph of Justice, humanity nnd freedom f do not doubt that the senti ments you haxo expressed will be sus tained by sour great nation; nnd, on the other hand, I hax-o no hesitation la assuring you that they xvllt excite ad miration, esteem and tho most recipro cal feelings of friendship among the Ameilcan people. I hall this Inter change of sentiment, theiefore, aa an augury that xxhatexer else may happen, xMiaic-er misrorluno may befall your country or my own, the peaco and friendship xvhlch now exist bctxxeen tho txx-o nations will be, as It shall bo my dcslie to make them, perpetual. "That In the note xxhlch has not been Ftruck since this xvar began." said Mr. Gardiner "Tho misfortune Lincoln xvrote of has befallen my country, but the spirit of compassion and sympathy has hardly come from sours. It has come from a few, but cxerythlng else has been bitter or touchy or smart Good Heavens, xxexo mado mis takes; but xve'xo been at xvar. i)o s-our people realize that certain departments and certain Indlxlduais have been hounded at home for being too careful of neutral rights? and these are tho very people xxhom neu trals accuse of being high-handed and ng-giesslx-e. Xaturall-, -ou don't know the tension under xxhlch xxo aio llxlng. That's what makes mo feel so bitter about tho xxholo thing. What xxo xx-ant Is for jou to understand." Irresponsible Agitation Ilcscntod Tho one thing xvhlch lirltons resent in tho xvhole relations of the txxo countries does not como from the I'nlted Stolen at nil. It comes from Irresponsible persons xvho i haxo tried to mako the United States be llex-o from tho start that the British Gov ernment xvanted tho United States to Join tho Lntente. Of course, If the United States had felt that she must Join, It xvould hax-o cheered lirltons a great deal and reafllrmtd their faith In the Justice of their causo. But thcro xxas nexer any real feeling, either otllclally or In the mass of the people, that the United States should be egged or urged or cajoled Into fighting Thoso xvho gaxo that Impression from this side and those xvho exploited It on the other sldo aro equally despised here. Very fexv persons nro optimistic Just now concerning tho immediate future of our relations. The editor of a xx-eekly told mo sex-eral weeks ago that the time had past; there xvould not even be a moral gain if the United States came In noxv but that Is an extreme vloxv in spite of the suggestion of belligerency, no one seriously expects Germany to force tho United States Into the war and no one expects tho United States to realize suddenly that there Is a great Issue nt stake in xvhlch she !s herself vitally interesteJ. She Is not reslred as a xxar mato half so much as she Is xx-arited as a sympathetic and compassionate friend, ready to hear small ills and extending to Britain tho full strength of her spiritual support. The thing xvhlch xvlll help least of ell is tho persistence of comment by Americans "to the effect that Britons aro beginning to realizo that this Is not a xx-ar for freedom nnd that they aro being tricked Into con tinuing a xvar for prestige. No one xvho knows the facts can say theso things, but they hurt when they aro said because no friend' xvould say them. Tha truth is that Britons am realizing rv;rc and more, xvlth each day, that this Is u xx'ar xvhlch xxill prove. In Lincoln's word?, "the Inherent poxver of truth, and of the ultimate nnd universal triumph of Justice, humanity u'nd freedom." That Is xvhy they are so keen on having the sympathy of the country xvhlch gave Lincoln to tha xx'orid. GERMAN SPORTSMANSHIP On the one occasion when I met Count Zeppelin many years ago, at a dinner at tho late field marshal's Prince ndward of Saxe Welmar, In London, ho had returned from a tour "round the world" and had visited the German colonies. In the course of con versation he remarked that the Oermans would ' never bo n successful colonizing nation until they adopted the British spirit of sportsmanship, and he Illustrated his statement by some Interesting examples showing the essential difference between Germany and England in this respect. Many prpmlnent Germans, Including their leader In chief, Jong ago realized this quality In Englishmen and this want In the develop ment of their own national' character, 'Dut they never .could practice the', self-efT&ea. ment (of giving full freedom to such Inatltu-, tionsaino commami ana me laws governing It baa always directly to come from above ,b ana unquMuomngiy to do obeyed from low, tr CharlM WaWsteln, la the .UiMrfftxirjr. 4 - ., - SOME TEMPEST 7 i" - V : riiil3rl .A"'"' -M 4 - ?s ''WmfflESKmMMm?, Wwy ,J.l!'S.W,.t"Ar'r,tt&VAiM7WML I 11 .Til' !.. .:.wwj - . ---- -sr: ;ty.awf.cueaiiiaKi:--M..,,:iHr8.'ti;niisv.i mw, .. . i jmssmmsssmmm, .,SA-- . viteK..-,'ti,.ait'SN.hi:. 7?-&&''-AJfs'1 -" "- -'" i5?,'i'!r- - VJ4V',JV. MC'KiS:, --" '.u , -i-v -..-.- THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Objections to Utopian Attitudes Toward the War Proving Things by Figures This Dcpnrtmrnt free to all reader uJio ulh to exiiririi their oittntaii on subject of current interest. (t on open forum, anil the ,'ifiilrt,; J.crlucr (i,mjim no rcvpomtbtlltu for the news o fl (oirmnontfrnf. Letters mutt be slrjncit Iji the tini.-c anil ailaresi of the itilter. not ncetssartlu 1o- publication, but as a unarantta of uootl faith. OBJECTIONS TO UTOPIANISM To the lhlllor of the V.vcnlntj Lctlpcr: Sir The plaintive cry of Jacob Miller In this column January 17 on human brother hood xersus the xxar Is the age-old cry for "peace." "a haxen of rest," falling nt tho same time to acknowledge that the ultimate goal Is only to be reached after stress and struggle. The ideal xve dream of. but the present, with its conditions no matter hoxv distaste ful. Is here and must be faced and dealt xvlth. Ills appeal Is lacking In an ncknoxvl tdement of the actuality of things In refeiring to humanity he says, let's forget xve aro Americans. Krcnch. etc. The reali ties deny the possibility of this. Patriotism, let us admit if you xxlll, Is an egoism, a self Idcntlfientlon xxith an organization, a habit of loyalty to something, a heritage from tho days of self-Identification xvlth and loyalty to the clan. Hence xx-o lnstlnct,x-e-Jy cling to our consciousness of America, France, Germany, etc Llko other egoisms, It Is lncurablo. At any rate, the State as a medium, exolxiug from tho chaotic condi tions of tho Middle Ages, has been the medium through xxhlch the -progress of civilization has been made. Tho human brotherhood of nations Is n beautiful Ideal to look forxvard to devoutly, but not n '. condition to bo conferred ns a boon from tho gods merely for the xvlshlng. Inasmuch as the brotherhood of man has noxvhere obtained as yet. What better way is there to preparo our self for entrance Into tho posslblo family of nations than to stress the meaning of patriotism and Americanism, and to in culcate a sense of nationalism Into tho confused minds of nllens, transplanted from autocracy to democracy, xvho misinterpret license for liberty and are conscious of rights only and oblivious of the manifold obligations? Mr. Miller's conception of this x-ar being a sort of n Homan arena contest staged presumably by tho leaders for tho enter tainment of kings, bespeaks Ignorance nf the true historic knowledge of tho multi plicity of conditions, social, racial, ethical and commercial, xvhlch underllo the struggle. This xvar is a titanic struggle In human cx-olutlon, the trax'all preceding a now era. Such a real thing, that It Is far and be yond being merely patronized by some philosophically detached individual, xvho, llko Tolstoy, is moro Impressed with the unpleasantness of human bloodshed than xvlth tho significance of tho human Justice and principles involved, xvhlch are of vital Interest to every nation In tho xvorld. Tha greatest struggle In the history of tho human race is here and of such moment to civilization that it little behooves any of us to patronize It, to disregard it or to sit on an ethereal cloud of utoptanlsm and. gaze at it through the large end of a field glass, Blghlng sadly that xve are not llxing Ofty or 100,000 years hence. Instead of 1917. L. It. SIMPSON. Philadelphia. January 27. PROVING THINGS BY FIGURES To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir I see In your Issue of January 23 an article xvhlch says: "Tho National Civic Fedexs,tlon launched an extenslx-e prepared ness campaign at Its convention." Anent that question permit me to say that real preparedness must begin, In the cradle. It must begin before birth if America ,1s to have Bturdy men to man her ships, stand by her guns and fight her battles. Our Governmentj officials are wry particular as to the quanxy mm euieicncy or our ships, guns. etc. and I hold that the same efforts should be used to produce sturdy ..men to man the same. I often think It la Impos. Bible, under existing conditions and the small number able to pass the physical examination for service on tho border in the Mexican trouble, for America to mo olSUe an army or navy any way near bo strong, physically speaking-., asthe men who fought our Civil War, This is a condition. What Is tha cause? Let us see. There are thousands of men working- tor $3 iper dyi Without counting- any n forced Idleness op their part the moat they can rn Is f52 per mpnth. Their ,rant expenses. say for a family or n, man.AWlfe aiuL three children would be ' follow ifrt. f o, IB; Hg-ht. tx; vmmntamr .iui!!UiawLt ife5i "iiiKiaii ..' i i wcj .k. , oa: nKittff:8E5& "SSfe "WKOTTM S: rN.elxAVt)' JB; reading matter. $1 : carfare, $1: church, t-; miscellaneous, $2 ; lodges, $1.B0 total, ?44.G0 for the month, xvhlch leaves $7.50 for food four ceut3 and eight mills per head per day for the family of five. Can parents beget sturdy children, or chil dren groxv Into sturdy manhood and xvomanhood, on fixe cents' xvorth of food per day? Gentlemen of the National Civic Federation, please, oh please, answer. Ileio xvo hax-e an honest man, a good citizen, anxious to xvork and pay his debts, xx'orso off than tho prisoners in our Jails, xxho nre allowed by law up to txxenty or txvontj fixc cents per head per day America can xx ell afford to have the best there Is In ex er thing, men Included, nnd as tho ac coutrements of the army and navy aro kept up to the xery best condition to protect our country and our flag, so let our prepared ness begin at birth nnd be folloxxed up xvlth abundance nf good food nnd consid erate treatment at all times. JIA1UU' METTnitS. , Olyphant, January 25. DOES ANYBODY BELIEVE THIS? To the Editor of the livening Ledger: Sir There Is one supremely significant fact concerning tho view point of American Journalism In regard to tho xvar In Europe, xvhlch is, that xirtually all of theso promi nent nexvspapers anil magazines oi ours xvhlch havo been so obviously unfnlr to Germany aro cither completely or partially under tho prejudiced nnd mercenary Influ ence of business houses that aro financially interested in seeing Britain xvin the xvar. it, therefore, stands to reason that an accu rate and unbiased representation of things, both directly nnd Indirectly relating to tho creat conflict, csneclally when pictured from nn edltqrial or featured artlclo point of view. Is most assuredly not inclined to ex'cr come through such morally and economically subservient channels of expression. This fact has for many months been well recog nized by tho x-ast majority of the plain peo ple of America, xxho have quietly but reso lutely refused to bo torylzed by tho largo bartered portions nnd tho suavo hoodwink ing contributors of our local and national press. British securities in American pock ets have turned our professed progresslx'es into rox'ongeful shouters for xxar upon an already hard-pressed nation, and British gold In American banks hns changed our pronounced reactionaries Into the noblest and loftiest spokesmen for oppressed hu manity. God save our land from such pro gressives and from such spokesmen If our Republic Is to livo and really progress. CHARLES C. RHODES, JR. Philadelphia, January 25. NEGLIGIBLE GROWLS For In the tremendous rrnrch of xvorld ex-ents that Is noxv taking place ; In tho vastly more Important activities of national and International preparations for the end of the war, the growls of the colonel are unheeded and might as xx-ell nex'er havo been emitted. We are In too Important an era to pay attention to partisan rancor. Boston Post. All Points of the Compass Rubalyat of a Commuter . XLIII Twas my Intent to take a good night's Rest, I sought my Room and got myself un dressed. The Twins woke up and both began to yell, Txvas I xvho xvalked, because Wife thought It Best. In a most distressing accident a fexv days ago a man xvas,kllled xvhen a trolley car hit him. A local contemp. In reporting the news, said; , The motorman running the trolley which ran doxvn and killed the man Is said to have ejaculated, after tho ac cident, "To xvltb the public, and the Job, tool" Our much-admired readers are given three guesses as to what the dash mean, I Tnhn Hall, the Baltimore brloker mn.l not gold on being presented with a bit of hard lemon peel In (as who should say?) a libation at a dinner the other night, called tho waiter and requested that thereafter ho bo served xvlth soft-shell limes. ' .I The story may be old, u'nd It sounds toq good to be true, but It was reproduced on tho real stage of a broker's office the other day. She was a xvoman of some Importance and came into the chief's room with, dignity. "What Is Inspiration Copper quoted at today?',' she asked. "Fifty-nine and five-eighths," said tho chief, "What was It yesterday?' Bhe Inquired. "Flftyslx and1 a half," She figured on the back of an envelope for' a minute or so. Til take 200 shares of yesterday's stock," Hhalthouc-ht for a moment while tho. chief ' nail reeovirlng from his shock: f And then, Ben.", M'hastlly,' yjroH', amy I Ustajr'g MM? 'Xf.,.,A .; IK .' W te; lUjfWU'V- rtKWij 8ltW&$-i 4,VBS!' What Do You Know? Queries of general Interest will Is answered In this columi. Ten questions. Hie answers to which cirri ii e ll-infonnccl person should know, arc asked daily. QUIZ 1. How lnne Inve I'fmlilnB' troops Item In Mrxlio? 2. What iliws "ex lllirls" mtan? 3. Hlio In Merer London? 4. What Is tho meaning of the xxonl Ilnltl? 5. Vtlmt KiiEllHhinan xxas said to have iinur- stood lirrmniir lietter tliun any oilier." (1. Wlint Is I lie hprnul resolution? 7. XXIiut I ii pohtlirlsllc rrllclon? H. xho Is Dr. Charles 1". Stelnmeti? I). Wliut Is tho objert of Ilia Ilayllelit Sinlns Asstielittloli, now inretlnK III New lork? 10. Wli.it Is Wilson's theory of "pence xvltliout , xlctorj"? Ansxvers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. Crttlnje In ilio capital of Montenegro, now nrrupleil b tho (irrnians. 2. John I'lirnu Mltrhel Is Minor of Nexv York. 3. Kiique Is n modified form of (roquet, ud- mltthiK of "hnnk" shots und creuter nc- uirao In cencrnl. I Ilnrlo Iteitn U tho 101(1 nulomobllr. r.iclnc rhnmplon of tho t'nlteil Mutes. 5. The rupee N the immetiirv unit of llrltlsli Indlil. It N xiarlh one-tlfteentll of nouml sterling, or about 32.1 rents in American money. 0. S. 1). V. K. si mill for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Know ledge. 7. Culm Is Hie "Pearl of the Antilles." H, (TiltKhhoot" Is tho rommon (ienuitn name for submarine: literally It means "dhliiu hoat." 0. Mark Ttinln xvrote "Ihe .lumping rrog." 10. "Wltili eggs" Is ono of the names for small, olkles hen rus. 7 Civil War Pensions DAILY READER Write to tho Commis sioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C , .for tho Civil War veterans xvldoxx-s pension money. All tho pension agencies haxo been consolidated and payment is mado through the dlshurslng olllco of the Pension Bureau, Washington. Area of Cities C. D. Tha flvo largest cities in the, United States, according to area in square miles, aro L03 Anzelea (338), New York (315.9), Chicago and Nexv Orleans (1S8 each) and Philadelphia (129. u). Thus, Nexv York's area is 1SC.1 squaro miles greater than this city's. Battle of Germantoxvn T. K. J. Tho battlo of Germantoxvn xxas fought October 4, 1777, Washington's Con tinental troops attacking the British from the north and xx-est. Tho Americans xxere forced to retlro after a bloody battle, but the bold enterprise igaxe tho llex-olutlonary movement impetus and confidence. St. Columha T G (a) Columha xx-as the most re noxvned of tho saints xvho brought Chris tianity Into Scotland. Ho xx-as born of a noble family In tho County Donegal, Ire land, and In BG3 ho and twclxe companions sailed to Scotland, landing on the islet of lona, Inhabited by Scottish and Pictish tribes. Thoy xvere xvell recelxed and here St. Columba founded his chief monastpn- xvhlch xvas the center for tho religious xvork xvhlch he carried on throughout Scotland, (b) Christianity xvas Introduced in Scotland by St. Nlnlan about 425. Mint Marks ' STUDENT Coins struck at theiPhlladel phla Mint have no "mint marks." Those coined at other mints hax-e distinguishing letters on the reverse ("tall") of the coin near the bottom, xvlth tho exception of the double eagle with standing figure of Liberty and Lincoln cent, which have tho letter oil the obverso (;'head"). These letters are C for Charlotte, N. C. (discontinued 18G1) CC for Carson City, Nev. (discontinued 1893) J D for Dahlonega, Ga. (discontinued 1861), and for Denx-er, Col., since 1906 O for .Nexv Orleans (discontinued 1909) and S for San Francisco. All other marks found on United States coins are the Initials of the designer or engraver. SAM LOYD'S PUZZLI5 IF A giraffe can beat a rhinoceros one eighth of a mile In a two-mile handi cap race and the rhinoceros could beat the hippopotamus one-fourth of a mile In a two-mile handicap, what distance could the giraffe beat the hippo fh the same race? Answer to Ycsterday'sJ'uMle THE connecting link between the weights Is that 7009 grains weigh one pound avoirdupois, while a pound Troy weighs only 6780 grains, so 176 pounds Troy weighs the. same as fUi pounds avoirdupois. (j - j ... ... , Vi . .fr Tom Daly's- Columnl ;1 a a mi.' a bono of love and war i .ill lover orouoni a rca, rca flower (O flower of love and war!) Cancased it iclfh hla hands and eyei And held it to if lips And tenderly he said, "Farewell, I Dear heart, I shall rctuml" And kissed mc thrtco on mouth and euei And rosy flnocr tips. ill) lover left the red, red flower In folds that crossed my heart, And there It vAthcrcd In a 'flame Of lonplna and of thirst; 'lie went from my warm heart of lova iricrc tea his rest, 7tl joV, To yield htm to the clip of war, The rcd-Umbcd and accurst. kl And now he lies where red, red olobd Will bloom In summer flowers, ' Where young, white bodies wooed the guns And mated, mad with pain; My lover pave his fiery strength, Hut grieved not ovcrlong, While I I weep the stars to sleep And greet red dawns In t'alii MAIiaVDIllTF. WILKINSON. TUB LATEST QUOTATIONS from the potnlo markets of London nnd Dublin show tho terrible plight of the folks in England, xvhero tho scarcity of food Is likely, we'r told, to boost prices quite out of sight Potatoes ate selling there for but, listen, hero's the exact quotation: "Covent Gar- i den Best eating potatoes 11 10s per ton hero and likely to adx'ance. Seed still ndx'anclng, nnd big demand." Isn't that terrible? It Is so. 1'irst thing you knoxv tho war will affect tho belligerents as much ns It does us. Yesterday pota toes in this city of Philadelphia were sell ing (off tho cars at Dock street) at $2.55 per bushel, xvhlch is equivalent to 19 per ton. Thcro nro sixty pounds of potatoes in a bushel; flgtiro It out for yourself. TIID OllSCRVANT SUnUIlBAXlTE Soon now he'll be iip-bobbln' To cry, "I seen a robtnl" "After paying two cents for my favorite evening paper," writes R. O., "I spied in It the line, 'Cnrnntlons on McKlnley Rust,' and I very nearly done tho same." Theso aro sudden and explosive times; still. It xvo may believe the poets, It's not uncommon for floxvers to blow. MART GARDEN IN FILMS Headline Aha, Salome! nnd the dance of th(, ' sex-en films. Alfred A NOVEL, (Complete In this issue,) CHAPTER I I The youth Alfred, tall and slender, clear of eyo nnd upright In bearing, xvalklng xvlth nnav er.ice. rane the bell of Violet McGorty's modest but comfortable home. 4 xo ono ansxx-cred. llo noticea tno aoor xvas ajar. Also, ho heard sobbing, and, vfi pushing the door back, ho entercu. violet Wjj xx-as on the chalso longue, her beautiful Si form trembling from tho sobs. "Oh, Alf.'Vvj she cried, "I do loxe you Reginald Shrew- ii bury has Insulted me!" 5? ..,r- va L11,U 11,1, 11 Alfred rushed from tho house. No man.f-a hoxvex-er rlcn anu poxverrui, snouia insuii, his Violet. Ho rushed to tho palatial resP Vi denco of Reggie. The butler opened tM'rJ door. "I wish to see Reginald ShrexriJ': bury crleu tho youtn in commanding ac cents. "Mr. Reginald is not at home, sir." "I xvlll not take no for nn anaxverl" screamed Alfred, tho young hero. til CHAPTER III Turning from tho closed door, he rushed M down tho cleeant urlve nnu came laco to faco xvlth Reggie. "I havo you noxv!" hyjj cxclaimcu, cooi, out mroooing an over, -tio mnn slmll insult mv Violet nnd not re- . pent." "Diin't get excited, my boy," saldf jS Reggie. "What's tho trouble?" "You can-' not turn me from my purpose by your, j noneyeu xvorus, crieu jxureu, "iius lor , your Insult to my Violet" and his flst.' backed by a xvrlst of steel and an arm of Iron, shot like lightning straight at Reggie's face. CHAPTER IV But Reggie's faco xx-asn't there, and M ; tied xvent up, up, up. into tno air. uui he camo doxxn after a xvhilo In a bush or,;" txxo by tho roadside, though ho dldn'tySj know It. ji CHAPTER V la Alfred xvoke up later In Reggie's houseJ xxith a doctor bending ox-er him. He heara? Reggie say: "Xo damage done? I'm glaa,?J I hit him harder than I meant to." CHAPTER VI , i9 As Alfred left the Shrexvsbury manslon.il xvlth his race in a sung, ltegglo patteata mm on tno uacK. "i m sorry, oia maajj you got ino a bit excited. And, by the j way. If you try to finish all the thlngivi xx-omen start, you re going to be a lot too busy to attend to your regular xvork. CHAPTER VII "But." ansxvered Alfred. "Violet told ro you had Insulted her." ai "It telling her to quit trying to get her.B hooks into mv vouncer brother. Algernon.'?! xvho is xvell fixed. Is an Insult I did." f,!2 CHAPTER VIII I Alfred's Jaxv still hurt. "But It might'? haxo been xvorse," ho thought, "and perjl haps I still have something tp learn about. a xvomen." kkau. (The End.) THE QUATRAIN A quatrain Is a gem In four bright facets wrought. Four glittering shafts of light Shot from a single thought. CONDE S. 1'ALLEN. Jj OLD DON SUIT3 AH1J iUUliT Aa , Dear Tom-L-Take it from Old Don SeltJ "Tralnlnc for tho Newspaper Trade (Linnlncotts). "The decent newspaper ana I knoxv of few that is not sifts its news. HUE.tJ A MEMDBR of our editorial family, wriM lng of General Thll Sheridan, makes Jiii say, In reply "to an old comrade, who hj asked if he remembered the apple whisky of tho Shenandoah Valley, "Don't I, by Jove, wasn't It eood7" it's easier.' imiiirinn tho ntrnnir aunlelack than iUlJ mild "by Jove" In tho mouth of the great TS cavalryman. It was of him and ot on j man, too, for that matter that thetprri of "the acme of profane pronciency rri told. The qeneral'H cook, you wilt rel?2Tfi ber oh, of course, you do I had SP .1.- .. An., nnH lh nnPrfll baWl ' Mm ,,t Vnii'rn nn hlnnlC COOdf WW ,; thn General, "and if it wasn't for my' you'd never find another Job I'd'flre VM 3 blank, blank quick." "Go aneau u yelled t,he cookj "I wouldn't be under .JJ obll blank, blank cations to J""' "You'll ntftvr' saM.tho General! VHy I who k can sear. between yJIaM" . i &a ii "S v '. " , - ' I .' 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