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FOn DECKMIIKR WAS 110.810
rhllid.lpkU. Thutidaj. Ibtuir7 1, 1917,
Thoy are fighting for position In
Harrisburg and positions.
Tho C. O.'s, ns tho conscientious
objectors aro abbreviated In Encland.
who tried to poison Lloyd George are
evidently not conscientiously objecting to
private mtjrdor.
The Associated Artists of Philadel
phia celebrated their second annlvorsuiy
-,. by playing a one-act tragedy. When one
considers tho proverbial fate of artists
no cannot help asklns now long the
act was, or Is.
Boss Kuehnlo is "back," sayinc he
"made" Governor Edge and will make
him President, remembering that Boss
"Jim" Smith "made" Governor AVilson.
But Jersey Governors go to tho White
House only on condition that they un
make tho men who made them.
Doctor Schaeffer Is an optimist. He
thinks that the war would end in twenty
lour hours if about six kings ho could
name wore put In the trenches. Tho
Superintendent of Public Instruction
credits kings with more powcrthan they
have.
With the Westlnshoiise Company
k preparing' to spend $7,000,000 on the crec-
I tion of a plant at Ksslngton and tho Gov-
vernment going- to spend $0,000,000 for
aprovements at the Leasuo Island Navy
Ifard, rapid transit for South Philadelphia
and Darby cannot come a day too soon.
One member of a train ciew gets
m. $2500 verdict because ho broke an arm
while flirting with a red-headed woman.
Now comes another member of another
train crew who is being sued for $2500
for stealing a kiss from another woman
who itemizes the bill at $2000 for tho
kiss and $500 for a sprained wrist In try
tag to avoid it. Trying to even matters.
It would seem.
The suggestion that the city mark
the beginning of work on tho develop
ment of the League Island Navy Yard
by an appropriate celebration is receiv
ing the indorsement which It deserves.
The: equipment of the yard for building
battleships means much to the city, but
It means more to the nation. We as
sume that In stressing Its local signifi
cance the country will not bo allowed
to get the impression that wo aro going
to have merely a local Jollification.
The British Parliament Is finding
time between consideration of various
War measures to take up the subject of
electoral reform. It Is proposed to hold
alt parliamentary elections on tho same
day Instead of scattering them over a
perjod of several weeks. This change
would make much of the plural voting of
the past impossible, for a man with a
voting residence in half a dozen different
constituencies could not make the rounds
While tho polls were open; but a man
with a. residence in one constituency and
a business place in another is to be per
mitted to vote in both. This is a radical
restriction on plural voting- In the in
terests Of democracy. To adnnt it in
"; ,'iXHrlca would be an equally radical da-
famrtura from established custom. Yet
tvJlwre are many municipal reformers who
t keHeve that the standard of city gov-
g SiSfumem wouia do raised it the business
.'tiRen who live nnd vote In the suburbs
wre permitted to vote in tho city as
weH. What do the readers of the
, ,-. -Xvminra LEOQEn think of the wisdom
i'-af) adopting such a plan for the better
HGt,.of Philadelphia? Or do they think
tWb'uid not improve conditions at ail7
-" vA,. iMr. Bryan's suggestion that the
' - M governments Issue bipartisan news-
Wikjivm tin which editorial space shall be
' tyis4i"' between the parties, to insure
tioa of both sides of important
:, leaves cut a more Important mat-
.auoriai dim, ana one which an
ilWMrnperman Jlke Bryan should not
b mat, jg, a dishonest em
n news items to mold the thought
who do not read editorials.
t waJt.m-plalried by Norman Angell
near ftepuouc;
kaown an English house
talk most contemptuously of
rta fellow and Ms hclf-
and beeetne tn4
iSJoaea mat -a eeuMl be
Ma opinion- UMMsy. aayi ,
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"But t ddn't take my onthlnns
from the papers t I never read their
lending article (editorials)."
tfvery opinion hfl expressed responded
accurately to just that distribution of
emphasis In tho news ot our time which
marks tho Northcllffe press, (liven
the facts as this householder conceived
them, ho could come to no other opin
ion i and those facts ono group of
them stressed day after day nnd an
other group Intrinsically as important
quietly hidden awny In corners wore
presented ns Lord Northcllrro had de
creed they should be presentrd.
1 TRUST THE PILOT
TT IS tho duty of ecry American cltbcn,
In tho ominous situation which the
country has had to face without wnrn
ing, to give the President tho unqualified
loaltv nnd unquestioning support ot a
patriot.
Mr. Wilion will hold in hli hands tho
destinies of the Itopubllc for "the next
four years nnd will cany them to' their
righteous fulfillment only with a united
peoplo behind him. IIli loyalty to tho
American honor Is beyond question. He
is tho devoted servant of American In
terests, and whatever elusion thore may
have been In the inst about his policies
must now vanish befoto the supreme ne
cessity for milted action with the leader
who Is, and must be, our leader in tho
perilous days to come.
GERMANY'S C!IALLKN(,K
rpiin intolerable attempt to d;;tnte to
tho United Stales, conditions under
which it shall, up the high sens appar
ently forces upon the Administration the
cholco ot ono (if theso two couises of
action:
Kirst. A demand that the German
Government Immediately rescind Its order
to Riibmarlno commanders for ruthless
warfare, In effect Klnco midnight.
Second. The dismissal of tho German
Ambatu-ndor, wltllut parley.
Tho President, Iioweer, has undoubt
edly followed n line of diplomatic action
of the utmost discretion, patience and
tact, and It Is to bo tnken for granted
th.it he will now movo without pnclp
ltato haste. Ho doubtless has full Unowl-'
edgo of the German Government's under
lying motives and may compel n modifica
tion of Its naval policy through tho reg
ular diplomatic channels.
Tho possibility of a parley, which ths
flrnt alternative stated aboe holds out, Is
slight, but it Is cidently the German pur
pose to force tho United States Govern
ment to bring all pressure to bear upon
England, now or as soon as possible, to
modify its blockade. Germany uses tho
President's suggestion that tho United
States engage positively In European
diplomacy and abandon Its negative Isola
tion In tho future to compel him to apply
his principles at once, not waiting till nftcr
the war, and to apply them for tho benefit
ot Germany. It seeks to compel him to
nbandon his declaration that Jesponsl
blllty for tho conduct of soa warfaio Is
"absolute, not relative," which meant that
.Germany must nbandon ltithless sub
marine warfare detrimental to the United
States without any reference to what
this country might or might not requlro
of tho British navj's conduct.
If ho refuses to bring this pressure to
bear upon England, nnd breaks off
diplomatic relations, Germany hopes to
cut off England from the world nnd re
duce It to starvation in n few -weeks anil
possibly before any occasion shall havo
been given for open warfare with tho
United States. Then, it Is evidently tho
German theory, England will bo only too
glad to co-opeiate with tho United States
for tho opening of peaco negotiations.
Apart from tho question ns to how
many hours or days tho President may
consider it advisable to withhold tho full
reassertlon of our rights at bea and tho
drastic action which that reassertlon will
require, the situation hinges upon Eng
land's belief or doubt that enough food
ships will break through tho submarines
to keep its population from starvation.
It is virtually certain that England will
not temporize with her foe or with any
expression from tho United States until
It has tested tho full force of submarlno
blockade. If it can weather that storm
and face tor an Indefinite period the
worst the submarines can do, and If Ger
many shall then still persist in ruthless
warfare, the position ot the United States
will be, not only that of being impotent
to prevent a war to a finish, but also that
ot being exposed, any day, to that final
challenge an attack upon our property
and citizens at sea which would require
us to use every force at our command
to bring Germany to terms.
But we cannot wait for that final chal
lenge without taking every means In our
power to safeguard our ships in thoso
"paths of the sea" which Germany would
so suddenly, with barely eight hours'
notice,, narrow to mero paths Indeed. It
is Incumbent upon the navy to protect
our merchantmen wherever they shall
seek lawful passage. In waters that are
unlawfully made hostile.
BRITAIN HAD WARNING
THE British Government know Sji-liat
was coming, for on Saturday of last
week It announced nn extension of the
area In tho North Sea in which neutral
shipping could not enter without dan
ger, The new area was big enough to
coyer the porta which Germany controls.
The parpoj)f the extension ot the dan-
Ljrarawaretvj.wMto make the blookade
ttarwaiiy, iswra'aiTaeuvB, and. a(pm
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.EENJNG' . I;EDaER--I?HIlJAa)EIjl?Kf A! THUKS4A.Y,. ' FEBRUARY 1 '
NEED OF LATIN
AFTER THE WAR
FoundntiQn of Spanish, French
and Italian and Knowledge of
It Makes It Easy to Learn
These Languages
Dy DR. ROLAND G. KENT
Professor of Comparative l'hllolosy t the
University ot Pennsylvania,
alHEtti: Is a rather widespread belief that
.tho end of tho war In Europe will see
the warring countries unloading upon us
great quantities of manufactured articles
which hnve accumulated, nnd that the
elllclcncy developed In ndmlnlsteilng tho
war will then bo applied to ordinary com
mercial purposes; we shall thus bo under
n permanent handicap until we radically
alter our present wasteful methods of busi
ness, 1 have been asked what service Latin
will pet form In the training of our youth
to meet tho new conditions. Assuming that
wo shall have to meet such n dangerous
competition, which Ih not absolutely certain
but Is quite probable. 1 am convinced that
wo must In our education seek to develop
dlsrlplino and elllclency Tho weak point
of American education todav. from kinder
garten to college. Is precisely Its fnlluio
to produce these two qualities "Eny come,
easy go, ' 1m true of knowledge as will as
of nionev You cannot get a trained mind
by doing easy piolilems, adding two and
t-vo, ptnvlng IdndeiBsrten games, planting
seids, rawing a board, hammering brass
all tin so are (oo easy You cannot develop
u baseball player by letting him toss
hollow iiiblur hull nor u cavalryman bv
giving him a locklng-l.orpe. Ho must have
something hatd to work at to develop his
abilities.
Develops Power of Judgment
Now I gladly admit that Latin Is hard
That Is why it Is woith mcro than the
so-called 'vocational studies," which really
lack utlllt). 1 know u boy of nine In a
fourth giaile who has not been taiisht
to n-ell culinary words, but l obliged to
spend his limn In hemstitching -a highly
vocational study, highly useless to a boy
Hy tho way, do those who take blacksmith
lug In the schools Income, h'acks.nlths and
d'j those who make i hairs and tables a
school become carpenters I doubt If
they do; but that deserves a Mp.trato In
vestigation uiuii, i rav, is nam ; for tint very
reason It summons up all the student's
powers and develops them. My first rule
of translation Is 'If It docn't make sense.
It Isn't right " So the ntmlrnl nni.it nt
every moment. In tnnslatlng Latin, n- n
bis power of Judgment to determine which
one of the possllillltlcH of translation iimltes
sense, and not only makes sense, but makes
tho sense required by tho piK.ige as a
whole Is not tho power of Judgment a
prime necessity for thu business in in" ot
eourse, Latin trains tho memoiy; thero aro
forms of words, meanings ot words and
usages of words and of forms which must
bo remembered
.Much ns memory work has been da
cried what business imn can bo consid
ered efllclent who docs not carry con
stantly In hin mimi a mjrlad of details,
the forgetting or Inaccurate recollec
tion of wh'eh would entail loss of pre
cious time and mone)? Latin, It happens.
Is that tchool study which Is best suited
for developing the memory. Again, the
study of Latin reacts favoiablv upon the
students un of English, as teachers of
English have constantly said In print; and
a correct use of English Is an asset of
much value In business lelatlons, not merely
from the peison.il and social standpoint,
but for the avoidance of misunderstandings
and consequent lawsuits
Besides this, a knowledge of Latin gives
greater elllclencv In learning and remcmbei
Ing the teihnle.il vocabularies of trades and
professions most of which are drawn from
Iitln, though some romo from Greek. The
ttudy of Latin lends Increased elllclcncy
alo In learning Spanish, Portuguese, French
and Italian A fluent use of theso tongues
will In futuie be Imperatively deimnded for
Mico.-.sfnl dealing with llrms In South
America and In certain Euiopean countries
J' uither. Latin is a great agent In building
up a spirit of accuracy; the student who
really studies Latin must think clearly nnd
carefully and seek correct icsults This Is
directly In the line of elllclency. which Is
so needed In our business.
Valued Above Mathematics
N'ovv In developing a disciplined and ef
fectively working mind tho Latin language
Is. for these and for other reasons, a power
ful Instrument to mv way of thinking,
far tl o most powerful, surpissing even
mathematics and the bugbear Greek. Thoso
who cannot learn Latin more often I sus
pect. It is will not than cannot aro not
thoso who will hivo tho grabp of tho pabt
and of the ptesent and the vision of the
future to reorranlze our American Indus
tries for meeting a sharpened competition
If a boy cannot be elllclent nt his study,
then ho lacks ret tain elements of mind to
make him a leader, If he will not conceit
tratc his energies on this study, why expect
him to concontrato successfully on some
thing ckso which Is far more cactlng? Tho
filament In the electric lamp resists the
passage of tho electric cut rent, and this
resistance Is tho solo reason why It glows
with brilliant light; It la only a study
which resists the effort of the boy to master
It that cm bring out his possibilities
Therefoto I fltmly hellcvo that In tho
times after the close of the present dread
ful war Latin must always have a central
plnca In tho school curriculum, which Is mot
worth while for thosa who aro to do tho
work most worth while, for It will assist
powerfully In developing a spirit of dls
clpilne enabling men to work In harmony
with ono another and an efficiency which
w 111 reform our present careless and wnte.
ful methods
"REVOLUTION IN GOVERNMENT
Governor Lowden, of Illinois, proposes a
complete revolution of tho State govern
mental machinery. Ho proposes to organize
tho State Just as ho would organize a busi
ness corporation Into departments H0
would have ten, which he believes enough to
cover all the activities of the State lie
would havo a chief at the head of each
of these departments, a chief appointed bv
him The chief would be held responsible
to the Governor for the work of his depart
ment. All the chiefs and the Governor
would form the Stato cabinet. Each de.
partment chief would submit his vear
budget to the Cabinet, All estimates would
first be brought, In the aggregate, within
the State's Income. Then the" wouMbe
reviewed and, If necessary, revised by the
Cb,lna V ,7hl,S bBet wouId the" be ub!
mlttcd to the Legislature. Jit. Lowden feels
It Is useless to attempt to keep expenses
within the State's Income until this system
s adoped Bu . as In Indiana, the prac
tical politicians In both parties are opposed
to i any such plan because It means fewer
olllces and less plunder for them to divide
among their henchmen. New Orleans Item.
THE ADMONITION
The January sunbeam comes
n-llngerln'
along,
An' the light that glimmers feebly through
the mist Is growln' strongf "lroUBn
liiouBii mo uiuetcnn- wind may rlAi
From the gray and frosty skies
There's the promise of a blossom an' th
whisper of a song no
As the sunbeam writes a letter 'mongst th
shadows on the snow;
It's a message to Old Winter an' It mv.
"YoU've got to go!" ' '
Old Winter gets Indignant an' be trlea n
make a bluff, lrl" t0
An' frighten all creation with his swair.
gerln' so tough. "
An' the sunbeam stands aloof,
While be rattles 'round the roof,
Till Winter weakens some, Inqulrln' "Ilavd
you had 'enough t"
An' ,the sunbeam merely answers, with th
JB greatj big- golden. letters: an.' At says
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LOOSE AGAIN
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THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
The Death Penalty in Old Testa-
ment Times "Degenerate
America" Munitions
7i( Drpaitrxrnt free to alt rrnder v ho
iriWt to f;;irn thrr ojitfoft nn nubjccti of
current tiirncsf ( d an open forum. ud the
lirnhtfr ( tthi r oxunmrs vo responsibility for
tlif lit i s t,f it con ctriOrtrf cuts, f.rtttrs must
fcc sitnril l,n t.e vamr im afUhess of the
v titer, tot Hicrvstirilit for publication, but as a
uuauint'o of poml faith.
DEATH PENALTY IN THE BIBLE
To the lUUInr thr Hvrning l.rrfger:
Sir In -vniir Issue of January 26, "It
15," of Heading. I'a , tiles to tnako It
appear that itpltnl punishment" Is not In
h.tiniouy with divine level. itlon Me cites
tho c.isis of t'aln, Jiciscs, liav hi and Paul,
who wcio all guilty of muitler, nnd ct
none of tl.em was esccutcd. Such cases are
exceptions There weio te.isons why they
wcto not executed. Tho case of Moses Is
rather fnr-fctchid Tho spirit of patriot
ism wa In him and his vuy uiul burned
at the Indignation which bis own peoplo
had to snffci , but the point to lemembcr
Is this, that tlin Hlblo does not only approve
of capital punishment, but commands It.
I will simply quote a few verses from
God's own Word, "fin that smlteth a. man
so that ho dlo shall be surely put to
death' i:odus, xxl, 15. "And ho that
killeth any man shall surely bo put to
death " Levllleus. xlv, 17 Take the case
of the man who btoko tho Sabbath day:
"And the Loid said unto JIosph. the man
shall be stitolj put to death; nil tho con
gregation shall stono him with btones with
out tlu- lump ' N'umbers, xv, 35. And the
rongiegation did so, as tho verso following
i cleaily proves.
In spite of theso passages, which arc
only a few of scores anil scores of pass
ages. "I! 11 " state3 that Ood did not com
mand capital punishment I shall say
nothing moio along this line, for we want
to be guided by (Jod'a Wold only.
m:v. a i) ij.yti:ma.v, rii. d.
Mill Hall, Pa. Januaiy 29.
THE SHELL QUESTION
To the lUlllor of tho Vvcnliifi I.cilgcr:
Sli Lngland refuses to permit an Eng
lish firm to manufacturo shells for tho
United States Is It not perfectly In order,
then, that tho United States forbid the
making of shells hero for tho Urltlsh"'
True It is that England needs every shell
sho can get nnd her refusal to permit any
to go out of the country vva3 entirely proper.
Hut It Is Just as true that Uncle Sam needs
all tho cholls that can bo made for hlin, and
In a manner, needs them Just as badly as'
John Hull ALPHA
Manayunk, January 31
"DEGENERATE AMERICA"
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Ono cannot help being struck by the
very parochial point of view which your
readers take up in this discussion, A per
son who knows but one country Is no Judge
of countries, as he has no standards of
comparison to pass any opinion of any
value. It has been my lot to visit tho
United States every year for the last thirty
yearB and several other countries as well.
Thero is no doubt whatsoever that tho
worship of tho dollar has reached a dan
gerous stngo In this country. Both clvto
and national spirit weak, and concerted
action against a venial and corrupt police,
nnd magistracy does not exist. The crim
inal and murder statistics of the United
States aro disgraceful. More than 7000 mur
ders during 13IG, nnd about one and a
half per cent ot those brutal malefactors
liald tho Just penalty of their crime. Robi
bery Is rife, and thin proves the existence
of a large body of secret buyers of stolen
articles. Thero aro parts of this city
which burglary insurance companies re
fuse to Insure, on any terms whatsoever
The widespread habit of using narcotics la
another scandal. As many of the clergy
recently have lomarked. the style of many
women's dress Is simply a loud, tasteless
copy of the worst of tho Parisian demi
monde. The popular "movie" pictures
with their vaudeville views of high to'.
clety and their awful grimacing, contor
tlonlng. gibbering heroes nnd heroines, rep
resent the luwcst grade of Idiocy capable
of being produced, The run on the nude
pictures too, shows the low taste of their
patrons. Commercial morality Is very low.
Indeed. The churches, Instead of preach
ing the GospeJ, simply give theological lec
ture's with a refined musical accompani
ment. The enormous number of divorces
is another dlragrceable feature jot .Amer
ican uie., ine jaeai o; true liberty has
I'swirnmul Into oarettm license. The
iiiinnMslitl.il "hajror at war k.- ....1,11-
effeminate about It. Alt theso remarks do
not mean that the leaven of bravo and icso
Iute manhood does not still exist tn this
country. America docs not seem to rea
llzo the magnificent remnant if American
chivalry In thoso collego bo)s helping the
wounded nnd dyJng on tho blood-sodden
fields of Prance. Ar long as a country can
produce such men thero Is hope for her.
Has tho spirit of the old tea party In
Boston harbor died out? Did tho North
and South settle their differences with a
fountain pen? Whnt is the difference be
tween the assassination of tho Maine and
tho Lusltanla? Shall civilization mean
that human life can be paid for like bales
of cotton? I ttust not. The soul of
America will )et awaken, nnd may I hive
tho Joy of seeing it and tecognlztng It
GASTON DOITTEAU.
Philadelphia, January 30
WHO IS MISTRESS OF THE SEAS?
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger.
Sir According to Evening Lntiamn
dispatches today tho British Admiralty ad
mits tint "a small German vessel bom
bat ded tho east coast of England."
With German submarines operating In
tho west Atlantic, tho North Sea, tho
English Channel, the Irish Sea, tho Mediter
ranean and tho Adriatic, with German
raiders piercing tho British "blockade" of
Germany and playing havoc with enemy
shipping and with about ono ship p5r day
of tho Allies and of neutrals being tor
pedoed, how can tho fiction that Englind Is
mlstiess of the seas be sustained by facts?
German warships havo often bombaided
English towns. When did an English war
ship bombard ono solitary squaro Inch of
German soil? Tho strength of tho British
navy, It Is true, has kept German shipping
off the seas, but what lecord has that navy
made in tho way of actual fighting? Echo
answers "nothing," and echo Is perfectly
right. U J- COY.
Philadelphia, January 26.
FRANCE EXPECTS TOURISTS
France Is even now preparing for the
American tourist business nfter tho war
shall have ended That such Is tho caso Is
Indicated hy an article that recently ap
peared In La Petite Glronde, published In
Bordeaux. This paper protests against the
cleaning up ot the ruins created by the
German Invasion, on tho ground that Ameri
cans will pay for seeing thoso ruins when
tho war la over, "Millions of Americans
will como to Europe with tho Intention of
leaving millions of dollars behind them,"
says tho Bordeaux paper. "It will be like
an overwhelming wave at first, followed by
many subsequent waves. First of all, they
will bo anxious to visit thoso parts that
have been visited by war. That la why
It Is to our Interest to leave tnuto witnesses
of war to stand. Certain things must be
kept In the state In which they were during
the war the trenches on tho Yser, on tho
Sommo and at Verdun, tho quarries at Sols
sons! And there must be kept standing,
for a certain length of time at least, two or
moro villages or towns ruined by the war,
and especially a few monuments, city halls
and cathedrals." Tacoma Tribune.
VERMONT AND ITS COURTS
Vermont Is passing through Its periodical
upheaval In relation to Its courts. Public
opinion demands simpler Judicial procedure
and' more speedy Justice that shall be with
in reach of the poor as well as tho rich, A
small but Influential portion of the bar Is
determined that things shall remain as they
are. Tho result Is persistent nntngonlsm,
disrespect for a profession which is deserv
ing of the highest respect, lessened prestige
for our Judicial system and an unwholesome
condition of affairs generally ns regards the
administration of Justice. Burlington Free
Press and Times.
All Points of the Compass
Rubaiyat of a Commuter
XLIV
One Baby's lips are locked, but I divine
High-piping Bessie with Infantile whine
Call out for quantities of Malted Milk.
Ah, never were such hungry babes as mlnel
XLV
I heat their Cup upon the Chafing Dish,
Where Just last night I cooked some a-Ia
Fish.
,1 fill their Bottle, and I give t them,
And thus they realize their Dearest; Wish.
)
One- advantage of being an advanced
psychologist is that he knows that con
fesslons, for the most part, reveal what Is
not true. The man who makes a confes
sion says what; he believes to be true in
his present mental condition, which leads tn
his telling .what he thinks he knows, CorA
feeslOBS,', per se, are the "evident ef the'
atvsvwal-
-Jut as are Mtlaatlea;
1017
What Do You Know?
Qunlci of gcneial interest will be answered
tn this column. Tat questions, the answers to
uifci rvery u ell-informed person thoutd know,
are asked daily.
QUIZ
1. Whnt wns the Stone of Prone?
2. Vtliero Is the "rnlnleit place In the world"?
3. Wliv Is n nliTstclan culled a disciple ot
AeculapliiH?
A, I.n-.stc Porto Ulro with reference to the
Danish West Indies,
fi. Mho U It. V. IlolUiiK?
11. VHio was Mi-"". 11 irlnn Ines Ci-oi?
". Whit race form' the crerttest part of llu
waH'x lumitiatiini.
8. At what point N Pennsylvania's rreatest
eleitlttoii aboie the t.ra?
0. VI lint Is tho Iltirciu of War Rlk Insur
ance? 10, Him rnr Is the port nf New York from the
npfii sei?
Answers lo Yesterday's Quiz
l.eneril IVr-hltiR'i. force entered Mexico
2. "I'. llhrl
used on bonk plates.
"frcim tli lllirar).
3. Mcirr Innclnn Is .soclnllst Representative
from New orl..
4. In tin. "arll toncue Haiti slcnlfles "rocich
linU." v
B, Cnrlile win sitd to have iimlerslnoil ler-
m my hrlti-r ,1111m dhl any ntlirr llrlton,
0. The Mirnul rrsiilnllun. Introduced In the
Mnto l.rrlsliitnr li Senator William V.
'-prnul, of Delaware County, prouoH.H h
mmlNtlnn to inventmiltn Cinicrnnr Drum-
ImiiuIi'h aliened in iladniliilntratlun and
eitrav.icauce.
7. A iiobtlirlxtle rellclnn Is one In which manr
Knds ar. witridilped
8. Dr. Onirics 1". Meliunetz Is IliU country's
miet tinted electrical engineer.
0. DJtllclit-oniinf cintlsts In turnini: the
(luck Torn aril i.no hour, ns Iiiih heen dour
I1.1 uV",r,1V . lr''""'-, t-erniany. r.reat
Irllnlii. It.ib. Hiiedcii, Koran nnd
Denmark
10
The t.uory of "peace without victory" Is
Unit If one nntUKOnUt cruohes another It
would operate nirnlnst future pence by
leiiilliic to wars of revenge.
Army vs. Navy
W. r Tho relative serviceability of nn
army nnd a navy Is hard to determine de
pending upon tho object In view. A sea
Power necessarily must havo a largo navy.
An accepted view Is that tho invy Is more
important for a country which must pro
tect a long coast line, oversens possessions
and commerce, and that tho army Is more
Impoitant for a self-sustaining nation with
out Interests at sea. Tho enemies of Han
nlb.il and Napoleon wero victorious In long
wars because they controlled the seas To
day Germany, because ot England's su
perlor navy, is hemmed In nnd has lost
her colonies, but apparently Is Intact after
two ears' ivar. If expenditures are n cri
terion navies aro less Important than
atmics Tho following figures show the
cost (budgets, appropriations nnd estl
mates) of tho armies nnd navlev. of the
world for 1913-11. expressed In millions ot
dollars:
UnWSU Aro'Jy Nffi
Oreat Britain .4 "1
Germany 11 (1912.1J) Hi
nru.!u? :::::::::::::: 3?J u
nnJyr'f..: ..:.:.::.::: I2,"018'
Japan 40 J
Totals , 1225 "gJJ
This country's total ordinary disburse
ments for the fiscal years 1304-16. lncluslvo
were J1.S32.809.048 for the army and ii I
009,095,676 for the navy. 1'
Old Church
G. B. N., Jr. Tho deserted church nt
Broad and Snmca streets formerly 'was
the Beth Eden Baptist Church. About
n, quarter of n century ago that congrega
tlon united with the First Baptist Church
then located at Broad and Arch streets, and
the combined congregations built the nres
ent First Church, at 17th and Ri
stieets. The old Beth Eden Chuwu
rold and has not been used since, excent
for a period as a Christian Science church
and for sundry meetings. "iurcn
SAM LOYD'S PUZZLE
TrUQIlT children ,llil,l.l ,i... . .
hn .. ,1" "'.riy-iwo ap-
ill- children ul
(pies as follows:
Ann got one apple. May took t-tvn
Jane three and Kate four. Ned Smith
received as many as his .i.. S,"."
Jlrown twice ns many as his sister, Bill
Jones three times ob manv n, m. Li..."
and Jack noblnson four times as many
as his sister. """
Can you tell the surnames of Ann
May, Jane and Kate? Ann'
Answer to Yesterday's Puzzle
THB giraffe poui4 beat the hippo by
"3-i of, a roll?. , 1
t 1 rVrl
Tom Daly's Column '"
FEB.
1'cb.,
Though tee're glad your face to acan i
UIWIIII
You arc little better than
Jan,
One and thirty days he ran
Somewhat briefer la your span,
Hut you're of the tclf-samc clan
O'ivanl
We irio hope and yearn and plan
To achieve a coat of tan,
Jllsc and tell you: "Beat Itl O'lcant"
Hark to Time, the taxlman:
"Kcbl"
Oct aloard and beat It. O'tcan,
Ebb,
l'cbt
JIISCIIA ELMAN, whoso comical awk-"
wnruness nnu glorious fiddling observed 4
anu nearu ici 11 i-jiuaueipnia Urchestra
concert .1 year or so ago Inspired one
of our best poems, has been elected
Supremo Musical Violet. Bert Leston
Taylor hung this honot' upon him on
tho strength of tho testimony of a frlund
who had heard tho modest Klman say
"How do thpy know Paganlnl played as
well ns I do?" And now another witness
appeal's In Bert's court, to testify ln
language that even our most un-Teutonlo
of renders may enjoy without nn Inter
ptoter: lie told me once of having spent the
entlte nftcinoon nlone ln Central Park,
New York. "Es muss aber pehr clnsani
gewesen seln, den ganzen Nachmlttag .
alleln zu seln," said I. "O ncln," nelned
he; "wo Elmnn 1st. 1st man nlemala
alleln." That held me for a -while.
E. F.
This, as ono of our eve. contemps would
say, Is modesty "pure nnd simple."
W1IHN wo contemplato the heap of let
ters upon our desk, tho accumulation of
tho pneumoniae Interregnum, it Is Incon
ceivable that anything could havo been
lost. Hut such Is tho case. Thero was a
long nnd Interesting letter from Gus, one
of our charter contrlbs, who Is now in
London. Wo read it when the nurse
wasn't looking. Sho took it away from
us later nnd all wo can remember of Its
contents was tho news that a man named
Alias Is a wigmaker and costumer on the
Strand.
CANNED OPENERS
Prcdlgested Preludes Prepared for Post
prandial Prattlers
The main thing in after-dinner speak
ing is to get n good start. To assist those
of our readers who may bo "with us to-
night',' (and who, pray, is not at ono time
or another?) we havo Inaugurated this
department. ,
Wo will assume that It is the annual
banquet of the Clannish Caledonians,
Tho pupil will arise, bow and say:
"Unaccustomed as I am to public
speaking, I am reminded at once of a,
story which I am sure will Interest you.
It seems, one man said to another:
'Were you over at McPherson's house?'
(tho McPhcrson ln question being a
typical Scot) 'I was,' tho other man
replied. 'Indeed, and did you ever get
a meal there?' 'One. I was there for
breakfast, dinner nnd supper one day.'
It was Artemus Ward, I think, who
upon returning from his European lec
ture trip remarked, 'I am no sporting
man, but It was my privilege to ob
servo a close rape across tho Atlantic'
'Yes?' queried a friend, 'and what was
It, pra?' 'The Scotch," raid Artemus
In his droll drawl."
This should bo sufficient as a starter,
for our pupil will now be well upon hta'
way.
I would not know the future If I could
If It be charged with evil or with good
Since, knowlng.all, today would loso its zest
No fascinating riddle left unguessed;
No problems left unsolved of any kind
To stimulate the mind.
And rothlng of surprlso
To stir the heart and captivate the eyes.
John Kcndrlck Dings' Dally Line o' Chr.
Ah, yes, but if from Wall street, John, 1
you might
Into the future peer,
You could enjoy, and never have to write, .
A Dally Line o' Cheer.
WE nu.SII the abovo Into print with
out consulting Mr. Bangs about it, but
wo know what ho'd say. Ho said it to
us many years ago, when we were timid yl
about publishing a squib nbout him: 'Go
ahead. 'Sweet aro tho uses of Adver
tising.' " We thought at tho time that
he might havo mado It moro clever and
moro exact if he had said, "Sweet are the
uses of Advcr. see, T?"
IN TUB long run, Doctor and the long j
run frequently flgutes ln college football.
Doctor starting too fast Is not pardon ;
tho pun, Doctor Goodspeed.
This sign, sa)s Hetenlce, was actually
seen on the window of a barber shop along
toward Pottstovvn:
SHAVING AND HAIRCUTTINO
DONE
WHILE YOU WAIT
Here Is a simple problem ln common
sense arithmetic that was recently pro
pounded at a gathering of publishers, who
are supposed to know all about book), but
that stumped everyone:
"I have standing upon my private shelf
an old edition ot the Aeneld ln two volume.
Each volume is bound In covers an eighth
of an Inch thick and contains 300 pages,
that make the total thickness, of the paper
alone ln each book about an inch. Now, a
hungry and enterprising bookworm, begin
ning at page one, volume one, ate Its way
clear through page 300, volume two. How
long a hole did that bookworm make?"
THK NECESSARY BUT INSIGNIFICANT
IIAUT
Sir In last week's Catholic Standard .'tj
and Times I read:
In tho Church ot St, Francis ds Sales
on Saturday morning ot last week the mar'
rtasa ot Hi" Frances K. A. McCann, a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Mc
tjanm was solemnized at a nuptial mass,
which vvas celebrated by the Kev, John J.
Mellon. A sister, Miss Restna C. McCann,
attended the bride. M. Eugene Elchmtn
was best man.
Some people who were not present at theVij
wedding are anxious to send the bride
greetings ot a material kind, but do not J
know her newly acquired name. What ao
you suggest? MORRIS.
It "Would Scam Sew
Blr Bought a hand-me-down shirt yes-
terday. Two right-hand sleeves wero sewed m
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two rights make a wrong? CON.
IF THB PRESIDENT Is to be ao-
curately described in the pages of history.-
it will be necessary for Clio to suffer a-;
spasmodio inspiration (see Webster ,
definition of "stammering") and announoanj
him as Tut-tut-Thooiai'Wood-wcod'WeocVi
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