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p with Wall .Street.
United States to probe Cotton l"x
change. lleudllne.
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irhy doesn't Jie take a wad of cotton and
top it up?
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dpes not want the expenso uccotints of
State offlcials-to be mislaid. Ho has had
all of them Including his own Im
pounded. The now Austrian Ambassador ar
rived Just In time to discover that wo
Were thinking of RivlnR a return ticket
to his German colleague, with n possible
coupon attached for his own use.
It Is understood that Penrose Is
the Von Tlrpitz of the factional light
.and that his advisers nre finding It dlf
flcolt to prevent him from warning all
neutrals from the vicinity of the hostile
forces so lie can launch a campaign of
'submarine and uerlal rightfulness.
The Administration of the city has
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ffot to n pretty low ebb when men In
terested in protecting public health have
to ask the Legislature to empower State
officials to force Philadelphia contractors
to clean the streets thoroughly so as to
prevent a plague of dust diseases during
the coming summer.
An explosion and lire in a crowded
tenement in the Chicago Ghetto, followed
i by a fearful toll of death, Is simply the
repetition of the same old story of crim
4 Inal municipal negligence a condemned
building in which from 100 to 150 were
; permitted to live and a leaking pa. main
that had often been complained nb;ut. All
that is necessary to complete the story
', ;n the usual stereotyped style Is n, short-
y Mved wave of popular Indignation and In-
vestlgatlon by the authorities and .a ver-
i , dic "No one to blame." Then the cur-
ijip tain can ring down on another tragedy.
..' Indiana's, decision for Prohibition
r-& nuts 24 States in tho "drv" column, nnd
M- '111 ...- , .- . T..-..
K'fesfilco arid Florida, pledged to Prohibition,
fM s'take action, the score In States will stand
SW 27 "dry" to 21 "wet." In thos 21 thprn
WJ&S' -Jre a number with local option Jaws
Bi which have vlrtunllv rpnnltFrl In flints.
W, " 4Wlde Prohibition, the big cities holding
:'., ;out to the last, of course. But in some
f states, notatjiy Minnesota, where about
it .? J or tno 86 counties are "dry," it has
been found that under a county local op
tion law liquor and no-liquor men can
Hive and let live" without difficulty.
About one-fifth of the Pennsylvania coun
ties are "dry" now arvl if nil could ex
press their desire more freely no doubt
j-3;.Mair
of the others would close their
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saloons.
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V .v ( For the first time the House of
'';; Representatives has passed a literacy test
r amlTraU6n bl" ov" the President's veto.
.uIiilJlB the bill lacked only four votes of
th necessary two-thirds. This year it
v deceived twenty-five more than two-thirds
LV -iBt 'the votes cast. It remains' in t, ....
her the Senate, now that the re-
oslblllty for the fate of the measii i.
P:uarly UP to It. will rise to the
Mulon and sustain the President. If
. iJt'foea not agree with the view of the
lhjsdent on the question of a literacy
a teat .lti'can And reasons for supporting
jf,.) iuj on tho second ground which he gave
A'rior,'idisapprovinB the measure, namely,
bt,ts provisions for admitting illiterates
, ;ja)flee from religious or political perse-
.' , )Hlin.are likely Xo produco International
1 .,WllcatIons. We are confronted by in-
i -tarmitlonal trouble enough now, In all
Haon, wltnout planting the seeds for
another crop.
. ''$- German, officials Jn .Washington
. said: "It Germany can be assured
a .peace conference ine submarine
ide will end In a day." No one has
t this. The first Interpretation put
''tlie German note was thai; Its pur-
'wm to force President AVilson to
r ail pressure upon the Allies to enter
Decollations. "Whether this purpose
' ttaWperat'e move to savo Germany
-xrwen t roresaw or a
(or.. a peace which would
fithtf jfrynwlt Powton
w w( laaw
tru'i
still would welcome Mr. Wilson's aid in
securing a negotiated peaco for Germany.
And that was precisely what the Presi
dent's address to the Senate scorned to
many to promise for Germany. It must
be remembered that tho criticism of that
"pcace-wlthout-vlctory" address was pri
marily that It would offend tho Allies.
"Peace without victory" was taken to
mean "peace without Drltlsh victory,"
and it was said In so many words by
some AtncrlcaiiH and liberal-minded Ger
mans that tho Wilson speech strength
ened tho Kaiser's mm. Hut the Knlser
did not agree with them. He disagreed no
violently that ho effected what amounts
to a coup d'etat, taking power out of tho
hamlH of the Liberals, who nre his nomi
nal ndvlscrs, and thrusting It Into those
of tho Von Tirpltis faction. If there weie
lime, Liberal Germany might bring press
ure to bear to gain noni" scmblaneo of
parliamentary rights. Hut tho new Ger
man dictatorship Is not giving them time,
as the Immediate plunge Into ruthless sea
warfare, nlrcady In effect more than two
days, shows.
THE BREAK HAS COME
mm-: President, in breaking off tllplo-
;natlc relations with Germany,
has ex
pressed tire will of (ho people of the
United Slates, in tho threo days that
Have elapsed since the publication of the
German Government's Insulting repudia
tion of Its pledge to respect the lives and
property of American citizens on the high
seas the American people have expressed
themselves with virtual unanimity thnt
further conversation with the German
Government would be an Ignominious sur
render of the natlonal'soverelguty nnd an
Ineffaceable blot upon the nntlonal honor.
The President merely put into effect
what tho conduct of Germany nnd tho
will of the people behind him had made
Inevitable. It Is nn added assurance of
tho conlldeneo they can feel In his cool
headed Judgment that ho waited for their
confirmation of what must from the be
ginning have seemed to him (ho only
possible course of action
Gravo as the situation Is It docs not
necessarily mean war, although it Is Im
possible not to leallze, from tho lesson
of history, that ce cruncc of relations
nlmost Invariably means war. Hut If It
Is to be war, we shall enter upon It with
the knowledge thai wo have stood for
the cause of humanity nnd that only a
devotion .to that cause would have
brought us to thnt pass.
OUK A1TAIK, NOT THE ALLIES
T
IIF3 cause of America Is not tho cause
this nation Is forced into war, it will not
be forced into "the" war. Wo will not be
concerned to restore Alsace-Lorraine to
France or to drive the Turk from Kurope,
and never will be. Tho entangling alli
ances which Washington warned against
nre not to be entered Into. Kven In war
this nation would light only for American
principles. "The President In his address
to the Senate urged that nil nations avoid
entangling alliances, and It that Is our
desire for Euiopc It Is infinitely more our
desire for America.
Somewhat the samo position Is taken
by Japan, which is nominally one of tho
Allies and committed to make peace only
In accordance with their terms. Hut It
has not sent Its legions to the land bat
tles, it has been content to maintain
what It deems to bo Japanese Interests In
the Far Fast and in the eastern ea.
The proof that avoldaneo of entan
gling alliances Is not only our traditional
but also our present policy lie-j In the
patent fact that If Germany now aban
dons ruthless sea warfare there will be no
possibility of America being Involved In a
war. If we are to be at war, that war
will cease when our rights nre again re
spected and when what reparation may
bo demanded by us, and not by others,
is assured.
POISOX GAS OF THE fjEAS
GERMANY proposes "the full employ
ment of all tho weapons nt its dis
posal," but It wllf do nothing of the sort
unless It now intends to engage tho Brit
ish fleet In final action In the North Sea.
A splendid nax-y, second only to Britain's,'
lies In the German ports nnd has lain
there for 'thirty months, unused except
for tentative sorties planned with no in
tent to stake all upon final decisive ac
tion. With that navy In the German ports
we have no quarrel. Our position Is
that ruthless sea xx'arfare is as funda
mentally wrong ns xx-ould be tho ruthless
use of poison gas, If tho effects of that
weapon endangered American lives If
that poison xvcre blown across tho At
lantic to our shores.
THE OTHER NEUTRALS
POPULAR- opinion In the other neutral
nations seems to be axx'altlng the
guidance of the United States. Word
comes from Holland, Spahi and Argen
tina that this country Is expected to take
t,he lead in the defense of neutral rights
on the sea. This expectation has been
met.
It was natural that the other non-,
belligerents should look to us for the
United States Is tho only great neutral
Power. Its population Is nearly txvlce
as great as the combined population of
Argentina. Brazil,, Denmark. Holland,
Norway, Sweden and Spain. The neutral
nations of northern' Kuropo are so small
that they have.vlrtually nothing but
moral force with xvhlch to hack their
protests. Denmark has less than 3,000,.
!000 population. Norway Is no bigger and
Sweden has less than .6,000,000. Holland
Is about the same size.
There does not need to be" a formal al-
lIanoe"onB the neutrals. The same re.
j suit Vn,l aooompllshed by ooHjcident
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EVENING LED&ER-PHliADEIiOTIA; SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3;
OUR NEIGHBORLY
WINTER BIRDS
Robins, Blue Jnya, Flickers and
Other Fcnthercd , Friends
Flit About the Bare
Trees
Soon now Uc'll be up-boblln',
To cry, "t aecit d robin."
T Itl'S did Tom Daly furnish poetic cheer
o' 'spring on ono of the gloomy days of
late. Like most poets, tie Is a lilt of a
nature-faker. It n certain Colonel of versa
tile mind were still Interested in nature
lie might write u oluble piece on 'The
Poets (Including Tom Daly) ns Naturalists."
It would go as a companion familiar essay
to one wp have long had In mind on "The
Poets as Musicians." Melody they make,
but what they don't know about harmony
is all explained In Grove's Musical Diction
ary In sccral xolumes.
Illess the poets' hearts, we suburbanites
have seen more than one robin this cold
nnd almost old-fashioned winter. Hut we
htixe not reductil them to meter, because
ho are not llko Ovid or was It Pope?
and Tom Daly: Wo do not "sing In num
bers liec'iuso the numbers come."
lllid life (surprls tig though the state
ment may be It Is scum-ate) Is not sparse In
tlio whiter In these parts. The catalogue
of permanent residents and winter visitants
Is uncommonly large In this latitude, despite
the popular belief that the birds haxe all
gone oxer the cold spell to tho avian Palm
lleaeh.
The catalogue Ineludes commonly or oc
casionally the crow, snow bunting, owl,
Jiini-o ntithatih. blue Jay, song sparrow,
robin, bluebird, hawk nnd woodpecker. Of
course the majority of the birds that malm
summer tuneful haxe sought sunnier
rlliues. but In the r place ate xvlnler visi
tors which do not find the vigorous climate
of Hie iioi lb too sexere for their romfoit.
l-'nr the xsarblcrs xse have the chickadee, for
tho phorbe we haxe the Juncn or snow -bird
ileal l.v all tho xvll-loved summer
songsters haxe neiecnble successors. 'Mail
In somewhat lusty garb, the song spatiows.
robins and a few oilier permanent dwellers
lilt about the bate woodlands xvalchfolly
xvnltlng .for Hiring and Joying In huiihIiIii
days despite the hibernal sexcrltles. These
nre the casuals, but they are freipient
enough to lie olismed anil enjoyed by the
natuie lover.
In Tone With Winter's Hues
The coats of winter birds arn of season
able thk-kuess and tend to tightness of
color, in tone with Hie prevalent xvhltn and
grays of the landscape. Ko It needs sharp
exes In follow them. Hlrds, xvhlch are even
In summer examples of perpetual motion.
In wintertime nioxe. If possible, with even
more twinkling nipldlty, their motion neeel- i
elated by Hie tonic 1 igois or tlie healthy
nipping cold. Their tempo of "allegro" has
been Incieased to "piehtlsslmn,"
Song Is silenced, for ineledy Is the boon
of spring. Silvan quietude Is broken only
occasionally and inomeiitnilly nnd then fol
lows i elapse Into primeval nolselessness. A
call note as one bird c infers with another
In passing Is the pilncipal break In the
monotony of silence. Kxen the loquacious
brook, which babbled so blithely during the
bright day of summer. Is quiet for a brltf
spell.
The xxoodpecker yellow-bellied sapsuck
ers, flickers and redheads are so recorded In
this clime hunts Industriously for hiber
nating grubs cozlly concealed In the tree
baik. As he perfoims his economic service
of insecticide he diums cheerily. Ho may
do tills for the warming exercise, he may
do It out of sheer high spirits. At any
rate, his nwinant beating nnd antic xvas
aie a delight to the fortunate beholder.
The chickadee Is a loxaole denizen of
the winter woods. Tills merry grig of
hlrdland has a pert tall, but very modest
xx-nys. ll Is n midget of about a third
of a foot in length, and has a black xvalst
coat. an upper gaib of leaden gray and a
xvbltlsh undergarment, all harmonious xvlth
the xvlnter color scheme. He may easily
bq Identified by the black headpiece that
gets him the name of blackcap In some
localities and by his quaint call, xvhlch gains
him his other name "chlck-a-dce-dee."
The blue Jay Is the only splotch of color
that brightens the xvlntry prospect. Ills
opalescent nzure tints arc thrown Into
strong .relief against the brown nnd gray
monotones that prevail. The other gay
colored birds cardinals, orioles, tanagers
have followed the blossoms. Blue Jay Is
a fairly sizable bird, often a foot long.
Tho back Is blue xvlth a glint of purple,
below the color Is gray xvlth a persistence
of the purple tincture. If the. color does
not serve as a sulllclent Identification, tho
fluo blue crest and the bjack collar should
be remarked, as xvell as the rich blue of
the tail and xvingu. which have also variety
In, contrasting black nnd white. The blue
Jay Is a lively, raucous, restless bird-citizen,
and this fact should be enough to differ
entiate him from any stray bluebird xvho
has remained oxer the xvlnter. as somo do.
The crest should settle the Identity bexond
peradventure, since the bluebird, xvhlch Is
not of vernal brightness of hue In winter,
likewise lacks any crest.
The Clamorous Crow
The crow hardly needs description : i
this time o' vear his plumage Is a bl
dingy. He and the Jilue Jay are ornlthologl
cally of related genera, and It Is a question
which can outdo the other In shrill clamor.
The nuthatch, like the woodpecker. Is a
climber. A near view of his feet and legs
discloses their adaptability (o running up
and down tree trunks, in the hollows of
xvhlch he makes his home. Unlike tho
woodpecker, ho finds subsistence scant,
mainly In such hard fruits and seeds as are
to be found, but he does not disdain to
encroach on the xvoodpecker's menu of In
sects and grubs If opportunity offers. Ills
beak Is strong and adapted to his fare. As
the nuthatches, white and red breasted, aro
not migratory, their presence may be con
fidently expected within the ken of the
keen-eyed bird lover.
The Junco Is the most familiar xvlnter
visitant, lie sbmelnies x-cntures Into the
town and makes common feast xvlth the
omnipresent Kngllsh sparrow. The snow
bird (his other inonnlker) is a mite of n
bird, less than six Inches In size-, xvlth a
slate-colored coat tending to blackish and a
xvhlte belly. The lateral tall feathers are
pure xvhlte, too. and the bill Is pinkish, a
point of identity that makes easy Junco's
recognition from the sparroxx-s xvlth xvhlch
he flocks and feeds nt times on friendly
terms.
A solemn-eyed owl may occasionally be
stirred from daylight repose by the rambler,
though his xvlnter dress approximates the
browns, grays and whites of his haunts too
cioseiy to renaer me owl readily dlstln
gulshable. A random and rapacious haxvk, alr-scopt-Ing,
can often be descried making majestic
curvilinear evolutions high aloft.
The robins, .bluebirds and song-sparroxvs,
which frequently hibernate with us, main
tain their usual character of vivacity and
celerity, dui are minus melody and trans
formed In their xvlnter plumage. Ilut they
are readily recognizable as spring's har
bingers. ' W. n. M.
IN TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
The Grand Jury will be no part of the
judicial process.
The election of State officers will cease
and they will be appointed by the Governor
to act as his cabinet.
The spoils system will have quite rotted
axvay.
The death penalty will disappear from
the horrors of the day.
Interested people will be kept off legisla
tive committees.
More cities xvlll have the commission
form of government.
Men and boys xvlll give up their seat on
the trolleys to ladles. Ohio State Journal.
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THE PEOPLE
American Press Not Subsidized''
by Allies A Short Sermon.
Plan toJStop War
THE REPRESENTATIVE PRESS
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Kir Tho assertion made by Charles C.
Hhodes, Jr., that the American press Is
subsidized In the interests of the Allies Is
so ridiculous that It does not seem to be
made in good faith. A moment of reflec
tion should convince him that a man does
not lead newspapeis that constantly go
contrary to his sense of justice. Vet the
American press Is lead dally by millions
xx-ho find delight and relaxation In doing
so. The icnsnn the press Is i-o much In
favor of tho Allies is that the editors and
American people have the same Inclination.
The fundamental reason for that fa
voritism Is the knowledge that the Germans
preach and teach that our republican form
of government Is unsound nnd the product
of an Immature and undisciplined people.
Their system Is diametrically tho oppo
site. I mil not saying that the Knlser has
not the most benevolent Intentions toward
Ills people, but III that respect his benevo
lence rises no higher than that of many
masters In the old slave-holding days. We
could haxe shut the bars agalhst humlgia
1 inn long ago, Instead of that many Ger
mans, among other peoples, xxero glad to
breathe a new air. good Germans making
line, Intelllgens- citizens, like Doctor Ilexa
mer's father and Carl Schurz. But It le-
j inalned for Germany to establish an ngency
here, tne licrman-.xmerican alliance, to
propagate a division In our national lan
guage, to ask those of German ancestry
to vote, not as Americans, but In accord
ance xvlth some pseudo German-American
peculiar Interests. Noxx-, Mr. Hhodes, If you
wish to know- xvhy Germany Is held In ill
repute by the American public. let me refer
you to tho documents sent out by offshoots
of the alliance, xvhlch I have read, and
xvhlch, among other treacherous things, at
tacked our President In xvords of foul slan
der, derided our culture us compared xvlth
Germany nnd belittled the accomplishments
of our nation. Mr. Hhodes Is entitled to
express his vlexvs, this country not being
Germany, but he need not seek an explana
tion of the leaning of Americans against.
Germany In a subsidized press,
HKNKY WATSON.
Colllngsxvood, N. J.. February 1.
REAL AMERICANISM
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Thank God nnd glx-e praise that
t.iero has at last one Philadelphia popular
press editorial department come out xvlth
some real American thoughts. It Is n
strange reflection ,on our national vision
that only after some- thirty months liavo
our papers gradually axvakened to the fact
that this great xvar is a curse of God on
mankind for their purification and perfec
tion. Your "What Lincoln Should Teach
Kurope" Is a complete ansxx-cr to all Eng
lish writers 'for American sympathy, of
whom an Increasing army are tilling our
news columns with their asinine clatter. like
Lord Northcllffe In his article on Americans
In the English-French armies, G. V. Seldes
In tonight's paper a i scores of others.
W. II. S.
Philadelphia, Jnnunry 31.
A SHORT SERMON
To the Editor of the Evening l.edyer:
Sir Can there be a short sermon?
nm not a minister, bu
jt I now submit for
the benefit of your readers
tirrmon ever prepared.
tne shortest
Text: "If a man die, shall he live
ngaln?" Job, xlx 14i It Is an elementary
principle In the physical xvorid that noth
ing Is lost. Why. then, .should not that
in-lnctnle be an elementary truth In the
spiritual world? Nothing but an, immortal
mind can conceive of Immortality. The mind
of man has concelx-ed of Immortality; there
fore the mind of. man Is Immortal. May
these premises and the conclusion be help
ful to many an Inquiring brother. Amen;
Reading, Pa., February 1 B. B.
"A PLAN TO END WAR
"Vo fi Kdllor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir I ask the privilege to say what I
would like to see the President do In the
present crisis,, not what' h should do.
I would like to see1 tbevPresldont of the
UnUe4.r Statu recorrjmeitd -,tha) Congreie
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TODAY I
Invlllng every nation of the earth xvhlch be
lieves In the liberty of peoples and the free
dom of the seas to join In a noxv crusade
of militant neutrality to crush the violators
of these great principles xvherevcr found.
I think that the entrance of such a third
POWKIt xvould quickly end tho saturnalia
of murder that has cursed the world for
nearly thiee years; that It xvbuld enlist nil
the neutral nations, and that many of the
belligerents xvould be glad to bo permitted
to co-operate so ns to come out of the xVar
on the xxlnnlng side, J. D. CALI.AN".
Philadelphia, Feb. 2.
SANE AND SENSIBLE
To fie Bdllor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Your editorial, entitled "No Halr
Trlgger Action," Is the most sano and sen
sible of nil the editorials xvrltten on tho
present crisis. K. C. JOY.
Philadelphia, February 2.
All Points of the Compass
Rubaiyat of a Commuter
XLVII
A Man downtown once asked me If I could
Kit In a Little Game. I said I xvould.
I scorned to tell my Wife a Simple Lie.
But then, I told her Something Just as Good.
XLVII I
For xvhen she asked me If I Won that night,
I said, "My Darling Girl, you xvrong me
quite !
My Friend xvas Sick and I Sat Up Willi
him."
(I Won his stacks and be xvas Sick, al)
right!)
Casuals of the Day's Work
XXVIII
IN THE passing of Philip Bollleau those
of us xvho care particularly for the gentle
in art xvhether In painting or music have
lost a certain definitely defined friend. It
Is more than probable that his pictures had
n xvlder vogue than those of any other
Illustrator of these days. There have been
more xvldely celebrated, but xvlth tho vast
ilstrlhutlon of the reproductions of his pic
tures there has been no man xvhose sheer
art has carried Into 'far places so great a
feeling of gentleness and sweetness. There
ivas, nnd still Is, n haunting quality about
the pictures he made xvhlch brings a memory
of the delicacy of Jasmine or of violets. But
It xvas his music xvhlch appealed most defi
nitely. In It he had the spirit of ills beloved
ItaW transplanted to n studio In New
York, There, with his friends about him,
he xvould sit for hours at his piano Impro
vising, smoking, tnlklng, Jesting some
times In bathrobe and slippers but nlxvayB
xvlth the air of the nobility xvhlch xvas his
by right.
And he played to us melodies long for
gotten and songs came hot as those of
tho singer In concert but the songs xvhlch
come unbidden from the deeper heart of
men who feel deeply and who Bay little.
He painted pictures of xvbmen nnd children
always xvlth the haunting eyes and the
droop of lip alxvays the eternal xvonian and
child spirit and In his music he showed
that delicacy crt understanding that only
can come to such gentle souls as his,
Philip Bollleau may be remembered for
the pictures he has drawn for the covers
of magazines notably the Saturday live
ning Post but It Is through the spirit of
them the mere Joy they have given untold
thousands of people that his Influence Uvea
and will live. t
Yet he xvlll be remembered for his loyalty
to Ideals, and while it xvas given to but
few of us to know what these meant, we
may still realize how great an Influence a
man may have on the day's xvork of others
through tho art of picturing sweetness and
gentleness, ' '
Folks, for the most part, quite forget the
fact that they nre getting themselves edu.
cated through the vision of a pictured, Ideal,
but they are. Just the eame, and Philip
Bollleau did more than his share In the
matter of education.
SAM'LOYD'S PUZZLE
MY SON is fix-elmes as old as my
daughter, and my wife Is .five times
as old as the son, and. I am txvlce as
old as my wife, while grandmother, who
i. a nM aa all nf .! mtl Inv.tl... !..
celebrating her eighty-first birthday.
How old Is the son?
Answer te Yterday' Puzzle
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MELODIC JOURNEY
Mr. Stokowski Gives Audience a Musi
cal Globe-Trot
It Is not on public record whether Mr.
Stokoxx-skl Is a lover of Latin lands. Ills
conception of Mendelssohn's "Italian" sym
phony, played by the orchestra yesterday,
makes one think so. It xx-as extremely
xvell done. At points It was ex'en Inspired,
If so lavish a term may bo used In connec
tion xvlth a xvork of light texture and super
ficial thought. Neither despising It, nor
elevating 'it to regions abox'e Its character,
tho conductor turned It Into a musical pic
ture of xxarm pigment and gay sentiment.
It was an object lesson In hoxv not to overdo
a thing.
Mr. Stokoxvskl has rarely shown so nice
an appreciation of Individual effort In his
choirs. The divisions of the band lifted
their xolces In clear, personal speech xvhen
ever It xvas needed. The ripple of the
xvoodwlnd, the clang of the drums, tho sxveet
sonorousness of the strings, the strong em
phasis of tho brass all xx-ere compact xvlth
in the frame, yet each had Its position nnd
Its high light. One xvho had never been
to Italy nctually had glimpses of Home and
Naples, and xx-nnted to go there. It xx-as all
so filled, this playing, xvlth warm waters
and the xvhlte xvlnds of the South and In
genuous Joy In the earth for Its oxvn sake.
The geographical Btretch of tho concert
needed a fexv pairs of seven-league shoes.
For there xvere the A'ps to bestride In the
"Manfred" ox-erture (xvhlch was Interpreted
mqre as a Piece of mystical pallor than
as a man's Journey) and all sorts of spots
to visit In Mr. Spelling's "Impressions
From an Artist's Life." In this the
composer himself took' part at the piano.
The brilliance and variety of the curious
xvoik already has been described. Yester
day it had all its original spice nnd fire,
the x-ariaiiona (some xvere omiiteu) run
ning their course xvlthout a hint of boredom.
Possibly the weather gave to the solo In
struments such crisp and separate value,
Tho oboe, the clarinet, the viola and tho
rest rang out beautifully In their appointed
numbers. An audience xvhlch had the taste
not to break tho sequence xvlth applause
might be expected to realize that the pres
entation xvas not quite 'perfect. At times
the lack of unison betxveen soloist, leader
nnd players xvas easily noted. The sus
plclon that Mr. Schelllng xvas at least partly
to blame for this does not detract from
his general xvorth. His fingering was dla
inoml pointed; his hnrder technicalities
finely realized : throughout he xvas beau.
tlfully subdued to the general orchestral
scheme. The manner and mood In xvhlch
he played the Irish, Polish and Spanish
variations xvere charming wijhout being
sentimental; striking, but not melodramatic.
"Death and Transfiguration'' following
put the Strausslans In a proper mood of
finality. Tiresome and theatrical ns It Is,
It has a sort of calcium power. And any
thing from Richard's workshop Is prefer
able to the "Alpine." u jj
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. What U "nltld"?
S. Who la the new Auatro-Iluntarlan Ambaa-
?Ar !? y "unl"'' "" where la ha it
i nil time
s' What la the bulkleat atroctnre In the world
4. What ! allt-lculture?
B, What thrae llnlteil Statee Ambailadon are
i rennarlianlant? uora are
"' tCBrPrmud.? Ulnp,'',," ' Hawaii and
7. What la the Uullltt bill?
5. Who la rrealdcnt of Cuba?
. What . I'hlladelphla'a rank
world's cltlea In population
anions- (he
10. What la a. "Ilaedeker"?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1, Wake laland la In tho l'arlfle. Ifioo ...
from Hawaii and SOOO mli' .??? .!""
.S"JtfJ"aM.fcJO'rS"",
f th.
Avon
ratra.niaf.alj. Vnartl.U aa
L'J? '".Tiu'r?"0" "iaetor."."!.
5. Tliomaa Nelaon Page, of Virginia.. I.
naaiiador
Am-
or new
llrlUln.
N-w lork, la Ambaaaador to o!"i
6,
7,
Uenerai
neral Wood lias declared I he Nallnn.l
tluard tom to be.lnadeqnata; '""",,
tSLiSSrllfJ.. "' Un" "" " Una
! Tb5e'r'5a:ir,IHPl,Ml "" e"",b"1 olnt
carried mure
,9, The ttaraua Haera Prtna ; Oaki
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A
, Hnrjr Meljbl.r Muhlrnbcra wsa the leader
. .. V .-'hran fourth In Amerlra
S. llalrion daya mean huppr darn, auch .a
llalrione and her hnaband. Kin, ei
'."" "vr.; """ rrvr""-.r and
una iimniii tup UOriVll UMY
A ifl II." la th
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Tom Daly's Column
T1IU VILLAGE FOET
Whenever it's a Saturday that's ujj nt
talk o' mar V
I'd rather sit among the crowd n pJ? '
ktna's General Store ';
An' ttfliotu In the toltdom. there chen on 'S
M.. ...MI. J. ,(.....,. U 4
mi ivui n, ij tmuuyn fm
Than xcaiu about on Chestnut street ta M
sec it-n at neioj is new. -i
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I mind iohf.n T font Mnunn nttA f.-.L .. i
" ; : j7. , -way m
l sneered at all th Bolons who wtrt '
ituii iv (.'unyrcyato . j
About the stove In JVrfclns' store thnt 11
every now anw then
TVould stale ivUh tobacco juice from halt kS
Who brought to that rude forum, wclbt '
7ial a (on o' 6rair
To bear upon the question as to tchat to '
do to Spain. ;
I counted them a sorry lot, but he that
most of all
Aroused my deep and boundless acotn
teas Ebcnczcr Ball.
This Ball, alone of all tho crowd that
gathered In the store.
It seems, had had a personal experience
of tear;
An' so we boys whose Hood was stirred
1o battle an' to slay,
We rather looked for somcthln' big when
he should have1 hts say.
Some: bold young buck stood up to talk
an' snort an' shake Ms flst J
An' prate about the glory 'tcnffln' them
that would enlist,
An' every one applauded, him, approvln'
of It all,
Except that whiskered simpleton, old
Ebcnczcr Ball.
Somebody then went up to htm an' talked
to htm direct
An' asked 7ilm If he tcoiildit't fell tchat
he. could recollect
Of all the grand an' glorious things our
soldiers came to know
When they arose to Lincoln's call so
many years ago.
"Wal, now o' jlngs, ihey's lots o' things
that mebbe will suffice,
An' one o' them is weariness, but most
o' them is Ucc.
These last, I mtich regret to say, Is all
that I recall
Of personal achievement," said old
Ebenczcr Ball.
Ah! me, upon this Saturday so full of
talk of war
I yearn to meet those Solons of old Ter-
klns's General Store;
I'd rather hear the gossip there when all
my work is through
Than walk about on Chestnut street to
see what news is new.
CANNED OPENERS
Predlgestcd Preludes Prepared for Post
prandial Prattlers
This department of first aid for speak
ers suddenly called upon" to address V
strange dinners, having handled tho Irish
question Wltnoui gloves, is prepaieu iu
stop at nothing. "Wo are now supposing
that ono of our pupils has been asked to
respond to a toast at tho annual banquet m
of the B'Nal Sholcm Yiddish Endeavor
Society. He will arise and begin at onct
to ingratiate himself with his, audience:
"Gentlemen: As J, arise here from
among the ashes of after-dinner cigars
I am reminded that tho name of the v;j
Jewish clUD in uammore is i-noenix. jsa
Ahl I Knew mar. wouiu insure get
that? Insure mo a laugh. To show I
nm hot bigoted I wish to say I Invited
Julius Tannen, the actor, to my house
for luncheon ono day last week. He
failed to appear and left me with a
lot of meat I had bought for him espe
cially at a Bhop with funny-looking let
ters on tho xvlndow. I gavo the meat
to tho cat and ever snce the poor
creature has been going around wav
ing Its front paxvs, like Julian Rose's
Abe Potash, and crying 'Me-oy.oy-oy,
me-oy-oy-oy.' "
It is well for the speaker to bo on the
lookout for Interruptions, such as the
banquet committee suddenly appearing
with a scroll, enthusiastically requesting
him to come aguln next year. Think as
you go along and go along quietly.
THE HARBINGER
,Ah! Spring's emerging from the fog
Though Robin's still unseen
Here's "Burpee's New Seed Catalog
For 1917,"
GETTING HOME again, after a trying
day, occasionally xve commuters on thewalk
from the station brighten tho grayness
and warm the frostlness of the circum
ambient with many a merry Jest. "Well,"
said we, only last evening, Bpeaklng of
something or other, "It's like the street
car conductor who collected fare twice
from the Italian and tried to work the
Irishman next to him In the same way.
'G'wan!' said the Celt, 'you can play that
tune on tho hand-organ, but, not on the
harp." " "Oh, yes," pipes Nicola d'Ascenzo,
"I heard that story, but It was the other
way around; an Italian told It to me."
"Or mebbo you heard It In grand wopera,"
boomed Stgnor Samuel Suter, who' sings
bass on Bummer nights when the win
dows aro,all open. "Let's be neutral," se
we, "and twist the thing on the Germans.
You can play anything and everything on
a German band. What would you sug
gest?" "Tho hose,"'sez the dlaconal David
Illlsee, who never learned that In St.
Stephen's M. E. Si S. At this point we
trlnoed merrily into our humble dwelling
and wo were still chuckling as we kissed q
the best cook in Germantown: so lime u
takes to make us forget our troubles. t
February 3 Is Thrift Day, and It comes, ,
along opportunely.
Fosslbly you think' that Thrift
Isn't meant foryou.
Till your wages Mt a lift
You'v enough todo,
Keeping put of dett, you say,
And "Economy" '
Is your slogan, day by day,
As If ought to be. .
Kothing you "can save," you thlnkt
Neighbor, you are wrong.
Here on itars's red-lighted ortnk,
Listen to my song:
Save your hasty, thoughtless speech;
Put the thing away,
Save your boasts that aackward reach
To Manila Bay.
Save the sneers voictneanf to fling
At all other nations;
Save your breathr-a useful thing,
Save for ululatlons. v
I
Save your strength, your heart if grao
til
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