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Fortunately the Senate is not to
be Judged by Its Woiks.
Senator Underwood is lifter tho
farmers' vote He has urged it lax of two
cents a pound mi all oleomargarine to
lncieaso the revenue. -
The sURKestlon that Mr. ISryan be
Interned is a pood one. but all that is
needed could be accomplished if ho were
.tqulpped with a Maxim silencer.
While every one is hoplnc fni the
best, ho is also hoping that the Govern
ment Is and has loni: be"n uslni; Its ut
most endeavors to prepaie for the worst.
Senator Vare nppaiently thinks tli"
Governor may exercise the .irae ills
eretion In the-use of the contingent fund
fts In the disposal of cumpuiRii contribu
tions. If any one is anxious to know the
xact amount of tho city's ptc-ent bor
rowing capacity, he .should consult the
last guess of Hie Conti oiler, or 11 dream
book, or something.
T ,i
The thermometer at th Kaiser's
Potsdam observntory registered twenty
- X six degrees below zero, I'ahtenhelt. tho
night after Hernstorff not his wulklng
papers. But the Allies felt wntm when
they heard from Washington.
Government reports show that ln
the eleven months ending last November
the quantity of anthracite linuled over
thirteen of the leading eastern inllroads
for sale to the public exceeded b 1.197,
28 tons the quantity hauled by the same
roads In the corresponding months of
1915, and yet one of the stock arguments
of dealers for inlsing their prices is de
creased output nt the mines.
The Slayor and his advisers are
aid to believe that the financial con
dition in which the city finds itself will
not permit the erection of the Conven
tion Hall in the immediate futuie. It
inay be that It is prudent In the present
national crisis to delay final action, but
It should not be forgotten that a conven
tion hall would be one of tho most profit
able ln"estments in which the publlo
money could be placed. It would cam for
tho city each year many times the In
terest on Its cost. Even If war should
come, conventions will still be held, and
they will go to the cities which have
proper accommodations taf them. A dec
laratlon of war would be followed by such
an excess of active patriotism that con
ventions would be In a mood to come to
the city In which tho American Govern
ment was started. In our planning for
the future we should not forget this big
fact.
The President, In deciding that
merchant ships should not bo convoyed,
takes the stand that the presence of war
craft In foreign waters would weaken
tha force of his statement to Congress
that ho could not bring himself to believe
tho German Government would carry out
Its threat. This attitude Ie paralleled by
that of the French troops, who took up
positions several miles behind their
frontier so that the world should know
the Prussian authorities were the aggres.
'aors. It Is not tho place o; the American
Government to warn travelers of the risks
of travel Berlin has relieved It of that
ecesslty. The tragedy that will servo
as an example of "overt act," If the
German threat is carrjd out, will -unhappily
fall upon pod- seamen Ameri
cans who are driven by force of neces
sity to a risky voyage in order to get
their bread and butter.
This Is Mta eighth day of unre.
trlcted sea warfare. Or, deducting the
flvH days' tjrace allowed neutrals (and not
observed by tho German Government),
this Is tha third day of renewed sea fright
fulness. AbOUt fifty Shins have hven annlr
j'-yenly half of them British. Of the 20,000,000
jv; j jwiiinn lucituuiiiB luns anoai arjout 50,000
ptvo Men sent to the bottom twenty-
va in iu.uuu, rna submarines can nn
ibt Inflict much more damage. The
brunt or their onslaught will prob.
St.'i,- " " " iu imunier weeK or
h Va- They are not stationed like other
blackaders, dotting- tha ocean. Their tac
ttaa are rather to be described as dashes
1 tha paths of traffic, each submarine
K limited to a voyage of four or five
at the most. They are hunted
aa4 (Jay by several thousand awlft
'Whoa speed and email sice
i Up4q.. The
that that llect ha? patrolled tho North
Sea for thirty months without Bcrlous
loss caused by submarines. What these
defending destroyers tk for tho nrnul
licet they will now havo to tlo for tho
mcrcantllo fleets, ami It la natural to
suppose that England has hullt nl Is
btilltlln; ni.tny mote of them That tho
suhmutliics aro limited to shoit dashes
was Indicated by the sudden cessation of
their activity off our coast. It would seem
Hint what our nny needs most is not
mole Hiihmailncs. but moro destroyers.
NO LONGER A FHONT1EK
NATION
rpili: Ameilcnn fiontlcrsmati delighted
In tlie freedom of his life. He was tin
tinmmeled by the cntuplexltles of civ
Mention. As tho population ot the coun
try mocd westward ho piillel up his
stakes nnd mnxed ahead of It In order
to enjoy his fieedom from Its entangle
ments. Tho tltno camp, however, when
theie was no place left for him to on
and he had to adjust htnisolf to tho new
conditions.
The I'nltpil States vtns onco the fron
tiersman of nations. It was untroubled
by and uninterested In the great win Id
movements Tho steamships nnd the
electric telegraph havo sponged
Iho
oceans from tho tnnp They havo brought
the nntlnns of the world so close to
gether that wo aro neighbors to them
nil. Thu splendid Isolation of which
Washington dreamed wnen ho tnlltctl
about the danger of "entnnellng nlll
itnccs" is no longer possible. We must
doff our cocmsMn rap and lenther log
giuss and assume the attire and the ob
ligations of a rltl.on of the world.
That Is what President Wilson meant
when he snid some months ago that
thin nation could not be neutral tn the
next war. It Is what foitnor President
Toft meant when he told the League to
Knforce Pence that we cannot be con
tent to sit back In our rocking chairs nnd
Ignoro what is happenltu:, about us and
assume that wo havo no relation to It.
Whoever attempts to U'lid us now b
ancient phrases and formulas, no matter
how great the m.in who originated them
may have been, desei ves no moro consld
eration than the man who should Insist
that our warships be Iml't of wood, be
propelled by bails and be equipped with
ten-pounders because Washington ap
piocd that kind of a navy
KESTAOING- THK ANCIENT I'AKCE
Wo must confess that a great tnnnv,
nvp inns- of the dillleultles of the Itp
ptiblicin paity come because IMdle'
and .llmmlo" cannot iigiee Senator
I'li.irles A. Snyder
TTDDII"' is Senator Vnre and ".Ilmmle"
-Li s Senator McNlchol. This rcmnrlt
of Senator Snvder, In a speech on tho
Spioul Imcstigatlng tcsolutlnn, throws a
P.ood of light on the situation for the
benellt of those who have not yvl ioll7ed
that the light In Hariisburg is purely
factional nnd that each side is more In
tel e5,ted In "putting the other in bad"
than In dealing tho honor of the Com
monwealth. We hae had previous in
vestigations under tho dliectlon of tlie
same kind of men who nio planning tho
piesent one. They h.ivo been pushed
until it became evident that thev would
make damaging disclosures nnd then they
havo been diopped.
There nie no Indications that the pro
posed Sproul Investigation will bo any
different from its piedecessors.
THE HOPE OF THE WOULD
THi: Knl
not on
alscr and President Wilson are
speaking trims, but they and
their closest advisers are about the only
individuals in both countries who are not.
This is not simplv an added proof of the
deep seated amltv between thp Geiman
people and Amei leans. It Is piimailly
proof of that doctrine which the whole
allied and neutral world lias accepted
since tlie Germans enteied Iielglum that
the Prussian military ollgaichy and the
German peoplo nie two sepaiate and dis
tinct powers, to be tieated with sep
al ately and sepai ately Judged.
A wedge was diiven between hem
when the outside world began to learn
from prisoners' dlaiics and other souices
that Geiman schoolmasters, musicians,
artisans Into whoso hands 1 iflcs had
been thrust by a military machine wore
as much shocked as neutrals and foes
when they themselves were ordered to
commit nameless atrocities. That wedge
went deeper when brave Germans began
to make their protests against Prussian
caste brutality heard and were silenced
only In Prussian Jails. The wedge went
all tho way through and cut Piusslan
autocracy and the German people apart
foiever when this country Indorsed these
words of Its President:
We aro the sincere friends of the
German people and earnestly desire to
remain at peace with the Uoernment
which speaks for them
Mr. Wilson distinguished between the
German Government and the Geiman
people. Events since he spoke havo em
phasized tlie leality of that distinction.
Americans have been properly warned to
leave the domain of Piusslan ofllceis, but
the German people have shown courtesy
and even some marked kindness to Amer
leans In the German cities. In this coun
try the same courtesy has been shown to
Germans. Theie Is no "spy fever."
This miracle of sustained amity be
tween two peoples on the brink of war
Is the hope of the world. Therein lies tho
soil In which the German people's self
respect will find new root when they see
their military caste humbled before the
nations, as It must be humbled. This Is
not to say that American and allied opin
ion Is forcing the Germans to abandon
their unhealthy Government. That Gov.
.ernment Is Itself forcing the Germans
from their allegiance.
In the last few days hundreds of them
have taken steps to become citizens of
the United States In American cities, and
New York reports renunciations of alle
glance to the four Central Powern' war
lords as proceeding at the rate of a thou
sand a day In exchange for the protection
ot the American .flag. Imperialism Is
bankrupt, toraMrJoljig a Iand-cfflce
A:i?
ft 1 r - r
WHAT RUSSIA
IS FIGHTING FOR
She Has Lcnrncd She Can't Live
With Germany and Wants
to Live With the
World
I?y GILHKKT VIVIAN RKI.DES
Sirrldl ('orirsjiOHifrtirr ,'l'ritln hrilgcr
LONDON'. Jan. IS.
Tin: cm
elinlll t
1112 coiisclfnlloiis objector Is nut the only
tcrlstleally r.rillsb contribution to
this war The conscientious volunteer Is
qiille ns Important and far more numcrotK
although not rn tmicli Is paid about him.
linichmcn nnd Itusslnns refining over here
liae cciiiiitirnted again and again on tho
struggles of cntisclrnce through which many
llritnns had to go lnfori they could bring
llipmelcs tn go in war, 110 mutter In
what cause. 1 unaclence, according tn
Kholipppriire, who knew thp Hrltolis of to
day folrlv well, nuikt-K cowards of us all
Hut he also kiieu tii.it t sometimes tmikps
liprors ns well
nne uf thn Ihlnss which troubles the
roiwlencn of the liberal I'lllon Is IlUlVln
lie look with 11 ns lot. upin the dazzling
I'hangPK of nilnlsiiy. nnd alter rach Premier
fulls lie rends that the next ne will, "If
iimthitm. fawn 11 mote lgorotis prosecu
tion of 1 tip wsr ntid 11 clone entente with
llrltnlii " Ilpsctlonarlps nnd somlllberuls
follow pneh other, the Ininm protests, qunr
lelv. In rtlxmlsMcd And the Hilton occft-
Hlotmliy nondpisnhat Huisla Is about. Tlipru
Is ei utile cominiiniciition tup iiupkiiih
consulship l several centuries older and
eleven r than the llntlsh It Is even hard
to tin. I nut what the Hussion people nre
rlolni; or thinking.
The liberal Union doesn't llko n bit the
fuel that hlx lioxemment was directly or
Indlree-lv Hiding tho Ilussinn bureaucracy
The fait In clour .Iuhi as Germany bol
stered up Itussiun cro lit at various times j
when thp rexnliiilon.ir.ts were making head- 1
way, o ilrenl Hi Hum gave Itussia a great ,
moral boost nft'i the Japanese War by 1
the further cementing of tho lltilcnte. The '
explanation M th.it the Foreign offlco h.ul
to urenB'hen Ibi-ism Internutlonnlly, even
if by so doing lie liplped along the most
undpslruble element 1 at homo. Htlll. it Is
tinplniKiint for I liprt.v-loMng penpto to real- 1
Iko Ihat 11 ceiinin iroi.iganda among them
several ears ago was directed by reac-j
tionurles snd tint they are powerless to 1
heli the cinise of frppdoni among their own I
nllles That 1" wh such dpspernto efforts
ate lielng niiiile to rewrlln fie story of
Itussia for HritiHh renders.
"Goil Didn't Kill You, litjt Wo Will" I
The Itiisslans lesent this, t was speak
ing to one of iIipiii reiently come to I'.ng
lanil on a spuuoIIIi .:il mission, and be sn d I
"1 hope ihat in the fnlted States they
have not this new nm Ion about Itusslans be
lug nil mvMir angels Voti know we are.
a gient many of ns, human beings Hut
Kinon this war lien.ni our Kngllsh friends
have tried to m.ike un nil out religious
fanat on or communistic Idealists Now. I
will tell you a Htor.v. which 1 heard man)
vcars ago nnd which I tend In an KnglMi
hook nga-n recentlv A freethlnkpr came
Into n ltussinn village nnd he culled the
...n .It ... ". I lain. .....1 M..I.1 T'I.-A la ....
,v.,i,llB ll,.,uill, lllll, ,l,, r,.,i,, . ,,r,v- ,r ,,"
(iod I will ptove it to you. 1 will cure
i Joil and spit upon the ikon. If there is a
(lod He will kill me Then he did ns he
said. Then he turned to tho people anil
said, -Vou see, there Is no God. because IIo
did not kill tne " And the peasants snid.
'No lie dd not kill ou. but we will"
And they did what they said. Now my
filend. that W part of thn kptit of the
peasant He is nn honest religious, and
theiu are mystics among them and some
very had men Hut the people who nie
directing tho war they aro not mystics
And the people who nie against the war
they are not saints
"Vou understand that the popular move
ment In Uusslu was ntitl-ilerman ears be
fore the war because the court .and tho
bureaucracy were pio-fjerman nnd pro
llohenzolleru Wnr was declnred ngalust
the wishes of this liuteaucinev, and the
members of it nre lighting er.v hard to keep
their control Some of their papers aro
violently pro-German and thej have In
lluence enough to keep out of the censor's
way. They are nn eceedlnglv able
minority Hut don't vou think If there had
been any teal feeling of pro-Germanism
that the wnr would havo ended In the- dis
asters we suffered when we weto driven
hack In 1915' No, that Is not tho danger
The danger is that we shall ho hampered
during tho war nnd that tho proper rewords
will not come after tht war."
Rival Russian Xobilitics
This Itusslan then sketched the main
currents of Itussla's political life which Is.
he says, not a combat between tho people
and tho bureaucracy, but between tlm two
nobilities. Tho older nobility is the land
owning class, nluns anti-German Tho
newer nobility is the olllceholding bureau
cracy. When Peter the Great began build
ing Ills empire ho found few Hussi.ins cap
able of administering affaiis. IIo Impoiteil
Geiman methods and German (.dicers
ihev wore th nceiita nt K-iiiin, ..., i
that day. jou see' and tho bureaucracy
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has remained prn-iiermau to this day With
the old noblllt.v .ire tho people Since tho
days of tho land reform In 1007 the small
l.indholdets have learned to feel that they
must uproot German Influence over tile soil
of Itussia if they aro ever tn havo nililclent
land for their farms
"Hut thero Is something else." said my
informant, "and It is very hard to explain
The antl-Gerinans nie what u would .ill
jingoes ver often They speak of a na
tional mission and of tho Slavs' redemption
of the world. The first thing they deslie Is
to drive out tho western influence and tho
second thing Is to insplio tho West It Is
not logical, eh'' Of course, tho peasant
thinks of the 'Niem'tz' that Is Itusslan for
Hun as tho sinbol of nil that Is bad In
the West He Is gradually beginning to
leallzo that he Is fighting with other
westerners of nnother type il.vself, I
think tilts war will do two things' it will
put nn end to the more daring schenips of
pan-Slav ism and It will fieo Itussia of the
one western Influence which Is utterly op
posed to our national character Wo will
glvo up the struggle nt last of tr.ving to
live with the Germans, hut we will ho more
content to live with the world Vou ask
what about the Dardanelles? Yes, I sup
pose wo are fighting for them, too Wo
can't bo forever dependent upon the good
will of another country for our communi
cation with the world. Hut I don't think wo
are fighting for them. Wo aie lighting be
cause we do not believe that the world can
llvo In peace unless tho power of Germany
is broken. Neither we nor our Slavic broth-
ers in tno uamans. nor any one else, can
llvo In peace so long as olio power Is
strong enough nnd aggressive enough to
control the lives of others. You see, we
Itusslans aro supposed to live In a despotic
country Perhaps that Is so. Hut wa pre
fer tho despotism of Itussia to that of Ger
many, at any rate "
FORGIVENESS
lly heart was heavy, for Its trust had been
Abused, Its kindness annwered with foul
wrong i
So, turning gloomily from my fellow men,
One summer Sababth day I strolled
among
The green mounds of the village burial
place ;
Where, pondering how nil human love and
hate
Find one sad level j and how, soon or late,
Wronged and wrongdoer, each with meek
ened face.
And cold hands folded over a still heart.
Pass the green threshold of our common
grave.
Whither all footiteps tend, whence none
depart, .
Awed for myself, and pitying ray race;.
Our common sorrow, like a mighty wave.
Swept all my pride away, and trembJInc
I fortrave!
. - irWUi(V-
IF YOU
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THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
Some Sarcastic Remarks About the New Methods of Education.
Air. Jennings Replies to Air. Atkinson Why Production
of Distilled Spirits Increases
THE NKW EDUCATION
To Ac f.ilitnr o thr livening l.cilurr:
Sir- Thp new i-.vstem of education will
he n boon to parents wherever It Is in foice
Children will be gMd to go to school be
cause they will know that the curriculum
no hmcei contains petrilled Latin and Gieek
nor lualn-incklng arillimetlc and spelling.
And then. In the evenings, when the
slieet lamps nre blinking and In the g'aro
of electric lluhts from the movies are dar
ing blazing rod posters then we wont see
the streets full of lounging schoolboys who
ought to be home studying their lessons
Oh. no : There won't be anv lessons for
them t studv, anil this fact will be a good
thing, morally, for them, because they will
be telling father the tiuth when they say
that their M-hool work needs no prepara
tion. Hut let us look Into no of these Ideal
schools. Come Into this room, where wo
i-ee that gmtip of bo.vs crowded around an
Instmctor What Is he doing? Why, lie is
teaching the dear children bow to cut a
paper doll out of the fashion page of a
woman's magazine. Then look across the
hall theie nnd see those girlish faces held
fascinated low aril the teacher, who Is show
ing them in detail the tut of scientifically
i mrencuim a m-e.ni.- - ,,..... ... .-,
i stiotless demonstration kitchen where an-
- ., , , .
other class or mixcu pupna i ih-ihk iiubiu
ll! manipulate the various kiiius ot waic
spigots Next oar they will learn tn boll
the water which they draw.
Several oars have passed Ileglnald has
b. en gradiiated fiom high school and has
iccelved a diploma, the seal ot which ho
embroidered with his own hand tho dear
child ' Hesldes that, bis youthful spirits
havo never been dampened by his being
fotced to iepe.it a ear If ho failed to pass
Hi, examination In cooking, for instance,
he took up some other less dllllcult course.
And now the little angel Is going out
into the haid, cruel world with undaunted
courage, and head lieni nigh to take his
place at the fiont of life's rugged battle.
What can ho do? Whv, he makes tho most
deho.ous chocolates they would melt In
nur mouth He also embroiders his socks
in all tho latest patterns, and you should
see tho wonderful tatting be tews on the
bottom of bis pajamas.
Moieovei-. Heglnnld Is fond of practicing
other things that ho has learned He Is
so practical Somo afternoons f have heard
his hammer pounding away for hours, and
when I went down to the cellar vvliero he
was working I saw whero the UtUo darling
bad tacked arils and arils of carpet to
the rafters and the brave little man only
bad to cry onco because ho hit Ills thumb
be Is so accurate In his work.
Oh I 11 tell you If these new educators
accomplish their purpose our future genera,
tlons will be different from those of tho
past i:vi:hi:tt u glknn.
Philadelphia, February 3.
MR. JENNINGS EXPLAINS
To the Vtlltoi oJhe Evening Ledger:
Sir When tho women of tho Congres
sional Vnlon commenced to picket the White
House to Inform President Wilson that. In
their Judgment, he was not doing his duty
in not helping the Susan II, Anthony amend
ment through Congress a man In passing
by made the remark. "Men would not do
this." 1 ma ans-rer to this by offering 'o
help them nnd suggesting somo men by
name ns types of the men who. In my
judgment, would also serve, I mentioned
Wllmer Atkinson among some others who, I
personally knew, were In favor of women
voting, I was very careful not to say they
would do picket duty Now Mr. AtkinBon,
in writing to the Kvbnino I.edoeh, says
that I stated he would be willing to Join
me. I made no such statement, but when
1 thought of the hard and heroic work that
lie bad been doing for women I naturally
thought he would take another forward step,
lie makes the assertion that he would not
line to have men and women ploiet his
home That, my dear ' lead, Is begging the
question, There would be no rhyme or rea
son for such action. You are a private cit
izen, and a mighty good one, and it Is not
In your power or Juiledlctlon to help the
cause moro than you have already" done; but
with the President It Is an entirely different
matter. It has lain In his power to- really
hiva the amendment pasted, for no.Prejl-
CAN'T BE GOOD, BE- CAREFUL '
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I'til-"
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done Thereforo I havo seen no impioprlety
In doing what the band ot women have been
doing tn Impress on bis mind a duty that
has not heei done liovvevei, In the picseut
crisis that now confronts the count! y I
would not t.Jd one lota to a President's
cares, and further, in my Judgment, the
pickets should ho withdrawn for the time
being. HYr.USON W. JUNNINOS
Philadelphia, Kcbiu.iry 7.
POLISH RELIEF CONCERT
To thr llilitor nf the llvrnlnu I'Citflcr
Sir Allow me to express the gratitude of
mself and the members of tho Polish com
mittee of the Hmergency Aid for tho splen
did nssistanc.! rendered In our recent con
cert bv tho -Jvcnino I.nnonn You will bo
pleaMd to leatn that tho entertainment was
successful. JIudi of Its success was duo to
tho aid of tho Kvenino I.nnoEn and other
newspapers. May wo convey through you
our thanks to the music and society editors
of tho HVKrilNO l.EDOEn?
ANNH VON MOSCIIZISKHH, Chairman.
Phlladclph'-, February 6.
DISTILLED SPIRITS IN THE ARTS
To the lUhtor of the livening Ledger:
Sir In your Itsue of yesterday Colonel.
T. M Ciihnore, of the Model License League,
contributed a letter, entitled "Prohibition
That Falls" His teferenco to the Piohlbl
tlon papers that have ceased publication has
no bearing on the case. The fairness of tho
general press and its trend toward the pro
hibition cause, as well ns the narrow ness-of
tho one-idea press, i.as produced this result
The people get all that they want in a lib
eral supply from tho general pre-s, pilncl
pally, of course, from the dallj newspapers.
His reference to the Increased pioductlon of
distilled spirits nnd his conclus ous theie
from are f: llaclous and dishonest The
Colonel knows, living as ho does In tho
midst of a great distilling district, that the
Increase does not approximately represent
the great quantity of spirits dlv cited from
bevei age to industrial purposes.
One ear ago i made a trip through the
distilling sections of Ohio and Kentucky, In
cluding Louisville. In" my company was the
advei Using agent of a leading liquor paper,
who became discouraged and returned homo
because sj many .distillers said, "We don't
need to advei tlse " we are not making whis
ky to drink, but spirits for industrial u e."
One laige distilling company was preparing
to send its entire output abroad.
ai:oiiai: mullhh.
Phlladclp! la, February 0.
All Points of the Compass
Rubaiyat of a Commuter
LII
My Daughter Mary's weeping Bitter Tears,
The Heau she's had throughout tho last
Two Years
Forgot to call a week ago last night,
And sho Is filled with seven thousand
Skeers.
LIII
Hut I know well tho Reason why he'd not
Shown up that night. The Game was pretty
Hot
I played him Poker, down there nt the
Club,
And Mary's Beau won Kvery Single Pot.
Sometimes one runs ncross a phrase or
a sentence or two In out-of-the-way places
that may be worth remembering because of
Inherent, elemental and altogether essential
truth, and for truth to be all these is ulti
mate. Here, then, Is what was found in
Maartcn Maartens's "The Puchess Elea
nor": It Is nil very well to say
that pity Is akin to love; so be It, but pity
is quite ns closly connected with contempt,
which, In some women, kills love for good
and all." And now, as Richard Carle re"
marks juaiciaiiy, -jou came up Here to
tesHfy, now what you got to say?"
It was our morning friend, the beloved
r. U, that said the other day, "While not
native Phlladelphlans, they nevertheless
came from an excellent family," Now ap
Dcara the Wilmington Evening Joarnal.
which gives the Athenians a happy day
by telling ust "Although the woman was
elllng ust "Although the woman was.
dressed, .the co-ndltlon b. the Jbody,
J.uuy
What Do You Know?
Queries of octirral intercut ttiU be answered
in thin column. Ten uucttiom, th nuiufra to
uiici rvcru v rll-inforincit person should Know,
aro ashed drulv. .
QUIZ
1. In ease nf war. Piizn-I'nirn mn fljiiro In the
vwtrM'M news. What Is it?
2. Ilic ni'tiv honks are there In the Old ami
New Testaments of the Kin: Jnmes ver
sion nf the llilili-.'
-1. Uhii-li U tlie i:ti-rn,il (It;?
I tVh.it Is "Hrou liter"?
a, tMuit is the niaii-iiower of the Vnltfd
"Males?
". Ilniv ni.inv Niitlnn-il iii:irdnirn are there,
iiiirnviiiiitel?
7. Itlin nre the '( iiriirr.lrkrm"?
s. Ilhnt si.it,,, r (, nlteil '.states border
mi Mevlio?
0, Who iis tlm ( li
10. ,o Is the Japanese Ambassador to the
I ill led Mate?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1 Tiitnlli I, the American Island of the
Minium Ih iiiiN, In the P.irllle,
3. Snnln's mast line In not Included In the
(leriii.wi miii- rime."
3' '" Ji,,.',?!"f",,'!."..lu,P",l,",;- "". I" " Initials
Mnnil fur "West Indies."
'" A !,?,'.','.!, "' 'IT""" """ses of the mm nnd the
liuiim Is the maximum passible hi a year.
"' V'?'huri,v Ji"i '" ,Vlr1l"-, anniversary of
(buries Diikens (born ISIS),
"' '""il'p'.'i'tli'" " l" "" "" "" "I'latk
7. A word Is net necessarily 'cood llntllnh"
bee. use It , Included In ..'illctlonaVy, It
:..u.1!;r.'.,l',,,lt'"'' ,,,,B"r' -
"' TI'.,,"J.?" or, ""''''nt castles wa. a toner
nroteitlne the main entruncp uml iisnl a
0. The Mm oln Memorial, nt llodee nnvllle. r
marklnc llmoln'x blrtbnhice. Vins r:
jeiiteU the ,,.,t(1I1 ,,,m,,c,r' l""Sl(slTS;
the I.IikuIii nirni Association.
10. The I iilier-.lt of .Vlbuiesot.i (cneducatlunal)
Willi more than 13,000 students has ii,i
,ver';Hl'e,,:"r"""";,,t uf "" mirlriS "unU
Rasputin '
K C 1 Vanous and diverging stories
have emanated from Itussia about Oregorv
Hasputin, the n. stic monk." 1,1s accession
to power and Ins aeBcd occult Influence,
scandalous InUlgucs and Immoral life He
was born in Petrovsky. province of To
boUk, Siberia about 1870. He first at
t rafted attention in 1905, when ho con
ducted seances and appealed to the mvs.
ties of the (
ns court. He gained th.
favor of th
royal family and exonoa
an especial inlluence
and tho C'zaicvltch a
over the Czarina
a "healer." For
thirteen years ho la said to !,.,. ..........
tho
diens tho "power behind ih
throne," and to have caused the end of thi
,;"" , la "" ,- J'JH a woman stabbed
him. n leglng that ho had betrayed a girl
When the Luropean war broke, out, he was
accused of being pro-Germun and of work-
ing for a
oniiiiuiu iie.ice in rifn.. in,
he was .reported assassinated. On the nichr
u uccemuer s-j.-iu, 1J16. Hasputin was
taken from his homo by a party of men
supposed to be nobles, and led to a garden
adjoining the home of the young Prince
-; Yimupoff. ,)y marriage nce
of tho Czar. Hero ho was murdered
being shot sev.-ral times. Tho body vvas re-covered-from
the HHer Neva December 31
First news dispatches had it tha ; I : was
a poltlca assassination, but. accord B?o
Serglus Mlchaelovv Trufanoff (Illodor the
Mad Monk), once i,3 friend and later his
sworn enemy, who now is In this count?!?
Rasputin was killed because S&
In the domestic affairs of the young prince
Territories' Representation
L. B Tho Territories of the tTntteH
States-including tho Insular possessi-,"-
are not represented Itf tlie Senate Tia.lT
Hawaii, Porto Rico, the Philippines
Ouam are allowed one delegate each who
has a seat in the House of Representing
and the privilege of entering "In o "the 'de
bates; but he has no vote. The delegate
.reelected by the citizens of the Terri.
I'cnn's Ship
vVelcomeJ,W"llam r'nn'8 8hl" ''
SAM LOYD'S PUZZLE
AnpAL estate speculator bough a
piece of land for UM3, divided It
Into tots and sold them at J18 ner lot
He made a profit on the deal Just enuai
to his first cost, on six lots. Now, bow
many lots were Involved In his enitr
prlsej '
Answer 1o Yesterday's Puzzle
tjb PAIP.1S0 for one cow and ika
H for the tether. "n" W
Tom Daly'a Column'
TUB TREE OF BONn
Iang mv song tor the rett,
For vou, J am still;
The tree of mv tong is tore
On Us ahMng Mil.
For vou came like a lordly urtnd
And the leaves were whirled
Far as forgotten things
Past the Um of the world.
t
The tree of mv song stands "Jara
Against the blue
1 gave mv songs to the rest,
Myself to vou. .
SARA TEABDALE,
MANY great discoveries have been th
result of accident, nnd now comes a tiny
typographical error to glvo us a brilliant
idea. The Now York World of Sunday
said:
It was by the President's own re
quest that the leaders of bath Houbm
discouraged anything In the form of a
demonstration, nlthough they could not
wholly prevent the spontaneous and
prolonged outbursts of applause that
the members of the President's own
party wcro moved to express,
Why should not largo tanks be built
under tho Senate chamber and the House
and trapdoors bo set under each mem
ber's feet, these last to bo operated by
nn electric switchboard at tho desk of
tho presiding officer? Thus, If a Jlngo'i
patriotic blood becoming Incandescent
should genorate and cause to Issue from
his mouth overmuch hot air, he might
bo Instantly dropped Into a pool of cool
ing nnd healing waters.
This might prove Quito as effective,
too, for those Indulging In loud and un
timely yappings for peace. Tho season
nblo use of cold water Is conducive to
temperance In all' things.
Tho Murder-Cyclist
Chugging and sputtering up and down
gutters!
Spattering mud like a volley of shot!
Flouting the shouts that the traffic cop
utters!
Motor a-popplng like peas In a pot'
Cobbles, wood blocks or macadam what
matter?
Rugged the road that compels me to stop;
Not though my body vibrate till I shatter
And scatter my vitals all over the shop!
Ruddier blood than allotted mllk-soppera
Hops through my nrtcrles, gurgling anij
glad,
As I dart mid tho marts Just to startle tht
shoppers:
Kmlttlng loud toots from my trumpet like
mad!
Acme of sport' How the populace scatters
Chattering threats, from my Juggernaut
route!
Teeth of tho dead tear my tires into tatters!
Heedless, ecstatic, Btlll faster I scoot!
Reckoning not of a probable cropper,
7.1p! I put .back of me. twelvo city blocks!
"Like an erratic, erotic grasshopper.
Skip past the pastures of flocculent
flocks!
Motor's that hot 'twould make Hottentots
totter.
RANG! and I rocket a mill
overhead'
Drop with a flop In the plot of the potter,
Blighted, deleted, undoubtedly dead'
ALOTSIUS.
Suppose the San Francisco Argonaut
did catch this first? It's too good to keep-
A student assistant, engaged In read
ing tho shelves nt the public library,
was accosted by a primly dressed, middle-aged
woman who said that she had
finished reading tho last of Laura Jean
Libbey's writings and that she should
like something Just as good The
young assistant, unable for the mo- (
ment to think of Laura Jean Libbey's
oriual, hastily scanned the shelf on
which she was working and, choosing
a book, offered It to the applicant, say
ing: "Perhaps you would like this, 'A
Kentucky Cardinal.' "
"No," was the reply, "I don't care ,
for theological works."
"But," explained the kindly assistant,
with needless enthu'siasm, "this car
dinal was a bird."
"That would not recommend him
to me," said the woman, moving;
haughtily away.
PATRIOTIC SONG
Hlow the fife 'n'
Heat the drum ;
Tut the hyphen
On tho bum!
Hody McPh-e, In Springfield Union.
X ATI OX Ah A'TllHil
sunt; by IV. J. Ilran ovec a elavs of f. I.)
Spare a life ''
Spoil the rum;
rut the siphon
On the bum.
(Ai
Our Blackmail Dept.
What would It
be wortli to Dr.
J ckDaC-st to
suppress the story
of how he won
the admiration and
friendship of Dr.
Nicholas ienn by
drinking. In th
course of a long
rllght session
quafltltles of gln-
whlch was really
nothing but
Schuylkill water?
IT WAS on the Sports Page. We saw
It, but wo hoped nobody else would. No
such luck! Of course, Krnb noticed It,
nnd, since he calls our attention to It.
we must be a sport and admit that our
own dear paper .was guilty of this head
"Lu Lu Templo Golfers Planning Erec
tion of Classic Site on the Charred
Embers of Old Building."
This was written by an eleven-year-old
lover to the woman who scorned him:
Miss
iss . . .
You have probably Intentionally foolea
me. After this I consider you nouiing
my young life. You pretended you lovea
me Just to have some fun with me.
have been twice before deceived by glr";
and I was Billy to fall Into your trap. MU'
I won't again. Don't' you worryl I lve
you once, but never again. .
From the one you pretended to love inn
fooled, " "
P, S. Don't write reply to this note.
EVERY ONE has a press agent these
days. Wo wonder what person or group
of persons paid for the prlntlnc of tfi
little red paper-covered boojc, distributed
free, upon whose cover we read:
"Do You Tip the Walter? or Are You
Stlft? Interesting advice to those who dine
In hotels and restaurants. Written by
waiter with twenty-two years' experience
Who Is the master when you sit down w
dine, you or the Walter? Tip the watter--Good
Service. No Tip No Service. King
Queens Aristocracy of the world chow
their most trusted servants to wait on tn
Pray tell me how any sane being wlulj
dining can III treat or not tip the W"
nnd In return exnect clean service. Ttt
Walter Is, Invariably a man ot P'-ntfJ
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