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Phlladtlphii, Silunlir, Febroirr !. 1917.
What Is sauce for tho gooso should
bo sausage for the propaganda.
What a relief It would bo If the
high cost nnd riot problems were noth
Ing more serious than tho work of Gor
man propagandists, after all!
After States liavo adopted Pro
hibition, had Congress made Prohibition
more certain, and then passed bone-dry
laws, what process Is necessary to make
them dry?
It will be Philadelphia's turn to go
to the dogs next Monday and Tuesday.
The show In Horticultural Hall will at
tract thousands of lovers of puppies tho
four-legged kind.
Delinquents who were awaiting
punishment in tho Domestic Relations
Court found that the court Itself was de
linquent, ono Judge having gone on a
vacation and no ono having been assigned
to take his place. Accidents will happen
In the best regulated family courts.
At a time when Americans are ready
to think that all the world Is adversely
critical of them. It Is encouraging to read
the message of Romaln Holland that he
read the "peace-wlthout-vlctory" speech
"with Joy" and that ho believes it "puts
the United States at tho head of clviliza
tlon." The difference between the assessed
value of the property of the American
Philosophical Society In Independence
Square and that of tho plot on the Park
way which Is to be given by tho city
In exchange should not lead to any re
consideration of the plan. Tho assessed
value of tho Independence Square plot
Is not a measuro of its value to the
city. No private corporation should own
land In the square. As soon as the
necessary changes In the laws can be
made permitting the exchange which has
been agreed upon, the Philosophical So
ciety should movo and Its ancient build
ing should be razed or transformed Into
a supplementary museum for the his
torical relics that are to be collected
In the structures In tho famous five
acres.
Boycotting pushcart venders and
small shopkeepers has little effect at first,
but tho determined housewives of South
Philadelphia seem to havo pressed tho
high-cost evil one step back toward Its
root, for these merchants are now reduc
ing the amount of their purchases from
wholesalers. Thereshould be all sym
pathy for these women, and the small
merchants should make common cause
with them In their crisis. The boycott
may bo an unscientific method, but aca
demic questioning of its morality Is mere
poppycock when the welfare of hungry
women and children Is at stake. The
women are doing a bravo and gallant
thing In submitting to hardship for a few
days in order to break the market. For
when once tho market breaks the panic
among the owners of food spreads like
wildfire. It Is high time that they, and
not the people, chould havo their turn at
panic.
The Gore-McLcmore resolution,
which would have surrendered Ameri
cans' right to use the sea In the way that
Germany now demands we shall sur
' render-It, was tabled In March, 1916. by a
rote of 276 to 142 in the House nnd 68
to 14 in the Senate. War did not seem
so likely then as r.ovv, and, consequently,
there was In the vote an element of par
tisanship which now has, to a large ex
tent, disappeared. Republican leglsla.
tures are Indorsing the President's stand
and he has gained many Republican sup.
porters of his foreign policy in Congress.
It is not likely that the peace-at-any.
price vote Is any larger in either branch
of Congress now than It was a year ago.
for what the movement may havo gained
In one party it has lost in tho -other.
Tho whole extreme pacifist propaganda
-.seems to say nothing more or less than
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" what Mr, Wilson said on February 3,
that we should wait for an overt act. It
has simply advised the President to do
What be is doing.
Dootor Schurman. president of Cor.
,'lelare 'colleges must take them-
mere, seriously, "as there is a
ot revolt against colleges in the
(klr." He find too much oC a tendency to
eonnjfffsm thft vestibule to the house
laaVaBSsaaaftaaata VlWjiStatnaaJf sMstaatla n-aa Vvabm tm
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have beon educating themselves at night,
after their work, mastering the same
books that are perused In tho clnytlmo
leisure of undergraduates that there Is
"lovolt." It Is tho tovolt of educated
men against tho exclusive spirit of badly
educated collego men. "Wo aro to see
moro of it when such Institutions as
Tcmplo University havo had a fow more
years In which to prove tho morlts of
graduates who nover had time for athletics.
GUNS THE LAST RESORT
HAIH-TIUGaER nctlon of tho police in
dealing with the rioting BUgar works
strikers must be regretted by every calm
citizen In tho community. The killing
of two men and tho wounding of several
others may have been unavoidable, but
nothing In tho teports of what happened
sustains this view.
Firearms should never bo used save
as a last resort. Men accustomed to deal
with mobs In other cities havo discov
ered ways of dispersing tho crowds with
out tho uso of revolvers. Even hero the
Fire Department had Its engines on tho
ground with tho hose ready to turn
water on tho rioters, but the police used
their guns.
Rioting Is Indefensible. Thero Is no
disposition anywhere to defend tho por
sons responsible for disorder. It Is tho
duty of the police to preserve the peace
omd to prevent tho destruction of prop
erty. They can do this duty, in almost
every Instance, by tho use of a little
Judgment and common nonse.
WHY THE UNIVERSITY DESERVES
STATE FUNDS
TN ANOTHER column of this page no
- print a letter from Provost Smith,
setting forth bilefly somo of tho services
which the University renders to the Stato
and to the cause of higher education In
general as a Justification for Its appeal to
the General Assembly for a generous ap
propriation. Since 1701 the University 1ms been
more or less under tho care of the Stato.
Indeed, on that dato It was made the
University of the Stato of Pennsylvania.
In the succeeding years two other Insti
tutions havo been taken under Stato care,
tho University of Pittsburgh and the
State College. Tho latter Institution is
wholly supported by public appropria
tions. Tho state gives it $497,000 a year
and tho National Government turns over
to It $181,900, making $679,400. Tho uni
versities hero and In Pittsburgh, how
ever, are maintained in part by endow
ments and appeal to the Stato only when
their private funds are Inadequate. Tho
Pittsburgh, Institution receives $300,000.
and tho Institution In West Philadelphia
gets $375,000.
The sum apportioned to the University
hero Is not generous. Tho community
gets back In direct returns an amount of
education and general serlco the value
of which cannot be estimated In dollais
and cents. More than 800 young men
who could not get an education other
wise lecclve scholarships. Tho School
of Education Is supplementing tho work
of the noi.mal schools by training teachers
and by giving to them advantages which
they cannot obtain In those schools
maintained entirely by the State. Its
experts are continually giving their serv
ice to tho municipalities in sohlng tech
nical problems, nnd they hold themselves
In readiness for any calls that may be
made upon them.
In spite of its private endowment, the
University Is In a very leal sense n pub
lic institution, entitled to an Increasing
measuro of support from public funds.
Its growth makes continual demand for
more money. Tho expansion of Its serv
ice Justifies a continual Increase In tho
public appropriations. Even if Its pri
vate endowment should be doubled or
trebled, thero nro gravo doubts whether
it would bo wise policy for It ever to
freo Itself entirely from Its connection
with the State educational system. Tho
interest of the Commonwealth In what
It Is doing nnd tho great public benefit
that accrues from its work Justify for n
long time to coma Its most generous
treatment In Harrlsburg. Such treatment
Is expected this year. The provost's ap
peal should not be made In vain.
STEALING THUNDER OR WHAT?
rpHB Ford, Bacon & Davis transit ro---
port has been submitted. It has been
read by Director Twining. ijid by other
men who have access to the records in his
office. But It has not been made public
"because It must be submitted first to tho
Mayor."
Yet tho men who havo had access to
the report are giving forth statements
about what should or should not be done.
The question arises at once: Are these
men trying to "steal tho thunder" of
Ford, Bacon & Davis, or are they trying
to muddle tho Issues and confuse tho
public mind so as to counteract, If possi
ble, the effect of tho conclusions of tho
engineering firm?
We shall know the answer when the
Mayor returns and the report Is given
out.
ENGLAND'S CANDOR
BOTH Sir Edward Carson's statement
to the Commons on the submarine
situation and Lloyd George's speech of
warning about ship shortage are remark
able for their grim candor. The British
public Is frankly told that the U-boat
peril Is by no means past and that disas
ter is certain If the greatest sacrifices
and efforts are not made at once.
That statesmen can make such ndmls,
Blons shows that a revolution has taken
place In the English temper. It was not
many months ago that it seemed neces
sary to gloss over grave conditions and
present only optimistic viewpoints to
tho public. But now the English aro
able to hear the worst calmly.
The German Government, which goes
in for national psychology (and usually
gets it wrong), will find nothing in these
confessions by its most hated enemy to
gloat over. It sent Zeppelins with the
foolish notion that the English would be
terrorized, and has now stopped sending
them after it found that the English were
taking them as interesting fireworks'.
The greatest ally the Germans had was
England's hesitation to tell itself the
truth about the seriousness of the aitua.
tlon. That ally is now lost. The stub
born, never-eay-dle spirit of England is
showing, woya Georte speaks aa if tna
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ROSTAND TALKS
OF THE GREAT WAR
Stayed Away From America on
Roosevelt's Advice Wrote a
"Song of the Stars"
for Us
By HENRI BAZIN
Special Correspondent of the Eienlng LtdotT
In France.
PARIS, Jan. 19.
IN THE snlon of his home, 4'Avonue do la
Bourdonnals, seated closo to a grand
piano upon whoso open keys a great lump
of Chinese blue porcelain sheds a soft light,
I spent an Intimate hour this evening with
Edmond Ilostanu of IAcadcmle Frnncal.se.
Most great artists aro associated In the
publlo mind, consciously or unconsciously,
with a single work, tho chef d'oouvro of a
distinguished career. M. Rostnnd Is a poet
whoso fame as a litterateur nnd dramatic
writer Is safely anchored, among a mass of
work of distinctively high quality, upon
three chefs d'oeuvro. Ho Is perhaps ono of
tho two or three living French urtlstB whoso
namo Is sufficient International guarnntco
of his undying fame.
Tho distinguished author of "Chan
tecler," "L'Alglon" and "Cyrano" In a
solidly built man of aristocratic bearing,
about fifty years of nge. Ho Is bald, with
mustache, and tho thick bluck hair about
his temples showing traces of white. Ills
features aro regular and full of mentally.
At closo range ono notices that tho left
eye, over which ho wears a monocle with an
easo which gives tho Impression It grow
there, Is of a distinctly different gray brown
fom tho right. The most captivating nt
trlbuto of tho master's personality Is his
voice: pure, clear, musical nnd full of tho
qualities designated In two French words
that loso forco In translation distingue et
sympathetic.
"Ono of tho regrets of my life," h sild,
"Is that I havo not yet visited the United
States, where, with tho slnglo exception of
France, my work has had Its most ap
preciative understanding and Intelligent
stago portrayal It Is a regret I hopo to
eradicate from my memory after tho war
Is over. As a matter of fact. I was willing
to go In 1915, nnd had begun to malto ar
rangements. Hut then, as now, I could not
nor would not be willing to appear before
the American public In a poetical or
literary capnclt Tho war Is tho all-ab-sorblng
topic, throwing nil else Into a far
background. flnce It Is u contest between
humanity's highest Idcal3 and the lowest
nnd most selfish.
Can Think of Nothing but War
"I had suggested, If I went, that I would
be willing to lecture or speak upon tho
war then, and nothing el'e. Dear friends
here, In order to make my errand In no
sense an unwelcomo one, Invited In corre
spondence, at my suggestion, the opinion of
Mr. Iloosetelt, whom I do not know per
sonally, but for whom I have tho highest
admiration. Your ex-rresldent expressed
tho vlow that the tlmo was Inopportune for
the particular purpose I had In mind, and
advised Indirectly that I either postpone
my lslt or como In tho purely artistic
capacity of poet and author of plays.
"Consequently, I hao deferred until the
happy tlmo when peaco shall lelgn and
conization and light trlamph a Journey
p" which I nm satisfied I shnll derive
botn pleasure and Intellectual prollt
"For simple psychological reasons I be
lieve, sae In living closo to Its menace, that
It Is Impossible to grasp trulv tho great
Importance to civllbatlou Involved In tho
defeat of (Jermanlc mllltnrlsm That. In my
opinion, Is tho reason the ncutial nations
of the world havo remilned neutral In the
face of all tho distressing events of tho last
two and a half ears.
"Vet allowing for the deduction. I Invo
been nt a loss to understand whv this
neutral world remained silent nt tho In
aslon of Helglum, and still remains. In the
largo and active sense, silent at tho de
portations from Belgium. It seems to mo
incredible that It Is not understood from
logical reasoning that theso lclous acts,
aside from tho many that have Intervened
between them, nro In both tho humane and
self-interest perspective a direct challenge
and attack upon tho fundamental prin
ciples of free governments and tho rights
of free peoples; that tho Prussian Idea as
exemplified In Prussian militarism alms
directly and deliberately at the throttling
of liberty and tho enslaving of humanity.
"I can qulto understand the wisdom of
your President In not wishing to embroil
tho United States In tho war, but I cannot
at all understand why, as tho representative
of a great free people, he can maintain
friendly and diplomatic relations with the
oft-proved enemies of freo peoples and the
principles of freo government, since the
liberty of the United States was attacked
In the German invasion of 1911, ns It Is
attacked In tho deportations of 1917.
"I am quite suro from tho temper of
the great mass of Americans, as I read and
hear about them, that they aro at heart
with the cause of France. This Is fully
proved In their sacrifice of young Amcilcan
llfo In ambulance and active service, nnd
In thft nAt linhla unrl, nt nlj I..
given our country In so many divers ways. I
"And so, I sec, therefore. In elchtv mil. I
Hon or moro of your countrjmen, the
symbol of the star In their soul; shining
as It were despite a governmental cloud
of caution or apathy or Indifference to
right, call It what you will.
Stars in Our Flag and in Our Souls
"In 1915, I wrote a poem entitled 'I.e
Chant des Astres' Tho Song of the Stars.'
It embodied In perhaps 2500 words tho
substance of this thought, that the stars
In the souls of the American people nnd
tho btars upon the American flag were
one I saw tho banner of freo America
soiled nnd disrespected In German act,
diplomatic and Inhuman I based my po
etical themo upon tho soiling of theso stars
their figurative cutting away by the great
shears of German vandalism ; yet disfigur
ing not the flag, since behind the blue field
from which they flew to the breezo were
the ever-Bhlnlng stars of the heavens, tho
oiaio in mo ouui oi mo American people
the symbols they represent; light and lib
erty In the world,
"In my fancy, Germany had taken our
stars and stripes and torn the stars away.
Yet they shone on notwithstanding; shono
against tho sky through the stars In th
soul of tho populace, visible day and night
to whoever could see, not to the num
ber of forty-eight, but In a great un
countable white glory upon a field of
heavenly blue.
"This poem, which I give you full per
mission to translate, and a few lines upon
rthelms Cathedral are all I have produced
since the war began thirty months ago.
During Its duration my muse commands
silence. And I obey.
"I shall be honored to have you Incor
porate In your Interview, which, after all.
has been more of a personal expression of
opinion than anything else, tho few lines
upon Ithelms. And It will give me pleasure
to meet you again when It may please
you to call."
As M. Rostand escorted me through the
great hall of his home to the door opening
upon the snowy Paris night without
carried with me copies of both poems.
When I can. I shall try to do full honor
In translation to the longer. The shorter
In Its nrlglnnl French, I quote below; '
11 n'ont fait qua le rendra un peu plus Im.
rnortelle,
I.'oeuvra n perlt pis qui mutlla un 'sredln.
Pemsnds a Phidias et demands a llodln
81 devant cea morceaux on na dlt plus 'e'est
La forteressa meurt ouand on la dtmantela
Mala la temple brlsa vlt plus nobis, et
Z.ea yeux so aouvenant du
du toll avee dedan.
la. Pierre en dentalla.
quit noua Jnanqualt
rrerereni voir is ciei aans la
nendons srace aiienau null nous Jnanqualt
encore. 1
D'avolr ca qu'on lea Orecs sur la eollln d'or.
!, aymbole du baau conaacra par I'lnsult.
Jtendons srace au polnteurs du stupids canon.
Pulsque de leur adressa Allemandx 11 reaulta
Una home pour eui. pour nous un Pantheon.
DAYLIGHT SAVING
Something needed worse than a means
of saving, dayllcht'la one to correct the
"
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Provost Smith's Appeal for
State Aid Mr. Fall's Lost
Pacifism
Thm Department i free to all reader uio
vinh to erprrun their opinion nn subject n of
current intcrtst. It is an open forum, and the
ih en f lit? Lrdrjrr asnumrs no reaponntbuttu for
the i ie h ot it i correspondents, Lcttern must
be stoned bu the name and address ot the
uriter, not neccnbarilv for publication, but as a
guarantee of uood faith,
PROVOST SMITH'S APPEAL
To the Editor of the Evening- Ledger.
Sir Here In West Philadelphia In the
University of Pennsylvania we have an en
rollment of more than 9000 students and a
teaching staff of about 700, making a total
population of 10,000 people on the west bank
of tho Schuylkill, veritably a little city
within tho great Philadelphia. This student
body comes from every county in this State
nnd every Stato In tho Union, as well as
from countries from across the sea. This
student body docs Its business In the city of
Philadelphia. It must be fed ; It must be
clothed ; It must be provided with books and
materials for study, and all theso things
are drawn from tho city of Philadelphia,
so that tho University Is a commanding
factor so far as bringing business to our
city Is concerned, f
! residence of from four to seven years
Inevitably makes Phllndelphlans out of men
who go to all parts of the country after
ward, many of whom continue to draw their
supplies from Philadelphia.
For the State tho University has done a
splendid work In extension Hoes. It Is not
only tho courses In flnanco nnd commerce
that have been given to men and women
throughout the State, hut courses In educa
tion, In literature. In sociology, etc. This
work It has been carrying on for years and
It has been extending It, nnd that is one of
the purposes of the University to do more
and moro work of this nature.
The University has solved a great many
problems which have come from all parts
of tho Stato to Its laboratories. This has
been done without any financial return. It
Is simply an expression of Its desire and
willingness to make Itself useful to tho
people distributed through the Common
wealth, Through Its School of Education It Is
now preparing men nnd women to fill the
positions of teachers In elementary, sec
ondary and high schools. Its influence Is
being felt In, this direction.
Its schoolmen's week brings to the
campus of the University representatives
from boards of education and high schools
superintendents and principals. These
people are hero for a week with us at no
expense whatever to themselves. This Is
another evidence of what is going on In the
way of building up nnd Improving our
educational system.
Tho great desire of many of us Is to see
Pennsylvania, as a State, rank with the
foremost States In education. We are not
thero yet, and the University Is, therefore,
bending every effort to advance educational
interests In our State.
Through our freo public lecture system
thousands of persons are brought to the
campus and come In contact with the best
minds that we have In our teaching staff.
We print these lectures and send them In
book form to every library In the State and
to every high school In the State. This Is
another way that tjo University has sought
to serve the people.
Store than 800 scholarships are glv'en an
nually to boys and girls who are most de
serving and need help In order to get an
education. We like to think of this as a
contribution on the part of the University
to the publlo welfare. ,
When we recall that for 177-years the
University has been busy along these lines
making educational contributions of the
highest character, wo feel that It Is an In
stitution which should have the hearty sup
port of every man, woman and child In the
State. Not only has It done this work for
the State, but It has trained men who now
fill the highest positions In their several
walks of life In other States and in distant
lands.
An act of Legislature, dated September
JO, 1791, makes the University of Pennsyl
vania the University of th State of Penn.
sylvania. Believe me when I say that In the
appeal which we wilt make to the State In
a few weeks for assistance, it is only for
assistance that we need after having ex
hausted every resource of our own to meet
the demands which are made upon us. We
never go to tha State for aid until we have
done our very best alone. ,
When we think that anesthesia began
with a man trained here in the University
of Pennsylvania ; that the Caeaarean, opera
tlon had Its birth with af our man l Utat
CRACK-THE-WHIP
one of ours ; that the telegraph began here,
nnd a great host of other things which to
day are common property, had their begin
ning In the University of Pennsylvania, It
seems to mo that I am justified In making
this request for support.
KUGAR F. SMITH.
Philadelphia, February 22.
MR. FALL'S LOST PACIFISM
70 the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Several newspapers havo been laud
ing the Senator from New Mexico, A. B.
Fall, for his "big Americanism" nnd his at
tacks on tho pacific membern of Congress.
Is ho not the same UnitedStates Senator
Fall who voted for tho Gore resolution
warning Americans oft the ships? if he Is
a "big American" now, what was he then?
If this truculent propaganda does not em
barrass the President, will you kindly stato
how the gospel of the pacifists can hurt tho
Administration, cither? Is It not a case of
sauce for tho goose, etc.? M. G.
Lancaster, Pa., February 21,
SOME RUSSIAN MUSIC
Not-Too-Soulful Program PIaycd(Fincly
by the Orchestra
"Ufa Is a trasedr for those that think; a com
edy for those who feel."
Revised version.
They routed tho foes of Russia nt the
Academy yesterday afternoon not Bodies
nor Turks, bpt the critical gentry who asso
ciate all Slavic music with the walling of
the dnmned, with tho composers who have
too much ego In their cosmos, with "the pity
that concerns Itself only with criminals and
low women," as ono Philistine has said.
There was glory In an afternoon that could
feature five Russian numbers nnd never
fall Into the pit of "world-pain." A com
bination of splendid emotion nnd clean
carved technlquo tuled the conducting.
There was that fine tensity which concerts
dedicated to ono especial phase of music
breed. And theie was brave nnd vigorous
beauty In the Individual playing. The
Klndler cello stood out with particular clar
ity. The harps wcro touched to lovely
Issues. Indeed, tho whole band gnvo Itself
to its agreeable task with moro address and
spirit than It had displayed just beforo Its
recent trip. The breath of Xevv England
was, or seemed to be, still In its lungs.
If you have nothing elso to do this eve
ning and If you (preferring your Beethoven
and Brahms to the bald "prog! am" de
cencies of Cul) think that Russian music
Is a mere affair of blinding color and the
too-loud sob, drop In at the repetition of
the concert tonight If you can get a seat.
From the light, rhythmic measures of tho
"Rouslano et Ludmlla" overture, a thing
all compact of energy and love of tune for
Its own sake, to the dancing brightness
of the superficial yet appealing "Caprlcclo
Espagnol" of Rlmsky-Korsakovv, you will
find not a note of annoying hysteria In tho
night. The program runs an hour and a
half an almost perfectly planned meed of
melody. You will hear Borodin, who begot
tho uninspiring "Prince Igor," In far happier
vein ; for his would seem to bo a symphonic
talent. You will catch the lisp of sea water
and sense the maglo-of sirens In Gllere's
fascinating tone poem. You may not, per
haps, agree that the little Tschalkowsky,
excerpt Is the greatest matter on a very fine
program. You will be wiong. But at all
events. Old Man Gloom will not get you.
For these composers, mauger their varying
methods, do not think "eternity very like a
bathroom filled with dust and spiders." Or
If they do, they can discern stars from the
windows apd hear the laughter of winds In
the trees outside.
It Is distinctly not a highbrow concert.
In fact, it may. with some Imaginative
stretch, be called vulgar In the first and
simplest sense of the adjective. Picture and
story are 'written all over It, though It does
not lack the Imprint of absolute muslo.
You will find this Indefinable touch In the
Borodin and Tschalkowsky numbers. The
symphony, relying mainly on severe, even
brutal, themes and sudden, harsh curves
of thought, is not one of tho things of
pearl not lo b put hway In the cheat of
memory with Franck's D minor or the
Tschalkowsky Fourth or he Second of
Schumann or Brahms's Third. , But It Is
good stout music, replete with a sort ot
spirit that cries out for freedom, for occupa
tion with life, for power and the'punch"
of' the soul. If this is too blatant for you,
you can await the intermezzo. Here you
will glimpse the untouchable Tschalkowsky
at his best. The beauty of it cannot be told
In type. Nor may Mr. Stokowskl's appre
elation of It be hinted at without superla
tives. It Is enough to add that both he and
his men are playing like the fiery, romantic
but well-drilled body of musicians they are,
and that their worth has been evident In no
such program this season as the present.
Do not bother about the RUaaan"aouI with
.I) jViasU-" ThmtW tm ymM'ik"
What Do You Know?
Queries of acncral interest u.H be anntiered
in this column. Ten aucstions, the ansuers to
uhich eicru well-informed person should know,
aro asked datlu. ,
QUIZ
1. Who Is -errrtary of Aerleulturef
2. Mho werr Iteaumont nnd Fletfhrr?
3. hnt Is n eupeptic person?
4. It lint lias treen the Inri-race In the average
tonnage of American merchant Milos
!mo 1890r
.1. Who U the "Lord of the Air"?
0. What N the 'Supreme court" of lmelallf
7. Viliut 1'renldent or tho United Ntatee la
hurled nt North Ilend, Hamilton County,
Ohio.
8. Naiiie the evening alar now.
1), What Ii u nnrhimcterf
II). Who u the Witch of Kndor?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. llenderaMiaH. neaport on the Terslan flulf.
villi the Mnrtlnic point of tho recent Ilrlt
IhIi luOO'inlle march throuRli fersln to
Tchcnin. It formerly was called t,om
broon. 2. Mr. Julian Heath Is president of the Na
tional HouRCulves' Leiteue
3. The l.ueiiH Ahplialtlte (lt lake) Is the
Dead bea. In nouthern l'alestlne.
4. A kilometer la 10OO meters (.62317 of a
mile).
5. President Van Iluren Is burled at Kinder-
hook. N, Y.
0, Dtini H the lluncarlan namo for the Hirer
Danube, wldch the (lermana call the
Doniiu.
7. Mr Ixlnnnl Carnon Is the Mrltlsh First
Ird of the Admiralty,
8. Delawarr, New Jrrney and c,eorxla, by rote
of their renreentatle, ratltleil the Con
stitution unanimously,
9. Tho Normans, under William the Conqueror,
Invaded Hucland In 1OG0.
10. Tlic States Into which Cub.i la divided are
I'lnnr del Klo, Hubann. Matanzas, Banta
Clara. Camugucy and Oriente.
Postmasters
W. L. V, In regard 'to the proposed act
placing first, second and third class post
masters under civil service, J. C. Koons,
First Assistant Postmaster General, says:
"There was an amendment attached to the
postofllco appropriation bill, at the Instance
of Senator Polndexter, providing for the
classification of first, second and third class
postmasters. The bill Is now In confer
ence, but the amendment relating to the
classification of postmasters has been dis
agreed to by tho House."
.
Fairy Stones
W. II. P. "Fairy stones" are peculiar
small crosses of brown stone found only
In Patrick County, Virginia. Each cross
Is perfect, causing much speculation as to
tho origin of the stones. The legend Is
that they are formed from tears of angels,
who wept when Christ was crucified and
whoso tears, falling to the earth, were
transformed Into crosses. The stones are
marketed as pendants for chains, as ring
stones and as good-luck pocket pieces.
Coldest at El Paso
R. R. H JR. The lowest temperature
so far this winter at El Paso, Tex., was
17 degrees above zero, December 9, 1916,
according to the Et Paso office of the
Weather Bureau. No doubt the mesa upon
which was situated Camp Stewart, the
Pennsylvania National Guard encampment,
experienced colder weather, for It Is at a
greater altitude than El Paso.
Ypres
F. M. B. Ypres, the town In Flanders,
Is pronounced "Eepr-r-r." The accent Is on
the long vowel. "Wipers" Is a slang pro
nunciation that has como Jnto such promi
nent usage that It has become confused
with the correct pronunciation.
Cuban Flasr
B. B. -There Is no especial significance
to the five stripes of the .Cuban flag.
SAM LOYD'S PUZZLE
SAID a grateful son to his old dad; "I
have figured out that I have cost you
Just 14332 since I was born. My average
cost per month Is the eama in dollars as
my present age in yeara I will earn
enough by my twenty-flrst birthday to re
pay you all I have cost."
How much will the young man "have to
earn? ,
Answer to Yesterday's Puzzle '
SINCE the untie paid 1 1200 for a third
interest, the entire business was
worth 3600, Of this, Junior owned flou
nnd aenlor 2000 Its llnu. . ,.
RntAP took 100 nf ITnM IV.-.1. SrZ2 '
" - w-.. ..v.w avvitiuejv a H)n
trtbuUo'. and,, Junior flM. Then hu
fMtf ajaMP WW IHHaHir. J
Tom Daly's Column
T1W V ILL Ann n,.
Wfenever Ifs a Saturday, ,de evt, J
asy 4U uu -
To help her raise her children ranA
Suit VOUr dutV. tnnfi "
Bo hero am I on Chcttnut street x'
To find a "babu punlshcr" and tee
""""- " """ it
"Tou must oet something to correct uu
dreadful child," she said, '!
"An' stoo her nurltnr, i. .. . 6
.1,-1-.. .; , ;:r "! "" inun
o.v ,a mthctt m oca,
I've tied her an! I've nitin .
but ooodncssl ichafs the uterli
""""u' "c "iv-avs manages to aet J
"'""? tl
touro laugmnol Uoxo unnaturall
n-u.il imnK yourc glad,' .
Although vou nro her parent, that fall
little thing's so bad."
Xow, when the mother of your child thi
til
!-..w . tu you,
Pray, what can father dor
i
i vo irico ro oo my duty. Why, vm
ought to hear me scold I ' g
But nothing makes impression on thai
dreadful three-year-old. a
An' tf I grab a hairbrush, as I ,.!
have done JjU
When she's been at the sugar, uhy ,l3
never tltlnks to run, ' '
But backs into a corner, lifts her hantl
up In distress Ji
An' simply squats right down upon htrj
i-i.uuuv BpanKaoicness
TTAcn only anxious eyes and pouting Ja?
are close to you, ,b'
Pray, what can father dot
d
An' often at the midnight hour, uhsi
everything is still, J.
The plxla In the other room lets out ,'
whistle shrill 2
An' follows that with chatter an' tdf?
laughter loud an' idld. tfi
Then wife will cry, "Xow, father, fyl
go in an' squelch that chlldl" W
A1nt Mil nn- 1J It .... u . JS
...-. ,tf jv, un, ayiii:ii;icr nas to
1
ojtcn brushed her face
The vtustachc hairs upon It are
tiLlstcd out of place.
.JVTien roguish eyes an' rosy cheeks orr
both so close to you, , fj
Fray, what can father dot ' US
I
So here come J, this Saturday, when ej
my work is through,
To find a "baby punlshcr" an' see teliej
noose is new. "i
t wnnv im uvugc mc scnrecKiichKclt, net
do my duty, too)
I'll make an ostrich feather an' a slnglt
horsehair do.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS?
There are puzzle pictures In which one Is'
summoned to find "What Is wrong with
thls7" Well. It turns out that while th.
w;Ind Is blowing the smoke north the chlldl'l
apron strings are heing mown due south.
and you put your finger on that and ar'.l
na. wen, mis a puzzle story. Fina-J
what Is wrong with It.
James Brown was born In a cellar. Hlfl
family was so poor that there were onlrl
tnree corners to tho cellar: they could nol
alas: afford a rourtn. The boy got his fix
as the dogs and cats of the streets do. Al
the age of four ho was thrown upon his own
resources by the eviction and dlsappeiN
anco of his parents. At six he escaped froi
a den of thieves who had consistently Un
derfed him. At eight he was selling papen
inderntlgable, rigorously honest, he becan
nt ten tho owner of a bootblack stand wh'c
he rented to certain young Italians. On hla
profits he invested In a pushcart.
through this and other proper Investment!
he was, at twelve, possessed of an Income c
$313 a year. But he was not content tn
ston there. A self-made boy, he would I
come n, self-made man. He studied book!
keenlnc nt nlcht and eventually was tJ
earnest and conscientious office boy (tnll
later clerk) In a broker's office. Wise Im
vestments had brought young Brown's Im
come up to 32000 a year by the time he will
nineteen years of age. He was a bersl
leader of men, nnd an Immense success wai
nredleted for h m. wh'ch as all now Kntf
h im realized.. Leavlnc the broker's offlo
he went to cofleeo and then founded thsl
famous boys' school which now bears hl
nam,. His Income Is now S2500 a year, all
which figure It will probably remain for thafl
rest ot a useiui inc. i
WEBHERB.J,!
JU
The Renascence of Wonder
Thero was a fat man of Havana
Who slipped on a rotten banana;
But in splto ot it all,
Ho contrived not to fall.
"Which makes this verse a landmarlovj
HEE HES1
SEVEN AGES OF WOMAN M
1. Carriage.
2. Demurrage.
3. Marriage.
4. Hostage.
6. Spinach.
6. Suffrage.
7 fnrt(-l.
MRS. HOSS AND DOC-J
Aftcrmathters
IF WMTTIER SAW CITY HALLi
Billy Pcnn and his daysare o'er.
And he bickers with Indian tribes
more:
But still the tails of his coat lookdom
With a glow of pride on his dear owiow
ANO&.
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SALESMAN WANTKU-A 5AfJW AVD 31
OK GOOD 'EIISONAMTV ANP AM
tennrtvrt ftTTii. irrmiR TO BEIsi h-m
nr -ESTATE" IN ABOOg,
3
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NEW YORK. Feb. 22. Ex-Frei
Taft. In a speech last night to corset nu
facturers, declared that tf the rights, ol l
country were further Invaded by cats ,
...ii.i... ntinva,.," It Tirna tha counu
duty to resist that invasion. o. o. a. p-i
HOUSECLEANINO our desk W
. j . ...... ... ,.,. is Interest!
signs of tho tlmes.x F'rinstance: Flntt
i-a,-.il .. '"Thntniis R&lXa
1280 Hamilton Btreet. Trenton, is a U2
(Problem; How many Jivea ano ww
l -II Annttiaf- tftttttr III OUf
moil ill un. aiiwhim ... -.-
town, on Fourth street below Chetnuy
Claims nimseii i-ivwobw w - m
Then hero's the millinery shop m
jnvfn NAnnnn mrrni. aiuiuiu -
.. ...a..-.--.. . --.a .. 4tiar Dne
hung about tho neck of tho leopard m"j
... . a. a. am 1lU nH lrn asUm
ot tne lur store at iwtiun i - t
"Wanted, a Boy Inside." The food
a nf.n r- c.Bn I a trrrwer In 1
fniladelphlii und EulJi..r EMcr-"-
elder saloon on jNonn -inira "
, . .I..I.... n fln-taf nn
Btreet, Pittsburgh, who declares. ij
the eartn witn every piani . -r-named
Brown In Baltimore, on who"
.... .. rtrTvn Hvea Treari
along the road to Scranton, VrrfJ
JeweUr on urona mreet, 1 1""1""'
, - jli l .... "limit. "Blr
ana in a uryuwn in vim. -- ,
Krl.sora Orlnder." This last was !
liv Knees. H
CimARD, qur Bhlnlng mornim
olnto nvflm nn "Thlntrs I Can t JT1I
the Poor Richard Club yesterday
ifranr tha lilrfB-Mt crnwil tllSl BV
r. ..." , .. tj... l..rAnlaat 'i
it tMaw ft wvwni
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