.ftjT 7 MLA "-- ." V ' EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1917 , J. , n & s-u rffi&9 t PU1UC LEDGER COMPANY . CTnUS H. K. CURTIS, I'jMtcr.NT Vie President) John I Traaaurer: rump r. , John J. Bpursaon, 1 KDJTOniAL HOARD I Ctaca It. K. Ccitii, Chairman. 0 ?, H. WHALET,. .... ...EJllor tOKtt C. MAKTIN... General Duilnm Manager ', ,, Puolleliad daltr all'cstio Lxrxjni Building. y jnaapanaance. -aquare, I'nuaaeipnia. MM Cihtsl.... Broad and Cheatnut Strut a rUMTHi Cut ,.,.rrrtlninn maiding w Yoes: 20(1 Aletmoollean Tnwpr . I." toit... 820 Ford Hull. line fk, m. Loon 409 atnbr-Omorrat lluiMlmr fjjl .vmicsao..... imi zriouns iiuuaing , YWiakfMaioN RCBKAC Tltrr ttitlMIn- ftgw To Ddiud.m. The Time PulMing .'jii-' fcosooM Bciuu Man-on I Home. MranJ ,-Jfv, fAXli Oduid 32 Hue Louis le Urand u. nfTncirnrPTinv fffitia ',T,' The ETSKlta Lirxira Is aerved to subscribers an rouaaeipni amj aurrounaing. towna at the rc i nn oi iweiro w cenia per ween, parable 6, .'A S to the carrier. 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The difference between the dust torms on the Sahara desert and in the streets of thla city Is that those on the Sahara do not spread dhsee (rerms. Senator Penrose, who Is said to bt In WashlnKton to heckle the President when he speaks to Congress, announces that he has not abandoned his heckling of the Governor. i ?$jThe French Ministry has called upon the schoolboys to cultivate the un used land, and thereby assist tn feeding the country. And the boyH will respond, "They do those things better In France." No, Gwendolln, the congressional Inedal of honor which the War Depatt Blent has asked Colonel Asa Bird Gai di ner to return to It was not awarded In recognition of his public services In say big "To h 1 with reform!" Slow freight Is to be held up on the Philadelphia, Baltimoie and Washington division of the Penns) Ivanla Rallroud from Saturday till Wednesday to clear the track for the Inauguration crowds, which seems to Indicate that when thpy eara to the railroads can expedite any 'kind of traffic. "Is a pacifist a traitor or a patriot?" asks the Literary Digest. Well, now that the question has been put, wo will confess that we have sometimes thought he was best described by a three letter word beginning with "a" and end ing with a fetter about tin ee quartern of the way down the alphabet, th4 bound of which reminds one of a goose. Suffrage Is fortunately making great gains In spite of the antics of the "Women pickets at the White House. Their plan to blow trumpets outside the executive mansion next Sunday will fur ther Irritate all true friends of the suf frage cause; but considering tho rapid advances of the movement in Ohio and Indiana, It Is not likely that even'theso public follies can delay the granting of the vote to women in new fields. Doctor Ashton, of the Graduate School of Medicine of the University, put his finger on the greatest need In medical education today when he said that there was a crying need for the passage of laws which would piotect the public against untrained surgeons. The undergraduate medical schools can not train men for surgery. This can be done In the higher schools. The under graduate schoqls can devote themselves to the education of good family doctors. Burgeons need more extended training and practice than can be provided by he ordinary medical college. Doctor Ashton doubtless could have cited many examples of what amounted to - -nlprac-tlce arising because an ill-equlpj; d young man had attempted to perform n terlous .operation. Every physician knows of them. The patient trusts his life to the A00WQ , operator. The skilled surgeons of the "'country are seeking to restrict the use xr me Knue 10 men wno nave learned 3 ' how to use It In order that the operator J' may be faithful to his trust. They will - " tilttmftf'anlv a..lfaesl' .-.. ..,, .-. SL ' Prominent Japanese In this coun- try ana prominent Americans in japan fit. "have been doing excellent work In Inter- ipraiiiiB mo sijimiuviib ui wieir nations. ' ' iThls Is sane pacifism. It looks far into '' the future and Is the only real safeguard "mgalnst wars. There would bo not so , " Vtucn Iffnorant clamor about English and ,' lOermau designs today if organized cam -palgns of education had been undertaken ,.st uie past io jei us Know wnai England wuvmwu v'wi w uu in inula uiiu iland, and juat what pan-Germanism ."JtUtel-Europa" mean. The notions f those.who talk about the 'yellow peril" Jk ,.. 44a aln,M nt YanMnAaA nnllffnal .-. .''ilai ansl : Industrial leaders are as vnirue theJlil'li'varideas of Cathay. It is a . Met that there are many of Japaneae who firmly believe sJt frwrd to destroying if'tht, Par East by taVte WUHarJst W ral- cabled to Toklo. Doctor Iyenaga has doubtless amazed manyby saying: "If this kind of plnnrlcklng Is often repeated I fear the time may come when tho Jap anese rulers cannot restrain tho people." Hut his remarks were obviously made not to Irrlttrte American opinion, but to Inform It. If Japan had designs on this country It would not permit Us spokes men to give us warning. ONE WEEK FOR ATONEMENT "pi'T one week of the life of tho present Congress remains In which It can make atonement for Its mistakes. Hills of gi-fvitdmportnncp to the conduct of the Government and to tho protection nf the t'nlted States In time of war re main to' be consldeted. Thoro seems to bo a disposition to quibble and to filibuster. Kittle politicians are trying to mal.e political capital out of attacks on the plans of the Admlnistiatluii. In tills crisis there Hie no paitlt-s. We tun all Americans. We nip nil standing behind the President. AW have elected him to k our leader In whatever mav come. It Is nut necessoiy for Cong:eu.s to surrender Its Judgment to him, but It Is necessary "that It should Kie ipspcctful heed to his mil loo. as the advice of tin man who known more about tlio peills confronting us than any other citizen. This Congtesx enn adjourn with honoi or It can ndjoiirn with the bi ami upon It of inability to i Isc to u rput occasion. Which will It do" (.KKATKST IMCT01MA1. DAILY TIIK art of Join nallstlc phutogtupliy has advanced b such gicat strltks that it Is demanding more anil moie space In a newspapei which seeks to make the news of the day a vitally rcil part of the lives of their leaut'is. It Is Inthe belief that lllustiatioti nf news reports of the mot nbsoiblng In terest has become as necessary as It Is entertaining that the Lviimmi I.BWJKn presents a ilall. four-page plctilic sec tlon. .ItisJ ns maps nic necessary tn those who would hop clearly the Impor tance of mllltar rnoiemeiils, so pholo giaplis supplement the purpose of articles and provide new viewpoints from which to see what words cannot always fully reveal The woild of news ban widened befoie the reader. The war has biought fur dis. taut lands clo-e to us, unil places that wero meie names nie now .solid facts. Also there has been a healthy giowth of Intel est on the putt of citlens in theli own cltv of late pis Tlicie Is a kiouIim demand for Information upon new sub jects thut the chunglUK wurltl 1ms brought to thp foie To lstiall.e new things Is as impoitaiit n to lead about them. The EvKNl.vi Lkimikr was a pioneer tn comprplieinjlvp illustration, und the new featuic will strcngthon Its position as the Great est Pictorial Dall. THE FOOD CRISIS TIIK piesent food crisis nrles fiom .suppidciul mid temporary conditions. Some illtllculty Is expeilenced in distiil) uting the supplv In sight. When (lis trlbution Is pffectlve the leal food cilsls will continue. It has been Inci easing in gralty for several ears. The war has made It acute, partly because of the Euro pean demand for our food pioducts and paitly because of the withdrawal from ngricultuial labor of men attinctPd by the higher wages paid bv munition makers. But befoie the wnr began there was a food cilsis TIip prices of moat and flour and vegetables have been steadily lising for several ears. ThiS has been becaiise of the operation of the old fashioned law of supply and demand Some half-baked thinkers, however, have been s-aylng that it has been because of the conscienceless action of speculators They forget that the speculators are unable to foice the people to pay exorbitant prices. What happened to thp speculators In the turkey market In the. Thanksgiving season will happen In every market whenever the consumers are awake to their power. Housewives simply lpfused to buy tur keys at the prevailing rtguiPS, nnd there was such a slump In prices that those who had never eaten turkey before had an opportunity to get It at such a pi Ice as they could afford to pay Thei o are three ways, by which thij situation can be met Tho first is to in crease the production of food. This Is a slow piocess, but It Is sure. Families lUing in the suburbs can nsslHt by re turning to the practice of their fathers and grandfathers and planting a garden wheie they now run the lawnmower. It does not need much ground to raise all the egetables that a family can use. Pota toes, cucumbers, tomatoes, beets, lettuce, and beans are easily raised. If the boys and girls were put to work In the garden they would be kept out of much mischief nnd would get consldeiable healthful exer cise. There are hundreds, if not thou sands, of acres of land held for develop ment within the city limits on which nothing but weeds grows. If crops were raised on this land its produce would ease the living problem for many families. The second and third ways for meet ing the situation are mutually dependent. They are the boycotting of the higher, priced articles of food and the resort to a cheaper diet. Lamb chops at forty cents a pound are a luxury which must be excluded from the tables of those fam ilies of moderate Income who would llva within their means. Beefsteak Is another luxury that must 1)8 abandoned save by the rich or the Imprudent. There Is Just as much nourishment in the cheaper cuts of meat, and when properly cooked they can be made Just as savory. Rico Is cheaper than potatoes or peas or string baans. Its price has not risen appreciably; but even at a considerable Increase In price It Is a wiser article of diet than potatoes at L,a bushel, We are the most extravagant and wasteful users of food In the world. Noth ing but dire necessity Is likely to compel us to conserve what we produce and to use it with economy. But the households In which theie Is a modicum of prudent forethought will begin at once to change their diet In the Interests of economy. If enough of them do this the demand for fMwMet) .an exorbitant Tun iwi.;ivo uw ENGLAND SINGS "HAIL COLUMBIA" When America Breaks With Ger many Does Not Expect Us to Send Army to Europe By G1LUERT VIVIAN SELDES Nlircial Correspondence lUentnu Ledger LONDON', Feb, 5. SATtrrtDAY night. February 3, 1917, they were sinking "John Hrown's Body" In the streets of London Along the Strand something closely resembling n college snake dance was being performed. In May fnlr ou could hear "Tho Star Spnngted Banner." For the Americans In London It was n deliriously happy night Canadians In khaki mingled with civilian Londoners and the carousing Ainerlcaus, marched to Ambassador Page's olllces In Curlton ter lacp, paraded about, shouted strangp praises of President Wilson and collnted the news paper placards with the words "America U leaks With ileriii.iii" for souvenirs. lly today the nucleus of h brigade for itle service Is formed, with 20(1 Ameri cans readv for uitlve scrvlie, anil the plans hip rendv for diloriel Itoix-evelt's reception when In- and Ins futu t-uns come marching through London on tlieli a to Uelgluni No one at this moment can see how war can lie uvolileil nnd of comi-e, no one wants to It avoided The hostility toward Ani.l lc;t which has grown up In two vents niiiiiuK the let- thoughtful has given way to iimllsrrlimnating enthusiasm, I'ioImIjIv theie nte niilv- two gentlemen In IhiKlaml who are norry that Hernstorff was Klveii Ins iiasxports just at this time hup ought to he Mr lloiatio lliitlomlcy. editor of the populai penny weekly, Joint Hull. All last Heel. Ins pl.n aids announced to Ihiglauil lliat ho whs exposing -Mr Wlli-oti's pint anil befoie the Issue could be with ill awn Mr Wilson's plot turned out to he the most popular eilni!e In our history. 'I he other ought to be .Mr Leo Maxse, firp eatlng editor of tin National Review, who has bprn attaiking President Wilson for moie than two veais This month his in.ixa.iiie is full of veiled suggestion of Mr Wilson's pro-Get iitanlsm And. as a matte! of fact theie have been a thuUMlid rumors since the President began his attlve work for peau-. which connected up his private life with secret and disgraceful leusoiiK fur his being pro-iiprnian Amer icans who know the simple facts have had li hard time persuading their friends here that the stories are all ' rot ' Tliev ate supposed to come fioin Paris anil are Junt the kind of stories which no one can deny. "Hail Columbia" At any tatc. the stories are all on the other side now The Evening Standard, alwa.vs a lilltel hater nf America, and par tlcularlv of Mr Wllsnti, whom It called 'a feeble Idealist" the dav Mr. Hughes was "elected,' burMs into a Ivrlc Ieadei undei the caption. "Hall t'olumbla," and suggest that the spirit of Washington brooded over the president Americans are above par; they are being sought out for interviews arid for articles, and I be newspapers print ficun font to ten column of news from all p.uts of the cnimtr.v one elite I prising evening paper apparentlv t-ent mil its ie porters with itistruf tlons to get an Amer ican who talked like David lliuuin or tome other member of the "gol-dern" school of Yankees and the tepoiters brought bark a spec linen of Yankee swagger which re minded ictil Americans of the old il.os when they sat in tho gnlierv and wept at 'H'nv Down Earn" There is also plenty of talk about our army and navv Uut in private conversation one hears other things. Since the crisis became aculi I have spoken to every llriton I have known about tile prospects of war. and I have not beard, even once, a suggestion tliat the t'nlted States ought to send a foue Into the field Iirltons know and le-erit, the old taunt about "Lngland fighting to the last drop of French blood." and thev wonder how much more blood thev must shed on the Somme before tho jlhp Is silenced fin -ever Hut, except for a verv few no Union has ever wanted nn iiimv from the 1 nited States, and Just low inopt of them are in clined to think that the twenty or fifty thousand Americans serving In the Kntenle ranks might well lie taken homo to form the nucleus of the army which the l'nlted States will have to tiatn These men Know trench warfare and would make Ideal non commissioned olflcers or- more. Onlv for moral effect would an armv corns ur Aniei leans t,e reallv desirable, according to the sentiments I have heard expier-sed Willi the navv the case Is a little different, because our ships could he 'used to help again"! the submarine and to free Hrltih slips for tile engagement which is hnvll able As a maUer of fact, there have been a thousand Illinois of a terrific naval haltlu MncB Felnirai.v I with fiightful casualties on both sides According to the well-In-formed, the minors nr based on nothing more than the usual maneuvers of the (iranil Fleet Will America Join the Entente? The thing that worries a great tnanv peo ple over here Is whether tho t'nlted States, If war rloes come, will join ttie Lntenlp, accept her program and. perhaps, signing the pact of London swear not to make n reparate peace, or will fight n separate war. leldlng to thp demands of military strategy hut not or political .Naturally, nicy-would prefer the formpr and thpy frankly expect that, if war does come on thp single point of freedom of the seas, the rest of the Ihi tento piogram will eventually be accepted by tho t'nlted States Lsscntially, thev as-ert. the t'nlted States has declared against international lawlessness, event ually she must declare for International Justice, with all the rearrangements of Europe which that Involves. If she conies into this war. they sav she will be all the more anxious to prcvei ; future wars She will take up a position In regard to the i,mall nations of tho Ualkans. tn Poland, and even Ireland, which will make for peace In the end That Is why they are thoroughly glad to have her In. Even if Germany should back down, as the signs indicate now. the position of tho United States has been immensely bettered In the eyes of Entente Europe On the day before the decision was taken I called on a member of the diplomatic service here. lie confessed to me that he feared the next twenty-four hours almost as much as be had feared the forty-eight which elapsed from the time Austria presented her note to Serbia "But." he said, "If the break pomes now I shall be what I have not been for thirty months I shall bo optimistic about the future of International relations Particularly, of course, of Anglo-American relations. And If It doesn't come I shall be terribly pessimistic." I parsed him on the street yeBlcrday and he smiled. Grey and Wilson The actions of President Wilson have also thrown Into high relief the crowning days of the career of Viscount Cirey. Like Wilson, fJrey was an ardent worker for peace, and like AVllson he was compelled to take the first step toward war Immediately after he had made the most Idealistic plea for peace. In the negotiations between the present belligerents, at the ehd of July, 19H, Orey proposed a conference which he himself felt wijs doomed to be called Utopian. He promised that Germany should com out of that conference relieved for ever of her fears. He foreshadowed the league of nations. And two or three days later he was with .his back against th wall, having no Issue but war. The caaes are parallel In this respect, too, that Britain cam in for one tpecltlo object, as the United .States will If she goes to war at all, and gradually dlacov. ered the vast Implications of the European war. And the two leaders are also alike in the control which the ifcople of thelj: respective countries have over them. Grey hesitated because he did not know whether the country would follow. Britons are only now realizing that Wilson, had he acted sooner, might have been utterly repudiated by his country. Theee likenesses have been mentioned to me fe" many- persons, and alwayawlth tb8 4km unaenying mac incy prove now THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE A Reply to Dr. O'Malley's De fense of the Death Penalty. How Beecher Argued With an Infidel 7'i llepnrtment It free to nil teaiert n ho niii to express their opinions on ubjcct of vnrient interest. It is an open forum, anil the .'tenfiiiy I,ritfjer assumes nn sesponslmlitu " the tfm of its correspondents. Letters must he siuneit bv the tinme emit address of thr or Iter, tint tteceasrirUv tor publication, but us u uuarantee of aoott faith BEECHER'S SERMON To the f.'iflfor of thr Exerting I.eilnrr: Sir When Henry Ward Beecher was traveling with a filend they met three learned men, one of whom argued that there was no floel Beecher remained silent. His frlenil asked him why he was not trying to convince the doubter, nnd be replied "I was Just thinking of something I saw A poor lame man fell In a muddy place and was unable to get up Then came a gentle stranger and handed him a pair of crutches, and by their aid be was carefully picking bis way along, when a big burlv fellow snatched the crutches and clown fell the poor cripple again Into the mude" With a (lush of Indignation the infidel exclaimed. I wish Id been there!" Beecher calmly ... .,,,, , ,,, , ,, sal(i' n," nrt ,,le man Hu no support save Christianity, a manlty has nd jou nro trying to take that away' And tn reading the Evemivo Ledgku. I couldn't refrain from picturing Curdinal (iihbons as the friend and Doctor Eliot, of Harvard, as tho arguer. BIVEHS1DE Philadelphia, February 2.1 THE DEATH PEiN'ALTY To the Kdxtor of the Evening Ledger- Sir I have been asked by those Inter ested In the abolition of capital punishment In Pennsylvania to answer the arguments of Doctor O'Mallev, ns set forth In our Issue of February 20. Now, It may be taken from the doctor's plaint that It Is not a eiuesllon regaidlng the moral or Immoral aspect and phases of the whole subject of capital punishment but rather be objects to any discretionary power resting with Judge or Jurors where life Is involved. Slltlgatlng circumstances and a thousand other underlying causes should be brushed nslde .and the State forthwith offer up another life as a human sacrifice In revenge for society's being outraged. Usually thoRe who defend the death pen alty have held fast to tho one strong argu ment, "the law of deterrence," as their excuse to Justify the continuance of .this ancient and barbarous custom It Is no longer permissible anjl not considered good form tb use the expression, "The State must hae revenge," hut rather "An example must be made of this murderer to prevent others from committing a like offense." Xow, It is on this very vital Issue, "the law of example," where all advocates of humanness take their stand the terrihle "law of example," Why, even mothers, who often but possess the faintest knowledge of its underlying principles and power, shud der at the thought that tlieli children should hear or see the slightest evidence of any thing partaking of a bad example. And adults Inured to life as It really Is shrink instinctively from witnessing a gruesome spectacle, yet the State goes on unthink ingly from year to year utilizing this terri ble weapon, "the law of example," which, like the boomerang, returns unerringly to strike the caster In the face. I lived under the shadow of the gallows for sixteen years and witnessed the first execution that took place In San Quentln Prison, California. Prior to that date all executions took place In the counties where the crime was committed. The first victim to die In the newly erected human shambles at San Quentln was a poor obscure Indian criminal. Under the new arrangement It caused a State-wide sensation and hundreds of the morbidly curious went to San Quen tln and clamored for admittance to witness the gruesome spectacle. The prison officials were so excited over tho novelty of the In novation that a holiday was proclaimed for the Inmates of that vast Institution, And the very air seemed' to vibrate crisply on the, thoughts of murder and an Us kindred Lrj - . - ' iv . ,. . '- "GONER LET THE WATER OUT, whpii a brutal murder occurred In the piison almost within the shadow of the very gallows upon which the poor friendless In dian was Jerked Into eternity at the cud of a rope Dining mv experience at San Quentln Prlsem there took place something like sixt.v-fuiir legal murders, and I look special pains to Investigate and ascertain the facts surrounding each Individual case, and 1 make this unqualified statement without fear of contradiction that, with but eiy few exceptions those unfortunate human beings who were Jerked suddenly Into eter nity nt the end of a ropp should have been confined Instead In a psjchopathlc hospital for the hopelessly homicidal Insane Henry VI II put to death 72.000 persons during his leign. but each ye-ar crime In ti eased People were hanged for stealing as low- as thirty-five cents in money and for even daring to discuss how long Hip good Queen would live The law of suggestion on the part of tho Slate has its influence; ill pvpry murder, and the more tho Stale hangs the more the, people will think of human destruction and the more murders we will have. EDWARD MOKHELL. Philadelphia, February 24 WAIL OF THE "SPUD" Its State of Mind Produced by the Pre vailing High Prices I'm nileel with wrath. My angpr knows no hounds. TIip royal blood within me Is foaming with Indignation. I am King -Spud, dethroned, cold nnd much the worse for wpar. I crave the attention nf the public, who upheld the rank of my forefathers. I yearn for their caresses. 1 am a potato, Alas' my days of humiliation have been many. Perched atop Of'a basket before the bulk window of a downtown grocery store I am held In scorn. No one approaches me. They call me "exorbitant" whatever that means. I resent It, In the name of Spud and thp illustrious lineage It represents. From the time of my birth, when I was fondly caiddled by Mother Earth, came to my ears the tales of my forefathers. How they wero crowned with welcomo by the great public. They had become endeared in their minds through long centuries. I learned that my presence In the wide world was a necessity. My eyes are many nnd I was to see many things. I did. Huddled with many of my brothers, I hurried from my quiet abodo to the turmoil of the great city I was jarred and bumped, I "skinned my eye brows. ' but my heart' rejoiced, for J felt certain that a Joyous welcome must await me on arrival. From the brown sack that clothed me during my Journey I was removed. At last I was to receive my righteous position. My vanity was flattered. I was given the place of honor In the basket. I was on top free to see and greet those who would come to admire me caress me, Soon I began to learn of my value. A cardboard tag announced our worth. It bore mystic Inscription "19 cents a quar ter peck," 'They are worth more than that," said the storekeeper. The next day the sign read "21 cents a quarter peck," Each succeeding day my value Increased, until a new sign was made. I swelled with pride. Twenty-five cents per qusrter peck indicated the great height that I had attained. Warm hands surrounded me, lifted me from my perch but always replaced me In the basket. "Too high." I heard a feminine voice remark. Then I became the subject of a general "Buy rice, samp anything but poatoes!" shouted the public. My heart Bank. A riot occurred at the grocery Btore. I was bowled over from my high seat, trampled under the foot of those whom I believed would welcome me, I learned that my character was as sailed. I heard the words of noted pro fessors repeated. I was rated as an In ferior creature, because I possessed fewer calories than this common samp, thla rice, which sold at four and five cents per pound. Calories, It was new to me, also to the public, but they learned, and so did I I was weaker. Less filled with life-giving energy that Is measured by calories. I wept it was a heartless exposure. In turn I grew angry, I am a victim of olreuqi. siajuMs. ' Kao day ,l'ffmfff w)tktj BY HECK!" What Do You Know? Queries of oeneral interest will be answered in this column. 7ea oueslions.rthe nenue-rs fo uhich rierv v rU-tnfornirit turson should know, ure ashtd datlu. QUIZ 1, What are the limllldarleii of the Indian Oresin where the latest (ierniHii raider Is report eel , 2, What U htimii nnel where did it net It name? 3, What U the relationship between Asoclale -luatlre Oliver VVerifell Holmes, of the Supreme I'ourt. uwl Oliver Wendell Holmes, the isiet fsl eHa)lt? L today is the lilrthduv annlreronry of n treat fiench leoet. horn IB03, Name lihn, .1. Who Is lender of Hie llrllUh expedition in I'erula? . What Is it hetta? ". It lint President l hurled In Polk Plaee. Nttuhlille, Tenn.? H. (If what materials was Noah's ark built? li. How dors an elephant drink water? 10. What Is th, drrltallem of the (lrd llddUh '? Answers to Saturday's Quiz Dai Id franklin Houston Is .Secretary of .tcrlrultnre. Friinela lleuumunt (I.1SI-I6I6I and John Melcher 11,1)11-16231 were UnxlUh pla. Wrights of lm time of Mhakespenre. A eupeptic person Is "of eaiiy dlcetlon"i henre, uireeable. Thev averaso tonnatn of American merrhnnt tlilpi. 1000 In IHDO nnel 'J IOO in 1914. fount Zeppelin called "the laird of the Air by the German Kmperor. The National Comroisslnn, n hodr nf three urn rmira oj in ,-vnuonal nnd Amer ican Ixsicurs ml the Notional .Wncla Hon of Minor la-asues, Is the "supreme court" of haneball. 7. 1'rri.lilent William llenrr Harrison U burled at .North llend, Hamilton Count), (I. S, There Is no evening tar Just now r that l, no planet appears In the rrenlnn. 0. A inrriameler ! 10,000 meter. (0.2131 miles) 10. The Wllrh of laidor. n town of Galilee, was the; lilbllcnl sorceress whom Haul consulted on tho ere of his lt battle. Planets ifnd Stars A ,'' O (a) Star is a general term covering both planeta and stars The differ ence between a planet nnd a star Is that a planet Is a body, like the earth, revolving about tho sun and shining by reflected light and that a star Is a self-luminous body, like our sun Stars are so far distant In space that they appear very small, (b) There are eight planets to our solar system Mercury Venus. Earth. Mars, Jupiter. Saturn, Uranus and Neptune named In the order of their distance from the sun. Mercury, nearest the sun (about 35,DGO,500 miles), Is the smallest. Neptune is farthest from the sun (about 2,793,187,000 miles). Jupiter Is the largest. Convict Colonists W T.. Jr. There Is no record of con victs having been sent to settle any early American colony except Virginia. The say Ing that Virginia was settled by convicts Is an exaggeration, as very few convicts were transported to this country. Those who were sent tp Virginia were for the most part political prisoners and aristocrats, who were, In effect, exiled under guard. The practice of sending convicts to America was stopped by the British Parliament In 16,76. Dismissal of Diplomats J. B, M. Count von Bernstorff, the Ger man Ambassador, was the thirteenth foreign diplomat to be dismissed by the United States, Before the present war eight dlplo mats were sent home. These Included three British Ministers, two Spanish Ministers a French Minister and a French Commis sioner (Cltlien Genet) and a Xlcaraguan Charge d'Affalres. Since the war Itustem Bey. Turkish Ambassador, departed on "leave of absepce"; Captains Boy-Kd and Von Papen, German embassy attaches, and Doctor Dumba, the Austro-Hungarlan Am baesador. were recalled nnd Ambassador von Bernstorff was dismissed upon the sever anco of diplomatic relations with Germany SAM LOYD'S PUZZLE ITAID U2 for a cow. 1 sold' $12 Worth of milk before parting with Bossy for 106. That looks profitable, but In bal ancing accounts I discovered that I had lost an amount equal to one-half of her cost price, plus one-fourth of the cost of keeping her. How much In dollars and cents did I lose In bucking the milk trust? Answer to Saturday's Puzzle THE young man was nineteen years of age' and figured' his yearly keep at -"-. -...-. ... -, v.. ... f Tf KIllJ'-lirSE HMr ,; Mre,.!, 44 J47M;.,- Tom Dalyfa Column McAroni Ballads LXXVI AN 1TALO-AUERWAN ItEOElPT Here" da prita baby, lectio. Jcrml hooka, mecBlcr, Wat you theenka heemf ller&s da seed EetaHan, Wen cet prow rento a man, Wecll be gooda 'Merlcan, -Ji'evra was a keed more (at. How you it'posc he com' iy datf ' ilebbe so you theenk ecs viectk Mak' hees skren so so' like eelk; ilebbe, too, yoxi theenk ceft mta'l Mak' hcem solid, Xot a brctt ,Vo sooch' 'itcricana food Evra mak? a keed so good, I'cf you gotta baby, too, I weell tal you &al you rfo; Here ees gran' "receipt" or you: .ska for "EetaHan spagghat'," Hut erf you can no raymembra dat, Pay da man hees money 'or som' "macaroni"; Atnivlhrcna EetaHan you gat Mak' your babtei been an' strong an' fat. Look, da prlta baby lectio. Jceml Tak' hcem, meester, tak' on' fecla hcem, .SV herm smtlin' at you derrt ' Wata for you look .in scare", Wrcth your note up ecn rfa nlrr You need no be 'raid, my frand At so smalla "blacKa hand" nirtyf Mcbbr so, but dirt On da outsl' don'ta hurt. Som'thncn eel res good, you know, So da leetla plants can grow. Only ktnda dirt dat can Spoil da 'Merlcana man V.es da kind dot's icarkln' ren, Deep, deep, ondraneal' di .skren. Sol mooch fear for dat so long 11V con keep da oaklet strong. So I secnu my leetla song: Aska for "EetaHan sparghat'," Uut ref you tan no laymembra dnl. Pay da man hm money For vom' "macaroni"; Annylheeng EetaHan yait gat Mak' your hahirs hrri nn' stmnp an' fat. POTATOES are not bothering the Itrillans, though the onion shortage may be, and theie is n hint In this for the housewife. Italy had the secret of sane and economic diet long befoie Sir Walter Raleigh Introduced the potato into Eng. Huh society. TIIK INABILITY nf six sovontlis of our children (we're speaking very personally; now) to master simple mathematics has kept Uxor Arnica nnd oursclf wondering what to make of them But now hasten Equal Franchise and we'll send 'em all In Congress, From the Congressional Itecord we cull: Mr. I'lark. of Florida I want to state that the last quarter receipts at Falmouth show MlOfi 15 which, inulti piled by four, would make 60:o,64, That is one of the towns in whlih a site had alrpady been provided Mr. James I so mentioned Partners in Crime The Hetirpd Men of Thp mot uniuue thp Pennsylvania Library In the Itallroad is one of World. Pie moat unique As- Sign in Hooklovers" socl itlons of railroad Library, men In the world. P. n. Ji. Bulletin Marked Differences Teddy & Bryan. Twelve midnight & the next 7:30 a, m. John D. & me. City Hall A Phoebe Snow. Alexander & the one Rebecca took to the well. Twelfth inst. & next summer. Girls now & in mother's day, KItAB. Charles Wark, a young: man of outh ful appearance, slight in build com pared with the woman and gray as to hair, was at the piano. He understands perfectly how best to accompany the prima donna. He knows what volume Is required, what shading Is desirable, how much of It, and he follows every motion of the singer to detect. her next requirement In the matter of piano sup port. He not only knows these things, but he does them That Is why ho is such an excellent accompanist He wore evening clothes. The piano was finished In black, one of the low concert type bf Instrument, with a little out ward turn, on the ton of which the . singer tested an arm occasionally, Oshkosh rthwestern Ah! wait, gentle reader' Let not "Grandeur hear with a disdainful, smile the short and simple annals of the poor" repot ter. To a world bated with descrip tions of prima donnas Inside and out, Is it- not a relief to he shown no more of one than "an arm occasionally"? Printer's Joke Dear Tom The Philadelphia and Head ing Just brought me hero from New York, We wero slightly delayed en route nt a little town. Aren't the girls to Cheltenham Bold? Heverslon to type, I suppose. j.a. c RUSSIAN FOIt BARLEY CORN (From a Wilmington Contemp) NCmCEbn andaf!er this date. Iem,b",'l 1DIA T will Tint tiav any hi In unless contracie .v.u, - ,i,t T1,C1EMT! Dy myself. "Amateur Standing" in XVIII Centur . -,.-. .i,iiie,,i Blnter. .iii "tien)amin esi was ojmh.u. - - and In America had formed an acquaint ance on the Ice with Colonel (afterward toe well known In the Colonial War as Oen. eral) Howe. This friendship had dlwolvea with the thaw and was forgotten, till one day the painter, having tied on his .l at the Serpentine, was astonishing tys timid practitioners of London by the rapidity of his motions and the grace'" figure which he cut. Some one cried, wei" . . .. .e.i ir.t. 'T Afrl ffiaw WeSi; It WHB WUIUIIBI lln- - V .- A - to see you,' he said : 'and not the lesi w . that you come In good tlmlj t'""' praises OI American aiumi -- --- . ) to him lJord.Bp.neer Hamilton ndwn.p of the uavenuianrs, iu iraum " vi.i.a i West as one of the Philadelphia prcdigl. J . ..j liu -k. viyi what stm 'j ana requester nun "' ; ,, ' t..t, called the saiute.' lie ptrwnu -- . so much to their satisfaction that they w away spreading the praises of the Ami lean skater over iiiuun. .w. "'... considerate, Quakw Insensible Ued t ot sucn coramonuiuii. ,ii tsetm frequent tire Serpentine and tp "rll 'JV crowds by cutting the 'PhlladelphlaWWWJ;, The sequel was mat many oi i. "--,,,, of the sitater Deesma iu.i.."- "", painter and e.t to him for their PJ"1!.' ', p "Dunlap's History of Art. , sA cash prUe for, the woman "f JJ3 girl over fifteen wno ianw ";" "Vp.v number of tups mint 'w'"-"'"rhJ .uJ publlo baths for the next si 'u"".r0,J been offered by the local Board of -Trtl To insure me auinenuiuy . --- )tM, ness boom, eacn gin ana "" "u.jjJl competition will have a card and a pun-Jj Saturday's poduo 'tu"(l And can't you see some of the arrM trusted with cara ana pun;n. " their phalrs at home enjoying wv- batba at once overworking ipp-- H.I1IW Of WaU-lM ...-" 159 I fvf, L: r. -.i.i.Ti.i.'.ufc......:. i . . j . . . u,. i. jb vw i 'u-KHWHMr r ? ' -?J
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