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CTRUS H. K. CtjnTIS, rmarcwcr
irfa W. TAiAlnrtnn. Vice President 1 John
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Uncle Sam has learned to make
Bcrruefort cheese, but a lot of his neph
ews havo not yet learned how to cat it.
The. order from the Stato Depart
ment that no Information be mtde public
concerning the clearance of vessels from
this port and New York Is censorship ot
sews at the source, to thlch no patriotic
American interested In the safety of
.hips at sea will seriously object.
The sucqes3 of the Stato Constabu
lary In bringing an end to tho robborles
In and about Pcnllyn calls attention to
one of the most Important functions of
this unrivaled body of men. There Is an
Impression abroad that Its chief function
Is to suppress rlotlnu strikers, but as a
matter of fact It Is engaged nil tho tlmo
In protecting the people of tho State
from all sorts of lawbreakers.
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An 80,000-ton warship, -with eight-en-Inch
guns, which the Navy Depart
ment says Is tho biggest that can now bo
passed through the Panama Canal, would
make Balboa, who first crossed tho Isth
mus, sit .up and take notice, indeed. If
the late Admiral Mahan, who said that
t 10,000-ton ships were the maximum do
Irable, knows of the progress which has
been mado In building big ships he will
be almost as greatly surprised as Balboa.
If the police hao at last decided
to enforce tho ordinance ngalnst "hitch
ing on" to vehicles In tho street, tho
number of fatal accidents ought to bo
reduced. Mr. Cattell could doubtless tell
offhand how many iiojs are killed each
year by Jumping from a, wagon on which
Ihey wero stealing a ride. In the past
tho police have paid no attention to them
and the boys hate been In the habit of
hitching on In sight of an officer on tho
sidewalk. Now the officers are ordered
to arrest all such for their own protec
tion. The colleagues of Representative
Woodward who would not take seriously
his plan to pay a bounty for rats did not
appreciate tho ravages of these rodents.
It Is capable of proof that iuts destioy
as much &S the birds save Yet It Is set 1
ously proposed that cats bo taxed In ot fler
to reduce their number nnd save the birds
Which eat noxious lnaprta nnd Vi auH,
fain" pestiferous plants. Japan prior to her
-j ' war with Russia paid a bounty for rats
:V in t.Ha.. . ...!.. ... .1.- V...1 ,- -i
v.ut.. iw n.w uui mo uuuuiiic plague,
and with unusual foresight sated the
kins and mado earmuffs of them for her
oldlers who fought tho Russians In
northern Korea, rood hero would be a
little- cheaper if the rats were extermi
nated. It is among tire possibilities that
Germany is attempting to provoko Hol
land to resist Interference with her ship
pins In order to give the German troops
an opportunity to make war upon the
Netherlands. German statesmen have
Bald for years that Germany without Hol
land Is like a houso without a front door.
1 Grman ambition has long looked in tho
direction of this country through which
tho Rhino finds its way to the North Sea.
Tho sinking of seven Dutch merchant
hips bound for Holland ports la without
fany excuse. Germany has mado a show
!? apologizing, but the apologies do not
r raise the ships nnd only Increase tho in
g1trnatlon of the Dutch. Aro we to have
v efchew- peace plan on the basis of the war
j nap wiin Jiouanu made another Belgium?
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A ' . The nlan of the cltv in hnv nrn.
f' "H,l visions and sell them at cost has been
Jraa.de Jn response .to ari undoubted demand.
l Aa AmlltAHS, n 4 am nAm . .........
ft"i.:iiltj. meet an emergency. No ona ex-
T'JtA Wsiits It to solve the hlirhnat-nMlvlnir
blem. It is exnected. however, to
EtMck the bottom out of any SDeculative
'' afrners that may havo been formed. No
atMfti corner could survive twenty-four
Jejra,with tho city buying in the open
a .-jHeWket arid, selling food at cut prices. 'It
i y M peUIe td got potatoes and apples on
wte) rrm ana unng tnem to in a city and
without, profit at much less
rivalling retail prices. We can
, tM, middleman's profit tempo.
MM.eaee 'the pressure upon the
. . . jn . .
JUes.;" "vof moderate means until the
i of food In the country are dlstrib-
la theS oentersjfWhere they are
We vdo Mot suppose any one ex-
tlvta tafar (rem the plan. We
tho broad minded
dJctlon
retailers took adTanloge of the crisis and
in an intelligent spirit of self Interest
offered to co-operate with the city In the
work, either by lending some ot their
machinery of distribution or by cutting
out tho middleman themselves and mak
ing their stores n medium for getting
tho food directly from tho producer to
tho consumer.
CONGRESS MUST SHARE
RESPONSIBILITY
MR. WILSON'S guarded statements to
Congress accurately represent what
has seemed in tho last three weeks to
bo tho state of mind of tho people In
at least ono lcspcct namely, that the
majority of them aro not disposed to pro
voko Germany to open war by a hasty
and belllcoso demonstration of force. He
finds that no overt act has been com
mitted. He finds only Increasing evi
dence that Germany has been trying out
our pationco with pinpricks that seem
to mako certain thero is no intention
on tho part of tho German Government
to retreat from its position. That po
sition, It maintained, may mean war, un
less wo nro to surrender our right to
tmdo with Kurope. And it must bo
admitted that Congress and tho country
hayo not mot that issue with sufficient
firmness and unity to wariant tho I'rcsi
dent in taking steps that might amount
to making war.
If sending our ships to sea armed or
othorwlso protected Is tantamount to
making war, as would seem to bo tho
low of tho nciman Government, it is
proper that Congress, which nlono has
the right to dcclaio war, should assume
tcsponslblUty for actions which it would
necessarily havo to lndorso later. It
would be sheer moral cowaidlco to put
tho whole bin don on Mr. Wilson. Ho
seems, In fact, to Imply that ho would
havo takon steps to protect American
Bhlps sooner If thoro had not been so
much irresolution among Congressmen
and other citizens. He says:
No doubt I already po thit au
thority without special warrant of law,
by tho plain Implication of my consti
tutional duties and powers; but I prefer.
In the present circumstances, not to
act upon general Implication
Those "present circumstances" nro
peace-at nnytprlce speeches and propa
ganda and'tho remarkable inconsistency
in speeches in tho Senate censuring tho
President, In effect, for not protecting
our ships nnd at tho samo time protest
ing against giving him nuthorlty to do so
effectually.
It will depend erj latgely, then, upon
tho tenor of the reply of Congress to
tho President to what extent protection
shall bo afforded to our shipping Mr.
Wilson leaves no doubt as to tho main
fact, that "we must defend our commerco
and tho lives of our people
Only the method nnd the extent remiln
to bo chosen " Congress can thus limit
the "extent ' to putting ono gan on each
merchant ship a most Inadequate de
fense or it can put in tho hands ot the
President full nuthoilty to send our mer
chantmen to bet surrounded with con
voying warcraft as the other extreme. Of
course, the decision is not so simple as
that choice. Tho course thw President
will take may mean either an immedlato
stato of war or It may mean the adoption
of a method of armed neutrality which
will bo satisfactory for many months,
perhaps until tho end of tho European
war. Ho cannot tell. No one can tell
The best method must bo found, nnd
when It Is found it must be a military
secret, to a largo extent, as having
broken off relations with Germany it
is not our placo to point out to her the
strong and weak points of our defense.
Tho President, In this trying position.
Is thus compelled to nsk that tho country
trust him with largo enough povvprs to
meet any sudden swerve toward open war
the situation may take, as well as less
serious emergencies. No ono doubts that
the country really trusts him to use dis
cretion. Criticism of him has been that
ho erred on tho side of discretion nnd
not on that of impulse. Criticism has
even been heard since his address of jes
terday that still he does not go far
enough, that ho does not say how soon
ha desires to take steps to protect Ameri
can ships and lives. But what criticism
of that sort comes from Congress, Con.
gress can readily silence by taking action
in the five days left to it for action.
A SUni'EIT OF HORRORS
THE sinking by a German submarine
of tho Cunard liner Laconla Is as in
defensible as the sinking ot tho I.usitanla.
She was a passenger ship, carrying 270
men and women besides the crew. If this
wero tho first example of Gerrhan sub
marine frlghtfulness the world would be
shocked bejond measure But the unlaw
ful, Intolerable course of Germany has
brought nbout a surfeit of horrors, and
we say that this is only another Instance
of that invasion of the fieedom of tho
Rcas which has become common in a war
avowedly fought to insuio their freedom
to the commeica ot all nations.
Yet In uplte of tho multiplicity of such
.horrors there still remains enough of the
sense of Justleo and humanity to be
shocked at tho action of a nation in sink
tng without warning a great ocean liner
loaded with passengers. No excuse can
bo found for it in the principles of con
duct of any civilized power.
ET THE FARCE GO ON
WHEN reduced to Its lowest terms, the
Governor's veto of tho Sproul reso
lution means that If he Is to bo inves
tigated he wishes to be investigated by
his friends nnd r.ot by his enemies.
He charges that the proposed inquiry
was for the purpose of, "putting him In
a hole," The kind of an investigation
which he would like would bo one that
would, put him on a pinnacle.
The veto' rings the curtain down on
ono act of the farce which both factions
have been playing. It remains to be
seen whether, when the curtain goes up
again, it will show the factlonallsts fall
ing on one another's necks In a moving
reconciliation scene while thero sticks out
of tho pockets of each a contract for a
division of tho v spoils of office in which
the, rights of tho people aro ignored.
Neither faction Is anxious for an in
vestlgation, for each "has tho goods" on
the otner. A conspiracy of addition,
division and silence which seems to be
undwtway will hasten the time when tf
n JMpUsVlTMia will And
REMAKING FAGES
MARRED BY WAR
Dr. Coulomb Fashions Eyes
Eyelids, Cheeks nnd Fore
heads for French Soldiers.
An Example of His Work
By HENRI HAZIN
Special Corrreponilcnt o He Eicnlna Lciotr
in i'rancr.
PARIS, Jan. 30.
IN ALL the world thero aro Just an even
dozen manufacturers of artificial eves.
Eleven mako glass eves. Thero Is ono each
In New York. London and Venice. Of the
other nine, four nro In Germany nnd flvo
In Paris. Among theso there is, a man
npart, nn artlrst, Dr. Robert Coulomb, who
makes artificial cvps of crjstal and enamel
so startllngly like tho living orbit that nt
a dlstanro of twclvo feet from a patient,
provided the living ejo Is Immobile, It is
absolutely Impossible to distinguish which
can sco thn light of tho sun Slnco his
demoblll7atton its nn iirtnv surgeon, his
entlio tltno could bo devoted to n pro
fession that found lis clientele suddenly in
cleaned bj several thotmml per cent Doc
tor Coulomb bait also performed extrnordl
niry work In artificially tendering facc
mutllatrtl noldlers of I'intico much llko their
unharmed countrymen nt moro than passing
glance
Doctor Coulomb is a profcswnr ot oph
thalmic surgery, a grnduxto of tho I nl
versltj of pirls nnd nn oculist ot ronntvn
nho wears the frolx de Ouerro for btnv-iv
nt the front Previous; to tho war, ho bad
been tho recipient of honors from tho Krciuh
Uovorninent. Two genetations befoto lum
had been manufacturers of artificial ejes.
At tho death of his father porno jenrs ago
ho abandoned eya surgery to tako up tho
succession. Doctor1 Coulomb does not nnd
has not for nomo time pel formed any oe-ulo-frontal
oculo-nasil, or oculo-zvmatlc
surgety Ho recolvcs only such soldiers ns
patients as havo been dltchargcd from the
hospltnl with a missing jo or healthy
healed upper fac wound.
"A Littlo Germnn riensnntry"
Yhon I entered his onico In the Rue
Vlgnon, ho presented mo to another man
In uniform, nbout thirty jrars of age. with
stripes upon ono arm Indicating rank ns
first llentenant of Infnntrv, and upon tho
otbfr, two ears' service against Gcinnnv.
Ibis olllecr whoso name I will not mention
wore apcttarles, and ns 1 grasped his li md
I saw tho left eve ns nrtlllelnl nnd that a
scar ran In Irregulai elliptical foim around
tho lower forehead and back ngaln, en
circling the eje As I looked nnd mentally
noted how horrid a wound ho must have
received ns well as tbe marvelous surgery
that had mado his face so procntablo.
Doctor Coulomb smiled and said to him-
"Vou would bo very amiable, Lieutenant
, If ou would undress our faco for
Monsieur, whom I expressly deslied jou
should meet "
With the request, tho Lieutenant re
moved his r-pectncles With them, becauso
nttacbed, catno tho artificial eve and nil
In one pleie the eyelids, part nt tbe lower
forehead and ibeek Ileforo my vision was
the wloKidcst cicatrice 1 havo ever looked
upon, and 1'vo seen a few slnco I have
been In France Tor the mlnuto before tho
Lieutenant replaced the part of his faco
ho held In his band. 1 gnred upon a sunken
grafted blank reiedlng over an Inch wilhln
tbe head
"A little Germnn plensantry, Monsieur,"
said tho Lieutenant
"An exploslvo bullet.' added Doctor Cou
lomb "tho Germans b.vvo used nnd are
still using In this war a rlllo bullet that
breaks In explosion within a wound if per
chanco It strikes a resisting bone That
M lo Lieutenant Is allvo Is duo to God's
providenco nnd tho good surgery In our
base hospitals. That even among tho many
mutilated he Is not stared at as ho walks
the streets of Pails Is duo to my work
Since nothing existed to "support nn artifi
cial eje, we havo molded a counterpart In
rubber of what the German bullot exploded
aw aj, nnd nftcr painting It In water proof
paint to match skin and contour, attached
tho artificial eje and spectacles thereto
Tho whole can be placed In position and
removed a3 quickly as ou havo seen M.
lo Lieutenant has two sets. At his pleasure,
ho can change a portion of his faco as ou
would change jour collar."
An Artist nt Work
Doctor Coulomb has produced a great
number of like aitlflclal faco portions. In
ono Instance not only eyo and eyebrows,
but most of a cheek In tho caso of but a
missing eo his method Is far from se
lecting a glnss eve In stock Glass Is not
emplojed, but nn opaque crjstal of puro
quartz combined with slllcato of lead for
reproducing tho so-called "white" of the
eve This white varies In Individuals nnd
races to a great degree of vanod (one
having bluish, gialsh brownish, greenish
nnd reddish hues bo Infinitesimal that onlj
attention called thereto would detect them
Through tho modium of metallic oxldis as
oxido of cobalt for blue or oxldo of lion
for giaj-, tho exact shade of whito is se
cured. Tho nrtlst, for such ho trulj- Is, I found
seated In a darkened room beforo a shielded
draft-driven gas flame, tho latter uelng thus
pcen In all Its Intensity A crjstal tube
six inches long ending In a bulb of selected
white Is placed In tho fiamo and a pencil
of white enamel forced through nnd melted
into Its center at a heat of BOO degrees
centigrade This pencil point to form the
artificial ejeball has previously been se
lected from a w ide range of tone, and Is
blown to its counterparts diameter By a
"w Ida range of tone ' I mean that no
possible composition In blues, grays, greens
and browns is without tho rnngo of as
sortment In Doctor Coulomb's establish
ment Tho tone Is Intermingled with white
enamel In A twisted pencil used ns an
artist vvoujd use a brush to paint within tho
fiamo tho personal qualities of the Iris,
which van In great degree In each individ
ual Small blood vcsels If existent upon
tho "white" aro repioduced In tiny touches
on tho whlto enamel Tho circular bulb Is
then cut In half with a platinum point vvhllo
within the flame being cemented at the
samo tlmo upon ono edgo to nn enamel
pencil In support of the severed tuba which
holds the whola In tho fiamo during the still
few essential minutes ero It Is placed In
a small oven to bake and presently allowed
to cool gradually A natural polish exists
through tho naturo of the materials em
ployed I watched the artist at tho operation
thus superficially described, knowing he
was making a replica of my own right eye
I do not suppose many men having two good
eyes carry a counterpart of ono within a
tiny leather case In thejr pockets. Doctor
Coulomb tells ma he never made an artificial
eye beforo for ono possessing two living
ones, nnd that consequently ho never made
an artificial eje with so much pleasure. The
dpctor's office Is a small museum of re
search. Bookcases contain every work upon
his profession that has been printed In any
language. Within a frame upon a wall are
arranged in sequential order a gold eye
from a mummy of nn Egyptian noble of the
period of Ramcses 11,-sllver, horn and lead
mummy .oyei,; a silver pointed eye from an
Assyrian tomb! the- first type of glass eye
made In Venice In 1580 j the first Frenph
eye mado in severs m 1710; a uninese
porcelain eye of 17E0 : an artificial eye of
wood from the South Seasj a German
celluloid eye of 1800 i examples of modern
French and German eyes, and finally, a
Coulomb crystal nnd enamel eye of arttstlo
vrorkmanshlp. Prom a book by Doctor
Coulomb, recognized as an authority upon
his profession, I learn the first reference In
history to the artificial eye.for tho living is
found in the Jerusalem Talmud. In this
ancient civil and canonical law of the Jews
It is stated, 'That a maiden 'might be
heautlfled. Rabbi tsmael had made for her
an eye and a tooth of gold."
Marconi of wireless fame is one of Doctor
Coulomb's clients. Oambetta was one of
his father's. Many noted personages have
worn artificial eyes of divers sorts, among
them .Cellini; Conte. syho , Invented lead
f jaenn AA ui fifllivef mm (110 imitiu-
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THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
How We Might Have Bullied
England A Pro-German
Speaks
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
To the rdllor of the Eicning Lidocr:
Sir I hivo read the htter of C. II on
tho U-boat question, and there is much
truth in what he sajs
When England first announced her Ille
gal blockade against Germany, President
Wilson protested vigorously, and declared
the blockado Illegal nnd entirely inde
fensible As England paid no nttcntlon to
tho protest hnd continued tho blockade,
Germany Inr reprisal announced tho sub
marine blockado against England Presi
dent Wilson sent a piotest to Germany and
said we would hold her strictly accountable
President Wilson then, very properly, sent
a note to England nsklng If sho would
stop tho Illegal blockado If Germany would
stop tho Illegal submailno blockade Ho
also sent a note to Germany asking If shp
would stop the submarine blockado If Eng
land would stop her blockado of Germans-.
Germanj- ansncicd courteously In ten
days and agreed to stop tho submnrlno
blockade under thoso conditions, ns re
quested England did not answer for over
three weeks, and then sho answered not so
courteouslj-, but lather brusquely, that sho
would not relinquish the blockado of the
Central Powers
Now nil that President Wilson had said
so far was perfectly proper legally nnd
diplomatlcallj But tho whole world was
am i7ed that he left tho matter rest there
and nothing further was done to stop tho
Illegal blockade by England, svhlch pro
hibited us dealing with tho Central Pow
ers in noneontraband goods.
Tho American Review of Reviews ot
May, 1S1C, in an excellent editorial, says
'Now wo need not havo gono to war with
England to stop her Illegal blockade It
would not even havo been necessary to
write another noto to hei about It. AH that
was necessary was for an official of our
Administration simply to havo whispered
to tha English Ambassador that we wero
In earnest and meant business, and tint
tho Illegal blockade must bo stopped, and
It would have been stopped Immediately"
England was dependent on us for mu
nitions of war and couiu noi nao risnm
our putting nn embargo on them. By our
Insistence at this lime we would havo
compelled compllanco with International
law by both nations and would have
avoided the submarine difficulties J W.
Philadelphia, February JM.
FROM A PRO-GERMAN
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir The majority of Americans who
sjmpathlzo with Germany In this ragged
hour havo shown themselves truer and
better patriots than tho majority of Amer
icans who sympathize with Britain. For the
German exponents nmong us have mainly
pleaded merely for a strictly equitable
attitude on tho part of the United States to.
ward the nation which they believe In,
while our British exponents have almost
Invariably argued with but little regard for
sound Judgment In their conclusions and
with virtually no consideration whatever
for exact Justice to all the belligerents
alike.
The latter class has allowed the invasion
of Belgium to blind them worse than a
bunch of bafs at high noon on a clear day
They have utterly failed to appreciate that
every fort In Belgium was pointed straight
at Germany, that the Government ot Bel
glum had a treaty with both France and
n.u.iH -.,1.11, .na 11 lrnl atiateclc menace
to the regions of the lower Rhine In caso
of armed conflict, and that the German
military staff clearly saw Jthat Franco was
nbout to attack tha western frontier of
Germany by way of Belgium and with the
consent of Belgium, making a condition
of affairs at that time which now actually
and powerfully tends to completely reverse
tha popular conception of responsibility for
tho terrible experience which that unhappy
country has gone through with and in
tensely suffered on account of the folly and
obtuseness of Its own rulers and the bitter
harshness nnd extreme severity of others.
French Gov ernment, officials and British
press agents can deny7 this view until they
are black and blue in the face, but impartial
history will emphatically asserUlt to have
been a fact, along with tho deliberately In
citing character of the dual cargo on board
the Lusltania. And If these torylzed cham
pions ot Britain in our midst could only Just
once get that fact Into their heads they
would soon be on the road to recovery and
willing to acknowledge that we aerman
sympathizers have been far more in the
IU. Ihkn thM An thA tonnlj, will- alt,,4lAH
rBMb UW ". " ,w "-' " - -"Wt
ever stnoe tha row started. Tfces tfeelr hand
"HERE'S A REAL JOB FOR
a firm and true understanding of our
mutual duties as Intelligent nnd con
scientious neutrals in deed as welt as In
word, wo will press forwnrd togethci nnd
fervently sttlvo with an honest and sincere
purpose nnd w Ith an mmcasurnbl suporlor
effectiveness to bring peace nnd happiness
back Into tho hearts and homes of all of tho
people In Europe EQUITr
Philadelphia, February 22
ARMED NEUTRALITY
Tho President's announcement that the
United Stntes Is to tako tho position of
armed neutrality, for which he sajs thero
aro precedents In our history, probably re
ferred to the famous Armed Neutrality, an
association of Powers biought nbout by
Cathnrine of Russia In 1780. Prussia pro
claimed tho rtocflno of ' freo ships, free
goods' In 1752 nnd Franco proclaimed It
In 1778. Great Britain in her wars with
America, Franco and Spain Insisted on her
rights to search neutral ships for enemy
goods Intel fering with tho commerco ot the
world On March 8, 1780, Catharine Issued
her famous proclamation las Ing down tho
print iples, (1) that neutinl ships may
freelj- sail from port to port and along the
coasts of belligerents, (2) that a blockade
to bo recognized must bo effectual and roal
and (3) that except In tho caso of contra-"
band freo ships make free goods
The United States, Spain nnd Franca Im
mediately Indorsed tho pilnclples of the
declaration An association of tho principal
nations of Euiope was formed for tho pur
pose of enforcing these principles upon tho
belllgorent Powers Tho Immediate effect
ot this association was to embarrass Eng
land bj the consolidation of European senti
ment against her Tho armed neutrality
meant that the neutrals would defend their
shipping by nrms If It was Interfered with
The United States has contended for tho
principle of free ships and free goods, nnd
It has a treaty with PiussU In which that
prlnclplo Is recognized as binding on the
two Powers In tho event of war by cither
of them upon a third Power.
AND IS READY FOR ANOTHER
It was entirely appropriate that tho first
American liner to leave Europe since
Frightfulness sought coinand of tho seas
should bo the Philadelphia Philadelphia
has figured nt a good many critical turns In
American history Loulsvlllo Herald
"JERSEY QUAIL"
There Is something suspicious about Mr.
Henry Tord's project of moving one of his
plants to the Jersey meadows Immediately
after announcing he Is to build "flivver"
submarines. Perhaps the new terrors of
the seas will bo armor-plated mosquitoes?
Now York Herald.
All Points of the Compass
Rubaiyat of a Commuter
LNXXIV
Would you some Dollars well and wisely
spend?
Then get n Camera, I would tell j-ou,
Friend.
Tou can make Pictures of jour House
and Folks;
It is a Hobby I can recommend.
LXXXV
JUBt yesterday I took a Family Group
Of' Ma and Children posed on our Front
Stoop,
All holding hands. It was a lovely sight I
And in the Distance thowed the Chicken
Coop.
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Casuals of the Day's Work
xxx
SHE Is a clever lady and she lives In
Chicago. Our correspondence has been
elusively intermittent, but when she writes
she writes sooth. Thus:
As to what is current in this part of
the world, we have here moro quesr
people who write free verse than any
other place can boast. I belong to a
few clubs (wlmmlns') and I get a dose
of It every few minutes. ,
Then we came back at her with Willlat,!
Sharp's Fiona McLeOd's staiement: "Con
cerning the use of unthymed meter what
can be done In Greek and aerman can' bo
done in English. This has been proved,
for some ot Matthew Arnold' finest work
Is In unrhymed verse. I feel that there Is
in verse, as in painting, a-borderland tor
impressionism pure and simple, for the aug
gestlon of a certain color and emotion, a
Vivid actuality, which ho nv " u uis
slpated by the effort and restrictions of
rhyme."
Then she! "You believe all this? You be
lieve that the big Irishman poet person
was right when he said that what could
be dona In Greek and German pan as well
be done In English?"
The Impeachment, bung soft, we admit-
tiays passed, then this from hr "Why
. vou do It?" she wrote- -
Aj y tkey'W tM MtC Mi
YOU!"
What Do You Know?
Queries of neneral irterest iefli fce answered
in this column. Ten aueatlons. the answers to
nhich eieru v etlifvrmed vcrson should know,
art aiked daily, -,
QUIZ
About whnt le the rout of n eabmnrlne
torpedo?
What Is a rlilnanaptn?
What nro rloir. which the Hrlllh now are
said to be wearlnlt?
trim Is linns Warner?
Where U President flrant burled?
When vrns Ilelclnm eetaMlfthed ae n separate
kingdom?
In what American eltles have food riots
recentb occurred?
What I the hirgPM vessel sunk by Oermanr
shir the new submarine decree waa Is
sued? How many men n rear would the Army
tlenernl StnlT'a iinliersnl military train
ing hill train ns soldiers?
Where Is Danish America?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. The Inrllan Ocertn Is hounded nn the north
by Arnbla, Indlti, Slam und the Malay
peninsula, on the south hr the Antarctic
Orenn, nnd extends from Aufttrolln to the
east ronftt of Afrlcn. Two urms. formed
on thn north by uedlte-HliHPed India, are
the Arabian Sen nnd the Hay of Ilengal.
2. Samp, or roars homln, I said to owe Ita
name lo the itnpnrrhed meal iwrrldce
called "nnsaump" by the Indians.
3. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Associate Jn-dte of
the Supreme t onrt. is a son of Oliver
t endell Holmes, poet nnd lesiaiist.
A. Yesterday was the birthday anniversary of
lctor nuco.
6. Sir Percy Sjkes Is the leader of the British
expedition In 1'rrt.la.
0. Ghetto means n section of n city where Jews
live In crentcst numbers, the nnme rnm
Ini from places, especially in Ilnlj, which
were set ntldo for Jens.
7. President folk Is bnrled In Tolk Place, Nash
ville, Tenn.
8. Noah's nrk was made "of frontier wood"
(ciprens. pine?) nnd was calked with
Pitch,
p. An elephant drinks water by fllllnn his
trunk nnd then squirting the water Into
bis mouth.
10. "llildlsh" comes from the German word
"Jnedlsch." pronounced "leeillsh," with
n long "00" sound mingled with the
. 'ee," It means Jewish In Cirrman,
Lake Titicaca
E S. R Lake Titicaca, on the boundary
line between Peru nnd Bolivia, has the
highest altitude among tho lakes of South
America It Is 12,500 feet above sea level,
IS Ing In a plateau cast of the Andes
Mountains.
Brotherhoods
L E. W The two brotherhoods are
separato bodies rhe Brotherhood of An
drew nnd Philip, founded at Reading, Pa ,
In 1888, has 15,000 members belonging to
fifteen different evangelical denominations
Tho general secretary Is Norman J. Smith,
1214 Wldener Building. Philadelphia. The
Brotherhood of St Andrew Is a Trotestant
Episcopal Church organization with 13,000
members. Tha secretary Is G. H. Randall,
Church House, Tvvolfth and Walnut streets,
Philadelphia. Tho alms of both brother
hoods nro about tha same; i, 0, praser for
thp spread of Christianity and efforts to
bring others under its Influence.
EI-Amarna Letters
W. E. R The El-Amarna letters are
about 400 clay tablets throwing much light
on ancient Palestine nnd neighboring coun
tries. They were discovered by an Egyp.
tlan woman In the ground at Tell el-Amar-na
In 1887, according to one account, which
has It that aho sold the right to the tablets
for tho equivalent of fifty cents The tab
lets ore inscribed In the Babylonian lan
guage. Soma authorities hold that most
of them wero written long before the He
biew conquest;, others that they are con
temporary with that event. Seven were
written by Ebed-hepa, King of Jerusalem
about 1360 B, C. Others were written In
Phoenicia. . 1
Chess King
P. K. A king never actually Is taken In
a chess game. The game ends when the
king cannot be protected or cannot move
without being taken.
SAM LOYD'S PUZZLE
'u-lTTHATS the date, Bobby?" inquired
Wills mother one day last Septem
ber. Iobby. who was studying the calen
dar", replied: ''I observe that it we add
up the dates that havo-already passed
this month and subtract that total from
the sum total of the dates to coma this
month, the difference will be the date
5f the day after the day after tomorrow "
What was tha date upon Which Bobby
made his speech?
Answer to Yesterday's Puzzle
EonTT dillsrs was lost on that cow
deal. 'Cow.ooet fittooi jfl7t. total
Tom Daly's Column
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BEDFELLOWa
Ain't no ono so olad a me '
When thev't lady company
Como to visit us an' stay
All that night until It's day.
Ain't much slecptn' room at all
In our houso it's mado so small.
Hut my pa h&ll always 'low
We Kin "double-up somehow."
'Ncn xchen tail my prayers Is said
Ma she tucks mo into led
'Way, 'icay over on ono side.
'Sen I feel real satisfied
To bo sleepy an' to go
Itlght spang off, because I know
When I tcakc fust thing I'll see
Wai bo pa In bed vHth me.
'Xcn for fun: T tell you what,
'At'sthe tlmo I have a lot.
I jtst craicl on Pa an' shako '.
Ills olo head till he's aicake.
Fust h&ll lay real Mill an' play
Bo's asleep an' goln' to stay.
'Ken li&ll raise up In tho air,
Groicl an' cut up like a bear
Como to cat me up, an' I
Laugh an' squeal an' yell. Oh, myl
Wo jht run thlngi, me an' pa,
navln' lots o fun, till ma,
In the next room, sex: "You boys
Best git dtcsscd an' quit that noise."
I wlsht every night 'at ue
Might hate lady company.
IF THERH Is to bo war, it's Congress's
and not Wilson's, of courso. Come, gen
tlemen, how say you? Tho clerk, will
call tho roll.
OF COURSE, it was a Gothamlte (nee
Podunklan, very likely) who first said,
"Nobody over .wants to co to PhiinAi.
phla; they merely have to, sometimes."
Well, tho movies men should havo caught
Grlf Aloxandor when ho received word
In St, Marys. Sid., to renort for dntv ti-uv.
our most distinguished ove. cdntemp. He
started his Journey at 9 a. m. with the
Star Route man in a mud covered hur-inr
nnd traveled two miles; then nine miles
In a carringo to Leonardtown. then alrrv
miles to "Washington in an autobus. The
rest of tho trip was conventional, and
ho was here nt 11 p. m. of tho same
daj Bomo of us will travel far to get
a whiff of tho old familiar pasta pot
GRANT RICE put ono over tho fence
at tho flag polo In his poem, "To Honua
Wagner at Torty-throe." If j'ou didn't
read it in last evening's best paper, by
all means dig it up out of tho back
kitchen nnd go to it. It's a bully bit.
Bill, oh I
There's something hurts us so
In this unsympathetic day,
When nc, with brightening eye, essay
To ptalso a lad uc used to know
Pilmordfnl fiiiiicicr of the ball
And long-lived daddy of them all.
It Is to u,atch the scorn that grows
Hound every youthful Up a)id nose
And hear our oiin 6ra.sh piogcny
Vxclalm: "Pop Anson? Who uas hct'
Ah! that's what stings us ancients tee
W7io iincr mote, alas! may sec
Hans ll'ooiicr play at forty three!
TOM HOGAN, whoso fine bntltone al
ways rings answering bells In our bosom,
was ono quarter of a big musical feature
at a recent Clover Club dinner. It was an
unusually crowded dinner, and seating
exigencies separated Tom from tho other
three fourths. Well, tho quartet sang its
first offering splendidly, and Tom went
back to his green turtle soup. A thick
necked guest who Bat next to him looked
up: "Been out?" says he. 'They was
on'y somo slngln'. You didn't mlsj
much."
ADD FAMOUS TRIPLETS
Men, women and children.
Rag. tag nnd bobtail.
Nation, Stato and city
Body, soul nnd breeches
Lock, stock and barrel
Hanged, drawn and quartern!
Friends, Romans, countrjm"
Large, small and medium
Tit tat-too.
Ready! Aim ! Fire!
Nose, mouth and ears.
T. A. D.
Three sheets In the wind.
The threo Graces.
Three days of grace.
Three men In a boat.
Threo shakes.
Michael, Gabriel and Raphael
D. C. VER.
ALICE IN ItVNKEItLAND
IB. L. T In Golf Illustrated, for February)
"If forty pro's wrote forty books,
Besides what books there are.
Do you suppose," the Wnlrwj said,
"Pd play this course In part"
"I doubt It," said the Carpenter,
And lit a fresh cigar.
OF COURSE, you dontt know what an
antlgram is. How could you? It's a
lying anagram, that's all. There's a par'
tlcularly good specimen by Fred Lot In
tho February number of tho Eastern
Enigma:
AM RANK WIT
The nnswor is "Mark Twain."
API) WArt NEWS
The Sharpsburg Jitney bus left H
town with two crates 01 onium " -.
and no armed guard on oparu,
llacerslown Dally Mali.
A SALVATION ARMY worker report!
that eight Chicago families aro llv Ing on
.i io , iibnut milk or sugar.
UUlUICUl l"v, .-.. it,
This should mako n Scotchman smile, a
says B. L. T., and It recalls to us the
story ot tho Scotch lad met at Cos W
Garden (for the story'o older than Eiw k
I., j ... o rniniKA -who carried him on
to a restaurant for breakfast. Noo,
what'll je hao,. Jock?" "Oatmeal." '
he. And again at lunchtimo, 'nIia"'i
luxe, Jock?" 'Oatmeal," says m. -
same at dinner (or supper, it you -j
...I- .k,ii vmiv "Mon. Jock, wlnn
v!o career something olso?" "Lof h. mon. j
.... ntl Jr.J
Is there nnytning eisqi a
And the late Tom Martlndaie, wy
-L..-A.. i..mi nnii moat oneuetlo of:
septuagenarians, onco told us that wlwrUj
hi. parents nrsi arnveu --- j
of England ana seweu i """""- Zj
. .. t i.A .Ma r,f Viief nnd a barrn
tamer uou8ui "- , -j
of cornmeal to sustain the family a
tng tho winter months, ana 11 w-,-
they had. - . '.
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