vt. Wlf SY, WXk ul 1 A m ' .In ". r ', Ba. m w, ftrftftitr i ftMJC:LEDGER C0MPANY KV H. K. CURTIS, PaMiBis to. Saoratarr and Treaauran Philip S. JflknB. Williams. John J. Spnrseon, P. wr, Dlractora. KDITOHIAL BOAJlDt .Cut 1L X4 Cnn, Chairman. , ynkXXt. Editor I a.KXHTIN...anral Bualneta Manaor dally at Pcstio l.troz Duliainr. sn.dr.ica Sauartt l'hlladatphla. Cmutii. (Broad and Chestnut Blrjats t;iTT ,., .i-ra-lnion jjuuuint X..I ...S06 Mftrorolllan Tpw.r .......... ..20 Ford nulldlnx BIS... 40t Qlob-l)rm(Krat IlulM ni ,... .......1.1202 mount uuuainc news nimruuai . moit Bnauu ....... nlic Building J!cun.........Th riM l'ulldlng K Bniuc .00 Frledrlehstrass W Biriuu ..Man-on 1 uousa, niromi 'Btiixlu... ...... ..3:1 Itua IOuis 1 Orand : ' BtrnacniPTioM TEMta Ms 'Btwiho Jjepaca la aarrad to subscriber; a KtUAitslnhla and aurrountfln tovrna at tha '"Rw'ot twelve (12) cents per wk, payablo BY r"a,ll to'polnta outalda of Philadelphia. In tba United Btatea, Canada or United Htatiw pos rfaatona, - poataro free. fifty (CO) cente per .tenth. Six (10) dollara par rear, payable In "To all foreign countrlea on ($1) dollar per Mh. i'iwiat atva, old aa well aa new address. I ' i -; ' ' KnTlJ3iiKiltiaa arlahlni mAAmuu .mritHA , 1000 -WALNUT KEYSTONE. MAIN J000 ' Address all communication 11 to' Burning aw. Independence Savare, Philadelphia. 1 at Ttia rmunn.rnu reiTorrica it t aacoMD-cuaa vui umii, trfr WB, AVBIIAOB NET V'AID DAILY Cm jCOULTION OF TUB EVUNINO LEDdEIt FOR JAJJUAKV WAH 110,717 FhlladflphU, Thun.Ur. Mirth 1. 1917 Spi' The Brumbaugh forces are waiting -r'xne next overt aci. j 'ft A torpedo has been Invented that gilfMM to have "brains" and "cars" to I III (MAfijjH ;J. tSHI Mr f kap it on Us way. But the cry that will ;nch those "ears" will be, "Have a hcnrtl" wi Mn "Wlttman, an Allentown poul kit'ftry. expert, angrily predicts that tho pub- ' ...'Mo will bo paying $1 n dozen for eggs P1 v-trithln a year. Ho must bo contemnlatlng ki. aMlalatlon to force neonlo to buv ctrirs. X jkot there Is reason to bellevo that this , I .would be unconstitutional. IS Senator Martlno's deathbed confos. Man wan greeted with nnnlause liv hln 'btleagues, but the record docs not show Whether tbx'applause was for tho buIj tanco of tho statement or for tho fact 'twit It was tho last tlmo the Now Jersey Volon would ralso his voice In tho chain- tor. a, L f The next House Is about evenly dl- " Tided, with four or five Independents hold- .Hnf the balance of nowor on nartlsan issues. But It happens that partisanship "'.llc- be the last thing expected of tho .'-JWKt.Houso. Partisanship in tho House Is .humiliation enough under tho present clr- e.tances. J w&" . -7 Mrs. O. II. P. Belmont-has Just sub- jiV1bed $5000 toward pulling down tho Valla of Jericho," otherwise the fence fcround the White House, next Monday, 'iftffM! hflrA flfA ttlA nilthnflMAa fArAtnt S'.V'i.. . ...!. I ..... . . .... rwvub tui iijuuii in jjumnK up CAira gates i.aita fences as a precaution against In- ffcwders. Tho European war and Its con- !?eMnMiM A !.. .... J ,a . tit. mHfiuB lu uiu tUUHllJ' UUIl t LUUIll Willi tfce Women's Congressional Union. f ' i t Senator Undorwood must bo In need it a rest. He says that unless Conuress .' fc ioes something to relievo the fomi nltim. i'tton the capital will resound with the cry fo1 ,v4'(K'tne people "demanding Justice, right W4?Htlthe lifting of the yoke of tho erent 'liyirterests from their necks." Bosh! Twnd- r 'M.I. b...i.i t . . . . .. . '.?; ""' " u exirn session is cailea JwiSenator will have an opportunity to un nis composure and will stop seeing ilng-s at night. ' flThe city of Philadelphia mu.it get a a ,quare aeai in me proponcu lease of Its r!h-speel lines to the Philadelphia Tuijjiu iranan company. Mayor Smith. 'tf , That Is nil that tho people of tho llty. want. If there Is a square deal, both ISlMi'clty and tho Rapid Transit Comnnnv .tU be treated fairly. There Is no dls .'position anywhere to bo unfair to the t 1. . . . :. V. f& ,n". cuiiiimny. vve vo got 10 live with K,and It must serve us. It cannot servo l eave on conditions which nro tolerable. Tk company, however, la well ablo to ok after Itself. The oftlclals In the Sty Hall nro expected to look after the bllo Interests. kS , lr It should tend to bring Germany to 1c senses now and In tho event of an aennitlllfllvA nanta tVin Anl. , m . . jr------- -" i.-...v Mm, iiiiviiu la xasi arning-to ao without her products, from drugs and dyes to toys.. Imports of -JJMh were worth $10,000,000 yearly be- the var. They were used as fer Wlier, In the chemical Industrie, in fj ptaking soap, matches and glass. But in $1 Wf our domesUo production of potash WMrien umes that of ,1915. It is said t, wo are making now as much In dye- ra as we usea to Import, What is true I fcea essentially Oerma'n products can much more forcibly demonstrated of jio iviiitii wo maxe as well as the ns. If we Bhall not make war on any we shall at least be in a frame til; shortly to undermine tier whole traae with the American .contl- v! '.(i . 'Many, youn men, who are now Iftating against, the study of Latin Or'eek ae (Ikel to J each, the oon fm) regarding the value 'of these m; wmen ho late Charjea F.ran- iJ.rj'tH"'"iuu-"J '" recently nub- wjlnlscnces written more than are after he left larvnrd. The e.iB' of his day carried y ),?" '"nnrr lnn tney aro war fwMPW wigrt Behopi; bo ram. Mtwert Ha.ryard okssl 1 H ;thbM liereita not farced, tgnfeM that 'Ke heuM Ork and Xatln as Mterature. HmlA have ..acquired, the habit, of wLrJ2,!Lr ?:'& rr. wrtUir-fc'-awi HMttl!'.trinlnc tor th praoMoat work of Ufa."' ThU Is tho reflootlon of & man of loventy-anyen on the mlstakoa of hts youth. It deserves the consideration of the young- men of today who ore In danger of making tho same mistake - MR. WILSON HAS A VOTE OP CONFIDENCE SOME of tho congressional leaders seem to think that the country cannot pass safely through tho present crisis unless tho national legislature remains In ses sion to advise tho President. If the present Congress will make an ndoquato appropriation for emergencies tho President can bo trusted to cxerclso his constitutional functions for tho pro tection of our shipping on tho seas. Ho will exercise thoso functions nnywnj't whether tho now Congress Is called In extraordinary sessloh or not. Congress cannot prevent hlra from exorcising them, and It cannot prod him on to excrclso them In a-way which seoms to hlm un wise. But Congress can compllcato matters by unwlso and precipitate action. It can mako It difficult for him to keep the peace, If he sees tho way. Tho .disposi tion to mako partisan capital out of tho war crisis Is too manifest for It to bo encouraged by any one. Whether we like it or not, wo must trust Iho Presi dent and we must mako it a, easy us possitjln for him to do his duty, A pottlfogglng Congress In session nftor March 4 would do more harm than good. If nny emorgency arises which calls for the action of that body It can bo cnlled together. But to hold up appropriations until aftor next Monday in order to com pel tho President to call an extraordinary session on tho ground that the Presi dent cannot bo trusted would bo to mako a monumental mistake. The nation gavo to Mr, Wilson a voto of confidence last November. If tho nation can trust him, Congress certainly ought to be ablo to. AHMED DEFENSE NOT EASY THE President used his Imagination in regard to Just what conduct an Amer ican nrmed merchantman would havo to observe In a way that his critics either would not or could not use th'olrs. A gun on tho deck of a British or French mer chantman is chiefly of vnlun because It can bo fired as soon ns tho gunner sees a submarine or Its periscope. Our gun ners would not havo that privilege. They would havo to wait until tired upon, nnd If they waited it would probably be too late to flro. On tho other hand, tho convoying of our ships If, Indeed, tho Germans would not consider tho appearance of our wnrcrnft Tin the barred zone as an act of war In Itself Is no simple matter. If It were nl ways easy to convoy ships, the Luconia would have been properly convoyed from the moment sho entered tho zono until she docked. Tho difficulty of tho situation, as tho President has seen It, has been that, whllo tho country has wanted convoying or armed defense without war, the prnctlcnl working out of suclf defense Is almost In conceivable without tho constant proba bility, dally imminent, thnt It would lead some Impulsive commander on either side to -commit an act of war. For example, suppose an American captain saw a ship In tho dlstanco torpedoed, and then the submnrlno bearing down upon his own vessel. Would ho bo Inclined to parley with tho marauder when any moment might seo his ship nnd passengers Bent to the bottom? Of course, the ships should be protected; but It must be remembered that this Is easier to say than to do. WE'D HE AT THE MERCY OF CONTRACTORS, ANYWAY WHETHER the streets should bo cleaned, repaired nnd paved by con tract with private citizens or by public bureaus Is a question of expediency. The Committee of Seventy nnd Its as sociates are committed to tho city bureau plan. Tho present custom Is to have the work done by private contract. It Is not well done. The reason for this, however, lies not In tho system, but In the temper of tho men In charge. Tho contractors are politicians. Tho officials charged with enforcing tho contrncts nro the creatures of these same politicians. The power that controls the Job controls the Judgment. Herein lies tho whole trouble with Philadelphia streets. It is the result of contractor gov ernment. The creation of a streot cleaning and paving bureau or bureaus would trans fer the men now doing tho work from tho payrolls of tho contractor to the payrolls of tho city. It would create several hundred now Jobs to bo filled by tho politicians. Tho tenuro of office would depend on subservience to tho contractors who control patronage, nnd would havo llttlo or no relation,' to tho efficiency of the Jobholders. " Whether the results under this system would be any better than under tho system In vogue is an open question. CLEAR OUT THE DIVORCE COLONY UNLESS pressure Is brought to bear, It Is reported from Hnrrlstjurg, thero Is little prospect of tho repeal of tho law of 1913 permitting service by publication of papers Iri divorce suits. Tho law, coupled with the other statute which permits divorce after one year's residence In the State, has brought here a multitude of persons who wpuld other 'wise have gone to Nevada. This city has acquired the title of the Reno of the East among those who hold tho marriage tto lightly. Tho Law Association of this city has demanded the repeal of tho objection able statutes and the State liar Associa tion has taken "cognizance of the scandals that, have arisen since they were passed. Tho local custom of trying divorce cases before a master or commissioner makes ,lt easy for a man pr woman to secure freedom from his marital ties. Publica tion of notice of the divorce proceedings In an obscure paper satisfies the law ana conceals knowledge of the suit from the defendant. The taking of testimony lri private 'facilitates; the process of conceal mnt. and the first knowledge that a man op woman may have of a divorce la when he or she' attempts htO' enforce marital rtiM. oufhtyt tb'tMjaa.tq WILL THE WAR END THIS YEAR? 1 British Civilians Think It Will. The Wnr Board Is Confident, in Spite of Sub marines By GILBERT VIVIAN SELDES Special Correspondence Evening Ledger LONDON, Feb. 10. TTlOR tho first tlmo slnco the battles of X' tho Mnrnn Knglnnd Is confident. In tho first seven weeks of tho war sho expected nn Iminrdlnto victory In the field. In the middle of 1016 she awaited the push of Kitchener's army and tho collapse of Ger many owing to luck of food and men. Hut In 1016, when tho battles of tho Sommo begnn, she was not confident at all. Pride had bean knocked out of her; she wns de termined enough, but without f tilth thnt it wns to bo tho end, A minor novelist said to ii)o thnt, In tho opinion of every one ho knew, tho bnltlo of tho hommo was "conceived In Ignorance nnd executed In folly, a monstrous nnd murderous design." That was tho mldiummer anticipation. Thero Is (.till no consensus of opinion con cerning tho rrsult, partly becauso no sta tistics of casualties nro available Hut, success or failure as tho Kommo may be, tho coming year tho coming six months nro markot for tho end of the war. Tho optimism Is fairly crushing. It atnrts In tho field, with enormous stories of superior equipment nnd munltlonment and morale; It spreads to tho training camps, and so Into tho towns and cities. It wns pronounced enough before tho United States hroko with Germany, but thnt net gave It a final fillip. "Germany's number's up," I heard again nnd ngnln In a phrnso which corresponds to our "got your num ber." Tho wnr loan goes nlong only mod erately well, partly becauso tho small In vestor Is so suro that tho "show" Is all over anyhow, and thinks It can't coat much to lower tho curtain. Civlllnn Optimism Two and a half years after the war began the Government Is compelled to iiBk for 30.000 more womon to fill shells, be causo tho military nuthorltles am convinced that moro munitions nro wanted. But tho civilian knows bettor. Ho has tho general feeling that there lire enough shells at the front today to run the wholo Bprlng-summer-fnll offensives. At tho samo tlmo tho food dictator pleads for economy In meals, sot tics tho exact amount of meat and bread and sugar per-person per week. Hut that aspect of tho war hasn't touched home yet. Tho basis of this optimism Is In the cer tainty of a triple offensive. Tho British, It Is noted, have not passed below the old Sommo front, although tho French were tnlklng of an extension ns far ns Solssons. So tho Komme push will continue. At thn samo tlmo tbcro Is a concentration In the region of llelfort. ami cither a German at tnrk or a French Is oil tho cards. At some point In the southern lines the Germans may attack, In tho hope of cutting off Verdun from behind Finally. In the north, near Yprcs or further, a Joint offensive by the Hrltlsh nnd Belgians Is expected. For months tho Allies have been feeling out the ground and havo been Kpreaillng tho most violent reports of nn attack through Swit zerland. Tho Germans nre keen to know where the Hrltlsh concentrations arc, nnd tho Hrltlsh aro obviously studying their ground. Gorman "Intrigues in Russia Two great factors In thin talk of offen sives are not nearly so much In the public eye. First, thero la always tho nssumptlon of a corresponding Russian effort nnd there Isn't the shadow of, a proof that that effort will bo made. The Hrusslloft plan of put ting out of action a huge number of Aus trian at a. frightful cost to himself cannot bo worked forover. And, finally, no 0110 knows Just how far the Government Is going to assist or to hamper the nrmy. It can rheckmatc tho snny completely hy refusing to alter tho conditions of food distribution In tho cities. Anil If tho "dark forces" re main In power nothing will Induce them to mako tho nrmy fit to overthrow 1 Germnny. Only the prospect of n crushing German defeat on all the other fronts will overcome tho Intriguers of tho pro-German party In RUssIa. Tho extent of the power wielded by tho small pro-Gorman bureaucracy Is astonishing. It Is known everywhere that a prominent member of the Government met at Stockholm several Influential Ger mans and hobnobbed with them, and stories of corruption nre so circumstantial and so nppalllug that one wonders at tho presence of any Russian nrmy at all. Tho explana tion is simply that the mass of tho people nnd a small part of tho aristocracy nre all for tho war. They arc the heart of Russia, but they cannot control It yet. Tho other doubtful factor Is tho matter of shipping. Germany's purpose In tho new submarlno warfare may bo"1 to starvo neutrals Into demanding peace, but It Is fnr more likely that the purpose Is to starve Hrltaln Into accepting moderate terms. The German Chancellor Is reported as saying that the present break would havo enmo over tho Sussex had Germany had enough sub marines to check all American exports to Great Hrltaln. Sho has enough now. Ger- nmny's biggest day of the war was' In tho J first week of February, when all neutral shipping suddenly Mopped nnd Hrltaln found herself dependent upon her own de pleted merchant tleet for supplies. 1 Violent efforts aro being made to counter act the submarine. Tho Admiralty Is silent and serene. Tho Food Controller does not dare to enforce rationing, but puts the na tion on Its honor. The ono positive nctlon urged Is a new "ton-for-ton" policy. The old one was to demand a ton for every ton Germany sank hut that left It until after tho war. Tho new policy Is to lay down a ton for every ton sunk. It Is barely pos slblo that between two and threo million tons of bhlpplng can bo built In Great Brit ain In a year. But, according to Germany's plans, It is tho next three months which count. The great offensives will take place on tho western front "lrregardlesa." Their success depends on theso other elements as surely as It depends on the number of men Britain has and can put into tho field. Kven on that point thero la decidedly a difference of opinion. But that is the least of the three doubtful factors In the effort to end the war In "Kitchener's Year." TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE There Is n rumor It Is scarcely more thnn that to the effect that President Wilson will create a coalition Cabinet to meet the present great national emergency. It Is reported that If this Is dono several members of tho present Cabinet will be dismissed so that places may be provided for other men of wider experience and great ranaclty for usefulness. Perhaps It Is the fact that this Is exactly what tho President, should do that has started tho rumor. The wish among a great many patriotic Ameri cans Is father to tho thought. Kansas City Journal. ' TO ONE WHO IS BLIND I said I had forgotten her, That I had put away Our memories of Paradise Until the Judgment day; That never more the laughing earth Should see- us nana in hand. That I long since had shut the door Of th" ld fslryland, , Then on a sudden came strange news Upon tho gossip wind, My love of those sweet years' ago Oreat Ood my lovo was blind! i said tho news must be a lie. Cruel as are the years. They could not be so mejclleaa , To such' great' eyes as hers. O little child of long ago, God grant thfc news untrue! Except for one strong selfish thought That I may come to you. And sit 'bestde you In the dark, kA na In Paradise ,,t av you all, my breaking heart, -KW Wring to you my eye. , cH iiilp ' mmk mEtmmKBktL GSaaaHft . M aaaBBiKift m)iJi7WA r" .'. -i".r' .:..! i" THE VOICE OP THE PEOPLE Some Questions for Cyrus Town send Brady The Food Problem and the Solution TJif Drpartmrnt (. frfu to all rradrrn trho vfih to vr;rrsi their opinion on aubn-M of current inlrrrt. It ii an open forum, and the Ihrnlnn l.ritqcr nvmn no rrapmialnilftu for the iecn of It correspondents. Lettrrs m Ijp sinned hi the name and addrri or tne writer, not iircf"'ir(l for (iiibKcntfon, but as a auarantco of pood faith QUESTIONS FOR DOCTOR BRADY To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir Tho Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady exhorted his hearers at tho Yonkers Y. M. ('. A., saying among other things: "Move tho ships. Shall tho St. Louis. St Paul, Philadelphia nnd New York bo tied up, their cargoes discharged, their crews let go and their mall placed on foreign ships be causo wo nre afraid to movo the ships? Movo tho ships, It It takes tho wholo power of the United States navy to convoy them across the ocean on their lawful errands. I don't want war, but I have an Idea that this would not produco war. If anything will produco war It Is to show that we are afraid. Wo don't want tho world to think that this Government Is nfrald of any nation." To this tirade, I, an American citizen, would llko to reply. First of all, Mr. Hrndy. what Is your Idea In "moving tho ships"? IV? rUJ ZlZYLt you In favor of tho arrival of their deadly cargo In the hands of the British that they may sooner murder their brothers across tho trenches? And Is this the gospel that you preach? And do you think that your Master approves of your Idea? Has any body branded tho American nation as a nation of cowards becauso wo do not movo theso ships? I am thankful to God that tho power of moving thoso ships nnd convoying them by the entire United States navy has not been vested In you. Further on In your speech you said "that God was no pacifist, as He had given His only Son to fight and Ule." Will you please tell us where In tho lllble you read of Christ as a fighter? Such an entirely new view of our Saviour at this time Is, If proved true, deserving of a colossal statue to your memory. The fight ing Christ would bo among other concep tions tho needed straw to break tho back of tho camel of a dying faith. And finally you said that you doubted If the Son would have been a pacifist If he had stood on the fields of Belgium. When a speaker resorts to such extremes to put the required punch in his speech his end Is de feated. When he casts his eyes about ,for a new missile to cast and, . finding It not, takes tho purest character In Christendom to fling It at his hearers as he would a stone, one of two Jthlngs Is certain; either his God has bereft him of reason or ho is insincere. Come to the fore and tell us by way of apology that the enlightened present of this nation of ours ought not to fall upon Its knees a prey to tho harbarlc past. By your faith we have been murdered beforo and wa do not Intend to bo murdered again. A CITIZEN OF UNITED STATES. Philadelphia, February 26. A PERTINENT QUESTION To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir J. St. George Joyce says "The sea Is no man's land.' " Ignoring the Irish bull Indicated In the phrase, may I ask why, If the sea Is, or should be, so' absolutely free, does England claim that she Is mistress of It? ' "Britannia Rules .the Waves" Is as much the slogan of the Briton today as It was In Ihe days of Drake or Kelson. Philadelphia, February 28, b. J. COY. THE FOOD'CRISIS To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir I want to- commend you on' the article which appeared In yesterday's Eve Nina IiEDOjEn headed the "Food Crisis." it Is refreshing to read such a sensible article after- reading so many other statements and reasons why, especially, food products are costing so much more now than twenty five years .ago. It Is' all nonsense about middleman and speculator rolling In wealth made out of the exorbitant profits. You have It positively "porrect. Give Us' more goods and prices will automatically come lower. Make the thousands of acres with. In fifty miles or Philadelphia becoia pro I auora inau oi, tying iaio na you pew ENVY i,.sr,nY TmmmTTrMBn..v?jmvvwjws-r' s. -mimX'iTme --n wi .-Dawhu 1IM.JM. . :'BTaawfr,2flffiKt-' .. a. llL)EruaL . 1...1IV .AJXtP', .flrttmATrat. SiBWirAfZ." "4 WaaaMWll.'liHWrj.-:!. -K- . '.k. TBj.fflaV:f' rZi,tfMHM I'WUfl .r,t:ui i,mr jawvrffr.. -.: BBBEHDum4iLii.j''.irr .c ,-' -tl. acr.jrwin i 1 a 1 1 " .'j:raA. 111:3 ' amp: mBMBm&z'si x mmmwtm liafliidBP' aaJmiia M)aaaaaaaW8IrWuTflaw53aWWSW ..aatVHDlBaVaaiaaVH lllyKraaaaaaaaaVt'i B V!rt .tW V:) 111 i'l"''- ' ,' ''i...' r" .iViy YAmtmfi to our city and State lawmakers to pass a hill appropriating money to do more ex tensive fnrmlng? JONAS K. SCHULTZ. Philadelphia, February 27. THE MAJESTY OF. ARMENIA Sorrow's Crown of Sorrow Rests on the Ancient Land Hy ISRAEL ZANGWILL 'tTSAW nil our women and my mother X torn to pieces by the monsters who dis puted for possession of them," says the old Princess In Candldn. "and I was left for lend nmld a heap of corpses. For three hundred leagues n round similar scenes were going on without any omission In the flvo prayers a day prescribed by Mahomet." It is Impossible In reading the evidence ns to tho treatment of the Armenians In tho Ottoman Empire not to bo reminded of this nnd other episodes by which Vol talro strovo to disconcert the optimism of his Tangloss Episodes, which, however seemed to transcend tho llcenso of even satirical Invention and to have no warrant in tho actual facts of medieval history. Alas! wo now know that Voltaire's Imag ination fell below, did not exceed, the dia bolism of human nature at theso moments when, maddened by war lust (aggravated, let us charitably admit, by war panic), It returns to that prehistoric animal nature through which tho soul has slowly strug gled. From moro thnn one area of the wnr zone, from Belgium, from Gallcla, from Turkish Armenia, tho same story reaches us; tho samo dread saga of tho wanderings of whole populations under tho spur of massacre, rape, hunger. I.lttlo children fall like llles by tho wayside and new chil dren arc born on tho march. Mothers go mad. Girls throw .themselves Into tho. rivers. Men aro killed and burled llko dogs. Hut Belgium has almost all tho world for her friends and tho faith In restora tion goes before her exiles llko a pillar of ciouu ny nay and a pillar of fire by night. Even the Jews of tho Pnle, torn and tossed between the alternate victors, begin to find organized help nnd behold some faint glenm of Zlon upon the political horizon. On Ararat alone no ark can rest. For Armenia alono thero Is the cry without answer, "Watchman, what of tho night?" Only for a minority can there be political redemption. Let us at least bring physical salvation to their agonizing remnant. Sister nations I havo been accustomed to think the Armenians and the Jews. Both hall from sister lands of the cradle of civili zation,' Both como trailing clouds of glory from the purple days of Persia and Baby. Ion. Both have borne the shock of the nnclent and medieval empires and of the militant migrations of their races, and both hold to their original faith for. If the one was the first preacher of Jehovah, the other was the first nation to profess Jesus. And sisters, too. In sorrow, although exiled, scattered, persecuted, massacred. Sisters, forsodth, yet not equal In suffer ing. Hitherto through tho long centuries the crovfn of martyrdom has been pre eminently Israel's. And, as day' by day during this war of wars there came to me, by dark letter or whisper, tho tale of her woes In the central war zone, I said to my- seir, surely the cup is full ; surely no peo pie on earth has had such a measure of gall and vinegar to drain. But I was mistaken. One people has suffered more. That people, whose ancient realm held tho legendary Eden, has now for abiding place the. pit of hell. I bow before this higher majesty of sorrow. I tako the crown of thorns from Israel's head and I place It upon Armenia's, All Points of the Compass Rubalyat of a Commuti LXXXVIII Each morn a thousand Errands say. i brThf gs, you And yet I left some undone yesterday The 'Lady said, "Some Coffee, Tea and Soap." I quite forgot the Coffee, anyway. LXXXIX Tet this I know, that take It all around. The lovely little Cottage that Is found In backs of Magazines for modest very different when It's on the Ground. ' XC The Shingle Roof I set my Heart, upon, Tmms out to bebut Tlltnr, .And anon. iB(B'.vnimne)rD vuiiioii rm ms.uontroot, I .:,'."' iras ' Vrl S'l.'S '!',' .V'V.i.V,!:!. " .''V'.rfl'W.iMV.I'f t ,,A' What Do You Know? Queries of aeneral Interest will he answered In this column. Ten questions, tne ansieera to uhich rrcru well-informed utrson should know, aro asked tlallu QUIZ 1. What Is the iirnnunrintlnn of llAnnume, the renter of uftnrk by the Allies on the western front?, 2. Do the (irrmans roll their submarine war- fnro a blockmle? 3. What nre pluhirterles? 4 Mlmt nre stiir forts? , Why Mns tlie honor nf biilldtiiir the Temple nhslKtieil to .Solomon Insienil of to Dm nil. nu miner'.- fi. KyiiIoIii the distinction hetnern the ab breviations "M." nnd "Sle." 1. Wlut President Is hurled nt ('anion, 0.? K. Ifow illil "moonshine" whisky Ret Its name? 0. Whtit snhslanre Kites rolnr to the March hlrthstnne? Name the slnne. 10. What Is the (irrnian Zolherrlti? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. The Israelites under .loshua felled the walla of Jericho the eicnth lime they marched nrnunil the city hlnlnc their trumpets, nrrnrillng to the llihle story. 2. Delnwnre wns ntimrd In honor nf I,ord da la Wnrr, u (internor nf Virginia, .1. A norent net Is a harmful act, 4. The Nobel pence prizes for 1014, 1018 nnd lOlfl hnte not hern uwnnlcd. 5. IUweekly means eters two weeksi aeml- weekly, twice n week. 6. Donning street. l.onloii. has been the of- llclul resilience of the Hrltlsh Prime Min ister since the time of .Sir Robert Walpole. 7. The "uhlow's mite" Is estimated at about n ciunrter of n cent) fthe cast In two, each worth mi elelith of it rent. 8. 1'rrshlrnt Cleveland la burled at 1'rlnreton. N. J. 0. ArcheoloKy Is pronounced ark-ee-ol-o-JI, the tKcent heliiR on the third ayllahle. The first "n" Is hronit, the first "o" snort, 10. The fifteenth weddlnr nnnhrrsarr Is the rristtil wethllns nnnhersury. Depth bf Frost , J, P. No records for depth of frost In the ground have been kept by the Phila delphia or Boston offices of tho Weather Bureau. It Is doubtful If there aro any such records that could bo called authen tic. Tho average depth of frost in the ground In New York State Is about ten feet ; In Pennsylvania, about eight feet. An effort Is being mado to obtain Information for the greatest depth of frost ever recorded In tho United Stntes. Location of Store H. 15. Becauso tho numbers on Ken sington avenue mako It a north-and-south thoroughfare, the store on ,tho west side Is, technically, between York 'and Cum berland streets (east-and-west streets), and not between Cumberland street and Front street (a north-and-south street). But. physically, ono of the designations seems ns good as the other on account of the angle nt which tho Intersections ar formed. Why not ask the store proprietor which he prefers? City Solicitor Act W. W. A. The proposed act providing for the appointment of the City Solicitor reads: "From and after tho passage of this net the City Solicitor In and for every city of the first class shall bs appointed by ino .nuyur mercui, uy una wun tne con sent of the Select Council thereof, for the term for which thB said Mayor sjiall have been elected J provided, that this act shall not affect the term of any City Solicitor of any such city heretofore elected as provided by law." Humidity F. D., JR. New York's atmosphere la more humid than Is Philadelphia's, accord ing to a fourteen-year record of the United Slatos Weather Bureau, which gives the' comparative mean annual humidity- as 73 (New York) and 70 (Philadelphia), SAM LOYD'STUZZLE IN DISTRIBUTING 'some of his wealth among his nephews Uncle Bob .made the following neat little speech; "To John I glye twenty-three cents, to James seventeen cents and to Joshua eleven cents, for that Is In proportion to your agas. which ar Just thirteen months apart.!' Who can tell the ages of John, James and Joshua? , Answer to Yesterday's Puzzle BOPBY must have been flvo years and ten months of age, the father six times as old (thirty-five years) and the mother JuJ twenty-hlne years' and two vnuntha. 'A " ! . '., Torn Daly's Column the play Mate t larked beneath Ms window, fOome d playl" I scratched so Ughtlu at his nursery'' 'door. I whimpered softly, In the passageway-, 'g He never tailed to answer me before, il I've saved the willoio whip his fingers peeled; The stick he used to throw Is by thi pool; The butterflies are waiting in the field Beside the grassv path that led to school. It is so long slnco last we romped and ran. How proud 1 was to guard his door of Met I've called to him in every way I can. There's nothing left to do but walti and wait. DUROEB JOHNSON. THAT'S ONLY ono of,' the many lovely, .things to bo found In B. Johnson's book, . "Rhymes of Llttlo Folks," published by, the Putnams. YOUNG JOHN LOUGHNEY, of Lang downs, was fifteen" years old day befor yesterday. On that samo day of tht month, but many, matly years before, LongfcHow uttered his first musical cry, Tho centenary of that occurred in 1907, Young 'John was . In tho kindergarten then, being only flvo years old and all of hts little classmates had been Invited ' to attend a party In tho afternoon at John's houso. .So when Dear Teacher asked, "Now, chUdren, whose,, birthday Is this?" of course, the class arose as one child and shouted, "Johnny, Loughney'sl" ALI THIS HAPPENED IN ONE HOME Sir A young lady called at our houx the other evening and insisted upon telling us about a play she had seen. It was "Ben Hur." She watjted to arouse our Interest In a movement to appeal to tht P. O. S. of A. becauso of the horses In the chariot race! ", By the way, please: ADD FAMOUS TP-IPLETIf Europe, Asia and Africa. Rags, bones and old Iron. F. II. B, (when comp'ny's at table). The wash lady complained the other morning of the Intense cold, and we re marked that If she thought It was cold hero sho ought to try tho South' Pole. She came right back at us; ."If" I've, got to take a choice between freezln' and roastln' I'll freeze, thank ye!" JASPER. TOP O' THE MOltS'IX' Oh. Julius Caesar had it when His legions ruled the world. And so did Kid Salome as Jlcforc the King she twirled. 'Tis sure the Irish Kings possessed A lot of it to show, And Ukctclsc "good Queen Bess," who wore A ruff and acted so. IVVilIc pictured angels always, twrll I'll put it up to you: Should not an ordinary guy lie proud of red hair, too? A. BEACON. The answer is; Yes, but how can any, red-hea'ded guy be said to be ordinary? Ho never, never could bo that; He lightB up all creation! For every tlmo ho llfts'hls hat Ho starts a conflagration. "I)o I imagine It merely, or Is It a fact," writes Jinks, "that since you began to get two cents for it you haven't so often spoken of It as 'our own "dear paper'?" Why, man nllve, the pictures, alone are worth tho price of admission! I Maybe you've missed 'em; the back page Isn't lilg enough to hold 'em all, you know. Everything is good or bad, helpful or deadly, not In itself, but by Its cir cumstances. For a fow bright days In England the hurricane must break forth and the North Sea pay a toll of populous ships. e Tho only thing noteworthjr dbout th above Is that It was written in a peace ful bower long beforo the world began to realize how great the, toll was to grow. Tho quotation Is from an early essay of Robert Louis' 'Stevenson's "Pan's Pipes." , "If I were asked to classify Doctor Llchtenberger," says one of your own dear paper's specialists, "I should call him an Individualist, with decided ' socialistic tendencies." Also, one might observe, h might be called at least six feet four, with decided tendencies toward smallness, and he has coal-black, with a pronounced lean ing toward yellow, hair. H. W. A Two-Somc Toasts ' Here's to the love of yesUr.day Tho yesterday of years; , The thought of which Is Joy perhaps, . And yet, perhaps, 'tis tears. Though we alone may know the smiles Or sadness It unfolds. Let's tip It high, this sparkling glass, To secrets which It holds. TEJSSIE. , Sir I have an uxor arnica, )oo. Sh went to Wilmington last Saturday Just to spend the day, and I enjoyed myself at golf. One'of the observant neighbor ladles remarked to me when I Came down the street that evening: "You've been having a good time today; evidently the wife's away." "Yes." I replied with my wonted wit, "this Is the day we celibate." DICK. Dear Tom I'm a general manager and gofthls In my morning' mall; "Your favor of 16 th We have a car Blated.tihd beyond a question of a doubt wlll.l?ave the mill unless completely mbarj;oed on March 1. and our future shipments are, pq arranged that you will, have no' more nerve-wrecking conditions, we'do not think." " In, .the iwords of a famous, statesman, whose name I have ' forgotten, where am I at? ' I.. M. DAZED. -! 1 1 THB IIX m ONE ABTnXEY5tAN "An artilleryman of'Battery, 0, Phoenhr. vllle, was for. tha second .time- taken Ints the tolls on Saturday evening by Officer Farvln," says the Jorrlstown .Register, and adds that his "condition was ajich, that h was In dire peril of assistance." Poor succorl Please let 'me propose for membership In the Parents' Association: Sufe Pop Pop the T ' Father Time Mother Nature The Great'Whlte Father ' Mali goodness! "WINIFREq. A seedy Individual approaohed-Us upon the street yesterday and called us by. name. We anticipated an assault ipoi our aniall change, 'but. hti rowaly wla4, a moist nether lip and lnsjjstft: you Know Mt HwalkMn M . 'v. . ; . w A.',v ,-' i ,WP'if" ; ihiium jgJR wf . y"9, w"f ?v.J2 mmM UMaBBWaa. ,V vitMmmr ...iimofcr L'f .. . . -" aawra.itw . .t i. j ... .'. , i' a. h IV ;W..SL.iamftJ. LW.: iS.;;,?iS
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers