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THE AVERAGE! NET i'AID DAILT Cln.
CULATION Or T1IK KVE.NINO I.KDCJEU
ron janvary was us.::;
Kaiser conflned to room by severe
Chill. Headline.
Is he getting cold feet?
La FolletVs ultra-pacifist course
hj disgusted a '.lumber of his adherents
In Wisconsin, who are wondorlns why
they everValled him "FIghtlnB nob."
Many a pacifist would chance his
mind in n minute if he vvero assured that
we would havo one of those well-known
moratoriums which forbid the collection
of rent during hostilities,
The unloading of food at low prices
U likely to break the market just as sell,
lng on the stock exchanges brings prices
down. A little concerted application of
Btock exchange methods to the food mar
ket will make any one sorry who Is try
ing to corner the supply.
P Toting Cleveland has lost his nows-
japer ally in the fight against the Prince
ton eating clubs. The Dally Prlncetonian
under, Its new board of editors is very
well satisfied with conditions as they
' are. The conflict, however, Is Irrepres
sible and is likely to go on as long as
yFrinceton lasts.
Postmaster General Burleson's
fight on the pneumatic tube service In the
large cities has fulled. The House con
sented to the Senate amendment to the
appropriation bill directing the Postmas
ter General to continue the service after
striking it out to "save the face" of that
official. It might well have ordered an ex
tension of the tubes.
The old toll road between Willow
Grove and Germantown Is no" more.
Montgomery County has bought It from
the turnpike company and opened It this
week to the free use of the public. The
remaining toll roads" In this vicinity may
some day bo made free, but at the present
rate of progress the baby born yesterday
Will be gray-halrd before It happens.
There are sound ethics In holding .1
saloonkeeper responsible for tho injuries
sustained by a man to whom he has sold
enough liquor to make him unable to
care for himself. There seems to bo
sound law In It also. The Court of
-'"'. 'L ,' Ph'lidiiphii, 5alur4ir. Mirth J. MI7
U$l "-SAY ,-
$A,Common Pleas has awarded $5000 to the
j.(30 .Widow of n man trhn r1lrt tmn InlnrlAa
ut, : ::: ; l:: ;:.." """--
uaumieu wnue arunK. vine man WHO
t't sold him the liquor must nay It. A few
&?luf .more verdicts of this kind win miu tin.
. T"-vr' Mniint nAltflr 1a -nA,t. .. 1.a .....
tf ..!.. ... ...., .W3 h'tLU; ,UI IJIO 1U1C
f men given to drink.
Spring will not bo here, according to
'A tne calendar, until three weeks from next
RfvJW Wednesday, but signs of Its annroaeh
j& f are already multiplying In the country.
iord comes from Berks County that the
farmers plowing are turning up snakes
which have awa'kened from their winter
lethargy. The plowing Itself is a sign
cf spring. White crows are seen, the
"p'cub foxes are getting so tame that they
;'. r trot along the roads beside pedestrians
if..nd birds have begun to come north.
ivBut spring will not really be here till
$ Ity housecleaning begins and the men of
the family have to subsist on cold vlttles
for a week while the wife wages war on
,-.oiri. Aiioiner sum sign is tne release
of the small boys In the remote rural
i.lstrlcts who were sewed up In their
winter clothes lasi fall. And when the
poys in acnooi negin 10 maxe the two
lingered sign- we may be sure that sum-
lifer. has arrived. .
s y
; n .1 The national canltal will hernmn
4lohle8 next fall by act of Congress
JiajHl without referendum. A great outcry
1 arisen' In some quarters, protesting
at thin; Is not a democratic way of
? ! things, and generally sDeaklnc- this
E'A. M' im ft tvm.M .n V& J.. a.
wj flw "Pennsylvania Leglslature to declare
u ymsaoeipnia -ary, But the District of
NSJertMpoia. is piamiy- an exception. The
ie ptUie dialrlcl do not vole on any.
tnat, naa to aor with their officers.
1 jMtd adnjinlstration. If they are to
1. 18 now much or how little llouor
,,. permitted In Wah'ington, they
aw? yoie as 10 what taxes they
MMKilj;aid should not jayr The theory
riMs baej'n 'ihat a Government that, was
aouh for the whole nation should
be goad enoughfor the city which' Is Its
koma. Washington should, ba the moat
-and Mtriotto f cltlai.for Its wel-
t. f tMU lt m Vnitu' it
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eflt by Ihe enforcement of that American
prlnclplo In this land of majority rulo.
Anyhow, would Washington drink when
a man can walk from const to coast with,
out striking nn oasis?
AWAICE AT LAST
TUB astonishment of Congress nt tho
"revelations" of tho Zlmmermann note
Is the most astounding part of tho whole
matter,
German machinations In Mexico lmve
been the subject of common report for
yearn. German dcslro to detach .lapan
ns well as Itussla from tho Kntento Is no
secret. The thoroughness with which
Germany goes about her work Is notori
ous. The possibility of wnr between tho
United States nml Germany has been Im
minent over slnco tho I.usltnnia was sunK
In May, 1D1B.
We may prefer to llvn In a fools' para
dlso and shut our eyes to what Is befoto
them, But not so tho Germans, Al
though they havo been fighting tho rest
of Europe for nearly three years, thcio
Is no doubt that they havo n plan of cam
paign already worked out, and that Its
execution only awaits tho opportuno oc
casion. The Congress of the United States, how
ever, with warnings everywhere visible
to ntcti who havo eyes to see, has dawdled
along, trusting to luck for the protection
of American Interests. It Is not surpris
ing that Mr. Taft said n year or two ago
that "God Almighty takes caro of fools,
drunken mon and tho United States," for
tho United States, like dtunken men and
lools, .seems to bo unconscious of tho
perils which beset Its path.
When foreseeing men have urged n
greater measure of preparedness, Mr.
Bryan has charged that they wero talk
ing for tho builders of warships and tho
munition makers who were anxious for
profits from war business. Congressmen
havo risen In their places nnd echoed the
charges In the Capitol. This week, when
documentary evldenco of tho German de
slro to Incite Mexico to mako war upon
us and selzo Texas and Arizona was dis
closed, thero wero Senators and repre
sentatives so blind to nil tho fncts ns to
suggest that the document was a forgery
and that It had been mado public in tho
interests of the mon who wanted to mako
a profit out of orders from the War nnd
Navy Departments.
Tho assurances from tho White House,
however, that tho document Is authentic
havo fortunately convinced all but a small
minority of pacifists that wo nre con
fronted by a grave danger Increasing In
seriousness every hpur. Even Mr. Bryan,
who hastened to Washington to exert all
his power to"prevent preparation for tho
use of force, turned around nnd went
back to Florida as soon ns he learned
that tho Zlmmcrmann note was genuine.
This Is the most creditablo thing that
this extreme pacifist has been guilty of
for several years.
The responsible officers of the Govern
ment are now aware of the dangers that
confront us. They have been nctlvely
preparing for the worst for the last two
or three wocks. It Is Important that they
should bo backed by tho unanimous
sentiment of the whole country. The
Central West, which Is so far from salt
water that the dangers of a naval war
seem to It remote Indeed, certainly has
patriotism enough to stand by tho Ad
ministration In Its efforts to get ready to
defend our shipping on the seas. Tho
organizations, religious nnd Industrial,
which havo been passing resolutions of
protest against war nro composed of
men and women who, In a crisis, must
be willing to nbandon their theories nnd
stand by their country- They must know
tfat no ono wishes war, least of nil tho
men In charge of tho Government at
Washington. But they must know nlso
that It Is tho moral duty of every Amer
ican citizen, regardless of his ancestry,
his religious creed or his Industrial affili
ations, to uphold tho hands of tho Presi
dent who must pteparo us for defense
and must gultlo us through war if war
bo upon the knees of tho gods.
Tho United States will hereafter play
a largo part In the world, ns Colonel
Boos6velt reminded us several years ago.
It can play It nobly or Ignobly. That Is
tho only cholco it has. Wo cannot play
our part nobly unless we aro prepared
with soldiers and ships to defend our
rights wherever they may bo questioned
and against whatever .Tower that may
assume that it Is the only sovereign in
the world. The nation is nwako now.
Let us pray that it may not again fall
asleep.
I50Y DAY
I respectfully suggest to tho fathers
of the boys of our State, If they
have any Ideals they would like passed
on to the next generation, that they pass
them through their sons to the benefit
of posterity. Governor Edge's Boy
Day Proclamation.
IT WAS a Camden poet who wrote,
"I celebrate myself." Governor Edge,
who has designated Sunday, March 25,
for the purpose, Is calling on the citizens
of New Jersey to celebrate tho Boy. He
urges fathers to be big brothers to their
young sons and concluds with the sage
advice quoted above. There Is certainly
no surer way of passing Ideals from one
generation to another than directly from
father to son. It produces more satisfac
tory results than any other method. If
a boy Is caught young enough he can be
taught almost anything. The fathers, of
this generation who have descended from
worthy sires have Inherited ideals that
deserve transmission to tho third and
fourth generations. If they tako time to
think' of their obligations to the future
Dm JaUiws tha'preejent-awi, likely to; J
H-'fli.
lENINO fiBbOTR-PHliA'DDPHIA; 0iUjfcbA$. M&ROH 3, -1917
FREEDOM IN THE
LAND OF BOOKS
A Boy's Experience With "Ten
Nights in n Barroom" Guitl
mlco by Indirection
' Is Best
Hy ItOBERT H1LDKETH
THUni-J Is one thing that I will not per
mit anybody to do for me, and tlint Is,
boss my reading. 1 Insist on choosing my
own Hat of the best six, sixty or n hundred
hooks, or the worst ns the ruse may be,
1 rrfusi lo bo told how lo rend, and when
t nm rending, comfortably disposed In the
big leather nrniclmlr. shins rousting before
the open fire, I usually object to Inter
ruptions, ns my wlfo can testify. In shorl.
reading Is my own business.
I'nfoi Innately, houexer. 1 have n sneak
ing legaid for the opinions of oilier people,
When callers rome or visitors nnfl look
oxer my bookshelves, I like them to under
stand that there nte many fine books In
Ihe world that I have irad, but haven't
been nble to buy. or haven't hough!. And
I also like them to imagine that I nm on
terms of mnin or less Intimate ncriunlnt
niico with rer,olume 1 own. I want
them to think I know n lot. nnd 1 don't
want to bo beaten at book talk In my own
library. . good many of ut are pretty
sensitive nn the book side of our lives
'ci lain books, that under the law nre
mine, will not be discovered by tho visitor
fine of them Is a novel by I'liambeis. t
bought It In my what do they call it?
Salad days Mnyho so Anyway, the book Is
up In the utile, nnd not only Is It up In
the nttle; It Is also bidden away In the
nttlr. wheie nobody ever goes. This also Is
a matter of pride.
Tho Wicked Borrower
Then there nre certain other books of
mine that the visitor to our house will not
see, the reason being that ho would have to
visit the homo of I lurry P. Lynch, of Hart
ford, I'onti. In order to see them. They
nro Home's "Psychology of Education,"
Bngley's "Eri urn live) Proeoss" nnd Muen
stei berg's "Psychology nnd tho Teacher."
'Hartford papers please copy ) In the last
four or live years I hnxo had frequent or
ension to use these books. I am reminded
of the quotation that nppenrcd In my
father's bookplate. It comes from tho nible.
It read as follows: "The wicked borroweth
and payeth not." I have seen nnother book
Plato that reflects tho experience of nil
owners of books. This one bears tho In
scription: I'm Mingy grown,
What's mine's my own.
(The pi Inter will please underline the last
woid. following copy, as I am doing.) I
should take drastic nctlon ngalnst Mr.
Lynch but for the fnct I might say con
solation thnt I nm the possessor of sev
eral books of which he Is the owner, pro
sumahly. This question of the private ownership of
books presents many Interesting nspects. A
privately owned book Is Incomplete with
out 11 bookplate: also a bookplate Is con
venient for certain purposes of conversa
tion. My bookplate drawn by the hest
caitoonist In America shows a certain ship
known to history as the Mayflower. It's al
ways easy enough to show 11 visitor tho
bookplate. Any excuo will do. He sees
tho ship, nnd "What does thnt signify?"
says he. "That's the Mayflower," says
I. Then he knows that I am n rrcnilanl.
Sou MP now why It took a cartoonist to
draw n bookplate like that, don't you? A
good cartoonist Is always satirist or hu
morist or both,
As I said in the beginning. I hale all at
tempts nt the regulation of leading. I went
to college nnd by tenion. partly, of some
thing the psjohologlsts call counter-suggestion.
I lead mnstlv In hnnin .. --
.scribed by tho faculty, (iond books, too, I
I'umciHi. .-.nine or tiiem wero about Dante
though to this day I have never read "The
IHvlne Comedy." Maybe one of the leasnno
for my liteiaiy dlgiesslnns In college was
the example of Parlylo nnd Lowell and
needier nnd some other great men who ic
fused to he hound by the curriculum. Lives
of gieat men ;ue not only nn excuse, thev
nre even a consolation. The consolation
Is an afterthought.
Regulation of reading Is not always overt.
Indeed it usually Is Indirect, subtle, difficult
of nnalysls. My father, as a bov read
"Arabian NIrMh" In the hayloft. '.Vohodv
had ever told him that "Arabian Nights"
was Improper reading for youth. lo slmplv
felt the unspoken' piohibltlon. So ho renil
"Arabian Nights" In the hayloft.
1 bad an experience In my own boyhood
days that may Verve to illustrate a good
many of the natural laws of leading I was
twelve or thirteen years old when one
evening I spied In the village llhrarv the
tltln of n ted-covered little book which I
felt nt once was baldly the right sort of
book for a minister's son to read Bashfully
yea, shamefacedly and guiltily, asked the
librarian for that book. (.r weeks after
ward, as I well remember, I could hardlv
look the young woman In tho face ) 'l
smuggled the terrible volume Into tho house
read it on the sly. kept It hidden when not
1! !u.ln V? ?c0'cl ,llaces "f r"m- 1
thrilled mightily as I read the vivid de
scriptions of barionm scenes, the violent
deeds of rough men. True, my sympathies '
..:.. ...in mi.- i-ikiii people, and not with
Indians and drunkards, but If 1 realized
thnt fact, ns ; probably did not nt the
time, I certainly lost nothing of my sense
of guiltiness while leading that story with
tho fearful title of "Ten Nights In a nar
roopi." Afterwaid, 1 discovered with some
consternation this same classic of the
temperance crusade reposing' respectably on
Ihe shelves of a Sunday school library Vow
I'm not blaming the author for this curious
little cxperlenen of mine, but am only hint
ing at the psjchologlcal vagarlousness of
reading, as wt might say, mid letting it go
at that.
Read What Is Natural to You
Deliberate legutatlon of leading is going
to great lengths nowadays. It Is trying to
shove nslde tho literature Ihat is most nat
ural lo childhood. I mean what say when
I say "natural." I haven't space to ex
plain what I mean. I havo Just about
space enough, at a rough guess, to quote
from a man who vigorously and righteously
denounces the cult of the useful so far ns
It applies to the reading of children This
man visited an old college chum, who was
married nnd was trying to bring up his
children on useful literature. Little Harold
it seems, was Just learning to read. '
"And what does he read? Mother
Goose?" Inquired the visitor of his friend's
wife.
Mercy, no; .Mother Goose Is quite out
of date. What an old bachelor you nre!
He has nice modern books useful hooks
nbout animals and birds. He can tell a
red-breasted grosbeak!"
The visitor wont home and wmi. .
first-class article for the Unpopular Be
view: "Poor lUtle Harold! He is growing
up In Ignorance of tho three wise men of
Gotham (those earlier Quixotes), who put
to sea In a bowl; but he has a priceless
substitute In his bowing acquaintance with
grosbeaks. Personally, I corTtrlved to
rub through childhood without ever seeing
a grosbeak. I dq not think I should
have cared for that bird. I should much
rather have seen a dodo, or the great roo
that carried Slndbad on his back. He
would have been a' bird worth seeing, a
thing, even In a picture, 'to make one
tremble and believe,' " More follows In the
camo vein, ending with the sound advice,
"If you want your child to love Homer, do
not withhold Mother Goose!" i
A TRANSVAAL MYSTERY
Live fish have been found In the bottom
of a Transvaal gold mine. In a vertical
shaft 3800 feet deep. In exceptionally dry
weather small bullfrogs have been seen to
distend themselves and deliberately Jump
down the shaft. In search pf water. How
they ever reached the bottom alive Is a
mystery. Columbus Citizen.
i; tnni vinovni3aj-
.
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
"J. II." Answers Mr. Quinlan.
A Suffrage Leader Defends
Picketing
7 Ait Dpnrhnrnt it icr In nil tratln uhn
l''f.s lo fJifrA.v lli'ir uiI,liO'M mi hubjnt' nl
rurrent niterrs!, ( n nil upru lorutn. nnd tltr
.'ten,),; ,,,,,' ntllttitri tin lcttlittnlhltltll tor
tha ttrira of IM corif.Nii'iiirfr.if. I,cttrr mial
fce .slriiri bu the itnntr nml ntttlress of Ihr
Mrltrr. not ucrr.ixnrltu lur itublictltlon, hut nt (t
uuaranteo of omul fnilh
J. H. ANSWERS MR. QUINLAN
To the Editor of the livening Ledger:
Slr-r-llererring to I'. V. Quintan's, letter,
I beg to say In nnsvver thereto that theie
are plenty of other reasons for not having
one's name published, outside of being
ashamed, and when I, lis an American
woman of American ancestry for some gen
erations back, give expression to views held
by tho majority of Americans of standing
and education, nmnng them our President,
who contends that Ihe Injuries lulllcted on
this nation by Germany are far inoro intol
erable than those which may have been lu
lllcted by Great Britain, 1 nm qulto content
to remain In such distinguished company.
Some utterances nre anything but pin
Ameilcnn nt tho picsent time. However,
there Is n German-Irish Society in Germany,
Just founded by a Gennan-Irish-antl-Amerl-can.
nairiely. St. John GarTncy, nml It is
looking for members.
As to past history. I was under the Im
pression that In ITirt It was mostly he lies,
sians (otherwise Germans) who fought for
the British on this side, ns n great majority
of English people sympathized with the
Americans hi their struggle for liberty nnd
were against tho unjust measures used
against them by their German King, Gcoige
III. and his coterie.
It Is, however, a curious but well-known
fact that the worst of enemies (so far ns
nations nre concerned) often become the
best of friends, ns witness the French nnd
lliltlsh nt present, and It Is equally true that
In the last twenty years Geimany has been
changing toward the United States, ns wo
know, for Instance, that she sympathized
with Spain in our vvnr against that coun
try. It Is a well-known fact that the Mon
roe Doctrine has become very irksome to
Germany, which is inclined to make Hrazll
over Into n German colony, nnd that If It
had not been for the well-known Intention
of Great Britain to help the United States
to support that doctrine, and for tho great
British navy, the German insidious Inter
penetration of Brazil would havo become
much more open. J. H.
Philadelphia, February ;s.
MISS SAPOVITS OBJECTS
To the Editor of tlfc Evening Ledger;
Sir t want to tell you that youNnre ab
solutely wrong When you say the Woman's
Congressional I'nlonMs not concerned about
"the European war nnd lis consequences to
the country." ,
Never before, since the movement for
woman suffrage was established In America,
have American women realized how neces
sary It was to havea direct voice In the
governing of their country as they do to
day. Because a war crisis Is apparent,, and
because our women will he compelled (if
such a contingency aoes arise) to contrib
ute and participate as American citizens,
a direct lepresentatlon in the government
should no longer be denied. And since the
fate pf the national amendment for woman
suffrage virtually lies In the hands of the
President ns the leader of his party, the
Congressional Union has concentrated upon
the White Hduse as the center of activity.
And to keep the demands of the union be
fore the eyes of the President, a constant
picketing has been In progress before the
White House for several weeks ns a psy
chological means of Impressing the need for
immediate favorable action before the pres
ent Sixty-fourth or the coming Sixty-fifth
Congress.
Furthermore, Mrs. Belmont's contribution
has been supplemented In every State in
our Union by women who will her a part of
the thousands of women who will form an
unbroken Una of pickets around the White
House March 4, when It is expected that
president Wilson will receive a deputation
appointed to represent the demands of the
nfranchlsed women of the West and Middle
West and' the unenfranchised woman. of the.
Wj, 'j '
".5. '-
THE WAVE
again picket in Washington Match I, I
commend tho wnik ns n highly efficient
means of winning recognition.
ItKllTIIA SAPOVITS.
Philadelphia. Mulch I
LISZT'S "FAUST" PLAYED
Orchestra Heard in a Heaping Program,
With Two Soloists
Accotdlng to an nncient Chinese proverb.
"Do nothing too much." nils terse bit of
philosophy Is sound artistic sense. Some of
our most illustrious conductors might pon
der It with self-benefit
.Mr. Stokowskl's concert nt the Academy
estcrday afternoon did not show any ef
fects of such a teallzatloii. Much music
that glittered and sparkled was played.
Some that wns supremely lovely was re
el eated. But. to cloud no fuels, theie was
too much of It. Sound that had been a
blessing and a balm at quarter past J!
o'clock turned Into a bane and nn execration
at quailer past 5. The audience, nt first
alert, grew lethargic. They simply were
"fed up" with It all.
That Is not to say that the concert was
dull. It was, perhaps lengthy, but with
Liszt 'whom the leader Interprets very fine
ly) and tho two sublime standpatters Mo
zait and Itecthown It couldn't have been
utteily stupid. The afternoon began with
tho deathlessly joyous Marriage of Figaro"
overtiiie. It was as delightful In the breath
of Its beauty as Is the Beethoven violin con
certo when the latter la played with nn
Inspiration equivalent to. the manner in
which tho Orchestra played "Figaro." I'n
foi tunatcly, It was not. Mr. Theodore Spler
Ing, the solo artist, is a painstaking and
dignified gentleman, who can run tlunugh
the familiar bag of tricks that most vio
linists keep In their clcset. He is senti
mental, very much so; and lento is his
middle name. In pure lyric moods he Is
often quietly touching and effective. But his
technical strength is exceedingly uncertain,
a fact that is brought boldly to light when
he seeks to spur bis own gentle manner Into
the grand manner of Beethoven. Then the
peculiarly grating strldence of his tone is
unfortunate.
Perhaps, the Impression that he created
yesterday would have gained in nppiecla
tlveness If ho had not chosen to play during
the first movements of the concerto a little
masterpiece of Its sort tho most distress
ingly ugly cadenza that ever proceeded from
catgut. Double and triple stopping, If legiti
mately Introduced, may havo their values.
Those values do not Include such tortuics of
cacophony as .Mr. Spieling raised. Probably
a good deal of his Imperfect work was
caused by nervousness,
The symphony. Liszt's "Faust," Is not
ouen given in mis cuyi Un a program
dedicated to It. and to yi
oUt
alone, it might
shine with a vlvlder fire than when It Is
bracketed, as yesterday, it seems useless
to add, In 1917, that it is polyphony of
goigeous tint nnd fascinating texture,
lather poverty-stricken In Ideal quality,
though rich In Idea, linder the plangent
baton of Mr. Stokowskl It took on hues
and phases of even greater splendor,
though the yawns would come during the
maundcrlngs of Marguerite. The purely
oichestral part of the work was magnifi
cently telling, every choir contributing its
quota to the general effect of somber,
flashing or meditative emotion. The ad
mirable tenor nnd baBs chorus, recruited
from the, organization's vocal choir, sang
with laudably precise delivery and sense of
word value, and that unusual and In
gratiating tenor, Lambert Murphy, wltli
his smooth, haunting nnd androgynous
voice, placed an Inflection- of Individual
beauty on the last andante, B. D.
All Points of the Compass
Rubaiyat of a Commuter
XCli
I want to get an Iron Dog for the Lawn,
And I would like to have a Stucco Fawn.
I think they're so Poetic seen against
The Evening Sunset or the Morning Dawn.
As explained by the program at the
vaudeville theatre, the scene was sup
posed to be one of fifty years ago. Thero
was the motto In crewel on the wall, and
the setting altogether might have passed,
but when the comedian began reading
local news of the up-State town from a
more recent copy of the Saturday .Evening
Tost, palpably In evidence, we understood
why Mr. Belasco takes so much pains to
get pis aeiaua as mey snouia.be. Half
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What Do You Know?
Querns of aeneml interest wilt he answered
in this column. Ten awstioni, tne answers to
ithich etcrw ft elUinformcd person should know,
aro asUcd dailu
QUIZ
I. What U n filiate! defendant?
'!. Ilnvv many iMli.ihltunU of the I'nlteil Stntea
live In cltli-?
3, Who It II, von INMinrilt. mentioned In the
tillecrri tiermun nlut tn array Japan and
Mexico UK.ilnt thin t-nnntr?
I. Wlmt 1 Iti.ll- Irrlilenlu," fur vvlilrli Italy
U Duhtlnc'.'
.. Nnme the Inn (!enrcal Hell In the I'nltnl
Mate arni.v.
0, Rrnre-entntlve Mann, nf IlllnnW, U minor
ity leader in the llmlr. What is a minor
ity leader?
. I'resldent Wilson I pnlen of anmetlnifs n
the tvent,v-seventi mid sometimes ns the
lurnlj-i'lclitli rrrnldent. KMilaln thin.
S. What trt of the human liodj'rt vvelcht U
water?
0, ll.is Crrinuiiv nny diplomatic representation
in Hit- loitntry now?
Id, About how ninny ronU of wood are med
iinnii-illy In the manufacture of paper In
tuts louiitr;?
Answers lo Yesterday's Quiz
1. The "mum of war l the 'hurden of war,
or the reftponslhlllly for It.
S. Zodl.nil Unlit tho rpurrtion of nunllcht
lifter minuet or hefore sunrise upon the
llilu material surroundlnc the sun nnd
I.ilmr almost dlreiily In the ptune of the
earth's nrhlt.
,1. The nv, Henry N'ohle ('omlrii Is chaplain
of the Mouse of Itepresentutlves.
4. I.'iili'iiriis was n noted fireek philosopher
(113 350 It. I'), who taucht Unit Pleas
ure, whlrli Includes honor, prudenre nnd
Jusllre, Is the highest virtue.
5. Kiit-el-Amara. on Ihe Tlmris lllier. In Meo-
potumht, was surrendered lo (he Turks liv
(eiiernl Tonnshend almtit u jear lira nnd
rerenlly wns recaptured l- the, Hrlllsh.
(I. The I'ulted Mates Is by fnr (lie crr.llot
inotloii-pktiire-fllin producer, the roun-
ry's aiiuuul output iln estimnted ut
I.OOO.OOO.MIU feet, worth Rln.ono.ooo"
7. President Iturlinnnn Is hurled In Woodward
Hill Cemetery, l.alifuster, I'n.
S. Hear Admiral Henry T. Mnjo Is eommnnder
of the .Atlantic fleet, with the rank of
Admiral while senilis as ronimandrr.
ii. i.nsiaiui iienenils iinon oversea production
for about two-thirds of Its food.
10. CiiiiiiIImu- ii r mlcs nnd navies. I ho I'nlteil
3.;53,40S ronfedrriitrs, 550,000.
R. II. Davis
E A. W. Richard Harding Davis, novel
ist and playwright, wns born In Philadel
phia in 1801, and died at his hom at Mount
Kli.cn, X. V., April 11, HI16. He was edit
cated nt Lehigh and the Johns Hopkins Unl--veisltles,
tecelving his early training as a
writer through "elementary school" experi
ence as a newspaper reporter in Philadel
phia, alid througji tho excellent criticism
given him by his literary parents, L. riarke
Davis and Rebecca Harding Davis. Ho was
a war correspondent In the Graeco-Turkish
Spanish-American, Russo-Japanese, South'
African nnd European Wars, and in clashes
In .Mexico nnd South America, Fiom news
paper writing he was graduated into mag
azine fiction and book writing, but never
gave up reporting. Ho was Inclined to be
spectacular, which caused) some adverse
criticism. This feeling for the dramatic he
carried Into his work, to the patent delight
pf his readers. His heroes nre dashing
brave and manly, his plots exciting. Just
us his profession carried him to many narts
of the world, so his pen described many
climes In his masterful manner, He was a
prolific writer, producing many volumes of
books, among which tho most Important are
"Gallagher." "Soldiers of Fortune." "'Va,!
Bibber." "The liar Sinister." 'The Lion and
the Unicorn," "Our English Cousins" and
'The King's Jackal." Among his plays are
"Ransoi.'s Folly." "The Dictator." "Who's
Who ?' nnd "The Taming of Helen." Ha
married twice, His first wife. Miss Cecil
Clark, of Chicago, divorced him." Is second
wife was Miss Bessie McCoy, an actress.
Trenches
R. S. -The trenches on the western front
miles Kur0Ian War ex,cn, about 750
SAM LOYD'S PUZZLE
THREE men who started to pay n.
nochle each possessed two United
States coins. The six coins totaled la
When the game ended each 'man still
possessed two coins, but Claus had won
eight cents, and his brother Karl Drofl
ed twenty-two cents. Now. how mViv.
did Helnrlch. tho other player, hayoTft
at the end of the gameT " ,e"
.Answer, to Yesterday's Puzzle
kUUT. VtMtl . Mil ' le.l ' .... .-.
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Tom Daly's Coluhinl
TJtn VILLAGE POET
It'ienruer it's a Eatutdan t ...: .
the blue ""il
That U to say, the Spanish mainxjl
nil tf-nfl ie l,-n..Ml. 1atf
1.., 1... nt ...a vnu. 1 1. .
tdicre'famcT nctts to new. v
im itunucf nuiu it j POttlbltf Tl.1
simplest thing you knout i
They've taken "Treasure island $
they've framed It aj 0 shou, i
An' brought It to our very door, so tvtn
ur.w viv Uf
1'rom llobcrt Louis Stevenson WM"
lifted many a page
Of squealy, squally thrillers from a jM'
but golden age; , '
They've brought Jtomanee to life 0JL
an' put it on the stage.
"Fifteen men on the dead man's chut''
Hark! how the winds do blow!
Whoso bones bleach In the vulture's iiW
An' whoso with the sharks below? " '
Devil a hair
Does Long John care.
For tills much pirates know:
Whether they lie '
Or low or high
There's one place all must go!
"Drink nn' the devil had done for tk
Hark! how the winds do blow! '
Snakes may hiss from tho parrot's efts
An ncu in nis eyeoaus glow.
Dovll a hair
Does Long John caro,
For this much pirates know:
Whether they die
Or drunk or dry,
There's one placo all must go!
one can sail a parquet chair lfi&
pnes mawien aunty,
An' from the circumambient air evoln
so tvtld a chanty.
The peanut gallcry'd make of nhn'i
anaKcspcarc or a uanxc.
i
An' so I mean to try it out. With hut
against a rafter,
A-harkenlng to the shots an' shouts, tU
rlbnld oaths an' laughter,
You'lt find vie at the Vtaflnce, n oaVtr
god this "after."
1'or when It corner a Saturday I lotg ti
aall the. blue
That is to say, the Spanish main teJtet
all my work is through,
Vet ne not far from, Chestnut street,
ichcrc tamer news is nciv.
One of the ecmloccaslonal flashes thit
reconcile us to tho more than frequent
dullness of tho deliberations of "the Con
gress" Is this bit plucked from the Con
gressional Record. Tho time of that
august body was being taken up vrUk
discussion of n. "$5000 appropriation lor
a California park. The dramatis perionM
nro Sir. Borland, of Missouri, and Mr"
Longworth, "who will bo remembered It
society circles ns the- husband of Alfa
Roosevelt":'
-Mr. !!orlar.rt The chief sttrsctlon of this
park Is that It contains an active volcano. iu
Just now the volcano is particularly. icUrr.
so there Is no occasion for puttlne any Impror
ments on Ihe volcano.
Mr. Longworth Does the gentlemin 1
thero Is an active volcano lr. that park?
-Mr. norland Yes.
Mr. Longworth I. would like to sk whlw
that volcano Is a monopoly or whether thin
Is active competition?
Mr. Ilorland-lt Is a monopoly, but I in
sorry to say it is not under Government control
METAL MEMBERS
Brass knuckles.
Tin car.
Silver tongue.
Heart of gold. "'
Iron nerve.
Steel sinews. TI.
BILLIARDS has ever inteicsled in,
within reason. Wo have always spokM
of It as "a gentleman's game" and vipoi
occasion wo play a 'fairish cue. But U
watch n game! Wo much prefer to let
our own Tiny Maxwell do It for us anl
present us with a two or three column
report of It tho next day. The rnen
thought of Tiny being "cabln'd, cribM
confir'd, hound In" a billiard arena glvM
us gusts of ghoulish glee. Then to rtti
his own story of his, martyrdom oh, rtT
dear!
EVEN' in England there are some w
refuse to tako the game seriously, J
"A Book of Laughter," Edwin ru
vrites:
Have vou ever seen a profession!
billiard match? The players wear.evt- ,
... .. ..... .l... ..... iw.,lnn!( !!
lung cioiues, uui nicy wtai mo -v. -
that they may take It oft oeiore 'F
begin to play. And then they play 'JJ
a pool of white radiance, whilst all
around them, In a dim religious llgW.
sit rows on rows of 'silent devotees a
' nt some holy shrine, observing wm
esoteric ritual. Not a word Is spoken.
There Is never a smile. From time w
time the marker calls the scores u
he wero chanting responses. The bli
klss-klss with a hushed slhllance. "
seems all so dignified and nwe-lnsplrinr
that wo begin to wonder what It Is yo .
miss,-what It Is you nre waiting "
And then you realize It Is either tn
grand strains of a church organ or tni .
nides-man with the offertory bag.
Onco lnmaii, In n match with Stew""
son, mls'cued, nnd Stevenson smllw.
The reporters on the following mornlj
referred to that startling episode, qulij
rightly, as "an hilarious Incident.
need only add that Stevenson lost tni'
match, and with It the championship- -Of
course die did. A man of tnM ,
frivolous cast of mind was obvious' t
no more fit to push balls about wltn '
stick than I am to chajlenge a M' i
cashlre lad to a game of knurr n'
pell. . '
IT WAR venra ncn that J. AV. Ktllf'
"the Roller-Mill Man," commenting "P?,
rf "Wnlif.Tn" tdo-n linon the door 01
hnslnona Tnnlise onld! "Mebbe It'S MCI,,
. r J. T .:......... waiii-a UDOfl'l
nmy, t uuiiuu, i uujiuou ,,..- -.
.. . - ... . ., J-.... In AWl
lime someooay must a uiu .... -. jfiBBfcjf
now comes W. Up with this clipping W?MU
a Wilmington contemn-: --i'lH J!
ui
WANT Kit
BOAnD by coupe In private f.mlly on ''
iqe. Annress v n. r.yery r."-""1- -
ni- TV. .T. A. Znbm. C. S. C the f
venturous explorer whom Roosevelt lh'a
so often praised, honors us with an u
(frnnli tnnr nt til a tiAUf llOflk. j"
Insplrers." The chapters dealing wJ
Dante's Beatrice havo a particular cnani
"Darcy, so I am Informed, la a, '
away from his own country. In dl'Suj!
and under analysis" our own dear P8'
made flnvernnr Whitman say. "h '"
his native land because he was afraki I
fight In the cause for which his i
countrymen aro sacrificing' their llv
"Analysis" Is right: anil under
roiorsMope,aB4 au y that-looks i
w w T5c .tBWf -m.
lOIWS S"SSJS SWWj .fc WM in.
raaaiiHi.,
,to n is, support mm -
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