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The Etiniso LrtMM la served to subscribers In Philadelphia and surroundlnr towns at the tat o twelve (12) centa per week. paable I B in earner. . Br man toj points outelde of Philadelphia. In the united Btktea, Canada or United matte r fusions, poetaaa free, fifty (80) ct-nta per Month. Six (tO) dollara per year, payable In advance. To all foreign ootmtrlea one ($1) dollar pr ' month. NOTI0& Subscribers wlahlnr addreee changed tnnat lire old aa well aa new address, BK.L. 1000 WALNUT KEYSTONE. MAIN 0Q0 Address all com mini leaf (ore fo Evening Ltdetr, lndtymtenc Square, Philadelphia. txTTzto it m rniLADetniiA rosTorncn etCOND-Ctm MltL HiTTEa. THE AVERAGE NET PAID DAILY CIR CULATION OP THE KVENINO LEDGER FOR FEBRI'ARY WAS Og.STS rhUtdrtphla, Ttwidir. Matrh 11, 1911 To war is human; to battle for the right, divine. "Gerard to slvo Wilson lnsldo tip on Berlin," Events seem to show he did it months ago. As a country llko Russia abolished the death penalty years ago, It seems like an anachronism that It should bo a. matter for debato at this late date' in Pennsylvania. Now that tho Chinese Parliament baa approved tho break with Berlin, who will deny that the Colonel was right when he declared we, wcro In danger of being Chinafled? There are conditions under which the new transit system could cost twice ninety millions, but not without the repe tition, wo suspect, of certain historical vents attendant hot many years ago on an attempt to sell out tho community's rights. . Scott Nearlng's latest utterances, advocating thnt summit of Impossibility, a peaceor-war referendum, and arguing to the effect that a man cannot express a reasonable opinion about the American people if he belongs to tho Racquet Club, are not calculated to Increase the regret that ho is no longer at tho University of Pennsylvania. The President, though said to have recovered from his cold, remains In bed. It was probably not his cold that sent him there, but a fatigue and strain such as few Executives have had to endure. There are two reasons why he should take care of himself, and those reasons were named at tho top of every Demo eratlc campaign banner last fall Wilson and Marshall. On the first of January next the C O. I. under Its contract Will charge but seventy-flvo cents per thousand cublo feet for gas. Apparently it Is tho purpose of municipal financiers to put the extra nickel In tho city treasury and give the public no share In tho re duction. If so, consumers will be paying a tax of thlrty-theee and a third per cent for the privilege of using gas, a prohibi tive tax, and one which Is inconceivably large, In view of tho fact that tho gas works never cost the city a dollar and yield now an annual profit of between two and three million dollars. State Government reformers every where will be encouraged by tho example cf Illinois, which has Just passed a bill consolidating more than 100 administra tion agencies Into nine departments. Gov ernor Lowden. In pressing for the clrange, had to overcome more inertia than oppo sition, officeholders and gang politicians using obstructive tactics. This will, of course, be the chief stumbling block In the way of the Pennsylvania efficiency and economy commission, which .will make its report in a few days. A saving of JZ60.000 the first year was effected In Illinois after all tho charitable Institu tions were gathered into oife department eeveral years ago. This gives somo idea of what a comprehensive 'system of ad- f j suimautiuve t;uiiBuuuauon WOUId do. Wlth tho notice sent to foreign lega tions in Washington that ships ore to be armed goes tho first official challenge to Germany since February 3, when Von Bernstorlt was dismissed, for tho Swiss 'Government, which has charge of German ( 'interests ljere, will at once forward It Jo Berlin oa,a matter or routine business. It amounts to a warning to submarine mm. g... wanders that attempts will be made to Lr,"i elnk their croft whenever they approach ,", an American vesselA A well-armed mer Vichant ship has an excellent chance to ,,'lefeat a submarine, the records showing '(that Jhe number of armed ships sunk in oemparison wun unarmed ships sunk Is Wuarkably small. It is doubtful that te German Governmept would declare War- before an engagement took place ween American and" German cunnnn iwlln has, evidently tried ,to imitate attitude of Washington, that what- aver It; does la done in self-defense. It .-Will, tbiM.be at least a week before occa- ar'De. given for a test of the Ger feeolv'e to make gpod what many to.be a bluff, But If there ' weVr BTaee. ,thero will, not tban wki rIt i, there the President1!! policy. Tlio situation which tho new Houso will have to moot will not permit Blow action In organizing. Tho Roonor It la ready for business the greater will bo the confidence of tho country In Its new Congress. CLEANLINESS OR DEATH? "PVEATH last summer stalked through .this section of the country. No man could stop Its ravages, for no man knew Its cause, tt fastened Itself on tho young, leaving limping wrecks of those It spareJ from the grave. Parents did not know how to fight the unknown terror. They could merely tpray that their beloved should be saved. No man, wo say, could stop the ravages of this disease, but all men knew mid know 'that Its sources He In dust and dirt. Strong men cannot breathe Into their lungs and blood filth-laden atmos phere without undermining their strength; for babes and those who are weak tt means death sure and certain In the faco of tho horrible experiences of last summer, with the threat of their repetition this summer ever present, men talk and think of the dirty streets of Philadelphia merely ns n nuisance: same thing undesirable. They even tolerantly pass sweepers who arc filling the air with tho dirt thnt rannot lawfully Ho on the ground. It would bu safer In many cases to run tho gauntlot of knife-bearing Apaches after dark than to carry homo the germs which nro looked by this process. Tet day by day and month by month contractors persist in their failure properly to clean tho streets, and from long miles of sidewalks are swept Into the air literally tons of death-carrying dirt. The community accepts tho condition as readily as the South uod to accept tho mosquito and Its yellow fever. Let the mothers whoso offspring live under this sword of Damocles demand relief. Let tho fathers who lived last summer in a reign of terror 4nBlst that something bo done. We may not be able to stamp the dlsoaso out entirely; but we can administer mighty blows against Its progress and hamper Its advanco by simply being clean. Wo can boo to it that tho sidewalks nro watered beforo they are swept; we can see to It that tho street cleaning contractors do properly what they are paid to do. We can compel tho administration to concentrate Its efforts on municipal cloanllncss. uerms, we say soberly, are more to be feared Just now than Germans. It Is more Important that the dust ovil be abated than that any other public Improvement now contem plated bo carried to completion. Citizens may blame themselves for ex isting conditions. The administration and Councils can give us clean streets. They will give us clean streets if mothers and fathers bring to bear tho piesstiro of their indignation. Tho situation Is so serious that a public mass-meeting to consider It would not be amiss. We are publishing In our pictorial section at In tervals pictures which illustrate, so far as pictures can. the peril which lack of cleanliness has aroused against us. Citi zens can seo for themselves In their dally walks Just how necessary Improve- ment Is, To light successfully against infantile paralysis this summer we must begin to fight now. AN ANT HOUSE FOR A GIANT AS EXCELLENT a method of squander xi ing public funds as has yet como to our notlco la Involved In tho proposal to spend $1,500,000 for tho erection of a con vention hall to iscat.GOOO persons. Wo can Imagine tho laughter which will greet Philadelphia's Invitation for either of the great political conventions In 1020 If It Is related that wo propose to houso tho gathering In a building which will accommodate so vast a throng as 6000. Apologies and explanations will con sume most of our tlmo If In celebrating the 150th anniversary of tho Declaration of Independence wo invite tho represent atives of the nations of the world to convene In a closet. Wo trust that it will dawn finally on certain conspicuous citizens of Phila delphia that .they llvo in a metropolis which l.t Imperial both In nctualltles and In hopes. To build In a narrow way Is to build worse than uselessly. Wo vant no umall-town convention halls. What tho people have voted money for Is a spacious meeting place, ranking with any other auditoriums In America, to which they can seriously Invite conventions of every character, no matter what their size. If such A convention hall cannot be built with the funds available an appeal for more funds should be made. To erect tho sort of hall wo do not want and the kind of hall that Is now proposod would be about as sensible as to send cat boats to tho Pacific to catch whales. MAKING NBW YORK A WAY STATION THE dedication of the new railroad bridge across the East River connect ing Long Island with the mainland marks tho completion of the railroad link between Philadelphia and New Eng land that makes New York but a way station in the line of through traffic. To get over tho 'obstacle offered by that Island, city It has been necessary to tun nel both the Hudson and East Rivers, so that Pennsylvania Railroad trains might Ue carried 'on bridges from Long Island over the narrower parts of the East River on to the tracks of the New York and New Haven system. When traffic is opened on the bridges the trains which nojV go between Boston and Phil adelphia by the roundabout route of the Poughkeepsle bridge will pass under and around New York, thus saving several hours. Trains used to be ferried around the city, but that practice had to be abandoned several tyears ago on account ot the danger. The 'new way, which will be used first next Thursday, la both Bafer and quicker. It should develop more in timate -.business relations between thU' w wH1,ek iv. stair' .Eisgiana THE ROMANCE OP BAGDAD What the Loss of the City of the Caliphs Meaiis to Turks , and Germans SO GREAT was Bagdad that to this day Turkish official documepts still speak of It. out of habit, as "(lie glorious city"! But what many of tho old Turks may have loit of reverence for the former capital of Islam, the new Turks, whose toppling empire stretched from Antwerp nigh to tho I'erslanaGulf until the new crusaders found tlfelr strength, have more than made 'ip for by the great dream, "Berlin to Bagdad." It was more than a tyrant's dream. It must be done some time, though not by tho Hermans nlone ns master conquerors, but by n reunited family of European nations, who will want to Join India and Persia by rail to thn west. Tho ship route by w.iy of finer, has held a mo nopoly because of political reasons. But the Pcrlln-to-ttagdud Railroad, which litis nlrcady covered ro much of the rotito from Constantinople across Asia Minor and on toward the Persian Cult, was meant tn bo ami will be primarily nn Improvement serviceable to the arts of nonce. And Bagdad, which has fallen o many times and now has fallen for tho Inst time, will ru-r again, the great center of the vast region between the Bos phorus and India, to dominate which vns tho most tanglblo reward that tho Ger man Caesar played for, 2,000,000 Once Dwelt There. Once It housed 2,000,000 souls. It Is not without reason that n city glows to that magnificence. Tho region about this town of about 140,000 la largely desert today, except when tho Tigris and Euphrates ate In flood, when tho whole land is. inundated, and tho waters press tho dikes and threaten to engulf n city turned Into an Island. But It was not that way In tho days of tho Caliphs, when Hat oun nl Raschld reigned tn the eighth century. The desert has crept down because of tho neglect of the Irri gation canals; for wherever tho least at tempt Is made to protect nnd redeem the soil the yield of crops Is marvelous, and It la easy to believe that 2,000,000 per. sons In the city and many millions more In the adjoining districts were fed with out Imports. But what Huron n and tho other caliphs did can be done better now. So great are the possibilities of fertility thut Abdul Humid, to tncreaso his perso'nal wealth In an easy fashion, acquired large tracts, which aro well farmed nnd managed, In conspicuous con trast with tho surrounding territory. Bagdad Is now as much of a gold mine as It was In tho Middle Ages, waiting for redevelopment. Even tho decayed city of today has had Imports worth $10,000,000 and ex ports worth $4,000,000 a year. No wonder tho Germans dreamed of mak ing It their eastern Berlin. Their scheme of development included a vast and entirely now Irrigation system on modern lines for the redemption of tho whole Babylonian plain. Tho war inter rupted this In Its early stages. They were also Intent on systematic sanitation to replaco the present awful methods of get ting water from a river Into which sew age Is dumped and which is the cause of a very high mortality. Not Simply a Trade Route Thus it was not simply as a trade routo to India that Bagdad and the ro glon about It wero desired It was for its own sake and for a share in tho wealth that would como to the many new mil lions of inhabitants that restoration would bring to It that tho eyes of Middle Europe turned to Bagdad with so much longing; tho Sultan would have an ample reward for his concessions to Berlin, and tho whole world would profit perhnps. Will tho British bo able to do the work as well? Most of the work that has kept Bagdad from loss of Importance has been due to tho Jewish population. There are 34,000 Jews thero. C000 Christians and about 100,- ! 000 Moslems. Only the Jews aro pro vided with schools, and most of tho In dustry and banking is In their hands. They have from early times played an Important part In Bagdad's history and they seem destined, as tho leading cltl zons, to play nn even greater part In Its renaissance. The city, placed on the Tigris, where It most nearly approaches tho Euphrates, commands through Its port, Basra, the Persian Gulf terminal of the sea routo to India, tho caravan routes by Tadmor of the desert to Damascus, by Hamadan to Centrul Persia, by the Euphrates to Aleppo, nnd again by unfinished rail route by Mosul to Aleppo. (Mosul, about 200 miles to the northwest. Is supposed to be the objective of tho British troops oper ating from their new base at Bagdad.) The Importance of the capture ot the city by tho British armed forces cannot be estimated In figures It Is an Inestima ble moral blow at German and Turkish prldo and prestige. It Is the interruption of a romantic daydream which explains all the terrlblo hato of Germany for the British, for if the British had not como Into the war Bcrlln-to-Bagdad would bo a reality today. There was to be a new romance. Tho winding and Intricate alleys through which 'ho adventurous Haroun went upon his mysterious errands incognito were to be replaced with wide boulevards; the towering palaces of old, yellow and red and spankllng in the sun; the clamor of the bazaars, the pageantry and passion ot luxury and commerce all was to spring into life at the touch of German effi ciency ns swiftly as the visions of Alad din were made real of yore nnd In the lund that gave Aladdin to the worldl H. S. W. A SAD WAG James .Harper, one of the original mem bers of the firm of Harper & Brothers, had the Mark Twain gift for humorous narra tive. His favorite method was 'to folat his Joke upon the person to whom he was speaking. Apropos of whatever the two tnon might be discussing, James would say That puts me In mind of what you told me once." Then would follow some story very likely one Invented on the soot. -w,C' ir. Jlarperl" the other man would respond' "!.!"? ,"" r-.warper would I US ,-k '-h. v&e-.--- - .C3'----iST-- ' V THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Women's Party Has the Same Right to Existence as Other Parties American Honor This Department ( free to nil renders mho loish to express their opinions on subjects of current interest. It is an oven forum, nml the I7venino Ledqtr assumes no respnnsibilttu for the views of Us correspondents. Letters must oe stoned bv the name nnd nddress of ths icrtter, not ncccssnrilu for publication, but as a auaranteo of pood faith. A SUFFRAGIST STATEMENT To tho Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir As an active member of tho Na tional Woman's party (formerly tho Con gressional Union for Woman Suffrage), I should like to say that our organization was designed for one, specific purposethe national enfranchisement of women and has collected funds to carry on that partic ular campaign. Th" party does not In any way Interefero with the Individual action of its members, who are entirely free to follow their own Judgment on all public and private questions and to work for them through organizations designed for tho pur pose. There seems to us no more reason for an abandonment of the campaign of the Wom an's party than for a cessation of activities by thu Republican, Democratic and other political parties. While our country Is at peace, political, religious, educational, com mercial and reform bodies continue to work with unabated energy. Should war be our lot, each of the.se Interests will be forced, for the time being, to lay aside somo of Its speclnl activities and Join with the other groups In a common defense. And this common fcervico will bo freely given. In holding aloft the banner of freedom for tho women of the country, even at a crisis like the present, members or the Woman's party believe that they are serv ing the best Interests ot the nation. Wlillo tho women of today will, an did tho women ot yesterday, servo their country to the best of their ability, whether tho Govern ment grant them political liberty or not, we believe It right, even while we i-erve, to de mand Justice. A glance at the past will disclose unlim ited testimony to the unselfish devotion of women to their country In her hour of need. In the Revolutionary htruggle every superfluous expenne was retrenched, pleas tires and luxuries wcro given up and an earnest effort made to assure economic Independence through the promotion of domestic products. Again, during the Civil War. women shared equally with men the nation's burdens. They made even a greater sacrldco when, In favor of the "black man," they laid HBlde their chances fop political freedom. The women were told that It was "the negro's hour," and stepped aside. Susan II, Anthony stood virtually nlone In her effort to prevent women from losing slgljt of their own strug gle while pleading for the freedom of the elave. Failure to heed her advice resulted In a lamentable setback In woman's strug gle -to be free. For five years, we aro told, the cause of woman suffrage was not men tioned In a publlo placo or In a convention except by this fearless leader. Today wo should profit by this lesson. Wo should not only avoid the possibility of another half century's delay In granting Justice to women, but we should be stirred by the recent nctlon of other nations to wage a more Insistent fight than ever, Den mark, when the great war broke out, imme diately enfranchised her women for the very reason that their share In the coun try's burdens. If they were drawn Into war, would be as great as the men's and a voice In determining publlo policies would be due them. Recently Canada, a warring coun try, has given the ballot to a large num ber of her women. In the five provlnceirof British Columbia, Saskatchawan, Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario this act of Justice has been enacted. " CAROLINE KATZENSTEIN. Philadelphia, March . . AMERICAN HONOR To the Editor of the Evening Ledgers Sl Was It worth the price for our troops to go Into Mexico? What have we xot to show for It? Nothing but the expenditure of $850,000,000 and scores of American lives lost- American honor has received Just aa bad, If, not worse a blow than Germany has given it, .and 1 challenge any person to show in Where .It waa maintained,' in sAieivw, i. . ,. - .v.rf.vvx-. "- .f ,. ".M MOBIMZINQ FOR THE SPRING DRIVE President Wilson advlso all Americans to leave Mexico if they valued their lives? Now, if he deems it his duty to call them homo from Mexico, why does he not use this same policy In this present crisis with Ger many, forbidding them to take passage upon any vessel that Is headed for the subma rine zone? We say that Mexico should be left to work out her own snlvation even at the tacrlllco of American lives, which has been dono; then I say let Germany, who is fighting with her back to tho wall, work out her salvation In a like manner. Why should I and millions of others go to war, unless wo know what wo are going for? R. II. Philadelphia, March 0. STREET CAR WINDOWS To tho Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir Tho pasters of the "pneumonia com mittee" on the windows of the Philadelphia street cars ate cuto Indeed. Efficient Doctor Krusen had better .follow these with somo by tho "optical committee." as the windows of said cars are so rain-spotted and soiled as to almost mako passengers cross-eyed. Hut are tho windows kept In such soiled condition by a trick of Varo and tho street cleaning politicians so that tho riders can't see the dirty streets? New York streets are sometimes dirty, hut It Is more or less Justi fied, as New York Is a wide-awake com mercial community. GOTHAMITE. New York, March 8. "THE TRADE" SUBMARINE ' SERVICE "They bear, In placo of classic names, Letters nnd numbers on their skin ; They play their gilsly blindfold games In little boxes made of tin. Sometimes they stalk the Zeppelin, Sometimes they learn where mines are laid On where the Baltic Ice Is thin, That Is the custom of 'The Trade.' " Rudyard Kipling, In "Sea Warfare." All Points of the Compass Ittibniyat of a Commuter NCIX The Newsboy, that enthuslastlo Wight, Comes crying through the 5:18 each Night. Calls out the names or Foolish Maga zines; But not one Name of Stories that I Write. Casuals of the Day's Work XXXVI. THE letter which follows is exceedingly Interesting: Editor All I'olnli! Blr Aa you atm to be out cunning tor coined worda, and If they make you aa penved aa you ay they do KO out and fet real happy beforo you read 11. fl. Wella'a new on, "Mr. Ilrltllnc Heea It Through," Alont? In tho nrat couple of chapters you will And "relleiosltles," and Home other ones bordering on "inatleulou," Tho latter la beyond my poor mind to even And In h dictionary. I can dopo out thq ftrat one. C. IC n. Our hand being busted, we can hold no brief, but wo would like to call the attention of C, IC R. to one fact "rellglosltles" Is as good a word as a perfectly good dead cat Is a perfectly good dead cat. "Religiose," (note to the llnotyper: "Religiose" Is the cor rect spelling), "Religiose" nnd by context, "religiosity" the plural naturally follows Is a state of being having to do with the morbidly religious. Doctor Murray, In his celebrated and very expensive dictionary, tells ihe history of the word, and Mr. Wells uses It ,wlth authority. ' Wo admit C. K. R.s point. Mr. Wells' Is In one or more places a poseur. He de. lights In the spectacular In writing. He has done this a good many more times than once ,to our own dvllght, for he haB sent us on little Journeys to the dictionary, which help us in the general uplift, and, though "we have disagreed at first, we have almost Invariably found that Mr, Wells was right In his choice of the word of exact meaning, C, IC R. can find "meticulous" in any of the common or garden variety of diction aries. It appears that the 'word Is derived from, not the Greek, as Charles Holden would eay. but from the Latin "metua," meaning "fear,"-jvlth the natural suffix. "Meticulous.." therefore, would seem to 1m ply.'not a sense of tjmldlty, but a sense of overcarefulness carried to the nth power. And, while we are on the subject of metlculousnesa, may we suggest to C. IC R, that It would be following the stru.iht and narrow path if he quit splitting his In $ What Do You Know? Queries of neneral interest will tte answered in this column. Ten Questions the answers to ichich every well-informed verson should know, are asked dailv. QUIZ 1' What are bellered to be the canaea ot Rua- xla'a erlsln? 2. Whit poftltlon did Mr. Oerard hold before lilt appointment ns Ambaeiador? 3- Who la Tlaio? What la the dlatlnctlon between a hnrrl- rano nnd n Bale? 0. About what It tho value of the farm landa In the United Mntet? What la n tocMn? 7. Mho are Kfrem Zlmballit and Alma Oloek? . Besides "Itoyul Navy," of what la "B. N." the abbrcilation? . Where wns the Garden of Eden? 10. What la a flageolet? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz '' C'm'imei0 ',7 n fo.treas and aorernment MLliianr ?.""te'. ht." mle outhwet of 1-olnt0 ' Mextcan w ' G",'.n"ni"i d0 r.ot, n,e l,1 "'""n' "rothlesn" f0 I1.',!'"'""' yjelr unrestricted submarine, Jinrfan.. For tliem Ills raeckslrhtlos" . i .. 'I Vfrsrhnrfond" (sharpened) nnd "nnelnreschrnenkt" (unrestrained). 3. An adult dolna light work needs 3300 food ralorlmn day; medium work, 3000; hard work, 4000-5000; rxceptlonally hard work. . Palestine, on (he east coast of tho Mediter ranean Nea, In southwestern Syria, Tur-kej-ln-Afla. haa an area of 11,000 quaro Tm"' about one-twenty-thlrd of that of 8. The "rirst Hundred Thonsand" are tho rr.en.her. of tho first Urltlsh expeditionary force In I ranee, which was nearly wiped " Slnvm.H?l1Ja,;,.("?-18S0.)' t.he " Sooth J:m.'ny.an , liberator, is known as the "Washington of Kouth America"' 7. A I & o. steamship Is n, vessel of the l'enlnsular nnd Occidental Une. 8. Miss Alexn Stirling, of Atlanta, (la., la tho . American woman golf champion. 0. Tho Hottentots, n .South African race, re yembllne both the llushmen and thVnint Jus. aro of a jellowl.h. brown color and hare negroid features. 10. A revolution, tho cause and extent of which I'eni learned, has broken out ill "iMoonshine" Whisky KIINTIICICIAN The probabilities are that "moonshine" whisky Is so called be cause Its .production and sale are con ducted largely at night, althouph It would be dllllcult vto prove It. KqiAlly difficult would It be to prove your contention that it Is so called because it Is colorless and clear as moonshine." Klther of these explanations la logical and gives present, day satisfaction; but it seems more logical to.presume that originally "moonshine" de rived Its name from "moonshlnlng," or II. licit nocturnal trading In general, than to .presume that Illicit trading In general owes Its nickname to 'a particular article such as colorless whisky Smugglers of all kinds -n.B,tina?re known as "moonshiners." Vvobsters New International Dlotlonarv savs that a "moonshiner" Js a "nerson engaged In Illicit trading at night, as a smuggler." Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) says a "moonshiner" Is r "person engaged in illicit distilling- Bo called because the work Is largely done at night. Toasts. . .?' JiVarlecl, assortments of toasts suit able for banquets may be found In books on that subject In the larger bookstores, a Hat of these may be found In telephone direc tories. Motion-Picture Actress no?MAaXrT"e nam8 ,S Enld , SAM LOYD'S PUZZLE . A CORRESPONDENT wishes to know If there la n law In any of our States which would have prohibited his grand father from marrying the sister of hla widow. At first blush It mm " that his grandfather must first have died to make his wife a widow, and so been aisqualined from marrying his widow's slBter. But closer Inspection leads us to advise the young man that his granddad waa entirely wthln his rights In leadln the'alster of his widow to the altar Ca5 cl'u8lo,n?V8 "" correct2ess ot ou: con- Answer to Yesterday's' Puzzle THE merchant sold the 13 and is gal Ion barrels of oil at B0 cents 'oer gallon. He also sold 8, 17 nnd Si g.i. Ions of vlnecar at 26 centa n .,7. So he had the 10-gallon barrelieft, whToh. null 1m,a k uku.-a.s aa .- -.-.- "w mvvsro asMou U'lt! y Tom Daly'a Columr, McAronl' Ballads LZXVUl DA PUP EBN DA. BNQW Deed vou evra tee Jou Oona wild vieeth delight, Jus" to Uka small 601 Wen torn' brtghta new toy Mafift heem crazy exoite't Tou would know vfat 1 mean Eef you jut" coulda seen Not to long time ago Bow mv leelta fat pup Kes first play een da snow. Ot I scream an' I roar An' so shaka tceeth laughter Dot my sides dey are sore For mos" three-four days after. An' 'how mooch t would try, I no speak weeth sooch sketll I could put een your eye Wat ccs fresh cen mint How dat lectla pup romp All aroun' da whole nlar.r. feeft '1 How he bark, how he jomp ' An' fall down on hecs face; How he fight, how he bite An' ccs tumble aroun', Teell hees cover1 weeth wfittr Like a Icetla fat clown; W'at surprise fill hees eyes Wen he sec da flakes sail, nnmlir linrk. rt cln jt-(t, ou he chas'a hecs tall. Ot I weesh I could show How ees looka dat pup, How he puff an' he blow Wen hecs leecked by da mow An' ccs gotta peers up. An' I s'posa, no doubt, Tou would say I am ftbbin' Wen T say hees tongue's out TAka yarda pecnk ribbon Ol hoio mooch I would try, I no speak weeth sooch tkecll I could put ten your eye Wat's so fresh ccn mine ifeeH But 1 weesh you had been Where you, too, coulda seen Wat dellghta mo so How my lectla fat pup Ees first play een da snow' Wet Stuff . ReDrcsentatlvo J. XV. Luidsr. f tr. tucky, was discussing prohibition legit- latlon witli a group of House colleaguei Ho told of the manner In which whisky j was carried into dry West Virginia from wet Kontucky. "West Virginia," said Langley, "has a law that any package J containing liquor must have its content! labeled on tho outside beforo It Is put on the train. One of tho residents ot West Virginia como over into Kentucky, got well filled with intoxicants and before boarding the train for homo put this sign on his back, This package contains on quart of whisky and seventeen bottles of beer.' " A-..S v l-w .ns, t tl,A Bl,VilA-t -va WIU, ucil.p, uutl uta oubjv.t, ,,o vai, make ut our mind whether the Italicized , I preposition in tho sixth lino below la the Judge's wisdom or a typo's error: In this Instance Judge Christian polnttJ out that section 16 of the prohibition act forbade the keeping or storing of liquor anywhere than In the owner's home, but the act, In term, did not prohibit any on from having liquor n his person, and the ' act could not be made an offense of any thing by construction. Lynchburg Newt, to rov Life Is but a flower that blows For a few short days; Sweet and fragrant as a rose When the, June wind plays. Breathe Its perfume to the full; Pluck-nor heed the thorn. Just a uHfhered stem you'd cull 'On the morrow's morn. Bleeding hand or -aching heart Is no price too great For the Joy life will impart ' If we brave our fate. Take the beauty while you can; it can never 00 ,. Half enough for maid or man Jt Sucft as you and me. . , M' VARLTft 7t ;'f: Poetry In Prose ; Y, Barton Blake has made an admir-l-, . -. urn t ablo translation of Paul ueraiays w ivforinmB" (nnd Charles Scrlbnertlj Sons have published It) from which t lift these few pages of poetlo prose dt- ' scribing a soldier's return to Paris: The even-tempered autumn country side passes by my car windows. The telegraph wires wait to the ruae rhythm of their poles. My railway wagon stinks of stale cigars, and I am happy as a boy. A second-class com partment Is, for a corporal like me, a haven Indeed. I can cast on my neigh bors a frowning look, such as straight way paralyzes any notion they may have had of engaging me In talk; I can cross my legs, can read at ease and can follow the plowed ground with the eyw of a man who loves It well, but keeps hlo distance I am most ir regularly provided with a pass signed .by my captain, good for twenty-four hours' liberty, and I have left to tw good Bossard (who is not a rarlalarn the Job of convoying all by mm" baggage car Px6071Z wmen " " " nttenrt to nerfectlv well. He ought to come back slowly with a load of rnr- .1 41.. ,l T ,... r-ntb lin With tUn. .. . , -,. - V.II...S -tc-vni-eltlf mis evening, iiiko a mum '-r"i; Insect that the wind haa been blowing. hither and yon for tne iai "" l.i ,v, hnu afternoon menu lu bjjgiiu mo ,, . wandering at will through certain .- n...ln V.afVT. wltldOWS tnl BliiiCiOi uanoiiiaj aw.w ..... - spots ot gold that, from the pavementi of wwe moaern avenues, uuo ---tinder plane-trees. I know welt enongn ..... .. , ittanv n curtain win be drawn beforo the windows I h" loved. I shall find it a mournful Paris. But I am going to enter tn city as one enters the room of a very . beautiful woman who has been very 111. ONB day last week a member of oufj BlUU VUU1V U. iril IU iCY w.. v he came back he wrote this paragraph Philadelphia streets are bad enougu. ,.... i 1 ,.. , Maw YorX uui ui.o nao vim j iw w - gm 10 oiscover now mucn wuip might be. Now tho New To'rk Kvening Sun r- prints the paragraph with this head! M WE'REJ AWAKE TO THE VACCiJ . . . !' St.-1!!! Ana were, an wonaenng u. . j ' "'"J'--y viffttlng " ' . t
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