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" BlMTCmlAIi board;
,1 Crass X. K. Ccins, Chairman.
feMfttAUET Suitor
C. MARTIN... General Duslneee Manager
t!yMtohd fell? 'at Ftiuo Liwsa Building,
t v; independence Square, Philadelphia.
M t-lSTHi,,...liroaa ana vneainut mmu
mo .cm. ...... ..A. . ., imo uuuaing
famte. MM afstronolltan Tower
fSffll t til .SOS front Building
t;,etH,;...;...4V Qlcbt-Drmocrat Building
IOW0..W......f..H02 Trious Building
yi1 NBW8BUREAU8:
immm BCauc, ... bisks suiiaing
Tobk Btiuo ....Tha Tlmae Building
IK Bosun..,....., ....00 Prledrlchatrass
an BvixAU Marconi House, strand
Bubud.. ...32 nua Louis la Grand
ftv SOBaCRIl?TION TERMS
f Ta Eranmo taoora la served to vubaerlbara
; taiFhlladelpbla and, aurroundln towna at tha
. tmta of twslre (121 canta par week. Darabla
',tlo tha earrlar. ... .......
L". Mr
nail o pointa ouiarae or i-nnaasipnia, in
noli
Tftam
vrojtana un
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Had Btatse
wanaaa or unuea mates poa-
fJw!9-.wAf . t
ree, nny tou; cents par
lara par ysar, payable In
bty min bix ivo; aoi
i.it ! -as
f To all foreign, eotmtrlea ona (ill dollar per
'"it N(WInjRnHairttMi wlaVln AAmm .t,ana.A
Ky"sttat artva old aa wall aa naw address.
toi nt" m0 waihct keystone, main iooo
jit Wf ddrete ait communications to Evening
I'i r- Ledger, Independence Sonars, Philadelphia.
mD at TBI rniUDnrnu roarornca it
aacoND'CLAas uiil umn,
SIOD AVERAOE NET PAID DAILY CIR
CULATION OP THE EVEN1NO LEDGER
FOR TEBRUARY WAS St.tTt
Prospective bridegrooms who
viewed the gorgeous gowns at the
Fashion Show need not hesitate on ac
count of slim purses. Sometimes one can
marry a modiste.
Mr. Gerard, we are gratified to
J learn, really did say that he would "sit
W PMlid.lphl., StlarJij. Mirth 17. 1917
U . --.--
W" I "
Jifv I .. 1
M -v In Berlin till (what Sherman said war
IVti . Waal from over" rnthnr thnn nan Ameri.
r sains detained, and is proud of It.
Considering what It costs In time,
Money and effort to elect a President of
the' United States, It might be good sense
not to Insist that he challenge pneumonia
to deadly conflict by being inaugurated In
the open air on March 4.
St. Patrick's Day "celebrators may
at least take comfort In the fact that a
, flag of their favorite hue means freedom
in one quarter of the globe, since the
Teen standard of the Prophet now flies
ever the Independent kingdom of Arabia.
The efforts of Bourbons to con-
'fine Hiram Johnson's activities to what
. . ......... . ..
u-i - are Known as "joko committees or me
h&j Senate should gladden progressives of.
y.f uuiu panics. Duppressing uic iuunrr
?-Oovernor of Caftfornla Is a good deal
Jy like sitting on a tack In order to liic'e
i.?Kifrom view. '
(tufa , 1
ti' r . . . ...
M war Is harvest time for grafters.
:. (7llAn iha ntfjintlArL rt rtatrtntv (a M.
ncted toward saying the nation tho
little fellows with mean souls and itching
palms get busy In the twilight and line
their pockets. It Is a wise citizen ,who
keeps one eye on local affairs even
while aiming his gun with the other.1
So many architectural eyesores
mar the city's streets that genuine regret
must greet the announcement of the pass.
lng of the graceful Roberts mansion at
the northwest corner of Nineteenth and
Walnut streets, to make way for a mod
ern apartment house. Nothing like com
pensation for the loss of the still more
picturesque Lipplncott house has yet
been made, and from an artistic stand
point Philadelphia can ill afford to lose
many such landmarks of local color that
for years gave to the city Its distinctive
character.
Mr. Cahvell's project of a model
municipal farm on the city's 1000 acres
at Byberry and the utilization of all
tillable land In the city Is a patriotic en
deavor In its aspect of preparedness for
twar. But 'it is,,more than that. It is
breaking ground for a system toward
Which there are already tendencies in all
parts of the country, tho establishment
of food supplies near centers of popula
tion to act as a lever against high prices.
(What was done In New York by public
spirited citizens who dumped cheap food
on the market in the recent crisis can
be done systematically by the cities them-
elveft- Thft cttv fnrmn nt Via fitfm-a nHii
' act as a constant regulator of market
prices. The mere fact of their establish,
tnent, in increasing total acreage, will in
Itself put a big crimp in the middleman's
ft Profits.
riv, a,
i ' When the Czar of Russia visited
' jthe English coast In his yacht In 1909 a
oclallst rose In Parliament with the cry,
"Don't let the tyrant landr The same
War was expressed when King Edward's
encircling alliance" aligned the Czar
with the western democracies in 1914.
S',t Would reactionary Russia infect Eng-
i.;)ana and France with imperialism and
i(awtocrattc tendencies? That fear now
Afk t... t..frVM. T I. -n. . ... ,
;;v wf m iruaiu, ii ib nuura inai is
CTOK moral and geographic Isolation of the
fvjswlln Caesars grows apace. It, is some-
pjBln that in Its prow
6f ' war. It" is not' fo
L '.?fthat the freeing of Ru
.'X.'vahLna? that in Ita nramlna la rnwtar than
skt? .:.' :,r . .
' ior men wno ao not
future may say It,
t kt t&fl A 'Blf.CUI.Ia tnsa aka.t iL.
laiojJttalafljifl i war. It la more than
so i fWMa t-ifi nignunare or a trl-
ivtrate) of ty ran U Kaiser, Cr and
rvsj "Pf"! ?ri "0 ireemg or
rmmmrm me imperial, arch-
flif)l;itfJ:aavtklaks
''notfeeaW' Uptake enarretlo
v : r.' in.-'. - .
mm tpiinwaa javawn streets,
.aaak '-'-i---i i...
r.,.,. -n , t,, mm
&mmz
Eiatms
pua wa. -a anaiuilia
sajtl:arm
U.
BSirjKMs' oc f ii TKJBT,,M'BiMfrT'l
ft sfry tsy ar tsv
jOkM Csnnsll, . tha XIhwy Burssu,
win bs.in a position to organize drastlo
rrW&surei for securing the publlo from
iha menace of disease-bearing duat and
filth. Thla offlctat.'a hands have been tied
chiefly through lack of co-operation by
other departments. He Is a holdover
frcm the Blankenburg administration, an
efficient and disinterested publlo servant
and one who could win for himself a
great reputation In a regime devoted
strictly to publlo service.
ABOLISH THE "AVERAGE"
11TATOR SMITH has done well to reject
''" the counsels of City. Hall "Inexperts"
who advised him that a Convention Hall
to seat 6000 would bo large enough be
cause an almost Inoredlble reason be
cause the average convention held In the
city has not attracted more than BOO to
1000 delegates.
Of course the 20,000-slze conventions at
which presidential candidates are nomi
nated are not average, because they only
happen once In four years. But they hup
pen. And Philadelphia doesn't get them.
Tho "average" convention, for that mat
ter, Is probably of fewer than 000 dele
gates, counting all the little affairs that
bring but twenty-five or fifty delegates to
the city. It Is precisely for exceptional
occasions that a Convention Hall Is built.
And when It Is built In a city that In rap
Idly doubling Its population, It should bo
built with the Idea that tho exceptions of
today are to bo the average of tomorrow.
AVo move to abolish the present "aver
age" of public meetings. We move to
Inaugurate the exception as the rule. Wo
know now who Invented that saying that
"the exception proves the rule." It was
a man who was always looking forward.
'RED SUNDAY" AND AFTER
LINKING the tragic episode of "Red
J Sunday" with the present Russian
revolution Is decidedly more Indicative
of the familiar human weakness for com
pleted stories than of clear vision of the
new crisis.
Twelve years ago, when the Czar's Cos
sacks ruthlessly charged Father Gapon'a
petitioning worklngmen before the Win
ter Palace, the sense of historical fitness
was quickened by the prospect of a. Rus
sian birth of liberty.
Emancipation through blood and travail
stirred the popular Imagination. The
common, but treacherous, bromldlom
about history repeating Itself was drafted
Into Immediate service. The liberal world
fully expected a re-enactment of the
French Revolution throughout tho Slavic
empire.
But subsequent events failed to Justify
any such formal and "classic" reading of
history. The revolt of 1905 was sternly
repressed, and today that event, although
doubtless exerting a certain Imaginative
Influence on the minds of the present
revolutionists. Is revealed as an isolated
fact, not as the real prelude to a great
drama of liberalism.
History Is frequently more freakish
than conventional, abounding In unfin
ished tales and unresolved chords. Olive
Schrelner, In "The Story of an African
Farm," sensed this characteristic In life
Itself when she refused to Identify one
particular mysterious personage in her
vivid tale with another being of some
what similar qualities. Our existence, she
declared In effect, is full of unrelated
facts. Why not record them and, above
all, why seek for perfect dovetailing of
Incidents?
"Red Sunday," Indeed, may become a
day of sacred memories to Russian liber
als, but the fact remains that the genuine
and successful revolution has been ac
complished largely by a class that hardly
had existence twelve years ago. It Is un
questionably the growth 6f the new
Slavic industrialism and commercialism
that is mainly responsible for the miracle
In Petrograd. Since the Japanese war
i Russia has entered tho modern business
world, and, supported by the vast army,
It Is modern business men who have re
solved on so breath-taklnp a measure as
universal suffrage in what was once the
most Invulnerable stronghold of autoc
racy. It seems Inevitable that Russia will at
last be free, but she has taken her own
way to break her chains, regardless of
many precedents, regardless of tho most
carefully drawn historical horoscopes.
PRESIDENT GRATZ
SIMON GRATZ, president of the Board
of Revision of Taxes nnd fnr mnnv
years an earnest supporter of Senator
Penrose and his Organization, seems des
tined to play an Important part In the
struggle between those who would leave
unchanged and those who would reorgan
ize the school system. There is little
doubt that we are in for a long struggle.
The Gowlng case is the climactic situa
tion In a sequence of events that have
long been verging on the Intolerable.
Mr. Gratz, In addition to his $6000 of
fice, Is vice president and perhaps the
most Influential member of the Board of
Education, a position with no emolume'nt.
Appointment to both offices comes from
the Board of Judges. It is understood
that his political prestige, of long stand
ing, makes it easy for him to have his
way much of the' time. It is not sug
gested here that Mr. Gratz is a -dual of
ficeholder in the usual sense of the
phrase, nor that members of the Board
of Education should not follow other pur
suits, for, receiving no pay, they natu
rally remain In business. But it would
be advisable in the future not to em
barrass a man, who, like Mr. Gratz, must
needs be closely in touch with political
life, with work so nonpolltlcal and non
.partisan In character as that of the school
board.
Dr. Edward Martin and Doctor Garber
are the logical leaders In a reform of the
system which will make such flascoes as
the appointment of a high school princi
pal without consulting the Superintend
ent Impossible. They should carry the
Sght straight 'to the tribunal of publlo
enialoiL rathW than try to reform fmm
-"-- -., K, ' '
la a body, which would hays re-
long, ago If It was const!-
HOW MUCH IS A
DOLLAR WORTH?.
Austrians Are Paying $1.88 for
It, While in Spain It Can
Be Bought for 89
Cents
MR. COMMON PEOPLE walks Into the
corner grocery store. He orders one
dozen eggs, one pound of butter and a half
peck of potatoes. For these he tenders, a
dollar bill In payment.
The grocer adds up the prices of these
articles and Mr. Common People Is told
that ho owes 1.14. He digs out the addi
tional fourteen cents, picks up his packages
and goes home.
Mr. Common People has learned that
the dollar bill will not go as far as It
did some years ago. Thereforo Mr. Com
mon People wonders If the dollar has
depreciated In value. He gives Derlous con
sideration to this point He recalls that
(lie dollar. In addition to being a direct
promise of tho Government to pay one,
remembers that the standard of value
of all tho great .world Powers, China
nnd a few smaller countries being tho
only exceptions, Is gold. In this con
nection ho recallB that ho has read In
the newspapers from time to time of tho
largo amount of gold which has come Into
the United KtnteH since the beginning of
the European war. the United States now
holding a third of tho world's supply of
the yellow metal. Therefore he decides
that the dollar Is worth Just ns much now
as It ever was.
This leads him to the conclusion that
the purchasing value of tho dollar Is not
so great as It was Borne years ago, and In
this ho Is cdrrect. Without leading himself
Into any lengthy thought on tho subject
he Just runs ocr tho conditions na they
have developed, especially since the out
break of hostilities abroad. He discovers
that demand, because of the war, has been
very largo. He concludes that with tho lnw
of supply and demand the natural trend of
prices Is upward. He finds that the
American farmer. In addition to feeding
him, Is also keeping a large part of the
rest of the world In food,
Dollars in Terms of Other Money
He knows what happened to the dollar
which ho gave to the grocer a fow minutes
ago, but he wonders what the value of that
same dollar would bo In some of tlio capi
tals of other nations. The more he thinks
of It tho more Interested ho becom J.
Finally he sharpens a stub of a pencil, gets
an encyclopedia which contains the par
value of foreign coins In American money,
looks up the present rates of foreign ex
change and proceeds to find out how the
American dollar stands abroad
After a few minutes of figuring he sits
up with a look of amazement on his face,
for what he has learned Is startling to
him. The value of the American dollar
In the capitals of the principal warring
nations, he has found, Is high Tho dollar,
according to his way of figuring, Is worth
more Jn Vienna than anywhere else on the
faco of the globe. It Is worth $1.83 there,
In Russia $1,81, In Italy Jl 41, In Germany
(1.40 and In France $1.13. In London,
where ho has compared tho value of the
$5 bill with pound sterling, he ascertains
that It Is worth J5.10, or. In other words,
each American dollar Is worth $1.02.
This Is all very well so far as the war
ring nations are concerned, but what of
the value of the dollar In neutral countries?
A few minutes of calculation will disclose
that In Spain It Is worth only 89 cents,
In Sweden, Norway and Denmark 90
cents. In Switzerland 97 cents and In Hol
land 99 cents.
Mr. Common People now has the valua
tion of the American dollar In foreign
countries arranged In table form. And
this Is how the table looks, the first column
giving the par alue of the foreign coin
In American money, the second column
the value now and the third column the
worth of the American dollar In foreign
countries;
'rr(nt Equlv
aluo. alent.
h1uo.
.L'OL'tl
.'J3SJ
. m.-ni
.1031)
Auatrlan kronen .,
German mark
French franc
Italian lire
Kusslan rubl
.linn f,3
.17(1-1
1.40
.11011
.1HH4
1.1.1
1.41
1.N1
5.10
,1111
.07
.Hit
.90
.011
.00
S14II
.HMO
Kncllsh aterllnc li.Hiif:.'. S4.7r.r.
Netherlands irullder JOL'O .-1018
Switzerland franc 1030 .1088
Spanish peseta 1030 .'J127
Swedish kroner "J0SO .20H7
Danish kroner 'JUNK ,'J7i
Norwegian kroner ".'080 ,i'07O
What has caused the appreciation In value
In some countries and tho depreciation of
others? For a satisfactory explanation of
this It Is necessary to understand the first
principles of foreign exchange. Foreign ex
change, as the name Indicates, represents
trade between two countries. In early
times this trade consisted of a direct ex
change of commodities. A ship would leave
one country with goods which would be
exchanged In some foreign port, the goods
obtained In this foreign country being taken
home.
How Foreign Exchange Works
Sometimes gold would be taken for the
goods In the hold and somotimes gold would
be carried by the ship for the payment of
goods bought. Because of attacks by pirates
In those early days some other arrangement
had to be deWsed for the settlement of
debts, and, "necessity being the mother of
Invention," the foreign exchange bill was
devised. Foreign exchange works on the
principle of the payment of one debt by the
cancellation of another. In other words,
foreign exchange Is simply a form of credit
A typical foreign exchange transaction
would work out as follows: A Is an im
porter In Philadelphia. He has bought
goods from an exporter In England, He
does not settle his debt by tho shipment of
gold. Instead, he goes to a foreign ex
change dealer and buys a bill from him.
This bill Is drawn on an Importer In. Eng
land who owes an exporter In the United
States, and Instead of the Englishman ship
ping gold to the exporter In the United
States he simply pays tho English ex
porter who has sold goods to tho'Phlladel
phlan, thus canceling the Philadelphia im
porter's debt to the Englishman.
Whenever the exports of one country to
another exceed the Imports from the latter
nation, the former Is said to have a favor
able balance of trade. The latter nation, in
other words, owes the former money. This
Is the condition we In the United States now
find ourselves. The war In Europe has cut
down the export trade of all the nations, bel
ligerent as well as neutral, and In order to
pay their debts In the United States the for
eign countries have been compelled to do one
of two things either make a settlement by
the shipment of gold or float a loan In the
United States. Both of these methods have
been used. Loans to the amount of more
than two billion dollars have been- ar
ranged here, and In addition about as much
gold has come In.
It can be very readily understood, there
fore, that the value of the money of foreign
belligerent countries should fall beloW par
as represented by the money by the United
States. And this Is exactly what has hapr
pened. It Is the reason for the American
dollar being worth so much in the bellig
erent countries.
But why has the American dollar de
clined In the moneys of neutrals? This Is
another story, Here we again have the law
of supply and demand The crippling of
the trade of the belligerents by the war has
resulted In a greater demand for exchange
through neutral countries, especially by the
Central Powers. Securities 'which were
owned In Germany, say, have been sent to
the United States to be sold on our Stock
Exchanges. Payment for these was made
through some neutral coiintry, say Spain or
Sweden.
The demand for exchange, on the neutral,
it will be seen, exceeds the supply, and what
is the natural result7 Why, the money of
the neutral, as measured In terms of the
American dollar, advances. (p, w, jr.
A SOCIAL ERROR
It is said to be regardad as a social error
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Mobilizing the Food Supply.
Lansing's News Reports.
Pictures of Players
Thts Department free to all rra'rr ic'io
u Ml to express their opinions on subjrc!' of
current interest. It (s nit open forum, ami the
Eieninp Ledger asiumes no rcs;;on?lolHti for
the tints of its correspondents. Letters must
be sinned bu the name pud address of the
tirtter, not ncecssarllii for Trtibllcallon. but as a
guarantee of good faith.
MOBILIZING FOOD SUPPLY
To the Editor of the Evcnlnp Ledger:
Sir What Is the United States doing In
tho face of Uie present crisis about food
economy? Our naval, military, ammunition
and Industrial resources have been thor
oughly organized. Our financial resources,
greater than the combined financial re
sources of cither set of belligerents, are
more thoroughly and effectively mobilized
than ever before, thanks to the working of
the Federal Resere banks. Wo know the
value of every one of our military units In
men and guns, of every naval unit In ships,
speed and gunpower; wo know what Indus
trial establishments are available In case
of emergency, and what each Is capable of
accomplishing; we know the capacity of
every shipbuilding yard In the country to
a ton, but here we oro facing not only a
national but a world crisis with tho. cost of
foodstuffs higher than ever before ; higher,
In fact, than In some of the countries that
havo been at war for thirty months, and as
yet there has been no mobilization of bur
food resources, no warning note has been
soundedr demanding rigid cconomv.
Two Important steps, which will doubtless
suggest themselves to most people who have
given the subject a thought, must be taken
at once. One Is the mobilization of nil
avallab'o foodBtuffs In tho country, and the
other Is to nppolnt a conservation noaru,
whose business It will be to find out what
the Central Empires found out long ago
and what England has recently found out,
namely, tho relatlvo values as food of the
foodstuffs now available or later to become
available, so that through this board the
public can ho thoroughly instructed and
waste annihilated ns far as possible.
The United States will be looked to not
only to supply her own population with
food, but will also bo expected to provldo
a surplus for the Allies as well. We need
an awakening on this subject. England,
wide awakd to tho emergency, Is cultivating
every avallab'o foot of ground, Public
parkB and private lawns which havo lain
fallow for centuries are going under tho
plow. We have a big country. Our re
sources for 'food production are virtually
limitless at all seasons of the year. But
our confidence In our capabilities Is our
greatest danger. The present emergency
demands intelligent superviaiuu mm unci;
tIon-
Philadelphia, March 12.
E. S. It.
LANSING'S NEWS REPORTS
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir As an American citizen, with some
sense of fair play and some regard for the
dignity and honor of our country, I must
protest against the Department of State
being made a news bureau for the Allies.
Yesterday the department announced that
a Turkish army was being trapped in Meso
potamia and later that Its information In
dicated 'that more than fifty Cerman sub
marines had been captured since January 1.
Surely the dissemination of such news does
not come wltbln the province of the depart
ment, and Its gratuitous publication Is any
thing but fair. JAY.
Philadelphia, March 14.
PICTURES OF PLAYERS
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
gir it was with a large degree of In
terest that I read a criticism upon some
of the pictures contained In the Illustrated
section of tho Evenino Ledoeb, and also
a, denunciation of "the theatrical cult."
Tho latter Judgment I think very' unfair.
Although some plays aro certainly not what
we would want our children to se,e, we
cannot classify all plays under one head,
or those who take part In them. Ilke every
other profession, some who participate in
the theatrical work are decent and respec
table, while others are not.
Personally, I have a. close friend on the
i nAnHA In TOMIa,fAlntilA
M,.v'no "?. "''?""r. tzi r ?-
I1H' H'llK A S' ' r'A.LIllVyn.
of refinement
know him.
There aro many others like him, and
would It not ho unfair to classify all who
take up tho stngo as their vocation ns per
sons having bad reputations?
In regard to tho question of some of the
pictures nppenrlng In the Illustrated sec
tion helpg a trifle Immodest, I ngreo with
what has already been said. Tho Evenino
Ledoeh Is certainly a home paper, and Is It
not best to keep questionable pictures out,
whether some may approve or not?
Philadelphia, March 15. R. H.
PRIMARIES BY MAIL
With only one dissenting vote, the Idaho
House has passed a bill which provides for
the holding of primary elections by mall.
If tho Senate agrees to It and the measure
becomes a law, there will be wide Interest In
future primary -elections In Idaho. Speaker
Allred Is father of tho bill. He proposes to
reduce the cost of primary elections and to
Increase tho vote. He calculates that under
his plan the latest primary election In
Idaho would have cost $13,840. Its actual
cost to the counties nnd candidates was
$112,220. Oregon Dally Journal.
GLUCK AND STRAUSS
An Almost Perfect Program by the
Orchestra, With Kindler as
Soloist
Constant Irruptions of late-comers nnd
another "event" were the sole blots on yes
terday's performance by the Philadelphia
Orchestra In the Academy of MubIc. For
so perfect nn afternoon one was In the
mood to demand perfection of program, and
one got It. almost. That "nlmnul" min
the ever-present, the too-ever-present Ttlch
nrd Strauss. But who cares what comes
after such preliminaries to "The Life of a
Hero," as the suite from Gluck's operas
arranged with such quick Insight and
muslcianly feeling by Felix Mottl nnd the
d Albert concerto for violoncello?
Why must Gluck be relegated In our
musical lives to a stray performance of
Orfeo" now and then? Any one who
heard yesterday that suite in which charm
and awe aro blent to an Issue of such
beauty will echo the question. And how
beautifully It was all played I How serene
and yet how trenchant was the chorus
of blessed spirits, with its holy simplicity
brought out In string, reed and horn 1 How
like a rarlfied "comic relief were the
Jocose airs, with their aspect of delicate
revelry and light feet! But, more than all.
how Gluck does Burvlve! He has seen the
white brides of Helicon dance with de
light. He has looked Into the netherlands
.f.th1.8plrlt- And hls vlsln Is still true,
still able to Impress Its clairvoyant quality
on the Jaded modern mind.
Very critical observers havo written that
Mr. Stokowskl succeeds or falls as a poet.
We, who think him oven more Important
than that, usually find In his failures a
something elusive that may be, and often Is.
greater than the successes of others. The
Gluck-d Albert-Strauss program was well
proportioned and magnificently Interpreted
"utla be2 BS!d' " may be eatlro o fow
Gluck with Strauss, but It Is also good
sense. The "Heldenleben" has received no
grander treatment at any other conductor's
hands these several seasons. Being music of
great nervous force and considerable cere
bral grasp (also no heart), It cannot always
hold its auditors to the end. First because
like much of the composer's work, it Is
egotistically prolix, and second, because it
Is such an old tale in the ears of Philadel
phlans. No concertgoer would wish Richard
banished from his henrlno- -n.,f ..,.
(purely as an example) Doctor Muck di
vides his local Beason In the proportion of
Beethoven, one; Schumann, one; Strauss,
six, even tho moBt ardent StraUsslan may
R tett,.W.i1? n.ot' ior a change, at any rate,
"Macbeth," Instead of the bromldloms?
Mr. Kindler playing d'Albert is a com
bination to right any artistic grievance. It
would take.no very Inflamed imagination
to dub this musician the Stokowskl of the
cello. He has the same warmth and
richness of emotion, the same sense of
lusty poetry In what he does aa his con
ductor. On the Bame platform their team
work Is well-nigh flawless. Yesterday the
solo artist was concentrated, though with
out agitation, and he played in his prlmest
fashion. His bold and sure technique was
not his only card. Through the maies of
the brilliant concerto he passed with unerr
ing tread, making the ascending and de
scending shifts ot melody clean snd fine,
turning a tremolo with ease and aniandor.
snd producing that shadowy semblance of
the human voice which Is the giry of his
and gentility by all who TXTViof T Vnn Trnn'm"?
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Queries of general Merest tclll oe anacered
n this column. Ten Questions, the cniwers to
uhich even well-Informed person should know,
are asked daily.
QUIZ
1. Who a the reient ot Russia?
2. About when was "Trenunre Island" written
and who Is the author?
What l the "Von Tlrpltz element"? What
does It udrocate?
Abont when did 8t. ratrick lire?
Why are airships aueh dangerous foes for
NUbmurlnes?
Who la Michael V. Rodzlanko?
What Is meant bj the "Mease sector" In
war dispatches?
8. What nnd where la the Champa . Elrseea,
and how Is it pronounced?
B. Wbr la the threatening nation-wide railroad
strike called a "progressive strike"?
10
What la the so-called German "wall in the
Hest"?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. The first amendment to the Constitution
provide that Congress shall malt no law
prohlbltlnc the freedom ot rellslon, speech
and the press.
X, The "open-door" poller In China Is one that
sires all nations tree and equal access
for commerce.
3. Vice Admiral von Capelle Is the German
brcretary of the Navy.
4. Wood Is treated with rreosote to preserre it
tram decay.
5. I.and'a Knd is England's most westerly cape.
In Cornwall County.
0. Glnseppe Verdi (1813-1001) was a great Ital
ian musical composer.
7. The Colombian treaty would give Colombia
S?S.OOO,000 as recompense for American
seizure of I'anama during the Roosevelt
administration.
R. Till, earwn of taaAmtuftm of the
steamship
Algonquin was valued at $2, BOO
0,000 by
the onuers.
9. Corfu Is a Greek island in the Mediter
ranean.
10,
Fairbanks la Alaska's largest city In point
V
CD.
of population, which waa 8541
in ivw.
Florida
J. A. B. Florida's area Is about 68,680
square miles, of which about 4440 Bquare
miles Is water. Twenty-one States and
Alaska are larger than Florida. Both Penn
sylvania (45,126 square miles and New
York (49,204 square miles) are smaller
than Florida. The wealthiest State In
the value of property subject to the general
property tax Is New York, with $11,38!!,
137,127. Florida ranks sixth from the last,
with $285,860,875. New Mexico, with $84,-
086,518, Is the least wealthy. Others be
low Florida In this respect are Wyoming,
Utah, Nevada and Vermont. Florida ranks
twelfth among the States In the smallness
of Its State debt- In 1915 this was $601,567,
or $.71 per capita. New York had tho
greatest debt, $125,461,557, or $12.73 per
capita. MassachusettB's debt was $84,
700,601, or $23.62 per capjta. New York's
sinking fund assets'-were $34,487,679 and
MaBsachusetts's $38,263,061.
Parts of Speech
X. Y. Z. The parte of speech are reck
oned as eight noun, adjective, pronoun,
verb, adverb, preposition, conjunction and
interjection.
Iron and Steel
HEADER To make wrought Iron (steel)
out ot cast Iron or Iron ore various Ingre
dients are added while the molten maBs Is
subjected to great heat In various professes
that result In various kinds of steel. The
Ingredients which Impart malleability,
toughness, hardness ana other qualities to
the iron are manganese, carbon, nitrogen,
oxygen, phosphorus, sulphur and silicon.
Further additions ot foreign materials are
made for the so-called alloy steels, of which
nickel Bteel and cobalt steel are examples.
Borne of the , Ingredients that In various
combination make special steels are tung
sten, molybdenum, chromium and vana
dium. NORTHCLIFFE ADVISES US
There Is some form of preparedness which
can be quickly attained and for which the
American temperament Is entirely suitable
Two of the successes of the war have been
the aeroplane and the destroyer, The
American airmen with the French and Brit,
lsh armies have proved that this Individual
form of fighting is particularly suited
your people. If you start air schools In
localities as free from wind and gales as
possible, you can quickly train flying men
Some ot the beat of ours are mere boys
from seventeen to twenty-two, You could
easily set models of1 the latest British an
French aeroplanes, and with your unrlvalad
E
;fomfiai?Tc
mrfCYrrrvj.-
tin riuiiAltli FOETi
Whenever U'a o Saturday ant Afr.J
you've oat to nMu ;ov -...
on o bit of green.
For in these parlout momenta (ttU
discreet of iou 1
To keep a guarded eve upon eaeK J
Tou cannot oe too careful ichat tou
an' what vou do,
It lou'd avoid tha a,Mf. .. '41
knack innn'M hnt .!.
w ,,uv ualvcru;
me moment mat vou put it onu,i.--1our
tcorfc is through
To sally forth on Chestnut street (a J
wu 7iciv a new.
Tet, one nevercan tell! and thourbi
""""'' "uuiH.ou umi nothing ft
be admitted to this colyum today tl
wore no glimmer of green, we are mi.;
of the experience of a friend of our.
..... .v,w ou.uo lcn years ago
DA FIQHTIN' IRISHMAN
Irishman he mak' me seeckl
He ees gat excite' bo queeck
An; 'so queeck for flghtln', too.
An', baysides, you newa know
How you gona please heem. So
W'ata deuce you gona doT
W'en I work een tranch wan day
Irish boss ho com' an' say:
"Evra wan een deesa tranch,
I no care eef ho ees French,
Anglalce, Dago, Dootch or wat
Evra one he musta gat
I.eetla pleca green to show
For da San Patricio.
Does ees Irish feasta day.
Go an' gat som' green!" he say.
"An" eef you no do eet, too,
I gon' poncha head on your
So I gat som' green to show
For da San Patricio,
Blmeby, 'nudder Irishman
He ees com' where I am stan,
An' he growl at me an' say:
"Wat you wearln' dat for, eh?
Mebbe so you theenk you be
Gooda Irishman like me.
Green is Jus' for Irishman,
No for dumb Eyetallanl
Tak' eet off!" ho say. an', myl
He ees ponch me een' da eye!
Irishman he mak' me seeckl
He ees gat excite' bo queeck,
An' so queeck for flghtln', too,
An, baysides, you newa know
How you gona please heem. So
Wata deuce you gona do?
"Hurrah, and again hurrah, for Tedfljf I
says jaarso wenry wntterson In
ivouisvuie courier-journal, comment!
upon Roosevelt's sharp reply to Bry
Invitation to a Joint debate upon pra.1
paredness. He continues:
There Is lust ona criticism in m.v. '
such n. reply. It Is an act of unUlrMM.j
IW LUIIIVUID WCItUM.,. SIII1U1U WIIQ till tlTO" i
masculine advocates ot peace at any erics. I
There was no aort ot doubt that Bentalct I
Arnoln wns n nnrmnl mal. Tf Ia- ku" 1
temper, his sense of proportion, his honor
and ona thing and another, but hs did -:
nt any time give tha Impression that, hm :
Mamma Arnold graduated him Iron tin 1
neuier garment o( uaoynooa into DTKCQM
she dldn t know what she r: hKji. is
to the Bryan-La Follette-Stone-Worlti-Vsr. '
daman crowd, one cannot be so sure. Thitr
classification seems to have been arrived it
upon snap Judgment. ,
On the other hand, isn't theiunwonM
Bllence issuing from Oyster Bay sines taw
expolt of the "little band of willful rata
somewhat significant? We are rittWl
inept in political comment, but we lit
out that of the twelve unspeakable Sent-I
tors at least six were Progressives.
Try as we may, we can't keep trie on
out! We've got to tell a story about Qr-
trude O'Reilly, of our morning ancestor,!
and It goes like this: Miss O'Reilly
been lecturing at Montclalr upon "Irish Wlr
and Humor," and afterward a gushlni coa-l
gratulatress splashed her with compliment,!
but finally drenched her with this:
"But I'm so sorry the audience yruat
larger. You see. though, most of our pwjl
come from South Orahge, where you rTI
that other lecture a month ago and us
probably heard you then."
Add Famou3 Triplets
Green, Orange nnd White.
Kelly and Burke and Shea.
Allen, Larkln, O'Brien.
And, (once again) the Shamrock,.
It may not bo amiss to recall the wlB
tlclsm credited to the late Archblsl
Ryan although we're sure somebody l
write In to prove It of greater antlqult
dealing with what constitutes treason I
Ireland. Tho prelate and Blaine, so
version hath it. were sitting side by i
at a banquet and they fell to discuss
the Land League situation. Blaine sin
dismissed the whole matter with u I
natlent gesture.
"What they'ro doing In Ireland la. l
son!" said he.
"Ah!" said the Archbishop.
In Ireland Is reason because of tbe
sentee."
A fresh green sign of spring at S
and Callowhtll:
SUMMER. SAUSAGES FOR SAIJ5
M
THE TWO DEBORABB
Tn nnmithfnn'.t lone olace of sleep
a mtl lit.? n!rnrown. 1
Has " Deborah' Clanton" carven deefti
Upon a slanting atone.
Across two dreaming centuries
I feel vour smile on me,
Fair Deborah, with morning eye
And hair's night mystery.
The lure of your soft Celtic tongutjj
.entrances ununuit- y
.Almost it seems that you are VOWJ
Again and blithely fair.
The loveliness we wot not of
Lost in the grasses low
As Jewels from tle lap of Love,
IXow tenderly you throw
Into the cradle of the maid
Heir of your faith end name
The dreaming laby, unafraid,
Bmtles at the passing flame.
In Ballyshene's green place of IM
A led is overgrown, f
m.-i ?.. ,. .Mit Tin the stone.
ADA FOSTER MURB1
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Evergreen Irish Proverb!
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-mere is no reeK in vne oi""- r(j
. . iMAtt
I threw a Btone in tne turnw --,
Ti PI T hit. ni the PIC that M"'
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Tell not All you know and ten
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