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As the German press agent says,
very retreat is a victory.
The war will be won in the facto
ries of America.
We do not need any bombast; we
have the goods.
Take not one skilled workman out
Of a factory or one skilled farmer out of
his field. '
Undersized men Whose patriotism
surpasses their stature have scant cause
to lament that deficiency. There are
countless Important war duties the little
fellows might fill with competence And
when it comes to actual fighting well,
the Japanese didn't exactly seem to lack
"pep."
It is reported that Germany will
declare war at once and save us the
trohle. In that case the President ran
take all the steps necessary without the
aid of Congress, which would simply have
to record and ratify his actions. That
would solve the question of an equally
divided House in a Jiffy. '
Ten out of every hundred babies
born in the United States die. Is It worth
while, in order to keep that percentnge
from mounting to twelve or llfteen this
summer, to abandon a little laziness
and indifference and enforce the proper
cleaning of the city so that disease bear
lng dust .and dirt will be kept fiom the
noses and throats of our babies?
' The new Minister of Justice Ker-
nsky says the new Government of Rus
sia favors the internationalization of
Constantinople. The same idea was ad
vocated recently by Profes-sor Schmidt.
Semitic professor of Cornell University,
In a lecture In this city on "Tlio League
H of Nations."' Professor Schmidt would
have Constantinople take the placo of
The Hague for discussion on international
treaties and agreements.
There is nothing particularly alarm
ing In the fury of the railroad men around
Syracuse because they are compelled to
tak one hour for lunch. They see that
hour, in the middle of eight hours, as
making a nine-hour day. Bless their Inno
cence! Wo all have been complaining
bout that all our lives and vowed wo
would go hungry rather than submit,
which the railroaders now vow. But the
" troubletwas that our demand was granted.
And the worst of it was that we 'did go
hungry.
The board of experts on munitions
standards is being organized not a mo
ment too soon, but It is doubtful If it
Will be able to keep all graft out of the
army and navy contracts tfiat are now
to go out on an unprecedented scale.
Chairman Scott will havo his hands full
combating the teamwork of patriots who
will seek to divide the spoils of war. The
roods to Washington would be black with
a swarming army of grafters if these
gentry Jiad-to walk. They are every-
where In England, France and Germany.
They were the Russian autocracy". They
would try to run this country as If It
were one big Philadelphia.
Seaport sbares are as popular today
as they were in 1898. Nothing could be
better for convalescents on the porches
of boardwalk hotels at Atlantic City than
to scan the horizon for bombarding
U-boats' and to run up and down stairs
several times a day to make sure that the
X At
' ,
't Are-escapes are in order. It is ep good as
y a "bouncy" perambulator for a baby; it
V' shakes thw llttje dear up and down a lot,
If"- ... It 1..1 ,ll .!.. .11........ T
( jiw! )Ul ll ucipa iu uigefb mo unmet, rv c
sr1? would say, to be conservative, that there
!? i a a-AAann tnr irrtr. hut tin rAHHA fnr -four
s n'' The terror la from submarines, but a new
-,! bind of submarine taxes. The occupants
,Ji it porch chairs will feel the sickening thud
k supertax torpedoes ana luxury-tax
j shads.. They are in for awful and un-
''' ; J Jutown sensations! But, oh, how we envy
. SSatA AmmaanA fnr rn-aijiiArAlithlnir
SkjaaaAfarftwila'a i,tutiol, school should be.
hy, keefeai Many expert t sea
datsatip' on the old school-
anal the still more yenfrabat
rAwJ " abirLegWaturai
10'
our hlntory, A noble record can be main'
talned by voting nt once the $150,000
needed to revive the nautical school.
Prldo In the present shipbuilding Jjoorn
lacks full Justification until wo know
that wo have tho men to operate the new
craft. Many largo shipping firms, doing
business under tho strict La Kollctte act,
have refused to wait for native sailors to
man their fleets. Thus we have the com
mon Bpectaclo of American-owned freight
and passenger lines with ships under for
eign registry. Some of their lino new
vessels even fly tho Mexican flag, Penn
sylvania, containing ono of the greatest
American pors, must do her best to pro
vent such absurdltjcs.
42-CENTIMETER HELP
TF AMERICANS do not want to play
directly Into tho Kaiser's hands, they
must glvo less consideration to what war
in general means and more to what aro
tho Immediate means of tho moment.
Misdirected patriotism may easily prove
to be Just tho sort of folly that Germany
desires. If it is nectssary to pocket our
pride, to send money instead of men, to
guard our own coasts Instead of fighting
battles In tho Noith Sea, we should not
hesitate to acknowledge such tactics as
tho strongest measures. Tho Allies have
forged a great weapon against an enemy
that is now ours. If wo help him to fire
it, in place of constructing nn entirely
new gun of our own, wo shall combino
efficiencies.
Wasted spectacular effort should not be
tolerated. And tho way to avoid striking
at tho air is to avoid launching blows for
which thoro Is no real necessity. To do
this seems hopeless without consulting
tho Entente. If tho Franco-British con
tention that no moro mou aro needed at
tho front bo truo, then It would be absurd
to prepare an army aa great as England's
for field action If the case has boon mis
represented, then we should know that
and act on tho new basis of Information.
Taking advantage of tho Allies' accom
plishment, devoting our brains and ener
gies t6 making their now tested gun still
moro accurate, need never mean making
England's or Franco's cause ours. Our
own particular grievance ngalnst Ger
many has nothing to do with tho original
causes of tho war. But our method of
exacting payment for outrages and in
sults is very closely concerned with tho
precise status of tho conflict at this day.
Providing food, munitions, clothing,
finances Is tho prose of war. Never
theless, aid of this kind has tho actual
value of tons of shrapnel. It Is forty-two-centimeter
help, for which the demand
Is Imperative and of which the results
will be immense. Such help lacks tho
glamour of "tho man on horseback" or
tho heroes of tho trenches. But Justlco
Is our plea now, not glamour. Our ends
are very definite. So should our efforts
be. Whether we must pour Into Arma
geddon blood or treasure, or both, nothing
can be so tragic as waste.
We must lastly Increase our Indus
trial emclency, build and equip hundreds,
and even thousands, of ships to pour
badly needed food Into Europe; perhaps
render financial aid to the Allies on a
scalo that will make even previous huge
loans seem small, and moet the sub
marine menace with our navy. Tho crea
tion of a great volunteer army may not
necessarily mean that it will bo sent
abroad, but such a force is needed as
a safeguard against unforeseen con
tingencies. Tho main thing is Germany's
defeat by the most effectivo means.
ONE WOMAN
A WOMAN has been appointed petty
aa. officer in tho navy In charge of re
cruiting. It is said that some men who
ate hiding behind eyeglasses could do the
work almost as well. She did not get
her appointment from Washington. She
got it from tho work of millions of women
who for tho last fifty years havo taken
tho trouble to .think.
PENNSYLVANIA IN ARMS
fTlln: action that has been taken In
-L this State appointment of a commit
tee of public safety and outlining of plans
for defense and mobilization has already
been taken in nil tho Now England States.
Chaitman Pepper need not be discour
aged by this. Tho delay will act as a spur
to the committee he heads and all citi
zens who will co-operate with it. It is
no fault of his that tho State lagged. He
has been preaching "prepare" so many
months that, indeed, it may be &ald that
(t Is largely due to Mr. Pepper that the
State Government has been aroused to
the facts of today.
We could not have a better leader He
is in touch and In sympathy with men in
all walks of life. Ho is inspired with the
zeal of a religious man for the righteous
cause of America and of all nations that
are determined to rebuke and confound
tho unholy works of autocratic militar
ism. He has nothing of self-interest to
gain but the chance to serve; theie Is
nothing he would want to gain, not cvon
fame.
Suggestions that State activities aro
mere parade and play must be sternly de
nounced. Railroads, docks and munitions
factories must bo guarded, because the
attempts to destroy or cripple them may
be renewed with redoubled energy. It is
not necessary, it is Indeed harmful folly,
to talk of "thousands of Germans at
large."
But a dozen determined Germans, such
as the men who' risked their lives to
escape from the navy yard, could do mis
chief enough. All the preparations now
under way will bo worth while if such
a band exists in tho State.
WHAT ROOSEVELT CAN DO
MR WILSON is a better man for a
war President than Mn. Roosevelt,
under the conditions of 'modern war, for
the simple reason that Mr, Wilson Is an
infinitely more capable politician than the
Colonel. Modern war is very largely a
question of politics and tact. But the
nation needs Colonel Roosevelt's vim as
well as Mr Wilson's astuteness. It is
hoped that the Colonel will concentrate
his seal upon the work-of gaining recruits
for the navy, which needs more than
7,000, men, and" for the big army for
.KhlchiHi.has,ao long, exhorted. With or
ivsra- service, weaneea voiun-
MRS. BURNETT ON
LIFE AFTER DEATH
She Tells of the "Vision" That
Led to the Writing of Her New
Book, "The White People"
By KATHERINE WOODS
AFTER -years of persistent refusal
x to bo Interviewed, Trances 'Hodgson
Burnett consented to talk Just once "for
publication." Her con creation began on
tho piano which .Is perhaps furthest re
moved, of all,thtngs In tho world, from per
sonalities, Sho began to talk about modern
science.
"Wo live," Bald Mrs. Burnott, "In an ago
of miracles. Yet tho 'most Interesting thing
about It Is that they are not miracles at nil,
but development of natural law. We all
Know that. Wo do not guees what further
developments may bo made And the
greatest discovery of the present age is
man's recognition of his Inability to say
tho last word.
"Years ago," sho went on, "man said:
This Is final; this Is discovered; this is as
far as we can go. Science spoke what It
thought was tho last word on one thing
and another. Then there wero moro dis
coveries, and more and more wonderful
things were brought to light. Xow, with
tho wonderful discoveries of tho past ytars
before us, no ono can any longer say of any
thing: It Is not possible. One r.i s Well,
why not? It is always tho question, now,
never the flat, final statement. And that
Itself is tho greatest discovery of modern
times.
"Well," and Mrs. Burnett smiled, "nhnt
we are ready to recognize In EClencc, why
shouldn't we be na ready to recognize In
man' Wo look upon the wonder o( new
Invention and discovery nnd realize that
our knowledge 13 always dcoloplng Yot
wo take human beings for perfected things 1
We beem to bcllevo that human powers
have developed as far as over they can;
that human senses, for Instance, aro per
fect. But are they? Just as It Is said
that there are tones In music which ato so
attenuated that tho human ear cannot re
cord them why should then- not bo In hu
man sight possibilities of further seeing and
a wider outlook things that ato hero In
the world that wo cannot see? And why
shouldn't It bo posslhlo that wo may some
day bo able to sec them?"
Mrs. Burnett smiled again "Yes," sho
said In answer to a question which the
Interviewer did not hae to ask, "I.atn
thinking about life after death and of the
possibility of our seeing "
Was It a Dream?
Mrs. Burnett's latest book, "Tho White
People," deals with tho question of human
immortality It Is tho story of a joung
girl who was able to see a few of tho men
and women who were, as Mrs. Burnett calls
It, "outside." nnd who, nt a crucial moment
In her life, was able to meet a difficult
human situation liecauso of tho sense that
had come to her of what life "outside"
must be And about that book and tho
knowledge that lay behind It Mrs Burnett
has had more letters than she ever h.id
about any book in her life. And almost all
of the letters have been about the question,
"Have you seen the 'white people'?"
Mrs. Burnett confessed that those letters
were In her mind as she talked to the Inter
viewer. "I have never seen the 'white people,'"
she said, 'hut I will try to tell ou the
experience that I havo had and that led to
my writing that book: I had, ono night, a
sort of vision I do not know what to call
It I was not dreaming of that I am suie.
But when I try to talk about It I And It al
most Impossible to explain, beraubo it was
like nothing that I had ever known In all
my life, and I do not know how to put It In
the familiar words I hao thought that
perhaps the trouble peoplo havo who nro
endeavoring to obtain satisfactory com
munication with those 'outside' may be duo
to that samo thing tho absoluto Impos
sibility of expressing In known terms and
Images that which has no parallel to any
thing that has been known
"It seemed to mo In my vision that I was
out on a hillside not a high hill, but a low
hill, with grass on it, and It was moonjlriht.
There was no great scene spread out before
me.' Thero was no especial beauty In It.
I did not do anything but stand there In the
moonlight that melted Into shadow and
darkness for, as I said, there was no great
vista. But I was flooded through with ec
stasj Oh. I know that is not the word;
It means something quite dlffeient as we
use It; but it is the neaiest word I can
find to what I felt at that moment that
moment when I felt myself to be 'outside.'
I felt "
Mrs Burnett broko off suddenly.
"I am speechless," she said "Thero aro
no words "
"But I cried out, "Oh, how beautiful!
Oh, how beautiful" And here Is how It was
different from any other beauty In the
world: always 1 havo looked at beautiful
things the beauty has been something out
side me, to which I direct my attention.
Here tho beauty was not outside me. I
was a part of It. It was through mo, It
was I mse!f. 1 I did not see It, I felt It.
"And then I found myself saying: 'I can
rest. I can sleep here.' And that seemed
so wonderful and so beautiful In Itself. And
Just as I was lajing my head against tho
grass of the hillside tho vislop passed.
After that I was dreaming I seemed to
feel myself creeping into my bed not get
ting into bed In tho usual way, but creep
ing under tho covers And then thero was
simply the oblivion of bleep But when I
woke I remembered It Is like that 'outside.'
It was not a dream"
Mrs Burnett had been talking with an
obvious forget fulness of that disagreeable
business of being "Interviewed " Xow she
turned to her visitor suddenly, with quick
remembrance In voice and eyes-
The Heroine in Real Life
"It i3 very hard to say nil this for publi
cation," she said ; "I am a little afraid of
its being misunderstood. It was all so
simple. Thero was nothing confused or
strango about It, and there is nothing of
that kind In my thought of It Yet perhaps
when it Is set down In print It will look
like some petty bit of affectation some
pose Don't let it look like that ! It Is such
a simple thing And It' 1ms made all the
worm uirccrent since '
"The White People" Is a story, but in It
both the record of tho vision on the hill
side and thb portrait of the young Scotch
girl who is Its heroine aro true things.
"I know a young bit of a thing In Soot
land," Mrs. Burnett said, "who seemed
somehow to fit In with my thought of what
I wanted to put into that book. She Is a
very reat lady, of very ancient lineage
indeed, the mistress of several wonderful
old feudal castles. But she is young and
tiny, and sho looks like a child; and she
loves tho Highlands. And she seems to
have a curious kind of 'second sight.' She
doesn't care for modern society nnd she
Is bored by great events in London and by
drawing rooms and wonderful parties. She
loves to tell stories of vlld days and wild
men In Scotland and Ireland centuries ago.
And her stories are as real as if she wero
talking about a friend in the next room.
"All the atmosphere and the background i
are there, and all the strargq fierce life and
tierce love und hcte, of those days. 1 was
so Interested In her telling of them that
one day I asked her where she got them,
especially where Bhe got characters, and
background and the knowledge of all that
wild life. I supposed In some old castle
library there wore strange old chronicles
that she had. read. -And she told me she
had never read anything of the kind at all I
She said, 'I Just seem to know about .those
things and thoeo peqple. And sometimes
when I read things in books about those
days I know that the things In, the books
are wrong, and I flad myself saying: "N.
It? waan'tltkejhat r, tatft that curious
Tom Daly's Column
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VI
BYEOLABBEB
The other day my glasses dropped
Upon a marble floor ,
So at tho oculist's I stopped
To got myself soma more
And there I saw the biggest crowd
I ever saw before.
Whenever in tha days gone by
I used to visit there
To get some glasses for my eye
I really do declare
I never had to wait in line
To find a vacant chair.
But now the men are all about
Like bees around a prize
All Malting to be fitted out
With glasses for their eyes
They didn't know they needed
Till thli war began to rise.
I noticed many gentlemen
Whose eyes seemed strong before
Jiut who were hard of seeing when
I met them- in the store
Ami all of them werf sorry
That they couldn't go to var.
And if this dear littlo girl's poem should
happen to bo read by n recruiting officer,
let him take up his Blblo and obey tho
injunction in Isaiah xllll, 8.
SOME of our music nnd singing teach
ers aro buzzing angrily because a certain
high-priced voice culturlst In New York
has mado for a talklng-machtno company
a series of records designed to teach tho
art of singing. "Against all tho canonB
of art!" "Commercial!" "Unethical!"
"Suicidal!" nro a few of tho cries. To
the gaping public nil this Is interesting
only so fnr ns It suggests tho iconoclastic
thought, "Why is a teacher?" Wo havo
no way of learning at this late day
whether any painstaking songculturlst
could have removed tho raw from our
raucous, but wo do know that wo learned
to play baseball without help and to
hit a golfball In spite of the instructions
of professionals, who assured us that
everything wo were doing was all wrong.
Wo call ns witness that most horrible ex
nmplo of absolute "unform" In golf
Chnrles Sumner Knovvlton. He's a
portslder, and when ho drives ho takes
his oyo off tho ball to watch the head
of his club describe a perfect 8 and he
seldom foozles. All of which may prove
something or nothing.
REVERSING the tactics of his friend,
Walter Prlchard Eaton (who over-
whcllumed the word "elm" with an extra
syllable), Percy Mackaye nllows only two
to "Ideal" In his trlbuto to William Dean
Hovvolls:
Vft uo who now mlute your eighty seara
Vlnw th-tr no elder Ideal, hut our own
Ornwn venerible In Mrllltv;
A seeker nrilcnt atlll fnr high compeers,
A sculptor eneer for tho elusive atone,
A lover oun? for beauty et to be.
THE AMOS AUSTINS, of Gurmantown,
own a small farm near Willow Grove for
which they have been trjing to find a
working tenant. At intervals they have
put an a'd in tho papers, but have reaped
a harvest of telephone calls and noth
ing more. These calls frequently break
in upon the practice time of Bert Austin,
who, besides his fame as a cellist, is
by way of being a cut-up. "Is thero
anything now on tho farm?" asked one
of these silly phoners. "Hoy?" queried
Bert. "Oh. Is thero a haystack? How
nice!" "Nicest ever, ma'am. It's what
you might call cute." "Not very large
then?" "No, ma'am, but It would bo just
tho thing for a beginner in tho needle
hunting business. Nothing else today,
rnn'am? Good-by!" i
tuv ir.iv roR two
Though love, they say, "will find the way,"
There's one thing may delay it:
The lover's mind is taxed to find
Tha tchcreicithal to pay it.
LAOOARD.
Though you resldo too far fiom 18
South Lansdovvne avenue to send your
pants, gents, or skirts, ladies, to Mr.
Talono for pressing, surely you will be
Inteiested in his circular:
Lansdowne, Pa, Marcjh 19, 1917.
Tho reason why in some places In
the city they can turn out work cheaper
than the suburban town Is because they
have the quantity I nm going to
start to look for the quantity and give
tho public the quality of work for their
monoy Just ns good as what you can
get In the city
I always turn out good work, and
now I will start and do way better.
No raising In price, but If I get the
quantity I will lower the price. If I
never done any work for you and you
see me doing work for your neighbor,
Just look at the nppearance. The
clothes taken care of by me look newer
nnd last much longer
Remaining your obedient and respect
ful tailor.
NICHOLAS M. TALONE.
P. S In. talking about new work. I
will say this much as a tailor, try
mo with half tho profit which you pay
to tho high-grade tailors in Philadel
phia and other places. You'll so: what
you will get for your money Work
done for ladles and gentlemen.
FOR SALE One first-class cow four
years old. giving milk, one democrat,
nearly new, and one Bet single harness,
Apply to William Large, Durham.
Durham (Ont.) Chronicle.
The Old Canal
The temporary bridge will be run '
across from the lower side of the Inter
county bridge to a point along the canal
directly opposite the lane adjoining the
Wagoner's Ice house and In the rear of
Durham's store. The tem
porary bridge will be low on the water
and Mr. LeedB has to make provisions
for passing -canal boats, should there '
be any. He will therefore erect the
temporary structure with a twenty-foot
draw span. If no more cdnal boats
pass Mont Clare this spring than was
the case last year, he will trover have to
use this pan. , ,
Pottatown Newa..
In Its St. Patrick's Night ad the New
Hotel Hanover. announced: "'Pat', an
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
"The Children of the Sun."
g How Not to Remove Ashes.
Y. M. C. A. Guests
W P. G. Harding, governor of the
Fedetal Reserve Boaid, speaking his own
opinion nnd not that of the board, de
clared that tho United States should lend
tho Allies $1,000,000,OIJO, as the best way
of Insuring tho success of America's pur
pose In tho war. We Invite readers of
tho EvnN'iNO Lkdokk to a discussion of
this statement in lottets to appear In this
column.
"CHILDREN OP THE SUN"
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir I am not an actor, but members of
my family are on tho stage. Actors are
delightful to havo In one's home. I have
been In their homes and seen their lives.
Of courso, there are good and bad among
all of us. Is any class Immune? Do we
condemn all ministers because one is not
perfect? Why then condemn all of them
for the fault of a few? Are all In M.'s
class perfect?
Artists of tho stagehand mote particu
larly of the screen, show us, the stay-at-homes,
all the wonders of the foreign lands
we might never see otherwise: they educate
us and make us happier, brighter nnd also
show us, as no one elso can, the lespons to
be drawn from life.
As to the prints in your paper being In
decent. I wish to btato that I have read
your paper since Its Inception and havo
never seen any Indecency in either picture
or editorial And I say, with thousands of
others, keep it up, for your work s good.
Life at best has cares enough bless all
those who try to bring a little sunshine
into It ! And who does more toward that
end than tho "Children of tho Sun," as they
have been rightly called, for they are surely
bringing sunshine into ourllvcB every day,
and I am proud of the friendship of each
and every onexif them. k.
Philadelphia, March 22.
HOW NOT TO REMOVE ASHES
To the Editor of tho Evening Ledger:
Sir The manner of loading ashes In vnur
clty Is astounding. An alkaline impalpable
i,uwuci, ouwt wo uijr uouea uuve a pro
nounced tendency to be, is wafted by the
winds into' noses, eyes and throats, besides
disturbing the pacifism of cleanly house
wives. This fact Is especially emphatla
during the high winds of MaKh. There
is no evidence of precaution to prevent this"
nuisance.
On certain days you have the unpleasant
result of a Vesuvius in activity without
Vesuvius.
Such Is "admittedly unkind, uncomfort
able, unnecessary and superfluously use
less." If the carters fall to employ their wind
shields, it Is respectfully suggested that
citizens be requested to moisten their auhea
prior to placing them on Uie street. This
will certainly be themenns of preserving
,u ,.vu., in man; ICBJIllUlury pa89age8,
as well- as the amiability of numerous
women who enjoy cleanliness.
II. H. TKUAUUT.
.Philadelphia, March 22.
COMPLAINT ABOUT A Y. M. C. A.
To the, Editor of the Evening Ledger;
Sir Being a stranger Imyour city, without
any friends and lonely. I was told to Join a
branch of the Y, M. C. A. and form acquaint
ances of good character. A few nights ago I
Joined, and -told the man. who afterward I
was told was the secretary, who I was - but
no mention waB made that they were glad to
have me as a member or to take care of me
as a stranger, or was there any attempt to
make it pleaBant for me at all. In.the lobby
I made a few timely remarks to' the man
but they all gave me a short grunt for an
swer. I ha.ve been In this same branch sev
eral times, but I always feel I am jn a
place where they have no dealre to mfic with
s.bv.b. tw uw a om jsenamve or ex
pect any one to make. a fuss over me. but
I do know I car go to, a saloon and teal
22L2&&L&-
"DONNERWETTER!"
HUW-'TtsSiUi IZJPaSJSSa feSLzsgr .-r ---.
) ( ' i
THE ABBE LEMIRE
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir In your Issue of March 20 you
publlshc"Gardens For French Workers." bv
your special correspondent In France, Henry
Bazin. Tho article conves the false im
pression that the Abbe Lemlre Is a Catholic
priest and that his opinion are expressions
of Catholic doctrine. On leading Borne of
his statement, ns quoted by your French
correspondent, the educated person would
Immediately tmspett th'at his orthodoxy was
not untainted. And, indeed, it is only un
fottunately too truo that now. for some
ears he has beon under the Church's cen
btire, nnd this, Indeed, as late 'as January,
1914, when tho Sacred Roman Rota, to
w hlch he had appealed, decided against him.
This information Is submitted to jou
solely In tho Interests of truth, that your
readers may not be misled into believing
tho Catholic Church stands sponsor for tho
socialistic, llberallstlc and erroneous opinion
of the Abbe Lemlre.
J. WILFRID MURPHY.
Philadelphia, March 21.
ON FIXED POST
To tho Edltor-of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Ono morning this week I saw two
policemen In uniform leaning ngalnst tho
front vvall of a saloon at a prominent cor
ner In West Philadelphia and watching,
without protest, two billposters Utter the
streets with old bills which they tore from
a board fence before pasting up new ones.
Perhaps they weie on flxed posts, but I
did not know we had that Institution In
Philadelphia, r, S. R.
Philadelphia, March 22.
A VERY LITTLE "BIT"
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir I have no doubt that In the event of
war the city of Philadelphia will do Its
"llt." Meanwhile the city of Philadelphia
should do its "bit" by erecting a new lamp
post at Eighth and Chestnut streets, or
removing tho unsightly "stump" of the old
one, blown down or otherwise destroyed two
months ago. F. a. B,
Philadelphia, March 22.
All Points of the Compass
The Adventure With the Correspondent
WE HAVE received the communication
below. Wo print It, not because it
shows technical excellence, but rather that
It shows how easy It Is to make a para
graph out of our friends' letters:
Editor All Points:
Sir Tho Seven (eight, nine or ten)
Wise Men were holding n conclave JuBt
west of the' "Bloody Angle" last Sat
urday afternoon, discussing and dispos
ing of such trifling affalrB as the pres
ent war, tho threatened railroad strike
etc. The subject under Immediate con
aiuerauon me revolution In Russia
and one oracle remarked that "It wad
a damn clever piece of work and well
planned beforehand" : whereat' Velvet
Joo chirps In with, "I EVe that feller
Duma all the credit for that."
W. S. .
And when praise of that sort com
from Sir Velvet Joe, Old Man Duma may
cqnskler himself properly hailed.
ENTERJNQ, came James R. Ually
"Hello, Ralph I" we exclaimed, (We Hk6
htm, even though he plays golf.)
"Hello!" he replied, forgetting the tele
phone orders that those in the' upper circles
must say In response to a call, "This 1b
fife-fife thrrrrrree; Mr. Bally speaking-"
However, the amenities being exchange
rather more delicately than usual. "e S
him if there was anything new
"Yes." said J, R. B.. "I mat L ... '
In Market street this afternoon. He wirEfl
h be looking for something and rM??.
well-known kindness of "spirit r anDrear-hiX
him. 'Sir.' I Bald, -is there' Jnyffii
can do fo.' your ' ""
"Go on,", we cried,
strangely,"
'you Interest us
Thep Ralph continued, tin his wen m..
i.ti n. . ..ih ''" '" weii-modu.
the Doatofflce,
'Vrt ."S' - .:" " "" "anted to eo c.
"What, did you aavr in.,....,
45JPfc L' V.:, " -T" "
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What Do You Know?
Qucrits of general Interest ulll be amnii
in (his column. Ten Questions, the answeri i
which every ucll-inormcd person should knot
aro asked dallu
1
QUIZ
1. Uhv tin ?srmiiti nitllturt wrlterM hall 1
'Strategic retreiit" of Mi (ierraan ton
In 1T.n,.A nu .. r..afr faulV
2. Whut Is a KlacU In nilllturj lanumtet ,1
3. Vtlmt la the principal feature of the Aa
Han ballot system?
4, lVliu wus Moliere?
0. Kume the new Kusslan Premier.
0. yihat ure jfomen in the nary. pom
now ouen to women?
7. Vtlillh la the Celestial Kmplrn and whrbi
hii railed?
8, What la n hinterland?
O 1 hl.l. In .n. Iiaatl.. I.. ilia. A In, HSI
do they rainimro In weight with wattrt 1
10. What ure the Koiuiin numerals for MM I
Answers to "Yesterday's Qui
1. It la Imposklble to call a special seailoa I
l onureSB at a nay's noure, Decaasa
,,r thn mpmh.ri ttlnst cross tha a
nent aniTthe organization of a new I
cress times several uajs.
2. Great Hrltaln. It la estimated, la
ubout SSS.OOO.UOO a day on the war, ,1
3. wvil.ootfilillshffil rMlilnna In China
Confucian. -Hiiddhlst, TaoUt, Ma
, dan unit inristiun.
J 1I11S .atJ.H.a wmxt. ihm ITnltMl Htatl
332 miles of railway and ail ot
ir..l40 miles.
5. The Supreme Court wai divided. jjTJ
lour, in ueoicuns mat wis ui.'-
la constitutional ana eniorvcauio.
0. It U estimated that Brazil -has more J
plored territory than all the rest
world Dut tosether.
7. Napoleona are prised articles, aneh ssj
trulta, letter, lurniture unu "yM
by or In nonie way connecteo win
poieou.
8. A predatory nation la one tnat-plnndei
preya-upon oiner niuuns.
0. Lard Ih the rendered fat ot ewtne,
ut klie,u and eattle.
10. "K. of K." In Ensland ia-IorKltc
Ultcliener ot Khartoum.
"Tarzan" Stories
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT "T
Vi, Anaa" -wnu nrlnted in the .
LEDOEti In serial form May IE-June 1
elusive), 1916, the last three dates on
It appeared being June 14, IB and 16.
. un art .a.. ..a fTn tutn n
louowea ine ueuirn ui i
llil nt Tnrian" and "The Son 01
zari," In the order named. Copies ol
paper for the, dates you wish can w
Ktimi. hut thn nrlnA fnr hack numbers,
la .im nontu n tnttV MVtVft tOT SaOO
tional month, would make the cost w
olnrlAa munli titfrhoi- thsfn the DrlOa
would pay If you bought 'the. storttll
book form. ForNexample, tne inree
for Juno 14. IB and 16, 191B, alone w
cost 11.32. Tho flies containing these
nrn niwn ti. tho nllblln In the Ledger LU
and all four of the stories may be boi
or ordered In book form at the larger
Btores.
. '
Citizenship
J. D. 51. The facts that you riv
yourself, "Born In England oiw
onts and brought to tne untiea """-:
ruin tA a nnt ttitftltMent In V
wi ;iai VMM. w aaw. l.it1
mining your citizenship. If your fat W
came a naturaiizea citizen o m- --
States before you were twenty-one y
age, you are a citizen, it
necessary for you to take out okh.
i.nnn. La...- .n. .n M h.l,f,mil fl. filtlv
tjupaiis uciuia UU l(l MVV - ..j,
case you aro not a cltlzen.'apparjnuy .
aid not commit perjury wnen yu ---
that you were an American in """'""
the army for Spanish-American war HJ
Perjury moans knowingly mi -
n....n.inn ,h.a ouldantly jrou
L-l'""v"v "."',.: v.".1n;in vourMU
tsUiieBiiy imsueviviru i' N ,
an rwiiericuii.
"Uncle Sam': -.
W. J. K. The story of brr the
an... r.. .. MN.fu.ii ita niv
'" uyyoi mucin. itv"" n.,lnatS
"Uncle Sam" k as follows? VJ1
war of 1812 EPjert Anaeraon, --.-contractor,
bought provisions for uw j
at Troy, N. Y, One or tno nij,'ij
was aamuei Yllson uncie ""'
as ha wn nnnularlv known. 3V ,
containing thtP provisions w
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