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Mondij, Msrrh 26. 117 jj J- Many women must feel that the LHVOlutlonary ruling forbidding the Czar- to use tho telephone comet under the head of "cruel and unusual punish ! aunts." w: rat What a queer company of ex's It (would be If Nicholas II, Eugenie of fe' France, Manuel of Portugal, Clprlano and Dr. Frederick Cook nil got IftHwther to plan a counter-revolution! New Hampshlro has appropriated 800,000 for Stato and national defense. lijThe total wealth of Pennsylvania la sore than twenty times that of New m& S 1 pw.'nampsniro. xnis state can auoru iu,. jbwO.OOO as easily as New Hampshire can .'afford $500,000. Mr. Hoosovelt savs he can do noth. KKMtr for his army division Just now, and Ifo, Ib therefore bound South to hunt sharks. tVormldable specimens in the guise of E.T..mv4.ntfn-f trrnftftra mtcrl.t r,it-ntul. t!i TeJolonel with good game these days, with- ut his ever going beyond Washington. Tho most significant thing about .Sunday's war orders is the authorization te Increase the navy to its full strength "f 87.00Q men. Taken in connection with emergency naval construction already jaasfcim ( nA-'-T 4t-in tinir" ntlnn moo na Ihot (WtMAAmitUkU) s,W ItVII l..tW 1 1 IJiV-CliltT VIIUV sJtie President, as commander-in-chief, has igone to the limit of his present powers to make ready the navy for war. Whatever '.the extent of America's participation In cStha conflict, employment of her sea nrm, e.Wtrengthened to tho utmost, now seems aasured. , Wi a, i ... fjf Homourg, wnere it is reportea fXataer Wilhelm has gone, on the verge C a nervous breakdown, was a favorite recuperating place for tho late King Sjhrtnce of Wales and afterward as King L tSMnM 7TT XTMllnflnAfl irA.dn nf tt.n m-z? . : " ; ... , , : ' ;. ame reiuieu mat aa uio r irst uenueiimn E9t Europe" he had more Influence than '.. .. . ... ... . ... any omer person in preserving me peace ' Europe through conferences at Horn- art; with Crar, Kaiser, Kings and their Bcellors and Prime Ministers. We waste $700,000,000 worth of every year, according to the Secre. of Agriculture; but the average do- tic economist would say that he has Iderestlmated the amount. The popula. KtMR of. the country Is 100,000,000. If we rHrlde this number Into the estimated irMte we find that It Is only $7 per i:aplta. Reduced to still simpler terms, ttU a little less than two cents' worth BK,day. If the common saying Is true Stfeat the American family throws away f day enough food to maintain a tFranch family, Secretary Houston's fig- area are so conservative as to need con Merable revision. fer Confidence in Philadelphia's effl. MHncy as -wen as patriotism can be read Oto the President's order calling for two (attonal Guard regiments from this city tong those summoned for policy duty. As i often In the past Arm reliance Is placed ithe man power of the home of Amer- liberty and the birthplace of lnde- ndence. The First and Third Pennsyl. ala Regiments have demonstrated their rth on the Mexican border, and al- ough the breathing spell assigned them tween crises has been small, the men v at least take personal satisfaction l, the fact that a record of fine achieve-. nt has been recognized. It Is one of ;' penalties of 'good work that It often to still harder and longer tasks. -i fA little-known chapter In the war's Is recalled by the arrival In New c'of two cream-colored natives of the neh South Sea colony of Tahiti, who urecentlr been fighting for the ne at the front. France's call for aid eHm conflict was answered wherever the r flies; but'Tahltlans In their Island i had a more definite and personal ifor responding than the blacks 8engal, Arabs and Kabyles from ,oc ine strange iijlie, yellow men wun. 4J1W poieni motive was re "fmr the wanton bombardment of fenny capital. Papeete. In Bert. fr. !.' Thl..outrage on a virtually seaport, supposedly tucked , beyond th" reach of evep a r,Ta.- coranimeu vy ine uerman Wtauenau anq ocnarnnorst. ,' an, route first to victory I Mam to the Falktand Iwi4 atf ni miiea an ataara )wb 0 tow sailed otu The natives had not teen so astonished nine Captain Cook first landed on their Isle. Comparatively few Polynesians the population ot Tahiti Is not above twelve thousand have been permitted to go to the trenches, but those who reached the front have undoubtedly fought with the same desire to oxact pay ment for ruined homes' aa that Inspiring tho men from tho departments ot the Alsno or Olse. "LEAVING IT TO WILSON" i TT IS to be oxpeoted that' there will be tho usual chorus of "Ho doesn't go far enough" to greet the address the President will make to Congress, so wo may as well discount this criticism bo forehand, In the light of experience Tho Idea that somo one has to drop the hat and announco "War has now begun" and that everything depends on formal statements and declarations of war Is elm plo unlntelllgence. The President has hung back, well behind that front rank of enthusiast who havo always wanted war, because for one thing It was neces sary that tho tinenthuslastlc people should be as determined to act a their moio sanguine brothers beforo any suc cessful outcomo of our campaign against tho submarines could bo assured. If that historical document iccordlng that a state of war exists with Geitnany hart been written on February 3, that fact would not have hurried the completion of warcraft. Documents do not sink piratical U-boats. War, of the kind that wo havo been slowly forced Into, doc not fall upon us like, a typhoon. It comes ns a rising storm, which can have no lines to mark its start, climax or finish. Men's minds havo moved ns a storm, gusts blowing thH way and that, ctazlly, some times even backward upon their tracks, until tho gale becomes continuous and ruinous and sweeps nil things beforo It. In holding tho dogs of war in leash, the President has known that a swifter and a mightier work would bo dono It they wrenched themselves from his grip than If ho had set them on. Tho Amerlcnn peoplo havo not had to find a leader they have had to find load srs. And when the President looked around the country he saw very few re sponsible men in the cities and States doing practical things in preparation or oven using their lnfluenco In clarifying public opinion about America's duty. One man can never control or govern Amer ica. And as long as men were saying "Lcavo it to Wilson," Wilson was per fectly Justified In leaving it to them. Sup pose that months ago New England nnd tho Middle Atlantic States had organized the Committees of Public Safety that aro only now getting to work would that not have shown the President which way tho wind was blowing and havo helped him to decide? So It will not so much matter what the President says. If ho only sets beforo Congress tho bare facts and leaves tho members to ratify what has already shown Itself to be the united will of Amer. lea. It will be enough. If we are men, we do not need Wilson to tell us that wo are. If we are not, nothing he or any one else could say would put manhood Into us. BRAND WHITLOCK THE case of Brand Whitlock, at last called from Belgium by an order that at tho same time ends American ad ministration of Belgian relief work, stands without historical parallel. Hero was a man for two and a half years ac credited to a king who had lost his king dom. As a nation, the land to which Mr. Whitlock had been sent to represent us had ceased to exist. Not so the post of America's minister. That remained a beacon in a land of devastation, hunger and death. By consummate tact In dealing with the German conquerors, by " untiring energy In handling the relief work and its colossal problems, by unswerving allegiance to duties and the widest and noblest Interpretation of them, Minister Whitlock has made tho role of United States legate to Bolglum shine above that ot many a proud monarch In world an nals. The office he Is leaving can never be Insignificant or minor any more than small nations will ever again become "little" In the contemptuous sense. WAGNER AND U-BOATS THE mere fact that virtually no political argument was provoked by Leopold Stokowskl's presentation of an entirely Wagnerian program at last Saturday night's Philadelphia Orchestra concert Is Htrlklng evidence of a kind of American falr-.mlndedness' so broad that it is taken for granted. The mero suggestion of tabooing the great Richard's muslo has been derisively scouted throughout the land. In civilized France, usually so receptive of the best artistic Ideas originating from whatever source, the situation Is now reversed. Wagnerian operas are In definitely barred, and even Camllle Saint Saens, once so close to German musical thought that his opera of "Samson and Delilah" received Its premiere, not in Paris, but in Weimar, Is now an exultant leader of nntl-Teutonlsm In music. That Americans, intent on crushing German tyranny, German autocrat and German' militarism, give no hint of fol lowing France's lamentable policy nnd with cool Judgment are able to divorce politics from art Is real cause of self congratulation. Berlin still honors her stage with Shakespeare. She actually asserts that her frequent presentation of the bard's plays- has partly Teutonized them.'' ?e make no sJuch claim respect ing Wwreer's work. Wo admit them to b OarmaW; . We admire them none the llakL VVfcavi'!. nothing todo., with rrflMiinfi- iiaiiWir i wtCiii'fr '' 1 WOODROW WILSON AND McKINLEY What the Historian Who Be came President Said About His Predecessor in Wartime By CHAS. VINTON WATERS "VTINETEnN years have elapsed slnco the Li nation was last upon the brink of armed collision with a European Power. Tho crisis of today In many ways Is strik ingly analogous to that which wnB followed by tho outbreak of the Spanish-American War. Then, ns now, cumulative evidences of another nation's disregard of the rights of humanity In general and contempt for the dignity of tho Unl'ed States In par ticular had aroused public anger to fever heat. Then, ns now, tho clamor for wnr, nt first firmly resisted by the man In chief nuthorlty, had risen to such power Hint tho endeavors to compose tho dlfllcultles by peaceful means were foredoomed to fail ure. Then, ns now, tho nation was attempt ing to rollovo In a few weeks the deplorable conditions of unprcparedneps that hod ex isted for years. Then, ns now, tho fenr of a nanl attack directed ngalnst our coast was freely expressed, nt lenst by tho more timid. It Is true thnt the American of that day held In high t.lsdaln tho feeble military power of Snaln. whereni thn American of j the present time has tho best of reasons lor snowing how mighty aro tho forces thnt may soon ho nrrayed ngjlmt his country Hut If the Spanish warships of 1898 were feu nnd weak ns compared with tho Oermnn armada of 1917, nt least there was then no llritlsh nay barring tho way against a concerted descent upon our Atlantic ooast llnc. Our own nay, not nearly so powerful today as It should ho. was then so lacking In ical Htrcngth that tho fast-flying rumors of Spanish raiders that came with tho com ing of tho war Itself wero not entirely un justified After it Mrs all oor. tho New England coast cities nnd towns that had Inclined a bit to panic wero compelled to submit to many good-natured lllngs nnd a few Ill-natured Jeers Hut It Is only fair to say that had Spain's fast cruls-ers, which woro later bottled up nnd eventually de stroyed nt Santiago, been Fent dliectly ngalnst our coast they could hno done as much damage ns might reasonably be ex pected, under present conditions, from oc caHlonal blockade-running raiders and sub marines. Analopy Between 1808 nnd 1917 Tho analogy between the polltlcnl ns pects of the antebellum situation of 189S and tho present crisis Is brought out most strikingly, honexer, when one consults the hlstoty of tho former period ns written by no less nn authority than tho present Chief Magistrate of tho nation It Is lnconcoI ablo that Woodrow Wilson when he wrote his "History of the American Peoplo" even dreamed that one day ho would bo placed In almovt precisely the Bamo position Hint circumstances forced Wllllnm McKlnley to occupy In 1X9S It Is conceivable, however, thnt In the last two jears Mr. Wilson has had occasion more than once to recall what he wroto of McKlnley's official trials nnd embarrassments. . There was no calculating the forces of excitement that wero abroad ; there was no determining their origin or theJr renl power No doubt Inlluences wero at work which did not wait upon opin ion, which made opinion their covert merely and menus of Justification. Sensational newspapers exaggerated every phnse of tho disturbing Incidents of the tlmo, to make news and increase their sales; men who saw personal gain In store for them amidst tho risks of war bestirred themselves to mako In terest against Spain In tho houses at Wnshlngton ; politicians wero quick to say and do what they hoped would enhanco their credit and tho lnfluenco of their party with tho country. Thus writes Mr, Wilson in his history of what happened in tho weeks following the destruction of tho battleship Maine in Havana harbor. At least pome of tho points he makes could bo made with equal force regarding tho situation ns It has exlfcted for two years and as It exists now. Referring to McKlnley's course, Mr Wil son says: "Ho had diligently pressed upon the Spanish Government every nrgument for peace with its Cuban subjects, for nccofn modatlon, for friendly Intervention by tho United Stntes, for reform nnd concession In tho government of tho island thnt diplo matic usage and International courtesy per mitted, and yet the end of the Cuban troublo seemed no nearer than beforo. He quick cm d his pace In the business as ho saw opinion advance nnd the houses grow Im patient quickened It very much when the destruction of tho Maine put a touch of fever into men's thoughts." Compare that statement of McKlnley's patienco under great provocation with tho patience that has been shown by Mr. Wil son himself, and the similarity of position tho two men occupied stands out clenrly. With an Ear to the Ground It Is true that Mr. Wilton nscrlbes to Mc Klnley certain traits of character thut he would not admit possessing himself. For example, he speaks ot McKlnley ns "a leader who received .his Ideas, not from his own Individual examination of nffalrs or the action of his own originative powers upon tho subject matter of public policy, but from the men about him whom ho most trusted, from the subtlo airs of opinion abroad out-of-doors, from those who brought him tho counsels of Congress and the news of events." Undoubtedly tho McKlnley make-up dif fered widely from tho Wllsonlan, but It Is Just possible that porno future hlstorlnn will Incline to the belief that the President of 1917 had his ear almost ns close to the ground as did the President of 1898. In view of recent dispatches suggesting that Germany was Inclined to make an elovonth-hour mediation offer, the good faith of which was doubted by the United States, tho following passage from Mr. Wil son's history Is also of Interest: Toward tho last It had begun to look as- if tho Spanish Government were ready,' rather that let the war feeling In the United States put things beyond all possibility of a peaceful solution, to mako vory substantial concessions to the Cuban Insurgents and bring the troubles of the island to an end Hut Mr. McKlnley doubted the good faith of the concessions offered, found them guarded by proposed processes qf exe cution which might take perilously long In the carrying out, believed that opinion In the country would not Justify him in taking any further risks of dls appointment, and made a sudden end of negotiation. Finally, Mr. Wilson, after telling of the breaking ot diplomatic relations and the formal declaration of war, declares: Intervention had come, not for the material aggrandizement of the United States, but for the assertion' of the right of the Goverrment to succor those who seemed hopelessly oppressed, to recover the peace and order of Its coasts, to free Its trade from the tram mels put upon It by a war, to which there seemed no end, to quiet the thoughts of its own people In order tliat they might turn again without distraction to tfeflr own affairs. Once more the analogy Is Impressive, for If armed conflict with Germany comes, as 'come It apparently must. It vvjli be an other war, not for the nation's matorlal aggrandizement, but solely for the uphold ing and Bateguarding of the rights of Its people and of humanity. AUTOINTOXICATED NEBRASKA A ratio of one automobile to every twelve persons in Nebraska gives a forward glimpse ot the gathering shadows of loneli ness threatening pedestrians. Chances ot escape on foot appear meager. Safety Ilea In one of. two directions leading to the same I end Hit tltie row" or the auto ahow and j r Tom Daly'o Columh THE W1XE OF BPMNG I teas not I this Babbath -morn uitiU Ukc Johnnv Keats, tvhosc fame is mount- inff.stUl "I stood tip-too upon a little Mil." The Mllock croitmed our small suburban street Whoso yellow rlobon stretched beneath 'mv feet Through double rows of tiny homes that lav Like dust jewel all alono the wau. And there stood II With heaving breast and side, And ilnollng tongue bctacen lips parted uHdc felt the spring rush on me like a tide: The sap was In my blood; in every vein The wine of spring was bubbling strong again, looked with scorn upon a fat old clod Whose gouty feet, In clumsy rubbers shod, Climbed painfully the hill-road J had come. He seemed ?o bound with rigors and so numb, So wholly out of keeping with the time When only Youth and Ucauty dare to climb, That In my heart I felt a hungering To do a wild. Quixotic, foolish thing 1 yearned to tahc thicc leapt adown the hill. To butt, head first, like any capric Bill, That fat old ploddrr's'applrcatt to spill! Why should I not? The wine uai In my head; I polled upon one foot, with arms out spread. And eyed the target Lot I knew Mm well. M chtyialht It was my u Inter shell, Whcrrln so long I had been doomed to dii ell, And nut of ichlch my eager soul had sonicd To walk again this qatden of the Lord! .lbc-tce(77ifrf flcih outstripped by youth ful will, I ita? not 7 thli Babbath morn until "I stood tip-toe upon a little hill." Wc partlculni ly nbominate tho word "adown," so wo stuck It In tho above poom. You see, it 1h necessary for one to drng nn Intentional llnw Into one's work occa sionally, otherwise one's "newspaper verse" would automatically become "mag azine poetry." Musical Notes Tho Philadelphia Orrhrslra pave nn nil WnRnor prnnram on TrhlsN ami Saturday last Th Kreslimwi Claa of Northrqst Illah School l?aM an all-loimliily program of recitations l'rlday night We havo been accustoming our Bunk hound to ride in trains nnd motorcars quietly nnd unbarklngly ns a good dog should, for It will bo rcmcnibeied It was nvcrexcltcmont and too much cxorclso that nearly wrecked his young llfo bo fore. Wo had him safely stowed In tho baggngo car of n train on tho main line of the Reading Hallway tho other day while wo ab sorbed our own mngnzino and tho to bacco smoko of sundry other men In the compartment behind. Tho intelligent beast behaved beautifully, except Just once. It was whllo wo lay nt tho Vnlloy Torgo Station. We went and quieted him, and, looking1 out, wo saw tho now station building, a wonderful eamp!o of Park way nrchltocturo of tho Jnpanose-Colonlnl period, ns near ns we could figure In telligent benst! He couldn't have seen It. He must have smelled it. Tho very first time the Xew Olympla Chambers (hotel), of Lynn, Moss , finds a plumber among its guests it might be well to have him take a look at tho con dition described in the hotel's letterhend: "Running hot nnd cold water con tinuously." THE PUItlBT TO HIS BOX (A Rondon't) ity ton, you'll do me proud somo day If these Instructions you'll obey: Don't say "those kind" and "all but ho," Don't ever, though most graciously. Inquire "tcho do you want?" I pray. If In your talk adverbs should stray Kear where Infinitives may be, Don't "split." A favor thus for me. My son, you'll do. Oh I do whatever else you may, In dally work or week-end play, Upon the land or on the sea, In low or high brow company Don't say "he don't! Ah, then I'll say, My son, you'll do. IIOIiAGE HOOK, Commercial Candor "Candor" Is a llttlo monthly published In tho Interest of tho Commercial Cas ualty Insurance Comjiany, of Newark, X. J. On the first page of the March ls,suo we find "A Messngo to All Who Want More Business," by W. Van Winkle, secretary (can It he Wrlp?). Therein, right off the bat tho magazine earns its title, or something "Just ns good," for the secretary says: "It pays benefits for loss of life or limbs, provided n person is disabled In the meantime, whenover such ioss occurs, oven though it Is five or six years nfter tho nccldent hnppens.'i One terrifying thought tho first pleas ant spring day brings to us grows out of our conviction that If we should suffer loss of life or one or moro limbs wo would almost certainly be disabled from playing golf. THU FIRE COMPANIES A moment's pausing in the traffic's hum Heralds the faint Insistent call of bells; The blood is thrilled as though some epic drum , Rumbles Its message over field and fells. The engines swirl along the waiting street As -though upon a stage prepared with care. With beat of braren bells and flying feet. Out where the distant fires sink and flare. T. J. MURRAY. In Sous' Besl'em, C. C. S. tells us, lives' the world's most literal restaurateur. His menu states at the bottom: "Tho above sandwiches are made on bread." Ilia nam la Hochrlna. , "Well." remarked a young woman and not so blunderingly at that aa the rose shqwwM about to close lta.doorson Saturday-right, tjjat'a.tha wia. of the .jrtwj," ' Ji gfv. sVvv V V i, W S. WWW V VY U 1 - I ( i 'J ..'V.Cr ,'V. s ' . .mL. Ms m$r ;X THE VOICE OP THE PEOPLE Human Rights of the Child. Treatment of Germans in America "Hun Journalism" This Department fret to all readers who ulsh to expms their opinion on subjects or current Merest. It is an open forutn, and the Eicnlno Ledger assumes no responsibility far ifte licus of Us correspondents. Artier Mim be signed by the name and address or thr Lrttcr, tiot ntrestarilv or publlcullon, out as a guarantee of good faith. HUMAN RIGHTS OF THE CHILD To tho Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir I was greatly surprised to read in the Uvenino L,DDOEn an assertion by Miss Agnes Reppller, "That the child belongs ab solutely to tho Stato and that a mother hap no right to say whether her boy should or should not be a soldier " The relation of tho Stato to tho child Is purely regu latory, while that of the parent Is funda mental and antedates both society and the State. What of tho children of those peoplo over whom no constituted government exists? What of the children of our llrst parents, Adam and Uve? With nil our boasted advancement, w'e have no adequate substitute for a single fundamental law of God or nature. There can be no amendment to the Fourth Com mandment, "Honor thy father and thy mother." Wo cannot Improve on nature's formula (H20) for common wntcr, neither can we render more beautiful a single rain bow. We cannot attack the essence. Do not our modern courts admit that human rights transcend property rights? But Miss Reppller robs tho mother of her human right to her child and makes him the property of the State. Wero we to admit the absolute ownership eff tho child by the State we would destroy that sublime sentiment which we are wont ' to call patriotism, and there would be no merit in the volunteer's sacrifice for 'his country, Th Slate being a corporate body and having no soul, suffers nothing for the child, while suffering Is tho "badge of a mother's race." JOHN J. ROONEV. Philadelphia, March 23. IDEA FOR A CARTOON To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir I took particular notice of your cartoon called "Are You Ready, Mr. Indl Udual?" Why not publish one entitled "Are You Ready, Mr. Millionaire; Not With Your Money, But With Your Life?" It Is very fine for a handful of rich men and manufacturers of munitions to shape the destiny of the nian lower down, but woe unto, them If they go too far! Philadelphia, March 24. F, MOORS. "HUN JOURNALISM" To the Kdltar of the Evening Ledger: Sir I inclose a German newspaper which shows n photograph of three American ships sunk by maniacs. I don't understand the Hun language, but I would like to knpw If these people have the nerve to pretend to be American citizens and flaunt these etchings In our faces. . s, L. Philadelphia, March 24. Newspapers printed in English show etchings of sunken ships. The statements in the German newspaper do not gloat over the sinking of these vessels. Kdttor of the EVENING. L.ED0.ER. TREATMENT OF GERMANS To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir I happened to engage In conversa. tlon this last week with a ptomlpent mem ber of the German-American Alliance, whose name Is not necessary td divulge at this present time, but I learned a great deal In regard to the blttor feeling of Germans In this country against tho Amer can people. While some of them express this feeling openly, the majority keep It seoretly In their hearts, and he told me If It would come toy a show-down the German-Americans would pe loyal to America, but with It all the German people wilt never forget the-vlle accusations heaped upon them by the American public in genr eral, accusations which are unfounded and untrue and remain to be proved? We all know that in times like these things are said ana done which would never nter our mind in normal times, and after this terrible .war Ms over we. will find out hatt ouf friend kMts via not auk. . v. a. Uil-.4la H'rlu.l .t..L-.i.,. ""r.":i ' '! cfborvm 1Q17 O JT AVAX-N VT J.SJ-- moment what It means to call a German a barbarian or murderer. Let us not forget that lots of Germans In this country have a mother and father In the home land, as pure nnd noblo as any other ftflk God's sun shines upon, and when wo use this term baibarlan or mur dorer It hurts. It cuts to the core, nnd If a German has a spark of manhood or love for his dear ones in thnt war-torn land, why should lie not resent It? Lots of Ger mans know not whether thoso loved ones are still In tho land ot tho living or not, nnd I have had Germans tell mo they wero sorry now that they ever saw Ameilci. Let us bo kind In our dealings and our conversation. R. H. Philadelphia, March 24. THE LITERACY TEST To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir America is a curious country. It Is curious enough to seo people, who had tho fortune to come to America forty years ago, willing to stop the now comers of today. And why? Iiecauso they come from south ern Huiope nnd not from northern 1'urope. There never has been hoirtogenelty-of race, a national standard of living nor commu nity of religion and tongtio in America. Forty millions out of 100,000,000 are speak ing another language besides Ungllsh, which isn't the original language of America. And don't forget that one-quarter of America Is inhabited by negroes. . And the native American mother often has no children. I am ready, to fight, no mntter If you do try to stop my parents from coming to America I, B. DC BUSUNU. Philadelphia, March 24. MARY LYON'S SECRET A vlvaolous Mount Holyoke freshman, home for her first ChrlstmaB vacation, turned to her grandmother, a grnduato of Mount Holyoke's early days, with the appeal: "Tell me what you most remember nbout Mary Lyon. Was she really. such a wonder as they all say?" With a reminlscont smile, the white-haired grandmother answered: "I can see Miss Lyon now as vividly as if it were only yesterday that I arrived, tired, hungry nnd fearful, Into tho strange new world of tho seminary. Her largo blue eyes looked down upon us as If she held us all In her heart. What was the secret of her power? My dear, ?ie tens poa-or. All thnt she taught alio was. There are some things that cannot dlo. Ono of them Is a spirit llko Mary Lyon's." All Points of the Compass Dream Poetry WE PROPOSE, some day, to write a sort of essay which was given a tltlo many years ago by Mr. Edward Sanford Martin. He called It "Tho Feathers of Lost Illrds," meaning thereby to designate certain va grant thoughts which promise something to tho writer of fugitives, but which, being true to their genus, remain fugitive, and refuse thereafter to bo caught by tho salting of tails. That sort of thing Is like the dream poetry to ono who Is used, more or less, to the reading nnd writing of verse. The phrase comes In thoso half-waklug mo ments when the veil between the real nnd the unreal Is unspeakably thin when va grant ideas are so perilously closo to the net that It Is rather a pity to lose them. They are tho butterflies of a so-called moni tallty wandering ovcrfleld when sleep is nlmost there but not quite. Sometimes they aro worth tho saving they seem so at the' time but when waking comes they vanish into" the ether. Ono of them came to Mr. Martin: The patriot Uvea, obscure, without alarms ; The poet, critics tell us. smoothly twaddles. The patent-tpnlc man It Is who storms Tho heights ot noise, and Fame's high rafter straddles!, ' Soap Is the stuff And there It all ends, but what a line of thought!' Would it might be eontlnuedl And now comes one of our own. We had been sleepless, till at last came thaf. blessed relief, and we dozed. When came this: pignlfled and sore on the handle of the door, Sat a lady filled with hope, handing out this cheerful dope:1 Did you see mo as I passed? Tell me; that Is all I net, Tell me quick beforo I And then the nurse" came In and ,.m it was .time to wake uo and take our .i..-. T J-. ,,.ut,t. , ' . t V '.. "71 ....p...,, ,, w, , . - ' i ' .- i -;V .HW WM.. ' What Do You .Know? i Queries of general interest toll! lit atwiccrti In this .column. Trn questions, the answers Is vhtch eierv acIMnormed person should know, aro ashtd dailu Quiz Mint Is mnlie? Whnt Is the mrnnlnc of the red flat, which Ih reported In treat evidence In IJetro- crad? now many nntlonal guardsmen remain on Mexican hnnlrr duty? Mho vns General VI Infield Scott? Who wrote ".Mr. IlrMInc Sees It ThrouKh" AMint ore ceramics? Who Is Dr. Karl HcUrerlch? Who wsm the publican In the nible? How ilhl Utopia come Infb use ns meaning IH-rfwtlnii? Name the line nrts. 10. Ansvters to Saturday's Quiz 1. The United .States was the first nation to recoEnlro the new Russian Government. 2. Mls Lorettn Walih. of Philadelphia, Is the llrit wnmnn to be enlisted In the United Stntes Nnvy, excluding the nurses' con". .1. Count von Dohnn-Schlodlrn Is the com nnnder of the German, raider Moewe. 4. "Esoteric" means something profound. In teUlelWo, o nnd understood by only n chosen few. It Is pronounr-d "esso terrlK," with accents oft the first and third liable. 6. The nnvj's "gag rule" Is nn order thnt no one. connected with the naTy mny maKe public utterances nbout the nnvy without first ohtalnliir permission from Secretary Daniels. 0. A generalissimo Is a supreme commander of sovernl armies. It Is n superlative ei presslon coming from the Italian. ". A Itusatnn lemitvn Is n rural district coun cil elected by the peasants, householders nnd landed proprietors. 8. Admiral l"nrrngiit' Union fleet bombarded New Orleans In April, 1862. 0. Ilonnr Law Is the British Chancellor of the I.vehequer. Captain Jack" Ilonavltn was n famous nnlmal trainer, recently Killed by a bear. 10 Celestial Mechanism A. D. R. You may refer either to an nstrondlnlcal or n dramatic term. "Deus ex machlna" (god from a machine) Is a term coming from a device In ancient classical theatres whereby a god wns brought upon tho stage bv machinery to solve abruptly a tragic dlfllculty and bring nbout n quick denouement, as is done by Heracles In Sophocles's "Phlloctetes" . nnd Athena In Hurlpldes's "Iphlgenia in Tnurls." Celestial mechanics in astronomy refer to the vast subject covered by Pierre Simon de Laplace, tho great French astronomer, who an nounced the theory of Intricate mechanical harmony In tho solar system. Tho Laplace theory Is explained In books on general as tronomy, and more particularly In Mrs. Somorvllle's "Mechanism of the Heavens" (publlshod in London, 1831) nnd Bowditch's translation of Laplace's "Mecanlque Co lesto" (four volumes, Boston 1829-39). Red Cloud. , H. L. Maqpeya-luta was the Indian nam of Red Cloud, a famous chief of the Oga lala Sioux Indians, who fought the United States in 1863-68 and died In 1909. I First Fraternity L. B. W. Tho Phi Beta Kappa Society was the first Greek letter fraternity. It was founded at William and Mary College. Virginia, in 1770, for tho "promotion of literature and friendly intercourse .among scholars." It was a secret organization until 1831, when it became hohorary. It 1 Identified with high scholarship. v Ireland's, Shamrock W, K. J. St. Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, )s resppnslble for Ireland's adop tion of the shamrock as the national em blem. St. Patrick, the stoVy r.Uns, was vainly endeavoring to explain tho doctrine of tho Trinity to an audience. They could Pot comprehend'the dea ot "three gods In ane. St. Patrick, Btooping, plucked a shamrock and held It before them, saying, J Do you not see In this wild flower how three leaves are united In one stalk, nd will you not then hbllAv.. ..v. xV -,, ...... .l 1 1 j .." ..nn i icu you, inai uier axe indeed three persons aiyl'yet one God?" Ills hearers ,were,cqnvUicedlM and1 ever after- .1 Ua4' M &J 'Si V;H &-
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