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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."
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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
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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. ,
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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
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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.
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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..-.
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What Do You .Know?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?"
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