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March :S, 1117 The demand In the House of Com mons that men rejected for tho army be re-examined makes the tale that Britain has all the troops sho needs at the front somewhat less convincing. Some persons nro never satisfied. Miss Mabel Nott, of Kansas City, laments that the "submarineless" voyngo of tho American liner St. Louis, on which sho was a passenger, "was an awfully lone tome trip." Considering tho methods of some L. of the Kaiser's subjects, Secretary Baker's i-ji, iigniucani announcement uiui ueiiiums In America will be safe If they obey the laws Is probably the very thing to cause Teuton .uneasiness. Subscribers to Robert Louis Steven ton's avowed leeelpt for happiness in- Rn,! volvlng "a yacht and a string quartet" are getting sum consideration nunng these grim days In which tho Knelsels have disbanded and patriotic millionaires eire giving their pleasure craft to tho Government. The Administration Is said to bo aonslderintr an aDtie.il to Congress that fry tt declare war on Germany, and German 2X 'officialdom hints that in ithnt case It Pi, , would contemptuously Ignore the declara- BO Hon. nut uermany in any case win nave By no occasion to declare war on us. blie ?S did that on May 7, 1915. Iv fnn it hr nnssihln thnt flprmnnv is mtZ? of Inst- nnnvrtiv1 tn linr nnnmlns' viOv Pfk ... .... .., ... .,. Ewe puini. uur uiLeriUKa "iu ki tai, uu- is clares Prussian Minister of Avar von Stein, "and our sacrifices gigantic, but It Is just tn these things that the greatness of a nation find's Its expression." Pro- 15W& duce the Belgian who will dispute tho truth of this assertion. As a center of conquest proclama tions, Constantinople bids fair to rival Boulogne, whero Napoleon started to raise that now mocking column whlch was to symbolise the humbling of Eng land. It was In tho Turkish capital that the late Von der Goltz announced his pre tentious design to take Egypt, over which i Britain's flag still waves. And now, tie- H . .. . ...... . .. .. .. i cording to a tierno oispaicn, von .uacKen lmrn visits the city by the Bosphorus and gy the rumor-charged ntmosphero quivers Irf. With the word-that he Is planning to "redeem" Bagdad. If precedents nro duly Ej 'preserved. General Maude need not Kvworry. Iw Philadelphia's lavish exhibition of ft the colors on Flag. Day yesterday was laudable and inspiring, but the method of V , displaying our emblem might well be Im proved. A damp, bedraggled Old Glory of stained with March rain and unkemptly ?! - . . .9 tn,.A n kl ...l.. I .. r. I . I rt uggests the gloom of half-masting Is not & . exactly a thrilling sight. The French mode If . of .patriotic decoration, calling for tricolors C In groups of three or more set up In a gk fitand, with the poles almost perpendicu lar and the flag folds hanging gracefully 'In almost nnv kind of weather, la more --.--- ------ -...:. practical anu artistic, ui late years oc- Speasional attempts to follow this fashion Ifphave been made, but the "sheet on a big- &'lnk" atvlo atlll Inrfrnlv nrvnll. TJin ylJiAi;4 UUJCLIJUH in UlU UVillUOlltUl u ul mot- fi1 annnnlv thnt it -rontn AVlth all duo respect to Assistant Wjt Insurance Commissioner Samuel W. Ale- l' M Piillnnh lfi utntf.frv.fint tl.nt t V. n I rFkiM i-a n fift Inlaws of Pennsylvania "will be as good as tj.'vthose of any other State in ,the country, -'m.j1 hAttur (linn afrra it'Vinn ffttnln Villlu fim wfc-i i(twt ov..v, .,.,. ... x'-." ow pending are passed, will. not hold plater, There are three bills now pending tffyhich are known as the "blue sky law," Htle "Markle bill" and the "Crow bill." i'ne "blue Bky bill" is aimed to prevent companies chartered by other States from Coming; into this State nnd conducting tock-Jobbln? and fake consolidation npalgns, with little or no supervision the State Insurance Department. i"Markle bill" Is Intended to brine Pander the supervision of the State the S'ulUtu.de'' ot small and often lrresponsl-j Vmutual ,ilre lnsuranco companies Ich.have recently sprung up uu over 8tete; like mushroorns, nnd the "Ctow H. tn bring under State supervision are generally Jknown ns .fraternal Mwnwn- unqert coun cnaners Hla,'; health nnd" sickness insur- r junonjf inu pourer people. 1 In a vlte! -matter, which has VffnvuAeu.-r mi. tn on miuKracctvB uterwn- r r - . !rtmenYefpr4 IC'can be sflld that the. insurance laws 01 A-eim:jivt"i" Rood as those of any other State," nnd that Is a law to compel lifo Institanco companies to keep their expense ratio within certain limits to bo defined by tho State. It vna this particular item of ex penso of procuring the business, which served as 11 subterfuge for nil kinds of nbuses, that created tho greatest sensa tions In tho Hughes investigation In New York in 1905.. And when tho insurance laws of New York were then revised tho matter of tho expense of obtaining busi ness wns given more attention than nny other subject. A law was then enacted placing a limit on this expense. There was a slight revision of this law enacted in New York last June, but it was merely an adjustment of this expense intio to dlffeient forms of Insurance. The Penn sylvania lnsuranco laws will not bo "as good as those of nny other State" till they give tho policy holders this particu lar protection against undue cost of securing business. WILL THE WOMEN HELP? milHtlE will bo few pacifists at the great Independence Square meeting on Sat urday, when the city will send forth Its moisngo of patriotism to the nation from tho birthplace of libcijty. Indeed, there are few of tho loud type of pacifists loft In action. These have been driven to cover, chiefly because they used weak arguments Instead of strong ones. They nrgued thnt Germany's U-boat policy wns Justifiable, or that England was as ruth less ns Germany, or that wo should mind our own business, or that v should havo a vote for peace or war, or that wo should split halr.s nnd filibuster ourselves Into a brown study. But the loud pacifists were not the main body of pacifism's army. Theywere only the skirmishers. The main body Is composed of women; It has not been heard from; It has used the best argu ment silence. Men talking like La Toilette make young men want to fight. The excite ment of their warlike pacifism Is con tagious, and l(i the tempest they create nnd the furious opposition they arouse the point they are driving at is lost, nnd "Fighting Bob'.s" gestures become ns stimulating to war ardor as a recruit ing orator's. But not so the mothers, who know better and say llttlo or noth Ing. Many of them are silent before the sons they would keep safe at home, fearing that the very arguments meant to keep them home might only Irritate them nnd help to drive them forth. On the other hand, there ,are many women who would feel ashamed if their sons did not enlist. There are ns many of the one kind ns of the other. Judging from the vote on conscription in Aus tralia, In which the women divided al most evenly for and against compulsion; nnd the Australians are fundamentally very much like .ourselves. These two types of women are equally worthy. Per- haps those of the "weaker" sort, who would keep their sons at home, are often more lovable. But tho trumpet has sounded. The de cision has been made. Women ns well as men aro calling upon the Government to throw this nation's full weight against the barbarous practices of a military clique mad with the lust of world con quest. Women know that women nnd children have been sent to tho bottom of the sen. When women picture what such crimes are, they nre not pacifists. Will not the women of Philadelphia of tho whole country respond to thp call of America to make good her promise to tho world of freedom and humanity, for which four times In the past her men have gone forth to fight? A clergyman has suggested a chlldicn's rally to be held In connection with Sat urday's demonstration. The children will be there. The churches are showing their flags. It Is their cause. It is the war of the Church -against Caesar. It Is the fight for God and man against the works of the fiend. GERMAN TALK AND GERMAN DEEDS VIGOR of action nnd economy of speech were once considered faithful indices of German character. The Teltfon did not speak. He struck. Ho thus implanted throughout the wot Id so deep a respect for actual 'achievements as against mere words that now when other nations are doing deeds and his country Is talking, elaborate German explanations of present facts and forecasts of the future go un heeded. Since the conquest of Rumania German volubility has startlngly Increased. Hardly a theme connected with the pres ent conflict has been neglected. Oermnny has talked of peace, of starving England, of quelling America, of alienating the Japanese from the Entente, of Mexican thrusts at our Southwest, of paralyzing dissensions In Russia, of drives on every front, of winning Greece ns an ally, of the Btaggerlng surprises up Hlndenburg's alleged capacious sleeve, even of retaking Bagdad. The verbal gamut has been run. And this Is why. with full recognition of the tremendous power still left in Ger man arms apd of the great resourceful ness) of tho German mind, It becomes dally more difficult to credit the bases of German threats. When .Htndenburg lured the Russians Into the Masurian Lakes trap, hedid not proclaim it In ad vance. He simply bagged his game. Acts, not words, are now needed to prove the Entente advance In the west to luivo been folly. Bagdad Is Britain's. Russia strides forward toward Mosul, Every iday 'the Allies strengthen their armor .with, actual accomplishment. Ger many may. nullify those splendid efforts, - SUPERSTITIONS OFTHE-POILU ( Gold in .the Pockets nnd Dreams of Automobiles Are Omens of Good or 111 Dy HENRI BAZIN Bvec)al Corrcsimiulenl 0 the Hicntno Ledger (11 France. PA HIS. Feb. 10. I HAVE been privileged In a special trip to a section of the front that I had not before visited ; "privileged," because for some llttlo time past, nnd for ns long or longer to come, military reasons have suspended front tournees for civilians nnd correspondents. 1 was given the opportu. nlty. nevertheless, upon condition that I would not detail In any article anything In the nature of specific Information that might havo military significance. To this I have willingly subscribed and, In view of It, have simply recorded within my memory much In genuine Interest upon my trip to tho front of which 1 can- .not write. But I can tell of cortnln per sonal Impressions, and the result of per fcanat contact with men In both rank nnd file of tho marvelous nrmy of France, some thing typical of their lives ns passed upon nnd nbout tho front line, nnd typical, too, of a little that In Its birth Is due to the places In which they live, work, light and perforin their several duties. Of these, 1 here choose n few. It was bitterly cold, the coldest night In northern France for twenty-five years. There was little or no wind, or the record for frigidity would havo been broken The moon was shining full, a polar-like moon shedding n mystic light upon the tloor of the trench a floor of lea nnd snow. Beyond tho observation post the tangled mass of barbed wire supported upon Its splrnl-cuded metnl posts seemed to take vague fantastic form, something menacing nnd at tho same tlmo grotesque. And beyond still, past the land belonging to no man. nltluiugh It Is the soil of France, I could see the I'.oche wires nnd, behind them, tho Boche line. It was very calm, not even nn occasional shell passing to bleak behind. Tho lieutenant who accompanied 1111?. In a spirit of rnlllcry, said: "I remember n few years ago while (siting the Cathedral at Munich that the Boche who was show ing our party Its beauties said, "This way, plcnse;To11ow the guide, If you please.' Will you do likewise?" He had stopped beforo the entrance to a city It wns 11 hole in the side of the trench with descending steps Into a greater dark ness. Twenty-seven steps, for I counted na wo went down In the dark, feeling our way ngalnst the frozen earthen wall. At tha bottom my guide flashed his pocket elcctilc, and I saw before him a solid, roug..l built dyor. Passing within, a long p.i.sn.igo ap peared before my eyes, well Illuminated with electric lamps suspended I rum the wooden-braced celling a few Inches alien 0 my head. We stopped at one of, toe many dours lining the wall, knocked nnd entered. Two olllccrs wuie sitting at a little table, smoking the Inevitable clg.uette. One was writing and tho other reading a Paris news paper six days old 1 passed him the four In my pocket that were two-thirds the age of that he had In hand, while his companion said. "Here, where life Is a thing apart from Paris, wo hear and see many things that might be classified as folklore tales of the trenches and underground caverns In which o live when not nboo on duty. I have been collecting them, and If 1 am alle at tho end of the war shall put them In soma sort of form ns a legacy for my son. Let me tell you a few. They arc disjointed. .jet each dovetailed to the other notwithstand ing. "All along the lino curious superstitions abound. Some are graceful and poetical, and nil difficult to trace as to origin. They come, I suppose, ns superstitions come to the sailor who lives close to n watery grave as we live close to a death from gas or llanle or metal. "One Is that you must never light three cigarettes from the same match. If you do, the third man's fate Is sealed, and he will fall within twenty-four hours. Curi ously, there aro a dozen Instances of this having been proved true. In two of them 1 was tho second man, and the third was killed In each case well within tho time. And, more curiously still, they were each, as the superstition goes, deaths that could have been avoided. We have a contempt of death here. No ono dreads It, since it Is a possible dally portion. Hut we would like It In action, and not because it has been fatally pionounccd by a burning match as a thing to occur In somo b'anal manner. I do not attempt to explain ; but the fact Is that there It Is In a dozen records, and that belief In It exists all along the line from the sea to tho moun tains, among the Belgians and the Eng lish ns ourselves. "Another of which I have evidence In six Individual cases Is that ho who dreams of an automobile Is doomed to die- tho next day. I cannot explain It, cither; but there rnro nix nuthentlc cases In this sector. A third is that a piece of gold In the pocket Is a talisman and a sure protection against wound or death. It Is general and has llttlo foundation, since all tho gold In France Is In the hands of the Bank of France." In a great cavern-llko space through the dim light of n burning briquet I could seo a confused mass of men completely1 oresseu anu uooieu, eacn wrapped In a brown blanket, each huddled against the other. There were perhaps a hundred somo on the earthen door, somo In double hunks of throe tiers that suggest the steer ago section upon ancient steamers. The atmosphere was heavy and warm. All was silent save for heavy breathing. These braves had not undressed for a long time. They hnd almost forgotten tho luxury of a sheeted bed. They were waiting, ready ai mo instnni to go lortli to death If need be. It was a solemn thing to see, these sleeping men of France, men of all ages and all conditions In life together In their soiled gray uniforms, together In purpose, ready for a call, ready to give, as had thou sands and thousands before them, nil they held dear for tho cause of right and liberty. Some were doomed to die. and very shortly. It was written; and that which Is written, tho poet tells us, cannot bo blotted out by all your tears, nor piety, nor wit. Wo passed out nnd through tho passage to tho steps, the twenty-seven, and to the frigid polar night. A walk of a few min utes along the Icy trench brought us to nn observation post Just beyond the first line. In no man's land. Muffled within It, wrapped up to tho ears, wns a gray helmeted figure, rifle In hand, "Bon solr," Bald the lieutenant In n whis per. "Bon solr, mon lieutenant, R do N," For at the front a habit of abbreviating has grown, and "rlen de noaveau" (nothing new) nas been reduced to Initials. "Cold?" asked tho lieutenant. "Ah, mon lieutenant ! It Is so cold I cannot feel, my fingers Inside my mittens. But I was thinking It must be cold at home, too. My wife wrote me It was the very devil to get coal at Charleval," And then after half n moment he added; 'That worries me, I wish -she were warm." Instinctively I reached out my hand and grabbed his mitten In the' squeeze that means more than words? He seemed sur prised, this grizzled mulned pollu of' France, surprised at my Impulsiveness. Perhaps Justly. For, after all. It was very natural a man should be solicitous as to his wife back there In Chr.rleval with the kiddles. Suddenly there was the crack of a rifle from the Boche line. And then all, along came others, returned Instantly from the line of France, accompanied with the rapid spit of the mitrailleuse. I could hear the bullets striking the Icy grounds abouj us, Striking with vicious sound. Then, as. sud denly as it began, pilepce. , Silence, upon botlvsldes, ouch knowing the other was a,, iw th liartlarlan Is Hluuvfl ready. . Tom Daly'a Column Hoarding House Hnllntls 1 STEW NIGHT There's sadness tonight In tho house, A cheerless nnd chilly gloom; It seems ns If ghosts carouso , ' In sllenco In each bleak room. A heaviness hangs llko a pall fc Of purple or deadly blue, This night, does the sad blow fall; This night wo must cat lamb stew. Oh, you In your own sweet home, Or you nt your swell cafe. Or you who to Chillis' can roam And cat, what jour hearts may say. Your weeks do not havo ono night Thnt's lost to tho world for you When Joy on swift wings takes flight One night you must cat lamb stow. Should crime come with hang-dog fnco And Into our household creep ; Should murderers hnunt the place While we In our white cots sleep, I know they would chooip to climb Our stairways their deeds to do, Some awful and fitting time Sqme night that we had Iamb stew, VARL.EY. Kitchen Augury " WlltfN THE MISSUS and wo got homo from the movies last night (Mon day, to bo exnet) wo went nt once to the kitchen nnd proceeded to collaborate, ns Is our wont, upon a setting of bread. Wo ourself were In the outer kitchen, fetching the lard nnd yeast from tho re frigerator, when she pinched her finger In the dough mixer and uttered nn ex clamation. "Jerusalem!" said sho. Ordi narily this would havo no significance, at least no cosmopolltlcnl significance, but listen! One night a few weeks ago, be fore nny definite nevy hnd 1 cached us of British successes in Mesopotamia, we were busy at this same sort of work-, Wo pulled our head out of tho refrigerator to call to her: "Can't find the yenstenke!" "Top shelf," said she; "It's In n. Van, Dad." The next day or so tho British troops entered the city of the Caliphs! Tiut: iiknts nroKCANizn The reorganization of the Gentle man's Driving Club of Spring City wns effected at an enthusiastic meeting held Monday evening In Custer's Barber Shop. PnttMnwn Now "I know nn awful lot," writes W, J Clark, "nbout Counterpnno Land, T, B. Bugs, temperature, pulse, lesplratlon (three of a kind you missed, by the way) and how to keep warm when mercury nnd zeio arc engaged In a scientific box ing bout, but I'll lje hanged If I know anything nbout writing poetry. Yet this carao to mo during the night: AN AMEHICAN INVALID nine nut Ihp lonr 11M rtiir, mother; t'nfurl IIh folds tn th lirrpzn. Let It warn thot-e who Ihk, mother. Anil rllns rloely 10 their ea, They must nnnuer, em h Hnd nil. To their tnunto'i clnrlon rail. I)o not rry, hut be eIqiI. mother. That Joe anil Jim h.uo mireheil away, Thev'rw thi Hon of a il.nl, mother. Who Rhrank not from the fray; In 'ill he dhoulilereil a nun And fousht until the war wan won. I'm all ou hae left, mother; Klotsam on life' pad ei; Of health and strength li"reft, mothers Put nu tan dejiepd nn me To shield sour Bray hair from harm. To keen hou" and hearthstone warm. Yes, sou'ro rettlns old, mother, And soon ;.ou'U pass nway: I. too. am lonlnc my hold, mother, Anil cannot much loncer ntay. Hut oh, how Rl.td when we mVt dad And tell him of the hrne sons he had! A PLAYBOY o' this western world, signing himself Shylock Holmes, pro fesses to have found on page "27 of a certain volume of "Waterford Folk Tales" this curious news: Tom Daly, called the "Culnne" (from his habit of sitting In tho corner), who had been with Tim, had disappeared from Tim as the ghost can" down upon him, and was found the following morning after falling over the raised path through the Poll Cam. He had smashed his braces, but otherwise was s-afe and sound. We've moved out from the editorial corner In which wo sat for several weeks, but gobs! that talk nbout tho br.tces sounds lifelike. We smash our braces at least annually usually nbout tho last week In November, but we make shlft to patch 'em up to lift us over the few weeks until Christmas, when fresh sup plies of that nature always come to father. Friends of Mr. and .Mrs. Paul A, Gardner, of Jersey City, N. J., hayc received announcements of the birth of a son on March 30. Mr. Gardner Is u son of Mrs. SI. B. Gardner, of this place. The baby has, been named Paul A.. Jr. Qunkerlown Tree Prcm. But what gets me, writes H. Knox, Is how the dickens do they know It's going to be a Paul A. kind of a baby? i "What's new?" asked ex-Congressman J. Wash. Logue, meeting Harry Loughlln In the Stephen GIrard Building elevator tho other morning, "Nothing," replied that astute lawyer, "except tho Presi dent's latest, proclamation." "What's that?" queried tho querist. "Why, ho says he expects every loyal American to kill at least one Gerrpan, and I've picked out Otto 'Woirf, nnd Otto doesn't know a thing about it!" on mkrkijY hawk thfm? Slr--Hls letterhead, before me, an nounces: "Stephen C. Fagle, wholesale, and retail dealer In llvo and dressed poultry, pigeons, etc., S27 South Front street." Do you supposo he catches 'epi himself? riCT. OUR own llttlo sister Salllo reports n hairdresser on Baltimore nvenuo near Forty-fifth street who should bo popu lar with her sex, all of whom delight in having their coiffures fixed that way. Eh? Oh, JESSEAU. A dozen eggs aimed nt us by Mnr garet Grlflln O'Meara, of Valparaiso, lnd landed upon our desk, one day last week. Even the few that were broken were scramblable and all were delicious. Jerry, having read some of our caustic comments upon the present state of tho drama and nil that sort of thing, dares us to present The Great Divide Daniel Murphy Isaac Levy Attorneys c , Finance Building We .have been asked from time to tlmo whether we over Intend tn repeat our banltwet pf Inst November. Of course we do, but we can't bring ourself to thlnH about It now while there's all .this uncertainty as trf whether the fnsh- lonabte Implements in Philadelphia this, spring are to ,te miivc ana .wrja or , - t, . - .. ... .' II III 1 ll 1 M II !! II IISMIM1WIIMI II I HI I I' I vajKaiBRESlUKMRllMDBeuHfihulKr THUir..'ntv Trfi&ifflStfjSffl&i PtTiS:Wr.ffflifflKiMTBBK 'U aT-"1 THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Doctor Anders Analyzes Street Cleaning Situation An Anti Suffrage Argument This llcpmtmrnt (? ftcc to all irarteri U'io uhl. tn rxpms their o;;(,iion s on subject1, 9 riirroil fitfcn st. 71 li na ojini forum, and the Kicnlnn Ledger oashmcs na 1 esionilbllUy for the ileus of its cortcsimudcnti. Letteii must be slpned by the iiamr and address of the crttcr, not nccctnartlu for piibllrnlloit, hut as a nuarantcc of pood faith. FACTS ABOUT STREET CLEANING To the Killtcir of the Kvcninp hcilacr: Sir The street-cleaning bureau admits that It Is handicapped In not being provided with a proper Inspection system. Until the woik Is done by the city alone and the contract system Is abolished as In other first class cities It seems likely that only by a voluntary, organized, massed pub lic opinion nnd energy dhected to nn In spection nnd record of delinquencies, for lu-otcst to the authorities, will sajmo real gain be made. Let one credit be given to Ihe proper city officials for the advancing standards in "framing the specifications of stieet clean ing for 1917. In the (list place. In the sched ule of estimated amount of stieet cleaning required, prominently to be mentioned Is nn Inciease ocr lOlfi of a million nnd a halt vaids of surface to bo (leaned every day (Class A work) ; about 200,000 yardage to bo cleaned four times a week that vas not specified last year, and one-quarter mil lion more yardage Jn 1!U7 to be cleaned cverv two days (Cass B). At tho same tlmo there is a diminution of tho Class C, or evcry-three-days cleaning, to the extent of one and n half million of yardage. Obviously, from the standpoint of higher' efficiency, the yardage of dally cleaning is the criterion. The most marked Inciease, In this Improved class of work was In tho Germantown district, where about flvo times as much Is to bo done In 1917 ns wns speci fied for 1916; whereas in tho West Phila delphia. Central nnd North Philadelphia districts only about twice as much dally cleaning Is to be performed, while in the Kensington district about one-third less Is to be done, although I'J7,100 yardage. of four-tlmes-a-weck cleaning is to bo Inau gurated, as well as a million more yardage of the every-two-day cleaning than last year. Under the bending of "Equipment" It Is expected that tho squeegee machines, the machine, brooms and the hand brooms shall be provided with spiral fins and bamboo bristles. Dirt wagons must have metal bodies tightly constructed so ns to prevent leaking of their contents. They must be kept partly covered whllo loading, and when loaded they must be covered nnd the covers made fast bo as to prevent their contents from escaping. It Is unfortunate that tho bulk of Im portant street cleaning Is not dor.o at night. The Tilghtwork to be done, however, Is limited between the liours'of G;30 p. m. nnd 5 a. m' hnd all accumu'ated street dirt must be collected before C a. in. Concerning cleaning by machines the pub lic can and should pay somo attention to tho provisions required In this method. The squeegees are to be operated In batteries preceded hy "a Sprinkler, each machine, f0j. lowing- closely behind the ono In front, but sufficiently to one side Just to catch the windrow of dirt and water from the ma chine ahead. The remaining machine work shall be uono with machine blooms Im mediately preceded by sprniuers. The ma chine brooms, flushers nnd squeegees must be accompanied by a tiulllcieut number of men to sweep Immediately the windrows .of dirt Into piles and carts to remove the dirt from the Btreet Immediately (not 0119 hour afterward, as In 1910). Another Item: "Blockmcn must be sup plied with sprinkling cans to be used wherever necessary." The containers used by these "white wings" must be removed from ;ne sxreeis uy j p. m. Tlie waorlc of flushing the streets Is to be materially in creased by extra gangs for this purpose, Sunday and holiday work is provided for between the hours of 7 aHO 11 a. m. to re move the excess of paper nnd refuse thrown on the streets. The contractor in each djBtrlpt la required to use horse' sprinklers on streets designated und with the frequency required by the engineer. The sprinkling ; to-be exclusive of that dono in connection with ftie regular cleaning work. These sprinkle shnnM .' ready for servlco earlier than June' l.a Hneweolnc!UmS provide. ;Bo)ne - ' DOOMED enily spilng. nnd this service of sprinkling Is nil the more necessary If thorough clean ing and flushing of tho streets are Im pel fectly perfoimed as In the past. ' HOWARD S. ANDEKS. Philadelphia, March 24. AN ANTI-SUFFRAGE ARGUMENT To the Ktlllor of the Evening Latficr: Kr Tho Evenino Lnnann has always been stnnchly in favor of woman suffiage, but gencially willing to let tho other side state Its case. You say: "The anti-suffrage cause has not a leg to stand on In England because the stock argument that women cannot fight has gone by the board. Modern war is fought in tho factories, and thcto Englishwomen arc, and American women soon may be, doing as much ns men to end the war." , A statement signed by some of the most prominent men nnd women of England, among them former Ambassador Bryce, Lords Cromer nod Curzon, Mrs. Humphry Wnrd and Budyard Kipling, says that "a large number of those who before the war were opposed to female suffrage, whilst fully recognizing the very valuable serv ices rendered by women during the present national .crisis, are unable to admit that lecent circumstances are of a nature to justify any serious modification or the con clusions at which they have previously arrived." The fact Is" that though women serve the country as much as men In war or peace, the service Is not and should not be the i-nme. Women In war aro treated as non combatants. Not even tho Kaiser would piuce women on the firing line. Women In politics, tho antl-suffraglsts contend, Bhould havo the status of nonpartisans. Quecrly enough, the suffragists themselves virtually admit that tho nntls,are light on this point. When Dr. Anna Howard Shaw was retir ing from tho picsldency of tho National Woman Suffrage Association In 1915 sev ct al women with votes, among them a Chi cago suffrage leader, aspired for tho posi tion. Doctor Shaw iald: "Any western woman would be a voter, and therefore cither a Republican or a Democrat or a Progressive. Her party aiuuaiions wouiu mar ,tne purely non partisan attitude which the national asso ciation has always maintained. We can not afford to prejudice any political party against us." Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, a woman without the vote, was elected. Why nio the suffragists who belong to tho national association' opposed to the methods of tho Congressional Union? They will all tell you it Is because the Congres sional Union now Joined with the so-called Woman's party maintains a policy of fight ing the party In power. The National Suf frage Association, which carefully main tained political "neutrality," during tho last campaign, has gone before Democratic as well as Republican Legislatures and ob tained presidential suffrage even after the men who had votes had overwhelmingly rejected suffrnge nt tho polls! If any corporation lobby had "put over" such acts, tho Evening I.EDQEn would bo ono of the first papers to condemn It. If woman suffrage gave tho good women of this country mow Veal power, there would not bo an "antl" In the land. But tho "bosses and cheap politicians are learn ing that there Is twice as much graft and a much larger "controlled vote" with women voting. j. s, K Now York, March 26. THE SMALLEST BIRD'S NEST Tho most dainty structure built In this coimtry by the bill and feet of birds Is the nest made by the ruby-throated hum ming bird, sayB T. Gilbert Pearson. When completed It Is scarcely larger than an Eng lish walnut, and Is saddled, on a small hor izontal limb of a tree, often many feet from the ground. It Is composed almost entirely of soft plant fibers, fragments of spiders' webs sometimes being use to hold them In shape. The outei sides nre thickly studded with bits of lichen, and practiced Indeed, Is the eye of man or woman that can distinguish, It from a knot on a limb Although the humming bird's neat Is ex ceedingly frail, there Is nothing on record to show that any great number of them como to grief, during the summer rains it is, however, not called upon for a long term of occupation. Within a month after the two white egg are laid the young depart on their tiny pinions. Young birds that require, a longer period for KroWtl. y,e.l leaving the nest "are furnished usually with more enduring; abiding places, m tne ca-i otlthe baW eagle, JKe., yp0ntr.pt .which do . , ,Hniinvj pt'miy wWKi:okl.vA rrnfffr ' fy tfj&'STa',iff''",&j'1v jijunnj)7fiiH-M.ft . , " lMturvu;;(Tt'rirTircnt'VM " Vi ' Piff?!?Ss3:',-"";r''' What Do You Know? Queries of general interest xcitl be on.iicrr4 in this column. Ten questions, the answer $ t$ uhich cicru wclf-informed mi sou shouldi kn&. ate asked dailu . QUIZ 1 I. Whnl kind nf rlflet lire t;-cil In the I'nltrd Mates arms? '. tho lire "I'licle Sam's Molcllers nf the km"? ' II, Mho Is Kmporiir of Imll.i? 4. In Itusxlii what Is 11 pond? .1. Wlin Is Frank Friday Fletdicr? II. What was the "mile of M-ttlrim-nt" ulinllnhed hy the Russian revolutionists? 7. Who Is Herman llrrnsteln? 8. Are any of the AinerU-an rallwujs owned hr. Ilie (Internment? o. Why Is it Ineurrect fo say 'This Is Hit best i me pair". 10. What Is the difference between a Knot nnd n mile? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz ' 1. "Spotted feicr" Is n iianie Klien Miera! eruplltf feiers. espeelully Ophtis nnd cerebrospinal menlncltls. ". Mudlsnn uns President dnrlnc the War of IHV!. 3. About 30,000 men lire needed to brine the lulled Mates limy up to Its inithorlud enlistment of 87,000. , 4. Dr. Charles II. Mao nnd Ills brother. Dr. William J. Alniu. are f unions MirKenns of Hodiesler. Minn. r. A windrow- Is n row of liny or sruln rnked up for drjIiiB. 6. "Kalph Connor" Is the pen mime of Hie Kev. Charles W'. (iordon. 11 major In the Canadian nrni), author of "lhe Sky lilot," 7. Koman rouds, hullt by the Koinnns durlnt their conquests. In many Instunres still remain, 5. Christian X Is King nf Denmark. fl. Ia-nd Is slightly liemler Ilia a siller. 10. The principal feature of 11 squeenee machine Is u flat niece or roller of leuther -'or Indhi rubber used to squeeze moisture ana dirt oil' 11 surface. Unclaimed Estate J. K. Tho Orphans' Court, City Hall, will give you Information about nn un claimed Philadelphia estate if you furnish the namo of tho estate. "The Late" A. It. C. "The late" is used preceding th names of dead persons ns a mcaii3 of sig nifying that they nro dead, That Is one of tho meanings of the adjective "late." Strictly, according to the definition "exist ing recently, but not now" It should not be used when the person hns been dead for Boveral years, unless omission of the title would cause confusion ns to whether or not the person Is alive. vr. Gettysburg tfl J. P. C! Tlnnn-lilv BnolflSIno- fiett vshur ' T.'l Is twice as far from tho western end of n Pennsylvania as from tho eastern end, but strictly It Is not. From Oettysburg on an 1 airline to tho west boundary is about lii Al miles. The nearest iiilut on tho eastern $1 boundary, whero the Pennsylvanlaj-Dcla- S-j Ware lino fnrmo 11 uimlrlrrlo In 7R'mlleS Wl away; the nearist point cm the Deliiwaie River, near Chester, is 100 miles iiway; the furthest point on the Irregular ejistern boundary strictly the "eastern end"'3 below Trenton, 135 miles" from Gettysburg. Bombs on City READER No German aeroplanes have dropped toy bombs on any American city. You probably refer to the fllcht of Robert A. Glendlnnlng, who dropped one fako bomb d irom nis aeroplane Into Chestnut .sireei. -. rniladelphla, last week. IS COL. HOUSE A NOVELIST? mo iiuru nouse ajiu me -j-resiucus- vj silent nartner" nm Hf-ntcnntlnnu sometime! ftl applied to Colonel E. M. House, friend and I auviser or sir. Wilson. More than rour " a ago Mr. Huebsch published nn anonymim 7I novel, ','Phillp Dru; Administrator," which ' hub Deen attributed to Jlr. itouse Retltllmialv na Tlia Tl.an ..-trtnttra" W&S credited to John Hay. Neither Mr. Huebsch ''! nor wr House has denied the allegation, uui ,1 an examination of the governmental if 1 lorms proposed ty the hero of the, noo, of the references to the Mexican riroblem In pattlcular, In thellght of, the pat od-,i mi i-Hiuiiun lenas mucn color 10 ine imui. tiAll., 1 ty . m - ... VdD ww. 1.1. u jiuuaiuii, -xex., a coniiJUii -"- uen iormea ror tjie sole purpose 01 oa-r- yertlsing and distributing "Philip Dru" :n J that State. . . i.,t MR. READY IN, VaRTIMB j A Missouri marc named WIU B. RJj na uuerea nis services to the Govern in the event of, war, 'I. M Read'! tf 1 of whlch.he 1 too., None, doubt, hla bravery' or hurbar- ml-jkjrJJ ' -3c''mmmffm'""mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmflH"mmB"mmmmmmmH tiM HUtt la ..iVJ--. '" ' wr ,wra ;, Mwavw. l-o miswwfc" p.wtw .vwrmm-" - .Mte.VXtfi5JSWWM!KWat?ie: KXlH,MMKtif...rf .-.,:.... L5i. ;Ai. &M XHtljWJM 4 . l, . ,: ' ." j ' KUjjflSJ . rt"r t.- klb--.iki
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