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AiMMt awr( PMIadtlpMa. at tss rmiT,rau roiTorncs. as, nooins-om mn MATT. MP AVBRAOJI NBT PAID DAILY CIR- CUULTKUi OF THII'fc.VXmNO LEIXJEn TOR.,aUB0H WAS 1M.71 FUaJnlX Tmdsr. April 10, 1917 A babjr la worth saving, particularly JCtt Is & Belgian baby. Royalty put the germ In Germany. revolution will take It out. What has become of the Mpret of Albania? Is it possible that he has taken up his residence in the Sanjao of Novl fcas&r, -which has also been missing In the sews recently? It would have been a dull day for war news yesterday had our break with Austria been the only development. The barks of Germany's "me too" puppy get cant attention nowadays. Perhaps the hundred Alabama Chootaws who have proffered to volun. teer are prompted by the wish to justify their wild ancestors' acta by contrasting them with modern German war methods. It is to be regretted that there is . W ''ffr&i IS SS" FaM InM.i V ' 97 BMN 1 4.fjWTMta4 & .hi ,- Ki SUiy opposition lo uie enusuneni ui W .egroes in the army. There are 700,000 re black men fighting" for Franco. They are en an important section or tne line ana have performed valiant service. Since word went forth that single V. ..ma. otvm1A 1a ot,.n flwt In ClfFi- Cm tbn If -,, OTWW4.A W .,.., M.u v momv " J? country there has been, an unprecedented ,t rusn lor znarnage licenses. li us nope K?that this sudden popularity of wedlock Ki is not. aue to any aesire to escape mo .V avttivi ft TTnlA Qam Alluding to the Kaiser's reform promises, the Taegllsche Rundschau de- f ' ( ciares inac tnus wiin a jew siroKes oi $ tne pen nas Deen createa wnat years oc agitation and conferences heretofore failed to achieve." A few strokes of tho pen in the" hand of the same imperial writer could have prevented the whole world war. The action of independent mill wners of the Mahoning and Shenandoah .. nlTAvn. Tn TH-fimlclTif n 1A not runt tf-.f Increase In wanes to imnroxlm.-itelv 30.000 Er . Iron and steel workers Is a hichlv effec- Ig tlve way of retaining artisan's in a Held , In which they will be more imperatively . Kdililul vdan It. .Via nr-m.. Af 41.a nlltant i, ef the war the rush, of undemald skilled V. ...... . . . .. Ssj- woramen 10 enust severely nanaicappea rt,iY sriuiu .iiuitiuuiia planus. Xjeisiavion '-will probably prevent a repetition of this fy folly In the United States, but until the laws are passed higher pay should exert '-: a strong appeal m tne ngnt airection. Silu All the trained airmen in Araer- t'lca would have been whipped by the r?,Gennans if they, and not Allied flying. ;;rt men, had had to face the enemy in the ;"igreat battle fought in the clouds above 3, "the trenches. Yet the Allied forces were l.enjy a small part of their whole aerial KCi strength. The United States should build jJtSjap a greatair fleet. Modern armies need SKri aeroDlanes as much as thev need cen- J$$ erals. Even if 'they are not needed KVV abroad, our aircraft are needed at home. El,: Our last visit to. Mexico wan sadlv handl. capped by lack of air scouts?- Thn flUccMiaful return trln nf.1 thci ri- at. Louis from the war zone emuhaslzes lU... ,h cAmnara.il va lmmunltv frnm TT.hnat VSVattack. enjoyed by fairly fast liners and rtalso raises doubts of the speed posslblll- . uues or even tne newest supersuhmarines. The toll of merchant ships making more I j a ai vibmvvvm uivh. oumv j vs vi AiitiA i y S 'MIroV the war began is relatively small. PlCoVaoyer, it is hlghiy probable that the f mi sania herself would have escaped had aerjiuroinea Deen pusnea to tnetr maxi- i ox iweniy-Bix bjiois. one was maKing ttlrreighteen at the time of the attack. ' Vluk aaeetion which confronts sklDoers of viMMkiiowU whether to save coal lauic aas 'Decofno bo precious ana uiko n CheAee'with submarines, or to win safety ! wita eostly speed. Undoubtedly under fyyfaawir vthe four American liners can titftM tne average u-eoat. U Peru asd Chill join issues against j, ea bow Hill itKeiy, ino vexing ot)at,ha be called "South may .at lut receive t tWlii'the terrible war of fl .ft4WAlastaaaiiafA. a9A-uepiait 'MlaA ' ara- vaisjHssiuess . an aisau At.4 l,-7 i c' taeaaaad Ariee. were con- tkraimtorfrtle CWH. Te treaty of uuM,.tne ejoagated Re eaeupy the ,eubjee(d' terrf- i, mner. wnuHi utere was (Wntw.iaeinnsAiunU adi Uva, Coatiaual t ta esadrtloaa -under a tv has a-ar r. .nwasirn wa- . ;. . v sovereignty. The two Paclflo coast na tions' within thS past twenty years have frequently been on tho verge of another war ovor tho Question. And now tho common cause of democracies against tyranny may turn an irritating American boundary dispute into relative Insignifi cance. A Peru-Chili alliance heretofore regarded as incredible, is actually in sight. In America, at least, a Loaguo of Peaco Is no longer a dream. It is becoming u mighty moral fact. THE NATION'S PROGRAM 1. neerult tho navy. 2. Ilecrult the army. 3. Vote liberal credits to nssuro quick preparedness and to assist the enemies of Germany, which light at our sldo. 4. Moblllzo our Industries. S. Assure tho food supply by liberal assistance to farmers and Increase of acreage. t . . . it j- ( 6. Prevent waste and encourago eco nomical living. rpHB nbovo program scorns to rcpro---sent tho essential features of tho nation's policy at this time. Tho achieve ment of tho first four objectives has al ready begun. The Department of Agri culture and tho now farm-loan banks liavo a colossal test ahead of them In tho llftli item of tho program. Tho prevention of waste and tho encouragement of eco nomical living can bo accomplished by publicity, and not in any other way. Tho public must bo educated to see tho neces sity of controlling food prices by avoiding In every way any unnecessary drain on tho sources of supply. Tho mobilization of our industiics will bo Ineffective unless transport for sup plies is provided. Among the Industries, therefore, by far tho most important Is tho shipbuilding Industry. Every yard must bo put to work at Its maximum capacity. New yards must bo built. 'Wood as well as steel must bo utilized. Vfo must build fast enough to nullify tho submarine's destruction. Obviously It Is wlso to create a great mercantile navy of small ships. Each .submersible can carry, but a limited number of torpedoes. Eight 1000-ton ships nro more desirable than one 8000-ton vessel, because It re quire" eight times the effort on tho part of Germany to accomplish her purpose In tho first caso than In tho second. MILLIONS THAT WILL SAVE AMERICAN LIVES EVERY hundred million dollars of credit -placed at the disposal of the United States Government and of the Allies will shorten tho war. Every day the war Is shortened will savo tho lives of Europeans and Americans. There have been about 1000 days of war and many millions of persons havo been killed or maimed. Every month of tho war has brought death or perhaps worse than death to a number of persons equivalent to the population of a great city. Every year destroys flvo great cities In human Ufo and many times that in treasure. It would be a shortsighted nation that did not grasp the opportunity to invest In tho Government bond Issues that will soon be offerod. No brave American Is glad that It will be many months before our army cantexpect to bo s5rtt to Prance, if, indeed, it ever need bo sent. But since such Is tho case, pel force, so much tho moro leason to make every effort to end tho war this summer and mako unnecessary a great outpouifng of American blood upon tho continent of Europe. Expenditure of vast sums on our own equipment, oven if our military and naval aid to tho Allies does not play a great part in their success, will not be wasted. This is Insurance. Peace, restoring tho productive activity of the world, will soon make up for losses. For a world at peace can produce even more than a world at war destroys IT IS ,TO BE A "PAY-AS-YOU-ENTER" WAR JAMES A. PATTEN, who&o past opera tions in piling up sudden millions made a colorful page in stock-market history is retiring from speculation "for patriotic reasons." A number of other speculators aro going to be similarly '"stung," either by patriotism or lost op portunlty, when the efllciency experts at "Washington perfect the system of buying at minimum prices. THE PASSING OF OLNEY mHE passing of Richard G. Olney dramatically coincides with the close of the long chapter In American states manship in which ho so brllllantly"shone. "Hands off America and our hands off Europe" was the cardinal principle of the political philosophy for which Olney so .skillfully and powei fully contended In the Venezuelan boundary dispute even to tho extent of challenging the might of England. His bold defense of tho Monroo Doc. trine In 1895 gave new weight to that creed of New AVorld democracy and Eu ropean noninterference, and Britain com pletely rescinded her first flat refusal to arbitrate the issue of the Gutyna-Veue-zuela frontier. AS a Secretary of State he Had much Jn common with another great personality of his time John Hay, The latter had an imaginative gift in literature' which Olney lacked, but both were stalwart champions of International fair dealing, and both men read the law with the same scrupulous regard for the code of honor. It is doubtful, however, iCOlney's vision of twenty-three years ago, keen ns it .was, could embrace the present role of the United States. Certainly, he hoped far a sympathetic union of New World democracies, and that ambition is beating wondrous fruit in the rallying of Latin America to our cause. ' But that we ,would ever carry, our liberalizing gospel to the camp ot Europe was assuredly noi conceived by our foriaer statesmanship, legation for which Olney fought l no more. Ti new era call Ifor Headers .to. ejoiiievnot merely "Isaerieanlsnt '- for ' the Americans," but -Aertoanan for the rW.", -, Ma.wWinniaaafM, - . j ilWaaaitaeKnewltdge" Her ,f,r Co-operation ,of Two Million Women in Effort to Better Conditions Has Produced Results By MRS. JOSIAH EVANS COWLES Freiident ot the General Federation ( Women,; Cluke. VEUT significant of, tho growth, th power of co-operation and th strong sense of sisterhood among women of today Is tho General Federation of Women's Clubs, which, besides numberlnc 2,000,000 women In the United Statos, Includes scattered clubs In far-away countries Japan, India, Australia, South America and the West Indies. The club movement ha gone a long way In a fow years, from those little roups that camo together for self-lm provement to the great organizations of today, often numbering a thousand or moro, whose chief aim Is public service, and uho use Btudy and culture as a means of In creasing efllciency. That cfTlcloncy Is steadily growing (creator bb tho women recognlie the moan ing of federation. In each town clubs havo gathered together Into local federa tions of county or congressional district; these, again, aro united Into State federa tions, each with Its omcers and commit tees; still again, tho States nre welded Into the national body, where, besides the usual officers, there Is a board 'of directors, one from each State. Varied Interests of tho Women Tho hands of the federation are its de lartmciits of nork, eleven In number; art, civics,' civil service, conservation, education, home economic-), Industrial and social con ditions, legislation, public health, litera ture and library extension and music, each having Its chairman, who Is a specialist In her own line, and what Is equally Impor tant aH an element In her success an ex. pert In methods of club work and study. Through this dovo-talled organisation, from general federation down through State, district, Individual club, women lire learning the great lesson of team work. Nothing could bo a greater contribution to tho coming citizenship of women than these elements, the senso of natlonnl unity, the training for public service and wisdom and tho power to sink small personalities for tho sake of some wider object. Another important featuro of tho genera federation N Its democracy. It draws Its conotltuents not from any single cla-n, nor does It confine Its interests to a slnglo pui pose. Itich women and poor, college bred and Felf-trained, city women and country women. i ad leal nnd conservative, llnd them selves bound by tics that nro stronger more elemental than their differences. ThK too, is a tiling that women, who for ages have led more telf-centered lives than men, need to learn In preparation for their copartner ship In civic life. Probably the majority jif women in clubs are middle-aged, most o" them have been broadened nnd Mveetened by the experience ot family Ufo and the bringing up of chil dren, and most of them first grew interested In public matters because of their desire to mako tow n or city a sweeter, cleaner, safer place for their young people to grow up In. To find 2,000,000 other women facing the same way, with the same hope in their faces nnd the same consecration to service In their hearts, is what the federation has meant to them. What Has Been Done Among tho matters that havo really be come national movements on tho part of clubwomen may be mentioned the bettering of country life conditions, the study of'the fmmigiant and work for Americanization, tho founding of country libraries, baby week and child welfare, tho teaching of homo economics, tho study of Latin America with a view to a better understanding between the republics of this hemisphere. Once in two years tho federation holds Its "biennial," when delegates from States and clubs meet for discussion of their alms and working methods, when tho eleven de partments set forth their particular sub jects, nnd distinguished speakers add In spiration to the occasion. The last biennial was held Jn Mav, In New York, with something like 10,000 dele gates and -visitors In attendance, nnd the next one, for which preparations aro al ready undcrt way. Is to be In Hot Springs, Ark., In May, 1918. In tho alternate year Is held a council meeting, when, If fewer delegates come to gether, the close personal contact of tho working members plays a more important part, and tho matters dlftcussed taKo on a moro practical character. The council will bo convened during April tho 9th to tho 13th In New Orleans. Men who nssemblo for their business con ventions realize that, besides the working value of such meetings, thero is a kind of Joyous fervor In meeting people from all over the country who havo the same inter ests. One goes homo with renewed cour age and wider outlook. INSURANCE 'WAR CLAUSES' How Men Called to Arms Are Pro tected by Their Policies Since the break with (lei-many there Is, perhaps, no question which so vitally affects a majority of male citizens who are likely to volunteer or to be called upon for mili tary or naval service as the question of ineir lire insurance. So various are the executive methods of the several life Insurance companies doing business In this city that many men carry ing life Insurance In these companies hardly know "where they aro at," nnd, to make confusion worse confounded, the legion of policy forms, with and without conditions and restrictions, with and without special privileges, while perfectly Intelligible to the professional Insurance agent, are like a Chinese puzzle to the ordinary layman. So far as can be observed, any man who holds a policy In any of the reputable com panies which ho had taken out beforo the break with Cermany will find tho company will faithfully carry out the terms of that contract, whether he enters the military or naval servlco of the nation or not. But from now on the companies will unquestion ably seek to protect themselves by tho In sertion of a "war clause" In each policy Issued. . This "war clause," as It Is called, Is only operative In tho event of the person to whom it, Is issued taking up military or naval service, nt homo or abroad, cither voluntarily or otherwise. One of tho large New York companies has Instructed Its agents that In all future policies Issued such a clause will be In serted, operative for the first flvo years of the policy In the event of the Insured taking up military or'naval service at any time dur ing those Ave years. In that event, the company requires a sixty days' notice and the payment of an extra premium each year equat to 10 per cent of the face alue of the policy. If" the Insured does not comply with these conditions, the company's liabil ity In case of death by warfare only ex tends to the sum of all premiums paid In. Some companies limit the amount which they will Issue, even under these condi tions, to JG000 and others to $10,000. The aotlon of this particular New York com pany may be taken as fairly indicative, In a general way, of the, action to be taken by other ,Jlfe Insurance companies throughout the country. It will be well, however, for any person Intending to take out lite Insurance In the near future, whether he intends entering military or navai service or noi, 10 nave a perfect understanding the terms and the conditions of his policy from the ompany In which he insures. There Is no general rule to. fellow.. Each company ha Its own ml, and each kind of 'polley its own spe- aaMBLn- T-fl- --n UAPriNEBB ', 'The city man would iatte true Sou and know LiJa every charm If he could have the asphalt stroetrynA live lack on the farm. The farmer tight, for he is also cursed by Fortune's frown, Since he must live so far from all the pleasures of the toxen. In every walk and sphere of life this same old problem's known; True happiness Is in the things that other people own. It never is your oyster that contain a priceless pearl, ' Tho stvectest maid you. know is always someone else's jrtrl. Vou may have found a splendid- cook whoso dishes you adorc, But then you look with envy on the cook who lives next door. . you'd show tho world that genius and brains were not a myth If you could only hold the Job that now belongs to Smith. And so it seems the world would be a place removed from strife If each of us could only live the other, fellow's life. VAHLEY. OUIl TABLETALJC is not always as cheerful as mothor would like. Although she does her best to keep us all in order, a grumbler occasionally breaks looso. One such at tho -dinner tablo on Sunday complained: Those people In the kitchen novor did know how to cook potatoos." "Cook Popapoes!" echoed tho three-year-old, pounding on the table withher spoon. "Nobody homo!" continued the grumbler. "All gone day-dnyl" cried tho buby. Mother Goosesteps (In ths march of tho H. U. L ) Tom, Tom, the piker's son, Stole a ply, and atvay he run. The pig was sold' For its weight in gold, Thanks to our packer friends, so bold. IV. UP. Tho uso of tho English spelling of "honour," "parlour," and the like by American publishers having an cyo to the British market Is quite understand able, but why they also substitute an "s" for tho "z" In words llko "mobilize," "minimize" and so on bothers us. The Oxford Dictionary, the prime authority on the other side, gives tho "z" spelling only. THK MAKE-UP MAN 'T.0K8 DAY-DAI" The couplo returned from Williams port Sunday evening, and their mar riage had been kept a i-ecret until today. Their many friends wish them a pros pet ous married life. The funeral services will be held Fri day afternoon at 2 o'clocj. Uloomsburg (Pa) Sentinel. Sir Speaking of Great Divides, how about SABLOSKV and McOUHlK Enterprises on a window at Market and Juniper? KP.AB. It takes so little, even a thing to little as that, to remind us of a story. Levlnsky and O'Brien were going into partnership and Levlnsky took O'Brien to Jtfs lawyer Rosenthal and he said: "Meester Rosenthal, d"Is lss Meester O'Brien, Meester O'Brien, Meester Rosen thal, Meester Rosenthal, Meester O'Brien und me, ve aro gotnk In-partners und I vnnt you should draw do papers und I vnnt you should draw dem fine, Meester Rosenthal. Efferthlng must bo equal, cfferthlng must bo fair und square, Meester Rosenthal; vat ho gets I get, vat I get he gots. In odder voids, as ve say In d"o law Schecktuh Goy!" Whnssat? Don't you? Well, we never print diagrams. Ask somo Irish friend to translate it for you. Vampire English (I'rom ft movlff lirens notlre.) The story of "Her Greatest Love" is one of deep, human appeal, and it tells of the maneuvers and machinations of the Intrigue of a typical society butterfly anxious to make an advantageous mar riage for her daughter. In doing so she eventually schemes her happiness away by marrying her to a Russian prince, whose plccadllitles and fragrant breaths of morality wero known throughout' Europe". Don't you get that? breaches," of course, It's "flagrant WANTED A NUnsU roil A FURNISHED JtOOM n of bath nnl thon Apply, eto. with This, then, is that heard so much about. sick room we've Don't bo alarmed! Although tho Wilkes-Bario Record announced that "this afternoon Doctor Mullowne will lec ture on 'Causes and Prevention of Im mortality,' " his subject really had to do only with "Infant mortality." NONPAnElb There wa a time when I Wft ble To reel ott pomes to Orac and Mabel, And. not to very Ions ago, I used to chant of Dot and Flo. Some other maids I've praised a well, Doris. Phyllis, Annabelle, Tho. often as I'vo sung unto 'cm, Thesft maids wera myths 1 never knew 'em, Hut take Cecelia there's a queen. The fairest dame I've ever seen, A matil I would exalt In rhyme. Charming, vivacious, sweet, sublime! Her eea, her hair. Ulonsr to praise in wondrous, column-topping las. In verse I'd Elorlfy her smile. Nor overlook her lips, the while. Ilut, for that realty truly miss The best that I can do Is 4Jilsl HUE. FOOTNOTK II Y THK EDITOR Is that your best for such a glrlT We ought to set the stuff in pearl. We give her agate, though, instead, But nonpareil, behold, her head. 1 Looking over Irish conternps., partic ularly those from Ulster, we find it is the rule in all newspaper offices to have all funerals attended by "a large concourse of people, composed of all classes and creeds," In an article lauding clergymen who have "done their bit in the war" our own dear paper recently Informed us that "two have lost a leg," which,' moves W. T. E. to inquire if tri-ped twins are common at the front, The great Maxwell has been showing us the record of his golf at Atlanta's Druid Hills course. Our own Maxwell what's that, NormanT Bless you, no! Tiny, prexy of our sport "page claims to have made one drive of 2(5 yards all in one piece, but his score as a whole fepiu lite one of Willie Voppe'e hlk V.J?7mVrcKl 7LVHSBBBBBBBBSSHBBL?T2H.. ' . . . I I I SI I SEES SB I II Mil .OT.l.ar . mHSB iPn im mmmkmTr ' A"?, ' WmC . ws a a . . nK ?2DH&t rV:.iX WiJ ImKfflsA: ' J!Wn5IN !rvlK l r f ? r &i.1iAJ vJfrxsZlsw TME39H.K!Bfl Vbi v i ' mmn i fl h J3H 'U- KS5saK'vP JaWiieaftKSe &f & . aS&aMuitigrgN,, feXsasferf -f-'Jy "4 - THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Suffragists Are Accused of So cialism Praise for a Car toon Rights of Free Speech ANTI-SUFFRAGE CRITICISM To the Edttvr of the Evcnlngt Ledger: Sir In your issue of April 6 I was quoted as saying "All suffragists nre Socialists and have no patriotism or religion." I ask the courtesy of the uso of your column to cor rect this statement. I said "The majority otsuftragiBts nro Socialists, and In socialism there Is neither patriotism nor religion." In tho suffrage parades one notices the large percentage of Socialists with their red banners. Socialist headquarters are used by tho suffragists. The Woman's Peace party has Indorsed woman suffrage, and the pacifists are all suffragists. The percentage of men and women suffragists putsldo of theso organizations Is small. Socialism repudiates national lines and denounces patriotism. Jinx Eastman, sfi clallst and atheist, Is-an honored guest and xpeaker at suffrage meetings. His blas phemous paper, Tho Masses, Is used by the suffrage organization and Indorsed by them. Professor Flint, who has conducted an ex haustlvo Inquiry In Christian socialism, sum3 up his conclusion as follows, 'What Is called Christian socialism will always be found either un-Christlan In so far as it Is socialistic, or unsoclalistlc In so far as It truly and fully Christian." Foitunatcly, men are often better than their creeds, and In Europe many Socialists have rallied to tho colors, although their organizations ha"vo been a serious trouble to the Governments. D. N. C. BUOCK. President, Pennsylvania Association Op posed to Woman Suffrage. Philadelphia, April 7. "SO BE IT" To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir As a sincere, sane and-efficient lover of all liberty, society and justice, which alone can produce the earthly happiness to which every man, woman and child on earth Is 'entitled, I Intensely admire the cartoon, "So Be It," on your first page where It naturally should be. GEORGE WILLIAMS. Potts vllle, Pa., April 6, 1017. FREE SPEECH To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir I wish to ask why the American people aro supposed to Bit by like a lot of dumb beasts In this present crisis and have the right of free speech taken, from them,' as it was taken away at the Broad Street, Thcatte peace meeting? Is this not a' dangerous policy to pursue? My American Ism was given a bad blow on that night, DISGUSTED. Philadelphia, April 6, The Evenino LEDOEit In an editorial en titled "Disgraceful and Humiliating," .ex pressed its opinion of the action of the police in stopping the meeting, Of course, free speech during the war must be per mitted. If It Is not the high purposes an overwhelming majority of Americans pro fess In going to war will be obscured. Editor of the Evenino Ledoek. "DURATION OF THE WAR" To the Editor of tle Evening Ledger: Sir Why Is the recruiting of men to serve in the army and navy not meeting with the expectation of the heads of the departments? The million men that were to spring to arms over night at the call of the nation dwindle down to a few thousands, Wkyen .Great Britain was raising her vol unteer army, our papers were merciless In the denunciation of the lack of patriotism shown by the people of that' country, yet they raised an army bf millions. I believe that part of the difficulty can be got over by asking the young men of the country to enlist in either the army or navy for the duration of the war, or to serve, say, alx months after peace is declared. . At present, if a man enlists, he joins the service for a certain length of time. Peace may be declared before one-half of that time Is up, and the remainder of his serv ice becomes irksome to him. Young men with great possibilities In business life pefore them are unwilling to give up these opportunities to take up the hfe ot militarism. W. B. T. Philadelphia, April 8. v ,A CALL TO AMS ,To the Kdlfor of Evening Ledger: t , Oir-AHWH iT,WT "" ywv imtUfi tajXVjM p rat. one of the belligerent nations. Will you, true and loyal American citizens, sit In your homes by the fireside and watch this outrageous warfare going on? Will you, citizens, watch your brethren, your country men, being sunk on neutral sntps and with out warning. International laws have been violated and freedom of the high seas has been stopped. " Are we to see tho objects for which we fought In the Revolution, In the war with Tripoli nnd In the War of 1812 wrested fiom us? Are wo to see our homes burned, our mothers, wives and children starving? Shall 'We bow the knee to the conqueror timidly nnd see that for which we havo fought 141 years ago beat down? No! Better an honorablo death on the battle field than to play the craven and see our symbol vanish, our flag disgraced. Ameri cans, stand up for that for which Wash ington, Jefferson and our forefathers fought It is an honor to dlo for one's country-the country wnlch has protected you tw country which has given you and your chS'Jren a living. Therefore, fall not when your call comes. President Wilton, tho man we havo to thank for keeping us out of this world wide war for more than two and a half years, Is taking Immediate steps to end the war. Many of our patriots havo enlisted In the army and navy, many of the women havo enlisted as lted Cross nurses. The spirit of '7G Is with us. H. P.OSEFELD. Philadelphia, April B. GREATEST FIGHTING SONG There can be no question that the world's most famolis song Is the "Marseillaise." Thero Is no other which by Its origin, his tory and influence can compete with it. For a century and a quarter It has voiced the aspirations and fired tho courage of one of the most freedom-loving people on the globe tho gallant French and today It Is sung not only by the soldiers of that great nation, but by all the Allies. Everybody knows how the young officer, Rouget de Lisle, composed the words in a white heat of patriotism, composed tho tune (on his violin, and sang it to his comrades and how, shortly afterward, it was sung on the March from Marseilles to Paris by the redhot revolutionaries who were des tined, out of a welter of blood, to bring to pass a new France. On July 4, 1915, In the midst of the great war and Franco's heroic struggle to main tain her ancient freedom, tho ashes of Rouget do Lisle were taken to tho Invalldes where the President, the Ministers and tho diplomatic corps paid homage to the man who voiced the nation's heart Answers London. , ZOOLOGY The oyster Is a pacifist. He wants no foe to meet him, And never struggles to resist Us folks who catch and eat him Philander Johnson, In Washington Star All Points of the Compass, Casuals of the Day's Work XLIII BEING a compilation of, certain phrases written by the late Colonel William Shakespeare, and applicable, possibly Jo those pacifists who would IndSce men to refuse to enlist In the service of the.? country: lne,r I.et them not llvt to taste this UnH. That wouUl with tre.iVw.S5 thP.VOT. Thou "art a most psralclous'u.S?', I"' Froward by nature, entmy to peLce. Look. look, a mou.! Ps.ce. war"' thT. YL, of toasted cheese will do t. Klni r .fiece Treason and you so .way PMt 'J, JfJ"- Would they make pe.ee? UHiWIhe,liri!!.fr0,t' Upon their spotted oul. Jli! -Pilyr iVMh.t,iYou"1.you nv- VM cSr.r1JI' That Ilk pot peace nor wart ' Ps, t.nd.r Ba'plln-, thou .it nT?d0.r'otr Which, a I tako It. Ua kina" wnSJ,lff,Jh" old asm, treason. -iiH!J2f$?tn,; Whit would ths war do wltiT ttf"!? Ym fooUt Companion. hnc ,'', J'WIiuj Wben Bltnlor Booth her. doe."prMialmC;e;:r-. He flatters you, makes war upon "? fi?Jcel Its' mors and mors a ct rericie. " 'awiM. rr H.r.'rthat is-tee weak to bT.iS5llK'J"- wtttr. , i-i" '""ri honee iKW'sU', ---- -iiuiun nr a .. - Us',"" wn&i in vnii in u... . Of wb.no. ar, J!?.B$D,& , , iTavi jn,ard. r-m,l,n. I. tn,, . lXT".If-bor'( TJoat wv..sw.-.n .m WW. m W, M ,UI , SfcMMll, -What Do You Know? QUIZ 1, Compare the combined population ofiUsl Allien and the United States with tsttefl mo urnnumv ninea 2. Name the Attorney General of the Cd states, 3. Vihat animal Is called the rlver-horset 4, What country made the most recent i laraiion or war usainsc uermaay7 S. Distinguish between emigrants and grants. 6. Vthen Is an army said to impinge agi the enomr? ' 7. Who In "Billy" Sunday and where b I nowT 8. By wtvo,t means nre earthquake ihocki I "i"cr imrit ok ine vioria recoroes u usaingtonr , 0. What Is n seascape? , 10. What Uithe "golden rule"? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz' 1. News of our declaration nf war was 'flu v iiiicritiii nftrBiup, ur wireless, ',. . xne tierman o,wj-ion liner van seized by the United States, is the I snip anoat. 3. San I.uli Fotosl Is the handsome fourth rs. or Aiouco nnd capital oi tho state al I 1.UM i-otosi. - 4. James K. Polk was President daring I war vvun Mexico. S "Pranking" letters U the privilege of I Ing them free of charge. 8, "A European war" Is correct, for "J pean" boglnu with a. ronsonjint si "An" la used before vowel sounds i "a" Delore consonant sounds. 7. The rrusade wen- n series of military expeditions of the Hen twelfth and thirteenth centuries, in taken to recover the Holy Land from .uoaamiueaans. . The Mystic Biver Is In Connecticut. fl 0. bassnfroa Is a North Amerfrnn Dla.nl vbi roots yield a tea and flavoring extract! 'j 10. The principal city of the Mississippi Tsl is St. Louis. . Mason and Slidell S. C In November, 1861, a United SUM navy captain, Charles Wilkes, in comn Of an Amftrlrnn mnn-r,,-wnp ntnnned British mall steamship Trent In tlw B;l nama channel and took from her by fow J. m. Mason and John Slidell, commlsaic ers from the Confederacy to Great Briti nnd Prance, on their way from Havana.! ftoutnampton. Wilkes heeded neither p appeal to the British flag for protection l the protest of a cantaln of the Ro Navy In choree of the malls. The Nofl went wild with d61lght when It reclvH the news of tho event ; no rejoicing cow seem excessive when It saw two hated mles the one" author of the fugitive el" law. J. M. Mason, and the other the CM plon of filibustering in tho Interest of il3 ery delivered Into the r hands, capu Wilkes was praised throughout the countrl Ills act was justified bv lavvvers and w men. Two public men, however, pointed oij the only correct course open to the uovtn ment. Of the cantlves. Senator SunuM said at once, "We shall have to give th up." Montgomery Blair, a memberof i.aDinei, recommenaeo mat winter uj dered to take Mason and Slidell to EnfU on a warship and deliver, thejn to the Brl itm ituvernmenc Aiie .rreBiuem. mov.p "I fear these men will provo white, Phants. We must r.tlck to American doles concerning the rlehts of neutn HawAVor. thnv w,rA nnfr turned over tO I KncrltHh HnvArnmnnt. but -were ConflnM ! Port Warren. Boston. The hews cawed j great sensation In Encland. The cabinet decided thnt the net of CapU Wilkes was "a clear case of vlolatlonj tne law or nations and one lor wnico oration must be demanded." The Br Government fnrmallv nrotested and President and hln Cahlnnt. seeing the iud of It delivered Mannn. and .Slidell tO. English' Bteamer. The "disavowal of the ! was accepted as a sufficient apology. Standard Time 'H. D. "Eastern" ime includes xorK, Bowon, Ftiiiaaeipma, nam WashlnKton. Richmond. Norfolk, Ch ton, Buffalo Pittsburgh, Cleveland, treat, Quebec. Ottawa. Toronto, "oontral," which is one hour slower ' eastern time, includes St, Louis, in Ulnnannnlla O Oetit 1LTItutat.ilnA K City, Omaha, Indianapolis, Cincinnati,' J a. n l t.( CM.,aSi iron, iew -jrienrnv I jnenipnm, "? Pensaoola, Winnipeg,, etc.; ''mountt whlch is two hours Blower than eaj time, includes Denver, Hejena,' Cole Bnrlnn. .to. : "Paclflo" time, which Is . hour slower than eastern. Includes! Francisco, Loa Angeles, Portland, viw Tacoma, Seattle, Spokane, yancouver,' McGlll. Poet .r A. K. ,K. Patrick Med 111, a,"navrfl laborer, enllited In, the' British armrj seined feme through the verse tnt net in the.trtncnea.' w'aiQ,recni y, pvw volume of preee MtceM. w we LKlAi'.- Xt&MJki&.ti.Jfc&tF i -iTiiiTitWatiliffiTiiis' ml- WMtwm
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