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Canada r United Btatea boa. t, aenaca free, nftr (SO) null per ;M o) tJollam per rear, payable la .terelea countries ona (II) dollar per Subscriber wlahlnff addrea ehanred Ira aid aa -well a new addreaa, .'lesowALXUT keystone, main soeo 'jtuiaVrss alt commanlcattoe fa Xventno jraeproaence svorr rHfaar.pnia. at TXJ mitibULrniA roeTorricu as t tCOBrB-CSUtS MAIL VATTCn. AVKRAO NET PAID DAILY CIK- IIT10N OV THE 'EVEiJINO LEDOEf. POP, HaUtClI WAS 100,871 Pfcil.d.lpMa.TlnmJ.r. April 1.. 1917 fnis J , t U"""1'' rl The Government does not know tjwhat kind of army It wants, but we i raisins; it. Bf We can have pcaco Insurance If we Ut it. The price is tne greatest nayy L'the world. 1SU' A Austrian Foreign Minister Czernln Jly sped our Chargo d'Affalres Grew Vienna with assurances of his st perfect consideration." Evidently ton outrages on grammar aro keep- r-pace. with Teuton ruthlessness in $, TIio war Department oraer to re- Bltinff ofllcers raising, the ago limit to ijmiy yeais brings the maximum to with- one year of that which England until atly had set. The raising of the age tit is no compliment to eagerness of rryoung men. J ?. 'nrtTW rtm-tnr! fllORA whfl USA their tonal standing aa an excuse for AC hablt-formlng drugs to their great tl advantage, are among the viperB .nktnd. Upon conviction they should vented forever trom again piac- medicine. .c ' ' 4L- . iU Nine thousand one room rural ots in Pennsylvania are aoout uuuu ils- too many. Doctor Phillips's sug n that communities club togetaer l.oonsolldate these classrooms in larger Is a practical move toward amy and more efficient teaching, There are said to be 500,000 Gcr .in one province of Brazil, yet the ent does not appear to be wor- It Is quite possible that the great lty of the 00,000 are as hostile to as any of the rest of us, rh there are always sufficient to bring a whole people Into lite. tV- TfiarA la tint milrh rllrYprjknr Vf -w--.. blowing up industrial establish- by underhand methods and sinking try submarines. Amid our weeping Viaiv u ah fAjuyoiuuv tvo vavn via k - - "WHAM A- . . ..! l the suffering of those who were mercilessly to the depths and real- sore fully than ever why this sacred b & necessary war. British Premier Is to be lsln Commons as to whether he Mr. "Wilson's belief that It Is the i uovenunent and not the German i that ta the object of attack. AmerJ- r'oplnlon Is bound to affect Allied terms, now that we are "in." It keo .affect the future of the Irish far whom we fight as much as I'Jkrht for or with any other nation. -M . w - There will be more American uhlna the oceans within a "year or ,two than i any other time since the naUon existed. and sailors will be required to l, them. Glrara College will prepare a of officers, but the necessity of i -eetablishment of the nautical tram. r aehool hv th Hrnt nr t-..-.i..i. yJous that we, take.lt for granted i WH-, pe no, opposition to the meager turn juuted at.Harrisburg. W .ktf --, fcra extremely-patriotic students le picture of the lone naval ship ssT,u cup which "was published K'leur plcjy're section, on the ,vm.i it constitutes an "unwar Mt? and. .reflects on "on-. Ily's unselfish action'' in enUrlns; r m our side. On the contrary, the was s-uVllaheet as a trtbdte to leb, navy or no navy, "takes lta ' -m-t-on the side of the aacsls." cX the'EvEMNo L-cooer :th story, "Monte tMn - IwsUMdia'thls nemvaper nn'.Mt yearv That story wiii ir,,.th Evbkixo mM'Wit eonvlae- ajMi their staty ,m JatatWM' to ; M aeerestatteB M;tM attuatlek mm --""art Mir vhlbu. Um4 aninufsatt SpSttOtl to'g. , I ! -f ' r ' J it prefers to belittle a British victory ratker than exaggerate IU Importance. For this reason the only enthuslastlo ut terance ha haa ever allowed to escape htm Is taken aa solid fact At the end of the four months' battle of the Bommo he observed that there was a remarkable deterioration of German morale and that the Germans were no match for the Brit ish troops. The battle which he halted In November he haa resumed after five months, and tho amailng number of pris oners captured bears out tho truth of his statement that the German soldier Is no longer putting; his heart Into his woTk. " SELECTIVE CONSCRIPTION TITE HAVE been at war almost a week. The army and navy are being re cruited under the volunteer system In a more or less haphazard way. Yesterday we read of some skilled mechanic who had offered for service and had been accepted. Tomorrow wo shall read tho samo thing. With Incredible stupidity we are rushing Into a repetition of the mistakes which cost' Great Britain thousands of lives, paralyzed her efficiency for a period and delayed for months the perfection of the grand army which Is now driving through Flanders. Tho Executive Department of the Gov ernment Is In no doubt. Government exports know tho lessons which tho war has taught. They aro prepared to proM from the blunders of our allies But In Congress there has reared Its head that Identical stubbornness and Imbecility which gave the nation the lfay bill -a measure so Iniquitous and destructive of real preparedness that Secretary Garrl. bon, rather than acquiesce In It, resigned from the Cabinet. Wo are going to fight this war bn effi cient lines or wo are going to suffer more terribly than any citizen has dreamed. The selective draft means the croation of real armies military armies, Industrial armies and food-producing armies. There Is no other method of raising such armies which will not be a failure. That is the lesson of expciience; that is the fact which tho war has taught, whether wo llko It or not. Selective conscription will put each man whero ho can do the most good for his country. Selective conscription will get tho slackers. Selective conscription will nationalize the war as no voluntary system could ever do. Selective conscription will equalize the burden. Selective conscription will save thou sands In lives and millions In dollars by eliminating waste and preventing tho squandering of our resources. Why, then, should Congress hesitate? Why should It dobato, delaying the cre ation of an army that, ought already to bo 'in process of formation? Tho answer Is that there are men in Congress who can not ct realize that wo arc actually at war. They deceive themselves by beHov lng that wo have embarked on a molly coddle enterprise, that Germany Is al ready whipped, that wo can buy the world's right to freedom and drown Kalserlsm In a sea of gold. They are wrong, fatally wrong, for a passion of patriotic devotion, stopping at I no sacrifice, inspires tho Germany which the Kaiser dominates, and a terrlllc strug gle is Inevitable before the end comes. We have accepted the challenge and we must fight, not with vocabularies, but with guns, and to win we must put every re source that we have, In its most efficient form, Into the balance. Let Congressmen quit quibbling. Let them act. Nationalize the war! Halse our armies all of them by selective conscrlpUonl OLD GLORY IN EUROPE EUROPEAN experts and our own agree that If our army is needed In the field It will be needed only when It is trained. It will require a year's training at least before wo can send a large con tingent capable of upholding the prestjge of the nation and delivering telling blows against the enemy. There are, however, at least 60,000 Americans at the front, men trained in all branches of the service, veterans of the war. It would be a splendid thing If at the great council of the Allies, to be held In Paris, It should be determined to gather these Americans Into one unit, under their own 'flag, that Old Glory might take Its place in the battle line be side the other flags of freedom that Vise above the barriers raised against autoc racy, GREAT STATESMEN AS OUR COWORKERS A FINE sincerity something more than mere astute diplomacy Is dis played In France's and Britain's reported decision to send to "Washington some ot their noblest and ablest patriots to help organise the newly expanded combat of freedom against tyranny. Ex-Premlsr A. J. Balfour will reprosenf Bngland, while France Is semiofficially Mid to nave selected the resourceful Vlvl ani, also a formef Prime Minister; an admiral yet to be chosen. Octave Horn berg, Franklin Bouillon and either Mar. sfeal JotTre or General Foch. The character ot such men Is admirably attune ta'beth the delicacy and the dignity of theJr mission. They will be In a position to propose practical working ptrttMrtttl with the AMes without in- vetviss in tne wna oi treaty obllga. Btjagaaai m janenasui SaVtMawastSM WWe ttTmm?msm THE UNVEILING OF AMERICA Maurice Barrcs Tells How the Discovery of the Issues of the War Has Revealed Us to Ourselves By HENRI BAZIN" ncclplenl of the Croix de Guerre, member of the Soclete dea (1-ne d-r I.ettrcis Special Correapondent tit tha KTitiito Lunjui In France. PABIS, March 24. MAUIIICE BARItES, of the Academle Francslse and the Chamber of Depu ties, who conceived the Croix do Guerre and the steel helmet, making their use laws of France', nnd who Is gaining marked sup port in ins lacn oi suffrage for the dead, received ine for tho second time today, talk ing pungently nnd critically upon what ho termed "the unveiling of tho American na tion" and the "triumph of col lective lio n o r which shaped the amorphously men tal majority to the views of the Intellectual mi nority." The substnnce of the Interview nppcars In these .MAL'ittoi: livimcs words of Jf. llnrrcs: "We have .recenlTX' witnessed the un- vellina- nt iho Amorlrnn nation 111 the con certed fiction of a multitude numbering well nnst n. hundred mill nnx of wdciy Uiverso origin, that, as one unit, have spontaneously expressed a united opinion Tins in iipen Is a most interesting fact that will be noted in lilstor. "Behind the President ot llio United Stales sttnds a crrat cosmopolitan assembly. typical beforo Itself and tlio world, of a comnlcto victory of opinion flist held only by Its intellectuals, nnd now standing for not only that, but for tho humanity and nobility that slumbered In tho breast of each natlvo ot the land." "Why Intellectuals first?' wns asked. "first," answered M. llarres, 'because tho United States Is a new country, with Its universities tho sole source of Ideas, as we understand tho word In the European seno. Among the great mass of your peo ple In 13H there wns an apathy as to the war, a feeling tliat It was purely a l'uropenn quarrel, to bj left so, with the sea between. Hut In tr.o universities and intellectual centers ot the tountry there was an Immediate understanding as to what tho quarrel was about, who precipi tated It, who tried to prevent It, who was ready for war and who was not, and what victory for one side or tho other meant not only to Europe, but the United States and tho world. Admiration for Germany "Coupled with tho then mijorlty view, there Is no doubt of tho great pre-war Influence exercised upon the American mind by Germany, Germanic methods and con stant propaganda. Germany was recocnlzed as a vast workshop, a completely organized establishment where tho most exemplary lessons In co-operative trailing and manu facturlng, administrate a and public hygicno could bo studied. And In tno same light England seemed a thing Inferior, with France a degenerate land where taste nlone survived a glorious tradition. German mo rality was seemingly a material thing apart, an exemplary thing of the typo that meint more for a nation's future, and con sequent Impression upon tho world mlnu. and, therefore, a"" thing to pattern after, or at least ndmlrc "Tho first real shock disturbing these opin ions was the Invasion of Belgium, with the preceding contemptuous treatment of honor nnd plighted word And then c.uno nlmost Immediately after the heroism ot France. "Ruthless action and further disicgard of right and the principles of humanity fol lowed In a succession of rapid Instances, while tho nct that all the old traditions of Franco but slumbered In the sound hearts of her peoplo received constant added evi dence "Then camo the American Ambulance, the American societies and aids ot so many chivalrous sorts, with hone virtually to the aid of Germany. Here was a significant sign only partially understood as to rea son, even nfter tho war was a jcar old The universities of the East sent 300 men to the aid of Franco as against one to the aid of Germany. This is by no means an exaggerated proportion. The eastern coast of the United States was represented In our arms', In our service In the hospital or other sense to a great degree, despite a divided degree of opinion nmonir the people. In the Middle West and Tar West the war was still considered as a bothersome thing tint Impertinently Interfered with the San Fran cisco Exposition Growth of a New Sentiment "But, little by little. In the light of what subsequently happened, and in the principal light as to how the Allied Powers and tha. Central Powers conducted the war, the great mass of the people In the United States became sympathizers between -the two camps or not sympathizers at all. A national sentiment began to develop. "That this national sentiment should come Into Integral existence, that a difference, gradual and progressive, between the Ideals, alms and methods ot the two armed camps should become patent to the eyes of a people generally lacking in the spirit of criticism, Is the marvelous thing difficult to put Into words and formulate In abstract expression. One could perhaps say that the diagnosed views of the thinking minority had, through repeated barbarity by the Germans, shaped and formed the amorphously mental ma jority to a vision of unanlrAous view and opinion. "That collective America should bo so shaken in its profound spiritual elements; that from the point of material and Indi vidually moral perspective; that the people should rise at the idea of composite honor; that, If I may say It, tho workshop should become a nation, is the psychology of the points I make. "Because In the United States most men's business is trade, nnd but a very few that of mprals. neither the ideal nor the mate rial in Itself was the foil that un veiled to tho people tho point of honor; It was a composite of the two, an evolution out of them. It was suddenly seen that a nation cannot eternally exist upon the foundations of individual morality or the groundwork of material prosperity. It was grasped that a time comes when the higher thing, the collective conscience of millions, must display Itself. That Is the transition' that has come to pass In the United States ; that It has witnessed Itself; that the world has witnessed. "Death had threatened life. Between the play of the two forces, with on one side the present and the Joys of freedom and equality and on the other the past and the empires of hereditary forces, the second took first place. "I believe President Wilson saw and felt this long era it gave evidence, that he had noted the Oerman language had a double meaning and that German notes, within In tervals of but a few weaks, contradicted themselves. He, with his people, experi enced reaction against and disgust for Ger man 'morality,' sensed a convulsion that Illuminated his conscience, became converted In the same sense that conversion came to the compatriots Of William James. "And with Mr. Wilson's act the nation unveiled Itself, the light breaking su over the country among people la an walks' ot life la an analogous phenomenon. It was the sense of concerted moral right awaken KhJ la eaost Individual American breast a PMW lereA MsvsarissJ white and pure in tse "KT V V a 3faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa7il Tom Daly's Column INVOCATION Oh, ahade"of the past, silhouette on the wall Orcat-prcmdfather'a father, who answered the call In 'tcventvslx, there's Mill work to le done. Oh, man I do my share to punish the Hun I Ood grant the same spirit that lived In, Vour day Inspire us again as we enter the fray. May victory, following tyranny's fall, Bring peace -to yotir rest, oh, grim face on the wallt MACKW. Schacffer and Ilouck are engineers In the employ of the Bell Telephone Com pany. They were sent up to Bridgeport, Conn., recently on a company Job. While they were there they thought to have a look nt tho railroad bridge nnd signal svslcm near the station. A soldier with a gun appeared In tho "near distance." "I.ct'-s change our minds, slnco wo can't chango our names," said Schaeffor. "This is no placo for lads with libels like ours." "The President received me with the utmost courtesy and consideration." -llooaevelt Interview. Our friend, V. Marlon Wolf, once told us n story of his father and an lrasclblo neighbor. Tho latter didn't llko (ho way Mr. George Wolf conducted his house hold, and ho paitlcularly objected to the noisy play of tho llttlo wolves. At first he stood In his own ard and complained; but one day ho matched into Mr. Wolfs houso to tell him what was what. Mr. Wolf politely listened to his criticism, and when ho had finished walked 'to the fiont door nnd, holding It open, said sim ply, "Good day." Tho neighbor's crest fell. With both hands, palms outward, ppicul protcctlngly over his coat tolls, he sidled tlnough tho door, crying, "No vio lence, George, no violence!" Set in small typo and bulled In the back ot the magnzlno we find tho most "arresting nnd poignant" of all tho things In Poetr: A Magazine of Verse, for April. It's a rhvmed letter to tho editor by Wil lard Wattles, and this Is part of It: I've it niece named Kllnore. Just haliy. barely four: Anrl her parents, feellrur pally. Tnoic her to the Jlumlan liallet, Where In baliv mood, ecstatic Pho approver! thorn arrohatlc. From l.e .Vlrli il'im hnune In tint white nnd wondrous Swan, t leopatra's eyes of Jade To that mad Scheherazade. Then one mornlnc my mood alster J'auslne nt her houaework, mled herj rillnore of jellow hair ;)M not answer nowhere. nown before the house ahe found her. With admlrlnir liahlr-M rnunri hr. Clad In one amnll ahoe nnd stocking On her tiny bare toea rocking, Plrour-ttlnK so aedatel), f'hubsy, funny, atnld nnd ata IntAlw v.iii.triy iniimtiK me iannango Or aome Lilliputian tango All her baby body glen A white daisy ur.to Heaven. VVhen her mother stooped to fold her !..h"Jlrm', he could not acold her (Though hy this time nil the neighbor Had resigned their morning labora). For my alater knew the anawer Tor this naked little dancer Who had shocked the postman slightly Pncleg up the street bo tritely, leaving lettera nt tho door Of the aprlghtly Kllnore. ' If Kentucky will only set Itself to tho task of breeding a sea gomij mule the submarlno problem will bo settled In le?s than no time. fa'prlngflcld Union. Why Kentucky? Wo thought tho m'elodlous mulo built Its nest in Missouri. However, the proposed sea-going variety would not only havo to bo launched stern first, like any other vessel, hut be de signed to proceed that way to insure instant action of the main" batteries. would yi: aor Did ye ever git a-thlnkln' that ye"d like to join the tanksT Ye look as if yc"r gonna ansu,cr no. Well perhaps ye wouldn't like it, but the question really is: If the V. S. A. should need ye, would ye got Would ye hate to Icaic yer pa an' ma an' all of them ye loicf Would yo be a stay-at-home like some I know, Or would ye say, "DOQ-ON-IT I can shoot a gun, I guessT" Think it over. If yer needed, would ye got When ye see Vie other fellers step pin' up to sign their names, Each one a gonna fight fer you, ye know, WouW ye lefm go without ye when ye know they need ye badt 'Taint no use to ask the question, "Would ye got" 'Cause I know ye're true blue, brpther, an' yer knees don't quake with fear; Tho blood inside yer veins is red, an' so When ye think about the Continental lads what fought fer you I'll bet me heart an' breaches that yefll go! P. NUT. I. MANOFF, Market and Fifth, wants women clothing makers. Doeshls name explain tho cause of the vacancy? ASCUM There are those In a first-night audi ence who are Inclined to be a bit gulli ble In the field of philosophy. Any long speech which assails tne smug virtues and ends wiih a ringing de nunciation of the pure in heart gpes well. By violent applause 'one clears himself of the suspicion that he may be a secret follower of virtue Hey wood Broun, In N. V. Tribune. We happened to sft In a hotbed of these folks at a play "the other night. CONOBltNINa JIAVD Come tell me if I'm awed or maudlin, And whether I should now be glad or sad. She clamors, "Maud is mad without you," t ansxoer, "Should 'V leave the maid is mad." y. HUDDLED. ' Evolution of a Man of Letters II. II. Pease, for five years past editor ot the Beemer (Neb.) Times, has ' resigned his position and taken up the work of mall carrier in Beemer. Editor and Publisher. Why should the spirit Of editors be proud, anyway? A quarter of a century, ago we were reporting. polsonlnr case at Green Creek, In South Jersey, and we made otiryheadquartera In the off.ee of the Cape May County GasetU at Cape May Court House. A very f pretty fir In charSra'rjr' tha nnniAnalnx . .U We, were totxlottt Ut:m W ,We C- Vba CI THE VOICE OP THE PEOPLE Socialists and Suffragists Tax ation of Insurance War Measures SUFFRAGE AND SOCIALISM To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir I havo read with Interest Mrs Brock's letter In your Issue of the 10th, In which she corrects jour quotation of a remark of hers and gives the correct state ment as being 'the majority of suffragists are Socialists and in Socialism thcro Is neither patriotism nor religion." She then proceeds to recite that "the Woman's Peace party has Indorsed woman suffrage and tho pacifists are all suffragists." Why can It not also bo stated that the National Woman Suffrage Association and various Stato woman suffrage associations have offered their services to the Government? Let us havo the truth on both sides The suffrage question Is a single political issue, and among tho believers In uni versal suffrage one naturally finds Social ists, pacifists and follower Of other doc trines, Just as one finds pacifists among Republicans and Democrats. IJhat the majority of suffragists aro Socialists Is open to grave doubt to a thinking mind. Were a majority of the nearly 400,000 men who voted for woman suffrage in this Stato Socialists .' That socialism may seem ideallstlo and Impractical to most of us -cannot be de nied. But to condemn a movement and give as one reason (I credit Mrs Brock with other and better ones) that the ma jority of its followers, which Is more than doubtful, are Socialists seems puerile. Did not the European Socialists rally to their country's call? Is It not the Ger man Socialists who have constantly striven to reform our common enemy a Hohen-zollern-ridden Germany? One might urge that liquor is opposed to woman suffrage. But what Is the Use? They are independent issues. Liquor is not, as a rule, for clean politics and good government Women, as a class, suffer the horrors of the abuse of liquor and have a right to feel keenly on that subject. But nro all suffrage States prohibition ones also? The suffrage-issue stands on its own merits or faults and not on the varylne views of its advocates. Let us not con. fuse the two with sophistry. O p n Philadelphia, April 10. ' TAXATION. OF INSURANCE To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir As a reader of your paper anrt policyholder hi a mutual life insurance com. pany chartered by the State of Pennsvi. vanla, I wish to protest most vlgorouslv against the passage of House bill No m which proposes to, levy an additional tax of four mills upon the securities held bv the company In which I am Insured for the payment of my policy. You must know, of course for a mo ment's consideration ot the subject of mu tual llfo Insurance will show you that all taxes on mutual Insurance moneys eorna out of the pockets of the policy holders; Now, It Is proposed to double tax mv Insurance savings, for a tax Is already col lected on my premium when It Is deposited with the company. You are aware of course, that this premium tax and other sources of revenue from Insurance com panies already net the State more than J2.000.000 per yeat oVef ahd above What Is properly, spent for admlnlstetlhr the Insurance Department and prelecting Penn sylvania policy holders. This hew four-hillV tax which It Is now proposed td add to -what policy holders al ready pay was removes! from th laws in 1913 after a full Investigation ot the sub Ject by the Legislature. It was brought out again in 1816 and defeated In the House by the overwhelming vote of 149 to II, Now it has been Introduced aglrh attar1 having, been twice declared , unfair and wrong. I Mote than that, bill No" III faide very plain t.iat the mdney raised by it Is to, be used as the basis of a bond issue by the City of Philadelphia for the development et a .subway transit system and other mu tilclpal improvements. v w w awn ivMvn su- inuj. AS m "-' T, "" wr. y t, -, - . v K - THE PINCH HITTER policy holders of more than 12,000,000 per year for general State purposes, a tax which I have never believed to be Just Now I am to be further taxed for the purpose of building subways for our city. I vvlih you would look Into this matter and let me have a reply from you, as I feel sure that you are Interested, In this as In other matters, that Justice Is given to every citizen. LEOPOLD HAUF. Philadelphia, April 10. WAR MEASURES SUGGESTED To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir I would suggest that the following laws be forthwith enacted by Congress: A law punishing by ten years' Imprison ment any Individual guilty of Interfering with citizens' rlghti ot peaceable assembly and freedom of speech and of the press. We must not set out to' battle against Kalser lsm and despotism by resorting to Prussian methods at home. An act authorizing the national Govern ment to seize all foodstuffs and to regulate tho minimum and maximum prices thereof. The $7,000,000,000 about to be raised by Congress for war purposes Bhould be financed by tho Government, without Wall street's participation therein, by taxation of Incomes, as follows: Five per cent on all incomes above $3009; 10 per cent over $10, 000; 15 per cent, $20,000; 20 per cent, $30, 000; 25 per cent, $40,000; 30 per cent, $50, 000; 40 per cent, $60,000; 50 per cent, $80, 000, confiscating all Income above $100,000. Since the workers, farmers and trades peo ple furnish tho producers and fighters, tho rich folks ought to pay the bill. A billion dollars to bo appropriated for the payment of bonuses of, say, $500 to each of the 2,000,000 families which, ac cording to Robert Hunter, live on the verge ot poverty, It such families furnish volun teers for the army. AiT act providing for a national refer endum vote on conscription, with each bal lot containing a clause binding all those voting In favor of compulsory service to be ready to answer the first call to arms, and exempting all those voting against the proposition, and who are conscientiously opposed to war, provided, however, that the opponents pledge themselves, too, to fight in case of actual or Imminent invasion upon our shores A law providing for universal physical training (not necessarily of a military char acter) of all boys and girls, both at school and at the factories, and for hygienic home surroundings conducive to perfect health as Well as better morals. J, Ni L. Philadelphia, Aprlf 10. WISELY LIMITING HOSTILITIES By coming out for woman suffrage David Lloyd George has placed himself in a posi tion where ho will have one less brick to dodge. Toledo Blade. All Points of the Compass An Adtenture With an Auditor WE ARE not the greatest deliberative body in th worfd, for we bnly weigh aboht 208 pounds, net. Still we are deliber ative, up to our limit, and we ate possessed, too, of the well-known and Justly celebrated courtesy Which appertains to Said greatest body. Briefly, theh although .we desired to converse at Some length we yielded the floor to Senator John Rosen, who sbdkt'. In part, as follows: "I went to see last night the production of Mr. Jules Eckert Goodman's dramatiza tion bt Stevenson's 'Treasure island.' " "Yes, yes," we exclaimed; "you Interest us strangely," "Well," cohtlnued Mr. Rosen, after ollr rude interruption, "seated back ot us were two old ladles, dignified and sweet, as ait Old ladles Should be. 'Ain't they awfUl rough pirates?' said one of 'em. 'I should say ad.' saidthe other. 'They all oughta be kilted.' The play went on and the twb old ladles watched it quiveringly, just the kiddles watched It, and realized what a visualisation of early dreams of piraclr may be mads td mean. And then at tha He hart i.i.l. a hlC (volce,. and his eyes were perfectly Now the curious part oHi all is thi nlither dt the two lovely old" ladles evaJ had a boy of her own" who I6ved nlratlb and the search for hidden treasure vat somswhsre, deep back, lit., the heart of iaai uie iwo loveiy om laaies walked out Of the theatre. 'It was. perfectly jrand.' aid bne. 'Yes,' said the other, "but V thbUthl they oughta bf killed all of '.m except that there Bill Bone. - eVtvtv -Wi. i ', i UK v . Ml- S' What Do You Know? QUI? 1. How far from l'hllndelnhla Is Eddyatone. tho scene of the disastrous munition plant explosion and Ore? t. Hew do shrapnel shells differ from other shells? S. Who was Nathanael Greene? 4. Who Is A. t. Balfour, who I reported ni romlnc ta the United States on an Im .Sertnn mission? 5. What happened February 10. 176S. a date Important in the history of North Amer lea? " In what theatre i uent Unroln sir Lnd what elty was Treat It? Name the capital of Maine. 5- . ; . M -' vj .1 .. . .. .. tvjf i;:. aaaSsaTVy MV!?. What noted American was called "the Mill boy of the slashes"? Name the elilit .teams of the National " Baseball League. , Where are the Aleutian Islands? . Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. The "A B C" Fowers are Argentine, Bratll ' and Chill. The .''centlemen'a agreement" width It.la said th. the Alii earn the United States will make will) ake wllh tfon with. S Alliea fa a nlan for en-otteratl out nriuai alliance. S. "lachshand" Is pronounced "dahks-tioonl," the "k" belns. the German "ch" sound and the "oo" belns short, as in "foot." 4. John M. Parker, of T,oulalana. was I'ro. greaalve lire .presidential candidate In the 1018 election. 5. "lirursan methods" are stern, comlnt from J ycursus, the lawgiver ot Snatia, noted for the severity ot his code of laws. 8. William Q. McAdoo, Secretary of the Treas ury, Is President VVIIaon'a son-in-law. 7. The. population of (lermany la about .70. 000,000 1 ot the United States, about 100,000,000. 8. The lyre bird, which, sets its name from It ne lyre Diro, wnicn seta lis name irom m lyre-shaped tall, la a native of Austra Ji lia. 0. Topeka Is the capital ot Xaasas. 10. Lurid mesne srayUh-oraase. wan, ihaatlr. pale er sloemri lueld means clear, eaally understood, shiny or transparent. Germans W.th British Titles B. C. T. The movement In England to deprive the Duke of Cumberland, the Duks Of Brunswick and the Duke of Albany o( their English titles, and Prince Albert ot Schieswlg-tloisteln of his knighthoods ot the English Vlstorlan order and that of the Bath, was the result of popular clamor. The measure has already passed the House 6( Commons. Lord Bryco spoke against It is the House of Lords. There Is only one res- ' son for which Jhese honors can be attainted, and that is hlgh.ireiJBon. The princes aimed at cannot he regarded as guilty of high treason, since they are none of them Brit ons bUt all ot them full-fledged Germans. The Duke of Albany abandoned his alle giance to the English Crown when he left Eton to become crown prince and shortly afterward sdVerelgn of the German duchy ot Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and has lived ever since In aermany, being a German ruler. The Duke of Cumberland has been out of his mind since the beginning of the war, ha never been an Englishman nor has he lived In England. HIS only sdn, the sovereign Duke of Brunswick, Is also a German prince 3 hd was'born ahd bred is Such. The duke bm ot Albany and the dukedom of Cum-' .berland are hereditary horidr, and do not IrtVest their holders with seats in the House ot Lords, nor with any other British prerog atives. Until they Have glvert their oath of SlUglance. to the British Crown and have, sin hoturalited by act ot Parliament. Red dross frogs 5. p. H. No especiai breed of dogs li used for Red Cross work. Individual char acter and training count more than does breed. Sheep" dogs, retrievers, pointers, large Airedale terriers, crosses between bull ddg. and mastiff and ordinary dogs to tha number ot 10,000 noW are In war Use, ac cording to, the Red Cross Msgailne. . ttefc Mdney Is made in Austria is thas described In the ) 2nnual bullion circular of skmusl Montague A i Co.) "The problem of protecting th j pieces from rust .has been solved by super- ... fmpaslng A slight layer of sine. The da.k ; , ua jneuarw in m TSHeew ana neatea tor S ow ; faM tithe at A .temperature, somewhat bile, that bl th tneltln joTnt blsine, wbefsupei ' Ji s-1 t m i i r 4 'I i i J Ml n 'A TPflW :;;.:".s r.x,,?.sr," hw MWW wpnsstf "" ."., WW wwwsayiesMB I I WF WV1WJ to a aarravow as lormea.wo
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