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kI No American will bo hiding his
ght Under a bushel if that bushel is
rheat meant for the Allies.
wa . .-..
Tho patriotic casernes"! or certain
rolfersto devote tho club courses to farm-
Frag purposes in aid of tho food-producing
luampaign may indicate that stimo scores
PihlS spring have not -been so good as
Iwiey ought to he. '
rtumors that tho City Hall will be
ermanei tly darkened for fear of Zeppe-
na suggest that somebody must have
In. ominous insldo tip that airship com-
inders will seek to destroy bad art as
til as munition works.
m
W "Further accretions to tho Entente
only be tegarded as a tribute to Ger-
Wny's gigantic strength," declares the
ologno Gazette. In that caso the pre-
'Wiling South American fashion of paying
etnpllmcnts must be peculiarly delight
ul. -
m ne Allies snouiu dc permuted to
rult thbir citizens hero for foreign
Vice, as proposed by Representative
ebb. Doubtless many, who for one
n or another were unable to get
:k home, would welcomo a chance now
be of service.
ft
5,t Can America make artillery?
Imerlca's enormous help," says Lloyd
orge, "is illustrated in tho guns used in
tonday's victory." The bark of Amerl
'n, war industrialism 13 heard on every
ctor of the front. Wo are already rep
ented In the battlellno.
SvVJ
re? Thn -ltv rt T 'rtrnnl n Vine InenrArl
10,000 soldiers who have gone to the
out. Can Philadelphia afford to do
b7 Bet tho ball rolling, establish a
cedent for other American cities to
Slow, live up to the great traditions of
lis cpmmunlty. "Wo must protect those
protect us.
Official Indorsement of wooden mer-
ha'ntmen seriously discredits tho play of
limestones," popular on our stage just
core the war opened. If presented to.
that successful drama's "pullback"
ipbullder, who refused to advocate- steel
sels in place of timber ones, would
ive to rank as a far-seeing progressive.
V-A The Rtorled month of Anrll. nK.in.
Quj.4 ...ItU'... .. .rl.Al li....l I.
.emcu nikii aj Aiiciiij 4iui iiuijjciii41k M
Alnerlcan history, was also productive of
Itpmas Jefferson, born exactly 174 years
p, today. In 1917 the political Idoals to
eh his life waa devoted are not only
ullied, but the mightiest legions in the
als of liberty are now marshaled to
nd them.
fa
.ir
-tiS It Is evident that tha'atreet-clcan-
BT,auinoniies nave misconstrued the ro-
neat or tne uovernment. while it is
that the raising of crons was1 urrred
mevery available pleco of ground in the
lted States, no suggestion has gone
th that the main streets of tlm ritia
d-'Used as farm land. Therefore no of.
use, wouia De given if many of our
rly Hlthy streets were cleaned of their
itllentlal products. It would be a goo.d
l tp get the liamt in this direction
re ihe warmer weather arrives. Pure
1 la 'one of the few things which we
'witriout expense. Tor the sake of
Miity, let us have it unadulterated.
.wlf Britain's official publication of
Ang losses Is correct, the German
at' 'menace is no more terrible than
bb some periods prior to Februarv 1.
H (considerably below the standard
opening.- days of the unrestricted
w campaign. The Admiralty has
ced that within the last week
2300. vessels arrived in and de-
I from ports of the United Kingdom,
HAfi 'fthlrjs of mfim fVinn iunn tAa
Kjinricaught by submarines and two
. mmi oa wjiaucr tonnage, rne
ur for the class of larger
.U order of February 1 wh
and for the smaller category
' Neutral Iossm. liowmir .
. jaoUnt,' and Germany por 're-
rH'Pysiaten najlnierference
y sinKing the San Ful.
t; ship flying the red and
Mtfta, torpedoed without
Ill ll I I I V4 '
'
I TrtU depend
By.
B ,"MIU.ION&
tuffertSlf
f ' ' r !
BMKgEy7' r'vB''yyfEfc jg
iinnty to 'Hare a ;n time. The
the-Usand smalt armed ships that e are
to build will be the nucleus of the great
est navy In the world, which we must
have to insuro tho freeddm of tho seas.
Tho types of war craft change from
decado to decade to meet new needs. Tho
chnnccs aro that, with war tlovclopcd
Into a contest to cut off food supplies,
submarines and somo form of armed mor-
chantman will bo tho malnBtays of tho
navy of tho future. Tho chief work of
dreadnoughts Is to save themsetves from
being sunk by submarines. Tho chief
work of submarines Is to sink nrmed food
ships. The battlo Is narrowing down to
theso two types.
AVOID ENGLAND'S
GREATEST BLUNDER
For three yrars the Ilrltlah tried
every blunder thinkable and got Into
every bunker, but a fine niblick 1ms
made our score. It will be worth
while for America to study our blun
ders, so as to'begln where wo nro now,
not where we were three years ago.
Lloyd Oeorge.
rplII3 gieatest blunder England made
was the endeavor to raise a volunteer
army. It put enthusiastic patriots behind
rifles who ought to havo been behind
lathes.
Uravery nml patriotism alono cannot
win this war. Aye. we can get tho men,
ns England was ablo to get thcm.t by a
volunteer system. But getting men Is
not tho thing. The problem Is to get tho
right men In the right places. That can
be done by selective conscription, and It
rim bo done In no other way.
The compulslvo forco of public opin
ion should bo brought to bear on Congress
at once to drive the compromisers to cover.
The President Is Incontrovcrtlbly right
In Insisting that we adopt no makeshift
measures at this time, but do tho thing
as It ought to bo ilono from tho begin
ning. SLACKENS AT HAKKISBUKG
THIS State was slow enough In follow
ing tho example of the New England
States, Now York and New Jersey In
preparing for war. When It did get
started an nmbltlous program was
mapped out and an excellent chairman
was put in charge of a public safety
committee plans that wero enthusiasti
cally hailed in every town from Erie to
Chester. Hut the rascally llttlo nest of
factionalisms, having besmirched tho fame
of tho Commonwealth ever since they
first began appealing In tho namo of Lin
coln for election to office, now make the,
Stalo Impotent by holding up war appro
prlatlons and every measuro that di
rectly or Indirectly can help tho nation
to como out of the world's crisis victo
rious. Tho habit of years Is too strong for
them to break even when America is at
war. Petty political motive Is a narcotic
drug In their systems. They aro'llko the
"dopo fiends": they refuso to remove from
temptation. They will heed nothing un
less It bo tho mighty voice of tho people's
righteous Indignation.
For, llko all slackers, they arc moral
cowards.
ENLIST ON THE FARM
TTIVErtV bushel of wheat wo send tho
Allies Is driving tho Germans nearer
th,e Rhine. An American bushel of wheat
will do more now than any high explosive
shell fired from an Amerlcnn gun by
American gunners will over do to end
the war and prevent useless loss of life.
Every farmworker should enlist for
service on tho farm. Thoro Is literally
not a moment to be lost in sending this
message forth across the country by
printed word and word of mouth. There
aro not enough farmworkers as it is.
Jnevltably numbers of young farmwork
ers will want to enlist, because It is in
their blood, tho fighting heritage of four
generations of the best American stock.
But tho Administration should be ablo to
count upon them to take In tho right
spirit Its refusal to accept them as army
or navy recruits, and that refusal should
bo announced now, ,
The slzo of this year's American crop
and tho success or failure of shipping it
will decide whether wo are to havo fur
ther years of war or quick peace. Wo
should .expand our food resources as if
we knew that every third food ship was
sure to bo torpedoeS.
Plentiful food means a war won by us,
and a war won by us means a shortened
war and a permanent peace.
BUILD!
THAT Is tho answer thousands of
ships. Wo can build them. Wo havo
tho materials, wo havo tho skilled me
chanics, wo havo tho money and wo have
tho determination. Wo will have the
ships.
THE TASK OF THE RAILROADS
AMERICA, no ill preparod in many
-ways, enters tho war with, at least
one asset not possessed by any other of
the belligerents, even aflir nearly three
years of strife. We havo developed tho
finest and best 'equipped railway system
on the globe. Five men, admirably chos'on
by the Council of National Defense, will
now co-operate with tho Government In
organizing this gigantic steel network on
a war basis. They have thus been In
trusted with, vast responsibilities in solv
ing the transportation problem.
This very responsibility Is all tho
greater because the railway resources at
hand are already bo mighty. Not even a
genius could have mado the trans-Siberian
road equal to Russia's demands in the
conflict- French railways were seriously
wanting In many of the essentials of
modern equipment. England's system
lacked means for handling freight on a
scale with which we have long been
familiar, Tremendous personal Initiative
has revolutionized these steel ways
abroad? But we have passed many of
'. 11 a .. .! ! a. .. a ... . fr
th JMimmary mages, intelligent, "ex
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THE ftBMAKING"
OP BROKEN MEN
France's Most Distinguished
Surgeon 1 Giving His Skill
to Cheat tho German
Shells
By HENRI BAZIN
Itcclnlcnt of Hie Croix da Guerre, Member of
the Hoclete de len de I.ellree. Special
Correepor.dent of the i:r.l.o Lxi'ian
In Trance
PARIS, March 25.
AT RAItC Intervals one comes In contact
. wltli nn Intensely noblo and radiating
personality, receiving as through a mental
galvanic battery an Impression sinking
deep Into the soul. Such was my prlvllego
In spending flo hours In company with
Professor Pozzl, tho most eminent surgeon
In France, amid his active professional
work.
Doctor Pozzl's list of personal and pro
fessional honors embraces dignities con
ferred by every Tower In Europe. Yet he
wears only three, tho star of grand officer
of the Legion of Honor, the rllibon of th
Volunteers In the Franco-I'russlnn War of
H70 and the cross of tlio Uclglan Order
of Leopold. Ho Is. among other things,
a world master In gynecological surgery, an
Ac.uleinlcl.tti, president of the Academy of
Medicine, principal physician attached to
tho Flench hi my ns a olunteer for the
duration of the war, with tho grado of
lieutenant colonel, tho highest attainable by
a civilian, mid surgeon-ln-chlef at tho
Hopltal MllltRlro till Pantheon, tho Hopltnl
Broca and several other hospltnls In Paris.
Hut greater than all these things Is the
man himself, distinguished in personal
charm and kindliness of heart among the
many distinguished men It has been my
opportunity to Interview slnco I hae been
In France
Of remote Italian origin, ns Ills namo In
dicates. Doctor Pozzl Is French In blood
nml blith through a lino extending back
over tuo centuilcs In ago he Is perhaps
slxty-fho, but with the steady hand, physi
cal vigor nnd erect stature common to men
twenty years younger He had granted me
nn appointment for an early hour In the
morning at his residence In tho Avenue
d'Icna, a veritable mUFCum of art. As tho
great surgeon. In tho uniform of his army
grade, came forward he said:
Painted by Sargent
"I give jou greeting, monsieur. I nm n.
wa.s pleased to meet a man from the
I'nlted States, wheio I hae mifny friends
nnd whence 1 hao letalncd agreeable
memories of my several visits. Will you
make odrself at homo for a few minutes
while I go over my mall with my secre
tary? Vou will find a few objects of In
tel est, among them my llfc-slzo portrait of
your great S.ugent. Ho has told me It Is
Ills chef d'eeuvie."
For tho twenty minutes I was thus per
mitted to wander alone within a veritable
palace of art I gave but a glanco at ancient
tapestry and carving, a huperb collection
of Pitano's medals and signets of the
Renaissance, a fifteenth-century marble of
St. Sebastian and paintings by Renolre
Carrlere and Raffnelll, spending most of all
too little time before Sargent's masterpiece;
a standing black-haired, black-bearded man
of thlrty-flvp In tcarlct dressing robe, with
tho most delicately painted hands I ever
saw upon caiivuH. I was still before It when
Doctor Pozzl re-entered to escort me to his
automobile, In which we started for tho
Hopltal Mllltalro du Pantheon, a vast and
ancient Jesuit college in tho old Parl3 of
quaint and narrow htreets, now transformed
Into a modem hospital containing bcveral
hundred wounded soldiers of France.
There, my lay quality concealed under tho
traditional white robe of the surgeon, I ac
companied my eminent escort and the house
staff upon a round of tho wards.
"I visit ces braves dally, monsieur; all
of them. It is so llttlo to do, and they
havo given so muqh for France."
I was permitted to hhako the hand of
Captain , of tho th Chasseurs,
who had lain twenty hours grievously hurt
and unconscious upon the battlefield of
, to leach finally his present haven
with deeply Infected wounds.
"He was almost a corpse, this brave
captain, "monsieur, a man of valor whose
life It has been my great Joy to save,"
J5ald Doctor Pozzl in presenting me.
And lu the next ward I haw, tho pollu
, whose life has been Miatched from
tho Reaper for a little, Its fceblo lire
destined to die out as a candle dies, slowly
and surely. There was a snilio upon his
face and a look of great gratitude In his
eyes.
'Tho most cheerful man In our care,
monsieur," said Doctor Pozzl, "he lias but
one regret, that he cannot drive his cows
home In tho evening. We hope .ho will be
able to after a while."
As wo went out Into tho corridor tho
surgeon said; "Co brave garcon! Ho will
never loavo his bed with breath In his noor
mutilated body." As he spoke there was a
glisten In tho cyo and a great tenderness
In the voice, and as I sensed and saw It a
lump rose In my throat as I felt tho holy
beauty of devotion and sacrifice 1 hav
witnessed so often In France.
Record-Breaking Operations
As I passed from ward to ward and
saw convalescent men of twenty-two and
foity-tvvo there was for each and all tho
word of cheer, tho gentle, tap upon the
shoulder, tho kindly atfcctlonate greeting
from tha great surgeon, I talked with a
youth of twenty, whoso skull has been tre
panned In greater slzo than ever before
1'nown In surgical record,
'It was very successful," said Doctor
Pozzl, "a bravo "young life saved. Thero Is
joy in that, a supieme satisfaction In
wrestling with death and throwing him
fall upon tho back"
I assisted at the decoiatlon of a dying
bracandler, wounded so seriously at his
work of nictcy that ns I write ho may have
passed over the Great Divide. I shook his
living hand, us after kissing IiIm waning
cheeks Doctor Pozzl pinned tho Medalllu
Mllitalre upon IiIb breast. Then silently,
very gravely, with dimmed eye, I followed
my distinguished escort to his automobile
and the Hopltnl Broca.
"I havo a serious operation to perform
there, but I want you to see tho hospital,
first hurriedly with mo and then leisurely
while I am at work. I call It 'IVHopltal
Almable.' Instead of cold, bare walls it
has been decorated murally at my sugges
tion by soma of my artist, friends, among
them Clarln Cllraud, Belicry-Desfontalnes
and Dubufe, They have transformed halls,
corridors and wards Into a cheer of color
and design. It's quite sanitary. And It's
very beautiful. What Is more. It has a
remarkable psychological effect upon our
patients. For you see, monsieur, we often
have moral as well aa physical 111 to euro
among our brave soldiers. That was my
Idea In tho hospital's decoration. Wo bind
up wounds thero and cheer mentality, ten
derly giving at tho same time a double
quantity of solicitude,- sympathy, affection
and distraction to both tho body and the
mind. Vou know.what Shakespeare says of
the milk of human kindness. I believe that
wa whose great' privilege It is to solace the
Buffering should ever have In mind the
words of the great English poet that their
application should be moro than surgical
and medical,." .
And as. Professor Pozzl left me for a
little to perform an operation h.rnr. ...
joining me to visit other hospitals upon his
dally round of mercy, I ttlt the simple
nobility of the man something qf the art
and the heart .within him, that ! honors
were MlnotbtMr te-wuMrteo Ub
i rft
Tom Daly'rf Column
PIIEBOIEKCE
Who told the ull'oto free
That spring had come agatnf
How could the ever knowf
(So uHtd the wind that How,
Bo harsh the rain.)
'The sycamore and oak,
The beech, iiHth years lent low,
Still winter dark and sere,
Have heard no signal clear;
They do not know.
Jlut since each willow withe
It? preening wand unfurls.
The maples blossotn deep.
And poplar calkins peep
With cautious curls.
. . I
They find the sun Is kind
M'lth hint of warmth to be:
Jut what first word of cheer
Aroused the plouecr,
The willow treet PI-
Tho Mayor's proclamation, In polyglot,
Is displayed In the window of nn eve.
contemp., with each language promi
nently labeled. It certainly must bo help
ful to a bearded Immigrant from Petro
grad to read nbove the message Intended
for him the English word "Russian."
Whllo we're upon the subject wo must
Inform several contrlbs that this column
hns already noticed the Race street sign:
"Iller wlrd Chinese gesprochen,"
Our Own Make-Up "Oocs Day-Day"
On the day when our own dear paper
so gloriously covered tho news of the
Eddystono disaster this got by:
CHESTER. P.. April 11 A pemlstent
rumor to the effect that tio men wre r
reMeJ early this mornlnn while mnlilrin
their wav to tha water-supply1 tank at the
Vlsenno Compani'ii plant at Marrus llnolt
rouM not lie confirmed Oeorgn II Smith,
rhlef of the guarrta at the plant, dlfelnlmert
Htiv knmvledna of alien arrests
His reasons were d"crneil partb iraonal,
as Snjder has been Mtterlv, at'irklna him
slnco tho Penroae-Urumbaunh factional fUht
started
Senator Vara acted na the ao. between In
tho iieKotlallona. and Inst nlfcht It looked
as though an agreement would be reached.
With Stronger Glasses We Might See
This
Patients whom I am trying to get are
often Influenced the place you get In.
You nro not familiar with the Interior
Specialist of Eyesight. Come to the place
whero you can get your treatment Pest.
Men, women & children who prefer ' to
havo their Eyes Examined or masses made
to order naturally want Mmethlng new In
style. There Is nothing Interesting or new
about ordering a display of samples
Absolutely nothing that would cause It
to be remembered any length of time by
prospective patients. Vou Just try nnd be
convinced. All work guaranteed
DR. HAROLD N NEWMAN.
5210 Market Street.
Sir If tho recruiting odlcors turn me
down may I not qualify as official high spy
for you? Hist! I was In Wlldwood last
Sunday nnd nt Elm and Pacific avenues
I found a guy named Slaughter who was
both Th. G. and nn M. D. I am merely,
A.M.
There nro still at largo certain retiring
creatures who deserve to bo elevated to
tho piano of Human,
WANTED
YOliNO MAN' to work In office; 110 a week to
atar. Answer, chins nito and ability, etc.
Claaalfled ad
And If tho applicant la not a' "bright
particular" what does ho get?
W. UP.
His Breath Should Be Decapitated
Dear IJoss Hi'ro Is; another, and to send
It I have to confess with shame that I
read the Cosmopolitan Not regularly, I
Insist. Ono must be Irregular to read the
Cosmopolitan regularly.
From the editor's foreword to Jnck Lon
don's story, "Michael." I lift: '
When a six months' puppy, Jerry
Is given to Captain Van Horn, of the
"hlackblrdlng" and trading ketch
Arnngl, who, with her cntlro crew and
human caigo, Is shoitly afterward
slain nnd eaten by the cannibal blacks
of Somo.
It'n all right after you figure It out. but
should that editor be permitted to draw
breath and wages? JOHNWIN.
The Dally Mining Gazetto, of Houghton
nnd Calumet, Mich., announces on Its
front page:
If your goods OUGHT TO SELL,
advertising will sell them. If they
oughtn't It won't.
Smart, but, unfortunately, untrue.
Irv. Cobb broke through Hlndenburg's
line nt tho Forrest Theatre yesterday
afternoon. Although thero waa no heavy
chargS, the Red Cross, following after,
hopes later to win some col(g)n of van
tage. Domestic Science Note
Don't use German silver. It's liable to
turn on you. '
UNDER the blotter on our desk, which
hasn't been disturbed since last Novem
ber, wo found a note yesterday from R.
Romlg, of Beaver Springs: "Speaking of
preparedness, hero's nn nd in our local
paper; 'I am now ready for all kinds of
butchering. Apply 342 South Wayne, Mr.
J. Dull.'"
Mr. Brown's knowledge of Russian
dally life was comparatively slight, ex
cept for having once sold an old suit
to a Russian Jew ari Incident which
had caused him to distrust the whole
Tartar race. Sinclair Lewis, In Satur
day Evening Post.
"Scratch a Ynhouda and find a Tartar."
A returned traveler assures us that in
Rupert, Vt., he read upon a tombstone:
"He died in the hope of a glorious resur-
rectioh. Go thou and do likewise."
Dear T. D. Dldja ever read the Victor
record catalog? Frlnstance:
"It Takes the Irish to Beat the Dutch,"
"Under the Anheuser Rush."
17622
"Tho High Cost of Loving."
"Just for Tonight,"
17630
"I Can't Relieve You Really Love Me."
"If That's Your Idea of a Wonderful
Time."
17426
"That's How I Need You."
"In My Hartrn." C. F. R.
An Extra Cipher Is 0
The Stock Exchange sees us but sel
dom, but looking down upon the floor on
Wednesday it seerrjed to us its members
were unusually ngltnted. We saw one
man excitedly waving a newspaper over
his head, "Whassa matter 'at guy?" we
muttered half aloud, "Perhaps he's a
P. It. reader," said a quiet man near us,
laying a trembling finger upon the front
page of his, own paper:
Jt , 700jPER CAPITA BimiWBN
,
v-'j , fpE-r
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THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
A Virginia Democrat Applauds
Nonpartisan Views Real
Freedom for Ireland
"NO PARTIES; ONE COUNTRY"
To the Kditor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir This Is not tho first tlmo I havo
clipped your editorials and sent them In
with a Word of praise. I may do It again. I
think you are entitled to It, nnd although,
doubtless a very busy man, you will take
come little pleasure In tho fact that your
utterances please even an old Virginia
Democrat. I try not to be hidebound ; I
don't want to be. I have a supremo con
tempt for partisan politics. Let us wlpo
out party lines and work for tho common
good. I am with tho President, with you
and Mr. Roosevelt, Mr. Root and nny ono
elso that holds high above all other things
the love of country nnd tho God-given right
of freedom. Your editorial, "No Parties,
One Country," strikes the keynoto of tho
situation. I am glad you wero big enough
and broad enough to write It. Allow mo
to tender my thanks and congratulations.
W. C. THURSTON.
Salisbury, Md., April 11.
REAL FREEDOM FOR IRELAND
7-o the Editor of the Evening Ledger: .
Sir I wlBh to thank you for the state
ment that tho world cannot bo free without
Irish liberty. Words llko theso reach the
hearts of all Irishmen and nil lovers of lib
crty. I only hope that you will keep tho
good work up and bring the question beforo
tho American people. If President Wilson
mado the same demand for Ireland that ho
has mado for Poland I do not think con
scription would be necessary, as all Irish
men would rush to the recruiting stations
If they had the word of our great President
that no peace would be mado until Ireland
had a froo and Independent republic. Tho
so-called "homo rule" 'will never satisfy tho
Irish people. Ireland demands a govern
ment by the consent of tho governed. Is
that too much? Let us hope that the Evb
mnq ledobr will lead tho other American
papers In making this demand. JIM II.
Philadelphia, April 11.
SOLDIERS' WAGES
To the Editor of theEvenlng Ledger:
Sir Somo have wondered why enlist
ments are so few, not coming up to the
expectations of tho army ofllclals, when,
a look Into tho conditions which such re
cruits must endure might help solve the
seemingly har.d puzzle. A private Is given
JIB per month, forty-eight cents per day.
An ordinary policeman gets $30 per month.
$3 per day. The fireman gets $3 per day,
nnd a mero messenger In our own city
building gets $100 per montlit or $3.33 per
day. What a comparison with tho measly
forty-eight cents tho hard-working private
receives!
Is not his duty Just as great as those of
policemen, firemen, letter., carriers or mes
sengers? Is not his work Just as honorable
as that of those who get'slx times as much
salary? Is not his hours of work equal to
or creater than theirs"? Are not his- de
pendents Just as many?
It Is proper that the Government see to
It that at least a decent wage be given the
worthy arms bearers. It Is due them that
they be placed on a plane higher than that
of the Btreet cleaner. It Is due them that
they receive at least this consideration at
the handB of those whose business It Is
to look out for their welfare.
A. LINCOLN MEYERS.
Philadelphia, April 10.
FREE SPEECH
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir The fact that you printed the letter
from "Disgusted," In which he expresses
disgust at the lack of free speech, gives me
hope. It Is the first sign of fairness I have
seen In Philadelphia papers. I have looked
for letters from the other side of the fence
for some time, but could expect nothing
else than bigotry from the wildly Jlngolstlo
press of this city,
I, too, am disgusted with Philadelphia as
legards these matters, In New York every
night of the warmer months you can find
half a dozen or more street meetings dis
cussing public questions. The press (part
of it) is open to the public. Philadelphia Is
wildly jlngolstlo because of the ancestor
worship which exists here to a high degree.
t would remind these people that those .who
mad Philadelphia the, Cradle. of Liberty are
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If they know that a man would be mobbed
today for speaking his mind. Yes, this Is
some Cradio of Liberty when It comes to
free speech.
The older men should enlist first. They
havo married, have a home, a wlfo nnd chil
dren. They havo lived why not send them'
first? Also It may ho pointed out that a
man who has had fifteen or twenty years'
hard work Is of less use to tho State than a
young man who still has those years of
usefulness. Why not uso these less useful
persons first? '
I can trace my family beyond 1610 In New
England nnd my ancestors fought In tho
Revolution nnd Civil War. I am utterly
against Gorman Imperialism (and Allied Im
perialism) for the same reason that I am
opposed to the bridling of freo speech, but
I am against hypocrisy
DISGUSTED THE SECOND.
Philadelphia, April 9.
ORIGIN OF THE "BATTLE HYMN"
To the Editor of tho Evening Ledger:
Sir In your last evening's Issuo you had
an article about "John Brown's Body." Mrs,
Florcnco Howe Hall Is entirely mistaken.
Her mother wrote the words of the "Battle
Hymn of tho Republic." but this was
adapted to the music of "Glory, Glory, Hal
lelujah I" written and composed by T, Brig
ham Bishop.
It was arranged as a march nnd made
popular as such by Patrick Gllmoro, of
Boston. It was composed to please his
brother-in-law, Andrew Johnson, of Port
land, Me., to be ung nt a revival meeting
In that town. Tho song begins:
"I am bound to be a soldier In tho army
of tho Lord. Glory, Glory, Hallelujah"
Ho also wroto and composed "When Johnny
Comes Marching Homo" and many other
war songs.
Ho died In this city In 1906 and Is burled
In Mount Peace Cemetery.
MRS. T. BRIOHAM BISHOP.
Philadelphia, April 10.
JEFFERSON IN 1807
William Sampson was an Irish patriot
who, after exllo In Europe, finally obtained
asylum In America, where he published an
account1 of his troubles with tho British
Government In a book entitled "Tho Memo
ries of William Sampson" (New York,
1807). It clcses with "A Few Observations
of tho State of Manners, etc.. In America"
In tho form of a satirical lettor to Lord
Spencer, tho British Homo Secretary. In
this Sampson presents a quaintly humorous
sketch of Thomas Jefferson, the nnnlver.
sary of whose birth Is observed todav. that
Is Illuminating In regard not only to the,
personal character or Jeflcrson, but also to
the attitude of tho American people toward
their Chief Executive, which, it may be
remarked, has changed very llttlo since
that day Thq passage Is reproduced In
"American Debate," a history of political
controversy In tho United States, written by
Dr. Marlon Mills Miller, and recently pub
lished by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York.
It reads as fellows:
As to tho Government; at tho bead
of.lt Is an old country philosopher. I
wish your lordship could get a sight of
ono of his shoes, with quarters up to
his ankles and tied with leather thongs.
Ho has neither chamberlain nor vice
chamberlain, grocm of tho" stole nor of
tho bedchamber, master of the ceremn.
tiles, nor gentlemen usher of tho privy
chamber, nor black rod, nor groom,
nor page of the privy-chamber, jior
page of tho backstairs, nor messenger
to his robes ho has no ro'bes nothing
but red breeches, which are now a Jest
and a threadbare otie. Ho
will tnlk with anybody, like tho good
natured Vicar of Wakefield. If the
stranger talks better than him, he Is
willing to learn; nnd If he talks better,
ho Is willing tHo stranger should profit.
He is a simple gentleman every way,
and keeps his own , conscience, and
pays his own debts, and, the
nation's debts, and has hoarded up
eight millions and a half of dollars In '
the treasury. Ycur lordship will smile
at such an oddity.
We do all we can to shake him we
do all we can to vex him we do all
wo can to remove him. Ho Is like a
wise old Dervish. He will not be shaken
he will not be vexed he will not be
moved. If he gets up, we say he Is too
tall. If he sits down, we say he Is too
short If we think lie wll) go to war,
we, say he Is bloody. If wo think he
Is tor peace, we say he Is a coward
If he will not persecute, we say he has
po energy. If he executes the law, we
say he Is a tyrant. I think, my lord
wlfh great deference, that a gqod .Lon
don quarto might be written and
, thrown at hut head. He has no guards
nor battle-axes, and dodges all :inn.
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What Do You Know?
QUIZ
What It the "lire-id-and-butter" warfare
which the I'nlted States Is snld to b
wanlnit?
tyhat linn (lcner.il Oeorge W. Goethals been
f-fiinmlBmlnneri rerenUy to do nnd for whst
enirlneeerlnit feat Ih he noted?
Name the four illiUIonn or time In the
United Mtntex, VVImt Is the difference In
hours between ttient?
Hho Here Isls nnd Osiris?
Name the capital of Mlasourl, '
Hlint I the evening star now?
Nntne the ICiirnnean countries not at war.
Mint country Is culled "The Great Repatf
llo of tho West"?
Nn mo thn elcht tennis of the American
Uutrlmll Leucue.
About Hlint Is the population of the Turin
Island. Juitt bouxlit by the Government.
and uli.lt Is the percentage of whit
li.rMnnh'.1
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. lddritone Is nbnut twelve mile southrail
of rhllndelnlilj.
S. Shrapnel nliellK differ from other ahelli In
that Instend or einlndlnK Into frnamenta
they urn tilled nlth bullet" about tha
lo of u crime, which nre allot from tn
nhrll by n tlnilne ilcrlce. '
3. Xatliniinrl (irrrne, of Bhode lalnnd, la con-
hldered the moat brilliant general ot the
American devolution after Washlniton.
4. A. .1. llnlfour, kperlal eraUaary to the TJnltta1
Mate, la Great llritaln's Secretary for
Foreign AfTulra.
.-. IVbrmiry 11). 1763. la the date of the Treaty
of Tarlt whereby Franco ceded lier va
Xiirth American poaseaalona to j-.nglaod.
0. Lincoln win allot In Tord'n Theatre, Wash
ington, 7, Augtiatii la the rnpltal of Maine,
8. Henry C'lny waa called "the mill-boy of the
Slaalica" uremic he made trlpa to a nun
In Hint part of Hanover Count. a
known na the Slaahes, where he uvea as
u hoy. ,
0. Teams of tho National Itaaeball League are
located hi New York, Philadelphia. Chi
cago. Uotton. Ht, Iula, IMttaburgh, Cin
cinnati and llrooklyn. , ,
10. The Aleutlnn Inlands lie off Alaska.
Caeciltans 1:
a., I It was recently reported that the
Zoological Gardens In London had recolved t
three specimens of the creatures known as
caecillans. They look like huge earthworms, .j
for thev havo no traco of limbs. Thero arey fl
said to bo at least thirty species of cae- fe
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cuians. which aie luuuu in iim, , ---nnrto
nf Anin. Africa. Central and South
America, where they live. In mud or ui.der i'3
stones and fallen logs. Tnelr foou is cirin- i
worms anu larvae, aomo ot mo 'i
attnln a length of two feet nnd a diameter
of three-quartets of an 'Inch.
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uespecuior riap .p
iw..uiwk lu i nut iihrtiniiv ...
nllnw thnlAmerlean flair to flv or hang out V
"nveriili?lit.lliiit. to ludco from tho comments
mado by officers of the United States army -
ami niivv to whom vour nolo was referred,
It Is disrespectful. Army regulations sped t
ty that tho colors should-be lowered at sun- jj
set and raised at sunrise. In the navy m
ruie is mm mo itae snouiu u i"' i,
ni.tianf nn1 mlanrl fit R iVHnpltT In the mOfn Yi
Inn ThA Inwprlnt-f ntlfl mlmlnc of the flflK
nre accompanied by patriotic ceremonies In jjj
that these rules, which are religiously ob- (
perveci oy mo men wno protect mo iwoi -
nut uuserveu uj civilian., xuo -- v ;
tho colorn at night during the bombard-
.,.-.. t.i-.. IvIoIT.n.. , p.ti nnlnt nilt
that "Tho Star Spangled Banner" says, was i
permissible, according to officers, because
It wau In time of battle, when the regula
tions are not In force.
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of a net Is described as follows in an artl- fa
cle in world's Work: '.'A submarine no ,
Is made ot wire rope, about as thick as a a
lead nencll. and the meshes Pre of great fi
size about ten or fifteen feet square. The fl
net nas nonts on top mat Keep uouuui ,j
up and down like the float on a fish llne.iA
and, on the bottom are weights that Keep
ttitt wknla ttltic- In a nmnAtnll!nr nOll-
tlon. The submarine cannot submerge t fi
very great depths on account of the pros- "d
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denth. It sails Innocently along, therefore, .ill
until it pushes its nose Into these m)eshes. V'l
The net now trails along on both sides ot
the submarine Its progress revealing the ' t j
fact that somathlng belbw is supplying the 'ij
motive power, remaps tne net suaaeniy,
stons! that means that the hidden sub-, "
marine has stopped, Its navigators naYtaf, Q
made the horrible discovery that they t&
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