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nii'' Th6 calmness with which France
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"hfcecepta victory Is equaled only by tho
jaalmness with which she laces danger.
tSs
r Vhal the people have demanded la
streets, not the creation of new Jobs
' City Hall and a further dissipation of
rgy and funds.
v-:.1... i
jj Lima reports that Chill and Peru
aoout to renew diplomatic relations,
Mvered sln,ce 1910. Score another run
the United States of All tho Americas!
.
l,i" Admiral Jelllcoe says tho British
i -j ... .. .
ore upcu uia wronR way. do are
piratical cou--checii boy and other
opecunlous Institutions that are always
with us.
tW As a member or the permanent
jJlague tribunal, Garcia Prlcto, Spain's
i.l&tAt Premier- Mnnnt nllr-f-n thnr ha im
$? ifcL , 1
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Pr,Min; too ovenonea to attend rully to
Ktf ffllt ftllt1 rtf Vila naw r1Vnn
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roif ' If the U-boat campaign succeeds
Oennany will defeat the Allies, whether
.W Germans are cleaned out of Prance
if not Then we will be fighting not only
'1' democracy, -but for existence.
yj when we picture the Joys of the
dine hours." the plan to give soldiers
sailors In uniform free rides on Phlla-
,'wph!&'s trolley cars takes on the'nature
M.a doubtful compliment.
hWu .
sic Perhaps one of tho reasons why
!P Vthfc Kaiser and Prince Henry were fired
'MSIM Um XM. Vn.t VAAt.t -.I..- .U.
,.vM htv awvv xuin mutl W1UJ nu,l lliv
pwent Inability of these two Hohenzol
Sterns toeall any craft at all upon the
KMn's bosom. Submarine racing has
E Mt yet tften given an amateur status.
'H
JP The only possible excuse for the
.sUon of the Clover Club's band in play
Jmk "Die Wacht Am Rheln" Instead of the
'"Marseillaise" Is that the musicians may
have thought they were trumpeting tho
Tale college song set to the Teuton air.
i Jb 'that case, a patriotic reform at New
HYn aems to be in order.
r s 4
J. The report that two of the confls-
' Sated German raiders will soon he nnriv
jtpbV service In the United States navy
.lrows welcome cold water on the silly
ory that the Teutons were enabled to
IJMbiovo from these' vessels vital parts
lijtalser's empire. Insistence on Germany's
aiglentlflc miracles was getting to be a
.vSnuv 'wearisome.
W
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i amo itiaiiiict lit wiituji war proniui-
?HAm. It hecessarv. Is "nut nvor" will ho
irr1 -. -' .
pate unporunt to those most interested
(utile Question than the fact itself. The
EyipKlves behind a high-handed and dis-
Met appeal to hysteria would surely
i tvntually revealed, and the revelation
? would create a reaction which would help
a"wet3" in the end. The war has
, lld a truce In politics. It Is no time
t to play politics even that good may come
It. The only question Involved is
WJthr prohibition would Increase or
reus ourt chances or complete success
i the war.
sy
Wlth tonight's concert the Phila-
Orchestra closes the most sue-
season In Its history. For more
it's, decaae the' artfstlc accomrillsh.
tjOf t?hl organization has been ad
DM, but this year it. has entrenched
w4th a. atanrh flnanpfal htilwArlr In
I ha. of an endowment fund of con-
more than half a million dol-
Monetary worries for the future
Mttfsr tC fading away. Great sums
OB ,ata to maxe xnt nnanciai
.1.. - . '.. '
a trie Hrcestra, fully as secure
miv artistic position. But a
. iiurt hs,beon made, clad.
fjf'tfii hearu of all true muslo
'",4! ' .
LfSioaevelt's. desire to raise
tfert tmim into battle in Kranca
iivMrviita Congressmen
MlipttvuMisriptlon aa an
t lM
thta naeaasarv me.
that M.ofti 'ctouttaJ
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WWV..IV tllia
ana. HHMMI.
'-Itrtappens:
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WH1 11
ta CaWMHil'wlirrfaatly aid
tM cauae of good discipline and helpful
aarvieVlf ha promptly makes clear, what
very one knows, that he Would r.ot nllow
his aggressiveness to endanger the adop
tion of selective conscription.
BUSINESS AS USUAL
"TDUSINESS ns usual" will win us the
war, England repudiated this slo
gan, adopted nt tho outbreak of hostili
ties, becauso her prime need In 1914 was
actual fighting men. Though not "con
temptible." her valiant army was cer
tainly too small for an Isle threatened by
possible German Invasion and a. land so
close to tho nctlvo b&ttla line. "Business
as usual" was, therefore, n tragic handi
cap In Britain.
On us, with Industrial, commercial and
agricultural, enterprise ns highly essen
tial features of our campaign, the phrase
must Imply no stigma. Action Impelled
by this unromnntlc war cry bpclls Ameri
can succeis In the struggle,
Tint we must Intelligently husband re
sources of many kinds Is perfectly ob
vious. Cut oven the beit-lntentloncd
economy can bo misdirected nnd futile.
A sane, practical warnlnc on this theinn
has been sounded by Howard H. Collin,
member of the Advisory Commission of
the Council of National Dofenae.
"Wo need," he says, "prosperity In war
time even more than when we arc at
peace. Business depressions are always
bad, but doubly so when we hae a. fight
on our hands. The declaration of war
can have no real effect on business. What
bad effects are apparent aro purely psy
chologic and largely of our own foolish
making, for our markets are tho samo In
April that they wero In March. Wo need
more business men, not fewer. There Is
real danger In hysteria. Indiscriminate
economy will be ruinous. Now Is the
time to open the throttle."
These words lack the glamour of knight
errantry, but they aro wise and portlnent.
Wo must nbandon tho notion that tho
normal operation of trado nnd Industry
means merely Ignoble dollar-chasing. It
Is Just because we have pursued that
very hunt with &uch vigor that our role
In the world fray is of such vital Impor
tance. Panicky dislocation of normal busi
ness enterprises must not be tolerated,
even though those very industries may
seem to bo essentially frivolous In war
time.
New York's notary Club has declared
that "If tho women of the United States
stop buying clothts In order to give
money to any one of a hundred worthy
war causes wo shall very shortly have a
series of failures among American mer
chants dealing In woman's ready-to-wear
garments."
"How petty and sordid!" may cry the
thoughtless but well-meaning patriot.
"What has war to do with feminine lux
uries?" But tho very American merchants In
this line aro a link In our economic
structure. Their prosperity Is part of
Uio normal commercial health of tho
country, and prosperity Is what we most
need In order to play our peculiar role
In the conflict to tho greatest advantage.
Real waste Is criminal, but mistaken
economy born of hysteria Is its twin
sister.
If we are ashamed of "Business n3
usual," "Business better than ever" might
be a convenient substitute. Wo need It
to "put forth the full measure of our
strength.
THE GERMANS START TO ARGUE
FOR MONARCHY
FOB a number of years before tho war
the German press attacked the mon
archy. Tho world had grown used to the
ever-recurring news item about an editor
or other publicist being sent to Jail for
disrespect to the Emperor, for "lese
majeste."
The arguments against monaichy wero
not so clearly stated as nn English writer
could state them without fear of being
haled before a magistrate for disrespect
to King George. It was possible in England
for newspapers to say that It would be
better for England to have no king, and
that remark was sometimes made In
Parliament. Members regarded It as a
Joke In bad taste. But German ccntors
nnd Judges wero prono tq tako state
ments that Englishmen and Americans
would consider harmless, read Into them
revolutionary Ideas and send the speak
ers or writers to prison.
All this is changed. The German press
has begun to argue for the monarchy in
answer to President Wilson's plea for
German freedom. It Is not possible to
believe that the 'German Radicals have
changed their minds. There Is every rea
son to believe that tho Berlin censors
dictate to tho press the ideas it must ex
press. The censor-editors hao been
forced by America's analysis of tho sit
uation to defend undemocratic Institu
tions. Public opinion In Germany can
no longer be expressed by the mind, but
only by the stomach.
HOME RULE? OF COURSE!
A MEMBER of Parliament observes that
a word from Mr. Wilson would give
Ireland home rule. If that Is so, and if
Mr. Wilson wants to say the word, he
can feel that approximately one hundred
mtlflort' persons In this country will 'second
the notion.
Jvlriahinfnnjireland always seem to bo
aa.MvcH AOTTcns,3 irtanmen in Atner-
y&Mtia'atlll to be Irishmen. It is' ye
t"Li.' l' it. V. lli.1. .. It ..... i.i
nituieumi n vimiiaio, ji nty lanes
piacatn them when. 'they have Immi
grated; an.. Indeed, there, Is little change
tancaaaaa -ww, mini Ben"J"on oi
iaatn haa'hved pnw-'soil.'
-- 'aataf. tae war! war -not', to
mM&tiA'fr MW -tka'faelBt
Iepfect 6FiWAR ON
ENGLISH W0M1?N
They Will Soon Have the Vote,
but Are.No Longer Interested
in It Progress of Eman
cipation By GILBERT VIVIAN SELDES
Special Correspondence KteNlBa.terfaei"
LONDON, April 2.
ON'E of the few amusing things In Eng
land Just at present la the suffrage
movement, nnd that Is amusing chiefly be
cause It seems to have no bearing whatever
on the great thing which has sobered eery
movement and eery person In England.
The present situation In suffrage seems to
be this! It has won Its object and' It has
lost its enthusiasm. The fact that kurfrago
will be extended to women Is known by th's
time whereor women aro working for the
vote. But In England there are small signs
of rejoicing The nnclent faith Iur died
out, somehow, and tho old Illusions are
gone,
To the leaders who s.-icrlflced everything
for the cause th's Is a consummation To
the younger members of the rank and file
It Is a mlsfortuno. I have no ntntlstlcs nnd
no documents to proe these observations,
I merely base them on comernntlons and
letters and the usual other sources for find
ing out what people nro thinking which I
have had In the last six months.
There were wheels within wheels In the
suffrage movement One of the Inner circles
was perpetually being sneered at by the
others. It was too lolent for some, too
moderate for others. It wan, on the whole,
a representative body. And one of Its lead
ers, a pleaeant girl, who did not look ns If
she had ever led parades down Whitehall,
said to nic
"All oer. We may get up some sort of
a fuss If tlin Government doesm't play up
and pay up But we'll never have that sort
of a rag again. I don't know why Host
of us haven't sobered noticeably Some of
tho crowd have gone Into war work. Some
arc pacifists, I'm sure But the punch has
gono out of It That's the American way of
putting it, Isn't It? No We had our game,
and a Jolly good one It was But It's over
Sometimes I'm sorry we sliall have suffrage
so easily. They were such good tlme3 "
Damning the Government
Apparently they were. A few nights ago
I was with a group of former suffragists
who spent their time criticizing tho present
Government, tho past Government and the
next Government. What they said was cut
out by the censor And they never talked
about suffrage except by vay of remln s
cence Some ono nkerl If the Vote was
still being published.
"Oh, ves," ono girl answered. "Mother
reads It for the advertisements, swanky
ones, as usual I never read It any moro.
It's so badly gotten up "
Another member of the party remarked
that It always had been badly gotten up.
"Ves. But I was interested In It then.
Now I'm not."
Mrs. Pankhurst's name Is not magical.
Neither Is that of Mrs Pcthlck Lawrence,
who Is accused of playlrc the "motherhood
game" too frequently. Mrs. Pankhurst Is
patriotic and repudiates her daughter In
Australia or such followers as seem to be
pacifist The violent Britannia Is published
and suppressed pretty lcgularly. Its chief
object seems to be to accuse Viscount Grey
of all the diplomatic crimes In the calendar.
Since he has left the Foreign Office It has
been rather aimlessly In the opposition, No.
body can get up a decent enthusiasm. Even
the report that the ago limit for women
would be thirty-five years caused only-. a
ripple
"What's the difference?" I was asked.
"Do you think we'll ever go over tho same
thing again? You know I went tv the India
House affair Government reception, you
know, and all the Cabinet Mlnlstors were
there I was going to nlake a speech from
tho balcony and the others wero to heckle
Asqulth and the rest. It didn't come off,
becauso we missed the Ministry but do
ou think I'd go It again? Not a btt "
"Hew on parth did ou get tickets for
the India House reception, In tho first
place'"' some ono Inquired
"I'raud, my dear They were foiged"
(Quite nonchalantly.) "That w'as part of
the fun and part of what I shouldn't do
again "
Smoking on the Street
The feminist movement.- of course, goes
on. The emancipation of women Is sup
posed to be compieto now. Everybody
knows about It, at any rate. Last night I
was waiting for a bus in the outskirts of
London and through the dark camo a
young woman, quite alone, smoking a ciga
rette, I was a hit startled, but the kid
who was selling papers on the corner was
outraged Ho looked the young woman
over and then Inquired, "So that's your
emancipation, miss, is it?"
The oungster must have felt his most
cherished privileges being threatened, be
cause in England, and particularly in the
working classes, tho male child has all the
rights and the girls all the duties "Give
that toy to Alf, na Don't you know he's
a boy? He's got a right to have It." That
Is the atmosphere In which several million
young men and women have been brought
up. It will still take a lot of feminist work
to overcome It.
If you were to ask a "foreigner" looking
about htm and living the ordinary middle
class life of a London Journalist, he would
tell ou that that work has hardly begun.
Several million vyomen are at work who
never wocked before, and there Is bound to
be a certain Increase in Independence. But
a great percentage of the women who work
are thoroughly uninterested- In politics,
.social problems or anything else at all ex
cept the new spending freedom they have.
Those who know the British working class
assure me that for this new freedom to be
translated Into anything resembling
woman's emancipation will take genera
tions, i
It seems to be at the extremes that the
great changes have come. There Is a tre.
mendous upheaval In the upper classes
which amounts not to emancipation, but to
slavery, willingly taken up and heartily
enjoyed. It Is slavery to brutal necessities
which tle upper classes never acknowledged
before. It Is the influx of new thoughts
about such simple things as death and pota
toes. And at the very other end of the
scale there Is a revolution. It comes about
from purely economic reasons; the separa.
tlon allowance and the absence of Friend
Husband. Women who have only worked
occasionally and have depended on their
husbands' wages are now In possession of
an allowance running to more than twenty
shillings a week, if they haye children, and
their hUBbandsfrequently earned only about
that much. They add to it by going out to
work by the day, because they do not have
to be too prompt or too particular about
having dinner ready. And they have found
out that husbands are a nuisance, totally
unnecessary as providers, cantankerous and
given to vyaetlng money at the "pu'.s," They
are having a tolerably pleasant time and,
although they profess' themselves eager for
thei'tlme when Bill and Bert get back; there
Will be-a tpuch.of regrat for the days whan
they, ware really Independent
y
'tit
7
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Tom Daly's Column
.IaV APRIL RAIN
There's tomethtng tn an April rain
That makes the air more ticect and
clean.
That paints the earth a deeper green
The tears that fall arc not in vain.
The fresh tvet fllnrf that kiss iaur face
Beem like the fragrant breath of spring
From meadows where the skylarks
sing
Some lovelu, sheltered, peaceful place.
The tears I weep because xce part
Have washed away mv orlef and pain;
It seems as If an April rain
Were falling on mv aching heart.
A gentle, soothing April rain
That keeps mv soul still fresh and
clean; '
That keeps my love still' young and
green
The tears that fall arc not In vain.
VARLKY.
Yesterday nt tho breakfast table we
caught tho Missus chuckling over a
morn, contomp. We lifted our eyebrows,
which left uncovered a pencil In our upper
left-hand vest pocket. She seized It nnd
committed a crime .common to contrlbs.
Sho niiderrorcd the pivotal words In the
stor.y, nnd the compositor will sure set
'em In Italic, no -matter how we try to
rub out her marks:
A great quantity of mattresses and
other goods went up In smoke eter
day when fire attacked the building
which was ued In the manufacturing
of rurlfit hair products. Nearly
130 bales of tofton were destroyed
Hist! The Copy Cop
I regret to report that while browsing
through the pages of the Houston Post
I detected John L. Wortham & Son, "who
wrote the bonds for the Federal Land
Bank," trying to do business across three
columns with this rort of talk:
It Is well known the care exercised
In placing business for the Federal Gov
ernment, and the fact that this business
was awarded this firm Is convincing
evidence of their facilities nnd ability to
propei lv handle nny business entrusted
tn their care When you need a bond
of nny character call them
Suggest you send .wire warning not to
offend again. ' HIST.
The Involuntary Volunteer
Tho barber man In Olcan
Received me with a bow.
I took tho chair, raid. "Cut my hair,'
And carefully told him how.
couldn't keep from
slumber deep,
But while I snored
nwny
This barber lean, with
weapons keen,
Divested me of hay.
But
when 1 woke, oh!
holy smoke!
The picture tells the
tate.
I knocked him where he
put my hair,
And now- I'm out on
bail.
I
cannot call on folks
at all;
My customeis would bar me.
So fcomethlng new I've got to do
I guess I'll Join the army.
E. V. W.
"Who put the npo in apex?" asked tho
frivolous guest at tho ocean-front hotel.
"Some ono monkeying with tho English
language," replied tho sage, laying a
mirth-shaken linger upon this paragraph
In the Atlantic City Press:
The popular chemist, who has for
so many years presided successfully at
the corner of Michigan and Atlantic
avenues, was full of good cheer and
enjoved to the apex tho splendid
cuisine furnished by that master of
hosts, Jacob Welkel. .
HELPFUL HIXTS FOR FOREIGNERS
A man is not a pig because hts clothes
are on the hog.
A dog was never known to press his
pants. k
A navigator doesn't get his baik from off
his log.
And a gambler may be quite unused
to chants.
You never say a rope receives instruc'
tlon when it's taut.
A waiter Isn't food because he's feed.
If a drummer beats his drum it doesn't
mean that they hate fought.
To fast icfcrs to starving,' not to speed.
A man is not untruthful Just because he
lies in bed.
A miner may be fifty years of age.
A prohibition advocate, when on his bier,
is dead;
And a wise man needs no herbs to make
him sage.
A merchant doesn't need a mast because
He makes a sale.
A brewer doesn't suffer with his brews.
How strange they say, "They can't be
beat" when eggs are very stale.
Do you need a hammer when you break
the news?
A two-cent piece is like a half-cooked
stake because it's rare.
A wheel thafs good and tired is at its
besf.
A blond may lie and cheat and steal, but
still they say she's fair.
We get tired of things with which wo
have to wrest.
On Monday mother doesn't need a bell
to wring the clothes,
Nor a wringer if she Keeps and wrings
her lands.
She Isn't made of rubber, but I taw her
rtib'r nose.
There 'are no trombones In the collar
bands.
P. NUT.
OUIl PRESIDENT, bloss him! Has al
ways been strong for the open-air stuff,
and now ho Insists on a draft.
It's of England Judd Lewis Is writ
ing and sez he: '
We may have Jeered at her befpre.
But now she bleeds at every pore
And calmly she goes on the way
That she has gone since yesterday ;
Today's task Is 'to fight and win,
And the 'Canadians go in.
And Scotia's sons go to the front,
And the Australians, where the brunt
Of battle falls are In the van;
And Tommy's there, the fighting manl
To which let us add in our broken
English:
But warum hast du nlcht eln place
Fuer Celtlschers der fighting r'aceT
How many tausend, lleber Judd,
Jettt epUl like wen das gutea blood 7
We were boasting to George Barton
about a bjt of writing we did some years
ago, and we' remarked that 'we worked
late on it and lost, considerable' sleep.
iwr
f9'
"Wel,' saldfja.v,'yd.Vaa:Vr:
" ' rjroo HOT TO HAlNDiiHi- , .
ft taae'lrl NeP'JkfeaCjfcfl J JHZ.A VI -j y
.-fjgjgr CCTMJ '
4ES t ...tf:"
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Urges Food Boycott Campaign.
Newspapermen Called Slack
ers Criticism of a
Critic
This Devnrtmcnt la free to all rcarffrj who
uish to rrpress their opinions on subjects ol
current interest. It is an open forum, nnd the
Eicnlna Ledger assumes no responsibility tor
the t(t ol its correspondents. Letters must
be sienett In the name and address ol the u'rllfr,
not nccesnnrilu tor publlcatlott, but as a guar
antee o good faith.
URGES FOOD-BOYCOTT CAMPAIGN
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir I have noticed lately in reading tho
Evening Lbdoer many suggestions for
civic betterment which thls'paper takes
credit for generating. At the present time
a campaign Is In progress to voice the
sentiment of Phlladelphlans In favor of
conscription.
Does tho Evenino LnDann ever give any
thought or consideration to a campaign
against tho present abnormal cost of living,
or Is this a "fearless paper," so tied down
to different advertisers that It Is unable to
launcha project of this particular kind?
American flour at the present time sells
In London between $6.50 and $7 a barrel
and In Philadelphia over $11. Other foods
are equally high In price.
This Is a deplorable condition Could not
the Evenino LEDocn devote some space to
institute measures .which would break down
this tremendous living cost, even If boy
cott on certain commodities need be re
sorted to? T. J. THORNTON.
Philadelphia, April 15.
ANOTHER REQUEST FOR NEWS
PAPERMEN TO ENLIST
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir It would be a miracle If an editor
enlists In either the army or navy. It Is
evident to everybody that the newspaper
men who have agitated the war are slackers
themselves, unless they aro too old to bo
taken for military duty or have no sons
to be drafted.
Suppose thousands of our young men are
killed In battle and think ofVthe misery
of it. Tou, however, can sit back In your
easy chairs and enthuse over American vic
tories with nothing to lose. d. K.
Philadelphia, April 10.
CRITICISM OF A CRITIC
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir In reply to D. W.'.S.'s criticism of
the university of Pennsylvania's "Play,
shop" performance at the Academy of the
Fine Arts on April 16, might we'be per
mitted to suggest that there are "ama
chure" critics as well as "amachure"
actors and actresses. D. W. S.'s article
certainly has all the earmarks of the work
of a novice. The general impression one
has after reading his article is that he is a
sorehead, not a critic.
Furthermore, we would like to know how
much of the audience he consigns to the
realms of the thickheaded who cannot
understand. Several critics and dramatic
coaches of some reputation expressed
themselves within our hearing as being
much pleased with one of the best amateur
performances It had ever been their fortune
to witness And why, oh why, the -decidedly
personal slams against two of the best
performers? ROBERT E. LEAMINQ.
Philadelphia, April 17.
SOLDIERS' WAGES
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
8ir Relative tothe complaints of A.
Lincoln Meyers aa.fb remuneration In the
service of our country, might a reader be
allowed to suggest that In his enthusiasm
for more dollars for Individual patriotism
(?) there are a few facts which may have
been obscured thereby?
First, as I understand It, the country la
not asking men to enlist who have "depend-
enta," but sperlfles distinctly without"
at least on th first call. Becond, that every
Item of hi nacassary expanses food. doth.
Ing and houalngj-are provided him; quit'
as good .as::teian receiving averse
.werainai weje m. wm ,w papviee xor'aunv
00 HOT "W HANDLE
receives but $15 ; but It Is clear money, and
at least two-thirds of the working men of
tho country cannot boast $15 clear cash at
the end of a month, after paying for such
necessities as the soldier, sailor or marine
receives as part of his wage; nor are the
necessities which he is able to provide for
himself or his dependents any better than
those provided for the service. I do not
understand that any of the bo munificently
remunerated occupations mentioned by Mr.
Meyer are likewise relieved of care.
Wllkcs-Barre, Pa, April 13. S. N.
ORCHESTRA'S ADIEU
All-Tschaikowsky Program Played by
Stokowski and Men
"Nothing la lost that's wrousht with tears"
Tho editorial writer paused In the portal
of the Academy of Music. Adjusting his
forelock and his tack of lemon drops, he
spoke as follows: "Tho 'Pathetic' Is the
Tagllacci' of symphonies. People like It be
cnuso It's full of catchy tunes, it Is tho
most egotistical music ever wrlt'.en. As
Byronlsm it is worso than Byron. It Is
the wailing of a man who thinks himself
superior even In his grief
The editorial writer Is Intelligent, nerv
ous, apprehensive of musical messages. But
he cannot stomach the notion of popular
melody. He objects to Leoncavallo, not
because he Is Inherently bad, but becauso
"people llko him." He objects to Tschal
kowsky (at least the Tschaikowsky of the
"Pathetic") because the touching, ulgar
beauty of that symphony can be caught and
held by the mind of tho uneducated as well
as the savant.
It Is a little lato In the day to under
take a defense of the greatest Russian com
poser. Rota Newmarch, In her transla
tions of the noble ahd departed Peter's
letters, has accomplished much toward an
understanding of him. Lawrence Gllman
has done similar service In America, But
the only real test Is the ear drum and
the corpuscle. If you cannot respond to
the throb of Tschalkowsky'B music, even
tho poorer specimens, something Is tho
matter'wlth you. Either your heart or your
hearing Is out of order.
So much certainly was proved by yes
terday's concert. It adhered to the con
ventlons with rigidity, yet who will rise and
say that it was dull or ugly or unlmpor
tant? Touched to white heat through the
restless baton of Doctor Stokowski, the
program glowed with loveliness, with the
ardor of woe, with the ardor of that pas
sion "whose blossom Is affection," with all
the tints and curves of the Slavic soul, It
was not a day for a cerebrals. They were
off somewhere reading the score of the
Bach Chaconne. or. perhaps, pondering the
correct nomenclature of the Beethoven syrn
phonies. h.M!Sr?S n"ntY thought his landscaoes'
nEr!Saihihta portralts' Erpest Dowso"
preferred his prose to his verne n-J.
."t'Lthe ?Uetlo" rom the rut to which
it has sunk through too copious usage. n,o
the realm otthe Inspired things h,,!,h
stands the mental attitude "of the man 1
could put as much art and as m? VL W,h
vurai dignity into the "Nutcracker" aslX
a planned masterpiece. The 18ii J"to
ture comes from his hands as som?nTnr;
more than a stroke of clever muswi'nft
It was this appreciation this hi..i .
sight, that made yesterday covert i I! Sf
of the rest of .the.band. woutlon
i.UrJ.r:OWAr!!!Lr.ati?.,h.
War-' Bwn led JMni SJSLT. "Th
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What Do You Know?
Queries of central interest will be ansuierei
in this column. Ten questions, the answer la
which everv uell-infarmed person should know,
are asked daily.
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QUIZ
Will ronrrlaee exempt a 'man from belna
drafted Into the tinny under the propose
conscription law?
The battle of Trafalrar by same ia eon
Klderrd the greatest naval encasement In
history, tlho won it
and when and
wnere was it roosht?
3. Who wrote the IatherstotVlof Tales, and
what aro they?
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4. About what la the tenxth of the Fanama
Canal?
6. What United States Senator la bund?
6. What Is a scholarship?
7. What men are tailed "blaejacketo"?
8. Where Is Cornell University?
0. What nation lins the tricolor aa its flat?
10. Name the capital of the Philippine.
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
s- .''"bert Dent, Jr., Conin-essman from
Alabama, is chairman of the House Com
mittee on .Military Affairs.
An Egyptian nrmv. parsalnr the fleelnr
Israelite, wns drowned In the Bed See,
accordlne to tho Bible story.
Ilamburc nnd Bremen are Germany's chief
seaports, v
Albany Is the capital of Nw Tork.
"O. A. It." Is the abbreviation of Grand
Army of the Republic.
The vent Is a Russian nnlt of measure
equal to about two-thirds of a mile.
Normally, the United State produce more
than 1,000,000,000 bushels of wheat an
nually, French Guiana la a colony on the northeast
roast of South America. Its capital Is
Cayenne. f
Senators William J. Ston and James A-
Reed are from Missouri..
Xrte t-e Rrest the IWstan kins wh
Invaded Greece and was defeated at 8-
liioun, 480 1. C. The name 1 pronounced
"rurk-iees," I
"Respectfully"
C. N. J. "Respectively yours" at the
close of a letter is incorrect. "Respectfully
yours" Is correct. When one is in doubt
as to whether to use "respectfully" or
"truly," it Is a good rule to use "respect
fully." i
Queries That Are Not Answered
E. J., W. Mc, etc. Only queries thst
may prove of general Interest or Instruo
tivenes3 are answered in this column.
Profit
READER The old-fashioned method of
figuring profit Is based on the cost price.
Thus, an article bought for ejl and sold
r.,HLw,0Uld yleld a Prflt of 20 pr
cent (20 divided by 100). The more mod
ern way, which Is advocated by leading ac
countants as a safeguard against bank
ruptcy, ls based on the selling price. Thus,
an ar,tlc 6,D"Kht for $1 and sold for 1.40
w1Vi1Jyeld a proflt ot 1 2-3 feer cent (JO
divided by 120).
U. S. Army Service
-.X' C- R,T The feular army reserve is
f?v?i.up ' two classes of enlisted mem
(J), Those who have served three years of
..?! 8tm.ent cnfact, which calls for
JJnwvJ ur years ,n the reserve,
mJ V 21 hav'nC' served one year honor
ably and having given proof of adequate
tracing may be furloughed to the reserve.
The reserve Is subject to call.
Near-Sighted Soldier
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tor?. !nV,Bt-,n th United eutes army
fmnnfh, d.uttea M h0Pltal work, it is
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Sf?ii"t11 he h" been mlned by the
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Briuah ?nnSetTTVe,?Vh,e "augments in th
British and United States armies.
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