. -.f wWtfcfcbocr IC LtOOWCOMTANY I It;, CUimi. HbttMK ' , tMhwtm.' Vice ltveMentt John Wrttarr knd Treasurer! rnlltp a. K. Williams, John Ji Spurrton, ro" natter. .aOtTOttlAL BOAIlDi t . H. X. Colin, Chairman. tT. i..Viiii.,i Editor 'ItAltTlN.. General Buelnris Manacer '(tally at PcaMO-I.armieii nutldlna. NMtonc Square; Philadelphia. CMTaAt... Broad and Cheatnut Blreeta K Qm, i...w j ti.PreM-talon Dulldlnr (if . ....... w.zoo Metropolitan Tower i.i... 40.1 FaM nullrllnK ll.....i.408 Qlo-I)cmncrat Hulldlns ., NEWS BUREAUfli TOW nrllir., tllm TliilMln rax Bcxcau The rimr rtulldln i-PBA0..s....... ..(in Frlritrlehstraasn i.Erasic: ...... ,Mrronl 1oue. Strand leant:...,, 32 Rue Louie le Orand jn t SOBSCniPTIO.V TEP.MS i STixiKO iasrota la served to subscriber! aaeipnia and surrounding- towns at the !" twelve (12) cent wr wetk. navabla carrier. nail to Mints nutalde of PhllariMnhlii. In United Antra. Canada or United metre pon es, ipoiiaca xrre. nny ioui crnie per t. Ala (su) dollars zr year, navable In fa. h . f?al! fortlin countries one (M) dollar per TICB ruoecribera niahlnr addrrea changed Vive old aa well as new address. Ui MOO WALNUT KEYSTONE, MAIN 1C00 "AJdirt$ on communications to Evening Btr, traepenaence square, rntiaaeiphta. tifto at the miLArCLrBU rosTorrica is sj iinuD-rui! Matt. Maura. HJTHB AVKHAOK NET PAID DAILY C'in UBtjLATION OK TUB UVENINO I.HIH1KH . W ( yon MARCH WAS 100.611 Phit.drlphl., Mondijr. April 23, 1411 2J. The latest dispatches rrom Ciieece tow that Constantlne Is still nursing grouch. s ?r. . fi r Colonel Roosevelt's declaration that doesn't want "a petticoat or a silk cktne army" may seem a little ungra- deous to some of our wlnscSmo "yeoglrls." -7- tf WuunimeH ui yuunK men iiiujmnuK 'w don army uniforms and headdress this mar, musi do lamenting mm nicy irem particular about cleaning that last r a straw hat, , t f Some persons will think that Secre BaKers order denying tne use ot eping cars to our troops Is a most con erate means of assuring our soldiers K,ood night's rest. ?-' !X I5" ',4$ A New York girl kisses every man iMho- enlists.' Oder women scold ma- ?ffklnlsts for not enlisting when these men serve best at home. Vt'e are having the vulgarity nnd folly of volunteer- he; without the compensation of Its bcrft suits. 9 4.?.. 3.'- Tho Rorllnpr Tncphlntt pnnprnts lata General von Hissing of responsl- ty for the death of Edith Cavell, ns- ng that the order for her execution Be directly from tne Kaisers lic.iu- Uarters. Every day makes the guilt of Hohenzollerns more specific. R, Ird Xorthcllffe, warns us that If ,-'we woum give rarmers tneir uue prom knd venders of food no more than theirs. te controller of food must "order, not ik." Those who waste food can mold 'e necessity of coercion if they start tpply economy now. There Is no es- TWp'lng the mathematics of war, rail- AI1CI .01bllie 1.J1411011 tlVICtl tlMl in ider no delusions as to the length of i war. it may be over tins summpr; t It may; on the other hand, last for rs. We must not think we can buy r way through. We may have to fight iBd make every bacilflce which France nd England have made. It Is no time 7 be satisfied. We must be dissatisfied tit we have built naval and military hlnery powerful enough to assure suo & ' The action of the Central Labor union in deciding to remit tne payment Pji4ii Vtv lnnnl linlnn mAmltcra Tflin an. m. la In accord with sound public policy ad la an., evidence of the natritoism of Ibor. Every' possible means must be ftlten to ease tho financial burden ot who offer their lives In defense of nation. Kor those who at the front r their blood those who remain at ne can glvo their gold. They must do t.freely, as a duty, and not as a charity. . ft. x." The question of tho advisability of K'.'ocontlnulng Intercollegiate sports may pi, oe an open one, oui it js to college men ft that the country must look for a great I'' number of officers In this war. and mir L: . ,:. J ;--... ' HBueca am e(ici;ieu iu eau me way in X?? ' . . . .... n. . . . . . cticai patriotism, xne nation nas taken definite stand In the greatest crisis In in anmrs since civilization oegan, , tt must bring to the solution of Its Mem its full strength In brains and atng. It la a time for tho colleges to Hcaie their usefulness and Justify the nous support which they have been by the nation. ' .'. i. j .. .- neiwsiliuvu sullies ciuiuy in men they woincii in imuuu unite; inueeu, vtUn praised for services they have rformed. It Is always encouraging I'iMlvlduala -who are content to tier- ' wirvlM that brings no obvious fame Mteh a tribute as that given to Jlus Stevenson on Saturday, r, Weeause such a demonstration and sincere, but also' be-. aV'iU very unusualness. i Public when. If ! given most generously r evcuir; w, m ract, not r fetM rapresehUUvo cltlayaj who aynmBii, laays nosts en mt aadjln; alt Jlke. her, .that . t Wivati InMieMlve which v.aaL . u ux&dk" "..in- -"ji &p!?l "" ""nTT; ,"7:,v"' nu !j Kor C .thwa". function, pONtf MaefeCand all . ' j .jct;, 'i my wss" .iJiij.. vv " ,W fore, belong to a considerably earlier day than oiire. He was the author of count Jess facile skits, ephemeral satires and burlesques, pn the stage ho Is beat known for his comedy of "Black-Eyed Susan," which had a Indo- run of R00 nights and went the' tounds 'of the Kng llsh nnd American footlights. During the period of soveicd relations between Clllbert and SulllVnn the 'lbictto of the tatter's operetta, "The Chieftain," camo from Hurnand's pen. In tho dinicult do main of Intellectual nonsense Ilunuiml via decidedly n 'ess brilliant figure than either Catverly or Gilbert,) but In his time lie contributed much to a peculiarly British type of light-hearted ftmmaklng, the virtues of which tho wnr bus made Americans realize as never before, DEFINE ALL WAR AIMS TpiIE enemy has sought to make hi subjects, from whom he keeps tho news of the World, believe that the United States Is able to glvo but small apMlst ance to the aimed fotces of deiuooiacy One might think, leading the Get man newspapers, that a Power no gi cater than Belgium or Portugal had declined war on Germany on Apt 11 fi. Heading only the accounts of pub'lc lejniclng and thanksgiving In England and Kianee. one comes to believe that America's decision 1ms nssuicd tho Alllei of vlctoiy and that vlctoiy would never havn teemed certain unlets Amcilea had spoken. The high rank of Mr. Hairour and M, Vlvl.tni and tho Immediate need of thelt counse s In their Governments leave in no doubt the tiupiomc Importance of American Intel ventlon to the Cabinets of tho Allies. Nations In' the tluoes of a struggle for existence have no time or thought for idle llutteiy. The American people wl'l expect to hear of no detail of military or naval co-operation agieed upon by the techni cal experts who accompany Mr. Halfour, publication of which would help tho enemy. Hut Mr. Halfour Is not a mili tary man: his errand Is political. The pcoplo take It for granted that nny po'icy to which Mr. Wilson commits tho countt y will bo piomptly made public. We will want to know everything that we are fighting for. If democracy alono Is to continue to be the purpose of America and the Allies, we should have the stimulus nnd tho assuiancc of tho democratic piogram. The moie specific this program Is made the moie vim will Amei leans put Into their efforts. We will want to know nbout Po'and, Greece, Ireland; about the German colonies and the Internationalization of trade routes by land nnd sea; about tho minimum and maximum terms gf peace. If the terms are our terms, demociatic terms, we will be In every sense of the woid one of the Allies. SHIPS OF WOOD AND STEEL, TOO THE bridge of boats with which we are to span the Atlantic for the feeding of the Allies Is not tho bo-all and end-all of our maritime effort. America's leader ship In a league to enforce peace, a lead ership which tho greatest and oldest 'of republican democracies must take, will have no forco hut that of moral suasion If we have not "Incomparably the great est navy" In the world. It Is In no spiilt of spread-eagle asser tlveness or rivalry with England that men are coming to take It for granted that wo must have such a navy. Eng land's fleets can make nearly half the world "safe for democracy." Ours shall mako the remainder of the globe as safe. OUR DAY AND ENGLAND'S WE ARE proudest of our English ori gins on April 23. ' On this day 353 years ago William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-on-Avoif. Ah not even the fliet of tho thliteen colonies from which our nation stems was foftnded until half it century later, Americans, whoso tongue, literature and basis ot law are still English, feel justly entitled to sharo with Hiitaln the glory of tho world's greatest poet and gieatest dramatist. .1. R. Green, the historian, strongly In timated that England might ilchly honor herself l)fr lCcugnlzlng the racial roots In the character of Georgo Washington. But Washington was of our own soil when we had n boll to claim. Wo may rejoice In Britannia's tributes to him, but to the author of "Hamlet'' our lights are tan gible and real. Shakespeare and our English-speaking ancestors were compatriots. Nothing can sever that bond. Mexico la mentioned In "The Mei chant of Venice." Bermuda Is supposedly cited, though rather Indirectly, In "The Tempest." To the land In which we dwell there Is the scantiest reference in his writings. As a people he knew us not throughout most of his life, be cause until 1607 he and we were one. t One waa he also with those vast, far flung domains that today speak his tongue with Canada, with New Zealand, with Australia oil unborn as communities of the white race when he first saw the light of day. A year ago it was William Shake speare as a common literary ancestor that our States and. every one of Eng land's colonies .honored on the tercen tenary of hia death, .Now a mighty political bond adds new luster to the laurels with which we halt his immor tality. Surely tt was Shakespeare that Arthur J. Balfour had most, in mind when in tho very,helgh,t of our Venezuelan dispute with Britain he uttered this pregnant prophecy? ' ' )t cannot be that those' whose roots A-,ara.idowa. Into the fame past as ours. a'wW ahara our language; pur literature, v&wur leVwa,' otti; religion, everything- that tnaKa ow .nation frqai.im cannot he but ibatlmawlll come when jhey will i (eeVthafWrjaBa we have common i, ''.ituty.to parte, a rymmort oMee.to tui- "" -r "" FP-rTfS 7''W2. - W piBwl VffaW EVENINd WOMEN ARE AS ABLE AS MEN Psychologists Studying Voca tional Training Find the Same Aptitudes in Both Sexes 0 By ELLIS J. RANDALL SCORES of young women, representing a largo number ol eastern colleges, re cently gathered at Whcaton College to at tend a two days' conference on ocatlonnl opportunities for trained women. Somebody roue and icmarkril that hitherto It has seemed that the regular college curriculum has prepared women only for tho one pro fession of teaching. Then somobody else lose and salu that It has not done even that, Preparation for teaching Is not proxed by n certificate of graduation, The discussions at the conference showed a real and wllcspread Interest on tho part of col leae women In the vocational opportunities now opening up to them oppmtunltles, however, for maify of which ndeiiuate preparation Is not to lie obtained In the colleges as they are at present organized Specialized training, with specific occupa tions In leu K for the most part, nil ac complishment of the future In educational Institutions for women, though a promising beglniimg has been made by Simmons Col lege In lloslnii and Russell Sage College of Practical Arts In Troy, N V The older colleges, however, are Introducing oca tlonnl alms to a moie or less limited extent and modifying their cuirlctila to conform with the newer demands of woman's work, Dnmestlo science secretarial work, In dustrial aits, library wmk, social ervlee and so on Indicate some of the broad fields open to women, and various colleges and training schools are offering courses along these lines. The Increasing extent of voca tional opportunity for women Is further sug geste 1 by a list of positions in which women were placed last jear by the Inter collegiate Uureau of Occupations: A reader of motion plctuio hcenarlos, Instructor of telephone operators, cable code expert, mali nger of a poultry farm, city home finder, field agent for schools, lecturer on punctua tion and grammar In a business office, as sistant In an X-ray laboratory, manager of a cafeteria for 2fi00 people, manager of a bookshop for women, social director for hospital and sanatorium, woman executive of a fedeiatlon of ihailtles. handicraft worker In an almshouse, employment man ager In a factory and In a business house, eugenics worker In a large prison. Where Women Are Needed The buieau, fiom Its experience as an employment agency for college - trained women, gives a little wholesome advice In the form of some simple statements of fact. Literary positions, it lepoiis. aie far le.ss numerous than the applicants for them, but In household administration the supply of candidates with scientific training, health and professional technique does not meet tho demand, and commercial business offers positions at $1500 and upward for which college graduates with training and experi ence are hardly as yet to be found Post tlons In industrial Investigation are far more limited In number than the social workers keenly Interested In securing them, but the demand for nures with social training Is far beyond the supply Along with this great" expansion of vo cational opportunity fur educated women nnd the Increasing development of edu cational opportunity In the dliectlon of vo rational training goes the problem of voca tional guidance. American colleges have neglected this problem In the past, but are giving more and more attention to It. Mr Elmer B. Clark, of Clark University, has been making an extensive study of the vo cational choices made hy college men He finds that .15 per cent of the hundreds of students who were questioned bad not reached a decision as to their llfework when they were about ready to graduate. Many of the decisions were made before coming to college, and others during the earlier years of the college couise, and these decisions are subject to chango either be fore or after graduation. In short, there seems to be little correlation between the college vvotk of the student nnd his after work The women who attended the Wheaton confereme told a similar story, baying that roinparatlvely few of the women students in colleges, when they reach the end of their course, have given i-erlous, intelligent attention to the selection of a future occupation The problem of guidance consists largely In the furnishing of information. What Is lacking Is full and readily available knowledge of vocations themselves. The vocational researcher will be an Important, officer In the coming col lege. Slight Difference Between the Sexes Tie will havo to be something of a psy chologist. Because of woman's entry Into many occupational fields, that branch of psychology vocational psychology which deals especially with Individual differences In aptitude nnd capacity Is rapidly creating a literature In tho vocational psychology of women. The results of scientific study re garding sex differences In average mental ability are summed up by rrofessor Thorn dike, of Columbia, as follows: "The most Important characteristic of these differences Is their small amount. The Individual dlf ferences within either sex so enormously outweigh any difference between the sexes that for nil practical purposes any such difference may he disregarded As Is well known, the experiments of the past generation In educating women have shown their equal competence In school work of elementary, secondary and collegiate grade Tho psychologist's measuiements lead to the conclusion that this equality of achievement comes from nn equality of nat ural gifts, not from an overstraining of the lesser talents of women." The most recent Important discussion of the vocational nptltudes and capacities of women Ir that of Mrs. I.eta Stetter Holllng worth, clinical psychologist of the Itellevue Hcspltal, New York city, Mrs. Holllng worth's concluding paragraph should be of Interest, In view of the Immensa amount of popular guesswork concerning the subject under consideration. She says: "In the present state of scientific knowledge It would be as dogmatic (and therefore as un desirable) to state that significant sex dlf ferences in Intellect do not exist as to state that such differences do exist. All we can say la that up to the present time experi mental psychology has disclosed no sex dlf. ferences In mental traits which would Imply a division of labor on psychological grounds. The social gain would be very great It the public could be brought to rec ognlze Intelligently that to many of the questions regarding tha vocational aptitudes of women no definite answers can at pres ent be given, because necessary data tor the formulation of answers have never been col lected. So far as Is at present known, women are ts competent Intellectually as men are to undertake any -and all human vocations." With the grat Invasion of Industrial, commercial and professional fields by women workers that Is now going on and increasing In magnOJuae with the modifica tion of the curricula (df the older colleges to meet the new vocational demands and with the establishment of such vocational Inatltutlons as are represented by Smmons and RusmU Sage College; -with the Intro duction and Improvement .of mean and methods jot vocational guidance ; with the -.mu of aclerJlflc study of h .,. MowuViaoMtueW ofajitenr-Vilh alt these HaU W MgMdJliow,talBg Mao. EWBBiMISslii EDGER-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY; APBIL 23, 1917 1 Tom Daly's Column Seed and Harvest This morning In our clty-clrcled woods Tho April Sabbath, smiling back at God Thtough boughs whoso fledgling buds Made but a winter's shade upon the sod That throbbed with summer's sun, Called out n host of worshipers. And one, A whlte-halicd man who yet uprightly bore Tho burden of his throe-score-ten nnd more, In musing mood I found Beside a patch of bare and clayey ground. Beyond, among the poplars nnd the oaks, I frnw the Utile folks Willi violet ttophlcs, hunters Innocent; And, skulking neHr at hand, A hang-dog, furtive band Of young bucks, on their game of dice Intent. All thee and more were sharers of tho sun With him the ancient one. Upon n loA beside the woodland way, He sat and scribbled something on tho clay. I could not read his message, passing by; But there was Invitation in bis eye, And on his Up the shadow of n smile That very plainly said: "Slop! Read It." So I read: What xtirA wilh Apt IV .nut Will flnu-cr In .tt.ly; What unwlnfj have you ilonc For prnfltlnp thereby? He met my look of question with n laugh And said, with chin on bands upon his staff" ".Vo doubt you mtko no sense of lines like these And stare to find them beic. Ah, well, the Sabbath bells through April trees Have always made me queer. On such a day as this In '61 Mid-April was the time This N'oithland caught tho echoes of that gun Whose now-forgiven crime Through four gray years bcdlmmed our glory's sun. And I was one who took with little care The news that came upon the shuddering air; ? 'This Hhnll bo checked,' I thought, 'the work's but ploy: We are so mighty nnd how weak are they' And went my heedless way. Spring gievv to summer nnd my young strength bore No burden of the wnr, Kor always when I minded mo to-go Indifference whispered: 'No; Enough have gone; they cannot need them all To do a task so small.' And so it happened when the word was passed That now there was In store One battle that was like to bo the last And surely end the war, 1 was of those who went Prom Washington, that Sabbath In July, To see the foemen fly. Vainglorious fools we were and wholly bent ft On picnic merriment. I blush to think with what unholy glee I climbed my watchtower tree; With what wild cowardice consuming mo i fled before the victors, when the sun Sank ledly on Bull Run. Ah! then 1 knew how deeply I had sinned; And later when tho leaden death had thinned The ranks of those I loved, my own soul felt The blows which my Indifference had dealt. Too lato I strove to make my valor whole By fighting to tho end. For there Is that awry within my soul Which only death can mend. I am too old for other planting now, But when the sap-tide climbs And April buds are swelling on the bough 1 sow this soil with rhymes." He rose und with his steel-tipped staff once more He scratched above his lines the one word "Warr What stir iclth April's sun ' Will floner In July; What sowina have you done For profitlnn thereby V. 1 watched him pass among the noble trees, His hair upon the breeze. And martially ho swung his walking staff. Behind me burst a laugh! The young hucus with their dice were gathered 'round His rhymes upon the ground; They laughed; a rude foot rubbed tho rhymes away And they resurned their play. And wouldn't It be interesting to In quire how many of tho men who were rescued when the Titanic sank rushed out from behind the women to enlist the moment they heard the first call for fighting men. Dear Tob Ad dhls seasod of dhe year, when coads nboud, la Id dod prober to obserb dhat dhls is dod dhe flrsd tlbe dhatiUccle Sab has had a Billstode aroud his negk? W. n. P. We Get the Ax DEAR TEACHER gave a reading of "pieces of his own composition" the other evening, dear children, and this Is the way he was Introduced: "Ericnds, we are honored in having with' us tonight a gen tleman who needs' no introduction. And I am glad of that, because tilts sort of thing Is a little out of my line. It; reminds me of a story of the fire chief who waa the object of a presentation, (It was a horn when we first heard the story yeahs and yeahs ago.) They were going to glv him a, nreax, and BUI Hick was fold to prepare a presentation speech and the chief was likewise warned. They sweat blood over their speeches, both of them, but when BUI got up with i the ax behind him alt he could say was, 'Chief, here's the golderned ax,' And the chief took It, saying, 'Is thta the golderned ax?' All I can say, friends, is, '.The speaker ot th evening-' " , , V ,?. v . ; . Quoting John Hanc ffl,;4vrl, mriimm Wm$WS?&. THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE A Distinction Between Conscrip tion and Universal Service. Convicts as Aids in Food Production This lirvartmcnt 1 Jrre to oil readers u.ho iiiii to rxpreti their opinions oi aubUct at riirrfnf Interest. It nn open forum and the nienino Ledger assvmen ho rfsponsfbUflv lor the tlen ot H conrmomfrnls. Letters mut he stoned by the name and addren of the u titer, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith, "CONSCRIPTION" MISUSED WORD To the Editor of the Eieninp Ledger: Sir "Taft Favors Conscription" Is the sort of headline carried by the papers these days: but when one reads the matter below. It sas something quite different: that he favors universal service, the selective draft bill or, obligatory military training for our young men, equal democratic service and so on Why should the headlines continue to call these things "conscription," a term odious In history and literature, which has nothing to do with the American plan for raising citizen armies? Don't the editors know that conscription means the selection of soldleis by lottery: that It has always resulted In hardship and the wrong man In the wrong place, and that It Is associated In military history with a vicious system of volunteer substitutes, en rolling for the sake of bounties? It seems to me that those who use the word "conscription" must be doing so with out full realization of these facts, which they may have known in school days hut forgotten. The hills now under consideration In Con gress do not provide for anything properly called "rnnRnrlntlnn tl,lnn- i - ... . . " "" nuiii oi me Beign of Terror. These bills provide for a ocicmc man oi me ngnt men for the right place, without the fuss and misery of the volunteer sj stem. Won't equal servlco do for short head lines and selective draft or unlveral service for other references? "SOUAn ? Philadelphia, Apill so. oyuAU 3- ANSWERS ANTI-SUFFRAG1ST T(. the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir By all means let us face facts as 5 our coi respondent, C. von O. White, urges; but facts are far different from mere as sertions of opinion. He says: .-'If we have woman suffrage wo shall have socialism, political, economic and social Independence of women, also of men; the destruction of the home, the dec ne of ih 'ii..i-...' ' ,llglon and morals; the decay of the State . . " t, , "' a"a loiiowert by a dic tator. This has been the history of all such movements." ' ' I am sorry If such Is his sincere belief. Are women. Indeed, such terrible creatures? iiln he "1 h ln th,em n" ,mman- thinking beings, who live and struggle In much the same way as superior man? But If such a belief Is really warranted by facta or experience, then let us keep woman In her true position In society; bar her from em ployment, the professions and all; keen her as an Inferior being for the fleeting Pleasure hours and for her only mission Justifying ever her cxlstence-that of suf fering and bringing Into this great, good world men, the lords of creation. But do any of us feel that our western States are doomed to the awful fate he predicts? a p 0" Philadelphia, April 17. ' ' PATRIOTIC ROLES F(Jr CONVICTS To the Editor of the Evening Ledger! Sir Since It Is to be our part In this titanic struggle to feed the world, we must look well toward proper conservation of our resources. As might be expected, there have been some ready to spring pet theories as the only means of averting a world famine. As a nation we must be verv careful of ipaklng any radical move while we are only in a state of war. It seems rather oVJd that members of a party whose representatives In the Senate voted that we submit to Oerman Insults without strlklnr back are the very first ones to bring forth measures to protect our food supply, It is certain that very different conditions will exist after this war. It Is a turning lolnt In the world's history, the beglnnlna of a new epoch. "Old things will t)aa away," for they have beei found to be fait, ures. Peace means a revflBlon of our creeds and modes of life, a new beginning. v0T almost two thousapd years the- doctrine or "Peace on earth" has. been preached and yet war flourished. Mankind demands a creed that Is universal in Its. scope. Sev. eral times since JiUtory was first recorded has the universe, or that part 6f It that In. terests us, changed front, . We must supply the world with food Well, w hY Plenty of land, but the crvini need Is for men ,to till It. America has led before, why not do so' now? Supply this need by paroling some 'of our rconvlcta iAvj&Wute?$ PT r . fVC SPECIAL DELIVERY her nnd gavo her another chance. Is not His example worth fo'lowlng? Cei tain agi tators proclaim that their pet themes are the only means of salvation Perhaps they are right, but we must be very careful about making any radical departuro from our reg ular customs. Intolerance Is lesponslble for the present struggle. But If we arc to make radical moves, then why not be the world leader in giving those unfortunates who people our Jails another chance? The Foreign Legion of France has proved to be composed of real men. They vvete as willing to die for their country as were tho men on whose names no taint of dishonor had ever been cast. Who are wo to Judge our fellow men? Many of thote who have chosen the wiong path only need tho oppoitunlty to "come back " "Xeither do I condemn thee ; go and sin no more." There Is tho solution of our problem. Use our convicts to supply our' food. Place them on their honor as Amei leans, and most of them will be found true and loa Who knows but that after this cataclysm Is over and the Old World readjusts Itself an entirely different set of laws may be substituted for our present Imperfect, blind Justice? Who knows but that this war Is the death-blow of Intolerance, the demon of the ages? America must lead. Let us show the world that wo still have faith in humanity that cultuie Is not dead, but It has sentenced Kultur to the guillotine. "And the Star Spangled banner In triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave." HENRY RIDGAWAY XKLLEY. Paulsboro, N. J., April 17. THE RIGHT OF FREE SPEECH To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir We are proud that those pe'rsons who Interpreted our Constitution give to all the citizens the freedom of tho press and the right of free speech But when we are in a state of war those rights aro denied to tho ruling people by those few men who are In authority. Sometimes even in tlmo of peace the right of free speech Is denied, except to tho clergymen, because they have to con vert the world Into Christianity. Are we Americans awake to protect those two rights which aie often denied us? We know that these lights are not limited In- the Constitution. We want to be sincere to the nation, but also we want to have some rights ItALPH nUBINO. Pcnnsburg, Pa.. April 18. A PROBLEM To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir Your paper, as well as tho President wishes all who can to cultivate thPl,- nr. dens. How would one manage It when It i iic.M ui unpossime to get any one to dig and prepare the ground? Workers aslt the highest price they can get. and then are lazy and Impertinent, come when they please, and stay away when It suits them Nearly every- one In this town has plenty lf ground to cultivate, but many have not been doing so lately on account of the labor quest on It Is so hard to get an honest conscientious gardener, nnd when one isonlv a woman, and not at all strong. e cannot do everything connected wth a garden Ae always had a good garden, but that was when we were, able to get good help and were stronger and more able to work It ourselves A number of persons havo given up their homes and grounds nnd gone to hotels or boaidlng houses on account of tho help question. ' B Can any of jour readers glvo any sug. gestlons In regard to this subject? uciiciV"":, -a., April 16. X. Y. 55 All Points of the Compass Adventure of the Volunteer OUIt face was shining with soap and glee and things. It was a i , spring morning, and our Umughts 'wSf lightly turning, as the thoughts of etery young man should, to the xoiurfteerine YZ service. We were fllled with patrloMsm a couple of glasses of milk, a few stewed prunes, one boiled egg and a bit of oa, meal. We were very, ery happy. aU Going down the avenue we smiled w ously to our friends, bowed to a counu '. dlgnlned ladles In motorcars" when'd den y we saw a chance, to volunteer. J,",.' ha!" we cred. "fiie very place for '?.: Now, what do you suppose we saw? viwi never guess, so we'll tell you. mBht i 11. middle of a window was a sign. ,h KXPEIUENCED LADY PltEsllEp. WANTKD " Doffing our bat. we entered, volunt.. our services and aeked to see the aSt ud desired to be pressed-we are .3 ho particular. omewhat The ohllglng and gentlemanly nronH.. said he didn't quite get our Idea? 4etlB peated our request We offered all o,.r': reference as to, our ability, etc . "?of the .hop proprietor was ' l" & b.ut Briefly, he told.ua if w. aiaJI' w.DaTti V-niiid Lnh-.. t .1.. . " eret out h -V ' I5K5S 7&pm PEra ran .. V : ', What Do You Know? Queries of general interest will be ansteerti in this column. Ten Questions, the answers It tihlch cicru itctMnormcd person should know, are asked daily, , QUIZ I. In what South American ronntry U a Ger man revolt reiHirted? 3. VMuit position" are siren to Went Tola! radet crailuntes? .1. Dlntlnciitoli between Hibernians and Iberi an. , , 4, What wn the amount of the wore Increase ahl.nl by the anthracite coal miner? .", What Is Htramhoat caul? I!. Who l I'olnrnrc? 7. There are ninny portnem In Canada and Ahmka. Whnt are the)? s 8. Who was laeo? ' tv. In what State In Mount Vernon and why la it famous? 10. Pronounce "Itnllan." Answers to Saturday's Quiz 1. The Wjr Department hi announced that mnrrlnce contracted after the declara tion or war with Germany does not ex empt a man from military aervlce. 2. The battle of Trafalgar was a (treat Enxllih naval v lctor.v ov er the combined French ?nl.s,;'',nlsl feet off the coaet of Spain In 1805. 3. The l.eatherttocklns; Talen are i series at romantic novels of American pioneer life, by J. I cnlmnre Cooper, this country'i flrt writer of note, 4. The Panama C'nnal le about fifty miles lonr from ocean to ocean. 5. Senator Thomas V. Gore, of Oklahoma, le lillnil. . 0. A Hrholurahlp Is a fund or allowance thai helps to support n student at a collece or unlirrKlty 7. "lllueJiHkrta" It a name hy which sailors are known, . Cornell Unltrrult Is nt Ithaca. N. Y. 0. The Tricolor Is the flair of France, which nn three, brood vertical strip blot, white und red, 10. Manila Is the capital of the Philippines. Hydroaeroplane and Hydroplane H. A, (a) A hydroaeroplane, oi flying boat. Is an aeroplane so equipped that It can al'ght upon nnd arise from the sur face of the water In Its air flights. It has a boat-shaped body, which permits t to float on the surface. The word means "wnter-alr-plane." (b) A hydroplane, or "gliding boat," Is a high-speed motoboat with a series of submerged planes that ara so adjusted that the speed of the 'boat llft.a Its hull out of the water, reducing the friction between the body and the water. The propeller, of course, is. submerged, al though attempts have been made to Install propellers that operate ln the air. In effect, the boat glides over the surface of the water, but does not, like the hydroaeroplane, fly through tho air. The word mean "water plane." Farm Labor H. H. H. You can "kill two birds with one stone" by enrolling for farm work, either near Philadelphia or In the grain fleldw of tho Northwest. This may build up your health so that you may pass the.army test, and In the meantime you will be help ing to provide food for the nation. Men for this work are being enrolled by the Com mercial Kxchange at the Philadelphia Bourse, Fifth street near Market. Posi tions for these volunteers are found on farms In the State or ln the Northwest. The Department of Labor now is arranging a plan whereby the railroads will transport the workers to their destinations. Dom I'edro II F. B. S. Dom Pedro II of Brazil was de throned ln 1889, when a republic was pro claimed. The Emperor, whose reign had been successful. Incurred the enmity of the rich planters through the antl-slave legis lation that vas passed, beginning In 1871, when u law providing for the gradual eman cipation of the slaves was enacted. In 1888 another law waB passed providing for the Immediate freeing of the slaves. This drove the rich planters Into the, ranks of -the republican- faction, which, with the aid of the military officials, effected a successful rev olution. Strawberries SUBSCRIBER Tho strawberry season In Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey In May and, June. The berries begin to ripen in the early part of May, T. A. Edison " J. D. A biography of Thomas A. Jkllson Is contained In "Edison: His Life and In ventions." by Dyer Martin, published In New York In 1910. Sundays . ?r",r!lere wm b fl"y-thre. Sundays' In 1921 and ln 1(22. Copper ' .J. Q. C. COPPer is a Vital fartnr In ih " ' prosecution of war. hr,,. u i. ....'..i cj to,th manufacture of ehella. . TTW-Wl . U,M&7- 1 I rj 11 'itf. taMt A. J. BfJfa.tr
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