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Uni John II. Williams, John J. 8purson.
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JOHN C. MARTIN.. (Jeneral tlintne.a Manager
tjLPuMlahrd dally at rtntic I.rnnrn IlulHlnB,
t . Independence Paunre. Philadelphia.
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THE AVKHAOK NKT l'.VIU PAll.V Cllt
CULATION Or TUB IIVUNINtl I.I'Dllint
foii m Alien was i iin.fi; i
Warm splint; woiitltpr sevma ti
In the "Hlackei-" c n.
I.oiik liefore tlic war bcsan tlie
Kaiser went (in icconl us oiiostnK Mini
Cnlla. lloiibtles-f tluitl.-inils t if I'hlladiM
phlans sIppp hump Miunilly now that they
know the llchts aie nut mi City Hull
tower ami a Zeppelin f.mnnt llml I'hln
delphla on the map.
Theie Is eiy little cllffetonco, utter
all, between the compuMvu power of
public opinion and the compulsive ptiui-r
i, of government. Hut we call nno volim-
teerlns and tho other the selective draft.
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"" The House ballots today, the Sen
ate tomonow, on s-elpctlon. We shall
know by Sunday mornlnjj whether we
are to look forwaid to an elfoit to end
the war as soon as possible or to a need-
t lessly prolonged conflict.
it Our anxiety over the likelihood of
!$' Russia concluding a separate peace is
";' often comfottbly cQiinter-balaiKed by
Prf," 'tales that Austria and Turkey are Ht 111
yC more eager to stack ai mi.
' i So far as MlssouilniM aio run-
l.l AAHHArl I' tLlln.lniin l.n, ill .. I. tl.n. .. I..
wiiicu. uiuuucin vinuiiii -.uut, iiific i
fe sculpt and a convict." In that case. Mis
courians will, as usual, have to lio
"shown.
As historical "Rood form" seems to
prescribe, April as the. month In which
America usua'ly ircelved war declaia
tlons, Bulgaria will be KUllty of a In each
of etiquette if she doesn't hasten to chal
lenge us befoie Ma) Day.
f. l'roliiDltlon in the sale of liiewurks
t Is being considered to save gunpowder.
It Is not only the powder that must be
aved. July 4 enthusiasm can we'l he
conservpd until we have made the mean
ing of that day a permanent fact for
the whole woild.
Tho sciaps at Harrlsburg do not
get tho publicity .given tho little affair
KOlng on oer in Huropp. but unless
;a t;iiiiriis iefp ineir ces open tney may
Wi-Vw wake up to flnrl that tho battles nt Har
rlsburg have cost them moie money than
the battles In Flanders.
Sir Krnest Shackleton blames "the
Bllence of the polar night" for Keeping
him so long In Ignorance of what the
word Anzac means. Yet ull tho noise. of
our brighter zone seem not to hae made
these queer-looking syllables entliely
clear to some of us, even et.
In their eagcinpss to damage the
Vaterland's machinery the C'eiman"? for
got that even n ship that won't go may
be Immensely valuable to us. This
tgreatest vessel In tho world is now to be
used by our Government as n tialnlng
ship for naval tecruits. Meanwhile ex
pert mechanics are at work on her en
gines, nnd when they uio repalted we
shall have the most capacious commerco
carrier afloat.
I approve of this (censoishlp) leg
islation, but I need not assuie ou and
-?v uiupt iiueresien in n uihi wnaiever
tj, action the Congress may decide upon.
, o far as I am personally concerned.
jfS, I shall not expect or permit any part
Xfi ' of this law to apply to me or any of
ttlV Official acts or 111 nnv wav tn 1,
V, used as a shield against criticism.-
JJT President Wilson.
jw Tho Jaws, after all, are executed by
W-. 'fhA PrpsMpIlt nnrl nnt l.v- fVir,...e. Tim,
?-flOr!V Cflr m.lWpMl- TV'llEfir, enr-cna-m,.
rr ......w .. i. ,i.'.,ii Dui.iu0uiiii,
- itv mrcj iiut wib iu uv. ii is a coin-
yWence. by fhe way, that the Congress
i vii9 me so intent upon preventltit
ee. f "isin of the President should be
st I. engaged in criticizing hlm'them-
V'Mtlvdd f.o their hearts' content.
lvt Tho great battle on the western
ffront hi" reached the stage In which old.
lies tell how the enemy hurled
j tr4fc forward, "regardless of cost."
(eprirMi make uncomfortable read.
Similar wordin? was frequently used
rany Jii describing her efforts to
witun,,. When a real victory is In
the accounts usually dwell more
unt of tangible gain thab on
The Ave Important towns'
totFrencli and British trows
., v)ioReiner. me bus.
AMdtock ta limninent
.lMi
Band prlsoneis. But to construe the great
action now being waged as a tcimliml
liattlo In the fiay Is to bo ns foollihly
01)1111118110 ns l'ugtnnd and Kinnco weio
In tho caily days. Kaclng facts Is a. riy
wholesome proteduio for Amei leans Just
now.
NO TIME FOR IIYSTKRIA
rpilKUK are two kinds of economy. lnr
kind is sensible nnd the other kind Is
hj Hteilr.il.
Tho rJovcrnnient Is not piopolng to
semi nny moiipy out of the United States.
It Is pioposlng to extend bilge credits
to our allies. Thnt Is not only lutilotlrin.
but It Is round business policy. It cre
ates nil enormous market, under ecep
tlona'ly favoinble conditions, ussuilng
good trade conditions for the present and
for the futuic. It Is well lecognlrcd that
the liberal si bsldles extended by 1'ieat
1'iltaln to support her allies dining the
Xapoleonlc Wars prepared the ground for
an cnoimoua Undo harvest In later
yeais. We are giving nothing. We nie
lending, and, whether wo wlh It or not.
nie lending under such leims as to insure
American pinsperltf for Jears to come.
Not n diminution of business, but nil
piioi motis pp-inlon all n'onc the lino is
the outlook for the I'nltrd States. It Is.
In fact, our primary duty.
Thcie are commodities In the use of
which the utmost frugality Is Imperative.
Theie Is only so much food In the world.
I'very ounce of It wasted Is Unit much
taken ftom the mouth of some prison
who needs It. l'ood Is energy, and cnci gy
we cannot, must not, waste. Tor Amorl
cans, however, to stop Inijlng general
iiiPicliniidNo, to ci awl Into their holes
and hide, would be to halt th" wheels of
Industry, to minimize prollt and to lender
stipeilatively dllllcillt the great task nt
financing the war. The giealer tho In
come of the nation the gi eater the case
of raising inone. It Is business that pin.
duces Incomes and profits. There Is no
danger of it money famine; theie is dan
ger of a tood famine.
We shall win the war bj, doing business
as usual, by upsetting as Httlo as possibl
the accustomed modes of tiade. Hyster
ical economy In nil dhectloiis. on the
other hand, might readily Induce panic
conditions, in which cns the cost of the
war to iij would indeed be stupendous.
Merchants are comp alnlng that there Is
timidity in tiade. Thtie ought not to
bo. tin the tontiai.v, common sense Is
the most valuable asset of the nation at
this time, and common sense means
speeding up the machinery of Industiy. ,,
NOT A MOMENT TO LOSE
TH1' subm.illne menace glows mightier,
l'ngland's shipping losses for the last
week aie gi eater than those of un
Pluvious seven-da) period since iiithless-
ncss began The lliltish themse'ves are
admitting that no laud successes can
compensate for such talluies ut sea.
"Kver.v one who Is familiar with the
shipbuilding districts Is avvaie." declaics
the London Dally Telcgiaph, "that the
effoits being made to put out new ton
nage aie quite Inadequate. Theie is a
slioitage of labor and it shoitage of ma
teilal." Could any confession mako plainer the
immediate pait which America must
play-.' Civ fixation's crj Is for mow ships,
and still moie ships. America can fur
nish them. The plan actually to bridge
the Atlantic with boats must not for a
moment be lcgaided as hypeibole If our
cause Is to triumph.
General Cloethals and his shipping
bo.nd aie contemplating tho constiuc
tlon of one thousand wooden mer
chant vessels to cari.v supplies to the
I'ntente. It may be necess.u.v to double
or triple that amount. The onl tangible
leiuedy in sight Is slmpl.v a stupendous
pieponderance of ocean ciaft. Our ship
building must leach such a point that
losses of nnc-thliil of our commerce car
riers will not sci louslj cilpple tho trans
portation of adequate supplies to Kuiope.
(lei many ome called the pioposed con
struction of the Panama Canal a sheer
Impossibility. Yet wo succeeded. It is
Panama Canal eneig), and even vigor
mine Intense, that wo must now invoke.
Accoiding again to the London Tele
graph, "It Is use'ess to lean on America
anticipating that she will solve our piob
lem." We may right y Interpret this sen
timent as being deliberately tltteted as a.
cruel spur to Ihitlsh pride. I'ut It touches
our own self-iespect. Wo know that we
can save the da) If wo will.
Much of .the latent might of Amei lea
must Immediately be expended In ship
building on an unprecedented scale.
Theie Is not a moment to lose.
"WHAT DID YOU DO IN THE
GREAT WAR?"
THI3 slogan, '.'nvery noy Scout feed a
soldier," Is cheerful, and the way the
scouts are organizing for farm work
promises the fulfillment of that splendid
ambition. Scouts everywhere have done
more than their ihaie In the war. They
did invaluable ! i work In England,
taking the lilue-o.fr posts In dltectlng
Unfile!, guarding b idjea nnd in many
other capacities taking the places of men
who had gone to the front,
tt'it Scout activity Is cheerful in other
than In actual accomplishment In
depressing days. We buljded better
t iiu we knew when seven yeais ago we
ild the foundations for this manly fel.
low-ship In which there are now enrolled
in America about 200,000, one-fifth of nil
the scouts In the world. Wo no longer
have to talk of "character-building1' in
this organization the scouts are turning
the tables and are building up character
in their e'ders. This well-directed work
indispensable work Is developing keen
sympathy nr the great ideal for world
democracy.
Those who were boys during the Civil
War have confused and painful memcnles
of the time. They could not help. They
were helpless in the presence of tears and
sighs they were told to run out and play
ananptbe In the way. But (he young
eiUnfMMrvday will have a different
.aiJjajilHlHMhy arejuked-kv the
THE STORY OF
DEAD CHURCHES
German FriRhtfulncss Respon
sible for the Ruin of 327 Vil
lage Sanctuaries in North
ern France
By HENRI BAZIN
Iterlplein of the Crol d (luerre. Member of the
Sonne ie Ciena de bettrea nnd SpeiUl
Cnrrrapondent uf the LvrMMi
I.lihiiii In Trance
PAIlS, Apill 11.
QCITi: excluding the many In Hclplum,
In northern Fiance alone three hun
dred nnd twenty-seven Milage churches
Iihvp been entliely destto.vcd by the Ocr
mans I have not only seen some person
ally, but have examined ofllci.il photo
graphs of each and eveiy iiiln, nnd can
allh m both tho total and the destitution
as without nil lota of eaRgerntlnn.
By "village church" 1 do not mean In
any Instance, and therefore do not Include,
places of worship In lowiw-or cities of pven
icl.itlve tiiimerlinl tmpoitance ; but the
simple, liiodim' lellclous panrtimiy of the
"p.iysan." the farmer, the tiller of the Foil
the isitisecinted house of player whole
gathered small coligiec.it Ions within ''-"'
areas of ftom n" to twenty kilometers
about 327 centeis.
Theso 327 village chinches were modest
and without leiinvvn. Yet they weie
quaintly beautiful. In gteat pa it of ancient
pious lipase, devoted In many Instances foi
three centuries In the constant worship of
Cod. They win quiet sanctuaries, contain
ing family lccoids, rrcntds of birth, bap
tism, iiiairlace and death, the p-votn. of
gratitude, connneninrntlons of festival and
sorrow, the sloiles In the life hltmy of
gciieiatlon after getieintlon of the same
line; for all over lovely Fiance tliete aie
families living vvheie their ancestors settled
cplituiles before.
Simple and unhei aided as It was. the
village church of northern Fiance was
thus tint onl a holy thing full of ancient
ipcoidlng mid tradition, but the most be
loved and indentions building In many nn
Inilustilous, home-loving, tSnd-feailng com
munity, toweling alwa.vs far above the
modest pktuiesque houses and cottages
about It, )ct alw.i)S veiy lowly In stature
notwithstanding
The Angclus Will Sound No More
The hell In Its lower li.nl sounded Hip
Angolas from 'a gieat while since." the
Angelas lie.ud afar In beetlleld and vlne
jard, wnltpd for as a daily pait of many
a simple, beautiful, pious life, when the
laborer, hoe In hand, ceased loll for u mo
ment, made the sign of the cioss, and
bowed head In pl.i)er. Iln had hi en bap
tized beneath the tower In which It hung.
It had i ling his maril.ige peal, it would
toll at his but lul as It had for his fnthei's
before him, as It would for his chlldiru
after him
MnnsU'iir le fine was godfather to him.
as another Monsieur le Cure hid been to
thoH befoiii him, stilt another might be
to those coming after him, aiding In coun
sel, solacing In siiffeilng, seated at the place
of honor at the wedding bieaUnst. presid
ing In pllestly iohu lit the end which
conicth to all.
So, In the dpstiuctlon of village rhiurlu-s
lit iioitliein Fiance, the Hermans de.
stio)ed moie than ancient gi. lying stono
and the beautiful evidences of Catholic
piety and faith within, moie than the some
times lnaivelous ancient glass, the often
valuable paintings and objects of ecclesias
tical ait, the limbics and seulptuied clay,
the nlwn)s beautiful and varied stations
of the crofs. For these, after all, had a
material side, visible to the ej e. iepotisive
to the tout h, as had the long-lined sacued
vviltten iccordu of life iind death of a
whole i-ommunity, a far wide countijslde
Tablets veie elestlo.vcd. ton; tablets In
the meinoiy that buniMi and biighten in
living coutaet with the altar where wor
shiped the dear, dear dead of long ago, and
of psteulny.
Theie is not n province in not them
Fiance tli.it has not been so desecrated and
; an Urged.
With these uiiu.iniPd rhutclies, as all who
lead Know, have been ilestlo.ved moie pie.
tentlous places of woislilp In towns and
minor cities; Hip mighty cathedral of
Air.is, of which Victor Hugo has wntten,
"It is the most beautiful and vvoudeifill e
atnple of the Flemish-Spanish liichiteetutn
of Hie thliteeuth centuiy"; the cathpcli.il of
Senilis, the most lovely of smaller liolliie
specimens; the cathedi.il of Solssrms, a
mat v el of the renaissance, to choose but
tluee of the many within tho line of bai
baritj's Invasion and retieat.
N'o house of Uod Is Intact that touched
Its paths of evil. Tlieio icmnlns to It but
the iiimplctlnn from af.it, of the detrtic
tlou of the cathedral of Illielms.
The Torture of Rheims
For Ithednis Is still within the lange of
(ieiinau 2 In and 17a shell from the hills
of Hilnmnt and Nogent-rAbesse quite
wllliln i.iuge of h.ubarle Hie And un
hei.ildeil this the goes on, Intel mlttently,
wlllfuPv, snvngely It Is only In Hip mul
titude of other evil that this final tragedy
Is not of d lily woilel-wldp record
If they chose, the Germans could de
molish llhelnis cathedral tomonow Thirty
shells a minute for even a little while would
crumble all that Is left of this most noble
of (Jothic monuments, nut they choose In
stead the sjsteinatie deliberate chopping
now and then of a shell upon the north
and south fronts and buttresses. They
never bombard nny other portion of the
city of lihelms And they never allow a
week to pass without shelling tho wounded
cathedral; some weeks many and some
weeks few; one nt a time always, one a
day or one In seven days, well placed and
tiuly aimed.
As constant water will wear away lock,
so constant periodical shell will eventually
wear down the grievously bcarred but still
standing towers and trelllsed walla and
buttresses. For tho buttresses, a mighty
company of arcades and niches, shelter
wounded angels lu stono as they soar
across tho deseciated aisles in ns light and
beautiful harmony as ever sang praise and
glory to God within a Christian church.
These buttresses are an elastic force, "sup
porting and being supported, neither too
strong nor too feeble, equaling the construc
tion without and within," to quote a high
architectural authority. Constant nttack
upon them will decrease their supporting
quality upon the great mass of lovely
architecture dependent and interwoven with
them, They are already marred by fire and
shock, weakened and shaken by rains that
fall within and without the temporary roof,
a roof remade under file. When the final
straw of strain comes the cathedral of
Tlhelms ivlir fall. The world will read of
Its falling., associating the news only with
the bombardment of 1914. '
The true, the vicious wicked facts as here
related will be to the great majority but
part of "an old story," Yet 1 feel- they will
not die when, as with a great Blah, a sigh
reaching Into the heavens and across the
aces, this most glorious house of God
crumbles, and ..crashes to the company, of
ruin
SVltitC -
Tom Daly's Column
Tiutr.n 'io u.v;
Manor, remember jicatmlnu,
How mnd 1 nm hnyvauar ioti sui ,
Dat nearly all Kclullan
lies iiootl'far-nolhlng, lain iii tin.'
.li tee.i'cn, ;i(t-ait, un' you vrcll lie
.lihnme, Jor w'nt 11011 &ny to me,
ItVii have tat uau w'nt I see.
I'.el you no thcenk I spenkn true
I got. torn' weetnesi here for 11011;
Here cca not onlu wan, but tlnee:
Antonio,
(Ireoorto
An' me,
t speak for all an' tal of ect.
Today cc row' een rcssi strcrf
neeij slranua man for deep dti tranch,
You thcenk ccs mcbhc Dooteh or 1'ianeh,
llccs nraiula, htyaa, stronyn nmn
.li.' no, eet ees l'.ctallan'.
He no cam praka 'Mertean,
Hut, oh! dn tiau he drive da ptri'A;
.In' .sicdiy da spade, so strong, so qureck,
Hei vutk' us proud ft? ice rmi lir
lii'onlo,
Clreyo) Io
lu' me.
You theenk rrs laty man dat uxcll
Ho unrk, from earla morn' onterll
Iln sri-9 ers shlnn fiam da iky,
lie pile see.r linndra spadeful high
llayvlde da trnneh ic'cn he rex thinugh
l!h.' hair I knme dat drei ies true?
Iln! now h vhrie I latelia you!
Ml day, right here een deeiu street,
We teet nn' irateh heem dnln' eet!
Wan wretnet.? Xo! heir eesn three:
I litnnio,
'flT'Ollo
In" me.
Most Novel or I'liwcry Stables
"Would ou complain to the P. M. On
eial or the Interior TJepal tinont about this
unsafe gai.ige?" megaphones ('. II. Prleo
ft tun de fan ( 'It) :
in Monday night thieves "blew" the safe
in the West Cnpe May posloflli e and got
nw.iy with $10 ntid a new Foul nutmiinbile
belonging In n lesldent of the town
Cape M,i Co inntenip
(iCimtii: W. Sl'FDI)i:U has n deep
bass voice nnd we have long e.u.s; that'll
how we happen to be able to lepotl this.
U'c sat near his customaiy luncheon table
ycstpiday, and when fleoice came In wo
heal el his clonics lepioach him for being
lale. "1 mel an old man who wanted lo
bo (111 ceded to the pool house," said lie.
"So .von took him nil the wiij out tlieio?"
said the). "Xo," said he, "but I bought
111 in a ion I meal befoie 1 put him on the
car and I told him to come and see me If
they didn't let him In Ho was a pios
peious tniloi in tills town once, he leild
me, and I believe hinj; and I think some
body should tell the tniloi about it,"
And so do vvo.
Pool Illcli, ud's "Patriotic Night" missed
llie;at least, it lugged on'y lui' souls, h
actual count, including Hie tvvcntj-llve
I, of P. lads who drilled and the oichestia
which pla.ved stlmlng national alls. Pie
meditated patriotic pailles me sometimes
sad and many of them get novvlieio. We
ventuie to wager that fewer lecrults le
suit from such utfain than aie bom of
the inspiiatlon which electrifies the im
mediate neighborhood of n 1n.n1 like Fi
nest Shackleton. His herolr modesty and
simple liumanness made the blood tingle
in the veins of the audience here on Wed
nesday night that listened to Ills tale of
Antarctic tilumphs. And this was Ills
pet oration (hut those who heaid It got the
biogue, impossible to icpeat here): "Well,
now, it used to be the Allies, didn't it','
And now 'tis Just Us "
IX WMUUXCr LAXDS
Spring drifts euioss the greeninn SWu
lltlls,
Moi.it where the Xorth Atlantic cast-
leaid spills
It? saline odors fiesh fiom toiling sea',,
Whtlr neie life stirs fit rrsiinrcicd ires.
Hope's pennants flutter far aerois the
year
Whete pregnant wlndi of momlse
nrcirrrir
Hut all her thoughts nrlienture uherr
he stands
In warring Iinrf.
Xi'iht bilugs the drumming of the tender
rains
Washing aciosi the leagues where plant
life gains.
And jmit-impiisnncd hearts in countless
home?
Thrill in the April day when morning
foams
Alona the eastern rim, and swift blood
call?
Through lengthening day? while silver
laughter falls.
Hut she sec? naught hut one 011 hostllo
sands
In waning lauds.
T, J. Mf HI! AY.
Dear Boss A P,
reived runs thus,
graphical errors.
S. on a letter Just le
Please paidon typo.
JAG.
llOVH wanted clth Hejilei. all sections of the
rlt . -tV minute' woiki lunch hour. 4.i mln
utea. (', p. 111. $1 week. Apply ele .
Ue. Cuntenip.
Tho above mystery will be solved as
soon as our own Hill Rykes, who (tho
classified ad columns, of our own dear
paper would have us believe) has opened
a detective agency, gets through with the
job we saw him engaged upon last. He
was hunting for little Glory Dimples, lost
In tho woods nnd things Just it healthy
hook south of tho ninth hole at I3aln.
OUH COAT LAPKL is clutched by
Holls:
"'Hand-to-hand battle with U-boat,'
sas a head. Can anything that has no
heart have hands?" sez you. We might
mention a clock, but you could come back
with "the clock's heart ticks," and besides
one never can tell these days where hands
aro going to sprout and how many. F'rln
stance, Irv. Cobb In the Saturday Kvenlng
Post tells us:
"In one withered, trembling old hand
he held a box of matches, nnd In the
other a piece of chalk. With one hand
he scratched match after match ;' and
with the other, on the wall of that little
cowshed, he wrote, over and over again,
his name." , ,
BEING, as we are, engaged in sup
plying (though in a Bmall way, of course)
the very desirable er commodity re
ferred to, our chest visibly bulged when
we read In the wlndow.of J.'0! HfrfeuVVa
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THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Shortcomings of the Truant
School The Truth About
Greece A Suffrage
Letter
1 hs Itrpm tment is fur to all rtnrfpis iyio
ulsh to 1 jirr tlmr opinion on subjects of
tun cut tntttrst, !t is an open forum ami fic
tlvcniuo jfrfoff rcSHhirs vo rcMinti&IMIi ti for
thr vitu i tt Its tnrrrsjoiitfnfs l.cttrrs must
be Kia ncit hy thr uainr anil atltlress of thr
tirltrr. vat ncctssarittf for publication, but s ft
hci 1 mitrr of taod faith.
THE TRUANT SCHOOL
'In thr Editor of thr .'inline; Ledger.
Sir If the sa.ving. "Theie aie really no
bael boys." Is to become cuirent. why In the
w 01 lei do wo allow the tiuant srhools to
remain'.' It Is an assureel 'fact that they
do not accomplish, nor have they accom
plished, their object for bei)H "graduating
fioni such Institutions nie lit to enter any
Jail with honors The school makes rogues
out of most bo).s sent there The Instruc
tors are not te blame, but the conditions
under which they attend are very bad
Take, for hibtame the one in Hip fouth
ein section of the city I pass It every
day. and nlmost always I see a crap game
In full bloom It could be wageied that
half the boys never shot dice before being
sent to the truant school and that 90 per
cent of the bojs attending are liatnied
Instead of made better If their mothets
knew of the company their "angel chlb
di en" are permitted to keep, they would
talse a howl that would bo heard In the
seventh heaven
Pass and )ou will see most ef the boys
smoking cigarettes. Do .vou think they
would be smoking nnd gambling were- they
attending their regular class? Yet, while
they aro young and not headstrong as yet,
It Is unfair to them, their parents and to
the woild that they be placed in such an
envltonment. The junk heap Is the place
for the ti unlit school.
A. LINCOLN SIKYKUS.
Philadelphia, April 2C.
THE TRUTH ABOUT GREECE .
To thr Kditor of the livening Ledger:
Sir The oigau of the lepiesentatlves of
the Athenian clique In Washington publishes
today a new manifesto In the form of pil
vate telegiams from Athens. As If the de
posed King were ically on the point of en
tering Hie war ns an ally or the Fntente!
As If the Allies would yield to the demands
of M Zalmls' These aro Inventions of the,
charge d'affaires of the clique, published by
ordinance
All such plots constitute the last mach
inations of the tyrant to save his throne
nut the great decision has been obtained
by the Allies, and soon we shall hear the
verdict So don't give tho least credence
to such Imaginary fables
Tho tyrant of Athens has no longer any
place among the Allies. Condemned by the
universal conscience, he Is destined to do
part from Greece.
NICK P. KOELELLIS,
Greek-American citizen
Philadelphia, April 25.
SUFFRAGISTS AID GOVERNMENT
To the Kditor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir In legard to the defeat of the woman
suffrage amendment In the lower house of
the Legislature, we feel It Is well to Know
Just what our enemy Is and to force It to
the open. We shall use every effort to de
feat and render harmless the Invisible sys
tem of which the liquor lobby Is a very
tangible part, which system we all know
governs Pennsylvania today, absolutely
blocking every effort toward .good govern
ment or progressive legislation.
Our members who were not at the con
crence will be interested to know that the
State board has appointed Mrs. R. K. Kler
nan, Somerset, Pa., State chairman of
suffrage agriculture; Mrs. It. K. Umbel,
Unlontown, as State chairman of suffrage
thrift for the State, and Mrs. William P.
Derr. Philadelphia, chairman of thrift,
which Includes conservation of food for
Philadelphia County.
We have the best and most active or
ganization In the State, with headquarters,
secretaries and office staffs. -The suffragists
are able to present to the Government a
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eltp Palely Lvou. of Williamspoit.
With llhode Maud and Michigan com
ing in with picsleleiitlal suffrage, giving us
lt',1 electoial votes, we think we have a
chance of winning pieslelcntlal suffinge cvpii
with the Legislature as at pietcut consti
tuted. MAltTHA 11. DUNNING.
Philadelphia, Apill 21.
WHAT IS A MAN?
What is a man? How much I-" he wot Hi
fiom a scientific viewpoint?
According to one way of looking at it, a
man Is woith about $2 50 a day fiom his
shoulders down and anywheie fiom $oii,nou
to $1,000,(1110 a jear from bis shouldeis up
This may bo said to be the estimate eif the
average successful business man.
The scientist, however, looks at the ques
tion fiom another angle, sa.vs the Popular
Science Monthly for May. Accoiding to him,
it man Is woith $2 45 for illuminating pui
poses, since a man weighing 15u pounds
contains about 3500 cubic fept of oxygen,
b.vdiogcn and nitrogen in his i-nnstltution.
which nt seventy cents per I111111 cubic feet
oeiuals the pr'ce above Also a man contains
enough riuhnn to make 03110 lead pencils;
enough phosphorus to make 800,000
matches 01 enough to kill son poisons, and
enough water
to
llll a thlity-elght quint
icservolr
Furthermore. It makes no dlffcience how
sour a man may look, he contains about
sixty lumps of sugar, n gieat deal of statch.
chloride of potash, magnesium, sulphur and
hjdrochlorle nrlel In his s)stem.
What Is a man? Tills Is the somewhat
cynical nnswet of one scientific man:
"Hreak the shells of 1UU0 eggs Into a huge
pan or basin nnd )ou have Ingiedlents
ftom which to form him from his toe nails
to the most delicate tissues of Ills bialn"
New Orleans Dally States.
EDITING BY MOTOR
The Paris Temps Informs us that the
little Belgian newspaper called La Libre
Helgleiue Is still alive, and has celebrated
me second nnnlvcrsaiy of Its existence.
Its first number appealed In Januai), loin.
Accoiding to the Temps, the olllces of La
Libre Delglque nre In a motorcar today In
one place and tomorrow In another, or at
one particular hour In one place and at
another hour at another so that the Ger
mans may not discover vvheie the editors
woik
For two )e.irs the Germans have searched
high and low to ascettaln whero tho paper
Is printed, anil have offereel a icvvaid of
$10,000 for Information which would dis
close tho names of the editors and pub
lishers as well as the place of publication.
Put their search has been In vain, Instead
and what must, make the search specially
exasperating every morning Geneial von
Pissing, the German Governor of Helgium,
finds La Libre llelglquo In his mall at least
so says the Milan Corrlero delta Seia
This is the only announcement we have
seen that La Libre Bclgique had been
changed from a weekly to a dally Cer
tainly a dally Iteration might deepen any
Impression of Belgium's condition ns seen
by Belgians which General von Blsslng got
out of the Journal, Indeed, one Issue pub
lished a portrait of this official shown as
reading that paper Tho caption icclted
that "our dear Governor, disheartened by
the lies In the censored Journals, sought
truth In La Libre Belglque !" The Outlook.
IN A CLASS BY ITSELF
Great Britain has organized a dlrectoiate
of three to take the place of her large
cabinet of twenty odd members.
France and the other European Govern
ments have done virtually the same thing
In the Interest of governmental efTlclency
It Is reported that the conduct of our
war. with Germany will be Intrusted to a
Joint committee of six Senators and six
Representatives.
T,,y,"J",lere ""' Btl" 1'wple who Insist that
Philadelphia's nffalrs are best conducted
by a. two-chambered body of 138 members!
Citizens' Business, organ of the Bureau
of Municipal Research.
THE STAINLESS STANDARD
I can tee the colors lifting,
Where the April gale Increases
Streaming o'er the urhnn mil..
Seas of red and blue are drifting
Skyward as the silk releases.
While a nation proudly smiles,
Memory holejs no bitter taunting
When with other flags it floated
Far on China's restless floors,
Not for gain wa nam 11 eiIW
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What Do You Know?
Queries of central interest will be answerei
in this column. Ten questions, the answers (0
uhich every iLclMnformcd person ahouH knQ,
arc asked daily. .
QUIZ
1 amp one of New .ferae? 'a two Senator.
i. Who Is Slmrkleton?
;i. rmnnmifp Msiihln."
I. lllstliiRiilsli between the meaning of
"lueeriite" anil 'macerate."
"I. What Is the "liean lull" In baseball?
I. It lin cms Saint (utmlena?
7. C orreel the sentence. "I have drank some
wnter ' and evplnln
K. VI I1.1t stntp luiH furnished the greatest num.
her of nrinj recruits this month."
! TViilne the largest city in Florida.
III. What is lh relalinnshln between Count
Ihti Tnlsto, now In thU enuntrs, and the
lute fount I.eo Tolito?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1, The llepirtment r Labor eatlmntea that
S.niHi.min men lll bo needed on the na
llon's farms Hits summer.
'!, Frame aided the I'nited States In Its
struggle ngnlnat Kuglnml for Inde
peuilencp. 3. It Is about 100 miles by rail nr hj water
from I. Hum Io I'etrngrnd.
I "11. A. It " Is the abbreviation of "Illlltll
lers or the Ainerlinn Revolution."
.1. Cenernl von rnlkenhniiken la the nen (ler
mnn governor of llelglnm. General von
ralkenb.ivn was laat reported with the
ermnn armies on the southeaatern war
front,
. There Is no final "h" In "height."
7. Itenresentntlve Irvine I Lenrnnt la from
Wisconsin.
H Hunters, not fishermen, are railed "Mm
rod." Mnirnd Is mentioned In the Ill
bin ns a "might? hunter."
D. Lansing l the rnpltal of Michigan.
10. Tnh.irro vcn not knnun to the white man
unlll the efiMoierj of America.
Washington's Address
U. Y., Jr. George Washington's advice
against "foreign entanglements" In his
faiewell address to the American people
was as follows: "Against the Insidious wiles
of foreign Influence I conjure you to be
llovo me, fellow citizens the jealousy of
a freo people ought to constantly awake:
since history and experience prove that
foreign influence Is one of the most baneful
foes of republican government But that
jealousy to bo useful, must bo Impartial,
elso it becomes the Instrument of the very
Influence to be avoided, Instead of a de
fense) against It Excessive partiality for
one foreign nation and excessive dislike
for another cause those whom they actuate
to see danger only on one side, and serve to
veil, and even second, the arts of influence
on tho other. Ileal patriots, who may re
sist the Intrigues of the favorite, are liable
to hecomo suspected and odious, while Its
tools nnd dupes usurp the npplause and
confidence of the people, to surrender their
Interests. The great rule of conduct for us.
In regard to foreign nations, Is. In, extend
ing our commercial telatlons, to have with
them as little political connection as pos
sible So far ns we have already fonual
engagements, let them be fulfilled with
pet feet good faith Here let us stop. Europe
has a set of primary Interests, which to ui
have none, or a very remote, relation Hence
she must be engaged In frequent contro
versies, the causes of which aro essentially
foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore,
It must be ,unvvlse In us to Implicate our
selves, by artificial ties. In the ordinary
vicissitudes of her politics or the ordinary
combinations and collisions of her friend
ships or enmities. Our detached and dis
tant situation Invites nnd enables us to pur
sue a .different course. If we remain on
people under an efficient government, the
period Is not far off when we may defy
material Injury from external annoyance;
when we may take such an attitude as will
cause thq neutrality we may at any time
resolve upon to be scrupulously respected;
when belligerent nations, under the Impos
sibility of making acquisitions upon us,
will not lightly hazaid the giving us provo.
cation ; when wo may choose peace or war
as our Interest, guided by justice, shall
counsel,
Graham Flour
H. H A nound of eraham flour Con-
talns-1670 calories and a pound of rice 1JJ0 'i
calories, according io uuueun o, ui "".li'l
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