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nmn, oecreiary ana Treasureri rnnip .
bwi rfonn it. Williams, jonn .1. opurironi
I. Whaley, Directors.
' EDITOllIAt. HOAHD:
j Crtci It. K. Ccims, Chairman.
. WJ1AUKX...I r.anor
rtOKN C. MARTIN.. 0nral Dullness Manager
P. ln,lfsbi ilntlv at IVnLin T.trMlKR Ttnllitlnir.
hif f Ir-dependence Square, I'htladclrhla.
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Ki ' NEWS BUnEAUfJ:
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nua j.uaaiu tin i-rienricnsirassi
London uaD Marconi House. Strand
Faait litaiiu as uuo i.ouis la urami
tVu SUBSCRIPTION TERMS
BncriMa LcnacR In perved to uhcrlhrrt
atVIphla and surround I nc tow tin At the
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twfivs U-J centi per wmk, voamo
th rtrrler.
iik. Bjf tna.1 to point outMdo of rh.MriphU, In
trv.vi.Ht TTnitid Htntn. t:nd or i;tmi Mintf noi
it A.X...1 . Uk.S. ., Ari lP.ni Hl. 1AB
r waiviiv iuiiiitv ir"i iiii; iter v iiii n " i
Month. Six Utt) dollars Ptr year payable In
fe To all fortMnn countrtVs on (M) dollar tr
i-V Month.
NoTtCf SuMcrilWa wlshlnr n.Mrfuf. chaneH
nuat cho old as well as new ntMrthi.
BELL.I0OOVALNUT KtYTOM!, MAIN SCtV)
Ltdon I'dtpcndcncc Suvnrc, Philadelphia
Jiian at Tna rntr.tnrt.pnu PoTorrtc ji
(XCOtCLAIS Mill. MATTER.
THE AVERAGE NET PAID DAILY CIR
CULATION or THE EVENING I.EDGE.t
FOR .MARCH WAS 100.071
rLUlJrlphla, tturdi;, April 2i, PI7
Hoardlns of money can luoducc n
(Ciilc, but It never ran protluco vU'tm..
If those latest Italian cuttlitiu.iKcs
tad only happened on the Carso plateau
( fnstead of In Tuscany and Uinbt'lii tbi-to
would be cnuso for icJolcinK by Allied
high commands.
Certain food experts hao recently
Indorsed shark meat by te'llnc us it 1-)
fully as palatable as that of the s old
fish. In view of the general lunornneo
of the delights of this latter artlc'e, the
recommendation lacks conviction.
The country lins almost Konu
"daffy" over ocatlonal tralultiR In our
chools, but when It Is calleil selective con
crtiitlon uutblde of school thetu's a howl
ct up.
The French commissioners' enthu
siasm over Washington's clean streets
must Rive Pblladelphlans a sinking feel
ing when they realize that tbc-e foiclcn
admirers of rlvlc neatness will soon bo
inspecting a somewhat different spec
tacle. An clKht-houf day for women Is
a necessity that has been too long de
layed. Our best endeavors at production
trill not be made by overworked men,
much less by overworked women. The
only motive that lias fought this tefoim
is jrrced,
"l'cclcts" was once a teim limited
to thoso most useful citizens, tho London
policemen. Pet haps it will bo applied
In tho future to thoso skilled peelers of
today who can loae the least possible por
tion of food while removing the skins
from valuable potatoes.
Jlr. Kahn made a telling point in
citing the case of Mrs. BUby. wlu. lost
nil her five sons In tho Civil War. as
evidence of the unfairness of Volunteer
lsra in wiping out bravo families. That
haphazard principle would leave all the
cowardly 'families Intact to perpetuate
themselves.
A German paper Insists that wo
have only n million tons of shipping and
that this Is Insufficient to transport a
great army to Europe. Evidently our
nice little haul of Teuton interned mer-
& "
'jfili i "unen uETegaung nearly soven nun-
M dred thousand tons Is being conveniently
4 ' Ignored in the Fatherland.
iMj That the athletlo spirit celebrated
&ei '" Penn'a relay cnrn'val Is a help and
KstVnot a hindrance to military nicnaiedness
tiftr ia evidenced by the University regiment
rvtfaf hich polices the fields today. That regl-
,f ment would never have been so large had
not tho University by compuljory physi
cal education spread athletic training
throughout the student body.
"Xot marble nor the glided monu-
'&SK wents of princes" constitute the won
?Sk.l drous nermnnftnt mrmnrlni tnff KAiiin.i i...
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the late Frederick Gutokunst, but the
verj' faces of the princes themselves and
i'X'Ij' of Presidents, statesmen, soldiers, poets,
W' ' 1 "in. uu
' ?y ft hty-fivo yeats of the Indcfatlgablo
&! camera artist's life colncldn witii ni.r,
Tii liib will) n I pvp nnmpni nr v.nriAH i
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toffraphy. His hugo gaKery of portraits
.ecome3 thus a historical record of the
saoat permanent and Illuminating kind.
!&ufl our evolutionary horoos wo must bo
'ii"ii 'Content vvith painted likenesses often
Jri Woefully Inaccurate. There Is no such
$lgl4il)lety about the achievements of Fred
fijf v!"' uuen(. lie nas Helped to make
OWtfe's faces of some of the greatest figures
b'?Gt, Darts of two rf-ntni-loa fnltiirmi.. ..i..i..
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ist posieniy.
pjfV,,5t Personal popularity can sometimes
iiaP- hindrance to Its possessor. Every
.m excited ijngiana Knew InvAugust,
M.'ihat Kitchener had but to clap his
His. ana cry "Dor king- and country"
1Uw volunteers would flock in
str knew It, too, and a recruiting
as bad or worse than ours Kent
i fr8' thousands of men who latr
to UcaHed back for skilled ilndus-
nrv noosevelt's personal pop.
, wwun mucn less than Kitch--4ktJ
nMIKary man wisely kent
tjps1t9S-:ettlHy became the focus
LfBF m'irov6,elect(on in tho
KT Omtammmmn wan' mum .
frattm.and wers " op-
,orJtho
tho leading opponent of selection, though
of course ho has always been Its warm
friend. Ho should have left tho Presi
dent's supporters In no doubt about his
position.' If It bo necessary to send an
army to Franco In it hutry, thero Is till
tho more reason for selection on a nation-wide
scale. A division 20,000 men
woujd not help much. Tho Colonel Is
not yet In tunc with the calm Judgment
which tho President called for In his war
speech: "Wo must put excited feeling
away. Our motives will not bo revengo
or tho victorious ascrllon of the physi
cal might of the nation."
A BRIGHT DAY IS COMING IN
THE CALENDAR OF WAR
pmtions of depression nrc Inevitably
" to be cnduied by nations at war. In
the long deadlock of 1015 the gieatest
need of llnsland and France was some
thing "to keep tip tho spirits of tho folk
at home." The men nt the front. It has
often been said, are glad when their brief
vacations aie over. It Is more cheerful
to handle a rifle than a gloomy house
hold. Put strut though the strain may be.
tho nerves of the civilian population never
quite go to pieces. Something keeps the
people hopeful; their lnith In some per
sonality. In som" heroic llgure.
For many weary months Joffro stood
as the symbol of hope, for two nations. A
glance nt some photomnph showing him
standing, with his ic.ttly smile, in the
easy poise of a man assured of success,
or graciously levvardlug the brave, mailo
one feel that all was well after all. He
had let the Germans romp all the way
to the Marno and to the gates of Paris In
the faith that his "chlldicn" would dilvo
the Invader back when the tint" came
anil they did. Ills Inspiration came to tis:
and Americans, unaccustomed tn Latin
fervor, understood and applauded when,
as the Marshal set foot on our soil, n
voting 1'iench olllcer sprang forward and
kissed his hand.
Thcie Is nothing weak or gushing about
this devotion. 12ven Mr. Wells, who has
tried to believe that this war. In crushing
mllltailxm, would be the end of hero
worship everywhere, has had to admit the
towering eminence of .loffic, who will
always be great, because he has the vir
tue of humility.
Who has not wished be could have
seen Caesar, if only In a vivid dream'.'
Our descendants will behold tho only
Caesar of modern times whom we shall
care to Immorlali.e- hi the moving pic
tuies which will make him, on his visit
to Independence Hall, lifelike a bundled
enrn from now. Photography and the
infinite details iccorded by the modem
newspaper will make the events of these
amazing times live in history as no book
about the past can conjuie up old heio
Isms to our Imagination.
Philadelphia can look foiwaid to one
of the bright davs of the war In the visit
of .loffie. We can go luck to our woik
for n lasting peace with a new assurance
after seeing this man of hope. In sug
gesting the Invitation to him and to his
distinguished colleague. Vlvianl, the Pub.
llo Ledger has done a worthy service to
the community.
THE VALUABLE DKKHS
TTOW much wasted sugar is left undls--L-L
solved In the -10.000,000 coffee cups
that are taken away fiom American
bieakfast tables evei) morning'.' With
the biead that is slmllaily thrown away,
enough of this food is doubtless wasted
to tepresent a money sum that would go
Into four and perhaps live figures.
One way to plant an acie is not to
waste one.
AU REVOIR, OYSTERS!
OUR lnoxorablo calendar Is facing a
serious shortage of "r's." Grim oys
terless months nro hard upon us. Wo
knew they wcro coming. Wo are an
nually nwaro that Fathor Tlmo's too easy
colloquialism invokes tho month of May
not Mary and yet lives thero an oyster
lover worthy of that honorah'o tltlo who
laments not that careless familiarity of
nomenclature?
Silently wo contemplato our dish of
crackers divorced from Its blvalvulnr
mate. If yo havo stews to cat prepare
to eat them now. April, "with her girlish
laughter," with her crisp, tattling "r"
that insures true worship at Eplcurus's
shiine, Is almost gone.
Thero Is a tolo that the great Flnelll,
of supremo "oystcrlan" memory In' this
vicinity, was always saddest on May
Day. Full well ho know that tho cheer
ful printed injunction, "Tako homo a
half dozen fried In n box," had lost tho
force of Its Impetatlve. "Tho "stcwiess,"
tho "panless" eiu had also come.
About the only conbo'atlon of these
bitter times lies in tho thought that the
feuds of ardent oyster eaters Involving
heated argument on the best way to pre
pare the bivalve are now laid nsldo In a
common sorrow. Tho best these doughty
champions of stewed, panned, fried oys
ters the last named considered an indi
gestible horror by somo red radicals can
dq now Is to wait bravely for tho 'radl
'nnco, the toothsomo splondors of far-olf
September.
THE TURN OF THE TIDE
Since June, 1 915, we have not lost a
single gun, while we have captured
HOO. Itegardlng prisoners, we have
taken at least ten to tho Germans' one.
The tide has now turned. Victory Is
coming Increasingly nearer.
1LOYD GEOItaE shocked England on
J Thursday with the announcement that
fifty-five ships had Been sunk In a week
.nd followed It on Friday with the above
optlmlstlo statement. The combination
ought to give new energy to fighters and
producers everywhere. It would bo dou
bly bitter if the land forces, after turn
ing tho tide so handsomely, should be
robbod of tho reward of victory by a turn
W MM wouU cut
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GALA WEEK IN
WASHINGTON
British nnd French Commission
era Have Excited the Capital.
Talk of Conscription
and Taxes
Special C'orrrsjjowfrnce .'tfiiiiir; l.tilger
WASHINGTON'. April 8.
WASHINGTON has had a busy week.
Tho appearance of tho Htltlsh nnd
Front h commissioners to talk over matters
of war and fluatieo stlrted tho diplomatic
sldo of the national capital to a high pitch
of Interest nnd expectancy. Nothing like It
has occurred In the history of the nation.
The fluttering of French and llrltlsh Hugs
by way of compliment to tho visitors nlco
aroused a conlllct of comment and emotions.
Staid old Americans have wondered at II
nil, some of them believing for the moment
that old national traditions were being rele
Killed to the scrap heap They have been
nskltig themselves whether this new' move
ment toward "a world democracy" means a
lnrger life for America oi our ultimate
humiliation Tho thrills of tho week have
ranged from tho sutptlse of the members
of tho Grand At my of the Itppuldlc at the
Introduction of the Confederate canceling
stamp upon flrxt class mail matter to the
rorjdk'tlhg proposals In one and the same
bienth tn raise S."oi,nno,nnn in liquor taes
and establish Immediate prohibition to con
serve the gi.iln supplv.
Concerning ForciRn Influences
Tho visit of the foreign commissioner'
has evoked much coimnnnt with respect to
"entangling alliances" so much ro that Mr.
Halfour was Induced to ument to an In
tel view deiiailng that 1 nglnnd. at least,
had tin drsl'-c- to Intel fere with the politics
of America. Thele is much inmrni In legis
lative clti'les. however, an to the rnvk -bottom
relations Ixtween the Administration
and Its olllcl.il visitors it Is known that
niniii'V W to be II 'ed to pun ha 'p foielgn
securities to help fin. nice the lliiropi-rm war.
How far the negotiations extend bevond the
lending of inonev Is not generally Known.
Many business men ure coining forward who
nil theli niemlieiH of PnimiPHs that while
the war in I mope should he supported our
negotiations should in t proceed to the point
Hint they will assign any of our foreign
f .nil- lights It Is Known that the Tex
tile Allium e a UrilMi organization, has
piactlf.tllv directed oin foreign ti.ide by
virtue of the llrltlsh control of the seas
for in.inv mouths p.isl This alliance, ad
lng Willi approval of the Ilritlsh embassy,
has also had to do with the buslncrs nnd
flii.inil.il niratigpiiipiits of Americans who
have ti.ided abroad It has been suggested,
now that Hngl.ind Is receiving assistant
from tho 1'nllcd Stales and both nations
lire nt w.ii Willi lierinan.v. that the Textile
Alliance should he lelleved of Its super
llnn of American business Intel ests er
tninly to the evtenl that It should no longer
chaige American meichants commissions
for lis oversight of their affairs. It Is
believed to be one of the functions of tho
llrltlsh commlsBloni'is to determine this
question and some decision of It Is ex
pected before their depaiture
Conscription and Taxes
The White II else and the dep.utinent'
have not tulltcly eclipsed Congress as points
of interest. I'ongiess has been overrun
with vlsltois loncerned about conscription
ii -id t.i,cs Not n f"W persoru w ho cUmoied
fni war have 'men t honoring this week
against the enactment of a conscription
law They have been atgulng for the vol-
ui.leer service, some of them being very
careful to avoid references to their own
family connections who might he drafted
foi serviio undci a inscription meatuie.
Mali folk have had hard sledding, especially
with thorie ii.einbeis oi Congress who hesi
tated about going into the war. foreseeing
what II would Involve in the matter ot
service nnd tixes Hut the biggest ilrivc
on i'niigii-sh has come from business men
and large operators who favored war but
who now coiUcud that the taxes which
I'ougress Is 'ibotit to Impose will bear
heavily upon their pockets Tho raid was
s pronounced that the Ways and Means
I'omnilttpe loorlcil temporarily to tho ex
ppilleiit if Paving a subcommittee formu
late a tentative tax proposal for the early
ii usiileiallnu o." the main committee. It
was ie:illzel tint unless tho work was pro
nrried with i vpedltlously the protests of
Interested taxpayers would develop so many
nle-tiuctii us as to make dllllcult the pas
rage of a Mil. The country, even et. has
si ucely ten cd what the Imposition of
approximately J2.ono,non.00n In taxes
means hut the committee, satisfied that
this tax bill Is piobahly the first of sev
eral others that must follow in lapid suc
cession, has resigned Itself tn the cold
blooded task of rawing the money. It has
not thus far suei ceded in getting together
upon the main Items of taxation, but It Is
almost as certain as death that the persons
vho have been making inone.v out of the
war will be lequlred to pa.v their proportion
ale share, notwithstanding the burden will
eventually fall upon the entire citizenship
of the country
The Atlantic Coast Service
There Is more than a bare possibility
that shippers along the Atlantic seaboard,
who hnve bpen handicapped by railroad cm
bargoos and tho limited steamboat service,
may have somo relief from tho generai
stress under which they havo been laboring.
It is rumored that the Secretary of War
thinks favorably of condemning the Chesa
peake and Delaware Canal as a wnr meas
ure. This, of course, would help the barge
trafrle until tho needed Improvements mod
ernizing tho canal could be made, The proj
ect would have to ho hastened to be of
Immediate spiv lee, but the Secretary will
bo In position to do tho hastening after he
obtains tho tipnipudous lump-sum appropri
ation which Congress Is about to grant for
gpneral war purposes.
A more Immediate announcement of in
terest to shippers comes from Secretary
Daniels, of the Navy Department, as to tho
possible restriction of the coastwise trade,
duo to. tho selzuro of vessels for navy pur
poses, in a letter dated April 24 the Sec
retary pays, "This department Is not com
mandeprlng vessels nt present nor does It
desire to interfere needlessly with coast-wise-tramc."
J. HAMPTON MOOP.K
BALFOUR ON A FREE SEA
Not long ago Mr. Dalfour gavo out a
statement on "The Freedom of the Sens" as
his contribution to "Tho War of Democ
racy," a volumo recently published as a
message to Americans.
"Tho phiVi'so 'freedom of the seas' Is,
naturally, attractive to British and Amerl-
rnn pnrk." K.ilii Mr. llnlfniir -'I,',,,. .I,- -
--" - - - ...-.. w, .,,., in
tension of freedom Into all departments of
life and over tho whole world has been one
of the chief aspirations of the English
speaking peoplo, nnd efforts toward that
end have formed no small part of their
contribution to civilization. But 'freedom'
Is a word of many meanings, and wo shall
do well to consider In what meaning the Ger
mans use It when they ask for It, not (it
may be safely said) because they love free
dom but because they nato Britain. For
surely, even now. It Is fairly clear that If
substantial progress Is to be made toward
securing the peace of the world and a free
development of Its constituent nations, the
United States of America and the British
Umpire should explicitly recognize, what all
instinctively know, that on these great
subjects they share a common Ideal. If in
our time any substantial effort la to be
mado toward Insuring the permanent
triumph of the Anglo-Saxon Ideal, tho great
communities which accept It .must work
together. And In working- together they
must pear In mind that law Is not enough.
Behind law there must be power. To me
It seems that tho lesson to be drawn from
history by those who love peace, freedom
and security Is not that Britain and Amer
ica should be deprived, nr should deprive
themselves, of the maritime powers they
now possess, but that., ir possible, these
powers should be organized in the Interests
an. Ir1jil common tn lh tw ....
u ..i-- - - ... m ,Mica, an
Ideal upon whose profrssslv rsalhwtlon'
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Tom Daly's Column
Tim VILLAGE TOUT
Whenever li'a a Saturday mv work is
never through
Unlets U shows of simple verse a homely
line or two;
So tioio when 1 bethink me of a theme
to write about
MV fancy files to Thursday, which is
VAlcn's "avcnln" out."
A'otw VAlcn h an honest cook (though
ovcrfond of salt),
An' I am not Ilia sort of man thai'.
strong for finding fault.
She's prompt enough with breakfast an'
her coffee's alicays good,
An' the mlsius says she's never vciy
uaitcful with thc-food.
I understand her luncheons arc as good
as they can be,
Though, of course, that's merely hearsay,
for they're seldom served to me.
Hut though her Sunday dinner M 7icr
miMfeiilrcr, no doubt,
My fnnry filet to Thursday, which It
Ullcn's "avcnln' out."
Ah! then the household Juno stepping
down to charm her Joic,
The finest cook In Gcnnantown It at the
kitchen stoic!
I've had my fill of costly fare that males
the wahtcaats swell,
An' 1 am one that's prone to dine nut
ulscly, but ton trcll;
I've sampled all the tables d'hote an'
n la cartes on earth,
1'ie tasted all the banquets an' I hnnir
jutt what they're worth;
Jlul when I yearn to stuff mywlf to
apoplectic gout
My fancy files tn Thursday, which (
llllen's "avcnln' out."
Whenever It's a Saturday my work M
urtrr through
I nlrst It shows nf simple irisc a hnmrlu
line or fit o;
So now ichen I bethink trie of a theme.
to write about
My fancy flies to Thursday, which it
micn't "avcnln' out."
What has become of our Chinese cor
respondent, II. C. Corbln? We're being
constantly scooped on Oriental news and
wo don't like to steal tho stuff from Bert
Taylor's column. Still, If wo didn't, any
number of somebody clscs would, no hero's
JAPANNED ENGLISH
Sit hero's tho way she's spoke In
Japan: A tailor publishes the glad
news that "Itespcctahle ladles and gen
tlemen are Invited to como In Mid have
a fit " A furrier advertises. "Furs
niadn out of your skins and ours " a
transfer company with a hlghl de
veloped sense of commercial candor
displays this one. "Baggage sent In
every direction " HIG.
FOUIt BALLS
Weil smuggle thp L out of Kel-ly
And put it in Mister Ballfour.
We'll add a new name to our national game,
To speed up Ihe end of the war.
Voil coach him along on thp bases,
Weil help him put over the runs;.
Weil push him nlong with our national song,
And our coin and our feed nnd our guns.
When old Wllhelm "winds up" his U-boats.
At which, we'll admit, he's a bird;
Weil pass "Hal" the sign so he'll git started
tine.
And we'll slip him right over to third.
When .lorfre steps up to tho home-plate,
And sw-"s tho old pill out of sight;
Weil sow "Halli" homo with big things In
his dome.
And we'll all say to Willie, good night.
II. W. D.
Pronounerd "Jolter" In hh poetry
Miss Gertrude O'Reilly's page Itr our
morning sister brings, much comfort lo
our bouse, but the most helpful news
for mere man that we've seen there
lately is this portion of a sensible letter
from a York Countlan:
tools (6) Beat the luxuries to It
since you must tip tho barber I shave
myself; shines went to ten cents I
bought a brush ; cigars go up I smoke
a pipe; shoes advance I buy seconds
at a factory ; before I paid twenty cents
a pound for meat now I buy twenty
cents' worth, take what I get and
don't feel the difference.
But In another column we find a bit
that puzzles us, our chief difficulty bolng
to keep cool:
Dip the slices of egg in batter, then
brown In bacon fat. Cook two slices
nf bacon fat for each service. Keep
warm whllo cooking tho egg.
Happy Thoughts
The world Is so full of a number of links
I nm sure wo should ail bo as happy as
kinks.
Words culled from "A Golfer's Garden
of Versos," In Golf Illustrated for April,
by B. L. T.
SCOIIX XOT T1W GOLF
(To F. P. A., Column Tennis Champion.)
Scorn not the golf. O, critic, you have
frowned Upon the ancient, honorable game;
Mindless of Us just honors, called It
tame,
A play for grannies and the muscle-bound.
M'hu, wHth this key health's treasure trove
Is found
By many a ittnd-broke athlete, stiff
and lame.
Our Prexy loves the pastime Hiss!
for shame!
Just wait until your middle age comes
loundt
Ah! then perhaps you'll send for B. L. T.
Or me to comfort joh; nnd Ilfce as not.
We'll take you to some sporty golfing
plot,
Pleased If your soul (for such there needs
must be)
That hath felt the weight of tennis liberty
Should find short solace there as we
have found.
" MRS. HEW ON STAND
IN HUSBAND'S SUIT
Head In Eve. Contemp.
Yet there are men who fight frantically
to be excused from Jury duty.
OVERHEARD AT A WEDDING
"It wasn't a long engagement, was It?"
"Oh, not This time last year she
didn't even dream of his existence."
"How did she get him?"
"I believe she was out nutting last fall."
Fits calls our attention to tho captain's
nu. ..Tjlnja notice It?, That
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MENACE OF EXCITED AMATEURS
Colonel Harvey Discusses the Importance of Using Experts in War
and Protests Against Roosevelt's Plan to Take
Untrained Men to France
Tim feverish activities of well-meaning
amateurs In this time of crisis has
stirred Colonel George Harvey to lalse Ills
voice 111 wanting. "We have enteied," s.-o.s
hp In tho current North American Review,
"upon the beginning of the end of tho great
war. and the beginning is good We shall
make blunders, of course." he continues;
"wo have made two or three already; but
upon the whole It Is a lino start lndped,
more seems likely to be sacrificed hi tho
Immediate future to tho feverish activities
of well-meaning amateurs than to technical
errors." It is Colonel Harvey's opinion
that "nothing could be more Imprudent or
really absurd than to send Colonel Itoosc
vclt to Franco nt tho head ot somo thou
sands of men. who. he admits, aie not
merely untrained but aro actually dis
qualified by ago or physical defects for
regular conscription service. Tho soldiers
comprising the allied armies In Franco to
day ate pronounced by experts the best the
world has ever seen How to their eyes
could appear such an aggregation as Our
Colonel proposes except as a sort of Van
keo circus, making, no doubt, for the gayrty
of nations, but also, alas' for humiliating
reflection upon the quality of our soldiers
and the good sense of our Government.
A Job for Bryan
"If n division or even a few regiments of
our splendid regulars, tho equals of any
fighting men living, can bo sent to Franco
under our skillful professional ofneers,
glory bo! Nothing could bo better. But If
wo must make a laughing stock of our own
country and our own army, let us do n
thorough job and ship Major General
Roosevelt nt tho head of a division com
prising Prlvato William Jennings Bryan,
bearing nlott tho flag, and Semlprlvate Wil
liam Sulzer, carrying the water pall! And
If, by chance, to round out the expeditionary
force nnd completo tho show, It should
seem advisable to dispatch Mr. Oswald Gar
rison Villard In a submarine made In Ger
many and Mr. Amos Reno rlnchot In a
fldgoty aeroplane, wo should contemplato
the vacuum thus created with little of tho
abhorrence traditionally ascribed to nature.
"Not that we hold In slight esteem or
would restrict In any degree the notoworthy
activities of these or any other distinguished
fellow countrymen In this our time ot min
gled need and opportunity. Far from It!
Wo stand squarely with tho President In
his earnest hope, otherwise expressed, that
those who have been accustomed to grunt
will now begin to lift. But 'selective' serv
ice means that which, In the opinion of the
Government, nort of himself, one is best fitted
to perform. Wherefore we respectfully sue
gest that Colonel Roosevelt be urged to
hnstcn the mobilization of his western cow
boys and eastern sports and lead them at
once to the South for two years or more of
patient patrol work on the Mexican border i
that Prlvato Bryan be commissioned to
prove his patriotism In the dripping sweat
of his capacious brow by hoeing potatoes,
and that Messrs. Villard and Plnchot be
assigned to the taBlt ot sowing the seeds of
patriotism In. the fields of pacifism.
"The remainder of us hundred millions,
meanwhile, wilt do well to keep cool and
do our bit In conformity with such oppor
tunities as may appear. We would not be
little the magnitude of the task which we
have undertaken: we would regard It eerl
ously and give painstaking consideration to
possibilities of personal endeavor In aid and
comfort especially of our Allies who have
been laying down their Htm lln our behalf
as much as Jn th'4rrow.AOTe all, ,wi
M'.viiiaiold''.U:rJMfMiav''flCr tkaaa-.'iwaat
PLACE YOUR BETS
whom the heavy rpspousbltp3 of guidance
hnvp devnlvpil, through no fault and In some
Instances from llttio merit, of their own; but
simultaneously we would try to retain our
perspective, give heed to possible future
consequences of hasty and Ill-judged acts
and emulate as slightly as may bo the ex
citedly erratic conduct of beheaded fowls.
A Banquet for the President
"Desplto the fact that Germany has a
larger number of men In the Held than at
any previous time, her nrniles arc cither
yielding or making no headway along all
their lines; Innumerable Indications ot de
spair appear irr the ready surrender of both
ofHecrs and .soldiers; her allies aro weak
ened to the verge of exhaustion nnd, not
withstanding their display of truly amazing
fidelity, her people must now surely realize
the Impossibility of success and they are
starving Clearly all hopes now rest upon
the submarine, which Is not fulfilling expec
tations, and upon a possible counter-revolu-Hon
In Russia. Theso aro reeds so slender
that the ultimate outcome can no longer be
considered doubtful. For this very reason
It doubly behooves this nation not only to
put forth all Its energies, but also to make
plain, through ostentatious preparations for
a long and hardly fought contest, its stern
determination to win at whatever time, at
whatever cost. In no other way can Amer
ica hopo so soon to realize her ambition to
shorten tho war with full heed to the doc
trlno ot tho Pilgrim fathers that no ques
tion can bo settled until It Is settled right.
"Having now demonstrated with sufficient
conclusiveness Hint this Is not one of tho
times when wo aie too proud to fight, it
remains only to prove, as we are beginning
to prove, our full understanding that last
ing peace can bo achieved through victory
alone. His demand for colossal appropria
tions, universal sen Ico and preparations
fo" years Instead of months ot warfare
upon the Inrgest scalo maltes evident the
President's own true comprehension and
manifests a capacity for masterful leader
ship which cannot fall to Inspire the whole
people with confidence nnd enthusiasm
"That many troubles lie in the womb of
the future is certain, but they need not be
anticipated; they need only be met and
mastered with the calmness and resolution
which befit tho Intelligence and dignity of
n sane nnd sobor people.
"To your teulr, O Israel!"
B1RLE READERS AND THE WAR
The war development In western Asia will
revive knowledge of places that figured In
some of the earliest history of the world.
Airmen have been dropping bombs on Beer
sheba. where Abraham ranked himself
among the foresters by planting a tree and
whoso people were later denounced by tie
prophet Amos. Near by is Hebron, where,
also, Abraham was a sojourner, as were
Isaac, his son, and Jacob, who gave lils
namo to people. To the westward is Gaza
a great city of the Philistines, which sold
Hebrew slaves to Edom, and for a time
held .Samson as a prisoner, till, lifting tho
gates of the place from their fastenings he
went oft with them, 'casting them on the
Mount Muntar. before .Hebron" The Vur
ther progress of the campaign will be In
teresting to Bible as well as newsoaner
readers. Montreal Gazette. wspaper
RICHES IN A SMALL PLOT
Kben E. Rexford, author of "a.ti n
Vegetable Gardening." says that too many
persons refrain from having a vege?abe
garden because they bellev? that wecla!
raining is necessary or because they be-
leva they must expend a large amount of
time and abor. Nor is It necesMrHohavI
a large piece of ground. "In a garden not
H,.8 -t.han, . f squire" "hi
says, -a Mend of mine grows aii thl
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What Do You Know?
Queries of central interest tslll tt cttnemi
tn Iftfa column. 7n questions, the aninin tt
cell (ch rveru uefl-fnonncd vertyn should fcsov,
ore asked da III.
QUIZ
I. What Is the amount of thp reienl and I1rt
loan made hv flip t'nltrcl Mates dovern-
ment to (Irent Britain'.'
3. Vthut Is nn Administration hill In Cnncrro?
3. Huhinnrlnea frequentl) nre reported lnl-
in trawlers. What nre trawler?
t. Ihe United States Is said to lime (lie larcr-l
"war chest" ever imseinliled, What N n
"war chest"?
(i. What and where Is Winnipeg?
6, What N meant h.v "army service uniform,
T. What l alluvial soil?
. What famous bimrlinll team Is railed the
(Hants?
0. Identify the two most famous American
inllltnr leaders mimed Jackson,
10. What treat American wrote the autobiog
raphy most widely read In this rountrj?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
' '' .Jersey's Senators are Jo-end S.
I rellnshiusen and William lluches.
','. Mr Krnest II. Miarkleton Is n noted IlrltMi
evnlorer of the south polar region.
3. ".sphinx" Is pronounced "slinks."
1, "Lacerated" menus torn nr mandrill
"nmcenited" softened, weakened or worn
a win.
ft. A hiselnll pitcher uses the "bean bull"
when he throws the hall lit (be hiitsman's
hc-nd, or "bean," to force the latter unay
Tram 11 ronimiindlin; imsliliin at the home
nlnlp where he rould lilt subsequent balls
more easily,
0. Augustus Saint (iaudens was a noted Irish
American sculptor, who died In 1007,
i. "I have drank some water" Is Incorrect be
f.ause "drank" N the past tense of
"drink." "I drank some water" nnd the
Past perfect form, "I have drunk some
water," nre correct,
8, Illinois, with morn than SOOO recruits since
April 1, leuds the States In the greatest
number of urmy enlistments, with renn
syliunlu second and New York third.
0. Jacksonville, with nhout 70.000 Inhabitants,
l,, the largest city of Florida. Tampa,
with nbout 50,000, la second.
10. Count Ihra Tolstoy is a son of the famous
Itiisslun author. Count .eo Tolstoy.
St.
Giles
O. I,. St, Giles, whose day Is the first of
September, Is tho patron saint of beggars
and cripples. Born at Athens, ho after
ward became Abbot of Nlsmes, France, and
died In 750. it Is said that the reason he
became the "beggars' saint" Is that Irr Ids
louth be literally obeyed tho biblical In
junction by selling his patrimony for the
benefit of the poor and that whllo going to
church, on being asked by a Blck man for
alms, he took oft his coat and gave that,
whereupon the sick marr was cured. Tradi
tion tells us that Giles himself was wounded
In the knee by a chance arrow from the
bow of the King of France when the mon
arch was hunting in the forest. The saint,
In order to mortify the flesh, rerused to be
cured. He Is for this reason tho patron saint
of cripples.
The Grant Monument
B. M. C. Tho monument to General
Grant In front of the Capitol In Washing
ton was contracted for August 10, 1903.
The contract provided that tho work should
be completed In five years, but tho con
tractors have asked, and been granted, sev
eral extensions. It is hoped that it will be
completed within a year. All of the archi
tectural work Is finished, the cavalry and
the artillery groups are In position at
either end of the platform, the lions and
lambs called for by the design are In place
and there remains to complete tho memo
rial only the placing of the equestrian
group, I. e., the figure of General Grant.
Lincoln's Call for Troops
U. C, The dates of the calls for troops
and the numbers called were as follows:
Number. Number
Date railed I responded
April 15. 161 70.000 HI, sin
May 3, 1801 BO0.O0O 700.I1SO
May and June, 1803 special 1K.00T
July 2. 18i- son.ooii 4Li,a.v
August , IBM 800.000 S7,r,
June 15. IBM MllltU 1A,8ai
October IT, isA3,, noo.noo .imi.ssn
March 14, 1884 00.000 I'OIMOS
April S3, 1804 (enlistments) 83,613
July 18, 1864 nOn.OOO 388.461
December 10, 1864 ' 300.000 ;jg,21S
Total 5.670,000 2.6T6.773
Regular e.rmy. April IS, 1S61 ,. 16,MT
Miscellaneous 1B5.7JO
drand total ...a, 850,183
Chinese Students
P. D. There are at present In this coun
trv 368 Chinese indemnity students. 140
Chinese provincial students and about !,. '7
Chines private students. Including these, j
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