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to the sulimiulnc
Seeds of )iattlotlm har nt least
brouRht forth Kicat munition plants.
The tiuth Is better when It's
young; this should bo lemombered by
the tensois who hnndlu war dispatches,
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Many nthletlolookini; ouths are
now wealing flass nn their collars. A
gun on the shoulder wou'd be more
becoming.
Temperance Is undoubtedly a Rood
thlnp, but let us also be temperate In
our remarks. Do not make .sUKRcstlons
which hurt a necessary business
Even tho o'd cans and paper
which He In tho city dumps may now
be transformed into money; about the
only thing really Koing to waste Is the
professional politician.
The Fiankf inter Ze'.tuiiK's com
plaint that America has becomo ns
militaristic as Germany suiKRests how
promptly the bully will 'whine when
one attempts to tlsht him on an thins
like equal teims.
7
"Piesidcnt Wilson will bite
granite," thundets Dr. Johannes Kaempf,
of the Reichstag. I'hlladelpbians i.iu
best letort In the Immortal woids of tho
lato Mayor Rejburn, "Ah, but think of
the strain on stone!"
No one should unsto much time with
General Staff objections, based on (!en
eral Staff suppositions of how America
should raise aimles New York
Tribune
Why. Indeed, have a General Staff
When the Tribune is nlway.s on the Job?
If the Czar and his family are
banished to Kngland, as Is now pioposed,
they mtsht form a nico littlo club of
crownless monarchs, of which ex
Empress nuRenlo of ,'ianco and c.:
King Manuel of Portugal could be lead
ing members.
t
"With a igilanco committee foim
lng In one patt of tho town and the
police themsehes forgathering In an
other to protest ugaltiht piesent con
ditions, Is it not possible that the citv
Rdministiation will foiget politics long
enough to introduce even some sma'l
measure, of efficiency Into the conduct
of the several municipal departments.'.'
Never has there been such chaos and in
efliclency, beginning in ono department
and ending In which other no man knows.
German revolutions seem to belong
to tho realm of delusive hopes. There Is
a ray of cheer, however, In the appoint
ment of Philip Scheldemarn, an avowed
Social-Democrat, as head of a Reichstag
committee to revise the German consti
tution. If there is no revolt In sight in
the empire, theie Is at least considerable
political unrest, Scheldemann is even
mentioned ns a possible successor to
Bethmann-Hollweg as Chancellor. The
former is said to have actively urged
peace with Russia. His accession to
power might mean new nnd morn reason
able peace teims offered to all tho bel
ligerents. In any event, tho career of a
German Socialist, who is also a pro Gov
ernment man, is well worth watching.
No amount of money, howeven
vast, is commensurate with tho value of
on invention that will crush the sub
marine menace. Financial encouragement
of any one with an idea is imperative.
Tho Government can equip great labora
tories for experimentation. In an era
when nobody blinks at billions, huge sums
can and should be at once promised to tho
scientific miracle-worker who produces
the device to subdue the Frankenstein
monster of tho U-boat which wo our
selves created. No sum is too extrava
gant for that end. Let a million dollars
be offered for a submarine queller. No
man with an idea, however humble he
may be, should be despised. Uncle Sam
must give him workshops to develop his
conceptions. The "Yankee of inventive
mind" Is supposedly a national type. Now
Is the chance for him to prove his mettle.
RM.B Unimpntnant nhnilM hnrlc tllm tn ih
;'.(-tot In all hjs endeavors.
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tlcal School that will help turn out olTlccrs
for our luiRO new merchant marlno that
is under way Is now definitely In sight.
Tho recommendation that Councils appro
pilnto $25,000 wns strongly urged jester
day by tho Joint Committee nn Coinmetco
and Navigation. Tho Vino bill piovldes
that tho city glo this sum when tho
Leglslattno passes tho mcasuio devoting
$150,000 to tho ptoject. States like
Massachusetts and New Yoik, which
maintain such schools, recclvo nn nnntial
appropriation fiom Congtess of $25,000.
Congressman Mooio has pledged himself
to KUppoit this cauce in Washington. The
need for. prompt action is Impel ntlvc.
Amcilcan nuvlgatois must command
Ameilcun ships. Pennsylvania builds
mote csscla than any State In tho Union.
It Is her plain duty to help olllcer them,
and tho Nautical School points tho way.
CUT DOWN BREAD-EATING!
AMERICANS will continue to help the
- Kaiser's U-boat campaign of bread
wasting until they see clcarlv where It
lends and what pioportlon of the horUon
of war the submarine terror fills. It is
no esiiguciatlon to siy that tho monthly
wastage of scot cs ot ships and millions:
of bushels of wheat overshadows every
other military anil naval consideration
A nation that can do with tho I'-bo.tt
what Germany Is doing ran never bo
beaten except by cMraonllnnty sacrifice,
Tho sacrlfUo that must be made Is the
Immedlato nnd continued cutting down
of the consumption of bread in every
Amqrlcnn household, Wo must have
wheat to waste, we must wasto It in the
cargoes that Inevitably will bo sent to
the bottom of tho Atlautl" in older that
at least two out of cvciy thico wheat car
goes reach their goal The olllcer who
01 dors his men to charge a bnllerv docs
ro In tho deliberate knowledge that ho
must waste a number of his men in order
to accomplish his purpose. In the frame
way do we know that we are being
called upon to waste, deliberately, n cer
tain peicentage of our wheat that Is now
charging tho battery of German U-boats
to accomplish our purpose.
If so much necessary wnslo is the order
of tho day in this frightful sltuntion, how
dare we waste one crumb or crust of
bread at homp?
To ue ns much bread ns we have been
using, to icfuso to cut down our con
sumption of it by one-half or tlnee-quar-ters,
Is the equivalent of killing our own
soltlletH In camp, lieilln does not care
whether Allied soldleis nte killed in
battle or die befoie they go into bat
tle; the lesult Is the same. And P.ei
lln will not caie whether U-boats .sink
wheat ships or Amei leans waste lucid;
the lesult will bo the same. The battle
line has coma to our dinner tables. The
Kaiser has called upon our stomachs to
be his allies.
The U-boat is winning; the building of
American ships can defeat It Rut they
will not defeat it unless there is enough
wheat to put into the ships, wheat to waste.
Perishable food, food that cannot be
transported a long distance, vegetables
and the like, can be eaten freely. Rut
we must school ourselves to eat no moie
than one piece of wheat bread with them,
becauso wheat is not peiishable, it can be
transported. Jt Is tho only thing that can
keep the Riltlsh navy and tho 43,000,000
persons back of it holding our foe off for
us until wo are ready to give him the
knock-out.
The proclamations of tho President and
of tho Rrltish King plead with their peo
ple to bo sparing of food. Every citizen
should take upon himself the duty of
spreading this message. The egotist who
has his own notions of what must he done
nnd who goes his wasteful way should be
roundly rebuked The family must bo
content with half tho loaf. Tor a new
nnd tcirible meaning has como into tho
old saying that "Half a loaf is better than
no bread "
If England's navy and the Allied cause
aro starved out, our navy must fight
Geimanv's single-handed. That would
mean tho loss ot many thousands of
American lives. AVo can save them by
tavlng wheat.
PATRIOTIC RAILROAD WORK
A QUARTER of a million miles of Amer
ican railroads aio now under Federal
control. Tho 175 companies that share In
this mileage liavo turned over their
propeities to tho Government without
demanding a single guarantee. A board
of flvo men appointed by tho Council of
National Defense controls tho destinies
of theso organizations, Hero is an ex
ample of constructive patriotism of tho
highest type.
Shipbuilding and food production takft
time. Equipment for rail transport pur
poses is already at hand. That not a
moment has been lost in organising these
resources on a war basis vastly facilitates
our handling of other problems of tho
conflict.
Chairman AVllIard, of tho lallroad
board, has urged the suspension of full
crew laws in order to release expert rail
way workers for other service; tho reduc
tion of free tlmo for loading and un
loading freight from forty-eight to
twenty-four hours In order to releaso
p quarter of a million cars for ono trip a
year, and tho cancellation of unnecessary
passenger runs to thut additional facili
ties can bo devoted to carrying food
stuffs and munitions.
Such suggestions are of the most vital
practical value. They, and the many
others that will undoubtedly bo forth
comiig from the commltt.-e in Waslllhg.
ton, should be heeded with the same
patiiotic celerity displayed by tho rail
road heads when they submitted without
'question to Government control. Con-
w type win win
wii win
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EVENING LEDQER
SOME AMERICAN
WAYS IN ENGLAND
Our Factory Methods, Adopted
for War Purposes, Will Revo
lutionize British
Industry
Ry GILHERT VIVIAN SELDES
I, ON' DON. April 21.
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NTi;iti:.ST in "ntter-tlic-u.vr" ebbs and
Mows In England Not fo long ago tlio
talk of irifiiistitiitlnn became so prevalent
that u minister of the nnwn bad tn warn
tho people In a niemoinble epigram. "I.nnk
after the wnr," bo F.ild, "nnd nfter-the-wnr
will look after Itself."
It 1ms been my elnnce to meet n great
iniiiv prr.soiH who lrnvo been inbrtnlly of
fended by this lebuke and a. number nt
others who simply cannot follow out the
ministerial Injunction The former are the
theotlsts of the teeotisttuctlon The latter
nte tlin pi.utlc.il men who nro trying to
figure out vv Ii.it the effects of tho wnr vvl!l
bo on tndustiy In Cngl.ind, whit they will
tin with the munition factories, what time
it will tnko to reconvert factories to normal
uis, ami no on
These last points nro of Inteiest to Amer
ica because of two things' dm will have
to meet tho ramo sol t of problems herself
and fIio will be nrfeeted by tlin length of
tlmo demanded by England t get Into her
Industrial btilde Tho (-Itintlon, us regards
the firm point, may be different because of
Jlffeient ariangements. Tho llrltlsh manu
facturing plants devoted to war materials
nro of two classes, (loverniiicnt-owned and
(loverntnetu-t'ijutrolliil ant! of these the lat
ter nte in the propottlon of fifty to one Hut
the Govt rnment-owiicd indtistrlrs will have
tile gieaicr llilliienco and will present the
mnie pressing ptoblun There are ninety
five of them, according to the latest figure
I can get, against 4300 controlled firms
The Ministry of Munitions figures give
semo startling details about tho owned
plants. Tlieio aro twelve factories making
heavy shells nnd nothing eKe, and these
tweho cover an nu.i of seventy acres, and
Include. IO.ijOO midline tools, using some
23,nnu horsepower In opetntlon 1 lie other
plants are of corresponding sire. And, far
iimie Important, tho factories built aro of
the very latest models absolutely against
the first pilnciplos of liiltlsb factory build
ing Factory Builtling- Revolutionized
i:.ieb factory is sectlonally built, and if
the war goes on any luigth of time It will
be possible to add new sections And when
the time come, to tuin these factories over
to nthet lndusttl.ll ues It will be possible
to divide factories easil.v, even between two
totally difieient factories Theso factories,
with abundant light, airanged so that the
progress fiom raw material to finished
product Is direct and involves no shipment
acioss the factory floor, no tinning b.uk.
nn waste ate the highest tvpo of Am.ctlc.an
building Tint the will sirve after the
war Is the unanimous opinion of the build
ing englneeis to whom I have talked nn the
subject 1 neiil h.itdb i-ay that the Govern
ment has said nothing as to the number
which villi b available for other than mill
taiy use .lftei the war. Tint depends still
on the outcome
Hut the tffiet of having thee buildings
In Itiltaln will nut be limited to tho use
tmde of them Thev have already begun
the p-oiess of levolutlnnls'.Itig fnetnrv build
ing in llilt.ilii I talked the nthet (lav o nil
epeit ill loneiete building His film his
been In the lliltish field for nianv seals
and has made ptogtess In Instilling tho Idea
of glass-and-steel buildings ns opposed to
the bilck-nnd-d.it kn ss tvpo He told mo
that the progress bad been slow, but that
since the win the film had booked more
oidits than It had booked In all the time
befoie tho war Itiilldlng is restricted Just
now and eiders nre f.'cd to be computed
aftei tho war.
It was from an entirely different source
that I wns made to leallzo the Impottauee
of this change A man who h.13 been wotk
lng In various publicity schemes and Is
himself connected with the lirge't firm of
prlnteis In this lountiv told me that the
transformation of factory buildings would.
Increase production in Rritaln by 15 to 20
per cent
"Vou have no Idea of the loss wo undergo
here every diy, ' he said "Wn are wasting
time and effort slmplv because wo haven't
nriiinged our factories Wo haven't light
enough to seo bv We waste eleettlcltv and
wn waste time Go down to our in luting
shop and eompii. It with the old building
and vou will see what I mean"
went .11 t saw I nm le.idy tn be
lieve that frictoiv construction Is tho first
pioblem tn be solved lit the Industrial re
constiuc Hon of Iiritaln. and tint when It Is
solved the increase In production villi alono
p.iv oft the war debt In two generations
Tho example of tho ulnetv-flve f.ovein-meut-ownod
plants has been followed In nil
the vast extensions of tho controlled films
Vcrv few have been able to meet their
obligations without Increasing factory
anas, nnd as controlled firms have had the
ptlvllegn of building mmy nf tho additions
have been planned on new models. Tho
VMier of ono controlled firm give mo his
opinion that a vat majority of the owners
In his position would scrap the old buildings
altogether, gradually tearing down and
adding on sections of new factories.
Taking Workers From the Slums
Tho usual thing has happened tn fac
tories here. If they were not built near tho
slums tho slums came and huddled up
against the factory walls That has been
changed. In the first place, many workers
were, for tho first time, ablo to live In
something better than a slum In the se.
ond, extensions have forced owners to con
fiscate land nnd to tear down adjoining
buildings. Tho demand for light and air
has had much to do with tho change be
cause tho Health Department of the Min
istry of Munitions has taken good cato of
tho workers Another improvement has
been the removal of many factories to the
countryside In a variety of ways this first
problem ot restoring industry and reform
ing It has been met
Ono final effect of the buildings them
selves I can note, although It verges on an
other topic on which many more things can
bo said. Tho factories which the Govern
ment will sell or hand over to manufac
turers aro too big for the kind of manufac
turing which Iiritaln lias known Large
scale production Is a novelty here, Mr
Ford's working methods are heard of but
not experienced, nnd I am told that his com
ing to Cork with a tractor plant has, to put
It delicately, given several manufacturers
fits They do not fear his prices so much as
they fear his methods.
But the new factories will do more than
Invite a change They will compel a change.
They will say to tho producer lucky enough
to get them, "Look here! We're too big
and too good to be wasted on your silly,
slipshod, Ineffective methods of production
You've got 1000 feet of belting supplying
transmission of power, Vou have used
about fifty feet In your old das. Buck up
and use all of It now. Make us repectable
by putting us to work, every Inch of us
Look what 'munlsh made out of us."
When the world will begin to reconsider
what Britain has made out of herself as a
producing country with those wearisome,
wasteful. Irritating methods she once em
ployed, the world may weir look with won
der Into tha future Into what Britain will
be when she takes up production "In a
serious way." That way is bound to coma.
in4 thft beginning of tlwW b in,tfc
- PHILADELPHIA, l FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1917
Tom Daly's Column
ju:.'Ai8SAXcn
Garvcn pohl aiul slthcn tlsiuc praecd the
aUl'Umc irnaludiirr;
llcnutii (out the until nf l'lnirncc, (ilnil-
icn fiom the limit nf 1'rniwc.
ffo f spring ns hcnuly-lnilnu nnd nitlfl-
ccr nt finer
Vnlntliii; ?Ar? of mine panels, weaving
silks nf eglantine,
Ilulltllng Htit-ipliei, illuming the red an-
leolct nf the tnic,
WMip'iinii (I nil n her garden chancelt,
"l'luek the hlnsinm eie If gnri."
THOMAS WALSH.
When Joe Potsdamcr first thought he'd
like to lenrn to sing he picked out for
tcac'icr the now famous I.ouls Koom
tnenlch, who wns then tho leader of
Phl'iidelphla'.s .lunger Mnenn'Mchor. "Mr.
Potsdamer," risked Koemmcnlch, after
tho fli. st lesson, "dldt sou egspecdt some
time to be a teg'lnr singer, even a par
lor singer? ' Joe disclaimed ambition of
nnv sott "All right, then," said Koem
mcnlch, "I take j our money."
f 'snr.i.n: r.i ;;. ; .vnr.v
".S'rn Abandon Mush."
What's the blnnmln' tush?
Wonder If then knew just uhnt they
wcto nhnut?
"Hint s Abandon Mush "
I'lsh! nnd also tush !
That's nn soit nf news to make a stir
about. "Slavs Abandon Mush."
Tnmmjirnt nnd slush!
That's the stuff tn hold their flag aloft,
t thought.
Alnnys deemed the lush
Mat s a baud nn mush;
'J'heg imuhl neter lenie a thing ,sn soft,
I thought.
Clean! f tell pon' Hush!
Slavs abandon Mush?
Tush!
Irish joke.
KfsslVNs r.li: t f VITSK
llnn.UInK In N Y, t'mitrmp
Gracious! and the warm weather coming
on! Ilev, Mlehelovltch! Eend the poat
out of fainting distance.
Some far-sighted German, having in
mind tho peills of tho sea and with nn
e.vo to psycliologlc.il effect, must have
had a hand In naming that sunken tanker
tho Rrltish Sun
SPEAKING nf riddles, here's the .solu
tion of ono tint mv stifled us much. Wo
are now informed that tho singer who
w ,u bled for the patiiotic gathetlng on
Citv Hull PltiiM last Satin day was not our
genl.il self, but J. G Dnlley, author and
composer of "A Saloonless Nation In
10 JO." "America," and "Hats oh" to the
Flag."
Marking Time
Absolute confidence have I none.
But my aunt's charwoman's sister's son
Heard n pollnman on his beat
Say to a hnusunald In Downing stieet
That he had u brolhei who bad ,i friend-;
Who knew when the war was going to end
Hhmi- 'urrnt in London.
And our predicament's quite as queer!
Wo havo rro "charwomen" over here,
Nor have wo, either, a Downing hticet;
So we'ie unlikely ever to meet
Enough wNp people to hear of ono
Who Knows when ours will be begun.
Tho Rcdpnth Evceum Ruicau gave n
pnrt.v at Rochester, N. Y leiently for the
edification of its agents and seveinl hun
dred chairmen ot Chautauqua committees.
It brought Strickland Glllllnn from Raltl
moie and Ralph Rlngham from Philadel
phia to show off. Stilck began his stunt
with this one. "Once upon a tlmo a chinch
gave an ovster supper. Theie were two
ossters in the stew, nnd one sidled up to
the other nnd said, 'What do they want
with both of us'"'
to -inn rm:stni:r
PrfRl'li-nt VVllon work iHy ami ntsht
Tor tn :l our .ounlrv s rlcht
As I rrnil tlin nwfnnpr frrv night
win! lip h H to ho rlsht
l'nr corscrlptlon w- nre nil
v ,. sh.ll hi, nil fur our enuntn's call
If 1 onl. l.n a l.ov
I . nulil loin with nrl.lo nnil Jov
The trn . Hr-oM nortrs
iii.nixA .vrrnAMS.
The Noel Printing Company being in
picssing need of help, offered a job to an
ex-ptessmnn who had been highly recom
mended. The "ox-piossrnnn" explained
with some difficulty that he was not nn
ex-prcssman but nn expressman,
NEVER KNEW ITTO FAIL
Or
Tlies in the Ointment
Letter came to us from a man we had
never met asking us to do him n favor.
It was a pleasant letter and he said nice
things very prettily: "If sou will come
nnd be tho club's guest at the dinner and
glvo us a littlo talk, I'm sum tho mem
bers will never forget you. You nro al
ready known to manv ot us bj' reputa
tion; your name is a household word,"
And so on and so on. Fine, wo thought
nnd then wo looked nt the top of tho
sheet. Ho had our first name "Richard"
nnd he misspelled our surname.
The homespun sign painter who put
forth the announcement displayed at nn
uptown movie houso last week where'
Anita King was shown In flllum Is sure
no loyalist at heart. Here's how he
spaced it;
AN IT A KING
Love Does Affect the Eyes
Dear Boss Second avenue, Asburv Tark.
Is within two or three blocks of Wesley
Lake, and far too distant for even a glimpse
of Deal Lake, nt tho other end nf the town
Moreover, there aro no boathouses on the
ocean front, but nlong the Boardwalk at
Intervals nre the bath houses where surf
suits may he donned.
George Weston, 111 his "Putting the Bee
In Herbert" (last week's Saturday Kvenlng
Tost), says:
" at a boarding house on Sec
ond nvcnuo .she was sitting near
tho steps of the veranda, looking down tho
avenue nt tho moon Fairy boats
festooned with paper lanterns made magical
moving splashes of color on tho ripples of
Deal Lake." And ngnln "Herbert and
Nellie Bauntcred down the Boardwalk, past
tho boathouses
Are such Inaccuracies the sign of genius
or would you judge the author to be nar
rating an experience of his ovvh, nnd, under
the circumstances, forgive the lack of obser
vatlon? HUGH MKRR.
A Camden champion of Whitman who
Jeers at us for defaming our "peers" (not
understanding the meaning of that word),
cites "O, Captain, my Captain," as proof
of Whitman's ability to handle rhyme.
That excellent threnody Is our chief wit
ness against the pompous old . prattlw. I
'nil pymAfyJift, 'fmWLS
COMMANDER -
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VO
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Esperanto as the Hope of Future
Peace The Question of Send
ing an Army to France
Ihh iJrpnrlmmt i iter in nil rmlm uJio
it isU to ripiri? their oinmanv on nuhiccis of
ciirrriif Utttrrst, It s an open Jorum and tltr
J iifnp l.nlurr assuutrs vn trsjjm.ni?.. if J "
the i leu i ot its t oiti vioh.m-. i. I cttrrv mvit
hr sum.. ?iy th' timnt rnnl artriicw of Hip
tMif.r, vnt itrccmril for jntblictition, but at a
tumantct of oood Jaith
INVENTOR OF ESPERANTO
Tn the I'dilnr of the I'.icnlna Ledner
Sir 'I lie deith of in I, Z.itnenhnf. au
thor of i:spetnnto, lately reported in our
esteemed evening pipei, must have been a
shock to all ndnilreiH nnd students of this
remarkable mans eminent llfewnrk. Ono
of them bigs leave to submit a few addi
tional remarks concerning the man and his
v oi k
A great thinker nnd linguist. Doctor .am
enhof observed how often tho differ erne nt
language creates not only inlsundei stand
ings hut also bad feeling and even hatred
among people: at the same time he realized
that many ot us can neither afford the
means nor tho je.us required for a thorough
stuih of even the easier languages, not rn
speak ot the Slavic or Oriental ones.
So he set himself to woik nnd created
from the toots of most Ruiopean languages
a new ' au.xlll.u.v" tongue to which ho gave
regular grammatical rules, but bo sim
plified them so much that Rsperanto can
be learned In less than a quarter nf the
time iiMPwk.ii .v to acblevo nnv thing In the
stuilv of even the easiest ot our modern lan
guages It has been introduced In some schools
of Franco and Germanv as a foundation
language, superseding tho Latin. Among
tho cultimd people of our own country
many clubs were started, tonventlons were
called, speeches made and, plays enacted
successfully In Rsperanto
This, of course, was before the world war
After Its Inovltnblo conclusion, such nn
easy mode ot expression will bp moro
needed than ever before to cement anew
tho broken links nf nations
Last, not least, there Is obvlojis com
mercial value in Rsperanto, which no wide
awako business man can nffotd to over
look. The Japs havo grasped tho Idea
from the very beginning. Aro wo going
to lag behind" Rsperanto clubs or classes
should spring up In cvciy community Thev
would be the more fitting monument to
tho memory of the man who devoted more
than half a lifetime to the task of creating
and perfecting this auxiliary language,
meant to bo ono of tho most efllclent means
toward harmonizing national discords and
bringing nearer to us thx goal of each good
man nnd woman In every nation tho goal
of ono unltfd human brotherhood!
II. STRAUB.
Philadelphia, May 1
AN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE?
To the Editor nf the Evening Ledger:
Sir This evening I read ill our worthy
paper a letter by one ot your readers com
plaining ot tho fact that there Is a possibil
ity of not having the army sent over to
Ruropc, as It has been stated la the Army
nnd Navy Journal Tho writer demanded
to mako It public through our paper. He
was sure that it would fall ns a "thunder
bolt" upon a large majority ot us,
At the first thought I could not believe
my eyes ns to the possibility of so Inhumane
a statement. Does our civilized world In
the twentieth century really contain such
brutal and bloodthirsty persons as all that?
Or has tho bitter struggle across tho ocean
affected somo of us In such a wny that they
have actually lost their human senses?
Some persons do npt know how to servo
their country with their so-called patriot
ism, Is ho not patriotic enough to see the
best In his country? And does he not
know that wo have nrnong our authorities
on this matter men who nchleved their most
responsible positions through their profi
ciency ond competence? Neither will any
one ever doubt the patriotism of the leading
men of our army and navy. They are un
doubtedly laboring hard enough to work out
plans for the welfare of our country.
Consequently I and, I may say, a great
majority of patriotically devoted citizens of
this country, cannot see the sense of the
statement which appeared under the head
ing, "No Troops to Europe." i
As for myself, I can by no mtang see how
pur beloved country .would benefit, more, by
wUfl.-. jumngyKvio,
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IN - CHIEF OF THE HOME .GUARD
t f li " 'MV '
4? .ti li2 vaBriL
which may be anticipated nt jmy time, and
In Its stead giving tho Allies financial help,
of which they nro in much need nt this
vety moment
I shall remain hoping that peopln will
ndopt the principle of thinking twice before
saying or acting once when It comes to so
serious a crisis ns the ono we .no In Just
now. A patriot in the full sense of tho
word M.MON CIIAVIN.
Millvllle, N. J May 1.
LOOKING FORWARD
To the Editor of the Eicnina Ledger:
Sir I believe that tho following lines are
timely:
When this great war Is over,
And mighty battles cense;
When guns are laid to cover,
And nil the wotlds at peace,
"TIs then pel baps we'll think of one,
Who stood the scoffs and Jeers;
And credit things whlih ho has done.
By plaudits ami wild cheers.
With Washington and Lincoln, ea,
And hemes' blood well spent,
Weil link his name nnd proudly say
'Our noblo Jiesldent."
KU.VNIC A. I'i:NROSI3
Philadelphia, April 2C.
NAUTICAL SCHOOL
The Inquirer Joins in the Demand
TJiat the State Aid the City
It Is safe to asseit that theie has never
been a tlmo when theie viero gicitei op
portunities for joiing men In tho merchant
niai mo than nt the piesent time We will
havo the ships in the near future, we villi
have them In considerable numbeis, and
then it will be neces-aiy to find tho men
to man them How aro such ofllceis to be
obtained If not fiom tho training schools
such as It is proposed to restoro in this
State-' Philadelphia's school ship nevei
should havo been abolished, but iinfortu
ruitelj It was permitted to run down by de
grees until finally it readied such a decrepit
stago that It did not seem woith saving.
It wns literally starved to death by Colin
ells nnd tho Legislature Congress fui
nished tho training ship, but our own State
and city authorities wcie not willing to
appropriate tho modest sum needed to keep
tho thing In commission Ddltorlal In to
day's Philadelphia Inquirer.
MORE THAN A HUMORIST
A letter by Mark Twain has Just come
to light which Is, of unusual interest In
connection with tho recently published
statement regarding tho anonymous publi
cation of his book "Joan of Ate" The
letter, has been found in tho flies of his
publishers, llaiper & Bros, who aro this
ear celebrating their centennial. Mark
Twain wrote;
"Throughout all the months I was en
gaged on this work I was filled with tho
ono thought It was to bo the means of
winning mo a new place In tho world of
letters. Before tho Harpers began tho
serial publication of tho story an idea
struck mo hard tho namo Mark Twain
was tho trouble, Tho critics wero certain
to see nothing but humor In the story If
It mine out with tliat fateful name tagged
to it.
"Convinced of this, I called on tho Har
pers and gave them my views of the case.
Wo wrangled over It for hours, but In the
end I had my way and they consented re
luctantly to publish tho stoiy anonymously.
"Well, pretty much evervbody Is famil
iar with what followed I got the verdict.
The critics nearly worried themselves Into
nervous prostration, and majlio I didn't
get iny revenge! I let them speculate and
chatter for nearly two joais ns to the
authorship of the 'Personal Becollcctlons
nf Joan of Arc' beforo I printed a card In
Harper's Informing them that Mark Twain
had written ft.
"And did any of these literary highbrows
suggest In all their ravings that It was a
book ot humor? Well, I guess not! Mark
Twain nt last stood for something more
than mere tomfpolery,"
EXTENDING MONROE DOCTRINE
Nearly ta hundred years ago President
Monroe enunciated his famous doctrine.
One of its main Unets was and Is that
any extension of monarchy on this side of
the ocean is a menace to our free institu
tions. It has become oven clearer lately
that, any spread of the Prussian autocratic
power was a menace to free Institutions all
over the world, ours as well as all others.
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What Do You Know?
Queries of ptneral' interest u.111 lie aniitml
fn this eolumn. Ten questions, the answmi
ultich ncri uell-informed verson should JcwJ
are ashed daily.
QUIZ
1. Wliiil U (lip mrnnlne of "Vive TAmerlm
Mini ibiw is ii pronouneeu'.
". m wns Fremont?
y. Mio Is llnoci II. Crowder?
4. How itlil rim cMiri.lnn. ".IflTrraoiiria uJ
".rb mi niini'iieiij. ' oriKinmer
5 Wllllt tlnPM "till ImaMl" tn-an-t
0. Lexington Market Is one ot the larrtit'J
l'"it " '" '4",elf', ,n " M
' "!). '? ..Jnlinnnea Kaempf. who nail II
I'rrtldcnt Hllsnn will "bite sranlt"j:
. Wlint lilnl hides Its bend vilien dui
threntem.?
0. nme the, mpiinl of I'ohiml? ,
10. Uh.it In "condign niinlnlimpnt"? M
Answers to Yesterday's Queries'
I. . rnt vIIIubk Is n IHiiKe thut liai a pat
of Ike. j
SAlfon-ii XIII U nine of Spain.
3. Ml. Ar.inil l In northeastern Turktr.
(ween the lll.irk nnil (he Caspian
not Jar from (he inrner where the 1st
on, ltu.lun nnil I'rrMun houiulnrlfi not
I. An omnibus I, III nutliorkini a
rlet of lecl-latlio inrnaum, nunhaisi
Inrr nnd muni impropriation for in
nltloii, stores, furlllldilliins. etc. "(
5. I.llliu Hoot, former Serretary of SUto,t
In head tlin proposed American tau
Mon i Russia.
!. Min.li Is In Turkish Armenia, near th hi
Mm hnnlrr and nhout C.'.V milea nn
onstniitliiople on an nlr line.
7 imnto Allshleri, (he "shnkmpeiire of Itilj"
was n milea poet of (he thirteenth M
fourteenth lenturles who wrote 'tlhllP
vine (oinrd)," ft
8. Laik r ships would lie (he cuune of Ml
In sending Amerlian troops lo FrtBifc
0, "The) went with he nnd I" Is lncefW
hei.mse "he" anil "1" nre (he nomb
, the forms of the pronoun. "They wjj
wltli him n nil me., la correct, IieeauM p
ohjeethe. forms follow a preiiosltlon. s
II). ".Vs (he (row dies" means In a itfluii
line, (online from (he fnit (tint toe trs
usually (lies In a straight line. -5
Hifihest Mountain Sj
i:. T W. Blue Knob, in Bedford Cou
tv. Is tho highest point In Pennsjhanll
Its altitude Is 3130 feet. f
Church of tho Advocate J
M W The Hplscopal Church ot th Aj
vocate, Klghteenth nnd Diamond strew
Philadelphia, Is very similar to the 0
thedral at Amiens, France, though mwt
smaller. Both of these edifices are ft"
types of the French Gothic style ot archt
lecture.
Minimum Army Height
CONSTANT READnn Only a Pro
visit to tho army recruiting office will"
cide whether or not jou aro eligible"!"
enlistment. Tho minimum height for
pllcnnts less than eighteen years eld
five feet two Inches and for men of t
ty-one or more years five feet four Inch
Since war was declared, however, this U
been abolished, according to recrultlnf
fleers, to tho extent that If an applicant!
physically fit and otherwise appears to I
a likely recruit a slight deflclencjrTl
height will not keep him out of the sen
SI
"Noblesse Oblige"
r.. T. W. "Noblesse oblige" Is FreMJ
meaning "nobility obliges." It Is usetj
denote the Idea that nccompanylns m
rank or birth Is the obligation or duOT
Just nnd generous behavior. It I't-J
nounced "no-bless o'hlcezh," the "o" soi
having a trace of the short "u" souno.'
The Birkenhead Drill
K. D. The troop ship BlrkenheadiJ
lost off the coaBt of South Africa Jan
7, 1852. The troops on board wefa-J
irnlni. m,t ,n ...n 1.., . n , narl IV
et,f "wfc lu nm, iui lu ,u,, ,.. -
garrlson In South Africa, and a num;
of the soldiers wero accompanied by tl
wives and children. The ship struck
sunken rock at night nnd the sea pou
Into her, Tho wotnen and children w
placed In three boats, which wero sal
pushed off, while tho soldiers stood at
tentlorr on the doomed ship's deck as ste
tly as It on the drill ground and w
down with her. In all, 454 soldiers w
thus bravely to their death. A few ro
aged to swim ashore, while some clung
wreckage and were picked up next m
ins uy a passing vessel, wnicu lmu(
rescued the women and children Inl
pwi( rmw ui mh(u iiuiueiu cor
lima win,'
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