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Queens of the May bear clillly ro
emblanco to Iklmo maids, this tardy
eprlnc.
Tlsli stories about the Get mans
contlnuo to thrlse. The latest Is that
they are sending out U-boats disguised as
shales.
Reports from Germany jestcrdiy
called tho submarine campaign a disap
pointment. It is certainly such to us If
It satisfies nobody, why In the world does
It keep up?
Ex Ambassador Bernstorff, now
auggested in Berlin as a possible media
tor between the United States and Ger
many, would exert about as soothing an
Influence as a red flag in a bull ring.
An American commission in retro
Brad should have a great effect upon the
unification of Russia. No greater
tragedy could oertake tho Allied cause
than the collapse of the youngest of the
republics.
Mr. Hoovcf's recommendation that
we eat "terrapin, turkey and tenderloin"
In order to sae v;-.eat has not been
tjcrupulously obeed. Rumor indicates
that shad, sausage and soup meat have
been more popular.
Food grafters who tiy to make
money by trading on the mlsciles of the
people ate a greater danger to the
United States than the U boats. We know
the sea murderers, but the commercial
murderers in our midst pose as Ameri
cans. The president of a lallroad who
was proud of the fact that his line was
clean and clndetle&s once received the
following message from the late Mark
'Twain: "I lode to Pittsburgh oor jour
road in a white suit and It's white jet."
One wondets what the candid humorist
would hap written had he worn the Fame
uit on a fast tide through Philadelphia's
tieets.
Ken ships will do no good unless
there are catgoes to put into them. The
loss of what the ships contain Is Just
as disastrous us the loss of the ships
themsehes. Thero Is one supreme task
to be accomplished, and that is the
elimination of the submarine menace. To
the accomp'ishment of that great fact
the lmenthe genius and brains of the
Whole civilized world must be directed.
The Lever bill, ghing the Presi
dent control over food, could not have
been better named. Englishmen and
Americans equally resent tho Prussian
lzation of home life, and in England the
Government frankly states that the
"lever" of stringent food control cannot
be used unless the people themselves
start economizing. American pride will
also be a spur to food economy, so that
the proposed measure will not have to
be enforced when the pinch comes.
What would have stood out as the
most famous murder trial of modern
times the Calllaux case 'waa "spoiled"
for the morbid by the Intrusion of a
world war which made the word Call
laux meaningless in a Paris which up to
the moment of hostilities had waited
'ih
W&-4--V breathlessly for the verdict. The Ftlgar
'if'tnit case strove valiantly to hold public at
rM tention, but there was "nothing to it."
vSEr St 'War may be madness, but Its crisis sobers
'i'Ti1 humanity to the sanity wnicn puts news
. r'rO at the criminal .court In the obscure
,! 1 position where It belongs.
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': It was Lv preujr iuca ui liuituuiicia
in turn the celebration of Shakespeare's
jMrth party into on American festival, but
. tatarnatlonai narmony wouia oe more
Mnplete could the two great English-
VpoaMnir nations agree on the date of
the Bard'a first peep at our world. We
observe the poet's birthday on April 23,
Which ia correct according: to the old cat-
. "ffflaa. afealaa, a-i Jt aWata 41 1 -a-fett .b A la. Jflal Wa At la.
br aallBUllIUl IBtlMJda UIO UoVy Vy W1C
'atyir, which makes it come on May 3.
jjfL our nonoays wouia nave to be
lj.lt we consistently ioiiowea the
really tha correct system.
t , -f ' :'X
luiblng ijaJiort of If ark Antony's
auaareaa can raaicn tne stirring
fPaul Mlllukoffs dramatic
r JRwM(MiatrloU made before
JIV WHaS-Wa ViPwinaH9V j VaMP
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atriking scene of Shakespeare's "Julius
Caesar" can match the speedy reversal
of hostile sentiment brought about by
the thrilling words of the great Slavic
statesman. Truly those that came to
scoff remained to cheer. "When I see
your banners reading, "Down with Mlllu
koff!' I fear not for mvso'f, but for Rus
sia," declared, the patriot. Our admi
ration of the sheer art of these words
Is only surpassed by our appreciation
of their effect on Ruswla in the
crisis of her new-born freedom. Mlltu
koff has met the insidious forces of
dissension and treason not with guns but
with courageous eloquence. The might
of his weapon may turn tho scale In
favor of a Russia at once free and un
sullbJ by a pro German peace.
WE MUST MAKE GOOD
rpiIE prestige, the reputation and tho
future of this nation have been thrown
Into the batt'o caldron. We could hao
answered or not answered, as wo pleased,
tho Macedonian cry from Europe Wo
choso, God helping us, to answer. It Is
the tradition of Europe, aye, tho tradition
of the civilized world, that In America Is
might: that tho genius of our Institutions
Is the genius of success, that American
grit, American novelty and American
methods can Invatiably translate failure
Into success; that tho aid of this nation
not only brings to ary cause enoimous
moral prestige, but that It brings to It
also a material might and power Irre
sistihlc
Magnificent as has been tho resistance
of I'ranco and glorious her sacrifice,
however Inspiring has been tho gathering
b England of her strength nnd hot free
offerlnr of blood and treasuie on tho
iltais of dcinoctacy, tho fact remains
that It Is from us they both expect the
vigor of success to flow. They do not
feci as men who have had a ast load
lifted from their shoulders, but they do
feel as if, having borno tho burden and
the-, heat of the dtj, there Is at last a
Good Samaritan at hand, from w hose
succoring hands they will draw fresh
life, renewed encrgv and the magic
spirit of triumph
We cannot fall them. We must make
good They have not been able to devise
.1 method of conquering the submarine,
we must devise such a method Thev
have not been able to build ships fast
enough to balance their sea losses; we
must build those ships Thoy have not
been nblo to secure adequate food sup
p'ics; wo must produce those supplies.
Their Iron and steel are insufficient for
their needs, we must provide both In ade
quate quantities. They need railroad
equipment of all sorts and expert rail
road men to manage the roads; wa must
answer that call. They will eventual'y
need men on the western front, we must
send tho men. They need surgeons,
nurses, hospital supplies; all we must
give.
T: e tax on our genius for Industrial
organization Is already tremendous "o
shout of shirking has been heard. The
ralltoads ate voluntarily under vlttual
Government control. Tomorrow this or
that Industry may be commandeered.
Let there be no protest. It is an indus
trial challenge that Germnny has Issued
to fie world, an armed proclamation of
her superiority in manufacture, joked to
or imperialistic, autocratic propaganda,
and the knife sticks In the heart of Im
perial Germany when the superiority of
tho United States in tho Industrialism
of war as well as In the industrialism
of peace Is definitely and unequivocally
established Tho power of the United
States to solve the difficulties of trans
port, to build guns and ships, to concen
trate and co-ordinate her might so that
the full vigor of it Is brought Into play
Is not only the tecret of military success,
but It Is the demonstration needed to end
forever any dreams of conquest by me
chanlcs which Central Europe may en
tertain. Tho maximum from our shipbuilders,
captains and privates; the maximum
from our machine harvested lands, the
maximum from our steel plants; the
maximum from our railroads; the maxi
mum from every Industrj' that flourishes
In the nation tnat is tne goal towara
which Washington strives, and it is call
in,; to the assistance of the Government
the brains and genlUB of the nation.
Germany's war is an industrial war
in an Industrial age, waged to perpetuate
medievalism in government. We flght
for modernism and back it with an in
dustrial development which we purpose
to show can match and more than match
that of our foes. For democracy at lost,
we may thank God, is about to spring
full-armed into the confllc't, mighty in
the achievements which liberty has
wrought, ready to meet any peril because
that liberty has tourlshed, even In
vented, the arts which autocracy -s
borrowed wherewith to subjugate the
world and will develop them now so that
their full fruits will be gathered for tho
enlightening and not the darkening of
the world. ,
We must make .good!
ATTENDIBILI!
It Is our duty to work hard to send
men to Albany who will not have to bci
put In the class which the Italian police
call the attendlblll men who need to
be watched New York Evening Post.
WE DO not know that the Italian po
lice have any rarae for the members
of our own Legislature who were floated
Into Harrisburg on a million-dollar slush
fund. But when It comes to attendlblll,
we'll match our bunch against New
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titfj y or oOh. wak a-4 wfa, tha
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KICKING AGAINST
THE WAR TAXES
Congress Besieged by Business
Men Who Want "the Other
Fellow" to Pay tho
War Cost
Sptciat Cortr-ponrfettr Eteninp ledger
WASHINGTON, Mny S.
A TAX bill Is coming to tho Amorlcan
peoplo nnd It Is going to sting. The
poor nre going to feel It becauc, though
It may not reach them directly, It will be
carried In the Increased cost of commodi
ties put on by thoso who do pay it. The
rich nro going to feci It whenever their
wealth nnd profits can ba traced It In to
be a. war tax not a measly llttto one hun
dred million war tax such as Congress fell
Into the habit of passing beforo tho United
States entered the war, but nn 1S00 million
tnx made necessary to meet the expenpes
of a real war And this stupendous tax
bill Is to bo but "the first crack out of
tho box." The country In to be put on a
war footing. Tho President nnd thoso co
operating with him have decreed It and the
peoplo must prepare to pay the bill When
we entered upon this war with Germinj
It meant business It meant more to the
Individual American than tho nverngo citi
zen now going peaceably about Ms dallj
vocation ever dreamed of
People Slow to Understand
It Is gradually dawning upon tho rink
nnd file, however, that thrre Is something
more In n declaration of war tlinn tho wav
ing of flags and the pipslng of patriotic
resolutions All that Is ca Conscrip
tion of men for military service and the
levjlng of taxes to support them Is nnothei
matter Congress knew that the President s
declaration meant the conscription of men
nnd the raising of inonev It went ntiout
Its work deliberately, knowing full well
that the burdens w'ould he heavy It was
no pica fa tit tnsk to provide for the draft
of ones fellow men for military ervlce,
but Congress was bound to support the
President, and It did so In due cnursn the
men for military service will be forthcom
ing About one In every five of the eligible
class will be taken The dutj of making
the draft Is expected tn fall upon civilians
In county units to be selected by the Presi
dent and It Is suggested that tho sheriff
will be ono of them It Is not unlikely
that a mllltarj' man may servo on some
of tha selecting boards That dlcretlon Is
left to the President, although It Is believed
the scarcity of military officers In tho active
service may not permit of their une Retired
ofllcers who arc still drowlng pa' mav be
called In for this service. Hut when con
scription starts no matter who Is desig
nated to do the selecting, It will touch
"the high spots" as well as 'the low spots,"
and tho men who are called will go 'this
Is one of the "indispensable conditions" that
war presents
Money and Men Both Requisitioned
I3ut if men are to be called out to flght,
and that is settled, men and women will
also be called upon to pay It Is astound
ing enough that this great country should
undergo so sudden nnd startling a trans
formation, but war upsets the equilibrium
of any country and it has upset that of
the United States, and will continue to do
so for a long time to come No man in
Washington now can tell what the end will
be or when The Administration has
already entered into friendly relations with
foreign nations that must extend over n
period of jears The sending of American
troops to Europe to aid the nations there
In conflict with Germany will mean the
sending of more troops, and still more Con
gress In levying taxes is anticipating all
that, so that little can be said at present
about the extent or the termination of
America's participation in the war. The
President has made his demands upon Con
gress and that body Is doing Its best to get
the war started light. It is not falling in
with every suggestion made bv the foreign
commissioners, whose zeal for the allied na
tions at war Is understood, hut Is striving
to give aid as recommended by the Presi
dent, with some conslr.'' ration for the Amer
ican people upon whom the burden Is being
laid
The People's Tax Bill
The tax bill which Congress Is getting
ready for the peoplo Is Independent of the
$3,000.000 000 loan which has already been
authorized as an aid to the Allies A tax
bill Is better understood than a conscription
bill, even If the latter does deal with flesh
and blood, and this particular tax bill, being
larger and heavier than any ever before
considered bs' a Congress, has aroused a
widespread protest. Congress has accus
tomed Itself to the plaints of business men
who 'are going to bo ruined" bv a tariff
bill It knows that story well, but never
before has it learned so suddenly nnd bv
heart a song the equal of the song of pa
triotism that balks at taxes In letter and
telegram It runs the same. ' We are patriotic
and support the President, but " It Is
useless to read bejond the 'but" The
but" la the line of demarcation between
the declaration of patriotism and the put-ting-up"
point. That is the line which
Congress with Its Mem sense of dut must
disregard In Its tax bill "It may hurt voui
large business Interests nnd it may nffect
your Incomes," says Congress, ' but, on the
other hand, conscription Is a draft upon life
as well as property, and Congress must do
Its duty equitably and impartlallj-."
Confiscation Another Harsh Word
During the discussion of the tax bill the
word "confiscation" has frequently been
used. It has been applied to proposed taxes
on business, and It has been directed to In
comes exceeding a certain amount. Certain
business interests have indicated that rates,
some of which have been published without
warrant of accuracy, would be confiscatory.
Almost every stockholder In the chewing
gum companies has taken up the cudgels
against further taxation Appeals for the
preservation of the chewing gum Industry
have come from a hundred cities They are
so heartrending as to be almost humorous ;
but there Is a great deal of money Invested
In the chewing gum business, and It has
been heavily taxed, even as liquor and to
bacco' have been taxed, and will bo again.
Automobile manufacturers have put in simi
lar pleas. But these are incidents to a great
money-raising scheme. Congress must get
the money to pay tne war nuis. it is inevi
table, and the cry of "confiscation" arises
where the shoe promises to pinch the most
In the matter of personal Incomes, "confisca
tion" has actually been proposed as to net
Incomes exceeding flOQ.OOO. "What can a
man do with more than J100.000 a jear?"
has been asked. Such a question smacks of
socialism, but the rejoinder comes without
compunction: "These are war times Things
are different In war times "
It's an old story, that of the hotel keeper
who charged his transient guest $2.75 for
two fried eggs, but it sets forth the Gov
ernment's position regarding large Incomes
and business profits to a nicety,
"How did you have the conscience to
make that charge?" asked the victim.
-Because, friend," said the truthful bonl
face, "I needed the money."
There Is one consolation which prospec
tive taxpayers have tn connection with tola
araat war bill. It Is an emergency meaaur.
When the war Is over the namaalty (or it ec
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Tom Daly's Column
T11H VILLAOU rOET
Whenever Wi the Saturday that's first
to come in Mav
ll'c'rc all supposed to la humane and
otic tha Mrrft their day.
One lltrd Day in the year, of course, can
neicr quite repay
The thrushes or the roltns for their worn-
ing roundelay,
iTif then you Know (t think it uas a J)os-
ton dame u)io said)
1 semi-loaf preponderate a paucity of
hrcad;
An' so, to show our love for them, the
birdi for this one day
Bhall own this little column an' we'll keep
the cats away.
TO BEGIN WITH, let's go bad: to the
day beforo Tho Baj', and tho prepara
tions theiefor, because
ono doesn't have to bo
nn owl to know that most
things eventuating on But
urdav must bo planned on
Friday unless they hap
pen to bo eggs, mistakes,
fnlls. Invitations to drink,
golf stores (high nnd low).
faux passes nnd such lllte So, to con
tinue IlVtcncirr if' a Sat.
I do not i me to ?iop,
And yet I Inrw oui cat
Had habit ur must stop.
And io upon a J'li
I donned my coat and hat
And ucnt abroad to tiy
To put an, end to that.
There tin? nn ancient man
Had vundru thlniji to iclt.
A tiny shop lie tan
Abor the door a bell
I told the ancient one'
"I uivh to cure my cat"
He handed me a nun,
And quotha, "Oh c 'er that."
"What'i that? You bid me shoot
My blooded Biadford Scoti7
She' been a faithful hiutc
And I'll protect her now.
But as fat youl" I cried,
"Take that! nnd that" and that 1 1!"
I beat him till he died
And thus aicnpcd my cat.
Full wide T fluno
the door
And rtihcd into
the street.
The bell (described
before)
Pell, janpltnp, at
my feet
"Aha! Imy xety
iLOrds)
I'll find a ie for
that."
And so, to sate
the birds.
Behold I've belled
the cat'
Wo were talking yesterday of Strlck
Gillllan, who is a bird In his own right,
and our talk moves a reader to inquire it
we can tell his storj of the Bkinny hogs
and tho Georgia cracker who had lost his
voice. Wo can't, but this Is the gist of if
Strlck says he was driving through a
wooded district (we're not
suro that it was Georgia)
when he noticed a hetd
of famished-looking hogs
running about wlldlj'
among the trees A little
further on ho came upon
n man lazily leaning
against his cabin door.
Strlck told the man about tho hogs
"Ynas," the man said In a husky whis
per, i "them's my hawgsl Senco I lost
my voice I niters been a-callin' 'em nt
feedln' time by rappln' on a post with a
stick. Wnal, ylstldy week a flock o'
woodpeckers come Inter these woods nn'
now they got them hawgs plumb craj1."
IT was ten no, eleven jears ago that
we met the "homeslckest" .
Irishman we ever knew.
He came to us In March
nnd he, never seemeri miltA '
to fit in So none of us
wore greatly sut prised
when he sailed back to
Ireland one day In May.
But the reason for It all
was
THE SONG OF Till: THRUSH
Ah I the May wa grand this tnornin'l
Sure, how could I feel forlorn in
Such a land, when tree and flower tossed
their hisses to the hreetet
Could an Irth heart be quiet
While the spting was ) unit In' rfot
An' the birds of free America were singln'
in the trcesT
In the songs that they tocre singln'
Ko familiar note ca ilngln',
But I strove to imitate them an' I whis
tled like a lad.
Ol my heart uas Uarm to love them
For the ery nemes of them
For the ould songs that they helped me
to forget an' I was glad.
So I mocked the feathered choir
To my hungry heart's desire,
An' I gloried in the comradeship that
made their joy my own,
Till a new note sounded, stilltn'
All the rest. A thrush uas trillin'l
Ahl the thrush I left beliind me in tho
fields about Athlonel
Where, upon the whltchorn suayin',
He twis mOisfrel of the Mayin',
In my days of love an' laughter that the
years have laid at rest:
Here again his notes were ringin'l
But I'd lost the heart for singin'
Ahl the song I could not answer was the
one I knew the best.
Frank Ogleaby. who la a hermit thruih him
elf, fitted rmula to that aome years ago and
Ings It whenever ou nak him,
The flfth, of May has, been fixed upon
for Bird Day, because that's the birthday
of John James Audubon, the flist Ameri
can naturalist. 'Ray for Audubon! This
country Is full of Audubon societies now.
The flrst was founded by Dr. George Bird
Orinnell. 'Ray for Grln
nelll But Audubon Is dead
and our favorite natural
ist and bird painter now
Is Louis Agasslz Fuertes,
who will have societies
Earned after him some
daj'. 'Ray for Fuertes!
Meanwhile, In the re
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grettable absence of the, Dove of Peace,
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THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
The War Situation From the Ad
vertiser's Viewpoint Objec
tion Made to the Study
of German
7 (if- Department ( rr tn all reader who
idh to rxprex their opinions on subject nt
current interest. It i nn open forum and the
litnina Ledger assume no responsibility for
the linos of it correspondents. Letters must
he sianed by the name and address of the
artier, not necessarily for publication, but as a
guarantee of good faith,
"BUSINESS FOLLOWS THE FLAG"
To the Editor of the Bt cninn Ledger:
Sir I have been asked to stato my opin
ion as to how advertisers will view tho war
situation
I do not believe we have an advertiser
worthy the name who will permit a situa
tion In Europe that has existed for nearly
three years to warp his Judgment Just be
cause we aro a little closer to the edge
of It
I have carefully looked over the financial
retrospects of all great wars and find that
business has Invariably been increased
during and for noma jears after the wars.
Tho expenditure of vast sums of money,
oven though a large part Is for war pur
poses, must stimulate business In all lines
This money is not burned up or diverted
into closed channelr. It would be Impossl
ble to prevent It from percolating through
every avenue of approach to the public,
and stimulating In turn its reinvestment or
respendlng In times of stress tho public
leans moro and more upon standardized
goods, especially those that give comfort
and convenience Tobaccos, automobiles,
food products nnd similar lines should be
stimulated rather than retarded in their
sales by the war situation
Now as to taxes, if large sums are Im
posed upon special Industries, no doubt
these will be, In turn, passed tt) the con
sumers In the fotm of tho small additional
charges necessary to cover tho Increased
cost to the manufacturer. No one believes
It Is tho Intention of the Government to
tax Initiative out of exIMence or to burden
American business with unnecessary handi
caps. The persons who use the taxed goods
are the ones who nre to be reached, and the
division of the taxes among millions means
very little to the public, but a great deal
were It to be confined to the manufacturers
Furthermore, if tho Government is to im.
pose a large tax upon so-called excess
profltB, the advertiser will have the better
of tho argument In contrast to the non
advertiser. Advertising Is n legitimate part of manu.
facturlng and selling expense Goods that
are sold through advertising nre provedly
lower In maintained price than nonadver
tlsed goods This Is a benefit to tho pub
lic, and a continuance of advertising with
its corelated enlargement of output Is a
public safeguard against increased prices
Both the advertiser and the public benefit
But there Is still another side to It. If
tho Government Is to tax profits above a
certain percentage, large net profits will be
large net profits in name only, and the de
velopment of gpod-wlll through advertising
expenditure will be of more value than
surpluses that will meet double and treble
taxation.
In other words, advertisers who cut out
their normal expenditures will not be bene
fiting cither themselves or their stock
holders, but will only falsely add to the In
comes, nt the same time handicapping the
growth of their business ,
Should we consider patriotism In con
nection with business? It has been said
that the patriotism of America exists In Its
pocketbook. I do not believe this Is true
Wall street sometimes runs at any sign of
alarm, but the business of America, as a
whole, will not strike its colors to German
aggression or German, underhandedness I
believe American business will go forward
as It has been going for some years past. I
believe It will prove to Its own satisfaction
and that of the community at large that
'business follows the flag "
RICHAnD A. FOLEY.
Philadelphia, Moy 4,
DISLIKES STUDY OF GERMAN
To the Editor of the Evening Lpdger:
Sir Now that we are at war with Ger
many, why not hare the German language
removed from the course v of ,. study t m.
"AW, HAVE A HEART!" .
schools? It does not seem consistent that
we should damn her actions -on ono hand
and, on the other, praise her language. It
does not seem sensible to attack her mili
tary achievements and allow tho student
to read books like ''Iho eat IS70," In
which her task of subduing Franco is mi
nutely displayed It does not seem right that
wo Americans should have to put up with
anv thing German, bo It her customs, brags
or praises; yet we are requested to perfect
our minds to be nblo to speak, read nnd
translate her tongue
I do not caro to go on record as stating
that the language has no flno points, merits
or Interesting bits of study, but while we
are at war with a nation that has dared
put In the shade all principles of Justice,
refused to abide by International law and
was willing to wlpo tho United States off
the face of tho globo It seems rather fool
ish to permit tho language of the foe to
gain a firmer fooihold here
A. LINCOLN MEYERS
Philadelphia, May 3.
ALL ARE NOT SLACKERS
To the lUlltar of the livening Ledger:
Sir Many of the dally newspapers are
continually casting reflections on the so
called ' slacker." Most of them, I am sare,
are truo Americans and with many circum
stances and conditions aro such that it
would not be advisablo to offer their serv
ices to their country by enlisting
Would It iot, then, be far better to de
vote the space now given to the discussion
of the slacker to a direct nnd earnest appeal
to those men who are undoubtedly fitted to
serve, telling them that now is the time for
them to servo this glorious nation?
Johnsonburg, Ia , May 2. If G. F,
THE MANLY SPORT
Tho study of boxing gives us excellent
lessons In humility and throws a disquieting
light on tho decay of some of our most
precious Instincts We soon perceive that
in everything pertaining to the use of our
members, agility, Bklll, muscular strength,
power to resist pain, we arc at the bottom
of the scale among mammals From this
point of view our llghtfiil place would ba
a modest one between the frog and the
sheep
Ihe kick of a horse, the goring of a bull,
the bite of a dog, are mechanically and
automatically perfect. It would bo lmp6s
slble to Improve by lessons the Instinctive
use of their natural weapons, but we
humans, for all our pride, do not even know
how to use our fists. We do not even know
which Is really tho weapon of our kind.
Until a master has laboriously taught us
we nre totally Ignorant of concentrating
and making use of the relatively tremendous
force resident In our chest and shoulders.
Watch two carters, two countrymen who
como to blows; nothing moro pitiable.
Now Just contemplate two boxers No
useless words, no anger, the oalm of two
men who know what they have to do The
athletic attitude of the defense, one of the
finest of the manly body, gives free play
to all the muscles of the organism. What a
noble simplicity In the attack'! Three
blows, delivered scientifically, spoil mathe
matically the thousand clumsy attempts of
the uninitiated. And the struggle ends to
the satisfaction of the victor, whose triumph
Is so decisive that he has no desire to press
his victory further, and without dangerous
hurt to tho vanquished man. who is simply
reduced to unconsciousness during the time
necessary for all rancor to evaporate
Shortly after the loser rises without lasting
Injury, for the resistance of his bones and
of hla organs Is in a strict and natural
proportion to the strength of the human
weapon which has struck him down
Maeterlinck.
XANTIPPE'S WORK
George Ado said at a Chicago wedding
breakfast:
"The great and good Socrates was married
to a scold. Otherwise, perhaps, he would
have 'spent more time at home and less
time In the market place finding fault with
the Athenian Government.
"This thought occurred to me at a school
treat, where I asked a bright little girl:
" 'How did Socrates die?'
" 'He died,' the little girl replied, 'from a
dose of wedlock.' " Washington Star,
NOT BY WORDS ALONE
This Is not a, Billy Sunday War. not a
New Yprk Evening Talegram war. not even
an Honorable Augustus P, Gardner 'war
It Is a war of engineers. Inventor. .'
ganliers. social experts, a war of co-opera-
U-n ,T .- J JMimif"
r&laip,.,,. ; -ir....a -- j
What Do You Know?
Queries of general 4nferest vrtll be antwerta
in this column. Ten question), tha answer is
uhlch eiery ttefMnormeil person should know,
are asked dally,
QUIZ
1. VVhii t man l at the head of the Roislaa
(ovcrnment?
2. Mlrelma the rnnltnt of Serbia been eataW
. Ilaheil ulnee tho entral Powers' ooni-
nation of that country?
3. Vtliut I. the dllTrrenrs between a do facta
and u do Jure government?
. Vilir In It that the nnnlver-arr of Fhakj
apeqre'M birth, relebrnted In this rountrr
A'"'"..3' celebrated In FntVasJ
May 3?
S. What Is meant br the letters "U. S. M. C."
after nn oflcera nnmer
0. Who was AeHop?
7. Aho Is the ranking officer of the United
Mates urmy?
8. What and where la the Natural Itrldga?
0. Explain why n victorious army Is said U
havo won laurels.
10. What English writer la called "Tho Soae
tator" and why?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. "lve I'Amerlque" la the Frenth esioltalsftt
for "Hurrah for America." It Is pro
nounced "leer-la-malr-reek.')
2. General John Charles Fremont' was a noted
' American soldier and explorer of the
NoutliHest.
8. Drlgndlcr General Enoch IT. Crowder U
Jndgn ndvocato general of the War De
partment. 4. The expression "JrrTcraonlan and Jackson.
Ian -Implicit?" cornea from tho fart tbat
rresldent Jefferson and President Jackfea
were extremely simple In their mode m
living,
5. "lAp loyalty" denotes loyalty that expresses
Itself only In words and not In deeds.
6. Lexington Market Is In Baltimore.
T. Dr. Johannes Kaempf Is president of tbt
German Reichstag.
8, The ostrich borles Its hend In the sand whaa
danger threatens.
0. Warsaw Is the capital of Poland.
10. Condign punishment la suitable, lit or SPPJ-
prlute punishment.
Languages
I. S The subject of "the languages, of
the world" cannot be covered In a short
paragraph. Roughly, the languages have
been assembled In four groups: (1) the Iso
lating or monosyllabic, of which the Indo
Chinese languages contain good types; (2)
the Inflectional, of which types are found
among the Semitic and Indo-European; (J)
tho agglutinative, comprising the Ural
Altaic, Dravldo-Munda, Malayo-Poljneslan,
African and others, and (4) the analytic.
Including the English, French, modern Per
sian, Hindustani, etc Many languages
show characteristics of two or more groups,
making classification extremely difficult
Read articles on "philology" in encyclope
dias and look up the references under that
heading.
U. S. Navy
A. B "Fighting Shlps".09U), by Fred
T. Jane, contains probably the most com
plete list of American warships This natu- '
rally does not contain the names of vessels
launched or put Into commission since that
dato. It Is Impossible to supply this Infor
matlon at this time because of the war.
Brian Boru
D. C. C. (a) Brian Boru was a king of
Ireland, who defeated the Danes In the
battle of Clontarf on Good Friday, 1014
b) Lord Wlmborne Is Lord Lieutenant of
Ireland, (o )Germany was never a republic.
"Best Sellers" . .
F. D. C (a) A monthly list of the most ;
popular books throughout the country Is
printed In the Bookman, published by Dodd,
Mead & Co , New York. Those most.ln de-
mand In the. Philadelphia libraries art i
printed each Saturdayin the Publlo Ledger.. ,
(b) Vocational training In Philadelphia Is ,,
carried on In the public schools. 'John C. "
Frazee, associate supirlntendent of schools, ,
haB charge of the work. '
Mutilating Money
W, A. Y. The law penalizing mutilation
of United States money Is found tn Bectlon
16S, of the United States Penal Code. It
makes possible a fine of not- more .than
(2000 and Imprisonment of not more than
five years for any one who fraudulently de
faces, mutlates. Impairs of diminishes
money, or who helps to do'so. or who. with
Intent to defraud, haa such monev In his J
possession. , Cases are,rare where Vnen have A
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