cv M- 1 : i-v,- ti , ? EVENIKa iJEbGEIl-PHlLAbteLPHiA,' TUESDAYj IVfAY 8, 1917 . i&J" V, ' ' Illllllll B k kV i' w E K I Ik ft ifi 1ST R j 1 ir lr r? & -U-A PtJ fcuetttng Ueftger PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY CTnUS IL K. CUtlTlS. rsiHM Charles It. taidlnrton. Vice rrtnldrntt John C. Martin. Secretary nnd. Treanuren rhllln fi rolltna, John n. William.. John J.. Spurron, r. H. Whaler. nifKtorn. ' HOtT-mut. iiOAttt): Crara II. K. Crttu. Chairman. I. 11. Wit ALKY Editor JOHN '. MAilT:v.. General Busing Manager rubllnM daily at Pi nun t.rtirii ItulMlne, Independence Kquare, rhllarielphlu, I-tensa Cittatl.. .P.ro.1 an.t Chestnut trei. ATHsTir ClTr.. PrMi I nipu Itnllnlna Kziv Toes., .. Inn MMrnpnlllBn Tower PTniT. ... . lot yard liullnlnt T. I.ncis !) e;'.fi- llfmnrrnt IIUIMIns CHIlano IS02 Tribune HulhllliK NKWB ntTvEAfl Wamisutos Uranr New Venn Ptartt lilacs riulldlna Th Tlmr Mull line I'n rrli1rlrhiraai Man oil House strand .12 llu- l.ual le (Irand itsaitv ri arAi I.nvtms Ti aril I'Atiia rtiacii SITtsrntPTlnV i-RliMi Tn. Kitmmi l.cimrn . ..erwd In subs. rlhrr In Philadelphia anl surrounding town, at the rat of twelve (1 rents par wrk, pfvjAtl. In the '.Trier. Bv mall tn points nutsl.le of Phtt.ilelphls In the t'nltM Malts, I'anadi or United Slates pns eeMtnn., pmiaca fre fifty (Vil rent, per month Six ($n dollars per enr tayable in advante. To all forelitn countries one (Ml dollar pr tnnnth. 5.nnrr Subscribers wl'hlnir address change I nuat Jiva old m well an new nddrrxo. HI Ll loon J aLM T KM IOM-. M 5CC0 B Audiei all rot'itMUiifcntfon (o t.irrtttip l.tdotr. Iilrpendriirf Hiuuri. I'lillrilrlpliia. INTrarp at Tnr run firlrnu rntnrricK a ItrfiVIiriAH MAII MATTTR. THK AVKUAtli: Nllr 1'AII) UAIt.Y CHI CULATION OK a UK i:liMVI I.lUlilKU I oil Al'ltll. s IIN.OJI I'hillitrlrhll, Tur.riav. l,, a IIP TIip lubmnilne Is an Amorlcin in vention, but submarine w.trfmu la an In vention of the devil. The peifec pcaee which stems to relcn In lellt Si wlmpl an vumtilo Of what an efllcient :ensm;hli can ln. The recret of KiirIhiuI s .ibllltv to finance the war llos In the upkeep of business and her iefu.al to be Ktmtiicilcil into a trade panic, You cannot raise riops with reso lutions. It Is possible that the call or th" oil nill cet at the root of the problem of the hlch cost of IlWui;. Colonel Kooseelt. at the In ail of 200,00(1 IMopiesis en toute to l'lame, Would not need aiiv otei. Nor Would the countiy need any i-xni'-es. Sooner or '.iter tho llnots uf the Allien must dilve liphlml HelKol.ind. and rout out the pets Vo ti ii..t thru Ami'i lean nhlps will lead the way. Persons who do not apptove of the uprltiK drive aicalnst lllcs .i. that they haxe a certain commercial Milue In a measuie thin In leally true, no In'-ecu ion tributes mme to the prospcrlt;. of under tnkers nnd tombstone makers The pasencp of I he tearhers' pen slou bill will be one of the In lulu spots In the lerord of the protent r.enld.mite. Thoe wlin leach the American outh how' to arquire knowledge and lle tlcht are Just as worthv of a pension as those who arrest him after he has none wiomr. Her In jeportx tell of- the falluie of many attacks tn break tin ouch, the lnfeienee beltu that eei time an Allied foice ualns Kiound without leaih lnfc Berlin Its work must be cnnsldeicd a failure. Hut Heilln does not make public the many falluies of (Jeiman troops in lolent counter offensives. C'onshohocken has bioUKht foith more recruits than any other town of Us lie In the cnun.tr. It is ipille flttinR that this place of lion and meel hnuld produce men of such mettle, and It is quite evident that, the spit It of Washing ton nnd Lafayette still lintjeiH in this his toric alley which they once tinverseil. It must be eomfoi tlm,' to Rood clti rens to feel that the fio eriior, despite the enormous pressure on his time, still can afford to clve his attention to details of importance, His declaration that people peelinR potatoes should sao the ejes, thus lellevlnc the seed situation, is In dicative of tho broad-vlsloned mantlet the Governor has of meetins u bit? situation. We would suggest also sending banana peelings to Europe w-eie it not that the submarines mlRht slip up on them IliKt. Every day thousands of flyins men accomplish maneuvers over the front that few aviators would have attempted In ex hibitions a few jears bro without de mandinR $500 or $1000 for half an bom's work. Those pioneers were underpaid More than 300 of them fell to their death But they blared the trail. The llRhtlttK aviators rarely fall even when "winced." It takes a Rood many shots to brine down a plane. But It was throiiRh tho lessons learned from the mistakes of American "dare-devils" that men tly so well today. We need "dare-devils" more than ever; for the devil Is flRhtlng us. Tho difficulty of RettlnR anythiiiR worth while done by the Government Is Increased by hysterical cries of "pork barrel" no matter how meritorious the particular project may be. The usually r4wW V well-informed New York Sun declares In s& , a fit of virtue that "pork Is hidden In the V harbor bill under a military rilsRuIse," be. . ttft cause an appropriation Is provided for the V.llcnicanD aim uciauiui; vautii, Allc brain of an Insect, we Imagine, would be Ji( . larce enoUKh to apnreclate immedlatelv , AIIC IIIII1VC1I7 inn.vnn.k tui fciio utjim m K nliMllnn. in HfiV nothlnir nf Its fnmniB. r-A Hal importance. It Is a fact, startling iri. ... .... . ... .. . .. pernaps, oui vruo nevervnmess, mat xne V Government can spend money outside of X New York harbor without wasting It, .it . rV, Stock market attacks on railway -fweurittes and the ceneral bad condition 'f railway finances, considering the - -- rlrou duties which the roads are called 1 4-fJ perform, must make every good to wins; ino aiiiHium over one of the Imperative needs of the hour. They nre askluc for a IS per cent advance In latcs. That may bo suUlclent, but we doubt If It will he unless thete Is n jdtaip bieak In the Reueint pi Ice movement. In abnoitn.il peilods, such its the present. ' then" should be some mentis iif auto- matlinlly tnnlntiiliiliitr the pioper balance between cost and Income III tho londlKt of iiillwav piopuitlus. THE MOKE HUSINESS. THE MORE REVENUE "PATKIUTI.S.M Is a miracle wot ki't. Con--- cress Is etiKiiCed III mi elTot t to inlse Wlttmlb two billions of dollais i i-u bv new and extraotdlnai v lasiitlon, ,it the volume of public discussion telatlve to tho new levies is utmost necllclble. We lire Inclined In believe that business men have let their patilollni cet the bettet of thelt JtnlRtnent The inicht. in a sulier and deliberate vn. to have tirtsented tlieli views to Countess. U'e liave iinleil a tendency on the p.nt of seine Dlticluls, nolnbl.v the SVeletai y of AriIi tilluie. to take an iilaliillnR Mew of the situation In urcltiR siivIiik he Iuim R-iiie tn Hie outeino of watchlliK the splcot and dlsiecntdliiR the buiiR-hole If a Rctiernl pollev of not Iniylnc should be ndoilod b.v the public thousniids of people would be th'yvvn out of wotk. a panic would ensue and the (lovernuieiit would experience the Krealest illllkMlltv ill obtiilnltiR leventie. the talslnc of which under oidlnat.v tiniln eondlllons would be of verv little liurden to tin business; of the nation The IjIr ptoblein befnte Conciess Is not to tnlse two billions, lint tu rni"c It in such ii M'tentllle wnv thnt no luislin'st wilt tin ruined (tin Income is so eniiriiloit.s ih i. iw-ii tillllons divert) d to national put posea Would Hot tie n Fevite tnx Hut If the dellc-ite Inlame eNtstiim In the liusl nes world Is dlslurbtd, If lilts little Intsl llcss is hlllllKcomd out of eslktelici anil another devltali.ed, then In truth a period of tial hiiffuliiK will ensue Novel has fcleutllli- iltlclenc.v l-en m iieee.ivi 111 the fin mullitlili of a levenue bill. This In the Uw I il.eu b.v Seiiatot I'm dervviifid. who ft allied the piesent tnrlfl' law. He s uitpliHtlc In Ids dit'lat.itlou Hint business must lie stiencthened in older to meet the new demands on It not I vvetkened The powei to tax Is the pnvvci ' tn destiov but Its use for such an ex j tiime put pose would be national suicide Next to the selection law. then Is no legislation lieln w.itihul with smli ceti eral interest as the ponding levenue pro posals The nation experts CoiiRtess, p this cxid'tic. to inise nionev bv encour acliiR the Iniltistiv of the coiintiv and not to iiid the couiitiv's enemies b weak enliiR mil powei Iti the viry nmtiees whence It tlows TOO MUCH DIJLAY Pltl.CIOI'P davs have been wasted while the House nnd Senate have bet n tijItiK to et toRethei on the onset lp I tiou bill. The maximiim and mlntmutu I aces r.in be chanRcd latei. The biR thine ' now t to ct the ainiv undet wav. Never I have ihys, even houis, been so vital as I thev now ale liv, If It c.'.n pnsslblv lie avoided. Is a eilme We must add to the available stieiiRth of the Allies, not meril plUR their Mnes OL'lt riKST EXPKDITIOX Till; news that the War Dcp.iiimepl has decided tn send nine leclmctits of enplneeis, presumably about IS.iiOh men, to I'liince "at tlie p.ullest possible mo ment" foi woik on the lines of i onmiuni cation will lie like a tonic to all the Alllnl nations. Those who have in Red the sendliiK of men foi "mninl efect" upon tun- fellow llRhters and foi Hip fnrthei' dlM'ouitiRemctit of the (iennans did not ixpeit such ipiiek in Hon This foiee Is not to lie niiM-ui cil In lilunlicis Technical woikeis will be of vast assistance behind the nimles piet.s iiiR foiwaid Too main spectall ti. lined men wtie allowed to take places in the tieuches lit HiirI.iiiiI's muddllnR davs ot wholesale volunteei Iiir, nnd, as all the win Id knows, t was neccssmv to lotiili the tanks for skilled woikeis moio needed on the 11 1 1 1 s of utmmuuUntloii and In fiKtoiles than at the fiont The toutliiR ol the (Iennans out of France will be u tiemendoiis enclneerliiR feat. It will not be meiel.v 'motal effect" that out ensliiieih will have, niui Ii as the slcht of out- Mac nn 1'iencli soil will lift up the heatts of mu enniiades. They will supplement the annv that has to provide for the mmements of that other at my at the fiont The Admliilstinilons auuouiucment promises what will be at once an inspiia. tluit and a htchlv pinctlcal plan. tug coal cour.i: !OAI need not cotno IiIrIi," says the Hniernmcnt. but coal iloos coma IiIrIi, and hlRher and liluher The Rteed of some special Intel est", utteilv at vai lance with the patriotic policy adopted bv most others, demands the active Intel fetence of the Government, for the tellef of Itself as well as of the people in Renernl. An advance of a few cents in the cost of mininR Is passed along In a series of advances, made all alone the line, until the oilgtnal udvunce has been multiplied tenfold or men v. The coal roiiro Is be coming meie robber,, not to be coun tenanced by the nation, and Immediate means to relieve the situation should be employed. NO PESSIMISM THERE is no pessimism In America. Tho gravity of tho tark wc have set ourselves to accomplish ban been well understood fiom the beginning. We did not enter the war under the spur of hystctlcal excitement. Never was par ticipation In ,u conflict more patiently and dcllbetately thought out. There would have been little purpose In our Joining the Allies when victory was ns. sured. It was because victory was not assured, that help wjis needed, that we took up the sword. Wo are not, therefore, dismayed be. cause there Is a giant's work to bo done. There Is nn wall of discontent. There Is, however, a growing sense of the seri ousness of conditions. That Is not pes slmlsm, but It Is common sense. Wo shall win the war by a proper realiza tion now of what Is needed. The sacrl. flees required of us may be .rcmen-lous. but, there Is no roorn In -ialsm tor .whBiBUWi ; .- &:, WHEN JOFFRE SAVED PAkIS Quiet Courage of the Capital During the Marno Crisis Inspired by Faith in Commander Uy H. T. CRAVEN ROM IS lie' a world evri knew lit A. 1 lirt that 1 rniplte hnd fallen Its citizens neie too dnse to tlie event Historians ncrecd on the fateful date in niv (rnturles lati i Pails In 10! t elMirle rcallred Hint clvlll ration wns In the bilanrc In all hl-tnry there Is no swell supreme example nf In stant self-rniisilnustiesH clr nr-e t il l'mme was suililenlv strlpiied of llluslnnr 'ln limits after the ileeiee of niolilllratlnii the allege d tnmlrrti Svlinrls became the true inndprn Sputa It w-as (lie itili ket tetn lieiaiiicnlal ihance In world aiiiiiilc And throiiRli the tense dramatic stillness tint followed tlie Initial shock u plug e tiainc was svllatileil on mens lips ,neph .trffre I had Inntd of the i tniicr.l 1 li-stmo In peace limn Inline llatolv preerdlng Alinaf-eildoti Iiinliiu til" vei.v brief tltst iiunlstrv of Itllml the slimiest In the rhinnli'les of the le puhlle Joseph .Inffie liad bron ifie.itedlv nirntinmd (is the vtoittel udvni ite nf f'Uir viais of eiitnpulsnrv tnllltar.v training I'm is awnliH to him iiRiln when the Rrent annv lev lew was held lit l.omtcha-npi on tlie na tional hnllda.v. Hie fourteenth nf .Tul.v nther iKtdei wliuse names ale now- hoasihold words N'lvellr I'ei.iln Maiioun, evon l-'m II -wen- thin unkiiievn to Hie la.vmin Hut even the vacation tourist nf t'Ht could dlmlv dlM-ein ti timv I'rnm-e in tin- tepulillr's I'llleftaln Without I1H.V Vliirm nf tin- vvon-dn.ii- tnle he was in plav the mint indifferent leader of tin- muspapeis the lillisl nttdltnt of i.ife i hut had teamed smnetliliiR of the culm reoliiilnn (lie almost ItnuiReol solldltv and the sleelv. tinseirish pililnllsin nf this kiliillv i t ileleiinltird soldlel trrnn the far fiillttl Then came the si nation it I'.iill.iux trial fails sinldi'iilv iliRenernti il Into tin hvsterl ral eapll il of tlie Icnnlile llnuliiiRer davs 1 liuil iilvv:i.vs iIlKViiinteil tales nf lurid Trench ineloilramatli s llxi liable nmlis bofmo tlie I'atals de Justice shniuefiillv sei meil to at test the truth of the severest criticisms of linlllc temperament Joftre, I he sane p'.atli snlillu- man. was fniRotten It "as his last pet toil of oliA'tirl!, I'etuinliig to my hotel mi the afternoon of July .11 I'M! 1 whs confronted bv one i f the emplnvc In fats "ibneral mnlilllza t Ion ha In en ibcl.iieil I am leaving at nine toi niv egltuent. ' In explained It si ems absurd now to admit having been sin pi l-id rr I was no exieptlnn to any visitor or Indeed to niativ I'ailslau The vvat had n-enied a nmitrnus ltnpnssllillit llefnre sunset on that hrlitht uinintr das the nalltv or the cniillht was Rtlinl, tnr tlltiRl.v reveiiled Did I'm is Kxpcct n Siece'.' I Ud Tarlslans expect a slece" Is not a iltieMliiu often asked I ndniibteillv iiianv epeelt.lv those i li.ie't lo 1 ST I . did. but to inn It seemed tint innnv nlso teftiseil to think Vo far ahead The siuipl. pinned lltelr tiopfs on loffre Justilled Ills innst.int Ittieatlnc with cotindfiue In his abllitv to counlei -attack when the right lime tame, an 1 held I Kill Above all there were no Illusions about ,inv thing Vast bodies nf noops matched without either e.atlou nr despair through the streets to th eastern nnd tmithern tall wav stations unnccomiia tiled bv bands nr miisfc nr am sort Vo inn sang Hie Mar selllalsi oi the even more RtiriliiR ' ..unbre ft Menu- ' t'omparntive v few (lags wen ilisplaved '1 ears were di ied nftti uiiihlll7a tltill ilav I'.veu the new ipipeis were not e.tgerlj bought Mv ve-v anxiety to le-irn what tins happening 'ic-i. toned nliniit the nnty smiles I ever sa.c it 1'irts durliiK 111 it August nnd Septetnl . Pas de nmivi lies" inn news') the vendii would oliverve, with a ipieer little twinkle In hi" eves tint n'cmcil to saj "How like tliosoi xcltnble Amer cans'" 'I he last theatileil perfoim nice In Parts In fore the Maine was gtvin at tlie Comedie l-'ruiiiatH l.ahli he s biei-v little "l.e Vnv -age de Monsieur IV n Minn" was the bill xtvuit tvveiilv-llve peiFiuis i impose 1 the audience fter that, all ii-nusi nieiits in Paris leased sive the pctslstent ami un-extliigulsh.-tli e mov ics Cafe mche-tras protnpllv disapptnied but inntiai v to some Impiesslnns tliete seoiued to be ntisolutelv no shofage of either good food nr Rond cooking Koviiih anil lieih rtc's nlone of all the eplciiieau tesorts closed their dour' After the dinner hour, hovever nothing was pet milled to lie seived, ami woe to the cafe keeper who kept his lights roIiir nno minute after S p m lie "was Distantly visited bs a group nf maiidatni v gendaimts War Iiroajl When I sa.v Hint excellent fno I pievnlled, 1 must exiept Ineiiil Tough, teelh-vexliiR "pain de niierie' Immediate v eplat ed the i lisp and tempting ImiR biead stli ks. evei the ptlde nf I'arls Saddest nf all, tho tlalntv breakfast -crescent" Inlf pastiy half-bread, cnmpletelv vanished ami Is even ct seal it Iv prneiirihle III the i Itv Hut, nn the whole, Pnrls gave no hint uhntevrr of limninent food sliortage and this pro. fusion of edibles w is alwavs nne nT the sttnnpes- aigiiiiieiits iig.ilii"t the pnaihr.lty of nn Investment Twice nnl.v between July ni and Septem ber I i did the city altet hei mood The Invasion nf Alsace, at first suciessful. sent a pithetle unriercurient of Jnv Hiroiighniit the inpit.il Well-diessed dalntv I'lencli chlldien nine tunic phi)el In the Luxem bourg and the Park Moneenu. and thnt tie. Ilghtful Parts Institution the waffle man piled his trndo with something of Ills nil assurance The second tempeiamrnt.il change, came, at the heart of the i risls Algetlan troops turbaned. ' bernnused " dashing on t-plritc I Arati steeds, m in lied tlnniigh Hie boule vards en route ftnm .Marseilles tn tho front Their progress through the Paris sttcets was mado at night, .vet the populace thronged the sidewalks and cheered these swarthv wnnlnrs to the echo The Marin frav was then fullv under way The tide had been turned, but Paris did not know that The aveinge Parisians, Indeed, through out this whole petlod seemed lather hadlv Informed concerning the tine match of events Knr this the !n eminent taiiiiot be lilnmed. It Is ttuo thnt the two dally cninmunlaues scarcely ever cmplnved such expressions ns "tetre.it" or "defeat," but all the towns on which the nimiet had fallen hack were cxplle'tlv mentioned I poied over maps and easily learned the truth, while mv1 Kiench friends, still lelvhiR on Joffre and on the devotion of democracy, almost scoffed at mv enthusiasm for details nn the first day of the battle of the Mnrnn I encountered it group of sllghtlv wounded Ilrltlsh snldlets In a latge mllltaiy auto before tho Hrltlsh embassy len darmes were brushing the crowd away My native tongue proved my passport 1 was permitted past the coidon "Where have vou tomo from, St. Queti tin?" I asked one of the "Tommies." "Blame me, If I know," he responded wearily, "somewhere In l-'rnnce" It was the Hist time I had heard the expression, now be Lome a commonplace of war Had the i:ng. Hull, too, become an Indifferent to such de tails ns tho rtench? Were both nations pinning merely blind hopes on Joseph Joffre? Truly It seemed so then, nnd now In the light of events the world Is con vlnced of It Nor did the dally visits of Uermau aero planes shake this almost Incredible stoical courage. Joffre and the grand war strategy were the nnsweis to all occurrences, tragic, or otherwise. One wonders whether trust In democracy alone, without this distinctly personal element, could have wrought this miracle In Paris, t'ortainly ha two com blued gave to the wtuld Its most astound ing exhibition1 of ffuiet nobility and sober chivalry. Paris was silently more animated last summer when I made my second wartime) visit there during the, Somme offensive. I looked In vain for a statue of Joffre or any memorial ot ins triumpns. Hut his name ivasipn every Up, 88(11 Is on our la siMJi wwfncmmLii Tom Daly's Column nn: i'i:aci:miij: iiaci: "Who nnii Hint lite Ithh nre llplilm lo btrthr hum little Dan Clone. "I'alx, time's mil n more jiciiccii Mc nice nil- th' nn Hi, If II'' fine 'cm nlmir. "'him tt'TutAc? Will, I mint ye noto llitrr Ii a I ml llirtfi hciit n-Ut tin' cttrie n' pitniKUltu bail, lUil hr'i Jtiht tw 'ljcl)itinn that's not In' i7 rulr; .In" trim! civ tnulrf lie aik torn a lad Ithr tribute Sure, fir's if7i t Ma mountain n' muscle mill In ne, fliln' up tn the heft n' .ionic .tltrirjreii stone, I hut he fair nmimvnlci Iv'iv nthrr Imiilil hitch 'I'o be h tih fut to thump him n little for tucl; In' to pi me thnt theie's others M cleier ni him, Aon, nil: tr, xiipnoir le utii ntuiils ni Tim, Unn'l ;ie thlnl 'ttiouhl he rluhl ye xlnnild take a tlrllnht In ileflmllii' tier title nn' trstlli' ier mUthtf" , ' Snili little Dan t'rnne. ti II mr Amihl now It ti fol'in' ve me lltit-l bill lie lie cnicful an' not an too far. Sine, ll'n true I'm. no jikiit nor the liilulil n' ijir iratl, ' lint t hen's mnnn n htmier has minptnl n luilc I)' the t.iiuillri that's huni hetl in this Utile null fhht. Wbeie'i the iton wouldn't flflht v'htn hit tall tcli a tietsht l)o I hunt tur the trouble. Mnuhap, note, tl'.i tin ue I'pnn lertnlii nceantniii Dint's flsht what I do. Fhurc, hint die uould lh"ii .-nott I'm that ituntid an' small- -'( the heart of i man in me bndii at all" Sain little Dan Clime. "Will, thtn, leep tier opinion. 'Tli little It's itnrth," Sapi little Dan Crnnc. "I'alx. we're iliht the most peaceable nice on the niith. If ve fare ns nlone." Kuninr.t of War That ti (ionium spy disguised ns n cook gave Jiick lni?lci considerable ttoublt at the Hel evite-Stiatforil xohtoiduv. He blew up the speaking tube. That the slumbeis of many folks in tho iielRhboiliood of Washington Sc.tiate weic dlstutbod eailv vestetda.v morning. A hum fill ort u bench That Riiatds have been M.itlolied in mind one nT the cltv llbrniies, some one bavltiR found tl.v nainlto In Hie die tlonaty 'Hint Kind nf :i,Girl She l-n't too pioiid .-mil too liauglit. She isn't too f,ood or too nice, She doesn't wear clothes that ate naught,, She doesn't dispense Rood advice. Sim hasn't the bcatitv of Helen, nr i iinnlng or t'lo.i tn Milke Men ilutiili with her smiles tn- her womanly wiles She's tlie kind of n gill thnt ,nu like. Her cheeks nre an fts.li as the mottling; I. Ike miuslilnn the hair of her head; Her llpa, nttlflclal urls -corning. Arc painted a wonilcifiil ted Hut bless .vou! tho-o tlinlgs nro mere details (And bilght eves and soft hands and cut I ) Why, she's a true friend You can tttist to the end For this girl Is that kind of a Rlrl. VATU.rjY. Sir One of our mil iteur gardeners gave tne her order for seeds the other day. and she wound up with- 'One ipiart of onion sets fio they i nine In rets, Mr Smith?" pr.Ti:rt Spriiip Rain The wnim spring inlns clean window panes And Fprlnlile Miihen Rarderis; The streams they flood tlie trees they bud. My heart It n-ily hardens, Kor rain, rain, Rhes me a pain, It sete m wife nwlshln' To try on- luck- with garden truck. When all signs point to flshln'. The rains the.v drill down vale and hill; My wife she gives a chuckle. She pa,vs, "nil, Joe, ro get the hoe And down tn business buckle" I'd ntber take to ome old bu: Hut what's the ue n' wlhln'?' My wife jtnjs, "Joe, jou JUST can't RO, So Jl'ST forRct the flshln' " SIMPl.i: SIMON'. Proverbial "S1I.I..N'"I IS tinMtHN" Thero's some folks that like nnthln' better to do Than Just shoot n lot of hum talk sttalght nt xou Thev 'II tell vnu their father was wonderfully ilch. mi.n ....iIia- nr dl'miin'n nn' rtihlAU nn Allfir ne'ii" I .."t .... .,,, sli 11. Had butleia an' housemaids an' autoino- blles. Hut wuh suddenly reduced by some unlucky dcalf As long as jou're wlllln' to take It all In They'll wiggle their tongue nn' they'll giggle their chin.. Thcj'll tell jou their travels, notth, south, east an' west. An' show the design of the family ctest. They'll tell you their people In prospeious ears Done nothlti' but hobnob with all kind of peers, An' when their chin symphony's Just about spent You're glad that jour dad was tho kind of a gent That made his own llvln' an' your llvln', too, An' more than all that made a man out of jou. I. .UT, OUK OWN dear paper sajs "thcto Is enough wheat at the bottom of the At lantlc to keep Philadelphia alive for many weeks." The man at the pext desk asks: "What happens to grain under such clr cufnstanccs? Does It gcrmlnaie?" We wonder; or does It "suffer a sea change HOW A QUAKER WENT TO WAR He Would Not Kill, But Was Willing to Be Killed While Serving Others In the Sequel He Died to Save a Horse Uy CAPTAIN PHILIPPE MIM.KT Printed lit- st'fclnl nrrflnaenient I T IS written. "Thou shall not kill" This Is why Stone, who Is a Quaker, enlisted In tip uiotor-trntispnrt system In this fnsh'oii he strved his inuntry In a righteous war without tendering himself liable tn totnmlt the-Rh'istlj sin of homicide Ills upbringing nnd Ids means would have wnr Hinted h higher ambition Hut being the slave nf his i oiic'etice he stolcallv accepted ii modest position and the sneletj of men whom he toiisldeied ionise Ills apptatancc was that nf a bald bend nn Hie ttip nf a pillar (Ind Rcnted to ti.vve given lilm n body for tile sole put pose of lifting his thoughts above the baseness of this vvmld ud so his s Ightest movement Rave the Impression of a V Ii toi v gained bv mind over mallei When he was dilvltiR he lit Id himself on everj' occasion, ns stiffly as a pirson in a pulpit Nohod.v evil saw hlui laugh. line mniiihig, being nlT diilv he took It inlo his head tn take a stroll In nitln to ailmlre the ('realm In Ills works The staff weie then iiuitteied In a house xv Itli a patk attached l.ravlng the conch house whete the mis weie fiaterntzliig with the horses stone set on With his llllde nndei hl.s aim nnd walked tesolutely across Hie law n whli h the spiing liarl niaib ftesh again The 'gloi luiis" weather tilled him Willi a simple Jov The spariows vvhldi hopped aliout on the glass i onsnled him hv 'thelr liiiioeeni e foi the Improper totivera Hon the pteiidltig evening, of his Immedl lile siiperinr .Seigeant Ma lor llewhtt vvho was often Hie wmse for drink lb was just aliout to sit down nnd open Ills llllde whin at the bend of the avenue, T ftrav limse suihletilv i line III sight With out losing a mlniiti the vohe of dutv spoke to stone w ho happcnid to be a luem-l)i-l of a society Toi plcvclltlon of ciueltv to ntiimals Coming i love lo the beast he slrnkid It gentlv, and, Riving up his Idea nf a walk led It ti.u k peisontilv tn tlie stn bles In iasiig i iv the tiough the limse pulled at his hiltei so Stone ninile It ill Ink, his lib still In hand "Poor htulf"' lie muimuted ininpas sinnatHp as hi saw the ipilictltig tlinks ot IPs protege The Rtiinni ie-potisile was a eel tain Hiker. wline ii'ninls, fni a loin time hid Inspired him with u Just Im'.lg nation "Vherever his qiuiliii, linker nl vvavs lot .'. nneetlieirt behind him 'If I llkid 1 tould leport jou to the major" Stone said to him "I hope this lesson will bit iiulllclent This pool beast which .vou neglitt Is vvoith mole than jou" lit walked miIi mnlv awav without pajlug attention to the thuchhs of llnktr. tho ohstlnacv of whne iharnttei was piettv well Indicated bv the squateness and prom Inetiee of his chin Nm lung afterwnrd the same hots,, was fniintl stiavlug n set ond lime 'Ihls time Stone addressed Haker hnishlv 'Child of Satan" he said to him (or wolds lo that effeit) 'vnu ate at llhertj to lose volit own soul but at least don t let vour sins fall on this poor Innocent beast You rncal, see how anxious and troubled It Is I m sure jou (lie brutal to THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Dillkultics of Home Rulers in Belfast Infidels' Fears for Christianity PHOTHSTAN'T HOMK IIULKRS Ihr I'ditni nf llir Ih rnliifi t.rdgir Sli -W W Hanna. a 1'ierbvterlan bom In t'l'ter and who writes In the IIVEMVO Ipihii'.r todiv. tepresents the opinion of thousands of tils coreligionists In the north nf Ireland Tluv. like Mt Hiinna. are hi fnvnr of hmiie lute but unlike hlm tnn not voice theh readings without rWk nr social nsti.iilsm in tluanclnl lulu The Preshvterlan. nr Ptotestant Kplscn pallan. In business In HeKiist or l.ondnn deiry who dues pinclalm himself a home inlet would be hnv Kitted nt once nnd possl lilv driven nut nf the elty bv the Orange faction Hut such men vote, secretly for home tule. ns witness the election nf Joseph Pevlln, a Nationalist, In Helfnst e'ONXAl'liHT MAN-. Philadelphia, May 7. 1NKIDKLS' FKARS FOR CHRIS TIANITY lo f.'ic .'ifffiii- el the Cirniiia Lcilin Sir Some pii lllt ft lends of mine seen. to have gotten themselves Into a sttange di lemma Ptehsed hntd for nn nrgument to tlefentl t'onreslstatice they finally aseit. as ttiimp .ml, Hint w.n will set civiliza tion back hundreds of jtais and will sttlke a hard blow- at Christianltj Vet these same men, befnte the vvnt, weie utterly Indiffer ent nhout Christianity Thej were mid aie, hi shoit infidels The.v said before the war that Christian ity hnd never succeeded that Its splilt was never followed in nnj generation bv inoie tlinu a few thousand Individuals Thev said It had aheadj failed and would alwavs fall 'I hey looked fnrwaid to some form of Soclnl jain'nn the peimanent leliglon nf the race They w bv should thev pretend to be con tern'ed for Christianity now? Should thev not hail the war as theflnal deliverer from what thev consider a false creed? Hut the facts are all the other way Chrlstlanltv. in lis political expiesslipi, has aivvnj.s been primarily a demand for le llglmis fieedom The early martyrs weie tiled and found guilty ou the sole charge or lefuslng to satrlfleo tn Caesar they would not tonforin lo the doctrine that Caesar was a god All Christians have ever wanted of Cnesni was to be let alnne to leach nnd live a Christian life The Uusslnn Caear did not permit freedom of religion He sild. "Vnu shall imt convert the Jews, you shall massacre them" He Is overthrown nnd 170.onn.ono have been set free to pi no tice Christianity us It has never been pos sible to practjto It In Itussla until now How will civilization be set back? (Hnnt thnt all western Kutope Is n wreck (which It Is not) still we have an untouched hemisphere The civilization of North nnd South America w ill be unscathed The arts will tontlnue. the sciences hnvo increased impetus, during and after war What aie we Roing to foiRCt of the precious past If the bulldlliRS and the books In which It is stored ate lint destrojed? Ah. hut they saj-, the kindly spirit will be gone Men's minds for generations will bo hardened and made material. How odd that those who have alivnjs been material ists should now fear that their own en denvor will he consummated I Of course It will be haul to keep Christianity nllve, for the simple icason that It has for 1900 jears been kept alive only by a succession of mli.ic.leii. liko tho faith of Ireland SIMON GHANT. rottsvllle, Ta, May 5. THE PRESIDENTIAL PEN to the llilltor of the Kcenina Ledper; Sir Statesmen of the Allies have admit ted recently that he suhmailne menace Is as f rightful and powerful ns ever; that the (let mans, far from being exhausted, are vlttually holding the trumps In the drawn struggle In Trance, and that unless the Untied States respond with moneymen and munitions the fate of democracy Is In jeopardy. . ... In this connection It Is Interesting to note that the greatest single weapon that held the Oermanslat bay In the past was not the Hrltlsh navy, the aeroplane or the millions ot men. but the once despised and hooted pen of Woodrow Wilson, If It were not for th hiatus In the activities of the German submarines created by the diplomatic-victory of the President's pen, one would shud der for the consequences to the Allies. France has reached the limit of her man power. The visit of Balfour, stripped of all Us glamour and all Its tinsel, hat resolved itself IntonethlMvmojji than a, confession,!.. m with eltoree II pornn t nmi.mi i.min vnu lire tune again, t. Ike tun oruie jmi .... :"., Inlp d unn your own soul, If you like. 1 ut tnwe care of the hore; If not. jou'll haxe me l".!!?l.w'il.,:,J .-l Stone believed i rnni nn- .1.. . "';..- ..in, n i.t- i 'rnviir i ." ,,..- (tOft M ..lUI. tin ntl.f, Cri mil 1 I'" v", ..a . f il.n illir where be curled up asleep to - ," that linker's hnre was tml being khkcri xt tines his zeal bote fruit, reeling that he was nhserved. nnd In his ."'' dreading denuti.li.tlon. the gmnnv look troll hie io avoid being taught ' ''"'""' himself tn taking vengeance on Stone n a undtthand w.n' Thus the Quaker re,., ike .. ..., n mi nr rt St lint). llH.Il HIP U1M.IJIIP HUH''- " " ff- .....i J he 1, id hidden It, the box In his motor nnd J which was destined for his own l';" ' ice the most virtuous of men have their little u f-aknoe However, befnt long the dlvi-lon was turn from this rsmipanitlve rcpo-e iind thrown Into one of those furnaces which blare up from time t time at -nrne point of the line Stone's religious eonvlc Ions forbade him to kill, but not to Ret killed nnd he conducted himself accordingly lAer unmoved, he wns een to cross, w thou hurijlng. mens whl.h were being batteied bv a hurrl.ane lire The onlv effect tan gcr Iind on his nerves was to make mm tulkatlve It was nt"uiiding lo hear him .nil me one daj In older to show me his vehicle Hie wind-screen f which had Jut been damaged bv shrnpnel In the meantime he had foi got ten the limse Hut at the end ot a week teuioise seized him nnd. finding himself M the repot t leutet. lie went to see his protege In the wretched wooden shelter where the nmiints nf tin stnff wite stabled Stones heart was all tin inoie Jienvv ns the hnrse uppe.irtd tn lilm to be skltinj ' It s not mv rniilt." said Hnkir Insolently: "thev don't sill plv us anv mme with oats" "All light," said Stone "1 in gnlng to have n look foi some" It was not his tin n to gn to the lefllllnR depot; nevertlie Ipss he volunteei. d hi as to be sine Hint the hotse's fond was not forgotten. I met lilm befnte l,e -et out to tetutii and asked hlm inedi.iiiltnllj If the lonils weie le-s dingnous than on Hie ptec.dlng davs Ills ment eietlenies bin! made hlm still mote gloomj, he seemed to be wealing lnournliiR for himself' I had nn dlflleult. In tnnilng" he aiisneivd. with resti.ilned ennitlon, "but 1 m nfrahl that when I pass a second time It will be very unpleasant ' It was on the moirow that Hin-o w ho were engaged In looking for .hlm discovered him hanging ovei his steeling wheel In the tlltih bv the madw.-ij, with a shta.piicl wound 111 tho bent Tills Is how Stone, the Quaker, died for the sake of a hoi so lug tho Allies, and th.it she has sent one of tier elder statesmen here to make a tone li." to drop to the xernaiulai The knowledge Hint his "notes' icallv held the (ieiniaii submarine nt b.iv and stopped the Kaiser's I'-boats from driving all inert bant mm Inn from the sens, with Its t'oiiseipieitt st.uv.it Inn of the Allies, must come with singular sweetness to President WINoti It Is Interesting to note In this eonmitlon, too, that mam nf the e-lltnis who weie prune to poke fun nt the nnte- wntiiiR tir Wilson are reinarltahlj silent slnte the declnr itlon bv Cnisnn. .Inffie l.itijd (Jennie and other nf the pnweifui men In the Allies as to tho power which the Germans still wield and Hie actual condi tions that conftotit their nwn cnuntiles As events develop we who voted for Wil son have more nnd morn louson tn pride ouiselvcs on our distinct sense and nehieve ment Hinz.il the Presidential Pen' Kennelt Squaie. Pa, Mny fi I) G. WHY WE ARE IN THE WAR To the Killtnr of the Kiriilnu I.rdaer. Sir We bellevo ourselves to ho fighting for the cause of true tlemocrncv : on the side of peoples who govern themselves against an autocracy which governs a people In spile or themselves v e vvni with Germnnv not onlj- because her violation of Inw nnd the cause of humnnltv has dlreetly nffected us, but be cause we tcRanl her ns having willfully sliatttied the entire fnlulc of lntet national understanding nnd law. without which thete en u nn no world peace Wo regaid these international iindeislandhiRs and agree meats nf such value and significance to the social order that we aio Justilled In taking up aims nRalnst the violator for the pur pose nt (leiencltng them While It Is true lh.it the, cause of certain ni ine .vines is a seltlsh one, and that thej, too have sinned against Ui.li- nennles neveitheless vve believe the issue between nuiocrnty nntl democracy Is sharplv enougl defined to Justify the stand we have t.iin reeling, then, justified In our course, and n.iving enieieu itie lontlct. we must Keen our motives pure and take cam to keep tho Issue of democracy ever bcfoio us Tho cause mint not suffer fiom the too eager patriotism oi mose who profit from the war ot bv a false Interpretation of our alms as a nation Wo must look with eager eyes toward the time when, the war ovci, wo with other nations shall assemble to adtnst r-iie. ,. The war shall Indeed have fjeen hi vain If ruth a conference does not result In tho .-aiitiiuini iii.il on nation can live apart have alms apart from and at variance with the legitimate and peaceful alms of other nations At this conference ,. i,- ,.. . u"l V"iy "u ""national ttlhuiml ctnb- oV JTi lanpnse oi peaierully adjust- Ing differences but we hope to see nations pool their alms and ambitions for tho good of the social ortler as a whole If. such a mutual agreement Is reached then the war shall not have been In vain Philadelphia. May 7 rRTBR BnW A TIP TO THE KAISER The abdication or the overthrow of the Ilohenzollerns would remove the mos't terl ous existing obsinc'e to n scientific -mil equitable treaty of peace We are not pie pared to say that It should he made a con dltlon of pea.e negotiations, and In any event It would be fap nrefetabie lo have the retirement of the Hohenzollerns forced by tho Germans themselves than by their enemies. Hut, however II conies shorn i. henenelHl eff.ei. .... ..'...". ""nut, Its ated. ....i ..... V ..."". ""iieiy ne exagger. those feudal survivals In ,e Vie n w, "Zu cat nnd social organization wltl'ou wl ei Germany could never have embaVketi ,,.C ... " mm sjiinouze the rejection ..r dill. hlr.V, desperate nnd abortive adventure nnau wouii make the .n.n,i.. ". ."Xm an(l It make the enemies of Germany Vr ?1fFsL,' "" "T Wh Sen" more ngalmtt her In their e:ono 0" d poll, ckl ?t,eroaunbBnenem8 fr ,he '"ture.ThI,e".N I' uuaiiuuii HI1V Ubtn a -tt- . ---- Itepubllc. CLEVELAND'S BACKBONE In the summer of 1881 James J, Jim ha,, been sizing up the political eltuxtlou In Ids part of the country. Mr. Cleveland's name was In the air. Nobody Knew very much about htm. Mr. HIH went to New yor and talked with Mr. Tllden, wnom h, B well. They had great esteem for 'h other. ' c" "What about this man Cleveland?" w. the.questlon Mr. Hill had to nsk "He Is all right." said Mr. Til'den "ii. U absolutely honest. Is not nfrnld ofsanv thing." "y" "But has he backbone" 'Backbone! He hi to m.,.h .,. .. jl stomach i tek .,i. ..?.. spec - n I- n- mmcl, lo th over the thick, epin.lt. ...etl If in I.H '- ' were tint worthy of much esteem r , son of their sins, animals on the 'h were desetvl.ig of It.nnlte ph nV'",,re" the exigencies nf a tiring Job did not pre vent him from keeping his piomlse to LKfeia:f:ii)F.-'..via What Do You Know? , L. . epitrrlfj nf ntneral inttrttt mil (,, .,, . tn I'll Mli.mn.Trn tjuritioin, t,, oniiJS?!1 u.h(cl fitrv iiH-lnormcel ncraon thou!?? ' ar asktd dally, . "" ""on. quiz ' 1, It hill l "ireeplnr hnrrnte," whkli l. . Honed frenuentlr In war .tlpVtrhe, "v" 2. It hut Is (hlrnner.v? ' .1. Why Is W. I,. nuntler, whn .. Hinl menns or mains with i1in?r,,f iitimarlnes hnd hern liivJn en? ,rR1' i tn. .iH. .i.i. .... ... . .. " Iher." "r'"rr" mriiier- nnil ..(, ti, I'rniinunre loraa." A. Uhn wns (lenrge fnlverl? ' J!,,,,".'r. 'is.Hle menns n.verr cifli ,A ttliiit l tlie sniine nf the woril tliiS !fi . ltho Is Ailinlnil t liwheprnl? ' " "nn!l l.'rn,ilV;o.'','l?'r"'tr '",M"n "MrtUJ. in. It ho Is rrrnmhl? 1 Answers to Yesterday's Qui I lluili Infnntrv illtl.lnn nf th sf'UMrflJwsj nritiv. will innlt -,:4 men, :, (llijerlnrs In nrrin ihnt It wotilii lm In tlolnllnn of Tk iirlmliiln of frpfilom nf th. iliil. "J-H tmttl lit llin line nM....t.J . f iitttrrd Us Uir llrt nmrndmrnt i niiMiniiiion, ( iht :, tl(iul(rfr nro Khnrffr i - tilt' nm rirr iiiiin nii . .!...!. St mm, The.v liurl hlcli ini.oii. .!.",;. v unn, i ne.v inn pcilntlnc the enn Intn the nlr nt nn .bJ nf frillll llHeen In fnrl..ll.. .1"' "" " n lilBll nnitle. ohtaliifd vZ lin Itlln llin nl. ., -JTS. b' i mint 'iiluilr I'liluskl nm n ollvh .i tiler niui serietl In the Amerlrnn V in Hie llrlnliitinn, lie wns killed .tE vnniiiili In Hill. "..mil ai s. t .iirrsrennniKriPK': is tirrmnn Tor iiL murine imrlnr. It l .............. ' . "UtN Ier7iivlinutkrees." tlie "no" 'loot" llliU Ihe "is" itlnini. I il-. ""I" .I1"' .. I ""'ust UK. "' !..' ''..'. ,:..,,.ri:!;,.1!!!5.''!..,.."..r;!r''"' nh th. "I" rntJIlie litis Ircnrli npnn,.n. L.i""fl "ne-tee," the ",,' heinB a, I .'".,.,."i. 1 " " 111 auk " I lie If elan of Terror was n nrrlrnl nf n...L. 11 lid lilooiMiril In tlie. I rem I, K",7 Uoiu it lull. I Ltlln.1. llioiisunds nf nerons n,j e, iuru jiiiniiiiiiu is liresineni 01 the ftrltlak IxMal l.iiiernmenl lli.inl nntl nr tli",J Cnl.liirt. Ilerore his elerntlnn In the sm! iikii he was l. , 'Illinium. PN I). Alumni nre male cntluates llnj nlumnai. f. mule icriuhiates orn sthonl. lumnl"n liroiioiintetl with lit Innc "I" i-n, In, .! "illumime" with the lone " iSJS, The slliiular forms nf the nniin arc. h! -imi tlvelt . "tbininiis" nml "nlnniiia,1. 10. .11 11 rs Is tho "red nbinet." It tins r. rejdlili f.itiir, -.-us Albany I S Albany was named in honor of thj nukn of Albany nnd Yen It afterward Klnr .lames II of Kngland Tho site nf Albany hid been visited ns early as I,", by the I'reneh, who established a tetnpoiarj trad. Ing pnst there about 1540 Later the' Dutch nitiulred It and held It until 1CI vvhenthl Kngllsh took over New- Netherlands num. Ing tlie settlement Albanj. New York also was named In his hnnor. Taxes nnd Profit i r it is tne cuMnin in mis nes to ?g. tl nin.iit- on fiit-iiftfs, lllciunillK taxes in fl. ... ...!..!.. .1... . ...... P ... ..... . 1. 1 iiiiiiuih mt- uiin'iini. n jjinm iiesireo; ty ji that the cnnsunicr Indirectly help3 to pkj l it... rtrf..lllr.Ar'ci la.fi. '". Kirthslnnc vr. v.. n- erald -The May birthstone Is tho era I!rn7il's Army It I. The peace stienglh nt flratll'i iirmj Is 3,1,001) legulars and about TM.Hi) rt serves The available unnn- mired mm power of the cnuntrj- Is nearly I 500 (100. Vatcrland 1") Il Tho North German l.lovd llr Ynterlnnd Is 'iTtfi feet lonir ami ion rA.t '1 wide It has a ellspl.ieement of (15 000 tons and a speed of tw-cnty-four knots Cane Suijar .1 S C Central America s production cl cane sugar Is not Important etintic.li to be listed In tables showing the annunt proline eel bv the llrst fourteen countries, whereas t'uba leads the list bv a laige mar gin I'utn production In Hie I'lll-lli ta sou was i.Rtl'i.BB" tons (of '.'Jo pounds each) and in IHKi-IC, :; 066 000 tons Jav Is second with an annual output nf, about 1 onn.nnu tons, and Hawaii Is thud with about lino Onn tons Getmanv, with 2.510, UOn tons; Itussla, with 2nno,onn; ustrla. with l.COO.OOO. and the United States, with fi Iii.Diiii, aie tho leading bett sugar pro ducing lountrles. The Host Diamonds I T The Jngersfontelii fmui the Jaj. ersfonteln mine In Pnuth Allien are con sidered ihe highest gtade of diamonds In the world (invrrnment Bounties T. O 1. -J he I'lilted States nfferfd boun ties under General Orders No 191. ffrin nf 1S(!.'. Juno :!, ls6'.' It offered 1103 lo new- rejerults and II0J to vcteiatis Varloui States ndded bounties of vaiinus amounti to this Government bountj THOMPSON, PRO-SPANIARU Katharine Tynan makes a valuable con tijhuilou to the anecdotes which will h'P this and coming generations to a knovvledi and understanding of Kraut is Thompson lti her volume of reminiscences "The Mid dle Veins" Miss Tynan knew the poet well thtough the Meynells and what they sacrificed to make n home for this erratlo Renins was the dlsariangeinent of all Its older nnd conventions, and jet thej made the sacilttce gaylj She sajs "Thompson sat up nil night nnd slept all daj . lie dls regatded conveniences and etiKagenKnts, ' nnd It w-as usual to begin calling him at 8 o'tlnck when ho had an appointment for 12 o'clock luncheon The children enjojrl this halting of the poet with paitlcular gusto " Din Ing the Spanish-American War, Jllss Tynan says that Thompson revealed Ills human side hi his passlntute sj-mpathy for the Spanish One American lady, greatly gtleved by this, once asked 'Il thete no one to stand up for America!' "Indeed, there Is," said Thompson Flutter ing In his eagerness to get It out I assurt jou that If jou will come with me hMi moment I will take you to ut least thirty public houses In the Immediate nelffhhor hood nf this bnuse where the s mpatliy Is ovetwhclmlngjy In favor of your tountry." THE "GOIT SPROUT" In connection with the lecent death ot Captain .lack Crawford, the poet-scout, It is of Interest t recall tho llrst meeting be tween Crawford and O Henrj Captain .lack's fame vv.im woi Id-wide when Hotert II I iav Is and he tan across O Henry at lunchtlmu nno day In New oik They found so much In common that they vvero con ducted tn the old Continental Hotel f luncheon. Jack had a penchant for recit ing for n few acejunlutances all the poemt he had ever written, together with some e( Iluriis's (he had all of Hurns's tm !' tongue's end) When the decks wet cleared. O Henry, eluzed, was sinking (lo In his chair nnd listening, while Jack went nn and on with Intel mlnable rich lit1" treated What finally bioke up tho literary party Is not In the lecord, hut In the neit morning's, mail there nnlved at Mr Pallet nlllce this grcotlng; Dear Hob How- Is J'our friend, Cap tain Jack Crawford, the golt sprout? Youts In a dazed condition, O. IIK.NTtY. And Captain Crnwford rejoiced through out tho remainder of his days In the nick f'l name, "Gull Sprout;" that O. Henry n 3 given hlm, THE SOLDIER'S HYMN Lord God of Hosts, whose mighty hand Dominion holds on sea nnd land. In pence nnd war Thy will we ree Shaping the larger llbeitj'. Nations may rise and nations fall. Thy changeless purpose rules them all. When Death files swift on wave or fleJ-S. . Re Thou a suie defense and shield J Console and succor thote who fSH.-t And help and hearten each nrrt ,J Oh, hear a people's prnj'ets far iaete Who fearless face their couciry's foes. Kor those who weak nnd fcrctan lie, In weariness and agonj- Gteat Healer, to their beds of na'n (.'oine. touch, and make them whole, oKalnl! uh, jienr a people's prayers,! nnd mess f .Thy servanU.ln their. hour Vt hlressl It m fi"- ' M4 '.in, "r wwv JCV r !, '. - 'iil.l
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