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FOIl ATRII, WA8 118.037
Philadelphia". Monda7, M.jr It, 117
In tho matter of po.itponemcntH,
rfstratlon day anil straw-hat day aro
kciplng well abreast.
It has been suggested that those
who can do nothing else for their coun
try might learn the second er?e of "The
Star SpanRled Banner."
Mr. Balfour Is said to have been
"amazed" at New York's AVoohvortli
Building. In that case, It beems lucky
tor his emotional health that he has not
yat had a good look at our City Hall!
Warmer weathor by Wednesday,
Washington predicts. It will seem so, In
any event, at the capital when tho much
attacked tax bill has produced a few more
days of increasingly acrimonious dispute.
Whoever doubts the patriotic aluo
f oven the humblest service In war time
ahould memorize this recent pertinent
observation of a' Newtown Quakeress:
"Little sticks aro better than big ones for
atarttng a fire."
The French are said to call their
rreat Marshal "two-cylinder Joffre," be
cause tho victor of the Marne has a blight
limp. But as he has never been known
to blow his own horn, tho auto allu&Ion
aeems rather Inaccurate.
Secretary rtedfteld's suggestion that
very farmer havo a pond and raise tlsh
la by no means a Utopian fancy, when It
la remembered what modern methods of
atocklng bodies of fresh water havo done
for the fish market. Tho fisheries bureau
has brought long-neglected food fish
to the market at tho rate of 20,000,000
pounds a year.
"Not loud but deep" was tho French
women's call for suffrage. In no country
In tho world were tho rights less noisily
agitated, yet national sufftago for women
over twenty-eight In cities seems certain
to be Instituted through the Gallic repub
lic on July 15. The professional cynic
might say that when you seemingly want
a thing too hard you never get It. Appar
ent Indifference wins the prize.
There has been some trouble get
ting a good "ad" to stimulate the buying
of Liberty Loan bonds. A straight appeal
to patriotism would probably not bo so
trite aj some persons think. But thero Is
a apecub'lve side to these transactions.
One writer predicts that if tho war ends
.within six months tho bonds will somo
day sell at 110 or 115. The 3 per cents
that were issued in 1893 have sold at
109.34.
What other actress In the world but
Sarah Bernhardt could win a visit and
a kiss from a statesman so entangled In
the colls of public demonstrations as Reno
Vlvianl? The great and undoubtedly
weary diplomat's hospital call on tho
artist was a tribute not only to talent, but
to the unflagging force of a personality
that helped to mako Franco loved long
before wo indorsed the Republic's policy
In arms.
If the West really voted for Wilson
because "he kept us out of war," what
does It mean by now shaming many East
ern States In the matter of recruiting?
Democratic Nevada was the first Com
monwealth to fill its army quota. Oregon,
Which went slightly Republican, came sec
nd. -And now Utah, which sent up Wil
on electors, Is third. Is it nosalhl. that
l-the simple word patriotism explains the
,"BHt inconsistency;
A "l Vl ft 1 1 1 W1AImJ1 1.1 , - .
" """ " uiapaicn irom Chl
ago has ,lt that the specter of i-r,,.tt,-
aaaatssnl n t aaVt nst n U nn r . m.
Si! v ,s laQmT away.
f,The Government report lndlr.itf.rt n,.
.".'abandonment of nea.rlv twM-. a
i ;$" nillllon acres In the winter wheat
'"!"f oul "a vices or private investlga-
rif '- - uklk l 4.. i
, niiiui in mo jmi nave oiten been
ire nearly correct, redum th ,,,.
If , ten millions. If is well to "know the
t" about auch a serious matter, hut
Vim a great fault to make things out
fm than they are, for such pessimism
tata the purposes of economy.
f. ,.
. -The British attack on Zeebruarare.
V-saSat'taue on the Belgian coast, and
.ion oc suDmanne sneas mere
Moant reportsi that. Kng-
start out from Zccbruggc, which is un
comfortably near tho Straits of Dover,
thoy would have to come all the way from
the German coast. Tho desperate effort
the Germans uro making to hold on nt
Lens, near tho Belgian line, Is perhaps
thus explained, for If the British nnce
broko through so near the sea Northern
Belgium and Its coast would be untenable.
Tho first activity of land forces In Bel
glum was teportcd sovcral days ago, and
increased prcssuro In that sector can
probably bo expected If tho tldo begins
to turn against tho Germans Just across
tho lino In Franco.
WASTE NO MORE TIME
I bellexo that tho American peoplo per
hnps hardly yet realize tho sacrifices and
sufferings that nro heforo them.
This Is no war for amateurs, This Is no
mero war for spontaneous Impulse. It
means grim business on overy sldo of It.
President Wilson.
IT IS happily truo that Mr. Wilson nnd
his Cabinet have been from the first
awaro of these solemn facts and that
thn-p hns been no delay over any mcasuto
that could be accomplished by executho
order". Congress, however, has not kept
step either with tho Administration or
with tho people. Thero was no reason
for tho loss of nil last week In debate over
tho aimy Bclcctlon bill. It should be
passefl by tho middle of this week, Iloose
velt "volunteering nnd all. so that tin
I'lesldent can set a day for registration
of citizens liable to service. If Mr. Wilson
Ir ndvlscit that tho Itooscclt plan Is un
wise, he will not be required to sanction It,
nnd In this case It would be good disci
pline for Mr. Roosevelt and a number of
persons who have not como closely In
contact' with tho "grim business" of mod
ern war to bow to tho verdict of the Gen
eral Staff.
There Is much cause for congratulation
that we shall be spared tho many months
of muddling which lnck of tho selectlvo
draft caused In England. But tho peoplo
can well require nf their icprosentntlves
In Congress that In mattcts of emergency,
when tho principle has onco been decided
upon, quibbling and useless ihetorlc are
outrageous flippancies. Tho peoplo aro
every day nerving themselves to moot
thoso sacrifices and sufferings of which
tho President speaks, nnd when our men
aro at grips with tho foe the postpone
ment of legislation necessary for tho
equipment, health, comfort or re-enforcement
of our soldiers would bring to the
doors of the Capitol not tho Ironical pleas
antries which the present delay has re
ceived, but the stem and bitter rebukes
of u nation that has put aside childish
things.
Congress has confounded emergency
measures with those that obviously re
quire time. The war revenue bill has
been considered simultaneously with more
urgent matters, and thero Is no reason
why It should not tako a month or moro
to settlo the dlfllcult questions of taxen,
which, In the event of delay, can always be
made retroactive. But thero is a sharp
dividing lino between such measures and
provisions for army and navy In which It
Is perfectly proper that tho Executive,
who has most of the responsibility for suc
cess or failure, should tako the Initiative.
LET CIVIC PROGRESS GO OX
THK breaking of ground for a $3,000,000
library on Saturday and tho 'presenta
tion of an elaborate "Masque of American
Drama" at tho University of Pennsylva
nia tonight encourage tho hopo that Phlla
("elphia is not going to use the war as un
excuse for halting educational, artistic
and cultural pi ogress.
It Is exceedingly easy, Just now, to
blamo It on tho times when anything goes
wrong or doesn't go at nil. Franco had
her fill of such experiences In the early
stages of the conflict. "C'est la guerre!"
(It is tho war!) was tho phrase repeatedly
summoned to condone Innumerable varie
ties of Indifference nnd incompetence.
"C'est la guerre!" Insisted tho waiter In
explanation of why ho had served a bad
egg to tho restaurant patron. "C'est la
guerre!" echoed tho schoolboy who had
played truant.
Eventually Paris saw tho satire of this
overworked npology. Savants at tho Sor
bonno reopened their classes. High-grade
theatrical and operatic performances wore
resumed. Civic Improvements, In abey
ance nt the outbreak of the struggle, were
diligently prosecuted. Sclenco nnd art
upheld tho claims of Gallic culture.
It Is Intellectual progress, not frivolity,
that is fostered by so worthy an offering
as this forthcoming masque. Illustrative
of tho best achievements of tho native
stago and of tho forces of American his
tory which directed tho dramatic develop
ment. Tho aim Is Idealistic, artistic, edu
cational. Tho now llbinry has a simi
larly lofty purpose. Tho city for many
years ha.s shamefully lacked a great
book repository.
No one wants to see the war banish
financial prosperity. But this can bo
sacrlflclally forgono long before wo
cconomlzo in art, culture and learning.
Tho two Intellectual projects now under
way here augur well for educational
progress in tho midst of world strife.
They should stimulate us to relax no effort
along this line. If oven battle-scarrod
Franco could not stomach tho "war
apology" for mental stagnation, weak
ness on our part would bo altogether un
pardonable. THE PRUS9IC ACID IN SOCIALISM
THE fact that Charles Edward Russell,
Socialist candidate for Governor 'of
Now York In 1910 and ngaln In 1912, ac
cepts a place on tho American commis
sion to Russia (should stop the nonsen
sical forebodings which Socialists have
been expressing over Mr. Wilson's choice
of Ellh'u Root to head the delegation.
Nothing would have pleased the Kaiser
more than to have America send a group
of paclflstia Socialists to Petrograd.
Prussia's frantic appeal to the Socialists
of the world to stop tho war so that she
may keep tho territory she has conquered
Is today tho most dangerous movement
beneath the surface of the international
situation. She knows that this appeal
will reach millions and stir their deepest
feelings and ambitions, because Socialism
serves in place of a religion for so many
Socialists.
HnflnllatM nf tn&terfAllat t ahA nla
want 'to abolish the boundaries between
oottptaaa ana maxeia worta oaf nation
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FRENCH WOMEN
TO HAVE THE VOTE
Their Work In War Has Broken
Down Prejudice and Con
verted Parliament to
Their Cause
Dy HENRI BAZIN
Iteclplent of the Croix do Ouerre, member of
th Horlete do Gn ilea I,ttre and
8taff Correspondent of tha Evt.slxo
I.tixirti in Trance.
PARIS, April 13.
FItANCR Is to be tho first nation In tho
Old World to grant Buffrngo to Its
women. Female electors twenty-eight or
more years of ago will havo a voice In
municipal elections In cities of tho first and
ccond class on or
befaro July 15 of
this year.
This Is n stupen
clous reform, both
fiom tho European
and Latin perspec
tive. It Is posi
tively assured
through a substan
tin I majority In
both tho Chamber
of Deputies and
the Senate and Is
to bo granted In
gratitude and re
cognition of the
Mada.mi: HCKimiKii devotion and sacri
fice of the women of the nation to the cauo
of Franca during the war. Tho bill
will come up for discussion and vote with
tho approval and favorable consideration
of the French Commission for Fnlversnl
Suffrage, comprising forty members of both
houses of Parliament, who havo given It
their Joint otllclnl nnd Individual pergonal
approval.
Details surrounding these facts were dis
closed to your correspondent hi a Joint Interview-
with Mcsdomes Schlumbergcr and
Selgfrcld. presidents, respectively, of tho
French Union for Suffrago for Women nnd
tho National Council of French Women.
This In substance Is what they eald'
"Wo nro about to experience very pres
ently. In lato Juno or early July, a success
In seeking votes for women that will be
unique In the world history of this roform,"
said Madame Schluinbeiger "I'nder re
stricted conditions our sex Is to recolvo tho
vote and our nation to bo the first In Europe
to grant this Justice to its women
"So far as tho world generally Is con
cerned, this Information will bo as lightning
from a clear sky. For aside from thoso di
rectly interested, tho question of suffrage
for tho women of Franco has been a scaled
book to other nations. Twenty years ago
In Franco It was the butt of Jest and rid
icule nnd a favorito theme with cartoonists,
Ten enrs ago it had here and there a
partisan among men In and out of official
life and virtually nono ninong women, save
the perhaps 10,000 members of our two
associations. SK months before the war
sympathy with tho project had Increased
perhaps 10 per cent among French people
of both sexes. Eighteen months after tho
wnr's beginning both the nation and the
world bad fully recognlred tho patriotism
nnd devotion displayed by tho women of
France, nnd suffrage for our sex found Its
partisnns doubled, although a strong ma
jority against votes for women remained.
Spontaneous Tribute to Women
"Now, thirty-odd months after tho be
ginning of hostilities and, as It were, spon
taneously following a great wave of admira
tion, gratitude and appieclatlon duo to
the role played by women In those try
ing times, suffrage for French women, with
out a light, won Its first victory, nnd '.nds
tho majority In and out of olllclal life
In favor of making It In some form n law
of the nation. From this sentiment has
como the concrete proposition that Is to
become n law A canvars of members In
both houses of Parliament denotes that tho
bill about to be presented by Alexander
Varcnne, Deputy from Havre, nwalts only
legalized formality to become Incorporated
In the laws of France. It pioposes, and
wo havo accepted, as the entering wedgo
that tho voto shall be given to women of
twenty-eight years of ago and over and
In matters of municipal election only In
gratitude for the services rendered tho
nation by Its women during tho war.
"Wo rranuiy want universal suffrago
without restriction upon tho basis of Jus
tice and equity, as it has been granted to
tho women of certain States in Amorlca:
but wo aro willing and glad to tako In
restricted form at the outset a feminine
right to voto, believing it will only ba a
question of time, and little tlmo relatively
at that, when the women of Franco will be
as free to voto upon all matters as aro tho
women of Washington or California, In the
United States."
"How long have you had an active or
ganization working for suffrage?" was
asked. '
"For about ten years." replied Madame
Pchlumbcrger, "eighty active groups of
Suffrago for Women Societies have existed
In Franco, to which women In all walks
of life were attached. We havo worked
quietly and persistently within our own
land, so much so that, aside from official
relation with the International association
In the United States, little has been heard
of our efforts boyond our frontiers. Wo
were working upon lines that we felt would
end In success, but wo leallzed that suc
cess was far off. Now, through the war,
it Is coming to us In a modified form. Wo
welcome it in the gratitude It expresses,
as well as- In partial Justice to a Just
cause."
Justico of Equal Bights
"The president of our Suffrage Union,"
here said Madame Selgfrled, "has stated
In substance the satisfying condition that
is to come. And I may add that this ca
lamity of horrible war has been a school
and university to those of both sexeB in
France who could not or would not befora
see equa.1 right for men and women in
more than one point of view.
"All such peoplo. and Indeed the world
at large, have noted tho splemlld courage
and heroism with which the women of
France have uncomplainingly supported
moral and physical suffering difrlng nearly
three terrible years, given their lives In
some instances, tolled like men In factories
foundries and mills, farmed the soli in the
absence of dear ones at the front, conse
crated themselves, In a word, to France and
her high cause. It has thus been made Oear
to many who were previously biased or in
different that the cause of women is equal
with that of men and that the women of
France are demonstrating It In work either
with the hand or the head. These are the
truo reasons we are to be permitted to vote
upon municipal matters.
"We suffragettes of France stand of
course, for everything that suffragists' the
wwwvm ww .vl'i.VTIiWSIH to
m mA lU ML "A T '
Tom Daly's Column
"HEnn lies"
When I am gono and all mv tonat are
tUl,
Take up the muslo while mv heart lie
mute;
And pluck new ttrinps to that mv soul
may thrill
With singing and the sounding of the
lute.
i
I shall be careless of the great, acute
Demands that tax our frail and petty
skill;
I shall no longer Join tho fierce dispute
When J am gone and all mv songs are
still.
For I shall lie beneath a little hill
And watch tho building of each tender
ehoot;
And every May I know the robins will
Take up the music ivhlle mv heart lies
mute.
Soon will tho cheerful sparrow tuno his
fluto
Abovo my narrow casement, and tho
shrill
Cricket will twang his zither near a root
And pluck new sltln.7 so that mv soul
may thrill.
Come, then, let music, Jovlnl music, kill
The sad-eyed Sorrows with their solemn
milt.
Bo thero rejoicings; lot tho valleys fill
"With sinning and the sounding of the
lutr.
Let voices blended skillfully confute
Tho raven's dismal prophecy, until
Gray Grief shall know her own too-bitter
fruit.
7.cf thrrc be dancing Icf the goblets
spill.
When I am gone!
LOUIS UNTERMEYER.
JOYCE KILMER, tho most persuasive
and persistent of ringmasters, puts a
herd of performing pen-bearing animals
through their paces nnd (with n. bow nnd
n flourish of his top hat, ''ladles an' gen
tulmun,") presents "Literature In tho
Making." It'w a book, folks, and a good
one. Tho Imprint of Harper & Brothers
Is upon It and thero nro traces of largo
truths In Its pages. Also thero Is some
careless proof-reading f'rltistancc:
"Edna Ferber Stewart, who wrote Tho
Fugitive Blacksmith " ".i prominent
American humorist writer"
Somo of the performers say too much
and some too little; nnd other somo who
havo been led Into saying something
foolish mny claim to havo been mis
quoted. This last Is our own alibi. Wo
aro accused of having called Mark Twain,
Artcmiin Ward and Q. IC. Philander Doe
sticks, P. IJ "the Charlie Chapllns of
their time," nnd wo are said to hnvo re
marked that "theso men wrote nothing of
real merit." Nonsenso! Twnln's "Joan
of Arc" lifts him heart-high above tho
heads of his contemporaries, however bad
his tasto may have been In somo other
directions.
But why all this scornful sniffing, by
our best sellers, nt tho nnmo of Chnrllo
Chaplin? "Second thoughts Indicate,"
sayB Mr. Booth Tarklngton (but he, too,
may havo been misquoted), "that 'T. A.
Daly' Is tho pen-name of Mr. Chnrllo
Chaplin." Wo greatly admire Chaplin.
He's a bit of a best seller himself; and,
ns far ns wo know, he's a hard-working,
conscientious artist whoso material, If
raw. Is at least his own.
Mysterious Occupations
Of all the Jobs that nro queer, It's
This ono that bothers me:
The "Rectifier of Spirits"
What earthly work hath ho?
HYP.
The news that Barton Blako's trans
lation of Geiuldy's "The War, Madame,"
Is behaving like a best-seller delights us
In a serious way. Just ns Vanity Fair
moused our rlslbles by announcing that
this same Paul Geraldy "has a faculty
for unexpected surprises." AVo've always
noticed that the expected kind never seem
to arrive for some reason.
G. Howard horns In with this from
Lttses ad In a morn contemp:
Garden Hoae, full
alze, ateet OQo
bloilea
nnd presumes the blades are used to cut
tho grass with.
Sir Francis Burnand
SIR FRANCIS BURNAND, who was
for twenty-flvo years tho editor of Punch,
died in London recently nt tho ngo of
eighty-one. Ho was reptesentatlvo of the
flno tradition that has mado Punch with
out a peer in tho realm of humorous
Journalism. Ills mirth was swift, subtle
nnd without bitterness. Thousands have
chuckled over his classic "Happy
Thoughts," In which he recorded tho
polyinanitles of a guileless and simple
literary man intent on writing a phil
osophical treatise, "Typical Develop
ments," which by reason of a thousand
absurd interruptions never progresses
beyond a few pages of MS.
It is always pleasant when a humorist
lives to a ripe old age. So many of them
are cut off In their prime by coal bills
or by reading Bernard Shaw.. But Bur
nand lived to see his own Jokes accredited
to his grandchildren in tho craft and
even to be knighted for his services to
letters, and his passing merits tho re
spectful salute of all brothers of the pen.
CM.
WISTER VS. LISTER
Mrs. Lr. had a sr.
Much In love with Mr. Wr.
But she had a fever bin;
Turned her back,' he had to twr.
Round about before he kr.
All the neighbors up and hr.,
Ar.d they said of Mrs. Lr.,
"Mr. Wr. kr. sr." p. NUT.
Fred Lacey lends us, "but not for
keeps," a couple of comic almanacs pub
lished by Turner & Fisher, Just around
the corner on Sixth street, moro than
seventy years ngo. Pretty rough stuff,
bat the paper la still white and soft,
which, you may bet your last penny, no
one seventy years from now will ever
be, able to jay of any cheap booklet Issued
In this our day, Judd Lewis, of the
Houston Post, would be Interested In this
subtitle to the Almanac for 1845 "with
astronomical calculations for the.whoto
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THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Mother's Day A Comment on
Book Reviews Drug
Store Perils
Thin rtrvartmtnt fi free to all render icho
with to erpresi their opinions on subjects of
current interest. It (t an open forum and the
Kt'rtilHi; I.rdocr assume no responsibility for
the item nf it correspondents. Letters must
be signed by the name and address of the
icrltcr. not necessarily for publication, but as a
guarantee of uood faith.
MOTHER'S DAY
To the L'tlltor'of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Once moro wo celebrate the day
dedicated In honor of her to whom God has
given his greatest blessing, Mother. But
what a difference thero Is today! For the
first time since this yearly day of reverenco
was established mothers have been called
to make a great sacritlee
This ear, as for tho last tvyo years,
Mother's Day Is ushered in accompanied
with tho faint obbligato of sciecchlng shells
and booming cannon from across the sea.
But this year It comes horn to us. Mothers
of America aro called to snd their sous
Into tho fray as prey for tho war demon.
American mothers must bear the tcrrlblo
burden with their sisters In other lands.
What real loving mother uoes not mur
mur in the secrecy of her heart, "I didn't
ralso my boy to be a soldier"; but when
she realizes that humanity is on tho cross,
that liberty, Justico and culture nro at
stake, with Spartan fortitude she answers,
"America, hero's my boy,"
Tho strongest .bulwark of our nation, or
any nation, lies not In ndmlrablo lines of
defense, llch ports, great cities or famous
men, but In tho mothers. She who bore the
man-child; who guided his first tottering
footsteps and led him In tho path of duty ;
who watched his laborious climb toward his
goal, cheering him by tho wayside, lifting
him when he stumbled sho Is the bulwark
of the nation.
Many of tho world lenders proudly ac
claim, "All that I am or ever hope to bo I
owe to my sainted mother." No poet can
pen a more lasting or nobler eulogy. And
no statue in marblo is as lasting as tho
monument carved In the soul of the man
who has gone from his mother's tender care
fired with tho zeal to battle for tho right.
Tho poet says, "Tho hand that rocks tho
cradle is the hand that rocks the world."
He Is wrong, for It Is mother's hand that
Is steadying the old world. Men who have
forgotten mother love are rocking It, but
mother will conquer In tho end and onco
more wo will rldo on an even keel,
It Is well that wo have set apart one day
In special honor for mother, but In the
words of tho great Emancipator: "In a
larger sense wo cannot dedicate wo cannot
consecrate wo cannot hallow. It
Is rather for us to be hero dedicated to tho
great task remaining before us." The
greatest honor we can pay to mother Is to
be truo to our faith, true to our (lag and
unafraid of "ax or gibbet."
Rome fell when hot women became de
graded, and some mud-sllngers here would
have us believe that American womanhood
Is decadent. But when we see tha tender
look of the mother gazing at tho tiny Infant
In her arms we, of the male sex, can tri
umphantly shout:
"Let all tho winds of hell blow In our sails.
"Thank Ood! thank God, tho ship rides
true."
HENRY RIDGAWAY ZELLEY.
Paulsboro, N. J., May 11.
DRUG STORE DANGERS
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Some drug stores In Philadelphia
havo roach paste, bedbug powder, rat poi
sons and poison of other kinds occupying
a prominent place on their display cases,
unguarded from the general public.
Just suppose some child should take one
of these packages 1 either by mistake or
knowingly! Need I say any more?
Philadelphia, May 9. J, N. C.
DR. DOUGLAS'S BOOK REVIEW
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir 1 want to send a word of commen
dation for the book reviews by Doctor
Douglas, which are like the sprightly and
Informed conversation of on who "sees
life steadily and sees It whole" and possess
the particular merit of sticking to the text
Instead of trying to display ihe writer'a
vast erudition, as In Macaulay'a essays.
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their tastes, their uses or tholr scale of
values. Ono feels that ho has sympa
thetically acquainted himself with tho work
ho discusses, nnd ho writes ns though It
were a pleasure to him to share his ex
plorative adventures In tho realm of liter
ature Ills dissertations, therefore, mean
much more than the average perfunctory
review. W. L. F.
Philadelphia, May 11.
LIBERIA'S POSTAL MINT
Stamps
Printed Solely
Collectors
to Sell to
Liberia Is rapidly becoming tho laughing
stock of philately and tho bugaboo of col
lectors who specialize In twentieth-century
Issues. Early In 1910 tho African repub
lic claimed It was grappling with a short
ago of current Issues becauso It was unable
to obtain fresh supplies from Germany
owing to the Entente control of the seas.
The two series of 190C and 1909 were sur
charged with new values, thus creating ten
new denominations. Prior to that Liberia
had put forth two charity labels, surcharg
ing her 1913 stamps with a Red Cross and
an additional value two cents on three
cent values. Of the revenue derived from
each five cents, one cent went to tho En
tente, ono cent to tho Central Powers, and
Liberia retained tho remaining three cents.
Through this magnanimous act native LI
berlans were permitted to aid war sufferers
two cents' worth for every threo cents they
tossed Into tho Llberlan trensury.
Subsequently Liberia must havo engaged
In some sort of warfare of her own, becauso
she overprinted a number of her stamps
with a crimson cross nnd tho letters L. F.
F, meaning Llberlal Frontier Force. These
laWls were put forth presumably In order
to ralso funds for wounded battlers In bor
der fighting.
A few months ago Liberia hunted
through her archives as far back as 1880
and resuscitated obsoleto issues which she
surcharged with new values on the plea
that sho was still running short of current
stamps. This outburst is followed now by
still further provisionals, and their very
character denounces them as unnecessary
and undoubtedly put forth to raise revenue
at tho expense of collectors tho world over
Tho stamps aro thoso of tho 1909 series 1
tho then-current labels used for ordinary
postage, and also the official stamps of that
date.
Considering, as an Illustration, the two
cent crimson nnd black stamp of, tha reg
ular 1909 scries, tho sheet of 100 contains
surcharges of ten varieties, all In black
That this was dono purposely, thero is no
question. Will the collectors assemble all
these in their books as legitimate stamps?
It is probable that they will. Dealers are
handling them, ns they were put forth by
a Government. But phllatellcally Liberia
is getting herself Into disrepute. A policy
of Ignoring such Issues entirely, even when
posta ly used, would put a stop to such
practices and conserve to tha collector a
few pennies with which to purchase stamps
which are worth while. '"
WORDS TO AVOID
Newspaper men who have "worked for
Charles H. Dana on tha New York sun"
recall the list of words and phrases to be
avoided which was used In that office Hera
Is a list of words to bo avoided:
Above or over for more than
Aggregate for total.
Balance for remainder.
Call attention for direct attention
Claim for assert.
Commence for begin.
Conscious for .aware.
Couple for two.
Cultured for cultivated.
Date back to for data from.
Dopaio for give.
Indorse for approve.
Fall for autumn.
From whence for whence.
Inaugurate for establish. Institute.
Individual for person.
Infinite for vast, great.
In our midst for among us.
In spite for despite.
Last for latest.
Less for fewer.
Materially for largely.
Notice for observe.
Onto for on or upon.
, Partially for partly.
party for person.
Past two years for last two years
Practically for virtually,
.Prior to for before.
Propose for purpose.
Proven for proved.
Quite for something of. '
Spend for pais.
Standpoint for point of view,
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Ouerlra 0 oeneral interest ulll t aittirrrre
111 this column. Ten questions, the antutri It
umlc't cierv ttWI-lnormed perjon should ci.
ara aked dally. .
QUIZ
1. lxioii to tho Adrlutlr Sen, whlrh U reported
rleared of autimurlnes.
2. Who la C'nrl Vrnomnn. who ileelared that
there la nn unpatriotic movement to lurnll
fin the tinvernmrnt'N proposed control o(
the food atippl?
S. What vvn the Exodua?
4. What U 11 Miction nrBiiment?
5. What ore the saeti?
C. Will married men ho exempt from military
xrrvlec under the selective draft plan?
T. tth.it l fc:iMf?
8. Ne dlnpalrhe defcrlho Oerm.in an at
tacking with nninmennrrfrr. What are
llammenwerfcr'.'
9. Explntn tho origin of the etprrlon "ai
changeable ua a fhumrleon."
10. Each human xkeleton Includes two clatlrlei.
What are the)?
Answers to Saturday's Quix
Sllghtlr mare thnn 10,000.000 men between
IWIMltS-onA 11ml llilptv.-inn inr. nltl ILa
In tlila country nnd "111 be required to (?
reglnter for nelcdlvo dr.ift 'Wt'.
2 "lletHfrii sou nnd I" 1m lnrorrert. btfamii
thi preposition IpetMtTi." mint lie fol
IohwI l3 tlie objrctlw form, "Ikltrera
sou kikI me" ! lorrert
3. The 127 American prlonpri In GermtdT
were taken from urmed inert li.intiuen rap
tured or Mink h.v the (irriniuii. Other
American a In !erininy nro not held.
4. I.a Madeleine, u famoiiH church In Turin, li
of the Corinthian htjle of architecture.
5. An Itinerant fighter Is a wandering or Jour
lies tnic tighter. Itinerant" 1-t pronounced
"eye-tlnerant," with the accent on tut
second Billable.
C. Kdffar Wilson N.e wan an American humor
l(t writing under the name of "Hill" Mt.
11111" Nve. of tho United states Secret
Service, lias diarce of the special train
ot the Joffre-Vhlanl part)
7. Rear Admiral UenJamln Tnnnan, N tht new
commandant of the l'hlladelphla -NaT
Yard.
8. "Eiuojr" is pronounced with the hort ""
wound, the accent lelnr on the llrt ?"
ble.
0. Anthropoid open ar those most elosely r
HemhllniT man. They form n family in
cluding, tho Ribbon, chimpanzee, orang
utan nnd corlllti,
10. Sir Henry Itlder Hagffard, U on Xm
writer of romantic and hC.nlhIitor.ew
notels.
Tungsten
HILTON Tungsten, called also wolfram,
Is a rare element of tlio chromium group,
found combined In certain minerals, M
L-,i1frfim(ta nml cnhpMltA. Tr la Isolated '
a hard, brittle white or gray metal, meltlM A3
at about 2000 degrees centigrade, naving
speclflo gravity of 1C.C-19, an atomw
weight of 184 and both acid and laH
properties. It Is used chiefly In the manu
facture of tungsten steel and of tunssten
lamps. These electric glow lamps hav.
filaments of metallic tungsten, They art
very economical and can'malntaln high tem
peratures owing 10 me reiraciory ui- j
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"Battle Hymn
si. R. "W. Mrs. Julia Waid Howe vvroM
"The Battle Hymn of tho llepubllc." Thi
Inspiration, Is said tq have come In a dream.
The air Is "John Brown's Body."
Catching U-Boats
Q. H. According to reports from Italy.
submarine chasers with glass bottoms W
been ery effective In ridding the Adrian
Sea of submarines, and efforts now a"
being made to employ them In larger num
bers elsewhere. Observers In tho fast f10'0!'
boats can locate submarines ns deep as l"
feet under tho water. Upon locating one,
a signal Is given to destroyers, which lle-l"
wait for the submarlno to come to tl"
surface.
Submarines
J. "W. (a) It Is not at all necessary that j
a submarine ba on the Burfnce of tne
tft f1tarHnrrA tnrn.na offAMK'plV. On tOa
contrary, the effectiveness of tho submarine. ,.J
lies In Its ability to discharge iorpeu
while far beneath tho surface. It Is o'
necessary that the periscope be out of
tho water so that tho submarine sallors'can
tee to aim the torpe'do. Tho ability of tM
submarine to attack without showing any
thing but Its periscope accounts for Iti
treme effectiveness. (b) Submarine
attack dreadnoughts, but the care wilt,
which these valuablo fighting ships "N3
suaruca oy aesiroyers, nets, eic. i.i.v.
for the fact that 'few are sunk by subma-
1-lnn Thar, ta it nrAvnltlnir Mpa that tnt j
thick armor nf a. drcadnnuaht shields It .J
from submarines; but this Is fallacious, ai vl
tha armored portion ends about five feat ?( I(
low the waterllne and torpedoea usually fl
strike tne unprotected sneu 01 mo yc-j ,
from eight to ten feet below tne waiernna,,,. i
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