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The honor system works In collcgo
examination Why can it not bo put In
force at tho dinner tablo? And casting
food Is worso than cheating In an ex
amination. If tho proposed provision taxing
"each person with a freo ticket to a
placo of amusement flvo cents" bo passed
by Congress, tho piercing shrieks of in
veterato "deadhead V will bo among tho
most awful horrors of this war.
Can Count Tarnowskl bo fully
awaro of how unpatrlotto Is his satis
faction expressed over tho safo arrival
of tho vessel which carried him to Eu
rope? Doesn't ho know that any non
Gorman ship that sails tho seas un
harmed means n Teuton defeat?
Tho stern fashion In which Jho
registration rules specify that a man
must tell whether or not ho is now mar
ried and not concern himself with pre
vious domcstlo conditions, freo or
"shackled," somewhat suggests thai
melancholy ditty, "It isn't what you used
to be, It's what you nro today I"
No, tho Kaiser It not going to get
all tho prominent talking Socialists on
board ono ship bound for Stockholm and
then torpedo tho ship. Tho German So
cialists nro tho best friends tho Kaiser
has. Thoy glvo tho outsldo world tho
Impression that thcro Is a revolution in
Germany, thereby encouraging pacifists
everywhoro. If a revolution over gets
tATted In Germany tho Socialists will
probably talk it to death.
In revoking tho order against
Fourth of July ilroworks Mayor Smith
has missed a brilliant opportunity to es
tablish a sano observanco of our national
holiday. The horrors of war nro unavoid
able, but perils of Independenco Day nro
a criminal disgrace Surely tho celebra
tion of ono of tho noblost civilizing acts
In history ought to bo dono In a civilized
manner and without recourso to more
unimaginative exhibitions of nolso and
sTunpowdcr.
Doctor Wiley's suspicion that Mr.
Hooker is not quite- tho man for Food
Administrator seems to bo basod ohiofly
on the. painful fact that Mr. Hoover Is not
Doctor "Wiley, Ho complains that Mi
Hoover is a mining engineer. It might
be complained about Wiley's fitness for
the new Job that ho is a chemist. Mr.
Hoover's fitness for Food Administrator
If not that he may do it well, but that ho
already has dono It so well that tho name
of Hoover will bo remembered as long as
Belgium and tho great war aro remem
bered. Volunteering for the army docs not
diea natural death with tho inauguration
of selective conscription Tho regular
army needs men nnd will tako applicants
fit for service under forty years. Thou
sands who would havo enlisted under
Roosevelt have thus a chance to soe
action In Franco before tho selected
army starts for the trenches, for It is
probable that Pershing's division will bo
followed by other regular nrmy units.
The National Guard also needs many
thousands of recruits to bring It up to
the authorized 400,000 mark.
The gayly striped awning and
tasteful booths of the annual Rlttenhouso
Square flower market, which opened to
day, pleasantly suggest ono of tho most
fxrtlstlo aspects of Paris. But deeper
feelings ore aroused by the present dls.
play than were Inspired by the show of
last year. Our bonds with France aro
now far stronger than those merely of
nrt. When we think of Paris wo plcturo
a herolo bulwark against a tyranny
which menaces us as well as France.
PhlJadelpMans and Parisians pro com
panions in arms, and even something as
Intrinsically unwarllko as a flower mar
ket thai recalls tho valiant capital can,
evoke a patriotic thrill. '
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It Is highly probable that the sink
ing by a German U-boat of the Brazilian
steamer Tljuca may; break tho patience,
of the great South, American Republic
already tensely; strained. President Bras
has xpiainea was tne attitude- off aeo-.
trallty was Intended to continue only?
until u-.e meeting or tangress. He- now
urges 'that body to revoke the decree of
noninterference in the world conflict.
pT years Brazil has been our stanchest
ammmjj.
SEuening
lmpols hex toward becomlnc our newest
ally. Portugal's position In the fray Is
also a strong sentimental factor In In
fluencing Brazil's, 26,000,000 Portuguese
speaking Inhabitants. If the war ehould
last for several years more tho astound
ing spoct&cto might bo furnished of Bra
zilians, Japancso and even Cubans fight
ing sldo by side with tho Entento and
Ainorlcan troops on the battlefields of
Europe.
WARTIME PROSPERITY
THIS country It sufforlng from tho samo
caso of "nerves" that England had in
tho latter part of 1914. Presently wo
shall got ovor it, for tho simple reason
that wo aro becoming opt pupils In learn
ing how not to mako othor people's mis
takes. Business got nervous In England for
somo months because very few persons
had tho foresight to percoUo that tho war
would mako business a hundred tlmos
better than ocr boforo. And then, when
ptoplo found that thero was to bo no
pnnlc, but n thing for everybody, they
wtro rather ashamed to admit prosperity,
feeling that they might bo accused of
making money out of tho world'a suffer
ings. Thcy had this f,cnso of doubt and
fihamo becauso thoy had made tho foolish
mhtuko of thinking that business meant
making money and making nothing clso
But buslncts it, of course, simply what
tho word literally defines tho stato of
being busy i stato which In often pro
ductive of remarkably small money
profits. When men andVomen In Eng
land who had navcr had a 6quaro meal
In their lives began to mako munitions
and enough money to buy Government
bonds; when It wat found that "muni
tions" meant not merely guns, but n
thousand other thtngt, from clothing to
tomato cans, tho country awakened to
tho fact that thero wcro enough sad
things to cry about without wasting tears
over a business panic that did not nnd
could not exist.
Paris had a touch of panic nnd closed
Its theatres. Then it found that nn actor
out of a Job was a. beggar, and fo it al
lowed tho players to glvo n few shows for
charity. Tho actors mado tho people
forget their troubles and. Incidentally,
through earning their bread nnd butter,
forgot their own troubles; and finally it
was found to bo better business all
around to havo tho theatres going ns
before.
All of which wo may as well learn by
tho short cut mado by others' experience.
It Is not heartless to provldo moro bread
for your chlldron by making clothing and
munitions for our soldiers. It is not
heartless to keep actors' debts down nnd
jour own spirits up by going to a show.
It Is not sordid business. It Is only busier
buslnoss. Tho war will not let us bo poor
becauso tho war will not let anybody bo
Idle.
nuY
A BOND AND OWN YOUR
OWN GOVERNMENT
BUYING a Liberty Bond gives a man
a Bharo In his own Government. It
is liko going to Congress without sub
mitting to tho awful fato of becoming n
Congressman,
When a man buys a sharo In a com
pany ho can novor bo indifferent about
tho way tho company Is run. Never
again will a man who has Invested in his
country bo altogether Indifferent about
tho kind of men ho sends to tho Capitol.
Thoro has beon a suspicion in recent
years that tho bankcrB woro running tho
country. That suspicion will bo rovlvod
if tho peoplo leavo it to tho banks to
llnanco tholr Government. And It won't
bo tho fault of tho bankors.
"UNTO THE END"
THE quickest way for Russia's new
democracy to commit sulcldo would
bo by deserting tho Allies. Unshackled
Muscovy's surest means of self-preservation
Is fighting shoulder to nhouldor with
tho Entente and America to tho last
ditch. "Until tho end'" ("Jusqu'au bout!")
Is Franco's war motto. If emancipated
Russia wants to llvo, It should passion
ately echo that slogan and act upon u.
Slavic democracy is nn infant. What
bettor nurses could such a babo possess
than Franco, thof froo; England, that gave
tho Magna Charta. birth, and tho United
States, which for moro than a century
lias triumphantly executed tho principles
of eelf-governmont on a scale unpreco
dented In world hlstoryl Surely hero Is
v triumvirate of nations that can guldo
tho ship of liberty to a safo harbor.
Autocratic Russia and western freedom
wcro strango political bedfellows. Czarlsm
was akin to Prusslanlsm. In somo ways
Russian absolutism was worse than Ger
man militarism. But with tho Romanoffs
crushed, tho codo of Russian freedom
nnd that of tho Entento and ourselves
sho ''1 mean precisely tho samo thing.
i'lump, England and America havo
mighty reasons foe seoklng to overthrow
tho Kaiser. But young Russia's causo
for fighting Is tho greatest of all. The
very exlstcnco of that democracy depends
on Germany's defeat.
SAVING DAYLIGHT SAVES COAL
DAYLIGHT saving is at Vmce the
easiest and one of tho most efficacious
economies that can be practiced by a na
tion girded for war. It has been esti
mated that by tho simple process of keep,
ing tho country's clocks set an hour ahead
throughout the summer a million tons
can be saved.
Private lnttlatlvo cannot accomplish this
reform, becauso unless unforced by law
complete agreement by tho wholo popula
tion on any question is impossible. But
an act of Congress can settle the situation
In an Instant. If we are told to believe
that It Is 11 o'clock when It Is actually
only 10, and If every timepiece records
the former figure, to act upon tho estab
lished Action becomes a mere matter of
course.
The scheme has been adopted with
splendid results in all of the belligerent
countries. Its operation means that we
rise earlier than usual, go to work earlier,
quit sooner, go to bed sooner and thus
tram less light at night. An, hour less
exrasumptloa-ofTlsht by-very"1nhabitant
In tho'land, every night, will harvest tor
us ton -upon ton of precious fuel.
A daylight-saving bill Is now before
Congress. The measure deserves Imme
diate passage. Daylight saving involves
no .hardship to anybody, It is one of the
Urn Mnrntis m4 mm m sweerttoKl
STATESMANSHIP
OR GOOD LUCK?
Congressman Mooro Speculates
About the Reason for Mr.
Wilson's Success in Over
coming Obstacles
BttcM Oorrctpondenct J.'tenlntf LtdgtT
WASHINGTON, May 21
WOODKOW WILSON'S "luck" Is pro
xerlilal. When everything seemed to go
wrong before tho war, politics or economics,
It mattered not, tho President generally
managed to pull through. No other man on
earth, savo Iloosovolt, could havo looked In
dustrial conditions In tho faeo an President
Wilson did prior to his Indianapolis epoecr
nnd then "get nwny with It" by calling
them "psychological" And when tho tlmo
camo for his ro-clcctlon, what other man, so
consistently opposed to protection as that
principle Is understood by Republicans,
could havo po completely neutralized tho
opposition of tho big Interests and the
manufacturing clement ns did ho7 Or,
stranger still, who would ever hao dreamed
tho labor Interests would be brought Into
camp o (might, ns It were, by tho almost
proMdentlal Incident of tho eight-hour law
on tlio ery eo of defeat? Folk talked of
tho mobilization of tho troops on tho Mex
ican border as a blunder. Thoy snld It
waB a useless, nn almost aimless, cxpi-dltlon.
Hut Wilson "luck," or whatoer It Is that
lands tho President right sldo up In the
end, Is again In cvldcnco, ulien tho alue
of that recn months' encampment of tho
National Gutrd looms up in connection with
tho European war.
It rost upward of $105,000 000 to train
thoso men of the National Guard In the
Ecemlngly forlorn effect to capturo Villa:
but lot they now nppcar In tho very an of
tho great nrmy that Is soon to bo recruited
from tho "soft" nnd untrained men of the
nation. Tho National Outrd tht noer
understood Its status on tho Mexican border
Is now "Jt Jinny on tho epot ' for tho fur
theranco of tho Amerlcm war plans Jn tho
internnuonii crisis tint Impends
President Polite to Roosevelt
If. In tho courso of his administration Mr
Wilson may hno been turky, ho Is also on
titled to somo credit for seeing ahead Ho
spoko to Congress nbout our relations with
South American republics In ono of his
earlier war talks, and hinted that wo might
not fully grasp tho Importaneo of tho Euro
pean Bltuatlon unless wo dealt generously
nna considerately with them. Tuba nnd
Brazil. It will bo refilled, hao each since
expresbrd their fcympathy with tho United
States lu Its nttitudo toward tho Imperial
German Goeniment, nnd other South
American republics nro oxprrtei to do so
Mr Wilson not nnlv IcoKs nhrad In mattora
Internntlontl, but Flnco tho Uooveielt Inci
dent of last neck penplo In Washington nro
Inclined to concerto tint ho looks nheiil In
other directions Thero aro t-omo men who
enturo tho belief that tho President Is as
cloicr m ho Is lucky Witness tho delicate
situation presented bv tho net cf Congics
nuthorblng, not directing, mind jou, but
"authorizing" tho creation of oIuntcep dM
Elons in addition to tho draft Tho Presl
dent and tho regular nrmv fctarf wcro known
to bo ngalnst this proilslon, ot Congress,
or a majority of Congress, clearly intended
that Colonel Roooiclt should bo given a
command How did tho President size up
tho situation? Did ho wait until Roosevelt
volunteers had n chance to t,tlr tho country
nnd mako troublo? No, btfuro tho ink w is
falrlv drv upon tho now net mado law by
his signature ho cut ' tho Grnllan knot "
"I shall not avail myself," ho said, "at
any nito at tho present stato of tho war,
of the authorization conferred by tho net to
organize volunteer divisions," and then, wltlr
a firmness tinged with a touch of Gaston
and Alphrnso politeness to an esteemed
presidential contemporary, "It would bo
very ngrceablo to tno to pay Jlr. Roosevelt
this compliment Politically, too,
it would no doubt havo a very flno effect
and mako a profound Impression. Hut this
Is not tho tlmo cr tho occasion for compile
ment or for any nctlon not calculated to
contribute to tho immediate success of tho
war "
ConfcrrinE With Senators
What President Wilson said nbout tho
volunteer division movement, and what Mr.
Roosevelt said In Indorsement of tho as
signment of General Pershing to head tho
first Europenn expedition may not 'bo tho
last word that will bo uttered upon tho
subject, but It Is admitted thus far that
tho I'residcnt Is still tho commander-in-chief
of tho army nnd navy of tho United
States Iho President, following last week's
upheaval in tho Senate, Indicated a willing
ness to consult with somo of tho Republi
can Senators on matters or State an in
cident which recalls tho forgotten "open
door" policy with which tho Whlto Houso
started out in 1913. It is said tho Presi
dent at first Intended to consult freely
with Scnatoru nnd Representatives nnd
newspaper men, but soon found his routlno
duties too Btrenuoua to encourago lengthy
personal interviews. As tlmo woro on, tho
demands upon tho President s time In
creased nnd war business mado matters
vvorso, so that tho resumption of friendly
relations with somo of tho Republican Sen
ators and Representatives Is worthy of note.
Senators nro naturally Jealous of thc.r
prerogatives In th matter of tho confirma
tion of appointments, as Representatives
coming moro directly from the people, aro
Insistent upon tho cxerelso of their pre
rogatives with respect to taxes and appro
priations. When, therefore, th White
Houso proposos to nppolnt "dictators" liko
Mr Barueh, of the Council of National
Defense, one! Mr. Hoover, whom tho Presl
dent haa designated as a sort of "food
dictator," it Is to bo expected that Con
gress, it not advised or consulted, will
tako notice And as to buch appointments,
it may bo observed In passing that Congress
looks nskanco upon public servlco boards
that aro ready "to serve without compen
sation." Tho Council of National Defense
is already coming in for much criticism
on account of its expenditures, and tho
"food dictatorship" proposition will nlso
provoko discussion before the President's
bills aro finally passed.
Tho Teoplo Must Pay
What occasions criticism in Congress is
tho wholesalo demands of tho departments
desiring to carry out the, President's poli
cies. It Is hardly fair to call tlio men who
inquire about thoso expenditures "a small
and selfish minority," becauso Congress Is
doing Its beat now to satisfy two ery Im
portant bodies of citizens those In official
and private Ufo who want tho war plans
quickly consummated, and that other very
important element wnicn lias to pay tho
taxes. Washington 1s full of contractors
and material men men who want to be
patriotic, but who expect to be paid for It.
Taxes don't bother this class as they bother
Congressmen who listen to the appeals and
arguments of the taxpayers Washington
is also filling up with marching men. Tho
uniform appears in all tho department
buildings and Is conspicuous in the hotels
and on the highways. Congress Isin almost
dally discussion of more pay for those men
and their equipment. Experience in trying
to pats the first war tax bill of $1,800,
000,000 U hard enough, as the average
legislator views It, to give pause, at laast
until there Is reasonable assurances that
the money raised will be honestly spent, or
will not be so sidetracked for salaries and
new berths that the restoration of normal
finance will be forover postponed.
Congress is hearing much about the pur
chase of ships and about contracts for
enormous sums, and la consequently of in
inquisitive- vurn oi mini, -arm mat j
sstata k4 Wwf. after all. Xs .
ir.UAWKH MOOaULV
Tom Daly's Column
BTIlXWDERnWB
Host every morning now In Jfay
IVVilfe on mv way to school I go
I meet a huckster on the way
IVfto shouti his wares out most of all
I like to hear him stand and call
"Here's reddy ripe strawberries 01"
And sometimes when I sit In class
And should le studying I know
I listen when the wagons pass
And I can almost always tell
Whose carts they arc before they yell
"Here's reddy ripe strawberries 01"
But later when we're all at tea
There's nothing that delights mo so
As just to have in front of tno
A. dish of stocctness piled up high
And drenched utth cream and I can cry
"Here's reddy ripe strawberries 01"
TIME was when tho stagecoach passed
through Frankford at least onco n day;
but in n recent Issuo of a morn, contemp.
wo read, when John Deo'a finger points
It out for us:
rrtAVKKfinn TitnATitn
rrankfoM Ave nml Margarctta.
( nrs !ian innr
monhav and tui:sdat
rANNii: WAitn
"The VMnMnx of
fralllo Temple"
An Excurninn in Mathematics
But In the- serious times In which wo
nro living this habit of conversational
Ilght-mlnilcdncBS will doubtless tako caro
of Itself. It Is different with tho sillx
Joko column of somo of tho newspapers;
this ought to bo ruthlessly cut out nt
onco It is most Incongruous to seo a
half pago nf admirable editorials and a
half pago of strong letters to tho editor
(often tho best part of a newspaper)
separated by a whole column of Inano
attempts to find something facetious In
every event of tho day. Tho Chicago
newspapers nro tho worst slnncrB In this
respect, with poor editorials and trivial
letters, If any, tho editorial pago seems
to exist for tho snko of tho silly Joko
column alone At least ono can demand
of ono's newspaper that it rolcgato Its
Jokes to nn insldo part of tho papor, and
leavo its editorial pugo (If it has any
thing moro than a perfunctory ono) to
crcato Its effect undisturbed by thlj pure
ly American habit of childishness
CHRISTINE IwVDD FRANKLIN.
Columbia University, May It. 1017.
This peroration from a Jong letter in
tho Now York Times wo particularly
commend to tho nttcntlon of Sir. Bert
Leston- Taj lor, of tho Chicago Tribune
Ah! Bert, concentrato upon tho sentence
beginning, "It Is most incongruous." No,
not tho parenthetical bouquet tho letter
writer hands to herself, but tho "two
halves separated by a wholo" column.
Restrain your childish laughter. A Lino
is n magnitude of only ono dimension.
You may bo presumed to havo a. position,
but otherwise you aro nonexistent. All
this you would know if you had been
privileged to sit nt tho lady's feet, for
Who's Who tells us and wo cannot doubt
tho accuracy of tho biographical data
slnco they (or it) aro (or is) always fur
nished by tho subject (Ipse) that Chrls
tlno Ladd Franklin Is a "scientist." "of
Puritan ancestry." "gr.ad. Vnss.ar Coll.
1809 (LLD. 1887)," "held fellowships,
mathematics at Johns Hopkins." "Her
theory of color vision, published 1892, has
attracted much attention both In Amer
ica and abroad." But you can read all
that yourself. What wo started to say
Is, havo you noticed how velvety tho
putting greens aro getting?
POSTSCRIPT Wo nlso meant to pro
poso for membership in jour Academy
Mr. Q. X. McGuaha, of Coosada, Ala.
Hero's his ad In tho Savannah News:
CONTEST ltlCKSOOIlAM
Q X MrUuHha Coosatl-i. Ala
Kleetrle lights shlnn lirlchleat "At thn lllcks."
Tablo linen Is whltrat "At tho HlehB."
Meals aro nerved tho slickest, waiters aro the
Quickest
Bon Ton (lueats nre thickest "At tho lllcks '
Our Dollar huntlay i:cntnc; Dinner is tho
product of purpose lu tho monogamy of which
them la no waverlme
HlRtitfully nv i rented by cuisine authorities,
our arms never rase to embrace It. our souls
never cease to Implore It
Marshall's Oretn tra n 30 to 0 30 o'clock
HICKS 11011:1,
And Maclbur, who slipped It to us,
imagines midnight conversation in Savan
nah homes spmctlmcs runs like this:
"John, whoro havo you been?"
"At the Hlc-IIio-IIic-IIicks!"
Kute Kid Stuff
Catherine, fifteen ears old, was telling
tho dinner tablo nbout wh it happened In
school today. "It was so funny," she said.
"Tho history teacher asked us to wrlto on
tho board one causo of tho war Ono of
tho girls wrote: 'Tho war was caused by
tho killing of tho Dutch and tho Dutchess ' "
"Yes, that's vory funny." said her mother.
"Almost as funny as something Cnthcrlno
did several years ago " "Xovv, mamma.
don't you " "Tho teacher wa3 giving
out words to be spelled and then used in
sentences, to show that tlio girls knew
the meaning. Catherine's word was gos
llnE;., She spelled it, but tho meaning
puzzled her. She had never heard of it-
before Suddenly a bright idea struck her.
The teacher was English nnd fond of motor
ing So Cathcrlno wroto: 'Tho gosling ex
ploded." KIDDO.
COMMENT was made in this column
the other day upon Clinton Scollard'a
versification of wild war tales. His
vtatest is a story, of how the savage Ger
mans baked a baker in his own oven.
It seems to us that only weak women
or males given to hysterics could bring
themselves to beliovo and solemnly pass
on tho silly libels upon tho enemy that
gain currency in wartime. It does us no
.credit to credit them.
"The Grave of Dreams and Other
Verses," by James M. Hayes, comes from
the Encyclopedia Press, New York. Hero's
a taste of it:
VALE
Good night, sweet world, good night I
I love not heaven less
Because my heart has found'dellght
In earthly loveliness.
Good-by, sweet world, good-byl
When heavenly Joys begin,
If for the olden Joys I sigh
It will not be a sin.
Farewell, sweet world, farewell 1
And every little while
TH look-from where tn heaven-XawU-.
On thee-to fondly smile.
OUR annuar-Tostt cold,"-which Is now
coming on, promises this year to be par
ticularly distressing. It being our ardent
wish to give no occasion to our fellow
hciUwtto be unpatriotio In word or deed,
iwj".i"! f "J insMraMaM it
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OUR AVIATORS
ARE NEGLECTED
American Youths, Fighting Our
Rattles in France, Receive
Only Moral Support
From Washington
By IIENIU BAZIN
Recipient of tlio CroK do Ouerrc, member of tho
faoeleto do Genu dca Iettrcs and specly
correspondent nt tho Uvemno
J.tmji a In rrnnce.
PARIS, April 24.
ON THE front from tho fs;a to Alsaco
fly tho fiaga of Belgium, Trance, Eng
land, Trance, Portugal, Russia nnd Franco,
In tho evict order named. At a point
which I must not name, slnco tho 8th of
April tho Stars and Strlpc3 aro added
Strlctlv speaking, It Is behind tho front,
for it files over an aviation camp, that of
tho Lnfayetto Escadrlllo, now authoritattvo
ly dlsplajlng tho red, whlto nnd bluo of our
land that has entered tho causo of civiliza
tion. In Ita thrco distinguished colors this flng
of freo America Is now painted on each
neroplano allotted to tho squndron And bo
tldo it, in heroic size, is tho painted head of
an American Indian, with all his wnlr ochro
and feathers Tho bos that man tliC30
planes, nil of tho fighting kind, nro Ameri
can boy3 hailing from all over tho United
States. They havo been fighting In tho
nlr under Trench colors, in Trench ma
chines, for Trance nnd Trench ideals. They
nro stilt fighting, slnco tho Ideals of tho
United States and Trnnco nro now ono In
action vvhero they wcro beforo but a unison
of thought. But thero Is nothing American
nbout theso planes savo tho boys that pilot
them nnd tho flag thoy fly under. Tho ban
ner that flics beforo their hangars and tho
painted flags upon their planes aro tho full
nlpha nnd omega of support they aro get
ting from their own. Which means that
they havo but support of a purely moral
chnracter, that does not buy even a de
jeuner when they aro en permission, for
their pay is In Trench money paid by tho
French Government. They burn French pe
trol, nnd If thoy aro wounded they nro cared
for In Trench hospitals. They wear French
uniforms with a tiny Stars and Stripes
pinned to tho blouses. I might comment
upon this. I won't I'll let it comment for
Itself.
One Killed Every Five and n Half Days
Slnco tho American flag has flown from
theso planes an American aviator; Ins been
killed on a straight averago every flvo and
a half days. At that rato it won't tako
long to wipe them out Tho reason is that
just as soon ns an American machine takes
tlio air nnywhero from four to eight Boches'
machines go after It That Indian head Is
Uko a red rag to a bull to them. Tho Boclio
has never been moro earnestly nnxlous to
down a piano than ho has slnco he has
looked upon tho Stars and Stripes and the
Indian upon them.
Ho has lost out on general average, be
cause, with the help of French nnd Engll i
planes, qulto some Kulturltes havo blttan
the dust with an American piano in tho
fight. But he has, Just tho same, killod
four young men In twenty-one days. And
he's going to kill moro of these bravo boys
who with bowels and heart are in the game
for all tho United States now stands for,
and with nothing In return but the knowl
edge ot God's work well dono, plus the
formal authority of tho United States War
Department Let us all hand them laurel
wreatns ana men get nusy ana do some
thing tangible, something governmental,
something real for them. For they are the
advance guard protecting all tho United
States stands for, the cause the United
States has espoused in a finish fight with the
crying evil of all time.
Since the formal declaration of war by
Congress we have done a lot of flag wav-,
ing. Flag waving is all right at the
start It's tlmo to get busy and do some
thing else. It's time these flying boys were
backed up with something more than moral
support It's time men were sent to fight
men to work, 60,000 of them at least, all
skilled mechanics, a most urgent thing
France sorely needs. It's time to send muni
tlons, wheat, foodstuffs, raw materials, semi
raw materials, and more, more, more, of
them. It's time the splendid American
coastwise fleet were on the way, loaded
to the gunwales with the sinews of war. It's
time now. . ,
The Boche is on the decline, but he Is
not yet beaten. If he had not miscalcu
lated his own strength, if he' had waited
eighteen months longer before beginning
his -work of deviltry In August, 1014
not4s the world would ha,ve stopped
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surety nnd certainty, after ho has out
deviled tho devil, as ho surely will in tho
last extremity. But that last etrcmltv Is
not jet Ho ought to bo beaten quick
Thero is only ono way to do It Th it is
to glvo him credit for 1000 per cent moro
strength than remains In his waning powers,
nnd then beat him to it by inoo mote.
So, let us let tho breezes tako caro of tho
flag There's work, real work, lots of It
to do. Let's get busy and do It And on
tho principle of living up to our icputation
as hustlers, let's do It now Let's put every
ounco nf ourselves Into n quick crushing ot
tho waning power of wrong. Lets mako
tho Stars nnd Stripes count for Just what it
btands for, mako it count in deed not net
week, or next month, or next year, but now
and today.
You who read theso lines havo no Idea
what war Is. You Just think jou do be
causo j ou have been reading of battles and
tho names of towns, and looked casually nt
maps in your dally paper. It's qulto a dif
ferent thing than you can over understand
until It is brought homo to you. It's worse
than Sherman ever designated it I'vo been
twenty odd times to tho front nnd I know.
Thcro is only ono way of fighting tho
devil and that is with flro. Thcro is only
ono tiling tho Ilocho understands, nnd that
Is forco. The United States has moro forco
than any other nation in tho world. But
It's latent, asleep, not on to Its own strength
Stir it up Awaken it. Start it And now
start it by doing something for thoso bovs
from Pennsylvania, New York, Texa3 Iowa
all over tho United States that aro flying for"
theso United States In somebody elso's ma
chines Even tho paint that designed tho
Si. rs and Stripes upon theso machines Is
Trench Not that Tranco begrudges N'ot
that Franco would not glvo tho United
States her very all In this fight, and perhaps
out of it Only, wouldn't It bo a Joy to
know that thero was ono really truly Amer-lean-made
piano on tho Job, nnd that tho
paint of It3 starred and striped flag of its
head of tho Indian, was American?
And whilo I am on tho themo, let us not
deliberately follow In tho error mado bv
England In tho carllor days of tho war 1
mean tho volunteer thine nnd ib v.i'i--
than-thou thing that Is part and parcc cif
Anglo-Saxonism-
"'"1 its roused to the
full
Let tho breezes tako caro of the flae
Let's get busy and do things Let's talli
about them afterward. Indeed, wo can welt
afford to let historians do the talking it's
tlmo for action. Now; with a capital N
and a capital O, and a capital W ami
QUICK t0 bCfr0 "' SPC"lne th 'WOr''
ROOSEVELT IN RUSSIA
Having denied Colonel Roosevelt tlio
prlvllego of leading a division of American
troops to Trance. President AVilson may
now designate him to lead back into the
war five million trained soldiers An anneal
was made within tho last few days for thi
President to send tho ex-President to
Russia Back of that appeal Is tho eloquent
statement of a young American su?geon
.l"" Vst homs from nuss'a after sixteen
months In camp service. The only American
they know In Russia Is Roosevelt says Sis
surgeon, and soldiers and .-..
be rallied back Intotho wa by" dC, " ?
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Colonel House sent him to see Pm7..
rine. of Princeton, anHrmed Twltl, " letter
from each to President Wilson th.,J
went to the Whlto House What i,iBeo,n
dent R.-.M i ,i t 1" .. . .'nal tho PresL-
The 'S,Sl'SK1 aoesTt
converso fluently in Russian said 4T i ?not
lean doctor, will not" ssenhoVmhuslasIn"
of his reception at Pctrograd and Mni m
any more than his ability S sneak Tn-'nT
subtracted from Marshal Jnfrr.. En'lsh
in the United States J "re s ""Ptlon
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BIGGEST FLAG IN THE WORLD
SpledBan'nerfTs'o ff i HUr
The fiar is 80x160 feet n4 ,.
woolen bunting, lur hte?rmlls of
worked several weeks or, thew1nJTOm,;n
flag was first usi,.nrt.fl Vir ""wine. The.
"betweenthe courthouse, toweiioA Vu8 cabI
Building. M tep $ ffigto Pride
tne root of the courthouse anri . I0m
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What Do You Know?
uuenrs 01 general mrcrear uruj it onnMTH J
this column. Ten auesfimu, "" anawwrla j
udci nrrj url! informed scrson should lcov,i
urc aih.ru uauy. y
httit: I
1. II hat nre nTtno sweeper?
2. What Is tho chief dlTerence between a j
ujiiituj,! mo 111111 impi ino in aircraUT 1
3. Who was 1'1-ito? i
4. Mlmt It the JlnrlkMia? 1
5. About how mnnj (.erinnn nnd Aintrlan wir I
prisoners nro estimated to bo In RumU;
0. Nnmo tho live Inroi illtMon of the tusia
r.uo uceunllni; to lolor. v
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.no was .vqiiosu.' I'ronounee tho
8. Nnmo the jenr of tho creat lire In HaUlmon, il
... ..in, nrro i.ocior Jens u nnu Jlr. nrcsT
10. Where Is ISmal-i. which una bombarded to
Hrlllsli mviil forces reeentU)? j
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Mount I'nrnassiia, ono of Uio blthMt clerk-
linns of t.reero, was held aacred U
Apollo nnd tlio Muses bv tha ancM
(reeks. .The rastnllan t ountaln, ?tap
iwise-l to Ininirt poetlo Insnlritkin, la m
tno southern slopo of tlio mountain.
2. Ejcli mm, woman nnd child in tho Vnltel
Miles would subscribe nbout SJO if tba
J,!lert.v I,iin r s (wul oon nno wwa
O'ltmlly divided. l
3. Clnrles IMvinrd Kussell Is n Socialist au
thor nnd a member nf tho American earn.
inlislon tint will visit Itussta. t
'.''". P"". nn Knsllslimim's rams all
nlflej tlut ho Is a Member of I'arUa
liient. J. Tirtll felenita nr .nl.t . l. I1L T1.I4 J
lonnlluin lieciuso of tho lllblo atorrWe i
li "Tl,l'e?. "'? t.r'"' friendship betwees 1
.'..,., inn Mirniieru uov, nncl aonainao.
eldest tan mid belr of Saul. Klax of
Isricl. haul plotted ncalnst Uivlil, k
was wnruisl i Joiiathun,
0. nialiinnnil. In,, Is the old canlLil af tat
( nnreilento M ites. Tho coiernment wai
"'"led. ffum Vlontsomcr, Ala., earh la
" v nn our,
"IHIImm" U spelled with tvro "'s."
A (-irlior Is n. Inrno Rlobular alaaa bottla
used fur lontaliiiiie nclds. It uaaaUr l
id creen Blnss,
"Vis." Siiniliu Is VIrs. Vlllllnm A. RuiiAlT.
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wire or iho cvnncellst, who refers to bet
us "Vti
10. Tho Isle of rines is south of tho VTMtemi
. .i ' , ",.'.,, '" '"" noriiiHeaiern coruw
of the (nrlhhcaii .sen.
Hawaii
I. O Tho Hawaiian Islands were first
visited by tlio Spaniards In 1542. Ther
wcro rediscovered bv Conk in 1778 and
named tho Sandwich Islands In honor t)f
j.oru hanuvvich Cook, during his secona
visit in 1779. was killed bv tho natives.
American fur traders en route to China!
established trado relations with .-
tslandcis in 17S0. Tlvo jears later tin
natives of tho island group united in
kingdom under Kamehamcha I Throurh
tho efforts of missionaries Idolatry, til
reigning lellKlon. una nhnllshed In 1111.
Tho first treaty with tho United StaiMJ
was signed in 1S26 and the first constittnl
tion was proclaimed In 1840, followed vJM
u uioio uueral ono In 1887, The Kingaom)
Wa.S nhfllUhr,,! In 1DD? A -.Annlille WAS
proclaimed July i. 1804.' Tho United Ststeil
annexed tho Islands In 1SDS, ercatlnjl
Tlnnnll W ,. . --- fl
.v...u(i luiriiory in lyuu
titrates Trom Air
II. L- a) Nitric acid, and therebynl 9
trntna la nl.,ni..j al. Ktf a.
..vu, . uuiuuii-u irum vim vi -.
manufacturing process. First, the oxygta
ana nitrogen of tlio air are heated is'
tensely, forminc nltrln nvidn Second, mora .
oxygen Is forced to unlto with tha nitrio j
oxide, forming nitrogen peroxide. Third, j
nitrogen peroxide is nrougnt in coni- 5
wiiu water, rormlng nltrlo acid. Kieciw
furnaces and crnnlto. towers r usad la th
process. The nltrlo acid is converted Int
.n Inlt.H. .,. a- . ....i, avAe
uiii juiruio, a. tactory using mu yww-.
ess is sltuatod at Nottoden, and it l
said that Germany is extracting nitrates
from the air on a largo scale for the rnaniH
facture ot explosives, (b) Eight-tenths O'j
iuu wcigui or water is oxygen.
Steamship Lino
A. D. L. The Philadelphia Chamber-!
vuiuiuiira reiiorts a new line or steamou-v".
running from Phlladelnhln. tn Porto IUW
Virgin Islands of the United States. WlnM
ward and Leeward Islands, Trinidad, Cura-J
cao, Venezuelan norts. nnd other West In-J
dlan and Central Amerlenn nnrts.. TMB1
ships aro the Iaqua, 900 tons, and the Wi
vuiic, uBu ions. These two vessels wii wm
kept in this trade, reciilnrlv nnd. shOTwi
business warrant It, additional steamWPl
win us put on. Tills will glvo Phliaaeipo
a sailing approximately once every ten diJJ
This is the first, ser-irie fmm Thl1adellihla.
to the Islands, Central America, and'
tnorth oonsti nf ClM.fl. a .!.
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