ff0&Vjti&tU'QFito,'&Wr NQfll1 ij a I KV l- IM 1 15 y rUBLtC LEDGER COMPANY i iAv craos it it cyims. rsziiDxire Cfcr1 IT. Luaint C. Martin, secretary CelHns.John II. Will j f' K. whalsy. Plreotc -CMrle II, Luainaton. Vice rrrslaentl John rr ami Treasurer! rnmp H. vltllams. jAhn J. RrmrrfAfi. Directors. EDITOntAI. BOATIDI Cracs II. K. CciTii, Chairman. y. H. WKALET...., Editor JOHN C. MATtTIN. .Oinsral Business iUnsrer FvtbUshad daily t Fcuo I.tMii nulldlnc. Independence Sauara, liilladelphla. Csnm. . .Broad and Chestnut ntreets Tto Cirr Prn Union Bulldlnr ,pw tokx zoo Metropolitan Tower oit......... . ...,,..ua ora uuiiaina Loots. 1008 Fullerton HulMIni rcsoo, '. 1203 Tribune Duljdlag, n Bessie- nitre Building Fw Toik Ituaiau Tha Timet jlulldlnr Miattif Jttuiv.,).Mi no FTledrlchttrast Lovdok Beano Marconi House, Ftrand rxiia BsaiAD.. 32 Bue Louis le Orand 8UB8CIUrTION TEIUM . The BrmiKS LxDOia U ssrved to subscribers in Philadelphia and surrounding- towns at tha rat of. twalva (13) canta per week, payable M tha carrier. .1)7 mall to points outside or rnllsrlslphla. In tea unuw Tnlfb acaalona. coatara free, fifty (fiol esnta ir japenUu 6U (18) dollars par year, payable In ftdraocft. . To all forelrn countries on ($1) dollar per I onth. I f Not lea Subscribers wlahlnr address chanted ' .'fcust airs old aa well aa new address. i ' aixuMoowAiiwr keystone, main jooe 99 Addr 6R rommunicai ton a to Jtvmina Xexfpsrv ndependenca BqiMre, Philadelphia. temuo at tits rnaiDtirHii rojiornci x SICOSD-CUIS Mill. MiTTIS. "nra JLvartAan not paid dailt cm- iCCIATION OF Tlin nVENINO LEDOEn for. Aran, was ih.oh PnfWpW..PrlJ.r, Jan. 1, 1917 Anarchists don't want us to luvo ' soldiers. But, then, they never have i (wanted us .to have even traffic policemen. Mr. Roosevelt says that slackers "I ought not to bo allowed to vote. True; Irat they are just the sort of persons who vote two or three times every election day. Young men who are going to Cuba and Mexico to escape military duty should be described fully In the records. They way come back and try to run the coun try some day. . Patriotically determined that regis i tratlon day ought to be a "hot time" In 'Alaska, Governor Strong Intends, It Is J. Said, to postpone the date of signing up " for Iho new army until September. Just t present a large part of tho territory fijjce-bound. Loyalty in the Far North 'S?es will have tho summer months for rranlng up. In offering his splendid chateau near St. Nazalre to "tho first American general reaching France," tho Count do Maupassant Is spontaneously generous, but the terms of his gift seem to lay a father curious premium on transport peed. Supposo tho first officer to arrive were not the ranking general officer, but a subordinate lucky enough to have been assigned a faster vessel? Would the win ning of an ocean raco entitle him to tho prize habitation? , Time as when Gabrlole d'Annunzlo was decried as a mcro scribbler of per-. 1 fumed phrases, a decadent dilettante., Th& war speedily turned him Into an elo quent and electrifying statesman, and nqw dispatches from the Carso tell of his inspiring leadership of Italians, fighting hand-to-hand with Austrian troops and annihilating them. If, after this.' tho Bom de plume D'Annunzlo can still carry ljnsavory memories, why not proclaim the man's real name, Gaetano Itapa- trnetto, as honoring ono, of the great figures of heroic modern Italy? A group of Philadelphia Greeks ' can eat their delicious rlco "pilaff" nnd ( their toothsome "loukouml" sweetmeat . with clear consciences now. They havo repudiated pro-German "King Tlno," and J they have been Indorsed in a letter from I the unfllnchlng'Venlzelos.whoso first name Eleutherloa is but a form of tho Hellenic I Word for Jlbertn Thoso freedom-loving j, Hellenes of our city havo indeed Joined h Americjv, and the EntenV. It would be mul-wiee them display from their 'homes the blue and white standard of f ths Immortal Utile land they so worthily ' represent. ( No one can ever accuse Brazil of , having rushed Into war. First sho sev ered" relations with Germany. Then came h revocation of her neutrality, so far as j the" United States was concerned. She I fchus became In a sense our ally. Then h.e authorized the alliance of herself wllh other American States to defend the American republics against the f world." Now she plans to arm her mer chantmen. Slow, Indeed, ore the steps, .taken toward actual war with Germany,' lltl?t their direction Is unmistakable. It is hard lp see how Brazil's next act can fall hort of the Inevitable conflict. Doctor Iyenaga's remark that "even i though they are deprived of citizen- r-shlp the 70,000 Japanese residents in th United States are eage,r to fight for 1' America," deserves respectful attention. Sliroush his lectures and writings ho has si as much to bring the two Tcountrles t.ctosejj togethtr aa Lafcadlo Hearn did. .He has told Americans some unpalatable MSi? wholesome facts abput the mischief 'that 4dle talk about the "yellow peril" has ' one In, creating the impression In Japan .thV Aaierica is hostile. Congressmen ,, m.t argue for battleships by p'olntlng to" "the menace of Japan." This was .known to bo merely "politics" in America, k the Japanese took it seriously. f Follsh patriotism, one of the deep ,ftr of human sentiments, impelled the -raf basso, Edouard de Iteszke, to make Wrhoiie In his native land. With the Wfrf Pf his death at Erletrlkov comes ' e tratlc tale that the last two years of Ma Mfe were spent in destitution. He saw h Moved atherland enslaved, tho ma terial reward of his own superb tri .MMFhi In, p&rx welt awa. No Teuton ttniMNr, lpwvr, ca rob him of his 4ough it was art haita 'to 12, 1 I . r22s$lf?rrVV25!' irnnsflgured with hli splendid, gifts. Philadelphlans have many Inspiring mem ories of his heroic figure and organ toned voice dominating tho sinister roles In the "Illng" muslo dramas. Ills Mephlstophcles In "Kaust" was also a classic portrait. Ono wonders, however. If he ever In retrospect thought It too mild and genial a creation after boholdlng tho deeds of his enomlos In devastated Ppland. FEDERALIZING THE WORLD MANY publicists of this and other coun tries havo suggested that the future federation of tho Towers, which will bo formed to Insuro a lasting peace should rest upon tho principle which binds tho American States together. It Is In no boastful spirit that Americans havo de clared that tho Governments of the world might well become a new and comprehen sive "United States." They have noon a United States of Huropo formed to re press Germany. They have seen this "Union" ndopt a written "Constitution," rudimentary, to bo sure, pledging Its members merely to co-opcrnto and to re ject proffers of n sopni-nto peace, but for all that a real federation, with scparnto self-governing States united by a prin ciple In sot terms. Tho word "lebclllon" has even been used to describe the act of nn IJntento Power which might make peace and break tho Union, nnd there lias been high talk of coercing such a rebel, Just as thcro wns hero In Civil War days. Tho two greatest contributions of America to, -tho world havo been this rrlnciplo of federation nnd the Supremo Court. Foreigners nie nmnzed nt tho al most complete sovereignty and selfsuill ciency of our Commonwealths. They re mark that Pennsylvania is ns independent of America oh Holland Is of Iluropo nnd that if It weio not for tlio letter boxes and the colnH ono would hnidly ever hac vlslblo evidence that thcro Is n Feileial Government. Hut thcro mo postal nnd monetary unions abroad, wo can leply, which promise tn bocomo unlMrsal. What. then. Is distinctive nliout the Amer ican Union of xelf-gnvernlng States which hus not hi en to somo extent adopted or considcied by other countries' How havo tho States been kept together with the visible tics so slight? Surely tho Invention of the Supremo Court accomplished tlds miracle. Tho basic law was carefully enough written to insuro both State sovereignty nnd fed eration existing sldo by sido under tho law; Tho supiemo law of fmclgn coun tries is wlint their Legislatures ndopt. Tho supremo law of our Union is what Congress adopts-If (and tills is tho nil Important exception) that law Is In con formity with the Constitution. Universal federation, according to tho Ameiican plan, then, is not likely to succeed un less nn lntematlun.il Supremo Court Is organlred nnd Its Interpretations of u written International Constitution nc cepted. Tho success of our Supremo Court was probably tho chief factor in tho evolution of The Hague Tribunal idea A long and terrible stiugglo may delay tho fruition in part of such plans. Hut wo will fight tho better If wo icincmbcr that It is not only might that America can bring to have civilization, but these great principles of law as well. TKANSIT qn.VATOn Mc.VICHOI. knows ns well ns H anybody clso that, even If It were possible nt this time to obtain steel nnd other materials necessary for transit con struction, tho lotting of contracts with prices nt their pinnacle would be dltias trous to tho ultimate solvency of tho pro posed system and would bo profligacy of tfio worst sort. The Frankford L must bo rushed to completion, and it Is possible tnat tho central subway sections for Which bids have already been received should bo begun, but no sano man would advocate going ahead with tho whole con struction program under present condi tions. To do so would offer a possllilo excess profit of millions to contractors, duo to a later drop In prices. The comprohonslvo transit system Is perfectly feasible financially under normal conditions, ns cltl7ens overwhelmingly de cided In two open elections, but to build under abnormal conditions when tho sys tem Is to bo operated under normal con ditions would bo Htiicldnl It Is on a par with tho misrepresentations of tho Record, which persists In declaring that tho sys tem never was feasible Our contempo rary doubtless Is convinced a five-cent loaf of bread wns nlwnys an economic monstrosity simply becnuso It Is an eco nomic Impossibility now. Tho passago of a through-routing bill at Harrlsburg Is essential to proper pro tection of tho city In the operation of tho Frankford I If tho Legislature does not pass such n bill, Its betrayal of public rights will bo open ond flagrant, nnd the names of such men ns take part Jn that betrayal should bo kept constantly be fore the public In order to nssuro a proper day of reckoning. TIIE PACIFIST COMPLEXION TTEItY rarely theso days Is the pacifist complexion of tho simon-pure, peach blown x-nrlety. Stains of pro-Germanism are, of course, most In evidence. But tho spottiness of the chronlo kicker, the blemishes of tho backwoods provincial ism, the blots of the sheer demagoguo nnd sensation-monger are also visible. As a matter of fact, virtually nil of tho unadulterated pacifists ore deeply loyal to the Government. In this class Is the Society of Friends, which throughout .the land haa pledged Its aid to the cause in every way saye that Involving shoul dering a musket. It Is the alloy in pacifism that Is really insidious, that darkly colors its complexion, that corrupts the original ideal in which oven an embattled woHd tdday believes, Ulysses S. Grant was a thoroughgoing pacifist, forced by circum stances to pursue his goal by the might of arms. His opinions and thoso of most Americans ppvv fully" coincide. When, therefore, the United States to. day rightly seeks to crush antl-elraft plots and their instlgntors, it Is not quell ing untarnished pacifism at all, It Is trea. son of pro-German origin, loudmouthed, Inveterate obstruction, Ignorant and harebrained Intrigue and that exceed ingly cheap and petty typo of "kicking" that lives by being "agin the Govern ment" which the Federal authorities will not tolerate. The true pacifist Ideal suffers not at all by such Tiecessary action, it is rtto'more preserved thereby. EVENING LEDGKEPHILADjflLPHIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1017 TARDIEU, TRADE AMBASSADOR Remarkable Career of tho Man France Is Sending to America to Look After War Supplies By HENRI BAZIN Btaff Corretvmdtnt nf lfc F.irnina Lttarr In franco, PARIS, May 14. FRANCE Is to have two Ambassadors to the United States, tho first time In the Wstory of nations that two repre sentatives from tho same country will be accredited at the same time to another. For, nccordlng to Jules Cambon, ex Ambassador to tho-Unlted States and Ger many nnd acting high secretary to M. Rlbot, Prime Minister, M. Andre Tardleu, while officially elcslgnated as high com missioner of tho French republic to the United States, will bo actually Commer cial Ambassador, leaving to M. Jusse rand his functions as diplomatic rep lesentatlvo of his valiant nation at Washington. M. Cambon Rtated to our corre spondent that tho vast Interests Franco will now have In purchases throughout American markets of supplies, foodstuffs, munitions and the whole range of essen tials that the United States as nn ally will supply will necessitate tho constant nttentlon of M Tardleu, who has been selected nnd empowered to net In a com mercial nnd ambassadorial capacity. M Tnrdieu's mission will last throughout tho war, and will automatically cease with its ending. Studied nt Hnrvnrd Andie Tardleu Is Just past his fortieth iar. His career has lxen ono of great ability and continued upward success In many fields. After graduating from the high normal scheol of France ho entered the diplomatic seivlce, wheio from the lowest grade of clerkship ho rose with exceptional rapidity to the first secretary ship of the Fiench embassy to England. He then lcslgnod to take up literature nnd Journalism, devoting his efforts to political science and tho school of war. In which courses he had won high honors at college. Ho published significant books, largely upon the Franco-German oucstlon, emphasizing the gravity of the German menace His "Prance nnd Her Heiil Allies," "The Conference of Alge clias." "Pilnce Rulovv" nnd "The Jlystcry of Agndlr" all forecast tho German policy of ultlmato aggression nnd urge tho gte.it necessity of general and military prcparednys. He had meantime spent n vcai at Harvard, during which time ho wroto a book entitled "Notes Upon the United States," which shows a keen study of tho American people and sympathy with American ldenls. When the war came, SI. Tardleu was mobilized as a second lieutenant inter preter In the French army. Ho Imme diately asked for nctive service and wns transferred with tho same rank to nn In fantry regiment, taking pait In tho battle of tho Slarne, at Fore Chnmpenolsc, nt Ypres nnd In the Ardennes, Later, his linguistic ability being in demand, ho wns tinnsfcrred to the general headquarters staff. Hut after a short stay ho again mndo application for return to tho firing line. Cited for Bravery Under Firo Ho had been cited for bravery at Fere Champenolso nnd given the rank of lieu tenant, nnd nfter Ypres, where he was wounded, ho was made a captain. In all, his citations nro four In number. The last concludes as follows: Passing on request from the general staff to command of a company of chasseurs a-plcd, glvo proof of great bravery and courage during tho night August 8-D, 1D1C, leading his unit under heavy nrtillery flro to successful attack upon an enemy trench, which, although momentarily losing, ho succeeded In re occupying nfter a severe hand grenade combat. SI. Tardleu was detached from the army late in 1916 to serve In tho Chamber of Deputies, to which he had been elected In 1911, nlthough never occupying his sent. He gave instant proof of ability as nn orator and legislator. He wrote a re port upon heavy artillery and Its func tions that was regarded ns tho most able elocument of Its kind extant. His inter pellations on the essential modus operandi upon tho blockade was a masterly argu ment of reason and logic, and his con clusions wero unanimously adopted by the Chamber. Two days aftor the United States en tered tho war an article under SI. Tar dlcu's signature appeared In tho Paris Temps, In which he gave a series of reasons why the closest relations be tween Franco and the United States upon all lines material, moral and senti mental should be developed to the full without delay. Within thirty hours he had been selected by the Government and appointed high commissioner -to the United States. BYWORDS OF THE WAR That this nation does not believe that Almighty God. creator and ruler of heaven and earth, Inhabits as Ills preferred and personal council chamber the body of a prince That this nation believes all nonpredatory civilization now existent to have an equal right to exist, and believes the continued and combined existence of them all to be best for the richest development and completest happiness of mankind. That this nation does not lay aside peace and take up war of first choice. That when barbarism ,wlth war attacks civilization at peace, civilization has no weapon with which to defeat barbarism but the weapon ot barbarism. That whatsoever the service every' loyal American can or Is called upon to render, each shall say to himself and to all the rest: With this service I would help the nation to win victory. That every smallest garden shall be rec ognized as a corner of the desert battle field That every furrow made by the plow shall run Into the soldier's trenches at the front. That every barbed blade of wheat shall be a spear That every bandage for a wounded yonth Bhall be part of the garment of destiny to stanch the ebbing blood of the wounded, the better, worm. To the end that the German nation shall cease to seize the lands and homes of other peoples as lands and homes for Its own people To the end that-lt shall cease to proclaim Its lust of conquest to be God an Almighty God of plunder and butchery, of torture and trea.eh.ery and lies James Lua Allan M I New York Tiroes, - Tom Daly's Column UcAllOXI BALLADS LXXXll DA THIEF Eef poor man uoct An' atcatsa roso Ecn Juna-time Wan tcctla rose You gon' su'pose Dat dat'ta crlmct Ehl wfatf Den taka look at me, For here bayjorc your eyes you see Wan thief dat ccs o glad an' proud He gona brag of cct out loudt So moocha pood 1 do, an' feel, From, dat tfan lectio, rose 1 steal, Dat eef I gon' to Jail today Dcy no could tak' my joy aicay. Bo, leca'cn! here ccs hoio cct com': Laa' night w'en I am ualKIn' home From work ecn hotta cccty street, Eci sudden com.' a smal so siccet l'ct maka heaven ecn my nose T look nn' dcrc I sea da rotel A'of tcan, but mnnny, fine an' tall, Dat peep at nic aboic da unit. Ho, too, 1 close my eyes an' find Anudder peccturc ecn my mind; I sre a huunr dat's small an' hot Where manny prctia thecngs ecs not, Where Icctla woman, good an' true, Ees uork so hard da whole day through, She's too wore out, to'en corn's da night, For smile an' mak' da housa bright. Hut, presto' tioto Vm home an' she .' seettln' on da step weeth me. Bambino, slrcpln' on her breast, AVt twiM'a know more sweeta rest, An' iie-t ifi was soorh glad su'prisc Like now ecs shlnn from her ryes; An' all baycausc tonight she wear Wan Icctla rose stuck cen her hair. She res so pleasr't Eel mak' ic feci I shouUla sooner learned to steal! Eef "thief's" my narra I frrl no shame; Eet ces no rrlmr Dot rose I got. Eh! wfatt Ot not Era Juna-ttmct The Super-Tramp GEOIKiK BERNARD SHAW, who wouldn't thank you for saying what is tho truth, thnt ho discovered William H. D.ivles, seoms to hnvo taken n particular delight In writing tho preface to Davlcs's ' The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp." Shaw, among other things, says. "I Ho not know whether I should do scrlbft imr super-tramp as a lucky man or an unluck one In making him a poet, fortune gave him her supremest gift; but such high gifts nre hardly personal assets they nro often terrible destinies nnd crush ing burdens AIo, he chanced upon nn In dependent Income; enough to give him reasonable courage, nnd not enough to bring him under the hoof of suburban convention, lure him Into a premature marriage or deliver him Into the hands of tho doctors Still, not qulto enough to keep his teeth In proper repair and his feet dry In all weath ers "Some dat bad luck ho has had. I sup pose every Imaginative boy Is a criminal, stealing nnd destroying for tho Bake of be ing great In the sense In which greatness Is presented to him In the romance ot his tory. Hut very few get caught Mr. Davics unfortunately was seized by the pollco, haled before tho magistrate nnd made to expiate by stripes the bgone crimes of my self and some millions of other respectable cltltens "The tramp Is fastidious and accomplish ed, audacious nnd self-possessed ; but he is free from divine exploitation, he has no orbit, ho has the endless trouble of doing wlint ho likes with "himself and the endless discountenance of being passed by ns use less by the Life Force that finds supersel flsh work for other men That, I suppose. Is why Mr Davies tramps no more, but writes verses and saves money to print them out of eight shillings a week And this, too, nt a moment when the loss of a limb has placed within his reach such suc cess in begging as he had never before dared to dream of THE LOXG-DISTAXCE PATIilOT 'TIs proud I am that Irish blood Flows t'rough and t'rough me iclns. I'd free the dear old sod today If I but had the manes. A patriotic Irishman, I am that to the core; And true I am to Ireland I'm all o' that and more. FOR I drink no English breakfast tea, No English primrose wear; Xor take a drop o' English ale. Bedad, I wouldn't dare. I svouldn't take no English salts To keep alive me name; I'd put no English on the ball, In pool, to win the game. I'd wear no English lever watch; E. sparrows make me rave. Me ghost will haunt the one that puts E. ivy on me grave. YERCA8. ALTHOUGH tho Upper Darby Herald Is not without honor In Its owrn com munity, it seems to be something of a prophet, for In its issue of sray 26 we read: Sir. and Sirs. Theodore Smith, of Penn avenue, announce the birth of a daughter, born Sunday, Slay 27. But an advertisement In the same issue opens up wider fields for speculation: 1IOMK WANTED Bulldog given away for good home. Inquire at Log Cabin, rear Kershaw's towel mill. Call evenings. DAVID SIcKAY was sending one of thoso fifty-word night letters, and a friend, even Scotcher than he, was stand ing at his elbow. "Man, man," said the friend, "there's a thins I would'na like to have to do." "Why not?" inquired David. "Ah, well," said he, "I'm not enough of an author to compose fifty words and I would'na care to send less." LOUIS Is deadl Very likely you never met Louie Louie Loth. He didn't mingle In society much. He had little time for that sort of thing, because he was obliged to work rather h,ard, and when his day's stint was done he was usually tired. But he had a merry heart and he was a nimble punster. The other men In the composing room called htm "Daffydlll Louis," because he perpetrated and perpetuated a line of humor which had vogue several years ago, and he never missed fire when he was called upon to ahoot Put we saw another man at work at hl llnbtyj roachis y. (rdy, iMk if 4)a4. M s .-"-". '-i' j-vW s v .a-A""a. - Jrcst f MV. CVVN" THE VOICE OP THE PEOPLE Cleaning Up South Fourth Street Trolley-Car Abuses. Ireland Government's Incompetence This Department is frtr to all rrnrfrs who u,tih to rrprexs their opinion on subject of current interest. It is nn open forum nnd the TtrtiiHff Ledger rmtiinr, io tesponsibllitu for the xtruH of ,M correspondents, Letters must be stoned bu the ft a frit nnd address of the uriter not nccesinrily for vubUcationt but as a guarantee of good faith CLEANING UP SOUTH 4TH STREET To the Editor of the Evening Ledger Sir Knowing well the Evening I.edoer ns the newspaper which takes up heartily all civic questions nt a moment's notice, I inclose an article concerning such a ques tion Let It be known that nn era of cleanli ness was Inaugurated the other day In a part of South Fourth street Thenco the move will spread to other streets similar In condition Then is hope that no longer will one need tD hold his nose In passing thero nnd view with keenest displeasure tho filth nnd Us product mrlads of files It was with great enthusiasm that the work was commenced In South Fourth street be tween Fltzwatcr and Monroe by tho push cart owners It Is perfectly clear that they are more than eager to see that tho sajlng, "It was ever so." shall no longer be applic able to them. What they wanted so far was a helping hand, suggestions and initiative on a small scale Hereafter thero can bo seen a bag hanging on over other pushcart Thero they must place nil piper and gar bage In the course of tho day, then, before quitting time, dump It Into a barrel placed for them on tho corner This arrangement Is temporary, , of course The advantago In bags is that they close by sheer weight of contents, thus keeping files out As the Idea of keeping gutters clean will becomo familiar to them, the work will be most vigorous and thorough. Tho storekeepers along there are glad to co-operate and will see that no waste leaves their stores that is not placed In receptacles The street cleaning department will surely respond and do its best And then what appeared heretofore unattainable will take place In a short time Here is an illustration of the eagerness on the part of the venders to clean up: One woman, unaware that a barrel s'ood nearby for garbage collection, had taken her more than half-filled bag with garbage some ten blocks to home so as to make sure It would be removed With pushcart men and women realizing their duty and hastening to do their bits, the work will un doubtedly prove to bo a great and perma ment success It Is moBt gratifying to learn that nt last the gravo menace to health Is to be removed before the hot weather arrives. WILLIAM RUDLEY. Philadelphia, Stay 28. POOR VENTILATION IN CARS To the Editor of the Evening Ledger. Sir I rode into the city this morning on a Baltimore avenue and a Spruce street car, getting transferred at Thirty-third street, and In neither was a solitary win dow or a solitary Bo-called ventilator open This seems to be the rule Cannot something be done to compel the Rapid Transit Company to conserve the public health and contribute a little to Its patrons' comfort? Virtually the company refuses many passengers In each car a seat. Can It net provide a little fresh alr7 Philadelphia, Slay 31, RIDER. TROLLEY-CAR ABUSES To the Editor of the Evening Ltdgtr: Sir About fifty years ago I was em p!oed by the Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany as a trainman In the freight service Among the many cars we handled a number were laden with live stock, consisting of horses, cattle, sheep and hogs, which we handled with a great deal more attention and care than the employes of the Phila delphia Rapid Transit Company handle Its human passengers, it packs them In the cars like sardines In a box. To do this to his own satisfaction, the motorman has a trick of applying or releasing the brakes of the car so as to throw the passengers oft their feet or. it they shoulit ha f, ...... nouai to have hold of. a trp, nearly to ptoaaejw o ot !. HUaiM, TRY, TRY AGAIN :-J r"j.&y'-' from tho conductor n full measure of Im pudence and nbuso for the interest he, the passenger. Ins taken In the matter Now, sir, I havo been a rider In tho Phil adelphia street cars for moro than fifty ears and I don't think the public is fairly treated I nnd my family pay annually about flvo hundred dollars for this privilege of hclng dally Insulted nnd sometimes of suffering bodily pain CHARLES H. RICHARDS. Philadelphia, Slay 2D THE IRISH QUESTION To the Editor of the Evening Ledger Sir In reply to the letter of Clare Gerald Ferertv reproving ou for the editorial en titled "Hard on Ireland's Friends," and for which I and many moro of our readers highly commend you for boldly Fpeaking the truth, would state that If more of our edi tors would do likewise there would not bo so many persons misled by false reports. Ho Is pleased to call the Protestants of Ulster "the noisy Orange minority." The Sinn Fcincrs break out every once In a wlille nnd show tho world what they are Why shouldn't the law-abiding, loyal ele ment of Ireland object to being ruled by a mob nf secret-order-rufllans who shot down nnd murdered every one who opposed their plans? Clare Gerald Fcnerty ought to feel proud of tho element he so hotly tries to defend. Fox's Hook of Start j rs will give him In formation he needs. A. J. BORDEN. Philadelphia, Slay 29. CRITIC.SM OF GOVERNMENT To the Editor of the Evening Ledger. Sir If I assume that you are a laboring man with six children I have also a right to suppose that ou are busy Even should vou not havo the six children, It would cer tainly be Impossible for you to make any complete nnalysls of all of tho actions of our Government during thes-e trlng times Certainly, newspaper discussion nnd Intel ligent editorials-help tho man in tho street to make up his mind Tho Influence of a great dally paper is tremendous and may have Its results for generations i 5Jy, plca K then' t0 yu t0 Protect the labbrlng man, the man who Is too busv working for us all to be able to look after his own Interests In governmental matters iou nre his champion his voice nHHr,!it."n(f f ""b" men-unfavorable criticism, if necessary wilt prevent blun oers and mistakes which our common people must pay for with their blood on th, firing line The gun which clogs during , charge clogs because somebody made a mistake Let s know who makes the mistakes In order that they may be few " am . EX-NEWSPAPER SIAN. Allentown, Pa., Slay 29. HOW SELMA LAGERLOF BEGAN In one of the most beautiful parts of rural Sweden, In the province of Varmland was bom on November 20, 1868. Selma' Ottlllana Louisa Lagerlof, the only w-om to receive the Nobel prlzo for literature The parents of this little lTax.n5SS child were Swedish gentlefolk of the land, owner class From earliest childhood Miss Lagerlof seemed destined to play the nar of onlooker and Interpreter of life, for she was never strong enough to run about th farm with the other children of the family "Playing theatre" was one of SIIss Lawr' lot's childhood joys, and she staged Ind" acted plays aided by her brothers and s"s ters Poetry writing was among Miss La e erlofs earliest literary endeavors, and atlhe age of fifteen she had read all the book. ? poetry In her home and had written her nr xerse. She had always intended To writ, novels and plays, but now at fifteen ahafii? that nothing, could be so "plena? as .' write great poetry m as t0 A.l.lhS. afJ ,of tw'nty. Miss Lagerlof went to Stockholm to take the mhi..., jntr-nc. to the teachers' coMege" In which she was so successful. There , ha remained three years. When her studi.a were completed she received an .!LS '" to teach a grammar school for gP,rl.nlment There was little time for ltera, ,., . In these days, but one day her .fJ8L rk rested tn her Ih.i . -" ",?r lister SUE- had been worklnr nn flT,lory ehel I the Jdun. which had opened la ,'10 short-story contest. This story. 2Ku,,"ve ,. -Mim whiM, k.j . "" to time to me rounaation of "Costa Berlin-" wA . I prize and opened the way for Mis. ?2 lot's literary career '" Mr- Through the efforts of a ri... .... .. was enabled to give up teachlnr . I lnn her n.rUto ber wrutnT .for l2,.1.,v? jH Jjl i v. - S ! What Do You Know? Queries et central interest uHll t aneuerif, in this column. Ten Questions, ths aneteers'le' which event uell lnormet person should knoi,. are asked dally. QUIZ 1. After whom is nicotine named? . What la meant br the "Pax Romans"? 3. Fanny Ellaler l commemorated br a braaj tablet on the north tide of Cheitnai Mreet. between blxth and Setenth. Wh wa the? " . The port of Illlo In on Amerlrnn territory . Mhere la this tltr located? 8. A sifted American writer, who hm alio aa '""''JtlKable traveler, n whaler and s .,ir,i ui .ainaniei iiawtnorne, is lot elinrarler ilenrrlbed In Ollter VVend.ll llolrnes'a familiar , .poem. "The tart . i. !"' Mh was thla Teratlle mant- 6. Vthat una the plnn adopted In namlnc thf treetn of fouth Philadelphia? -1 7, What was. the Hrat name of Grorer C1T-. iu.n'Ipu,1bll,ieUrrdafrdeerF '"m tim"'h mMt ' " In.V.xh.n,t.laIn?e'at?,r W" the EmW " M,!a,t.i.Ilri,",,,1 ?to!,,rl"" " atronflr arm pnthellc wlUi Hie Monroe Doctrine at th! time It was Drat Toleed? i",""UD ' 10. What Is the connection In meanlnc berweeS Uhi.W Ar"iIne and the riat KIT which lions through that republic? .a Answers to Yesterday's Quiz ' ' n'eiof hl'erleM criticisms of Osr. mS2.i '"wrlallstle methods, Maxlmlllav Harden ha been called the "enfant "'" '"ible child" Is the mei" Inr of this French phrase, ' fjryii'.K ' ""5. ordinary southern nam! . ..- . "llat Me cn" "le ba,tI ef Antletara, TJ?"!i"ndiC're,,0,!J tne Shakesnai.f an?IeBn't"rTronr.HhU the ttne '" ,aff 5 4. Mercury Is the planet nearest to the sunT SnlhllS '"."iVl of .Philadelphia, was ths. author of "Listen to the Sfocklnr lllrail st?ce"t W"" "" 0lrl,",l namt ' t 7" CdHed',nl.,S.0,,,h ? " '"'""I """ IS -uried cocoanut meat, 8 ",,l.?P.d',iiurJh,,lto" 'Latin for "CarthtM mut be destroyed." The words cen' . inpahrloVf Pfehea by the eljtf hift.n.i,hB ft"! "hfnllome was caaii. batlni the l'unlc riralry. its ms4 phorlcal application to Prussia Is obrlim.' ' ,- Ijsnatalonn. who died last .week', us ?fj?r,llr0I"d rn?nrch ot the Island? cofon " ' "ow a 'f'W 10. The trm nldlpa" Is applied to -the aresi makln. un.e" ."i'S R'",!5 f "" 1 rl.-7 The" wota "hoVerir: bS " Ii Is derived from the French 'mldl.' meanlna "nivn." ..! .n...lr. ." ,u'. ':!.'.. - ihmi.'..,tt "' of eomlns out Jrael luncheon". orKn0I,, ""day to take ton, . l...r -iii"."" '""V! w '".- IN CIVIL WAR DAYS It fell to me to spend my young yesf from two to six of age In a little old N Hampshire village. I remember as If jt were yesterday when the first company ef American volunteers for the Civil War answered from New Hampshire "Father Abraham's" call a full company of N) men out of a hamlet of 1200 to 1500 men, women and children. If I were an artist I could paint the picture those 100 boys of the Old Granite State, forming up at Cavlss grocery, and coming down around the village square, and really getting Into step at the old bridge and grandpa's shop, and climbing the six steps to pass the flflt two-story bulldlnr In n-l.(i .i ...oinr ??wn ??. IonB hm t0 the, Slerrlmao Valley, 300 feet below, to clamber aboard the stuffy cars behind the old wood-burnlng engine, with Its snoot like the nozzle of a sprinkling 100 came back. For they didn't nult whan. tneir three months' enlistment ex-lred. "I! -el... one came back """I "AP ' pomattox and the lcne apple tree" except three or four that were shot to nieeV. ana tnose sent back by force to get near well, I .ii- . n ,h8 honorably dlschrM4, I mnn-.two capulni and two lieutenants -fS hi"' '?romoted for merit" Whi tney did come home 1 , airi.U HV" u,t one ue" as to what tt i gins, the wives, even tha great-grand- , altr!!ild t0 fat who'had stayed raa..Xern-bteoCbU.e.o.dm0the" " slacker. !ThTh.dldn't do' anything to I ttrty dldnt exist A .i.e. ... - st no .h.Vy day ln " cruel htm hut nn? JT. ,Any '"'J' -w-thrVuffc counts" , " . sVi ,,man w'thout 'i ? X Bi? 'n bullfrog on the shetV fWHr, atMHi otK ot '. If t W, Jlii lI0Iu WMI Laerlof kn 3 ' y - a yw " im Btayflvon r r Oi i . . ay-esas-sM-si i s"spfsa ssjbjSSJJ VksstaV ia.4 J..i4J- j tt
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