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FUlloMplila, W.dnndiy, June , 191T
Tho dlfforcnco between Election
Day and Selection Day was that In this
ease we knew tho result beforehand.
If tho IIouso concurs In tho Sen
ate's prohibitive tax on spirits, thoro will
be nothing left In tho whisky drinker's
equipment but tho habit.
Germany may control Warsaw, but
that sho can't throttle tho polls on our
adds of the ocean was patriotically proved
by yesterday's registration.
It seems typical of human per
versity that Bolso City, Idaho, should
have voted "peekaboos" to bo entirely
proper Just as many women aro declaring
them to bo no longer In stylo.
Llttlo complaint can be mado
against tho taxing of tea and corfeo. The
Ideal tax is that'whlch Is at onco easily
collected and universally distributed, and
a levy on theso stimulants obeys these
requirements. Tho profit on tho flvo
cent cups Is so largo that It can well stand
a Uttlo clipping.
More than 13,000,000 Immigrants
have come to this country since 1901, n
number equivalent to one-third tho popu
lation of England. Yet tho naturalized
citizens' opposition to the selective draft
was as lnflnlteslmally small a percentage
as the native opposition. This demon
strates the swiftness of tho melting pot's
action. Americanism is a contagious doc
trine. For eight blocks in West Philadel
phia there is a straight stretch of earless
streets. Thero are no fancy phrases In
corporation English which can justifiably
condone such lack of progress. Let us
have the Fifty-sixth street surface line
without any moro oral exerclso. The
people of this section should have tho
opportunity to travel north and south
without walking to Fifty-second or Six
tieth street.
Wartime restrictions upon rail
roads will help conserve national re
sources for the purpose of winning tho
war; but they will help both railroads and
public as well as the Goernment. Money
that Is not spent to maintain train serv
ice that can now be dispensed with is
money saved for tho roads, and when
the roads can savo money, passengers
and shippers need not pay exorbitant
rates. This is tho sort of economy which
teachefltsson for peace times. When
the public realizes that it has to pay for
long strings of empty Pullmans and day
coaches being dragged about tho country
It will want a more scientifically adjusted
service mado permanent.
The first fruits of Brazil's revoca
tion, of "neutrality with respect to tho
United States" are dramatically revealed
by the wholly unheralded presence of an
American fleet in tho harbor of Hlo
Janeiro. It Is clear now that not a mo
ment was lost in executing our plan to
guard the waters of the western hemi
sphere, and thus to relieve tho Anglo
French squadrons of patrol duty along
the coasts of the Americas. And as these
Entente ships are called home, behold
at once the most clear-cut naval victory
won by-the British in many a day, Involv
ing the sinking of one German destroyer
off Ostend. and severe Injuries to another.
To attribute this success to the release
of war vessels on this side of tho Atlantic
Is, of course, pure speculation, but un
doubtedly the new arrangements sug.
rested the possibility of such an event.
Xven Brazil's assistance may havo its
Sect on the new naval strategy, since
the 8outh American Republic's avowed
friendliness and her permission 'to our
-.. i.v -o ..s iuuuvii ui na.vai oases
win make It possible for a smaller snuad-
JtttO
Ifr ( oa than would otherwise be necessary to
juiroi the coast properly.
, ' Physical changes In great cities
are often too subtle to be strikingly ap-
wr Mrent until thA anrnmiilafA rr A
f. lhuanhef nf vefln nt nUnratlAna ,.AHi..
i' 4awns on the town dweller. The present
eKct, for instance, of the (Junction of
Broad and Chestnut streets is a result
f ion? growth. Structures of the old
-three-story dwelling type used to stand
n the tour corners. One after another
? these old houses was razed until now
treat structures transform the whole
eene. Two radical building changes,
ow In immediate prospect
;lto.3i1n pblrurglcajj
Hospital at Eighteenth and Cherry Is
straightaway to be demolished, and the
sweep of the Park Boulevard will then ac
tually take on a meaning. In addition,
tho sale of the venerable Chestnut Street
Thontro paves the way for tho promised
erection of an office building on this slto
Tho passing of this old landmark of tho
footlights means also the completion of
tho widening of tho pavement on tho
north side of Chestnut between Twelfth
and Thirteenth, up to tho building at the
western end of this block. This sidewalk;
transformation may seem almost trivial,
but it may result In the north sldo of
Chestnut street becoming as popular as
tho wider south side has been for so many
years. Any such transfer of tho promo
nadors' affections would bo really rcvolu
tlonary in this city.
GERMANY'S FATAL ERROR
rpn? million signatures havo recorded
Gormany's most costly blunder. For
Americans the results of registration day
aro first of all Indicative of a superb
unanimity of patriotism. Tor Germany
America's answer to tho challenges of
tyranny must eventually rccal tho fruits
of the most fatal of tho long scries of
ghastly misconceptions that havo pre
vented our foo from winning tho war
Thero con bo llttlo doubt that strictly
from the military standpoint Germany
at tho outset was Justified in regard
ing herself as the winner of tho strug
gle. Her original calculations, how
ever, Ignored tho possibility of mistakes
of Judgment, of errors of psychology, of
bungling diplomacy nnd tho blind follies
of unreasoning rage.
in July, J914, Germany saw Franco and
Itutsla as foes. With tho help of Austria
sho unquestionably had a brilliant chanco
to defeat theso two nllles. Hor forty
jcars of preparedness, tho perfection of
her strategy, tho gigantic potentiality of
her model army proved this point. The
stago was set for a Ilghtnlng-llko cam
paign of victory. Tho first misconcep
tion already looms largo In world his
tory. Germany had underestimated Bel
gian devotion and Belgian valor. Britain's
championship of Invaded Flanders mate
rially altered tho basic plans of tho Im
perial General Staff. But that error had
many moro tragic successors. French
tenacity was absurdly misjudged.
Tho next fatuity was to regard England
as hopolcssly unprepared and Incapable
of cer rising to tho occasion In a mili
tary sense. No sooner had Britain's mag
nificent surge of patriotism and resource
ful efficiency asserted itself than tho petti
ness of Italy as an enemy colored tho
Teuton's wnrped vision. Tho magnltudo
of this fallacy was hammered home by
General Cadorna and tho heirs of ancient
Borne.
But tho end of delusion was not et.
Tho worth of U-boat terrorism was
staked against tho alleged helplessness of
tho American Republic, unschooled as It
was In modern militarism and by training
and force of political Ideals tempera
mentally acrso to It. To Imperial Ger.
many America at pcaco nnd dally dis
patching food and munitions to tho En
tente seemed tho real danger. Submarlno
ruthlessness was summoned to suppress
such commerce. The spectacle of a great
democracy Invoking all Its tremendous
latent powers In tho cause of freedom was
simply lnconcelvablo to tho Teuton mind.
Tho pressure on this rigid mentality
must bo terrific now. In two months
tho United States, with glorious single
ness of purpose, with dynamic splendor
of endeavor, has contributed a stagger,
lng chapter to that grim talo wherein
aro inscribed tho consequences of Ger
man error. Our fleet Is abroad. Ameri
can air squadrons and American troops
are on tho firing line, mammoth Ameri
can financial resources havo been tapped
and yesterday, with tho perfection of ad
ministrative order, tho nation took stock
of its army assets that will first bring
forth half a million men and then an
equal number, and If necessary another
million, until freedom triumphs.
For America to say that she will win
tho war for her allies is perhaps vain
glorious. But for America to say that sho
will nocr falter until the fray for democ
racy Is won Is tho simple truth.
No mistakes In Germany's frenzied
series can be comparablo to those that
mado America become her embattled
foe. .
THE PLACE roil ROOSEVELT
ELIHU ROOT'S task In the Great War
is of more Importance, than that of
any othor American with the single ex
ception of Mr. Wilson's. Completo suc
cess In assuring America and her Allies
of tho continued effort of Russia to over
come the Prussian menace would cam
for Mr. Rpot world renown for tho great
est diplomatic triumph of our times.
But a fallurowould not discredit him,
for his task Is enormous. He must make
clear to n distracted people that Amer
ica Is In the war to the finish on the side
of the Russian Revolution. His delicate
diplomatic work will doubtless take up
most of his time. Is thero not a need
for a mission ta supplement that of Mr.
Root? Allied orators aro going about
Russia exhorting tho people, but no man
of International reputation for fighting
spirit and .democratic appeal has gone
there. It happens that the one man In
this country whose name is a household
word all over Europe is Roosevelt. He
has for years been a close student of Rus
sian affairs. His appearance in Russia
would probably create a profound im
pression, and assistance in reorganizing
the Russian armies, If desired, would be
given by him with his characteristic in
domitable vigor.
Russia needs big men to lead her, men
of commanding personality For her sake
and for the sake of our cause, each Al
lied nation should lend her Its ablest
aavIM:
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EVENING LtiDMlt-PHlLADELPHIA", WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1917
POWERS OF THE
WAR COUNCIL
It Is tho Great Purchasing and
Organizing Body of Prepared
ness Congress Just
Finding It Out
Srecfol Corriipoxdene Eitnlng Ltdp'r
WASHINGTON. June 6.
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HEN Captain Hobson was In Congress
redlctlng a war with Japan we were
regaled with occasional tpccchrs about the
wisdom of csuibllshlng a Council of Na
tional Defense Tho Captain had a Coun
cil of Defenso bill, but his 'rumors of
war" wero never taken too seriously and
what might bo termed a "careful considera
tion ' was never given nls pet measure.
After tho Captain's departure, however,
the various preparedness plans began to
take shape, until on August 29, 1916, the
army appropriation bill actually carried
an authorization for a Council of National
Defense.
A StaKgering Responsibility
,Congres his been obliged to look up
tho Council of National Defense law during
the last week. Tho Influence of that body
has grown so great that tho mcro sugges
tion that It Is about to do something be
comes a matter of moment. That It pro
posts to spend for tho United States and
tho Allies approximately $10,000,000,000
per annum glcs tho council a very re
spectable standing In the flnsnrlal and busi
ness world. That sum Is greater than the
total amount Congress has been nsked to
raise for the Immediate purposes of the
war. How then arc wo to account for
this new nnd tiemendously Influential body?
Much light was let In on this subject when
tho Urgent Deflclencj bill Including a $500,
000 Item for tho expenses of the Council
of National Defense, was renched The first
and only other appropriation mado to tho
council was $200,000. With that sum tho
council managed to rent headquarters, pay
clerk hire and the traveling expensts of
Its members for tho few months It has
been In operation, but It needed $500,000
more Its work had so expanded, It was
contended, that this additional hnir million
was urgently needed to ratch up with ex
penditures mado or authorized Verv well
said tho conference committee of both
Scnato nnd House. tal,o the money, but bear
In mind that the existence of a state of
war fh.ill not bo ronstruitl as enlarging
tho powers or duties of the Council of
National Defence," which wero to remain
as prescribed bj ''he art creating nalil
council nppnned August 2D 1910 ' lti ex
planation of this new epetie Item the con
ferees stated that tho cotinell was doing
good work nnd that the Advisory Commis
sion was mado up of Inislnc-s men and trade
oxperts who were giving the tJovirnmenl
tho benefit of their advice nnd services
gratuitously Kotno questions were nsked
about contracts nnd alleged favoritism, but
nothing developed to indicate that for the
present, at least, tho hie.tth of trand.il
should attach to tho council
Powers of tho Council
Dut so much Is being eald about the
council and Its transactions that the spot
light is bure to fall upon It throughout the
war period Thero is sonic confusion of
understanding as to the council, nnd the
"Advisory Commission," of which the. New
York banker, Ilernard llaruch, in a mem
ber. Mr Barucli nnd his immediate asso
ciates and the business men and trade
experts who nro co-operating voluntarily
aro not members of tho council, but subor
dinate to It Apparently these latter bodies
havo no power to mnko contracts nor has
tho council, as Mich, that Is a function of
tho various departments of tho fJovernment
but tho council Is mado up of the heads of
tho departments, and the heads of depart
ments, being tho appointing power, "with
the approval of tho President." In effect,
authorize or recommend contracts to be
approved by themselves Or, in other
words, tho Advisory Commission and its
subordinate bodies orlglnato business on
their own account or accept suggestions
from the department beads but como back
ultimately to tho department for approval
after they havo arranged details
Who Constitute the Council
The act of August 29 1910. authorizes
tho Council of National Defense Section 2.
which does tho business, tuns, in part, ns
follows
A Council of Nntlonsl Defenso Is hereby
established for tho co-ordination of In
dustries nnd resources for the national
security and welfare to consist of the
Secretary of War. tho Secretary of tho
Navy, the Secrctarv of the Interior, the
Secretary of Agriculture tho Secretary of
Commerce and tho Secrctarv of Labor
There wo hivo the council Mr Baker
Mr. Daniels, Mr. Lane, Mr. Houston Mr
Hedflcld and Mr Wilson, six bccrctnrles of
the President's Cabinet They nro tho lead
pieces they, and the President himself for
whllo tho law names theso pirtlcular sec
retaries to bo tho council, it further
provides-
That the Council of National Defenso
shall nominate to tho President, nnd tho
President shall appoint, an advisory com
mission, consisting of not moro than seven
persons, each of whom shall have special
knowledge of some Industry, public util
ity, or tho development of (.onto natural
resources, or bo otherwise specially quali
fied, In tho opinion of tho council, for the
performance of the duties hereinafter
provided
So the quiet work of co-ordination Is not
directly In the hinds of the members of the
Cabinet Tho details aro left to the Advi
sory Commission nnd subordinate bodies,
and tho Advisory Commission named by the
Piesldcnt. which takes over the details, in
cluding contracts and expenditures, nnd
which directs tho subordinate, or volunteer,
bodies. Is mado up ns follows- Daniel Wll
lard. Bermrd M Baruch Howard K Collin,
Hollis Godfrey, Samuel CJompers, Franklin
H. Martin and Julius Ilosenwald
Vital to Soldiers nnd Sailors
That the Advisory Commission and Its
subordinate bodies nro working hard cannot
bo denied The Munsey Building, which
houses most of those engaged in the work
of co-ordination, Is as busy as a bee-hive
That the running expenses 'should have
Jumped from the $200,000 appropriated in
August last to tho additional $500,000 Just
allowed by Congress Is proof enough that
tho activities of the commission nro In
creasing. And, under tho rose. It Is con
ceded that there should be even greater nc
tlvlty to meet the demands of the War and
Navy Departments In particular Com
plaints of Inadequate quarters and of short
supplies are already reaching Washington
Guns, equipment and clothing are not In
hand to meet the Immediate requirements
of the thousands of new men who are
dally entering the service From navy
yard and army camp occasional mur
murs are reaching Washington about
the practical side of unpreparedness
The Allies are urging tho sending of
American troops to the trenches The que,
tlon Is, Are we ready to send troops? Are
they properly equipped with nccaed sup
plies to sustain them In the field? The prob
lem of training and seasoning our soldiers
for the work to be done Is not the only
problem confronting the Administration The
soldiers must have material support bar
racks, tents, blankets, clothing, shoes, guns
and ammunition and If any overseas fight
ing Is to ensue, they must Have ships Put
these and a thousand other considerations
side by side with food conservation and the
personal welfare of the fighting n)en, and
the Administration plan of utilizing the
services of a National Council of Defense
with Us volunteer business and expert co
ordinators will be batter understood
And by the same token the terrific re
sponsibility of that council to tha Adminli-
tratloaancl tp-we nation Decomea evident,
Tom Daly's Column
jvxb s. ion
Clio, tnuie of history,
Walked our tawdry streets today;
CltUens u-ere there to see
When she went her wonted way;
But they were a simple lot
And, In truth, they knew tier not,
Clio, muse of history,
Godlike moved from, street to street;
Dut the crouds who flocked to see
A'ofcd but the stumbling feet
Where- their marching neighbors were;
Smiled perhaps, but saw not her.
Clio, vxuse of history,
Leaving her exalted state.
Gloried that tier steps might be
Timed to Lincoln's shambling gait
This was cicr Clio's way;
So she walked our streets today.
SUPERINTENDENT FABER, of tho
Jewish Foster Home, shook hands with
us as wo wero leaving. "I suppose." said
he, "that It would bo hardly right to
ask you to mention tho Institution's need
of benefactions " Wo raised a lower
case protcstnnt palm, which ho pretended
not to notice nnd continued, 'but you
may at least noto that In our annual
elocution contest for boys and girls tho
cash prizes very appropriately went to
Louis Silverstcln nnd Maria Goldstein "
Conquered
I that am n roamer, a liold and dashing
rover
Never herding danger nnd careless of
disgrace,
I that traveled dark trails the wide world
over
Fear thee, gcntlo maiden, fear thy pale,
white face.
I that met tho tiger, through the forest
crashing;
I that failed tho seven seas beneath the
stormy skies ;
I that under foreign flags 'gainst kings
went clashing.
Tear thee gcntlo maiden; fear thy deep,
blue eyes
Thou vi ho by tho fireside sit so cilmly
rocking,
Knowing naught of danger and having
naught to ruo,
Do not start and trcmblo when I come
knocking,
Do not fear my kisses, for I love thee true.
WILL LOU.
SOME FOLKS lift spoons nnd snlt
sinkers from hotel tables without com
punction Others, having been propcrlj'
raised ! God-fcnrlng parents, do no more
than rnrry away a menu, nnd thit In full
sight of tho waiter nnd cashier. Of these
honorable tllncrH is our friend nnd one
time associate Edward II Sanborn. He
brings us from Havana tho menu of tho
Cnfo Telegrafo, where wo rend that one
may order "orango in Its peel," "plno
npplo on tho shell," nnd that for CO
(centavos, wo suppose) It Is possible to
secure "chicken salat a porclon." Among
tho drinks, naturally, there Is more con
fusion However, It Is posslblo to stick
to "a llttlo of tho same" If you keep your
oves open. Hero nro three Items In a
row which would hardly navlgato
separately.
Vermouth a la Americana
lflm enn 1 huo
Jerez corktall con 1 lit
Freely translated, wo have "Vermouth,
Amorlcan style; tho same with ono egg;
Sherry cocktail with ono tho same " "Gin
I'ltz" and "do Rick," Immediately beneath,
nro Intelligible to habitues of bnrs, but
even they might never suspect that
"cherry cower" Is supposed to be In
timately related to "sherry cobbler"
OUR FRIEND and coworker, Brad
ford, "tho cartooner," sends us ns 'a
birthday , gift ono of his high-art photo
graphs, for which wo cannot find words
to thank him. Besides, thero was nn en
velope upon which ho drew from his Im
agination this portrait of ourself iccolv
Ing a visit from Scow.
It flatters us not, but some verses in
closed In It do. So that makes It fifty
fifty. It Sounds Decorative
Many persons viewed William B
Cramer's Memorial Day Observance with
Interest A magnificent plaster composi
tion, life In size, of the head and shoul.
ders of the late President Lincoln on a,
pedestal around which a National Hag
had been appropriately draped with a
bunch lvlng thereon, was displayed on
his front porch Tho theme of this was
not only appropriate but effective
Beverly (N J) Banner.
LINDEN asks us to page Hercules and
Samson and tell them to bring two friends
In response to this nd in an eve contemp.
MEN Four wanted to tear automobiles In partsi
steady work cood payt etc , etc.
But let's keep tho work in the family.
Boy, ask Mr. Fontaine Fox to put It up
to the powerful Katrlnka.
B. B. Thirty Years Ago
WILLIAM BALL WHITBY passed us
on Chestnut street yesterday nnd awoke
a flock of memories. As we don't recall
having met him since the summer of
'89, the sight of him carried us directly
to those halcyon days when amateur
baseball was a fashionable sport, and he
nnd other staid citizens of today wore the
gray and black uniforms of the Young
America team, of the Suburban League,
Whitby played second base, Bill Turner
was shortstop, Ross Williams (bearded
like the pard) played third and sometimes
first, which Ernie Simpson usually held
down J. S. W. Holton and the late
George Dallas Worrell were backers of
the team and traveled with it. Eheul
fugaces. There were amateur and fash
ionable giants in them days.
6T. LOUIS Is entertaining the Asso
ciated Advertising Clubs of the World
this week. That's the lively bunch of
peppery persons that put the "nil" and
the "ad" and tha '"ell-nah" In Phlladel
phla.ubtst June, St. Louis Is generally
jr ( iimwgr- l ,1
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DOES HIS BIT
Trials and Tribulations of
Patriotic and Loyal
Citizen
AT THE sacred hour of C a m -Mr New
comer, who had recently moved Into
tho Thirty-eighth Ward, nrose. shaved,
dressed himself with care, stuck nn Ameri
can flag in his hat nnd sallied forth hum
ming Sousa's "Stars and Stripes rorover."
determined to set an example for his pre
cinct by getting card No 1 at tho registra
tion place
Tho night previous ho had been Informed
tint he should register two blocks east For
a week pist bo hid been seeking this Infor
mation and finally secured it from tho drug
gist So, exuding pitrlotism at every step Mr.
Newcomer nrrlves betimes nt the polling
placo As roon ns it Is 7 o"clock bo presents
himself nnd watches tho registrar mirk
No 1 on the card After nnrvverlng sev
eral of tho questions ho Is aslced for his nd
dress, nnd upon giving It Is Informed thit
the registrars for his division meet three
blocks east and ono black north
reeling suro that ho will at leist secure
card No 4 ho hurries to the designated
place Cautiously ho Inquires If this Is the
proper placo for him to register for his
address
No, It Is not The gentleman should walk
three blocks north and three blocks west
Purchasing n few- cigars he starts out again
confident that ho will get card No 8 or 9.
Perspiring freely he finally nrrlves nt
tho place, where ho Is Informed upon In
qulrv that he has been wrongly directed
He should walk threo blocks east nnd two
blocks north
Having started out without his breakfast.
Mr Newcomer now purchases a box of
crackers and, munching them, he agiln
sets forth determined to register or perish
In the attempt
Not Like Election Day
After walking a total of seventeen blocks
he finds himself nt the fourth polling place
to which ha has been directed It is now
7 30 a m Three of the five registrars
have arrived They aro busy with a num
ber of emploves from a nearby industrial
plant, none of whom is naturalized
Finally Mr Newcomer gets the attention
of ono of the registrars and Is Informed
that this is tho proper place for him to
register
Ho draws near the table and reflects on
his experiences of other days Had It been
an election, members of every qualifying
pirty would have called on him, given him
explicit Instructions where to go, how- to
get there and what to do when ho did get
there
But politics and Government matters are
two entirely different things It would not
occur to a politician that there could be
any political capital In advising strangers
In the ward where they should present them
selves in a Government matter, or to give
any Instructions to their constituents ns
to the questions to be asked
But he is awakened from his reverie by
the sharp call, "Next"' It Is 8 o'clock Ho
takes his Seat The registrar laboriously
marks "10" on the corner of the card and
proceeds somewhat as follows:
"Yer full name "
"Uriah Bascome Newcomer."
"Spell It; dldje think I was a walkhv
dlckshunaryf"
The applicant spells his name out. and
then spells each word separately about five
times
"What age yer nex' birthday?"
'Thirty-one "
"Say thuty-one then I ain't got all day
Wuz yuh born In thuh State?"
"No, New York."
"Say, don't git fresh That's America,
ain't it? Are yuh nacherlllzed?"
"Don't need to be "
"None uv yer lip. (Writes in "Not
Naturalized"). What race are yuh, white
or Caucasian?"
"Both."
"I warn yuh. Anuther smart answer and
yuh git a year in Jail, them's the President's
wurds." (Writes In "white").
"Enybudy dependln' on yuh?"
"Wife and two children."
"Are yuh married?"
"Yes "
"Clslrq to be exempt? Think It over."
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At quirter past 8 Mr. Newcomer starts
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about thlrtv men waiting to register, and
moro arriving every few minutes Tho
division proceeding at the same tato should
be completelj icglstered by Friday or Sit
urdaj At 8 27 Mr Newcomer nrrlves homo,
having walked about two miles In nn en
deavor to perform his patriotic duty. His
enthusiasm Ins waned Ho sits down, props
tho Kvk-jino LctHinn up on the sugar howl
and proceeds to read "Registration Day'
Whole Nation Profoundly Stirred by To
day's Momentous Event '
Just at that moment Mr. Newcomer Is
physically nnd mentally too full for utter
ance It. i:. GISTLP.
THE LEGEND OP SALT RIVER
The peoplo of the United States have al
wajs been prone and quick to catch a happv
or unlnppy remark or phrase in politics and
to mike the most of It to the advantage of
ono or the disadvantage of another party
The political history of the country is full
of Instances of partisan, nnd even of his
torical Importance, having their origin in
some offhind or thoughtless expression
Careers of promise have been mado or un
mido by savings Introduced into a cam
pilgn It Is easy for anv hod j even casually
ncquilnted with the polltfcal past of the
nation to recall how apparently Innocent
and meaningless words havo been used to
belittle a candidate, with the result, per
haps of Insuring his defeat
Some leaders nro happy even In their most
casual expressions Lincoln was ono of
these, Orant was another. It used to bo
said that tho difference between Lincoln nnd
his greatest general was that while one
dropped peirls of speech, the other dropped
pearls of silence Nevertheless, when Grant
said that he proposed to fight It out on this
line If It took all summer, nnd when ho said
Let us hive peace." he furnished his
friends with political campaign material of
the first order The were savings as sim
ple as "With charity toward all; with mal
Ice toward none ' or "You can fool some tif
tho people all of tho time, and all of the
peoplo tomo of tho time, but you cannot
fool all the people all the time," and be
cause they were simple they were remem
bered Once, a long time ago. a defeated ofrice
seeker In order to "get mmself together."
left home as soon as he became aware of
the result at the polls A friend Inquiring
for him a little later, was Informed by a
member of his family that he had gone up
Silt nivcr Salt River was and is a modest
little strenm that rises In the hill country of
Iventuckv. and after flowing through a more
or less picturesque district for about a score
of miles empties Into the Ohio It was in
those davs a good fishing creek nnd the kind
of stream a Jaded and dlsippolnted politi
cian might naturally fancy Thero was not
a thing wrong about his excursion Yet his
political enemies got hold of the remark
that he had "gone up Salt River" and Used
It to Imply that this meant tho end of his
public career.
The saj lng spread from Kentucky into
other States and for more than half a
century it has been used to express the ide'i
that a politician has been "driven to the
woods" for good "He's gone up Salt River"
has como to mean, In fact, that a politician
has been "put out of business," has been so
badly beaten that he cannot "come back "
HaS. 'Xeen .h" ftnl9h " Yet " 's not true
that there is no return from Salt River for
many who have taken canoeing trips un'that
stream have actually returned and made a
greater stir than over In the field of poll
tics Christian Science Monitor
HONOR
These aro xery precious words of Love
lace: I could not love thee, dear, so much.
Loved I notvhonor more;
Pavlfli Va" EiHlK Xl hls mother fr0
i avia, ah is lost but honor," Is In th
same key. Yet honor has been as murh
uMJ,'" llbert' nd th" "lm com
muted In Us name are many,
A man's honor In the sense that we mav
attribute to the lines of Lovelace i. .y
thing which Is wholly to owVeTnV
and Is not at the mercy or whim of In
other. He can soil it, but exceut hiL.
the whola worM . . .J."", himself
.... .,.., nuim cannot sm rch It Tint
honor is absolutely Individual and personal
It is conscious and willing lovaltO ,n ,1 '
highest inward leading if Is ihafnlm6
whlcH carlnot.be lnlmtii .IV?'"" Y
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What Do You Know?
QUIZ
VVIiit national hern wns born on Uua-ar?
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-'. VI no Invented tlie tintype, and when?
.:. Him imiiiIi illil the Frrncli accompllib-ls
the l'ininia Cunal?
4. McntiM "Itloncl Illll" I.orlmrr.
.". tVliu wns Lilnln Austin Abbey?
. What does C. P. i. mean?
7. ttlirre l Aberdeen?
8. Mint Is the I'eare of Abo?
. VHiere Is nhtlnthe mide?
II). lilt ti is the oldest llhrarr In the TJnitrf
Mates?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. bclicEloiltofr Ins been eredlted with bttaf
i.i i iior iit.uml ii,e erstwhile Km
Man dar.
2 A iilrlilvilte Is n referendum.
3. damn. I ,nU How Is the "millionaire hebe."
4. The rirellniitlnn of the President of China to
ihrlire war en (.ernrnnj la said to be tbi
(.him; of the present internal strife In thai
piinfr.
5. Count . Macchi dl Celiere Is Italian Am.
o.ssauiii to ml. rnuntr.
fi. A l'lillnddplii,! inualslrale now sets MOM
a je.ir. (.ni error llrumhaugh last stack
Smi " ralslne (lie salarr from
". The wholesale importation of nezro latw
Into Hi.H M. Lenin is the eaue of th
rare riots in that elt.
8. A moratorium Is the ranrellatlon of al
ilehta and other llnanclal obligation!.
0. The biltle or indusk was fought on Its
a, ,x.
10. An organization maintained br any partlca
lar Interest to Inlluenre leglilatlon la
ronntj. Mnt or national capitals u
railed u 'lolilu,"
GERSIAN STAMPS FOR FRANCE
Thero is a saving that "philately followl
the flag and this has proved true time and
again In the present world conflict Mili
tary foices which have occupied enemy ter
ritory have had their own national stamp!
surcharged for use in the captured terraia,
or have seized and overprinted the stampi
of the land invaded This was true when
the Entente captured German FaciSs
Islands portions of Africa then held of
tho Teutons, Turkish islands, Bushlre la
Persia, and It was true when German anl
Austrian forces occupied parts of Belgium
and Itussia A certain American philatelist
has teen a cut of a stamp not the sUnu
Itself, but the cut of a German stamp sur
charged w ith a character Indicating Its la
tended use in Switzerland
The first of the war stamps which fol
lowed the flag appeared close upon the Iroa
heel which crushed Belgium Before tl
end of 1914 German stamps had been put
forth, overprinted ' Belglen" and of a ne
value, for use by Germans occupying Bel
glum Since then this scries has been ex
tended Onlv recently six new values wert
issued Hut during nil this time It t
been surprising that Germany, fond of put
ting forth occupation stamps, has never
printed n special set in connection with tb
occupation of French soil The seizure of
Belgian and Busslan territory has been j
c.i.uiioiuiu jor nve or six mnerent sens
yet Franco escaped Now we learn that
the Germans have put forth an entirely new
set This time they nro tho ordinary Ger
man stamps, bearing the familiar "woman
In armor" picture, but the word "Belglen"
Is now omitted from the surcharge, the
overprint consisting exclusively of a vahi
expressed ns before, In centimes and
francs, and not in the German pfennig an
mark What does this new series signify'
It is suggested that the stamps are for use
In the German-occunled "French redons !
well In Belgium, and that for this very re t
son tne "Uelglen" is omitted.
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"WHEN I AM DEAD"
Yet I shall know how days pass over me
Springtides and summers and autumns
rains;
Ana i snail say: "Now April comes to te i
Earth's wistful girlhood," or "X, suuk J
mer stains I
Old gardens with new colors and the beV
Are droning through the drowsy aftesv
noon,"
Or yet again, "Now wood-smoke fills tti.
i trees A
'And gray, cold rains are falling late aa(
soon"
And knowing this, shall I not know,
well,
That day of days when you shall ps
the place
So close above me I shall feel the spell
Of maglo at the nearness of your face?
And shall you not, In some strange, eft
way
Still sense my yearning toward J0U-
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