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"I
DO rttt know the method of drawing
ud an Indictment against a whole-
people," thundered Btirko when the Byco.
phants of tho mail Georgo's court sought
to excuse their crimes ngalnst America
and the blind statesmanship that was
alienating tho "love and affection of a
mighty nation. We know of no method
of drawing up an Indictment against tho
leadership of a great city other than to
present a bill of particulars. There Is no
puny leadership unless Its punlnens Is
apparent and Its disastrous ramifications,
'extending through all tho strata of our
complex life, reveal themselves under nn
analysis which does not have to bo micro
acoplc. It became apparent even beforo tho ad
vent of tho Btankcnburg administration
that criminal financing by machine poli
ticians had reduced to genteel poverty
one of the richest cities on earth, ex
travagance In administration had ex
hausted Imperial revenues. Our thirty
millions of annual revenue were insuf
ficient to meet current expenses. Great
municipal improvements, proposed and
begun years before, were stagnant and
Incomplete. To make matters worse, the
municipal corporation was not perform
ing properly tho services for which it
was paid. Taxes are supposed to buy
community service, Just as money buys
bread or gas or transportation. But the
service was not being given. Tho cor
poration was not functioning properly,
and its activities were diseased. Police
protection was inadequate, tho streets
were dirty, children were on half time
In the public schools, and a score of lesser
Ills beclouded the city.
These things were bad enough, but tho
almost inextricable labyrinth of help
lessness into which disastrous leadernhlp
had driven the community wa3 dramati
cally emphasized by tho exposure that
credit as well as revenue hnd been ex
hausted, and there were no funds avail
able to remedy the destructive failures of
the past by beginning at once the con
struction of facilities Imperatively requl
site to put Philadelphia on a parity with
its competitors and anchor Its business
to this locality.
fTUIE Blankenburg administration
brought to the service of the city two
public otllcers of pronounced ability and
vision. One of them. .A. .Merrltt Taylor,
organized the Department of City Transit;
the other, George W. Norrls, became head
of the Department of Wharves, Docks
and Ferries. Either could have taken his
stand with the howling hyenas who had
been feasting on city funds and mauling
the civic carcass. Just as cither could
have thrown up his hands In despair,
have cried "no funds" and done nothing:
but such a course neither pursued. In
stead, the situation was presented to
John G. Johnson, one of those hundre.d
carat efficients In which private Philadel
phia abounds, and their spokesman
.said to him, In effect: "You know and
wo know that this town's financially skin
bound .and Chlneie-walled. We can't
bring ships here because we have nol
facilities to handje them, and we can't
bring industries hero because workmen
can't get from one part of the community
to another without spending hours in
surface ,ca'rs. We've got to have docks
and piers and channels and high-speed
transit, and we oan't get them unless
we can get money, and wo can't get
money because grafters and Inefllclents
have mortgaged the community assets for
years to come and dono heaven only
knows what with the money."
And John G. Johpson said, in effect:
"Gentlemen, you are rl3ht- You've got
to have cash, because If you don't do the
things you propose to do the progress of
this town wH be backward on the
census and Industrial Udder. Let's state
the case to the people of Pennsylvania
It's: thslr jwrt as well as ours, ..We'll
them it) kuthorlxe a saeUfund tq
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no mailer what his greed or purpose, will
ever bo nble to reach It."
OO JOHN G. JOHNSON drafted an
amendment to the Constitution, and
tho Legislature twlco approved It, and
tho pcoplo approved It, giving the city a
special borrowing capacity of 3 per cent
of tho assessed valuation of all taxable
property, tho proceeds to bo nppllcablo
wholly ond solely to transit and port de
velopment. Aye, tho pcoplo of Pennsyl
vania, taking a pride in their chief city,
agreed to pardon past recklessness and
criminality and to authorize tho city to
go ahead and do the things which must
bo dono to keep 'Philadelphia on an
equality with Its competitors and assure
Its metropolitan future.
JOHN G. JOHNSON Is dead; George W.
Norrls Is In the service of the nation,
organizing the great Farm Loan Bank
system; A. Merrltt Taylor Is In private life
partly bocauso a great corporation, anger
ed by the quality of his public service bar
gained for his office, It Is reported, during
a political campaign. So Vare, who had
originally tried t6 emasculate the John
son amendment by mok.nc tho excess
borrowing capacity available for all pur
poses, and McNlchol, the other political
contractor who had aided him In the
movement, having brought ono Legisla
ture to their terms ond neodlng support
In tho prosent one, are suddenly con
fronted with an amazing telegram from
tho Mayor, urging them ot all cost to
rush through tho one thing they have
had their hearts eet on for moro than
thrco years. Tho Mayor's telegram wo
quote:
I am Informed that Houso Hill E04, tho
amendment to the Constitution, giving a
borrowing capacity of 10 per cent for nil
purposes, will not pass at this session.
It passed last session nnd must pass this
session, otherwise wo will have no bor
t owing cripne'ty for at least four years
mHEllG jou nro. Tho Chief Executive,
who emphatically declares that there
Is not now enough money for cither port
or transit, avows openly his purpose to
dip into the sacred funds that aro avail
able, to divert them to other purposes,
to drive the city back Into Its financial
slavery of four years ago, nnd prevent
for generations, or forever, tho achieve
ment of the program which every citizen
of vision lrt tho community knows Is tho
key to our prosperity and future growth.
Wo say that a charge of puny leader
ship must bo borne out by fcpeclfic proof.
Puny leadership Is cumulatlvo In Its
ruinous effects, which sometimes are not
apparent for years, but If the Mayor's
position on Houso Bill 534 Is not evidence
of puny leadership, what could bo?
MAX ARON AND HIS ASSOCIATES
IT IS unfortunate that the criminal
statutes provide no penalty for the
trickery Indulged In by Max Aron and his
associates in an effort to defeat the Salus
bill, n measure which, in the opinion of
the Mayor and his advisers, Is vital to tho
Interests of the city. What a spectaclo!
The law-making 'machinery of a great
Commonwealth 13 signaled to a dead stop
and Its functioning processes dried up
temporarily by the Infamous activity of
a trustee of tho people, true not to them
but to tho school of politics In which ho
I103 been trained, wheie shiftiness passes
for brilliancy and truth Is a Cinderella!
It appears that Max Aron wao tho
dummy of more powerful conspirators.
"These fellows can't get out ftom under
and leavo mo to bear the brunt of this
thing," ho Is reported to have Mild this
morning. Let his associates bo dragged
Into daylight, that with him their faces
and their names may bo made known
to tho people, who must Inflict their own
chastisement by repudiating the con
spirators wherever and whenover here
after they dare show their heads.
For tho conspiracy to succeed would
be for the Houso to plead guilty to con
donement of and participation In this
legislative crime. It can save Its own
face only by running Its machinery, when
reassembled, nt top speed and passing the
Salus bill. Tho technical necessity for
this legislation Is not of moro Importance
now than the mornl necessity for vindi
cation of the Integrity of tho Houso as a
body.
Tho popular Alfonso may quit ns 11
king, but he'll always bo a prince.
Wo are going to have woman suf
frage In all the States In spite of tho
White Houso plckctcrs.
Wo trust that the Germans In their
cadaver factory are not using the bodies
of robbed Belgian graves.
There are gentlemen In Washing
ton who will learn sooner or later that
the builder of the Panama Canal Is above
suspicion.
Doctor Van Dyke's scriptural sup
port for hating the "predatory Potsdam
gang" might well be Invoked to Inspire
a healthy detestation of gangs In politics
nearer home than Berlin.
Congress is going to forgive 30,000
Americans for fighting under foreign
flags', and restore them to citizenship.
Perhaps the fighting men will tome day
forgive obstructionists In Congress, who
are In greater need of repatriation.
If Irish sympathies are to be en
livened by Admiral Slms's command of
the Anglo-American fleet, the selection of
the dostroyerifBarry as his flagship rnlgh?
well cllnchjfthls opportunity. Erin and
America arejequally proud of "saucy Jack
Barry." the 'Irlsh-born "father" of our
navy. His resplendent name might well
be tatlsmanlc In tho present situation.
Dawdling with the food-control
bill Is darkly approaching the "disloyal
stage. Germany's Illegal submarine
blockade, foul and murderous as It is, at
least Is the act of an avowed enemy. But
even that sbred of questionable decency
Is denied those flatulent Congressmen
now teeWntr to gag- the, Imperatively
titMdell.evor niuastire., Crhsie conduct.
iHfemb too- pjuiuHjf wpfd-tt) stout
m r t r opsin
EVENING
THE LEAVEN
OF DEMOCRACY
England's Aristocracy of Birth
and Title Is Giving Way to
an Aristocracy of
Merit
By GILBERT VIVIAN SELDES
Special Correspondence Evening Ledjtr '
LONDON, June 2.
IF THIS story la not true It ought to bo:
A young officer was drilling hla com
pany. Tho omccr was not only young, he
was a swell, whnt they call In England a
"Itnut," Ills drawl offended the Tommies.
His monocle enraged them as much as a
monocle and spats enrage tho average
American. Hut the ofllcs" kept hie monoo'e
easily In his eyo while he put the men
throuch their drill.
Next day the company appeared In tho
drill square, Every ,mnn had taken his
first regimental button and screwed It Into
his eye.
Tho offlccr looked them over coolly. Then
he took h!"' monocle out of his eye. He
gazed at the men with a sort of melan
choly lntfrest and flipped his monocle high
Into the air.
Ab It descended he caueht It In his eyo
again.
"Now, ycu blighters, do that," he said.
Then he beijan drawling out the words of
command.
I am not writing this article to give an
account of the acrobatic skill ot the British
"aristocracy." I cite the story only be
cause It suggests the manner In which the
classes havo met In this war and tho result
of their meeting. If this ptory Is not true
I know another which Is, tho story of an
officer who stood on the parapet of a fire
swept trench, monocle In eye, nnd elowly
directed rery mnn In his company. I
was not surprised to h(nr n mnn of that
company sav that ho would follow Lieuten
ant X to liell. The whole company
followed him to tho German lines, at any
rate.
Democracy of Heroism
Tcoplo nro always asking whether the
war In going to mnko any difference In the
relations of the classes hero In England.
Tho answer Is In such stories an those I
havo cited The min who found out that
their swDKnerlng olllcer wos not a fool, tho
men who discovered that their fop was
something of n hero, will noer again feel
as they did to the so-called "upper clnnses "
They will reipect the men of title and of
position nnd of blood, not for title, position
and blood, but for merit
And that mean's that the snobbery of Eng
land, which does not differ In quality from
the snobbery of any democracy, will grad
ually wear thin nnd wash out Tho snob
bery of this country has existed because the
avcrngo run of people has bowed down to
anything but merit. It has bowed down to
money nnd to rank. Hereafter It will bow
down to human qualities Result : a tre
mendous falling off In foot-scraping
Eliza Ann may still flush with prldo If
sho sells a hunch of flowers and gets a
smile nnd n sixpence from a duchess. But
DM and Bert will be less ready to tip their
caps to tho younger son of the nephew of
tho heir-apparent to the baronetcy of Con
densed Milk They will throw, their caps
In the air fpr the man who has shown his
pluck In the war or out of It But they will
dlrcrlmlnate as they have never done before.
The aristocracy has made good In tho
field ; It hasn't distinguished Itself notably
at home After the war, when the commons
will begin to demand credentials, the aris
tocracy will have to make good
The other side of thl 'hanse "n attitudes
If quite obvious, nnd It hns been emphasized
nt the expense-of the side I hae chosen to
present first Of course, the men who have
been rolling In wealth. hae come down or
been sent down from Oxford, have trained
for tho diplomatic corps or for great posi
tions In the city nnd then have volunteered
for the ranks, will have n new opinion of
come of tho men they have fought with.
A few nights ago I saw a captain and a
noncom talking to each other, quite friendly,
at the Cafe Hoyal. Many queer things hap
pen nt the Cnfo Itoynl, but this one was
most unusual It Isn't done. And yet, at
ono of the training schools In England I
saw nn ofneer do something more unusual.
He was sitting with a group of officers at
tho window of nn Inn H saw some men
walking down the street with their tunics
all nwrv nnd called to a soldier In the street
tn run down and "strafe" the men. When
the soldier came back the officer rose, ex
cused himself, nnd went down to the bar
to buy his soldier a drink. I saw the two
of them fraternizing some twenty minutes
later And the noteworthy thing la that
not one of tho group of olllcers whom he
left saw anything wrong In- his perform
ance. How the Leaven Is Working
Multiply cases like these by 10,000 and
you see that thero Is bound to be a leaven
working In the mass of snobbery and aloof
ncss Add to that lea's en the violent throw
Ing together of the classes at home; re
member that the lowor classes and the mid
die clarses were always fnrther apart so
cially than tho middle and upper classes,
and that tho lower and middle classes have
been united In working It not In suffering,
and you see where tho leaven will operate.
There Is a dear old lady of the old tradi
tion In London who Is reported ns saying
that tho machinery was already In motion
for restoring tho barriers which the war
has shattered That Is the best proof that
the "barriers hoo been shattered. Inci
dentally, the old lady Is optimistic.
Snobbery still exists. Witness the famous
sign at tho club. "Temporary officers are
requested to behaie themselves as tempo
rary gentlemen."
Hut It Is fighting for its life and Is losing.
If Americans aro worried about the
aristocracy of England they ought to take
Into consideration the fact that the aristoc
racy In England Is always renewing Itself,
that It Includes at this day two grocers,
many distillers of good whisky, newspaper
proprietors, authors, scientists nnd even
poets. Indeed, one of tho worst things
about tho English aristocracy Is the bus-
plclon, not at nil unlounaea, mat a Kiugni
hood, a title of some sort, can be bought
It certainly can be bought by power and
by service to the State It not by money.
If you mean by the aristocracy the title
bearers of England, you are Including a
very representative body of men, not neces
sarily the best men, but certainly not a
limited class of men. If you mean the old
ducal houses, the large land owners, the
"die-hards" of tradition, you are Including
a small body, fighting a lost cause and
rapidly losing the old power It had, over
the Commons. '
The English people do not forget that In
the course ot the last century the ancient
houses, dukes and earls and viscounts, have
often been found fighting on the side of
the people They have fought against child
labor and against Industrial slavery at the
time when the. Commons were dominated
by the great money and manufacturing In
terests. Recently they have lost all political
power. Social prestige remains, -but It Is
not overworked,
The truth of the matter Is that the
upper classes are snobs, exaqtly as our own
new-rich millionaires are snobs; and that
is becatTse we cpmmon people envy them
and respect them and let them have their
ojvn sweet way. That 13 wny class
snobbery will not persist after the war.
Because we will not let It.
England will be that way, too. The
"superior" classes have never been more
respected here than they are elsewhere.
To the man of Intelligence a title or a
family means nothing. To a really superior
person these things mean less than nothing;,
The story la told that Sir Edward Grey
agreed jto become Viscount Grey for ths
Snjflaflw,
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LEDGEK--PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 11917
Tom Daly's Column
THE VILLAGE rOET
When thev started taktn' up
This here lied Cross Fund,
Thinks I: "A'te for that tlncup, ,
Till I'm pood an' dunncdl"
Mrs. Brown, she up an' begged me,
Pcleg Polk he almost egged me,
But 1 stood four'Square!
"Walt," scz I, "until it's needed,
Walt until our gang's proceeded
Bomewhere
Over there,"
Folks'd come an' shake a box
Bight before mi nose,
Call me names an' hand me knocks
Walkln' on my toes',
Wholo derned town turned In to nag me,
Hopln' soon or lata to bag me,
But I didn't care,
"Watt until our lads are falltn',
Walt until our ouin are callln'
Eomeivhere
Over there."
Oot a photo-card today
Knowed him at a glanoet
Sally's boy "tcrlfe tf to say
Vlghtln' here in France."
Wondered where that boy had got to;
"Flghttn't" Wouldn't be htm not to!
Darn hts crimson halrl
Hold on, lied Cross, here's my moneyl
That's for Sister Sally's sonny
Somewhare
Over there!
Wo Just had to let the Village Poet In
today, for the benefit of the ladles who
aro parading through the town to Inter
est, us In tho boys already over the ocean
who havo pressing; need of all the Red
Cross brings.
"Whllo you were about It," writes
Frank P. Hill, who, back In 'SB, played,
with tho Young, America B. B. C, cham
pions of tho amateur leaguo hereabouts,
"why didn't you tell how you robbed Ben
Cnko of his home-run hit over the Rlvcr
ton fenco?"
Oh, vory well: this was the way of It:
In 18S9, when baseball was fashionable
In Rlvcrton, nnd tho society girls In dainty
organdies and dimities sat In tho grand
stand on Saturday aftorrjoons and ap
plauded the gentlemen players, Ben Cake
was the popular Idol. He led the batting
list nnd ho was some slugger, a south
paw. Wo wero playing right field for
Young America, and wo were wnrned to
play deep for Cake. Bingo' ho landed
on tho first ball pitched, and It sailed
out In our direction. We backed out for
It and bumpod against tho fence. The
ball went over by no moro than a couple
of fcot and stuck In tho soft earth out
side. Wo could see It, for although the
fenco was about ten fcot high, there was
plenty of space between tho palings. We
scrambled over to get tho ball, but with
no hope o'f catching tho runner. Cake,
however, slowed up at third base to talk
with Ross Wllllalns, our captain, about
his hit, which was the first that had over
gono over that fence. We saw Whitby,
second base, signaling us for a throw and
wo pegged tho muddy ball to him. He
relayed It to the plate and pipped Cake
by a yard. "Out:" yells the ump und
thnt saved the game, tho final score bctng
1 to 0; nnd It nearly decided the cham
pionship that year Rlvcrton protested,
but Chadwick, of Sporting Life, upheld
the umpire's decision, and so for our little
day wo wero a hero. Thank you, Frank,
for giving us thl3 opportunity to tell
about It.
HE SEEX HIS DUTY
A young girl In red and an old one in
gray
Got scared in the traffic out Chestnut
sticet icay.
They couldn't get over. But I was the
boss;
So I helped the red ci oss.
TRAFFIC COP.
THE CITY EDITOR of a dally paper
In n nearby town writes to Ledger Cen
tral, "Pleaso send mo a list of peri
odicals which should bo of Interest to a
newspaper man."
"What do you read to get that way?"
asked Ledger Central In turning It over to
tho city editor of our own dear paper.
And the latter, In passing It on to the
next sage, advises "everything ever pub
lished from the Bible down to the newest
best sellers." The only thing left for
tho rest of us to say Is, Amen.
WHEN a man mnkes up his mind
that ho wants to fight or that he's got
to he likes not to stand upon the order
of his going, but to get right to it.
Every young man who teglstcred on June
5 will be able to sympathize with the wor
ried writer of this letter:
Dear sir! Registration Day all over
mo not soldier yet When me gone be
Kolole r? answer thot of yor papr ton'g'it ;
by We redy bring to Yncle Sam our obli
gation any time and possibly lets gt.
Now Tomorrow bot me hev no cards
from City Hall.
RUSSIAN CITY.7.ENMEN
AMEMCAN PATRIOT.
Any official caring to Interest himself
In this soldierly prospect will find him,
so the inscription on tho back of his en
velopo tells us, at "Natlnal Mlling and
Chemlgal Co., Fox Chac."
Who has information of one T. W,
Dyott, M. D.? That surname doesn't ap
pear In the telephone directory nor the
business directory of Philadelphia and
yet only about a century ago he seems
to have been the one big national ad
vertiser In Philadelphia Why did he
flivver? Probably because what he had
to sell wasn't worth buying. In the
Nashville Republican for January 22, 1826,
T. W. Dyott, M. D., of the northeast cor
ner of Second and Race streets, Philadel
phia, had five large advertisements ot his
various "famous medical discoveries" and
one of his bottle manufactory in Kensing
ton. A footnote to this last reads: "Edi
tors throughout the United States who
advertise for T. W. Dyott by the year will
please Insert the above till forbid." Some
system!
The distinguished Italian visitors passed
silently under our window yesterday
morning and were In Independence Hall
before we knew It, They had no music
The Idea of two or more Italians In mo
tion without music!
If "Ma" Sunday could only give the
time to It, we'd like her to Interview the
lady who put this In a recent Issue of
the Clearfield (Pa,) Public Spirit:
WANTED Woman of age and experl
- nc, 4skj ce In -ihonte where ehe
nevi? v-xrv.
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ONE AMERICAN
WORTH TEN BOCHE
Pierre Loti Estimates the Fight
ing Value of Our Men and
Munitions Victory Is
Now Certain
By HENRI BAZIN
Staff Correspondent ot the Evening Ledger
in rranee.
PARIS, May 25.
ACCORDING to Pierre Lotl, author of
- undying prose and who, in private life.
Is Jullcn Vlaud, an officer in the French
navy, the war will be won with material,
and that material from the United States. M.
Lotl believes that the future of France,
England and the United States will sur
pass any eras In tholr h.story In wisdom,
glory, power and respect for this right.
"Before the entry of the United States
Into this war," said M. Lotl to me, "we
upon the Allied side were a million stronger
In arms han the Germans. But despite
this numerical difference, and despite the
valor of our men, they could not make
or begin to make the now constant stride
being maintained toward the final victory
that Is certain until they could compete
upon something like even ground with the
Roche) In artillery and all the materials
of war.
"It was only when we had reached that
point of effectiveness that we definitely
turned from defensive to real offensive,
and have since been able not only to main
tain, but to Increase the force of thoattack.
And now, with the United States, we have
vastly greater added material relatively
close at hand, thus definitely hastening the
victorious end, no matter what may hap
pen in Russia.
Early Weakness of the Allies
"We have always been stronger numer
ically than our adversaries, but at the
outset weaker by far !n fighting men. That
weakness we havo overcome In the mag
nificently trained army of England. And
with Its training and Us placing In the
field, wo produced In France and England
an amount of ammunition and artillery
almost equal to the German, then we fully
equated the German production nnd finally
we have surpassed It. It was at the time
this became truly a fact that we began to
drive the barbarian. It Is the real reason
for the success of both tho French and
English offensives that have been constant
since the Boche retreat began.
"I do not mean to say that purely mate
rial superiority Is the sole gauge of success.
But that an army of men must be ani
mated by belief In Its power to conquer,
and heavier cannon, more cannon, more
mitrailleuse, more airplanes, more shell,
more everything Inanimate Incapable of be
Ing Influenced In Itself, Influences the mo
rale of men, adds to their confidence in
themselves, nnd ergo to their courage.
"For three years the men of France have
demonstrated military ability, bravery and
courage of such high and remarkable qual
ity that their like has never been equaled
In the history of the world. Our pollus
havo glen evidence of a spirit that has
made for the Infantry of France a record
beyond anything In its proud history.
"But In this sort of war. a war where
devilish Ingenuity and the evil use of science
have been factors, men and the courage of
men 010 nut cuuugn, oome powerful Inani
mate things or series of things must first
reduce to twisted handtuls barbed wire en
tanglements, abrls of cement, powerful bclen.
tiflo construction. We have found it in
our new guns. In our faithful but older
eeventy-flve. and Its tlr de barrage. In the
quantity of shell emitted from the mouths
of cannon in all callbera They have
cleared the way. The men are doing the
"Their conquering has proved that more
soulless things are necessary to the end that
men endqwed with soul and spirit, men whosa
eyes flash at the sight of i'teteotor of
heir country's flag, be it what It may, men
Inspired by the word Tattle,' may go for.
ward, occupy and retain other martyred
ground prepared for them. -
Can't- We Too Much Materia
".We caq never haye top many w,fnor
Betf EsU ftUfi UKAa .ilia ia..i.L -aj..
i'.L th .izT?.. rr ?""
m) n utnooaituXHa la
HE WON'T BE-HAPPY TILL HE
quantity Is that nice essential balance
permitting sufficient men to use sufficient
material to the best advantage, before other
men face tho foe In attack.
"The materials the United States can and
will furnish are consequently of Incalcu
lable valjie, as will be the men of brain
and brawn whom we are soon to see upon
our .front.
"Man for man, a Frenchman Is worth
two Boche In soldierly quality, and Blx In
brains. Man for man, the same can be
said of the men of England. But man
for man, with materials for man added,
the new and yet to be born army of the
United States means that In brain. soldlcrly
quality and material ol Iron and steel, the
averago American win be as good as any
ten Boche in tho Kaiser's waning army
of barbarians.
"When, with America's aid, we Increase
the powers of our offensive, when the
United States Is actually by our side with
man and gun, the end of the war will be
writ large upon the heavens.
"Wlth Its writing a new era will dawn
upon the world an era when force will
not make right, but be a latent power never
to be used save to enforce right; an era
when to lle and pursue happiness will be
tho full portion of a big or a -little nation,
Its only rule to this end being respect for
the legitimate alms of others.
"France, England and the United States
will then lead the world. The first through
the grim lesson learned In supreme sacrifice,
the second by reason of its awakening, the
third by reason of its ideal3 realized, of its
birthright in the traditions of liberty be
coming a world portion instead of a geo
graphical portion."
"Have you produced any books during
the war?" the correspondent asked.
"No." replied M. Lotl, "I can only write
of Ideals. And I am living them."
MAGIC MIRROR FOR PORTRAITS
Many of the portraits In the Royal Acad
emy this year shine like advertisements for
metal polish. It Is a fashion which began
to spread last year, though the HrBt widely
known example of this Illumination was Mr.
Orpen's portrait of tho Marchioness ot
Headfort In the first war academy. The
3heen Is obtained by placing'a looking glass
in such a position that the shadow side of
the sitter's face Is lit up by the reflection.
In some cases the part of the face lighted
by the reflection Is almost brighter than
that on which the light falls direct. The
reason for this is' that tho position of the
mirror does away with cast shadows. Mr.
Orpen is almost the Inventor of this
scheme In lighting. In the case of the por
trait mentioned the effect was heightened
by the dark background, which gave an
almost transparent quality to the flesh
In this year's academy Mr. George Henry
seems to have used the glass in most of his
portraits. In one of them he has a com
plicated scheme which includes light from
three sides, the mirror In this caBe being
represented on the canvas. There are many
minor experiments with the glass, but Mr
Henry seems to have made the best use of
the mirror. It Is to be hoped that looking
glass painting will not have a great vogue
for,the effect, though swift and sparkling in
an exhibition, Is rather bleak and unsatisfy
ing. It is like sitting In a room with win
dows all around. Manchester Guardian..
WHY JEOPARDY DIDN'T RETURN
JE? "? .!S ?" Slrl 'Whom we
...wn...,ou icuimray,-- oecause she coula
ShVil VrZe n,Ved from pour,ns X"0""
directly from the can upon a lighted fire.
One day Jeopardy left us very suddenly
K? .I1? neVeTr cam2 back' We were sorry
she eft as Jeopardy was a good girl. It
developed that she had chanced to find a
fifty-pound case of dynamite sticks in tht
woodshed, which she had been uslnirtu
start the fire In the kitchen stove SL.
times dynamite will work al" fight for such
a purpose, but It Is notional stuff and can
not be depended upon merely tc burn It
was during one of Jhose Intervals that
JmTrsr?oyr.:,e.?.t-HUdSOn M",m' in'oyHU
CONSERVATION
U Tailoid Vera. Drg WUX Four Saklnl,
aoethmln !.. "',
tr..t ' aouman. spare
that
S!"?,lrtTout ot a single br qf ,te.it
LI
GETS IT'
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. Mho Is Count Clam-Mortlnlc?
-'. Mlint Cuban port Is a I'. S nam! station!
3. tlint other American cencrnl besides Bene
tjlrt Arnold n ncnitecl of belns a traitor
nnrinc IMC llciolutlon?
4. To what kin In hlslorv wns the Shake-
fpenrean quotation, "Notlilns in M life
became him like the le-nlne It," ap
plied ?
5. Where Is Tlerrn del l'uego and what ! Uu
meunlne of the name?
0. ttho Ij commonlv ncrrpted ns Englnnd'i
hn-uiri.1 notcuu or 1110 presenc aajj
' Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote the "eampali
lalra
iiiu n, nn ,im-r I
was this President?
8. mint tribe of Indians Inhabited the reelon
"out i-iiinaeiiuiia in tne time 01 1111-
11,1 an tAn. O -
0. Who Is Carrlo Chapman Catt?
10. What two cities clnlm to bold the remalai
ui t-firiMoimrr loiuniuus.'
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Whistler Is tho Amerlrnn painter wh
1 wonted Oscar Wilde In a literary duel
nnxins irom an arcument about puclar
ism. . Asuncion Is tho cnnltjl of rarasuay,
3. Tho "corrida de, toros," in which n ptrett
pro-All- uieetlnc was recently held at
Madrid, Is the bull rluc.
i. Dick Tnrpln wns n notorious KnaJWh hbjh-
w 01 man. He was lianced nt York is
5. The sarin. "I'utlrnee and shuffle the
cards," occurs In Crrwmtes's "Don Quix
ote." k
0. Naples Is the largest city In Italy, with
about HOO.OOO population.
7. The drachma Is tho stundard coin of mod-,
ern as it was of ancient Greece.
8. The two famous 13nellth George Gordoni
were Georpo Gordon, Lord llyron. and
General Georpo Gordon. nln called
"t'lilnejc" (.onion, who wns killed In the
Ill-fated Khartum campaign In 1885. Still
nnothcr George Gordon, ulthougli more no
torious than fainom, .ns (lie llrlht
lord who Instigated the bloody "o
I'nfr" riots of London In 183.
,!! f.'.'."?" '.1 .""-e northern Ironic line. . !
10. "I'uluue" Is a .Mexican drink made from the
maguey plant.
TUT If I'll,. rr- ,r,rmn,TTI t
liin iUrtlVHNU ur AUBiUAUA
The eetnbllshment of the Commonwealth
of Australia hns the enslpst date and
form of government to remember In mod-1
cii hiMoiv It was p:cciriln.d on. the first!
uay or this century (January 1 1301 tn,
date, which the maiontv of us consider the.
beginning of this very Important centuryfl
ana mo iorm or government Is mucn ni"
mat of tho United States
There are several other things to remera-
oer in respect to which Australia anl
the United States are alike The two coun-!
tries are about the same size, about 3.000,-
000 square miles The earliest parts settled!
were mnaoited for a time by a rather large
proportion of English criminals Gold wai
discovered (followed bv "cold fovers") at;
about the same time '1843 ' lit California
and 1851 In Australia,
It was In 1788, eighteen years after Cap-,
tain Cook explored the east coast that Port
Jackson was founded as a penal statlcw
for criminals from England, and the st
nemeni retained that character, more 01
lees, ior tne next fifty years, transportation
Of COnVicts hplnt? vlrtftnllv BManAnHed IS
1833. This oldest of the Australian coIo-Si
nies New South Wa!eshad made a fairi
start In free Industrial progress from 18!ll
iuuv.;is were anowea ccnsiaeraDie iii
dom for monev-maklnir nhont the only,
thing being denied them toward the end ott
mo convict period being the right to leaYc,
si
me island continent.
The first British Governors at Sydney,
ruieu with despotic nower. Thev were ow
cers in command of the garrison, the on-M
victs and the few free settlers. A populijjl
uon or, 30.000 in 1821 formed the infW'
Commonwealth of New South Wales, thri'
fourths of them being convicts perhapi
the stmniTf.t -nlTa-tr,n n auisahb u-nrld
has ever seen. V4
The gold discoveries ot 18S1 produoxiB
exciting and progressive times. When tMB
"rush" started in 1852 Immigrants fro,!
orin America, China and Europe pourei
into aieiDourne oil the ships at the rate o
2000 persons a week. The population j
v.una was doubled In a year 1
The Commonwehlth rnnnlsta at six State:
called the Original States of New SouW
Wales, Victoria. Queensland fiouth AustrSj
lla, Western Australia and Tasmania Thf!
is a senate and a House, with six Senator
rra eacn mate, renewed ftj the extem
one-half every three years. The Hob,
ov(bu on iq proportional 6sM of
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