'.- I1 I gV P PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY 1 1 ' ernes 11. k. cuiitis. fusidixt ' Charles II. Ludlngton, Vice rresldentl John ?. lrun, Secretary and Treaaureri Philip 8. olllna.John I). Williams, John J. Spurgron, . 31. Whiltr, Director!. EDITOMAL BOAIID: Ctbui II. K. Ccmit, Chairman. It WHALEY Tidltor JOHN C. MAnTIN..Oeneral Business Manager Tubllsh-d dally at I'chlio I.r.ixiKn tlulMlng. Inatpendenc Square, l'hlladelphta. t-IBGia CifTAL... Broad and Chestnut Streets graaicxic C1TT rmt-union nun ni iw Yoax.,.., SOS Metropolitan Tower itoit i 401 i'ord llullrilnc Hi. Louis.... 100 Kullerton Huiifling Cxieiao .11-02 Tritmni llulldlnc NEWS BUREAUS: WitminiTOir Hemic nirri TlulMIng Jw Tom Bcaiio The Tlmra llulldlnc pilLm Hcatic 00 Frlcdrichstrasse Jx!tox Dcarin. . Marconi House. Mrand Pasis BlMiv.. . 32 Hue Louis Is Grand SUBSCRIPTION TEHMS . The Ettsiko Ltcota la served to subscrlters In Philadelphia and surrounding towna at ths rata o( twelve (12) centa per week, parable) to Uia carrier. By mall to polnta outside of Philadelphia, In tfca United Statee, Canada or United Statei pos scsslons. postage free, fifty (SO) centa per month. Six US) dollars per rear, payable In advance. To all foreign countries one ($1) dollar per month. Noticz Subacrlbera wishing address changed Blast give old as well aa new address UELL, SOOo WALNUT KEYSTONE. MAIN 1000 ' BC Address all communication to rtenlng ledger. Independents Square, Philadelphia, sstixid xt the rnu.it... mix rosTorrirs xs SZCOXD-CI.ASS II1IL liiTTr.n. e . Ffaltadetplila. VtednflJiy. July 1. HI? POLITICS SHATTERS EFFICIENCY ITTi: BELIEVE that the J!aor and Dl l" rector Wilson will whip cadets ar.d other degenerate human beings oft the streets of South Philadelphia. They will do so because otherwise police In the uni form of the United States would attend to the Job, and attend to It thoroughly. But In view of tho careless denials a week agp by both men of the existence of any abnormal conditions whatever, and of their monstrous failure last summer to make good the promises they publicly gave utterances to, ve are frankly skepti cal of a change of heart on the part of either one of them. We doubt If cither Is driven by a strong sense of duty, or If either has any sincere desire to smash the political control which Is driving men of the force Into organization for their own protection and Is holding up to sus picion and scorn many policemen who want to perform their duties, but are Wedged out of the chance to do so We have no proof of collusion or graft. There are many rumors afloat, but wo have not been able to back any of them tip with affidavits. We could hardly ex pect to In lew of the slippery method1) customary among corruptlonlsts Cut we do know that the opinion Is gen ral In the force Itself that the orders of some ward leaders are of more Impor tance than official ordeis, and wo know. In addition, that any Dhector of Tublic Safety, unless wholly Incompetent, could have prevented easily a condition of af fairs so detrimental to the public Intel est that the United States found It necessary to Intervene. We do not believe that the good name of Philadelphia has been dragged In the mud to the extent many people think. Every' city has some citizens who are inclined to challenge tho claims of otlior communities to supremacy In vice. Nor Is the situation In any largo American town such that we would emulate it. Vice Is stealthy. It sneaks In the back door at night and prowls In dark place"). But It is likewise smeared with the ra dium of sin and nothing is so easy as its eventual identification What Philadel phia objects to Is not that better condi tions about the navy ard aro assured by recent publicity, but that the police force has been revealed as a carelessly conducted, comfortably minded organiza tion, subject to the Jurisdiction of mero politicians and prostituting the enforce ment of law and order to the exigencies of other than public Interests. It laments the fact that the police, having once been taken out of politics, are again In politics. It is humiliated that a cancer could have been nourished In a great section of tho city and the chief executive have been 0 ignorant of the fact that he denied It vehemently, then mlirilv accepted It. and finally, under compulsion, agreed to ex cise I'-. It is deplorable that the morale of the police force should have been shat tered by political Interference and that the obvious effort of men In high office to condono impossible conditions should teach private officers to feel that responsi bility for certain forms of lawlessness Is not theirs. It la the duty of good citizens to co operate now with the Department of Pub lie Safety in making South Philadelphia afe for the nation's wards. A revolu tion in police control thereafter will be Imperative, and we believe that it will be brought about by the compulsive forco f public opinion. "MERRIE" WINDSOR rilHH note of "Merrle England" is so J- seldom struck nowadays that the adop- tlon of the fine old name of Windsor by the royal house of Great Britain comes as a refreshing reminder that lusty legend atlll ndures; that savory words, rich with Vlithe) tradition, have still the power to kindle the imagination in spite of war. Such a word la Windsor. Not only be. amuse a great King, Edward III, built the jauaous Bound Tower of the ancient est) for so chivalrous an order as that ( ihe. Garter; not only because gracious, Madly Victoria serenely dwelt in this nlllasT -corner of Berkshire, does the LrwMMr teethe and cheer us. h?i Hiar pHas' nTaasBBsjaaanji fwaasjiiss'a'T "King of Kings," nono other than William Shakespeare, hag consecrated the place with the deathless spirit of heart-glad, dcnlng comedy. He sent to Windsor the Incomparable Talstaff and thero depleted, at good Queen Boss's request, It Is said, the'sackdovlng "fat knight" Intrigued In turn hy the vivacious ".Merry 'Wives" Heme's Oak was at Windsor. Under Its Bprendln' boughs danced tho bright spirit of Old England. It uns good news that Oeorge V hurled his titles of Duke of Saxony and Prlnco of Saxe Coburg Gotha tho latter both ponderous and tonguo twisting deep down Into tho discard. It is better still that Windsor replaces them Not even Armageddon can dispel Its wholcsomo atmosphere of happy days THE "CHEAP-GUY" FALLACY THE Federal Trade Commission Is not going to let Congressman Madden's statement about that $1 62 meal at the Hotel Savoy, London, go unchallenged That meal would cost $5 today In Wash ington, says Mr. Madden, and we haven't the least doubt that he can prove It to tho commission's satisfaction by letting It treat him to a dinner. The course of this evil goes much deeper than any economic explanation can probe It Is to be found In a chronic American vice, the fear of appearing "a cheap gu." We let the waiters scare us Into ordering n $J or $1 mini and then Into giving them 15 or 20 per cent tip. Tho menu thioretlcally provides $1.02 meals, and Mxtv -two cent meals, but the haughty American dreads to be caught calculating according to tho figures at tho right-hand sldo of the card Rather than that, ho will go to a lurch counter ar.d spend a quarter. Mr. Madden &avs steaks costing $1.50 here cost thirty-five cents in London, Well, we can get thirty five cent steaks here, and there Is not so much difference between our $1.50 and thlity-flvcicnt steaks as thcic ought to be. Our "foreign restaurants" aio popular becauso of their foreign prices It Is no sin to spend only fifty cents In n Trench or Italian restaurant. This la something that our boldlers may teach us when they come back from thrifty Prance Pood costs enough at tho best without our paving for ugly decorations and cheap music tluown In to swell the bill LET .MR. DENMAN GET OUT Or THE WAY GENERAL GOETHALS has arranged to build and put on the sons en cry ton of shipping promised by him to Con gress and every ton of shipping that tho Allies In their most exubeiant computa tions felt that we could produce. Ho has arranged, In addition, that most of this tonnage will bo of a sort able to compete with tho merchant marine of other nations after tho war. He has arranged for these things under conditions ii&sut Ing tho Government rock bottom pi Ices. If Mr. Denmnn does not get out of the way in a huriy, either tho President or the nation will have to push him out. PASSING THE NAVAL DUCK "POLICING South American waters Is - at last In the hinds of their native po licemen Binzll Is now to protect her own coast from Guiana to Uruguay against German outlawry. Because this Important action was long in coming, and because each step of the largest Latin Amei lean republic toward belliger ency was taken with, a peculiar delibera tion that hardly supports our conven tional notions of the Latin temperament, citizens of our latitudes w ondcrcd whether Biazll's warfare would ever pass tho "philosophic" stage. But that she has plunged Into tho sphere of nituallty there can be no doubt Brazil's navy will fight any U boats or Teuton raiders discoverable oft her shores with all tho vigor of a full fledged bellig erent. In the beginning this was tho Franco-British function. Then the United States navy lent a hand. The Allies' ships departed. Brazil then coopciated with our cruisers and finally her menof-war replace ours. This ultimate phase of passing the naval buck raises liberty-loving Brazil to tho full rank of partnet. By thus guaidlng her own home she releases a poweiful Amei lean fleet for Important dutlis elsewheie "GRANDILOQUENT FOG" WAR has long since removed the polish from Germany's helmets, but the gen eiallties of hei picsent statesmen most grandiosely glitter. "A strong policy with out; unity within," thunders Chancellor JHchaells Similarly boastful, similarly aguo, was miny a pronunclamento of Jefferson Davis with Grant knocking at tho gates of Richmond Of all lands under the sky Germany Is the home of the specific detail Her science, her art, her Industry and com merce have all been developed along the lines of scrupulous particularity and ex actitude Successful Germany was an In tensely practical Germany. That the leader of her government now takes ref uge in mere grandiloquent fog augurs a perilous voyage for his ship of state. Tho Kaiser's admission of having a "heavy heart" seems only natural from a man of "blood and Iron." "I blush to think that gambling," says pious Mr. Reed, "gave any help to Belgium in time of sorest need." Germany's dropping of building Zeppelins Is but an inevitable conse quence of Britain's dropping of Zeppelins built. So far as our happy motorists are concerned, the toll-less Lancaster and Bala pikes seem to have been made safe for "auto-cracy." In driving Austrian troops from mountain tops the Italians are once more displaying their mastery of the military game of peak-a-boo. We trust that Mr. Mitten and Mayor Bhilth were not seriously consider ing in their conferences the building of the Chestnut street subway. A llp.009, 000 terminal for a $5,000,000 elevated would seem at first glance to be some- .Eiu.asMravsoaiiG. '-.)-' EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1917 WOMEN AND WAR ECONOMY Mr. Hoover Told That Men Should Cut Out Tobacco. Press Agents for the Politicians Special Correspondence Evening Ledger ' WASHINGTON, July 18. PRESIDENT WILSON'S earnest procla mation on the Issue of "blood and profits" has had a sobering effect upon some of the patriotic business men who have been doing their ' bit" toward hastening large contracts It has stnrted many dis putes ns to who is the real patriot and who Is tho taker In the great wai game The iccent fanfare In tho Cabinet concerning coal prices, the Shipping Board quarrel over steel prices and the charge that cer tain men associated with the Council of National Defense were In the delicate posi tion of passing upon contracts that meant large profits to themselves, threatened a scandal In Washington which the Presi dent's proclimatlon has helped to allay In preparing for war it may be expedient to cut red tape nd concentrate our energies In the hands of experienced men, but mem bers of tho Senate and House are not all satisfied that some of tho big brains repre sented In the President's advisory counsel luvo boon neglecting their own Intircsts while serving the Government. The President's proclamation has been In terpreted as lonflrmlng this point of vlow Whether It will hnvc the effect of changing the attitude of man) legislators, who now think Congress should remain In session continuously, will develop later Congress Is growing mo'e Inclined now to stay on the Job for a longer period than those who hoped for an earlv adjournment believed it would do It Is held by some to be ad vlsablo to hold ovei just because of such conditions as might be Inferred to exist from the President's warning. They have heard tho gossip about "easy" contracts and large expenditures and aro Inclined to think thit Congress had better remain In bcsslon whllo the President Is wrestling with great problems, tho execution of which ho must relegato to subordinates, some of whom Congress does not know In this connection reference Is frequently mado to tho tremendous discretionary powir that Is conferred upon small ofllclals who do the detail work and who pass up their con clusions to larger oinclals for ultimate ap proval It Is nut only tho man seeking tiovcrnmont contracts who thus comes under discussion, but the little fellow who handles the business primarily or some where along the line, before it reaches the Cabinet olllcer. High Cost of Living ' The high cost of living Is a grae Issue which Congress, being responsible to tho people, cannot well shake off Hcnco tho President's plan of placing Mr Hoover In completo control of the food supply remains a matter of discussion It Is true that Mr. Hoover has not ct been given monej to proceed with his work, although tho Picsl dent has appointed bltn, and hi is withering arqund him agencies which arc already co operating with him In tho attempt to con serve tho food supply But tho cost of living Is not coming down to tho satisfac tion of consumers, and probably will not, so long ns the Government Use f Is making vast expenditures for food supplies for the army and nav at prices which tho average consumer must meet The women of Wash ington have not Joined so heartily as might have been expected In Mr Hoovers "wheat less" and "meatless" day program, and, If riport be true, Mr Hoover lias been re ceiving some tart letters from women In other sections of the country Members of Congress are hearing from women who want to know why they should be singled out for criticism for wastefulness at the dinner table, when a halt might more prop erl be called upon the wasteful tendencies of the men In tho milter of liquor and tobacco 'Cut out your cigars ' say some nf tho women, "and jou will save more thin you will In the attempt to stint the dinner table " Insistent reports tint food prices aro lower In London and Paris than the aro In the big cities of the United Stites aro believed by some of tho women writers who contend thit such an equality should be adjusted before wastefulness Is charged up to the Amcrlian housewife Tho Press Agent Abroad The many conflicting reports that affect Mr Hoover's work and the war situation generally may be attributed to the activity of press agents, who aro almost as thick In Washington as statesmen themselves It Is notorious that Congress s proceedings are scantily reported In Washington Anv State Leglsliture or city council would rccelvo more attention from the local newspipers than Is accorded to f'ongress bv papers here This Is one reason why the rumor factory Is so busy The business interests of the capital city are dependent In large measure, upon Government cmplojes, and a bill to Increase the clerks salaries, which means more money to circulate In. Washing ton, is generally of more Importance to the reading public here than debate upon a $100 000,000 appropriation bill which affects the whole country So Washington has Its Independent and special press agents of al most every description Innumerable so cieties have their representatives here and many well-to-do Senators and Representa tives enjoy the luxurv of a special repre sentative to do press work Sometimes stntesmen do not have tn be In Washington when celebrated in dispatches Even Cab inet officers are now provided with publicity agents ana tne Government Itself, not to he outdtno by anv of Its Individual mem bers, takes care nf Itself In the Official Bul letin which is ruhllshed dally at the In stance of the President, under the direction of George Creel It Is because of Creel's activities in pro claiming all the White House and depart mental Information that the ordinary press agent has been brought Into the limelight recently Some very remarkable stories are being told about the efforts of the indi vidual press agent One Cabinet officer at least Is being boosted for the Supreme Court or even for the Presidency. If he were eligible, to tho prejudice, it ts believed, of certain other members of the Cabinet who receive occasional kicks because their press agencies are not so well managed It Is not unusual for glowing stories to leave Wash ington about the public service of men who very seldom figure at all In the activities of the capital But this Is a part of the game Wartime brings its heroes to the front. Just as leaders are sometimes made in politics, and once made. It la difficult to undeceive the public. Many Washington tans, therefore, are somewhat grateful to Mr Creel, the Government press agent, for having owned up "like a gentleman" tp a bit of faking, or "elaboration," as he puts It, In connection with the alleged attack by Oerman submailnes upon the American transports carrying our troops to France. Mr. Creel's confessions have been given attention on the floor of the House and Senate, and the people have been afforded an Insight Into up-to-date press-agency practice. It has been shown that even the Government, If It feels inclined, can wink at "a fairy story" If It is Intended to serve a good purpose, Mr Creel's "elaboration," he feald, was Intended to stimulate Ameri can patriotism on the Fourth of July. And It can be stated, with some degrees of authority, that a great many "fairy stories"; are going out from the national capital just now, wnen tne ino.ust.rlou de partmenta are seeking Increased prowla V.YM-" "" "''-" - ?V3m? ' - ' -" Tom Daly's Column IF WE CAN BELIEVE WHAT WE HEAH The Clown Prince bossed The circus, And Hollneg lost His hlrcus. By thh time President Wilson will have received the letter of tho Rev. David S. CIncorc, of this our city, offering himself as "French Interpreter to tho colored regimental and company officials and cooks In tho training camps " Wo nro asked to mention this and we assume that the applicant will have no objection to our quoting from his circular this tes timony to his fitness for service: "Preached, Lectured or ltccited in moro than 600 Churches from Canada to Cali fornia, Including all of tho largest cities from Boston to San Francisco Ate and slept In more than n 1000 pnisonages and homes Belted tho continent from ocean to ocean on twenty-five cents capital at the ripe old age of soventy." THE REAL CAPTAIN KIDD (Written on reading a book which proves that Captain Kidd v.as vronofullu executed ) When I uas small I hclteved quite all of the history books 1 read 0 ktngltl villains who made gicat killin's, of buccaneers bad and dead. Of many a lady of character shady oh, dark lucre the dccdi they dldl Each one tra? a brute too base to ihoot, but the uorst wai Captain Klddl He scourged the seas in a spanking breeze with many a scourge and ipank, And noblemen's daughter in turbulent teaters he forced to ualk a plank. He hadn't in seeming a virtue redeeming, but, oh, he had crimes galore. And wen he was seized all the uorld was pleated and fhev Itnvo'd him at nurp on shore But the dayt are through hm thcie facts arc true men have made the dtscoiercc That each wretch of old was aond as gold and as pUasant as he could be. They say Macbeth died a Christian death and never did ichat he did. And ionic ion of a cook hai written a book to vindicate Captain Klddl Ills mannas were neat and hli temper sueet, he'd hate graced any tea ot ball. He'd a taste for boating, but ai for gar toting, he nexer did that at all. lie uain't a pirate and ncter did fire at the ilitpi he uas said to board, And the doom unbending which earned his ending uas greatly to be dc- ploied. Aoio, don't mind Ncto, he wasn't a hero whose crlmci cicr took my eye, ll'jicu historians said he uas kind ana steady I didn't do more than sigh. That Hcmy VI II proicd both good and great sicmed scarcely a matter grate; Xor that John uai kind and , at uorst maligned by the monks whom he made behate. 1 admit I was Jarred just a tttlc hard and heard with a certalh shock That Sappho kept school and uas staid and cool and never jumped off a rock; Uut Captain Klddoh, the things he did ucre my childhood's Joy and pride, And to learn he was mild as a sucking child when I heard it I nearly died I They tan say Queen Mary was lenient, very; I'm willing they should explain The motives pious of Ananias and hallow the deeds of Cain. They may praise the Hipper and be quite chipper on Herod and all he did. Ihcy may say Old Nick -is a regular brick if they'll only spare Cap tain Klddl MAHOAIlET WIDDEMER. A Concourse of Sweet Sounds At the first patriotic rally ln tho Twen-tv-flrst Ward, held last night in the gar den of tho Manayunk school on Green lane, Oliver Dill and A. W. Pickles gave cornet selections. Some duo, that! M. E. C. Dear Boss The other day at Atlantic City I found this scratched out evidently In practice, on the writing pad In one of the hotels: neseiay nesscarj (onveinlence convelnjence Let's hope the recipient of the letter at least got the drift Yours. W. UP. King George dropped his German fam ily name yesterday. We alwavs thought It was spelled W-e-t-t-1 n, but here comes a man who dislikes George well enough to spell his name any way he pleases, so we'll let St G. J. get by with this: King George renounces Teuton kin. For Wlttln he takes Windsor He drops the "wit," gives up the "tin," And builds his house on wind sir St G. J. The Plea of the Crown Prince (From New York Sun) Father, think ot me: if you've thought of abdicating. If reforms you're contemplating, Halt the rash decree; All the while you're hesitating, Father, think of me Father, think of me: If this land goes democratic. Right divine goes where? The attic! Where will Frederick be? My request Is most emphatic, Father, think of me' Father, think of me ; You have lived In regal clover ; You have put that king stuff over. Proud of pedigree ; Would you make an exiled rover, Father, out of me? Father, think of me; Are you not, sir, apprehensive Of the righteous wrath Intensive Of the Deity? Be not thoughtlessly offensive; Spare your family tree ; Think of Gott and Me! A H. FOLWELL. To BJelp the Kaiser Just to help the dear Kaiser pick out an adviser for these terrible times we continue to present these countlng-out rhymes: Why not, asks Jerry, give Wllhelm this, which may remind him of his own lost innocence: Stelgt das Bubleln auf den Baum, Ell wle hoch mann sleht es kaum. Hupft von Aet su Astchen Hupft sum Vogel nestchen El I da lacht Er Hull da kracht es Flumps da llegt es unter Arm und Kopf voll Wunden. Tomorrow the Allies will begina drive", tho Russians armed with their strong' at eountlng-out thyrasa haying , , 1m- of rt going ovs-r tM'H." . .-I, .-s5 " - J fcT&.i- THE MAN WHO WONT FIGHT England's Mistake in Not Sending Her Conscien tious Objectors Out to the Front With Her Conscientious Volunteers By GILBERT VIVIAN SELDES .. .., nu-.tnmu(,i,( Eientno Ledger OPCCIU. ...... T.nsrnnv. .Tune 29 A GOVERNMENT offlclal whose special 'duty It Is to know all about German propaganda toid me the other day that the Ocrmans had tried to reach the votaries of every religion except two. Thoso were the Christian Scientists and tho conscientious objectors. They consider both as purely Anglo Saxon products, so they know It is useless, he told me The conscientious objector came In as a result of conscription In England, al though his voire was heird In the land under the voluntar ssstem He Is an In teresting and annovlng phenomenon, and since he may mike his appearance at home I am setting down some details of his history First, to give him his due I have met in the last hilf veir about five conscien tious objectors thev are known as C O s, and I shall u-e the abbreviation, although It also stands for commanding ofllcer whose convictions I thoroughly respect Three of them nre Quakers One Is a Tol stoyan nonreslster and the fifth la an Inter nationalist who has fought igalnst war for enrs and honestly believes that this war Is n mistake Of the first three, two nre beirtlly anxious to sen Gcrminy beaten, be nuw thev believe thit there enn be no listing peice until this Is accomplished Would they fight? No They would serve their onuntr In some way notj( con nected with killing It Is n perfectly hon est obedience to their religious precept not to take humin life which keeps them from the front Even among the C O 'a whom I do not respect o far I have found none who stands for a German victory Most nf them are fir s peace bv negotiation This tvpe of cnnelentlou objector rTMk hlmelf ns compietelv annoslnR to the mili tary tribunals as he in The religious tvpe puts himself often into tho hands of the Government and asks onlv not to have a gun put Into his hands When tho Govern ment derided to recognize a man's con science before n trlbunil they also decided to make work of nntloml Importance tho test If It Is inerelv an objection to killing, thev argued there cm be no objection to working on tho lind But the out-and outer, ns he calls himself, will npt agree Ho Insists tint anv thing which can help tho war along Is repugnant to his soul Don't Make the Same Mistake Twice The trlbumls which were set up to pass on tho eligibility of men arc composed, generally, of representative men of the dis trict and a representitlve of tho military Between thee two there Is seldom nnv love lost The military representative Is there to sco tint men nro found for tho army Tho civilians nro thero to Bee thit no man Is sent In who ean ho of more use elsewhere or who Is Indispensable In his present oc cupitlon The flurry of volunteerlsm had removed man Indlspensnbles from their places Ilcforo thoy could be returned tho business of the countr) had suffered and the ihlllins on the tribunals had decided not to let tho sime mistakes occur again Hut on tho question of tho C O 's the two were ngrced If a man mentioned his con science ho wns always met with the ques tion "Suppose a German tried to kill your mother'" It became a stock phrase and a Joke It give a number of C O 's a splen did npportunlt) for oratory It Irritated the serious and it satisfied the half-penny pipers At the beginning the reports of tribunal procedure were very full They were vulgar and quite amusing Then they became serious That the Government made some mistakes In dealing with the C O 's Is admitted by both sides The great mistake, according to the' majority of Britons, was In recog nl7ing them at all No other l.uropean country does niognlze them although tho authorities know that conscientious scruples exist The argument of the antls on this matter Is that war, by its,nature, Is a con- THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Whereabouts of a Cartoonist. A Criticism of Park Guards and Policemen Tltii Department Is tree to all readers u.ho ulsli to expresi their opinions on subjects at rnrrrwl Interest. It Is on open forum and the 1 icnlna Ledger assumes no responsibility for the i leii ' ot its correspondents Letters must be slfjnrd bu the uame and address of the ,i riter not nteessarllu tor publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. MR. SYKES ON VACATION To the Editor of the Evening Ledger Mr What's become of Svkes and his car toons' I have not seen his work In the Evfmno LnnoEn for several dajs cer tainly hope we have not seen the last t. his picture editorials," and I am sure that all readers of vour paper would greatly regret It If his drawings were no longer to appear II T. L. Philadelphia, July 17 Mr Svkes Is enjojlng his regular sum mer vacation His work will reappear be ginning with our issue of Monday, July 30 Editor of the Evesino LEDQBn PARK GUARDS CRITICIZED To the Editor of the Evening Ledger- Sir What his become of the order for bidding circulars, papers, etc , to be placed under doors and upon porches? I thought that the distributors were subject to arrest. Still I have seen men on each side of tho street delivering such advertising matter, while a policeman stood at the corner dls i iislng the latest ball game or whether Jim McNichol would best the Vare boys Again, I was under the Impression that there was an ordinance forhlddlng push earts or barrows to be wheeled upon the pavements, I wager that you cannot walk one square without seeing this ordinance violated This noi oncy imuertcs me lives of pedestrians, but damages their clothes. The other day on Eighth street I saw a lady who had her dress (white) spoiled by having been run Into by a wheelbarrow, the tar from the hub of the wheel ruining It Another Case of no policeman In sight I should like to protest against "hogglsh ,iess" In Falrmount Park In the way of monopolizing tho benches (and there are ., ton many of them) On numerous occasions others like myself have visited the Park, but were unable to get a seat, owing to the fact of this "hogglshness." This Is plainly noticeable among the for eign element, especially around Strawberry and the Dauphin street entrance On one occasion, and that only a short tlnie ago, I noticed four benches appropriated by a party of three, two adults and child. One bench held hats and coats, another buckets, the other the woman and child, while on the fourth thu man was stretched out read ing a newspaper. The neighborhood of Strawberry Is not the only section where this "hogglshness" Is displayed, but It ts ln all parts of the Park, and It Is time the guards sat up and took notice. Ths guards are In somS cases very particular with some visitors as to leaving newspapers on benches (after reading) or scattered over the grass. One afternoon last week I noticed quite a number readlpg papers, and when they were finished they either carried them away or deposited them In the receptacle for old ipapers and rubbish, while a short distance away (Parkslde section) there was a party of foreigners, and In walking a distance of say adme two hundred fest, t observed no less than fourteen shaeti of Polish newspapers lying scattered upon lying scatteredupon wfflwS.y!? ssi, x, mmm rMSSsWisa - - , , , traventlon or tne ruics ui mo -- -necessary for each man to sacrifice some thing The rich man has to part with some of his wealth Many men, of all classes, are calmly asked to part with their lives Why should not somo others be willing to part with their principles? "Conscientious Volunteers" However, the C. O got the Jump on the Government, probably because the principles of pacifism vvcre so widespread In England before the war It was up to the authorities to distinguish between real and false C. O 's. There would be of course, a number of cowards who created scruples on the spot From nil I hear this trick was not often worked and very seldom succeeded It was alwavs" necessary to establish objections dating from before the war The promise and the performance 3f the authorities did not hold well together, al though there was a sincere effort at fair plnv The Government had to play fair with the people who did enlist, the con scientious volunteers as a friend of mine has called them, as well as with those who refused to enlist on tho high ground of con science Between them compromises wcro made The first, work of national Impor tance did not satisfy all A great many V O 's earned the contempt of their moro radical brethren by accepting such work Others refused But when the authorities were not satis fied with the proofs of objection, and handed tho men over to the military, trouble some times began (I hope It will bo understood that the whole tribe of C O.'s Is small In numbers I do not want to suggest that this group Is Important numericallv The prin ciple at me l Important ) Usually the C O tfioli things philosophically Sometimes not Members ot the House of Commons with a -oft spot for conscience made the Prime .Minister give a pledge that those C. O's who refused to serve, after they had been compelled to Join, would not be subject to court-martial Tills was arranged by the understanding that they would not bo sent to tho area under martini law, 1 c , the front But things happened and there was a very unpleasant tlmo all around No con scientious objector, however, has been mido a martvr to his cause Tho agitation has died down Other top ics Cuthhcrts, for Instance, have come up Cuthbcrts" are men employed In Govern ment offices who aro eligible for service The ore being hounded hy the cheaper press nnd they are in most cases, Invaluablo servants of the Government But the C O remilns a topic of interest to himself and to his friends The man at the front Is usuilly tolerant of the ' blighter " If the soldier, in train ing at home, comes into contact with a C O In khaki he makes it very unpleasant for him What most people object to Is tho pretense the C O makes of having a monopoly on conscience Except for tho Quakers I have met here, I must confess that the C O does, give off the Impression of being a much more soulful and spiritual person than tho benighted heathen who has heard his country's call and answered It A final point about the C. O ho has missed some of his best bets He thought, at the beginning, that he would have the support of all tho big guns, tho Intellectuals, the men of Ideas And he has missed out. The men who had "minority minds" found themseles, much to their surprise, In favor of the war They tolerated the C, O , but they pitied him On the wholo, the C O has been well treated Today, In the midst of a bitter need for men, I have heard of three to get total exemption on the sole ground that they had objections But I am safe in saying that If the thing had to be done over again tho C O clause would not bo written Into the conscription act In the form which It now has. It Is too much of a nulsince. thing These pedple abuse the privileges allowed them, and an example should be made ( jj Philadelphia, July 14. STREET-CLEANING FAILURES To the Editor of the Evening Ledger slr Who gavo to the various milk con cerns tho privilege of making a clearing house of the pavements of this cltv? Their boxes, containing filthy, uncleaned nnd pnrtlv filled bottles cause a foul smell aside from tho accumulation of files They give an unclean appearance to the streets This has been allowed for the last two 1 oars Doctor Krusen Is constantly re minding us to "swat the fly" Why does he permit this nuisance that breeds the files? Another reason why the streets alwavs look dirty is the placing of garbage In paper boxes The paper In a hort time Is saturated and the contents are scattered all around, In the gutters and on pavements Householders are subject to a great deal of annoyance by the collectors, not onlv those employed by the city, but private ones They come along gathering up the garbage, but never stop their horses while doing so By the time they pick up a bucket, say at No 111, nnd empty.lt thev reach So HI or 117. where they throw It upon the pavement When the house, holder comes to look for th. enn h. ..,... half way up- the block, or If a counle of mischievous kids come along they give It a. kick and it lands In the street forth. " ni to that comes along to .help It on a trio for another square and mike It unfit for further use. How many housewives have followed the advice of the Bureau of Health by purchasing covered ga.bage nail, to have them ruined, the third o? tourtt Ttlme after placing them out! If you protest to the gentlemanly collector you are subject to Insult Why Is not an example mad. who place their garbage n pipe? or paper boxes and of these collectors by arresting and fining them? y Your editorial a short time ago. "Making Transit a Goat," was to the point but 1",? caustic, enough Whv ;.poi' .?ut n.ot Mayor" ignorant of the amendment hlch proposed to undo the work of iZilir G Johnson? The public haam" fldence In the so-called oofcton ttan thWhhv Vnrin,Vh8 8lnCerlty 0t Rl nooVpelleVX'r'r street when they seep? The sweenC th SiUS' .IT" aIn,f' thTd?rttatf o1"; side, then come the "white wlmrs Zvl T$P ULn, a plle' t" "long comes Ihe wind and blows It all over the streeT again Let them have a man to gather unth". paper and place It In the cirt Now thi? there are jnetal receptacles placed throuch out the city, why are the police Tnot ,?. ,' to arrest any one who Is discovered throw Ing paper In the street? w v Philadelphia. July H W N T' KNITTING IN SENTIMENT How much knitting has been eoln. c this town the last ffw month" I linearly every household there has been knltUne in progress knitting sweaters, wristlet. i domlnal bands, socks and I all tWn tn ? vicissitudes of a soldier might dXX ht has been one vl.lon of gray. betovIenlnVtha gray of life, a vision of serine aadnsSf H should not be so There shoJld be a ilttu color In the knitting. The Red Cro. . vises It. We copy from an exchange?" ' "If you are knitting socks for ,nMi.,. put a bit of red In them It's th iim. !le "2 of sentiment that keeps J man eeretd0"r,h In the trenches there Is a pet sSp.rsfmon that a soldier who has a red string in , socks will never be hit fay ' bSiSt s A In pairs if they are marked with a bTt o? color near the top." ll ot That ts good doctrine. Any color so it i. red will do. Is an jold dn,V,in. i.r. ..V i In happily with the soldier kn ittlna- it IWMMiilwn Va g rtll!fns .jffff 'HAVEN'T BEGUNTOfHhp John Paul Jono t t.. ... R;"v. ":..:r " on - ""lu"gn IT HAVE not yet begun to fight." These were the vnH. n.. . . ringing embhasls bv , . . 'tn prlvateersman and naval hero In an . a demand to surrender from a British . . captain who had no understanding 0 ,? Yankee brand of courage ' Picture a tranquil sea bath. i. light, oft Scarborough, England. Two Tv, tho Bon Homme Richard. Mm..,.7? ! the redoubtable Captain John Paul 2 JM and the Serapls. an Enu.s . " ftfl under Captain Pearson, were locked V mortal combat u The night was so clear that the was toThrd.KVta,to ij 31. th? ntory of So " M tv J p'"s ot Scarborough nom roared to the accomnanim... " splintering wood and the ."idX,?! ' of wounded and dying men "" ' The Bon Homme Richard, a rotten km hu k of a merchantman which had l! ouillved her usefulness ,tts farina? W the battle, for she was pitted s,V4'' of the best equipped men-Sf-war In th, E At the first broadside of the Rien.r . of the antiquated e,shteen pound", tn KUnroom hurst. IHiunn. .J1 .CZ ln Mr - . mule man a imn.. of her own men t. .ii.. .j . ." cert v. the windward of the Serapls, and the Brit Is.; man-of-war sent broadside after bro.i" sldo Into tho crippled American ship ra.,. her foro and aft nnd riddling her beloi tho water line Water iieirnn t ' . .' .w the hold of the Richard The peril of ZW TianKeo fighters was Increased when :di i English prisoners escaped from th. v,m ..2 1 swarmed on to the deck " ( "Down where you come from," y.iuj i Jones, "or I'll blow vou to kingdom come" : and the prisoners obeved tn m. Captain Jones swung his sinking swB -alongside the Serapls just in time to rl ' celve anotbet terrific br0adlde from ths ; BritWio. The (Wchaige lore gaping hole! In (he side of the R.ehd. II ... .hi. .1!! Captain Peurson ... reeled from the briars . "Do you surrender now you Yankee pirate 7" 4 And Cantaln Jones, with hl f ... ful with blood nnd powder marks, but hu eyes blazing Indomitable courage. huri I pick the fighting phrase which will le,T Its imprint forever in the naval hlatory of the world "I have not set begun to fight!" Indeed, John Paul Jones had only com. menced nt a slngo of tho fighting garni when most men nre ready to quit Half his men lay dead dving or wounded on the gory deck of the Richard, but Jones dwiot falter before those terrible odds He lathed his mutilated, water-logged ship to the Eng. llsh raan-of-wnr All tho while the !owr battery of the Serapls was pounding against tho sinking Richard s rotten hull The ships were Jammed so close together that thi guns nf one touched the sides of tha otVr In two places the portholes met so that the gunners loaded the cannon by passing th rammers Into tho opposite vessel men one cit tno crew threw a haul 1 rrenado Into a nlle of ammunition nn it.. " Serapls Tho explosion well nigh dlsem-ijl bowelcd the British ship and killed fifty of ft lit:, ctiiiui-f uuiUKUl I IUII1CS uegan 10 CO- M . .Inn , I. a C3...... ..t n llJI.I.I ,, i M iv,j .fiu ciin 1)1 iuiui-miuiis Lllcir CUl lasses. Captain Jones nnd his little band pushed through the blinding smoke anj boarded the sinking vessel The Brltlah captain surrendered Hi What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. tThnt nre the respertlie (lOTernment pod. Al unnN or iviiuam tienmnn ana ueorte it, Moemnii7 Ml t. VVImt Is the Turkish name of ConstanUm- J Pie? Il . What is meant by (he "Land of Cotkaltas"? V 1 4. What Is the largest state In the Gcrnu , j empire after Trussla? J 5. Mho Is the present President of Cuba? tt fl. What nro roleoptera? - T 7. Who wns "The Great Conde"? , 8. Whit Amerlrnn State was the first to ntt- , If the Constitution? j , I). What Is the mennlnE of "Sinn Feln"f I 10, Who said "It cnocl and sou will be bam, , lint sou won't have ajenod time"? 'j j Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. Cape nnre. on which the Vorweslan Unaf Krlstlnninfjord was wrecked, u nt ths southwestern end of Newfoundland. 2. Jnmes W. Gerard would have licrn bsnes i from accepting the Order nf the Dstl. while he utta mhnsNador nt Berlin b- ' cause of the proilston of the Conntlts- . tlon forbidding niu doTernmcnt official from receiving a title from any "king er ' iwtentutc." w i 3. Henjnmln West ns a noted Amcrlcaa J pnlnlrr, """ nt Springfield, I'a. Ills 1 dates nre ms-lHSO . 4. "llnuleTnrd" wan nriglnnlbr associated ta meaning with bulwark. The (lot farts , lioulec arils were promenade along llnel -t ', of demoUKheri fortifications g 5. The normal inhfe of the French frans is nhout 1() rents. 8. "Pueblo" Is r Spanish word for t11Ims.. r In the southwestern ITnltrd stales It It iiMinllr applied to Indian tettlcmtnts la . which the houses are of ndobe. , 7. Richard Wagner wan on exile from Cjr-; i many for eeifral years becauso of his 1 ; alleged connection with the revolutionary Y moicment or 1S4H. 8. Tresldent Cnrnot, of Trance, wns assassi si-j noted hy on nnnrchlst In Inat. 0. The !nt words of Goethe were "Mors ; l llrht!" 10. The Chirleston earthnonke occurred la 1880. A PHILADELPHIA BUILDER OF RUSSIAN RAILROADS GET a railroad map of Russia and Tu1 will see nil tho good and all the evil of autocracy ln one line a straight lln.tW the gesture of a king The engineers told d the Emperor Nicholas that the railway t.A..,AAn C, nnl.rh,i. nnrl MoHOOW WOUld . have to' wind about clrcuitously to avoid hills valleys, streams, etc "Have to'" exclaimed Nicholas "who says 'have to' to my railroad plan? G1t ,. a M.lr" with a nenell and ruler M lilts iuivi 1 1 ,....-- JfH drew a perfectly straight line between tn m two cities, and that line haa to ne ioui by the railroad builders a eat "i1""': sary expense Tunnels and bridges haa to be built where, onlv a few miles to east or west, level country provided Ideal con ditions for railroaders The Czar had W be obeyed That was the bad side ot autoc racy The good side was that the rallrota was built at all Though the Czar thought he could com mand nature, he did not cherish the llluilon that he could command talent He fouoo, ik.l v.. hail tn aenrl tn America to get tM work done right, and the consequence wl that Joseph Harrison, Jr, or i-nuaao'i""-' , iuiva von In nusala building ran ways, locomotives and bridges for the tr tn .v.. io aivtie. nnrl earlv seventies ' Harrison was considered the wealthiest man In this city Born In 1810, he had be" apprenticed In a machine shop wnen no -fifteen He was foreman at twenty, aaji at twenty-seven partner in one of w ie j llest locomotlye manufactories m It Is curious to read now of a pr"lc. man ime ---. V ,,. r.m.nJ.: which he worKea. duc. h """-- :; fl.MJ bered that In those days Iron had to M for Its place In the world. ConservstlW believed ships should not be made of TO that railroads should not be attempted is; n. that the world was going "iron-crtij. There were men. doubtless who c0"" Harrison a frantic radical for "WM.p following sentiments at a dinner l"S sentiments which we would consider HOP-, lessly commonplace today: - ..,-. ,-i. m.lol Iron, must ' iliac. fiiwiiiM- ....,.-., . . . be the great agent for promoting the chanlo arts. Iron Is the true P" metal, a metal so Interwoven with the irn of life, and with our very njments, th" to do without it would be W relaP" U barbarism. Take away gold "V itlvlni the wnoie range oi uaaor moi -. -- . imn. nri would hardly miM """l .Take away iron, and we loss what (S ' w m, ,! " ,nJi7 v.. a aaraasssaascyssssssa ""s . " aaaf. is t raw u& ' ! ;m evVK -.' rJWlfW L ,i r .i'W,, mrm , . !i p ,. r; Vfjs ri v. C"L, fjr'Xnx" ,"" -; .7. . 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