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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-
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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."
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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 '
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