HFeS mrwKs WBW wm ,;'' ' " - rwuu ijjwk uuwAnx WfcM H.,Jt.' CURTIS, Paimvr I J, LMfcttten, Vlca President! John .' Soer-Ury and Treasurrri Philip B. ji. Williams, John J. Bpurceon. Director. tx . TBDiToniAL noxnnj p- 1- Crani H. K. Ccatt... Chairman. 'Jf t WKALBT Editor f Mm f UltiTiM ri. ...... i T1...I-... lalllb4 dally at Praua T.inai. TtuiMimv. , , Independenc Square, rMladtlphla. i .UMBa C.1TAL...nroad and Chmtmit Slr..t. IJ"1"!' C?TI , , ...Frets-Union nulldinft FY Itlr Mt aicirupoman lowar i, fc. lWS,..,. 100 rullortoa Bulldlnc J. WHO 1V0S Trihmi BuUdln ' - NEWS BCnEAUS: R V T2BII2W Jl"rAD Jlltrn rtulldtna- F AxJiSiii 'nAV.; .....00 .FrledrlclutraM- K K7?ViV0 I!1?0"1 llouw. Strand ' ! j rim BcaxAU. .... k.n! ria t.a.,1. i. n.. fJh - - SmiSCIUPTION TEIIMS ' i4'f. The Evasmij Limca la nnl in ,.,. ik. Sttt'te . "uladalphJa. and. aurrounjlnr town at the i"V K tt. wivo t3 cent per week, paiabla .i- . Br mail tn ifo, .IdVIRNI. -s tWr"L.. m . . . fcl month ,'n couniriea on (I1J dollar per 'J ,,i?TiSsS.b"crlbr?. w'hlnr address ohanred rf aawellaarieyr address. ijj . OTLL. SOOO ALNtlT KEYSTOINE. MA1V 3000 fc-' AMrt all communication to Evening wwtur, iniKpranmcB Boaarr, i-miaatrpMa. BrrxMo at tots rniLAijirniA roiTorncs as SSCONO-CUSS Kilt, MATTER. a& rMladtlphla, SilorJ.j-i Jaly IS, 1917 MASTER COG IN THE EFFICIENCY MACHINE aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ' enTT ,m tt I 1 . Tho Soldier Dreads the Urn iii--.' ..j - vmrm enemy7 xno womorr regiment had been a jokb. for several week. It was believed to be n mere flourish. But thoro was no parading, no speechifying. They simply took their places In tho trenches, where to right and left of them men were desert Ing, went over the top and bayoneted tho aermans. Many of theso girls are dead or grievously wounded or suffering from shell-shock, from which no many trail men and men past their prime suffer In their first cxperlenco near high explosives. And, of course, most women uro not fitted by nature to withstand theso stupendous explosions. It Is not likely that there will be many more women's legions, Theso girls Invited martyrdom. They woro brought up In a religious country Whcro right Is right nnd wrong Is wrong to tho end of tho reckoning, nnd whero all tho quibbling of Intellectual cowards can never make a compromlso with evil socm good. THE PRACTICAL ORATOR rpHB general munitions board of tho Council of National Defense has issued a statement to'the effect that tho railroad situation Is tho weakest link In the stor age problem. A railroad can stagger along for a time under a load far heavier than It Is designed to bear. But If this goes too far. signs of congestion begin' to appear, and then. If nothing radical Is done, an actual tie-up ensues. Under such a "tie-up" a railroad can "go out" almost as completely as a man breaks under nervous prostration. The level of effi ciency would bo reached If It could be arranged that each of tho myriad arti cles being purchased by the Uovcrnnient for the army nnd navy could be handled once, and only once, by the railroads. To bring this about nothing should be put Into a railroad car except for Immediate and direct haul, either, first, to a place whero It Is to bo consumed or otherwise utilized, or, second, to the seaboard prior to transshipment across seas. It Is quite common military and Industrial practice for most munitions to make three, four or more railroad trips beforo they reach the consumer or the hold of an ocean-going ship. Sometimes goods are sent to Intermediate distribution de pots, or to places of assembly, requiring additional and V frequently unnecessary railroad hauls. Sometimes theso extra haultngs aro simply the result of accident or chance. But every extra and avoid able hauling, oven whore mileage Is not Increased, will" have to be cut out if wo aro to use tho railroads as an clllclent part of our war machine. In time of stress artificial pressure ceases to exert a decisive lnflucnco and natural laws In the transportation field, as elsewhere, insist on recognition. There Is no room now for preferential rate making and all the other professional routine that favors ono locality over another nnd subordinates natural advan- 'tagea to the exigencies of "influence" or formulated competition. The Government will not hereafter per mit such wholesale wastage of railroad energy as is evident In tho haul of foreign shipments through Philadelphia to New 'York, there to be further handled on barges for distribution. Not only that, but the Government is virtually insisting that war manufacturing bo done In tho vicinity of raw mntcrlalg in territory whero tho several industries fit into one another. Comprehensive preparedness means a maximum of results with n minimum of transportation. The necessities of this situation arc met by tho Philadelphia territory to nn exceptional degree. We assert a primacy and there Is virtually no second. This Is recognized by financiers all over the country, many of whom have turned al ready to this section to put into execution their vast plans of development. General Goethals put his finger on Philadelphia because here, and here alone, ho was cer tain to get tho Ideal conditions ho sought. The railroads themselves havo realized the folly of "way-stationing" Philadel phia. They, too, under the drlvo of neces sity, have begun to concentrate on this territory. So only can they be an efficient JJ"- art of tne sreat war machine. Ifi?i Young man, come to l'miauoipmai wo f ft hall need a minimum or zu.uuu auumonai r skilled workmen in tho near future; !"V niaybe double that number. There will A1 1 be tens of thousands of new pooplo to Si i ho hnmed and clothed and fed. Tho .i r ... nnnmnrlntcH fnr municipal lmnrovo $,'& .ments, which seemed huge two years Jiago, appear only ordinary now. Minions fLmore will bo needed. Every citizen must -t. i !.. mnonaiHIv nt tnn nAW flrn. snaro jh n"? i.wo - .. ..,, . JJust as every citizen must bear his part fJM the burden, we Plan uio Deai iransji 1.iii,i.. in ihn wnrM. the best rjort faclll I lantiubi' -..w ...- , - . the best living conditions and the W. iet Inspiring leadership. We are in Jne'to get all of thetie things and get 'tifon in a hurry. T.he "Acres of Dla- .jwhhU" are here, in this territory, nnd sMtoaky is the Individual wtio makes that lot the slogan or nis purpose iw. ' .. u. , r ;"VTHE LEGION OF UJ5A.TU f ' ' Jlreoorded that the two German ttjid 100 men captured by tne i cpeath were utterly amazed and ,The they found their captors Hi The whole world shares Russia has, for all practical purposes at this hour, passed out of tho conflict. That tremendous body of people has, by reason of tho situation at home, vir tually left tho fighting line. Senator Borah. "TjXHt nil practical purposes at this hour" that Is, tho hour In which tho Senator was making a speech It suited his purposes exactly to present the Rus sian situation ns hopeless. In general, the purposes 5f tho speech were good. Ho wanted to impress upon tho people tho need for great patriotic devotion In a serious crisis. In particular, ho spoke in favor of moio closely" defining and recon sidering our war alms. But whatever his purpose, It was weakened by the above "practical" statement. Virtually, tho Russians hold about a thousand miles of zigzagging trench lino in Russia, in Rumania, in Austria and In Turkey. They havo retreated on a 150-mllo front, not In Russia, but In Austria-Hungary, in territory that they had conquered. The Teuton advanco has not yet reached Russian soil. In Rumania tho Teutons aro reported to havo suf fered a reverse. In Tuikey tho Russians hold their gains. Wo aro unablo to sco how "that tremendous body of pcoplo has virtually left tho fighting line." If wo aro to be very practical wr must ask why tho Germans have not ndvanccd on tho long lino from Riga to Gallcla, their enemies having "passed out of tho conflict." Is it that they havo not enough men to spare? Or Is It that they fear the swift revival of Russian patriotism tho moment they press forward? Of course, one cannot Jump up In tho air with glee over the Russian situation, but It Is another mntter to overstate our pessimism In default of other arguments to convince tho Senate. Russia bristles with "facts" for tho pessimist, It Is truo. But for tho optimist one fact also stands out: Germany has not felt strong enough to attempt tho conquest of a country which for four months has been as near chaos as It Is safe to be. NO "REGULARS" IN CITY POLITICS THE "reform-wlthln-the-party" Repub licans, who aro planning to put up a complete ticket against tho Organiza tion's slate In tho primary, are doing valuable work whether they are destined to win or to lose. The Important thing Is tho formation of n permanent bod of reform voters, who will constantly preach the dlfferenco between local and national politics and the utter lack of meaning In such words as "Republican" nnd "Democrat" in municipal affahs. National politics has nothing to do with building subways, cleaning Btreets and developing a port. The man who says he votes for Repub lican Organization Councllmen because he Is for a protective tariff Is not a regu lar Republican. Ho Is only "a regular liar." , Economy everywhere but In realm of Pork! the Wo need not worry about having to roly on French heavy guns. They have been a pretty good rellanco for everybody they havo undertaken to protect. Tho favorlto method of delaying the Senate is to begin a speech with those oft and nptly chosen words: ".Mr. Presi dent, it is not by deslro to delay further consideration of this matter, but " Sometimes tho way in which a task is approached Is more Important than Its immediate accomplishment. In tho Irish Convention now In session tho Irish prob lem Is not so much on trial as the Irish character. at. the dark hour r.K.; ttUaK..,! tip 'awim :? vo9m im sjr , .rtH wmnn to Q .w All tho loud talk for peaco in the House of Commons boiled down to this: that there were only nineteen votes in favor of negotiating with Germany out of a total membership of 670. A little talk can be made to go to a great way. A Fair Trade League representa tive points to the case of a shirt, which was advertised as "worth" $2.50, was marked down to $1.29. Tho shirt was sold In reputablo stores regularly for seventy-nine cents nnd cost the retailer fifty-three cents. Dlshonosty, It would seem, is not confined to the food market. Congress Is Receiving Com plaints About the Exemption of Foreign-Born How the Espionage Law Works I-ast autumn I was expressly asked whe'n the Russian offensive would begin. I replied that I did not know. My reply was received with disfavor, but I saveij. our offensive power. General nrusslloff. What this means is that Petrograd was in the habit of informing Germany ahead of time Just when, how and where a new offensive vould begin. In order to prevent another such betrayal, Brusslloff refused to let Petrograd know anything about his plana. Senator Lewis has muddled war prep arations wlth peace piffle. To what evil days has Illinois come that the Mayor of Its great city and Its chosen messen gers to the Congress are audible only when they docry or embarrass their Gov ernment's effectual prosecution of the war forced upon this, country. Chicago Her ald. . i ' " Never mind) When it comes; to ben iiumlHated by misrepresentation in ruHHi'iiH IlUnoIe and Chicago . haven't '."ir:'.' 'j... -i,i.-' .:. ..., Special Corropondenca Hvcnina Ledger WASHINGTON', July 28. IF CONQRKSS Is not alwnys wlso In Its deliberations. It Is not for want of free atlvlco from tho voluntary statesmen. It Is not unusual to receive In one day's mall enough printed matter containing tho ar guments and theories of men and women In all stations of llfo to keep ono In read ing matter for an entlro week. Much of Hill material comes from out-and-out lob byists, who camp on tho trail of every session of Congress. Much of It also comes from well-meaning cllbens who are worked up to feer heat ocr public questions or who honestly endeavor to enlighten their representatives, rerhapt the heaviest In flux nf this sort of literature tomes from those who believe In or who oppose prohi bition nnd woman suffrage. Much of It comes from labor and religious circles. Needless to say, most of It finds Its way Into Hie congressional waste basket. It Is Im possible for members of Congress to read It If they nttempted to comprehend It all there would be llttlo opportunity to trans act the serious business of Congicss. Postofflcc Censorship The olume of printed material which comes thtough tho malls, regardless of the high price of paper, adds materially to the postal cost, but It Is argued that the people hao the right to appeal to their reprceenta. tlvcs, even though some of the material they send forward might well be handled with tongs. Tho Postofllco Department Is not oblUlous to the great rush of printed matter tn tho congressional otflces It has been complaining for a long time about the tone of much of this material, and Blnee tho passage of the espionage law has taken some of it from tho mails. The Socialists In particular havo been falling under the ban of tho Postmaster Ocneral's edict, and some humorous editions of papers hitherto criti cizing the Administration have been reach ing Washington. They consist chiefly of the title and dato line and the Postmaster's regulations, surrounded by blank pages. This by way of protest agaliiBt the so-called "suppression of a free press." Whether the espionago law has been taken too hcrlously by tho Postofllco Department or not, It Is evident that some ono In uuthorlty has been carefully reading the biting effusions of some of our political1 nnd economic reform ers to tho chagrin and dismay or many of them. The Postofflco Department, with Its thousands of skilled employes checking up mall matter and paiccl-post packages. Is paid to be of great service to tho Admin (Mratlon In discovering enemies of tho United States. Whatever Is dropped in tho Postofhce can usually bo traced, and as communication with foreign countries Is had through tho medium of the mall pouch, tho Government Is fairly well safeguarded against the transmission of Improper letters or packages, Just as It W In position to detect unfriendly Information transmitted by means of the cable or w ireless telegraph. The Department of Justice and tho" Secret Service obtain much of their primary in formation concerning Illegal or unfriendly transactions from tne watchful agents of the Postofflce Depattinent. Reaching Relatives Abroad Whether tho espionago of any of these departments, however, shall bo carried to the point of preventing all communication between relatives In the United States and Uermany is still being debated. Such com munication through the Statu Department has been cut oft for tome time because wo have no official relations with the fier man Empire. But tho question has arisen whether tho policy of suppression with re tpect to our enemies and their allies shall bo carried so far as to prevent a son or daughter who Is In the United States from communicating upon purely personal or domestic matters with a father or mother or other relatives In nllen territory. While our officials are assiduous In their search for spies, It Is believed In Washing ton that some of their fears aro so over drawn as to cause unnecessary hardship and privation to Innocent persons, who prior to tho war had nothing but good will toward tho United States nnd who can hao no other thought after the war is closed. Tho Houso had Uils in mind re cently when It declined to Increase In tho tradlng-wlth-the-enemy act somo of tho extreme power It had given to tho Presi dent and his suboid'nates In the espionago law. It will not bo denied that much cheap and worthless literary material has been going through the malls. Somo of It has been Insulting and some of It inflamma tory. The Postmaster General is known to havo personally constderod much of this stuff Improper for circulation But until the passage of tho espionage law thcro seems to havo been no method of stopping it without violating tho so-called "freedom of the press" as guaranteed by the Con stitution. Aliens and Conscription The alien question has been discussed off and on In Congress for tho lust two weeks from another viewpoint that or the rela tion of tho alien In tho United States to conscription. Complaint has been made, and It comes principally from Northern States, that the system of registration under the conscription law has worked Injustice to natives and naturalized citizens or Northern States and has operated favorably to South ern States. That Is to say, tho number of persona registered has Included so many more aliens In Northern States than In Southern States, that when tho Northern States' aliens are exempted from tne draft a greater number of native and naturalized citizens have been required to make up tho quota. Critics have even charged that the population lists of some of the northern cities have been padded. The Southern representatives have defended their census director, but several resolutions have been introduced which seek to have counted for service those aliens who will be left out of the draft to tho prejudice' of their native and naturalized neighbors. These reiolutlons Involve treaty obligations which may make It Impossible, under certain cir cumstances, to compel military service of the citizens or subjects of foreign countries who enjoy residence and occupation in the United States. Thus far Congress has done no more than to give to foreign Govern ments, who are allied with us In the war, Kngland, France, Italy, Russia and others, the right to send officers hero to recruit for their own armies. Even bo the recruit ing officers have no power to compel aliens now residing here to go home to nght for their own.1 coirntrles. The gravamen is that it not fair that American boys and those who have chosen to become citizens of the United States should be made to leave their homes and fight for other countries, while tnose who continue to remain citizens and subjects of other countries shall be left behind in neace and safety tn the United States to take the work and the emoluments of those who go to the front The Adminis tration tn its conscription law overlooked this contingency, which la.eatutnc muoh nf,i aai.T run villaov ror.T Whenever It's a Raturday an' Mother's ttorfc U through She never think of Chotnut atrcct or news that's old or new, Hut hustles to the Ucrmnntoicn, the latest film to view. Perhaps you care for tennis, or for golf, the same as mc, An' pictures on a Saturday arc not for you to sve; But If hy any chance you should prefer a movta show The Qcrmantoivn on Raturday Is just the place to go. Of course, the lure to catch us all Is "lovely womanhood," An' there you'll see a picture that'll surely do you uuod; for other fo'ys may flivver, hut If pure dcllyht you'd knoio You tcant to follow Mother to her favorite ' movie show. Oh, never mind the rush for scats, there's time enough for that; Jlut take i look at Mother in her natty tailor hat. Oh I pipe the rosy bloom of youth upon her check that lies. An' note the clrar, deep azure llyht In her Madonna eyes; Observe her surd solicitude und stiony maternal pride For all those happy youngsters who arc skipping by her side. Oh! other Joys may flivver, but tf pure delight you'd know. You irant to follow Mother to her fniorttc 7iio flc show. A'o doubt you'll )cad the lines above an' call mc "hypocrite," An' wonder why I'm not there, too, if I'm so fond of It. Oh, well, you sec, I need the golf, the exercise, the air The stoilng up of energy to ward off cork ing eaie. Oh, keep your old opinion then, an' I will da the same, Unless a blooming thunderstorm should mess the ancient game. If that, my Joy, should flivver, the second best I know Is just to follow Mother to her favorite movie sliow. Whenever It's a Raturday an' Mother's woik Is through Rhc never thinks of Chestnut street or nctcs that's old or new, Hut hustles to tho Oermantown, the latest film to view. Sweat "Could you Inform me," writes Con script Sammeo G "If ono perspires freely would he have any claims for exemption?" Pending tho appointment by the Presi dent of a National Appraiser of Perspira tion, wo may reply unofllclally to this correspondent: Your case cannot be definitely decided upon tho meager evidence submitted. You must offer yourself for further examina tion, and even then wo can't promise. What Is the character of your perspira tion? Besides being fice, is It cold, or clammy, or both? What most Induces Its flow. If fear, state what sort? Of death? Of work? If exempted from service In trenches und given department Job, could you bo I trusted to keep your perspiration away from tho red tape? Is your condition infectious? If so, would you accept a seat in Congress? America expects every man to bedew niH duty. Per splrntlon nd astra! Dear Sir The elucidation of tbe new physio psychic pronormallun" In tho rolyum on Friday, tho 13th. merits acknowl edgment. The explanation that "upon tho chaiacter of tho creature's psychical Im pression altogether depends the degree of tho creaturu's phjslcnl expression, and vice versa." Is most satisfactory, I am sure and probably constitutes a sort of bridge vitviin im. unproven tneorles of Dr Slg inund Freud nnd others so lately tho voguj nnd tho directly opposite conclusions which uro now being announced by n few of our mw-ii uiuuieni ana logical medical au thorities. Such a transition was entertainingly fore cast some tlmo ago, when It was the writer's privilege to receive a circular from a firm of "healers" who advertised to "treat by osteopathy, electro-therapy, niccbano-ther-upy, Christian Science, New Thought" and other methods, tho "holiness hour" for meditation and other devotional exercises being, as I recall It, at 9:30 a m. dally. What wonder when tno uerago M. D. upon ten minutes' acquaintance pronounces every case which he cannot understand to be of psychic origin (and often this Is not simply to beat tho metaphysicians to It, but ho really believes It). VTlicn the patient asks Just what this means and what he is to do nnd protests his ability to under stand It. If It can bo explained, the said average M. D. quickly gathers up hla dlag nostlcnl impedbiieiila and side-steps It to tho exit 1 Perhaps when tho return to common senso gains sufficient momentum tho fads of auto suggestion nnd dream of interpretation will bo eliminated from medical consideration and bluff, unless, Indeed, tho "vets" should decide to delay their exit and "try them on tho dog." HUGH MUIlIt. Phollyin de Phillies Well, dfm blamed 'hlcka Gets atainmed onct more; Tho lleJi rocs (I Utm Phillies 4. The French Celebrated the Anniversary of Amer ican Freedom as Though It Were a bacrea Day of Their Own By HENRI BAZIN Staff CorrwpondcHf of the Evening ledger in France, TAIUS, July 4. IN THIS war precedent after precedent extraordinary has been created. Many havo been horrible, nnd It Is to prevent their icpetltlon that llberty-lovlng men are banded together to tho death. Some have been sublimely beautiful. Here and there an lnstnnco or a (Into stands out Hiiptcme, taking Its placo as a living mem ory forever In tho hearts of those who witnessed it. Such, I feel, will be tho classification of this July 4, 1917, In Paris. For today to mo nbovc nil tho moving things I witnessed and took part In there looms white nnd largo the fnct that for tho first tlmo In thn world's history tho national holiday of ono nation was feted In another us if It was that other's own: and In the feting of tho 141st anniversary of American Independence Franco and the United States were truly wedded, in I'm is the beautiful, under a blight July sun, befoie thousands of people In the historic Court of Honor of tho Invalldes. Drawn up In tho vast square permeated with the gloilcs of ancient Franco stood n h million nf tho 237th Teirltorlal In f.intry. n gray-clad group of pollus well past life's meildlan. About them, stand ing upon tin co sides of tho court, stood n battalion of tho Sixteenth Infantry, U. S. A., khakl-clad, youthful, sunburned, litight-eyed, typical of the energy perme ating their land across the sea, typical of the great army of which they aro tho vangunMl, of tho millions that will fight the cause of light and the cause of Fiance In the near future, Hcfmc them, In tho center, a group of aged men In clvillnn clothes, les Inva lldes; at their hides, chosen men In gray mil khaki. And all along their lino flags. Flags of the red, white and blue, f,omo In tho stars nnd stripes of tho United Statos, and others of France. Ono was girded at tho top with a groat lace pen nant. One was faded nnd torn, and to those who know stained with tho blood of men. Two were pennants of a major general, ono In the stnrs and stripes, nnd tho other with tho Htui-s or his rank laid upon a Held of led, Tho others repre sented dates and events In the history of France, taken for this occasion fiom glass-covci ed cases to breathe once again tho air sut rounding a great cause. Million and a Half Spectators All about tho three tiers of galleries, to tho noith, tho south, tho east and tho west, as well ns fltnndlng within three feet of tho men In nuns, stood thousands und thousands of people, tho greatest number, It Is said, that ever crowded this hlstoilo spot. And outside, across tho gieat esplanade, blackening the bridges across the Seine, far beyond tho Grand and Petit Palais and to tho Champs Ely sees, stood a hundred times their num ber; while beyond still a hundred times more fully one and a half millions in nil. And ono In every three carried an American flag, Hags of all sizes and all qualities, but each and all a Stars and Stripes. At 9 n. in, precisely, through the great doorway, amid a blare of bugles, entered Major General John J. Pershing with Gen eial Duball, mlllbjiy governor of Paris, followed by Mutshal Joffre und Generals Foch, Duparge nnd Peltier, of tho French army, Dliectly behind came Ambassador Sharp, accompanied by his military and naval attaches and members of his em bassy, and the chiefs of staff of General Pershing and Mnishal Joffre, followed by the American commission of forty, of ficially appointed to iccelvo the first Amciican armed force fiom tho United States, of which your coriespondent had tho distinguished honor of being a mem ber. To name these forty men would bo but to name those well known for their lovo and devotion to France and her causo before America's entry Into tho war. The name of tho chairman, Charles Pilncp, of Boston, a lawyer' of interna tional fame and a resident of Paris for twenty-four years, as well ns the uncle of Norman Prince, who gavo the first American aviator's life for France In this war, will sufllco as to tho essentials ot thirty-eight of his associates. In five minutes, amid n blare of presi dential trumpets nnd the cheers of tho crowd, Raymond Polncnre, President of France, nnd Paul I'alnleve, Minister ot Wnr, entorcd tho court. Accompanied by General Pershing, Mar shal Joffro nnd tho French generals, tho President and Minister Inspected the American troops, who stood as men of marble In tho July sun, every eye straight ahead, every olllcer's sword at right sa- A classified ad In yesterday's paper an nouncing "letter carrier lost In grand stand" reminded us of Tim Mullavoy, who woro tho gray and carried tho bag for tho P. O, D, some twentyrflvo years ago. Tim's beat had been on Chestnut street for years, but in one of the political shake-ups he disappeared from Main street. We camo upon him In the Italian quarter some time later. "How did you come to this?" we asked him. "Politics," sez he. "Sure, they'ro tryin to discour age mo wld this haythen Job. Lookut tho kind o' letthers I havo to be handin' around! Can you make top or tall o that wan? No, nor could annybody else, exclpt wan o' these haythen Kyetaliana .thlmselves. What do I do? Me? Oh, sure, if I can't make out th' address on an lnvilopo I'll stop wan o' these fellies an I'll glvo It to him. 'Here,' I'll say to him, 'dy'e know that lad? No? Well, mebbe ye'll come across him, an' if ye do give that to him.'" i,,i frnm tho American troops cno President and those following him passed in roview before the pollus In gray gray uniforms and tho gray of years about their temples but men, every inch of them; men who had stood tho gaff in a hell of blood close to youth from over tho' sea who were nbout to take their places. Flag of the Foreign Legion Returning to tho center of tho court, the distinguished party stood In a group while les Invalldes and eloven lineal descendants of Lafayette, Rochambeau and Do Grasso presented to General Per shing, In his capacity as commander-in-chief of American forces In France, the two pennants nbovo described, tho gift of the donors. Immediately after a magnificent silken Stnrs nnd Stripes, with Its laco pennant, was presented to the Goncrnl by a committee of officials In civil and unl foim representing tho town of Puy, where Lafayette was born. And following the words of presentation and acceptance Doctor AVatson, pastor of the American Episcopal Chuich of tho Holy Trinity In the Avenue Alma, presented to the Gen eral the original battle-stained American flag that had been carried since October, 191B, by the American company of the Foreign Legion, a veritable flag of his tory, a banner that had been baptized in blood upon thirty occasions. This flag was accepted by General Pershing in sim ple words, in which he expressed the de slro It should ret for all time In tho Invalldes with tattered flags of France. Spch Is therefore to bo Us ultimate destiny. After the ceremony the American troops filed out of the Invalldes and began a flve-mllo march through Paris to tho ancient cemetery of PIcpus, whero Lafnyetto Is burled. During the entire march they were acclaimed and cheered by fully a million people, who had cov ered them with flowers before they reached tho end of tholr Journey. As they entered the cemetery, roses and posies hung from their celts, wero strewn across their shoulders, protruded from the barrels of their rifles. At one point 1000 school children wero marshaled along tho curb nnd their yells could be heard across tho Seine. At another 300 old ladles, occupants of the Etlenne Home for the Aged, added their feeblo heartfelt cheers. At still another, tho walking wounded of Hospital No. , 373 strong, were standing at salute. Tho entlro march was nn ovation such ns is seldom given man to see, and visibly stirred tho souls of all who witnessed it. At tho cemetery, which is very small, but a privileged few hundred were ablo to group about the flat grantto slab under which rest the bones of America's de fender nnd Washington's friend. Beside It a small tribune had been erected from which, after a few well-chosen words by Ambassador Sharp, Brand Whltlock, American Minister to Bolglum, delivered tho address of the day. Its substance has gone over the wire, and has no place here. But It was, It may be said, a masterpiece of oratory, and spoken through the lips of the orator's heart. At 12:30 a special luncheon of honor was given nt the Palais D'Orsay, where 360 men heard Prime Minister Ribot speak upon tho union of France nnd tho United States, and eulogize the American Fourth of July in such manner as never hod been heard before outside the boundaries of tho United States. During tho after noon Ambassador Sharp held a public reception at the embassy, where the of. flclal committee aided In receiving more than 16,000 persons, tho reception lasting from 4 to 7, during which hours a con stnnt stream 'of French, American nhd English greeted the representative of tho United States, The day closed with a dinner given by General Foch at the Military Club in the Avenue do L'Opera to General Pershing, his entlro staff and Colonel Allaire, commander of the Six. teenth Infantry Battalion. I thought when the news of America's entry Into tho war came over tho wires that I had seen all the American flags In Franco waving. Today I saw them nil over again and 20,000 more. I had thought, too, upon that occasion, that I had witnessed the extremo height of en thusiasm. But great as It was, as deep a memory as It remains with me, It was but as a grain of sand against the shores of the sea In comparison with the en thusiasm of this July 4, 1917, when the national fete of tho United States be came aw If spontaneously the national fete, too, of France. WHEN PEAR ENDg Tho Soldier Dreads the Battle 't Ho Begins to. Fight T7IVEIIYB0DY wondirs nh ... .... m, . -- "in me - satlons nnd emotions of the indlvla soiaicr ns ne waits in the front Una tn tor me oraer to cnarge and as h across the death-swept zona towaM ' enemy. Does he think of tha chanct' iieauw is ne pnysicany airald?. Dotal snnnK irom tno necessity of faclnr iniucung aeainv jjonniu Hankey, th Ushman who wrote so frankly and lnt esungiy oi mo soldiers experiences t front In "A Student In Arms," comM this matter In one of tha articles In tl new voiume, "a atuaent in Arms, SecoS series." air. jianKcy spent nearly whole of two years at tho front In trenches and in the supporting lines. was killed In action at the battU 0f Somme. lie says: . (vl1 "The fact Is that at the moment of fll wmtiftu invii mo tn mi iiusoiuieiy abnormiiil conamon. ineir emotions seem to numbed. Kolsos, sights and sentatloiJI wnicn wouia ordinarily produce Intensa pta norrur on ureuu nave no enect Upon thix fll at all, and yet never was the mind clurSU the senses mor nrntf. Tf la v. . ' attack that a man Is more liable to t- Of all the hours of dismay that com to'V soiuier mere aro lew more trying to tH nerves than when he Is sitting in a tren' under heavy fire from htgh-exploslve ihttir or Domos irom trencn mortars. "You can watch these bombs lohW up Into the air. You see them slowly wtf ble down to earth there to explode wlthV' terrific detonation that sets every nerve ia'j .your body a-Jangllng. You can do noh' ing. You can not retaliate in any wn You simply havo to sit tight and hop foi1 the best. Some men Joke and smile i'buti their mirth Is forced. Some feli tM,.4i Indifference, and sit with a Dancr , ... pipe, but as a rule their pipes are out in I ineir rcauuiK a preiense. mere are few men, Indeed, whose hearts are not beatlnr', faster nnd whose nerves are not on edt.'' "But you can't call this tha fear of death. It Is a purely physical reaction ot i danger and detonation. Personally, I b,7 llevo that very frw men Indeed fear deauV" The vast majority expcilenseamore nr u. violent physical shrinking from the tain of aeaiu anu wuunas, especially wran thl?) are obliged to bo physically Inactive, aw when they havo nothing else to think abautT; But this Is a purely phystcal renovOrjI which can be, and nearly always is, cow trolled by the mind. Last of all there l!. the repulsion nnd loathing for the wholaTi Dusiness or war, wun its Bloody ruthleta." ness, Its fiendish ingenuity, and Its Inn' sate cruelty mat comes to a man attetv a Dauie, wnen me loriurea nnd dlsmenW bered dead lie strewn about the trench.' and the wounded groan from No-Man'aV T nv..4 I) "rinf nallliAf. Ib llint hA .... M .1 It Is a repulsion which breeds hot angfcf, more often than cold fear, reckless hntr. of life more often than abject clineinr la,' it. The cases where any sort of fear, ivea. for a moment, obtains the mastery ot 4' man are very rare." What Do You Know? "Your New York correspondent," writes Will Lou, "begs to report a subway ac cident in the Bronx the other day or aren't youv interested in, so to speak, bronchial troubles?" We're having our own. Some of the hips at the navy yard, we underatand, h6 brown keel trouble, and Leagu -wuM, curiously noun. M ImU4 In WmMmLsS-litikA,. 1 WHY ROOSEVELT WASN'T SENT When President Wilson, In the face of ad verse criticism and pressure from all sides, declined Mr. Roosevelt's offer to lead a vol untcor army to France, ho showed remark able perspicacity, A very serious blunder wns avoided. I have not the slightest doubt that Mr. Roosevelt and his friends were actu ated by tho sole motive of wanting to serve Franco; but their love of the French was greater than their knowledge of the French. Whatever the newspapers may bave said, in the deslro to avoid looking a gift-horse in tho mouth, the people of France did not un derstand tho Hoosevelt scheme. It perplexed and worried them. They would have in terpreted Its adoption as a sign hat our Government did not have sufficient prestige among tho Amorlcan people to help France In the regular way, or that the American people were so opposed to the war' that President Wilson was compelled to fall back upon private Initiative and enterprise for military co-operation with the Entente Powers. It was only when telegrams from Washington announced that General Per shing would command the first troops sent to France, and that these troops would be an official American army, that the French realized the significance ot America's entry Into the war. Now they know that the American nation, represented by the Gov ernment at Washington, Is helping France. Herbert Adams Gibbons In the Century, quotation marks. Here nre a few of them that will be recognized as old friends; tne snort and simple annals of poor." "Rich with the spoils of time." "Tho paths of glory lead but to &ruvo. the QUIZ 1. What In n Mvnnni'f 2. Who will head the new 'industrial board ii nuperiUe war purchatrsT 3. Thn slater of a noted Prltlih warrior, : thouxht dead as the mult ot a ff ' traxedr. ha Juit stated that she M' lleies him to be alive. What is hU naaof , 4. Who has coined the phrase "pawnbroker Pi triotlum" In connection with America' part In the war? 15. What was the orltin of the Chwlcr rloUf 6. What German city I reported to bo sofferj Ini most heavily from a cholera eplaeailef 7. In the verses "Jtnnr Kissed Me," br Ldjtll Hunt, to what woman, the wlf of a im mous man of letters. Is reference madof 8. Kiemptlons of person llvlni In certain Parte of the country nre eipewtod to be tew when the military draft I consummated What parts ot the country are thesoT 0. What does "syntax" mean? 10, What was the more common name of tbs) French poet MontcorblcrT , Answers to Yesterday's Qui ,5 1. Cavalrymen and artillerymen wear leathe putter because, uslnc horses, tholr leaf must be protected from abrasion. Iafn 2. Kayraond Duncan, American 'lecturer an dlsclnle of Orcck art, created a. sonsattoa In Philadelphia by walking barelcfted throtiKh tho streets In winter. -, 3. Marshall Held I local aviator and aporvri man who has Just been commissioned nH tain In the aviation corp by tha Wi Department. .'v 4. Thomas Chattorton and John Davidson, Eat llhh poets, killed themselves. ,.. B. Ksncrantlst plan to brlna ahrtit universal peace through tho o,of "the nnlvertol lancuage," from which they take tnett name. r . Sew York hotel chefa have been dratted fJJ temporary duty n coouna tastructerj M the new army cantonment at YapUan Lorn Island, 7. rhaedra, a lecendnry princess of ta islaM of Crete, wedded Theseus, fell to 1T with hi son, Illppolytus, and, beliuj J pulsed, stranded h?7itiripld. Ka cine and Maurice Hewlett havo " play about her. . f 8. "Stopplnr the ahow" in theatrical nana lemand mean making so pronounced a I ...., IHa m.tAImn tflMf thA Ifi encore delays tho rest of tho enter Yaudevllli ment. 0. Lout Itaemaekers, the famous PuUh J cartoonist. U lsltlng In the Uall klotau 'Neither ho or I wera there1' snouia -"Neither he nor I wa thrre." T 10, RED CROSS WORK IN 1864 a 'And freeze the genial i-nrni. soul." "L the the A MINE OP EPIGRAMS No Blngle poem in the English language perhaps has contributed so many lines that have passed into currency of quotations si Oray's famous Elegy. It la a veritable mine of epigrammatic, nuggets that have enriched the language of orators and writ era and become such familiar property that " i tuair- origin w aimoatfieffouii. ai I , , i -' Mtttmti "Full many a flower Is born to blush unseen and waste Its fragrance on the desert air." "Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest; some Hampden guiltless of his coun try b uiooQi "Hands that the rod of empire might havo swayed." i mandl" nppIause of ,lstnlnS senates to com- "The nolaeleBs tenor of their way " strife"" frm th maddln crowd's ignoble fires?""' '" Ur aBheS llve thelr wontcd known?'0""1 f0rtU"8 and t0 fame un" "To wade through (slaughter to a throne." Kansas City Star. THE ELEPHANT When first I gazed upon the world Mynose was, like a rosebud, furled; 'Twas small and pink and retrouase ,A very fetching little nez., Aiaa i it grew,' It touched my toea, I found I'd loat my little noie, I almost thought tnat I was drunk, My noae had turned into a trunk, ' That seemed to hava nd useful end You aee I didn't comprehend. One happy day I saw wth Joy A peanut on a little boy. AH4 ,aU aMeno. ,L,MJesfu.l,, knew JOT. JT W MMIttw my .JSiTL - THE Sanitary Fair held in Logan Squar tn the summer of 1864 was not called "Red Cross work," but It accomplished Itl purpose Just as well for all that, A roll lion dollars and more was no mean ) for the city to produce out of spontaneous good will fifty years ago, considering tM bIzo and wealth of the Philadelphia of thQHl days. A Many of the shops and business hou5 set aside "one day's receipts" as their coo-j trlbutlon toward, the erection of the f( buildings. An enormous temporary true ture spread out over Logan Square. Thaff were corridors at the edges parallellnf tit four streets. In the buildings were Pic,uft galleries, a smoking divan, a horticulture exhibition, a refreshment saloon, a brewery. and a number of booths, at which all Wf of objects were sold. The main avenue through the center of the square, fro Eighteenth to Nineteenth street, wa, fW ered by arches in a Gothic style, ana w? ltnnwn nn 'TTnlnn nvntllTA." If the ' were held today such a thoroughfare well no doubt be called "Democracy ""'"J Each generation has its pet word, but.W idea remains the same. President Lincoln could not be pren at the ODenlne exercises of June 7, arrived with his wife for a vlilt about week later, on which occasion the cneen crowds were so great, that he could bar Daas throuah tha fair a-rounds. It il 9 tlculirlv 1ntortlno- nf thin t'ma to COnttl Plate the attitude of the publto mind fttj time when three years ot weary war l been exnerlancad. It la a. DredlctlOllvJ what we shall be 'doing, and the spirit! wmch we shall be doing 'It tn tne aunin nf 10.Jft.lf tha Vtraajmt nrHul ltiat aJiM as that of the rebellion. U The speech ot Mayor Henry 1 Jutt sort of speech that could be rnaaa to no claims more sacred, no appeal powerful, ware ever addressed to people than come to us this hour from) maimed and suffering defender ot , ITnlnn. Nn mlntai-v i-aanitvAajt hnwavaf ' directed, can adequately provld,wlt i uwyisws oi, sraye minwas -j vm vm muv- $mmt
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