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than not stupid and the publlo has no
conndonco In them. This was notably
true for a time In Pennsylvania, when
the censorship of motion pictures had
becoma ridiculous.
But ordinary censorship and censor
ship for the national defense are en
tirely different things. The latter no pa
triot would oppose and no newspaper
fall to observe voluntarily. It Is regret
table however, that the rulings !n Wash
ington should have been so muddled that,
while some newspapers were observing
tho Government's requests for nonpub
llcatlon of specific dispatches, other news
papers were printing them. Possibly tho
new rulings by Mr. Creel will prevent the
repetition of such conditions. If they do
not, voluntary censorship will cease to
exist. Nor will publlo opinion sustain
any censorship which represses facts al
ready well known In Europe and kopt
secret here only for bureaucratic pur
poses. THE DONKEY IS "IN AGAIN"
POLICY OR PRINCIPLE?
TTrarXTEN constitutions never amounted
to much until Sohn Marshall reasoned
authority into tho pronouncements of the
United States Supreme Court and tho
armies of tho Union smashed to pieces
the organized forces that sought ,to prove
by military might that the great Federal
Instrument was nothing moro than a
ompact, to be brpken at will and dls
ngarded at pleasure.
When It becamo apparent' that In this
ountry constitutions meant something,
being almost as unchangeable aB the laws
Of the Medes and tho Persians, enthusi
asts with fads perceived that to perpetu
ate their reforms tho sure way was to
avoid simple legislation and write their
Statutes Into the constitutions them
elves. That assured permanency. The
eonstitutlons of moro than half the
States are filled with legislation. They
are long, wordy documents and codes of
laws rather than statements of vital prin
ciples of government. Principles do not
Change with the years; policies, usually
outlined by legislation, do. That is why
BUte constitutions often become obsolete
Within a generation. They have within
them the seeds of their own dissolution
because they aro filled with legislation.
A governmental policy Is.no longer a
good policy If It requires a constitutional
clause to maintain It. The Monroe Doc
trine is not written Into tho Constitution,
because it does not belong there. It Is a
tatement of policy, but of a policy not
necessarily forever wise. Washington's
advice that wo beware of foreign entangle
ments was a policy of American govern
ment for moro than a century; but It was
never Incorporated In tho Constitution
because It had no proper place there.
The Bill of Bights, statements of the
ternal principles of liberty on which
our Government rests, definitions of the
powers belonging to the several depart
ments, etc., belong In tho Constitution, on
which account they aro there.
1 Legislation by constitution Is bad legis
lating because It undermines and defeats
the purpose of a constitution. It would
seem, therefore, to bo -Inherently wrong
In principle to write prohibition Into the
Federal Constitution. But may It not be
a fact that prohibition has seemed to be
a legislative affair only because legislation
offered the first and fairest opportunity
for progress? Tho Constitution, for in
stance, prohibited the importation of
laves after & specified date. Later, by
amendment. It prohibited slavery en
tirely. That was not legislation, becaus.
opposition to slavery had become a prin
ciple. It had ceased to bo a mero policy.
Consequently, Prohibitionists are within
the limits of reason when they claim that
the assertion of a general principle is
Jhelr purpose. They can point to Turkey
and Its oenturies of prohibition in de
fense of that view. A sumptuary enact
ment, however, is always a dangerous
enactment, and to writeit into the funda
mental law la a drastic proceeding. The
Inviolability of the Constitution is essen
tial to order In America. It would be ruin
: ous to have In the Constitution any pro
visions not sustained by popular opinion
to every 8tate.
It Is altogether probable that the Con
gress is justified at this time In authorlz-
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W ,.'AI a vote on a proniwiion amendment
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"' ,', went now of some of tha harah hurrtnn.
the Prohibitionists propose' to put on It
- ,'? We should view with alarm, however, a
jl , later situation If a minority of the people,
w,avtna) uiiwuaH i aumuec ouaiea, anuuia
l2 .aet the amendment Against the wishes
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iav -Btajvniy rceiaeni in me larger
Utt. The problem of the Prohibitionists
sMi4 not be merely to win enough
:tts to earry the amendment, but to
lin' fr It "majority support In at least
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THE Democratic City Committee has
provided tho Administration with ex
cellent reasons for continuing to consult
Itepublicans about appointments. The
"workers" that is to say, politicians who
do' not work cry out with one accord
that "what we want Is Jobs, not speeches";
that they aro tired of "the same old bunk
about getting together"; that they want
"Jobs for' Democrats ns Democrats." They
accuse tho President and the Secretary of
tho Navy of consulting with Congressman
Varo about appointments instead of with
tho Democratic leaders. What la their
charge against Mr. Varc? That ho Becks
Jobs. Hut to what charge do they them
selves naively plead guilty? That they
seek Jobs. On the evidence they nro more
culpable than Mr. Vare, for It Is not his
fault if Mr. Wilson and Mr. Daniels
choose to consult him.
Culpable ns we maintain Mr. Varc's attl
tudo toward municipal and Stato affairs
to be, there Is reason to believe that hit
conception of national patriotism Is qulto
up to the average. He has gone out of his
way to support the Administration in Its
prosecution of tho war. He Is said to have
a warm liking for and a strong faith In
Mr. Wilson. This Is usually coupled with
tho remark that "Vare has everything to
gain and nothing to lose by playing with
Wilson against Penrose," but wo bcllevo
these blanket condemnations of every
motive In a political boss's heart are most
unfair. A man learns patriotism In school.
Ho sets It aside, sometimes, ns something
holy nnd only remotely concerned with
practical life. He docs not apply It to
local politics. But In tho emergency of a
war he may embraco again his boyhood
ideals of patriotism, ns in tho emergency
of tho sickness or death of a rclatlvo a
man may return to his religion with nn
unexpected fervor.
At any rato, let these Democrats, who
admit they are playing petty local politics,
bring accurate and convincing evidence
thattMr. Vare, In collusion with Mr. Wil
son and Mr. Daniels, Is taking measures
that will weaken this city's efforts to help
win tno war.
VOTING A RACE EN BLOC
THE reason most decent white people
vntn tha artlM nemnnntln tnl. .
South is not that they fear Itepublicans
will come in and capitalize the negro
vote, but because they know that the
Democratic machine, If It had a fight on
its hands, would begin voting negroes
right and left. Tho shadow Is tho knowl
edge that Ignorant negro voters can be
voted en bloc. It Is a deplorable thing
that they are voted that way in Chester
for the greater glory and power of bad
government. WIso negro leadership will
carry the race into th6 middle of tho road
politically nnd keep It there.
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A GOOD WAY TO KEEP COOL
TT'S an 111 sun that warms up no good
in anybody, to misquote an old say
ing. This hot spell really has one virtue:
It makes everybody want to keep cool,
and In trying every possible means of
accomplishing that feat everybody at
last learns that tho best course is to sit
still and do nothing.
But when one relaxes and does noth.
lng one has to think. That is unavoid
able.' Thinking, one would naturally
come to reallzo that not everybody,
as tho thinker, can sit still and be calm.
Chlldron, for example, nre Incapable of
sitting still and relaxing. That Is why
It Is Impossible to hypnotize them. But
children can bo sent out of the city to
play in meadows or by the sea, where,
it seems, their ceaseless and untram
meled play can stand any amount of that
heat which Wilts them In a Bmall city
street.
The Children's Country Week Associa
tion Is soliciting funds for this work,
which is explained in a letter to the
editor appearing In another column on
this page.
It Is Afraid tho Voters Will Re
fuse to Re-elect Men Who
Levy Heavy War Taxes
W.
Should aliens be drafted? It Is a
safe bet that more than 90 per cent of
them voted.
An airplane may have tumbled
into Lake Erie, but it was not an air
plane stock.
If this keeps up, Philadelphia Is going
to have a crack black regiment. Clin
ton Hogers Woodruff.
Let it have a crack at the Prussian
Guard.
Mayor McDowell says Chester Is
normal again. That's all we expect of
Chester Just a .little plain normality,
"and darned little of that."
ffjifctal Corrnpoadoice al to Jfvotlao Ll&otr
WASHINGTON, July 1.
HEN the President called Congress to
gether In extraordinary session on April
8 to deliver his momentous war message
It was confidently believed the business In
hand was so pressing and would meet so
prompt a responso that It would not b
necessary for the members of the national
legislature to remain In session for a longer
period than three months. Congress had
gradually been accustoming Itself to extra
sessions, although they aro of compsra
lively recent origin, and wanted to get
through with this one without running Into
tho hot weather. While It had no great
desire to tackle the war business, It started
vigorously, Inspired by the President's hope
ful words, with the expectation that the
members would soon bo able to return to
their homes, leaving the prosecution of the
wsr In the hands of the President and his
nd!sers. Wo nre now approaching the
"dog days," with Congress still In session
and no adjournment In sight. At the In
stnnco of the President, who Is commander-in-chief
of the army and nay, and who
does not desire to be Interfered with In
tho conduct of the war, Congress has passed
tho most Important laws that havo been
enacted throughout the whole of Its his
tory, and has provided for the expenditure
of approximately 8,000,000,000, which may
now be augmented by half as much more
In anticipation.
It is putting It mildly to say that both
.Senators and Representatives have been
called upon to lay heavier burdens upon
the people of the United States than they
expected to do when President Wilson de
livered his memorable message In favor of
a "world democracy " It a far cry
from the measly $50,000,000 that was ap
propriated to uphold tho hands of Presi
dent McKlnley to conduct the war with
Spain about fifty cents per capita and
the $12,000,000,000 or $14,000,000,000 which
may be ultimately authorized this ses
sion to aid our allies In the war against
Germany and to maintain our own part
In that warfare. If Congress gets through
with $12,000,000,000 authorized before hos
tilities on tho part of this country, have
opened, that sum alone will represent a
per capita charge of $120 on every man,
woman and child In the country. That may
be called America's first "bit" toward
making "the world Itself nt last free." It
brings the American expenditure for a
period of four months only, and before a
blow Is struck against (Jormany. up to
an amount equal to about half of Great
Britain's total expenditure. Including her
loans to her allies, since the war began
three, years ago. It does not He In the
mouth of anybody at home or abroad to
say tho United States Congress haa been
ungenerous to tho friendly Powers of Ku
rope. Congress Will Still Deliberate
With the prohibition revenue question
ponding and Secretary McAdoo asking for
an additional $5,000,000,000 for army pur
poses, debate upon the war tax bill will
doubtless continue. Tho Senate Is expected
to discuss this measure for several weeks,
at least. It cannot well do otherwise, be
cause of the suddenness of tho stupendous
now demands upon Congress for army and
navy appropriations.
"Where is the revenue to come from?" is
no Idle question with tho representatives of
the people at this time. In the departments
of tho administration and with the army
and navy, where the tenure of office Is
fixed and where, as In the army and navy,
thoso holding placo do not have to depend
upon the people for election, the situation
may be different. In fact. It is vastly
different. The army and navy are the pro
tectors of tho country, but thoy do not pro
duce revenue. Ttecnue comes from com
merce, from tho factory, tho farm and the
mine, and It is from the factory, tho farm
and the mine that Congress must secure tho
billions of dollars which the President and
his advisers now, sometimes with scant
Information, say are necessary for the con
duct of the war. Thn shoe pinches In
Congress because, while It Is trying to sup
port the President In prosecuting the war.
It must answer to the people for the meth
ods It employs to raise revenue for the
support of the commander-in-chief of the
army and navy. Congress Is criticized for
acting with deliberation which those who
expect to spend the people's money deem In
tolerable; but much criticism Is Irksome to
those who aro endeavoring to do tho patri
otic thing without dragging tho country to
the very verge of business and financial dis
aster. So the Senate may be expected to
discuss the tax bill quite fully; and al
though It does not possess the constitutional
right to raise revenue. It will doubtless
mako suggestions In the way of amend
ments for now appropriations not considered
or anticipated when the bill was before the
House or while It was In course of revision
by the Senate Finance Committee. It will
have to deal with this situation carefully,
because, owing to our changing financial
conditions, new questions are bound to arise
before the bill finally reaches conference.
Big Job for Conferees
No matter how long tho Senate discusses
the bill, Btlll further time must ensue when
finally the measure gets Into the hands of
the conferees of the two houses. It Is In
conference that the. rough edgos of a bill
are smoothed down. The two houses may
differ as to the form and contents of a bill,
but It Is left to that small body of men,
usually the ranking mombera of the re
spective committees, who nre known as con
ferees, to adjust the differences and go
back to their respective houses for ap
proval, uia-iimers in leginative Halls are
now agreed that the conferees upon the tax
tno greaiesi or its Kina in tn history
Tom Daly's Column
BALLADE OF CHEER
Oh, brother, be of cheer I
"We aren't roasted qutte;
Though alztards scorch and scar,
There's still relief In sight.
Tho future's looming bright,
For there a hope Is hid;
Believe vie, yesternight
I heard a katydid I
Ban sages quaint and queer,
With learning recondite,
When katydids are here
Soon Autumn's tooth xiAll bite
And make our mornings white.
"Six ucekj till frostl" amid
Tho sleepless gloom a sprite
I heard a katydtdl
You can't deceive my earl
In blltzard time you might;
But when It's still and Clear
And breathing's just a fight,
So heavy rests the blight
Of midnight's humid lid,
I'm sure my hearing's right
I hcaid a katydid.
Look, brothers, to the height!
The Bun-god's car shall skid
And downward take Its flight
I heard a katydid!
NEWS camo the other day of the death
of Patrick Sarsfleld Ollmore's widow. Her
funeral should have been vibrant with
flawless music. Fat Ollmore's band was
the daddy of them all Just after wartime
and up until tho early '90s, when the
bandmastor died. At that tlmo John
Philip Sousa was an enlisted musician
drawing down something less than $50
a month as leader of the United States
Marine Band. The White House took
him up and helped along his vogue, nnd
with the passing of Gumoro Sousa was
exploited by some promoter (we've for
gotten who) nnd engaged to make a
tour of tho country at what then must
havo seemed to him the munificent wago
of $5000 per year. That wasn't enough
for him next year, but tho promoter In
that one twelvemonth surely denned up
a bunch of notes that made music enough
for tho remainder of his life.
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Fixing the Nationality
Speaking of monickers, "Theobald M.,"
to thoso who know, Is ns dead a give
away as "Francis X."
George F. Limb, so E. V. W. tells us.
Is deputy superintendent of the Depart
ment of Stnto Police. There's a true limb
of the law for you, sez he.
ACCEPTED FOR A CIIANQB
If you have torttten verse or prose
And sent It off to ba Inspected
By some old editorial gink,
You'll know he doesn't stop to think.
But scribbles on In lurid Ink
"Rejected."
Ifs pretty rough on some poor scribe,
Who, with the coin still uncollected.
Imagines that his family's fed.
To get his story back Instead
And find thereon In letters red,
"Rejected."
Noio as this little versa I write
I know the meter's quite neglected;
I know this stuff is old and stale.
I fear Instead of getting kale
I'll find this junk In next week's mall
"Rejected."
Yet If tt Is I shall not sigh.
'Twill only be what I expected.
Perhaps when Homer piled the strings
And soared aloft on lvrlcmwlngs
Some old Athenian tagged his things
"Rejected." FRANK.
Dear, oh, dear, the troubles of authors!
Another writes from New York, "I am
contributing bits of verse and prose to
about a half dozen of our very best maga
zines with excellent returns. I suppose
one has to get shot in battlo to get tho
best results in poetry."
,
;
Tammany does not know where to
get a candidate to oppose Mayor Mitchel.
Haven't they a Publlo Service Commis
sion over in New York with which to
give a man a reputation?
When steamships run into trans
ports within harbor limits, a little sus
picion of ulterior practice is not to b
wondered at. There are many nayigators
of Teutonic extraction serving on Ameii
can boats.
'y Crusader won the Derby,"
wMme,w-.
UNITKll LADIES' WAIST COMPANY. A
petition In bankruptcy has been tiled.
And no wonder, thinks Canfleld, since
Siamese twins are such rarities.
WHEN a contributor remnrked the
other day that "newspaper columns men
tion some names too much nnd some
others too little," no reflection, of course,
was Intended to be cast upon Phil Friend.
Nevertheless, he makes it the occasion
for an explanation and an appeal:
PHIL-
FRIEND
bill.
of the world, must take time to whin tha
views of thelrontendlng houses Into shape.
They cannot under the ruleB originate new
matter, but they can agree upon matters
that havo been In dispute between the two
houses. The first conferee on the House
side will undoubtedly be tha Democratic.
leader, Mr. Kltehln, of North Carolina, and
the first conferee upon the Senate elds will
be Senator Simmons, likewise of North
Carolina, chairman of the Committee on
Finance. Senator Penrose, of Pennsylvania,
will be the ranking Republican on the
Senate side, and Mr, Fordney, of Michigan,
will be the ranking Republican on the House
side. These gentlemen, with their asso
ciates, will go Into a legislative sweat-bex
immediately after the, Senate passes the
hill and will remain there virtually in secret
conclave until they have threshed out their
differences. It Is not believed they can do
this within three or four weeks. t '
Since the Government Is already asei
tyUISM'oC-toUars. not one JjgHw H.yrl
'"""ss
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MY 3II8BION
ily modest aim's
To gather names
Of heroines and
heroes,
Who rightly claim
A. share of fame,
But mostly capture
zeros.
The rich who shine
Are not for mine;
They cannof bribe or wheedle.
Their ohanoe to pass
Is likely as
The camel's through the needle.
I try to get q
The "violet"
Both in and out of season,
But often fall',
And hence this wall,
Which will declare the reason:
The modest chap
It hard to trap;
He will not blow hit trumpet,
Nor rUe and come
With soundinq drum,
, Ant to his friend mutt thump it,
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THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
The Children's Country Week.
Justice for the
Negro
CHILDREN'S COUNTRY WEEK
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir The birthright of ucry child should
be nure nlr. good food and an opportunity
to enjoy the wonderful things In nature
that Qod has so abundantly provided, nnd
yet do we realize, dear reader, how com
naratUely few of tho children of Phila
delphia do have tho opportunity to enjoy
these things?
If you sat for one day In the ofllco of
the Children's Country Week Association,
at 1C9 Arch street, nnd saw the almost
continuous stream of boys nnd girls who
walk from Kensington, from Frankford,
from oery region of Philadelphia north,
south, east and west always with the same
anxious question on their lips. "Is this tho
place where you get jour namo taken to go
to the country free?" you would realize
the numbers who depend, even for a single
day. upon tho wonderful generosity of our
beloved city.
Philadelphia docs much for charity it
t... in fnnt. done wonders, for when tho
call' for Liberty Uonds came, or the appeal
for the Red Cross and tlio people across the
sea. the reBponso only equaled the spirit of
our loving people. This appeal Is ono that
Is right at our ery doors; these, children
who need this outing aro our men nnd
women of tomorrow, who, without our
help, must suffer not only physically, but
morally as well.
Often there comes Into tho olllco a man
or woman who tells us: "My first good
time, or my first Inspiration for good, came
when I was sent out as a Country Week
child. I shall never forget It it made a man
of me." We cannot afford to let our own
charities Buffer in this time, when our splen
did manhood is being called away. Who
will fill the places as tlmo goes on?
Our contributions nre $2000 behind thoso
of last year nt this time. The work will
havo a short season unless some of our
splendid citizens rally to Its aid. It Is
said that In England more money Is
being raised for home charities than before
this great war began, proving that "charity
begins at home" there, and I hope It will
here.
May I appeal especially to those who may
be enjoying the wonderful luxury of a homo
In some quiet, shady nook, tho bracing air
of the mountainside or the magnificence of
the great ocean, with Its life-giving breezes?
Should you leave your delightful surround
ings and spend Just one day in the city,
then, surely, the nocessity must appeal.
Will you help, and will you hflp NOW?
It Is only about ftve weeks until school
opens, and then It will be too late.
MRS. B. F. RICHARDSON,
Treasurer Children's Country Week As
sociation, 1G29 Arch street.
Philadelphia, July 30. t
law. The unfairness with which the ne
groes have been treated by the authori
ties In the several race riots (for in
stance, unarming the blacks and leaving
them nt tho mercy of the white rioters)
has robbed the negroes of confidence In
those who havo sworn to protect them.
At this tlmo America can HI afford to
lose the good will and assistance of 12,
000,000 of her most loyal citizens on ac
count of a few lawless whites and blacks.
Tho bugaboo of social equality has been
exploded. It is only employed now by tho
southern politician to whip his Ignorant
white constituents Into line when the pass
ing of some "Jlmcrow" measure Is desired.
Tho individual has tho right to choose his
associates, and ho will choose his associ
ates reca'rdless of State or Federal legisla
tion. I am not acquainted with any legis
lation against tho Intermingling of tho
races in Philadelphia. Yet there Is less of
It hero than In any other largo city In tho
country. Also there is less friction in the
races nnd a more friendly feeling existing
between tho two than I have found In any
other largs city.
Tho colored peoplo want equality before
the law, not to be regarded as all of ono
class, and that class bad. Crimes commit
ted by negroes are always reported In dis
play type, una tho words "vicious," "brutal"
and "revolting" are always employed In tho
description of the crime. We want equal
educational privileges; an equal chance to
earn our ming and support our families;
a chance to work at tho trades; a chanc
to Join the labor unions: a ehancn tn ontnv
all tho privileges of American citizens, re-
Karuiess or race or color.
It is such editorials as tho one that op
peared in your paper that will gain for us
these privileges. The colored peoplo hnvo
stood the teBt. Wo have come Into contact
with a superior race without losing our
Identity, without being submerged or
without suffering extinction. Wo have
proveu ourselves capable of assimilating
virtues as woll as the crimes of our
What Do You Know? 1
QUIZ
1. Glre two reason why rec-resentatlfaaJ
the Allien rcpurtinle Herman ;d
Mlchaells'a "peace apeeeo,"
2. Are rlty policemen, aa a class, exempt I
military druft7 I.J
S. What are tha proper deslcnatlon fJl
units ot Infantry, cavalry ana aruilK
4, VVlint Is the mennlns of tb French I
"Tout comprendre, tout pardonaer
8. Vihat w aa the real name of the
painter F.I Oreco? t a
0. Who was the Enrflth monarch at the I
or -ine irem nre" or Jonaonr
7. What superstition Is there amoni aet
rfiirci iv tomeoy mat cauaes
nt a relieursalT
X. Correct the following sentence, "O k
exacreDiy on nis vionnceilo."
0, What majority will be necessary t.
the Sheppunl rcaolutlon propoains a '
amendment to the Constitution?
10. What rhlladelphlft playwrlcht drama
xnocKeray-a "vanity Jfalr"T
Answers to Yesterday's Qull
The Italians have corrupted tha Oai
"TeueacDi.
JUSTICE TO THE NEGRO
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir I wish to thank you for myself and
for thousands of others of your colored
readers for tho courageous, Illuminating and
encouraging editorial under the caption of
"Status of the Negro" In the Issue of Fri
day, July 2?.
If ever a race ot people needed assist
ance and encouragement It Is the colored
race at this crucial moment of the Ameri
can nation's life. The Ignorant of the
race are being made the victims of un
scrupulous politicians and grafters. The
criminally inclined are being protected but
encouraged. A quiet Investigation of
South, Balnbrldge; Rodman and Lombard
streets between Tenth and 3road streets
will convince any searcher for enlighten
ment of the truth of tha aboye statement
South street, at certain tlmeS-tn the evening
and on Saturday nights, Is really unsafe
for women of any race, And the police
assume an attituae 01 uuer inairrerence.
1 have traveled extensively In the South
and ,1 ilnd Vl prohibition ,1s proving; a
mt boon."" own!, race, , .,
tho
white brethren. We have made wonderful
progress agnlnst great opposition. Wo aro
an Inseparable part of tho American na
tion. If nil opposition to our progress wore
removed, what might we not contribute to
America's future greatness!
Philadelphia, July 30.
S. T. WHITNEY.
OFFERS RECORDS TO SOLDIER
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir If Mr. Carrlngton Holliwell. whose
letter appeared In the Uvenino LEpann on
July 27, will advise tho writer as to the
name and address of his friend enlisted in
the Third Pennsylvania Infantry, I would
be pleased to ship him about 100 disc
records for which I havo no further use.
JOHN J. McDERMOTT.
Philadelphia, July 27.
MUSIC FOR COAST DEFENSE
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir There Is. an excellent chanco for the
good people of Philadelphia and vicinity to
greatly aid the boys of the coast defense
service. Most. If not all, of these men on
ship duty have little means of recreation on
board ship. The ships on which they are
serving are Bmall and haVe no room for the
entertainments provided on the large shins
of the regular service. A large percentage
of the original owners of these craft have
been kind enough to provide the ships with
a phonograph of some kind, mostly of tha
disc type (In fact, all are of this type), but
there is a dearth of records.
A large number of your fnmm. t.-...
machines and numbers of records which era
In good order but which they have grown
tired of. My idea Is to have these collected
in carrying cases of. say. two dozen records,
which could easily be distributed from shin
to ship, much In the manner of a circulat lnS
library. Of course, only good, playable reo
ords should be collected, as It would lit be
worth while to send old, wornout or cracked
ones. w.o
If ypu will take this up I wilt gladly vol.
unteer to arrange for their cataloguing and
distribution and will take the matter un
with tho commandant of the dlstrltt I do
not want to take up hls'tlme with an affair
of this nature unless there la p. poMlbiiltv
liZXAZ?' and w youyr
" HWI SVt
Business houses shpuld also be given tha
opportunity- to contribute records to th
servloe. JBPjelsl sttwtion-should be pm
" -- i - T-L-- ! u. ji" j wa lamraa nr
word Deutacli" Into
Z. Mcholas Brealupeare (Adrian the
was the only isnsUsh pope.
3. The chief demand of thn striking CMd
Bmicmnen vraa lor a "ciotea shop.'
4. It la planned to convert National Ca
carairy rrsimenta Into artillery tor a
alirniUl. lvllrA lhM la MmnanllfM
tie warfare In which horses nre ui
a. iiie came of pinochle ttaa uribaulr inr
lu Urrmana Urine In America In the I
teenm century. 4.1
.nineteen nations Auatria-JIuniarr,
Turkey, Hultarfn, HerbU,
urrat nrii
y. 1-ortuaa
n,.i.
ana Hlam are tn a state of war.
Frunce.Ileurlum. Great Brita
'. I'ortua-al.
Cuba. Ilraall,
iietrq, Japan. Italy,
5 "iwa ouitea,
stria,
ilia.
real untoin,
I'prtuaal, Ro
The French, enmpmer Offenbach wrote
music of "The Tulea of Hoffmajin. fl
"ft. ""?" .raperor cauanla eajai
them hate me. so lone aa they fau
Th?r 'fie. nam of Maude Klskaai
atajuuc aUWlUBJa
that city,
WASHINGTON'S INTERVIEW
AN EDITOR
(TIHB Farewell Address was first prints!
- in a Philadelphia newspaper DunlapJ
uaypoole's Dally Advertiser. Clave
left this account of the manner in whiei
o ouiainea tne manuscript from WashlS,
iuu 111 xio: -
1 received a messnrA tmm h. p
dent, by his private secretary, signlfyll
his desire to see mo. I waited on hlm'i
the appointed time, and found him slttli
umnu m nis arawing room. He recelv
mo Kinaiy, ana, after I had paid my
"vov.10 iu mm, aesirea me to take a s
near him. Then, addressing himself to 1
hO Said that he had for soma lm naat c
templated retiring from public llfei and hsl
i icusui conciuuea to ao so at the ena
the then Dresent term- h h t,- n
thoughts and reflections nnnn h nrcaaio
which he deemed proper to communlcsl
10 me people of the United States in t
form Of an address, and nihloh' ha tslah
to appear in the Dally Advertiser, of whlsl
I was editor. , W
'He paused, and I took the opportune
01 manning mm for having preferred tw
paper as the channel of his communis
iion wim tne people especially as I vliW
this selection as Indicating his anDrob
tlon of the principles and manner in WW
me worn was conducted. He silently c
sented, and asked when the publloats
could be made. I answered thattha tIS
should be made perfectly convenient to his
ecu, ana tne following Monday was Tt
on. He then told me that his secret
would call on me with a cony of the
dress on the next Friday morning, and;!
wunarew. Ml
"After the proof-sheet had been Km
pared with the copy and corrected by m
self I carried another oroof. and then-
revise, to be examined by the Preside
who made but a few alterations from ,
original, except in the punctuation, in wnu
he was very minute. Tha nuhlloatlon 1
tha addresiirtt.,i iTTnltd ntaJaa. Rentain-1
ber 17, 179$' being completed on the l-tnil
I watted on tha President with the OrlSTUMLl
and In presenting It to him expressed say
regret at parting with It and how muen.il
should be gratified by being permitted '.,t
retain it. Upon 'which, in an obliging ma-. 1
ntr, he handed it back to ro, saying.UXsfe ,
then took my leave of him t , 1
"The-manuorlrJt mm. In rWaahlnartan'S '
iwiHtwiwiiw;sewustS'ejf ttirtr-ure