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The ETSfina I.atKica la served to subeerlbera In Philadelphia and aurroundlnr towna at th rats, of twelve (12) centa per week, payable to the carrier. By mall to polnta outside of I'hlladelphla. in the united Statu, Canada or United States pos sessions, postars free, nfty (SO) centi per month. 61z (18) dollare per year, payable In advance. To all foreign countries one (It) dollar per anonth. Noticb Subscribers wishing- addren chanted tut live old aa wall aa new addreis, SELL, 1000 UTALMJT KEYSTONE, MAIM 30M r. ... v Wf Address all communication to Evening Ledger, Independence Square, i'nllarfelphfa. MmxiD at in pniLibkLrniA rosTornca n ICOHO-CLlll MilL MATIIIl. FhUedtlpaU, Frldij, Aniuit 3, 1917 YELLOW BLOOD i"Ji V 1. ft W U .V liV'1 :& H S KT it If & .-,, m&,-i TiyrOKH than once wo havo etatcd thai """ the parasite -which growls llko a lion in this community survives only by blood guoldng. Tho fluid, that flows through tho arteries of our local Tammany Is puro yellow. Take the graft out and nothing Would be left but an embalmed corpse Test your friend's loyalty to tho Organiza tion and you will find that It In putting money In his pocket, directly or Indirectly, Search the clubs of Philadelphia from arret to cellar and And, If you can, one member who confesses allegiance to tho Cane and can show clean hands. Every man has his price, and criminal politics is a recognition of that great principle. The voter in tho slums can bo bought for a mug of beer or half a ton of coal. Tho gentleman in his llmouslno asks and gets more, but he Just as surely sells his cltl enshlp and does his bit to discredit demo emtio government. Thero are contractors in this town who never mako a bid with out adding the "graft percentage'." Tho "graft percentage" is the amount set asldo to be handed to Inspectors and other political worthies for courtesies received. The cadet pays his toll to be permitted to practice lechery; the gentleman pays his toll to break some law the violation of Which does not mean social ostracism, but does mean cash. Government for private profit is the motto of the gang, and it la the practice of that theory Which enables the gang to rule and ruin. Important offices are to bo filled in the approaching elections. The proper con. duot of these offices Is vital to tho well being of the city. Yet thero Is no dis cussion of candidates among men who have no axes to grind, among citizens who believe in good government. Political lead airs are gottlng togother, the factions matching wits to seo which will gel tho larger piece of pie. They do not consult the people. Long and servile acquiescence tn their orders has made them arrogant. Government belongs to them and, by tho Eternal, they intend to divide It at a direc tors' meeting. Tho public bo damned is their policy, and the public likes it. Men of the draft age will cheerfully make vary sacrifice and travel thrco thousand miles across the seas to smlto Prussian Ism and prevent forever the sort of gov ernment for which Prusslanlsm stands; but those same men at homo will march ta unbroken ranks to the polling places and goosestep before a local Kaiser who hasn't even the authority of Intelligence to Justify his usurpation of power. There are men giving Jhelr days and nights now to proper prosecution of tho war Who cannot find time, and who do not want to find time, to fight for Independence In Philadelphia or assist In the election this fall of decent, honest and patriotic, local Officers. We can, nevertheless, afford to be optimistic What abuse In business or poll tics has been able to survive publicity and progress? For decades the slavo holdors held the United States Govern ment in the hollow of their hands and brought to bear the enormous social power they possessed to ridicule and ruin any man who dared protest But the slaveholders were driven bag and bag. gage out of the Capitol and Hved to tell their children that the consummation was a glorious one. Tweed laughed at re form, but the penitentiary got him. A man cannot be crooked and survive. A gang like the Philadelphia gang cannot aleep with leprosy and bo invigorated. It. tft' ,ln fact, nurtures gangrene and invites rum. That this ruin is inevitable we do ''' - not doub'' But why deIay to the great T peril of the city? The time Is rine to 4!' strike, anj every decent man In Phlladel- pfala ought to lend a helping hand. fy?XOKNILOFF TAKES COMMAND -.'i f m I? MlHiU world holds a high opinion of r A BrUMllnff. With H-Anann tinrmlnlni- Ma every move, he was able nevertheless fc'jieeonipllsh, victories of great rojpor- l altogether probable, that wjth sincere .WU1UV. WPtMftgJtt vents has thrown him temporarily to one side. In his place comes tho peasant leader, Kornlloff, who Inaugurates his assump tion of supremo command with a drastlo order prohibiting meetings of soldiers in tho war zone and announcing Instant ex ecution as tho penalty for disobedience Ho forbids soldiers' committees to meet to discuss this order. Let tho theorists rave In tho rear if they wish, but tho front Is no placo for political discussion. Mon aro thero to fight and save tho fron tier. That Is their first and lmperntlvo purpose If Kornlloff Is sustained by tho bulk of tho army In this attitude, as it Is probahto ho will be, It will not take him long to re establish dtsclplino nnd mold his forces Into a formidable weapon. Tho great peasantry of Russia Is beginning to dis gorge Its genius and assert Us Inherent might. Tho vast new Republic Is not out of tho war by any means. It is Just begin nlng to got Into tho war. ORGANIZATION WINS rpiIE overwhelming voto In tho Sennto In favor of tho prohibition amendment Is an indication of tho wonderful efficiency which In lato years has chatactorlzed the. conduct of tho campaign against "booze." Wo undortako no defonso of somo of tho methods employed; but tho result plainly Indicates to reformers everywhere that thoy must havo organization if they nro to win, nnd that spasmodlo efforts to accomplish results nlno times out of ten end In falluro and discourage tho man In tho ranks. Graft and Inefficiency In government survlvo becauso tho grafters Invariably maintain a superb organization, nnd thoy do not maintain It during election cam paigns only. COSTLINESS OF SECOND-RATERS WD DO not know Just what evidence) tho legislators of Texas havo ngalnst tho Governor of that gre'.t Common wealth, nor how much of It will bo brought f6rward for political purposes only. In view, however, of the Impench ment of Sulzcr, tho attempt to Impeach Brumbaugh and tho trial about to start In Texas, would it not bo a good thing if the people elected men of Integrity and ability to begin with? In these busy times it is hardly worth while to bother to seat a candldato and then havo to pay largo sums of monoy for tho privilege of kick ing him out FOUR MONTHS OF ACTIVITY rpHB United States has been a belllg- crent for four months. In that tlmp wo havo provided for moro funds than wero required for tho conduct of tho Civil War; havo raised and authorized moro troops than tho Union and Confed eracy together mobilized In the first two years of tho conflict; havo landed con tingents In France and others to Join them will follow at regular periods; have re-enforced tho British navy and have our Milps in actual service In European waters; havo undor way a vast shipbuilding program, soon to bo enlarged; havo mado provision for a staggering production of airplanes; have listed tho fighting resources of tho nation and catalogucd.tho Individual's sub ject to call, to be trained by officers who themselves havo been subjected to Inten sive and keen training at special camps; havo arranged to cut off tho chief external food supply of Germany; havo put Into effect an agricultural program which promises thousands of tons of additional food; havo arranged and aro arranging for superb motor transport; havo manned and mado ready for scrvlco scores of ships that now patrol tho coast; havo given moro than ono hundred millions to tho Red Cross; havo organized great hospital units and sent somo of them abroad; havo our engineers at work In France and Russia and skilled lum bermen felling tho forests, and havo Invig orated the whole civilized world morally by the disinterestedness of our interven tion nnd the'hlgh motives underlying our participation. It will be many more months before tho full weight of our vast resources can bo brought Into play, but American energy beyond peradventuro has proved Itself slnco April. Lynching I. W. W. ngltitors will not do much good. Army discipline would? make men of them. Philadelphia Is never so hot that tho Atlantic Ocean Is not cool, nnd it takes but an hour to get to It. A llttlo less dust would have mado tho heat more endurable. But the dirtier the streets the more money the con tractors make. The chances are that when the great financier and the great educator como to the Judgment Seat the latter will not be In the pedestrian class. Admiral Gleaves seems to havo proved that an attack really was made on our fleet and transports, nnd not merely upon Secretary Daniels. Admiral Jelltcoe reports that, the assistance of the American fleet Is largely responsible for the decreased number of submarine sinkings. Watch the Allies bid for naval supremacy in tho Baltic and get it German blood and German zeal are not being gambled with for an empty shadow of ambition or schemes of conquest or subjugation. The Kaiser. It did not seem to be a gamble. The War Lords figured that it was a sure thing until Joffre hit them at the Marne. A little resentment on Italy's part Is not surprising; but that great country need not worry. Her vital Interests will be protected fully by all the Allies. Thero will be no peace.wlth Austria unless it Is a peace acceptable to Italy. There was never a war without a scapegoat. We note that there Is a move ment under way already to flro the Cab inet and fill It without regard to party lines. It does not require much bravery to take part in a campaign of this char acter, for it is perfectly clear' that there la not a charfce In the world'of the Cab inet remaining Just as it is until the end of the war, unless the end Is nearer than roost people, think. There will be new j'-if.'.aSH' Vr... i - 'i '- . .VB v. T ' H ' II tt &BPam,rAremr i. "GOD WILL NOT SELL US SAFETY" Money Is Useful, but It Takes More Tlinn Gold to Bring About World Peace E Uy AGNES REPPLIER Keprlnted by courteay of tho Atlantlo Monthly. MQNHY docs not mako for charity, neither does It mako for liberation. When Ocrmany dared us Inst winter to send out our ships, voicing her threats In the most fantastically insolent message which ono nation ever dispatched to another slnco tho Dauphin sent tho tennis-balls to Henry V (ami ho mistook his man), what help did nil our millions glo us? "Jfoncy talks I" Yes, but how whe nnd resolnto nro Its words? Perhaps when Mr. Cleveland said that If It took ex cry dollar In tho Treasury, nnd every soldier In tho United States army, to clellxer a postal card In Chicago, th.it postnl card should bo delivered, ho was glad to think that tho nation's wealth could bo used to sustain tho nation's rights, nnd fulfill tho nation's ob ligations. Hut It takes more than a treas ury full of gold to (.end a postal curd ncrosa tho sea. An American rhnnsodist, singing tho paean of money, Bays In Its mighty name I am tho minister of war nnd the inesvenKPr of peace No nrmy can inarch without my command. Until I speak, no ship of tr.nl o.m Mill from nny port. "Until I spoik!" Again tho emphasis upon that powerful xolce, and again tho certainty In our souls tint when men lay hands upon the "hilt of action," them Is scant need of words. Money stops talking and obejs. A collcgd principal nt Oxford has asked plainly If Hngland could oer havo hoped to do anything better with her national re sources than spend them to sao the na tion. Tlni money which before tho war was a tnenacn baH slnco becomo a safeguard, 'liettor," ho snjs, "that tho country grow poor for a caUso wo can honor than grow rich for nn end that Is unknown. Who can regard without deep misgiving tho process of accumulating wealth, unaccom p.inlml by a corresponding growth of knowl edge as to the uses to which wealth must bo applied This Is what wo see In normal times, and tho spectacle Is profoundly dis turbing." Wnr Brinfrs Peace of Mind That tho wnr, which brought to Kngland and to Franco ngnny of soul and body, brought them nlro something nl;In to pcaco of mind. Is ono of llfo's comforting mysteries. Wo can understand the gener ous sympathy which springs from a com mon danger, the generous Insight born of an unasnll.iblo Ideal. Hut that tranquillity should walk) hand In hand with lolcnce, that tho mental attltudo of men and women forever face to fneo with grief should bo a composed attitude, has a psychological rather than a spiritual significance. "Thero Is more repose In social Inter ourso than thero was before the war," writes nn obscivant Kngllshman ; and this ncute comment Is a key to tho nation's serenity, to tho measured breathing which resists tumult and trepidation. How long ago was It that the Caillau- trial shamed France, rc rating depth after depth of sensuality, treacheiy and greed I How long ago was it that tho National fiallcry liad to bo guarded like nn arsenal, becauso frenzied women, obsessed by tho will to destroy, slashed tho pictures which were their heritage, nnd tho herltago of coming generations' These excesses seem to be long to somo remoto period of corruption and madness, befnro tho clean&lng breath of a great purposo blow nway tho pestilence, nnd healed Infected souls. So nro many minor problems solved by tho great problem of nn assaulted civili zation; so do wo come to- recognize the values by which i-ssentlal things nro weighed nnd incasuied; and so does money no longer "barren" slip Into Its lawful place, the servant, not tho master or man kind. "Wo aie ilcher or poorer by what we do or by what wn Ieao undone." says President Hlbben tersely, Tho National Association of Manufacturers In tho United States, which Issued a bulletin deprecating submarine warfare, but pointing out that tho destruction of the A'lle.s' trado would open to us the markits of tho world, took no count of the fact that Great Britain owes her commerce as much to the courage an to the astuteness of her sons. Her sea men who think llttlo of danger nnd much of duty, nnd who haxe never been In the habit of calling heroism heroic, nro the up holders of her fortunes no less than of her honor. Were they drUen from tho water ways of the world, their great opponent would make us pay In blood tho price of our Inheritance. Peaco Cannot He nought Shune Leslie, shrinking sensitively from that oppressive word, "efficiency," and seeking what solace ho can llnd In tho survival of unpractical Ideals, ventures to say that overy university man "carries nway nmong the husks of knowledge tho certainty that thero nre less thlng3 salable In heaven and earth than the advocates of sound commercial education would suppose " History, whether we read It or live In It, makes nothing clearer. Henry Ford Is credited with saying that ho would not give a nickel for all tho hlstoiy in the world; but though he can, and does, for boar to read It, he has to lle In it with tho rest of us, and learn Its lessons first hand. No one desired the welfare or what he conceived to be tho welfare of mankind more blncerely than he did; and ho was prepared to buy it at a handsome figure. Yet Heaven refused to sell, and earth, In asmuch as the souls of men nro not her possessions, liad nothing worth the pur chase. Tho price of war can be computed In figures, tho price of pence calls for an other nccountant The tanker Gold Shell, which first crossed tho "forbidden" zone, did more to support civilization of tho world than a scoro of peace ships. Its plain sailors who put something (I don't know what they called It) above personal safety; and their plain captain who expressed In the regrettable language of tho sea his scorn of German marauders, were prepared to pay a higher rate than any millionaire could offer for their own and their coun try's freedom. We know what these men risked, becausd we know what agonizing deaths the American .sailors on tho tanker Healdton suffered at Germany's hands. Tho Gold Shell seamen knew It, too, and met frlghtfulness with fearlessness. The world Is never so bad but that men's souls can rise above Its badness and restore our fainting faith. Bishop Lawrence has denied In very simple and gallant words that Americans are wedded to ease, or enthralled by money. Their strength and their wealth are at the service of the nation, and they stand pre pared to spend for noblo ends the accumu lated riches of the country, aod will not sell us safety. In so far as we are pre pared to lay down our lives for Justice and humar'" In so far Is our welfare secured, The reduction of unnecessary consumption Is perhaps a matter of taste. The dlscl. pllne of action and endurance Is a stern necessity. The time for proving that we coined money In no base spirit, and that we hold it at no base value, Is at hand. For our own sake, no less than for the world's Wke,' this truth must stand the StU WHO JOOKjfXJ rUK aMvtJi . WJ Tom Daly's Column XOW IN V1BCORD ALLCT Wen dc sun looks down rum Heaven, Like a hot an' bloody face, Youse kin let dat Discord allev Ain't do choices' stoppin' place. Fur da heat comes floatin' dntcn'ard Like a blanket '" do a'r' An' uz mugs vfat's un'crneaf it Jls' kin on'v siccat an' sicear. Den vousc gits a daffu notion Dat youse wouldn' feel so queer If youse on'v owned a ocean Wat its waves uiiz made o' beer. So vousc goes an' buys a schooner, Jn' it hisses t'rough vcr teet' Like spilt water on a stove lid Wen dcy's flrc un'crneaf. Vur a minute vcr a winner, Den vcr sorrv dat youse drank, Fur dc fee-col' bootc youse guzzled (Hts d'hlUn" in vcr tank. Soon ycr legs git tccafc an' ropy, An' vcr head jlst icap' noouf, ,ln' youse suddlntly gits dopy; Den vcr down an' counted out. Putty soon vousc t'lnks vcr rockin' In dc middle of a cloud, An' youse nach'ral gits tcr wond'rin' If dcy'vo flrc-proofed ycr shroud. Den vousc suddint takes a tumble, An' youse t'lnks ycr back is broke, An' a wolce w"at alii' no angel's Yells: "Undress da Uoomln' soak." deems a hundred han's wuz tearin' An' a-rlppln' off vcr clo'o, An' nex' minute ycr a-swearln'. Fur dcy've doused youse wit' dc hose. Den dey grab ycr nakct body, An' dry drop yotnc in a tub, An' ictt' cakes o' ice fur sponges All da gang bcs-gln ter rub. UYH, yrr dcrc fur half an hour; Den iley t'roirs youse on a bed, An' be den ycr feclln' better, Vr ycr bloomin' good an' dead, An' ycr sure tcr start a-t'inkin', If dcy've lef youse any breat', Dat yrr handicapped be drinkin' Wen ycr in a race trit' Deaf. A cellar door ns a midsummer loungo has this ndvantngo: If it's Inse curely fastened It msy suddenly cavo In and drop you Into a cool collar. THIRTY Y1URS AGO a man crossing Cullowhll! street bridge on an afternoon an hot ns this on which we write would presently llnd himself gctvlng nn enrful of gleeful yells rising from tho surface of the water almost directly below his feet. Looking over tho rail, ho'd discover tho famous old "Bathy," but tho canvas top would prevent his seeing tho makers of the nolp, Tho "H.ithy" was a private enterprise. Wo lemcmber It only cost a nickel to get In, If you wero willing to tnko a chance on finding your clothes when you came to dress. Another nickel would entitle you to n small cubby holo to cram your few clothes into under lock nnd key, or If you were a regular "lnhdedah" (early SO's slang for "dudo") you'd pay a dlmo and get n man's size locker. They say thero was a Delawaro River contemporary of this floating bathhouse, at tho foot of Queen street, but wo never saw It. Both passed out shortly nfter the flist public bath was opened by the city authorities at Twelfth and Wharton streets In 18S5. Tho second was at Twenty-seventh nnd Master in 1886 and now thero nro about twenty-five scattered through tho town. Young Mr. Cattell, who produces sta tistics from his high hat or tho pockets of his dining coat as easily and prollflcally ns one less gifted might extract rabbits or bowls of goldfish, says ho remem bers thero was n private bath called "Tho Wigwam" at tho foot of Raco street, Schuylkill River, In 1701, conducted by ono John Coyle. And In 182-1 thero was Swalm's bath at tho northeast corner of Sovonth nnd Sansom (then Gcor'go street). A WONDERFUL youth, this Mr. Cat tell. Yesterday when wo caught him at his office In City Hall wo began tho Inter view thus: "Islthotenoughforyou?" Quick as a flash, ho replied: "Have you ever noticed when one's collar droops one's choler rises?" II. BROUN, of tho New York Tribune, Is suffering somewhere In Franco as many a better man before him. What could be more agonizing than to go several thou sand miles for news to write pieces about and, not finding It, be driven to tho neces sity of drawing from an imagination un scathed by athletics such wild pitching as this: "Some of the boys have learned to throw tho one-pound grenades with a wide out-curve." ooixa to rim bowwows Every dog, they say, oj to have his day; Days and days of dog Fill the month of Aug. We know of nothing that has given us so much pleasure of late as our failure to comment upon the Irish so-called-Convention, because we havo disappointed thereby several people whom to disappoint fills us with unholy glee. A member of Bert Taylor's congrega tion complains: "All of the salesladies call mo 'Say.' " Thafs famlllarl but one word's mitsln'; All of 'em make our last name "Listen." "An automobile that attempted to avoid hitting a dog at the Northeast Boulevard and Fourth street yesterday upset and tho occupants were sent to St. Luke'a Hospital," according to nn eve. contemp. Why may we not have a symposium upon this. For the sake of argument, now, what make of automobile has sufficient Intelligence to "attempt to avoid hitting a dog" and strength enough to project Its occupants from Fourth 'street and the Bdulevord to St. Luke's? "AIN'T IT FINE FhaSbaTOOCTBB Y'U KIN TRUSTI- THE LADY WITH THE GINGHAM APRON Says to us: "I do be connectln' you always wld drink 'because th' Initials, of ye stand for 'delirious trlmmln's' back wards." And says she, .further: "I'm funny that way. Whin I think o'.Prlsl. dent Wlleon he lias a frying pan. on kla M Ci ft Iff '"'-- s&k Sy -o VCil SIJWBfdsLj-SteJiBW lTwJEMEBl(HilKrsiWv M'r'"""IIMIIa4HMMaaSmeamiBnV ? VssffH wimmX li -stfir oivJI lwl!rlBLtr'x 'C''j r V- $ ii , iij .iipc- rr.n C- 'tjSp"'-' sr&ii&r -"""bt" 3 CJUs- - v"' ; A !, M-u ' -". . -v 'It.l i 3 -'Sii.1i1!.""5. !. Tw . 'H -... . ,,:, ,-fti -u,--s(" fi .jav" THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Aliens Should Fight for Amer ica Roosevelt's Aid Needed ALIENS SHOULD FIGHT To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir The eyes of every American citizen aro now set upon the alien question. What Is the status of the aliens In this present conflict? Aro they to stand by ns spec tators in this great arena of wnr and look on with cold Indifference while young American blood Is being shed? Are we to fight and dlo to mako this country a safe place for tho nllens to live In? To many, as well as to the writer, such a thing looks like a super burden thrown upon tho American citizen. Great Is this country as a champion of tho Individual rights of Its citizens, and no less great Is it in Its protection to aliens who come within her borders. Yet the obligation thrust upon one is greater than that upon the othor. Thousands upon thousands of aliens live In this country. Some have ac quired fortunes, others are earning a living wage. These very people enjoy the same liberties, tho same rights as citizens of America, and yet, when the crucial moment comes which beckons them to rally around the flag In defense of the rights which It has generously bestowed upon them, they vanish, never to be seen until America has once more been made safe for them. With respect to duty, there appears no difference to me between the man who has lived within this country for ten years and has become a citizen and the man who has lived here for ten years and has not found time to declare his Intentions of becoming a citizen. Both earn their dally bread here, both enjoy the samo rights granted by tho Constitution of the United States save the vote; in all probabilities the luck attending the alien has been greater than that of the citizen; still, the citizen Is called upon to shoulder a musket while the alien smiles by. True, there are treaties hanging ovfcr our heads which bind us not to force aliens to bear arms In times of war, but In a true sense of the word are they aliens? Have they not enjoyed the generosfty of the American Constitution and Its laws? Are they not Just as familiar with the American ideals and have they not been the recipients of her big heart and giving hand? People leaving their mother country and making their homes here should be considered to have expatriated themselves and transferred the'.r undivided allegiance to America. Ac cording to such International agreements as exist today the alien occupies a most unique position. America cannot Invoke his aid In war, and If his mother country should be engaged tn a war she could not reach over her hand into America and say, "Old Glory, let me have my men to fight for me,' unless America willingly consented. Thus they enjoy all the advantages, with no service to render for their privileges. Such treaties which declare that Justice Is found In laws which deny to America the right to force aliens to defend the rights granted to them should be abrogated, for they are only designed with the view to lessen the military power of our nation. If persons find America a good enough place to live In, certainly. It Is a good enough place to fight for; and citizenship should not be a necessary requisite to Impose such an obligation. HARRY A. SCHWARTZ. Philadelphia, July 28. ROOSEVELT'S AID NEEDED To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Slrwl want to commend you heartily for the article on the editorial page, "An Asset Ignored." For myself I cannot conceive of men who dislike Theodore Roosevelt except those who are Jealous of his success or of his follow ing, as you say. He Invigorates any pro gram to which he lends his support so let the cry go out through the land: Why keep him Idle? There is work that he can do better than anybody else in this crisis. SAMUEL DAVIE3. Shenandoah, Pa., July 26. ALL BUT THE DIRTY STREETS To th Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir During a two weeks' stay In your city I have been much entertained In visiting the many place of Interest n which the elty abounaa. ancr it wmrmy insuiisi a greater Ha Pft'Trft'yf'T r respond to war's appeal, and largely because of our refnoval so far from scenes Inti mately related to the early struggles of our country. The Interest, however. Is growing, and the West will respond In gen erous measuro with both crops and men now that the necessity Is upon us. And In conclusion allow me to remark that tho spirit of enterprise seems to penetrate all spheres of activity and all departments that work for the city's improvement excepting that whose function It Is to keep clean your streets, which In somo of tho prominent places downtown aro Inexcusably filthy and dusty. Your Chestnut street Is in deplorable condition. Repairs are going on, It Is true, but an effort could be made to subdue the dust, nnd I wonder that the merchants sub mit without protest, while clouds of dust enter the stores and nro In evidence on the goods offered for sale. F. A. RICH. Philadelphia, July 31. WANTS TO HELP To the Editor of the Evening Ledgeri Sir I am thirteen years of age nnd crazy to help. If this Is published I will feel very much better. I havo been thinking so much about what I could do, and feel that the best I could do would bo to help the Red Cross. Without It wnr would be horrible. War Is awful as It Is; but think of the thousands of men who would die If the Red Cross did not help them! Action is what will help and no other thing. MARION ADELB BLACK. Philadelphia, July 30. HELPING MR. HOOVER ? To the Editor of tho Evening Ledger: Sir We all know, by now, that citizens of the United States realize they have a good thing In Herbert Hoover; that he Is an efficient, hard-working, clear-headed manipulator of food conservation, without hysteria and with much empiric back ground. It Is laudable to see how soon his Influence on the popular mind has been manifest. Housewives have responded without whimpering to his gentle demands, and the tired business man often nowadays eschews his roast beef sandwich, with war bread as a substitute. But the most en couraging sign of nn awakening to gas tronomic war conditions is observable In the restaurants. It Is not only the "big fellows" who are doing their bit and more for Mr. Hoover. The "llttlo fellows" nre nobly rallying to their country's ne4- by Inflating prices beyond all human betstt and, at that In connection with articles In disputably cheap. An ."order" of plain boiled potatoes at a decent hotel In Philadelphia sells for twenty cents. To be sure, these vegetables, when served, resemble nothing so much as microscopic flecks of white, flaky matter. Club sandwiches, composed of super-delicate slices of chicken meat (mostly dark as night), undlecoverable bacon, and dabs of mayonnaise so Small as to defy the vision, are thirty-five cents. An omelette aux fines herbes the size of an ordinary en velope calls for a check that might better have been spent on something really en- jujauio, win mo movies or a nana concert. Best of all. soda water, foe of booze and dlspeller of heat glooms, Is leaping and exulting tn Its temporary rise to fifteen cents. The only logical thing left to our Imaginative restaurateurs Isto serve but ter (melting and humid) as a dessert at a quarter per diminutive plate, and to dis pose of doughnut holes at a dollar a bite If Emerson were living he would change his saying about the loaf of bread and the lilies. Today he would let the bread go, and spend his all on the flowers. They are cheaper. ALICE GORGAS. Philadelphia, July 81, NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW Those who look for parallels tn history remember that the French Revolution, In the military sense, was In the end a stun ning success, and thev confirm tn v. - the best In. Russia Springfield Republican. We know of no one, outside of Congress, who Is at all anxious to see a Joint con gressional war council. The' anxiety is all the other way with all due reepeet to 'our brace of able Senators and their Incurable partisanship. Lowell (Mass.) Courler-Cltl-sen. There Is only one service, that the pres ent Congress will be able to perform In the interest of aound patriotism, and that, we fear, will be long deferred. That la to ad. lourn and go home, oermittina, ...??: T?Z&&&2! What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. Mho Is Otneral Kornlloff? 2. What Is the elilent objective of the AllWJl present drhe? W 3. What do Italians call the city of Lesbos I 4. Who wrote "Daniel Deronda"? "In S. Who said, "Solomon, I have outdone (ml thee"? 11 0. How many sons has the Kaiser? , 7. What country Is expected to define her ih on the world war soon? 8. Who was the taut Moorish ruler In Sm! 0. Who has nnnouneed that he Is nllllncUl ns mrdlntor between Berlin and Loali 10. What nation In reported to be bulldlnf I Inrzest airplanes In existence? Answers to Yesterday's Qui Jl 1. Scots, Welshmen and Australians, In atf,J Hon to Britons, have been taklne part I tho preat Flanders battle. 2 George Wuslilnilon'n location was that etll Planter. ! 3. Doctors taken In the draft villi be rate! Ml privates. . lornmila Is a mental derangement, tmji ...my wnen mnrKea it aenitioni srandeur tn the unrt nt ik ni,it.. S. "Hectic" n.cims morbidly Hushed. (i . urorxe creel, rhnlrman of the committee I nubile Inrnrmafln.i f.nB ..i...,l II ibyll'ljn of press censorship In connect!! 7. Horses are reported to be brlntlnf prices for food In Germany. b. Henry Ford's scheme to "set the boys I '. " . Iciif Dy cnriitmai" is mw flW1""! with the liner Oscar II, ".in iiii, umomoDiie magnate's party sailed for JCnrnne. !. "Maxim ncrkj'a" real name is Alexel 1 noMicn rjcsnkoi. vj in."...",'""". "Kr usually made from.H . I u.fTB eji. nell. PHILADELPHIA GERMANS WHO CHANGED THEIR NAMES hi rpiiERE are a number of people of Gen - ancestry In Philadelphia who will newi aream or following the present growM fad of changing Teutonic names Into llsh.soundlng ones, for the simple that evolution made the appropriate chanr for them generations ago. Spelling of nt even of proper names, was not so standardized In the late seventeenth early eighteenth century, when the follff ers of Pastorlus were founding the GermlB town In the northwestern part of what I now Philadelphia. opening inclined to follow the oronuna tlon, and, as ours Is and always has M primarily an English civilization, the ns! comers naturally allowed the revised P Ing and the pronunciation of their nanufl to stand. Thus Op de Graeff became Uplfl graft; Conderts, Conrad; Schumacher, SIM mauer, Klttlnghuysen, RIttenhouse ; Sti ers, Btreeper; SoupIIs, Supplee; Scherh ernes; Tlssen, Tyson; Lucken" Luke) Kiever, Cleaver; Kurlls, Corlles; Caa t-asiiej Kestner. Castner; Backer, UakaB and so forth. Bo, if it had not been for the Eniisj tongues hereabouts n Colonial .times, oM "fine, old English name of Rlttenhouijl would abide with us today In "Rlttlngb sen Square" but for the change we efl be duly thankful. Not all these names 'M strictly German, but aU of them were. J ute Germanlo family. The Germans of GUrmantnwn waril1 sturdy, hard-working lot Thev rouid alwai be trusted to keep their excellent roads--ll """' "ie great road over which W traded with this city and which has kei their name to this day In excellent condj -... ... too meir town was laid out, w settlement then comprising twelve famllla forty-one persons in all The "Main "treejl naa ty feet wide, running ala an old Indian tralL It mint hava-f through very thick woods, for it is reoots mat as lata as 1717 a bear cllmbeet the fence Into Jarae Logan's gird Cry !, . when the ifj m
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