L i .iT at. ... -vV i ' In, ' ' J.b. A . ' "V V ' ' - . J. - ' . . f -It A4.W .nn&ilin.stxinririiniilTTTuAiiTCr.TTTT:A fiAmTmTVA.Y, TTttTJBT -4, Iltt' JU.T JHLliO,lVJ - JU1 SUA JLX.y-rJLjA.WWdJLMrsM-JLJk, JUIAAA Aj.-.ivw- f .. w lrav ' V "-- - , ' ' "Is.- tittyer rDBUC LEDGER COMPANY '.'CTRUB X. X. CURTIS, PaasiMXT H. Luiltniton. Vlea TOaaMatitl . BacraUry and Traaurr Philip B. John .John ii. Williams, John J, Bpursrwn, Whaler, Director. Pi -;P" o KfS Mil '' lIMSJM Pi 1 sv- rym- m bfj - s -J BW,. L' SB r a , - rf , '? Aj,; , tfw . S to "Cv. EDITORIAL BOAIlDl Crao H. K. Cuitii. Chairman. WHALET. Editor MAltTIN., General Buatnaaa Manaier had dally at PcaLia f.vnaan flulldlnr. i Indtptndsncs Bquara. Phlladtlphla. CasTaAL... Broad anif Chaatniit fltl-Mta T!0 CiTX Vaaa-Inlon Bulldlnc ToaK. ZOO Metropolitan Tower tT... ...... ....... ..i, .403 Ford IlulMlne . ......100a milarton Building isi3 rrtniM aiuuaug news nunEAOs: ata-tataTA UraaiTT nla-a-a nn!Ml. W TOaK lJQa.Lt! Tha Tlme-a ilnlMln SUM Boaaic DO rrledrlehairaaan y vojDOTi ticasac. ,,.,., Mareonl Houae, tltrand - -.- i,. ........ fua iu. MPUI. 1 UIIMIU aUBscmrnoM TEniis .vTha Etkiih Lamia la served to aubscrlber ,m a-nuaaaipnia ana aurrounamr towna at tha '-rat ot twalra (12) cants par wuki parabla , tta carrier. 07 man o poinia ouiawa or i-miaaeipnia. in VI K. .. T-w- 'nltad atataa. Canada np 1Tnlla fli.l.. rva. Caalona, voataaa lra. arty (SO) ctnta par onth. Six (IS) dollara par raar, parable In dranca, To all foralm countrlea ona (II) dollar pr Bonth. ' A "h Notica Subaerlbara wlahlnr addraaa chanted 'mat gira oia a wan aa new addreee.' UEtt. 1000 WALNUT KEYSTONE. MAIN loot " $ Balr Aifdraia alt rommunlcaftona to rvnttntr Ixdotr, Jndtpmdmct t! quart, PMadilphla. m - ,. 3KTioaD at THa rniMiLruu roTornca as ICOKD-Ct.Atl HAIL HATTIR. Philadelphia, 5aturlari Auu.l 4, 1917 IN PRAYER IS THE POWER OF MANY ARMY CORPS IU ? S m m THE alchemlats In their day were martyrs to a hopeless cause. Great aen, amazed by the miracles of chemistry their Ignorance could produce, wore con vinced that they had but touched the possibilities of the science and with fur ther knowledge could approach omnlvo "lence. If they could dlslntcjrrate a given substance and separate It Into Its con stituent elements, why could they not (llio rebuild or transmute the baser metals Into pure gold? They did not know that old was a primary clement In Itself, dif ferent from wood or alloyB that were combinations. So their search was vain, nd in time. the alchemists became mere Hkers and Walllngfords, feeding on tho ignorance of the multitude and dissemi nating falsehood. But in that long search for the mysterious formula that would trlng untold wealth to the finder, enthusiasts-stumbled on discoveries that were flestined to bo of more value to the world than all the gold tllere Is or ever will be. Columbus searched for India and ho sound America. A man combed tho seven seas for fortune and found It at last beneath his Pennsylvania backyard In the form of oil. There are men who doubt the edlcacy f prayer. Others, knowing Its wonders, doubt if there is a limit to its effects. "But," exclaim the doubting ones, "do sot our enemies also pray? Is not their God our Qod, and is It not h mockery for millions of people to be&eech the Al mighty that victory lie with them, while 1 pther millions offer supplications for an opposite decision? We will not pray. Wo prefer to rely on heavy artillery." It Is a. common belief that Napoleon staked his fortunes, too, on his guns, but he did . rot. The French had sought to dethrone God during the Revolution. Napoleon knew that without God nothing would bo possible, and he valued the moral strength of his soldiery as three-to-ono Store important than mere numbers. 'To i material people, not versed In psychic phenomena, springing from fore bears who' for generations worshiped God but concentrated their efforts on material advancement, it Is not strange that the true meaning of prayer, as real ized by those who walked with Christ in Galilee, is unknown. A great nation rith Its mind fixed on one object, offer ing its prayers for the achievement of that object, institutes thereby a forco of tremendous power. It Is not visible. It eannot be loaded on to ships or shot from machine guns, but it can work Itself across oceans and trencheH Into the brains and souls of other men. Mr. Wil son struck' with tho power of ten army ejorps when he pointed out that the Ger mans themselves were the slaves of Hohenzollernlsm, quite as much in need Of deliverance as Belgians or Serbs. Thought overwhelms all physical barri cades. It undermines dynasties and -uproots governments. It energizes or de energizes armies, as witness tho enfeeble ment of the Russian forces as a result cf the spread of a doctrine of pacifism Which appeared to be plausible. Prayer is solemn utteranco of conviction. Uni versal prayer, the minds of millions fixed simultaneously on a given purpose, seals yubllc opinion, Internationalizes it, and, ye believe, universalizes it. For the faith that has leveled mountains is the faith that can bring victory to our arms or peace to the world. This country has never doubted, God, for God in most ap parent ways has guided its destinies and directed its progress. t We gather together in our churches nee a year to thank God for his mani fold and many blessings. Would it be tick of reverence. to gather together on &nnthAP Aav and hpRppdi Ilia Almttrli, jft'j'i? Bulde th8 current of our thoughts and X-vrposo, to direct us ulong the right road V- laa Ihla vpanr npfata ti nahlft ,,a n uaa ,i. ..M O...M V. , .. W..UU.V ub w owe uiu per thing to do, to bring to us vie- u It lk...liv tU. n.a . !.- ..a i wi & ,wwwj .iu hwu ui uib wunu t( $sMf0U'. be Mrved7 We have urged before U'I-hs thattnere should be a national, or, (; 'i vpetter, an international day of prayer. t -V7 Jfothing- has como of it bo far. But e TskiT"Ht the suggestion, for we are conn- - fBftlBMit that we have no right to send our X'Teung men across seas without godspeed, ' '' "it does not behoove a great Christian fe.AAAMM tt amtta.l. n. n muullalaaa '"aawa v ...uaaa .v w nv 'JVU1B1UUB UI rise without religious devotion. cly expressed by the whole people. thousands of homes prayers rise Goal each night, but may we not for day mobilize the churches of the na- 'nd dedicate ourselves soberly and ntly to petition the Almighty for sustenance in this hour of trial? 'r a."1 lM y?'l FKUITS OF TREASON ' risa t Mmpaxatyely little to- Kits Elaborated" Into I Jbr'tlMf time; tntf reports m nmmm I 1..V of the 'wintry, usually not citizens, who give aid and comfort to the enemy when ever possible. There arc, too, some irre sponsible publications, edited for tho most part by half-educated anarchists, which are using good paper to inclto tho ignor ant to riot. They Jumblo truth and futso hood together and brew therefrom a mess of trouble. Liberty is a cardinal princlplo of Ameri canism, but cities maintain police forces Just the same, and when liberty degener ates Into license tho Jails nro utilized. The freedom of the press Is tho bulwark of our Institutions, we believe; but freedom of tho press docs not confor on any tnon the right to preach reason, to aid the enemy and to undcrmlno our own Government. We suspect that certain editors nro re sponsible for the Oklahoma Incident, und a trial by Jury on tho chargo""tf tieason would not do them any harm. ONLY 100 YEARS AHEAD OK SOME' OF US It Is probable tliut fuitlicr extensions of tho pavements may be callpil fur In the present and ensuing jears upon the samo prlnrlplc.s of antidilution, und we hope that Counclln will uct upon a lib eral system nnd Brunt lliem, whenever the lonti Is for so long u period as to make It an ndvnntaRruus coiitinct for the city. It uutild not bo dlfllcult to how that where a loan Is for n. long pe riod tho Increase of taxes upon the prop erty paved nrlfllng from Imprbveincnts and Its Increased value, would produce an extra revenue to the city more than uf- flclent to clenr the city tho whole cost of tho pavement. THIS Is from nn editorial In tho Phila delphia Portfolio of Mny, 1S17. Tho writer was arguing ngnlnst obstruction ists. "What motive can there be," he thunders, "for tef using ho reasonable u request?" What ho urged was tho dating and subversive procedure of continuing tho paving of Chestnut, Walnut and other well-known thoioughfares went of Elev enth nnd Twelfth streets. Concerning such a project we today might be Inclined to nay, "Of course; It had to bo; any ono could have seen that Chestnut nnd Wal nut streets vero destined to go westward and, of courwe, bo paved all tho wo." Nothing of tho sort. The hanio oppo sition to the giowth and Improvement of Philadelphia that existed In 1317 exists In 1917. Tho same pullhack lack of faith In the future which kept Thirteenth and Chestnut streets a region of muddy, tin paved lanes In 1817 is maintaining in the outlying diHttictH of tho modern city the sumo regions of rural mud nnd pro vincial Inconvenience. Nothing Is gnlned except by effort. Progress Is never easily wooed; It has to be fought for. Hut when transit Is un accomplished fact, when tho government nnd administrative methods of handling tho now Philadelphia havo been wrenched Into keeping with re quirements, people will say, "Of covnse; It had to be; It was Inevitable." But the only thing that Is Inevitable Is theso samo people's inevitable Indif ference. They never maka history. They wait until It's made and then read It. GERARD ON GERMANY NO OTIII3II American Ambassador, wc believe, ever faced such difficulties as confronted Sir. Gerard In Berlin during tho war period. lie held In his hands tho dignity nnd prestige of this great repub lic, tho last first-class neutral In tho world. A weak man would have suc cumbed. He, however, never swerved from the path of duty. No Prussian had a spine stronger than his or l odder blood in his veins, and ho met Insolence In the way an American should meet It. Tho glamour of militarism never blinded hH eyes. Ho saw through the sham nnd he unraveled Intrigue as ho met It. Tho Germans could not fool him, so they grew to hate him. Mr. Gerard knows more about the Ger man war lords than any other living man. His opportunities to know have been bet ter. What ho has learned ho Intends that tho American people shall be taught. Some doubt tho holiness of this war; they need never doubt again after reading tho ex posure of German purpose as Sir. Geraid tells It. Only In a democracy would It bo possible to have a record of this sou published In tho very midst of tho events of which It treats. In the matter of pub lic service wo know of nothing which u newspaper could do of greater Importance than to give tho Gerard narrative to tho world. A publication of such national and international importance is in keep ing with tho purpose and prestige of the Public Ledger. "Buy a war calf" Is tho latest con servation motto. Ono would certainly rather buy than be" one. Happy Is the nation without a his tory; actlvo 13 the shipping board that has no conversations to report. Railroad valuation is now dcclured to be u colossal failure. There Is no news in that. Everybody who knew anything about the subject was sure It would be. The Mayor has said that ho means business In the vice clean-up. He has said It almost every day. After a time, no doubt, It will become apparent Just what sort of business ho means. The Germans affect to despise the American army. That "contemptible' little British force, however, has kept tho Kaiser bUHy for months Issuing proclama tlons to reassure hU people. Will America dare send a million men acrot-s the seas In face of our growing submarine strength? Frankfurter SJcl tung. That Is why we're sending them. Free mailing privileges should not bo dlfllcult to grant to the Sammees, con sidering Congressmen's prodigality with the franking privilege. Congress sends seven tons of mall a day, a record that our army could hardly beat. , During July 420 airplanes were lost on the western front alone, the majority of them being Gorman. This indicates how vast a construction program wo must undertake if we are to assure permanent and complete ascendancy In the air for the Allies.' Citizens can affoid to wait and Bee the new transit lease in written form be fore reaching any conclusions about it. We are told that the company has been saddled and bridled, but the company's representatives heretofore have been ra.tl.er astute .representative, of the inter- !Mi1l'WfW 'Wftlt?: -V t ,.,! j. . " k " rl ..MiAS. MILITARY VALUE OF WATERWAYS Passage of the Rivers and Har bors Bill Will Further the De fense Plans of the Government :v,'7f,v FfeM flprrfal Corrcaponifrnc tit tht Kvtnlno Lntatr WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. LP.T us refer to tho rivers anJ harbors i bill and tho hard fight Its sponsors havo had to prove It up ns a wnr mensuro that should bo passed by this session of Congress. Wo can speak hopefully of the Mil becauso It is now virtually assured of becoming law. ITIic bill parsed the House after this was written. It carries a total ap propriation of more than J2C.000.000 and provides for new work and maintenance which the President and the Secretary of War huvo Indicated as needful In connection with general preparedness It has been n long and hard pull to Induce members of the .Senate and lfouse to ugroo with tlio Wnr Department about this measure, nnd the opposition In both bodies has been kien und nlcrt. Nor has there been any mincing of words In the discussion of tho measure. The handful of Senator, finally dwin dling to ebven, who opposed tho bill pre sent) d their usual arguments, ono of tlinm declaring that rather than submit to any 'back-fire" from his coiiBtlliienls In tho Interest of any project that M-emed to him unworthy ho vrou'd retire from tho pubtli service. It Is not unfair, perhaps, to any Sonntor making so generous a tender of voluntary retirement to observe that somo .Senators who live In States whern they have no waterways are not m unselfishly pa triotic In the matter of cantonmints nnd public buildings. Pie acquisition of whleli for their own tcrrltorj In regarded by tho folks at home as n highly nnmnciid.ihlo brand of American statesmanship Neither has It occasioned comment In Hie grent metropolitan Journals which encour age Senators, and ltcprscntatlves fiom arid and w-mlnrid trrllory to cry "pork" against rivers nnd harbors and ports, that Irrigation ami iccl.imatlon schemes, which heavily tax the Treasury of the United .States In times of peaco as well as In times of war, aro an pure and ns t acred as the driven snow if the appropriation Is suf ficient To tho badly Informed eastern rrltle of waterway Improvements In the Pulled States n bill for 'Vtlmill.itlnn of food pio diictlnn" In ought In from tho committee of Irrigation of arid lands would bo Illumi nating A casual reading of tho scheme unfolded b the Seen tin v of the Interior for taking men away fiom f.uins that are Inlgated by naluie and putting them upon mid soil where thej must wait for water at th expense of the Government should tend to make even a few of the metropolitan editors weep All the Secret. it eif the in terior ami the Committor on Ald Lands want, anil they vwuit it now. Is an, 000,000 to create fanners on land that Is now un productive, to that they may prepare to produce fond If they ran get water to the land, "to support our nimy and our navy" Incidentally, the men tal.e-n fiom leal farms and put upon theso arid and semlarld lands would be freed from mllltaty sen Ice And It requires nbout live oars to bring trees to fruition In Irrigated isoll Pork-Barrcl Cry Hurtful Strange ns It may seem, much of the op position to tho rivers and harbors bill has come from the l.'.'ist, although e.itein ami northern States are more abundantly pro vided for In tho bill than aro tho southern States If those who would have defeated tho bill had been successful they would have deprived a rreat Slat,. . Xow- Yen I, of at least a dozen Impiovements extend ing from Lake Clmmpl.iln to the harbor ef New York city They would have pre vented an appropriation for tho mainte nance of the Hudson channel and would have defeated the opening up of the Hast Itlver so that war vessels, now blocked at Hell Gate, can get through from Long Is land Sound to New York Hay. In NVvv .lerey they would havo defeated fifteen river Im provements, including tho maintenance ef tho Itarltnn Itlver and Pay, which connect tho Delaware Illver with New York, and they would havo helped, temporarily at least, to clobo up all the rivers in New Jersey that empty their commcrco into tho Delaware. In Pennsylvania they would have rle f rated tho $300,000 Improvement of the Sehuylklll Illver. which has been pending since Mayor Ashbriilge's administration, and would have deprived the thlrtv-flvv-foot Delaware Illver channel project of Improvement and maintenance to tho extent of $1, 870,000 Such a setback at this particular time, when the Delavare Itlver Is developing more commerce and more shipbuilding than any other In the Pnlted States, would have been littlo shoit of an outrage. It would certainly havo been nn obstruction to our preparations for war. Whllo tho defeat of tho bill would have discouraged hundreds of noee-.sary water way Improvements elsewhere. It would also havo thrown back tho Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Improvement. which, though a national necessity, has been moro bitterly fought than any other project In tho bill. The umatt references to the "Santcc," to the "Podec" and to tho 'Tomblgbeo," with their comparatively Insignificant appropria tions, would havo pioved a very lame ex cuse for tho national damage that theso tatlrlsts In House nnd Senato would havo dono had they secuicd votes enough to win. Opposition Arguments Not Sound Tho arguments In opposition to tho bill woro based largely upon tho Issue of "pork." Ono Senator, for iustanco, devoted much time to a small lump sum appropriation for Beveral streams In New Jersey, Includ ing Toms Illver. It was evident ho had never seen Toms Itlver and knew nothing about It. Ho did not know that tho Toms Illver appropriation wquld probably not exceed J1000 and that that would be for the maintenance of a slv-foot channel to accommodate tho craft which abound in that vicinity In great numbers elurlng tho summer months. Tho opportunity to play upon the name "Toms Itlver" was all the Senator desired And then again a west ern member of tho House had fun with "Ilanana Creek," In Florida. Ho said It was ridiculous to make appropriations for "Banana Creek," because no bananas wcro grown In tho United States. It was ev' dent ho had never boon In Florida, or ho would have known that tho people of Florida are now asking protection, by way of tariff on their banana crop. But a lit tle lapse llko that made no difference so long us It amused tho nowspapcrs And to amuse them further tho gentleman serl ously attacked a proposed survey uf "tho Kill von Kull fiom Shooter Island west to Junction of channels, with a view of diedg Ing shoals between channels to provide anchorage grounds." Tho name of tho Kill von Kull seemed to nmuse this western critic, who pictured Shooter Island as a paradise for rich New Yorkers nddlctcd to um kuiiiiihk imuii. no saiu it was absurd and wasteful to make provision for such a stream, although ho was informed It was ono of tho most serviceable of tho commer cial waterways of tho world. In the laBt battlo over tho conference report on the bill the members Mfta had been spurred on by tho "pork-barrel" cry renewed their fight, but w,ero beaten by de cisive votes, It was shown In that heated dchato that the waterways bill would be a charge of only twenty-six cents per capita upon the people of the United States and that this expenditure was necessary to develop our food supply and to prepare and maintain suitable rivers and harbors for our vessels of war. It was further shown that those who had voted against thlsj twenty-six cents per capita to prepare the way for our ships and shipping had cheerfully voted a charge of i6.o per capita to be spent for aviation In foreign lands as well as in the United States, with out pausing for "pork," and that they had voted with equal unanimity a charge of J7.EQ per capita for ships without asking whether they should be built of steel or WOOa avilU wim iiv.aui.fc .vuiiiiiicuuv ill ibq Administration whose integrity they chatf. m Tom Daly's Column run vn.hAon vovt Whenever U'a a Haturday, abaft the tuirid spell That lately came to visit u from ticficr- lands of ttcll, .If aniy rnfe, icich "fair an' cooler" prophecies come true I hop around alt over toivn to see what nctcs Is new. An' ot tunic my merry rounds 1 tune mu ukulele An' hullil a Iff He bunch of thymes an' slno 'cm to It ually; I take a single circumstance an' trick U out iiife fancy To muKc It sound like something interest ing and "romaney." This exercise has benefits, of uhlch 1 teekun thin chief: It doesn't hurt the neighbors much an' kecpi me out nf mischief. Itesults are poor, pcrhttpi, but opportu nities are ample. An' here for your perusal I piesent a lit tle sample: Tho dust hail lung been high and dry Upon tho sweltering street; Save when n fitful breeze wont by Terrific vvns the heat. But now tho citizens take hem t And hopo icvives again Down Chestnut stte-et n sprinkling cart Comes sprinkling, In the rain. The e-oppcr langiilshcel on his bent Beneath a copper sky, Anil every neighbor erne would meet Had fover in Ills pe; But now when gusts nf raindrops Mnrt And tome relief is had. Behold tho frantic sprinkling cart ComoH sprinkling things like mad. Oh, patient city of my birth, How htiriowful thy state lir what tire' nil thee sprinklings worth That sprinkle thte too late? And through thy many trades nnd nits That should beget but gain, How manj oilier sprinkling calls Co sprinkling in the mill.' 7 Vie '' ti ho droit' that chat tot of pluiitil tidundanee Had nothing on hit mind at all but laeuoui abitnilanee, Or possibly the ebon dome, with which he did his thinking Was occupied ullh memories of eating and of drinking. At any tote I nolid, as he trended through the titif)lc, A .smile upvn his features tliat teas dreamy an' Acruphtc, An' looking at hii ln;y bulk olovr liis liorses sirlnilng I fancied that his childish leart tins vciy likely sinning: I a song ok mr:ni:.s Chit Ken meat Is berry fine. Possum gi. -ivy's good. When Ah'm hungry All kin dine On nios' nny food; Ah kin i-.it mos' anything D.it do.in' bito mo fust. But fur latin" Hoiiev-Nwe-et, an' I'll fur any king Bight hyar's wlinr I bust; Wntuhmilliuu pink, Watiihmllllem red, D.i'h mah food nn' drink. Da's mah bo.a'el an' bed. Hob mo edi mail Job, I won't ntbbah rate! Nothln" to mo Siong's Ah kin bo A wntiihmllllenairel Interrupted' To Da iniitlmicd Monday) This war thing Is no picnic. We no ticed a couple of young ofllccr.s, who wcro evidently new to their white duck suits, woiiliiK themselves sick In a Heading Hallway train. They wouldn't dare to hit em tho plush scats until they'll spread papers there to protect their trouser bosoms' Immaculatcness. Somo progres sive newspaper ndveitlscr may get n sug gcstlon fiom -this. Tho Knl.xor, so said our own dear paper. "Gives Hindy V. nnd S. of It. O. of H. 11." Ono of emr blight young men translates It, "Chief and Sachem of tho Hoyal Order of Happy Hooligans." But bomohody else may suggest n brighter. We'll stand for most mi thing. li;i:t'lI. .m:: V.V unii'thi'l Imve this art l.,.",.,.'ir I'e.wiirlil, lint the iiroiifroiiiii rennets t lua t Hie In-nlrril c ntnii-Uir llr-t ket that nlir.le tu read. "(Inr emu druit i.ipfr." Ileplylng to Archibald, who elemands to know what Is tho best aimginm upon Wll hclm, wo offer our ovyn: "Hell vv' "Im." I laMSsvi euhr en the .riven sndharben M) SUS-ia !l . . . " ..'. C'r' ,. " 'i ,&&:. VLVA'ATWy We have lived In the valley's shadow, l'ell Its dark secutll'. Which binds up all Hue feeling And sets oils'1 passions free. Let us up out of the valley Let us lift our heads again; Let us gaze straight Into heaven Through (Sod's blue utndowpane. '7'wtll make our actions noble. iur i inn i. n u stratum ana line As tec go tip on the mountain And nearer the divine. spi:i:o. W1M.IAM MAIUON BKHDV 1ms u heart ns big usils chest, which Is Buying a lot. In his St. Louis .Mirror ho delights In holding out n helping hand to the struggling young author. For tlmt'rca son we're sure Bill will bo more sorry than angry to hear that ono of his proteges had Imposed upon him. Will Lou writes to us from New York: In looking through llecdy's Mirror tor July 27 I rend a short story called "The Striker," supposedly written by Jacob Davis, '19, In tho Harvard ylduoceifc. I found thfit.the story coincided throughout with a French one-act thriller called "Sabotnge." which .was performed In the Oratid Ouipnol ot Paris six or eight years ago. It was translated about four years ago by the editor of The Dramatist, an American quarterly, and published In his magazine The plots of play and story are Identical In all respeots. WEARING THIN? t - rani t i: k .Si -.-. .r'. r ' -r: j&-.,-,. 2 rt A BUILDER OF CHARACTER Many Noted Men the Product' of Doctor Jones's Long Service in Penn Charter School And from Will Lou, now our observant Now York correspondent, we learn that when tho negroes paraded in that town recently- tho Union Leaguo was barren of flags when tho Afro-Americans wore passing, but blossomed with the emblems of tho Allies when (ho parade had gone Dy. rwy.r K.f,v:,;3,' . . ,. --.fctf ..u' I .- . " " ' T" T. , ... f nA ., -'l -s A TUB iccent death of Dr. Illchnril Mott Jones will mean a great deal to the academic world But it will mean nlmost as much to that part of life outside school walls nnd diicctly at gilps with the prob lem eif living iff elf. Such was the constant mental nnd spiritual vigor of tho man that, In all likelihood, tho coming years will treasons his memory as much on account of his status ns a man as a teacher. As a developer of character, he will bo remem bered most of all. This ono trult. Ineradicable and unchang ing, was, perhaps, the bedrock of his suc cess. Dying at tlio ago or scvemy-iour years, after a forty-year headmastershlp of the William Perm Charter School. Doctor Jones left behind him not only nn Institu tion entitled to quiet pildo In Its traditions, fostered by him. but a long list of men who havo athlcveel success, prominence, fame what you will. Many of them had ad anced to their posts of high honor through the tutelage of their old headmaster. Doctor Jones's faith In tho ifllcary of pcisonal mental development was Immense, certain of Itself and calmly elllclent. When he faced what Pater finely called "the last curiosity." tho moments preceding death, lie was undisturbed. His life-long philosophy of perseverance rose to his lips, and even as life ebbed away from him ho found strength to dictate a letter to a Phllailelphlan, whoso work has not yet had tho recognition due It "Have courage, my f I lend; acknowledgement of your abilities Is coining," van tho gist of It It Is not strange, therefore', that nn Im posing memorial service for this courageous optimist Is planned for tho approaching1 fall. And when It Is solemnized, It Is only common senso to ussumo that pupils ot Doctor Jones, many of them prominent In buslnes-s, finance, letters and science, will bo there to signify mutely by their presence what they owed and owo to tho guiding hand and heart of Penn Charter. Dcvelopeel Great Men The names of thoso wiio havo gone out through tho gieat metal doors ot the school to find fortuno and applause would mako up a considerably huge volume In Itself. Inspired by varying ideals, they havo traveled varied paths. Hut nearly all of them havo done what they hoped to do, nnd, In n way, all of them have based their successes ori tho inueli-abused, misunderstood but pregnant motto, "Bffl clrncy " There Is, for nn example, A Morrltt Tay lor, one of Penn Charter's characteristic pioducts. In whom keenness of practical vision has been tuterblent with lilcallstlo force. Molded In tho form of n typical Jones pupil, Mr. Taylor now stands tit tho head of his own sort of workers. In him. ns In so many men coming from Pcmi Chnrter, ono discerns the sturdy belief In seir that, when Ilnlteij.vvltli executive drive, makes for great nnd sustained success. But It Is not only men of such specialized training thnt como from tho dignified build ing em Twelfth Ftreet. Bdwurd H. Smith, of i:. 11. Smith & Co. bankers, is another type So Is Morris Wlstar Stroud, inesldcnt of tho American Oas Company, Tho law finds manv representatives In tho Alumni Register. Thero Ib Joseph Brevitt Townsend. Jr. of Townsend, F.lllott & Munson; CJeorgo Vaux, Jr., of Shipley & Vnux, and others whoto 'lepute before the bar Is acknowledged. Troof of tho catholicity of tho Tenn Char, ter regime Is afforded In tho names of grad. uatcs who, nfllllatlng themselves with tha arts, havo been enrolled as experts In pen craft. Stephen B, L. Penrose, president nnd profossor of philosophy of Whitman College, might be chosen as a fair snmni of what Intensive brain-training has nccom. pllshed. Charles Belmont Davis, well known as he is for his graphic, vivid stories and stnge 'annals, comes from Penn Charter though hot many rhlladelphtans Becm. to know It. -William U. Nicholson. Jr.. medl cnl scholar and savant, owes his Juvenile urge toward that branch ot learning to the alma mater ot his youth as much as to his own ambitions and talents. Vice Provost Joslah II. Pennlman. of the University of Pennsylvania, student of English nnd monograph writer of Individu ality and distinction, used to carry his books down Twelfth street. ICdgar M. nil ley, writer of romances nnd lyricist; Her bert Adams Gibbons, war correspondent and historian ; Rupert S. Holland all these have the proud pleasure of looking backward through the years to their bovhnod apent in the atmosphere,. of strong and hearty prac tical idealism. Naturally there was soman etilna I. ,V. .hk....a.u. .. Ik..- ... 11... Miiiia ii aiiv imaraivivra; vst"vj iiivii Kni M wemtotMir ssMntutu m something not been fostered wlt scientific us well ns personal and Inttm-.fe caro the results might not havo been m large In bulk. Possibly some of the thoroughness of Doctor Jones's academic system came from that source of much knowledge travel. Never parochial by nature, he fur ther augmented his natural gift of organiza tion, selection and cultural development bv visits to other places of learning. Tho wonderful English public school system, which has virtually unmade us many dolts as It has mado poets, camo under his sharpest scrutiny for years. On tho Con tinent ho added to his stoio of facts facts later to bo applied to Philadelphia boys through a thorough contact with French and German educational methods. Ho even went to Ireland, where, In tutoring work, he advanced further yet his view point on methods of Instruction. Such was tho broad-minded caliber of tho man that there was nothing so unimportant but thnt ho could turn it to somo Illustrative use In evolving his philosophy ot training, In spiration and self-cultivation. Reorganized His School Tho Immediate merit of his methods bore rich fruit as soon ns he became head master of Penn Charter. Thoso who were In touch with tho condition of tho institu tion admit that it was not In tho flourishing Ftnto that should havo pievalled. But with almost Incredible quickness It began to "pick up" under the Informing touch of Doctor Jones. Reorganization without any sensational details, concerned only with the greatest good for tho greatest number, was Instituted. The sanity and health of that school today speak silent volumes for the blood that the master injected Into it. Some of tho practical Ideas of his native State, Maine, seem to havo been Infused Into many of tho doctor's doings. To do a thing properly, no matter what tho cost of tho moment might be, was with him a motive not to bo argued about. Tho novelty of a staff of trained and specialized scholars to Instruct his pupils was a costly ,,., iiiuuo u pay in mo long run. Vthen ho Imported an Oxonian scholar to teach French doubtless thero were nstonlshcd gasps Topnotcli salaries wero not so often paid in tho seventies. But the doctor believed In good grounding In funda mentals. Hence his unswerving love of English and Latin. It Is significant that President Wilson, among other notables, recognized tho twofold genius of tho man In a letter praising his accomplishments. Not nil his time and thought wero given to the printed page. Loving nature, he loved sport as well, and it was largely his design that athletics assumed so Important a rolo In the drama of school life. Ho saw that mero 'iarnin' " would not avail without clean-limbed strength and hearty lungs. All this was part of his democratic out look em life. By training tho Individual to realize his potential ability on tho foot ball field as well as In tho classroom, ho advanced that Ideal that guided him above all else man-power self-advanced through adherenco to Doctor Jones's belief In that man-power. What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. What two coirrnmentH nre iitinut lit InatltnCa V?l u Joint control of shlii tonnane? S. About how ninny airplane- wert loat la bat- l lie un inn i-sii-rn irnm in illliyr n .i. mio is .Hilars it. liaru-lilT 4. Where U the Itlver Zbrocz? ti. VI lint imo limit for Nntlonnl (iimrd torn- vl miiiiucr eur -rrvico in estrone is raToits rl liv .Major (ienernl renililnir ' 1 C. Whnt nro Die tun chief ibille., In tinea at V '"" .' in" unneu nintca semi ,J Service! ' 7. Name two eminent actresses,, vtho vtit bora In rhlUdrlplila. 8. What treutv for eh linrrhau. nf an Im. pnrtnnt Mfiml b the fnlteel Htntes u . ! nlK-nril a eur naro tnduy? t. Vt'hnt Ainerlran antd. "Those who uonldilu '.- .... ...rnuai uurri mr inn nHKr oi a in- 1,1 tie trmnurar.1 Ntifptv riri.M nlelii hk. --1 rrty nor hnfctj"? ll-il 10. W lint u as the chief hlatorlral source of M Dickens's "A Tule of Two titlci"f it Anciwera in YealApitav'a rht ...., v .....auwj a i(uia 1. General KornllolT Is the Kiicce-aor to General Ilrimalloff ns chief of the Kuaalan ami. 2. The lancer objective of the Allies.' pre.eat .....r- , t(, rrriiiunrp oe Aniwrrp ana 01 the German submarine base at Zeetimn. .i. limine call tlin city of Leghorn I.tvorno. I. Ceorce Kllot wrote "Daniel Deronils." 0. alifi l.nmeror Juatlnlan anld "Hnlnmnn. :1 Imve outdone even thee" the com- i- fM lilrtlon of the Church uf Saint Suphli at .(inMuniinoine. 0. The Knlxer lias six sons. 7. Arrentlna lie expected to define her ttui on the world viur soon. 8. nonhdll wn the l.iat Moorish ruler In Spala. $ v. v-ount i icrnln has ugeteil he wooli t u wlllln, to uct as mediator between Btrlla t. and l.ondon. ', 10, "oTJi" r,,0,r''u ,o be hulldlni the Unci) til Hiiiriiuic- hi riitirnrra llNMkV-ttlvt iTSii-, "KEY TO MR. BRITLING" Mr. Wells has taken his characters liter ally by tho scruff otthe neck out ot his neighbors' houses and put them In his book. "Mr. Drilling Sees It Through." There was De Vere Stacpoole, the brilliant writer of that brilliant romance, "The Blue La goon ;" thero was Owynne, the editor of the Morning Post, tho paper read by butlers and duchesses; thero was Lieutenant Gen eral the, Hon. Sir Julian Byng, It C. B. the Colonel Rendezvous of the book and his wife, Lady Byng who has written sev oral flrst-rato novels, there was Thrlng, the son of the great schoolmaster of Upping ham ; thero was Conrad Noel, the most pic turesque Christian Socialist, and tho Count ess of Warwick, the most beautiful Socialist and Robertson Scott, the writer, and then others and others still, all living within a radius of a couple of miles. Mr. Wells's own houso at Little Easton Is described as faithfully as if It had been, photographed- the lawn where 'the famous hockey matches are played, the old barn with Its lovely beams, the water garden and the park be yond belonging to Easton Lodge, where lives "Lady Homartyn," who may or may not be Lady Warwick. John Blunt In the Bookman. WHY PEOPLE BECOME PAT Among curious popular faljacles Is the Idea that an Individual may become obese without eating too much and may remain obese even when very little food is taken If a person each day eats u butter ball weighing only a third of an ounce In ex. cess of the food actually needed it seems trifling, Insignificant j but continued over a year It would Involve a gain In weight of nine pounds of fatty ttisue or In ten year. .a..' r.V 3 "" .t ". "? or ha" a Brlass of milk mnra lhen .u. . . qulrement for tho day will bring about tha same result. Conversely, If the quantity Wt food taken be only slightly belovtha nd. n tha KnAu anma. .... kji!'.. "' nBJS wed. and th. body weight IV7 w5Li!! i 1 1 THERE IS NO CITY OF WASH INGTON WHEN President Wilson dated a recent proclamation "Done. In the District of Columbia, July 14, 1D17," curiosity was at onco aroused. Why had he substituted "Dl trlct of Columbia" for "the city of Washington"? Inquiry developed tho Information that Representative Johnson, of Kentucky, chair- 4 man of tho House Committee on the TJIi-j triCt Of Columhln hfwl g.nt1A fVin Pi-aaMml'lV attention to tho fact that Congress had $j repealed the charter of the city In 1871 ana sj nau set up a territorial government for the wiioie aisirici. to take the place of the mi- i fcrcnt municipal governments for Washing ton nnd Georgetown. J Washington, therefore, has no legal exUt, ?j! ence as a city. When tho District was first il created the only municipal corporation In It S was Georgetown, which was governed by a J Mayor and Council. When the city of Wash- '3 Ington was laid out It was provided that It ' should be governed by a commission and Ft the President Tho District outside of Wash- a$ Ington and Georgetown was governed by -)t Justices of tho Levy Court. It was gov erned by the commission until a city coun ell was created. This form of government -$ continued until Juna 1. 1871. when the .X Georgetown and Washington charters were ,. repealed and tho Justices of tho Levy Court -ft were abolished and a territorial form of , government for the whole district was ere- ,l ated. i The law provided for a Governor, a Board of Public Works, a secretary, a Board of -jB Health, a Council of eleven members, all it appointed by tho President. The law also provided for a House of Delegates of twen- ty-two members and a delegate In the HousS ? of Representatives, both elected bv the neo- 4 P pie or tho District. It was under this form of government that modern Washington was built. It was abolished on June 20. 1874, when a temporary commission nf thret appointed by the President was set up. On July 1, 1878, tho present government by commission of three, two civilians and an army officer, nppolnted by the President, v was established. The new municipality, j which Is coterminous with the District, la legally known as "the District of Columbia.;' V The right of the citizens to elect their local -'. Aeel.Ka a... i ... ... ' u...vwa nan ucen wunarawn ana tney nw ; pay taxes without having any voice in tb way the money Is expended. Although Washington has no legal exist ence, the postofflce address of the national Capitol and the Executive Mansion I given In the Directory of Congress as ."Washing ton," and the directory also gives the "Washington" addresses of members of Pnnrran Vnn.A... . . n......t -. -. ....... ,u,viuua acta oe ucuisi"- i. passed sines the repeal of the charter riJ w nasningion aa though it bad a J aa.. lt
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